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[ApRHi 80, 1891.1 



fhaating. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



THE REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP. 



\ DELAY in the printing of ilie targets f or tlie preliminary 

 sbooting in the Amateur Revolver Oharopionship has disap- 

 pointed many who had made application for a supply of the 

 targets. They are now ready, and everybody may see j ast what 

 tbey are, and liereafter we will have a suffisient suppiy to 

 promptly respond to all applications for the sheets. Alrearly wo 

 hear of mncli practicing goins: on, and the winning score prom- 

 ises to he a gilt-edge notch high upon the revolver record post. 



PHILADELPHIA. April 24.— The regular weekly practice of 

 the Philadelpiiia Rifle Club for the season of 1891 was opened 

 April 16, and at the regular practice of April 24 the two remark- 

 able snores of 67 and 65 were made on the honor target by Messrs. 

 H. J. Mehard and E. T. Travis. The honor target of the PMla- 

 delphia Rifle Club difl rs somewhat from other Schuetzen clubs, 

 the center 25 being lin. in dinner and rings J^in. aparf, receding 

 down to I. Mr. Mehard's tbree shots scored 24, 21, 23—67. Mr. 

 Travis's score was 18, 23, 24—60. A score of 66 or better out of a 

 possible 75 entitles trie shooter to the gold medal of the club, and 

 can only ba won once diiring membership; and 60 poiats or oetter 

 entitles to the silver medal, and one of ruese may be won every 

 year. Mr. Mehard'a score is the best score ii^ade in this club for 

 the past fourteen years. In 1889 Messrs. Travis and Steis both 

 succpeded m making 66, and in 1890 Dr. M. Price made 66. Mr. 

 Mehard'a score of 67 tops them all. All the above gentlemen used 

 the Wurfflein rifle, .32ca). The following is the summary of the 

 day's shoot: 



Honor. 4in. bulls. Honor. 4in. hulls. 



H J Mehard. .2l 21 22-67 22 J fiarrick. . . . 10 21 15-46 2 

 E T Travis .... 18 23 24-66 5 J Wea< hereby 15 14 14-4o 3 



CMolter 20 23 14-57 4 P Bernhardt..31 16 2-39 10 



M Price 17 13 23 -.53 5 J Green 12 8 19-39 10 



J J Mount.ioy.l9 8 20 -47 0 Emil Kolb . . .15 11 9-35 1 



EPHRATiV. Pa., April 27.— On Friday afternoon the members 

 of the North End Rifle Olub went out on the range for practice. 

 The weather was clear but very stormy, and very good siiooting 

 was next to impossible. The lighter calibered rifles shot irreg- 

 larly, although the distance was but 200yds. at rest shooting. The 

 following scores were made: 



C S Wenger 10 10 9 9 6 7 9 8 8 7—83 



J A Stober 9 9 6 9 10 10 6 9 6 6—80 



.T R Shenffer 4 3 10 9 10 10 6 9 8 8—76 



C Konigmaoher 8 9 5 8 9 9 8 5 5 7—75 



W Carpenter 7 7 6 7 7 6 10 7 8 10-75 



L M Wiest 6 9 8 G 9 7 10 7 7 5-74 



D B Lefever 6 10 7 5 7 8 7 6 5 10-70 



WD Winters 7 7S665954 5-S9 



I Carpenter 3 4 9 6 4 7 9 4 6 6-57 



The nest shoot will oe ofl'-hand on Friday, May 22. 



REVOLVER AT BISLEY.— Those particularly interested in 

 revolver shooting at the English range have laid before tlie Coun- 

 cil a series of suggestions adopted at the instance of Mr. W. 

