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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Nov. 3, 1893. 



The Independents are Jersey's Champions. 



"VbIiJL, ve knowed ve was sure hei dot ereter place," said 

 "Duicciy" Smith, captain of the Independent Gun Olnb, when 

 Ins team won its ninth victory in the sefies of shoots of the Isew 

 Jersey Trap-Shooter's League, at Maplewood, on Oct. 87. And 

 •'Dutchy" may wrII be proud of his team for winning nine out 

 of ten rbntests and rollins; up the splendid average of 110 3-10 

 breaks out of a possible 125, or a percentage of 88.24. Not only 

 thie, but his pet team rolled up the hjtrhest four totals made dur- 

 ing the tournament, namely 115, IW, 113 and 113 tlie highest scores 

 made by other teams being 110 and 111 by the Maplewoods. Once 

 tie Independent team fell down 97 breaks, taut on no other 

 occasion did they break less than 108 targets in a race. 



The weather on the date of the final shoot was delightfuly mild 

 and nntil well along in Jthe afternoon overcoats were laid 

 aside. There was scarcely enough breeze to carry off the smoke. 

 The absence of wind was very much regretted when in one of the 

 f qjiids there were four men using blaclc powder, the smoke from 

 -which settled like a pall over the traps. The light was not of 

 the best, there being a troublesome haze at times hanging over 

 the trees in the foreground. ^ ^ „ , , 



The Maplewood Gun Club, on whose grounds the final shoot 

 was held, is one of the best known clubs in the 8tate, and one 

 ■which does more shooting than any other club in E=sex county. 

 Its grounds are situated on a high tract of land hack of the D., 

 Jj. & W- railroad tracks, about tbree-tiuarfers of a mile from the 

 Mapleword depot. To reach them one must cross three or four 

 fields, pass through a sparse wood and run the risk of piercing 

 the person and tearing clothes by scaling a couple of barbed-wire 

 fences, those blessings to farmers, but abominations to tres- 

 passers. Averyn^atand conveniently arranged club house of 

 good size is on the grounds and behind this is a heavy wood. 

 Directly in front of the house and about 250 sd=. distantis a sparse 

 •wood extending frr several hundred yards to the right and nearly 

 to the railroad on the left. The right and left sides of the field 

 are clear, and to the left can be seen the Orange Mountains, the 

 woodedslopesof which at this season present a beautiful combi- 

 nation of colors in foliage. 



The shooting was done from two sets of five traps each. One 

 set of bluerock traps was placed directly in fron^ of the club 

 house, bluerock targets being thrown from them. These are the 

 regular traps of the club, and on these the team race was shot. 

 The leaves on the trees in the foreground were of every conceiv^- 

 able color and tint, and with tlie hazy atmosphere gave a puzzling 

 foreground, and one which precluded the possibility for the big 

 scores which usually prevail when the Jersey cracks get together. 

 A look over the scores will show that in other than the lO-target 

 events "straights" were few and far between. 



The second set of 1:rap3 was arranged about a hundred yards to 

 the left of the club set. Here were Keystone traps throwing Key- 

 stone targets. The foreground was a trifle bett-r than for the 

 club set. but the unevenness of the ground made shooting as dif- 

 ficult as on thn others. 



Charles W. Brown, acknowledged to be the "chief hustler" for 

 the Maplewood boys, was early on the arounds, and when the 

 first contingent of shooters arrived everything was in tip-top 

 shape for their reception. A temporary booth had been elected 

 in one end of the club house and here Mrg. C. W Brown dealt 

 out toothsome bnaus, a la Boston, savory cofiEee and other delica- 

 cies to t^mpt the palate of the ever huogry sportsman. 



