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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 21, 1893. 



New Jersey Rifle Shooting. 



{.Specially Reported for Forest and Stream.'] 



Geenvilivk Rifle Glob, Jersey City, Capt. William H. Robi- 

 doux, April 15. The scores made to-night, in the regular weekly 

 competitions for class medals are appended below. The condi- 

 tions were 10 shots off-hand, 25-ring target, possihle 250: 



H fJ-otthardt 35 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 23 20-335 



C Boae H 23 S3 8U 22 31 21-231 



H SoahD .« 24 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 19-330 



& Plaisted 25 25 24 23 23 23 22 22 32 20-229 



H Barr 25 24 24 23 23 23 23 22 23 21-229 



J Purkess ~5 25 24 23 23 23 23 23 21 19-229 



j Hill 25 25 24 24 23 22 22 20 18 18-321 



.1 Boag 25 23 23 23 22 21 20 19 18 13-213 



The Greenville Rifle Club is strengthening its ten-man team 

 considerably. The latest addition is George W. Plaisted, of the 

 Zettler and Miller rifle clubs, who is a good reliable team shot. 



Miller Rifle Club. Hoboken, April 13.— The scores made to-night 

 in the regular weekly shoot are appended below. The conditions 

 were: Ten shots off-hand, 25 riug target, possible 250 points: 

 D Miller 25 25 25 25 24 24 24 34 24 23—243 



L Sohl . 



E Fischer 



FT Brandt 



J Caragher 



A .Meyns 



H D Bene ken 



WForkel 



Cant Dpwey 



A Stadler 



R Zteh' 



fi* Klopppmg 



HFMejer 



H Vanderheyden. 

 F Kamniel 



.25 25 25 34 24 24 24 24 28 22-240 

 .25 25 25 24 24 24 28 33 23 22-2?8 

 .25 35 25 24 24 33 23 23 23 20 -235 

 ,.25 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 32 20-234 

 .25 25 25 25 34 2?. 23 33 23 20—234 

 .25 25 24 34 23 33 33 23 32 19-230 

 ..25 24 34 33 33 2 J 23 23 22 31-330 



'.25 35 25 24 23 33 32 23 21 20—227 

 .25 25 24 23 23 32 32 33 30 20—225 

 ..25 25 24 24 23 22 £0 19 18 17—217 

 .25 25 24 23 23 2! 20 IS 18 14—313 

 .25 25 24 23 22 30 IS 17 16 12-202 

 .24 22 22 20 20 20 19 19 19 15-200 



The Lady Miller Rifle Club held its -weekly shoot at headquar- 

 ters. 80 Hudson street, Hoboken, last Thursday evening, the 14th 

 Inst. The conditions were: 10 shots, rest, 25 ring target, possible 

 250. The scores made were: 



Mrs L Miller 



Mrs J Vogel 



Mrs E Petrie 



Mrs M Barrett 



Mrs H Stadler , 



Mrs B Katenoamp... 



Mrs T Mey<=r 



Mrs A Cordts 



Miss K Born 



Miss A Petersen 



Mrs M Meyers... 



.25 25 25 24 24 24 23 23 22 21—237 

 ..25 25 25 25 24 24 24 23 22 20 -237 

 .25 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 22 22-237 

 .25 25 35 34 34 24 23 23 22 21-236 

 .25 25 25 24 24 33 23 32 22 22-235 

 .25 25 25 34 24 24 23 23 23 1 9—235 

 .25 25 24 24 24 23 23 23 22 32-385 

 .25 25 24 24 23 23 23 23 23 22-234 

 .35 25 34 23 23 23 22 22 19 19-225 

 .25 24 24 23 23 23 23 21 31 20-525 

 .25 24 23 20 20 20 19 18 17 14-200 



Shooting for handsome prizes will he the feature of this even- 

 ing's shoot of the club. Several propositions for membership 

 have already been received. 



Palisade Rifle Club, Jersey City Heights, Thursday. April 14, 

 Capt. John Bernhardt. The scores made to-night in the regular 

 weekly shoot are appended below. The conditions were, 10 snots, 

 off-hand, 25-riug target, possible 250: 

 First Class 



FLiell 25 5 



H Boddey 



A Mala 



ft W Graf 



J H Kruse 



L Sohl 



-i Oarragher 



Capt ■ Rein hard t 



33 23 22—238 

 23 22 19-335 



22 32 21-235 



23 22 31—234 

 23 23 21-233 

 23 21 21—233 

 22 22 31—233 

 33 31 31-33d 



V BurL, . 

