Aug. 18, 1892.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



149 



PENNSYLVANIA STATE SHOOT. 



PHOMPTLYat9 A. M,,on Tuesday, Aug. 9, was fired tlie flret 

 gun ushering in the second aamml tournament of the Pennsyl- 

 vania State Assnciatioii for the r'rotertion of Fish and Game, 

 held under the auspices of ihe ReadinR Shooting Association, on 

 its fine ffrnnnds near the Black Bear Inn, und^'r the shadow of 

 the Stauft'head Mountain. The gronnds were splendidly equipped 

 for the oc casion and Iheir naturally pictiirepque appearance was 

 enhanced by the pitching of a nnmher of tents, amoue which 

 were those belonging to subscribers to the Interstate Manufac- 

 turers" and Dealers' Association. Tte groun-is ere very pleas- 

 antly located in a basin just below the Black Bear Inn. three 

 miles from Reading, and is reached by a well-equipped electric 

 car line, running up the northern side of the Neversmk Moun- 

 tain. Thero is some magnificent Fcenery en route. The inn is 

 just at the foot of the Neversink Mouotains. and from the shnot- 

 iDg grounds can he obtained vievss of Mount Penn, Guldm s HUi, 

 and other lofty peaks, all clad in th« greenest of summer verd ure. 

 Between the grounds and Guldin's Hill is the valley through 

 which flows Antietam Creek, while to the southward is 

 OleyYalley. . ,. 



Tlie members of the Reading Shooting Association 

 had spared no labor nor expense in the completing of 

 arrangements for a well attended and succesrtul sflair 

 and had provided two sets of ten and one set of five Key- 

 stone traps, all of which worked perfectly during the 

 entire shoot. The club house, an excellent cut of which 

 accompanies this article, had recently been treated to a 

 fresh coat of paint and presented an invitine appear- 

 ance. Immediately to the left of the clubhouse was tho 

 cozy tent of Forest a^nd Stream after which in order 

 the arrangement of tents aud stands was as follows: 

 American Field wall ten'; American Wood Powder Com- 

 pany's tepee; Henry C. Squirt s's big wall tent; Reading 

 Shooting Association visitors' tent; cashier's and press 

 stand; Harrisburg Shooting Association tent; Williams- 

 port Rifle and Gun Club tent; Tat ham Brothers' tent; 

 Standard Keystone Target Company's ttni; refreshment 

 stand; "S. S." Powder Company's tent; Union Metallic 

 Cartridge Company's tent; C-^k Patent Firearms Com. 

 pany's lent; Von Lengerke & Detmold's tent. 



Ihe attendance of the opening day fully satisfied the 

 management; seventy shooters entering for the various 

 events. In the first State event there were thirty-five 

 entries, and in the first open event there were forty-three 

 entries. The weather was intensely hot, and long before 

 noon some of the contestants were obligf d for their own 

 safety lo leave the grounds and take refuge in the shade 

 of the trees. About 500 spectators visited the ground?, 

 a large number of ladies being in< luded. 



Among those who were on hand at the openiug hour 

 were B.^D. Miller of Sp ingfleld, N. J ; Neaf Apgar of 

 Plainflold, N. .J ; W. Fred. Quimby of Newark, N. .T.; 

 Gus. GreifE of Kew York Cit>; H. A. Penrose of New 

 London, Conn.: AV. R. Fieles of Christiania, Pa; Jas. 

 Wolstencroft and W. H. Wolstencroft of Franklord; 

 .los. Thurman, Jr. and Hariy Thurman of Germnntown; 

 C. E. H. Brelsfnrd, Bnrid Kinzer, J M. Woidon. Commo- 

 dore Nutt and J. S. Dustin of Harrisburg; W. R. Tread- 

 way, H. David, £. David, Frenc h and Lane of the Phila- 

 delphia Shooting Association: H. E. Buckwalter of 

 Royersford; R. T. Clayton of Tamaqua; J. M. Millspaugh 

 and N. A. Hughes of Williamspoit; A. C. Kiueger of 

 Wrightsville; Elmer Shnner of Pittsburg; R. W. Park 

 and E. H. Kniskern of Wilkesbarre. 



