Jan. 36, 1888.1 



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GALLERY PISTOL SHOOTING. 



EW YORK, Jan. 30— Editor Forest and Streavi: The inclosed 

 . targets are the same style as thoso used in the celebrated 

 gallery of Gastiuise Renette in Paris, France, for which a grand 

 gold medal of honor is awarded. Mr. Conlin, of 1255 Broadway, 

 this citv. is also giving a handsome gold medal to the shooter 

 beating the record on this target at his gallery. A score of 39 out 

 of a possible 43 was the highest made up to the tune that Mr. 

 Conlin offered a medal to the man breaking the record. He also 

 oilers a diamond badge to the shooter breaking the following 

 records: 71 out of a possible 72 on the Massachusetts, 58 out of a 

 possible 60 on the standard decimal, and 40 out of a possible 42 on 

 the French, with revolver at 12yds. The inclosed are the three 

 best made up to the present day, Mr. Geo. Bird winning the first 

 medal on a score of 40, possible 42, Mr. J. T. B. Collins coming 



36, A. P. Kellv 86. H. W. Wickhani 35; at the word, Chas. F. Jones 

 35, Maynard Bixby 33. The portions of the targets given are ex- 

 act size. C, 



TARGET BY J. T. B. COLLINS. 



TARGET BY CAPT. T. H. SWIFT. 



TARGET BY GEORGE BIRD. 



OWENSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 9.— Oweusville Ballard Rifle Team, 

 standard target. 200yds. There was a full attendance on the 

 range to-day, but weather conditions bad, strong, cold, 3 o'clock 

 wind: 



Jas Daugherty 4 6 4 5 5 7 6 10 5 3-55 



W Gentry 4 7 5 5 7 6 8 9 5 5-61 



W Roberts 846894358 7—62 



G Witler 7 8 7 6 6 5 6 6 2 5-58 



J Stone 6 9 7 4 10 6 4 6 6 7—65 



J Montgomery 93664 5 957 5—59 



C Summers 10 5 8 5 3 4 6 7 6-60 



McGrade Daugherty .-...6 4 8 5 10 4 6 9 5 8-65 



R Speck 4 6 6 8 8 9 4 5 6 7—63 



John Daugherty 25656 4276 4—47 



In shoot off McGrade Daugherty won gold medal. Jan. 16: 



W Gentry 9 10 6 5 6 9 4 6 5 9-66 



McGrade Daugherty 6 7 6 7 8 6 4 8 5 8-65 



W Roberts 9 4 5 6 4 10 6 I 10 9-64 



C Summers 5 6 9 9 6 4 3 7 7 7—63 



G Witler 4 7 6 6 6 5 7 9 6-62 



J Montgomery 8 7 6 3 4 9 5 6 4 7—60 



John Daugherty (i 5 6 5 5 6 3 3 10 10—59 



R Speck 1 7 3 5 5 9 10 8 5 6-57 



Jas Daugherty 7 2 4 4 5 4 10 8 6 4—54 



Average 61 1-8, W. Gentry won gold medal. 



ST. LOUIS, Jan. 14.— At the regular weekly shoot of the Pistol 

 Club, Perret and Neuhaus tied for the medal, but in the 

 shoot-off the former won. Following are the scores out of a pos- 

 sible 120: 



LVDPerret 116 G T Dunn 109 



O Neuhaus 116 W E Field 108 



W J Lard 115 A E Bengel 108 



W C Billmeyer 114 G W Alexander 106 



E C Mohrstadt 113 J G Schaaf 103 



MHBounell Ill W Bauer 103 



WTLarned 110 J Sieminskie 96 



F D Gildersleeve 109 WC Mackwitz 94 



SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 8.— It was a cold day at Shell Mound 

 to-day, but, nevertheless, there was a large turnout of marksmen 

 to take part in the first shoot of the year. The San Francisco 

 Schuetzen Verein held their regular monthly medal contest. K. 

