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FOREST AND STREAM, 



[Dec. U, 1891' 



"Uncle Billy" Sigler Wins the Pot. 



Thekb was lively work at Kutberfowi OQ Saturday when tha 

 Boiling SpriiigB Gun and Field Club held one of the best attended 

 and moat on.i lyable shoots ever held on its popular grounds. Tbe 

 sport was announced to begin at 1:30 P.M. and at that time a big 

 party of expert "crockery" smashers were on hand ready for 

 battle. Amonp; tnero were snoh clean score men aa W. R. 

 Hobart, of Newark, ^/on Leugerke & Dotmold's reliable repre- 

 sentative; Harvey MoMuvchy. of Syracuse, who is always ready 

 to talk up the Hunter Arms Company and its Smith guu; Enoch 

 D.Miller, the crack from Springfield, N. J.; Eddy Collins, of 

 Hoboken, who does not like (he expert rult; Milton F. Lindsley, 

 of Hoboken, of wood powder fame; good-natured Frank K. Post, 

 of Park Ridge, N. J.; '"Uncle Billy" Sigler, of Montclair, N. J., 

 who shoots as 'well as he did 3f) years ago; R. Beam, all ilie way 

 from Madison, N. J., "Just for a little tuo;" and A. C. Hunt, who 

 smiles pleasantly whether he hits or misses and generally 

 manages to get his share of hits. The local club turned out strong. 

 The first event was at 10 bluerockg, $1 entry, i moneys. The 

 eoores: 



Collins inilllUl-lO Sigler 1101110111-8 



Lindsley illllllllO- 0 Klees 1101110111—7 



Hollifiter , .1111100111- S Griffith 1101111110-8 



Beam 1011111111—9 Chflffle .1110110111—8 



Hall 1100111101- 7 McMurcby UllllllOl-9 



Post - nuOimO- 8 Hobart 1011111111-9 



Miller OllUOllU- S Himt 1010011101-6 



All ties were div. 



Secoudsweep, same conditions: 



Post 1111111111—10 Sigler 1111UI1111- 9 



Hollister llllUUll— 10 R-ritBth ,1000111110—6 



Beam 1110100110— 6 Hall 1001101111- 7 



Lindsley 1010111111- 8 Miller ..1111011111-9 



OollinB Ullllini— 10 Cti«ffee 1111111100- 8 



Hobart .1111011111- 9 McMurchy 1111111111—10 



Hunt .1111111111—10 Kleeg 1011111111— 9 



Third, sweep, same conditions: 



Collins 1111111111—10 Hall llOllJllll— 9 



Hohatt lOlOOnilO- 6 Chaffee 1001111111-8 



Beam 1111101110- 8 Hunt 1110101101—7 



Post 1111011 11 1 - 9 Sigler ^ 1110111111—9 



Hollister ...1011111110—3 Klees 1101111101—8 



Miller . . , 1101 110110- 7 Huck 1010111010-6 



McMurchy 1110110111- 8 KrebB 1111001110-7 



Lindslev lOOOOlOUl— 5 Osterhoul 1001110101—6 



G-riilfith 0011111111- 8 



Fourth sweep, same ennditious: 



Collins 1111111111—10 Kleeg 0011011111— 7 



Beam lOUlUUl- 9 Hall 1100001101- o 



LtndFley .1110111111- 9 nhaffee 1111111111-10 



Hobart 1111011101- 8 McMurchy 11101111 tl— 9 



Miller UOUllllO- 8 Hunt 1101111111— ft 



Sigler IllllllllO— 9 Peck OiOlOiWHl— i 



Post 1111111111-10 Paul 1001110011- 6 



HoUister. 1011100111- 7 Osterhout 1001101010- 6 



Griffith 1101011010- 6 



Ifow came event No. .5, the big one of the day, at 50 bluerocks 

 per -man. So entry, the moneys being $19.50, $14.50, $9.75 and |5. 

