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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 7, 1893. 



FULFORD CAPTURES HARRISBURG. 



Gentle reader if you care to become embittered, soured, out of 

 sorts with yourself as well as the rest of the world in general, to 

 say nothing of the railroad company in particular, just board one 

 of the evening trains on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, ride 

 as far as Allentown, where you have (according to the time tabb ) 

 about ten minutes ••lunching spell" before taking a train on the 

 Reading line for Harrisburg. You rush into the restaurant— 

 where, 1 must confess, the service is vtry prompt— have your 



captain," run for the train, and— wait from five to fifteen minutes 

 for it to start. Beside ail these pleasurable experiences you must 

 not forget to note the smooth (save the mark) motion of the car, 

 which prompts one to think he is riding on a lumber wagon over 

 a country roadway. But it's all in a lifetime, and once you reach 

 Harrisburg you'll forget all the pains of the trip. Of the town 

 proper I can say but little, having reached it at 12:10 ou New 

 Year's morning', spent the whole of the uext day on the shooting 

 around, and started for home again at 1:15 the same night. And 

 after all I don't think that the seekers after trap news and gpssip 

 are at all interested in "gush," personal experience, contents of 

 private letters and the like, with which some shooting columns 

 ahound, to the exclusion of better matter. Nor is there such a 

 great honor attached to the fact of "getting loaded" as to make it 

 necessary to advertise each particular instance. Let 'er go! 



There is one ihing anent Harrisburg that will interest the 

 public, and that is the number of hotels, which appear on nearh 

 every block. Some of the hoMs are first-class in every respect, 

 but the majority are medium grade, both in price and Qualify of 

 service. When it comes to "tacking on" for extras ihey are weJl 

 posted to a degree, and in this 1 am inclined to think there is but 

 little difference in hotel methods the world over. 



The object which brought the writer to Harrisburg was, of 

 course, tlie winter tournament of the Harrisburg Shooting Asso- 

 ciation, with the special attraction of a hundred-bird match be- 

 tween those two kings of the smooth-bore, Elijah D. Fulford and 

 John L. Brewer, to take place on the first day of the new year. 

 Everybody in the city knew Fulford; everybody knew of the 

 match and was going to see it; everybody and his or her friend 

 was willing to wager that the Harrisburg favorite would win. 

 Brewer, of course, was well known in the place bv virtue of his 

 great reputation as a shooter, although lie had never shot there. 

 People were willing to acknowledge that the Hnrnmonton man 

 was a great killer and that the man who defeated him would have 

 to put up a great score, but nevertheless the whole town was witl- 

 ing to wager that Fulford would kill enough to win. 1 have saM 

 that Brewer had never shot in the place, and I may add that Ful- 

 ford had done no shooting there except in sweepstake^ nml an 

 occasional little "go" with some "local expert at ten ir fifteen 



shown by the appended detailed scores, which account, for only 33 

 lost birds out of 7;"> shot at. there being 15 entries. The shoot: 



Dustin 11111—5 Bower 10111-4 



Lindslev llltl-5 Dinger 11110-4 



Brelsf ord 11111-5 Angar ,H110-4 



from an instantaneous photograph. 



birds each. Although the company by whom he is engaged has 

 its general headquarters in Harrisburg, his business keep3 him 

 away from there the major part of the time. For a number of 

 years he has been a valued member of the Ha rrishurg Shooting 

 Association, wh'ch engineered the arrangements for this match 

 in order that his admirers might have an opportunity to witness 

 a display of his skill as well as that of the world-renowned Cap- 

 tain Brewer. The grounds on which the match took place are 

 what are known as Island Park, being situated on the northeast- 

 ern end of Hogarst Island, one of the many beautv spots with 

 which the picturesque Susquehanna River abounds. The grounds 

 are those of the Harrisburg Athletic Assjciation and are used 

 principally for base ball games. A large grand stand, capable of 

 seating a thousand people, and two "bleaching boards," each of 

 the same capacity, are on the ground. The ground is soft and 

 soggy, and rubbers are in demand there as a rule. From the toll 

 bridge, which it is necessary to cross in order to reach the island 

 from Harrisburg, the view up the river on a clear day is a beauti- 

 ful one, the river being dotted with small island?, covered even at 

 this season with green, and in the distance the mountain peaks 

 standing out'.in bold relief against the blue background of sky. 



