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SAN FRANCISCO, March 8.— A large number of mftrksmen 

 asaembled at Shell Mound lo-day to devote the day to rifle ahoot- 

 ing. The occasion was one of more than ordinary Interest, as 

 Captain Siebe had placed 25 prizes in competition and the marks- 

 men present tried hard to malie top scores. Co. B, 3d Infantry 

 Eegimeiit, held its monthly medal shoot and some good scores 

 were made. Companies 0 and G (Nationals) of the Tst Regiment 

 were present In strong irambers to compete for the trophies of 

 their company. The Independent Rifles held their final monthly 

 medal shoot and hrought out a good many members, who tried 

 hard to place good scores to t heir names. The San Francisco 

 Schuetzen Verein turned out strong and used their hest endeavor 

 to win the handsome medals which the company places at the dis- 

 posal of its members. Representatives of the California, Ger- 

 mania, and in fact nearly all the rifle clubs of the city were pres- 

 ent to participate in the prize shoot of Captain Biebe. The mem- 

 bers nf Co. B of the First were present at the range and Indulged 

 in a little practice preparatory to th« Tobin tropiiy shoot, which 

 will take place next Sunday. At the conclusion of the day's con- 

 test Captain Sifbe Invited all the marksmen to a banquet which 

 he had prepared as a surprise for them. F. Attinger acted as 

 toast master and kept the riflemen in a constant vein of good 

 humor by his many witty remarks. The marksmen who partici- 

 pated in the day's shoot were surprised to see good shooting done 

 by the old champion, Pbilo Jacoby. For several days he has been 

 a very sick man, imder the doctorV care. He showed that he was 

 still alive and would remain so for some time to come. 



BOSTON, March 14 —The regular weekly shoot of the Massa- 

 chusetis Ride Association was held at its range to-day under very 

 unfavorable conditions, a very strong wind blowing from 8 to 11 

 o'clock. AA". C. Prescoi.t wins the bronze membership badge. Fol- 

 lowing are to-day'a scores, distance 200yds., American target, re- 

 entry allowed: 



All-Comfrs' O EE-Hand Match. 



W Charles 79 W Hawlev V.'j M T Day 70 



C H Kastman 77 J B Mason 73 AS Hunt C7 



BL Fuller 77 FW Chester TZ D Martin 63 



All-Comers' Rest Match. 



F Mansfield 104 W C Prescott 95 MTDay 83 



T Warren 103 J W French 91 WF Chester 83 



A H Ballard 9" J French H4 



Pistol Match, 50yds. 



H Severance 86 SO Sydney 79 M T Day 74 



W Charles 83 0 F Grav 78 A N Mann 73 



H Cushing 83 GLHoamer 75 D Martin 70 



A D Stevens 81 



CONLIN'S GALLERY, corner Broadway and Thirty-First 

 street.— The first of the series of annual contests at Conlin's gal- 

 lery, the Beginners' Revolver Match, was terminated March 12. 

 The conditions were as follows: Any ammunition, any trigger 

 pull, position standing, free and clear, standard decimal target, 

 best three targets to count. The match was well patronized by a 

 number of beginners and some of ihe sliooting made by competi- 

 tors who did not prove winners gave much promise for good 

 scores in the future. Tiie following are the names and scores of 

 the winners: First prize, C. B. Bishop, of Clifton, N. J., 50. .'50, 4?— 

 149. Second prize, R. Hoag, of 23d Regiment, Brooklyn, 45, 44, 44 

 —133. The nest match will be for amateurs. 



LA.WRENCE, Mass., March 14:.— There was a small attendance 

 at the range to-day. These scoies were made: 

 Record Match. 



OM Jewell 80 E D Sargent 68 lEtOlmstead 41 



A APhllbrick... .76 



Rest Match. 



E D Sargent 89 E F Richardson. . ..88 I E Olmatead 85 



EMPIRE RIFLE CLUB, N. Y., March 11.— The following scores 

 were made by members of the Empire Rifle Club, of 13 St. Marks 

 Place, at their regular weekly "-hoot March 10, on the standard 

 American target, 1^ bullseve: W. Rosf^nbaum 95. 0. Zettler. Jr. 