 The scores: 



Sigler 11111011111111111111111111111111111111111111111111-48 



p^t tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiioioiiiiiiuiiniiiinioiiiiiiiiiii-47 



CoUins mil 11101111110011 1111111 1 1111 1 U1111111111111 11 1- 47 



Hall llllllllinOllOilOllllllllOlllllllOlllOlllllllllll-45 



Hobart OllllllomOlilllllllllllllOllllOUlimillllllllO-ll 



Miller 11111100111110101111111001111111111111111111111111-44 



McMurchy lOllllOillllllHllllOllllOlOlOlllOllllOlllllllllll-42 



Lindsley 11001111110111111111011110110111110101111011111111-41 



Hunt lllllllolllllOlllOllllOU 1101011011101111011111011 - 40 



Griffith 10111111111010111111101100110111100111101110111111-39 



Hollister 11111010110100011 0111101110111111011111101101111 ll-r;7 



Chaffee 0011111101101111011110111011111101011101101110010.1—36 



Beam, 11101111001110101001111010111010mHO'J10111101101-.-,5 



Sixth sweep, at 10 bluerocks SI entry. 4 moneys; 



OoViins .1111111111-10 Chaffee.... OlllOllOll- 7 



Linds-ey lOlllliUl- a Sigler 1111110111- 9 



Hall OmOUlOl- 7 Klees lllllUrU-lO 



Peck OOlOlimi— 7 Krebs . . 



lUGllini— 9 



McMiircby ...millllil— 10 Hunt OlOiiulll— 8 



Post... IlOlllilU- S Ostei-hout 1101111010- 7 



GriSth. , 1000111111- 7 iluck ..1110111110- S 



Beam iOlllUlU— 9 Jeaneret , . .01100! 1100- 3 



•KTolan. .llllUllll-lO 



geventh sweep, at 10 bluerocks, same conditions; 



Collins. .0111111110- 8 Hall 0111111011- 8 



Post .....1111111111—10 Griffith 0100011011-5 



Lindsley 11011 11111- 9 Peck OXWOOOUO- 2 



McMurchy 1111011111- 9 Sigler lUOllllll- 9 



Hobart...; .lillllllOl- 9 Chalice ,,..1111111111-10 



.Jeaneret .1111000101— 6 Hunt lOlJlOlOlO— 0 



Beam 1110110101— 7 Klees lOUllOlOl- 7 



Eighth sweep, same as above: 



McMurchy '....1111111101- 9 Huck 1111111111-10 



Post 1111111111-10 Griffith IIOOOIIXIIO- 4 



Lindsley Ullllini— 10 Chaffee OlllllOlll— 8 



Collins .1101110111- 8 Peck. 1111111011- 9 



Klees 1111101111- 9 Sigler.. 1111111111—10 



Frank 1110100011- 6 Jeaneret 1111101011— 8 



C. H. T. 



New York State Shout. 



Editor For eat anO Streum: 



The advertisement of the annual event called the New York 

 State shoot being before the shooting fraternity, it seems oppor- 

 tune to inquire what Syracuse is going to give us and how the 

 affair is to be managed. Several extensively advertised "tourna- 

 ments" near the metropolis have failed to materialize and are 

 "lost, strayed or stolen," and nothing has been heard of them. 

 Why? Are the shooters all dead, or have they turned their gtms 

 into cliimney ornaments or bric-a-brac? Or is it, rather, that the 

 lambs have refu.sed to be shorn at last, and are in securitj^ far 

 away? 



I mention this merely as a warning to our Syracuse friends, 

 that our coming meet may be liberally conceived and wisely 

 planned with due regard to the rights of the aver."ige shooter, 

 without whose presence any and all tournaments are rank fail- 

 ures. 



The Rome Gun Club bas been severely criticised in this part of 

 the State for the way the last shoot was conducted. They wanted 

 the earth and almost got it. Complaint is made because the 

 charge of 4 cents for each target was outrageous, and the surplus 

 money was placed in the coffers of the club when it should have 

 been returned to the shooters who contributed it, by being added 

 to the purses or in some other way. 