 Werthcimor won the champion medal for the third time, with 414 

 rings, and it is now his property for "keeps." The first, second 

 and third class medals were not won, not enough rings being 

 scored in the classes. H. E. Doscher won the fourth class medal 

 with 305 rings. As this is the third time Mr. Doscher has won the 

 trophy, it now becomes his personal property and ho goes up one 

 grade. The Nationals made a double event of it— shooting both 

 club and company scores— so as to wind up the shooting year. 

 They are going to make a fresh and a stronger start next month. 

 Annexed are the records of the winners: 



Club Shoot— Champion Class. 



200Yds. 500 Yds. 



A Johnson 45545455454455444444-88 55455555345345455545— 91— 179 



First Class. 



A H Brod 44445554454455114414—86 45352535444555535444— 84— 160 



Third Class. 

 Paul Vandor. .3435344344-35 



The socond and fourth classes were not represented in the club 

 shoot. 



Company Shoot— Champion Class. 



200Yds. SOOYds. 



A Johnson 4445544444-42 5545555534-46-88 



P Robertson 4545455454—45 4545444444-42—87 



Capt J Klein 5444444435-41 5444555435-44-85 



First Class. 



A H Brod 4444555445 -44 4535253544-40-84 



Second Class. 



O Peterson 3344354434-37 



Third Class. 



Gus Hult 3534448343- 



Fourth Class. 36 



Harper 4322444542—34 



THOSE PISTOL SCORES— Editor Gould of the Rifle has been 

 making an investigation of the 914 score of Mr. W. W. Bennett, 

 and writes as follows: On Jan. 15 there appeared in the Boston 

 Herald a letter from Mr. Ira Paine casting doubts on the store of 

 914 points on the Standard American target made by Mr. W. W. 

 Bennett at Walnut Hill, on Dec. 23, 1887. which score was 10 points 

 higher than any previous record. As this letter reflected on the 

 characters of several gentlemen identified with one of the largest 

 and most honorable rifle clubs in America, they desired to make 

 an affidavit to the correctness of the score, and on Jan. 17 appeared 

 before a justice of the peace at Woburn, Mass., where they 

 deposited the following: "There having appeared in various 

 newspapers a statement from Mr. Ira Paine, intimating that the 

 score of 914 points on the Standard American target was never 

 made by Mr. W. W. Bennett, the undersigned, being under oath, 

 do hereby state, that tie said W. W. Bennett visited the range of 

 the Massachusetts Rifle Asssociation, at Walnut Hill, Mass., on 

 the 23d day of December, A.D. 1887, and in onr presence fired 100 

 consecutive shots on the Standard American 50yd. pistol target, 

 at a distance of 50 measured yards, with a Smith & Wesson .40cal. 

 Russian model army revolver, and scored an aggregate of 914 

 points, using regular factory ammunition of the U. M. C. Co. 

 manufacture.— William T. Kendall, Police Officer, Range 

 Keeper; Austin McCarthy, Official Scorer; Barnabas Richard- 

 son. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex, ss„ Jan. 17, 

 1888. There personally appeared the above named Williams T. 

 Kendall, Austin McCarthy, and Barnabas Richardson, and made 

 oath that the statements contained in the foregoing n fndavit by 

 them subscribed are true. Before me, John G. Magitire, Justice 

 of the Pease." The editor of Tlic Rifle has interviewed the several 

 parties who witnessed Mr. Bennett's shooting, and more thor- 

 oughly investigated the facts connected with this score than any 

 previous record made in America either in rifle or pistol-shooting, 

 and has accepted it without a doubt. 



NEWARK. — The second match of the Essex Association series 

 was shot on Friday, Jan. 19, between the Rutgers and Our Own 

 clubs, at the range of the latter club. The result was as follows: 



Our Own. 



F A Freiensehner 107 



Ferd Freiensehcner 108 



Chas C Weeks 104 



Wm Drexler 91 



E Willms 91 



A O Kiofer 96 



PhBiebel 84 



Otto Krauss 101 



Ed Bertram 87 



Rutgers. 