 H Rosenthal 

 F Kehrwald . 

 A Rossy 



25 25 24 21 2! 23 



25 25 24 24 23 23 



25 25 25 24 23 23 



25 25 ,34 24 24 23 



35 35 25 24 23 23 



Second Class. 



. . . 25 25 34 23 33 23 23 21 30 19—235 



. .' . 35 24 24 23 ?•> 22 31 30 19 19-219 



25 24 24 23 28 23 22 1 J 17 14-214 



25 24 23 22 22 22 19 19 19 17-212 



Treasurer Charles Burk aud Secretary Herman Rosenthal, who 

 were sleeted at, the last Quarterly meeting, have entered upon the 

 duties of their new positions, which duties both parties thor- 

 oughly understand. 



Excelsior Rifle Club. Jersey City, April 15. — Tbe scores 

 made in the regular weekly outdoor shoot m Ambruster's Green- 

 T-lle Schuetzin Park. Ten shots, off-hand, 25-rtng target, possible 



L^Hnwii 24 23 23 25 25 23 18 19 24 25-229 



Set) C Vari.-k 23 28 21 20 18 22 23 17 24 23-214 



VV.VT-N eb-r.. . 33'' 33 33 13 38 2a 20 18 20-212 



W H Bob-dons 31 19 19 19 23 24 21 30 32 81-208 



HChavant.... 24 20 20 19 32 19 1 8 19 35 17-201 



The outdoor season is as yet not inits height, and not, until then 

 will more than five or six members appear to shoot. Tbe indoor 

 season of the club terminates this month, when the medal winners 

 in their respective classes will be presented with the handsome 

 and cosily prizes. 



Capt. Henry Wirth and F. W. Krbeger, of t he Hoboken Schuet- 

 zen Club, shot another match at headquarters last Sunday morn- 

 ing, the 17th inst. This time the Captain was defeated, though 

 only bv a narrow margin. The conditions were ten strings of ten 

 shots oft-hand, 35-ring target, possible 250, Thf 8Cor"sinade we re: 



F W Kroeger 38.. 384. 383 340 3o8 28tv 239 388-2876 



H Wirth 234 338 336 233 237 234 239 232 .318 335-2301 



Garrett A. Demarest, of Company A. Second Regiment, X. G. 

 ST. V., has been proposed as a member in the Miller Rifle Club, 

 Hoboken. He is one of the company's foremost shots and this 

 would be a good acquisition of the club. 



Police officer "Cap" Aldonetta, of the Hoboken Police Depart- 

 ment, has waitpd and received no reply to his challenge pub- 

 lished in the Forest and Stream some months ago, to meet any 

 55 year old policeman in the world in a contest with the revolver. 

 His weapon, a handsomely plated self-cocker affair, w°s given to 

 him by "Milky" McDonald, the celebrated crook and burglar, 

 upon being arrested for burglary for which he is now serving his 

 sentence. He presented it to genial "Cap." with the remark 

 "Yon can have it, 'Cap.,' I won't need it for a while." The latter 

 would not part with it for a small fortune. 



By the way, another shot in the police ranks is Detective Julius 

 Nelson, whose hobby is the rifle, with which be has done some 

 excellent shoot ing. He is an enthusiastic member of the Miller 

 Rifle Club and Union Athletic Club. At the headquarters of the 

 latter Julius can be frequently seen showing the club men the 

 proper way of holding, sighting and flrirsg a rifle. The membsrs 

 think him the leader in shooting in the police ranks. 



The Palisade Rifle Club's members are busily engaged just now 

 in renovating its headquarters, 354 Palisade, avenue, Jersey City 

 Heights. 



A shootfor abaudsome trophy to be presented by Major Charles 

 Hoffman will t<ike place in a short time, among the companits of 

 tbe Sixth Battalion Germania Schuetzen Bund. The winning 

 t«am will either represent Herzog Company or Blencker Company. 