 Winans. They ran as follows: 1. Competitors to lie allowed to 

 shoot pool at the same time as competirion at the Running Deer 

 or Running Man. 3. A competition at SOyds, for any revolver— no 

 bore le's than such as will carry .3?0'ammunition; minimum trig- 

 ger pull,31Vis.; minimum powder charge, 13gra.; minimum weight 

 of bullet, ISOgrs. Such a competition would be useful in assisting 

 to decide upon the best weapon for sers'ice purposes. 3. A compe- 

 tition at the disappearing target, in which the target shall be up 

 ISsecnds (that is, while the hand of the clock usPd in connection 

 with the disappearing target goes once round)— all six shots, or as 

 many of thetn as can be got of!', to be fired during the 12 seconds. 

 This competition would te-^t the mechanism of the revolvers. At 

 present these weapons frequently Jam. 4. There sliould be some 

 kind of a partition between each competitor, wliich, while mini- 

 mizing the risk of accidents, ought to be so construcied as not to 

 add to the noise of the discharge of flrearms. 



HOOSICK FALLS., N. Y., April 27.-The Hrosick Falls Rifle 

 Association will have a priy.e cup shoot in June, open to all 

 comers, l)rizes to be six silver cups, valued at §85. Conditions to 

 be 5 sho's on Standard American target, off-hand, 3 strings to 

 count, entries 25 cents each and unlimited. Scores made at 

 200yds. off-hand. Standard American tai-get, April 25: 



Harry A Parsons 9 10 8 9 10 6 9 7 6 10—84 



J J Lansing 10 6 7 8 10 7-9 6 9 9—81 



Dr Mayberry 8 9 9 S 9 9 9 7 8 5—81 



Frank Lansing 9 10 8 5 10 7 7 8 4 5-73 



Elmer Lansing 9 97897675 6-73 



C Smith 8 7 8856 5 76 9—70 



C Palmer 9 9 4 6 8 8 « 3 4 6-63 



NEW JERSEY RIFLE ASSOCIATION.— It is proposed to es- 

 tablish a State Rifle Association in New Jersey. The range at 

 BrintOD, near Elizabethport, was sustained in part by State funds 

 from 1870 to 18.S3, when the Sea Girt range was establ'shed. The 

 new association will be largely, if not entirely, composed of 

 military members. As at present understood, the association pro- 

 poses to run a spring and a fall prize tournament on the State 

 ranges at Sr-a Girt, and also to have mouthlv practice shoots opnn 

 to members on the State range, the shooting will be done at 2(X), 

 500 and eOflyds distance. During the fall tournament a contest 

 will be held, open to teams from each organizaiion in this Stute, 

 and a team contest similar to the "Interstate" or "Hilton Trophy" 

 matches shot annually at Creedmoor may also bo made a feature. 



LUBRICANT BULLET.-A novel Inbricatiog bullet has been 

 patented by D. B. Wesson, of Springfleld. Mass. The bullet is 

 cupped at the base, and the hollow, after being fllled with lubri- 

 cant, is covered with a cap. Ducts lead from this oil reservoir to 

 the stirface of the bullet, and upon he explosion the cap is driven 

 forward, expelling the lubricant as the projectile passes through 

 the barrel. 



A FULL REVOLVER SCORE.— New York, April 25.-At Con- 

 lin's gallery, to-day, Mr, E. Wassermann, of iNew York, succeeded 

 in making the wonderful record of a full score on the standard 

 decimal target, hitting a ring a half inch in diameter six consecu- 

 t.iv« times with the S. & W. .'I4cal. revolver; distance, 12vds.— 

 J. K. 



EMPIRE RIFLE CLUB.— New York, April 22.— Scores were 

 made at the regular weekly shnot, April 21: W. Rosenbaum 94, 

 A. Nowak93, O. Rattler 92, F. Stahl 86, W. Malsenholder 85, W. 

 Miller 83, G. HiUmeyer 77. 



FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here 

 send in notice like the following: 



April 28-30.— New Haven Gun Club, assisted hv the Inter-State 

 Manufacturers' and Denlrfrs' ASHouiaricm. Sl.OUO tTrjii.raiitoed- 



May 5— Eiehtb .-XDinial ^^hooting Tonrnaiiicijt Johnf-towni N.Y.) 