Snvder 107 



Hillenbrand 105 



Shafer 97 



Clark 103 



Dalton 93 



Dietz 107 



Allen 66 



McArdle 97 



McGraith 106 



F Laute 98—967 Farrell 110—991 



The Essex Association is a sort of trust into which each of the 

 Newark clubs puts its best work. The clubs shoot at a 75ft. range 

 at a target with an inner bullseye marked with a white ring. It 

 is three-quarters of an inch in diameter and counts 12; the black 

 bullseye is an inch and one-eighth, and counts 11. The rifles used 

 are of .23-cal. and of any make, while the sights are peep and 

 globe. 



PITTSBURGH RIFLE CLUB.— The annual meeting was held 

 the 18th inst., and the following officers were elected for 1888: 

 President, Geo. Hodgdon; Vice-President, E. H. Stower; Secre- 

 tary, J. B. Jonas; Treasurer, J. A. Huggins; Directors, Messrs. 

 Weible, Ramsey, Jacobs, Brehm, Winslow and Patterson. The 

 first prize, a S. & W. revolver, was awarded to L. Brehm for best 

 shooting for the two months. The second prize, a standard re- 

 volver, was awarded to G. Weible for second best shooting, 200yds. 

 range. The club is prosperous and many go out every Thursday 

 to High Bridge range to batter the bullseye, drive away care and 

 cure dyspepsia.— W. 



BUFFALO.— The annual meeting of the Bay View Rifle Asso- 

 ciation was held Monday at military headquarters, with the pres- 

 ident, Brig.-Gen. P. C. Doyle, in the chair. The treasurer has on 

 hand a balance of $120. The rent for the range has been paid up 

 to May 1 and the lease has been extended for another year. The 

 attendance at matches has not been as large as desirable. It was 

 decided not to add yearly to the directors' badges a gold bar with 

 the name of the winner engraved thereon unless the winner 

 wished to bear that extra expense. The annual election resulted 

 as follows: President, Brig.-Gen. P. C.Doyle; Vice-President, Col. 

 P. P. Beals; Secretary, Dr. E. L. Gager; Treasurer, Col. E. A. 

 Rockwood; Directors, Col. W. M. Bloomer, Col. P. P. Beals, Col. 

 E. A. Rockwood, Lieut -Col. John E. Robie, Maj. E. S. Warren, 

 Capt. H. A. Menker, Capt. C. R. Wilson, Maj. N. Rochester, Col. 

 S. M. Welch, Jr., Lieut. H.R.Clarke, Dr. E. L. Gager, Sergt. J. 

 M. Garrett, Corp. R. E. Embiedge. 



MORRISANIA, Jan. 19.— A shooting match was held at the 

 Morrisania Schuetzen Park, Morrisania, t o-day, bet ween Michael 

 J. Breidenbach and W. H. Zeltner. A hundred shots were had, 

 and the former made 1,724 points, while the latter made 1,726 

 and won the set-out prize, which was $100. Another match of the 

 same kind will t ake place at the park next Wednesday, between 

 Peter Geeks, of Melrose, and M. J. Breidenbach. The range of the 

 shooting house is 200yds. 



SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15. -The German Fusileer Guard held 

 its monthly medal shoot to-day at Shell Mound. The day was not 

 pleasant for rifle practice, but, withal, some very good shooting 

 was done. In the first class Chas. Jansen scored 44, J. Peterson 

 41, H. Tiedgen 36. In the second class W. Eicher made a score of 

 35, H. Stein 35, H. Weitz 39. In the honorary member class,- A. 

 Sharpenberg took first honors, with a score of 36. The shooting 

 was off-hand, at 200yds. targets, 10 shots per man. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores for publication should he made out on the printed blanks 

 prepared by the Forest and Stream, and fyirnished oralis to club 

 secretaries. Correspondents who favor us with dub scores are par- 

 ticularly requested to write on one side of the paper only. 



HOPEWELL, N. J., Jan. 17.— A shooting match was shot off 

 to-day between a local team and a team from Philadelphia for a 

 supper, the Hopewell team losing; this is the second time they 

 lost this season. Rhode Island rules, 21yds. rise. Jacob Goettler, 

 of Trenton, N. J., acted as judge, and Chas. Wagner, of Trenton, 

 acted as referee: 



Hopewell Team. Philadelphia Team. 