Among the earliest arrivals were Lieut.-Col R. Heher B reint- 

 nall, of the South Sides, of Newark: Wm. R. Hobart, secretary- 

 treasurer of the New .Jersey League, who brought alone an armful 

 of his excellent score sheets; Enoch D. Miller, of SpringSeld, 

 and Ernest Fisher, of Newark. J. Warren Smith, of Orange, was 

 also an early bird. A little later appeared C. M. Hedden, the 

 veteran Newark field and trap shot, who is bemoaning the loss of 

 his favorite setter, killed a few days previously, said dog having 

 the reputation of being the best partridge dog in the Sta.te. Then 

 there was "H. G." Gettler, a rattling good shot from the metrop- 

 olis, wt^ o insists that he must use idr. of black powder in his 12- 

 hore gun, and who causes the boys' ears to ring in consequence; 

 Tom Brantingham was there from Plainfleid with his high-colored 

 "Princeton" sweater; Ferd. Van Dyke with his -Francotte gun, 

 New London diamond and same old childlike smUe: "Uncle 

 Bills" Sigler, who had a bad attack of rheumatics, but stilt shot 

 a killing pace, and the ever jolly "Dutchy" Smith, captain o'' the 

 Independents, of Plainfleid. A si ill liter train let out Oscar 

 Hesse, the good-looking Red Bank exoe^t, who is booming Wals- 

 lorte powder and taking lots ot orders; Asa Whitehead, the giant 

 flpcretary of the Esses Gun Club, of Newark; Eddy Collins,TFred 

 Quimby's loading expert; Mever, of the Roiling Springs; Fred. G. 

 Mnore. "Claremont" of the New Jersey Snooting Club, and "R'g 

 Jim" Smith, of Hickettstown. Still later we see "Little Neaf 

 Apgar. Squire's right-hand man, who shoots left-handed and 

 who is manager of the State League; Seymour G. Smith, of Mid- 

 dlesex Gun Club fame, who is beginning to get among the bovs 

 once more: Ernest O. Geofi'roy, of the Woodsides, and F. H. 

 Heller, his clubmate. 



Sweep followed sweep in rnpid succession until 3 P.M.. when 

 the team race is called. By this time Hall, Coeman, ]3ower, 

 Jelleme and Abbott, of the Passaic City Gun Club, have appeared, 

 as have Koegfl, Hassinger, Schork and Heinrich, of 'he East Side 

 — Muiuals; Heritagn ("Old South Paw"), of the South Sides; 

 Walters and Tom Dukes of the Woodsides, and the prince of 

 practical joker «, Fred Quimby. 



The Maplewood Club bad arranged a very attractive program 

 of open to all events, and these were well filled. The shooting 

 was done under the revised rules of the American Shooting Asso- 

 ciation, and all shot from knoivn traps at known angles, under 

 the rapid-Qring system. 



The team match drew out seven teams, as follows: South Sidn 

 Gun Club, Woodside Gnu Club and East Side— Mutual Gun Olub, 

 of Newark; Boilmg Springs Fi^^h and Gun Club, of Rutherford; 

 Passaic City Rod and Gun Club, of Passaic; Independent Gun 

 Club of Plainfleid, and the Maplewood Gun Club, of Maplewood. 

 Asa Whitehead and Isaac H. Terrill alternated as referees, and C. 

 H. Townsend, trap editor of Forest and Stbeam, was official 

 scorer. Each team comt)rised five men, and each man shot at 

 25 bluerock targets. The first team to complete its score was that 

 of the Maplewood Gun Club, which rolled out the flu- aggregate 

 of 111 breaks. The champion Independent team followed wiih 

 113, this being the top score of the day. Up to the 115th round it 

 looked as though this team would excel its former record of 115 

 breaks, but '•Dutchy" made a miss and Brautmgham and Sigler 

 followed his lead. The leading individual scores were C. Drake's 

 25. J. L. Smith's U and W. R. Hobart's 34. 



The making of a clean score by C. Drake made him the winner 

 of a handsome medal offered by the Standard Keystone Target 

 and Trap Company to the shooter scoring the hichest aggregate 

 num^ber of breaks in four consecutive contests. Up to this time 

 E.D.Miller had a record of 95, R. H. Breintnall 9.3, Nea,f Apgar 

 93. C.Smith 92, F.F.Moore 93. U. Drake 91 and Frank Post 90 

 The only one who could improve his chances, even by breaking 

 straight, was C. Drake. Drake, who buckled down to business, 

 fairly pulverized bis targets and beat Miller out for the medal 

 by amargm of one break in the aggregate. 1 1 was a nervy exhibi- 

 tion and the "blonde boy" deserves credit. 



