Dec. 8, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



803 



John Rebhan's Pattern. 



IncijOSBD will be found the target made on the Hudson itifle 

 Club range by Mr. .Tohn Rebhan, treasurer ol the club, in the reg- 

 ular weekly competition. 



John has been an enthusiastic shooter for a number of years, 

 both on long and short ranse?. and has competed in tournaments 

 and matches with almost all the well-known riflRmen. When he 

 sets his mind to it he generally "gets thi^re." Although the com- 

 petition has been rather lively during the past few months, he had 

 not reached a very high notch until the above was made. 



It will be noticed that it is a very good pattern and his holding 

 exo»llent. Mthoutrh he leads in fir.st team, he is closely followed 

 by Bird, Hansen, Main and Mahlenbtock, and before the season 



JOHN HEBHAN'S PATTERN. 



closes some lively times and high scores are anticipated. Second 

 Team— Hoff and Smith had a lively bout, as will be seen by the 

 appended scores, having tied for first place. As they flre both 

 genial gentlemen, they deci'^od to "toss up the penny" for place, 

 which resulted in Hnff Eetting the "tail" but winning the "toss 

 up." The score, regular practice, Nov. U : 

 First Team. 



John Rebhan 25 2.5 25 25 25 25 24 24 24 24-246 



H L Hansen 25 25 25 24 24 24 24 23 23 23—240 



H Mahlenbrock 25 25 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 23—388 



C E Bird 25 25 25 24 23 23 2H 25 23 22—238 



Second Team. 



M Hotf 25 25 25 25 24 24 23 22 32 22-237 



J Smith 25 35 25 24 24 23 23 23 23 23—337 



WMeyre .. .25 26 25 24 34 23 33 23 23 20—232 



F A Reynolds 25 35 25 24 24 34 33 21 21 19-231 



Third Team. 



J Buch 25 24 24 24 23 23 32 33 22 21-230 



S Middleton 25 24 33 23 23 23 23 32 81 19-325 



C Staderman 35 23 23 23 24 22 23 31 19 19—320 



During the next month the clnb will issue a challenge of ten 

 men to the Empire BifleOlub, of New York city, and it is expected 

 that not only good scores will be made, but that a good time in 

 general will be enjoyed by those two clubs, who are great friends 

 of one another. 



C. E. Bird is also to issue a challenge for a 100-shot match with 

 E, Fischer, of the Miller R'fl-j Clu^^, of Hoboken. .The EagtjIS. 



A Perfect Score. 



A RUN of 35. 25, 35, 25, 25, 35, 25, 25, 25, 25—250; made Oct. 7, 1893 

 by David Miller, on the Miller Rifle Club range, Hoboken, N. J ' 

 Rest, 10 shots, 80ft. 



Jersey's Military Shooters. 



The First Brie^tde (N. G. N. J.} Rifle Association held its weekly 

 shoot on the 200yds. ranges at the Newark Shooting Park on 

 Decemher 2. with the usual unfavorable weather conditions. 

 The wind varied from 5 to 20 miles an hour and was " fishy" at 

 that, while the light was so poor that the sport had to end at 

 4 p. m. The attendance was not as good as ueual. there belne only 

 Ave member present. The majority of the mtmbers are tied up 

 by business, but after the holidays they will be present in force. 

 Within a few weeks a number of the members will come together 

 in a flfty-shot match which may poss'bly be made an open afCair. 

 The scores made on Saturday wer<< a" appended. 

 OaptWH Howard 4 4 4 i 4 4 4 5 3 4—40 



3 4 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 5-40 

 143344433 4-36 



4 4 3 4 5 3 4 3 3 4-37 

 Sergt. Wilhelm : .4 4 5 i 4 4 5 4 4 5—43 



54 4 544534 4-43 

 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 .5-41 

 FXBTY SHOT MATCH. 



Ma.lor Wallace. . 5 & 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5—44 



444344554 5-42 



-15444444 5 4-43 



44444444. T 4-41 



„ . „, , 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5-44 -313 



Priv, Townsend ... ....4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 4—43 



454443544 5-43 



44454444 5 5—43 



4444 5 5445 4-43 



443545544 4-43 -213 



Zettler Rifle Club. 



