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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 7, 1893. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



The Nortli End Gun Club, of Frankford, Pa., has been reorganissed 

 under the name of the Keystone Shooting League. The SporHng 

 Item has the following anent the reorganisation i "Tlie spirit of re- 

 organisation that has pein'aded the North End Gun Club, of Trank 

 tord, Cor some timev has at last borne f rilit. The energy of the mem- 

 bers has resulted in placing the ulub upon a good sound footing. To 

 properlj- act'omphsh ihis result, it wss found desirable to change the 

 nahie of the clUb to Keystone Sbooting League aurl incoroorate the 

 same, and this has been done. The jirime reason for changing the 

 battle of the club was that the fame of the North End Gun Club had 

 hiade U so prominent, that its name was pirated by every vagrant 

 V-Wwd who needed notoriety; hence, the name originated by the club 

 over tea years ago, was discarded and Keystone Shooting League 

 adopted. The men who brought the old North End into the very 

 front rank of shooting circles, are the bohe and sinew of the Keystone 

 Shooting League^ aided by fresh and constant accessions of tried and 

 true men at the trapi The Wolstencroft brothers, Welcl), Hust, 

 Irwbrei Kleioz. E. D. Miller, Treadway, Pack, Greenwood, and a host 

 Of others no less prominent, whose sliill with the shotgun does not 

 heed the teiling, shows the quantity of timber possessed by the 

 league. New grounds have been secured near BridesbUrg Station, P. 

 fe. R., and plans have been made for a new and commodious club 

 house. Wednesday has been selected for Regular weekly practice, 

 and trappers will always be in attendance. Plenty of traps for either 

 hianimate or live bird shooting have been provided, and members of 

 other clnbs. and visitors generally, are cordisliy invited to come and 

 spoil all the amhlunition they wish. The .shooting fraternity are re- 

 tjuested to make a. note of change of name for future reference." 

 U(yntU"unications should be addressed to the secretary, John C. Shall- 

 crof t, 1,930 Harrison street, Praakford, Pa. 



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The meeting of the State teaguB ot Trap-Shooters at Lansing, 

 Mich., was well attended, there beingnearly sixty present from Bat- 

 tle Creek. .Jackson^ Manchester, Ovtd, Kalamazoo, Detroit, Morenci. 

 Mason, Yicksbitrgand Grand Rapids. The League was organized in 

 vlackson, M..^y 211 Its roster contains the names of some of the best 

 trap shooters in the State. The ofiicers are: President, J. C-. Nichols, 

 Lansing; first Vice-President, E. E, Threshers Kalamazoo; Second 

 Vice-President, H. E. Sutton, Jackson- Third Vice-President. N. A. 

 Osgood, Battle Creelr: Fourth Vice-President, N. W. Holt, Manches- 

 ter; Fifth Vice-President, T. A. Rowley, Morenci; Secrettry and 

 treasurer, W- O, Woodworch, Grand RapidB. Tiie League will hold 

 two snoots during the season, the first being at Battle tUreek, July 12 

 and 18, and the second at Grand Rapids, the date to be fixed later. 

 'The Cleveland bluerocks were adopted as the standard pigeon of rhe 

 Club. 



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Wm. Tell Mitchell, of Lynch Station, Va., although not heard of 

 very often during the last four or five years, is by no means a new 

 coiner to the pigeon shooting ranks; as far back as 1878 he was able 

 to hold his own With the bpst of the experts. He has shot six matches 

 against John L. Brewer, the scores in each being as follows: 100 

 birds each, Mitchell 86. Brewer 93; Mitchell 88, Brewer 98. Out of 94 

 birds, Mitchell 88, Brevver 89 (match declared off owing to scarcity of 

 birds). 50-bird matches, Mitchell 46, Brewer 44; Mitchell 47, Brewer 

 4i5; Mitheli 48, Brewer 48. Tnis gives him a grand total of 40-3 kiUs to 

 Brewer's 417 out of 444 birds shot at. Living, as he does, in a very 

 paradise for game, Mr. Mitchell has unlimited facilities for keeping 

 up bis practice and the chances are that during the fall he will make 

 a tour of the Western States and shoot a dozen or more matches en 

 route against the best men he can find. His best hold is iu a CO-bird 

 race, 



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The championship live bird match of the Hollywood Shooting Club 

 was held at Hollywood Park, N. J., July 3. The entrance fee was 

 $100. The conditions were fifty birds each at 30yds. rise. The wind 

 blowing quite strongly from the southeast carried Che birds quickly 

 out of bounds, and therefore the scores made were oa the whole very 

 creditable. The winner of the match was R. B. Thompson of New 

 York, who has won two previous matches this season, the last one 

 being at Tuxedo, a couple of weeks ago. J. S. Hoey was referee of 

 the match, and H. B. Wallacli was the scorer. Following is the score: 