 93, A. Stahl. Jr. 92, W. Maisenholder 89. W. Miller 89, J. Grimm 88, 

 H. Zettler 86, J. Zettler 81, G. Hillmeyer ri.-W. Miller, Sec'y. 



REA^OLVBR CLUB. New York, March 14.— At to-day's shoot 

 of the New York Pistol and R°volver Club, at 12 St. Mark's place, 

 the following results were attained on the Zettler decimal target: 

 Stein 57, Jantzer .56, Oehl 56, Bussee 54, Walther 53, Hecking .53, G. 

 L. Hoffman 47, out of a possible 60 on six shots. 



TORONTO, March 10.— The challenge cup belonging to the Off- 

 Hand Rifle Association of Ontario was shot for at Bradford to- 

 day, Mr. Alfred Graham, of Everett, heading the score with 93 

 points out of a possible 100, ranges 100 and 200yd.s. 



THE TRAP. 



Scores tor publication should tie made out on the printed blank* 

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

 secretaries. Correspondents who favor us loith club scores are par- 

 licularlu 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: 



March 21.— White House Gun Club Tournament. Open to all. 

 M. S. Anderson, Sec'y. 



March 34-26.- Detroit Tournament, assisted by the Inter-State 

 Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association. $1,000 guaranteed. 



April 9-11.— Annual Tournament of the Boiling Springs Gun 

 Club, at Rutherford, N. J. 



April 28-30.— New London (or Hew Haven) Inter-State Associa- 

 tion. 



May 6-6.— Algona (la.) Gun Club Tournament. Open to all. 

 John G. Smith, Sec'y. 



May 5-7.— Pittsburgh Tournament. Open to all, Elmer E. 

 Shaner, Sec' v. 



May .5-7.— Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club Tournament. $800 guaran- 

 teed. Professionals barred. Chas. W. Brister, Sec'y. 



May 5-9.— Grand Tournament of the Hill City Gun Club, Vioks- 

 burg. Miss. Open to all. Geo. H. Hill. Sec'y. 



May 13-16.— Harrisburg, Pa., Shooting Association Tournament, 

 assisted by the Inter-State Manufaetnrers' and Dealers' Associ- 

 ation. Three days targets. One day live birds. H. M. F. Wooden, 

 Sec'y. 



May 19-31.— Washineton (D. C.) Capital City Gun Club, assisted 

 by Inter-State Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association. Club 

 gives Sl,O0O, Association guarantees $1,000, total $2,tX)0. 



■June 2-5.— Saratoga Gun Club Shoot, assisted by the Inter-State 

 Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association. Association guarantees 

 Sl.OOO. club adds S3,000, total $3,000. 



June 15-19.— Thirty-third Annual Tournament of the New York 

 State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game, at Rome, 

 N. Y. M. R. Bingham, Sec'y. 



THE DETROIT TOURNAMENT. 



DtTRTNG the coming week the new Inter-State Manufacturerers 

 and Dealers' Association wdll lend its aid to the extent of S1,000 

 guarantee toward the shoot of the Detroit Tournament Associa- 

 tion. The days for the shooting are the 34th, 25th and 26th with 

 a slate of 8 events each day. The successor to the old American 

 Association has a membership of a dozen concerns all directly 

 interested in encouraging sport at the trap. 



In explanation of its object the Association prefaces the Detroit 

 programme with a brief card saying: "This organization is com- 

 posed of people all well known to parties intei-ested in shooting. 

 Their object is to encourage gun clubs and promote trap shooting, 

 which is a worthy one and should receive hearty support every- 

 where. Tournaments will be held in different States, and the 

 proflts arising from these tournaments will be turned over to the 

 club in each city in which a shoot is held. The club to invest such 

 money in securing grounds and club house." 



