Auo. 29. 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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and ieu, as tue case mignr De. as mucn as mcycoma purge n 

 ;j.in y from the meager experience granted thorn to cut acqua 

 with their weapons. The writer's experience at 500yds. was 

 ae bad. With the sight at its lowest pcssibJe point, the ain 



weaken the faith put in the promise that the Government " rack 

 rifles 11 to ho loaned the Massachusetts men would be all right in 

 every particular. The honorary secretary went with the team to 

 Mr. Kerr's gun store in London and rifles were selected. Some 

 were stamped on the side "Enfield, 18S2," another " 1883," and 

 others had " Birmingham. 8. A. Mfg., 1886." The skeptical mem- 

 ber of the team called attention to this and remarked that the 

 new "rack rifles" had the appearance of being considerably 

 mixed up. He was quieted with the remark that these rifles had 

 been specially selected for the Americans, and were the best to 

 be had. Doubts vet lingered, but, they were lulled by the reply of 

 one of the shop keepers to a quiet question put by the skeptic as 

 to the villes being just out of the Government racks. He replied 

 that these rifles had been to Wimbledon Common for two or three 

 years in succession, to be loaned out there to customers and com- 

 petitors, and had given good satisfaction in every case. Then the 

 skeptic joyfully selected his own and one for another member of 

 the team, giving gentle sighs of gratitude for the generosity of 

 the English National Rifle Association in taking so much pains 

 to procure accurate shooting weapons for the members of a rifle 

 team that had just scored five successive victories over the flower 

 of the British Volunteers. 



"Now comes the disagreeable part of t he duties of your scribe, 

 and that is to loll your readers just how accurate these rifles— 

 these Martinis, aa the honorable secretary was assured and 

 assured the team, were to come right from the Government 

 racks— did shoot in the hands of ten expert marksmen; these 

 marksmen had very recently proved themselves to the English 

 Volunteers to be adepts with good American weapons, and now 

 was their opportunity to "down" the English marksmen with 

 their own musket. I hesitate to picture to you the result individ- 

 ually. It was of the most disastrous description. Some of these 

 selected "rack rifles" when held carefully at the bullseye at 

 200yds. would shoot their bullets from 12 to 18in. to the left of the 

 center of the target, and others iust as far to the right. The ride 

 selected and used by the writer, when held straight at the bulls- 

 eye at 200yds., with the sight down to its lowest point, would shoot 

 its bullets into the 3-ring or matrpie circle near the top of the tar- 

 get; and in order to get a bullseye or near to it, a fine sight had to 

 be drawn at an imagiuary spot IS to 20in. below the black bulls- 

 eye. The other marksmen were compelled to aim to the right 

 and left, as the case might be. as much as they could judge neces- 



t acquainted 

 " . was mat 

 . _ a aim had 



to be taken with the front sight held on the haak or grass under- 

 neath the target. Conditions of this character so suddenly thrust 

 upon (ho American experts proved demoralizing in the extreme. 

 The entrance fees to the important matches had to be paid in 

 before the opening of the Wimbledon meeting, and once paid in 

 it was difficult to get them returned, especially if the shooter was 

 present on the ground; and iu some cases members of the Ameri- 

 can team gave away their tickets of entrance to some of the 

 matches, being so disgusted with the performance of the Martinis 

 so carefully selected for their benefit. It is the writer's opinion 

 that, if selected at all, the rifles must haveheen selected for their 

 erratic qualities as regards arrangement of sights and accuracy 

 of shooting. It should be remembered that there is a rule at 

 Wimbledon forbidding the filing or altering the sights on pain of 

 disqualification, so no chance was there to correct these import- 

 ant adjuncts of the ride. 



There can be no doubt but what the rifles loaned the team were 

 samples of the English Government Martini rifles, and if a fair 

 lot. it cannot be wondered at that the Volunteers desiring to 

 win prizes at Wimbledon, and are able financially, provide 

 themselves with rifles of Field or Frazier or other reliable manu- 

 facture. 



