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FLIGHTS FROM ALL ANGLES. 



FLIGHTS FROM ALL ANGLES. 



INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Fell. 20.— Editor Forest and Stream: Much 

 has been written in reference to the small attendance at trafr 

 shoots, a remedy to increase the same, and a return of rivalry 

 and enthusiasm that prevailed a year or so ago. Man soon tires 

 of too much sameness, and new kinks and features must be added 

 from time to time to keep the old shots in line and attract new 

 blood. My idea for years has been that to make the present in- 

 animate target a success the traps should be so arranged that we 

 get a flight from all angles, and put it on a par with field shoot- 

 ing, as it is very uncertain which flight the shooter will receive. 

 The inclosed diagram fully explains my scheme, which, operated 

 in conjunction with the electrical device, which, by the way, is 

 simply perfection in releasing the bird, adds a charm to trap- 

 shooting. The traps as arranged can be worked successfully with 

 two cells of battery. Gentlemen, study it and let's hear from 

 you; any angle desired can be secured and the traps placed in a 

 trench out of sight of the shooter. Kink. 



TRAP CHAT. 



MR. W. L. COLVILLE, the "Dick S wive ller" of sportsman's 

 literature, has severed his connection with the Meacham 

 Arms Co. of St. Louis and has accepted the position of traveling 

 representative of the new Baker gun, now made at Batavia, NA"., 

 where the company has erected a large plant. "Dick" called on 

 us last week and says he will be around among the boys this year 

 with his Baker. He will be more of a swiveller now than ever, 

 revolving from the Atlantic to the Pacific. He starts for the 

 coast soon, and will thus enlarge an already extensive acquaint- 

 ance with sportsmen. 



Mr. J. E. Miller, who so ably represented the Peters Cartridge 

 Co. last year, has accepted a position with the Western Arms and 

 Cartridge Co. of Chicago, to take charge of their gun depart- 

 ment. This seems to us like a good move for the Arms Co., as 

 "Jabe" has hosts of friends among the shooting fraternity, many 

 of whom will no doubt be glad to throw trade in his way. 



Fred Quimby, writing from St. Louis, tells us that the West- 

 erners have been treating him in royal good fashion, as a repre- 

 sentative Eastern shooter, and we presume this sort of medicine 

 will be given him to the end of his trip, as Fred makes friends 

 wherever he goes. He corroborates the rumor of the many chal- 

 lenges sent him by the Cincinnatians, and says that to accept 

 them all would keep him shooting every day till some time in 

 August. He will come home with a new title, "the champion shot 

 of the Blue Island (N. J.) Gun Club," the exact significance of 

 which we are in doubt of. 



The Advisory Board of the American Shootiug Association met 

 in Cincinnati almost two weeks ago and adopted a set of rules 

 for live bird and inanimate target shooting," subject to the ap- 

 proval of the directors. They have been accepted by them and 

 will shortly appear in print. 



The Association has directed the manager to arrange for two 

 tournaments, one in Cincinnati and one in Boston, the dates for 

 which have not yet been fixed. This will test the pulse of the 

 shooting world, and other tournaments will probably follow. We 

 look for great results from the work of this Association. They 

 have in view schemes which, if carried out, will astonish the pub- 

 lic and achieve their ultimamate aim, viz., to increase the num- 

 ber of shooters and the consumption of shooting paraphernalia. 



Charles Smith, of Plainfleld, N. J., " Dutch y," and Gus Maintz, 

 of Orange, N. J., are matched for a race at 50 live birds, Hurl- 

 ingham rules, 30yds. rise, for $50 a side, loser to pay for the birds. 

 The match is to come off at Erb's Park, Newark, N. J., Thursday, 

 March 21, at 2 P. M. There is much friendly ri valy between them, 

 and as they are very evenly matched the race should be an inter- 

 esting one. At their last contest Manitz won by one bird, with a 

 score of 42 to 41. 