 The foruiPr could furnish five good men in F. Brandt, F. Meyer, 

 R. Zach, F. Forkel and A. Meyns, and the Blencker Company's 

 members wouid place, their money on J. Hilpert, C. Von Der 

 L'eth, Capt. M'-iebmking. J. Czeggneck and C. Hanke. The com- 

 panies who will enter teams are: Hoboken. Blencker, Freisehutz, 

 Herzog and Ernst August. This is the first time in the history of 

 the Sixth Battalion that a tournament has been given, and it may 

 safely be said that all entered will put in their best shots. Asa 

 10-m«u team neither of the companies would be very strong, as 

 there is a Jot of undeveloped shootiDg material lying around 

 Iooeo in the Germania Schuetzen Bund. 



A 50-shot match took place, last Friday evening at Russell & 

 Rcedel's Schuetzen H«U Ranges, 223 First street, between Paul 

 Schunke and Frank Vunderbergen, of the Hoboken Schuetzen 

 club. The scores were: 



Paul Schunke 225 334 330 23: 256—1142 



F Vunderbergen 228 231 223 282 232-1153 



The winner received a handsome gold medal presented by 

 Messrs. Russell and Roedel. 



The Hudson Rifle Club recently defeated the North Ward Rifle 

 Club in a ten-men team match at the headquarters of the latter 

 on Broad street, Xewrk, by the narrow margin of three points. 

 A. Braun, Sr.. of the Hudson, held the high score of the evening 

 with 245 out of a possible 250. A return match has been arranged to 

 take place at Marion in two weeks, when the Newark hoys 

 threaten to turn the tables. The totals were 2,269 and 3,266 an 

 average of *'»}••',,•, and 326 s , u per man. Refreshments followed: and 

 after all the son stuff had been "put away" by the Hudson boys 

 t hey departed for home tired and weary, having a bigger opinion 

 of the North Wards' pleasant hospitality. 



The various companies of the Second Regiment. N. G. S. N. J., 

 are practicing several times a week for the match: the winner 

 of which will fa<* presented with the handsome Stevens trophy 

 presented by Colonel R. A. Stevens. The beys of Co. "A," Capt. 

 Sagendorf, are practices almost daily At Russell and Roedel's 

 Sohuetzeu Haii R&ngee #,nd under the able tuition of Captain 

 gugeafotf and TVie$ten*jtf ^S»m" Allison arp pitting Up good 



scores. Those made last Sunday are appended below. The con- 

 ditions were strings of five shots, off-band, distance 100ft.: 



GADemorest ,.55345-32 55314—21 45545—33 



OBuck 44434-19 44444-20 53435-20 



S Allison 43414-19 35434-19 35435-20 



JMcEvoy 35542-19 44432-1* 53535-21 



Tbe race for the cup is conceded to lay between Companies "A" 

 and "D," but at the rate the former are shooting now. Company 

 "D" will have to hustle. A visitor to the range made the follow- 

 ing sr-ore with the company rifles in ten shots, possible 50: 

 2020244022—18. Then taking a Ballard the score he made was, 

 5545555555-49, 



The following scores were made at the weekly outdoor shoot of 

 the Excelsior Rifle Club at Ambruster's Greenville Schutze.n 

 PaTk, last, Friday afternoon, the 8 L h ins*. L. P. Hansen, as usual, 

 lad in the scores with a total of 219. Wm. Weber being second with 

 207. As it is the Excelsior "boys" have as yet not knuckled down 

 to their work, and as a result th* scores are low, but when they 

 do the scores will be considerably higher. Those made are below. 

 The conditions were 10 shots off-hand, 35-ring target, possible 250, 

 distance 200yds,: 



L P Hansen 24 23 30 23 32 33 18 19 24 31—219 



Wm Weber 22 18 IS 19 31 33 32 20 23 21-207 



Geo C Varick 18 V> 1* 19 20 25 18 32 30 20—199 



James Hughes 18 18 19 20 31 20 17 18 23 23-197 



L. P. then fired 50 shots, making these score?: 

 L P Hansen 319 211 204 219 219-1072 



The Palisade Rifle Club, Captain John C. Reinbardt, of Jersev 

 City Heights, are anxious to engage in a ten-men a side teani 

 match, or say a series, best two out n i three matches, loser to nay 

 for the refreshments with the A. Lischke Rifle Club. The Pal- 

 isades have noticed the scores of that club in Forest and Stream, 

 and notwithstanding the high scores think they can meet the 

 Lischke club in a five, eight or ten men team match and defeat 

 them. An early reply is awaited by Captain Reinbardt, at head- 

 quarters, 354 Palisade avenue. 



