March 17, 1892.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



Our club directory ia cot quite complete and we would be 

 pleased to receive the club name, secretary's name and address, 

 date and place of regular competitions from those clubs who have 

 not already sup plied 1 he same. 



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There has been considerable talk in trap-shooting circle 5 * bdth 

 for and against the present. expert rule, and Forest and StkeAM 

 would he pleased to see this? question thoroughly ventilated 

 through its columns. Write out your views, brother sportsmen, 

 and see if it is not possible to devise some scheme by which all 

 shooters can he placed where they have an equal chance to win or 

 lose. 



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At the February shoot of the Trap Shooters' League, of New 

 Jersey, the Rahway Gun Club drew the option for the March 

 shoot. It was stated at that time that, although the Rahway 

 cluh was a piid-up member of the league, it was positive thai it 

 could tnot be certain of mustering a team. I find that the club 

 has decided not to accept the privilege of holding the March shoot 

 on its grounds, and that the shoot will be held under the auspices 

 of the Passaic City Gun Cluh, at Passaic. The cluh is a strong 

 organization, with a membership of close to fifty, and has a well- 

 appointed shooting house and grounds. Had the first shoot been 

 held on any day other than a holiday this club would have come 

 out with a team. The shoot will be held on Friday. March 25, the 

 team contest to begin at 12 o'clock. This event will be preceded 

 and followed by open sweepstakes. The traps will be in position 

 at 9:30 A,iM. , , 



The initial tournament of the Wilmington Rod and Gnu Club to 

 be beid at Wilmington. Del., on March 20, 30 and 81 will be a great 

 affair judging from the hustling already done by the membeis 

 and the "promises to appear" that they have received. The shoot 

 will take pla^e on the Riverview Base Ball Grounds, which can 

 be reached by electric cars from any part of the city. Each day 

 there will be ten regular events at ten, fifteen, twenty and twentv- 

 five targets; the purses will be divided in four moneys; there will 

 he no handicaps and no one will be barred. W, H. Hartlove. a 

 prominent sporting goods dealer of Wilmington, who is one of the 

 prime movers in shooting matches, was at tee Baltimore tourna- 

 ment hustling in the interests of the Wilmington affair. 



Going down to the Baltimore tournament on one of the Royal 

 Blue Line trains the conversation naturally took on a shooting 

 turn. In the party were Major R. H. Breintoall, of Newark, who 

 had just returned from a trip to Florida, Enoch D. Miller, of 

 Springfield, H. A. Penrose, of New London, Neaf Apsar. of New 

 York, and a pair of sporting scribes. Incidentally Mr. Penrose 

 remarked that he and C. W. Dimick, of Boston, had about com- 

 pleted arrangements for a series of best three-ont-of-fiye compe- 

 titions between teams of ten men each from Connecticut and 

 Massachusetts, each man to shoot at twenty-five or fifty artificial 

 targets for a purse of 8100, the first shoot to be held on the 

 grounds of the Wellington Gun Club, at Boston, the date to be 

 fixed later. "If we win this race," said Hal, "we'll challenge a 

 ten-man team from the State of New Jersey." Asamatte*rof 

 course a discussion as to the merits of the shooters of the 

 "Wooden Nutmeg" State and New Jersey had to follow, and the 

 upshot was that Messrs, Breintnall, Millar and Apgar agreed to 

 get together a team of tea men "to show the Connecticut people 

 how to break crockery." As soon as the Jersey team is selected 

 dates will be fixed. The teams will probably shoot at fifty arti- 

 ficial targets per man. 



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Anent the above all the the team 7nemhers must be bona llde 

 residents of the State they represent. The composition of 'the 

 Jersey torn will probably rest oa Enoch D. Miller, R. H. Breiut- 

 nall, Neafe Apgar, Ferd. Van Dyke, -lames L. Smith, Win. Sigler. 

 Ernest O. Genffrov, Thos. Dukes. T. H. Keller, Eddy Collins, J, 

 Warren Smith, Thos. Brantingham, W. R. Hobart, J. R. Beam 

 and Frank Post. C. H. Townsend. 



Chicago Traps. 



