June 9, 1892.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



555 



On the Banks of the Susquehanna. 



The third animal soring tournament of the Harrishure: Shoot- 

 ing Association was held on the club grounds on May 26, 37 and 28, 

 the attendance beiutr rathe** light. Among the shooters were W. 

 Fred Quimby and W. R. Hobart, of N«w York; Daniel Lefever 

 a,nd George Mosher. of Syracuse, N. Y.; 1ST. A, Hughes and 8- J. 

 Abererombie, of Williamsport, Pa.; Henry Matz. of Reading, Pa.; 

 J. P. and G.W. Haddock and R. S. Mc Vicar, of Winchester, Va.; E. 

 H. Kniskera, of Wilkeebarre, Pa., and Harry Thurman, of Phila- 

 delphia. Pa. 



The grounds of this club are very prettily situated near the 

 banks of the Susquehanna River, about 2)4 miles from the city of 

 Harrishure'. being supplied with a finely equipped and commodi- 

 ous club house. Some magnificent views are obtainable from the 

 clubhouse. "Commodore" Nutt was on hand during the shoot 

 serving refreshments from under the shades of a b'e marquee. 



The events, ten in number each day, were at 15 targets each, 

 $1.50 each, being shot under the North handicap system. The 

 moneys were divided on the "Jack Rabbit" plan. 



Three average premiums were paid on each the first and second 

 day, one to the best averaee. one to the average nearest 85 per 

 cent,, one to the one nearest 75 per cent., and one to the maker of 

 i be lowest average. On the first day first premium was won bv 

 W R. Hobart on 91 1-10. second by C. E. H. Breisford on 851-10, 

 third by U. Dinger on 74 1 10. and fourth by E. H. Kniskern «n 

 711-10. On the second day Hobart was again ahead on 911-10, 

 Fuller Worden won second on 85 9-10, R, Dinger won third on 

 76 3 10, and fourth went to J S. David on 70. 



No. 1, 15 Blngies: Kinzer 13, E. H. K. lit, Fuller 15, Breisford 12, 

 Dinger 11, Matz 12, Smeck 11, Hobart 13, Dustin 13, Sullivan 15, 

 David 9, Dill 9, Hughes 14, 



No. 2, 15 singles: Dustin 14, Hobart 15, David 12, Dill 10, Breis- 

 ford 14, J. Dinger 11, Sullivan 11, Fuller 12, Hutrhes 12, E. H. K. 10, 

 Kinzer 8, Smeck 15, Matz 13. 



No. 3, 15 sir pies: Dustin 12, Hobart 12. Breisford 13, Smeck 10, 

 Fuller 11, E. H. K. 9, Hue-ties 12, David 13, Sullivau 12, Dill 12. 

 Kinzer 10. Matz 3, Dinger 12. 



N". 4, 15 singles, exoert: Breisford 11, Dustin 15, Hobart 15, 

 David 10. Sullivan 12, nill 10, Dinger 11. Hughes 11. Amateurs: 

 Matz 11 11, Schncck 14, Kinser 13, Fuller 13. E. H. R. 10. 



No. 5, 15 siogles, experts: Dustin 12, Hobart 13, Sclmeck 12, 

 Amateurs: David 9, Sullivan 14, Breisford 14. Kinzer 12, Dill 11, 

 Dinger 12, Matz 00, E. H. K. 13. Hushes 12, Fuller 15, Nutr, 12. 



No. 6. 20 single?: Matz 13 Schneek 18, Dinger 19. Dill 18, Hobart 

 20, Dustin 17, Breisford 19, Kinzer 19, Hughes 18. Fuller 12. 



No. 7, 15 singles, experts: Fuller 12. Sullivan 15, Breisford 11. 

 Amateurs: David 9, E. H. K. 12, Hobart 13 Huuhes 14. Qnick 14, 

 Dodd 14, Kinser 8. Nutt 12, Dill 15, Dasten 14, McVicar 13, Dinger 



12, Matz 10, HaddoxH. 



No. 8 15 singles, experts: Hughes 12, SuIHvru 14, Schmeck 18, 

 G. W. Haddnx 12. D us ton 10. Amateurs: David 13, E. H. K. 12, 

 Kii z-r 13, Zeigler 6, Breisford 13, M- Vicar IS Hobart 13, J. O. 

