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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 11, 1890. 



GERMAN MARKSMEN. 



THE cbarnpiou target shot of the world. Gup Zimmermarj, of 

 New York, returned home or. the Hamburg liner Columbia, 

 arriving Sept. 5. He fame with his gnu, his trunk full of medals 

 and trophies, in good health and with his usual joyous smile. His 

 com nan inns were Alexander Stein, Herman Weber and Messrs. 

 Walflsmitli and Meyer.all of the Independent New York Schuetzen 

 Corps. There was a crowd at the pier in Hohoken to meet, him, 

 and they made the welcome a ringing one. Tbe Limtzriw (Com- 

 pany, of which the ch amnion is the captain, was there in force 

 under the \°" devshiu of Qus Ringler. Charles DtJnpler. Georere 

 Zitzman and John Flaeklan. From Hohoken the champion was 

 escorted over to the Bull's Head Tavern, of which he fa propr'e- 

 tor, at Third avenue and Twenty- fourth street, and there he held 

 a reception all day and all the evening. His breast was covered 

 with medals of gold, silver and bronze. On a sideboard was 

 packed vases, cups, pitchprs. goblets and statuettes of gold, silver, 

 ivory. Dresden ware and glass. "These are. not. all," said the 

 happy, modest and handsome prize winner. "There are a lot 

 ronre that have not come to me yet, bnt are on their way over." 

 "How many did you win altogether?" was asked, 

 "I can't tell you vet. Not until they all 'come to hand and I look 

 over my li=t, but I think there are a few more than flftv." 



Zimmerman won a prize in every match in which ho entered, 

 and the first prize in every contest of importance that he took 

 part in, and he took his chances in every match he was allowed to 

 enter. He broke the record of scores a dozen times. In some, of 

 the cont ests he competed against from 5,000 to 7,000 trained marks- 

 men. 



It was June last that the German-American representatives of 

 the New York Shooting Corps to the number of 300 left for Ger- 

 many to take part in the annual chooting festivities in the Father- 

 land. Mr. Zimmerman, with seventy others, represented the 

 Independent New York Schuetzen Corps. At Berlin they were 

 wined and dined and were led in a procession of honor Unter den 

 Linden and before tbe Castle to the Town nal'. Tbey were even 

 tendered a reception by Prince Bismarck himself atFriedrichsrub. 



The Americans competed at Berlin, Hamburg, Bremen, Neu- 

 stadt. Ringeu, Frauenfeld, Hanover and other places, and acquit- 

 ted themselves with honor at all. The pre-eminent marksman 

 was in almost every case Gustave Zimmermann. He is specially 

 proud of a beer set of Dresden ware— a pitcher, a dozen silver- 

 mounted mugs and sal ver— presented to him by A. M. Simon, 

 United States Consul at Hanover, as a prize as the best American 

 marksman. 



A cup of silver and gold was another trophy from Hanover won 

 for the highest individual score during the mooting. In winning 

 this Capt. 7,immerma.nu broke the best record ever" made in Ger- 

 many at 200vds. and 328yds., off-hand shooting. 



He broke the record in another match at Hanover with a score 

 of 75 out of 100 in 50 shots at 328yds.. the highest count for each 

 shot being but 2. In the same kind of a match at Berlin he broke 

 his own record. 



Of his eighteen or twenty medals he is, perhaps, proudest of the 

 one captured in Switzerland. He was the only American entered 

 and had 7.000 or 8,000 to contend against. The medal is of solid 

 gold, big and heavy as a. half dozen gold eagles rolled together. 



At Hanover he won the star of honor for the highest score at 

 328vds. 



Zimmerman n's first shooting was in the shooting festival at 

 Bremen on June 15, 17 and 22. He won first prize on the target of 

 honor, two handsome vases, inlaid with gold and silver; also a 

 cup as first prize in the fast-firing contest, second prize on the 

 328yds. field target, and first prize on the point target. 



At Hanover, an important meeting. Zimmermann captured on 

 the target of honor tbe prize given by the American Consul, a 

 handsome pitcher, with mugs and tray of exquisite Delft ware, 

 embellished by engravings and a silver shield, and bearing an 

 appropriate inscription. He also ^von first prize given by the 

 Hanover Sehuetzen Gesell=ehaft. On the point target Zimmer- 

 mann scored 75 points in SO shots, the. man next to him having 

 only 58. A fine gold cup. a picture given by the F/clgenoseisehe 

 Schuetzen Gesellschaf t of Switzerland, and the first star also 

 went to Zimmermann on the same target. 