 J. S Williams, 38; T. S. Davids, 46; A. W. Money ; 40; L. T. Davenport. 

 a, Fred Hop\ , 39; E J.Murphy, 41 ; B. R. Ladew, 33; R. E. Thompson, 

 47; Dr. W. Wilson, 36: Geo. Work, 40; W. G. Murphy, 28; C. Dolan, 41. 

 W. G. Murphy withdrew after the thirty-.seventh round. 



The Baltimore (Md.) Gun Club are now making a very liberal offer 

 to every one to talre part in their weekly shoots, so as to promote the 

 SDOrt and get the citizens of the town interested in the sport. Thurs- 

 day of every week they hold a match at Acton's Park, and Satiu-davs 

 another at Tolchester. The members of the club have decided to 

 furnish the shells and targets for 5 cents a shot to any one who 

 wishes to take part, and, if you are not so fortunate as to own a gun, 

 they will lend you one. This offer should certainly be liberal enough 

 to induce many who are fond of shooting to take part, as it is cheaper 

 than the shells and targets can be bought for toy any private indi- 

 vidual. 



* * * 



H, B. Bishop writes us that every effort will be made by the White 

 House Gun Club to make their first annual tournament on July 12 

 and 13 a grand success. White House, N. .L, is forty-flve miles from 

 New York, on the line of the New Jersey Central, the grounds 

 are within easy reach of the depot and there are two good hotels in 

 the town. Keystone targets and traps will be used. Plenty of lunch 

 ahd ammunition will be on the ground. The club is very aBxioiis to 

 see all the New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey experts present. 



* * * 



Frank Class, the Now Jersey champion, has been showing phenom- 

 enal form for -several months, and just at present should be able to 

 give ev-^u Brewer a run for his money. In his recent matches be 

 has shot at 60'J birds and killed 5ii5. an average of 94 1-6. In five 

 matches at 100 birds each he has killed in order 91, 94 93, 93 and 95. 

 On June 29 he killed 48 out of 50, and in two matches at tir> birds each 

 he killed 35 and 24. 



James E. Wheaton, of the Newark (N. J.) Gun Club, and R. N. 

 Shelley, of Morristown. N. J., will test one another's nerve on the 

 Blorristown Driving Track nest Tuesdav. They will each shoot at SB 

 live pigeons, 30yds. rise, Hurhngham rules to govern, for $S5 a side. 

 Frank Glass will have several hundred good birds on hand and open- 

 to all sweepstakes will preceed and follow the match. 



The Watertown Gun Club is looking forward to a large attendance 

 and a fme time for shooters at the Interstate Manufacturers' and 

 Dealers' Association tournament, to be held on their grounds at 

 Watertown, N. Y^., July 26, 37, 28. Keystones will be used. The 

 grounds are easy of access and pleasantly situated. Programmes 

 will be ready in a few days. 



The fourth annual inter-state tournament at West Point, Miss., will 

 be held Aug. 9, 10, 11 and 12; open to the world; $100 in eold added. 

 The American Revised Association rules to govern all contests. A 

 regular old-time "befo' de wan" barbecue will be served at 1 o'clock 

 each day on the grounds. Geo. C. Nance is manager. 



A match at 50 singles and 25 pairs of targets will take place on 

 John Erb's grounds, Newark, N, J. early in August. The entrance 

 fee wih be JilO, exclusive of the cost of the targets. There will also 

 be a number of fifteen target events shot off on the same day open 

 to all comers. 



* * * 



And, speaking of live birds, what a farce it is to attempt to have 

 apy sport in shooting them at this season of the year ! It would be 

 policy to drop the sport between June 1 and October 1, as during that 

 period bu'ds are not only hard to flad, but those that are found are 

 soft and unfit to snoot at. 



* * * 



Prank Fralic was severy injured by a prematurely sprung trap at 

 the range of the Bradford (Pa.) Gun Club on Juue 25. He was repair- 

 ing the trap; a boy pulled a string and the arm strucli Frank across 

 the mouth, bruising his upper Up and loosening several teeth. 



