Jan. Sa, 1891] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



North Side Gun Club. 



Tuesday, the 12th, was the date for the regular cluh shoot of 

 the lively .North Side Guu Club, on the North Side Driving Park, 

 at Maspeth, Long Island, and a goodly number of members were 

 on band to battle tor the badges, although the weather was any- 

 thing hut good. The regular club event was at seven birds per 

 man, for the class medals, those snooting at 27 to 80yds. being in 

 A Class and all others in B class. The results: 

 Class A. 



Ties. Ties. 



C Myer (28) 1101110-5 212 E Barber (30) 0011211-5 220 



M Mauning(30) . . .2101110-5 222 E Blancke (27) 2000100—2 



Class B. 



J Lanke (23) 0112111-6 J Hacke (25) 1100120—4 



.1 Grace (24) 2101021 - 5 A Kramer (25) 1020000-2 



J Turnam (25) 2221002-5 



Lanke won the class B medal. The tie between Meyer and Man- 

 ning for the class A medal was de cded by the scores in a miss and 

 out sweepstake, SI entry, Myer winning the medal and the not on 

 two kills; Manning missed his second bird, as did J. Lyon; Menke 

 and Turnan each lost their first birds. 



The Big Four Gun Club. 



• Bubungton, Iowa, Jan. 13 — The tournament of the Big Four 

 Gun Oluo commenced this morning under very unfavorable con- 

 ditions. The weather was terribly cold and the ground covered 

 with sis inches of snow, this making the shooting very hard. The 

 tournament was held on a sand bar of the Mississippi River, where 

 the wind had a clear sweep. Many shooters lacked courage to 

 face the wind before the traps, but. to-night these say "Wait until 

 to-morrow and we will show you 'chaffers' what we can do." 

 Among the shooters present are W. A. J. Windsor, of St. Paul, 

 Minn.; A. and M. Co"k and H. B. Castor, of Huron, Iowa; G. 

 Douglass, of Briggsville. 111.: Geo. Deterline, of Kelthburg. 111.; J. 

 Minard, of Pleasant Grove, Iowa, and C Lynch, of Kingston, 

 Iowa. During the day a match was made and a forfeit posted for 

 a race at 50 single targets each between Chas. Lynch and H. 

 Guentber, the match to be shot at Ebener's Park, Burlington, on 

 Feb. 3. The men are evenly matched and considerable cash has 

 been wagered on the result: Below will he found the scores of 

 to-day's events in detail: 



Ten single targets, entry $2: 



RuDge 1001111111-8 Buda 1111111111-10 



Deterlme 1101101101- 7 Windsor 1011111111—9 



Ten single targets, entry S2: 



Budd 1111110101— 8 Decline 0110111101- 7 



Cook 0110111111- 8 Windsor 1001111100- 6 



Runge 1111110101-8 A J Cook lOlOlllOil— 7 



No. 3, 15 single targets, entrance 82: 



Budd 110011111111111-13 MCook 100111111111111—13 



Deterline 111111111101 111—14 Carter.. 010101111110100- 9 



A J Cook 0)1010001101011— 8 Windsor 111110111101101-13 



Runge 001111010111111—11 



No. 4, 5 pair targets, entrance $2: 



M Cook . . 10 10 11 11 11-8 Deterline 10 10 10 11 11-7 



A J Cook 10 11 10 h) 11-7 Runge 11 11 01 11 01-8 



Windsor 11 U 10 10 11-8 Budd 11 10 11 11 11-9 



No, 5, 8 singles and 1 oair targets, entrance 



Windsor 10111010 11— 7 



Donglas lllllin 11-10 



Budd. Ollllill 11—9 



Runge OHOlllO 11- 7 



M Cook 11111111 11-10 



No. 0, 6 singles and 2 pair: 



Buod... ...011010 1111-7 A Cook 101011 00 11-0 



Ruoge 111110 10 00-6 Windsor 111111 1101—9 



Douglas 111011 10 10-7 



No 7, miss and out, live birds, entrance $2: 



Windsor 10 Budd Ill 



A Cook Ill Runge Ill 



MCook 0 Douglas 110 



A. Cook, Budd and Runge div. 



No. 8, miss and out, live bird^, entrance $2: 



Windsor 10 Budd Ill 



MCook 110 A Cook 110 



Douglas 110 Runge Ill 



Deterline 10 



Budd and Runge div. 



No. 9, miss and out, live birds, entrance $2: 



Windsor 111111 MCook 0 



Budd HUH Deterline . . .1110 



Douglas 111110 Minard 0 



A Cook 111111 Runge 11110 



Windsor, Budd and A. Cook div. 



