AMATEUR REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY. 

 Presented by Mb. Walter Winans. 



THE TROPHY. 



"BAIL HP." SILVERED BRONZE STATUETTE, DESIGNED AND 

 MODBLLED BY WALTER WINANS. 



T^HE subject, which is made on the scale of }^in. to the inch— 

 that is to say, all ttie measurements are % of life size- 

 represents a Texas cowboy, who has been "painting the town 

 red," and consequently has got into a dispute with some one and 

 is pointing his frontier Colt at him (represented by the spectator), 

 while he calls out, "Bail up!" 



By the angle at which he points the Colt is shown that the man 

 he is "bailing up" is on foot, bis hold of the revolver is that 

 adopted by the late Chevalier Ira Paine and taught by him to Mr. 

 Walter \Vinans. 



The cowboy is sitting with the typical cowboy seat, straight 

 legs and one hand resting on the pommel of his Moseman's fron- 

 tier saddle in the favorite cowboy style. The old broncho pony 

 he is riding is also a typical cowboy pony, narrow, big-headed, 

 sleepy-looking, and yet looking in hard condition. 



The armlets above the cowboy's elbows and the ornamental 

 bridle shows that he has lived among Indians. The cards and 

 dice on the ground show that there has been gambling, and the 

 bottles and glass, drinking; the derringer and flowers lying near, 

 that the "trouble" is about a woman. 



The base, of blackened wood (not shown in cut), has its orna- 

 ments made of parts of frontier .44cal. revolver cartridges, the 

 bullets lying in the fluting, and the heads of the cartridges form- 

 ing a border near the bottom; the top besding of rope pattern rep- 

 resents the lariat. 



THE REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP. 



THE TARGETS. 



TITITH this number of Forest and Stream is given the full 

 diagram of targets just as they are sent out to those wish- 

 ing to make practice scores in the preparation now in progress for 

 the final competitions. On the sheet the conditions are given in 

 full with space left for the record of each string as made. In 

 shooting, fire one shot at each buUseye in the order of the num- 

 bers and then enter up the score, taking in each case the number 

 of the innermost ring cut by the bullet hole. The addition gives 

 at oace the total score in iaobes aad tenths pf an loob. tkls 



method there will be no confusion by one bullet cutting away 

 the edges of the orifice made by a preceding bullet, and the meas- 

 urements are surely and accurately made. By sending to this 

 oiHce, copies of the targets may be had by thf^se wishing to do some 

 preparatory shooting. When scores are made, marksmen would 

 oblige Forest and Stream by sending the targets to this office 

 that they may be reproduced infac-aimile and published as illus- 

 trations. 



THE HARLEM CLUB SHOOT. 



May 13.— The first important rifle shoot of the season was begun 

 Monday at Union Hill, the Harlem Rifle Club having put $750 in 

 prizes on the ring and bullseye targets for competition among all 

 marksmen who handle the rifle. Shooting began at 9 A.M., and 

 as the light was good, then M. Dorrler, of the Zettler Rifle Club, 

 succeeded in making a red flag and winning the first morning's 

 premium. Later on members of the Newark Shooting Society, 

 the Marion Rifle Club, the Hudson Rifle Club, the Empire Rifle 

 Club, 1 he Williamsburg Shooting Society and a goodly contingent 

 of the Zettler sharpshooters, besides the majority of the Harlem 

 Rifle Club, arrived at the Schuetzen Park and the competition 

 became very lively. 



About noon the light bpcame hazy and the powder smoke began 

 to hang, this and the hpat explaining the comparatively low 

 scores. W. Rosenbaum, of the Zettler Rifle Club, scored the last 

 red flag and received the premium. 