The main event of the day was the contest for tbe 

 team championship of Pennsylvania, priz" a silver 

 trophy, valued at $200, donated by the Harrisburg Shoot- 

 ing Association, to be contested for anoually under tbe 

 following conditions; Teams shall consist of six men, 

 bona fide members ot any club or a=sociatirinin the State 

 Association. An entrance fee of ten dollars shall be 

 charged each club, one-tialf of which shall be in pay- 

 ment of targets, the balance, 50 per cent., to holders of 

 the trophy, tbe balance, 30 and 20 per cent, to the next 

 teams in order. Twenty-five targets i)erman, 150 per 

 team shall be shot at, known angles, rapid firing system, 

 10 and 12 gauge guns at 16 yards rise. A bond in the sum 

 of S200 shall be given by the winners to the club under 

 whose auspices this asf-ociation shoot is given for its 

 return to the club under whose auspices the next asso- 

 ciation shoot shall be given. 



The scores follow: 



Philadelphia Shooting Association. 



Tredway 1101111111101101111111110-21 



H Dav id 111111 01 11 11 1 1111111 1 Oil 0-22 



E David 1111111111101101111110111-22 



Thomas 0111111111111111101101111-33 



French Oinill011111011110llOll10-lS 



Lang 11111011 UlOltilllllllOlll — 31— 126 



Williamsport R. & G. OJuh (shot Aug 10). 



Huehes llOOOlOlllinOllOlllOini— 18 



Rohrbach OllomOlllllllllllllllil-22 



Millspaugh UlllU 00111111000111111—20 



Park iiiioiiiooioooinniimi— IS 



Runk.- 000111 1 01 001 1011011011011-15 



Huflc ootiooiioiiioimioiiioiii-ie— iiy 



Keystone Shooting League. 



Buckwalter 0111110111111111101111111—22 



David 11111011101.illlllHllllll-;33 



Treadway llOOlllOillllOllllllUOlO- 19 



.1 Wolstencrof t 1111111110111111110111111—24 



Thurman lOnilllllinoiUlOUllU— 2i 



W Wolstencroft 1111111111111111111101111-24-1:31 



Harrisburg Shotting Associatio". 



Brelaford 1011111011111111111111100-21 



Kinzpr 1111110111110 01111101111— 21 



Fieles Hill 01 1 11011110110101111- 20 



Krueger 1111101111111111101111111-28 



Duston 0111110111101111111111111-22 



J H Worden llllllllinilllOllUOniO— 23— 129 



Reading Shooting Association. 



Schmeck 1111011110111111111110110-20 



Trego 1101110110111101101110110-18 



Ritter llIOOlllllOllHOlllllOlll-20 



Shaaber lllllOmiOlOlllOmillll-21 



Scheele 1011111101 1 11101 1 111101 11—21 



Matz lllllOllllllOllOOtOOOlOlO— 15-115 



Before the above contest was finished a protest was 

 made against the trophy being awarded to the Keystone 

 Shooting League, who had made the Highest fcore. The 

 protest was based on the fact that H. David, who shot on 

 the Keystone team, had previously, in the same contest, 

 shot on the team of the Philadelphia Shooting Asssocia- 

 tion. The rules, as will benoteo above, state that "teams 

 shall consist of six men, bona fide members of any club 

 or association in the State Association," and does not 

 state that no man shall shoot on more than one team. 

 The management, however, accepted the protest and 

 hold the trophy subject to a decision from the sporting 

 press. This decision can not be other than favorable to 

 the Keystone League under a technical interpretation of 

 the rule. In contests of this kind a man should be 

 barred from shooting on more than one team, but this 

 should be slated plainly in the rules. 



On this day was also shot the, first two contests of the 

 series of six for the American Woud Powder trophy, the 

 first of the State sweepstakes at 20 targets per man and 

 a series of open to all sweepstakes. In order to give a 

 better idea of the work in the contests for the American 

 Wood Powder trophy the results will be left to the finish. Below 

 is the result of the State sweepstake at 20 Keyptonps. entrv. 