The rules governing all shoots of this Association embrace all 

 the well known American Shooting Association rules, except the 

 following changes: The gun may be sighted while at score, but 

 when ready to shoot the butt of the gun must be held clear below 

 the armpit until the shooter has called "Pull." The load of shot 

 for both 10 and 12-gange guns must not exceed IHoz., struck meas- 

 ure. Disposition of Ties— Any contestant may draw his share of 

 the purse where sitch share equals or exceeds the amount of en- 

 trance. Standard Keystone targets will b^ used. The Amateur 

 Protected— All experts will be classified and amateurs will have 

 an equal show for winning purses with the best shoti. A scheme 

 has been devised which should bring our amateurs to all our 

 shoots, and is as follows: 10 traps will be used and the contestants 

 shoot in squads of 11. The experts mnst shoot first and at un- 

 known angles. When they shoot the indicator will be used and 

 the shooting will be very difficult, as they shoot at unknown 

 angles, different distances and unknown traps. All experts will 

 he debarred from entering the contest after the last gun of 

 the first squad has been fired. While rotating from No. 1 to No, 5, 

 these traps only will be sprung. After passing No. 5 the ahooter 

 will ^Bt birds from No. 6 to 10. After all the expert^ have flniBhed 



their score, the indicator is laid aside and the amateur squads 

 begin firing and shoot at known angles from the trap directly in 

 front of them. Thus it will ba seen tliat a shooter in the expert 

 class may be in front of No. 1 and have a bird from No. 4, while 

 the amateur will know each trap and flight. The full programme 

 of events include the foUowine:: 



guaranteed; No. 7. 15 singles,$4, $75 guaranteed; No. 8,10;singles, $1. 



March 2.5.— No. 9, 10 singles, entrance $1; No. 10, 15 singles, $4, $75 

 guaranteed; No. 11, 15 singles, S2: No. 13, 15 singles, $4. $75 guaran- 

 teed; No. 13, 6 pairs doubles, $2; No. 14, 20 singles, $5, $100 guaran- 

 teed; No. 15, 20 singles, $5, $100 guaranted; No. 16, 15 singles, $2.50, 

 $U) guaranteed. 



March 26.— No. 17, 10 sineles. entrance .61; No. 18, $2.50, $.50 guar- 

 anteed: No. 19, 15 singles, $1.50; No. 20, 15 singles. $4, $75 guaran- 

 teed; No. 2], 6 pairs doubles, S3; No. 33, 30 singles, ,$5, $100 guaran- 

 teed; No. 21, 15 singles. $4, $75 guaranteed; No. 24, 10 .singles, fl. 



All surplus money divided as follows: 40 per cent, added to 

 purse.«, 20 per cent, to first and 10 per cent, to second for best av- 

 erage in p.wort diss to those shooting in all guaranteed pursps 

 this day; 20 per cent, to first and 10 per cent, to second for beat 

 avernge in amateur class ro those shooting in all guaranteed 

 purses this day. All averages paid each night. The shooting will 

 commence at 9 A. M., sharp, each day. All purses at this tourna- 

 ment will be divided in all events, 30 per cent., 25 per cent.. 30 

 per cent., 15 per cent, and 10 per cent. 



CHICAGO SHOOTERS. 



Chicago, 111., March 13.— As was announced last week, the 

 sportsmen of Illinois have this year won at least one substantial 

 success in tne State Legislature, in the killing of the bill intended 

 to prohibit pigeon shooting. The measure never got beyond the 

 committee room, and its stopping tijcre v/as a very nice bit of 

 work ingeniously done. The Humane Society will need to wait a 

 while yet. I do not see how this rebuke to that organization can 

 be looked upon in any sense as a triumph of the baser elements or 

 more cruel tendencies in society. It may be, «iuite as well, the 

 triumph of the old principle that he who would ask equity must 

 come into court with clean hands. The Humane Society and its 

 leaders have no better friends than are to be found among the 

 sportsmen, but these friends are not all blind. The Humane 

 Society of this or any other city is, in its proper idea, a noble thing, 

 but as carried out it may or may not be a noble thing. It should 

 be entitled to respect, not for its name but for its works. The day 

 of sentiments is past for the world. It is practical to-day. "By 

 their fruits ye shall know them" was never so true before. The 

 press had this idea right. Let not the Humane Society be dis- 

 couraged at this defeat. There remains still a wide field of activity 

 for it. For instance, it has won on a bill prohibiting the docking 

 of horses' tails. Let it now prevent the beating, overloading and 

 overdriving of animals. Mr. Shortall should be interested in this 

 last especially. E. Hough. 



