FOREST AND STREAM 



fSBE*.^39, 1892. 



NEW LONDON — 

 LeKoy. Savage Cady. Team 



THE GREAT SARATOGA ANNUAL. 



If tlie trap-stnoters of tMs country do not turn nut en masse to 

 attend the 1893 tournament of the Saratoga 'Gum Olub it will be 

 positive proof that honest, fair-minded carrying out of promises 

 bears no weight. During tlie 1893 shoot of this club, held Sept. 20 

 to 23 inclusive, the programme called for S3,20J of guaranteed 

 monoy. From the very start of the firing it was seen that hv ad- 

 hering to the printed programme the club would be heavy losers, 

 owing to the light attendance. 



"Will you carry out the programme;"' asked a shooter of a mem- 

 ber, -'even thougb you know you will be losers?" 



"Certainly we will," was the reply, "we have guaranteed $3,200 

 and that sum will go to the shooters, even though we lose the 

 entire aifiount. We have never yet broken a promise and we do 

 not propose to begin at this time. We run the sboot to afford 

 the shooters some sport and propose that they shall have it, even 

 thougti we are compelled to go down ia our pockets and furnish 

 the incentive." 



What a different sentiment was this from the one expressed at 

 a recent shoot in the South, when with $500 of contributed money 

 the tournament management refused to give more than one-half 

 of the added money on the second day because the entries did not 

 come up to their expectations. 



Saratoga his proven itself to be true to the core, and if it does 

 not reap its reward by having an army of shooters at its tourna- 

 ment in 1893 it will he strange. Trap-shooters appreciate fair- 

 dealing and are not prone to forget those who keep their prom- 

 ises. 



When the shoot began at 9 A.M. on Taesday, Sept. 20, there 

 v/ere present twenty-one shooters, and the number of entries ran 

 from tbis number up to twenty-four during the day. Among 

 those who took part in the opening day's sport were Ralla 0. 

 Heikes. of Chicago. 111., who had come all the way East to have a 

 look Bt his old friends; B. U. Miller, of Springfield, N. .J.; "Uncle 

 Dan" Lefever, of the Lefever Arms Company, Syracuse, N. Y.; 

 "Uncle Sammv" Goggin, of Troy, N. Y.; good-natured Charles T. 

 Barrett, from Boston, Mass.; George Mosher, of the FuPon Arms 

 Company, Fulton, N. Y.; M. T. Roberts, of Rupert, Vt.; W. T. 

 Simpson, of tlie New Jersey Shooting Clab. Olaremont. N. J : 

 Mahlon H. Ruppell, of Milford,N. J ; George Lather, of Syracuse, 

 N. y.; Will H. Crutrenden, the weli-known and only "Crntty," 

 from Cazenovia, N. Y.: H. L. Edgarton, of Willimantic, CotiTi,- 

 W. R. Hobart, of Newark, N. J., and T. H. Keller ("Tee Kay"), of 

 Plainfield, N. J. Tbe weather was all that could be desired for 

 out-of-door sport, the arrangements for the shoot were of the 

 best, and the kingbird targets worked to perfection. Thu grounds 

 of the Saratoga Gun Club are situated in a very pleasant spot 

 about a mile and a half from the depot, and from them a flne view 

 can be obtained of the surrounding hills. The club has a large and 

 well-equipped club house, adjoining which is a restaurant stand. 

 The shooting was done in squ^ids of six from sets of five traps each, 

 one set being used for the amateurs and the other for the experts. 

 Each of the score lines was protected by an awning, so that the 

 shooters were at all limes protected from the elements. T ie 

 background was perfectly clear and the targets showed up well in 

 any kind of light. The shooting was done under American Appo- 

 ciation rules and the purses were divided on Harry Levengston'r 

 system. This provides for the following divisions: T'n-tar>et 

 events, 40, 30. SO and 10 per cent.; 15-target events, 24, 33, 30. 18 and 

 16 per cent.; 20-tareet events, 33, 20, IS, 16, li and 10 per cent. This 

 system seemed to be satisfactory to all. 