Then the State events should have been open only to residents 

 of the State, whereas it is well known some dwellers in other 

 States were admitted to compete, although already holding 

 medals won at their own State shoots. 



Again, ihe "open-to-all" events were the attraction for a num- 

 ber of expert and professional shooters, who appropriated the 

 .greater part of every poi, without any handicap, and who smil- 

 ingly came to the score on equal terms with the man who had not 

 won a cent all day. 



Also the live-bird "Dean Richmond Cup shoot" was a mortify. 

 Ing spectacle to all true sportsmBn who witnessed it. Shooter in 

 front of known trap, gun glued to shoulder, a miserable tired 

 hlrd. aflutter of slow wings, bang! dead ("sometimes) bii-d! Nn 

 wonder the crowd jeered and cried "hit him with a club, etc.;" 

 'twas enough to make a man take to drink (some did later on). 



All these errors can Ijc avoided in the coming shoot, and, from 

 the reputation of Syracuse sportsmen, we are jastifled in assum- 

 ing they will be. You ca.n malce this the biggest gathering ever 

 held in the State, but to do this you must inteiest the average 

 shooier. Successto you. Mutton. 



New Yobk. 



Great Birds at Marion. 



Thursday, Dee. 17 was a cold day and those who tramped from 

 the Marion station to the grounds of the Jersey City Heights Gun 

 Club felt as though they had struck the edge of the frigid zone, so 

 keen and cutting was the northeast wind and so piercing the cold. 

 There was a good attendance of sportsmen, however, who had 

 braved the elements to witness two matches and a ciub shoot. 

 This was the regular club day of the old-established Essex Gun 

 Club, the oldest organization of the kind in New Jersey. A good 

 fire was kept up in the big stove, but do as Al Heritage might he 

 could not keep the big club house warm. Pigeon shooters, how- 

 ever, are not susceptible to weather, and the sport went merrily 

 on. Among thof c who;w6re present besides the regular club men: = 

 hers wore Harvey McMurchy, the well-known representative of 

 the Hunter Arms Company, of Syracuse; Dr. P. Moeller, of 

 Nyack, Y., and Frederick Kimble, of the Peoria Target Com- 

 nany. The first event on the programme was a match at 50 pigeons 

 each between C. M. Hedden and R, Mis, of the Essex Gun Club 

 £f>r pO a siiie, laodifled Hurlingham rules to govern. The birds 



A 



8 



A 



8 



A 



8 



A 





B 





B 





B 





C 





C 



6 



ci 



6 



C 



6H 



used in this event were part of thoge left over from the Fulford— 

 Brewer match, and thev were veritable "clinkeis." The match 

 ended on the forty-fifth round, when Mix was shot out. The 



scores: 



Hedden 312032211210101001230220200022312122203211022—33 



Mis .1233002222201212230000001003.21002002001002001-24 



The next event was a"; 100 birds each, SOyds. rise, for $50 a side, 

 the principals beiog Gus Griffen and Harry Smith, both of the 

 Essex Gnn Club. The scores follow: 



Smith 201223123011 20111213211 11—21 



21 1031 Oil] 203101210331101-19 

 1213012218322031201 ( ^tpi K)3-] 9 

 110032023ni01c?i ■ ' ':-.lfi-77 



Freche 201221231021111; . 



011012010200ol:ii. ; L, i; . , - J i 

 lo311o0021322200J 3ih 121( t— 17 

 1323320211 1101 13110131313 -33-77 

 Freebe had a lucky pull out with his last bird. It was a hum- 

 mer of a right-quartering Incomer and neither barrel hit it very 

 hard. It circled once or twice and then dropped near the r'ght 

 boundary fence. When the gatherer reached it it started for the 

 top of the fence, hut his hand closed on it within 6in. of the top. 

 This made the match a tie. This will be shot off at some future 

 date. In both thf above events Milton F. Lindsley was referee 

 and Jacob Penlz offici.'*! scorer. 



