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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 31, 1892. 



The Miller Rifle Club Team. 



BeIjOW will be found a general descrlntion of the shooting 

 careers of the men who helped win the Fohbpt and Steeam's 

 handsome tropUv emblematic of the New Jersey rifle champion- 

 ship, for the Miller Rifle Club, with a most handsome record, 

 although several clubs were dangerously near. That the Millers 

 are entitled to the trophy is conceded bv every club entered in 

 the tournament, as they met many good clubs with very strong 

 teams. The first man whose career we will present is 



CHABLES .TDDSON. 



In 1848 Charles .Tudson, then a boy of 12 years, was a drummer 

 boy with a company of regulars stationed in Texas. One day 

 during a stroll he stopped at a brook for a drink of water. He 

 was about to arise when several Indians, members of a band who 

 were known to be in the neighborhood, leaped upon him and 

 made him prisoner. For two years he was compelled to stay with 

 them. They endeavored to induce him to remain witli them. 

 Tbey gave him a small rifle and a few rounds of ammunition and 

 they taught him how to shoot game. He made it appear that ne 

 liked the Indians' life, but was ever on the lookout for the least 

 chance for escape. At last his opportunity came. Every evening 

 he would be sent out to bring in the horses of the band of sav- 

 ages. He took a liking to a horse, which lie knew possessed en- 

 durance and speed. The latter equine he mounted, and just as 

 soon as he renched a safe distance from the wigwam he let- the 

 horse out. His ideas of the horse's speed were verified. Upon 

 reaching the neighboring hills he looked around him and saw 

 that a score of the braves were in pursuit. Upon seeing this he 

 gave the borse bis head with the result that they stumbled upon 

 a camp of United States scouts. As he was attired in Indian 

 garb tbey were about to flr'> upon him when he hurriedly cried, 

 "The Indians are coming." As the latter reached the scouts' 

 camping place they 

 turned to retreat but 

 were fired upon with 

 ths result that quite a 

 number were killed 

 and wounded. After 

 remaining with the 

 men a few days he 

 ioined them, enlisting 

 as a scout. He remain- 

 ed with them until 1866, 

 then being 30 years old. 

 In all that time he had 

 never heard from his 

 father or mother. He 

 returned to New York, 

 when, upon the organi- 

 zation of the Zittler 

 Kifle Club, he became 

 one of its members. I^^ 

 all he has shot 135 

 matches with them, 

 they never meeting de- 

 feat. In the Newark 

 Bundesfest five years 

 ago he and two others 

 divided the first, second 

 and third prizps. 

 amoiin ting to $500. He 

 was a member of the 

 Knickerbocker Rifle 

 Club and captnin "f 

 the Seppenfeldt Rifle 

 Club, of New York. He 

 is also one of the organ- 

 izers of the Miller Club. 

 At presput he is giving 

 his "Wild Western'" 

 show in Rockaway. Al- 

 though he is now £6 

 years old, Dave Miller 

 believes'him to be the 

 equal of any marksmen 

 in the United States for 

 all around shooting, in- 

 cluding the rifle, pie- 

 tnl, gun and revolver. 

 Unfortunately Charley 

 .Judson could not be 

 over to be photo- 

 graphed, therefore he 

 IS left out of the group. 



DAVID JULLlllR. 



At 14 vpara of ag«, 

 back in '57, Dave Mil- 

 ler, after taUing a little 

 nrelimtnary, nraotice 

 joined the Christian 

 Mu'^keteers in Long 

 Island.and at their tar- 

 get shoot be took his 

 first prize with an old 

 flintlock musket of his, 

 made in 1813. A few 

 months later he organ- 

 ized the Attorney 

 Light Guards and waa 

 considered one of their 

 best shots. Years latre. 

 in 1876, he, after taking 

 quite an amount of gal- 

 lery practice, helped 

 to organize the Zettler 

 Rifle Club. He has 

 shot 125 team matches 



with them. He has the record for the highest score ever 

 made in prize shooting, 74 out of a possible 75. at the 

 Union Hill Schuetzen Park, in 1W8, distance 200yds. In 

 that year he made i5 out of a possible 75, at a festival of 

 the Seppenfeldt Rifle Club, at a distance of 800ft. In Cook's 

 Park, Brooklyn, he made 74 out of 75 at the same distance. 