There were no drags nor tedious waits during the day, and the 

 programme was finished in time to give the boys an opportunity 

 to look ahoQt the town before suppsr. 



The ma.iority of the visitors were quartered at the Kenmore 

 House, a cozy home-like place kept by J. N. Ramsdill, a promi- 

 nent member of the New York State Sportsmen's Association, 

 a prime entertainer, and with the happy laoulty of making every- 

 body feel at home in his place. Rolla Heikes, as usual, had his 

 banjo along and every evening he was impressed into the position 

 of cuief musician, an office wnich he filled with his usual grace 

 and skill. "Tee Kay" also did his share to enliven the company 

 with his inimitable songs and dances, RoHa "picking" the accom- 

 paniments. 



Below will be found the results of the first day'.s shoots, the 

 events being as follows: Nos. 1 and 10, 10 kingbirds. $1 entry; Nos. 

 3, 6 and 8, 10 target.*. $5Q guaranteed in eanh; Nos. 3 and 7. 15 tar- 

 gets, $75 guaranteed in each; Nos. i and 8, 20 targets, 8109 guaran- 

 teed in eacb; No. 5, expert event, open to all, 2.5 targets, $.5 entry. 

 $35 added to purse by Saratoga Gun Club. In all except No. 5 

 event the sliding or "North handicap" was used, winners of first 

 or 'Second money in one event being obliged to shoot from known 

 traps at unknows angles ia the following event: 



No. 1, 10 bii-ds, entrance $1: Miller 9, Heikes ft, .Simpson 8 Liv- 

 ingston 8 Mosher 10, M. H. R. 6, Barrett 9, Edgwater 10, Wilcox 8 

 Buck 10, Goggm 6, atockwell 6. Geiser 7. Pike 8, Perkins 7 R^m^- 

 dill 8, McGinnis 8, Roberts 7, Lefever 10, Maynew 9, Litham 10.^ 



No. 3, 10 birds, entrance $L75, $50 guaranteed : Miller 9, Hei 

 8^ Simpson 6 Liviagston 9, Mosher 9, M. H. R. 6, Barrett 10, 

 Edgwater 10, \Vilcox 10, Roberts 8. McGinnis 8. Buck 9, Per km ^ 7. 

 Lefever 9, Mayhew 9, Luther 10, Goggin 8, Geiser 8, Pane 8, Mur- 

 ray 9, Pike 7. 



No. 8, 15 birds, entrance S"!"' guaranteed: 



Miller 011111111011111 I., ii^rrett llllP 111111111- 



Livlngscon . .111111101111111-14 Elgwater... .111111111111010- 

 Mosher.. 011111111111011-13 Wilcox. .. 11 llll fliuilil- 



Buck mioiiiiiom^ Luther ::umiiiioam- 



Leiever i| ^^H"!-^ Murray 010010111111 Q l- 



Mayhew 111110010111111—13 



Amateurs. 



Heikes 111111111111111-15 Ivrkina 110111001111111 - 



SimP^^n ^'l^l?fl??iMi^^H°> .llOlllllUllOll- 



MHR 1 mo 111101 1110— 13 Geiser lllOllllimni- 



Roherts 111101111111111-14 Pike .... ? '.110101110101111- 



M-^Ginnis . . . ..lOllOOimimi-12 Pane ..Ollllimoiil 



No. 4: 



Experts. 



Li vi'g s t'n 1111 111 11 111 11111111- it .jerts . . .11001011101 nillOill- 



Barrett. . .11111111111111111111-20 Geiser . . . .lOlOliOlllllllimn- 

 Heikes.... 11111111111111111011-19 .-xLiiuiiiiiiniiiii 



Amateurs. 