 Haddox 14, Dinger 13, Matz 11, Fuller 12. Nutt 12 



No. 9 15 singles: McVicar II, Sullivan 15, J. P. Haddox 13, 

 Du«Un 14, Dill 13, Schmeok 14, David 12, Kinser 10, G. W. Haddox 

 15, Hobart 14, Fuller 11, Breisford 15, Hughes 13, M-itz 13, Dinger 



13. E. H. K. 13. 



No. 10, 15 singles, experts: Sullivan 13, Duatin 9. Schmeck 13, 

 G. W. Had ^ ox 9, Hobart 15, Br. Isford 13. Amateurs: David 12, 

 McVicar 13, DiJl 12, Kinzer 13, ,T. P. H add ox 12, Fuller 13, E. Post 



11, Hughes 12, Matz 10, Grouse 6, Hoffman 4, Day 12. 



The Second Day. 



No. 1, 15 singles. Experts: Breisford 13. David 13, E. H. K. 9, 

 Hobart. 14, Worder 13, G. W. Haddox 13, Rohan 12, HueheslZ, J. 

 P. Waddox 10, Dir ger 13. Lefever 9. Amateurs: Grouse 10 Mosher 



13, Dinger 14 David 15, Qutmby 9, Dustin 11, Day 10, Hughes 14, 

 Diet 9. MeVicir 12, .1. P. Hacldox. 



No. 2, 15 singles: Worden 14, David 11, Breisford 12. G. W. Had- 

 dox 15, Dill 11. M< shf-r 9, Grouse 14, E. H. K. 11, Day 6, Dustin 12, 

 McVicar 13, Quirabv 13. 



No. 3, 15 singles, experts: Warden 13, G. W. Had d ox 11, Grouse 

 15, Dinger 10, McVicar 13, Quimby 7. Amateurs: Hughes 12, .1. P. 

 H add ox 18, Lefever IS, Breisford 11, Dill 12, David 7, E. H. K. 1 1. 

 Hobyrt U, Dust> n 12, .Mother 13. 



Mu. 4, 15 singles, experts: Grouse 13. Hobart 15. Amateur*-: 

 Worden 15, G. W. Maddox 13 MeVicar 12, Dill 14, Duslin 12, J. P. 

 H add ox 12, Hughes 11, Qu mby 13, Mosber 14. B. H K. 8, Dual in 



12, Tburtn»n 8, Lefevre 14, Breisford 10. Young 8, Dinger 11. 



No. 5. 15 singles: Experts: Hobart 11. Worden 14. Dill 10, 

 Mosher 11, Lefever 11. Amateurs: David 8, Grouse 11, McVicar 

 7. Breisford 12, J. P. Haddox 9. Dustin 11, Hughes 10, Burnham 10, 

 Smith 14. Thurman 13 Dinger 12, G. N. Haddox 13. 



No. 6, 10 singles: Dinger 8, Duston 8, Hughes 7, Smith 6, Wor- 

 den 9, Breisford 10, Grouse 9, Hobart 10, Mosher 10, Lefever 10. 



No. 7, team race, 20 singles: Worden 16, Breisford 18, Dill 15, 

 Thurman 17. Hughes 16. Smith 15. 



No. 8, 15 singles, experts: Worden 8, Thurman 12. Smith 12. 

 Amateurs: E H. K. 11, David 9, Thurman 8. Mosher 13, Lefever 

 15, Grouse 15, Hobart 15, Burnham «, Dill 12, Quimby 13, Breisford 



14, Hughes 13, Dustin 12, Diuzer 11, Day 12. 



No. 9. 15 singles experts: Lefever 11, Grouse 13, Hobart 15, Breis- 

 ford 11. Amateurs: Worden 14. E. H. K. 12, David 7, Mosher 13. 

 Thurman 15. flushes 12, Keller 7. A. B. Dunkle 11. Smith 12, Dill 

 14, Grouse 14, Burnham 7. Thurman 7, Dustin 13, Dinger 10. 



No. 9. 15 singles. Experts: Hobart 14, Worden 10. Thurman 11. 

 Dill 12. Amateurs: E. H. K. 9, Mosher 11. David 5, Hngbee, 10, 

 Smith 9. Quimbv 13, L°fever 13, Breisford 14, Dinger 10, Dustin 10, 

 Rutherford fi. Grouse 15. 



