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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 38, 1892, 



Bluerocks at the Central City. 



If the reader chances to be in the vicinity of Syracuse, N. Y„ at 

 any time during the trap shooting season he can do no better than 

 to stretch a point and spend a few days in that, town. Upon ar- 

 rival he should stroll around to 118 West Railroad street, to the 

 gun store of Win. Prettie & Co., or to George C. Luther's restaur- 

 ant, 35 West Fayette street, in one or the other of which places tie 

 will surely run across A. G. Courtney. Cnas. H. Mowrv, W. E. 

 Hookway, G. W. Holloway, "Uncle Dan" Lsfever, Al Spangler or 

 some other members of the galaxy of enthusiastic sportsmen of 

 the Central City who are always ready to ex end the right hand 

 of fellowship and assure a good time to the visitor. If it, hapoens 

 to be a "shoot.iug day" you will be taken out via the D. L. & W. 

 railroad to the Maple Bay grounds of the Onondaga County 

 Sportsmen's Club and initiated into the mysteries of target 

 smashing. And here let me warn you that when you attempt to 

 pit your skill against any of the parties mentioned above you will 

 soon he convinced that you are at "a shooting match," whether 

 you are introduced to kingbirds, bluerocks or Keystones. If the 

 party uses the former 95 per cent, "may" give you a rating at the 

 end of the day, and if either of the two latter targets are used, 

 you will need to crowd very close to 90 per cent, in order to make 

 your presence felt. Whether you sboot well or not, however, you 

 will have a jolly time and will never regret your visit. 



Maple Bay, where the above club holds forth, is about eight 

 miles by railroad from the city of Syracuse and has a long-stand- 

 ing reputation as a popular summer resort. Onondaga Lake, on 

 the shore of which Maple Bay is situated, is a beautiful sheet of 

 water six miles in length and averaging one mile in wid'h. One 

 curious feature of this lake is that while its water is perfectly 

 fresh it is surrounded by salt wells, varying in derjth trom two 

 hundred to three hundred feet. The reservoirs for the solar salt 

 evaporation cover at least a thousand acres. This lake abounds 

 with game fish, beside affording fine boating. It is here that the 

 contests of the New York Anglers' Association will be held in 

 June. A small steamer plies between Maple Bay and the "Iron 

 Pier," in Ss racuse. during the excursion season. Maple Bay has 

 a commodious and finely equipped hotel, connected with which 

 are spacious picnic grounds, a well stocked menagerie, aviary, 

 natormm and otuer attractions. The shooting grounds are about 

 a thousand vards from the hotel, the line of traps running south- 

 east aud northwest. The surroundings are such as to give a good 



shoot to be held June 13 to 18 inclusive. At that time the grounds 

 will all be leveled down and put in picnic order. It is likely that 

 a large number of visitors will put up at the Maple Ray Hotel 

 during the above shoot, as this will enable them to enjoy sailing, 

 rowing or fishing during their off hors. 



On April 20, the day after the Albany tournament, the writer, 

 accompanied by Wm. R. Hobart, the hustling shooting salesman 

 of Von Lengerke & Detmold, went to Maple Bay to attend the two 

 days 1 tournament of the Onondaga County Sportsmen's Associa- 

 tion, unoer the management of Paul North, thp object being not 

 only to give the shooters a chance to enjoy a couple of dai s' sport 

 but to give the bronzed lad from Cleveland an opportunity to 

 show the workings of his handicap system, electric, pull, expert 

 traps and bluerock targets. The weather of the opening day was 

 delightful, and overcoats were discarded for the best part of the 

 day. Over a score of shooters took part in the opening events, 



N Y ; George C. Mosher, the genial blonde who represents the 

 Hunter Arms Co., of Fulton, N. Y.; Max B. Richardson, of Oswe- 

 go- H. M. Livingston, Dr. W. H. Gibbs and James Bcckns, of the 

 Saratoga Gun Club; O. M. Paddock, of Wa'ertown; Chae. W. 