Prank Class win have a three day's tom-nament which wiU be a 

 formal opening of his new grounds, the last of this month. The first 

 two days will be devoted to saucer smashing and the last day to 

 shooting live pigeons. 



"Tec Kay" and "Dutchy" say they will give the boys a great 

 lime during the Independent Gun Club tournament at Plainfie'd, 



July 21 and 32. They are both gi-aduates of the famous Middlesex 

 Gun Club and know just how to handle a shoot. 



* * * 



Thomas Brantinghara, of the Independent Gun Club of Plainfleld, 

 N. .1., has recently been shooting in his oldtime winning form. On 

 June 30 he averaged 93 1-10 per cent, in shooting at 145 targets. Tom 

 ia looking for a position with some gun firm. 



Gus Manitz and .los. Williamson shot a match at ten five birds for 

 $10 a side on the Essex county toboggan club grounds on June 25, 

 the result being a victory for Williamson, who shot Manitz out on 

 the seventh round. 



West Orange, N. J, has a new organization known as the Ivy Hill 

 Gun Club, which shoots at artificials every second Saturday. ¥he 

 club is compri sed of amateurs only who shoot sitopJ^ for ptatJtiCe; 

 *** 



The Washington City Rod and Gun Club held a tournament on 

 June 20 but the scores were missing when the writer reached the 

 town. 



* * * 



Plans are now being arranged for a grand tournament of Iowa, 

 Minnesota and Dakota sportsmen at LeMars, la., about Aug. 1. 



B rank Class will run a three days' tournaraent at Morristown thi§ 

 month. Artificials for two days and live birds on the third. 



,1. FRANK CLASS. 



The eiglith annual tournament of the Baltimore Gun Club at Tol- 

 chester Beach, Ui'd., oa July lB-30, will be attended by a big crowd. 



*** 



Frank Class is shooting the race of his life and is anxious to try 

 his skill against some of the "world beaters." 



* * * ; 



The South End Gunning Club, of Reading, Pa., has fine groimds on 

 Boyer's Island and shoots twice each week, 



A gold watch will be shot for on the grounds of the West End Gun 

 Club at Conshohockeu, Pa., on July 16. 



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A number of Jersey sportsmen are Strongly in favor of stopping 

 live bird shooting from June 1 to October 1. 



Lieut -Col. BrdhtnallghCSt an average of 91 4-10 at the New Jersey 

 League shfiot. 



* * * 



Harry Mowry, of the iSportinci Goods Gazette, of Syracuse, was in 

 town last week, 



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Over50,0Q0 kingbird targets were thrown diu-mg the New Y'ork 

 State shoot, 



John Erb says gim clubs shoidd stop shooting hve pigeons from 

 June 1 to October 1, 



* * * 



The next shoot in the Connecticut circuit will be held at Walliug- 

 ford the last week in July. 



* * * 



The Peoria (Id.) Gun Club tournament on July 13-15 will draw all 

 the Western men. 



* * * 



B D. Fulford is pushing work on a new telephone line to run from 

 Cleveland to Chicago. 



Billy Wagner thinks of going on the road provided he can procure 

 the right kind of an opening. 



* * * 



The Wilmington (Del.) Rod and Gun Club will elect officers on 

 July 11. 



* * * 



The Standard-Keystone tournament will attract a big crowd to New 

 London. 



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The Johnson City (Tenn.) Gun Club's programme is a great one. 

 ** * 



A gun club is to be organized in Peoriaj 111. 



Boston Shooting. 



VYeTjLinqton, Mass., July 3.— The following scores were made 

 to-day in r,he merchandise match at the weeklv shoot of the Jio&- 

 ton Shooting Association ; Glass A— Sanborn 23, Climax 23, Brad- 

 bury 21, .Stone 17. Class B— gore "31, Defiochemont 20, Amsdeit 17, 

 Gale 17, Darnels 15. - . ■ . 



Shooting at Morristown. 



fOft anumher o* yfeats the Morristown (N. J.) Driving Park, 

 controlled by Sire Brothets, fids been noted for the memorable 

 trotting matches which have taken place there, hut Until June 39 

 it had no standiug as a trap-shooting groiind. On that date, how- 

 ever, it was formally dedicated to the cause, when Frank Class 

 and W. T. Mitchell shot a match at 50 live pigeons each. The 

 park, which is about IM miles from the D. L. & W. depot, Is ad- 

 mirably adapted to the sport. Right at the entrance is a com- 

 modious and well-kept hotel where meals and lunch can always 

 be procured at reasonable figures. A short distance heyond is a 

 large and well-built grand stand, and directly opposite this across 

 the track, where the ground is level almost as a table, is where 

 the shoot was held. All around there is clear ground to the 

 park fence. On three sides the park is bordered with a heavy 

 wood. AVhen the match in question was shot the grounds were 

 not Ih as good trim as they might have been, there being no 

 boundary staked off, and consequently no way of telling whether 

 a bird was In or ollt of bounds except by pacing off the distance. 