No. 10, 15 singles. Experts: Hobart 13, Breisford 7, Grouse 14. 

 Amateur:-: Thurman 13, Dill 11, DmtinTd, Mosher 12. Hughes 13, 

 Smith 10. E. H. K. 11. Coleman 11, Quimby 12. Lefever 12, Dinger 

 12, Worden 15, Keller 5, Dunkle 7. 



The Third Day. 



No. t, 15 singles: Thurman 8. Hobart 15, Fuller 11, Kinzer 15, 

 Lefevre 11, Dinger 13, Breisford 14, Breisford, 11, Hobart 14, Kin- 

 zer 15. 



No. 2, 15 singles; Thurman 14, Dinger 12, Lefevre 10, Fuller 13, 

 Quimhy 14. 



No. 3, 15 single? : Hobart 15 K'nzer 13, Thurman 11, Quimby 9, 

 Lefevre H, Fuller 13, Dineer 12, Breisford 14. 



No. 4, 15 singles: Hobart 14, Breisford 10. Fuller 9, Kinzer 13, 

 Thurman 14, Lefevre 10, Quimby 11, Nutt 12, Dinger 13. 



No. 5, 25 singles: Kinzer 24. Thurman 23. Dinger 16, Miller 17, 

 Hobart 24, Breisford 24, Nutt 18, Sullivan 22. 



No. 6, 25 singles: Kinzer 33, Thurman 21, Dinger 21, Miller 17, 

 Hobart 24. Sullivan 20, Breisford 23. 



No. 7, 2i singles: Shearer 19, Kinzer 31, Thurman 21, Hobarl 23, 

 Breisford 23. 



No. 8, 25 singles: Breisford 24, Shearer 22, Thurman 22, Kinzer 

 22, Dinger 21, Hobart 22. 



The Sunflower Tournament. 



In the matter of State shoots, the State of Kansas has had its 

 ups and downs similar to the prcgress of the State. There have 

 been many good tournaments held in the State, notably when 

 wild hirds were procurable. There are nriny good shots all over 

 the State, and yet I fancy that wher« game is so plentiful and hut 

 few months of the year not affording the gnnner an opportunity 

 of shooting, that smashing mud pies has nit the same fascination 

 that it has in the East, where it is mor» of a recreation. Still 

 there may be found a small club iu almost every town. 



it may seem strange also that the smaller towns of the State 

 have been represented at this shoot. The cities of Leavenworth, 

 Topeka, Wichita, Kansas Ci ty, Kan., Fort Scott, Ottawa and many 

 others were not represented. It was, however, a veritable love 

 f ast for those who were present, even if «he verv disagreeable 

 weather did cause all to make low scores. The Missouri State 

 shoot had had weather, but, this week was far worse, cold and 

 heavy rains were succeeded by htavy wir.ls that caused the oldest 

 mau to get away off the "'black saucers." 



The double programme as mapped out by the committee failed 

 to draw the gun men, traveling men and those from other States; 

 fven Kansas City failed in sending a delegation, save one man. so 

 this part of the meeting was abandoned and a few sweeps added 

 to All up the gap. The officers and members of the Counci' Grove 

 Club deserve the thanks of all the State Association members for 

 ibe way the lourna.ment was conducted throughout. Much was 

 done by the secretary to bring order where disorder stared him 

 in the face, and as McPhereon has been chosen for the next meet- 

 ing it remains to be seen what the officers for the next year may 

 do to get out some shooters from all par's of tne 8' ate. 



I must not. pass without calling the attention of the Association 

 to what I consider a mistake they may make in locating their 

 tournaments. Granting that McPherson is near the center of the 

 State, still most of the shooters who attend tournaments and can 

 afford it live in the eastern part of the State, and I am quite sure 

 that the best results could be obtained by holding the tourna- 

 ment for '94 in Kansas Citv, Kan. Try it once, gentlemen, most 

 of you would like some excuse to get to Kansas City once ayear. 



The mansgemem ;eques'ed me to thank ihe many sporting 

 journals for their ki, 1 words of encouragement during the past 

 year and say, ''Keep an eye on Kansas," 



The results of the various events are here shown: 

 Tuesday, May 17. 



Shoot No. 1, 10 single bluerocks, $2 entrance: L. Eberhart 9, E. 