Watson's Park, March 13.— The Gun Club of Chicago for 

 club badge, 10 live birds each, Illinois State rules, small sweep 

 added: 



H A Foss 1231111113-10 P F Rock 2313311201- 9 



EdSteck 2100]3;»31- 7 Leo Hamline 0100031331- 6 



Same club, blackbird medal: 

 P F Rock.llOiailOlKXIOlOlOOOl— 9 LHamlinelOOOlOOOOOlOOOlOOOOO- 4 

 Ed Steck..l0111000110110111011-13 *R HeikesllHH11110111111101— 17 

 H A Foss. 11111111111010101101-16 



* Not a member. 



Same day: R. O. Heikes and P. F. Rock shot a match at IGO 

 Peoria blackbirds each. Score: Heikes 91, Rock 6,5. 



Same day: Rock. Steck, Foss, Plamline and Heikes shot four 

 live bird sweeps of 5 bii-ds each, two moneys in each sw<^ep: Stice 

 got first once, Foss first once. Hamline and Heike.s diy. first once, 

 Hamline and Foss div. first once, Hamliue second twice, Fo a 

 second once. Rock second oneo. 



March JA.— The Pullman Gun Club for club cup, 10 live pigeons 

 each, Illinois State rules, small sweep added: 



James Finn 0333301203-7 G Fieldhouse 11100^)112-7 



Joe Finn 2020010222-6 Al Schuttler 0202010212 -6 



Chas Sleeth 3220220013—7 E M Gardner 2130222021-8 



W Dallyn 0202131112-8 W Walpole 0100001001-3 



Chas Williams 0111202320-7 



On shoot-off: Gardner cup and first, Williams second, third div. 



Same club, blackbird medal and added sweep: 



E M Gardner 1111011101-8 W Dallyn 0111111101-8 



Chas Williams .. ..1010000000-3 Al Schuttler 1111111100-s 



.Toe Finn 1000000100-3 Chas Sleeth OUOOnoiUOl— 3 



.limFinn 0000111111-6 *G Fieldhouse 1000011011—5 



* Not in sweep. Ties div. Ravjslhigg. 



BROOKLYN TRAPS. 



Brooki,xtj, March 10.— Nearly all of the best shots in the Coney 

 Island Rod and Gun Club were at Woodlawn to-day at the regu- 

 lar monthly shcot. The usual 7 birds each were shot at bj- 19 

 members, club handicap, and only three could make a clean score 

 for the Schlieman badge. P. Ward won it by killing 6, after tieing 

 with Dwyer and Eppig. The second prize was won by Captain 

 Cranmer. J. B. Dyer and C. Juch divided the third money. G. 

 Engelhein took the fourth money, and H. P. Donnelly won the 

 fifth. 



March i;?.— Fourteen members of the Unknown Gun Club went 

 to the range at Dexter Park in to-day's rain and put up very cred- 

 itable scores, considering the disagreeable weather and the difii- 

 cult rules. J. Johnson, one of the veterans in the club, captured 

 the club medal and first prize; G. Pfohlmann took second money; 

 the third prize went to H. Housman. and fourth money was 

 divided , between H. von Staden and W. E. Skidmore. A o-bird 

 sweepstakes followed the regular shoot. Club shoot, handicap 

 rises, old Long Island rules, 7 birds each man, for the club medal 

 and four additional cash prizes: J. Smith 5. G. Pfohlmann 5 J 

 Johnson fi, 1. Byde fi, H. Housman 4, E. A. Troome 5, H von 

 Staden 3, W. E. Skidmore 2, Dr. Schwartz 5, W. Simeringl, A 

 Langenberg 4, J. Offermann 1, H. Knebel, Sr., 6, W. H. Schu- 

 macher 6. Shoot-off for first prize and the club badge. 3 birds 

 each man, then miss and out: J. Johnson 3, 1. Hyde 3, II. Knebel, 

 Sr., 3, Schumacher 3. Johnson won in the next round by killing 

 his bird", while Hyde missed. Shoot-off for second prize, same 

 conditions: J. Smith withdrew, E. A. A''roome missed his first 

 and killed his second. Dr. Schwartz nice versa. Pfohlman won on 

 3 straight. SUoot-ofl for third prize: Langenberg missed 3 

 straight, Simering killed his first and missed his second bird, 

 Housman killed all three and won the money. 



March I'J.—The Crescent Gun Club held a shoot at the Dexter 

 Park grounds this afternoon, nine members competing for the 

 handsome gun given by the club and three extra cash prizes. G. 