In the three days shnot the members of the Newark Shooting 

 Society succeeded in winning ihe lion's share of the prizes, and of 

 the aggregate of $750 offered they captured S275. On the ring tar- 

 get Harris won first prize with 73. 73 nnd 71 and also got the first 

 premium for the best 5 tickets with 354: out of 375. Second prize 

 went to J. A. Boyken with 73, 71 and 70, and he also took third 

 premium with 351 points. Coppersmith took tenth prize on 69, 68, 

 68; Campbell twenty-first on 66. 66, 68; Weigman twenty-second on 

 67, 65, 65: Townsend twenty-sixth on 69, 63, 61. On the bullseye 

 target Harris took first prize for the best bullseye and a premium 

 for the fifth most flags. Boyken got the second best, Campbell 

 sixth, Copperfmith twelfth and Weigman sixteenth. Copper 

 smith won first prpmium for the most flags. Among the shooters 

 were S. J. Lyons, of Collinsville, Conn.; H. M. Pope, Hartford, 

 Conn.; Z.C.Talbot, Springfleld, Mass.: E. T. Stephens, Spring- 

 field, Mass. 



At the shoot on Tuesday Harris missed the 13in. bullseye but 

 once in 181 shots. He made 34 4iB^ bullseyes in 100 shots. 



But seven members of the Newark Shooting Society took part 

 in the trophy match to-day. although the weather was all that 

 cotLld be desired. J. A. Boyken won the medal with a total of 213 

 points. In the expert match Boyken won a bronze medal on 

 scores of 126, 124, 133, 131, 130. Harris made a silver medal score 

 of 129. The aep, Uophf matcib will take place oa May ?8. 



....73 CP Gray 71 



....73 AS Hunt 65 



BOvSTON, May 16,— The regular weekly fhontof the Massachu- 

 setts B.fle As.'ociation was held at its range to-day. The con- 

 ditions wpte changeable and unfavorable for high scores. The 

 trap shooters of the association will hold a special tourrament at 

 Walnut Hill, Wednesday, May 27, for team and individual shoot- 

 ing, with special prizes and sweeps. Following are the best 

 scores, distance 200yds., standard American target, re-entries 

 allowed: 



All-Comers' Off-hand Match. 



AMaypard 78 M T Day 70 S T Crawford 61 



DNWinn 74 A S Hunt 68 JBHobbs 59 



A tx Howe 73 D Martin 66 W I Morse 57 



I B Thomas 71 J Ryan .65 



All-Comers' Rest Match. 



F Daniels 112 W Conway 96 A Elton 87 



MTDay 107 R H Wood 95 J French 87 



T Warren 109 J W French 93 D N W^nn 86 



W:Peters 101 A S Hunt 90 D Martin 85 



A H Ballard 99 



Pistol Match, -SOYds. 



H Severance 88 M T Day ... 



GLHosmer 82 H L Greene. 



S C Sydney 74 A Wesson. . . 



Tiie Massachusetts Rifle Association has signed the contract 

 for their new shooting house to be erected at Walnut Hill, and 

 work on it will begin at once. The building is to be 90ft. long by 

 20ft. wide, and the two story part is to be 60x20ft. 



CREEDMOOR, May 11.— Rifle practice on the State rifle range 

 at Creedmoor was opened to-day by a detachmpnt of the Eighth 

 Regiment under command of Mn jor Chauncev. It was a fine dav 

 for practice, with little wind. The entire force of men employed 

 as markers, helpers and workmen on the targets on the State 

 range at Creedmoor struck yesterday morning, and positively re- 

 fused to go to work. This was a continuation of Saturday's strike 

 when the men demanded 3s3 a day and eight hours' work. A suffi- 

 cient number of men to man the targets were persuaded to teturn 

 to work on Saturday, and rifle practice proceeded uninterruptedly. 

 To day, howevei-, they all went out to a man. Gen. Robblns en- 

 deavored to persuade them to return to wrvrk, without eflfect 

 The pay and duties of the workmen are regulated by the State! 

 and Gen. Robbins was unable to negotiate terms, so he ordered 

 them all from the grounds. New men were found to take then- 

 places. 



NEWARK, N. J., May 14.— The shooting committee of the 



Newark Shooting Society met this evening and decided upon a 

 proeram me for 1 he pi- ze festival to be held in the shooting park 

 on Friday and Saturday, Jul^' 3 and 4. 



Every week we are obliged to defer to the next 

 week trap scores which come in too late for pub- 

 lication in the current issue. It is particularly ro~ 

 au9n9d that eoQree )?« ssnt us as sarly aa possible^ 