From Hanover Zimmermann went to Hamburg, hot was too late 

 to take part, in the Independent Team match. From Hamburg the 

 Independents went to Berlin, the objective point of the German 

 excursion. On the. first day he won the first cup on the point tar- 

 get, and on the second day first cup in the field. On Tuesday, July 

 8, in the quick-firing content, Zimmerman did not draw for place 

 as the .other marksmen did, but was awarded 54 as his number. 

 When the cannon gave the signal Zimmermann noticed that his 

 target had been sent up, and fired. On his fourth shot his target- 

 broke dr.wu. Upon the information given by a member of the 

 Berlin Shooting Committee the New York champion was enabled 

 to secure another target after two minutes' delay. He had scored 

 7 red flags, or 14 points, in 20 shots. When he wished to cool his 

 gun, as his paraphernalia was still at his old stand, he had to go 

 himself and carry his necessary implements to his new shooting 

 ground, thus losing valuable, time. The sixth cup was awarded to 

 Zimmerman on this target. Other prizes won at Berlin were a 

 cup in the shape of what is railed in Germany a "humpen." given 

 bv the Muenchner Kindl'r Brewing Company, of Munich, on the 

 300 metre field-ring target, and prizes on all the other field and 

 point targets. Tn the serial shooting Zimmerman not only sur- 

 prised the German shooters, but his American confreres as well. 

 He put un a score never equalled in Berlin, namelv. 49 points in 50 

 shots at 106vds. He. received only the first cash prize on this tar- 

 get, the honor prizes, including a valuable gold medal, being 

 awarded to members of the German Schuetzen Bund only. Pistol 

 shooting had never been a principal point in Zimmerman's marks- 

 manship, still he managed to capture thirteenth prize, beating 

 among others some of the American experts. 



At Bingen Zimmermann again showed his superiority in serial 

 shooting by taking first prize on his forty-fifth shot. Other prizes 

 won by him were first prize on the target of honor and second 

 prize on the master target. 



In Neustadt Zimmermann won the first set of spoons and forks 

 on the point, (190yds.) target; also the first gold badge on the. target 

 of honor: a very handsome tea service on the championship or 

 master target, with 51 out of the possible 60, and on the 328yds. 

 field target won the second prize, a handsome coin pokal. 



Gustave, or "Cus" Zimmermann. as he is more familiarly 

 known, is a fine-looking man of 36 years of age. He is 5ft. 7in. in 

 height, stocky build, and weighs about 208lbs. He was born in 

 Baden, Germany, and came to America in 1870, He commenced 

 rifle-shooting about ten years ago in the shooting-galleries about 

 town, and soon became an expert. He came into public promi- 

 nence about two years ago in a three-hour bullseye match at 

 Morrisania Schuetzen Park, and again last vear as the winner of 

 the Tiffany Cup at Creedmoor, and the $1,000 piano at the German 

 Hospital. Fair. He went to Germany three, years age to partici- 

 pate in the Schuetzen festivals of that country, but was attacked 

 with rheumatism on his way over. Though a cripple for the time 

 being, he boldly entered several contests, and came away with 

 fifteen prizes. He generally uses a Ballard rifle in his target 

 shooting, but for quick firing prefers a Winchester, 



Capt. Zimmerman said that the. balance of the American rifle 

 shots would arrive on the Fulda, which left Bremen Aug. 30. 



Among the American teams represented by the returning 

 voyagers are the Independents, the Bull's Head and the German- 

 American Schuetzen Corps of this city. 



The shots who came with Zimmerman went at once to their 

 homes. 



All of them were more or less successful, and their markman- 

 ship was generally superior to their European competitors. 



The returned sharpshooters were disinclined to talk about the 

 reported troubles among the American sharpshooters while in 

 Berlin, due it was said to jealousy. 



They said they were too glad to get home to think of the bicker- 

 ings while they were away, and were bound to enjoy their recep- 

 tion first. 