 He was a member of the Knickerbocker and Seppenfeldt rifle 

 clubs. During the war he served in the quartermaster depart- 

 ment before City Point and Petersburs. Te-enlisted and went to 

 Nashville, Tenn. In 1871 he joined the Ninth Regiment, serving 

 until 1879. He became a member of the Jersey Schuetzen Corps 

 in 1878 and the Independent Schuetzen Corps, of New York, with 

 whom he made the trip abroad a year or two ago. While there 

 he V on the urn presented by the North German Lloyd Steamship 

 Company at the tenth annual Bundesfest at Berlin to the best 

 American marksmen in attendance. The urn is valued at 3,200 

 marks. His score was 58 out of a possible 60 at a distance of 

 1,030ft. He also won two candelabras given by the City of Berlin 

 and valued at 1,500 marks. To mention all prizes won bv Dave 

 Miller on that trip would be taking up too much space. On Feb. 

 13, with six others, he organized the MiUer Rifle Club, which was 

 named after him. 



L. TOGKIi. 



L. Vogel. who is better known to his intimates as "Birdie." 

 commenced shooting in 1861, taking in numerous target com- 

 panies afl:air8. He has been connected with the Helvetia, HrI- 

 wig, Zettler and Miller Rifle Clubs. Birdie holds the record for 

 the highest score ever made on the target of honor, made in the 

 Union Hill Schuetzen Park, in 1878, 73 out of a possible 75. Dur- 

 ing a tournament on the Helwig's club gallery in 1877 he beat the 

 twenty shot record for 100ft. by getting them (i'lain. from center. 

 The previous recoi-d made by a Mr. Hamiltoni measured 7*i6. 

 Birdie has won numberless prizes, but it is diffictilt to get him to 

 talk of what big shooting he has done. He has shot in numerous 

 matches with the Zettler Club of New York, 



GEORGE S.CHtilCHT. 



George Schlicht is now about thirty-four years old. When a 

 boy in Gutteuberg, he while with target companies as loader of 

 the rifles, would now and then during a lull fire a few shots. 

 This practicing at last brought good results, as to day Gteorge 

 Schlicht is one of the best SOOyds. shooters in the vicinity. He 

 has been a member of the MiUer Club for the past few years, and 

 his boast is that he has never missed a match that the Millers 

 photin,the tour,nament. Jle is well thought of in the Germauia 

 Schuetzen Bund of which he is a membei; 



AUGUST MBYNS. 



August Meyns did his first shooting in '7*} with the Atlantic 

 Rifle Club of Hoboken. In '79 he became a member of the Hoboken 

 Schuetzen Corps. Three times he became their king, that is mak- 

 ing the highest score on the target of honor at the Corps' annual 

 festival. He was one of the organizers of the Miller Rifle Club. 



LOUIS ELACH, 



Louis Flach has been shooting for the nast fifteen years. In 

 1879 he became a member of the Zettler Rifle Club, New York. He 

 has shot in fifty matches witla them and is always considered for 



a first-class score. His record is nearly equal to that of all the 

 well-known cracks. He became a Miller man in 1890. He is one 

 of the most popular marksmen to-day. He is about 32 or 33 years 

 of age. 



ERNEST EISCaEK. 



Ernest Fischer is a comparatively new shooter, he only being in 

 the "biz" for the past five years. Sis first shooting was done as 

 a member of the Miller Rifle Club. He is a most enthusiastic 

 marksman, he fairly being in love with rifle shooting. He ac- 

 ooinpanied the Independent Schuetzen Corps of New York on 

 their trip to Europe. Among other prizes he won a handsome 

 and valuable cup at Bingen on Rhine. He holds the position of 

 treasurer in the Miller Rifle Club. He is 33 years of age. 



FBEDBHICK BUANDT. 



Frederick Brandt has been shooting for the past seven years. 