No. 10, miss and out, live birds, entrance $2: 



Windsor 11 A Cook JO 



Budd 11 MCook 0 



Douglas 0 Minard 11 



Runge 0 



Windsor, Budd and Mi naid div. 



No. 11. miss and out, live birds, entrance 82: 



Windsor 0 A Cook 1111 



Budd 1110 MCook 0 



Douglas 1111 Minard 1111 



Runge 10 



Douglas, A. Cook aud Minard div. 



No. 12, miss and out, I-vb birds, entrance 82: 



Windsor 0 A Cook Ill 1 



Budd 110 Runee 0 



Douglas 1111 -Lynch 0 



Minard 1110 



Douglas and A. Cook div. 



No. 13. miss and out, live birds, entrance $2: 



Windsor 111110 Minard 11110 



Budd HI 1111 1 Runge 11111110 



Douglas 1110 MCook 11111111 



A Cook 11111111 



Budd, A. Cook and M. Cook div. 



No. 14. 15 sinele targets, entrance 82: 



Danglon 111110111110110-11 Deterline 011101111111111-13 



Budd 111111111111111-15 Windsor 010011111011011-10 



A Cook 111110111101101-12 Runge 111111111111110-14 



M Cook 111111111111111—15 



Jan. 14 —The Second Day. 



The extreme cold weather still hung on, and in consequence the 

 attendance was not what was hoped for. Nevertheless the traps 

 were kept busy, 14 events in all being shot off. Below are the 

 scores: 



No. 1, 10 single targets, entrance $1: 



A Cook 0101010011-5 MCook 0111111111-9 



Budd 0111111110-8 McKee 0111111011-S 



Windsor 0101111110-7 Minard 1111111001-8 



Runge 1101110111—8 Oarter 0110000011-4 



No. 2, 5 p >irs targets, entrance gl: 



Windsor 10 11 00 10 01— 5 Minard 01 11 11 01 11-8 



A Cook 11 11 11 11 01— 9 Range 01 01 11 10 11—7 



McKee 10 01 11 01 11- 7 Carter 11 01 00 10 10—5 



Budd 11 H 11 U 11—10 M Cook 11 11 10 10 11-8 



No. 3, 10 singles, entrance 82 : 



McKee 1101101101- 7 Windsor 1101110010-5 



Minard 1101111111— 9 M. Cook 1111100111—8 



Budd 1111111111—10 G. Cook 1010111110-7 



Runge 1111111011— 9 Carter 1001010111—6 



No. 4, 5 pair, entrance 82 : 



McKee 11 10 11 1111- 9 M Cook 11 11 11 10 11-9 



Minard 11 10 00 10 10 - 5 Runge 11 01 11 00 01-6 



Wfrdsor 10 11 00 10 00— 1 Budd 11 01 11 11 11—9 



A. Cook 11 11 11 11 11—10 



No. 5. 10 singles, entrance $2 : 



McKee 1011111111-9 Runge 1111111111-10 



Budd 1111101111-9 A, Cook 1111011111— 9 



M. Cook 1101111010-7 Windsor 0100111110- 6 



Minard 010101HOO— 5 



No. fi, 10 single targets, entrance $2 ; 



McKee ~ 1111001111-8 Windsor 1111111111-10 



A. Cook O'HlOlOllO-5 Rudd 1111111111—10 



M. Cook Olllimil-9 Brockway 1110111111- 9 



Runge miOlllll— 9 Minard lOOlOHOlO— 5 



No. 7, 10 single, targets, entrance $2: 



McKee 1011011101- 7 Budd 1111111111- 9 



M. Cook 1111111110— 9 Windsor 1110111111- 9 



Runge 1110111110— 8 Brockway 1111111111- 10 



A. Cook 1111111111—10 Minard 1101011101—7 



No. 8, 5 targets, entrance 82 : 



Windsor 10 10 01 10 11- 6 Brockway 11 11 11 11 11—10 



McKee 11 10 11 11 11- 9 Brown 10 01 00 10 10- 3 



A. Cook 11 11 11 11 11-10 Bu id 11 11 11 11 11—10 



M. Cook 11 01 10 11 01- 7 



No. 9, 15 singles, entrv 82.50: 

 Wilson 110111110110110-11 



Runge 110101001H1UO-10 



Budd 111111111111111-15 McKee 111101011111011-12 



A Cook 110011111111111-13 Brockway UU00mill001-ll 



M Cook 111111111110111-14 



1 ')No. 10, 10 singles, targets, entry 82: 



