"Feb, 4, 1899.] 



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for a series of team and individual contests, to be held alternately 

 on the grounds of each of the clubs. 



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The half-tone engraving shown in this issue was talien in front 

 of the clubhouse of the East. Side— Mutual Gun Club at Weiden- 

 mayer'e Park. Newark, N. J., and all the figures in the group are 

 members of that enterprising organization, a history of which 

 was given in last week's Fobest and Stream. 



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Frank Class struck a great pace in his last match with Fred. 

 Lumbreyer, despite the fact that he was " rusty," from long in- 

 action. 



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The Toronto Gun Club of Toronto. Can., is in a very prosperous 

 condition and will do plenty of shooting during the current year. 

 On Feb. 28-35 they will run a live pigeon tournament with $1,200 

 in guaranteed prizes. In March a sparrow match will be shot 

 between teams captained respectively by President Miller and 

 Vice-presideut Leeming. This latter affair will be followed by a 

 team match at live pigeons between teams representing the Tor- 

 onto and Gnelph Gun Clubs. 



The twenty-first annual meeting of the Toronto Gun Club was 

 held on Jan. 29, and the following officers were elected. President, 

 "Win. Miller; Vice-oresident, W. R.L°ming: Secretary, F. Feu- 

 som: Treasurer, Wm. Bugg; executive committee, Gerhard Hein i Z- 

 man, M, Walsh, B. Pearsali, F. Martin and Geo. Briggs; auditors, 

 T. O. Smith and Robert Gallagher. 



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The following officers were elected by the Washington Heights 

 Gun Club of New York on Jan. 29, President, Charles H. Preyei; 

 Vice-President. H. W. Oliver; Secretary, .T. R. Terhune; Treas- 

 urer. R. B. Saul; Captain, C. R. Terwilliger: Espcutive Committee, 

 M Cox, W. W. Disbrow, W. K. Benedict, J. J. Organ, f nd D. 

 Wagner. A challenge will t»e sent to the Jeannette Gun Club of 

 New York to shoot a live bird match on the grounds of the Al- 

 gonquin Gun Club. The teams will consist of twelve men, and 

 they will shoot at ten birds each under modified Hurliugham 

 rules. 



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On Jan. 27. Thomas Brautingham of Plainfleid and W. H. Per- 

 rine of Marlborough, N. J., had a little " go " at 10 live birds each 

 for $50 a side, at the latter place. Perrine won the pot, grassing 

 8 to Brantingham's 7. 



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An interesting match will take place at West End, Coney 

 Island, on Feb. 15, when Dr. Van Ord of the Fountain Gun Club, 

 and C. Mohrman of the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club, will shoot 

 at. 100 live birds each for a stake of 82*00+ The men will shoot from 

 the 27yd. mark. 



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W. H. Brickner and M. Fay will shoot at 2a live birds each for a 

 purse of $200, at Dexter Park, on Saturday. 



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R. J. Sutherland and R. J. Dwyer will shoot another m«tch at 

 50 live birds per man, for S50 a side, at Conev Island on Feb. 15. 

 Sutherland will stand at 25yds. and Dwyer at 30yds. On the same 

 day W. A. Weher and A. Holzer will shoot a match at 25 live 

 birds each, 35yds. rise, for $50 a side. 



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Albert Whatton, Alfred Whatton and J. Gan'z: will shoot 

 against B. A. R'st, Geo. Huff and C. Hughes, on Feb. 17, each 

 man to shrot at 50 bluerccks, the losing team to stand the exnensa 

 of a supper. All the above men are enthusiastic members of the 

 Roseville Gun Club, and the match will be shot on the club 

 grounds, on Blocnfield avenue. Newark, N, J., commencing at 1 

 o'clock P. M. Open-to-all sweeps will precede and follow the 

 above event, 



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Invitationshave been sent out for a meeting of the Aims repre- 

 sented in the Interstate Manufacturers' Association, to he field in 

 the Astor House. New York city, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 11 o'clock 

 A. M.. when all details for the coming season's tournaments will 

 be discussed. H. A- Pentose stated that everything points to a 

 most successful circuit, with more interest on the part of the 

 shooters than ever before . The programmes for the Baltimore 

 tournament, to be held the second week in Mai eh, will be out 

 within a week. The programme will be published in very elaborate 

 style, with an engraved title page. The ergraving shows the 

 trade mark of the association— a Cupid with drawn bow readj r to 

 discharge an arrow at one of a pair of pieeons flying in the air. 