 EUerhorst was the only marksman who made a clean score, and 

 he won first prize. The second, a cash prize, went to W. Tomferd 

 on 6; W. Gilman, .J. Rathjen, M. Schmidt, and J. Vagts tied for 

 the next prize, and agreed to shoot off the tie in the following 

 sweepstakes. H. Hopkins and J. Mohrmann divided the last prize. 

 The birds were a great deal better than the weather. The scores: 

 Regular club shoot, handicap rises, 7 birds each man, gun below 

 the elbow until the bird is on the wing, 5 traps, unknown pull, 80 

 yards boundary— Gilman .5, Ratbjen 5, Schmidt 5, Hopkins 4, Tom- 

 ford 6, A^agts 5, Hilmar 3, EUerhorst 7, Mohrmann 4. 



First sweepstakes and shoot-off for second money of the club 

 contest, $1 entrance, two prizes, 3 birds each man, SSyds. rise, 

 otherwise club rules— Gilman, Rathjen, Schulz and Hopkins tied 

 on 3. A''agts, EUerhorst and Mohrmaun tied on 3 for second money; 

 Tomford withdrew. 



Second sweepstakes, same conditions, all previous ties to be 

 shot off in this event— Gilman killed 3 straight and won second 

 money of the club shoot, first money of the first event and one 

 half of first money of the second event. J. Vagts killed 3 straight 

 and took the first sweepstakes. Rathjen, Tomford, Hopkins and 

 Mohrmann divided second prize of the second event. 



March XV.— The shooters who went to Dexter Park this after- 

 noon to shoot at live birds had their hands full trying to kill the 

 pigeons which had been shipped all the way from Illinois. Of 

 course the high wind helped the birds considerably, and the gen- 

 eral result attests well the marksmanship of the sportsmen 

 present: 



First event, 10 live birds, 3 prizes: E. H. WiUiams killed 8 out 

 of 10 and took first money, G. Remsen. J. Muenoh and A. C. Hunt 

 divided second on 5. 



Second event, 5 Uve birds, gl entrance, 3 prizes: J. Muench took 

 first money on 5 straight, G. Remsen and G. Pfohlman divided 

 second on 4. Hunt killed 3 and missed one, and WiUiams, who 

 was evidently in hard luck, missed all but his first bird. 



Both sweeps were shot under modified Hurlingham rules, 2Syds. 

 rise, unknown pull. In a subsequent 15 bird match, 26yds. rise, 

 otherwise same conditions, Jacob Link killed 9 and missed 6, 

 while A. Bauer killed 6 and missed 7; the latter had to bear the 

 expenses. Both shooters would be glad to arrange a live bird 

 match with C. Muench, of the Acme Gun Club, the contest to 

 ta^e place la Dexter Park, and Mr. Muenoh to name the con- 



ditlODB. 



March J6.— The Kings County Gun Club, of Brooklyn, held a 

 shoot at live birds and hiucrooks a,t Dexter Park to-da5^ The 

 rules in the first eveni: were 25yds. ri-se. H. and T. traps. Long 

 Island rules, both barrels allowed. The bluerock sweepstakes 

 followed. The scores: 



Live bird shoot, at 10 pigeons each man, L. I. rules, both barrels: 

 Zirkel 6, Greiner 4, Bopgel 4. Bieber 6. Raehm 3, Duerner 3. Lind- 

 stadt 6, Schottler 9, C. Thiel 6, Short 6, Keller 4. Link 7, Dethloff 6. 



Regular club shoot, at 20 bluerock.'-j each, right and left angles: 

 Schottler 16, Baegel 13, Zirkel 13, Lindstedt 12. Link 11, Short 10, 

 Bieber 9, Thiel 9, Dethloff' 9, Keller 6, Greiner 4, Durner 3, Raehm 3. 



First sweepstakes, at 5 bluerocka each, club rules. 3 prizes: Zir- 

 kel 3, Greiner 0, Boegel 4, Bieber 3, Lindstedt 3, Schottler 4, Thiel 

 1, Short 2, Keller 1. LinK 5, Dethloff' 4. Link won first money, 

 Schottler won second on shoot-off and Lindstedt took third. 