The full scores of the day's work are appended: 

 Maplewood Ci. c. 



Drake.. 1111111111111111111111111—35 



W bmtth 1 llimilllOllUlllOlUll— 23 



C Dean UOOlllUO I OllllH 1111111-21 



J L smith niniiioaiuiiimiiin-24 



A bickley OLimoiOlimiUllOlllLtOl-18-111 



independent n. C. 

 Miller • .1111101101111111111111111-3.3 



Sigler. lomi iiiiiiiiiiminiio-aa 



Brantingham 1111110111111111111111101—23 



Apgar 111101 llOllUUllOlinill— 22 



C Smith lllOHlOUlllllHlHllOll-32— 113 



„ Passaic City G. C. 



Hall 100101 0100 101010 Wl 010010—11 



Ooman 0011011111101011111111011-19 



Bowes lOOlllomillOOulllOlOUl— 17 



J elleme lOlllllumui 1101011111-33 



Abbott llllllllimOlOlllOlllOll-Sl- 90 



South Side G. O. 



Hobart 1111111111101111111111111—24 



Hedden . 11111010111 lllll011U(!0ll-gO 



Breintuall mill"llinillllllll01il-23 



Whitehead lOUimillOlllOOllllillO-20 



Heritage . . OOliimn umill01101iJ-20-107 



East Side-Mutiiiil a G. 



l^oesex uou u iumuononino-31 



Hsssmger liiLlllilOOllllinam noiuoii— 14 



Heinrich 0(iOoniiooLnoioioIoill01ilO--10 



Schorck 01 1 ] 01 01 111 1) 110 LI 0 1 11111-20 



^'s\ieT .,.lUllO0Ulii011U10lllu01Q0-l5- 80 



^ ^ , Woodside G C 



T Dukes am rioLniiooiioiuiinu-io 



\ an Dyke 1101ini011111Hlliiiioil_3a 



A\ alters iimoiimooooiioiiiouo-iii 



geoffroy 1111111110011101111111111-33 



HeUar oiiiiiniimoiiuoiinio-31- 97 



Boiling Springs F. and G. C. 



Meyer ......... 1110111010110111111110011-19 



Parry ■•• ' 1111011111111100111111110-21 



Collins .. ■ limimillOlllOO 1111001-20 



Claremont.'... lOlllllimilO 11111111111-33 



Lraore.. . , 1000101011001000101010010-10 - 93 



SWEEPSTAKES. 



No. 1. 10 birds, Si: Breintuall 8, W. Smith 10, Hobart 9, Drake 9, 

 Miller 8. Flshfr 5. ^ „ .^^ „ „ , 



No. 3, 10 singles, $1: Breintuall 9, Miller 9, W. Smith 9, Hobart 



9, Drake 8, Fisher 8. . „ , , . . , 

 No. 3, 15 singles, 81.50: W. Smith 15, Hedden 13, SHobart 14, 



Miller 15, Breintuall 13, H. G. 13, Drake 13, Brantingham 12, Man- 

 ning 12, Ziegler 14, Dutchy 12, Van Dyke 13, Fisher 10, Palmer 11, 

 Jackson 8. „ „ ™ 



No. 4, 15 singles. $1.50: Sigler 13, Miller |15. Bremtnall 13, W. 

 Smith 15, Hobart 13, Drake 14, Hedden 12, H. G. 10, Brantingham 

 13. Hesse 13. Manning 13, Van Dyke 11. Fisher 13. 



No. 5, 15 singles. $1..50: Sigler 13, Breintnall 12, W. Smith 14, 

 Dutchy 14, Van Dvite 12, Hedden 14, Miller 15. Brantingham 14, 

 Hobart 14, Drake 13, Palmer 13, Manning 13, H. G. 9, Hesse 11, 

 Collins 13, Claremont 13. 