Chicago, 111., March 12.— Mr. E. D. Fulford is stilUn Chicago 

 and will probably remain till the end of the month. It is believed 

 that he wishes to shoot a match or so to get even after the late 

 defeats. He. will probably secure the matches, and should bis 

 physical condition so improve es to give him a good cheek and 

 trigger finger, he should wm several matches, any or all of which 

 could probably be arranged witheut muck trouble just now. We 

 should not under-rate a man for one defeat, nor over-rate him f or 

 a single victory. Some of the men who would shoot a race with 

 Mr. Fulford within the week are Jack Winston, of St. Louis, who 

 would beat him; Geo. Kleinman, who is shooting badly but might 

 beat him; A. J. Atwater, who is shooting a strong gait in pwer 'ps, 

 and W. P. Mussev, who shoots between 85 and 90 in most matches. 

 Either of the Jatter two might beat Mr. Fulford, though it is only 

 very recently they could think so. 



Mr. Fulford's average on the full number of pigeons he has shot 

 at in Chicago is just over 78. On Wednesday he got in a tie in a 

 miss-and-out with Dick Cox, and proposed a divide on the $20 

 Dick, who never shot anybody out in bis life, made a large bluff, 

 and said the $20 was too little to divide, and they would better 

 shoot it out. Mr. Fulford missed his bird and Mr. Cos killed his, 

 thus winning much glory and a huge contrst. After that bets 

 were freely offered that Mr. Fulford couldn't fall out of a tree 

 and hit the ground. It was also suggested that he couldn't beat 

 a drum, and that it would be impossible for him to mak !)0 with a 

 lead pencil. This was, however, sotfco voce. Such uncharitable 

 remarks I do not 1 l ink well timed. I think Mr. Fulford is off 

 form, as well as being of a bit lower class than was claimed for 

 him. He may recover part of his lost ground. Meantime he 

 seems a very pleasant, gentlemanly fellow, and is popular among 

 our shooters. 



South Chicago Club shot last Wednesday in a heavy wind, and 

 some of the birds were, very hard. One bird started from No. 1 

 trap, flew against a flush stake and broke its neck. This sounds 

 like a wild story, but tbey tell me it is really true. 



Mr. J. L. Wilcox and Mr. R. S. Cox shoot a race, 100 birds. $iuu, 

 next weelt. In reply to query, Mr. Cox remarked that selected 

 birds were not wanted. "Plain cooking pigeons, at 20 cents apiece, 

 are good enough for me." said he. Last Wednesday was a clay of 

 tribulation for John Watson. A part of his profit ties in the sale 

 of the dead pisreons, and it was the exceptien that any of the 

 South Chicago Club and visiting shooters Killed a bird. That was 

 what made John Watson jab his hands so far into bis peajacket 

 and walk around looking as if he had lost a friend. 



To-day a b : g free bluercck shoot, under the management of Mr. 

 R. O. Ilei kes and Mr. Gru>>bs, acting for the Cleveland Target Co., 

 is given at Burnside, with live-bird sweeps also open. Mention of 

 this in another column. 



Kansas City has a new $10,000 shooting park, I hear, managed 

 by a company. I do not get full particulars, but suppose this will 

 be a very noticeable shooting place. 



Chicago has one gallery where regular, full-sized bluerocks are 

 shot with the shotgun— very pretty sport, bv the way. This is at 

 Comley and Duffy's Chicago Rifle Range, 170 Madison street. At 

 this gallery there are also four 50 ,'d. tube-ranges for rifle target 

 shooting. The whole gallery is modern and comfortable in the 

 extreme. E. Hough. 



Mr. Hartley Will Back Brewer. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I have been a constant reader of Forest and Stream for several 

 years and believe to-day that it is the sporting journal of America, 

 and why it should ever publish sueli a muddled up account of two 

 great men like Messrs. Budd and Fulford is something I do not 

 understand. In looking over Mr. Hough's report I notice where 

 he mentions Captain Brewer's name more than once. Now to 

 this I wish, to call your attention and ask if any gentleman sports- 

 man will criticise an innocent mau without any cause. 



Captain Brewer called at my office on Siturday. I asked him 

 if he had met many of the Chicago shooters. He told me he 

 "called at Mr. Mussey's billiard hall and met a large number of 

 voung gentlemen, who received him veiy cordially, and Mr. 

 Mussey himself rather insisted upon the Captain's staying, and 

 almost assured him a match should he remain a few days longer." 