Jos Bailey 101U11— 6 Wm Specht OHOlll— 5 



Paul Arnold 0101111—5 Harry Lowden .... IUH1O— 6 



Samuel Hunt 0000001-1 Don Waitings 1010111-5 



Chas Chatten 0000000-0-12 John Rothacker. . .0101111—5— 21 



OAKLEY— GRAHAM.— At Merchantville Driving Park, Phil., 

 on Monday, Jan. 16, the famous lady champion. Miss Annie Oak- 

 ley, shot a live pigeon match against William Graham, the English 

 champion. The conditions were 50 birds each, Hnrlingham rules, 

 for a purse of $200; Miss Oakley to stand at 24yds. The birds were 

 a fairly good lot, and the excellent shooting of both contestants 

 was thoroughly enjoyed; Miss Oakley made the best straight— 7 

 kills; the English champion won bv 2 birds: 



Graham 011101110^03IOglU011110.'nill0010110l20 1201101110 -35 



Oakley 02021031003021000211110102110101103101021101111322—33 



Graham had one bird tkat fell dead just outside the boundary 

 line; Miss Oakley had three. 



JONES VS. MURPHY.— Admirers of pigeon shooting present 

 at the Carteret grounds, Bergen Point, N. J., on the 19th, were 

 treated to one of the beBt trap-shooting matches ever shot in this 

 country. The contestants were C. Floyd Jones and Edgar G. 

 Murphy, and the conditions to shoot at 100 birds, 30vds. rise and 

 21yds. boundary. The hist was the feature of the match, it being 

 about the same boundary as at Monaco. Ever since the match 

 was made there has been much talk and considerable betting, 

 nearly all of which was at even money. Among the old-timers of 

 the Long Branch and Now York gun clubs Murphy was the 

 favorite. But the younger element, belonging to the Kennel and 

 Tuxedo clubs, were strong for Floyd Jones, and he, with a good 

 share of luck and the best of handling, won by a score of 78 killed 

 to Murphy's 77. The day was clear and cold with a fresh wind 

 blowing across the grounds from left to right, which materiallv 

 helped the birds— they as a whole being one of the best lots ever- 

 trapped, and required to be shot dead or the wind would carry 

 them over the 21yd. boundary. As to the individual shooting, 

 there was so little difference that the winning was entirely one of 

 luck, for of the 23 birds scored as missed by Mr. Murphy' 2 were 

 gathered dead at 35yds. and 1 each at 50 and 80yds., the remaining 



19 going over the fence to be shot down by the pot-hunters. Of 

 Mr. Floyd Jones's 22 missed 19 went over the fence and 3 fell 

 dead at 80yds. The recapitulation below will also show that Mr. 

 Murphy had somewhat the worst of luck in traps, he having a 

 total of 10 birds more out of traps 4 and 5 than Mr. Floyd Jones, 

 and of the 23 scored as missed 7 were from trap 4 and 4 from trap 

 5; while of 20 birds from trap 4 that Mr. Floyd Jones had he only 

 missed 1, and of the 18 from trap 5 he missed 4. Mr. Murphv had 

 the worst break, 4, and the best run, 10, as against Mr. Floyd 

 Jones's run of 9. The score by birds is as follows: 



Floyd Jones. ..11001 11011 110 11 11111 11100 

 11011 01111 01111 11110 01111 



10111 11110 10101 11111 11100 



11101 11111 10101 11111 0011 1—78 

 Murphy 1111 11001 01111 11111 01110 



01111 10100 11111 10001 11111 

 11011 11111 11000 oioii 11101 

 11111 11110 11011 11111 1101 1-77 



From the above it will be seen that the score was a tie at 10 and 



20 birds, Murphy led by 1 at 80, it was a tie at, 40, Flovd Jones led 

 by 1 at 50, it was a tic at 00, Floyd Jones led by 3 at 70, it was a tie 

 at 80 and Floyd Jones led by 1 at 90. 



