Deo. 36, 1889.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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EASTERN TEAM. 

 Wm. E. Pebby. VV. EL Wolstenguoft. H . B. Whitney. ^ W. S. Perry. 



WESTERN TEAM. 



Chas. W. Bitdd. 

 Rolla G. Heikes. Jas. R. Stice. 



S. A. TtTCKEB. 



John A. Ruble. O. E. Cahoon. 



THE TRAP, 



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 prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to dub 

 secretaries, correspondents who favor us with club scores are par- 

 tmuarly requested to write, on one side of the paper only. 



Secretaries of clubs and managers of tournaments are requested 

 to beep us advised or the dates of their shoots, ho that we mav 

 give due notice in our column of fixtures. 



THE U. S. CARTRIDGE CO. TOUR. 



THE great tour of the U. S. Cartridge Co.'s shooting teams may 

 now be said to be inaugurated, for although the shooters' car 

 does not start till the latter part of January, the advance agent is 

 now loose; which the same is Tee Kay. Anv trap-shooter and 

 almost any sportsman, of the country will know it lSTifcnecessan 

 to remark that Tee Kay is not a Japanese gentleman, but a 

 straightcut American irom New Jer&ev, and a whole aggregation 

 of talent in himself. To a lev/ intimate friends it is known that 

 his real name is Thos. Keller; but this fact is rapidlv becoming 

 obscured in the drift of time, and Tee Kay goes. The only mis- 

 fortune that, can happen to the hoys in the Iolauthe is that thev 

 can't have Tee Kay with them, hut must follow after, vainly try- 

 ing to stop the hole he leaves in the air or ahead; and if any im- 

 putation dare be put upon the management, it is that of possible- 

 bad judgment m selecting an advance agent who mav leave a 

 doubt in a town as to whether he was the front man or the whole 

 show himself. 



Mr. Keller goes first to Dayton, O., where the first shoot of the 

 tour will be given Jan. 27. After securing the grounds and bill- 

 ing the town properly, he departs for similar duties at CincinnaH. 



Leadville, Denver, Kansas City, Omaha, Des Moines. Ht.Pd.uJ, 

 Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, 

 Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, New York and R'.-a i» 

 This is the route to be followed on the grand tour, and a more 

 magnificent trip could not be imagined. It would seem a large 

 strip of country for one hmd to hold down, but :f any one m.m 

 can do it it U, the Tee Kaj aforesaid. It is to be h rpt d that he 

 will not dally too long in Kentucky, or pause unuulv in the Cixole 

 city, or look too Ion . upon the sra lions at the Gulden Gate, 01 

 stop to play solitaire in the Muj iVe d< sert. Ku matter wbece he 

 is he will not be lonesome- U is the buys otbind him who will te 

 lonesome. Suru ss go witn nim. aud with ti.e iuttlligent and 

 enterprising movement of which he is ihe preface. 



The route of the party and tue names of cue shooters have been 

 published in these column - before, and the cotiatrj isuowwell 

 acquainted with the enterprise , n nand. It. may u >L be amiss, 

 however, to give once m .tv tiie names of the linal teams for con- 

 venience of ref. lenee in b matter oi such importance. The East- 

 ern team is compo-$eU of H. MeMuroriy. S , raeu^e, N. Y. (captain); 

 H. B. Whitney, Phelps, N. £.; VV. H. Wolsteneroft, Philadelphia, 

 Pa ; W. E. Per. y of B , a ton, aud VV. Si Perry, of Worcester, Mass. 

 Mr.W. Fred Quinioy goes as substitute. The Western team is com- 

 posed of C. \\ . liadd, D' s Moines, la. (captain); J, R. Stice, Jack- 

 sonville, 111.; Ku la i .. tle.iie;, Dayton, O.; J. A. Ruble, Beloit. Wis.; 

 C. E. Canoon. Freep.it, 111. Mr. S. A.Tucker, Davenport, la., 

 goes as su'ostituie. 



There will he a large number of very interesting live bird races 

 shot during the tour, of which the following are part: At Louis- 

 ville, Mr. Heikes vs. Mr. Ruble, 25 birds a side: at Sr. Louis, 

 Messrs. McMurchy and Whitney vs. Messrs. Budd and Stice, 50 

 birds a side; at, New Orleans, the Eastern vs. Western team, 50 

 birds a side: at Los Angeles, Mr. Quimby vs. Mr. Tucker, 25 birds 

 a side; at, San Francisco, Mr. Budd vs. Mr. Stice, 35 birds a side, 

 and also Mr. McMurchy vs. Mr. Heikes. 35 birds a side; at Den- 

 ver, Mr. Ruble VS. Mr. Whitney, 25 birds a side; at Leadville, Mr. 