No. 6. 10 singles, $1 entry: Sigler 9. Breintnall 9, W. Smith 10, 

 Dutchy 7, Van Dyke 7. Hedden 8, Miller 9, Brantingham 8. Hobart 



10, Drake 8, Hesse 9, Fisher 8, White 8, Manning 5, Meyer 7, Clare- 

 mont 8, Collins 8, Dean 10, H. G. 10, J. L. Smith 8. 



No. 7, 20 sineles. $2 entrv: 



Tyler Oil UllUllinill 100-17 Hesse lllOllllUlllllllOll-lS 



Breiuin'lllllOllllllllimilll-19 Fisher. . . .00111111101111001011-14 

 W Smith .11111111111111111111-20 Clarem'ntllllOiOllllllOUllll— 16 



Dutrhy,..llllllimiI10mUl-19 HG 11111001111111011111-17 



Van 1 )yke1 1111111010111111111—18 White . . . .01110011101111111110—15 

 Hedden.. 11110011110111111111—17 J C SmithllllllOOinillinilO-17 

 Miller ....11111111111100111111—18 Manning..l00010100I0100101110- 9 

 Brant'h'oill 110111111111011010-10 Dean .. ..10111111111111110111-18 

 Drake . . . .11111111111111111111—30 Collins. . . .00111111010111101110—14 



No. 8, 10 singles, fl entry: SielerQ. Breintuall 9, W. Smith 9, 

 Dutchy 9, Van Dyke 8. Hedden 8. Miller 6. Meyer 7. Drake 10, 

 tTesse 8. l^laremont 8. J. L. Smith 8, Palmer 9. Fisher 8, H. G. 8, 

 Collins 8, Geoffrey 7, Heller 4, White 8. Sickley 10, Jackson 10, 

 Manning 9, Dean 8. 



No. 9, 15 singles, entrv |1..50: 



Sigler 111101001111101—11 Palmer UmOlllOlllOO-ll 



Breintuall 111111110111111-14 Hellfir 001010110011101- 8 



W Smith ...111011101111111—13 Geoffrey 11 1101111 1111 OO-ie 



Dutchy lllinillllllll-15 Sickly IIIUIIIUIOUI-U 



Van Dyke 111101111111011-13 HG UllUUlllllll-lo 



Hedden Ill 1011 UOl 1111-13 Apgar 111111111111111-15 



Miller OinilllillOUl— 13 S G Smith 000(111010101101- 7 



Drake -.111011111111110-13 Meyer 101101011111111-13 



Claremont limiimillll-15 Fisher OllOllllinmil-13 



JL Smith 111111001111111-13 Manning 111111111111101-14 



Collins lOllum 111101-13 Jackson IHUOIUIOOOOOO- 7 



He«se millllllinoi-14 Brantingham..ll0101001011111— 10 



No. 10, 15 singles en+rv $1 .50: 



Sigler nillllllltillll— 14 Hesse 011010011110111—10 



Breintnatl 110111110111111-13 .^ickley 101111011111111—13 



W Smith 110111111111101—13 Geoffrey 111111110011111-13 



Van Dyke 111111111111111-15 Heller.- 101111100111101-11 



Dutchy 101111001111111-13 Heritage; Ill 0111 00011101-10 



Hidden 011110111111111-13 J L Smil h 011110101111111-13 



H G 011101 011100010- 8 S G Smith 011111110010100- 9 



Apgar 111111111101101-13 Meyer 111111100111111—13 



Miller 111111111111111-15 Manning 111111101011111—13 



Collins......... 100111101101010- 9 Drake 111111011011111—13 



Claremont .. ..010110111111111—13 Fisher 110011110111011—11 



No. 11, 15 singles, entrv $1: 