Floyd Jones— Quarters to the right, 44; to the left, 5; divers, 37; 

 incomers, 8; umerers, 6; total, 100. Used second barrel 68 times. 



Murphy— Quarters to the right, 45; to the left, 7; drivers, 33; in- 

 comers, 4; towerers. 11; total, 100. Used second barrel 100 times. 



Traps— Floyd Jones 18 from No. 1 trap, 23 from No. 2, 21 from 

 No. 3, 20 from No. 4 and 18 from No. 5. Murphy, 13 from No. 1 

 trap, 21 from No. 2, 18 from No. 3, 26 from No, 4 and 22 from No. 5. 

 Ml'. Floyd Jones was looked after by Dr. G. L. Knapp, the famous 

 pigeon shot. Mr. Floyd Jones used a Scott hammerless premier 

 gun, bored for the Kyuoch thin brass shells, weighing 7M&6. The 

 shells were loaded with SJ^tlrs. Schultze powder and lJ4oz. No. 7 

 chilled shot. Mr. Murphy had hia brother Walter to look after 

 him. He used a Greener hammerless gun weighing 71bs. 5oz., 

 with Kynoch paper shells charged with OJ^drs. of Schultze powder 

 with lj^oz. No. f shot in the right barrel and the same of No. 6 in 

 the left. Mr. James B. Metcalf was referee, the birds were 

 gathered by the dogs Ralph and Phil, and the time was 2h. 32m. 



SPRINGFIELD, N. J., Jan. 9.— Union Gun Club's first regular 

 monthly shoot, Lockport bats, 3 traps, 18vds. rise, National Gun 

 Association rules, 7 prizes: 



Miller 1111111111111111111111111-25 



Roll 0111111011111111011111111-22 



Johnson 11101111111111101111 11111—23 



F Dunican 100110101 110111011 1001111-17 



Conover 1111111110111011111111011—22 



W Wade 11110000001111111 10110001-15 



A Sickley 1111101101011111010011101-18 



H Lightipe 0111Hlllimilll01111111-23 



AY Sopher 1111011010111111111111111—23 



J Pudney 1101 1 LOW 11101 1 1 1 1 1011111—20 



Haines 1110111111110111101001111—20 



G Pudney 0011110110100101111101010-15 



Brentnell 1111101111111101111111110-23 



R Williams 1101111111111110111010111—21 



W Parker 011 J 1 1111011 1 1 HlOll 11110—31 



R Morrison 1111011011111011101111101—19 



E Sickley 1011111111111111101100111-21 



A Snow llllOlllOlliOlUOllCOllOl -18 



J Bryant 1111000010110011100001111—14 



E. D. Miller took diamond badge. Ties on 23 for second at 10: 

 Lightipe 8, Johnson 10. Ties on 32 for third at 10: Roll 9, Conover 

 w,, W. Sophor w., II. R. Brentnall 10. Ties on 21 for fourth at 5: 

 Parker 5, Williams 4, E. Sickley 4. Ties on 20 for fifth at 5: James 

 Pudney 2, Haines 5. R. Morrison took sixth. Ties on 18 for 

 seventh at 10: Al Snow 8, Al Sickley 7. Next match, first Monday 

 in February.— C. H. Johnson, Jr. 



CLEVELAND, Jan. 13.— The Cleveland Gun Club team wiped 

 out its defeat of a fortnight ago in its shoot with the East End 

 Gun Club to-day. It was anything but a model one for trap- 

 shooting. The wind blew a veritable hurricane over the East End 

 grounds. At the same time the score shows a great deal of very 

 fine shooting, and the wonder is that any of the birds could be 

 killed in the midst of such a violent wind storm. The Cleveland 

 team was out to win, and they did it to the tune of 24 birds, 

 Which is eight times the number by which they were beaten Jan. 

 2. The return match was shot under the same conditions as the 

 first match, namely, 15 men a side, 21 birds, from 3 traps, at 18yds. . 

 rise, for the cost of the shoot. The State champions averaged 15}£ 

 to a man, while the East End average was 13 11-15. The judges 

 of the match were J. Phare and L. Shauf,the latter being a mem- 

 ber of the Massillon Gun Club. J. D. Keller refereed. The score: 



The Cleveland Team. 