Although I reached the shooting ground shortly after 9 A. M I 

 found a good number of people there, the majority being shooters. 

 Among the first ones to say "good morning" were Mr. and Mrs. 

 Hindsley, of Hobokeu, of American wood powder fame; and Neaf 

 Apgar, of Henry C. Squires, of New York. After an introduction 

 to President Chas. E. N. Brelsford, Secretary Wordeu and 

 Treasurer Etter, all of the Harrisburg Shooting Association , I had 

 the joints of my arm almost loosened by the warm hand-shaking 

 of Champion Fulford, who, along with Captain Brewer, whom I 

 met a moment later, was overjoyed to think that Forest and 

 Stream would not be obliged to depeud upon Associated Press 

 reporters for details of their match. The shooting in the regular 

 and extra events was under American Shooting Association rules. 

 The birds used in the sweeps were a mixed lot, some of them being 

 very fast and tricky while others needed considerable coaxing 

 before they would fly. The weather at this time was rather 

 threatening, the air being moist and raw, the wind coming from 

 the northwest and a heavy mist hanging over the river. Later in 

 the day, however, the mist cleared away and foracouple of hours 

 the^uu peeped down on the scene. Thejconditions of the first sw. ep, 

 a sort of a warming event, preparatory to the regular programme, 

 were 5 live birds per man, $2,50 entry; there were seven entries in 

 t nis c vent and consequently only two moneys. The scores were 

 as follows: 



.J S Dustin 11111—5 F Bower 10111—4 



J Dinger , .11111-5 R Fuller . . .10101— 3 



F Brown .11110-4 A Hoffman. .11001 



JO'S Denny 01111-4 



The moneys were both div. 



By the time the above event was shot to a finish the number of 

 shooters had been considerably increased, among the new comers 

 baing N. A. Hughes, of Williamsport, vice-president of the Penn- 

 sylvania (Sportsmen's Association; H. A. Bach, of Harrisburg; P. 

 Buss, R. S. Parker and President Brelsford. In the next sweep 

 Ol\q two experts, Fulford and Brewer, entered, as did Lindsley 

 and Apgar and Mrs. Lindsley, who shoots under the romantic 

 name of "Wanda," The next event wa6 No. 1 on the regular 

 programme, tlie conditions being 5 live birds each, $>4 entry, 4 

 moneys. The whole entry list was in prime shooting form, as is 



Bach 11111—5 "Wauda".... 1 1110-8 



F If ord 11111—5 Parker Oil 01— 3 



Rrewer 11111—5 Buss 1001 1— h 



Bughes .111)1- 5 Brown 10100- 2 



Douny 11110-4 



Ties for first, second and third moneys were divided: Prnwr 

 took fourth alone. 



Below -nill be found a tabulated score of the Brcwer-Fulf.'ij 

 match, showing the trap fjorn which each bird wnsFprnnc »• 

 veil as the direction of flight: 



No. 

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27 

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38 

 34 

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 88 

 85) 

 10 

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 12 

 43 

 44 

 15 

 46 

 47 

 48 

 49 

 50 

 51 

 52 

 53 

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 55 



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60 



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63 

 64 

 65 

 60 

 67 

 6S 

 69 

 70 

 71 

 73 

 73 

 74 



78 

 79 

 i-0 

 PI 

 83 

 83 

 84 

 85 



89 

 90 

 91 

 92 

 •13 

 94 

 95 

 96 

 97 

 98 

 99 

 100 



FCLCORD. 