Laurel-crowned and justly proud of tneir victories won in;a 

 foreign land, tl e t wenty-nine members of the New York Central 

 Schueizen Corps, under the command of Capt. George Sieburg, 

 arrived Sept. 8 on the steamer Fulda. The voyage from Bremen, 

 which the steamer left on Aug. 30, was favored by good weather 

 and a smooth sea. 



"Yes," said the Captain, "our trip has been a memorable one, 

 indeed. Wo shall never forget our pleasures and our honors. 

 However, we are glad to get home again , as are also our wives and 

 our daughters. The time has passed quickly for us, and our jour- 

 ney was, in fact, a continued ovation. It did not end until we left 

 the German shore in Bremerhaven. The Schuetzen companies in 

 Bremen and Bremerhaven tendered us a reception on the day of 

 our departure, and sent us with a 'Godspeed' on our journey home. 



"It is impossible to give an account of our journey in a few 

 words. It would require a volume to tell all we saw. The Ameri- 

 cans were treated with especial courtesy, from the day they ar- 

 rived in Germany. We left New York on June 3; and have been 

 gone, therefore, a little more than three months. After leaving 

 Bremen we went to Hanover, where we took part in the shooting 

 matches. We then spent a few days visiting our old friends and 

 respective homes in the Fatherland. We arrived in Berlin for the 

 great international Schuetzerifest on July 3 and remained until 

 JulyJ3. 



"The festival was one of the greatest and most interesting of 

 the kind ever held. More than 6,000 marksmen gathered in Ger- 

 many's capital. Fully 300 of these were from America. Berlin 

 was not prepared, in fact, for such a large attendance. It was 

 difficult for us to get proper accommodations. Berlin, you know, 

 is a great city, but it is a dead one when compared with New York. 

 The soldiers and military display, the trees along the famous 

 Filter den Linden, the insignia of imperialism, lend it a certain 

 charm and splendor; but it seems still and village-like after the 

 rush and push of this city. 



"We were successful in an unusual degree at the matches. We 

 succeeded in gaining fifteen prizes, which we have brought home 

 in proof of what American marksmen can do when pitted against 

 their kind on the other side of the sea. Our trip after leaving 

 Berlin was full of interest to all of us. Especially did we enjoy 

 our stay in Munich and our visit to Oberammereau to witness the 

 Passion Plav. We went to all of the principal cities in the south- 

 ern part of Germany, and took the trip up the Rhine as a matter 

 of course We divided into separate parties at Cologne on July 

 27. The following month, until Aug. 2" we spent in various ways, 

 coming together again to attend the banquet in the famous Ra.ths- 

 kelleT of Bremen on Aug. 29. The reception and banquet were 

 given by the Bremen Schuetzen Verein." 



ZETTLER CLUB. 



The seventeenth annual shooting festival of the Zettler Rifle 

 Club, which closed on the 8th, was one of the most interesting 

 and successful meetings in the club's history. There were manv 

 noted marksmen present from neighboring States, and nearly all 

 the crack rifle teams and clubs of New York and Brooklyn were 

 well represented. The principal events, with the prize winners in 

 each, were as follows: 



Target of Honor: 



M Dorrler 24 20 24—68 J H Bernius 24 19 19-62 



John Heoking 22 20 24—66 C G Zettler 21 18 2'-6l 



Chas Kohlmetz 14 25 25-64 G W Downs 21 18 20—59 



R Busse 22 23 19—64 L Flach 23 21 15—59 



J A Bergen 19 21 24-64 F C Ross 19 20 20-59 



J Coppersmith 22 19 21—62 



Judges' Target: 



A J Christen 21 20 21-62 C W Homey 20 15 16-51 



Riug Target, -Min. German ring target: 



R Basse 8$ F Steinbach 25 C G Zettler 28W 



J Coppersmith... 19^ A Sfahl 25 B Zettler .29% 



HHolges 22 M Dorrler 27 G Walz 33 



GKlingenhofer..24 I J Lyons 27)4 F Ross 36 



Ring Target, best five shots: 



S.I Lyons 31 L Flach 22 B Zettler 18 



OG Zettler 30 HHolges 19 



Ladies' Contest: 