Uncle Billy Sigler says that up to the date of his match with 

 Wm. Lever, he had never shot at more than a do.zen pairs of live 

 birds in his life. This seems strange when it is remembered how 

 long^ he has been shooting at the trap, but he certainly proved his 

 ability in a race of this kind on Thursday last. 



At the conclusion of the Sigler-Lever m^tch last Thursday con- 

 siderable "shooting talk" ensued, and some matches may be the 

 result. Old South Paw" Was so jubilant over Sigler's victory 

 that he oflered to match him against Leander Campbell, of Little 

 Silver, N. J., for §100 or $250 at any race or conditions with the 

 single exception that Campbell should not be allowed to put the 

 birds in the trap, but as that seemed to be the vital point with 

 Leander, no agreement was arrived at. 



. Commenting on the two Tucker systems a correspondent writes: 

 The first one is no good, as any three men who are expert shots 



can beat it out every time. The second is even worse. A man 

 might better take his money and shake dice to commence with 

 than to adopt this, as he would would win oftener, having more 

 chances, and money would last longer. When you come to mak- 

 ing one's skill (after all his good shooting) end up as a matter of 

 mere chance, then it is time some other plan was adopted. 1 

 proposed to classify the shooters in New York State shoot and a 

 howl came from the experts (and these howls are what we ama- 

 teurs want), said it could not be done, etc. But we did doit and 

 it worked to a charm at Auburn last year. 'Mac 1 has got the test 

 system out and it works to a charm where there are more than 

 twenty entries." 



SIGLER AGAINST LEVER. 



ON Thursday, Feb. 23, a mateh at double rises, live birds, was 

 shot at Erb's Park. Newark, between Wm. Sigler, of Mont- 

 clair, N. J., and Wm. Lever, of Elizabeth, N. .J. This match was 

 the outcome of a little bluff talk on the part of Mr. Lever, on the 

 occasion of his match with C. M. Hedden a week or two ago, 

 when it is said he expressed himself as confident of his ability to 

 defeat any member of the Jersey Heights Gun Club at any race. 

 This was an imputation on the prowess of his fellow members 

 which "Old South Paw," Al. Heritage, could not brook, and he 

 immediately called Mr. Lever down, offering to name a man 

 against him. Lever to make the race and conditions. Accnrdinglv 

 it was agreed to shoot for $100 a side, at 25 pairs live birds, double 

 rises, at 25yds. rise, gun below the elbow until one bird is on the 

 wing; traps to be set 5yds. apart and only one bird in each trap: 

 two sets of traps to be used, and the set to be used to be decided 

 by head or tail, and the next shooter to take the. remaining set; 

 825 each was posted as forfeit with Dan Terrv, and Heritage 

 named Wm. Sigler as the man to whom he pinned his faith. 

 Two o'clock was the hour set, and long before that time the 

 crowd began to gather, until when the race was called about two 

 hundred noted Jersey shooters werepresont. Among them were 

 noticed such old-timers as Hugh jueddv, Charlie f^mith, Milt. 

 Lindsley, W. M. Force, Al. Heritage, Leander Campbell of Little 

 Silver, Frank Class of Pine Brook, Dan Terry, John Riggott of 

 Rockaway, Wm. Van Siclen of Metuchen, E D. Miller of Spring- 

 field, J. R. Burnett of Newark, Cornelius Voorhees, Sam Castle, 

 the brothers Peck of Haverstraw, N. Y , Charles Drake and 



and a host of others. 



Enoch Miller was chosen judge for Sigler, and Mose Williams 

 for Lever. Referee, Dan Terry. "Uncle Billy" won the toss and 

 went to the score first, taking traps Nos. 1 and 2, grassing, or 

 snowing (as the ground was covered with snow), his birds in good 

 style. Lever answered with two kills, but lost both of his next 

 pair. This, the crowd thought, gave Sigler an advantage, but he 

 immediately followed with two misses, whereat a great laugh 

 went up. Lever again missed on his first bird of fifth pair, and 

 from that time Sigler gradually increased bis lead, finishing six 

 birds to the good. Lever was not shooting in his usual form for 

 some reason or other, as he is capable of a great deal better score 

 than 30. He was the favorite in the start, and some onlookers 

 were offering $10 to $6 on his winning; but "Uncle Billy" is not an 

 easy man to beat, although not accustomed to double bird shoot- 

 ing. The birds were a fairly good lot, some of them clippers 

 which succeeded in getting over the fence, and beyond the reach 

 of the usual army of scouters. Johnny Erb's setters, Lem and 

 Sank, did the retrieving, and seemed to enjoy the work 

 thoroughly. Below are the scores made: 