 Budd vs. Mr. McMurchy, 25 birds a side: at Kansas City, the 

 Eastern vs. the Western team, 100 birds a side; at Chicago,' the 

 Eastern vs. Western team, 100 birds aside. This will furnish 

 diversion in the target programme, and still further complete 

 the attractions of what is already accepted as the most unique 

 and perfect trap-shooting undertaking on record. The tour will 

 he a succession of admirably appointed tournaments, and sport, 

 at the trap will be set before the public as it has never been 

 before. 



Mr. Dimick, as manager of this trip, has not been satisfied to 

 turn the first forward wheel of the Iolauthe until every arrange- 

 ment for the comfort of his teams and for the success of the trip 

 was perfect, nothing less; therefore the starting date is now put 

 at Jan. 27, that being the date of the first shoot. Under manv 

 vexatious delays and disappointments Mr. Dimick has held to his 

 purpose, and there is now tairly under way, as stated in our first 

 paragraph, the first step in what is a thoroughlv well -conceived, 

 well-equipped, truly American enterprise. Therefore, joy go with 

 the herald and his following friends. 



ESSEX GUN CLUB. 



MARION, N. J., Dec. 10.— This afternoon at the club grounds at 

 Marion, N. J., the members of the Essex Gun Club held one 

 of their regular quarterly shooting meetings. No less than 

 twenty-two men put in an appearance. Sweepstakes were shot 

 until 11:30 P.M.. when an intermission was had for luncheon. 

 Then the two teams were selected, and the event of the day was 

 fought to a conclusion. This resulted as here given. The cap- 

 tains were R. II. Breintnall and Wm. Hayes. The match was 

 begun promptly at 1 o'clock, and was shot out by 4 o'clock. The 

 team led by Hayes won by 2 birds, killing 86 out of the 1C0 birds 

 shot at, against 84 killed by the team led by Breintnall. The men 

 shot alternately, first a member of one team, then a member of 

 trie other. 



W. Hughes got 10 straight kills, A. B. Hedden, S. S. Hedden, B. 

 Freeman and VV. Babbidge each killed 9, E. Nichols, R. Heinisch, 

 I. Keast, W. Hayes and B. Morris each got 7 birds to his credit, 

 and Terrill got 5; total 86. 



On the losing side C. M. Hedden and C. R. Hedden each scored 

 9 kills; G. Freche, L. Thomas. E. Tillon, R, H. Breintnall and Dr. 

 Nicholas each got 8, L. O. Jones got 7, H. Leddy and I. Mix got 6 

 each; total 84. 



The birds were a fair lot, somewhat uneven iu character; many 

 excellent, many fair, and a few poor. The day was a delightful 

 one for the trap shooters. The sweepstakes were all of similar 

 character, viz.: 4 birds, $2 entrance, 3 moneys, Essex Club rules to 

 govern. 



First event.-Breintnall, Freeman and Mix killed all their birds 



and divided first, mouev. Second was won by Terrill, and third 

 by Thomas. 



Second event.— Breintnall was the only man who killed the four, 

 and he took first money. Freeman, Mix, A. E. Hedden, White 

 aud L. O. Hedden scored three kills each and divided secoud. A. 

 Freche took third with two kills. 



Third event.— Breintnall and Thomas killed four straight and 

 divided first money. Freeman was all alone for second. Third 

 was divided between Mix, A. E. Hedden, White and L. 0, Hedden. 



Fourth event.— S. S. Hedden took first alone; Babbidge and 

 Leddy got 3 killed each and divided second, while third was won 

 by E. Tillon. 



Fifth event.— Fifteen entries, Babbidge, C. M. Hedden and W. 

 Hughes made clean scores and divided first; A. B. Hedden, S. S. 

 Hedden, H. Leddy, t. Mix, B. Freeman and J. Nichols got 3 each 

 out of the 4 shot at, and divided second. Third monev went to 

 Breintnall, Freche, L. O. Hedden, D. D. Terrill and J. Tillon, share 

 and share alike. 



Sixth event,— Sixteen entries, four moneys. L. O. Hedden, W. 

 Hayes, A. B Hedden, T. Keast and R. H. Breintnall made clean 

 scores and tied for first. It was at once shot off, miss and out. 