 Tuttle and G. W. Whyte, of the Auburn Gun Club, these compris- 

 ing the out-of-town visitors. 



The local club was » bly represented by the genial Charles H. 

 Mowrv, who says the Spotting Goods Qazctic is "a bonanza;" portlv 

 A. G. Oourtnev, who for ijp many years hustled on the road for the 

 Lefever guui ; fat, fair ana more than forty -'Uncle Dan" Lefever, 

 who says the new trap score type of Forest and Stbeam beats 

 the world, as does tbe paper it c elf; six-foot and over A. U Ginty, 

 who is a master hand at trap work; Druggist Geo. W. Halloway, 

 who is as expert in shooting as he is in compounding tn<-dicines: 

 Wm. Prettie, leading sporting goods dealer of the citv; W. IS. 

 Hookway. who owns the finest partridge dog in the State; George 

 C. Luther, a youug mau in years but a veteran at live bird or tar- 

 get work; Ed Huds n, another of the old-timers; Jim Montgomery, 

 who busied himself w th the financial business, and several others 

 whose names I cannot recall at this writing. The club members 

 were untiring in their efforts to entertain the visitors, and the 

 writer if indebted to them for many courtesies. 



All of the events filled well, and the scores made were highly 



At 3 P. M." about fifteen shooters boarded a D. L. & W. train at 

 Syiacuse with tbe intention of having some sport at the Bay. In- 

 stead of reaching the ground at 2:15, however, they got there at 5 

 o'clock, being detained in the meantime by a wrectc at Pleasant 

 Beach, about midway between Syracuse aud the grounds. The 

 wreck was caused by the carelessness of a gang of laborers who 

 were repairing the track, and who, after removing a section of 

 rail, neglected to s-ignal a down freight train, the result being that 

 the engine and one car were overturned. Fortunately no one was 

 injured. 



•Vbe day was a very pleasant one throughout, and the entire 

 party was immensely pleased at the workings of the targets and 

 traps, both of which were new on these grounds, The shooters 

 were unanimous in their approval of tbe North system of handi- 

 capping which they declared was the most satisfactory of any 

 they had ever tried. In fact this 1s t he opinion of all whn have 

 shot under tbe system. Thp leaders in average were as follows: 

 C H. Mowry and Geo. C. Luther 90 8 i 0 each, H. B. Whitney 89 a 6 , 

 W. H. Hobart 88' ao , Paul North 84 e 10 , C. W. Tuttle and A. O. 

 G'nty 88 a io each, A. G. Courtney 82 6 i 0 . At noon the party was 

 served huh a fint dinner by W. S. Bat num. the meal being served 

 in the spacious room on the second floor of t he club house. In the 

 evening a number of the visiting and local sportsmen assembled 

 in Pietiie'a gun store, while oihers gathered in George Luther's 

 homelike mace and fought the battles over again, making higher 

 scores than at the traps, as a matter of course. When the parties 

 dispersed it was with the distincr, understanding that on the 

 morrow everybody was to make big scores. 



Below will be found m detail the result of the day's work: 



No. 1, entrance SI: 



H L Gates 0011111110- 7 H Whitney 1111111111—10 



W R Hobart 0111111111— 9 D Lefever 0100111110— 6 



W Paddock 1111111101— 9 C Tuttle 1011110111— 8 



W H Peters lOLlllOU— 8 G Dexter 1001011111- 7 



A G Courtney 11111 11111-10 G G Whyte 1111101111- 9 



G Luther .1111111111—10 Livingston 1110110011— 7 



4.C Ginty lllullllll— 9 W Hookway, 1111111111—10 



W H Gibbs 0111111110- 8 C Mowry 1110111111- 9 



D Walters 1011101111- 8 Paul North 1111111111-10 



GMosher 1011011011— 7 Richardson 1111100101— 7 



H W Duguid 1001011110- 6 C Walters 1111111111-10 



No. 2, entrance $1: 



Experts. 