MrsC C Wissel....40 MrsKellar 36 Miss B Downs. .. .36 



Miss Baumgart. . . .38 Mrs B Walther. . . .35 Mrs Steinbach 34 



Mrs C G Zettler. . .36 



Cash prizes were given in all the contests which were on the 

 200yd8. range. Sergt. T. J. Dolan, champion rifle shot of the Na- 

 tional Guard, has put up $25 in gold, to be constituted a first prize 

 in a reporters' match, which is to be shot at Creedmoor Saturday 

 afternoon, and which is open to all regularly accredited reporters 

 for New York and Brooklyn newspapers. An entrance fee of $1 

 will be charged, the aggregate of which will constitute a second 

 prize, to go to tbe second man. The range will be 200ydB, and each 

 man will have 10 shots. 



BOSTON, Sept. 6.— The regular weekly shoot of the Massachu- 

 setts Association was held to-dav at its range under very un- 

 favorable weather conditions, and with a few exceptions the 

 scores were not. up to the usual standard. The attendance was 

 good. Lieut. W. G. Hussey won the silver and gold and the silver 

 military medals. Following are the best scores finished to-day, 

 200yds., standard American target: 



All Comers' Rest Match. 



J Francis 115 A S Hunt 105 M R Barter 100 



S Wilder ..109 M T Day 103 R. F Lawrence. ... 97 



F Daniels 106 S T George 101 W Drew 87 



F W Chester 106 



AH Comers' Off-Hand Match. 



SOMerville 74 77 Grains 72 A N Mann 64 



MT Dry 74 A S Hunt 68 M R Barter 72 



D R Bale 73 W Drew 66 



Military Match. 



FFHauscomb 40 O T Prescott 35 G Belcher 33 



E L Fitzhenry 39 J Durward 35 AS Field 32 



GHNason 37 



TORONTO, Aug. 30.— On account of a difference of opinion ex- 

 isting between the Orillia and Bradford Rifle Clubs as to their 

 shooting qualities, Joseph Neilly, of Bradford, issued a challenge 

 to shoot any one or more D f the Orillia Club for §25 per man. The 

 challenge was accepted by four of the Orillia shooters, and the 

 event came off last Saturday on the Barrie Junior Rifle Range, 

 Mr. Neilly winning three matches out of four. The score: 

 First Match. Third Match. 



100yds. 200vds. T'l lOOvds. 200yds. T'l 



JNeillv 43 36 82 FJDelaney.. 41 38 79 



WW Wood... 43 40 82 J Neilly 46 36 82 



Wood won at, longe range. 



Second Match. Fourth Match. 



J Neilly 46 49 95 W Hammond. 47 32 79 



GE Whiter... 43 39 82 J Neilly 49 38 87 



J. Neillv made an average of Orillia four men made an 



average of 80]^. The match was shot under the rules of the Off- 

 hand Rifle Association. J. W. Crossley, of King City, acted as 

 referee. 



ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 6 —The St. Louis Pistol Club began oper- 

 ations on a new tournament last Wednesday. A small crowd 

 took part, but the scores made are very creditable. The medal, 

 which is a handsome bauble of gold valued at $15, was won for 

 the first time by Sam Dorman, who scored 93 out of a possible 100: 

 For all shooting the club uses a 12J^yds. standard American tar- 

 get. The score: 



S G Dorman 8 8 10 10 10 10 9 8 10 10—93 



E MohTstadt 8 10 9 8 10 10 9 7 9 9-89 



A McBean 8 8 10 8 5 10 9 8 10 9-85 



A E Bengel 7 10 7868977 10-83 



M Billmeyer 9 10 9 9 8 8 8 0 8 5—83 



M Suramerfield 6 88988 10 88 8—81 



F A Fodde 8 7 10 10 6 7 7 7 9 10-81 



H Stussel 9 6 5 8 6 10 9 9 5 7-74 



Officers of the Pistol Club are making arrangements for holding 

 a picnic shortly, tbe main feature of which will be sweepstake 

 shooting for prizes. A number of valuable prizes have been 

 donated already, and the prospects are that the affair will he a 

 grand success. The date for holding the p'enic has not been set 

 yet, but will take place in the near future.— Unser Fritz. 