No 319 Bo-HTEBV, New York, Dec. 3 —The bi-weekly shoot of the 

 Zettler Rifle Clnb took place on Tuesday evening, Nov. 39, at 

 their headquarter'. 319 B iwery, with the following results: 



PBuBse 246 B Zettler ,246 P Ro«s .244 



HHolge" 2^3 U B Engel 345 C G Zettler. 243 



B WaJther 34b G-usNowak, 244 H Strata 339 



Port Chester Rifles. 



Port CnKSTEB Rifle Club, Saturday, Dec. 3, 200yds., oflf-hand 

 standard American target: . „ „ „, 



J Smith 7 10 8 7 8 6 7 8 8 6-74 



RRudd..... 7 r 8 9 9 6 4 5 7 8-67 



R McNeil. Jr 7 7 8 5 10 7 8 5 3 6-66 



H Boeger 5 6 5 7 5 4 5 6 8 8—69 



TKiernan 3 4 6 3 2 7 8 2 2 6-43 



R. McNeil, Je. 



The Lancaster Cork Gun Wad. 



The Lancaster Cork Gun Wad, for which patent is now pending, 

 is an invention which should prove ot great value to sportsmen. 

 The manufacturers claim that the wads have all the advantages 

 of felt wads with none of the latter's disadvantages. They are 

 one-third lighter, which makes them much less likely to pass 

 through the shot charge and disturb the pattern than a heavy 

 wad. They contain no grease, oil or chemicals, and do not require 

 an extra wad over the powder, insuring a shorter shell. The 

 manufacturers claim that they also keep the barrels of a gun 

 cleaner than any other wad, and that the recoil is less. Send for 

 price list —AfJu. 



All ties divided unless otherwise reported 

 FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here 

 send in notice Ill<e the follo wing; 



Dec. 15.— Ouen shoot at 100 live birds. $100 entry, Erb'a grounds, 

 Newark, N. J. Entries, if accompanied by S30 forfeit, will be re- 

 ceived up to Dec. 13. by Forest and Stream, 318 Broadway, New 

 York. 



Dflc. 17.— Elliott vs. Fulford, at Kansas City, Mo.: 19, at Indian- 

 apolis, Ind.; 33, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; 24, at Williamsport. Pa.; 26, at 

 flarrisburg. Pa. „ 



Dee. 26.— Hartner's all-day target tournament, Orangeville, 

 Baltimore county, Md. 



Dec. 37-30.— Watson's live bird target tournament, Watson's 

 Park, Burnside, Til. 



Dec. 28.29.— Jacksonville (Fla.) Gun Club's fifth annual tourna- 

 m' nt; S500 guaranteed purses; $300 in money and merchandise 

 prizes added, Professional experts barred. Bryan Taliaferro, 

 Sec'y. 



1893. 



Jan. 3.— Hartner's all-day target tournament, Oradgevilie, Bal- 

 timore county, Md- 



Jan. 3.— To wand a (Pa.) G-un Club's all-day tournament. 



.Tan. 3 — Sou'h Side fiun Club's "annual," Newai'k, N. J. 



Jan. 17-18.— Hamilton (Ont.) Gun Club tournament, live birds 

 and targets. 



Jan. 10 11.— Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Associa- 

 tion's Grand American Handicnp, live bird tournament. New 

 Jersev (grounds to be named); Hurlingham rules, Monaco 

 boundary. 



May 17-18 —West Newburgh Gun Clut) spring tournament, at 

 Newbureb, N. Y. 



May 33-25.— Knoxville Gun Club tournament, $1,000 added to 

 purses. Also valuable merchandise prizes. 



June 13-16 — New York State Sportsmfin's Association tourna- 

 ment, at Rorhester. H. M. Stewart, Cor. Sec'y, 413 EUwanger & 

 Barry buildinsr, Rochester, N. Y. 