Courtney .1101111111- 9 Hookway 1101111011- 8 



Luther.. ...0111101111- 8 Mowry 1111111111-10 



Ginty 1110111111— 9 North 1101111101- 8 



Hobart 1111110110- 8 C Walters,.... 110110H10- 0 



Paddock 1111111001—8 Whyte.... 1010001101—5 



Whitney 1111111111—10 



A 1X1 Ettt? UTS 



Gates 1111101H1— 9 Lefever 1111111111-10 



Peters 1011101111- 8 Tuttle 0111011000- 5 



Gibbs.......' 1111111111—10 Dexter 1101010011— 6 



D Walters 1111100111- 8 Livingston 0110011111— 7 



Mosher... 1001U1111— 8 Richardson 1100011010—5 



Duguid 

 No. 3, 



uid... ..1111111011— 9 



Experts. 



entrance $1: 



Courtney. 0111110111— 8 Gates 1111111111-10 



Ginty..... 1111111101- 9 Gibbs lOlllUlll- 9 



Whitney 1011111101— 8 Mowry 0111011101— 7 



Duguid 1001001001- 4 Lefever. 0U0111U1— 8 



Hookway 1111101010- ^Tuttle 1110111011- 8 



North 1111111111-10 Dexter OOlOOllOul- 4 



O Walters 1010011111— 7 Livingston 1111111111— 10 



Whyte........... ..1011111110-8 Richardson. 1100111000-5 



peters 1110110111— 8 Luther 1111111111-10 



Mosher .1111111111-10 Hobart....... 1111111111-10 



D Walters 0011101110- 0 Paddock 111111H10- 9 



No, 4, entrance $1.50; 



Experts. 



Ginty 110111111111010-12 Luther 101111011111101-12 



Gates 01011 1 tlllOlllO-ll Livingston 111111110111000-11 



Gibbs 011111101111U1-13 Hobart 11111111111U01— 14 



North 110111011111101-12 Paddock 11101 llOOllim— 12 



Mosher. . . 111111111101110-13 



Amateurs. 



Whitney 111111110111111—14 C Walters. . . ...101010110111110-10 



Courtney. .. , . .111111111111111— 15 D Walters 001111011111111-13 



Dueuid.. 010101111110100—9 Peters 111111101101110-12 



Mowry 111111111111111—13 Whyte 110011011110111—11 



Lefever 1111111 111111 10-1 i Tuttle Ill 111011101111—13 



Hookway 111111111111110—14 Richardson , , ..01000101001111L— 8 



No. 5, entrance $1: 



Experts. 



Courtney 1110011111-8 Whitney 011111111.1— 9 



Mowry 111101 1110-8 Lefever illllllUO— 9 



Hobart OlllUlOll— 8 Hookway 1011011111—8 



Amateurs. 



Ointy 1111101011—8 Duguid 1100011101-0 



Gates 1111 H 1011 -i> O Walters 1111111011-9 



Gibbs OllOilllOO— 6 Wh y te 1101 101110-7 



North 110O1111H-8 Peters 1110110111—8 



Mosher 1111100111—8 D Walters 1111011111— 9 



Livingston 0110111011—7 Tuttle 1111101111—9 



Luther.. 1101110101—7 R'ehardson OUlOoOlil-8 



Paddock 1011111001-7 



No. 6, entrance $1.50: 



Fxperts. 



Whitney 111011111011110-1-' Hookway 111111011001111—13 



Lefever 0101 10 1 101 10111— 10 Gintv , . . .101011101 Ullll— 12 



Gates 010011101111111—11 North 111011-11111111—13 



C Walters llOllllOlOUlOO— '0 Mosher 111001110001111—10 



Courtney 1011 11 111111111— 14 Peters 111111101101111—13 



Mowry 111110111111011-13 D W alters..... 111110001011111-11 



Hobart 111111111111111—15 Tuttle.... .... lllllLlOHOlOlO— 11 



Amateurs. 