Murray... lOlOlllOOUlllOlllL-xo ,» „cox . ..11111011111111111101- 



Paui uioiiin iiiiiionon-16 Buck ouniiiiiiiiiiumi- 



Mayhew..ll0llllll01Ullimi-18 Lefever. .. 1111111111111111 1101- 

 Edgarton .11110111111111111111-19 G^ggin....0111Uim]111010111- 

 Luther. . ..11111011111111111111-19 McGinnisOlllllllllllllOlOlll- 



-EASTET5N TEAM. 

 Captain. Bate.s. 



No. 5, 35 birds, entrance $5, $25 added: 



Miller 1111111110111111111111111-24 



Heikes 1111111011111111111111111—24 



Simpson 1111111111111111111011111—24 



Livingston 1111111111111111111111111—2.5 



Barrett 111111111111 11 11111110111- 24 



Luther 111111111111 oi llliniOlll- 23 



Murray Hill ' llUll 3 111101011101-22 



Mayhew llllllOlllllHIllllllUll— 24 



Lefever llinillUOlllllllll 11111-24 



Buck lOllOlimillllllllllllll-23 



Edgarton 1101111111111101111111111- 23 



Peters . . ._. _ 1011110111110111111111110-21 



No. 6, 15 birds, S1.75 entrance, $.50 guaranteed, experts.- Living- 

 ston 10, Barrett 9, Heikes 8, Edgarton 9, Lu 'her 9 Lefever 9. Ama- 

 teurs: Miller 9, SiTnpqoa 8, Mosher 10, M. H. R. 6, Geiser T. Wilcox 

 I. Pike 9, Goggin 9, Paul 8, Roberts 7, McGinnis 8, Shepherd 5, 

 Peters 7, Mayhew 8, Buck 10, Perkins 6, Murray 8. 



No. 7, 15 birts, $3.75 entrance, $75 guaranteed: 

 ^ , . Experis. 



Livingston . . . .111111111111111-16 Miller ..111111111111111—15 



Barrett 110111111111111—14 Luther 101011111111100—11 



E d gerton 11111011 00011 11-11 Pi ke 101111111 110111-1-3 



Mosher OOlin 001111111-11 Goggin llU110HimU-I4 



Lefever 110111111111110-13 Brush 111111111111111-15 



Heikes 111111111111111—15 Murray 111111111111010-13 



Simpson 111110111111111—14 Perkins 110010111111010—10 



M H R inill0110Q]10-13 Mayhew 111111111111111-15 



gieser lllllllllllOni-14 Paul 001111111111111-13 



Wilcox Olllimoilllll— 13 McGinnis llllllOlOUllll-13 



Roberts 101110111110111-13 



No. 8, 15 birds. $1.75 entrance, $.50 guaranteed, experts: Living- 

 ston 9, Barrett 9, MUler 10. Heikes 6, Simpson 9. Geiser 7, Mayh^vv 

 9, Goggin 6. Brock 10. Amateurs: Lefever 10. Perkins 8. Pious 8. 

 Roberts 9, Ed gerton 8, Murray 9, Mosher 7, M. H. R. .5, Wilcox 8 

 Sheppard 8, Pike 7, Paul 9, Luther 10, McGinnis 10. 



No. 9. 20 birds, entrance $3.75, $100 guaranteed: 

 ^ . Experts. 