ZETTLER CLUB.— The regular monthly meeting of the Zettler 

 Rifle Club, held on Tuesday evening. Sept. 2, at, their headquar- 

 ters, 331 Bowery, was unusually well attended, even some of the 

 Newark members, notably Mr. J. Coppersmith, being present. 

 Mr. Bernard Walther, the president of the club, was warmly wel- 

 comed by his fellow memhers and occupied the chair for the first 

 time iu four months. The shooting committee, consisting of 

 Messrs. Boyken, C. G. Zettler, Holges, Stei nbach and Ross, reported 

 progress, and the programme for the annual priz^ shoot of the 

 club was approved. The contests, which, with the exception of 

 the target of honor, are open to all comers, were set for Sept. 7 

 and 8, at Wissel's Cypress Hill Park, L. I. Nearly $400 have been 

 guaranteed by the club in prizes and premiums on the ring and 

 point targets, open to all, and $100 has been donated, besides a 

 large number of useful and valuable individual prizes on the tar- 

 get of honor. The club also gives two prizes to be shot for by the 

 judges and invited guests. 



NEW YORK, Sept. 4.— The Empire Rifle Club held its opening 

 meeting at the headquarters, 12 St. Mark's place, yesterday. It 

 was decided to hold bi-weekly shoots at the gallery, during the 

 season, on the 100ft. range of the German-American Shooting 

 Society. A gentleman formerly prominently connected with rifle 

 shooting will give two valuable medals for the season's competi- 

 tion. After the transaction of the usual routine business the 

 meeting was ad journed and the young members tendered a re- 

 ception to the ladies, among whom were Mrs. C. G. Zettler, Sr., 

 Mrs. Martiu, Miss Sophie Martin and Miss Grace Van Arden. 

 After the serving of refreshments dancing was the order of the 

 evening and was continued until a late hour. 



MARION, N. J., Sept. 3. -The weekly shoot of the Marion Rifle 

 Club, of Jersey City, on their range at Marion, N. J. to-day, was 

 not as well attended as usual, owing to the fact that the Marions 

 held their annual prize shoot only two days before. Eight mem- 

 bers took part in the contest and put up fairly good scores. The 

 weather conditions were favorable until the latter part of the 

 match, when the wind began to veer considerably. The results: 

 Two hundred yards, off-hand, 25-ring target, 12-inch black, 3m. 

 bul's-eve, in. rings: L. P. Harsen 207, J. Speicher 192, J. Rebhan 

 192, Wm. Weber 189, J. Diehl 180; A, Braun 174, H, Hoarsen 174, T. 

 1 fcjtjff 156, out of a possible 250. 



THE TRAP, 



Scores for publication should be made out on the printed Mania 

 prepa/red by (he Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to club 

 secretaries. Corrrxptoirtmir, who favor m with club scores are par- 

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



FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here, 

 send in notice like the following- : 



Sept. 9-11— St. Paul Gun Club Tournament, Hamline, Minn. 

 Professionals barred. F. D. Pononshv, Pres., St. Paul. 



Sept. 9-12.— Cincinnati. O.— Al Bandle's Sixth Annual Live and 

 Artificial Shooting Tournament, open to the World. Avenue 

 Ball Park. Sept. 9, 10, 11 and 12. Guaranteed Purse. Wm. E. 

 Limberg, Sec'y. 



Sept. 25-27— Harrishurg, Pa.. Annual Fall Tournament, Harris- 

 burg Shooting Association. Two days Keystones one dav live 

 birds. Program mes now ready. A. M. F. Worden, Sec'v. Box 488. 



Sept. 30, Oct. 1-3.— Sixth Annual Tournament of the Middlesex 

 Gun Club, at Plainfield, N. J. Two days targets, two days live 

 birds. $1,000 guaranteed. Programmes ready for distribution 

 Sept. 1. 



SHOT MAKERS COMBINE. 



St. Louis, Aug. 30.— There are sixteen shot manufacturing con- 

 cerns in the United States, and two of them are in St. Louis. A 

 combination or trust has been formed, taking in all sixteen of the 

 plants. Alexander Euston, president of the Collier Shot Tower 

 Co., of this city, vice-president of the Linseed Oil Trust, and 

 former trustee of the. Lead Trust, arrived here from New York 

 this morning and spent a good portion of the dav in conference 

 withGoo. W.Chadbourne, president of the St. Louis Tower Co., 

 and other gentlemen connected with the lead industry. 



