40 



FOREST AND STREAM 



fjDLY 14, ISSa. 



gauge, but he does uot get his birds any closer to tb« trap. Now- 

 aday?, f ven withi the gun-below-the-shoulder riile, tiie gun i«! 

 practieaUy at the shoulder wheu the trap is sprung, and ths 10- 

 gauge mm gets on practically as quick as ihe 12. A study of the 

 June tournament would go far toward showing this, physical 

 differences of shooters duly considered. 



1 tear the able editor at bar is rememliering the old days of gun- 

 below-the-elbovr-sbooting, when he was so ardent a 12-bore man. 

 A greater difference it) the qutcknei^s of handling the two arms 

 existed then, and a less need of handicap. To-day there is Ipss 

 difTerence in quiclsDess In gettirg oji, and therefore a greater 

 need of handicap. Yet what does our able editor do? lasteadof 

 recognizing this facr, which cannot he avoided, he reverses the 

 actual case for purely selSsh and pDlitic reasons, bars all handi- 

 cap just when a handicao is actually needed, goes back a hundred 

 J ears into the past, gets himself into an absurd position in trying 

 to cover all his difCerent policies, and then seeks absolution 

 through an explanation whose abstrrdity will attract more pity 

 than the original mistalie, which might have been excused by the 

 frank avowal, ' Gentlemen, I want popularity w'th you all, 10s, 

 13s and everybody else, and I will fortgo thought, progress, 

 record, or anything else for that immediate purpose." 



The closing sentences of thtsremarkable editorial utterance are 

 as follow?; 



' Therefore, the quick shot has been developed, ajid the majority 

 of birds are killed within 40yds. 



"To do this and meet the changed conditions at the trap, the 

 gun must be hBudled quickly, and the light 13-gauare is the gun 

 only with which it can be done. It can, therefore, be seen that 

 the man with the lO-gauee gun is handicapped, for he cannot pns- 

 Fibly cover a bird as quickly as his equal in skill can with the 12- 

 giuge; and it wouJd be the rankest rot for any one to claim that 

 at 40vds. the 12-gauge will not kill any bird that the lO-gauge will 

 kill." 



So we are informed that the "light 13-gauge is the gun only 

 ["only gun" was probably meant] with which this can be done." 

 Really, the 10-gauge men will feel their toes stepped upon, will 

 they not? The able handler of two policies should be more care- 

 ful with his feet. And how about tne 16-gaugeaf Are they not a 

 "gun only" also with which this can be done? Is not a 16 gauge as 

 easily handled as a 12-gauge? If it can "be seen that the man 

 with the 10-gauge gun is handicapped," should not the man with 

 the 12-gauge gun be penalized"? And if the man with the 13 gauge 

 gun should be penalized, should not he with the IS gauge be pen- 

 alized still more? In short, should not the 16-bore stand at 

 33yds., the 12 at 30yds. and the 10 at 2Syds.y These are some of the 

 plain and logical conclusions to which so absurd a system of rea- 

 soning must bring us. The whole labored article reduces itself to 

 an absurdity. 



Therefore it proves nothing. 



With one statement of the article in question I can not for- 

 bear asklns space to file a speciQc exception. It quotes itself as 

 follows: "The battle of the bores has passed into history, and has 

 not to be fought now. It lasted many years, a-^ d ended in a vic- 

 tory for the 12-gauge gun." 



I do not conceive that there has been any battle of the bore?, or 

 that there has been any "victory for the 13-gautje gun." I do 

 not conceive that there has been any victory for any gause, 

 although thfi r2-gauge is the practical standard of to-day. I con- 

 ceive that there has been a battle over the question of a handicap 

 between different gauges, and that th^ necessity for such ahandi- 

 cap has been accepted all over the world, long ago. It is ridicu- 

 lous to fight that fight; over again. It is 



ONE HtrNDHBD YEAES BEHIND THE TIMES. 