 Gun Club. F. W. Parliss. Scc'y. 



May 5.— Hackettstowu (N. J.) Field Day. J. L. Smith, Captain. 



May .5-6.— Algona (la.) Gun Club Tournament. Open to all. 

 John G. Smith, Sec'y. 



May 5-7.— Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club Tournament. $500 guaa-an- 

 teed. Professionals barred. C has. W. Brister. Sec'y. 



May 5-7,— Brunot's Island (Pittsburgh. Po.) Totirnameut, under 

 management of Sbaner, Davison and Crow. E. T. Shatter, Sec'y, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa. 



May 5-9. -Grand Tournament of the Hill City Gun Clnb, Vicks- 

 bnrg. Miss. Open to all. Geo. H. Hill, Sec'y. 



May 13.— Eastern New York Trap-Shooters' League Tourna- 

 ment, held under the auspices of the West End Trap-Saooting 

 Association, of Albany, N- V-, at their grounds on Cofvin avenUB. 



May 11-16,— F(nirteenth Annual Tournament of the Texas State 

 Sportsmen's Association, at San Antonio. W. L. Simpson, Sec'y. 



May 13-14 — Grand Tournament of the Houth Side Gun Club, at 

 Watertown, N. Y. Open to all. L. H. Prentice, See'/. 



May 13-18.— Meridian (Miss.) Gun Club Tournament. Open to 

 all. J. R. Alexander, Sec'v. 



May 13-16.— Harrisburg, Pa., Shooting Association Tournamen*, 

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

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

 Sec'y. 



May ig-2L— Washington (D. C.) Ctpital Citv Gun Club, assisted 

 by Inter-State Manufacturer.s' and Dealers' Association. Asso- 

 ciation euarantees SI. 000. 



May 26-28.— VVm. H. Wolstercroft's Second Annual Tourna- 

 ment, at Facony Driving Park, Philadelphia, Pa. Address Wm. 

 H. Wol- tencroft, Prankford, Philadelphia, Pa. 



May 30.— Canajoharie (N. i'.) Gun Club Tournament. T. C, 

 Pegnim, Sec'y. 



May 30.— Spring Tournament Maplewood (X. J.) Gun Club. Open 

 to all. Programmes sent by C. W. Brown, Pres.. Maplewood, N. J. 



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

 Manutacturers' and Dealers' Association. Association guarantees 

 Sl.OOO. club adds $2,000, total $3,000. 



June 3-5.— Rocky Mountain Sportsman's Association Tourna- 

 ment, at Denver, Col. C. M. Hampson, Sec'y. 



.Tune 8-18.— Regular Annual Tournament of the Illinois State 

 Sportsmen's A<»sociation. W. L. Shepard, Sec'y, Chicago, III. 



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

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

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



July 2-4.— Third Annual Tournament of Canastota (N. Y.) Gun 

 Club. E. B. Roberts, Sec'y. 



THE TRAP. 



'JcorRS for publication Bhould he made out on the printed bLanhi 

 p epa/red by the forest and Stream, and fii/mished gratis to club 

 ecretaries. Correspondents who favor us with dub scores are par- 

 euiUirlv reQuested to write on one side of the paper orUy. 



THE INTER-STATE LEAGUE.— The dates for the next series 

 of shoots in the Inter- State Trap-Shooting League have been fixed. 