The Greenville Rifle Club, Capt. William H. Robidoux, ha« 

 arranged a ten-men team match with the Warren Rifle Club, of 

 Newark, to take place on April 27 on Joe Kaiser's Metropolitan 

 Hall ranges, Greenville. 



George Schlicht says he knew nothing of a match being 

 arranged between himself and Ernest Fischer. It was probably 

 a joke of the latter. 



Company A, Second Regiment, X. G. N. J., are doing better 

 work than ever in their practice atRussell and Roedel's Schutz«n 

 ranges, in Hoboken. G. A. Denaorest leads with scores of 22, 22, 

 31, 31, 30, 20, each out of a possihle 35. It is the intention of the 

 company after the shoot for the Colonel E. A. Stevens trophy to 

 form a permanent rifle club to practice once a week. The mem- 

 bers are all thoroughly interested in shooting and would gladly 

 form a club. 



Charles Judson is very ill at his home in East 107th street, this 

 city. His absence on the Miller five-men team rather weakens 

 it. But he, however, promises to shoot in the Miller— Our Own 

 match. 



Quite a number of matches take place weekly in Gus Thurk's 

 ranges, Hoboken, and it is acknowledged that his is the most 

 popular of any in that little sporting city. 



At match took place at Russell & Roedel's range, Hoboken, 

 last Sunday between the proprietors, "Shad" Russell and G. M. 

 Roedel. Company A were practicing at the time and the shoot- 

 ing was done with the regulation Springfield rifle. It was tbe 

 first time they ever fired a rifle of this kind and poor scores were 

 the result. The aco res made were: 



Russell 3 4 0 5 2—14 Roedel 3 3 0 3 0-8 



The former, who is the senior partner, theu laughingly told his 



partner that the latter knew nothing of shooting, to which Mr. 



Roedel acquiesced. 

 The Hoboken Schuetzen Club, Capt. Henry Wirth, of Hoboken, 



has done no shooting of any account in the past few weeks, their 



time being occupied by their hustling to make their ball of the 



24th a success. 



Nothing further has been done in the proposed 1,000 shots a 

 man tournament which was to have been given by the Hudson 

 Rifle Club, to be onen for members only. It was proposed to fire 

 a hundred shots a'week. this drawing the tournament out ten 

 weeks, Capt, Henry L. Hansen, of the Hudscms, is still in Con- 

 necticut. 



Another member of the club will be absent for a while. Henry 

 Boddey leaves for England in a week to visit relatives of his who 

 reside there. His absence will extend for a period of two weeks. 



The Palisade Rifle Club, Captain John C. Reinbardt, has just 

 inaugurated a medal shoot open to members only, which has 

 already proved an immense success. Henry Boddey leads with 

 scores of 73. 73, 73—219. Captain Bernhardt and several others are 

 close behind. The shoot will be opBn for two months, when tbe 

 winner of the medal among the first and second class men will be 

 presented with the handsome prizes. 



it is as yet rather too cool for outdoor shooting bat several clubs 

 unmindful of the rather chill weather have already commenced 



id tbe Ex- 

 Park. 



The Union Hill Schuetzen Park ranges are' being thoroughly 

 fitted np in first-Class order. In back of the targets new blocks 

 had to be put, in, as George Schlicht says every block in use last 

 season has been stolen by parties living in the neighborhood of 

 the park and had made use of it as ttrewood. This is the case 

 every year. As any one who has ever shot in the park knows, it 

 takes quite a large amount of blocks to fill in the space behind 

 these targets. 



That Mecca for rifle shooters, the park mentioned above, is 

 again under the able management of HugoKroebel. His man- 

 ager for the ranges, shooting house, etc., is George Schlicht, of 

 the Miller Rifle Club, Hoboken. 