 I asked Brewer why he did not Temain longer than he did. He 

 told me "he had received a letter from home of important busi- 

 ness," and I myself know positively that the business which called 

 him home was more important than all the pigeon matches he 

 could have made in Chicago or any place else. I then asked his 

 opinion ox the Chicago gentlemen as trap-shots. He said "he did 

 not know so much about, the rising generation, and it is reasonable 

 to suppose they are good men with the gun." I then inquired 

 about the Kleinman biothers. He told me "he did not suppose 

 there was a family born which would rank so high as marksmen 

 as the Kleinman brothers." Brewer also told me that Abe Klein- 

 man at one time was considered the best man in America with 

 the gun, and it is a sure thing that he was the best man in the 

 world if he held such honors in this country; for all the best Bhots 



were Americans. We must he liberal enough to acknowledge that 

 the veteran is competent to judge after his long exoerience in this 

 and other countries; and one of the sweetest remarks I ever heard 

 made by a sportsman came from Brewer's lips, when he told me 

 that "were he to shoot a match with any of the Kleinman hoys 

 he would be satisfied for them Jto hold the stakes and judge the 

 match themselves, knowing everything would be conducted in 

 the most gentlemanly manner." 



Now I will openly express myself as to the pigeon shooters of 

 the world. I am tied down in business and cannot leave home 

 very long at a time. It was I who authorized Captain Brewer to 

 issue his challenge to the world, which is known to all your 

 readers and which appeared some months ago. I wish to state 

 further that I am ready and willing to back Captain Brewer 

 $1,000 to $10,000 a side. It is not neeessa,ry to know the man at, all, 

 but the money must be up. I am very anxious tn see a match, 

 and have seen Elliott, Budd, Fulford and many more that 1 could 

 name: but do not mind tell ; ng you that the "old man" can always 

 play for my money up to $10,000, I will take the responsibility 

 noon myself and will give any man 8100 that will defeat Brewer. 

 They need not post one cent, of money, need only to pav for 

 birds should they be defeated; or I will bet $100 to $800 that 

 Brewer car. stop any man in the world in a 100 or 200 bird match, 

 birds strictly first class and lo3er to pay all expenses. Should 

 any one. accept this notice through your columns he will receive 

 prompt attention; or should any gentleman like to try for my $100 

 I will forward the amount to your office immediately ounoti- 

 ficat ion. 



As to the report, it is fair to presume that the gentlemeu and 

 sportsmen of the Eastern States do not want to be iraoised upon 

 on account of Mr. Fulford's defeat but the manner m whicfi it 

 was written was certainly an insult to all of our sporting friends 

 in the East. If Mr. Budd is a better man than Fulford let us 

 shake his hand and acknowledge it without any slurs or connect- 

 ing disinterested parties. Harry H. Hartley. 



PhjxadetjPhiA, Pa„ March 14. 



Chicago Shooting Clubs. 



Our rich supply of live news this week compels us to defrr the 

 account of the Chicago gun club3. 



North Shore Gun Club. 



Port Richmond, March 14.— At the regular monthly shoot of 

 the North Whore Gun Club the following scores were made, each 

 man shooting at 25 singles from 8 unknown traps. We tried the 

 new U. S. pie-eons ffipd they gave ceneral satisfaction : Taintor 13, 

 Rawson 17, Murray^ 10, Scofield 18, Zimmerman 8, Schabert 15. 



L. Sco field, Jr., Secy. 



The Trap on Long Island. 



Brooklyn. N. Y., March 7.— Monthly shoot of the Waverly 

 Gun Club. First event, club shoot, 10 bluerocks, for gold modal: 



G Helmstesd 0100000001—2 H Gollman 001.1100000-2 



H Von Staden 0110011000—4 M Schmidt D1OOOOO10H-2 



LGrane 1000000000-1 J Rathjen j.fnii-s.- ;n 



W Schumacher C010I00001-3 O Hilmer OOil010101-5 



F Finklebeiner 0000000001— 1 C Mohrmann 0011110100-5 



On the shoot-off for tne medal Hilmer won the competition. 