Wm Sigler 11 11 00 11 11 10 11 11 10 11 00 01 11 



„ T _ U 11 10 10 11 10 01 10 10 10 11 11—36 



Wm Lever 11 00 11 11 01 00 10 11 10 01 11 10 11 



11 00 10 10 01 10 00 11 01 01 01 11—30 

 After the match was settled a sweep at 4 live birds was started 

 at oOyds. rise, $2 entrance, three moneys. The lies were numer- 

 ous, and were shot miss and out. It took all the birds to decide 

 the winners, who were J. Harrison and Williams first, A. Hedden 

 and Manitz second, and Winans, with his crooked gun, third 

 alone. 



Sweep at 4 live birds, $2 entrance, 30yds. rise, three moneys, 50, 

 30 and 20 per cent.: 



Ties. Ties 



C Smith 1221—4 1220 Hegeman 0111-3 220 



F Class.. 1111—4 2111112110 C R Hedden. . .1111—4 1212110 



CM Hedden... 1222-4 2220 Hassinger 1010-2 1200 



S Castle 0112-3 1121121210 H Leddy 1002-2 20 



Geoffrey 0021-2 1100 E D Miller ... .1111-4 12211210 



Lindsley 1221—4 Winans 1010-2 2101 



Green 2112—4 10 Williams 1222—4 211221111 



A Hedden 1110-3 1122121121 Reinhart... .2211-4 



J Harrison.... 1111-4 2212221221 Manitz 0121-3 1211111111 



O v Lengerke. .10 11-3 10 __Fbank Mason. 



EATON SPORTSMEN'S CLUB.-Eaton N. Y„ March 2.-Shoot 

 for badge at 18yds.: 



Richardson . . . .010111001110111—10 Briggs 011010111111100—10 



Hamlin 111011011110000- 9 Curtis Oonillll011111-12 



NEW YORK SUBURBAN SHOOTING GROUNDS-Claremont, 

 Jersey City, March 2.— Ties divide. Sweep No. 1, 10 birds, 50 cents 

 entry: 



Lindsley 1010011011— li Hathaway 1000001100- 8 



Apgar 0110011100- 5 Jersey 1111101110- 8 



Williams 1100111001— 6 Leighton 1101111101— 8 



Hunt 0011000111— 5 Stebbins 0000111100— 4 



Daly 1111100111- 8 Medona mioimi— 9 



Collins 1111111111-10 Eddy 0101110011— 6 



Simpson 1011001111— 7 



Sweep No. 2, same: 



Daly millllll— 10 Hathaway 1111101000—6 



Hunt 0111101101— 7 Simpson 0111111011—7 



Apgar 1111111110- Medona 1111110101—8 



Collins 1111110011— 8 Leighton 0000111101—5 



Lindsley 1111110111—9 Williams 1011000010-4 



Jersey 1101101101— 7 Eddy 0111111111-9 



No. 3, same: 



Hunt 111110OUO- 7 Apgar 1111101111— 9 



Collins 1111011111- 9 Eddy 1011101110— 7 



Lindsley 1010110111- 7 Williams 1101111101- 8 



Daly 1111010101— 7 Hathaway 1011111101- 8 



Jersey 1111111111—10 Simpson OOlllllllo— 7 



Medona 1110011000- 5 



No. 4, same: 



Jersey lUlllllll-10 Eddy 0011111111— 8 



Lindsley 1111111111-10 Daly 11101100U— 7 



Hunt 1111111101- Williams COOIOIIOOO— 3 



Collins 1111110U1- 9 Scott 1110010001— 5 



Apgar 1100101010- 5 Medona 1111011010— 7 



Simpson 0010010101— 4 Simmons ,.1111111011— 9 



Hathaway 1111101111- 9 



No. 5, same: 