 The Glenmore Rod and Gua Club and the Parkway Rod and Gun 

 Club will not participate, leaving the Fountain Gun Club, the 

 Coney Island Rod and Gun Club, the Central Gun Club, of Long 

 Branch, N. J., the Atlantic, Rod and Gun Club and the Newark 

 Gnn Club in tue leaguf*. The first shoot will be on the Atlaiiiie Rod 

 and Gun Club's grounds, at Coney island, on May 14. The second 

 wi'l be on the second Thursday in June, with the Coney Island 

 Rod and Gun Club, at Woodlawn Park, Long Island. The third 

 at Long Branch, on the second Thursday in September, and the 

 fourth with the Fountain Gun Club, at VVoodlawn Park, Long 

 Island, the second Thursday m October. No date has been fixed 

 for the Newark Gun Club shoot, but it will probably take place at 

 Erb's gri'Unds, Newark, N. J., the following month. 



SOUTH SIDE GUN CLUB.- Watertown. N. Y.. April 24.-On 

 May 12, 13 and 14 wUl he held at tbe grounds of the South Side Gun 

 Olitb. Watertown, N. Y., thebiggest 'ournment ever held in north- 

 ern New York. We guarantee $500 in cash purses, and our pro- 

 gramme is arranged to give both amateurs and professionals a 

 good show. Tne shooting will be at kingbirds trom ten traps, 

 rapid firing system, uiider the supervision of Mr. Will H. Crutten- 

 den, of Cazenovia. We want all the '"boys" to come, and premise 

 them a good time— nobody barred, every shooter welcome. Uon't 

 forget the dates. May 13, 13 anrl 14. We will be pleased to mail 

 our programme to any shooter interested.- L. H, Ppentice, Sec. 



ATHENS, Pa,. April 27.— Following ate the scores made at the 

 weekly shoot of our new gun club, at .25 single kingbirds: Mur- 

 xelle 15, WoKradt 13, Net^ius U, Segar 10, Alberts 9, Hearner 8, 

 Snoith 8.— ATHEKiASf, 



PROFESSIONALS AND ROUNDERS, 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



Anent the two communications of "Ad Vance." is.sues of March 

 6 and April 9, let me also say a few words on the snbj 'ct. The re- 

 marks of "Ad Vance," in re the colonization of shooters for the 

 sake of winning club honors (which, under such circnmstances. 

 must be barren ones), maet the approval of perhaps all regtilar 

 club members, and such irregular proceedings should be dis- 

 counleuauced in all organizations having a sportsmanlike feel- 

 ing. The remedy suggested by "Ad Vance" dees not seem to me 

 to be entirely feasible and for the fo'lowing reasons; First— I be- 

 long to more than one club and if I could not have the option of 

 shooting on the team of any one of them, whenever and where- 

 ever a team was called upon, I would pTooaldy resign from such 

 an organtzation as I think a preference in such a matter is en- 

 tirely personal. Secondly— If "Ad Vance" has bad the experience 

 in getting up teams in gtin clubs, which has fallen to my lut, he 

 would know how impossihle it is to find out before a match juut 

 what numbers will be present. Yon may send out a score of 

 notices, get answers yea or no from five and have Qftf?en men, 

 perhaps, on the ground ready to shoot. You can't make a our 

 members post a forfeit and you must often take tho-se who show 

 up or have no shoot. 



Now, I don't believe in barring a man from shooting just be- 

 cause he is a representative of a gun or ammitnition houfe.' While 

 it is undoubtedly true that such may shoot better tn.an those 

 classed as amateurs (partly, I think, because they are better pro- 

 vided in the way of arms, etc., and giving the same much study), 

 they have given more impetus and encouragement to trap shoot- 

 ing than any other class. Look over the list of professionals, 

 "Ad Vanco," and tell me if you can find one man who is not a 

 gentleman and a sportsman. Under no circumstances would a 

 good firm engage any other. Take the men named by "Ad Vance" 

 and fifty well-known others, and if t Hey get into a tie with an 

 amateur they are willing to do the agreeable. It doesn't pay 

 them to do anything else. One of the men "Ad Vance" names 

 told me it was ab-urd to suppose they were in it for all tliev could 

 get. To be stire they want to make a good show, but the money 

 they put in is part of their expenses, and whether Ihey win or lose 

 it matters little to them. No, the only proper way to cla.isify a 

 shooter is by his record, not hy his bu.'^iness. In my remarks I 

 wish to be understood «s using the word "professional" as mean- 

 ing one who is in the gun and other similar businest*. 