 This was the wind-up of the medal season and the prize becomes 

 thp property of President Helmstead, who had previously won 

 four competitions. Von Stader won it three times. Schmidt 

 twice, Schumacher, Gollm aud Hilmer each once during the year. 



ia a 5- target sweep which followed Schumacher took' first on 3 

 breaks, second going to Hilmer. H. GesenviRe, a visitor, broke 4. 



Third event, 5 live birds, $1 entrv, 3 prizes: 



G Helmstead 01212—4 L Grane... 00212—3 



J Rathjen 11211—5 H Von Staden 20021—3 



W Schumacher 21211—5 M Schmidt 12021 - 4 



0 Hilmer 12102-4 F Finklebeiner 12202- | 



C Mohrmann 121?2— 5 



March 8 —The North Side Gun Club held a pleasant shoot for 

 averages at the Maspeth Driving Park to-day, the conditions 

 being 7 live birds per man. handicap rises. The scores: 



C M Meyer 1101111-6 E Barlow 1111011-6 



J Tiernan 1111111—7 J N Meyer 1111011—6 



C Siemp 1110011-5 H Lampke 0001110-3 



C Meyer, Jr 1110111—6 J Manning 1110101—5 



A Duryea 0100101—3 C Mencke 1111101-6 



J Grady 1011101—5 



The heavy rain and cold northwest wind bothered the shooters 

 a great deal. 



March 0 — Monthly shoot of the Fountain Gun Clu^ at 'Wood- 

 lawn Park: weather fine, birds fair; conditions 10 birds per man, 

 handicap rises, for club prizes: 



Dr Shields 1221111222-10 W Gilman 0020000000-1 



C W Wingert 1121111211—10 Dr Schwartz 0020021221-6 



A Purdy 1121002011— 7 H Blattrnacher £021001012— 6 



Dr Van Zile 1120002122— 7 C Plate 1021011211—8 



Maj Eastman 1122011000— 6 M Lindsley 2222122010—8 



S Ziglio 000001 1001— 3 "Wanda" ,22202210.22-8 



A Crook 10.0110200— 5 O Detlefsen. 1121001001—6 



C E Morris .2210011021— 7 L C Hopkins 000200100 



J E Orr 0200002020— 3 W Lair 2000110100—4 



Sweensrake, 3 birds, SI entry. 25yds. rise, two inoaeyt: 



Dr Shields 122—3 M Lindsley " 020—1 



C W Jones 112-3 Dr Schwartz 111—3 



C Plate 101—2 "Wanda" 032—2 



C Detlefsen 111—3 W Lair.. 02Q— 1 



C E Morris 201—2 A Crook 110—2 



Dr Van Zile 202—2 W Gil man . . .012-2 



J E Lake 000—0 Major Eastman 100—1 



Morris and Cook div. second on shoot off. 



Mflwell 9.— The monthly shoot of the Parkway Gun Club took 

 place at. the Dexter Park tc-day, the weather and birds both be- 

 ing good. Each man shot at seven live birds, classified rises, for 

 club prizes and season's averages. The scores, ties being shot off 

 at 3 birds, then miss and out: 



Class A. 



E Helgans (30) 2211122-7 J Blake (28) 1111221—7 



1 Short (28) 1012011—5 P Leibinger (SB) 10*2101-5 



S Bennett (28) 1121101—8 A Botty W) 2111021-6 



G Remsen (30) 2112211—7 



Helgans won first. 



Class B. 



H Ehrichs (25) 0021120 4 H S Bookman (25; 1222122—7 



A Andrews (25) 1121100—5 L Moeller (25) 1101012—5 



ESteinheuser (25).... 1111211-7 «4 Brons (25) 0111111—6 



H Bramweil (27) 1211101—6 H Selover (27) 2101111-6 



C Wissell (25) 1112121-7 H Krickman (35) 2112102-6 



Wissell first in ties of 7. 



Cla=s C. 



W Strasser (23) 2102022-5 J Link (23) 1010020-3 



J French (23) 1210100-4 W R Hubbard (28) 1206111-5 



GO Berry (21) 2102121-6 



The club badge and class A special prize went to Hplgans; class 

 B special to C. C. Wissell; class C special prize to W. Strasser. 