John R. Havens and Judge George F. Seymour defeated Louis 

 Thiebault and Thomas Wright at the ranges of Russell & Roedel, 

 223 First street, Hoboken, last Tuesday evening, the 12th inst., by 

 the scoto which follows. The conditions were 50 shots a man. off- 

 hand, 25-ring targets: 



John R Havens 25 23 21 23 22 24 23 23 22 23-229 



23 24 24 24 25 33 34 25 33 32 -237 



24 25 35 35 25 28 22 24 23 23—239 

 21 21 23 24 34 25 24 35 33 £3-233 



32 22 23 23 24 25 24 25 23 23 -232—1170 



Average .234 



Geo F Seymour 23 23 25 25 24 28 21 21 24 25-234 



24 23 23 25 25 22 24 21 21 23-328 

 23 35 25 21 23 25 25 25 21 25-338 

 35 28 33 28 24 21 20 25 28 20-227 



23 21 24 25 23 24 25 25 .33 25-241—1168 

 Average 233 



2338 



.25 33 24 33 23 32 33 23 31 21-226 

 34 23 34 23 21 83 21 23 25 25-234 



25 25 25 .24 23 35 23 23 21 24-238 



24 24 24 25 .25 25 23 23 24 34—341 

 31 31 33 31 30 33 25 ,35 24 35-328-1167 



^28 23 - 24 24 23 25 25 25 23 '25-210 

 34 :-i ]i, i ?0 ;> -4 I • 233 



25 25 25 25 21 24 21 20 20 23—239 

 25 23 28 22 23 24 38 35 34 23-235-1163 

 232 



2330 



It, was expected that the former would enjoy a walkover, but it 

 would have been a different siory hadn't Thiebault broken up on 

 his fourth string. However, Wright and Thiebault will try the 

 same pair again in a week or two, as they are confident that they 

 can defeat them. The match will consist of each man tiring 

 100 shots, when the losing team will pay for a spread for the prin- 

 cipal and half a dozen friends. 



The Hoboken Schuetzen Corps has compteted all arrangements 

 for its twentieth annual ten days' shoot and festival, which will 

 take place at the Union Hill Schuetzen Park in June. The corps, 

 which number 135 members, will parade through Hoboken's prin- 

 cipal streets in barouches, after which the drive will be coutinuad 

 to the park. Their affairs have always been well attended and 

 they promise this time to eclipse all former events. 



Juiius English, a member of the former Independent Rifle Club, 

 of Hoboken. was buried from bis home in Madison street, last 

 week. He died of dropsy, in St. Mary's Hospital, after a long iU- 

 ness. His old clubmates attended in a body, bringing with them 

 a handsome floral design. 



The Miller Rifle Club intends to put in its strongest team from 

 now until the close of the Forest and Strea.m tournament, to 

 set. aside any chance for an accidental defeat, as it would not be 

 pleasant after holding the lead for such a long time Lo lose it. 



Freiscbutz Company No. 53, Germinia Schuetzsu Band, Ctpt. 

 Joseph Schaner, are now racing gj| arrangements for its first 



practicing, among them the Greenville Rifle Club and 1 

 cel=ior Rifle Club, at Ambruster's fxreenville Schuetzen Pa 



L Thiebault.... 



Averaee. . 

 Thos Wright... 



Average. 



annual spring shoot at Wisch's Hall, Hoboken. An efficient 

 committee has the matter in hand. 



The following matches were shot at Thurk's ranges, Hoboken. 

 during the past week: 



A Stadler 25 25 25 24 24 23 13 22 33 31 31-231 



W Schrader then fired six shots, and out of a possible 150 secured 

 149. Score: 



Schrader 25 25 25 25 25 24-149 



Other matches were: 



HStockfeldt 25 24 23 31 20 30-130 



W Jansen 25 35 24 23 31 3L-139 



W Baker 35 33 23 22 31 20-134 



AHoefell 25 34 23 21 21 20-134 



F Mepse 24 24 34 22 21 31— 136 



The Hoboken Independent Schuetzen Corps, Capt. John Koel- 

 liscb, contemplates making its annuMl festival a, rousing sucoess, 

 and to make It more successful than ever. 



The Miller Rifle Club has arranged the following programme 

 for i ts sixth annual spring shoot, picnic and summernight's 

 festival. t 0 be held at the Union Hill Schuetzen Park, on Monday. 