But there is anotber class, and this is the crowd we should bo 

 down upon. Contrast their actions with tnose of the profession- 

 als and see if I don't come being somewhere near them in my 

 remarks. I mean the "rounder." The rounder can give the pro- 

 fessional points in scooping the boodle and beat him to a stand- 

 still. He is everywhere. No little club gives a shoot but the 

 rounder is there. His capabilities are perhaps not well known, 

 and he rakes in the "chips" to his heart's content. He will never 

 divide with a poor shot, and he never has to with one of his Uk; 

 they are not in his class, having conveniently missed a bird "for 

 place." The rounder does not represent any "gun h-mse;" he 

 couldn't fill such a position, being too much disliked. Perhaps he 

 has a little place where he works when not. line Dick Turpin, 

 "on the rnad." He can make better wages with his gun than he 

 can with any other tool, and the work is more congenial. His 

 reputation as a good shot perhaps gets him a gun at a big dis- 

 count, and what he makes with the arm is his own; if he loses, of 

 course it comes out of his personal pocket. He must get money, 

 honestly if he can, but he must get it it he wantR to shoot, bo he 

 and hisilk go where they think they wnll have a "soft snap," and 

 they have done more with their "deals" and "shooting for place" 

 to discourage the amateur than anything which has come up since 

 the advent of the gias ball. Now, if "Ad Vance" would har any 

 shooters, let him bar these gentry or handicap them until they 

 won't thmk it worth while to come in. 



It has been said that to keep out all experts will result in the 

 failure of tournaments. St. Louis, Newark and other places have 

 denlert this, the tournaments held in those places having been 

 successful, aitd it only remains for other clubs to follow the 

 example siiown them to stamp out the rounder. Perhaps the 

 rounder does shoot more than the amateur, but one rounder will 

 keep twenty amateurs away, so the number of shots will !e in- 

 creased by the notice "experts barred." Try it and see. But if 

 the professional has a new gun he wants to show let him come. 

 He will advertise your clnb and you will find him a good felluvv 

 after all and full of fun as an egg is of meat. He'll give you 

 some points, too, which may be useftil in the conditct of a club or 

 tournament, and when be goes away with perhaps a little cash 

 which formerly occttpied a place in your inside pocket yott will 

 be glad you've met him. Try that, too. 



A great many tales have been told about these professionals, 

 and I will enumerate some of them. Fir.st, that Penrose nevet' 

 goes to a tournament withotit a supply of cast iron standard Key- 

 stones, which the trappers are instructed to nut in the traps 

 w^hen a shooter who is in a tie with Pen goes to the sccn'e. That 

 Quimby made all the coats for the Cliraax-Iolanthe team too 

 tight, so that he could easily beat the boys. Quimby is unques- 

 tionably the best artificial target shot in the country, but he 

 wanted to make "as urance double sure." That McMurchy will 

 never divide with an amatettr. and that the Smith guns know 

 him so well that they decline to shoot him otit. That "old Court" 

 who is "on the list" will hoodoo a gun worse t baa MH,ck. Thar 

 Von Lengerke goes to all the shoots tike a rounder and scoops it 

 all in. And a number of nice little lales could be told al'out 

 these and others. Of course such practices should be a i'ar to 

 any one. But don't rule them out because they make tbeir bread 

 and butter in the gun trade instead of banking,'even if thev "take 

 the few dollars left in the shooter's pocket after h's outfit is 

 purchased," When a man steers so close to the wind as all that, 

 he had better give up trap shooting. Occasional. 