Livingst'nllllllOlllllllinoil— 18 Pane 10111111111111111111—19 



Barre<t... 11111111111111111011—19 Lefever...0101001111inin0101-14 

 Miller ..11111111111111111111—20 Murray. .10111111011111111111-18 

 Si mpson . . 11111111111111110111—19 Luther . . . .10111111 1111111111 1 1—19 

 Mayhew. . lUllllllOOlllinn 1-18 McGinnis.lllllOlllOllOOOlllOl-14 



Buck nil 111111111101111 1-19 



Amateurs 



Geiser . . .11111111111110110111-18 M H R. . ..11110111111111110011-17 

 Wilcox.. ..11111111111111111111 -20 Mosher.. .llllllllOOlliniOllO-16 

 TOggin.. ..11111111111111111111-20 Peters ....11111111111111111111-20 



Pike Ill lllllillUllllll 1-20 



No. 10, 10 birds, entrance $1: Experts— Goegin 8. Pane 8, Peters 

 9, Luther 10, Wilcox 8, Miller 7, Barrett 9, Simpson 10. Buck 8, 

 Pik«10. Amateurp— Geiser 7. Lefever 6, Murray 9, McGinnis 9, 

 Eager con 9, Heikes 10, Livingston 8, Mosher 10, M. ri. R. 7. May- 

 hew 10, Keller 8, 



Extra No. 1, 10 targets: Barrett 10. Buck 10. Heikes 10, Miller 9, 

 Edgarton 8, Levengston 8, Mosher 7, M. H. R. 7, Simpson 7. 



No. 3. same: Buck 10. Miller 10, b-aul 10, Murray 9, Barrett 9, 

 Peters 9, Buck 8, Mayhew 8, Levengston 8, Simpson 8, Heikes 8. 

 Luther 7, Eagarton 6, Lefever 6, Tee Kay 



N \ 3, same: Barrett 10, Zuck 10, Miller 10, Simpson 10, Levengs- 

 ton 10, Wilcox 9, Peters 9, Edgarton 8, Heikes 8, .Simpson 8, Mur- 

 ray 8, Paul 7. M. H. R. 7, Lutber 6, Pike 5. 



No. 4, 20 singles, expert rules: Levengston 19, Heikes 18, Miller 

 17, Barrett 17, Peters 18, Pattl 15, Murrav 13. 



No. 5, 15 singles, expert rules: Paul 14, Simpson 14, Mayhew 14, 

 Murray 13, Peters 13, M'ller 13, Heikes 13, Pike 10. 



Matches, 15 targets. $15 a side the first, $.30 a side the second, 

 $15 a side the third, known angles: 



Mu rr ay 1111111 11011111-14 Heikes OllOllllllllUw. 



Vlurray 0111011101111 w. Heikes 101111111111111-14 



Murray . 101111111111111-14 Heikes nilUOlllOOOw. 



During tlie dav Barrett broke 93 per cent.. Miller 95 per cent., 

 and Levengston 95 per cent, in the guaranteed events. 



On the TJiird Dny 

 the weather was good, the only drawback being a rather tricky 

 ivmd. The attendance was about the 8am<^ as on the openinp day 

 This made no diiTerence in the mauas-fii-nsnt-. bovrr-vr.r ; - the 



guaranteed purses were handed out. regardless of the number of 

 entries. Barrett again led wi th 97 per cent, in the euarsntped 

 events, Levengston making 96, Hobart 9.5, Miller 94, He'ikes 87 and 

 Edgarton 87. The programme was precisely the same as on the 

 previous day and below are the scores: 



No. 1, 10 sineles, entrance $1: Simpson 9, Heikes 10, Livingston 

 10. Pike 8. T. K. 8, Barrett 10, Miller 9, Buck m, Lefever 10, lliTlof 

 10, Hobart 7, Luther 10, Edgarton 10, Perkins 6, M. H. R. 8. Paul 9, 

 McGinnis 6, Mayhew 8. 



No. 3, 10 birds, entrance fl.75^$,50 guaranteed: Paul 10. Buck 9, 

 Simpson 6. Heikes 7, LiviD^;sten 10, Pike 9, Barrett 10, Mosher 8. 

 Miller 9, Keller 6, M. H. R. 8, Hobart 10, Taylor 10, Edgarton 10 

 Lefever 8, Mayhew 9, Luther 9. Perkins 8, McGinnis 7. 



No. 3, 15 birds, entrance $2 '^5 $75 guaranteed : 

 Experts. 