It is ridiculous for any man, especially one who would pose as 

 an authority, to gratuitously suppose that this fight has not been 

 fought, when all the world knows better. Indeed, it is almost 

 waste of time, almost threshing of old straw, to go over this re- 

 ply in seriousness. It is digoifying the ciupstion too much. The 

 principle of handicap is all of it that should be recognized. I 

 have no right to say that one gauge is better than another. T 

 believe a man has a right to shoot a 10-gaugs if he likes, or a 

 13 or a 16. Destroy personal preference and you destroy sport. 

 But destroy handicap and you destroy spnrt with equ'jl and with 

 speedier fataluess. Ir, is a principle as old as the Mexican plains, 

 as the Arabian deserts, as the R'jman hills. It is recognized 

 perforce in every form of sport, for the principle of fair play is 

 only another form of the prine pit of handicap. Every shooter 

 in America and every shooter in the "purely local" organization 

 of the Illinois Sta^e Sportsmen's Association must on thought 

 admit it. It is a principle that cannot be explained away even 

 by a writer who is careful and logical, far 1 as by one who is 

 unguarded, uncandid and illogical. It Is the purblind abandon- 

 ment of so well-established a principle which makes deplorable 

 this action of the Association at this most momentous time. It 

 is not in any sense a contest of the 12-gauge against the 10. 



The facts in regard to the adoption of this rule seem to be as 

 follows: There was great discussion at the convenlion and the 

 10-gauge men, irate In advance at a merely supposed attempt of 

 the committee to force a heavy handicap upon them— an attempt 

 never really made, for a compromise, naming the old handicap, 

 was offered during the discussion— waxed all the more indignant 

 as the talk advanced. An ardent believer in the 13-gauge arose 

 and said that he thought a man who shot a 10-gauge handicapped 

 himself— a statement which is both true and untrue, since it can- 

 not be made general in its application, the individual man not 

 being a constant factor. Quick as a flash, upon hearing ihis 

 statement, an inspiration came to the mover for this remarkable 

 rule and writer of this remarkable article in its defense. It was a 

 strong 10-gauge crowd. Ten-gauge dollars were good. It would 

 be a great stroke to make capital with— the 10-gauge men also. 

 The no-handicap scheme would do it! Enough. The motion was 

 made. No handicap whatever, gentlemen, that ought to be fair 

 for all. The members, such as were left present, for it was now 

 late, were tired, disgusted, reody for anvthing. No handicap, 

 gratlemen, that ought to he fair for all. The weary disputants 

 did not detect the sophistry. With a whoop the motion carried. 

 There was no wisdom in its making, there was no deliberation in 

 its acceptance. 



What men do in their haste they undo at their leisure. 



E. HOXTGH, 



Towanda Gun Club Shoot. 



ToW.A^UDA, Pa., July 9.— An ideal afternoon for trap shooting 

 was July 4 on the grounds of the Towanda Gun Cluh, and a num- 

 ber of would be target smashers came to take adva ntage of it. 

 W.K.Park of Wilkesbarre, Pa., representing the Williesbarre 

 Gun Ho., was as usual one of the first to appear on the scene 

 loaded to "break em all." Look at the scores and see how he did 

 it. Joe Adams of Waverly, N. Y., came down but as he neglected 

 to bring bis reliable Scott gun could muke no straights. McOor- 

 mick of Ithaca, N. Y., who is a steady shot came to the front in 

 fine form. Dr. Keyes of Williwanna. Pa., always attends our 

 tournaments, but complained of making an unusual number 

 of "gooseeggs." In fact the shooting was rather difiieult for all. 