JOHNSTOWN. N. Y., April 20.— At the annual meeting the fol- 

 lowing officers were elected for 1891: Johnstown Gun Club a.nd Pro- 

 tective Asseciatlon— President. George Y^ost; Vice-PrpBHlent, J. 

 A. Banta; Treasurer, James Hillabranelt; Sec'v. F. W. Pariis; 

 Exeeutiv<> Com., L. F. Northup. Wm P.itter. F. W, Partis; Field 

 Captain, J. D Pterson: Lieutenant, J. Timmdhs. Oar annual 

 toTrmament comes off on May 5.— F. W. Parte?. 



HARRISBURG TRAPS, 



APRIL 18.— In my report of lasi Saturday's shoot it seems I led 

 you to bel'eve we had held a totimament. Such was not the 

 case. howev."ir; the shoot was merely local, tbe association gives 

 every Saturday afiernnou an open sweepstake shoot for the 

 pleasure of tlie boys at home, while any one outside of the city ia 

 welcome to come and participate, we do not intend it to be any- 

 thin gb tit o. local aff<'ir;we have held no tournament since last, 

 fall, 'but, as all the readers of the Forbst .^nd Pa'Ru.iM are well 

 aware, we are making arrangements to hold one in May. Ovying; 

 to an extensive building boom in the western pa.rt of the city, old 

 grounds cannot lie used. We have, therefore, secured through the 

 courtesy of Mr. John Westbrook, manager of the Harrisburg 

 Athletic Association and owner of the island on which their 

 buildings stand, his permission to use the same for holding our 

 coming tournament. This is a centrsl locaiiorj, not being more 

 than a flve-minute walk from aoy ra.itvoad depot in the citv, and 

 will jirove to be a most advantflgeons loc itio-i for the display of 

 the goods of the Manufacturers and Dealers' Associ.ation, as the 

 grounds are most handsomely fitted up and grand-stand accom- 

 modations for all ladie*; and gentlemen who desire to come as 

 shooters or spectator.^. Hotel headquarters will be ,n.t The Com- 

 monwealth, where the meetine fnr the formation of a Central 

 State Shooting League w'U be bold on the evening of Mn.y 14, at 8 

 P. M., andalldelesates eleotor! hy the various c1u'->r to attend this 

 meeting are earnestly rf quested to report promprly. Dinner dur- 

 ing the tonrnament wiU he served in the pavillion on the grounds 

 by Caterer Taylor, of the Harrislmrp (^Inh, a number of whose 

 members a,re also members of the shooting a-sociation. 



liar esteemed frier.d and. most earnest worker C. E. H. Br6l=- 

 ford, of the home contingent, whose anxiety to place the record 

 of our genial commodore ai^d Cumlierland county 's Democratic 

 chnirnian before the Manufacturers and Dealers' Aa=oeiation 

 flnd.^ himself Hearing tl:iai: awful abyss from whose depths even 

 our Western experts were unable to m'^.ke themselves heard, and 

 in the language of Bobby Burns, "The best laid plans of mice and 

 men gang aft aglee," and so it is that "he who fights and runs 

 away mav live to fight another day. but he who is in battle 

 slaiii, shall never live to fight again." Appended you will find our 

 shoots for last Saturday: 

 Shoot for medal classifjcatioiLfor March: 



Dustin , 0101111111101011111010111-19 



Shearer lllllOOllllllllllHinill-23 



Nutt iioino'inioiiminoiii-31 



Fuller llimUlllllOlllllllllll-34 



Medal shoot for April: 



Troup - miiinniuiooniiiiiii- 23 



D i 11 11 in 01 10 mil nin n 1110-23 



Dustin .llHlllllOllllllllOllllOl— 23 



McKee 1111100011111111111111111— 38- 



Brelsford 1111111111011111111011111-23 



Shearer iininiiinimiioioiiii-33 



Nuit .iioiiioiiiuninumoiio— 20 



Foe rs te !■ 111101 U Oil 00010011001111— 1 6 



Fuller ' 1111111101011111111101111-22 



Todd : 1101111111111100111100111-20 



Ti6 stioot ' 