March JO.— Unknown Gun Club, monthly club shoot, at Dexter 

 Park. Strong southeast wind during first part of shoot, then 

 heavy rains; birds good. Ties not shoot off on account of rain; 7 

 live birds, club handicap rises. The scores: 



E Vroome 1202121—6 J Markhoff . ....... .... 2000011—3 



HKnebel, Sr 1212120-6 L Kobb 1110221-6 



J Rankin 0102120-4 D Snipe 1022121-6 



HVan Staden 1020020-3 JHarned..... 0101002—3 



.1 Skidmore 1202012—5 J Akhurst 1012111- 6 



MMcGuinness 1212102—6 C Detlefsen 0112101—5 



H Smith 0201200 -3 C Plate .1121012-6 



I Hyde 1212122-7 F Elfer 0012001-3 



JFlvnn 2C02122-5 J Borkland 2210111-6 



JVagts 2202221-6 0 Munch 2111012-6 



L Deetjen 1212110—6 



Ike Ryde won the trophy for the Eecond time this season. Ref- 

 eree, Mr. H. Knebel, Sr. 



West End grounds, Coney Island, semi-monthly shoot of the 

 Atlantic Rod and Gun Club, for the Newton diamond badge and 

 special club prize, 10 live birds, club rises. Strong southeast wind; 

 good lot of birds. The scores: 



O E Morris (30yd$l 11112110111— ORR Street (25) 1101100210— 6 



JScharff (27) 2100011122— 7 G Roderick (25)..,.. .0000102100— 3 



C Furgerson (28) . . . .11.211 1111 1—10 G Kleish (24) 0260202221—6 



G Nostra nd (28).. ..0021102101— 6 D Monsees (30) 1201121110—8 



R J Sutherland (28)2000032301— 5 RDwyer (30) 2201011102—7 



J B Voorhee s (SO). . .1210202022— 7 O Mohrmann (27). . . .0002011212—6 



•T Murphv <2f.j . . .2021202001- 0 G Morris (25) 201112121 —3 



R Burkbardt (25).. .2002111012— 7 



Furgerson won both the atiove prizes, t his being the second time 

 he has won the club prize. C. E. Morris won second prize. On 

 shoot-off for third and forth prizes ihe results were as below: 



Third prize tie: 



Monsees 0222 G Morris 1200 



Fourth prize tie: 



Voorhees 1111 Scharff 810 



Dwyer 1110 Burkhardt withdrew 



March 11 — Wauregan Gun Club, team match at 25 live birds per 

 man, 25yds. rise, 80yds. boundary, for a consideration : 



W H Brickner 1112202211111121201100102-20 



J Fay 2121122101220'!22h:K)2:oO(.r?-18-88 



M Far lL02L22irsil2222-l]0O-:-:'0'j0-13 



J J Loonie 110221202220101 2201010111-18-36 



Sweepstake, 5 birds each, 25yds. rise. $5 entrance, all to wiunei: 



W HBrickner... 10100-2 G W Silberhorn 11101-4 



M Fay 11001-3 



Match, 5 birds each, $10 and birds: 



W HBrickner. 12211—5 G W Silberhorn 11012-4 



Sweepstake, 10 bluerocks. 81 entry, 3 prizes: 



W HBrickner 0110001010 -4 J Fay 00110^101—5 



E Bornboeft 0001101101—6 M Fav 0111111101—8 



F K>rker 0000110000-2 



G W Silberhorn . . . .0111110011-7 



Match, $10, 20 blue rocks: 

 Brickner.,01 1 1 liOlllllOllOOlOl— 14 



H Greenville 1110110111-8 



J Loonie 0111010110—6 



„- Silberh'n .01101101010110011111-13 

 The wind blew a, gale all the afternoon, this making the shoot- 

 ing extremely difficult. 



March. 12.— Clear weather, alight wind and a fair lot of pigeons 

 weie the combinations at Dexter Park to-day. The nrincipai at- 

 traction was a team match between J. Schlieman and F. Ibert vs. 

 P. Eppig and G. Engelbrecht, the conditions being £0 birds per 

 man, Hurlingham rules, for $100 a team. Tim scores: 

 J Schlieman 1111121111 121121112211101-24 



' ' ! 1 ' : ; ' 



F Ibert , . .11121HOOOOOl00110221o010— 14 



2212200120010200001010000—11—25 - 70 



P Eppig 0201111120012010211022022—17 



120ll02120o(!0100101 1 01020-13— 30 



G Engelbrecht 1121112121112101010121201—21 



1211ill011121oll010010121-19-40-70 

 Referee. Mr. H. C. Simenschloss. 



