July 14, 1892.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



41 



By- the Sounding Sea. 



Atlantic City and the board walk are familiar to sightseers the 

 world over, and no matter from what clime a tourist hails he has 

 not "done" the country until he has seen them. At this season 

 Atlantic City is especially attractive. All the hotels are running 

 full blast; the bathing is superb; the flshinu is flr8t--class; all ihe 

 amusement stands are offering special attractions; the owners of 

 yachts are anxious to do business without taking all theweali.h 

 of the pleasure seekers; Pain's "Sardanapalus" burns regularly 

 three times each week, and last, but not least, the fine grounds oC 

 the Atlantic City Gun Club are open every day, with traps in 

 position, for the use of all comers, and J. Howard Brouse will be 

 found ready to extend the right hand of welcome. Nearly every 

 I day a party drops in and ppends a few hours practicing at the 

 ' artificials. The club house is one of the mO:t attractive both in 

 point of appearance and location of any that the writer has had 

 the privilege of visiting. It is situated on the shores of the Inlet, 

 almost half a mile from ilsmotith. The building, an excellent 

 cut of which accompanies this article, is about '-iSft. square. The 

 veranda, which extends around three sides of the house, is 10, t. 

 I wide. From this can be secured a fine view of the ocean beyond 

 I the Inlet. Directly opposite is Brigantine Shoals, on which are 

 I some attractive clult houses owned by private parties. In the 

 I offing and made fast to the pier are dozens of catboats and sloops 

 } used for pleasure trips and fishing parties. All day long cau 

 I these white-winged fivers be seen scurrying over the waters of 

 i the Inlet and old Mother Ocean. 



I Directly in front of t He trap screens and distant about lOOyds. is 

 I a line of piling, and beyond this can be seen tho hotels above the 

 I Inlet. Adjoining the club grounds on the south is the driving, 

 I running, athletic and base ball park, and still further south the 

 Inlet Park Amusement Company's property which comprises 

 Pain's "vSardanapalus," Ed Travis's rifla range, merry-go-roundg 

 and other attractions. East of this last-nam^d place is Smith's 

 Inlot Hotel and the Pavilion. Sou^h of the Pavilion is seen the 

 nortb end of the board walk, wh'ch is Sdft. wide and three mile" 

 in length. This was erected in 1891 at a cistof $60,000. It tp- 

 placed the old-time walk which was only I8ft. wide. Tnis is "the" 

 promenade of not only this town but of the f ountry as well. All 

 along the "walk" are found amusements galore. Here you find 

 the tin-type fiend; next the Edisonian where at lea.st a f core of 

 phonograpbs resale the cir with sweet strains. Then you can 

 drop in to a Natat"rium and see a number of experts display their 

 skill in feats of daring in ttie water, af ler which you walk in and 

 take a comfortable seat to watch the work on a d zen or more 

 shutfie-boards, all the players being refined people who practice 

 the sport for recireation only. The "elpphant" also comes in for 

 its share of attention. The lofty lighthou-e on Ahfcom Shonls, 

 for whicb the refiectin? glasses cost Uncle Sammy $8,000, is in full 

 view from all parts of the town, and at night its rays can be seen 

 twenty miles away. 



The above an I a thousand and one other attractions, however, 

 were not alone what took the writer and a large number of 

 shooters to the famous watering place and k^-pt them therefor 

 four days last we« k. The prt-mier attrftction was the secoiid 

 annual louruamfnt of the Atlantic Citv Gan Cluo. Tne shoot 

 opened at 9 A. M. on the gloriona Frurth. aud from that time 

 I unt'l near dark on the evening of the 7ch bluerock and Kevstone 

 targets were kept flying ahout. Two s^ts oP 5 traps ea h wer^ 

 used, one Keystone and the other the "expert" with Paul North's 



H. THUHMAN. 



electric pull. The programme was so arranged that each alter- 

 nate event was open for all wiib no bandicaps. In the amateur 



I events the pspt-rts were obligp.d to shoot frrm unknown tr«p . 

 AU the amaieui- event'' were at bluerock targets, while the open- 



I for-Hli eve"ts were at Keystones. 



I The attendance on the opening day was much better than was 

 anticip'Jted, the^e bping close to 30 entries in the regular events 

 I The shooters ame from various part- of the country and a num- 



Iber brought their families along. Amnne them wei-p Milton P 

 Lindsley and wife ("Wanda") from Hoi^oken, N. J.; Enoch D. 