Windsor 1111111111—10 McKee. , ..1011110111- 8 



MCook 1111111111-10 Minard...., 1111100010- 6 



A Cook 1111011111- 9 Brockway.- 11011)1111— 9 



Budd 1101110111- 8 Camp 0111111111- 9 



Runge 1111011011- 8 



No. 11, 0 singles and 2 pair; entry 82: 



MCook Ullll 1110-9 Brockway 000110 10 11—5 



W Wiser Ullll 10 11-9 Budd 111101 1111—0 



A Cook 111111 1111-10 Runge 011111 10 00-6 



No. 12, 10 singles, unknown traps, entry 82: 



MCook 1011111111-9 Budd 1111111011- 9 



Windsor 0001011111- 6 Runge 1011110110— 7 



A Cook 1111111110- 9 Brockway 1111111100- 8 



McKee 0100H1011— 6 



No. 13, tO singles, unknown traps, entry $2: 



Budd llltliom- B Windsor 1111111110- 9 



MCook 0010111101- 6 Runse 11111H010- 8 



A Cook 0111101111—8 McKee llOdlOOllO- 5 



No. 14, 15 singles, targets, entry f 2: 



Windsor 11111111100100!— 11 Budd 111111111111111—15 



MCook 111111111001011-12 McKee 110111111001100-10 



A Cook 111111101111111-14 Runge 111111111111110-14 



C. W. Budd. 



The Original Dean Richmond Cup. 



The time is rapid. Progress gallops to-day in every line of 

 action, and chanee follows change so swiftly that events blur in 

 the eye. Once past, forgotten, and on to the next; that is the 

 order of this quarter century. This is as true in sportsmauship 

 as in anything else. Change and growth in sportsmanship have 

 been more rapid than we realise. Attainment after attainment 

 has flitted by, blurring, and we have forgotten them all. We can 

 not tell how fast and how far we have gone, unless onoe in a 

 while we shall stop and gaze determinedly back at some land- 

 mark whose status cannot be mistaken. 



Such a landmark is that historic and admirable trophy of the 

 trap, the original Dean Richmond Cup, a proper pictorial repre- 

 sen'ation of which would adorn any columns Forest and 

 Stream seems to he the only one of the papers able to point out 



THE OBJDfNAL DEAN RICHMOND TROPHY.- 



this landmark in the history of trap-shooting. From that land- 

 mark to the present is a long way. It is all the way from the 

 muzzleloading gun to the present superb arm 3 . It is all the way 

 from abundance of wild pigeons to an absolute absence of them, 

 and from the old plunge traps to the present electric-pull ground 

 traps and their elaborate accessories. It is apparently a century 

 of human change from then till now, but measure it by actual 

 years and it foots but scant two decades. 



The Dean Richmond cup is not w 11 known to-day, but it is well 

 known of. Many trap-shooters have heard of it who do not know 

 what it was or where it is, or what has been its history. We 

 should attach the most prominence to it and make it our land- 

 mark, not because of its magnificence or intrinsic worth, and not 

 because it came early in the day of trophy offering, but because 

 it marked, closely enough for historical reference, the date when 

 tr»p-shooting as a sport began to pass decisively and unmistak- 

 ably from brutality into gentlemanliness, and to find its patron- 

 age among worthy men and not unworthy ones. Beyond that, 

 and aside trom that, the mere history of the great trophy is enter- 

 taining matter. 



The original Dean Richmond Cup is in Chicago to-day, and will 

 probably always remain there. It is in the bauds and is the per- 

 sonal propertj' of a gentleman eminently fit to be its owner — none 

 hss than Col. Chas. E. Felton, to whom clings closely the happily 

 bestowed title of the ''Chevalier Bayard of Chicago sportsmen." 

 It is not probable that Col. Felton will ever allow it to go from his 

 family. 



It. was last June when I learned that Col. Felton was in posses- 

 sion of this old trophy, and at once I importuned him for a photo- 

 graph and a history. He informed me that it became his property 

 by purchase when his old gun club, the Foresters, of Buffalo, N. Y., 

 disbanded. He further advised me that, to obtain an exact history 

 of the cup and its conditions I would do well to write to Mr, 

 Robert Newell, of Buffalo, who shot in the early competitions for 

 the cup. Col. Felton had the further kindness to bring down the 

 great cup. in its original case, for photographing for illustrative 

 use in Forest and Stream. Four prints were made, and so far 

 as known these are the only ones extant showing the cup as it was 

 and is. 