 Among other shooters from out of town were: Chas. Arm=itrong 

 of Arnot, Pa.; JoelParrott of Scranton, Pa ; Wm. Tynpll of Orwell, 

 Pa ; Hamaker, F. Welles and N. Welles of Wyalusing.Pa.; Griffith 

 of Foot-of-Plane, Pa,; James Emery of Evergreen, Pa. (Propri- 

 etor Evergreen Kennels); Montanye, Snider, Brown and Dittrich 

 represented tee home oluh. The shooting was from two bluerock 

 and one Keystone trap, rapid firing system, birds thrown hari and 

 varying somewhat in flight owing to trappers having trouble in 

 setting traps. Sweeps were aO and 75 cents entrance, 10 single 

 targets each except last two. Score as follows: 



1 S 3 J, 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 



Armstrong 1 6 6 6 7 6 



Sayder 6 5 6 7 9 ,5 10 8 7 8 10 



Purrell 4 .5 C 7 , 



Parrott 5 ,5 4 7 3 4 3 7 5 7 



Montanye 10 7 9 7 8 9 8 8 8 9 9 



McCormick 8 7 5 7 8 8 7 9 



Adams 5 5 7 5 7 5 8 0 . . .. 



Park 5 7 6 6 8 8 7 7 8 8.. 



Dimock 2 .. 2 



Keyes 3 7 5 7 6 8 9 4 7 7 5 



Brown 4 4 4 



F Welles 5 5 4 . . 5 . . 8 6 



Hamaker 3441.. 5 865 



J Emery 5 



N Welles 4 6 7 4 8 9 .. .. 



Ditf.'-ich- • 5 7.. 7 7 7 8 



Griffith..,. 6 .. .. 4 .. 3 



Turner 5 ■• ' 



Shiner 6 .. .. 



Match 12, 3 doubles: 



Montanye 10 10 10- 3 Snyder 10 10 11— 4 



Keyes 11 00 11— 4 Dittrich 00 11 00— 2 



Hamaker 10 10 11— 4 Parks 10 00 00— 1 



F Welles ,10 11 10 - 4 N Welles 00 10 11— 3 



Match 13, 4 singles and 3 doubles: 



Keyes .1000 11 00 10- 4 Snyder 1101 10 10 10— 6 



Dittrich 1111 00 10 10-8 Parrott 0000 10 10 10—3 



Hamaker 1001 10 1010-5 Turner 10 1100-8 



W. F, DiXTBiOH, Seo'y. 



The Fountain Gun Club. 



WOODL.AWN Park, Gravesend, L. I., Julv 6.— The majority of 

 the members of the Fountain Gun Club did some good shooting 

 for the annual prizes, the best seven averages of the seafon to 

 count, R. Pbister. Jr., the winner of the (llenmire diamond 

 badge, kUled all his bird-? in good shape. Dr. Shields also shot 

 well, killing 4li out of 49 shot at dtiring the afternoon. The weather 

 was delightful for shooting and the birds a very good lot of fivers 

 The sweepstake contests were all well contested. Dr. Shield's. C. 

 W. Wingert and W. Lair getting the most of the boodle. The 

 scores: 



PbPgular club shoot for hpst aver-igas for annual prizes: 



H McLaughlin 1121200121- 8 Dr Shields 1012011211- 8 



O W Wingf rt 1101212112— 9 J E Lake 1121111031- 9 



W Snbumacher. . . .0120130113— 8 Pv Phister, Jr 3312212113-10 



H W Blattmacher. 0111111131— 9 



Sweepstake shoot, $1 entrance, 3 moneys. 5 birds, 25yds. rise, 

 classified: 



Dr Shields 11101-4 W Lair , 11231—5 



W Schumacher 20121—4 DrVan Zile .....21231-5 



R Phister, Jr 12113-5 H W Blattmacher. 02022-4 



J E Ljke 11101-4 C W Wingert 11111-5 



H McLaughlin 11313 -5 



Phister, Jr., Lair and Wingert div. first, Dr. Shields second, 

 Blattmacher third. 



Sweepstake, same conditions: 



Dr Shields 12121—5 W Lair 10220-3 



W Schumacher 10211-4 Dr Van Zile 10112—4 



J E Lake 10112-4 H W Blattmacher 01111-4 



M McLaughlin 11201-4 C W Wingert 13111—5 



Dr. Shields and Wingert div. first, Phister, jr. second. Lair 

 third. 