 In 1887 he became a member of the Miller Rifle Club. In justice 

 to him it can be said that he is one of the Miller Rifle Club's best 

 members, he never missing a shooting or meeting night. He has 

 won numerous prizes and trophies, as he is a clever marksman. 

 He is 35 years old. 



FHEDEBICK LIELL. 



Fredprick Liell commenced shooting ten years ago, when a 

 member of the Hudson Amn teurs. His popularity and efficiency 

 in the holding of his rifle gained him the position of captain thret 

 years latter, '85 to '90 inclusive. Two years ago he became a mem- 

 ber of the Miller Rifle Club. He is about 32 years of age. 



LOUIS SOHL. 



Louis Sohl started in shooting with Fred Liell ten years ago, 

 and proved an adept at once. He has won many prizes in club 



l.ouis Fi.Acir. 



FredK, BaiNW. 



Capt. R. W.;DF.wiiv. 



tournaments and those of other clubs. He became a member of 

 the Miller Club two years ago. He is about 30 years old. 



CAPTAIN RICHARD W. DEWEY. 



Captain Richard W. Dewey was one of the organizers of the 

 MUler Rifle Club, and at the first meeting was elected their cap- 

 tain. This position he has held ever since, as his ability as a 

 hustler has never been questioned. The genial captain becomes 

 really enthusiastic when talking Miller Rifle Club. In credit to 

 him it must be said that he leaves no stone unturned to improve 

 the club's affairs. J. H. Kruse. 



Cincinnati Rifle Association. 



Thk regular shoot of the Cincinnati Rifle Association took 

 place on its range to-'lay (July 17) and the following scores were 

 made, (.'onditions: 200yds., otT-hand, at (he standard target. The 

 shooting was not quite up to the standard, as a strong and fitful 

 12 o'clock wind, varying from 10 to S o'clock, was blowing: 



Gindele 7 8 9 9 8 10 9 8 810-8*5 



0 6 10 (> 9 9 10 10 8 7-84 



7 98977888 10-81 

 Beet 7 9 10 7 7 8 10 8 5 



8 7 U S) 7 8 -7^7 8 

 10 9 « 7 6 10 7 6 ti 



Weinheimpr 9 10 7 10 5 8 6 10 7 



10 6 6 7 7 7 9 10 7 



8e8'9645 10 G 



Houck ,7 7 2 -5 5 8 9 10 8 



Steguer , 3 4 10 



9 6 5 



7 6 6 



Topf 6 8 



7 iO 9 4 10 8 10 5 

 58824964 



1 

 6 



Payue 10 



5 10 3 



7- .MO 



8- 7 ' 

 'L 7 



6 10 



5 9 2 5 



9 6 6 8 



8 7 6 5 



5 7 5 5 



7 4 5 9 



8-79 

 8-77 

 6— 75 



6- 7!5 



o-r7 



7— tiS 



y-70 



5 0-68 



6 10-63 

 6 4-63 

 a , fi-63 

 8 6-fi3 



6-59 

 4-59 

 P-55 



Speth 7 10 8 10 " 



6 7 8 7 



7 10 5 6 



9 10 



6 7 

 8 7 

 8 9 

 6 6 



8 6 8 10-80 



9 JO 9-76 

 9 5 10-Sl 

 8 10 9-75 

 8 9 7-73 



The Elcho Shield. 



London. July IB.— The shooting at the Bisley meeting, which 

 began on Tuesrlay last, was continufd to-day. The number of 

 qualified competitors tor the Queen's prize amounted to nearly 

 3,000, as against 3.050 last year, while that for the St. George's 

 prize was about 2,000. In the contest for the Elcho Shield, which 

 Tdok place to-day, only four points .separated the two leading 

 ti-ams when the Shootiiig closed. The shield was ceptured by 

 Scoilfind, the scores being as follows: Scotland, l,t96; England, 

 1,692; Ireland 1.663. In the shooting for the Kolapore Cup the 

 team representing En«land secured the tmpuv, leading the Cana- 

 dian team, the next higfapst competitor,' by 28 points. The score 

 was as follows: England 684, Canada 663, Guernsey 6.59, Jersey 638. 