Mr. Newell was duly written, and so soon as lay in his power 

 replied, his answer being but recently received. I beg to give it 

 verbatim: 



"Buffalo, Sept. 1 — The information you desired of me some 

 time ago has ju*t come into my possession, I having obtained it 

 from Mr. John B. Sage, secretary of the New York State Sports- 

 men's Association. I could not reply sooner as I did not have the 

 records, therefore you will pardon what might seem to you as 

 unnecessary delay. 



The Richmond Trophy was given by Mr. Henry A. Riahniond, 

 in commemoration of his father, the Hon. Dean Richmond, and 

 was shot for by teams of 3 resident members of clubs in good 

 standing and members of the New York State Sportsmen's Asso- 

 ciation, the conditions being $50 entrance, 20 single birds, 2lyds. 

 rise and 80yds. boundary, the club winning the cup three times to 

 be the owner. 



The first contest took place at Batavia, N. Y., in 1873, under the 

 auspices of the Dean Richmond Club of that city. 



In these various shoots every contestant was given a number 

 before the Bhooting commenced, and the referee then placed as 

 many duplicate numbers In a box as there were contestants 



Upon drawing a number from the box the shooter represented by 

 it would step to the score and shoot at a bird. This method took 

 a good deal of time and made it very tedious for the contestants, 

 but there is no fairer way conceivable. 



The birds were always the best selected wild pigeons, and as 

 the scores will show no very brilliant shooting was made, my 

 own average in the five contests. 88 out of 100, being the best. 



The Forester Club won it the first two years, then the Central 

 City Club, of Syracuse, two years; the Forester Ciub winning the 

 third time at Syracuse it became their property. 



When the Forester Club went out of existence all its effects 

 were sold, Colonel Felton becoming the owner of the cup by 

 purchase. 



I inclose you the score given me by Secretary Sage. 



Yours truly, R. Newell." 



"P. S.—The entrance fees for the original cup were placed in a 

 fund, the proceeds of which ($1,350) were put into a second Rich- 

 mond cup, which is perpetual, the winning cluh holding the cup 

 in trust for one year, and also getting the amount of entrance 

 money. This cup is contested for yearly. The Forester Club 

 won it also the first year, but the club disbanding soon after none 

 of its members attend the conventions.— R. N." 



The following are the interesting scores kindly furnished by 

 Mr. Newell and Mr. Sage: 



ORIGINAL DEAN RICHMOND CUP SCORES. 



1873, Batavia. 



Forester Club, Buffalo. Phoenix S. C, Seneca Falls. 



Newell 20 Silsby 18 



Hambleton 17 Burroughs .15 



Smith 15—52 Compson 10—43 



Monroe Co. S C, Rochester. Dean Richmond S. C., Batavia. 



Weigbell ,19 Fowler 14 



Brown 15 Tompkins 13 



Hooker 14—48 Wakeman 15—42 



187k, Oswego. 



Forester, Buffalo. Niagara Falls, Niagara Falls, 



Newell .16 Murray 12 



Hambleton 16 Witmer 17 



Smith 18—50 Ful ton 12—44 



Central City, Syracuse. Monroe Co. S. C, Rochester. 



Hudson 16 Lucas li 



Harmon .17 Brown 16 



Wa tkey 14-47 Smith 11—41 



Dean Richmond, Batavia. Audubon S. C, Rochester. 



Tompkins — .19 Lamberton , ...14 



Waterman 16 Babcock. n 



Lusk 11—46 Mone 13—38 



1876, Watertown. 

 Central City, Syracuse. Forester Club, Buffalo. 



Hudson 16 Newell 16 



Harmon 16 Smith \n 



Soule 14—46 Hambleton 12—42 



Phoenix S. C, Seneca Fails. Monroe Co., Rochester 



Sil3by 17 Ely 15 



Hoag .13 Hooker 14 



Comp3on. 13—43 Walzer 11—40 



• Onondaga Co. Syracuse. Genesee S. C, Irondequoit 



Lodder 16 Brown 13 " 



Fmch 13 Crittenden .'13 



Barnum 13 — 43 Babcock '.'..13—39 



Audubon, Buffalo. 



Vine 17 Franklin... 6—37 



Higharn "..14 ' 



1876, Geneneo. 



Central City, Syracuse. Genesee, Irondt quoit. 



Hudson — 16 Crouch 16 



S^ule .20 Walzer 17 



Manning 20—56 Crittenden *17— 50 



Forester, Buffalo. Pfccenix, Seneca Fall"- 



Newell 18 Silsby 16 



Drake 17 Chamberlain !i5 



Van Vleck 15—50 Lamond .18—49 



Monroe Co., Rrctiester. Audubon, Buffalo." 