 Scattered about the archer are the various articles represented 

 by firm* in the association, and in the foreground are two r.entF. 

 The design is a neat one and is sure to attract attention. 



Cockefair Wins the Big Pot. 



SA'IU&day was a cold day at John Erb's Old Stone Uoumi 

 aroohds, in Newark, in more senses than one. Cold because! from 

 I P.M. until dark the mercury had been steadily moving down- 

 ward and the wind which blew almost a gale from the direction 

 ■ot the Orange Mountains had a keen edge that cut like a knife, 

 and also very "cold" owing to the fact that -John Erb put out a 

 lot of birds which fooled the talent. The main attraction of the 

 day was the big sweep at 25 live birds per man, S20 entry. It. was 

 expected that this shoot, which was arranged at the request of 

 over a dozen of the local shooters, would draw at least a score of 

 entries. The entries, however, number but eleven and of th ese 

 only eigh t were local men. 



Among the visitors to the grounds were Allen Willy, editor of 

 the Hartford Globe, of Hartford, Conn., one of the most expert 

 target shots in the wooden nutmeg State; C. H. Burbige. another 

 of Hartford's well-known target smashers, who has also made a 

 reputation as a live-bird shot but was slightly off his form; W. 

 M. Thomas, of Bridgeport, the popular and talented expert and 

 experimentalist of the Union Metallic Cartridge Company; Frank 

 Lawrence, the well-known billiardist, poolist and gun-below-the- 

 elbow-uutil-bird-is-on-the-wing shooter of New York; and Vane 

 Cockefair, the farmer sportsman from the rural precincts of 

 Bloomfield, N. J. The Connecticnt men came all the way down 

 to E^b's grounds for the express purpose of indulging in a littles 

 live bird shooting, which is forbidden bylaw in their own State. 

 And by the way. what consistency is thh? A man who shoots at 

 a pigeon when the latter is released from the trap is amenabie to 

 a law for the "prevention of cruelty," etc.; although even if he 

 fails to kill his bird with the fir^t or second barrel, it is killed im- 

 mediately by the gatherer or by the "busb whackers," who are 

 found in swarms outside every shooting ground in America. On 

 the other hand a man may go out and shoot, in season of course, 

 at game in the covert and the so-called guardians of the law 

 never worry themselves to inquire how many wounded birds or 

 rabbits crawl away under a bush to die a lingering death from 

 the * ffect of wounds inflicted by the hunter. Although a law 

 should certainly be upheld so long as it remains on the stature 

 books, it is pretty nearly time for some of the Connecticut books 

 to be relegated to ohlivion. 



But to go back to Erb's. As 1 have said, Johnny pat out a rim; 

 lot of birds tor the big sweep, there beiug_scaieel.v a dozen slow 

 ones in the 275 shot at in the big sweep. Drivers, tw'sters, and all 

 other kinds were there to delight the onlooker and harass ihe 

 soul of the poor shooters. It has often been said that nothing 

 short of a 95 per cent, gait would bring a man in a place at Erb's 

 grounds, but on the above occasion, with some of the finest shots 

 in the race, 22 took first prize alone, and second was won by a 

 score of 21. while the highest five scores aggregated only 103 out 

 of a possible 125. John Erb offered to wager 10 to 1 that no man 

 in the race would kill 20 straight, but could find no takers. Pre- 

 vious to the big event the following sweeo* were shot, the con- 

 ditions in each being four birds per mm, $3 entry, there being 

 two monovs iu the first and three moneys in the secoud event. 

 The results: 



Sweep No. 1. 



Willy 1211—1 Lawrence 1201-3 



Cockefair '2221-4 Burbige , ....0121—3 



Smith 2011—3 



First money divided, second was carried over to the next event. 



Sweep No. 3: 



Hedden 2121—4 Francis 2031—3 



Castle . . .1131-4 Hollis 1012-3 



Lawrence 1121— 4 Krb 0011—2 



Smith 1110—3 Burbige 0220—2 



Willy ...0122—3 Cockefair... 0120-2 



Wheaton.... 1120-3 



The moneys were divided. Lawrence won second from the pre- 

 ceding even*. 