Gibbs 11011 11 01101011— 11 Duguid 01 1110110101110-10 



Livingston 0011111011 10101— 10 Whyte 111110111111101—13 



Luther 110011110111111-12 Richardson... .111110001100100— 8 



Paddock 011111111011111—13 Byron 001001111111110—10 



No. 12, entrance $1.50: 



Experts. 



Mowry 111111111010111—13 Whyte 100111011111111—12 



Luther 001111100011111-10 North 101111111111111-14 



Hookwav 011010011101111—10 Paddock 011101110101010- 9 



Livingston 110101 001111110-10 Whitney ......101111111111101-13 



Hobart 111111110111111-14 C Walters 111110111111000-11 



Hudson 101111111111101-13 Courtney lOOOlOHOlOlUl— 9 



Ginty 111110011010111-11 



Amateurs. 



Tuttle 111011111011111-13 Strykcr 01001.0011110111— 9 



Peters 001000001010100- 4 Lansing 11111101 



Lefever lllllllllllUOl— 14 Ayres 11 U lOOOUOllll— 11 



Gates oioiooiiiiiiiio-io Holloway,. . . n hod imoioi— 12 



Huntington.. .111010111111011-11 Berry 000100110101000- 5 



Dexter 111011101111010—11 



Thr, Second Day's Work. 

 Thursday opened with a heavy rain and heavy clouds through 

 which could be seen no promise of clearing. This did not affect 

 the shootera however, and when the fun began, at ten A. M., 

 a bout a quarter of a hundred enthusiasts were on hand. Besides 

 those mentioned as being contestants on the opening day there 

 were Dr. M. Havana and his thirteen year old son, of Oneida; M. 

 L. Forsyth, W. S. Gavut, Henry Killick and Dr. J. W. Putnam of 

 t he Spencer Sportsmen's Club of Lyons, N. Y.; N. H. Lansing of 

 Fayeiteville; J. Vanderloo of Auburn and H. Rallies of Utica. 

 The rain came down in torrents until near noon, but despite this 

 drawback the sport went along as merrily as if the sun had been 

 shining brightly. At noon some few of the shooters left for home 

 but others arrived in time to keep the events well filled. After 

 dinner the rain slacked up, but at three o'clock it took a fresh 

 start and kept at its work until dark. The shooting, notwithstand- 

 ing, was continued until train time, and everybody declared the 

 day an enjoyable one despite the moisture. 



THE ONONDAGAS' CLUB HOUSE. 



No, 7, entrance $2: 



Experts. 



Hobart... .11111111101111011110-17 Courtney. 10101101111111000111-14 

 Amateurs. 



Whitney..llll00mil0nnmi-17 Tattle.... 11111111110111111111—19 



Lefever.,. 0011111111111100111 1—16 Gibbs llOlOIOiOlillllonil— 16 



Gates ....lliooiioiiiiioiinil— 16 C WalterfillOinillllllllllll 11—18 



Mowrv... .11111110111111111111—19 Livings'D.llllllOllllPlllOUl-lS 



Hookway.lOllllOOOlOirnillll— 15 Byrom, .. .lOlllUOllD 11111011—17 



Ginty 1100 >100 1 1 0101 0000(10— 8 Pad dock . . 110 1 11 10 1 1 HH 11 U i 0—17 



North 11111011101110110100-14 Duguid. ...OlOOlOlolHHOlOllll— 13 



Mosher,. .01101101101111011111—15 Whyte. . ..11110110101111111111—17 



Peters ...11111111110111111111—19 Luther. . ..11111111111111111111-20 



D Wal°ersOHl 1030111110101111 — 14 Prettie... .110110101011 11001100—12 

 No 8, entrance gl.25: 



Experts. 



Mowry 111101111111111-11 Tutlle 1111011111111111—14 



Peters 111111110001111-12 Luther 1111111111011111-14 



Amateurs. 