Sweepstake, same conditions: 



Dr Shields 11111-5 WLair 11021-4 



W Schumacher 11220-4 Dr Van Zile 23311-5 



r>r Little 02110-3 H W Blattmacher 01101-3 



.I E Lake imO-4 C W Wingert 11011-4 



H McLaughlin 10012-3 



Dr. Shields first. Wingert se-^ond. McLaughlin and Blattmacher 

 div. third. Referee, H. McLaughlin; scorer, O. A. Dellar. 



Wauregan Gun Club. 



PELHAMVii,r.B, July 4 —The Wauregan Gun Club having secured 

 new grounds at Pelhamville. N. Y., bad a good day's sport on the 

 Fourth in sweepstake and match shootinst. They started early 

 in the morning and kept the fun up until dark. The birds were a 

 good lot and a considerable number got away, especially during 

 the latter part of the day. The scores: 



Live birds. Hurlingham rule.=, $3 and birds: 

 W H Brickner, OlOol— 2 110-2 GSilberhorn... 20212— 4 000 -0 



Sweepstake shoots, first S3 and birds; secand $3, 3 moneys; third 

 $3,1 money: No. I. No. 2. No. 3 



GSilberhorn loSOO— 2 00010-1 



J Mills 10100-3 



W H Brickner 01 '01— 3 21022—4 



L E Miner 00021—2 12012—4 



JJLoonie 20102 - 3 lOoOl— 3 



PBrennan 00102—2 02203-3 



J Darling Colll-3 



Fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth miss and out, $1: 



No. 4. No. 5. No. 8. No. 7. No. 8. 



WH Brickner 20 20 0 0 10 



JJLwnie 21 11110 0 21 0 



GSilberhorn 20 0 0 20 .. 



PBrennan 0 



L Miner 0 232U 0 0 22 



EValentiae 0 



J Mills 12110 . 0 



M F Brickner 3 



George .... . .. lo 



Sweepstakes, m'SB and out: No. 9. No. 10, No. 11. N". 13. 



JLoonie , 1110 00 0 01111 



W H Brickner 11320 



L Miner..... 110 Oo 100 0o013 



P Brennan 0 .. ... 



J Tiernan 21232 03 102 10021 



Sweepstake, 3 birds, ties shot off: L. Miner 3, J. J, Loonie 3, W. 

 H. Brickner 3, G, Gilbert 3. Brickner won tie. 



The Hollywood Shooters. 



The Independence Club had its third shoot of the season at 

 Hollywood on Julv 8. It attracted a brilliant galaxy of Long 

 Branch fashion and a score of crack marksmen. The conditions 

 were 15 birds, entrance .$20, 70 per cent, of the total amount to go 

 to the winner, and 30 per cent, to the second man. The m^tch 

 resulted in a tie for first place between E.G. Murphy and J. S. 

 Williams, both of New York, each killing 14 birds out of 15. In- 

 stead of shooting the tie off they decided to divide the prize 

 money equally. £ red Hoey and C. Dolan each killed 13 birds. 

 The fcores: 



E G Murphy (30yds.) 102232221322222-14 



J S William.s (SOyds) 211123202221213-14 



Fred Hoey (3yd. ) 312232322202220-13 



Clarence Dolan (28yds) 313122033122201-13 



W W Leonard (22ydt) 132100332210331-12 



W Wilson (28yds) OOOw. 



Capt Money (30yds) lOOw. 



Gould Hoyt (20yd8) 33222021 2101 w. 



B R Kittredge (:22yds) 0110 w. 



There was a st cond match, free for all, for the Moet and Chan- 

 don prize. Conditions, 5 birds at 30yds. rise, the prize for the 

 winner being three capes of champagne, presented by George K. 

 Kessler. There were fifteen entries. Cap'. Money, Fred Hoey, J. 

 S. William=i and W. P. Thompson were tied for first place with a 

 record of 5 straiffht for each. Cap •■. Money won on the shoot off 

 with a score of 11 birds straight. John S. Hoey was referee. 



The Acme Gun Club. 