Then caure the big sweep, as above mentioned, there being four 

 moneys, the shooting being under modified Hurliugham rules. 

 The scores aie appended; 



Cockefair (SO) 2 '21201212101112101221332-22 



Smith (28) „ 3312311102112121900308282— »1 



Castle (38) , . , 1011011oim?oll21 1231201-20 



Willy (26) 22llo201020112.U10!U112l-20 



Lawrence (30) 3181003220101202*81111131— 20 



Hedden (30)...,..,. 1.2102HolD4«lollM»SS310-t8 



Hollis (28) 201023101210111 o01ollll21-18 



Henry (28) 0101211111 101 10O2010111 2x- ~Vi 



Jones (30) , , , . 121100021220012o2O0122110— 16 



Williams (28) 11001210^0110301000121111-16 



Burbidge (38).... 0320100.821000320120112120-15 



Cockefair won first pot, S60.70; Smith won second, $45.50; Castle, 

 Willy and Lawrence div. third, $30 35; Hedden took fourth, $15.15. 

 By the time this shoot was ended it was too dark for further 

 shooting, and the party dispersed for their homes. 



There was only one unpleasaut incident connected with this 

 shoot, and as the writer was directly connected with this, he as- 

 sumes the right to make it clear. 



Cockefair's twenty-first bird wa« hard-hit with both barrels, 

 and no one expected it to escape. It reached the boundary fence, 

 however, upon which it attempted to Blight, but was too weak to 

 gain a foothold. While makiDg the attempt, with its wings still 

 flapping, the bird was shot by an outsider and it fell inside.. Being 

 referee.' the writer, using his own judgment entirely in the matter, 

 called it "no bird." and allowed the shooter another to shoot at. 

 The majority of the shooters and a number of visiting shooters, 

 who were disinterested in the shoot except as spectators, pro- 

 nounced the decision as absolutely correct, but two of the shooters 

 persisted in saying that the decision was "dead wrong," and that 

 the verdict should have been a "lost bird." In giving his decision 

 the writeT used the privilege accorded to a referee by the rules, 

 and right here I wish to state that whenever I am called to act as 

 referee, I shall, in case of the slightest doubt in my own mind, 

 give the full benefit of the doubt to the gun, without the slightest 

 regard to outside opinions. One shooter in the above case said 

 that the bird had gone "a font" beyond the fence and then came 

 back to it before trying to obtain a foothold. Tbis is absurd on its 

 face, as at the height the bird was flying when it neared the fence 

 it could not have got over. 



In Memoriam. 



Albert Bandlf. is dead. While hardly yet in the pri me of 

 life, with a massive frame and apparent robust health, which 

 seemed to indicate length of years, he was prostrated by an in- 

 sidious disease and passed peacefully away. 



The shock of his death was greater and wider spread than the 

 usual shock of such events. It reached wherever his fame was 

 known. 



He had personal friends throughout the country and his pre- 

 mature death was a personal grief to each. His qualities were 

 those which enabled him to make friends and hold them when 

 made. He had a gentle and genial spirit, a generous and kindly 

 nature. 



Among his intimate associates his presence w as a pleasure, and 

 his domestic life was a loving and kinl hn-,bxn j. His p^hUi 



AL BANDLE. 



career was free from strife or bitterness and his triumphs left 

 no sting. He » as a born shot. Nature had bestowed upon him 

 the gift of unfailing marksmanship, a gift bestowed upon few. 

 and an art acquired, by those not thus favored, only by laborious 

 and persistent, effort. 



Hie physical attributes were such as to develop h*s prowess and 

 insure superiority. In bis public competitions there was no ch ! - 

 carery. They were never open to a suspicion of favoritism or 

 fraud, but were always honest, manly, earnest endeavors to 

 achieve success. 



Therefore, Resolved, That by the death of Albert Baudie, the 

 eity has lost a good citizen and the business community has lost 

 a won by member. 



Resolved. That by his death the interests of sporfsuiaushtp h*ve 

 been deprived of a zealous supuorter and his brother sportsmen 

 have parted with a cherished companion. 



Resolved. That we offer our sincere condolence to his bereaved 

 widow and that a copy hereof be suitably engrossed and presented 

 to her in token of our symnithv. 