Fancy Maj. Heap or the prayerful (but unlucky in the Queens) 

 Pearce and dozens of other successful marksmen, being provided 

 with the same weapons that were loaned to the Massachusetts 

 men, where would they have lauded in the prize lists? Our echo 

 answers "Nowhere." To show a comparative performance of 

 the same ten men at Wimbledon with the Snringfield musket, 

 after the old-style sights had replaced the Btiffington and the 

 rifle admitted into one match at 200yds., 7 shots from the shoulder, 

 nine of the ten are in the prize list, Huddleson taking firsi prize 

 with 34, Farrow fourth with 33, Bull and others coming in with 32 

 and 31. This is mentioned simply to show that the Massaehnsetts 

 men had not lost their power of "holding" correctly and suddenly 

 gone to "Bmash." 



There are certain points about the Martini mechanism we con- 

 sider superior to the Springfield for target purpose. Take the 

 stroke of hammer, the shorter the distance the hammer has to 

 fall, it is surely an advantage, and the trigger can be arranged lo 

 "pull off" without that disagreeable creep, creep, also present in 

 certain of the "selected" rifles. The accuracy of the barrels of 

 the private makers was proven again and again at Wimbledon, 

 the private makers also put the rough regulating sights on cor- 

 rectly, and if the improvement of a wind gauge could be added 

 it then would become a very formidable weapon to pit against 

 the Springfield, but until this latter improvement is added the 

 Massachusetts team need hive no fear for the English Volun- 

 teers. 



The writer had an argument with certain posted volunteers 

 and military men on the mat ter of sights, trying to discover what 

 objections could be urged against an aperture sight and a wind 

 gauge for military purposes, and was informed that Tommy At- 

 kins (a favorite name for the English soldier), had not the brains 

 necessary for the correct understanding and manipulation of a 

 wing gauge si glit; this was the sum and substance of the objec- 

 tions. Here is what they allow Tommy Atkins as a competitor 

 to carry and use at Wimbledon: Two pots of paint, black and 

 white; two brushes, one for each color, to smear his sights with; 

 one elevating Vernier, to read in one hundred and fiftieth parts 

 of an inch (this is to set the elevation of the rear sights for the 

 different distances, and requires careful eyes and handling); an 

 optometer (this also is a Vernier, a species of quadrant with line 

 screw adjustment for laying olf his lines to the right and left of 

 the zero for wind allowance). These allowances are put on with 

 the white paint brush or a pencil. Next comes the orthoptic, a 

 round disc of vulcanized rubber pierced with holes, having a 

 screw attachment to fasten to the visor of the cap. It is then 

 twisted to allow one of the holes being placed in front of the eye, 

 through which he takes his aim. A rubber tube of any desirable 

 length, with a shell at one end and a horn mouth-piece at the 

 other, completes the outfit. These are allowable to Tommy At- 

 kins ii lieu of a sight with side movement and an aperture in 

 the bar. It is most authoritatively stated, but not in these words, 

 that the American Buffington sight is not a servicable sight. Its 

 complicated movements of elevation and lateral screw adjust- 

 ments are objections insurmountable to the ordinary Tommy 

 Atkins. When the fact of many years' service by the United 

 States troops is urged, the strength, solidity and reliability of the 

 movements shown, and no necessity for paint pots, brushes, Ver- 

 niers for elevating or marking side lines, and we point to the 

 orthoptic in the sight and the one in the cap visor, it is a crush- 

 ing blow. But the only reply is the parrot one, it is not a military 

 sight, it is not a serviceable sight. Tommy Atkins, etc., over again 

 and again. It only remains to be said that some of the cross-bow 

 men of years and years ago were provided with better sights than 

 is now on the English Martini rifles. There are samples well 

 preserved of rear sights, with aperture and side adjustment for 

 wind allowances, of toe ancient cross-bows, with which the merry 

 men of old England were once armed and fired the fatal arrow. 