Livingston. . . . 1111101111 11101-13 Gates 100111110111100-10 



Whitney 11111111111 1UI-15 C Walters 011011011111111-12 



Hobart 111111011111110-13 Wnty 110111111001011-11 



Byron 111000111111110-11 North 1U11 0111111110-13 



Paddock 11101 1 lion 11 01 -1 2 Mosher Ill 1 111111111 11—13 



Whyte rriOlOlOieillll-11 D Walters I [0101000011110— 8 



Courtney 011111011110101-1! Gibbs IIOIOIOIIIHOOI— 10 



Lefever UlllfllO 111 1101— 12 Hookway 111011011101111—12 



No. 9, entrance $1: 



Experts. 



Whitney.... 1111101111—9 Luther 1011101111- 8 



Mowry 1111111111- 9 Mosher IU101Q011— 7 



Tuttle 1011 111100- 7 



Amateurs. 



Peters 1111110010- 7 D Walters 1011110000- 5 



Livingston 0111111001— 7 Ginty 111011HH— 9 



C Walters 1111011101— 8 North lHllllOOl— 8 



Paddock llllOlllOl- 8 Gibbs OlUlllOlll- 7 



Whyte 0111111101— 8 Hookway 1111011 100— 7 



Courtney 1111101111- 0 Hobart 1110100011 — B 



Letever 1111101111- 9 Dexter OlUOUOll- 7 



Gates lllimill-10 



No. 10, entrance $1: 



Experts. 



Mowry lllllimi-10 Courtney 1011111111- 9 



Whitney 1101111111- 9 Lefever 1101111101— 8 



C Wallers 111110H11- 9 Gates milOOlll— 8 



Amateurs. 



Ginty 1011111001— 7 Hookway .1111111011— 9 



Luther lmilllll— 10 Hobart 1111111111-10 



Tuttle 1111111111—10 Dsxter 1011111101— 8 



Mosher., 110101U11— 8 KtrYker 0111111110- 8 



Peters 0111111111— 9 Huntiugton 0111011011— 7 



Levingston .1011111111— 9 Lansing 1111111010— 8 



Paddock 1111111111-10 Hudson 0111111010— 8 



Whyte .1111101100— 7 Ayres 0100111111— 7 



North 111U10H11— 8 Holloway 1011011101— 7 



Gibbs 1110101111— 8 



No. 11, entrance $1 : 



Experts. 



Mowry ..1H1110111- 9 Peters 11U000111— 7 



Whitney 0011111111- 8 Hookway lUlbllUl— 9 



C Walters 1111110101— 8 Livingston 1111111111—10 



Courtney HUH Olio- g Hobart 0111111111— 9 



Luther llllllllll— 10 



Amateurs. 



Hudson 1111111111-10 Gibbs 1111111110- 9 



Tuttle 011H01111— 8 Dexter 1111111110- 9 



Paddock 10'llOllli- 8 Stryker 1101101011- 7 



Lefever 1110111110- 8 Huntington HiOllllll— 9 



Gates OlOllllllO- 7 Lmsing 1011111101— 8 



Ginty 1111111111-10 Ayres 1011010111- 7 



Mosher. . . UllllOHl— 9 Holloway 0110011D0— 6 



Whyte llllllUlO- 9 Lee 0101001001— 4 



North lllOUlin— 8 



A feature of the day was the single target, shoot for the benefit, 

 of the Al Bandle Memorial Fuud which netted 835,75. The list of 

 subscribers were as follows: C. H. Townsend, A. G. Conrtnev, C. 

 Walter, W. E. Hookway, A. S. Hunter, M. Cavana, H. B. Whitney, 

 W. Whyte, C. W. Tuttle, G. C. Luther, H. McMurchv. M. Smith, 

 H. Rallies, N. W. Duguid, W. B. Gavitt, W. H. Peters, G. C. 

 Mosher, A. C, Ginty. P. C. Percival. O. M. Paddocn, D.M. Lefever, 

 E l Hudson, P. North, N. Ayres, S. W. Holloway. H.M. Livingston, 

 H. Hylney. W. Prettie, D.Walters. A. E. Spanglor, H. H. Lan- 

 sing, Geo. Me Master, F. G. Strange. H. L. Gates, W. S. Barnum, 

 W. K. Hobart, J. Vanderloo, C. H. Mowry. 



Each of the subscribers to this fund were presented with a 

 loaded 12-gauge U. M. C Co.'s green "trap" shell, each of which 

 bore the following inscription: "In memoriam of Al. Bandle. 