Ed. Taylob. ] 



A. n. Pick, ! Committee of 

 Fkank Ferris, f East End Gun Club. 

 Geo. W.GivknJ 



Cincinnati, O., Jan. 25 



Lively Worfs at Clareuiom. 



Saturday's shooting of the New Jersey Shooting Ciub drew a 

 fair number of shooters to Claremont, and some good scores wgtb 

 run up desnite the tricky wind. A summary of the several events 

 is aiven below: 



Ewnt No. 1, 10 blueroeks: F.G.Moore 10. K. Schaefer and O. 

 E. Greiff 9 each, G. S. Virden fnd J. H. Richmond 6 each, C. M. 

 Hatha w»v end A. F. OornDson 6 ea^.h. 



No. 2. 20 blueronk*: Schaefer 15, Mo->r* 15. Richmond 16, Purdy 

 17. ri omu°on 15, Virden 8, Hathaway 15, Greiff 17. 



No. 3. 10 targets, uu known angle : Bigoney 6, Moore 5, Compson 

 4. Greiff f. Hathaway 4. 



^o. 4. 85 bluerocks with club handicap for a diamond badge, to 

 to be shot for monthly. It represents an enameled bluernck wr> 

 getin the center of which is a diamond mounted on a dnuble-bar. 

 relet! shotcun: Soba.°fer 20. Comnson 24. Virden 18 ^igoney 18. 

 Greiff 31. Moore 15. Richmond 16, Purdv 23, Pope 18. With ba'ndi- 

 oqp added Comnson and fireifT tied, sb^otin* off at 5 bluerocks, 

 Greiff w'nning the badge with r>. score of 4 to 3. 



No. 5, 10 targets: Richmond 3, Moore 10, Purdy 10, Compson 9, 

 Greiff 4: 



Final event. 5 pn.ira of farflretp-: 



Greiff 11 10 11 01 11-8 Moore 11 11 01 01 10—7 



Compson 10 10 01 11 10-6 



The Roseville Gun Club. 



The Roseville Gun Club held its monthly medal sboot "u the 

 club grounds, in rear of Old Store House Grounds, in Newark, on 

 Jan. 27, each member shooting at 25 Ligowsky clay pigeons. The 

 s cores: 



R>'st littinoniliniiiiniiomo— 19 



Hughes , omiomanooi omiooooi— 13 



W Huff ...OOOOO'VliniOlOliKMOinrlOll— 9 



ftanta, , .„ linn lnonjoiionoioioiooi— 14 



Huff, inifmoioiof/ooifwnnioi.-r? 



WJhattOTV ., ...... . \ 10001111001011 llOlCtOlOlll-il 5' 



At the Larchmont Yacht Club. 



Saturday was a big day on the grounds of the Larchmont Y. C. 

 A number of the finest live bird shots in the country were there 

 to take part in a series of sweepstakes, aud the birds were the 

 hardest lot of fivers evpr seen on the grounds. 



The first event waa a 3-btrd sweep, $5 entry, 90 per cent to win- 

 ner, ties miss and nut. The result: 



Oakleieh Thome (80 vds).. .123-3 N S Simpkins (28) 20w 



Chas MacAllester (32) 320-2 N Monev (35) Ow 



A W Money (30) 12ti— 2 Bayard Tnayer (28) Ow 



WB Smith (39).... 110-2 



Event No. 3, cup or $50, 4 birds, $5 entry, twelve entries to fill, 

 oue re-entry allowed; ties miss and out, second score to save stake: 



MacAllester (32yds) 1213-4 M»eAlle»ter (32) 0122-3 



A W Money (30) 0122-3 Thome (30) 8128- 4 



Thotne (30) 020 —1 N Money (25) 1212-4 



N Money (25) 00 -0 A W Money (80) 0321-S 



Smith (29) 0022-2 Smith (29) 2021-3 



Simpkins (28) ,.0101-2 Simpkmn (28) 2020-3 



Tnayer (28) .0301-2 Thayer (28; , . ...0111-3 



MacAllister 221 McAllister 313 Thorne 223 



Event No. 3. swepstake $5 entry, misp au l out, two moneys: 