 Miller and wife, Sprir gQeld, N. J.; VVm Wagner, wife and chil- 

 idren, Washing'^n, D O.; j s. Thurman, Jr.. and wife, Gfrm-^n- 

 (town, P'.; JoR. H. Hunter, wife and child, Wagbine-ton, D. C; 

 k Harry Thurman and wife, German town. Pa.; E. R. M^'Mullen, 

 (Mabau'iv City, Pa.; R. T. 01a» ton, Tamaqua. P i.; J. H. P nn, Dr. 

 iE. C. Myer, Gpo. W. Lemon, R. D. Wrigtit and R, R. Burt, of the 

 .'Wand ilicy Gun Club, Wbet-lmg, VV. Va.; Gns E. Grit flf, of New 

 York: J. W. Tredwav. H. L. David, E. W. David and Wm. Gar- 

 vin, of Phiadelphia, Pa. 



While the shoot was generally supposed (ohe under the auspices 

 of the Atlantic City Gun Club, and the members of said club were 

 more than willing to be credited with the afl'air, it was very no- 

 ticeable that the club members were cinepicuous by their absence, 

 all the active work being done by Hai-ry Thurman, J. Howard 

 Brouse, Wm. Garvin atid Enoch D. Miller. Although the club 

 has over thirty members, there were not enough on hand to take 

 part In the management. In the events al=o verv few of the mem- 

 bers' nam" 8 appear. In order that the gpueral reader may judge 

 for himself as to how liberally the club offl' ers and members sup- 

 ported thf ir own venture, we append a list of rfficers, memherK 

 ^nd associate members, sn that thpy may be compared with the 

 list of shooters in each dav's events. 



President, L. R. Adam?; Vice-President, A. C. Griscom; Secre- 

 tary and Treasurer, R C. Griscom; Trustees, Chris. Sander, R. 

 Stroud, Wm. Riddle; Captain, Charles Minprd. 



Members; Geo. Thompson, 8. Lillie, T. Wilson, Duke Smith, 

 John Clark, George McCormirk, H. Pastoll, C. Marsden, John E. 

 Mehrer, Adolph Schlechr, L. P. Scott, G^o. Cluin, E. L. Plum, Dr. 

 J. D. Leckner, Fred. P. Currie. William Riddle, Daniel Sander, 

 William Raun. C. Herold. J. li. Young. Prank Smith, J. Everett 

 iVlehrer, Jr., Charles Whippey, William A. Bell, R. Barlovv, E. L. 

 Griscom. 



Associate Members: Charles Gale, William Muhlrod, Dr. A. L 

 Helmbold, E. L. Robinson, L. T. Brooks, E. A. Htbbs, D. John- 

 ston, Dr. William Wright, W. H Vanest, Phil J. Leigh, Louis 

 Groil, Mr. Godshalk, J. Howard Brouse. manager. 



The weather on the openiae day was delightfully cool and 

 the light perfect. The targets and traus worked fairly well 

 a'jd the shooting was up to the average. During the afternoon a 

 large number of ladies visited the grounds to encourage the 

 shooters. In the evening some wpnt to see the burning of Sarda- 

 aapalua. while others passed thp time in patrolling the board 

 walk or in other ways soueht to kill time Balow are the scores 

 of the first day's events: Ten bluerocks (amat-ur), $1 entrance; 

 16 Keystones, open to all. $150; 10 bluerocks (amateu') $1; 10 

 Keystones, open to all. $3; 10 bluerocks (amateur) $1; 20 Key- 

 stones, open to all, S3 .50; 16 bluerocks (imateur), $1.50; 1& Key- 

 stones, open to all, gl.oO; 10 bluerocks (amateur), |l; 15 Keystones, 

 open to all, $1..50, 



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opened with a cool breeze and a haze in the air which boded well 

 for H good shooting dav. This rmmise "as fuxfi >d, the con- 

 ditions being almo.-t perfect up to the firing of the last shot. 

 There were several new comeis, among them b ing Eddy ColUnf 



>f We«t Hobnken, N. ,L: Neaf Apgar of Plainfieid, N. J.; Dr 

 Jauips Wolstencroft the no'Pd specialist of Frankford, Pa.; W 



I. Wolsteu' roft also of Frankfcd; "'Tew Kay" Keller of Plain- 

 flpld, N. J. and W. C. Clarke of Alioon», Pa. 