 One of the last shells he loaded." The shells were, loaded with 

 2K irs. of American wood powder andl^oz. of chilled shot, and 

 connected with them is a brief story. Wiien Al. Bandle arrived 

 in Syracuse, it will be remembered, he was suffering from a 

 severe cold. On Jan. 20, in company with members of the Onon- 

 daga County Sportsmen's Club, he took part in some kingbird 

 contests at Maple Bay. On that day he defea ted Al. Spanger hy 

 breaking 47 kingbirds in a 50-target race. Before leaving the 

 grounds Bandle and Spangler, the two "Cincinnati Als." arranged 

 to shoot a team match the following week against "Uncle Dan" 

 Lefever and Charley Mowry. each man to shoot at 50 kingbirds. 

 On the same evening Bandle and Spangler, at the latter's residence 

 loaded shells to be used in the team match which was never shot, 

 as Bandle was t aken sick the next day and did not again leave his 

 room alive. The shells given to the subscribers at the memorial 

 sboot were the ones loaded at Spangler's house. 



During the day the averages did not ranee quite as high as on 

 Wednesday, owing to the bad weather conditions, but they were 

 highly satisfactory. The handicap system made many warm 

 fri nds and was recommended on all sides. The leaders in 

 averages were: W. R. Hobart 88* W1 H. B. Whitney 86, Paul Nortu 

 83 5 10 , A. G. Courtney 82 e 10 . C. H. Mowry 82 1 m G- C. Luther 81S„. 

 Houart shot in ten events and Whitney in nine, while each of the 

 others shot in eleven. Below is the result of the day's shooting: 



No. 1, 10 birds: 



H C Gates 0111011111- 8 Mowry 0111101101- 7 



A H Kallies OllllOloll— 7 Courtney 1111101111— 8 



PS Hunter 1001111111— 8 North 1011111111— 9 



Luther 1011111111— 9 Cavana, Jr 1011011001— 6" 



Peters 0011111111— 8 Cavana, Sr 1100111011— 7 



Gibbs UllllOllOl— 7 Gintv UlOliOlllO- 6 



Mosher 1111011110— 8 Duguid lOOlOllllO— 6 



Paddock uOlUlllll— 8 Hookway 1111100111— 8 



Livingston OHOuOlloi— 5 Hobart 1111111111—10 



Whitney 1101111111— 9 D Walters lOlOlllOll— 7 



Whyte 11111011H— 9 Lee 0010100011— -1 



No. 2, 10 birds, SI entry: 



Experts. 



Luther 0111101111- 8 Courtney 0110111101- 7 



Whitney 1111011111— 9 North 110 011111- 8 



Whyte 0101111111- 8 Hobart 1111111111—10 



Gates llllOllill— 9 Cavana, Jr 1101110100- 6 



Kallies 0111101111— 8 Cavana, Sr lOOlOlOOli- 6 



Hunter 1111111111—10 Ginty 0110111010-6 



Peters 1110110111- 8 Duguid 1111011001— 7 



Mosher 1101111111— 9 Hookway 1111011111- 9 



Paddock 0111011111—8 D Walters 1111011011—8 



Livingston 0100110111— 6 Gibbs 0011011111— 7 



Mowry 1111111011— 9 



No. 3, 10 birds, $1 entry : 



Experts. 



Whitney 1111101111— 9 Gates 1110110110- 7 



Hobart llllllllll— 10 Mowry 1111 1 01010— 7 



Hunter ...1110111111- 9 Hookway 1101111110-8 



Mosher 1111.101011— 8 



Amateurs. 



Luther 0111111111— 9 Livingston 1101001010— 5 



Whyte lHllllUO— 9 Cavana, Jr 0101101111— 7 



Courtney nHilllll— 10 Cavana, Sr 0011101101— § 