Dexteb Park, L. 1., July 5.— The members of the Acme Gun 

 Club held their monthly competition for|theannual|prizes to-day, 

 the best average of the two shoots to counf. Tlie attendance 

 was small and the shooting was not up to their u^ual average. 

 The score: 



First club shoot, 5 live birds, H, & T. traps: 



H Lemalre UlOl-4 C Horney 11011 -4 



T Short 11111-5 J Link 11111-5 



F Rausch 11111—5 C Dethloff 00111-3 



C Munk... 11001-3 



Club shoot at 20 targ 'ts, annual prizes, 18yd«. : 

 CStnetzlelOOUXlOOOlOOOOinOlO- 7 LsMaire..l00110i01100001inOOO— 8 

 J Link .- .OlOOOOOUlOOUOOUO-ll C Horney 01000000000111100000— 4 

 e Dethloffll 100101001000100001— 8 .11 Reach, .OOOnoOOOOOOOOOOOOCOO- 0 



CMuQk..001001000000lC1000nO— 4: Lyon 10 10111111111100011 -15 



T Short. .-OOlllOllllOOOOllOlOl— 11 Monroe. . .OOOOOOIOOIOOOOOIOOCO— 3 

 F Rausca.l0111011ll00100(X)100-10 



Sweepstakes, 6 targets each: 



12 3k 1 3 S U 



C Dethloff... ... 3 2 8 3 C Stuetzle 2 3 5 2 



S Lyons 3 4 4 5 C Monk 1 



J Link 2 3 1 .. F Short 3 3 5 .. 



F Rausch 4 13 5 C Horney 2 3 



In the first sweep Link won third money on the shoot-off. In 

 No. 2 Short won second; in No. 3 Short won first; in No. 4 Lyons 

 won first. 



New Utrecht Gun Club. 



WOODLAWN Pabk, L. I., July 9.— The weekly shoot of the New 

 Utrecht Gun Club at 20 keystone targets each resulted in D. Ben- 

 nett winning the gold medal and D. Deacon and C. A. Sykes lied 

 with 13 each. Bennftt bjing allowed a handicap of one bird, took 

 the first, the other two shot off for second. The score: 



Twenty clav birds 20vda. rite. 3 trap : 

 W Sykes.. OlOOlOllClOOOOn 10100- 8 J Adams. OOOlOlOllOlOOOOOOOOi- 5 

 Dpacon...llll000110nil]0')110-13 No&trand.lOllOllOOlOO OlOUOn— 10 

 *A AdamsOOllOIOliOlOUOOlOll— 11 B°nnei t. ..lOOlOOlOllUOmillO- 14 

 *Ford ....OOnoOOOllOOlO 101100 1- 7 C Sykes. .11100100110111110110-13 

 P Adams. 00001001010. O lOlOJO— 7 



Ties for second place. Deacon anp C. A. Sykea. 



*Not members. 



A New Forest and Stream Club. 



Mabysville, Wash., Jun« 30 —Last Monday the Forest and 

 Stream Bod and Gun Club of MarysviUe was organized with ten 

 member '. Constitution and by-laws w^re adapted and the follow- 

 ing officers were elected: President, Edmund Smith; Vice-Presi- 



' dent, H. B. Myers; Secretary and Trea'-urer, C. H. Schaefer; 



I Directors— C. A. Creese, F. C. Bertois and M. P. Shea, The objects 

 of the club are recreation and the protection of fish and game. 



I The cjub makes a creditable showing for a small town, 



Northwestern Shots. 



Tacom.a, Washington, July 4.-Seattle, Whatcom, Victoria and 

 Tacoma were represented at the i rap tournament under the aus- 

 pices of the Tacoma Bifle, Rod and Gun Club. Tacoma kept up 

 her record by carrying off the honors of the team shoor, as well 

 asm the general averages. The prizes aggregated MOO in cash, 

 and an additional |,500 in extras donated in cash, and nearly $500 

 in articles contributed in prizes. The wind was quite strong, 

 interfeiing slightly with the shoo'ing. Toe team shoot resulted 

 as follows, the teams following each other in t he order named: 



Tacoma: Morrison 6, Rist o, Barry 8. Bjx 8, Mullen 9, Burnett 7; 

 totalis. 