Ttb atti-ndanee was ah ut the same as on the opening day and 

 a very pleasant time was spent, the shootine; beirg continued 

 until dark. During thp day the team of the Phlh-df'lrhia Shoot- 

 'ng Association shot its score in the te^m match, rolling up the 

 handsome aggregate of 114 breaks out of 125 targets shot at. 

 When thp member" left <he score tLev were heartily congratu- 

 la'ed upon their work and b-ts Wfre nflered that ^he score would 

 not be hpaten. during the n' xi two days. The result of the second 

 dav's work is here shown: 



No. 1, 10 Keystonps ( ma*eur). pn+rance $I; Vo. 3, 15 bluprncks, 

 ppen to ^ll, entrance $1 50; No. 3 10 Keysfones (<imatPtiT), entrance 

 $1; No. 4. 20 hluerocK'. op> u to pIi, tntr.ince $3; No. 5, 10 Keyston s 

 (»matpur), pu'rance 51; No. 6. 20 bluerocks, ( p=n to «lj, e-^trance 

 S3.60; No. 7, 15 Kevst( up.^ (amatf-ui). enrrancp SI 50; No. 8, 15 blu« - 

 cocks, open to all, entrance 81.50; No. 9. lOKevstoms (amaieut), 

 entrance $1; No. 10, 15 bluerocks, open to all, entrance SI 50. 



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Extra No. 1, 10 singles, $1 entry: Hunter, Apgar and Collins 10 

 each, HathersaU, Davis, W. Wolstencroft and E. D. Miller 9 each, 

 Lindsley, H. Thurman, Dav'd, Clayton, Hunter, Wagner, Penn 

 and Tredway 8 each, Budd, Garvin and French 7 each 



Extra No. 3, 15 singles, S1.50 pntry: Hunter, Tre'^way and Penn 

 10 each, W. Wolstencroft. Wagner and E. D. Miller 14 each, 

 Thomas, Wris-ht and Budd 13 each. Landis. Clark. Apgar, Hath • 

 ersall and Collins 12 each, Ciavton and D^vid 11 each, J. W. Wol- 

 stencroft 10, Keller, Lane andF. Miller 9 each. 



Extra No. 3, 15 singles, $1 50 entry: Penn. Hunter, Waeuer and 

 Thomas 15 each, Tr^dwa.v 14, Collins and Landis 13 each, Clark. 

 Budd, Hathersall. Apgar, Wright and Ola>ton Vi each, Grieff 10, 

 Wanda and Keller 8 each. E. D. Miller 7. 



Extra, No. 4, 10 singles, $1 entry: Apgar 10, Collins, Wright and 

 Wagner 9 each, Brousp, Clayton, Thurman, Clark, Landis and 

 Thomas 8 each, David, Tredwav, E. D. Miller and J. W. Wolsten- 

 croft 7 each. Lane 6, Wanda 4. 



Extra No. 6, 5 pairs. $1 entry: Apgar 10, Wagner and Brouse 9 

 each, Landis 8, Thurman, Rice, Tredway, E. D. Miller and Clay- 

 ton 7 each, Clarke and Thomas 5 each, 



A ORKAT BOWIjING MATCH. 



On the evening of Tuesday a large number of local and visiting 

 shooters, accompanied by a party of friends, went to i he Bruns- 

 wick Bowling Allejs, the attraction being a ten-frame match 

 same between teams of five men each representitig Atlantic Cit.y 

 and the visitors, arrangpd by the tournamant managers- The 

 alleys on which the match was rolled was in fairly good condition 

 and of regulation length. The pins, however, wire not spotted 

 according to regulations. Previous to the start of the game 

 Feveral impromptu matches were rolled by the shooters and their 

 friends, and some nice scores resulted. Everybody was in a holi- 

 day humor, and although the majority were pretty tirtd after 

 their all-day's shoot they heartily enjoyed the sport. 



It was 9 o'clock when the great championship match was started, 

 the teams being as follows: 



Atlantic City team: W. Leigh, L. R. Adams, captain, A. C. 

 Gri.'comb, W. Chew and J. Clark. 