 H. Young 9, R. Mathews 9, G. N. Barber 9, J. N. Barber 9. A. L. 

 Elwell 9, M. DeTar 9, L. O. S. Carv 8, W. H. Eicholtz 8, C. E.Andis 

 8, Wm. Aliens, P. Whitehair 8, W. R. Bisher 8, R. S. Dinsmore 



8, F. M. Chandler 8. G. W. Jenkins 8, Wm. Eldred 7, H. A- Knight 

 7, R. L. Raney 7, L, H. Hedges 6, A. L. Bennett 6, J. C. McCuily 6, 

 T. J. Clo«e 4. 



Medal shoot. 10 liv» birds, entrance $8: Dmsmore 10, Andis 10, 

 Edwards 10. Gray 10, Mathews 10, Spears 10. Loage 9, Barber 9, 

 Hershev 9, Elwell 9, Young 8, Ebernardt 8, E'choltz 8. Clary 8, 

 Fisher 8, Raney 8, Allen 8, Hendrick 7, Eckley 7, Jenkins 6, De 

 Tar 6, Eldred 6, Close 6, Fulton 6, S'gerson 0, Bennett 3, Wilcox 0. 

 Money div. Medal remains in association. 



No. 3. 10 singles and 5 pairs, entrance $6 a team, 2 men same 

 clnb: Everhardt and Spears 32, Elwell and Chandler 32, Clary 

 and Jenkins 31, De Tar and Andis 31, Dinsmore and Barber 31, 

 Fisher and McCuily 28, Edwards and Oray 38, Mathews and Ben- 

 nett 27, Young and Allen 25, Eldred and Wetzel 24, Wilcox and 

 Hedges 31. 



No. 4, 15 singles, entrance $2: Erhardt 15, Knight 15. Grey 15, 

 Allen 14. Renf ro 14. Elwell 14, Mathews 13, Edwards 12, Raney 12, 

 Barber 12. De Tar 12, Andis 12, .lenkius 12, Eldred 11. Eckley 11, 

 Dunmeyer 11, Hedges 11, Young 11, Bennett 10, Clary 10, Chandley 

 10. Dinsmore 10, A. L. Bennett 9, Spears 9, McCuLly 9, Fulton 7, 

 Wilcox 3. 



Wednesday. May 18. 



No. 1. 10 singles, entrance $2: Spears 9, Youne 9, Stevens 9, El- 

 well 8, Jenkins 8, Dinsmore 8, Barber 8, Eldred 7. De Tar 7. Allen 

 7, Edmonds 7, Chandler 6, Mathews 6, Erhardt 6. Fulton 6, Dun- 

 meyer 6, Bennett 6, Raney 6, Knight 6, Wilcox 6, Eicholtz 5, White- 

 hair 5, Clary 5, Andis 5, Hendrick 5, Mc,n u lby 4, Eckley 4. Fisher 4, 

 Bear 4, Hedges 4. Humberger 4, Close 4. Humbarger 4, Whitzell 4, 

 Rogers 3, Grey 3, Renfro 2, Stevenson 2, Piety 1. 



No. 2, medal, 25 singles, entrance $5- Dinsmore 23, Allen 21. 

 Young 20, Barber 20, Elwell 19, Chandler 19, Erhardt 18, Jenkins 

 18. Stevens 17, Mathews 17, Clary 16, McCullv 15 



No. 3, 5 pairs bluerocks, entrance $2: Elwell 8, McCuily 7, Hedges 



7, Grey 6. Spears 5, Clary 5. DeTar 5, Stevens 4, Baer 4, Erhardt 3, 

 Bennett 3. Jenkins 3. Dinsmore 3, Eicholtz 2, PuRon 2. 



No. 4. 10 singles, entrance $2: Elwell 9, Edwards 7, Clary 7, 

 Fisher 7, DeTar 6, Dinsmore 6, Baer 6, Tailor 6, Jenkins 6, Ener- 

 hart 6, Stevens 6, McCuily 5, Hughes 5, Whitehair 5, Allen 4, Ful- 

 ton 4, Barber 4, Sears 4. 



No. 5, 10 live b'rds, entrance $8: Dinsmore 10, Edwards 9, Dun- 

 meyer 9, Voting 9, Hendricks 8, Eicholtz 8, Eldred 8, rwher 8, 

 Spears 8, Horshey 8, Elwell 7, Bennett 7, Raney 7, Gray 7, Close 6, 

 Logue 5. 