Second sweepstakes, same conditions: Greiner 0, Boegel 3, 

 Bieber 3, Lindstedt 3, Thiel 3. Keller 3, Dethhjft' 1, In the shoot-off 

 Bieber outshot Ijindstedt and won on the fifth round; for second 

 prize Thiel was shot out on the second round, but, it took six more 

 rounds before Boegel could be decided the winner. Dethloff took 

 third lu'ize. 



LAKE ONTARIO GUN CLUB. 



Rochester, March 13.- Regular club shoot of the Lake Ontario 

 Gun Club, held at the Forest House in Irondequoit. Strings of 7 

 Peoria blackbirds, 31yds. rise, unknown angles. Sweepstakes, 4 

 moneys. First string: 



A Evershed 0011111-5 J C Aman 0111101-5 



O E Walzer 110011 1-5 W S Smith, .Tr 1101011—5 



HDMcVean. 1000000-1 F Knebel 0101100—3 



F L Smith 1010101-4 B Costich 0100010-3 



D Foreman 0110101—4 D Walzer.... lllOlll-G 



J Aman 1100101—4 



D. Walzer first money, W. S. Smith second, F. L. Smith third, 

 Kueble fourth. 



Second string: 



Evershed llimi-7 JC Aman 1111010-5 



O E Walzer 1111111-7 WS Smith, Jr 1010100-3 



McVean 0010111-4 Knebel ....0101111-5 



F L Smith 1010111—5 Costich 1001010-3 



Foreman 0100101—3 D Walzer 1111111—7 



J Aman 1011110-5 



O. E. Walzer first money, F. L. Smith second, McVean third. 

 Foreman fourth. 



Third string: 



Evershed IIHIII— 7 Knebel 0011011—4 



O E Walzer 1001110-4 WS Smith, Jr 1000100-3 



McVean 1001011-4 Costich 1100110—4 



F L Smith 0011111-5 D Walzer 1011001-4 



.1 Aman 1101111—6 Foreman 0010111—4 



J C Aman 0110111-5 



Evershed first money, J. Aman second, F. L. Smith and J. C. 

 Aman diy. third, Knebel fourth. 



Fourth string: 



E ver shed 001111 1-5 K n ebel 1 101001-4 



O B Walzer 1111001-5 W S Smith, Jr 1110100-4 



McVean 1011110-5 Costich 1101000-3 



FL Smith 1101001-4 D Walzer 1101111-6 



J Aman 1101101-5 Foreman ..1010000—3 



J C Aman 0111111-6 Wittman 0011000—3 



D. Walzer first money, McVean second, W, S. Smith, Jr., third, 

 Costich fourth. 



Fifth string: 



Evershed..... 1110111-6 WS Smith, Jr.. 1011001-4 



O E Walzer 1111101—6 B Costich .0001010-3 



McVean O1O0O11-3 D Walzer 1101010-4 



F L Smith 1001111—5 Foreman 0010110—3 



Knebel... 1111010-5 



Evershed first money, Knebel second, W. S. Smith, Jr., third, 

 McVean and Foreman div.ifonrth. j 



ST. LOUIS TRAP SHOOTERS. 



St. Louis. March 16.— The Sharp Shooters' Union of Western 

 America will hold their biennial tournament in St. Louis, June 

 8 to 13. It is expected that .about 3,000 shooters wUl participate in 

 the tournament, representing about 100 different associations. 

 Local committees have been appointed to take charge of the visit- 

 ors and delegates to the convention. 



Rawling Bros, are now nicely located in their new store, and to 

 the great convenience of sportsmen they have set aside a por- 

 tion of their large room, where meetings can be held and tnat- 

 ters of general interest discussed. Heretofore there has been no 

 common meeting place for the sportsmen of St. Louis, and this 

 bit of enterprise and generosity is highly appreciated. 



For some time the trap shooters of St. Louis have been trying 

 to form a central organization. A meeting was held last Thurs- 

 day night at Rawlings Bros.' store for the further consideration 

 of the question. The president of the Trap Shooters' Association 

 is Mr. Peter CUng. At present there are some 500 trap shooters in 

 St. Louis, divided among about 20 clubs. The plan is to form 

 these clubs into a central organization for the purchase of a tract 

 of land, which shall be fitted up for the use of all the clubs. 

 Nothing definite has been done so far, and the matter has been 

 referred to committees for action. Aberdeen. 