F. Abrow. 



NEWARK, Is 1 . J„ Aug. 20.— Many marksmen were present at 

 the annual tournament of Our Own Rifle Club, which took place 

 at Shooting Park to-day. The chief event of the day was the 

 team championship shoot, in which there were 12 representative 

 teams entered. The Miller Rifle Club, of Hoboken, were the 

 favorites. The contest, however, was finally won by the first 

 team of the Howard Rifle Club, of Newark. The scores were as 

 follows: First team of the Howard Rifle Cluh 584, Miller Rifle 

 Club, of Hoboken, 508. first team of American Rifle Club, of 

 Newark, 568, Excelsior Rifle Club, of Jersey Citv, 558, second team 

 Howard Rifle Club, of Newark, 553, Puritan Rifle Club of New- 

 ark, 518, Monroe Rifle Cluh, of Newark, 542, second team Ameri- 

 can Rifle Club, of Newark, 531, Rheuti a Rifle Club, of Newark, 

 504, and Hudson Rifle Club, of Jersey City, 494. The member , of 

 the winning team each received a handsome gold medal inscribed 

 "Team Championship of New Jersey." - 



MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 22.— The department of Dakota 

 leads all in small arms practice. The average made in the com- 

 petition which ended to-day was 5,223, which is two points better 

 than any other department. The department of the Platte has 

 usually made the record. Sergeant Scully, who leads the team, 

 made a total of 566, which is the highest score made in the divi- 

 sion this year. He completed it to-day by making 122 at skirmish 

 tiring, a most remarkable record. To-day was the last day of the 

 rifle contest, and probably the most interesting day of the four. 

 The shooting was skirmish firing, and with verv favorable eon- 

 ditions of wind and light. Lieut. Paxton covered himself all 

 over with glory in his first run, scoring a total of 112. The general 

 average of scores was very good, much larger than at anv other 

 day's shooting. Much interest was manifested in the firing of 



Lieut. Clark and Sergt. Scully, the competitors for the first place 

 in the teant and the gold medal. The latter was won by Scully, 

 with a total of 560 points the highest record made in the division 

 this year. Lieut. Clark follows, a close second at 513 points. Fol- 

 lowing is the score, total points of four days 1 firing, best twenty 

 men: 



Sergt. Scully, 15th inf 566 Sergt. Guerdin, 25th iuf 490 



First Lieut. Clark. 12th inf.. 513 Lieut. Gerhard!, 20t,h inf 489 



Sergt, Newgent, 15th inf 520 Pvt. Rock, 3d inf 487 



Pvt. Sweinhardt. 22d inf 511 Pvt.. Boyle, 20th iuf 487 



Corp. Meeker. 15th inf 505 Corp. Lang, 12th inf 4S5 



Sergt, Way, 23d inf 503 Lieut, Bruce, 22d iuf 481 



Pvt. Dillon, 15th inf 500 Pvt.. Irish, 3d inf 474 



Sergt. Hargreavos, 22rl inf.... 492 Corp. Foulkrod, 20th int. . 474 



Corp. Vols, - 12th inf 492 Sergt, Wilson, 15th inf 468 



Pvt. Marti, 3d inf .491 Pvt. Belle, 12th inf 465 



The team selected to compete at Camp Douglas in the division 

 contest is as follows: Sergeant Scully, Fifteenth infantry; Lieut. 

 Clark, Twelfth infantry; Sergeant Newgent, Fifteenth infantry; 

 Private Sweinhardt, Twenty-second infantry; Corporal Meeker, 

 Fifteenth infantry; Sergeant Way, Twenty-second infantry; 

 Private Dillon, Fifteenth infantry: Sergeant Hargreaves, Twenty- 

 second infantry. Corporal Vols, Twelfth iufanfry; alternates. 

 Sergeant Guerdin, Twenty-fifth infantry; Lieut. Gerhard t, Twen- 

 tieth infantry. 



BOSTON, Aug. 24.— The shooting house at the range was a 

 busy place to-dav. and there were quite a number of new shooters 

 present, who filled the places of some of the veterans uow off on 

 their vacations. The weather "was good. A gentle wind from 2 

 to 4 o'clock only served to carry off the smoke from the rifles, 

 and the light was very fair. .1. R. Munroe again won the 20-shot 

 rest match. The best scores for the day are as follows; 



20-Shot Rest Match, 200yds. 

 J R Munroe 1112 10 10 13 12 10 11 9 11 



9 12 12 10 10 10 12 12 11 12-218 

 BG Barker. . - 12 10 8 5 9 12 11 8 9 9 



10 11 10 13 9 13 10 12 9 11-199 

 J W Eames 8 8 9 11 9 12 9 11 13 9 



10 11 9 9 10 8 10 9 11 11—194 



W P Thompson 9 9 10 12 7 9 10 12 9 9 



9 9 11 13 9 9 11 8 9 11-194 



WP Conway 10 6 9 9 9 9 9*7 12 18 



9 9 12 11 9 9 9 10 7 10—183 

 All-Comers Rest Match, 200yds. 