Buck OllinmmilO-i.. ■le.ylor 111111110111100-12 



Livingston. ...nimn 1111111— 15 Edgarton liOiniinilllll- IS 



Pike OlllllOOlUiOOOl- 8 Mayhew... ...1111111111111110-14 



Barrett... llllllllll 11111-15 Luther 111111111110110- 13 



Miller imilllinilU-16 Paul Ulllimmi 10-14 



Hobart 11111111111111]- 



Amateurs, 



Simpson 11111111010111 i,^ ±x R nilinooOlllOll-10 



Heikes 111101111111101—13 Letever 111111110111111— li 



Mosher 110111111111101-13 McGinnis 11 illinOllUOO-12 



Keller 110101111111111 - -1 3 



No. 4, 20 singles, entrance $' 7.^;. $lfO guaranteed; 



Experts. 



Livingsi'nllinOlllllinilini-... Ltxever..,OH11010111H0011111-15 

 Barrett. . .IlllllininillllOll— 19 Mayhew. .11110101111111111111-18 



MiUer.... 11111110111111111111-19 Paul 11101011001111011111—15 



Hobart. . .01111111110111101111-17 



Amateurs. 



M H R . . .011101111111111111111-17 Back nillliniinilllllll-19 



Luther.... 11111111110110111101-17 Pike 10111111111101111111-18 



Edgerton. 011111111110110011 11-16 Simpson. .11111111111011111111— 19 

 Perkins.. 01001111111101011100-13 Heikes. ...11111111111111101110-18 

 Taylor. . . 11111110111111111110-18 Mof-her. . .11111011111111111111-19 

 MfGinnis.OllimOlllOllOlllll— 16 Keller lllOOlOlllHOllllllJ— 16 



No. 5, 25 singles, entry $6, .$25 added by S. G. C, expert rules: 



Miller 111111111110111:111110111—23 



Msyhew 1111001111110111111111001—20 



Edgerton 1001100111010111111111111—19 



Luther OllllllllOlOlllllllOUlll— 31 



Hobart 011111 1 1 1 1111111111111111-24 



Buck llllUlin 1100111 11011111-23 



Simpson 11111 1111 11 1 1 111 Oil 011011 -22 



Heikes 1111011111100111111111111—22 



Livingston. 1111111111101111110111111-23 



Pibe , 1011110111111110111111111-32 



Barrett 1111111111111111111110012-23 



No. 8, 10 singles. $1.75 entrance, $.50 guaranteed; Experts: Buck 

 10, Simpson 10, Mosher 7. Levengston 10, Barrett 10, Miller 9, 

 Heik'sS, Taylor 7. Amateurs: Hobart 10, M. H. R 7, Keller 6, 

 Pike B, Lefever 9, Mayhew 7, Geiser 8, Paul 9, Peters 8, Perkins 8, 

 McGinnis 8, Edgerton 7, Luther 10. 



No. 7, 15 singles, $3.75 entrance, $75 guaranteed: 

 Experts. 



Buck 110011111110011-11 Hobart 101111011111111-13 



Simpson llinoiUllllll- 14 Lefever 111111111111011—14 



Levengston . . .11 111111111111—15 Paul 01101 lOlllfOOlO- 8 



Barrett 111111111101111-14 Luther 111111111101111—14 



Miller 111111111001111—13 



Amateurs. 



Peters OlOllllllOOOlll— 10 Geiser 0001 101 OlllUlO— 9 



Kdgertnn 111111111111111—13 Pike H 1101 111111110— 13 



McGinnis JlOlinOUlUlO-ll Mosher 111110111011111—13 



Perkins 110111111110110-12 Keller OllOlUlllOOlOl— 10 



Heikes.., 111111111111110-14 M H R 101101010011111-10 



Taylor lllHOl 11111100— 12 Mayhew OOlllllllllHU— 13 



No. 8. 10 singles, $1.75 entrance, $.50 guaranteed; ExpHrts: 

 Simpson 6, Leveogaton 7, Barrett 10. L-- fever 9. Luther 8. Edsar- 

 ton 8, Heikes 10. Amateurs: Buck 10, Miller 9, Hobait 10, Keller 

 9, M. H. R. 5, Pike 10, Taylor 7, Mayhew 9, Peters 6, Perkins 8, 

 McGinnis 10. 