NEWARK, N. J., March 13.— The Newark Gun Club held its 

 monthly shoot on John Erb's grounds this afternoon. The rain 

 came down in torrents, but eighteen men were present out of the 

 total membership of twenty-two. In the club shoot each ma.n 

 fired at 10 birds, under club rules, 10-bore guns (Hedden and 

 Brientnall) shooting at 30 and 13-bore guns at 28yds. rise. The 

 score: 



Castle 1111111111-10 Pushee 1011110111— 8 



Class 1111111110- 9 Erb 1111001111- 8 



Hedden.... 1111111110— 9 Wheaton 1101101111— 8 



Licdsley 1111111110- 9 Leddy 1011101111- 8 



.Tones 1101111111-9 Griffen 1110110101-7 



Heath 1111110111— 9 Hilfers lOlOUlHO- 7 



Reinhardt 1111110111- 9 Brientnall 1110111001— 7 



Holiis imUOUl— 9 Fairchild 1111001000— 5 



CoUins 1010111111— 8 Bruen 0020032003- 4 



Castle took first money. Second and third moneys wers shot off, 

 miss and out. Class winning second by killing 7 straight. Hedden's 

 seventh bird falling dead out of bounds, and the others being shot 

 out early in the race. Third was div. by Collins and Pushee. 



JEANNETTE SHOOTERS.— The annual meeting and election 

 of otflcers of the Jeannette .Jagd Club took place at the headquar- 

 ters, 183 Duane street, on March 13. The following gentlemen 

 were elected members by acclamation: H. Wllking, E. Brosmer 

 and President G. Wallbaum, of the Hudson County Jockey Club. 

 The invitation sent the Jeannette Club to participate in the team 

 contest for the G. V. Hudson trophy was declined with thanks, as 

 the Jeannette men never shoot under Hurlingham rules. It was 

 decided to purchase three new medals for competition in the 

 three classes, and the executive committee was empowered to 

 classify all new members. President Cordts donated a handsome 

 gold badge, which at the end of the year will go the marksman 

 who has kiUed in the regular club shoots the most pigeons by 

 using one barrel only. As soon as the center field at the Gutten- 

 burg race track has been put into shape the Jeannette men will 

 again hold their shoots at Guttenburg, but until then they will 

 meet at Dexter Park. The annual report of the secretary was 

 accepted with loud applause. The club has greatly increased in 

 membership, and the contents of the treasury, as compared with 

 last year's, have been increased tenfold. The following officers 

 were elected: President, H. W. Cordts; Vice-President, J. Vagt; 

 Secretary, T. J. Christen. Financial Secretary. L. Lehing; Treas- 

 urer, N. B. Brunie; First Shooting Master, J. Boesch; Second 

 Shooting Master, H. Eibsen; CoUector, C. Disch. All officers were 

 reiJlected with the exception of C. Meyer, who declined positively 

 to accept the office of financial secretary again. 



NEW JERSEY" SHOOTBRS.-C. H. Townsend, the energetic 

 Major Domo of shooting matters in Newark and thereabout, ia 

 getting the 16 active gun clubs of Essex county into line Cor a 

 county organization. A trophy, probably a pennant, wUl be pur- 

 chased, each of the clubs entering teams to pay a pro rata share of 

 its cost. This trophy will become the property of the club whose 

 team wins the most contests during the series, the club team mak- 

 ing the highest aggregate score in each monthly shoot to hold the 

 trophy until the next shoot. There will also probably be prize 

 offered for the best individual average made by members of teams. 

 By making the teams small, all the clubs in the county may be 

 able to enter teams, beside which each of the clubs will be able to 

 hold one big day's shooting during the series. 



GREENLEAF VS. LANGC.4KE. -Nearly .500 men and boys 

 went to the Jersey City Heights Gun Club grounds, at Marion, 

 N. J., on the afternoon of March 16, to witness the live-bird match 

 between "Abe" Greenleaf, of Union Hill, and "Tom" Langcake, 

 of Brooklyn. The men shot for $350 a side, under old Long Island 

 rules. The scores were: Langcake 39 kills, Greenleaf 39>^ kills. 

 Considerable money cUsweed hands on the resuJi. Mr. J. Peiitz 

 WaB referee. 