Troup . .'. ...... .lOHlllOlllllll-13 Brelsford 011110111111111-13 



Shearer nnmillUlll— 15 



Sweep No. 1, 30 singles, etttry $1.50 1 money: 

 Dustin . . ..........101100111110010111111111101111-23 



Knllivan ; llllllllOllllOllOlllllOUllOlO -24 



Brel-^lord ,111111111111111111111111111111-30 



Sweep No. 2, 10 singles entry 76 cents: 



Dustin OOOUOliU- B King 1011101110- 7 



Sulliva,n 1111101111- 9 Brelsford lIllllllU— 10 



Worden 1111111111-10 



Sweep No. 3, 10 singles, entry 75 cf nts; 



Du Bti n n 11 1 1 1 1 1 1—10 King .1 UHoil 11- 9 



Sullivan lUOlOllll- fi Bielaford 1111111111-10 



Worden lllOlJllll— 0 



.Sweep No. 4, 15 sinele-. entrv .|1: 



Dustin IHiOlOOKlllllll— 10 Brelsford 111111110111111— M 



'^uUiviu 101101111111101-1.2 Banks imiUltllliinPUl— 9 



Worden 111101111110111—13 King OiOHLlilliUOlll-lO 



Kiozer 111110011110111-12 



No. 5, 15 singles, enrrv 81: 



Du.stin lOOlOIOlOOlOUO- 7 Kinzer 111010111110101-11 



SuUivan lOiniDnilOll-13 Worden 111111111001101-13 



Brelsford 1101 lUOl 111 11 1-13 Banks IIIOIIOIIOIIOIO- 10 



King 110101 lini 10101-10 " , 



Sweep No. C, ir^ singles. > ntry SI, indicator unknown angles: 



Brelsford 111110111111111- 14 Fttller 110111111111110-13 



Shearer OU00111 1111001—10 McKee UD 01 1110011 11—12 



Dustin OOOlOlOinilOll- 9 Dill.. lllOlOOOlllllll-U 



Nutt 01 llOOl 1 10111 1 0-10 



Sweep No. 7, 15 ftinffles, tmtrv Sljudicator and S trap-: 



Shearer 111101011111001-11 Dustin IIIOIOOOUOIUI-IO 



Puller HlOlll 11101111— 13 McKee OllilOUliOOlll-ll 



Brelsford 11 0111111011110-13 Todd 0 11111001111001-10 



BROOKLYN SHOOTERS, 



BaoOKLYN', April 22.— The Emerakks wore not out in their u-ua'' 

 force at Dexter Pirk, Long Island, to-day at the monthl y stiooC 

 (if the club— oiilv 17 shot for the club inedai=. 'I'lio club slioots at 

 10 birds eaeh, EiaerrU ! rules. In Cla»s A, 0. E. Kc-m-en won 

 villi p!straiH''i"' S'-oj'e ot bJ tn-in he :,Sydr-. rii-ark, and tii Class B, 

 G Nowo' kr ■'■■''.Tds., woa wlih another sirnigKt scoiv of 10. A 

 sweepstake, 14 entries, 4 birds eaid), Uurlingbam rules, between 

 G E Rem^en, of the Emerald tinu Club, and A. Botty, of the 

 Diana Protection Club, for SIO and the price of the birds was won 

 bv Remsen. He killed 11 to Boi ty 's 9. 



"Avril ?S —A steady stream of Geiman citizens and friends went 

 through the gates at Dexter Park this morning. It was the New 



mann 6, C. Busch 3. « ^ • n r, r,-, u 



April ^if.—'Vhe second shoot of the Linden Grove Gun Clnb was 

 heio at Dexter Park to-day. It was a classified shoot. Class A 

 bemo- reiu-etented by five shooters and Class B by six. In Class A, 

 W Citnniughaiij won the badge. In Class H, H. Wiemann and e. 