 Treadway 11111111111111010111-18 Wilson... ,11001110110011001160-11 



Sharp llOllOlllliaOllllOlO-14 dover. . . .IIIIOIOIIOOOHOIOHI— 13 



Thurman.linillllllOlllllHl-19 Krueger. .01111111110111001111-16 

 Landis.. ..10111110111111111101-17 Ritter ....11 OOOllllllllinioill—lfi 

 Lane......lOmUi000111111111-16 Schmeck . 001111111011 inimO-16 



Michner. .lOlllllllOlllllOOOlO-U Park 11111011010011111001—14 



David 01111111011101111111- ir Shaner. .. 11111101101111110111-17 



Rohr ba oh 1111 Hill 101 111111 11-19 Fi eles Oil 1 111111 Oil 1 001 1 11-16 



Hughes. . .llllllllllllllHllll-20 Dinger ,. ..11110111011111111111-18 



E H K 1111 111111 lOllliniOl-17 Du-tnn . . .10100101100111011101-12 



Millsp'gh.llOllOlliOOllOlUlOi— 14 Brelsford. 11011010111011101001-13 

 Shaaber... 11111011111111111010-n Worden ..11111111111111111111-20 

 Harry ... 11100101101001111111-14 Wellmgt'nlllllOllllOllllllUO -17 



Sullivan. . Ill 11111111111111101-19 Trego 1101011(i001111011010-13 



Kinzer. . ..01101101101011111111— 15 Runk 1110001 01 11011110100—13 



J VV ol sten- Ma » z 1111101010110111 1001-14 



croft.... 01111111111101110011-16 WWolsten- 



Roat 11111101110010100101-13 croft. . . .111 1101111111111 lUl -19 



Bre ws ter . .lllOOlOllUOllimilO -12 



Below is a table giving the results of the eight open events, the 

 conditions being as follows; Nos. 1. 4, 6 and 8, at 10 singles, $1 

 entry; Nos. 3 and 7 at 1-5 singles, $1.50 entry; No. 2 at^singles, $2 

 entry; No. 5 at 20 singles, $3 entry. One-half a cent for each tar- 

 get shot at in these contests went to make up four equal prizes 



for the first to fourth best averase in all events. First went to 

 Harrv and Sullivan: second to Landls; third to Rohrbach and 

 fourth to Trego and Wellington. The table: 



7 8 



8 3 .. 

 8 16 8 14 



5 Witmer.... 3 10 .. 6 



9 Black 7 .i .. .. .. 5 .. 



Michener.. 4 19 9 9 



.. Wilson .... 9 17 7 14 



M H R 10 14 18 8 19 7 13 



.5 . 



Wellington.8 19 13 7 19 

 " . 7 .. 



, 8 1.5 

 .. 11 

 ... 13 

 ... 9 

 . 17 



t 9. 3 I, 5 



Apear 8 .... 



Miller 7 18 14 8 17 10 11 



Penrose 4 



Fieles . ... 5 12 .. 



Field 8 .. 10 



White S 16 13 



Dustin 6 1ft 14 9 20 7 13 10 Mal55 



Harry 9 19 14 9 1(5 10 14 10 Runk. .. 



Hughes.... 8 17 8 7 2(1 7 12,. Mack.... 

 Millgpa'gh.lO 14 10 .=i 14 .12.. Bender.. 

 Rohrbach 10 l.") 11 10 18 9 14 10 riastle... 



Park 8 .. 10 Treadwav.... 17 .. .. 18 9 Vt .. 



Trego 9 17 14 8 17 9 14 8 French 18 13 8 17 7 .. .. 



E ri K . . 6 1.5 13 .,. .. 6 .. .. Thomas 19 .. 9 17 8 .. 8 



Nutt 6 14 10 9 .. 10 13 7 Sharp 17 11 « .. 8 10 9 



r 13 10 

 (5 



3 . 



4 4 



BEADING SHOOTING AS.SOCIATION TKOPHT. 



Thurman.. 9 14 12 10 18 10 10 .. 