Sigler llUlinUOOlll-ls .H G 101110101011111-11 



Breintuall. . . .lOlllimilllll-14 Heritage 011110110111110—11 



VV Smith lllllllOOmiU— 13 Palmer 101111101011110-11 



Van Dyke llOOllllUllOll-12 HuU .000001011100100- 5 



Dutchy 011111011011111—13 Abbott lUOOOOllOlOlOl- 8 



Kedden 111101111111111-14 Coman. 001011010011100— 7 



Sickley nnOlllOllOlll— 13 Walters 111111110111111—14 



Apgar lllf>lllllllim-14 Goeft'rey 011111101111111—13 



Miller.. 111111111111111-15 Koegel 111101010111101-11 



Collins llOUOlllllOlOl-ll Meyer 111111111111011—14 



Claremont 101 UOl 11011111-13 Jelleme IllOlllllDllOOl-ll 



SG Smith ..111100011110100 - 9 Drake 111111111111110-14 



No. 12, 15 singles, entry $150: Lemmon 5, H. G. 11, Claremont 

 13, Van Dvke 11, Miller 11, W.Smith 14, H. King w., 0. Bocs 6, 

 Apg*r 15, S. G. Smith 11, Jedell 6. Dutchy 13, J, L. Smith 13. 



A PEW FACTS AND FIGURES. 



The above shoot brought to a close what can confidently be 

 claimed to have been the most successful series of contests ever 

 held by a State or other league, and one which has gone a great 

 way toward promoting a renewed interast in trap-shooting, as 

 well as cementing a bond of good fellowship among the members 

 of the clubs interested. The meetings, ten in all, have p tssed off 

 without a jar or wrangle of any de»cription, owing to the careful 

 attention to details on the part of Manager Apgar and Secretary 

 Hobart, who have devoted a great deal of their time to the run- 

 ning of the team contests. 



The league was organized last winter by those who had been in- 

 terpsted in the old Essex County Trap-Shooter's League. The 

 first shoot was held on the Newark grounds of the Woodside Gun 

 Club, on E'eb. 32, there being eight teams entered. The second 

 shoot, held on the grounds of the Passaic City Rod and Gun Club, 

 drew out ten teams. In the third contest, on the grounds of the 

 Brunswick Gun Club, ten teams entered. Nine teams shot in the 

 fourth contest, held on the Boiling Springs Gun Club grounds. 

 The fifth contest took place on the s,rounds of the South Side Gun 

 Club, when ten teams shot. In the sixth contest, on the Indepen- 

 dent Gun Club grounds, there were nine teams. At the seventh 

 shoot, held on the New Jersey Shooting Club's grounds, there 

 were also nine teams, as there were in the eighth shoot, held by 

 the East Orange Gun Club. Seven teams took part in the ninth 

 shoot on the East Side-Mu'ual grounds and seven also shot at 

 Maplewood in the final contest. 



In each case the club on whose grounds the team contests were 

 held also arranged a number of open to allsweepst ke events and 

 in some of these there were as many as 58 entries. At the shoot 

 held on the South Side grounds there were 65 individual shooters 

 on the grounds and at the Passaic and Boiling Springs shoots there 

 were about the same number. The shooting during these open 

 events was of the very highest order, as is usually the case when 

 the talent ot New -Jersey gets together, which means that those 

 who do not crowd the 90 per cent, mark are practically "not in it." 

 At all of these meetings the utmost good feeling prevailed and 

 many friendships were formed between clubs and individuals. 



While it is to be deplored that there was not a closer competi- 

 tion for the leading honors, the outcome of the team contests was 

 still satisfactory to sll concerned. After the Indrpendent team 

 had won six contests it was feared that the interest would flig, 

 but this was not the case, at least not to the extent that was feared. 

 Had the team of the Independents been pushed harder it would 

 have added zest to the various contests. 



Another thing to be regretted is the rule which allowed men to 

 change teams in the various contests. We have always contended 

 that no man should be allowed to shoot on more than one team 

 during a series of shoots. Of course, during these shoots it was 

 legalized by the rules, but in the next series it should be prohibited. 