Mr. Euston this evening admitted freely that the combination 

 had been formed, and said there only remained a few finishing 

 formalities to be gone through with, which will be settled at a 

 meeting to be held in Chicago next Wednesday. The plan of the 

 combination is the same as the lead trust. Every one of the six- 

 teen concerns will surrender its individual existence and cancel 

 its capital stock. Each will hecotne a branch of the American 

 Shot Tower Association, on a valuation fixed by a committee ap- 

 pointed three months ago, and which has completed this feature 

 of the work. 



A meeting was held in Chicago last week attended by John Far- 

 ell, of Bailey, FareU & Co.. Pittsburgh; A. E. Schmidt and E. A. 

 Leroy, of the ILeroy Shot Co. of New York; Alexander Euston, 

 of tbe Collier Shot Co. of St. Louis; the two Blatchfords, of the 

 Chicago Shot Tower Co., Chauncey Keep, of the Raymond Lead 

 Co.; Chicago; F. A. Lawrence, of the Northwestern Shot Co., 

 Omaha; Hugh Merin, of the Cincinnati Shot Tower Co., D. F. 

 Boyce, of the Continental Co.. Kansa a City; Chas. Tatham, of 

 Tatham Bros., New York; G. W. Chad bourne, of the St. Louis 

 Shot Tower Co., W. T. Harvey, of the Merchants' Co., Baltimore; 

 E. H. Murdock, of the Sportsmen's Shot Co., Cincinnati, and John 

 McPhail, of Joseph Robertson & Co., Baltimore. 



The Gulf Shot and Lead Co. of New Orleans, Thos. W. Sparks, 

 of Philadelphia, and the Colwell Lead Co. were not represented, 

 but they are in the trust. The association is incorporated in 

 Illinois and has a capital stock of |8,00fJI,00i>, with headquarters at 

 Chicago. The President is John Farell. of Pittsburgh; Secretary, 

 E. W. Loorne; Treasurer, E. A. Leroy. These facts were fully con- 

 firmed by Edward M. Flesh, secretary of the Collier Shot Co., and 

 Col. Thos. Richesoa, president of the Collier Lead Co. Both ad- 

 mitted unequivocally that the trust is formed for the purpose of 

 regulating the output and controlling prices. 



Chicago, Sept. 4.— The Times says the organization of the 

 American Shot and Lead Company has been completed in this 

 city. Mention of the plans of the company for obtaining control 

 of the shot towers of the country was made several days ago. The 

 capital stock is §3,000,000. One concern in each of the larger cities 

 of the Union have been merged in the new company, and each has a 

 representative in the Board of Directors chosen, which is as follows: 

 Edward A. Leroy, of the Leroy Shot Works of New York, Walter 

 T. Harvey, E. H. Murdock, Alexander Euston, Hugh Merrie, of 

 the Merrie Shot Works of Cincinnati, Nathaniel H. Blatchford, 

 of the Chicago Shot Works, Gideon W. Chadbourne, of the 

 Collier Shot Tower Company of St. Louis, the largest concern of 

 the kind in the couutry, John Farell, of FareU & Co., shot man- 

 ufacturers of Pittsburgh, and Frank B. Lawrence. 



The Northwestern Shot and Lead Company, of Omaha, is also 

 in the purchase. The company has invested almost $8,000,000 in 

 the manufacturing plants, aud about 810,000,000 more will be re- 

 quired for the purchase of the stock in the hands of those who 

 will dispose of their business to the new company. The company, 

 it is asserted, is in no sense a trust, but the Ooua-flde purchaser of 

 83,000,000 worth of property, and the prospective purchase of about 

 four times that amount. The aim of the company is principally 

 at the shot business. 



BROOKLYN. 



Brooklyn.— A team shoot to decide the Dexter Park champion- 

 ship for a trophy emblemati" of the same, and to be known as the 

 Dexter Park Championship Trophy, will beheld on that popular 

 shooting ground on Wednesday, Oct. 1, Invitations ha/ve been 

 sent to the following New York and Long Island shooting organ- 

 izations: Glenmore Rod and Gun Club, Parkway, Acme. North- 

 side, Hillside, Falcon, Kings County. Manahan, and Crescent 

 Gun Clubs, Long Island and Diana Sportsman's Clubs, all of 

 Brooklyn; the First, German Gun Club of New York, and the 

 German, Jeanette, Emerald, and Algonquin Gun Clubs of this 

 city. 