Nf.xt came the regular monthly club shoot at 10 birds each, han- 

 dicap rises. In the^e contests each man is rated at a given num- 

 ber of kills per week, and he is credited with one point for each 

 kill above the number at which he is rated. The members are 

 divided into three classes. A Class standing at 30yds., B Class at 

 26yds. and C Class at 26yds. There are Ave prizes offered for the 

 men who gain the hrst to tlf th most points during the season of 

 twelve monthly shoots (of which this was the final for 1891) In 

 addition to these prizes there are six money prizes for the shoot- 

 ers who make the highest number of kills at anv six shoots during 

 the season. At each shoot each member i>uts SO cents in the pot: 

 at the end of the season this is divided into three eijual parts and 

 each of these parts are split into purses of 60 and 40 ppr cent., 

 which go to the first and second higliest number of kills in six 

 shoots, as above, in each class. The scores follow, those marked 

 with a dagger (+) being non-membera of the club. The column of 

 figures on the right shows the rating of each member: 



Yds. Class. Rating. 



CM Hedden 30 1211123111-10 



G E'reche 30 33111312H— 10 



F H Harrison 30 2113213111—10 



ta McMurchy 30 1113111231-10 



W F Quimby 30 1121100121— 8 



HS Babbage 38 1333103110 - 8 



LO Hedden ~ 



R Heinisoh 



DDTerriU 



L Thomas 



•I Dr P. Moeller 



H Smith 



A T Decker . 



.28 0311101113 - 8 



.28 1112001312- 8 



2<i 3112201031- 8 



.36 1011021110- 7 



28 1011001012- 6 



.36 0310101011- 6 



26 1211000120- 6 



+A H Funcke 38 1000001101— i 



On summing no for the season it was found that Lemuel 

 Thomas, of Class C, rated at 6 birds, had won first prize with a 

 total gain of 23 noints during the season. H. Smith (C— 6) and L. 

 O. Hedden (B— 7J^) were tied on a gain of 16 points each for second 

 and third prizes. C. H. T. 



On Springfield's Historic Ground. 



FniDAY. Dec. 18, was a delightful day, with the air cool and 

 crisp enough to remind one that it was winter and the .sun shining 

 brightly and with sttfflcient force to temper the edge of tlie fresh 

 breeze that blew down over the mountains aci-oss the grounds of 

 the L'^oion'Gun Club at Springlield, N. J. The announcement had 

 been made that a live oird tournament would be held on the 

 above day, com.mencing at 10 A. M. It was near noon, how- 

 e-'-er, when the shooters began to arrive, but by the time the 

 first event had been fought out there ?fere a dozen experts (m 

 hand. Among these were Milton B'. Lindsley. of Hobolien, N.J.: 

 Harvey McMurchy, of Syracuse, N, Y,- Wm. Sifler niid Wml 

 TeyrF, of Montclair, N. J,; E. KranciB, W. S. Canon and C. M. 

 Hedden, of Newark, N..J.; Neaf Apgar, of Plaicfield, N. J.; W. H. 

 and James Wolstencroft and A. Rust, of Philadelphia, Pa. As a 

 oorc of a feelef a couple of bluerock events i^sre first shot, the 

 results being as appended: 



First event, 10 targets, unknown anglfis. $1 entry, thrse mnneys, 



W Wolstencroft. .,.1111111111-10 H McMurchy 1111111011- 9 



ED Miller lllllllUl-10 E Francis OlUlUUl— 9 



MF Lindsley 1011111111- 9 W Sigler 1111110110- 8 



J Wolstencroft... .1111101111- 9 



First money was divided; second was^carried over to next event 

 (Francis drawing his pro rata); third went to Sigler. 



Second event, flfteon targets, $l.!iO entry; 



McMttrehy .... 11111.1111111111—13 Miller 111101 HUD 111— 13 



Sigler 111111111111011—14 WW'lsteucr'ftllOOOIIllimil— 13 



J Wolstencroft 100111111110111—13 Liudley 11111 01 1 1 10.11 00—10 



.First money (Mso sf coud from previous event.i won tjy McMur- 

 chy; second by Sigler; third divided. 