Landis 9 19 13 10 16 9 13 10 



Lane 8 17 12 8 18 9 10 8 



David 9 16 12 7 18 7 10 8 



Evans 9 16 10 .. .. 8 9 8 



Sullivan,. . 9 19 10 9 19 6 15 9 



Kinzer 7 17 15 8 15 10 11 8 



Brewster.. 8 18 13 9 9 12 9 



Roat 9 15 10 8 .. 5 9.. 



Brelsford . 7 17 13 9 18 8 11 .. 

 Worden ... 9 16 14 8 7 9 14 .. 



Shaner 7 15 11 9 18 9 14 8 



Ritter 9 15 14 9 . . 9 13 0 



Eppinger... 9 16 10 8 .. 9 10 

 Buckwa'er.lO 18 13 10 19 8 15 



L°usenig .. 8 14 8 .. 



Dinger... . 7 9 11 8 17 9 14 

 Johnson ... 6 15 13 8 17 6.. 



GreifP 7 17 13 7 18 10 9 



Shaaber. .. 8 18 11 7 12 6 11 



Alvord 9 4 .. .. 



Smith 11 7 15 7 12 7 



Riger 10 8 .. 610 .. 



Kohr 6 



Bolton 8 . f> .. .. 



Hagenbuch 6 .. 8 6 6 



Biekley 5 .. . .. .. 



Scaeele 14 7 .. .. 



Schmeck 17 8 12 8 



Clover . .. 5" •■ 



Krueger 8 .. 



Wilmet : .. 6 .. .. 



. Fleck 5 .. 



7 Snapp 6 8 5 



Willy woUy _ .. .. 5 .. .. 



Lacy 3 .. 4 



Pfautz 3 .. .. 



Stump , , 3 .. .. 



Reasler , 9 ., 



Slipo 6 



MEETING OS THE STATE ASSOCIATION. 



The meeting of the Pennsylvania State Shooting Association 

 was called for 8 o'clock at H. C. W. Matz's. but it was 9 o'clock 

 before the body came to order with President C, E. H. Brelsford, 

 of Harrisburg, presiding. By nnanimous consent it was agreed 



to admit the representallves of the press. Chairma,n Brelsford, 

 of the committee on eecurirg a charter, stated that one had been 

 secured, and on motion oi H. C. W. Matz, the committee was dis- 

 charged with the thanks of the Association. Secretary Worden. 

 was tendered a vote of thanks for the faithful performance of his 

 duties. Und^r the head of new business, ("Ihairman Brelsford Faid 

 that he thought a discussion of the sul ject of "the preservation 

 of game in Penns^lvania" would be in order. D. B. Pausi was o£ 

 the opinion that the Association should know what they wanted 

 before they asked for it, and when they so decided they should 

 present the petition to the Legislature and back the matter up 

 indi\idually. Charles Matten said that the Siaie Association had 

 spent the most of their time at trip shooting instead of game 

 shooting, to the detriment of the la'ter spjrt. R, T. Clayton said 

 that in his vicinity many of the residents were ardent sportsmen, 

 and that they had spent much money individually In punishing 

 transgressors. 



.1. C. Nutt moved that the present officers of the State Associa- 

 tion and five others be appointed a eommittee to draft a law to 

 pre.9ent to the Legislature and also asking for an appropriation 

 for the puip^se of protecting flah aad g<me. Charles C. 

 Matten asked that it he amended to read that a com- 

 mittee of seven be appointed to he known as the com- 

 mittee on legislation, lo whom all grievances shall be 

 submitted and tnat the committee present the same to 

 the Legislature with full power to act. It was unani- 

 mously carried and Chairman Brelsford said that the 

 incoming president should name the commi tee. 



Elmer Shaner, of Pittsburgh, asked that the game laws 

 he amended to make them more uniform. 



When the question of naming the place of meeting for 

 next year came up, R. T. Clayton, of Tamaqua, pre- 

 sented the name of Allentown, stating that the grounds 

 were easy of access and that the people w*-re of a hospit- 

 able nature and that as the society was young It should 

 be encouraged. Harry Thurman, of the Keystone Shoot- 

 ing League, presented the name of Harripburg, H, C. 