 May 30 ( Decoration Day), 



P,irg target: First prize $50, second $40, third $30, fourth $20, 

 fifth $15, sixth $10, seventh $8. eighth $7,mnth $6. tenth $5,eleventb 

 $4, twelfth $4, thirteenth $3, fourteenth $3, fifteenth $2, six- 

 teenth 52. Open to all comers, tickets $1 for 3 shots, re-entries 

 unlimited, two best tickets to count. 



Bullseye tare-el: First prize $25, second $20, third 15, fourth $10, 

 tilth }8, sixth $7. seventh $8, eighth $5, niutn $4. tenth $3, eleventh 

 $3, twelfth $2. Open to all comers, tickets of 10 shots SI, tickets 

 unlimited, the best bullseye by any one shooter to count by meas- 

 urement. 



Premiums: For first most hull a eyes $10, for second most bulls- 

 eyes $7. for third most bullseyes $3. Morning, first flag $1. Even- 

 ing, last flag $1. 



Ladies' prize shoot: For a handsome gold medal, all entries to 

 be accompanied by a prize. 



Target of honor: Three shots, open only to members of the club, 

 for the prizes presented by the nudges and members. 



Judges' target: One handsome gold medal and one handsome 

 gold mounted umbrella. ISio member allowed to shoot on this 

 target, shooting to commence at 9 A. M. and to close at 6 P. M. 

 sharp. The well-known rules to be in force. 



The shooting committee comprises: Chairmau David Miller. 

 Louis Flach, Frederick Brandt, J. H. Kruse, L. Vogel, Charles 

 Judson and August Meyns. 



The athletic portion comprises the following, which is open to 

 all, no entrance fee being charged: A one-mile race for a gold 

 medal. A one-mile walk for a gold medal. A sack race tor a gold 

 medal. A ladies' egg race for a gold medal. 



An elegant fireworks exhibition will be given at 9 P. M. Music 

 will be furnished by Prof. Boenicb. Dancing commences on the 

 big platform at 3 P. M. Bowling for prizes will also be. a feature. 

 Admission 35 cents. The club leaves headquarters, 80 Hudson 

 street, Hoboken, at 8 A. M. that day, and after parading through 

 the principal streets will enter coaches at 14th street and drive to 

 the Schuetzen Park. 



The Winans Trophy at St. Louis. 



St. Lotus was the last town to shoot for the Winans Trophy. 

 Two years ago it would have been the first, at least in the West. 

 Even to-dav there are many who would credit St. Louis with 

 being the first, in point of skill, with the pistol, of any of the 

 Western cities at least. The fact is, the old pistol club of St. 

 Louis became practically disorganized over a year ago Its mem- 

 bers discontinued pistol shooting and went into rifle shooting. In 

 this they have made records for themselves also. To them the 

 news of the Winans Trophy came faint and late. Barely within 

 th» thirtv days did they determine to establish a St. Louis com 

 petition for that, interesting prize. 



It was Mr, Samuel G. Dorman, leader of the old pistol club, 

 foremost now among the riflemen, and holder of innumerable 

 championships, trophies, medals and emblems, many won only by 

 exertion of a skill which would be remarkable anywhere, who 

 took th6 initiative in the contest for St. Louis, and by correspond- 

 ence arranged the preliminary details. It was Mr. Dorman who 

 recently, upon the very wet and disagreeable morning of Anril 2, 

 met the Forest and Stream representative in the Union Depot 

 at St, Louis- A couple of hours later the full party of shooters 

 were on board the train bound for the park of the St. Louis 

 Sharpshooters' Society. Meantime it rained, and rained again, 

 aud rained som« more, making a most dismal outlook. H bad 

 been determined in advance to shoot in the open air at tbe park, 

 and this was done, although free choice was offered the shooters 

 of shooting in the open, or in a gallery, on that day. in the even- 

 ing, or any day or evening they might select during the ensuing 

 week. 



It was thought that seven shooters would compete, amoug tbeee 

 Mr. Perret, of the Meacham Arms Co., on whom the contingent 

 relied largely for a vie' ory for their city. The abom'uable weather, 

 however, disappointed all. and ODly tive shooters were actually on 

 hand. These were Messrs. Sarn G. Dorman, Geo. W. Alexander, 

 Wm. Bauer, Moses Summerfield and Chas. Mueller. It was 10:30 

 A. M. when the party disembarked at the park and an hour later 

 when the shooting began. 