J N Eames 10 9 12 12 10 12 11 9 12 12—109 



W P Thompson 12 8 12 11 13 12 8 11 12 H — 106 



W C Prescott 0 12 9 10 9 11 ft 12 10 11-101 



S W Hart 11 9 10 10 12 8 11 8 10 12-101 



WE James 18/18 10 12 9 7 9 9 9 12-401 



J Outts ....9 12 9 7 8 8 9 10 11 8- 01 



E R Drake 5 7 8 10 6 8 10 9 8 9— 80 



E Alston 4 8 8 7 9 7 6 9 10 7- 75 



GS Hubbard 7 7 8 8 7 0 9 10 10 9- 75 



Victory Medal Match, 200yds. 



S O Mervale 7 7 10 8 8 8 9 4 8 7—76 



J B Fellows 8 9 6 4 7 4 S 9 10 10-75 



C B James 8 6 4 9 10 7 4 7 5 5-65 



All-Comers Off-Hand Decimal Match. 



W Charles (mil.) 868797998 7-78 



J B Fellows 9 9 7 8 10 6 8 7 8 7—78 



W O Burnite (mil.) 7 10 6 9 7 6 9 10 7 6-77 



C Williams (mil.) 5 7 5 9 6 10 10 5 8 8-73 



N A Herbert 10 7 5 10 7 5 6 7 7 9-73 



F Daniels 8 6 79468 10 5 9—73 



A McBean 6 10 6 5 10 7 5 7 6 8—70 



S O Mervale 3 10 t> 4 7 7 6 9 7 10-69 



D 0 Forest 5 10 5 8 7 6 4 7 7 9-68 



A O Ball 5 7 6 6 7 7 9 4 8 9-68 



P B Hunt 4 8 5 7 6 8 8 5 7 9—67 



CB James .....6 6 9 4 10 5 10 5 5 6-66 



J B Chamberlain 8 3 6 9 1 9 4 0 7 6—62 



AO Henry .... 7 & 5 8 7 10 4 5 4 8-61 



A King 4 7 5 9 7 7 2 7 10 0-58 



R E Came 6 6 7 3 5 6 7 4 6 3-53 



E Alston 4 4 5 6 9 3 6 6 3 5—51 



P Sumner 3464 5 4457 5-47 



G Warren 4 3 2 0 5 7 6 8 9 3-47 



Military Match. 200yds. 



C E Wiggin 4444414534-40 W F Bush 2233543434-33 



W L Swan 4444553143-40 J C CampbcU 3034244441-32 



J R Smith 2344444453-37 B F Williams 4444423130—32 



O F Prescott 0545344544-37 W J Ames. 4433343203—29 



A J Wilson .3835434345-36 W Robinson 4353222322-28 



J F Hanson 4144485450-35 G W Taylor 3323034432-27 



G H Wright 0434344444-34 



Military Match, 500yds. 



C Williams 5544445555-43 J B Huntlev 5454545435—45 



W O Burnitte 5435451555 -45 O F Prescott 3555252o35— 40 



Military Match, 800yds. 



W Charles 4455545554-46 J W Cnambers 5524355554—43 



C W Cook 4545454555—46 P B Hunt 5353454444—41 



C Williams 5544455444—44 



ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 23.-The seveuth tournament of the St, 

 Louis Pistol Club came to an end with the shoot held last Wed- 

 nesday night. It was not as largely a< t ended as the previous ones, 

 still the interest in the outcome was no less exciting. Mr. O. Neu- 

 haus proved himself the fortunate individual in the contest. He 

 won the medal on the general average and also the handicap 

 prize, Alexander took second and Mohrstadt the third prize. At 

 the last shoot Alexander quit with the top score, and he will re- 

 tain the medal until next Wednesday, when it will be turned over 

 to Mr. Neuhaus, to be held by him for till time to come. A meet- 

 ing of the club will be held shortly to arrange for another shoot. 