Oct. 19-20.— West Newburgh Gun Club fall tournament, at New- 

 burgh, N. Y. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



Will H. r-RUTTENDEN, the well-known "Crutty" of kingbird target 

 fame, sends us his views in regard to the existing evil of dropping for 

 places where the pots are divided into percentages alone Just so 

 long as purses are oivided into percentages just so long will there be 

 •'pldjiog for holes," no matter now much the shooters or the public 

 may oppose the practice. The only way to do away with "dropping" 

 i*, therefore, to do away with purses, and this Mr. Cruttenden pro- 

 poses shiU be done by the introduction in all events of an innovation 

 of the "jack rabbit" system. As is known under the "jack rabbit" 

 .system each break pays ten cents and whatever balance remains in 

 the pot is divided into 50, 30 and 30 per cent, for first, second and 

 third moneys. Mr. Cruttenden suggests an improvement upon this 

 plan by paving to shooters twenty cents for each target broken, this 

 doing away, of course, with aoy other division. The entries in all 

 events would be at the uniform r&te of ten cents per target, the shooter 

 paying for the targets. The man who under this system could 

 scheme to make a penny by dropping a bird would have to do some 

 tall thinking. It is possible, of course, to use any handicap that is 

 desired in order to place the contestants on as near an equality as 

 possible. We are inclined to think that this plan of "Crutty's" would 

 come as near, if not nearc- than any other to give us honest ."hooting. 

 Clubs can still add money for their shoots if they wish, but instead of 

 putting it into "pots" or "purses" and tempting shooters to p'ay 

 comijinations, let them increase the price they pay for each target 

 that is broken. And they need not confine themselves to the above 

 stated uniform entry fee, but can vary that if they choose. Taken all 

 in all the suggestion is worth acting upon, as the only possible man- 

 ner in which a shooter can get any money under the system is by 

 breaking targets. Once this plan is adopted and we can forever bid 

 "good-bye" to "combinations" and"wolf shoots." What club will be 

 the first to try the experiment? 



On Saturday, Dec. 17, will occur the first of the series of five 

 matches between J. A R. Elliott, of Kansas City, Mo., and E. D 

 Fulford. Ttie match will take place ia Kansas City, but not on the 

 famous "Side Hill Park." where Fulford refuses to shoot. That 

 this series will be hotly contested no one can doubt who has formed 

 an unbiased opinion of the two men. Some infer, because Fulford 

 made such a poor showing against Budd, that he (Fulford) is "no 

 shooter," so far as first class work is concerned. To this ruling we 

 beg to take exception. Elliott has been beaten and be has not always 

 succeeded in making phenomenal scores, but still no one would think 

 of classing him as a third-rate man. And there is no reason for 

 placing Fulford in the third class because he killed 81 out of 100 birds 

 at Watson's Park, Let the public withhold its judgment as to the 

 relative merits of the two men until they have seen them shoot. 



Henry C. W. Matz, the popular president of the Reading (Pa.) 

 Shooting Associa'ion has secured possession of the " Three Mile 

 House" at Shillington, just outside of Reading. He has a half-mile 

 track for horse or bicycle racing, and inside the track he has ar- 

 ranged tmps for both live bird and target shooting. The grounds are 

 enclosed with a high fence and the foreground is perfectly clear. 

 Tne grouuds are nearly as level as a floor. The grounds may be 

 reached via the electric cars from 9th and Franklin streets, or 3d and 

 Penn streets, Reading. It is more than likely that the Reading Shoot- 

 ing Association will shortly remove to these grounds from the Black 

 Bear Inn, and that they will hold a three days' tournament there in 

 February. 



Fort Uodge, la , Jfov. 28.— Below find scores of the Thanksgiving 

 shoot of Fort Dodge Gun Club. The birds were a good lot, some very 

 fast, rieht-quarteriug incomers, as the wind helped the birds in that 

 direction. The day was raw and cold, and we quit at noon in favor 

 of turkeys. The first event was at 15 live pigeons, 30yds. rise, No. 2 

 at 5 Feorias: 



No. 1. No. 3. 



Bryant 311122211311122—15 11111—5 



Reynolds 111111111121110—14 11111—5 



Green 120120110112122-13 100l0-2 



Carter 1S2OU112100O11-11 01111—4 



Pray 111130022002310-10 11110-4 



In our account of the recent shoot at Wapsononock Shooting Park, 

 Altoona, Pa., we mentioned the fact of having snapped a picture of 

 Edward Banks, Altoona correspondent of the HaiTisburg Telegram, 

 as he returned from an hour's outside shooting, bringing with him 

 three grouse which he had shot. On p. 489 is an excellent half-tone re- 

 production of said picture, showing Mr. Bank^, his snow-spectacles, 

 Wopsy gun, Juniata smile and last, but not least, the trio of grouse, 

 which he afterward presented to "Uncle" Jake." The attention of 

 the public is called to the particularly graceful attitude assumed by 

 Mr. Banks while the picture was being taken. 