 Ep'pig tied with 4 each, and on shoor-ofE Weimann won. W. Mills 

 WR^ s ici^G ret?- 



A triangular shooting match took place co-day at Dexter Park 

 between M. Fay, J. Fay and W. H. Brickner, of the Wauregan 

 Gun (31ub. Eacii man shot at 15 birds, modified Long Island rules, 

 •■•jyd= rise. M. Fay won by killing 12 out of 15. Brickner killed 11 

 and missed 4 and J. Fay killed 7 and missed 8, The referee was 



One of the best shooting matches that has been witnessed in 

 this vicinity was tlat to-day between L. Davenport and Dr. 

 Shields at Woodlawn Park, Graveseu i. 'I'he matcb w-hk oritrmally 

 made tor 100 bird.^ each, bnt o-niug w the scarcity of tart/ei only 

 50 each were shot at. L. Davenpiort made the remariwiide score 

 of ■'iO straight to E>r. Shields' 41. la a sweepstuko shoot llu-il fol- 

 lowed, at 35 birds each, the folljwlng w.jre ihe winners: T. Sb\p- 

 maii, 2:ivd=., 21,: A. Purdy, oOyds., 16; C. Williams, 30yds., 14; B. J. 



^^A^natcl/iit 25blnerocks was shot off at Woodlawn Park to-day 

 between A. Purbv and C. Wtllmms, bothmtmoersof the Fouutaiu 

 Gun Club for and dinner Cor tue party. Purdy won, scoring 

 23 to his oijponent's 2L. A return match will probably be contested 



'^'^Djr^li,-',!— The first ^Bn(!0t this sea.son of the Prospect Heights 

 Gun Club took place K.-day at Farkville. Tne shoot was at 1(X) 

 bluerocks, h'^vd.J. rise. The hiKti wind prevented any good 

 scores, bur Capt. Nichuh- broke 81 and won. G. A. Somers broke 



'^"PigpoQs were very scarce to-day, and Uncle Miller had all he 

 could do to scrape up ;i sutucient number for the matches. The 

 fir-t was between M. Burr, of Williamsburgh, and G. Remsen, of 

 the Emerald Gun Cluo. Major fiemsen had beaten his oppotient 

 bv 10 birds in the first match, and as he is an old anrl exijcriencert 

 Ir-in -hooter, especially devoted to holding the gnn lie.low the 

 plbow he did not hud it ^-ery difiieult to wm itie return matcn. 

 The stale= were a hide. 25 birds eacti man, 'lO.uis. rise, unli ^iOWD 

 trai-.^ L'lUD- l-Lsjid rules. Burr killed 9 anu Major Remsen 10. 



tW nex^maieli wap bet ween F. Leii inztr, ut the Coney Island 

 Rod and Gun Club, and TT.^lgan-:, of the Parkways. This was 

 also the second conre;.; bfiwrei. tbof*" tfto crack snots at the 

 Trail. Erich man shot ar ttiit];-, under moriitied Hurlmgham 

 rule'i Heigans from SOvds. rise and Leibinaer trom the 28yds. 

 mark" Hel,gaus had the- best ot the match and killed tUi out of the 

 78 to 56 for Leibinxer. Neither man was sai isfi^a wi' n the rtsull, 

 as the match had been made originally tor lt»0 buds per map. 

 Tberefoie thes' asr^ ed^to shoot the match over again under the 

 =ame condition^, SlOO a side. luO birds each man, under modified 

 ITurlingbam rules, the contest to take plare at Dexter Park, o;i 

 Mav 7 Helgaas gives Leihinzer an allowance of 3sds. Some ofihe 

 outside bets were called oil y,e&terday, but a large amount is BlOl 

 staiiding over .fo'r tho next maBtrng. 