During the series 88 team scores were shot, these calling for 

 10,975 targets, of which 8,399 were broken, the average per shot 

 being gS^ft'se, or 76.45 per cent. The number of targets broken in 

 each contest in order was as follows: 



1st 8 teams 770 6th 9 teams 841 



3d 10 teams 947 7th 9 teams 8tJ8 



3d 10 teams '.m 8th 9 teams 875 



4th 9 teams 822 9th 7 teams 677 



5tlj 10 teams , .960 10th 7 teams 691 



The following table shows the scores made by the teams in the 

 various contests, and also gives the average of each team, the 

 number of targets shot at and the percentage of the team: 



Clubs. Scores. Shot at. Broke. Aver. Per ct 



Indeptudent- 



109 113 114 97 108 115 110 113 112 113 1250 1103 llO^.o 88 24 

 Maplewood — 



106 9.3 97 98 104 108 110 101 106 111 1250 1034 1(B*,„ 82 72 

 South Side— 



79 106 lOd 103 106 108 303 103 105 107 1330 102S 103«,n .81 86 

 New .Tersey — iv ■ 



9a 103 108 lOOO 



94 103 104 95 

 Boiiiug Spi'ings — 



93 90 109 107 105 m 98 95 84 93 J350 

 AVnodside — 



104 93 93 104 103 ... 95 90 94 ^7 ll^. 

 Passaic City— 



... 85 75 72 96 93 .88 9t 90 " 1126 781 

 East Side-Mutual— 



^ 95 92 77 70 95 94 ?S «i 91 80 1250 SBfl 

 Biuuswick — 



... 72 95 ... 

 East Orangp — 



91 93 78 77 66 70 87 77 1000 



790 98M 79 



975 971/6 78 



873 97 : 7.( 



m\ 69.19 



8$ es.ss 



The places held hy the teams in the several fcontests are here 

 shown: 



1 3 3 h 5 6 T S 9 10 



Independents 1116111111 



Maplewoods 3 5 5 4 4 2 1 4 3 2 



South Side 833 3 322333 



New Jprsey 5 3 4 6 9 3 3 3 .. .. 



Boiling Springs 6421354675 



Woodside 3 5 7 2 5 . . 5 8 4 4 



Passaic City 7 10 8656566 



East Side Mutual 4 6 9 9 7 4 8 7 5 7 



Brunswick 8 6 .. 8 7 



East Orange 7 5 8 7 10 6 7 9 .. .. 



It will thus be seen that the Independent team won first place 

 eight times, and tied once for the same position with the Maple- 

 woods. iThis ;tie occurred at Claremont. and at the succeeding 

 shoot on the grounds of the East Orange Club the representatives 

 of the sporting journals were given to tmderstand that the above 

 tie would be decided by the total scores made by the teams on 

 that day. The Independents made 113 to the Maplewood's 101, 

 and as a matter of course the papers stated that the tie had been 

 won by the Independents. At last Saturday's shoot, however, 

 members of the Maplewood cltib denied all knowledge of having 

 agreed to shoot off such tie. Hence this matter will have to he 

 discussed at the next meeting of the league. In the sixth contest 

 the Maplewoods and South Sides tied for second place and this 

 will also come up for discussion. 



Appended is a list of all who made 80 per cent, or better shoot- 

 ing in five or more contests of the series: 



Shoots. Per cent. Shoo's. Per cent. 



ED Miller 9 93 44 W R Hobart 10 86 



C Smith 5 9L20 W Smith 10 84.80 



T.Brantingha.m....lO 90.40 E Phillips 8 84 50 



RH BreintnaU.... 7 90.26 F Van Dvke 9 84 



N Apgar 9 89.77 E O G offroy 8 84 



FG Moore 7 89.14 C Hedden 9 83.5=i 



W Sigler 5 88 J Purdy 6 83 33 



J L Smith 6 87.33 E Collina 9 8177 



0 Drake 10 87.20 J H Ricbmond. . . . 5 81.60 



FPost 6 86.66 C D-an 9 8133 



WF Simpson 5 86.40 A Whitehead 6 80.66 



In all 134 individuals tooK part as memb- rs of the several teams. 