MacAllester (32yds) 122*0-4 Smit h 0) 21312—5 



A W Money (30) 33110-4 Simpfeio*. (28).... 20 —1 



Thorne (30)... 12112-5 Thaver rii) 0 -0 



N Money (35) 33120—4 Good friend (27) 0200'— 1 



Event No. 4, cup or $100, entrance $10, 10 bird* each, ties miss 

 and out, twelve entries to fill, second score saves stakes, 27yds-. 

 and under, one miss to count as no bird : 



Gfoodfriend C27vde). .0223323222— 9 MacAllester (32) 1001 



Thorne (30).'. 0221222222 -9 Thorne (30) 11001 



MacAllester (32). . . . 1202221220 - 8 Smith (29) 12000 



N Money (25) 1210120122- 8 Smith (29) 222010 



N Money (25) 1310120133-8 Thaver (38) 20320 



Simpklni (28) 222210320 -7 Thayer (28) '' 



AW Money (30) 11202210 -7 Gondfriend (27) 12020 



AW Money (30). ...20203 Simpkins ('8) ...,,10310 



Ties: Gondfriend 231, Tnorne 12, N. Money 20, 13. 



Sweep, $5 entry 7 birds: 



GoodfneDd (26vds) 3212222-7 N Monev (35) 3132233—7 



AW Monev (30) 1222222-7 Thorne (30) 2320 tv 



Simpkins (28). 1222312—7 Thaver (28) ..,.0w 



Smith (30) .1221222—7 MacAllester 130w 



Ties: Goodfriend 22, A. W. Money 10, Simokins, 30, N. Money 0, 

 Smith 0. 



Sweep, $5 entry, 10 birds: 



Thorne (80yde) 3111111113-10 A W Money (30). . . . .011331321 -8 



MacAllester (30; . . . 203121111 - 8 N Money (25) . ..... . .011232030 -8 



Mo Notice Taken of Anonymous Correspondents, 



Deacon.— Your inquiry will be answered with an illustration. 

 J. D. A., Princeton.— The sloop Priscilla is now the schooner 

 Elma. 



F. W. D., Newark.— The index of the last volume has not yet 

 been issued. 



Old Subscriber. New Fork.— The schooner America has 

 always been a keel yacht. 



J. H., Albany, N. Y.—l. The piano polisher should be able to 

 refinish the gun stock. 3. For method of loading write to the 

 manufacturers direct. 



W. V. B.— 1. The address of Frank Wesson, the rifle maker, is 

 Worcester, Mass. 2. We refer you to our advertising calumns foi- 

 a first-class hammerless shotgun. 



Sam A., Fair Haven, Vt.— 1. Will black duck decoy to wood 

 duck or teal? 2. Will wood duck decoy to black duck or teal? 3. 

 Will teal decoy to black duck or wood duel ? Our dnck shooting is 

 mostly on the above ducks. 4. Where can I get decoys and how 

 many of each would I need? Ans. 1. Ye% usually; hut black duck 

 are shyer tbau the other two. 2. Ye*. 3. Yes. 4. From the deal- 

 ers whose advertisements are in this journal, 



F. O. S„ Darien. WK— Please let me know as to the use of ''tea 

 lead" for casting bullets for rifles? I have several hundred balls 

 cast of that lead for my .32 Winchester rifle., and hive beard that 

 "tea lead" bullets would injure a barrel. Ans. Tea lead is not a 

 pure lead, but. an alloy to enable the close rolling of the sheet 

 without breaking. It is always better to start bullet making 

 with pig lead and tin. Old type, solder, tea lead, etc., are to be 

 avoided. 



Salt Water is Boots. —The salt must be removed before 

 your gum boots will keep dry. therefore, soak them in fresh 

 water and they will dry readily.— Jake Rain. Unless the salt is 

 ail dissolved by repeated soakings in fresh water, it will continue 

 indefinitely to deliquesce and produce a feeling of dampness. I 

 once dropped a canvas gun case overboard iu salt water, and my 

 gun rusted unaccountably until I bethought me what was the 

 matter. Then I gave the case a forty-eight hours bath in fresh 

 water, dried it, and had no more trouble,— C. L. N. 



Names akd Portraits oe Birds, by Gurdon Trumbull. A 

 book particularly interesting to gunners, for by its use they can 

 identify without question all the American game birds which 

 they may kill. Cloth. 220 pages. Drice $2.50. For sale by Forest 

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