 W. Matz named Pittsburgh. Mr. Shaner, cf Pittsburgh, 

 thanked Mr. Matz for his cotu-tesy and then withdrew 

 the name of Pittsburgh. 



Mr. Nutt, in behalf of Harrisburg, said that that asso- 

 ciation was the root and branch of the State Association 

 and had gone to great expense, and further, that th^y 

 hud the assurance that tbe city railway company would 

 have electric cars by next spring, ti erefore he felt that 

 in the interest of tbe State Sportsmen's Association the 

 next meeting should be held in Harrisburg. Mr. H. 0. 

 W. Matz then seconded Harrisburg and Mr. Fieles 

 seconded Allentown. The vote result eo: Harrisburg 18, 

 Allentown 4. The selection of Harrisburg was made 

 unanimous. 



It was then moved and carried that the club giving 

 the shoot be allowed to name the date and that the S'ate 

 Associaiien be given «ix months notic rf their decision. 



On motion of Mr. Matten, C. H. Brelsford was m.ide a 

 member and chairman of the commiitee on legislation. 

 A resolution that all State shoots heresf-er thr winners 

 in each event should shoot the next event at known 

 traps unknown angles. Mr. Matz move'' to amend un- 

 known traps and angles, as the Readitg Club gc uld not 

 arrange the traps to-day. The moc'on, which was made 

 bv Mr. Hughes, was then amended to read "after the 

 15th inst.," and then carried unanimously. 



The next; subject which came tip tor discussion was 

 the selection ot targets for next year. Mr. Snaner, of 

 Pittsburgh, moved that the Keystone targeD be a'lopied. 

 This was amended by Mr. Millspaugh to read that "the 

 targets be of as good quality as any other and at as low 

 a figure, and that the club giving the shoot be allowed 

 the privih ge of selecting the targets." Mr. MUlspaugh's 

 amendment, so far as the purchase of targets was con- 

 cerned, was adopted. 



H. C. W. Matz, in the name of the Reading Shooting 

 Assuolaiion, the American Wood Powder Company, and 

 J. W. Wolstencroft, presented the trophies offered by 

 them to the Association. Charles.Matten, of PottsviUe, 

 made the presentation speech. 



The final business of the Association was the election 

 of otHc-rs, and resulttd in the re-election of the old 

 officers with the sit.gle excfption of corresponding stc- 

 retary; H. P. M. Worden, of Harriobuisr, was elected, as 

 the consiitution says that officer must reside in the city 

 in which the annual tournament is to be next held. The 

 board of directors elected were: E. E. Snaner, Pitts- 

 burgh; Harry Thurman, Germantown; O. C. Matten, 

 Potts ville; W. H Wolstencrott, Philadelphia; I, H. 

 Millspaugh, Williamsport. 



Th& Second Day 

 was another scorcher, hut uevenholess it brought a 

 number of new shooters. The day was several degrees 

 hotter than the preceding on^, and tbe shooters suf- 

 fered accordingly. Among rtie new arrivals were M'lton 

 F. Lindsley, of Hobok^Q, N. J ; Wm Garvin, J. A Mills 

 and H. Greenland of Philaclelpina; G. Wilson, of Frank- 

 lit ; F. W. Cooper, "f Tamaqua; Fuller VVordan, of Har- 

 risburg, and J. L. Smith, of flacket'stown, N. J, 



The principal contest of tbe day was for the Wm. 

 Wolstencroft & Son's trophy, for the individual cham- 

 pionship of Petnsylvania, at targets, under the follow- 

 ing eonditions: Fif 'y single targets, entrsnce $3. Key- 

 stone rules— IQ-gauge euns 18yds., IS-gauge guns 16.ds.: 

 entrance money to be divided as follows: First, 25 per 

 cent, of purs° and the trophj; second, 40 per cent, of 

 purse; third, 20 per cent, of purse; fourth, 15 per cent, of 

 purse. Tbe prize to be held by tbe winner each year in 

 trust; to be accounted for to the Pennsylvania State 

 Sparismen's Association. Should the s'iid association 

 at any time disband, this trop' y shall then revert to the 

 donors. This medal is of the value of SIOO. 