The tie was not shot off, but another match similar to the above 

 Will be shot at the same place on March 25. 



The following events followed the above match: 



Ten bluerocks. $1 entry, 3 moneys: Epoig 8, Link 7, Greff 6, Short 

 6, Seeburger 6, Neir 3. 



No. 2, same: Greff 9, Eppig 8, Short 8, Seeburger 5, Neir 5. 



Baltimore Inter-State Tournament. 



The initial tournament for 1893 of the Inter-Sta.te Manufac- 

 turers' and Dealers' Association has passed into history, As 

 stated in our last issue (and by the way, do you know that the 

 Forest and Stream was the only sporting paper that had aline 

 in regard to the tournament last week? If you don't kn"w this, 

 just compare the various papers and draw your own conclusions 

 as to which paper showed the most uroitressive spirit), the weather 

 on Tuesday, March 9, the day set for the opening of the shoot, wss 

 such as to keep the shooters indoors. Early in the morning, 

 before any one thought of leaving his comfortable couch, the trod 

 Pluvius took a notion into his somewhat erratic head that, the 

 country in the vicinity of Baltimore needed flushing down, and 

 without consulting even the newspaper correspondents, he opened 

 the rain valves and "let 'er flush." About, 10 o'clock Hal Penrose, 

 the manager of the Association, accompanied by genial John 

 Parker, his efficient assistant, and half a dozen others, drove over 

 to Ac'nn Park to see how the grounds looked; but one short and 

 quick look satisfied them in regard to the qoantit.v of water over 

 the grounds, and they returnee! to the Carroll ton House with very 

 long faces and made up their minds to kill time as best they could, 

 until "the. clouds rolled by." 



At this time there were over fifty shooters in town ready for the 

 fray, but as soon as they found that, the fun would have to be 

 postponed a number of them started for their homes, having 

 arranged to remain but one day. The members of the party 

 amused themselves in a variety of ways and did their best to feel 

 comfortable, but they were far from it. Toward night the rain 

 stopped, but it was 9 o'clock on Wednesday before there was any 

 positive and cheering break in the clouds. After that hour, how- 

 ever, the weather was fine and everybody felt in a holiday 

 humor. 



The shoot, which was held under the auspices of the old estab- 

 lished Baltimore Gun Club, took place at Acton Park, a favorite 

 summer resort in Anne Arundel county, just across from Balti- 

 more, on the south branch of the Patapsco River. This is the 

 favorite resort for .Baltimore's young and old people during the 

 summer months, and was formerly used by the ;Baltimore Base- 

 ball Club for its Sunday games. Now, however, no Sundey ball 

 playing is allowed. The place is owned by Samuel G. Acton and 

 is provided with a homelike hostelry and lots of Coney Island 

 paraphernalia for the amusement of the masses. 



The t r aps, ten in number, were set in a line parallel to and 

 about 75yds. from the bank of the Patapsco River, which at this 

 point is fully 2^> miles in width. This gave a plenty foreground 

 and enables shooting to be done much later than if the shooters 

 had to face the hills in the rear. Early in the day the ground 

 was wet aud soggy, and fortunate were those who had forethought, 

 enough to wear rubber boots or overshoes. In the afternoon, how- 

 ever, the grounds were in good condition. 



Immediately in rear of the traps was a semi-circle of tents, 

 which gave the. place somewhat of rhe aspect of a camp ground. 

 The post of honor— the extreme right of the line— was occupied 

 by the attractive and open-to-all-comers tent, of Forest and 

 Stream. The left of the line— the second post, of honT— was held 

 by the striped tent of our Western contemporary. The third post 

 of honor— the center— was held by the big tent of Henry C. 