At this stage of the proceedings the party scented .some excellent 

 baked beans and fragrant coffee, and not a shot more would any 

 one Arc until they had paid homage to (he cooking of mine host 

 Enoch n. MiDor'.s good frau. Ouoa thiH task was completed, the 

 party was ready for biisines.s, the .screens and target-traps were-, 

 removr.d and (ho live-bird traps put in position. The lirst event 

 on tl:e regular progi-auiiue was at U live birds, Hurlingham rules, 

 $fi entry, 4money6, ties div. The result: 



Lindsley 12212-5 A Rust 111L2-5 



Sigler 11223—5 McMurchy 11011—4 



W Wolstencroft 1,2113-5 Miller 11210-4 



J Wolsteuc rof t 211.21—5 Apgar , loo22— 3 



C M Hedden 12122—5 Francis 1102<1— 3 



l<;ventNo. 2, 7 birds, $7 pntry, 4 moneys, tlea div.: 



Sigler 222 1221-7 R ust 1103110-5 



W W ols ten croic 1131131-7 W S Canon 1130023 - 5 



Hedden 2112233—7 Lindsley. 0322220—5 



J Wolstencroft 1112111—7 McMurchy 1021010—4 



Apgar 3133111-7 Pranois - . . .01ol210-4 



Miller 10331 11—6 W Terry 130o013— 4 



Event No. 3, 5 live birds, $5 entry, second-barrel kill to count 

 one-half a bird, ties div.: 



McMui-chy...,. 1 1 



Rust m. 



Lindsley... I 



Canon . , 1 o 



Sieler 1 }4 



WWolst'ncr'ft 1 0 



1 on 



'ill 



1—3 

 1-3 



til 



- ,^ l—iVi Hedden % 



>/> 1 1-i Francis I 



1^1-4 Miller. o 



1 1 1-4 Apgai-... o 



1 1 0-31^ J Wolst'ncrofl)^ 



. 10 1-3 



Event No. 4. 10 birris. SIO entry, 4 moneys: 



J Wolstencroft ....2111131111—10 Sigler ,1213011123- ii 



Rust 13121o333l- 9 McMurcby 1100333111-8 



Miller 2133111102- 9 Hedden 1002122231—8 



Lindsley .0.2,31312.311-9 Apgar 0121112102-8 



W Wolstencroft , , ,110llL2222— 9 Francis 1100011321- 7 



Apgar, being obliged to leave for home, drew bis pro rata of 

 third money, Hedden and McMurchy shooting tlte balance off, 

 miss and out, in the nest event. Second was dtv. 



Lindsley 3;il3l-5 W Wolstencroft 12330—4 



Hedden .1 1221—5 Francis 12o31-4 



J Wolstencroft ..11123—5 Rust 11020-3 



Sigler.. 21111-5 Canon 11200-3 



McMurchy. 13101-4 Miller 10001-2 



All ties div.: third from the previous event was won by Hedden. 



C.H.T. 



Small-Bore Work. 



WblunotON, Dee. 19.— There was a good attendance at the 

 grounds of the Wellington Gun Club to-day, and the conditions 

 were favoraiOe for the sport. "Choate" is doing some fine shoot- 

 ing with a 30-bore gun, having an average of over 90 per cent. 

 The gun seems to be equally good for doubles, and appears to 

 have grratev penetration than the 10 and 12-bores. Several of the 

 experts have taken a fancy to the small gun, and no doubt several 

 of them will he in use as soon as they can be made to order. 