New Jersey Rifle Shooting. 



ISpeciallv Revorted for Forest and St^e<im.'] 

 MitjDER Rifle Club, Hoboken, N. J., Captain Richard W. 

 Dewey. Wednesdiy, July 13.— The scores of to-uight are ap- 

 pended below. The conditions were: 10 shots, ofiE-hand, 25-ring 

 target, possible 250: 



P.Miller 25 25 25 25 24 24 24 23 22 22-239 



.J H Kruse 25 25 24 24 24 24 23 33 33 32-236 



F Kloepplng. 25 25 26 24 24 23 23 23 23 20-234 



A Meyns 25 .' 5 24 24 ?3 23 23 33 22 22—233 



W Forkel 25 25 35 35 34 23 23 S3 23 18-231 



H F Meyer 25 25 24 24 24 23 33 23 31 20-230 



H Seltenreich 35 25 24 23 23 23 23 23 20 18—327 



G A Demerest 25 34 24 23 23 i3 23 23 19 19-3^6 



R Roch ..25 34 33 33 22 23 33 33 31 30-324 



H Vanderheyden.... 25 35 24 33 23 21 21 20 30 20—233 



F Kammel 25 35 25 23 22 21 20 20 20 19-220 



G Dunsteadt ; .26 24 23 33 33 31 30 20 17 10—313 



The club has a fair attendance at its weekly shoots, considering 

 the extremely warm weather, a time when it is a most dlflicult 

 matter to get a man to do any rifle shooting. 



Through a local papor, J. H. Kruso^was challenged by Frederick 

 W. Kroeger of the Hoboken Rifle Club, in fact a club member, to 

 what the latter calls a "trick, fancy and dlfHcult shooting match." 

 I'lietfTmer has never dabbled in this sort of shooting, and was 

 therefore surprised. He was, however, induced to accept by sev- 

 ers! friends, and the event takes place Aug. 7 in headquarters, 

 Wisch's Hall, Third and Adams streets, Hoboken. Now Jay H. 

 IS busily engaging his spare time in learning all the looking glass 

 and othpr shots possible. Fred. W. a year ago did quite eome 

 shooting in local amateur entertainments, letting the audience 

 down easy with the nom dc plume of Captain Fred. Leroy. It is 



not yet known who is 

 training Mr. Kroeger, 

 hut he could not find 

 a better one than Gus 

 Thurk, a Miller man 

 and proprietor of a 

 shooting gallery on 



_ — =- ^ —~, Washington street,Ho- 



boken. 



The Miller Rifle Club, 

 of Hoboken, has re- 

 j ceived and accepted a 



I challenge to a 6-men 



I fceaTU match at 200yds. 



on Sunday, the 2l8t 

 ! inst , with a team 



named after a Secau- 

 OUP, N. J., hostelry, 

 known as Tammany 

 Hall. The proprietor 

 of the latter place,Geo. 

 B. Bergkamp, has late- 

 ly fitted up a long 

 range and he took 

 this means of letting 

 the shooting people of 

 tip this way know he 

 is open for business. 

 The MiUer team will 

 consist of Dave Miller, 

 Louis Flach, Ernest 

 Fischer, George Sch- 

 licht and either August 

 Meyns, William Forkel 

 or Frederick Brandt. 

 They will take a stage, 

 leaving the Hoboken 

 ferry entrance, oppo- 

 site the D. L. & W. 

 depot, at 1 o'clock in 

 the afternoon, the 

 match starting at 3. 



The Hoboken and 

 Hansa Rifle clubs have 

 agreed to put the five 

 best men of each club 

 in a team match.which 

 takes place Friday eve- 

 ning. July 29, at the 

 headquarters of both 

 clubs.Third andAdams 

 streets, HobokeUi The 

 teams will be: Hobo- 

 ken-J. H. Kruse, W. 

 F. Dilger, Fred Kloep- 

 plng, Capt. John Yeck 

 and Charles Paasch. 