Tournament matters have been intolerably dull for several weeks, 

 incidental, of course, to the open game season when everybody who 

 can possibly spare the time goes shooting afield. Target tourna- 

 ments are as a matter of course almost an unknown quantity from 

 the early part of November to March, when live birds afford more 

 interesting sport to the majority of shoolers. Club shoots run along 

 the same as usual, but these are rather lightly attended just now as 

 another result of the gajue shooting. Soon the hunters will have re- 

 turned from their jaunts, and after a week or two devoted to straight- 

 ening out back business, the trap sport Vnll agaio become lively. 



The White House (N. J.) Gtm Club held an all-day's shoot at live 

 pigeons on Dec. 3. A big supply of pigeons was on hand, but the 

 attendance was light. The birds wei-e a good lot. There were five 

 events at 4 birds each, S3 entry, and here are the scores: 



No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No 5. 



Cramer 1110-3 0011—2 0311-3 1200 -3 0220—3 



Bisbop 1210-3 2111-4 0011-2 0022-2 0111—3 



Brown 1001-3 1002-3 2021-3 0010 -1 1100 -2 



Apgar 0110—2 1110-3 1121-4 1220-3 1010-3 



Large 0000—0 0001—1 



Next Thursday. Dec, 15, there will be shot on John Erb's "Old 

 Stone House" grounds, in Newark, the first open lOO-bird sweep- 

 stake ever shot in this country, and one which is bound to create 

 an interest, even though the entry list be small. The entry fee is 

 $100 per man, all will .shoot at SOyda. rise and the shoot will com- 

 mence at 10 A.M. Entries will be received at this office up to Mon- 

 day, Dec. 12. The entries will not close at that time, however, but 

 will be received up to 12 o'clock, noon, at Erb's grounds. Mr. Erb 

 promises a good lot of birds for the shoot. 

 ' We understand that Mr. L. G. Duff Grant, secretary of the Smoke- 

 less Powder Co., of London, has been in New York for some weeks, 

 the object of his visit being to arrange for the manufacture of his 

 company's Smokeless powder in this country. Their business in the 

 IJnited States, due to the energy of their agent, Mr.;George H. Samp- 

 son, of 23 Park place. New York city, and 147 Pearl street, Boston, 

 Mass , has made very rapid progress; and their SS Sporting powder 

 is now justly considered one of the best in the market. 



The South Side Gun Club, of Newark, N. J., will hold its regular 

 "annual" on Jan. 2, 1893, on its grounds near the Emmett street sta- 

 tion of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Plenty of holiday lunch will be 

 dispensed, and those who run short of ammunition can procure an 

 assortment on the grotmds. These "annuals" are a familiar and 

 popular institution, and always attract a big crowd of shooters. 



Judging from opinions expressed by shooters in various parts of 

 the country the American Manufacturers' Association has about 

 struck the keynote of a successful career. If the association wants 

 to cater to the mass of shooters, let it adopt the "Cruttenden .lack 

 Rabbit," system and do away with all "pots." 



The lay press seems to take strange delight in botching trap news. 

 The Evening Wot Id of Deo. 2 says anent the grand American handi- 

 cap: ' -The match will be at 100 birds, $50 entry * * The grand 

 American handicap will be at 25 live birds, $50 entry, and entries will 

 close on Dec. 30. 



At the shoot of the Hochester Rod and Gun Club on Nov. 30 the 

 following scores were made out of a possible lOO targets per man: 

 Smith 84, Meyer 83, Newton 80, Richmond 80, Tassell 77. Beyer 77, 

 Norton 73, McVean 72, Borst 70. Van Ostran 68, Richman 66. 



John H. Hartner announces all-day target tournaments at Orange- 

 ville, Baltimore County, Maryland, for Christmas Day. December 26, 

 and New Year's Da.v, .January 3. Keystone targets will be used and 

 will be charged for at the rate of two cents each. 



The Island City Gun Club of Wheehng, West Virginia, whose 

 " Bix Six " team won the July match of the Atlantic City (N, J,) Gun 

 Club, is willing to pit its team against a team of six men from any 

 club in America at 25, 50 or 100 targets per man. 



It has been suggested that at the expositions of the American Man- 

 ufacturers' Association all the goods handled by the subscribers 

 should be exhibited in one large tent. It is likely that this plan will 

 be adopted. 