 Then again the grass was ctit dnly for a few yards from the traps. 



In my account of the Woodlf(,wn rhatch 1 stated that the match 

 at Morristown would be at 100 birds, bttt upon arriving at the 

 latter plae« I found that the men were to shoot at only 60 birds 

 each, the result of this to also decide the tie match of the previous 

 day. The day was a splendid one both for shooters and birds. 

 The sun was warm and bright, but over the mountain tops came 

 a refreshing breeze which caused the birds to feel like flying. 

 The birds, which were furnished by Robert Cos, of New York, 

 were all blue ones, old and hardy, and while sonne of them were 

 slow In Startlrg, they flew like demons once they felt the wind 

 under their wings. 



It was 3S50 when the match started. Dr. P. J. Zeglio, of Warren- 

 ville, Ni J., being referee; C. H. Townsend. trap editor of Foeest 

 AND Stream, and Frank Mason, of the Amcrtcan Field, oflicial 

 scorers; John Harrison, of Dover, N, J., trap puller. At this time 

 there were on the grohnds beside the above Harry Piper, Prank 

 Piper, James Timmins and S. N. Shelley, of Morristown; John 

 Riggotts, of Rnckaway; J'amea JS. Wheaton, of Newark; Mr. 

 Thomas, the well-known dog fancier of Denver, Col.; P. Cocke- 

 fair, of Bloomfield, N. J.; Mrs. Frank CKss. of Pine Brook; Fred. 

 Class, of Pme Brook, and perhaps seventy-five others. 



Glass was in his best form, and no matter how hard the birds 

 flew he mowed them down in grea,t shape until he had 46 straight 

 lillls to his credit. His 47th bird, however, an ugly zig-zagging 

 left-quartering driver, broke his run, as it took two full loads of 

 No. 7 and went outside to die. His next bird was hit with the 

 first, but dodged out of the second and got away. He finished his 

 score with 48 kills. 



Mitchell was not so fortunate. He caught, a circling dodger on 

 the opening round and scored a lost bird. His leth, a right-quar- 

 tering incomer, got safely thi'ough both loads, as did his 33d in 

 the safe direction; his 46th, a zigzagginer driver, and his .Wth, 

 another right-quartering incomer. This left him 45 kills. 



Both men made some beautiful kills during the mateh. Class's 

 6 9, 11. 14, l.*;. 31. 23. 24, 4l. 36, 39 and 43 were all better than average 

 birds, his 6, 9, 23, 31 and 43 being parti ''ularly fine kills. Mitchell's 

 star birds were his 18, 33. 23, 28, 38, 39 and 41, all of which caUed 

 forth anplauf e. He also did great work on his 4, 11, 13, 20, 35, 30, 

 34 and 37 birds. 



The particularly weak point of the Virginia man seems to he on 

 right-quartering incomers. It will be noticed that he ha only 

 seven birds to talie this flight. Of these he lost three, anu the 

 others were merely "slobbered" down. On birds that go away 

 from him, no matter how fast or what style of flight, he seems to 

 be capable of doing fine work, but. ne is surely in need of improve- 

 ment in his work on incomers. The guns and loads used were 

 precisely the same in all particulars as those used in the Wood- 

 lawn match. - - 



The score of the Morristown match, ia here shown in detail: ■ 



Trap score type—Copyrloht, iS9a, by Forest and Stream FiibHshing Co. 

 3211 232338213111231121213 

 T'^/'H^-^— *\\<-H<-t/' NT/' T T 

 J F Class 1 21112 2 33111133111311313 1-25 



12313 13331331323132131823 

 11111 2.3 31132331313213»0 1 1-33-48 

 31333 23333333133313131133 

 W T Mitchell.O 11331331113111 0 11211331 1—23 

 13131133233 3 123 3 33 2133332 

 113113102111321331 120111 0-33-15 



After the match the following sweepstakes were shot: 



Four birds, $3 entry, thr»e monevp: 



J E Wheaton 1303-3 3310-8 J Timmons 1310 -3 3332-4 



F Thomas 3013-3 0011—3 J Leonard 0002—1 0033—3 



PJay 3103—3 3112-4 W Armstrong.... 1000— 1 2013—3 



J Riggott 0112—3 1011-3 R N Shelley 2020—3 0020-1 



In the second event Armstrong and Riggott divided on the 

 shoot off, after killing 6 each. 