Visitors' team: M. F. Linrisiey, C. H, Towns? nd, J. H. Hunter, 

 Harry Thurman and T. H. Keller, captain, 



Mr. Webster, of New York, was impressed into service a» 

 umpire. From the start it was conceded that the home team 

 had a decided advantage in being accustomed to the alleys to 

 which the visitors were utter strangers. LTndor the circum- 

 stances the only wonder was that ttie mart;in in favor of the 

 Atlantic City contingpnt was not greater than 80 pins. The full 

 score of the match is given below, an asterisk (*) denoting a strike 

 and a dagger (+) a spare. 



1 S 



Atlantic City Team. 

 A 5 6 



Leigh 10 £0 50 79 98 108 137 151 177 193 



Adams... 30 *7 44 64 93 120 128 135 173 179 



Griscomb.. 7 20 29 39 51 67 87 113 130 133 



* + * + * * 



Chew 20 33 43 .53 72 81 101 119 1-7 14" 



+ ♦ + + + * + « 



Clark 10 30 50 68 88 105 115 135 155 172 



67 150 216 308 401 t8l 561 673 761 833 



7 8 0 10 Strikes Spares B'ks 



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Visitors' Team. 



■t * + 

 Lindsley.. .16 33 42 51 68 74 83 93 101 120 1 3 f 



TownEend.l7 34 54 83 102 115 133 141 158 167 5 3 3 



+ + + » + * + 



Hunter.... 10 19 ,36 57 60 60 100 120 140 155 3 5 3 



+ * •* + 



Thurman. .20 37 48 55 73 83 88 107 116 146 5 3 



-I" + ^ ^ •j' 



Keller 11 31 31 51 76 91 100 113 131 158 4 ;^ 4 



74 126 311 296 369 412 503 553 646 748 17 15 21 _ 



Tburman and Keller did great work on the wiud-up, tho former 

 getting a tripler and the latter a doubter. But for had lu^k in 

 the second and seventh frames t^e ."Scores would have baen much 

 closer. The visitors were pprfectly satisfied, howevei-, with the 

 •showing they made. . . luo 



The Third Day. 



Another perfect stretch of weather, with the same cool breeze 



hich two teams had shot on the preceding day. This drew a 

 number of new men, among whom wern Messrs. Matz. Ritter' 

 Schmelck, Schaaher and Sheele of the Reading (Pa.) Shootiuff 

 Association; Dr. Bristor. of Altoona, Pa., Mr. Burt, of Wheeling; 

 W. Va.; Mr. Royds. of Gprmantown, Pa ; Messrs. Haddon, Auil 

 tEnTuhlandLeaming, of Camden. N.J. Ir has been previoualv 

 stated that on Tuesday, when the Philadelphia contingent rolled 



^_ „ _^■'^'"J^'^oy^A. •j'juLi jjDi vc Jiuu 8B1U DV put- 

 ting up a score of 115, this remaining the top figure in the match' 

 Seven teams In all were entered, each man shooting at 35 larseta' 

 Joseph Thurman, Jr., of the Germantown Gun Club, and J h' 

 Penn, of the Island Citv Gun Club were the only ones to roll' nn 

 clean scores. Harry Thurman. of the Germantowns, E. D. Miller 

 of the Unions, J. H. Tredway and Mr. Lane, of the Pniladelphia'^' 

 scored 34 each. In addition to receiving 30 per cent, of the en- 

 trance money, the winning team was awarded a special prizs in 

 the form of a ^10 eold piece, presputed hy the management 



Theprogrammeeventswereall well filled during the daV and 

 the shooting was first-class. In addition to the pragramme'thf^re 

 weretwoextraeventsshotoff. oneatlOand the other at 15 sin- 

 gles. Below are the team scores in full, and a table showine thp 

 result of the programme events. 



No. 1, 10 Keystor.es (amateur), $1 entrance; No. 3 ISbluernnka 

 (open to all). $L50; No. 3, 10 Keystones (amafpur). »l- 'No S '0 

 bluerocks (open to all), $2; No, 5, 10 Keystonps (amateurs). U- No 

 E',f^''^'iT"'"^^'^^-^e?«° *2 50; No. 7, 15 Keystones (amateursh- 



$1.50; No. 8, 15 bluerocks (open to all), $1.50; No. 9, 10 Kev8toTip« 

 (amateurs), $1; No. 10, 15 bluerocks (ooen to all), |1 50. '^''^-^^^^^^ 