C ACalhoon 12 



W ABaesett 11 



J C Hendershot 16 



H L Cross 16 



L O Jones ..17 



W Stoneman 18 



R E Sheldon 17 



J E Jones 15 



F Chamberlain 12 



D C Powers 19 



A Cogswell 18 



Smithnight I 



W "Roberts" % 



C F Wheal V 



The East End Team. 



D Auld, Jr 14 



L Sherman 13 



A B Jones 16 



E H Gault 18 



C C Hogan 13 



VV Sweetman H 



CaptByrns 13 



H J Martin..... 14 



Paul North 18 



F A Hogan 12 



C McCracken 12 



C H Kilby 14 



TB Haycox 13 



H Phare 16 



F H "Wall" 15-330 J J Sayles .""J '10 -306 



Sweepstake shooting followed the match shoot. There were 21 

 entries to the first sweep at $1. Each entry shot at 9 blue rocks 

 at 18yds. rise, from 3 traps. The score of the shoot was as follows- 

 Chamberlain 5, Calhoon 8, "Basset" 5, Martin 8, A. B. Jones 6 h' 

 Phare 7, 1. Sherman 7. W. "Roberts" 8, Andrews 6, Roach 7 H L 

 Cross 8, J. J. Sayle (5, Brockway 5, J. E. Jones 8, Conger 5, North 8. 

 Haycox 7, L. O. Jones 5, R. E. Sheldon 8. Paul North and R. E* 

 Sheldon divided first money, Roach, Haycox, Sherman and Phare 

 divided second money, Sayle, "Andrews" and Jones divided third, 

 Fred Chamberlain won fourth money. 



The conditions of the second sweep were the same as in the first 

 17 gentlemen entered and their shooting resulted in the following 

 score: Wheal 8, "Bassctt" 7, Sheldon 8, "Roberts" 7, Martin 6 

 "Andrews" 5, North 8, Haycox 9, Phare 8, A. B. Jones 5, H l' 

 Cross 7, C. A. Calhoon 8, C. Elford 6, Conger 7, Roach 7. Haycox 

 took first money. In the shoot off for second Sheldon and Cal- 

 hoon divided, "Roberts" won third. 



NORTH SIDE GUN CLUB, of Long Island, 10th average match 

 for one year, held at club grounds, Train's Meadows, Woodside, 

 L. I., at 7 live pigeons, King's patent ground trap, handicap rise' 

 no back bound, 80yds. boundary, club rules, club badge and three 

 money prizes: 



Barlow 1101011—5 Siems 1001011— 



Wiuholz 1111111—7 Lyon 1011110— 



Wahlen 1011100-4 Grau 1001100— 



Dr Franz 1111011-O Terrett 0110111—5 



Bohmcke 101 01 00—3 Thomson 0111100—4 



Eberhardt .1111100— 5 Meyer 0010111— t 



Manning 1101011—5 Dur yea OlOlOw 



The annual meeting and election of officers took place at the 

 headquarters, Dengler's Hotel, near the shooting grounds. The 

 officers for the year are: T. Lyon, President: M. C. Manning, Vice- 

 President; A. H. Eberhardt, Secretary: G. Siems, Treasurer; Trus- 

 tees, L. Chevallier, Dr. H. Franz, G. Seims, M. C. Manning, H. 

 Whalen. The club is in a flourishing condition and counts thirtv- 

 five members.— A. H. Eberhardt. 



t NEW DORP, S. I„ Jan. 16.-Over 700 shooters were at Burbank's 

 Sea View Park this afternoon to witness the pigeon shooting 

 match between H. Kuhnast and C. Seefens, the colt members of 

 the Jeannette Gun Club. The conditions were 50 birds each 25yds 

 and 80yds. boundary, barring w-eight of gun and Hurlingnam 

 rules. The birds were a lively lot, and the high winds that swept 

 across the fields made shooting difficult. Mr. Kuhnast was de- 

 clared the winner, having killed 40 birds, while his opponent killed 

 but 37, 