Evershed 18 Fischer 17 



Ely 18 Vine ]6 



Chaffey 14-50 Rafferty 15-48 



1877, Syracuse. 



Forester, Buffalo. Monroe Co., Rochester. 



Newell 18 Crouch 18 



Jones., ..20 Slielser 'is 



Pierce 14—52 Brown 11—47 



Central City, Syracuse. Jefferson Co., Watertown.* 



Hudson 17 Flower 5 



Soule 15 Trowbridge 6 



Michels 19—51 Saigent 6 



*Shot at ten each and withdrew. 



Such is the history of the cup. It will he noticed that Mr. 

 Newell shot in every contest for the cup, from first to last, and 

 aided more than any other man to make it the property of .his 

 cluo. When that club disbanded, it seemed a shame to see so 

 fine a trophy go into oblivion. Col. Felton rescued it from 1 hat 

 but we may doubt whether he fully knew then how interesting 

 th's nrize would become in later years. 



The old cup is a magnificent piece of silver work, nearly 18in. 

 high. It cost $500. and is solid silver. Its artisanship is admir- 

 able, but it was no aUisan but an artist whose eye conceived its 

 design. Tne chief trophies of this busy day of mulf iplied trophies 

 do not offer a form so simple, elegant and graceful, and we must 

 fairly go to the past for a model in richness blended with purity 

 of taste. 



Toe first contest for this memorable trnpby occurred less than 

 twenty years ago, but it will he observed curiouslv that the artist 

 who brought into Pfe the giver's generous design had in his mind 

 no arm hut the muzzleloading niece. This fact gives a quaint and 

 interesting flavor to the whole to-dav. 



Mr. Newell does not tell us what part the muzzleloading gun 

 actually had in these contests. If he, and o hers who shot or 

 knew shooters in those days, will offer further reminiscences of 

 the old cup, the old style and the old days, ti e readers of Forest 

 and Stream will be placed under a debt not easy to discharge. 



Chicago, 111., Sept. 7. E. Hough. 



The Portland Championship. 



Portland, Ore., Jan. 7— The sportsmen of Oregon have been 

 unusually quiet for the past month. We have had very heavy 

 rains, and all of the lakes, sloughs and rivers are so high that it 

 is almost impossible for birds to get to the bottoms for food. I 

 am glad to say that this has been productive of some good. Al- 

 ready the feeling of unrest has appeared among the shooters, and 

 for the past two or three days a committee of three, consisting of 

 Oanol E. Hughes, H. H. Beal and W. A. Storey, have been scour- 

 ing the country for live pigeons. 



A match has been arranged for the championship wing-shot 

 medal of Portland. This medal is now being made and is to be 

 very pretty. The match will be at 15 live birds per man, and ties 

 will be shot off at 5 birds per man, the winner to own the medal 

 for good. 



Now, I wish the papers of this country would take a little inter- 

 est in the most gentlemanly sport enjoyed by tbe human race— i. 

 c. .shooting. If one were to ask any paper to give an account of a 

 shooting match in this country as elaborate and expensive to them 

 as was that published by Forest and Stream of the Fulford- 

 Brewer contest, he would want one of two things in hand, a bag 

 of gold or a good revolver for selfprotection. If we get an eight 

 or ten-line article two or three times a year we are very fortu- 

 nate. 



Another match has been arranged, also on live birds, between 

 Carrol E. Hughes and W. A. Story, for a purse of $25 apiece, at 25 

 birds per man. Both these matches will be shot in the near 

 future, and I will he glad to send you the result. Docks are very 

 scarce in the markets, and one dealer told me to-day that he had 

 just received fifty dozen toal from California. Sand Hill. 



Union Hill. 



The Union Hill Gun Club elected these officers: President, 

 Charles Woolmington; Vice-President, L. Westervelt; Treasurer, 

 Herman Lange; Secretary, John W T eber; Captain, John Mehl. The 

 club contested for prizes on Saturday, Jan. 9. The scores made 

 and the winners were, the conditions being 10 birds a man: John 

 Collins 0, G. Woolmington 8, J. Woolmington 7. H. Lange 7, L. 

 Westervelt 6. W. B=rmes 6, J. Hughes 6, F. Hall 5, J. Mehl 5. F. 

 Dennehey 5, John Waller 4, C. Woolmington 2, P. Sullivan 1. Mr. 

 Collins won the first prize, a game ha? ;■<*. Woolmington, second 

 prize, a rocker, and H. Lange third. Mr. P. Sullivan received 

 fourth pr'ze for having made the lowest score. In the evening the 

 olub's first reception was held at Ruth's Hall in honor of the first 

 year of its existence. The club is very popular in that section. 