Victoria, No. 1: Minor 7, W. H. Adams 8, J. C. Maclure 7, F. S. 

 Maclure 8, Weiler 9, Combs 8: total 47. 



Tacama: Dodge 9, McNoughton 8. Kimball 7, Shutt 4, North- 

 over 8, McCoy C; total 42. 



Victoria. Nn. 3: Beckford 8, John 4, White 3, F. Adams 7, W. 

 Henly 7, W. A. Dier 3: tot al 32. 



Tacoma: Smith 8, Danham 10, Ellis 10, Eberly 9, Bringham9. 

 Barlow 10; total .58. 



Tacoma also defeated Victoria in a leim pool shoot, 106 to 98, 

 out of 100 birds. 



Ottawa, Kansas. 



Ottawa. Kan., July 7.— There was a celebration at this place 

 on the Fourth, appropriate to the day, and some of The promi- 

 nent shooters of this county gatliered together and had a pleasant 

 shoot. For some unaccountable reason the Ottawa Club did not 

 show up, except one member, so they do not appear in the club 

 shoots. 



Team shoot, 4 men from each club, 10 hluerocks per man: 

 Richmond 34, Willow Springs 28, Oentrooolis 25 



Team shoot, 4 men from each club, 6 bluerocks per man: Rich- 

 mond 24, Will "W Springs 23, Centropolis 14. 



Team shoot, men chosen from all clubs present, 10 bluerocks 

 per man; 



Sutton,. 8 Lock P 



Thornburg 10 Putnam 9 



Paramore.. 8 G Anderson 5 



W Anderson 8 Giles 7 



Gait 6—40 Scott 3—33 



F. B. 



Endeavor Gun Club. 



The Endeavor Gun Club held its semi-monthly club shoot at 

 Marion, N. J., on July 9. This is a lively organiz Uion. the mem- 

 bers of which aie di\ided into three classes in the prize competi- 

 tions. They shoot frcm five traps, under the rap-d-fjiing sysitm. 

 The scores, 25 bluerocks each: 



Mehl 1110111011110111001111101—19 



HoUisl er .0100111010111101001111110-16 



Lawrence 1110010111101111011111101-19 



McPeek 1011111101111111111111001-21 



Pry nOllllOlllOOlllUOOOOlOOl— 14 



Straden 1111111000001011100011111—16 



Dr Fletcher lOllllOOlllOOlOlOlOOOOOOO-ll 



Polhemus 0000010011100100000000000 - 5 



Post 1 110000001 10 1 oooooocoaoo I- 7 



Creveling 0111110101010010010101101-14 



The Manhattan Gun Club. 



Dexteh P.4RK, L I.. July 6.— The attendance at the regular 

 monthly shoot of tne Manhattan Gun dub was verv slim in the 

 competition for the two class m^dalj in A and B. The weather 

 was fine and birds good, but the shoolitig was dull. H. Messer- 

 schmitt and D. Monsees did very well, (he f- rmer winning the 

 OlassAmpdal. C. L'chtenberger won the second prize in that 

 class. H. Deffar took the medul in Class B, being the only com- 

 petitor. The score of club shoot: 



Class A. 



H Messerschmidt 2112111—7 F Hoffman 0113003-4 



DMonsees 1111211-7 H fi'unck 2102001— 4 



P Neusch 0012010-3 C Lichtenberger 2012011—5 



Tie: 



H Messerschmitt Oil D Monsees ■ 200 



Class B. 



H Deffar 1000113—4 



Referee, Mr D. Monsees; scorer. Mr. E. W. Dellar. Messei- 

 schmitt won Class A medal; Lichtenberger, second prize. Class 

 B medal was won by Deffar. 



Sown on the Newark Meadows. 