 For all shooting the club uses a .22cal. pistol and a 20yds. standard 

 American target . The score: 



G Alexander 8 7 10 10 7 10 8 10 8 8—86 



0 Neuhaus 7 9 8 10 10 ti 8 9 8 10—85 



S G Dorman 8 9 10 10 9 9 9 5 8 7—84 



M Summerfield 9 8 10 7 7 7 10 9 7 9-83 



W Hettel 9 8 10 7 7 4 10 7 8 8—78 



FAFodde ,.. 7 687 10 9986 9—77 



A E Ben gel 10 6 5 8 7 0 10 9 10 8-73 



J A Lee 8 8 9 8 9 5 7 5 5 7-71 



JAlbach 4 5 4 6 9 7 7 6 0 8—62 



The second pistol match between Summerfield and Dorman, 

 both members of the Pistol Club, took place last Monday night. 

 This time Summerfield won, making one each. Another will 

 probably take place shortly. The scores made by both are exceed- 

 ingly poor and far below what they are capable of. The condi- 

 tions of the match were 50 shots each at a 1234yds. standard 

 American target with ,22eal. pistols. The score is as follows: 

 M Summerfield 7 9 6 9 8 6 5 9 9 8—76 



7 7 1 0 9 9 7 10 10 8-87 



8 10 5 8 10 9 9 9 5 10—82 



7 8 9 9 8 6 10 7 10 8—81 



8 8 8 6 10 6 10 10 8 9—83-409 

 SG Dorman 5 9 8 9 9 10 6 8 9 9-82 



996677 10 66 9—75 

 10 10 10 5 6 8 8 10 10 6—86 

 878889769 9-79 

 7 10 10 9 6 8 8 9 10 9 -86-408 



WILMINGTON. Del., Aug. 19— To-day was perfect Monday 

 No. 2, so far as target shooting is concerned. The ground was 

 dry. The weather, compared with the average for several 

 months, was remarkably pleasant, so that out door life was 

 strongly inviting. These conditions, combined with the excite- 

 ment of target shooting, brought out a fair attendance at Heald- 

 moor Range, and the sport was fully enjoyed. E, J. Darlington 

 added ^another great score to his already growing list with the 

 pistol. Following are the scores. Standard American target, off- 

 hand: 



Pistol Match. 50yd?. 



E J Darlington 8 9 10 8 10 9 10 9 9 8—90 



J Preston 10 7 7 9 10 8 5 10 9 8—84 



E Darlington 9 .6 7 6 8 10 10 8 9 9-82 



1 Peters 6 10 10 4 8 9 6 7 5 5-71 



D Evans 5 5 10 8 7 5 3 8 6 8—65 



Revolver Match, 50yds. 



E J Darlington ....8 10 8 7 9 8 7 8 8 6-79 



IPreston 8 7 10 10 5 4 7 8 8 6-75 



E Jackson 8 7 8 9 7 6 6 8 8 5-70 



H Simpson 874397586 9—66 



H Johnson 4 6 9 4 5 9 4 6 5 2-54 



Record Match, 200yds. 



WS Darlington .6 7 8 8 9 10 5 6 5 10-74 



E J Darlington 7 8 10 8 7 8 9 4 7 5-73 



G Darlington 5 10 5 4 5 5 5 4 6 10-58 



E Darlington 4 9443 10 684 5—57 



Military Match, .500yds., Creedmoor Target. 



PvtH Johnson 5 5 2 5 4 4 4 3 5 5-42 



Sergt A Jackson 5 43453444 5-41 



Corp F Williams 5 4 3 5 3 3 3 4 4 3—37 



S*rgt S Howard 4 4 3 3 5 5 5 4 2 2-37 



Pvt W Fuller 2 5 3 5 3 3 5 5 0 4-34 



Corp L Amos 4 0 4 3 5 6 3 2 5 4-33 



CREEDMOOR, New York, Aug. 24.— The matches of the N. R. 

 A., shot here to-day, were attended with rain in the forenoon. 

 About 11 o'clock the. sun came out hot and bright, and a tricky 0 

 o'clock wind made it very trying to the competitors, as the light 

 changed continually. However, some very good scores were 

 made. The atteudanco was good. Following were the winners 

 in the sharpshooters' match: 



W A Stokes, Co I, 23o Regt 



G T Musson. Co K, 23d Regt 



H D Hamilton, Co G, 231 Regt 



J H Cockburn, Co D, 12th Regt 



W G Owen, Stf, 12th Regt 



C L Lindley, Stf. 12th Regt 



J S Shepherd, Co J ), 23d Regt 



J N Muuson, Co G, 7th Regt 



Medal Winners. 