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73 







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76 



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77 





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3 



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79 



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80 



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89 



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91 



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94 





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95 



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Stewart 011 1111 — ti 



Fulford 0111111 -fi 



""Wanda" 0011111 — h 



7>euny 1010110-4 



Kinzer 0101011-4 



Br.isford 10102ol-4 



Andrews 0011001-3 



Regular event No. 3, at 7 live birds, SO entry, was next in ordpr, 

 there beiDg 15 entries and 4 moneys. The score 



Dustin..... 1111111-7 ' 



Brewer.. 1111111—7 



Brown 1111111—7 



Lindsley 1111111-7 



Bowen 1111111-7 



Hughes mill!— 7 



Dinger 1011111-6 



Bach 1111110-6 



First and second moneys were divided; third went to "Wanda" 

 alone; ties ou 4 were divided. An exhibition not down in the pro- 

 gramme was given when Bach lost his last bird. The bird flew 

 back over one of the "bleaching boards," and just as it had 

 cleared the fence it was brought to s^rass by a bullet, from a re- 

 volver in the hand of Officer Chas. Yowler, of Die Harrisburg 

 police force. The bird was killed at fully 30yds. 



No. 3 on the rpgnlar programme was at 10 live birds each, $10 

 entry, 1 moneys. Brewer and Fulford remained out of this event. 

 Out of 130 birds shot at only 13 were lost. The scores in detail are 

 t'iven beiovi : 



Brehford 1122211111—10 "Wauda" 3202121121—9 



Bach 2122] 12111-10 Bower 2222211330—9 



Brown 2121112221—10 Denny 3231122100 -8 



Duslin 1111111122—10 Rol rbach 3011212202-8 



I .indsley 3222223J33— 10 Stewart 2021120220—7 



Spicer 2112112112—10 Dinger •0101201111-7 



Hughes 131111120J— 9 



All ties were divided. 



Event Xo. I was at. eight live birds tach, $5 *u'- ry, there being 

 fifteen entries and four moueys. When the tilth round had been 

 s-hot Half way down the event was stopped until after the match 

 between Brewer and Fulford, the time for starting which had 

 now arrived. At 4:25 I'. M., when the event was again taken up. 

 it was fast growing dark and b< foro it had been brought to a fin- 

 ish it was almost impossible to see a hird twenty vards aw a \ . 

 Previous to the postponement only eight birds had been lost dud 

 i sixu-eight, but of the last fifty-two seventeen were lost. The 

 scoi ei of the shoot in t he order of name9 follows in detail: 



Hatfh ld lull 1111-7 II Thurman ggUDffiQHO 



LiudMcy 20202102-5 Wordeu 2011 lp-o 6 



Denny 31212101—7 Dinsrer lt;;21!-'o- ; 



Brown l32i'12Po-5 JThurm-an 01121210-6 



Kinzer 32321322 -* "Wauda" lL'l-?10'J2-5 



Meiccr 11 121010-r, Spider 11121100-6 



Dustin 11 121010 -li Coder 01312203—0 



Be] l-.f'ord 16031 102 5 



Kinzer won first alone, second, third and fourth were divided. 



T: was some minutes after3 P. M., when the announcement was 

 made that the big event, of the day would start, and while the 

 Piineipals were shooting at a few practice birds, the officials 

 started the by no mears easy 'a u k of getlintc the field cleared. At 

 this time a big ciOvMl whs on the ijrir.d stand on the "bleaching 



Key — R. right; L. left; I, incomer: D, driver; C, eivclerj Tw. 

 twister: Tow, towerer; Hov, hoverer; Q, quart^rer. 



Fulford used 1 is second barrel 39 times, Brewer 47 times to kill. 

 Time of match, Sh, lm, 



BREWER AT THE SCORE. 

 From an instantaneous photograph. 



boards 11 and staudintr about the field, the number being variously 

 estjma'ed at from 3.300 to 3,000. However this may be, over 

 thirteen hundred people paid their admission, while ofdadies, to 

 wtiom admis-ion was free, there were fullv 500. Beside therr 

 wcre from 300 to 400 free admissions, so that 3,300 would be under 

 ratiier than over the actual number present. 



Among the spectators there were a large number of prominent, 

 opople from all over the country, anions whom may be men tioned 

 Mayor Kritchie. of Harrisburg; Sheriff Keller, of Dauphin county, 

 Mayor Robert Clark, of Lancaster; Horace B. Johnson, D. It. W. 