 The result: 



Harry Dill 0111111111101111111101101 



11 1 1 0 1 11 1 01 i 1 1 1 11 ICOl 1111— 4S 

 Landise 11 100 111 llCI lUli 11111111 



miiniiiiiouiii]iiijiiiii-42 



Rohrbach lllilOllllllluiOOllHllOl 



iiiiinioiiiiiiinooiuii— 42 



Hughes llOUllOUllOllllOlllllOl 



1010011010110101101110101—35 

 Cooper lUlllOllllllOUniOllIll 



101 1 1 11 on 01 oimi 1 1111111-41 



White lllllOlllOilllllllllllOll 



1111100111101110111011111—42 



Thurman 1 Old lUOOi 1011 luOO , 11111 1 



imill110ulllllllllllll0-38 



Krueger 0111111111111111110 10111 



111 U 11001 1 1 1 0 1 101 1 lullll-42 



Green lOOHllUllO'illlOllOllOll 



1111111111110111011111111-41 

 Thomas 1111110 lOllJinilimilO 



iiiouoiiiniimiHOoin— 43 

 Lane llllllOiillliiiioilllOUll 



lOiiiiiiiioiO'Oiiinioiioo-gs 



B H K llllOOlllllOlllOlllllOlU 



1111101110011111111111111—38 

 Brelsford 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 11 1 1 11 U 1 11101 1 1 1 



loiiiiiniiiiiHUinioii— 47 



Fuller OUlllllOlOOOHKUllOOUO 



i]ioiiiininoiiiiiioiiiii-.37 



Wm Wolstencroft lllllUiniOm illlllll 110 



11 iiioioiiiiiniioimiii-44 



Fieles lllllOlllinOlOlOlllOOlllOlllOlinilllOlliilllllllOO-87 



Shaner 00111110111011H11111111111111101101H1111U01111I-44 



David llUOllllOlllllOlllllllOlOHlOllllllllOIiOllOlllll-40 



WUson llinill010010llHll(J110111111('001(iM10lu01110011-.34 



Duston" ' . 10101011111111110101110 01UC0mill00OlllllOlllll-8T 



Trego " ' . . . iiiiimioiniiiiiioii<noiiioi]Oiin]iiuiiiiiaoiO~43 



Dinler" • 11111011111111110111011111011111111111111111111011—45 

 Wellington' 1111001111011000 OllOOlllllllllOlllllOlHOllOlllll— 37 

 TreadwW..'.. ..101111111010111111101011110111111101101110.1111101-40 

 Sharp 11100011111111111011101111011010110101011110110110-36 

 SchTneck .11111101111111110111111111111111101111110111011111-45 

 Mills . .000110001001 lOllOOlOllOOlOiOlOlOlOOOiriOOllOlOO.Ol— 22 



This made Chas- E. H. Brelsford the target champion of the 

 State for the ensuing year. 



The secodd State sv( eepstake at 20 targets, $6 entry, resulted as 

 follows: 



Hughes. ..11111100101111111110-16 Dinger.. ..10111111111111111111-19 

 Rohrbachl1111l011111111imi-19 Welli'gt'nlIlOlllOOlllDiniOl-16 

 E H K . lOllOnmillllilOU- 17 Bu'kw'lt'ilOUlllOiOJlfHinil— 16 

 Krueger., 11111111111111111110—19 W Wolsten- 

 David. . . .OOlOlimnillllOlOll-14 croft. . . .111111111111101 11111-19 



Mills 10100)11101100110001—10 Thurman. lOllinilOOllOnilU-ia 



Brelsford. lllOOnillllllUllll— 18 Fuller lOiniUOllllOinill-lT 



Duston... .01111111 010111100011-14 Fieles 11111011111111111110-18 



Landis.... 11111101111110111111— 18 Millspa'h.inilllinillHllOll— 19 

 Schmeck..lllll01011101ilUOll-16 Park 0nHllll01111111Ul-18 