H W Jamesen. Co A, 7th Regt 



J Maraulay, Sup Off 



W J Underwood, Co H, 7th Regt. >, .... 

 G L Hoffman. Co H. 7th Regt. 



200yds. 500yds. Total. 



T G Austin, Co G, 13th Regt. 



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THE TRAP. 



Scora for publication should be made out on the primfsd blanks 

 irrcpare-d by the Fared and Stream, and furnished arali* to cluh 

 secretaries, Correspondents who favor us will) cluh scores are par- 

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



Secretaries of clubs and managers of tournaments are requested 

 to keep us advised of the dates of their shoots, so that we may 

 give due notice in our column of fixtures. 



FIXTURES. 



Sept, 2.— Amateur Tournament, at Keystone Targets, Elm 

 N. Y. Thomas B. Ward, Manager. 



Sept, 3. 4, 5.— Annual Tournament of the Rockv Mountain Trap 

 Shooters, Denver, Colo., Broadway Athletic Park. Inanimate 

 and live targets. Address 0. M. HampHon, Denver. 



Sept, 10, 11, 12.— St. Paul, Minn., Gun Club Tournament, at 

 Hamiltou. F. D. Pousonhy, Secretary. St. Paul. 



Sept. 17, 18, 19, 20.— Central Illinois Sportsmen's Association's 

 eleventh annual tournament, Jersey ville, 111. 



Sept, 24, 25, 26 and 27— Fifth Annual Tournament given by Al. 

 Bandle. at Cincinnati; SI ,000 guaranteed. 



Sept. 24, 25, 20, 27.— New Jersey State Sportsman's Association 

 for the Protection of Fish and Game Annual Tournament, on 

 grounds of the Jersey City Heights Gun Club, at Marion, N. ,1. 

 W. F. Quimby, 291 Broadway, N. Y. 



Oct, 8, 9, 10, 11.— Middlesex Gun Club Tournament, Dunellen, 

 N. J, W. F. Force, Secretary, Pla.infl.eldi N. J, 



Oct. 8, 9. 10, 11.— Fred A. Fodders Second Annual Amateur 

 Tournament, at St. Louis, Mo. Inanimate targets. 



Oct. 15, 16, 17, 18.— Tournament at live birds and inanimate 

 targets. J. P. Kleinss, Secretary. liOO South Delaware avenue, 

 Philadelphia. 



Oct. 31, 23, 23, 24 and 35.-Secoud Tournament of the Mercer Gun 

 Club, at Trenton, N. J. E. G. Updegrove, President. 



KEYSTONE TOURNAMENT. 



THE second annual tournament given by the Keystone Manu- 

 facturing Co. was held at Corry, Pa., last week. The pro- 

 gramme called for five days at the traus, commencing Tuesday, 

 i he 20 1 h, and also announced sweepstake shooting on Monday, the 

 19th, for the benefit of shooters from a distance arriving ahead of 

 time, and affording them an opportunity to become familiar with 

 the traps and system of shooting. Only a few availed themselves 

 of this privilege, however, as the majority of contestants did not 

 arrive till Monday night. A number of sweeps were shot, but as 

 they were decidedly informal, no record of the scores are given. 

 The Phenix Hotel was the abiding place of the majority of vis- 

 itors, and on Tuesday morning many familiar faces were noted 

 among the passengers to the grounds. There were P3. W. Yer- 

 rington, Norwich, Conn.; Rolla O. He.ikes, Dayton, O.; E. S. Beos- 

 cotteu. Huron, O.; H. B. Whitney, Phelps, N'. Y.: H. McMurohy 

 and Geo. Luther, Syracuse. N. Y.; J. and W. Wolstencroft, Pirila- 



Capt, T. A. Peacock and wife, Westfield, N. Y.; H. W. Wheel- r, 

 Marlboro, Mass.: O. R. Dickey and E. Streeter, of Boston, and 

 many others. The shooting was doue on new grounds, much bet- 

 ter suited to the purpose than those in use last year. They are 

 situated on the brow of a hill, giving a beautiful view of the sur- 

 rounding rolling country, and the only objection that can be 

 made is that in their exposed position the wind has full sweep, 

 and by its antics causes the targets to take new and strange 

 flights, This is, perhaps, hardly an objection in these days when 

 so many contestants are able to make astonishingly good scores; 

 anything that will add to the difficulty of hiitmg them makes a 

 contest more interesting and u ncertain. 