 Squires, "Little" Neaf Apgar being presumably in command, 

 although it was extremely doubtful at times whether "Little 

 Neaf" or the army of shooters held the fort. On the right of Forest 

 and Stream's tent was the large new one of the S. S. Powder Co , 

 and to tne left of this the American Wood Powder Co. had 

 pitched its teepee, but where, oh! where was Milt Lindeley ? And 

 echo answers, tow and sweet, "where?" Too much Mardi Gras, 

 Milt! On the left of the Squires tent was the red and white tent, 

 of the W. Fred Quint by Co. Next to this was a space for the can- 

 vas mansion of the Colts Patent Fire Arms Co., hut the tent 

 failed to appear in time to be pitched. John Parker, boxer, 

 wrestler, swimmer, oarsman, all-round athlete and talented tour- 

 nament manager, came down from Detroit on the nrevtous Fri- 

 day and got everything in apple-pie order. Traps were in posi- 

 tion, wires stretched, scoring board up aod carloads of standard 

 Keystone targets were on hand, this target having been decided 

 upon by the Baltimore Gun Club. 



It was nearly H o'clock on Wednesday before the shooling 

 began, the shot which inaugurated the season of 1892 being fired 

 by Enoch D. Miller, of Springfield, N. J„ who scored a break. 

 The opening event had 29 entries, three of these being experts; six 

 semi-professionals and the. remainder amateurs. There was con- 

 siderable dragging in the first event, but after a little husthne by 

 Hal Penrose and John Parker, everything moved along smoothly. 

 At this stage of the game there were on the scene Enoch D. 

 Miller and Neaf Aagar, the former representing th« Standard 

 Keystone Company and the latter looking after the interests of 

 Henry C. Squires; Wm. H. Wolstencroft, Philadelphia's pet ex- 

 pert, of gun-wad manufacturing fame: W. R. Fieles, the popular 

 boniface. and target smasher, of Christiana, Pa.; Major R. Heber 

 Brientnall. of the South Side Gun Club, of Newark, N. J.; C. W. 

 Turtle, of the Auburn (N.Y.)Gun Club; J. Jones, of Bengies, 

 Md.; P. F. Boudy, of Hagerstown, Md.; A. C. Krueger ("Black- 

 bird"), of Wrightsville, Pa. Of the above the first three shot in 

 the expert class and the others in the semi-professional class. In 

 the amateur class there were John W. Fulford, of Willi amsport. 

 Pa., who is rapidly addept at targets or birds; Colonel W. Cleaver 

 and J. Evans, of Camden. Del.; J. F. Bucher, of Hanover, Md ; J. 

 Gordon, of Pittsbugh, Pa.; W. H. Hartlove, of Wilmington, Del., 

 secretary of the Wilmington Gun Club; Captain J. R. Man-, also 

 of Wilmington, Del; E. V. Cordall, of Front Royal, Va,; W. 

 Parks, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., representing the Will? esoarre Gun 

 Company and the Parry Gun; Walter P. Cady, of New London, 

 Conn , treasurer of the Standard Keystone Co.; F. L. Somerson, 

 of Staunton, Va.; W. Hicks, of Towson, M. D; J. P. Hadden and 

 H. W. McVicker, of Winchester, Md.; Eugene Dennv, of Royal 

 Oaks, Va.; C. E. L. Brelsford and Jas. M. Word en, of the Harris- 

 burg Shooting Association; R. B, Clark, of Altoona, Pa,; and a 

 number of local shooters. 



The semi-professional rule, used here for the first time, seems 

 to have been received in altogether a different spirit from what 

 was expected considering the adverse criticisms advanced. 

 Anent this question, how absurd it is for any one who shoots at 

 the trap to say "putns all on an equal footing and we'll stay with 

 you." On this, the opening day, Apgar averaged 89 3 10 per cent, 

 under expert rules w*ule Miller ran up 81.4; in the semi-profes- 

 sional class Feiles made SS 5 and Breintnall 81.4: in the amateur 

 class Tuttleled with 85 and Fulford was next with 81.4. On tlds 

 basis what chance for their lives would the bulk of the amateurs 

 stand if they were compelled to shoot evf n with Miller. Wolsten- 

 croft, Heiker, Feiles, Hobart, Breintnall and dozens of others 

 who are now in the upper classes. It must be confessed that 

 Apgar's average of 89.3 under expert rules was phenomenal and 

 that ordinarily the expert will not go far above 85, while the 

 semi-professionals will probably run from 83 to 93, this of course 

 referring to the beBt of these classes. These men, one and all, 

 placed in the amateur class would out the pace at 80 to 80 per 