The leaders in the contest for the Sf-ndard Keystone medal 

 offered for the best four consecutive scores wpre: C. Drake, 23, 24^ 

 24, 25-96 (winuPT); E. D. Miller, 24. 33. 25, 34 -95; T. Brantingham, 

 34, 33, 32. 24-93; R. H, Breintuall, 33, 35, 2i 22—93; N. Apgar, 34. 33, 

 33. 23-92; F. G. Moore, 24. 25 23, 20-93; J. L. Smith. 21, 33, 23, 24- 

 90; F. Post, 32. 22, 23, 33 -90; W. K. Hobart, 30, 33, 23, 34-00. 



Scorps of 35 were made by the following: Miller, C. Smith 

 Drake, W. Smith, Moore. Collins, Breintuall. 



Scores of 34: Apgar, Millei- (fourl, Brantingham (three), C. 

 Smith, Squires, Drake (three). J. L. Smith, Baar, Purdy, Moore, 

 Richmond, Hobart, Hedden. Whitehead. 



Scores of 33; Apgar (three). Miller, Brsntingham (three), C, 

 Smith, Sigler (two), Sopsr (two). Dean (i wo). Drake, W. Smitth 

 (three), Addison, J. L. Smith, Van Dyke (two), Goeffroy, Purdy, 

 Moore (two), Richmond, Pont flwo), Hollister, Meyer, Keller, B, 

 Dukes, Hobart (three), BreintnaU (three), Phillips (two), Bram, 

 Shaw, Coeman, Van Nuis. 



There were fifty-six 33s made during the series. 



The prizes have been won as follows: 



For greatest number of matches won. $20, Independents, who 

 also win al:J-gause Lefever gun presented by the Lefever Arms 

 Company for the highest team average in seven contests; average 

 112 5-7, or 90.17 per ceut. 



Second prize, $15, Boiling Springs Gun Club. 



Third prize, SIO. won by the South Side Gun Club. 



Fourth prize, B5, won by the Maplewood Gun Club. 



Club winning fifth place the greatest number of times, a case of 

 mounted quail presented by Sohoverling, Daly & Gales, won by 

 Woodside Gun Club. 



Fnr winning sixth place greatest number of times, ten hags of 

 chiHed shot, presented by Tatham & Brothers, won by Passaic 

 City Rod and Gun Club. 



For winning seventh place the greatest number of times, six 

 bags of chilled shot, presented hy the Le Koy shot and lead works, 

 tied for by East Side— Mutual Gun Club and East Orange Gun 

 Club. 



For winning eighth place the greatest number of times, four 

 bags of chilled shot, presented by the Le Roy Shot and Lead 

 Works, won by Brunswick Gun Cluh. 



Hiehest innividuallscore in first match, one year's subscription 

 to Jl?Jie?'ica>i ^'ieZcI. Thos. Brantingham; same in second contest, 

 one year's subscription to Foeest and Stream, F. S. Moore; 

 third contest, one year's subscripcionito Shnotinfj and Fishing, F. 

 G. M'^ore; fourth contest, one year's subscription to Forest and 

 Stream. R. H. BreintnaU; fifth contest, one year's subscription 

 to Sporting Times, C. M. Hedden, Where ties occured in the 

 above conLCSts they were decided hy the scores of the succeeding 

 shoot. 



A solid silver soup ladle, presented by the Spoy-tina Times for 

 the best individual average in not less than seven contests, was 

 won by E. D. Miller, average 93.44 per cent. O. H. Townsend. 



89 64 476 32(1 §0 



1^39 "79% 03.90 



The Great American Handicap. 