No. 9, 20 Mneles, entrance $3:75, $100 enarantepd; 

 Barrett. . .llllinillllUOimi— 19 McGinnis-lllOOlOlllOOOllinOl— 13 



Lefever.. .11111111011011111111-18 Paul llllllUllllUlIOlOO— 17 



Buck 11 111011111111111111—19 Luther. . ..uoiiiiiiiiomilllll— 17 



Miller lllllimilll 1111111-30 M H R. . . .llllllllOnilOllOOll-16 



Hobart... .11111111110111111111-19 Edgarton. 11111110111111111110-18 



Keller 11111110111011111111-18 Livingst'nllimillimillllll-2(l 



Heikes. ...11111111011111111111— 19 Simpson. .11111111101111 111100—17 



"ike OlOllllOOlllllimU— 18 Mosher.. ..llliuiiominin rim)— 15 



Mayhew.. lOlllllllllinillOOO-16 Taylor. .. .LlllllUll 111111111— ?0 

 Peters.... 01111101111101111111-17 Perkin.-*.. lllllOliilOllllOlUO- 16 



No. 10, 10 singlep. entrance SI: Tajlor 10. BfirreU 7, Buck 9, 

 Miller 10, Hoban 10, Heikes 8, Livin;iston 10. Keller S, Simpson 9, 

 Pike 10. Peters 9. Lefever 10, lidgarton 10, Mayhew 7, Lutber 10, 

 Wil ox 9. McGinnis 9, Paul 7, M. H R. 8. 



Extra No. 1. 10 singles: Miller 10, Livingston 10, Heikes 10, Ed- 

 garton 9, Lefever 9, Mayhew 9. Buck 9. Pike 8, Lutber 8, Barrett 8, 

 Sin- pson 8, Paul 7, Mosher 7, Hobart 7, Perk ins 6, Suyker 6, Kel- 

 ler 5. 



Extra No. 2, same: Keller 10, Heikes 10, Barrett 10, Edgarton 9, 

 Livingston 9, Miller 8, Simpson 8. 



Extra No. 3, 20 sinples: Miller 19, Livingston 18. Heikes 18, Bar- 

 rett 18. Edgarcon 17, Simp.?on 16. 



An interesting part of the day's fun was a series of match's 

 between teams of sis men each, captained by E. D. Miller and H. 

 Livingston, Jr., each man shooting at 20 singles, known angles. 

 The scores in full are here gi ven : 



First Match. 



E. D. Miller, Captain. H. Livingston, Jr., Captain. 



Miller 11111011111111111111-19 Li vingst'Dniminnillllllll- 30 



Barrett.. ..11011111111111111011— 18 Heikes. . ..11110011111111111111— 18 

 Krigartou. 11111111111111111111— 20 Simpson.. miimiillllllllli—20 



Buck 11111110111111111111—19 Luther.. ..011111 lllOlOlllUlli— 17 



Lefever. . .11111111111111111111-20 Tavlor . . . .11101111101 UllllOll-17 

 Wilcox.. ..lllllllUllllllimi-20 Hobart. ... 11011111011111111 111-lM 



Cap*. 

 Livingst' 

 Ueikes. . 

 3impaon 

 Lutber.. 

 Vlosher. . 

 Hobart. 



116 

 Second 

 Livingston's Team. 

 'nlllllllllllllllllOll— 19 

 . .11111111111111111111—20 

 . .11011111111110111101-18 

 .. Ill 1 001 llllUlllllll-1 8 



..iinooiiiiiHiniiii-18 



..llllllUllllllllllll— 20 



110 



matoL. 



Capt. Miller's Team. 



Miller 1111111111111111 1111-20 



Barrett. . .11110111111111011111—18 

 Edgarton.llOlllllllUllllllll— ly 



Buck 11111111111111110111-19 



Lefever. .11101111111110110101—10 



Wilcox . . ..iioiuin iiiuiiiiuo-ir 



NEW LONDON WESTERN TEAM. 



(Sjnjtft. Wolit^Doraft MUier, Gapt. LlndRl«y, Post. BreintaalJ, 