 The winners in the several sweepstake matches follow: 

 Six targete: Cook and Rockey; 3 pair targets; Cboate, Gore end 

 Cowee; S targets: Gale and Rockey; 6 targets: Gore. Cook and 

 Gale; 3 pair targets: Choate: 5 targets: Rockey; 6 targets: Snow, 

 Gore and Rockey; 10 targets: Snow, Choate, Rockey and Ciook; 6 

 targets: Cook and Gore; 3 pair targets-; Cowee. Cnoate and Snow; 



5 targets; Cook, Gale a" d Rockey; 6 target.=: Cowee, Gore. Snow 

 and Bradstreet; 3 pair targets: Cook and Snow; 5 targets: Choate; 



6 targets: Gore, Snow and Bradstreet; 5 pair targets: Gale and 

 Gore; 5 pair targets: Gore; 5 pair targets; Choate. 



Elliott vs. Pilkingrton. 



Jim Pilkingion, old-time oarsman, wks beaten in an imeTfsting 

 match shoot at kingbirds by -Jack Elliott, of Pelham, N. Y., on 

 Manhattan Field, looth street, New \'ork. on the afternoon of 

 Dec. 22. The men tied at 76 out of a iw-ssible 100 kills, and in the 

 supplementary shoot the score was 33 to 30 yUs in farar of Elli- 

 otti who will receive a S50 trophy to ba pild for the lo3er. 



CHICAGO TRAPS. 



Chicago, lU., Deo. 18.— It is likely that a mai-ch between Ne.w 

 York or Philadelphia and Chicago may result this winter, or 

 rather one between some crack private club of one of thrse cities 

 and a similar orgaui7;at{on of this city. Negotiations of a quiet 

 nature are now progressing with that end in view. 



It is further likely that a ehallonge will be issued from this city 

 before loEg, asking Fulford and Brewer to show 'vaupe why they 

 should not come out Uere and be beaten by 1 wo Chicago shooters, 

 not yet named here, hut both of whom have been very lightly 

 named by Mr. Brewer s.s not in the le.ast worthy to be meuttoned 

 in the same breath with him, Mr. Brewer, Some Chioaso money 

 will go up, in the hope that that will be good enough for Mr. 

 Brewer and Mr. Fulford. 



Jack Winston, of St. Louis, still threatens to oome. to Chicago. 

 We have the grip here now, aud the smoke nuistiijce. and poor 

 street oar facilities, but I euppos'i the greatness ' f a, city neces- 

 snrily carries penalties. Mr. Winston is figuring how many dozen 

 birds out of a hundred he can beat Roll Organ, or Jim Elliott, or 

 Brewer, or anybody. 



Tom Marshall, ot Keithsburg, was here this week. He says if 

 Rudd, Parmalee, Winston and a few others get together here in 

 J anuary, he wiU come back and go into some 60-bird sweepstakes 

 with them. 



The new gun which the Chicago shooters presented to Henry 

 Klelnman has at length, after very long wait, arrived. It is a t% 

 lis. 12-gauge Grt ener, and if it shoots to suit Henry will please 

 him perfeeAly. He has not yet shot it, 



A-eingular match was shot Thursday between Mr. C. D. Gam- 

 mon and Mr. Geo. T, Farmer. As the Fcoves will show, Mr. 

 Farmer lost 9 birds out of his first 20, Mr. Gammon then leading 

 him 7 birds, and the race beiuff for only 50 birds. Mr. Farmer, 

 liowever, killed 29 out of his last 30, running hi.s last 24 straight, 

 and tied the score. Such a gather is not often seen. The follow- 

 ing is the score of that match: 



Geo T Farmer. . .0012oo21232.l00.)322o0132;j20221 2333131221.72221222332-40 

 O D Gammon. ...2122iail3112S221103000110311021210131.130o333130213-40 



E, Hou&H. 



Booming Guns at Burnside. 