New Lomdon. Conn., Oct. 37.— As the target season is about over 

 we shall go to work at once on our grand live bird tournament, 

 which will be held the second week in January, and at which the 

 grand American handicap will be shot. This will without doubt 

 be the most important event ever shot in America, and as we are 

 already beginning to receive inquiiies in regard to the same have 

 decided to allow individuals to enter at any of the offices of the 

 members of the Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Associ- 

 ation in New York city. Their names and addresses are aa fol- 

 lows: Eorest and Stream Pub. Co., 318 Broadway; American Field 

 Pub. Co.. 19 Park place; Henry C. Squires. 178 Broadway; Jacob 

 Pentz, S Murray street; J. A. tl. Dressel (U. M. O. Co.), 313 Broad- 

 way. 



Entries will also be received by Chas. Tatham, of Tatham & 

 Bros., 82 Beekman street, and Mr. .\I. F. Lindsley, of the Ameri- 

 can Wood Powder Co.. 50 Wall street, and such entries will be en- 

 tered on one of the books at the offices first named. 



In making application for entrance, either bymail or in person, 

 a torfeit of $10 will be required. The balance to be paid on or 

 before Jan. 1, 1883. The entrance for the handicap event will be 

 SaO. Anyone failing to pay the balance of entrance money within 

 the specified lime shall forfeit the same, and it will be added to 

 purse given to the winners of the handicap. The purse will be 

 divided (the first season) 60. 30 and 10 per cent. The added money 

 given by the association will be added to the first money. The. 

 handicap for each purse must be shot down to one man. We will 

 have circulars and entry blanks ready to mail on 2<ov. 15. Entry 

 books will be at the different offices on Nov. 1. The handicap book 

 for the present will be kept at 313 Broadway, and the distance 

 from wnich each individual wiU shoot will be published not later 

 than ten days after entering. 



We have before mentioned that entries would not be received 

 until Nov. 1, although several pigeon shots of America have 

 written about same, desiring to know how much money it was 

 necessary to inclose to enter for the handicap. Mr, F. C. Fowler, 

 of Mood us. Conn., ha? applied for entrance and inclosed a forfeit of 

 SIO, so under the circumstaDces will accept the same and enter it 

 as soon as the books are received from the printers. His handi- 

 cap win be 26 yds., as he has never shot a live pigeon out of a trap. 

 Iq this conupction we will state that entries for the handicap will 

 close on Saturday, Dec. 31, 1893. 



Twenty-six yards will be the limit for handicapping. The 

 scratch mark will be extended from 30 to 33yds., and that will be 

 as far as any individual will ever be handicapped. 



H. A. Penrose. 



Riverview Gun Club Tournament. 



The first tournament of the Riverview Gun Club, of Amsterdam , 

 N. Y., at McClary Driving Park was well attended by members of 

 Eastern N. Y. State Trap Shooters' League. The early morning 

 was threatening, but about 10 o'clock some thirty visiting shooters 

 loaded down with gun-cases and shells climbed the hill to the 

 shooting grounds. Among them we noticed the Saratoga "delega- 

 tion" in force. Messrs. Gibbs, Peters, "Buck" Coster, Harry 

 Levengstou, and Ramsdill, along with them the crack Roberts, of 

 Rupert, Vt. The gejial secretary of the N. Trap Shooters' 

 League, Horace B. Darby, who edits the " Gun, Rifle and Rod" 

 dep~i.rt.ment of thp Albany Argus, trudged on ahead with his score 

 sheets along with .lohn V. Sanders, Taylor. Roekwortii, and Leon, 

 of Albany, Greer, Betts, Farman came later iu the day. Dr. 

 Wessels and Harry Bancroft of the Caufljoharic Gun C'lub we 

 found on the grounds, also Alvin Walrath and Fred Partiss of 

 Johnstown. W. H. Cruttenden Cthe kingbird trap and target 

 '■ Grutts "), of CazBDOvia, had charge of the traps and did general 

 "bustling." On his travel to Amsterdam he was accompanied by 

 Geo. Moslier, of Fulton, N, Y., who shoots and sells the famous 

 "L. C. Smith guns" for the Hunter Arms Co. Salisbury of Cana- 

 etota came along to try a hand with Mosher in ginasbing targets. 

 The Riverview Club members we found out in full force, doing 

 all they could to make the tournament a success. 