O^he Fountain Gun Club. 



WooDLAVTN Park, L. I.. June 29.— The members of the Fountain 

 (lun Club held their postponed shoot at Woodlawn Park on 

 Wednesday. The attendance was not as large as usual, but the 

 marksmanship was up to the average. H. W. Blattmaoher and 

 Abel Crook did some fine shooting. The weather was delightful, 

 birds good and a fine afternoon's sport was enjoyed by those 

 present. 



Club shoot for annual prizes, best averages, 10 live birds, 5 traps, 

 unknown angles, SO^ns. boundary, M. H, rules. 



tt McLaughlin 0120131113- 8 R Graves 1213101112— 9 



J E Lalie 1013212100- 7 A Crook 1110113131— fl 



H W Blattmacher. 1212211211— 10 W A Stewart 1213100000— 5 



M Lindsley 3010331113— 8 W Schumacher.... 20'^0221321- 8 



••Wanda" 0111321113- 9 Dr VanZile 3101110311- 8 



Sweepstakes, 5 birds, $1 entrance, two moneys, 38vds. 



First. Spcond. First. Second. 



DrVanZile 11310-4 13113-5 "W«nda" 10310 - 3 10200 -3 



H McLaughlin .01222—4 13111—5 W A Stuart. . . . 02211-4 OHIO - 3 



R G raves 32021—4 20 w-— 1 F MeLaughl in . 12010-3 



H 8]attmacher.01213— 4 13111—5 M Elssaaser....01U0— 3 21112—5 

 M Lindsley... .31021—4 12111—5 WSchumaeher,11112— 5 01111-4 

 A Crook 20113-4 31211-5 J E Lake 3L221-5 13101-4 



First Sweep.— First divided, VanZile and McLaughlin divided 

 second on shoot-off. 



Second Sweep.— VanZile, Crook and Elssasser divided first on 

 shoot-ofl. 



Referee, Mr. H. McLaughlin. 



The Hollywood Matches. 



Long Branch, N. J —Louis Duryea, of Glen Cove, L. I., shoot- 

 ing a^ L. T. Davenport, was the wioner of the Futurity Cup at the 

 opening Hollywood shoot on July 1, 25 birds, handicap rise, ties at 

 5 birds, entrance S50, or only $23 if declared out by May 15, 60 per 

 cent, and the cup to the winner, 30 per cent, to the second and 10 

 per cent to the thiri" ; two declared: 



L T Davenport (30 yds.) 1311133323123222231112223-23 



E G Murphy (Slvds.) 203133322023222232222-^222-23 



W Wilson (Dr. Zolnowski) (27yds.) 11232121ll31233a,22200-2112-23 



B Killredge (27yds.) 211]221,2223?0120133233320-3-3 



L S Thompson (31yd8.) 3333220132223222200 w 



J S Williams (30yds.). .. 121032333100332321 w 



C Dolan (SSyds.) 3130111122010203120w 



Vv G Murph V (39vds.) 3232332200232000220 w 



Fred Hoey (Slvds.) 23203323i 0023031003 w 



Ties.-E. O. Murphy, 33;333: W. Wilson, 01231. 



Immediatelv after the Futurity the match and post entries for 

 the Schmidt and Peters prize of three cases of yellow label cham- 

 pagne, miss and out, took place. The entries were the same as for 

 the Futuritv, with the addition of Messrs, Dando, Moorehead, 

 Green and Capt. Money. Edgar Murphy had to shoot fifteen 

 birds straight to win, Dando being second with fourteen. 



Blasted Expectations. 



Hotel Guest— "Meester, what you call dem long bill tings?" 

 Sportsman— "Woodcocks." .' 



Hotel Guest— "Veil, sir, I kill twenty-four woodcocks before 

 brakefast." 



Sportsman— "What! Where?" 



Hotel Guest— "In mine p°droom." 



Sportsman— "Oh, get out! Y'"ou mean muakeeters." 



Hotel Guest— Veil, den, I kill twenty-four muskeeters before 

 brakefast in mine pedroom dis morning."— JSiVcJicMitfe. 