Watson's Park,- Bnmaide, 111., Dec. 1.5.~The following is th" 

 score made here to-day by Oapt. A. C. Anson vs. .J. L. Wncox, 50 

 live birds, $100 a sirii'. American Association vuies; 



Capt Anson 20222201222o011212loo231 21333^222 l23222l2210'i33113-43 



J L Wilcox .222202f)01oll202111311111221032!210 1211 1222101o13- 39 



Same day, 25 live birds, 835 a sine, C. R. L ? i =, B. White: 



C E Latshaw. 321 : ;:':::il3S22g— 22 



B White 20 i2-'221o20-l9 



Same day, 10 live birds, $10 a side, K. :j. K'^ik^:,. id G. T. Sid- 

 way: 



R O Heikfes 2221221333-10 



G T Sidway.., 1231011112— 9 



Same thing over: Ties. 



R O Heikes - 0112311133-9 13Zl3-o 



G T Sid way 1303111281-9 02020-S 



o Dead out of bounds, ■ 



Dee. i?.— Fort Dearborn Gun Club, 15 live birds, American Asso- 

 ciation rules: 



Capt Anson. . .101131222231221—14 ■■>'0 E Lat8ha,w.O1113O0313ir2203-10 



J E Price 000310320002201- 7 C D Gammon. ^012211101 131123— 13 



C B Dicks 100111312120010-10 G Kleinman. ..I(30l)12212213211— 13 



*G T Sid way.. 112111121113111- 14 

 Anson wins medal. Not members. 



Twenty Peoria blackbirds for medals: G. Kleinman 16, Capt. A. 

 C. AnsoTi 13, 



Dec. IS.— Chicago Shooting Club, 20 live birds, Illinois State 

 rules: 



At water.. 2,3311231 11 2101121011— 18 F'.imer ..2l22,*2220l0ll200010— 13 



Wads w't b33112132(0JO22232221— 16 *Duks 23322233322231122011-19 



*AnBon ... 1 13233,2212301011203 ! -17 * Latsliaw ,23102321321220033113 -17 

 M J Eich .31131101131211001311—17 ^•Edmoa<lsl3121131llI212321ill— 20 

 Hutcho''n3H10220t«n00ll liiai— 12 GKlei 'm'n2301i20;illl2oi211101— 16 

 *Dioks . ..2220310130210i20101g^1a E M Stsckr>CO202:ill0(JlC312i2-14 

 Mussey . . .22203201122003113120-15 

 A. J. Atwatar won medal. 



Tvventy-five .'peoria blackbird'* for medal: &.. J. Atwater 20, 

 Geo. Kleinman 13, M. X Eich 19, *Oapt, A. C. Anaoti 20, 3. M. 

 Stpok 17. * Not memboi's. 



Dec. i9.— Match for the birds, high man out free, next 20 per 

 eent., next 30 per cent., next 50 per cent, of the price of the birds: 



S Palmer t10031320033301U11100003l-45 



S P Hicks 1311102001110231000233121-18 



Cop 0230211003310201020211111-17 



O B Shoots 0100200002210200000120023-10 



Ravelbiqg. 



Brooklyn Trap ShooterSt 



Bmooklyn, Dec. 16.— A remarkable score was made by Adam 

 Eupig at the shoot of the Coney Island Rod and Gun Club at 

 Woodlawn Park to-day. He won the diamond badge, emblematic 

 of the club's best shooter, by a straight score of 34, beating Dick 

 Dwyer, one of the best shots on Long Island, out hy one bird, be- 

 sides others like L. T. Davenport, Fred Quimby, Charley Morris, 

 C. Platte, De Van Ord. and "Uncle" Jim Voorhees. The second 

 prizi was tied for bv eight men with 0 out of 7. I. Hyde, L. Bpptg, 

 M. ,1. Kearn'^y and S. W. Northruige divided it. F. McLaughlin, 

 t he president's son. was beaten oiie bird. It w.-ig his second at- 

 tempt at the traps, and he bids fair to rival some of the good 

 shots of the club. 



The regular monthly shoot of the Emerald GUin Club at Dexter 

 Park, Long Island, tc-lay was not a success in point of sport. 

 Although the twenty-one shooters had a very meditim lot of birds 

 to shoot at there was no straight score made, Dr. Klein, who woh 

 the gold medal in Class B with 9, was the only one to show any 

 form. This is the second time in succession that he has won. G. 