No. 6, 5 pairs live birds, entrance $7.50: Dinsmore 9, Grey 8, 

 Raney 7, Eldred 7. Barber 7, Elwell 7, Bennett 7, Clary 7, Spears 7, 

 Hershey 6, Eckley 6, Young 5, Wilcox 5, Edwards 5, Jenkins 3. 



Thwrsdajy, May 19. 

 No. 1, 12 singles, entry $2.50: Andis 13, Grey 12, Young 12, 

 Erhardt 11, Fisher 11, De Tar 11, Eldred 11, Jenkins 11, Dinsmore 

 10, Jack 10, Elwet] 10, Wilcox 10, Allen 10, Edwards 10, Dunmeyer 



9, Chandler 9, Clary 9. Rollins 9, Mathews 9, Fulton 8, Humberger 



8, WetzM ft, Cleek 8. Stevenson 5. 



No. 2, 25 singles, entry $5, 850 in gold donated by t he Council 

 Grove Gun Cln*: Jenkins 25. Dinsmore 24, Eldred 24, Grey 23, 

 Mathews 22 Elwell 23. Fisher 2], Barber 31 Young 21, Andis 21, 

 De Tar 20, Allen 20, Hill 20, Piety 19. McCullv 19, Wilcoxl8. Dun- 

 meyer 18, Clary 18, Abercromby 18, Edwards 18, Benuett 16,Whet- 

 zel 16, Jack 13. 



No. 3, 4 pair live birds, entrance $5; Abercromby 8, Elwell 8, 

 Raney 7, Bennett 7, Dinsmore 7, Hershey 7, Duumeyn - 6, Barber 

 6, Edwards 5. Piety 5, Eldred 5, G-ev 5, Everhardt 5, Rollins 5, 

 Wilcox 5, Fisher 4, Young 4, Jenkins 3. Deibert 4. 



No, 4, 5 pairs bluerocks, enfance $2: Dinsmore 8, De Tar 7, 

 Youn-J 7. Everhardt, 7, Jenkins 7, Elwell 6. Wilcox 6. Jack 4. 



No. 5, 10 singles, entrance.^2: Elwell 10, De Tar 9, .lenkius 8, 

 Hill 8, Grey 7, Barker 7, Fulton 7, Wilcox 7, Smith 5, Piety 5, 

 Jack 1. 



No. 6, 20 singles, 84 entrance: JenkinB 18, De Tar 17, Grey 17, 

 Everharnt 16. Barber 16, Elwell 15, Young 13, Eldred 12, Wilcox 10, 

 Higgins 9 



No. 1. 5 live birds, one barrel, entrance .$3.50: Young and Andis 

 5 each, De Tar. Raney. Steveuson, McCuily, Bennett, Dennison 

 and Abercombie 4 each. Clary, Piety, Eldred, Dunmeyer, Mat- 

 thews, Barber and Hendricks 3 eacb; Diebert, Eckley. Close, 

 Dinsmore, Edwards, Grey, Everhart and Wilcox 2 eacb; Hershey 

 and Elwell 1 each, 



Frvday, May so. 



No. 1, 25 singles, team shoot, two men of same club, entrance $6: 

 Dinsmore and Everhardt 45. ATen and Young 42, De Tar and 

 Andes 35, Elwell and Chandler 36, Jenkins and Barber 32. 



The weather beitig very disagreeable the State programme wa« 

 closed wit h this shoot. 



Council Grove vs. McPherson.— The supply of birds not being 

 exhausted and some of the boys being on their mettle, Messrs. 

 Raney, Hershey, Elwell and Dennison, as the Council Grove boys, 

 made a match with Messrs. Young, Eldred, Abercombie and 

 Ma'thewsou, as McPbersonites, and putting up $10 ' a side pro- 

 ceeded to snoot at 25 birds per man, resulting in a win for Mc- 

 Pherson. Rustic 



Novices at the Trap. 