Jersey 1111111101— 9 Hathaway 1101000111— 6 



Lindsley 1100010101- Eddy " 1001001111- 6 



Hunt 1111110111— 9 Medona 1110110111— 8 



Apgar 1011011110- 7 Scott 0100001011- 4 



Collins 1111111111—10 Simmons 1000101011— 5 



Daly 1111111110— 9 Simpson 1011111110— 8 



No. 6, 25 cents entry: 



Apgar 1111110111— 9 Williams 1000000101— 3 



Hunt 1011111001— 7 Hathaway 1010010101— 5 



Jersey 1111111111—10 Simmons 11110110CO— 6 



Lindsley 1010111101— 7 Simpson IIOIOLOH— 7 



Collins 1111111111-10 Scott 0110010010- 4 



Eddy 0111101101- 7 wiuuiu 



No. 7, 10 birds, 25 cents entrance: 



Apgar 0111111100- 7 Lindsley 0010111101— 8 



Hunt Ill 1111111-10 Collins 1111011101- 8 



Jersey 1110111111— 9 Scott lOllll'OOll— 6 



Amateur championship shoot for gold trophy to be shot for 

 any Saturday afternoon. There must be over five contestants 

 25 birds, 25 cents entrance: 



Hathaway 1111011101110011111101110-19 



Richards mioimmmiomimi-23 



Medona Ol'doiioilw. 



Simpson 0110110011111110011111111—19 



Leighton 100 U00110 1 101 1 011 1 1 11010—1 6 



Kershaw 1 11 10 1 01 0100001 11111 1 1 11 —1 



G P Scott, Jr 11 1 11 Q001000 1 1 0111001111— 15 



C W Simmons 1101001101011111111111111—20 



Hubble 1000111 001 00 11 11 101 01 0101— 1 4 



e H Flox oooiomiiiHiumiioiom-iT 



Einigh .' 00100010011110101010111111—13 



Sheriff 11 ! 01 1 1 1011 11 010110 1 01 11 — 18 



Evans 1111111111111110111110111-23 



Moffatt 0011100110100000111101101-13 



CHESTER, Pa. Feb. 28.— The North End Gun Club visited here 

 to-day and had a very pleasant and interesting team shoot at 

 clay-pigeons with the Thomas L. Brisrgs Gun Club, the scores ran: 

 Thomas L. Briggs Gun Club, Chester, Pa. 



H Johnson 001010010011100 11 00 00 01 11—12 



J Ladomus 101101111111100 



Theo Roberts 001110010101111 



F McCollum 110110101001110 



T Briggs 1111J1O01O1OOH 



C Rhoads 1U11010100HOO 



W Ladomus 110101 111111010 



ERose 000111110101011 



B Ladomus 011011011111110 



North End Gun Club. 



H Ridge 100101101101111 



Jas Entwlstle 01 1011001 0000 10 



John Crouther ...U1U11 01011011 



William Green 111111111111110 



J Wolstenerof t 1111 11101111011 



O S Buckius 111111011101110 



A LLumb 110111111111111 



William Jay 101100000011111 



W Wolsteucroft 011110101101111 



Judges, Harry Laughead and Wm. Gibbs. 



HUTCHINSON GUN CLUB.-Hutchinson, Kan., Feb. 14.— The 

 shooting yesterday was the best ever done on the grounds. A 

 strong south wind prevailed, but this did not seem to bother the 

 shooters. The day was warm and the boys enjoyed the sport. 