 L. O. Hedden and Keast missed their first bird and went to the 

 rear. Hayes and A. B. Hedden followed suit on the second bird 

 shot at, and R. II. Breintnall got the plunder by killing his bird. 

 C. M. Hedden, Babbidge. B. Morris, G. Freche, W. Hughes, I. 

 Nichols B. Freeman aud J. Tillon all tied for second, and also 

 shot iff the lie, as did the first men, miss and out. Babbidge, 

 Freche, Hushes and Till in slipped nut quietly on their first shot. 

 C. M. Hedden and J. Morris on their second shot came to grief. 

 1. Nichols and Free nan killed and then divided the money. Third 

 money was separated arnhaMy by Jerry Monahan and S. S. 

 Hedden. Dr. Nicholas won fourth, being the only one in the 

 class. 



Old SAuth Paw (AL Herittg 1 ) managed the accessories of the 

 mee'ing in his usual capital fashiou. 



NEWARK, Dec. 18 —At Ero's Park to-day there was to have 

 been shot the match between Frank Glass of Pine Brook, and 

 James Thompson nt Yonkers. Both men pat in an appearance, 

 hut each man was a phy-icil wreck. Cla^s was suffering from 

 an attack of neuralgia, and Thompson was in no better shape, so 

 the shoot was postponed to Thursday, Dec. 26. A large number 

 of spectators were on hand, all interested in pigeon contests, so 

 a number of s v e cpstakes were at once gotten u|i and shot to a 

 finish. The sweepstakes w< re all shot under the following con- 

 dition?: Pour buds, 83 entrance, under 10 entries, 2 moneys. 60 

 aud 40 per cent; ovtr 10, 3 moneys, 50, 30 and 20 per cent,., Hurling- 

 ham rules to govern. 



First event (l'J entries): C. M. Hedden, S. Castle, J. Thompson, 

 Frank Ciasj and C. Reinhardt killed all their birds and tied for 

 first m mey. They shot off the tied in the next sweep, the best 

 score to take the mouey. Erb, Wheaton and Collins tied for 

 second and did the same, as did also Taylor and E. Thompson, 

 who tied for third. 



Second event: C. Reinhardt, E. Collins and J. Thompson killed 

 4 straight and tied for first. The money was div., and Thompson 

 and Reinhardt div. first, monev carried over from the first event. 

 C. M. Hedden, S. Castle, J. Wheaton, F. Class and E. Thompson 

 killed 3 each and shot the tie off in the third event. Reinhardt 

 missed 2 birds and captured third money by himself. 



Third event: Htdden, Castle, Erb, Wheaton and J. Thompson 

 got 4 straight kills and shot off the tie in the next sweep. Rein- 

 hardt got 3 kills out of the 4 shot at, and again captured the pot 

 without a competitor in his class, this time second money. Third 

 money was tied for by Class, Collins, Taylor and E. Thompson 

 with a half and half score, two misses and two kills each. It was 

 shot for in the next sweepstakes. 



Fourth event: Fir<t money was tied for by Hedden, J. Thomp- 

 son, Class, Collins, E. Thompsou and Hugh Leddy. Each killed 

 all his birds. They refused to div. and snot it oft, miss and out. 

 Here followed as hot a race as is seldom seen. Before it was set- 

 tled the cost of the pigeons amounted to more than the monev in 

 the pot. J. Thompson f lipped up on his fourth bird and was out. 

 Hedden followed suit on his seventh, a clean miss, for the bird 

 fooled him. E. Thompsou dropped out on his ninth bird. Collins, 

 not to be outdone, also missed his tenth. Class killed his and took 

 the first money of this and the third money of the preceding by 

 shooting out alt others. Second money was amiahlv div. between 

 Erb. Castle and Whea ton. Chris Reinhardt again 'raked in a pot 

 all by himself. 



GRAND GROSSING, 111., Dec. 11.— The South Chicago Gun 

 Club medal shoot, lOlive pigeons, 5 ground traps, 30vds. rise, 80yds. 

 boundary, Illinois State rules. They also shot 'the blackbird 

 medal the same day at 20 Peoria blackbirds: 

 Live Pigeons. 



L Well and 7 F Willard 9 Monroe 5 



GKleinman 8 E Reeves 9 J Watson 8 



AW Reeves 9 A Kleinman 9 F Templeton 6 



CAmstein 6 E Marsh 9 Dr Larkin 10 



Blackbirds. 