 Hansa— Otto Schmidt, 

 A. Setter, F. Hepke. L. 

 Wangersheim and Max 

 Klammer. This con- 

 test, it is guaranteed, 

 will be for blood, as 

 there is much friendly 

 rivalry between the 

 clubs. Come down and 

 referee Henry E. B. 



The annual shoot, 

 picnic and summer- 

 night's festivalof the 

 Htilson City Schuet- 

 zeu Company No. 1, 

 Capt. Peter Bluemel, 

 took place at Berg's 

 Pai k, Jersey City 

 Heights, Monday the 11th inst. First Lieutenant Fuller 

 was crowned King of the Festival, he making the highest 

 score on the target of honor. Frfderick Freitag made 

 the second higi^est score. On the ring target the winners 

 wtrf : A. Schmidt, A. Malz. G. Buck, A. Mulbeisen and G 

 Rotthmanu. The winners in the bowling contests were: Henry 

 Peters, Henry Reiser and Adolph Rapp. During the evening 

 dsinclng was a feature. The floor was under the direction of 

 Adolpb Rossy. The company made quite a neat sum of money 

 through the indefatigable efforts of the olflcers and men to make 

 the a flair a success. 



Lady Miller Rifle Club, Hoboken, N. J., President, Mrs. Alson 

 Stadler, Thursday evening. July 14. To-night's scores are ap- 

 pended below. Conditions, 10 shots, rest, 25 ring target; possible 

 250: 



Miss K Born 25 25 25 35 24 24 24 24 35 23—343 



Mrs J Vogel .25 25 35 25 25 24 24 24 33 31—241 



Miss L Prien 25 25 35 25 25 24 24 24 23 31—340 



Miss L Miller 25 35 25 25 24 24 24 23 33 32-240 



Miss M Miller 25 25 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 32—239 



Mrs Stadler. 25 25 25 24 24 24 24 34 23 23- 239 



Mrs A Cordis 25 25 25 25 2+ 24 33 33 33 31-338 



Mrs D Miller. 35 25 25 24 24 23 33 23 33 22-236 



Mrs Meyer 25 25 25 35 24 23 33 23 22 21—236 



The interest in the shoot for the handsome silver card basket is 

 still unabated. At present Mrs. Stadler, the president of the or- 

 ganization, leads by a narrow margin. 



Hoboken Rifle Club, Capt. John Yeck, Monday, -July 18.— To- 

 night's scores follow, the conditions being 10 shots off-hand, 35- 

 ring target, possible 250: 



Capt Yeck 35 25 25 24 24 33 23 «3 18 17-227 



J H Kruse.....:.: .........25 24 23 23 22 33 22 33 18 18-319 



W F Dilger. : 25 25 24 33 33 33 21 31 18 18-319 



F Kloepping : 35 25 34 24 23 21 20 30 18 17-217 



Chas Paasch .35 36 34 23 23 21 30 19 18 18-216 



r.. voiiKi,. 



F W Kroeger.. 



i 23 23 23 33 21 31 20 20 19— 316 



M Raedeger 35 34 24 34 23 20 20 30 18 16—214 



A Dahl. " 25 34 23 23 22 33 31 31 16 15— Si3 



J Schneider ; 35 33 33 23 38 23 31 18 18 17-213 



As a glance above will suflice, it will be noticed that poor 

 scores were the rule this evening. This was due to the poo.v 

 light, which will be attended to at once. The club will sooa 

 inaugurate a medal shoot among the members after the club has 

 been divided into several classes. 



The Palipade Rifle Club recently had an outing to Schaefer'e 

 Park, West Hoboken. The members enjoyed themselves hugely, 

 as an unusually eflicient committee had the arrangenients in 

 hand. George W. Graf captured first prize in the target of honor 

 shoot. : , 



August Meyn's shooting range, 433 Washington street. Ho- 

 boken. now has four rifle clubs who make it their headquarters, 

 jjfi follows: Wednesday, Miller; Thursday. Lady Miller; Friday, 

 Friday Njght and Saturday, the shooting club'of the Sixth Bat- 

 taliou. Gemani^i Sehuety,8H Bund, The ranges are models of 

 neatness, Jay H. Kay, 