Kansas City, June 4.— The Kansas City Stockyards Gun Clnb 

 held its regular weekly shoot on Monday. The club was only 

 recently organized and is composed largely of novices at 1 he 

 trap. They are game, however, and have changed their medal 

 shoot from 15 single bluerocks to 25, and will soon commence 

 shooting live birds. T.J.Gilliam won the trophy on 18. The 

 score was as follows: 



T J Gilliam 1101100110011001111111111-18 



Col Gillett H01001100001010100000001— 9 



R T Bass M0011UOOOL00001001 00000- 6 



WL Jones 0J0OO0O010111 000001100111- 9 



J W Olander 0000000010011100000001110- 7 



A J Naylor lKXXW 1 000001000010101100 - 8 



C P Baldwin 1001010000110001110011110-12 



L O Nutter 00100100 10100001101101001— 10 



W H Shnff 



Goo Stocku-eil.. i:,:;,^.,;, — :;-:,::;-!,;,:;:;; _ ;; 



O BTrower 001100101 liamio n 1000010- 8 



C Peters.... 



R .1 Munroe 1100001011111000001001110-11 



The same dav, the guu club members held a Decoration Day 

 tournament, the programme consisting of two sweepstake shoots 

 at 10 live birdB, $5 entrance. First sweep: 



J Porter 2111121311-10 W Halliwell 101o221211- 8 



F Mason 21031oll22— 8 F J Smith 2121212121—10 



LBeiderman 0210102322— 7 Sitlington 1110020300— 5 



OHam 1121202111— 9 Jim Bolen 1111010120— 7 



D S Gordon 1121202111— 9 Longfellow 1001201200— 5 



Wasson 021o22l221— 8 L Pruues oOH010120- 5 



Elliott 2UU12111-10 W Bryant 2220211120— 8 



W Baker 2oolooollo— 4 



S°cond sweepstake: 



j; Porter 1111111111— 10 L Prunes 1111101111— 9 



FSmith 1110111111— 9 J Bolen 1011111011— 8 



O Ham 1111111101— 9 W Rieger 1111111111—10 



F Mason 1111011111— 9 Bennett llllllllol— 9 



J P Longfellow 1011111111- 8 W Bryant lllllllool- 8 



D S Gordon 11111C0011— 7 Beiderman 1111111110— 9 



W Sitlington 0101001101- 5 Ferguson OllOo'olll— 6 



Whitfield. 



Oneida County Sportsmen's Association. 



Utica,, N. Y., June 3 — The following scores were made in the 

 regular club competitions to-day, the conditions in each being 25 

 single kingbird targets per man, A. S. A. rules to govern. The 

 first contest was for the clur> badge and the second for the club 

 merchandise prizes. No. 1: 



Rallies - ■ 1101111111101011110111111—21 



Hunter llUllllllllll 11111111111-25 



Knowlton 1111111111111111101111111 - 24 



Elliott 1101110101111101110110111-19 



Smyth - 111111111 111111111 101 1111— 24 



Kilbourne 01111 OllllimoiOlOlUOll-19 



Smith 110101 110 1 111111001111100-18 



Gates Ill 101 1 01 111100 1 001 111 111—19 



Pfeiffer 11001101 11110 10 1 11U1011 1—19 



May hew 011101101110 iQlllllOOIOlO -15 



Henning OIOOIW OOOlOlllOlOCHOHO- 11 



Parker. . OllllllOlOlllHOlllOOllOO-17 



No. 3: 



Hunter 33 Elliott 24 Smyth 24 



Knowlton 23 Pfeiffer 22 Mizner SO 



Kilbourne 22 Henning.... 8 Gilmore 20 



Nmith 21 Mayhew. 20 Crouse 21 



Gates 23 



Eastern New York League, 



Below will be found the story told by Horace B. Darby, in the 

 Albany Argus, of the Decoration Day shoot of the Eastern New 

 York League, held at Canajoharie: 



The popularity of the Canajoharie Gun Club among the sports- 

 men of eastern New York was never better demonstrated than it 

 was on Memorial Day, when the greatest gathering of gunners 

 ever seen at an Eastern New York League tournament assem- 

 bled in the early hours of the day at the shooting grounds on the 

 immense stretch of river flat below the village. And what a dis- 

 mal morning that was. Pouring rain, the ground so soaked that 

 the footsteps of the men poached the sod into a fibrous mass of 

 mud, and even the shelter of a big canvas tent failed to keep 

 things dry under foot, and every movement brought a responsive 

 "slop" from the spongy, water-soaked ground. Nothing daunted, 

 however, by these depressing conditions the Canajoharie boys 

 went on busily with the work of preparation, following implicitly 

 the directions of the master spirit of the tournament field. Will 

 H. Cruttenden, of Cazenovia, 



Our Albany delegation was represented by. C. A. Stone, John 

 B. Sanders, J. B. Hall, George E Knowles, George Langley and 

 the Argus reporter, all of the West End Gun Club. At Fonda the 

 Johnstown gunners boarded the train, the slants turning out, well 

 with Frank Northrup, Will F. Chapman, James D. Pierson, Col. 