E Marsh ,...13 F Willard 16 C Amstein 15 



E Reeves. 18 A Kleinman 12 A W Reeves 19 



G Kleinman 15 S Willard 19 



Messrs. Willard and Reeves shot their tie off at 5 birds each, 

 killing 20 straight; of the last 5 Willard killed 4 and Reeves 3, 

 giving Willard the medal. 



Dec. Mi — Match at 50 live pigeons per man, 5 ground traps, 

 30yds. rise and 80yds. boundary, Illinois State rules: Organ and 

 Payson vs. Ashley and Phillips: 



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MONTREAL, Dee. 19.— The Athletic Club House Company are 

 devising improvements that wiU no doubt prove attractive to 

 hundreds of young men. One of the latest ideas is to establish a 

 hundred yards range for sporting rifles with running deer targets. 

 There will also be a flying target ; 6ft. in diameter, with a mova- 

 ble clay bird. The advantage of this will be that novices who 

 shoot at clay birds, and when they miss, never know why they 

 miss, will have an opportunity to see their mistakes aud correct 

 them. 



The annual meeting of the Cote St. Paul Gun Club showed the 

 affairs of the club to be in a most flourishing condition, Vice- 

 President Westcott occupied the chair, and after routine business 

 the election of officers resulted as follows: President, G. Prevost; 

 Vice-President, A. O. Westcott; Secretary-Treasurer, A. Aubin; 

 Captain, B. W. Higgins; Committee, James Masterson, V. Hen- 

 riohon, W. Plato. The opening shoot will be at the club grounds 

 on Christmas day, 



at Lyons, 1890, under the auspices -of the Spencer Sportsmen's 

 Club, respectfully announce that they have selected June 9, 10, 11, 

 12 and 13, 1890, as the dates for holding the convention. The asso- 

 ciation contests will be governed by American Association rules, 

 so far as the shooting at inanimate targets is concerned, using 

 three traps with indicators. Birds to be thrown at required 

 height and at a distance of from 45 to 50yds. as near as possible. 

 The American Association rules will not govern classification of 

 shooters, etc., but simply apply to the trap rules. In view of the 

 disregarding of the classification followed at Albany and Auburn, 

 and in the absence of any definite plan given by the association, 

 the committee will endeavor to give the shooters several different 

 systems or methods of arrangement so far as the association con- 

 tests are concerned— introducing such as they think will be most 

 acceptable to all. Full information in this regard will be given 

 in the programmes to be issued in due season. The committee 

 are in possession of very flattering prospects and assurances for 

 the coming convention and ask the co-operation of all snortsmen 

 throughout the State to the end that the next meeting may be 

 made the most successful in the history of the association. Lyons 

 being centrally located, with ample hotel and railroad accommo- 

 dations, we have reason to expect a large attendance and desire 

 to extend a hearty invitation to all clubs now members of tlio as- 

 sociation and trust that many newly organized clubs will be rep- 

 resented. We also extend to all sportsmen and trap-shooters 

 throughout the country a welcome to the sweepstake shooting, 

 and in this regard it is proposed to make a place for both the pro- 

 fessional and the amateur. The committee of arrangements are: 

 Dr. J. W. Putnam, chairman; Henry Killick, H. G. Hotchkiss, Jr., 

 H. B. Whitney, R, J. Parshall, M. L. Forsyth. W. S. Gavitt, secre- 

 tary.— Spencer Sportsmen's Ct.ub. 



ALBANY, Dec. 19.— Trap-shooting in this section is each suc- 

 ceeding year becoming more popular. A project is now afoot to 

 establish a league among the artificial target shots of a number 

 of cities and towns in eastern New York, to be known as the 

 Eastern New York Trap Shooting League. The scheme as now 

 outlined embraces several of the features of the baseball league 

 idea. It provides for the initial association of gun clubs in Al- 

 bany, Troy, Johnstown. Saratoga Springs, Catskilland Hoosick 

 Falls. Each ot these places has a club of trap-shooting enthusi- 

 asts, averaging twenty members. It is proposed to adopt certain 

 rules making it obligatory for each club to hold a shoot on its 

 local grounds once every week during the trap-shooting season, 

 and arranging for a, general tournament once every six weeks at 

 one of the six localities, in turn. The men who have thus far been 

 most prominent in advocating the new league are: H. M. Leveng- 

 ston, of Saratoga; C. A. Rockworth, of Albany; J. H. Patten, of 

 Troy; Marcus T. Pierson, of Johnstown; Geo. F. Tolley, of Cats- 

 kill, and C. F. Johnstone, of Hoosick Falls. With the opening of 

 the trap-shooting season in the coming soring months efforts will 

 be made to form a compact organization, elect a competent corps 

 of offi, ers and managers, secure suitable grounds in each of the 

 above-mentioned places, and perfect the necessary details for 

 making this new species of shooting circuit. If the venture proves 

 as successful as its advocates and promoters assert, the circuit 

 will be extended to take in. such other well-known associations as 

 the Onondaga Sportsman's Club, of Syracuse, and the gun clu bs 

 of Auburn and Lyons. 