 Leister, Lwis Leister, Harrv Ruppert, Joseph Strauss. W. W. 

 Carmen, C. M. Gauge, Russell Grucev aud Col Jas. Gwiu, of 

 UiiotiUKtor ; R. E. Sheerer, of Carlisle; C. C. Beebe, of Williaois- 

 p-iri; James Sweeney, of Hazleton: Charh s Fetfinger of Alioona; 

 Simon B. Cameron, of Lachaber; Joseph Thurman, Harry Thur- 

 man. Charles Tappen, R. M. Peterson, J. A. Luiz, Elmer Luiz 

 and Edward Burger, of Germantown; T. Sholvin, Pres., R. F. 

 Stott. Sec'y, S. A. Peck, McLellan Hummell. James Witraer, J. 

 A. Elliott, Daniel Snyder and G. E. Rohrbach, cf the Nortbuni- 

 Ivrlaud Shooting Association: Dr. Schwartz., P. H. Rpimel, W. 

 McGowan. Geo. Bock, Field Bock and Add. Hoffman, of Lebanon; 

 N. A. Hughes, Sec'y, Frank Herfig, A. Neilson, Garry Freisraan, 

 Will Anderson, F. P. Abercromhie and J. S. Hopkiiifon. of the 

 Wiilism port Shooting Association; L. T. Hatflpia, H. H Hat- 

 field, E Hipersteel, H. Disney, W. Harbacher, Frauk Harbacher, 

 E Jamison Jus. Jamison ami R. C. Bamford, rf West Faiiview; 

 W. F. Jordan, editor of the Daily iVcwst aud Snnrluu Telegram rot. 

 Harrisburg; E. J. Stackpjle, of the Eveninu Telegraph, ot Harris- 

 on -g; W. G. Jones, sporting ediror of the Harrisburg Call imd 

 Teleyrmn; Jacob Pemss, of the Simrtinn Timts. New York;- The 

 tlarns'inrB Shooting Association was i-p presented by President 

 C. E. N. Brelsford, Secretary J. H. Wordeu, Treasurer C. F. 

 Etter, H. A. Bach, H. 31. F. Wnrden, H. A. Dill, H. P. Shtjap, E 

 ji eenhurg, J. S. Dustin, J. D. Kinzer, W. H. Brensinger, Geo. 

 F. erster, J. Dinger and H. A. Roat. 



It was precisely 3:30 P.M. when the match began, the conditions 

 of which were 100 live birds each, 13-bore gunp, 30yds. rise, Hut- 

 Jinghaiii rules to govern, for a purge of $500 contributed by the 

 Harrisburg Shooting Association. Referee, James H. Worder. 

 Harri.-burg S u ootiug Association; official scorers, C. H. T wn- 

 f»"i»d of Forest and Stream, and Jacob Pentz, SporVhw Ti,i,-es; 

 ' nps-puller, N at Apgar, New 3 T ork; handler, Harry Heilruan, 

 Harrisburg, Pa. 



THE FIRST ROOND. 



Amid a dead silence the giant from Hammonton stepped to thu 

 score, t hrew his Westley-Richards beauty to his shoulder, lowered 

 it, calif d "Pull," in the same off-hand stjle as of old. aud an in- 

 stant later was gazing biankly at a dun-colored pigeon which 

 made a zig-zag fl'ght as the number 4 trap went over, and es- 

 caped from both barrels with thf los3 of a few feathers. Then up 

 steppsd Fulford. his face showing the same determined look that 

 it h-id at Woodlawn when he said "1 will shoot ' 

 his Greener was lined on the traps, then in a dra 

 came "Pull!" nud as a blue-checker from No 

 straight, to the left it caught both barrels and e 

 Brewer grassed four birds straight and slipped ui 

 a bird which sturted Straight to the front Horn > 

 probably nesting so mew be re abcut Faii'iiew. i 

 j bird was a circler, which came out of No. 3 trap i 



Twlco 

 nionotonr: 

 ftp started 

 its career. 

 I his sixth, 

 rap, and is 

 d's second 

 arried two 