 James A. Banta, Aivin Walrath, Fred W. Partiss, Louis Bier- 

 oauer and William Potter. Arriving at Palatine Bridge we found 

 covered conveyances in waiting to take to take us to the shooting 

 ground across the Mohawk. Tbe Canajoharie leaders, Charlie 

 Weeks, Dr. S. A. Wessels, T. C. Pegnim and C. W. Scharff were 

 all on hand to extend the usual welcome; the veteran, Joseph L. 

 Mosher. was in charge of the pulling levers, and Harry Bancroft 

 was bustling about in a pair of wading boots. George Blowers 

 was there in charge of the score hook of tbe club and a pleasant 

 companion is he at the scorer's table. Oscar Curtiss, of Flat 

 Creek, was on deck, as usual, and ready to lend a helping hand 

 wherever it was needed. The representatives of the Oneida 

 County Sportsmen's Association attracted special attention with 

 their fine armament and generally professional appearance. There 

 were Henry L. Gates, Dr. J. G. Kilbourn, A. S. Hunter and Gus- 

 tavus Dexter. More of tbe Oneidas appeared later, when the 

 third contest was called in the person of C. M. Felton and A. L. 

 ffraser, of Waterville. Frankford presensed a good trio in W. H. 

 Short, C. M. Rich and H. Steele. It was not until the beginning 

 of the second contest that the Saratoga "Big 4" appeared, and the 

 well-known H. M. Levengston, Jr., J. Nelson Ramsdill, W. A. 

 Colter and W. H. Peters were accompanied by W. H. Gibbs and 

 Will H. Pike. Still later Messrs. Armstrong and Nipe came down 

 from Ilion, and E. J. Tressell, a one-armed marksman from Little 

 Falls, brought nil eyes upon him when he faced the firing points. 

 Charles Fvkes came from Fort Plain in time to take his place on 

 the Canajoharie team, of which club he is a member. 



Tbe rain fell heavily when the shooting commenced, and con 

 tinned to drench the earth for several hours, when the clouds 

 broke away and the sun shone upon the steaming earth where 

 the smoke of the guns hung so heavily that it ga ve the grass the 

 appearance of being on fire. 



Team match, open to teams of 4 men from any club, entrance 

 SSper team, tbe purse divided 50. 30 and 20 per cent Conditions. 

 20 singles and 6 pairs of kingbirds. In this contest ths special 

 award of the four gold medals, presented by Cruttenden & Card, 

 of Cazenovia. N. Y., was ooeu only to teams from the Eastern 

 New York League clubs, The scores are: 



Oneida County Sportsmen's Association. 

 Hunter 1 Hill 11 1111111111111—31 11 11 11 11 10 11-11-32 



- . inuiimiiiiiiiiui-21 ioiniiiiiio-io-31 



Kilbourn 011001111110)11111011-15 11 11 10 10 11 11-10—25 



Felton 111111111111111111111-31 11 11 10 11 10 11-10—31—119 



Johnstown Gtm Club. 



Northrup 11111111111111101111.1-20 11 00 11 11 10 00- 7-27 



Chapman 111111111111111111111—31 11 11 01 11 11 00- 9-80 



Piersous ii million nun 111-20 11 10 10 11 10 11- 9-29 



Walrath Ill " ,,1 <iiimil-2l 10 11 11 11 11 11—11—32—118 



Levengston.. .111 * 11— W-81 



Coster Ill 



Peters Oil 



Ramsdill Ill 



Weeks Oil 



Pegnim 110. 



Bancroft 1111 



Fykes llOUmit.oiiajLi.iJiiix & ■» ^. it — ii ... 



West, End Gun Club, Albany. 