 The shootiug of Young and Chamberlain was exceptionally good, 

 The score — 15 singles and 5 pairs bluerocks: 



01 01 11 11 00—17 



10 It 01 10 00-15 



11 10 00 10 11—15 



00 10 00 10 00-12 



01 10 10 10 10-14 

 1" 11 11 11 01—19 



10 11 10 10 00-14 



11 10 10 11 10—18-13(3 



11 10 01 11 10-17 



00 10 11 10 00-10 

 10 01 10 11 11-19 



10 01 11 10 10-20 



11 11 10 11 11—22 

 11 10 10 10 11-19 



01 11 11 11 11-23 

 01 01 10 00 11—13 



11 01 11 11 11-20-163 



U 11 11 10 11— %. 



10 11 11 10 11—23 



11 11 00 11 10-20 

 11 11 00 11 11-20 

 Withdrew. 



11 11 11-15 

 11 10 11-14 

 11 10 11-13 

 10 10 11-13 

 01 10 11—11 

 10 01 00— 8 



Chamberlain 110111111111111 



Young 111111111111011 



Taylor 111011111111110 



Burslem 11 101111 II 01101 



Allen 01)1001001000000 



Twenty-five single bluerocks: 



Young Ill 1 11 111 1 11 111 111 1111 n 1— 2!S 



Chamberlain 1010111111111111111 limi— 33 



Allen 11 1 1 111 11 111101111 111 01 01-22 



Burslem 0111110110011011111111111—20 



George milllOlllll 1 w. 



Nine singles and 3 pairs: 



Burslem 111111111 



Young 111111111 



Chamberlain 101111111 



George 111111111 



Allen 100111111 



Keyes 110111100 



Fefo. 28.— Yesterday eight members of the club met to contest 

 for the handsome silver cup, the shooting being at 50 single blue- 

 rocks. The norther which was predicted by the weather service 

 was on hand and made it very uncomfortable for the boys. The 

 match would have bpen postponed to a time when the weather 

 was more comfortable had it not been that one or two of the 

 members could not tell when they could attend another shoot. 

 However, they built a rousing fire in the club house, and managed 

 to get along very comfoi tably, considering the fact that the mer- 

 cury was dodging about the zero notch. Good scores were an im- 

 possibility in the high wind, but the shooting was very good con- 

 sidering the disadvantages encountered. The shooting of Cham- 

 berlain was excellent, as was that also of Allen and Young. The 

 latter gentlemen are great finishers, each getting 19 out of the 

 last SO shot, at. Chamberlain used a Lefevre gun, 3J^drs. of Laflin 

 & Rand's trap powder, and l}4oz. of No. 8 soft shot. The Hutch- 

 inson Gun Club stands very close to first place among the clubs 

 in the State. The score: First match, 7 live birds, under modified 

 Hurlinghani rules: 



Chamberlain 1111111—7 Holly 1010111—5 



George 1001111—5 Burslem 0100111—4 



Young 1101110—5 Jones 1101001—4 



Second match, 50 single bluerocks: 



Wm Chamberlain 40 S W Forsha 33 



Will Allen. 39 Fred Burslem 31 



E H Young S8 E B Holly 26 



Miles Taylor 38 PC Jones 15 



J S George 37 Shady. 



TORONTO, Feb. 27.— The last shoot for the trold medals pre- 

 sented to this club for competition came off at McDowall & Co.'s 

 grounds this afternoon. Besides the participants in the shoot 

 there were also present a number of spectators, who took an 

 active interest in the sport. There were, in addition to the 

 medals, money prizes for first and second class. Each contestant 

 shot at 20 birds. The following are the full scores: 



First Class. Second Class. 



WFelstead 14 19 17 14 18—82 F Morley 10 13 14 13 13—63 



T Bennett 17 18 12 15 15—77 S McClure 14 14 13 13 8-62 



W McDowall... 13 15 15 17 16—76 Sawden, Jr.. ..10 13 12 12 13-60 



Hentherington.il 11 16 15 17—69 Sawden, Sr 10 8 14 13 13—58 



G Morley 19 13 15 10 10-67 Mitchell 9 9 15 13 9—55 



MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.— The annual tournament of the Minne- 

 apolis Gun Club will take place May 21, 22 and 23. Open to Wis- 

 consin, Iowa and Dakota: professionals barred. Address all 

 communications to James Pye, Sec'y. 