 T. Henry won in Class A with 9, The shoot was at 10 live birds, 

 Emeruld Gun Club rules, gun below the elbow, the use of both 

 barrels. 



Dec. f7.— The Falcon Gun Club had its regular monthly shoot at 

 Dexter Park to-day;. President H. H. Miller and G. MoUer were 

 away sliooting quail, and only three members put in an appear- 

 ance to shoot for the club medal. The shoot is at 10 live birds, 

 Falcon Gun Club rules, gun below the elbow, a bird killed with 

 second barrel scored aa half a bird. .John Vaght shot in good 

 form, and won with a scoro of 8. He did not use his second bar- 

 rel. J. MoUer's score was 7 and J. Bohline'g 0},^, A sweepstakes 

 at 5 birds each, 38yds. rise, was won by J. Vaght with 4, J. Moller 

 3><;, J.Bohling 3. 



The fixture of the Manhattan Gun Club at Dexter Park to-day 

 clashed with the Falcon Gun Club, so they shot before the Fal- 

 cons. The first event on the programme was a match between M. 

 Lichtenberger, J. B. Hoffman and A Lucas. They shot at 30 live 

 birds each, 28yda. rise, n>oditied Long Island rules, .S50 each. The 

 birds were good ones and the suorei were not as good as thev 

 might be. Lichtenberger and Hoffmaii liilled IS each to Lucas's 11. 



A match for $5 was shot by Messrs. Jaeger a,ud St&.aley at a 

 birds. Stanley won by a score of 3 to :i, 



Dec. IS. — The Linden Grove Gun Club, which is rapidly coming 

 to the fore as one of the gun clubs on Long Island, had its regular 

 monthly shoot at Dexter Park to-day. The next meeting of the 

 club will he held on Monday, when such good shooters as Adam 

 Eppig, J . Shevliu and T. Short will be proposed. Peter Eppig. 

 the president of the club, is determined to make the club a suc- 

 cess And it looks as if bo will do it. The regular shoot of the clnh 

 is at 7 live birds each, modified Hurlingham rules. Miller had a 

 fine lot of birds at the shoot yesterday and the first shooters got 

 the worst of it. The president, F. J. Eppig. and J. Link killed 6 

 out of 7 and shot off for the club medal. Link killed 3 and won. 

 J. Bunnelwon the second medal with 5, there bsing no com- 

 petitor in the class. 



Dec. Ja. -AVbat was expected to be a quiet little private match 

 between Capt. C. Jaeger, of the Ridgewood Gun Club, and G. 

 Knenig^f the Independent Schuetzen Company of Brooklyn was 

 shot at Woodlawn Park, L. I., this afternoon. The conditions 

 were 26 Uvp birds each, 25yds. rise, modified Hurlingham rules. 

 ,?50 aside. Blattmacher sent down some good birds and the scores 

 were not large in consequence. Capt. Jaeger killed 20 to Koenig'P 

 seventeen. 



On the Claremont Range. 



B.4.YONNE, N. J., Dec. 19.— Those memiiers of the New Jersey 

 Shooting Club who faced the traps this afternoon did remarkably 

 good shooting. There were eight matches, first prizes in seven of 

 which were carried oft' hy men who did not mins a bird. The 

 targets were bluerock clav pigeons, pprung from five strong traps. 

 In the fifteenth match, for the Martin rifle, Mr. Pope's victory 

 ties him with G. De Witt Smith, who has also won three matches. 

 There were several ties left undpcided, prizes being divided. 



Cleveland. 



The regular shoot of the East End Gnn Club was li^ld tUia 

 (Dec. 17) afternoon at their traps with the following result: Carr 

 20, Murray 21, Caid 11, Wherry 23, Barne 13, Rudolph 26, Sterling 

 33, C. Cramer 1, Tamblyn 25, J. Snow IL Ei worthy 34, 