Sanders lllllllllllOlOltlllll-19 10 01 01 01 00 10- 6-25 



Stone IHlUllUlllDllim— 21 10 10 10 10 11 10— 6-27 



Hall lmillllllllllUllll— U 11 10 10 00 10 11— 7-28 



"Gee Kay".. ..11011011111111 L1I1 111 -18 10 10 10 01 11 10 - 7—25-105 



The Oneidas are not members of the Eastern New York League 

 and they were not entered for the medals, so these superb tro- 

 phies were awarded to the men making the best individual scores 

 in the other four teams. 



A purse of $20, divided $6, $5, $4, $3 and S2, was awarded to the 

 contestants making the highest aggregate scores in all tbe pro- 

 grammea events, except the first 10-bird sweep and the team 

 match. In the events to qualify for the special purse, a contest- 

 ant had to shoot at 120 kingbirds. Of this number Levengston, 

 Saratoga, scored 118 and won first money; Weeks, Canajoharie, 

 and Gates, Utica, 113, dividtd second; Piersons, Johnstown, 111, 

 won third; Hunter, Utica. and Peters. Saratoga, 110, divided 

 fourth; Coster. Saratoga, 109, won fifth. 



The tollowing totals were made by the other contestants, who 

 shot at 120 kingbirds for the awards of the special purse: Dr. 

 Wessels, Canajoharie, 108: Walrath, Johnstown, Pike, Saratoga, 

 and Bancroft. Cana j marie, 107; Sanders, Albany, 104, Stone and 

 Hall, Albany, each 103; "McG'nty," Saratoga. 103; Ramsdill, Sar- 

 atoga, 101; Kilbourn, Utica, 97; Bierbauer and Cnapman, Johns- 

 towu, each 96; Norturup, Johnstown, 95: Cruttenden, C=tzenovia, 

 92; Pegnim, Canajoharie, 86; "Gee Kay," Albany, 84. 



The Wilkesbarre Gun Club. 



Wilkesbaebe, Pa., June 5.— The following scores ware made 

 on tbe club grounds near the factory of the Wilkesnarre Gun 

 Company yesterday. Bluerock targets were used and thrown 

 from U. S. traps; the shooting was made as difficult as possible, 

 the targets being thrown very fast. 



First match, 35 single bluerocks, known angles: 



Tom Eley lftOOl 1 110110111101011 1111-18 



Dr Beck .1110100100110000110110000-11 



W K Park OlOlllOlOlillollllillllll— 20 



Tom Podmore 0100011101011001100101000-11 



W D Loomis 1010010100000001110000101— 9 



Second match, 25 single bluerocks, expert rules: 



Tom Eley 1111111111111010111220011—21 



Dr Beck 1101100001111101101011110—16 



W K Park 011110111111 110 HI 0100110— 18 



T Pndmore ..1100000001001 01000 lOtll 100— 8 



W D Loomis 0101000001111001010100000—10 



Third match, 10 single bluerocks. known angtes. The contes- 

 tants being employees of tbe gun factorj : 



Snyder 7 Card 2 Arnold.... 7 



HFerris 1 Reed 6 Cyclone.. H 



Woodhull 6 Tillman 7 Kid 5 



Iu the first and second matches Eley and Park used Wilkes- 

 barre guns, the others L. C. Smith and Ithacas hammerless. 



W. Barre. 



A Close Team Shoot. 



Kansas City, Kan., June 4.— The match team shoot for the 

 local championship between the Wyandotte Gun Club and tbe 

 West Side Gun Club, Decoration Day, was one of the must ex- 

 citing mud pie races ever shot at Cnelsea Pari. At the conclu- 

 sion of the first squad's shoot the Wyandotte team was two birds 

 behind. The second squad of the Wyandotte team succeeded in 

 making a lead of four oirds and won the shoot by a seore of 189 to 

 187 out of a possible 250. James Rooney acted as referee and W. 

 E.Stevens as scorer. Will Grueninerer of the Wvandofte team 

 made a clean score of twenty-Qve. Following are the individual 

 scores: 



Wyandotte. West Side. 



J Grueninger ...21 E Martin 14 



W Arends 18 HTincher 22 



D McKenzie 18 Christenham 20 



WEstep .....17 TJ^yce 20 



D Portis 21 AHolquist.. 2! 



DWMount 21 G Holquist ! .17 



W Grueninger 25 J Coffee 21 



C W Kerr 17 H Brown 16 



D Mount 13 H Hanna 11 



WDaish 18-189 J Bartlett 19-187 



A return match will be made lor an early date, Whitfield. 