The Keystone Company must have been at considerable ex- 

 pense in fitting these grounds, for they are supplied with every 

 requisite for the proper handling of a large tournament. On 

 passing through the gate, the first building to the left is a com- 

 modious club house wit ii gun racks and numerous lockers; still 

 further to the left is the cashier's office where entries are re- 

 ceived and winnings paid; in this building are accommodations 

 for the press. Adjoining it is a large blackboard on which the 

 score of each event is kept as shot. At the right of the club house 

 is another building put up by the ladies of the Episcopal church, 

 who are always prominent at the Keystone shoes. This struc- 

 ture is used as a dining hall and will accommodate 75 or 100 persons 

 comfortably. Here each day these ladies bad a good and bounti- 

 ful dinner, prepared and served with their own fair hands, and 

 that their efforts were appreciated goes without saying, shooters 

 no doubt can content themselves with a sand wich and cup of cof- 

 fee when nothing better is to be had, but it is safe to say that 

 they enjoy a good hot dinner no less when away than at home. 

 The fare was excellent, the appointments clean and sweet, the 

 price moderate and the smiling faces of the ladies, Heaven bl> ss 

 them, were good to look at. May they live long and t?ater for 

 many another Keystone tournament, thereby adding a goodly 

 number of shekels to the church funds. Some of thu visiting 

 shooters were accompanied by their wives, among whom were 

 Mrs. Dickey. Mrs. Streeter and Mrs. Willey. These, ladies joined 

 heartily with the Corry fair ones, and with Mrs. Penrose, Mrs. 

 Graves and Miss Parsons catered to the inner men by dispensing 

 of lemonade, pop and cigars. Their tent was well patronized and 

 seemed to be a pleasant resting place for the weary and thirsty 

 contestants. The presence of ladies as visitors w r as a novel and 

 pleasing feature at this tournament. Every afternoon from 100 

 to 200 were present, completely filling the verandas of the club 

 house and testifying their approval of good shots by vigorous ap- 

 plause. 



A new arrangement of traps was in operation, ten iu a row, al- 

 lowing the use of squads of eleven men at a time. While at the 

 score contestants stand on a thick laver of tau bark, under which 

 is a good cinder foundation, so that the hardest rain storms have 

 no effect on it, as the rain filters through and a system of piping- 

 conveys the water outside the grounds. The trap screen and 

 pits are solidly built of heavy plank, the trappers have a comfort- 

 able place conducive to the rapid discharge of their duties, and 

 in front, of each is an electric hutton by which a signal is given to 

 the puller that all is ready. The pulling arrangement is such 

 that traps can be sprung by a slight touch of the handles, and the 

 puller, Mr. Henry Frazier, won admiration by his ability to work 

 the trapis promptly on call when sound asleep. 



Mr. H. A. Penrose was a most efficient referee, keeping the 

 squads actively engaged, and his musical voice was anything but 

 that at the end of the week, from the constant shouting of "bed" 

 or "1-o-o-o-st." Mr. C. H. Wctmore, the moving spirit of the 

 Keystone Company, attended to the social duties of the tourna- 

 ment, and right royally did he acquit himself, his courtesy even 

 going so far as to administer a shave in a tonsorial parlor to a 

 friend who could not wait for the call of "next." A sight of the 

 victim after his escape, spoke volumes as to Wetmore's (in)ability 

 to handle the razor, but gratitude forbade any comments. 



The Keystone Company were very liberal in guaranteeing 

 money, $1,025 being offered during the four days; each day's pro- 

 gramme contained four guaranteed events for amounts from $25 

 to $100. In addition to this there were four trophy shoots; three 

 of these trophies were cups, which have been illustrated in our 

 columns; one donated by the Keystone Company, one by the 

 Peters Cartridge Company, and one by the L. C. Smith Gun 