The sharpshooters* park is a beautiful spot, on a high level near 

 by the winding Cteve Coeur Lake which forma so prominent a 

 fac tor in St, Louis sport, although distant 31 miles from tbe city. 

 A comfortable road house, a grand long building which serves as 

 a firiDg stand, pretty lawns now just showing green, winding 

 wains, trellises, trees and flower beds— all these show the pride 

 and pleasure alike of the many shooters who freauent the spot in 

 season. The 200yds. rifle range is open and wind-swept, a hard one 

 for high scores, but the prettiest and altogether the best appointed 

 one in ail this region. 1 doubt if there is^aaother approaching it 

 in America. 



■But the rain continued, calling at times in angry torrents. An 

 indnor range could not be secured where the light w*s good. 

 Finally the 30yds. range for the short guns was established out 

 from tbe shooting house toward the rifle butts on the 200yda. 

 range. The flaps of the great firing windows were raised, making 

 a porch which broke glare of light and fall of water. Th9 shooter 

 stood dry and comfortable, on a good floor, with shelves and ta- 

 bles and chairs for his instant use. and nothing to disturb him 

 but tbe resounding patter of the rain upon the roof. His target 

 faced him from a wooden "horse" placed in the open air. Tnis 

 he must see paTt of the time through a swimming sea of rain, 

 and part of the time through a wild and eerie sunlight, for after 

 a time the storm clouds partly broke away, though soon to close, 

 and to pour discomfort to the close of the hours of work. Out- 

 side, in the rain, stood the range marker, and to his assistance 

 went, from time to time, Mr. Bauer, Mr. Alexander and Mr. 

 Dorman. all amphibians of the first water. 



. The 2iain. bullseye ruled favorite. Befo r e the contest opened a 

 little practicing was done. Consternation: What was the mat- 

 ter? The men could scarcely find the field. "We never shot like 

 this before," they said. 



Is there a hoodoo connected with this trophy? The above is just 

 what they said at Cincinnati. "We have not shot so poorly 

 before." That was in the open air. But at Chicago, in the gallery, 

 the shooters also said, "This is nowhere near our Tegular work." 

 At St. Louis the records of these same shooters prove that they 

 have been shooting a gait right along which in fairly 50 per cent, 

 better than their work in the actual contest. Y*t not one, but ail, 

 fell down. And not one town, but three went far below the 

 regular practice average. What is the cause of this? 



But now our men drew lots to determine the order of shooting. 

 It was resolved to go on in spPe of the weather and shoot it ou f . 

 The first at the score was Mr. Bauer, a dark, lean, wiry, nervous- 

 looking man, hut one of enviable skill. In style he was very rapid. 

 He finished bis 30 shots in 15 minutes, which breaks the record on 

 that line in the Western shoots. Mr. Bauer was not regular, and 

 though he got close around the center hole of the disk, he some- 

 times left the 6in. target altogether, to his intense surprise and 

 disgust. He retired amid reproaches. Yet his string will be 

 found hetter than many which will be measured. 

 gMr. Mueller was next. A short, compact man, apparently a bit 

 anxious and a trifle disgruntled at his poor performance in 

 practice just a few moments before the shoot. Yet Mr. Mueller 

 shot perhaps the evenest gait of all the five men, and he had three 

 rounds which looked very creditable, though of course it is only 

 guess work as to how they will compare with others on Che 

 measuring up. Mr. Mueller also received reproaches as he sat 

 down, and went off to the road house to drown his sot row with Mr. 

 Bauar. 



Mr. Dorman was next. Mr. Dorman is a singularly quiet man. 

 slow of motion, deliberate, tall, sinewy, one of those rare men you 

 see who sit perfectly quiet and at rest, with absolutely no motion 

 to betoken the preseiica of a nervous system. It would be pleas- 

 ant to see Mr. Donnaa win the trophy, for he is the ideal cha r ac- 

 ter for a steady pistol shot. A sigh of relief went up. Mr. Dor- 

 man was mainstay of all hope. He always shot well when he 

 needed to. "Now, Sam," said his frieuds, ''get em all, and save 

 the honor of St. Louis." Mr. Dorman said not hing, and methodi- 

 cally w«ut Ig work. But not to the work of old, or even of recent 

 /?ase> He chose the lJsimbulL but bis bullet often crept away 