The conditions are that the trophy shall become the absolute 

 property of the cluh whose team makes t he highest score; iu case 

 of ties, the teams shall shoot off at 3 birds each man. The teams 

 snail consist of ten men each, and the entrance fee will be $10 per 

 team. Entries will close Saturday, Sept. 20, when a committee 

 consisting of a delegate from each club entered will select and 

 purchase a trophy to the amount of the entrance money deposited. 

 Five extra prizes of 830, $20, $15, $1C and $5 will be given to the 

 five marksmen making ttie highest individual scores; possible 

 ties wtll be shot off at 3 birds each man, then miss and out, the 

 five shooters staying in longest to be entitled to the money. 



The following rules will govern the shoot: The captains of the 

 teams entered shall select a referee, whose decision shall be final, 

 a judge who shall watch the position of the gun, and two official 

 scorers. The captains shall draw for places, and only the officials 

 and the contestants actually shootiug in each round will be. al- 

 lowed to stay in the inclosure. Ed.ch man must shoot at 10 live 

 birds from 5 traps, 25yds. rise for 12 aud 27yds. for 10-bore guns, 

 the gun to be held below the elbow until the bird is on the wing, 

 both barrels allowed, 80yds. boundary. A bird shot on the ground 

 will be '"no bird" and tne shooter will be entitled to another bird; 

 only one man at a time will be allowed to gather birds. Only the 

 cap'rains of the competing teams can challenge birds for any 

 reason, and Hurlingham rules shall be binding in all respects not 

 before specified. 



The probabilities are that at least ten of the invited clubs will 

 participate, among them the Glenmore, Parkway, Acme, North 

 Side, Jearmette, Emerald and tne two German gun clubs. Shoot- 

 ing will begin at 9 A. M., and the meeting promi es to be the suc- 

 cess of the shooting season in the vicinity of Now York. 



Sept. 3.— The Fountain Gun Club, of Brooklyn, held a well- 

 attended tneeting at the Woodlawn Park traps to-day. and, as 

 usual with this crack organization, the scores made were good, 

 although the birds were, as a rule, fast flyers. J. E. Lake and Dr. 

 Shield tied for the club badge and first prize on clean scores of 7, 

 Shiels winning in the shoot-nff with 3 to 2. A very interesting 

 sweepstakes at 3 live birds each man, ties miss and out, followed 

 the regular eveut, the races in the ties being especially well con- 

 tested. The scores: 



Club shoot, 7 birds each man, club handicap, modified Hurling- 

 ham rules, 5 traps, 80yds. boundary: Lake, 23yds., 7; Beecham, 

 21yds.. 3; Jones, 25yds.. 5; Boetche, 21yds., 4; Blattmacher, 23yds., 5; 

 Davenport, 25vds„ 6: H. McLaughlin, 23yds., 5; Schwartz, 25yds., 5; 

 Shiels, 25vds., 7: Wheeler, 23yds., 0; Allan. 23yds., 6. 



Ties for the club badge and first prize, 2yds. additional handicap, 

 3 birds each man: J. E. Lake 2, Dr. Shiels 3. 



Sweepstake at 3 live birds, 25yds. rise, club rules, 3 prizes: .Shiels 

 3, Allan 3, Wheeler 3, Schwartz 2. Blankley 3, Boetche 0, Jones 1, 

 Lake 1, McLaughlin 3, Schliemann 3, Davenport 2, Botty 3. 



Shoot-off for first prize, miss and out: Blankley wiihd re ,v, Allan 

 0, McLaughlin 0, Botty 3, Wheeler 4, Shiels and Schliemann 7 each, 

 div. first money. 



Shoot-off for second money: Schwartz and Davenport divided 

 after killing 7 straight each. 



Lake and Jones div. third prize on the fifth round, each having 

 killed 4 and missed none. 



Names and Portraits of Birds, by Gurdon Trumbull. A 

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 Identify without question all the American jjame birds which, 

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