The members of theEaPt Side-Mu'u d Gun Club had some lively 

 shooting at Wiedemeyer's Park, Newark, N. J., on July 7. The 

 principal event was in the form of a challetige shoot between 

 Robert Baar and Robert Schrafflc in which each waeered that the 

 other would not make a clean score in a match at 10 live birds 

 each. Schrafft succeeded in killing his 10, while Baar was obliged 

 to be content with 8. The artificial events were at 10 bluerock 

 targets each, the results being as appended 



1 B 3 /, 6 6 7 8 9 10 



Hague B 8 6 6 8 5 6 8 6 



Koegel 7 9 I »• 7, 7 S « 6 8 



Luedecke 5 6 7 7 10 ■ 7 8- .. .. S 



Smith 4 6 .. 6 



Baar 9 8 10 7 



Srhrafft -8 7 9 6 



Merh 3 .. 



Albright 5 3 .. 



Fisher 6 5 4 



Shooting at Pearl River. 



There was a small attendance at the Fourth nf July shoot of 

 the Excelsior Gun Club at Pearl River, N. Y.. but what was lack- 

 ing in numbers was latoned for in the enthusiasm displayed. 

 The day was a delightful on« for the sport and the presence of a 

 fine lunch servpd to keep the party in a holiday humor. In the 

 ten sweeps at 10 targets each the scores were as b low: 



lg3U66789 10 



Peterson 7676 5 87768 



JHBlauvelt 6 6 6 5 6 10 5 8 8 8 



De Baum 5 , 



Taylor 754 7 8 7 10 779 



J J Blauvelt 6 3 7 5 8 6 



McMillan 5 w 6 4 5 



For Shay 3 



Demarest 6 7 9 7 7 9 



The Ridgewood Gun Club. 



RiDGEWOOD Park, L. I.. Jnlv 8 —The shooting on Friday by the 

 members of the Ridaewood Gun Club was rather poor, although 

 the birds were a medium lot. Louis G-'hrmg and C. L-ieger tipf" 

 with six each for the club's gold medal and an extra prize of $10 

 to be won three times in succession. Gshring could not lake the 

 medal, having previously won it three times, so Laeger was 

 awarded it, Gehring taking the -eeond prize. C. Nicol also kilkd 

 six, butlwas not eligible to win it, being a new member. The 

 score: 



Regular club shoot, 25yds. 'iae. 



H Guenocho 1201203-5 L Gehring 1112101—6 



C Deckelman 2210013-5 F Gardes 0010.202-3 



HW^elz 020mo— 4 H Nodtl .. ?O0tllO]— 3 



C Nolte 2021102-5 F Durst 2002312 -5 



H Kramer 0102J0 !--4 F Ibert lino?01— 4 



F Z rweck 0020003-2 C Laeger 3-^0^111—6 



H Woltman 0002000-1 H Wiegold 2002010—3 



C Nicol 2130213-6 F Hermendes 0100101—3 



Boston Shooting Association. 



WELLiNGTfW. Mass., July 9.— There was a good attendance at 

 the weekly shoot of the Bcton Shooting Association to-day, and 

 some good scores were made in the feveral ma'chps. In the mer- 

 chandise match at 25 targets the following scores were made: 

 Class A— S anton 24, Sanborn 32. Bradbury and Barrett 21. Perry 

 19. Cowee 18. CUss B— Gore and Gale 32. DUl and Warren 21. 

 Bradstreet 19, Daniels 14. Class C— Parker 13, Dobson 13. The 

 ubual sweepstake matches followed. 



Shooting at Morristown. 



A NUMBER of FrauK Class's friends gathered at the Morrlsrown 

 (N. J ) Driving Park on July 4, and as live birds were conspicuous 

 by their abpeufe, artificial ta'gets were shot at. The princ^'pal 

 event was 25 hiuprncks each, So entry. The scores were: Timmlna 

 21, Quimhv 20, Hathaway 20. Larison 19, Carlisle 19, Reilly 18, 

 Day 16, Muchmore 16. Leak 15, Leonard 15, Shelley 15, Erai U, 

 Piper 10, Mann 9, 