BROOKLYN. Dec. 19.— The Parkway Gun Club held their final 

 shoot of the season at Dexter Park, on the Jamaica Plank Road 

 to-day. The club formerly shot at the old mill on the Rockawav 

 road, but have completed arrangements to use the Dexter Park 

 grounds in the future, as they are more easy of access. The scores 

 made were very good considering the exacting rules under which 

 the competition is conducted, and which do not allow a bird as 

 killed unless the gun is below the elbow before the pigeon is on the 

 wing. The principal shoot was for the gold badge of the club, at 

 7 live birds per entrant, handicap rises. The score: 



Elias Helgans 1111111—7 Henry Ehrichs ,1100011—4 



William Levens 1111111—7 Henrv Bramwell 1 tOlOlO— 4 



August Lehman 1111110—6 Emil Steinheuser 1011001— 4 



Richard Plaster 0111111—6 Henry J Selover 1001110—4 



James L Savage 0011111—5 Henry S teinheuser. . .1001001—3 



William Bunder 1111010—5 Henry J Bookman 0100000—1 



The tie between Helgans and Levens was shot off at live birds 

 miss and out, the result being as follows: 



Helgans 111111111—9 Levens. ... 111111110—8 



Thus Helgans wins the gold badge of the club and first money. 

 A sweepstakes shoot at 3 live birds for the entry fee followed the 

 regular competition, the money being divided 50 per cent, to first 

 30 per cent, to second, and 20 per cent, to third. The scores were' 



E Helgans .,111—3 H J Bookman 101—2" 



W Levens 111—3 W Duyrea HO— 2 



E Steinheuser 111-3 H Steinheuser 100—1 



J Phohlmann .. 111-3 W Bunder 001—1 



R Phister 111-3 H Bramwell 010—1 



A Lehman 011—2 



As it was too dark to shoot any longer the money was divided 

 the ties not being shot off. 



DAYTON, Ohio, Dec. 19.— The Dayton Gun Club team often 

 shot its end of the match with the East End Gun Club, of Cleve- 

 land, at Lew Lang's, near here, tc-day— 50 Standard targets to 

 each man. all using 12-gauge guns, except Buntain, who had Capt. 

 Ritty's splendid 10 gauge Lefever. Paul North, of the Cleveland 

 Club, witnessed the shoot here, and Rolla Heiiies, of the Dayton 

 Club, was in Cleveland to represent, the shoot, there. The weather 

 was as bland as a June morning, and all conditions for fine shoot- 

 ing were, as perfect as though made to order, and the shooters had 

 the bright sun behind them. Members of the club had a 25-bird 

 race in the morning to decide who should be in the team, aud the 

 following were successful: Walter Keenan, David Bacon L K 

 Buntain, Scott McDonald, Charles Tippy, Ed Rike, Dolph Sander! 

 Ed Cain and W T illiam Pratchett, Heikes was the tenth man, his 

 score being shot at Cleveland. North's score made here to-day 

 goes in with the Cleveland team score. William Pratchett was 

 captain of the Dayton team; Ed Wolf and Dick Fowler iudges- 

 George W. Knecht referee: Keenan it, Kike 43, Cain 43, McDon- 

 ald 43, Bacon 46, Prachett 30, Buntain 40, Sanders 38, Tippy 42, 

 North 45. Heikes lost his fifth, thirty-fifth, thirlv-eigbtli 'and 

 forty- first birds, making his individual score 46, and the Davton 

 team score 424. Cleveland total 430. 



GLEN EY"RE, Pa., Dec. 21— The West Orange Gun Club to-day 

 beat for the second time the famous Blooming Grove Gun Club 

 The score was: Orange, 118; Blooming Grove, 109. The shooters 

 of Pike county took their defeat with the utmost good nature, as 

 they could afford to, and at once offered a handsome Bilver 

 pitcher to any club that would do it again. 