The Massachusetts E.ifle Association held its regular trap shoot at 

 Walnut Hill on Nov. 30, and during the afternoon "Climax," one of 

 the contestants, shot a brace of quail in the timber growth skirting 

 the range. 



Let some club come to the front with a target tournament pro- 

 gra.mme, every event to be shot under the "Cruttenden Jack Rab- 

 bit" system. "Put yourselves on record as being opposed to com- 

 binations. 



John M. Watson, proprietor of the famous Watson's Park, at Burn- 

 side, 111., announces a live bird and target tournament to be held on 

 December 27, 38, 29 and 30th. The events will be open to all comers. 



Carl Von Lengerke, the younger of the Von Lengerke family, is 

 making quite a reputation as a bicycle racer. On Thanksgiving Day 

 he won a gold stop-watch by finishing first in a one mile race. 



The team match announced to take place on Erb's Newark grounds 

 on Tuesday between Castle and Hedden, Smith and Sunderman, was 

 indefinitely postponed. 



At the November shoot of th« Freehold (N.J,) Gun Club Burtis 

 broke 19, Hall 17, Gummere 14, Van Schaick 14 and Davis 12 out of a 

 possible 25 targets. 



At the medal shoot of the East Park Gun Club at Decatur, HI., On 

 Nov. 30, J. L. Peak won with a total of 23 breaks out of 35 targets- 

 shot at- 



The United States Gun Club, of Oakland. Cal., has leased a large 

 tract of marsh land near Novate and Petaluma. 



The Essex Gun Club wilt hold its monthly shoot on Al Heritage's 

 Marion grounds on Thursday, Dec. 15, 



C. H. TOWNSEND. 



The Pot-covers' Thanksgiving. 



Thanksgiving, Nov. 10, the day set for the final shoot of the 

 Pot-c -ver Trap Club for the season '93, was about as disagreeable 

 as regards weather as it coul'i wll be. It snowed hard from 10 

 A. M. till 3 P. M. Then the floodgates of heaven were opened and 

 the rain came in torrents till late at night. 



But a few inches of snow and a bucketful of rain, more or less, 

 make small difference to the Pot-cover men. Some of them had 

 to drive twenty miles, yet there was only one absentee. The snow 

 made a beautifully soft bed for the missed targets to altorht in, 

 and the breakage was reduced to a minimum. One young man, 

 a guest of the club, had a good many missed birds. He lives in 

 what a fri'^nd of mine calls the "rhubarbs of Fredericton." and 

 has for some time been spoken of as a probable addition to the 

 membership roll. He is a nice young fellow, but somi^what given 

 to speaking in a laudatory wav of his past and future achieve- 

 ments. This practice is rated below par among the bovs, and 

 thev fear that if he is elected a member it may introduce an ele- 

 ment of discord, of which at pres' nt there is none. He had invi- 

 tations to take part in several of the shoots held earlier in the 

 season, but never accepted. He has, at sundry and divers times, 

 however, whispered around among the outsiders that some day 

 he was coming down to show the lads a .score " as was a scorp." 

 It was folly, he thought, for fifty to eighty per cent, men to har- 

 bor the delusion that they could shoot. He could hit apples and 

 potatoes thrown in the air, every time, and he could smash.blue- 

 rooks just as easily. 



Thanksgiving Day he came, and. as I was not there, what he 

 did can best be told in the words of a correspo'^-dent who will, I 

 think, forgive me for making him contribute a paragraph to his 

 favorite paper. 



He says : " It wa" a fearful storm ; but to my surprise I found 

 four representatives of the dub from Scot^^h Lake, and also Mr. 

 S.. our 'mortised choke' man. rie was distanced. To u3° an 

 election uhrase, ' he didn't save his deposit.' Although he has 

 frequently entertained us with stories of shooting partridges on 

 the wing from a moving wason.it is a fact that, with both feet on 

 terra flrma, he could not hit bluerocks. He could strike the iron 

 trap-screen, and he did it so often that the trapper thouRht It 

 prudent to lie low till he heard the command ' cease firing.' He 

 broke two "ut of his first ^en, and his ne^t score was on his 

 fortieth bird. He retired with three out of fifty." 



The moral would appear to be : It is good to keep quiet, for you 

 can't pretty much always tell how things will turn out some- 

 times. 



With the Pot-cover rule- gun below elbow till after shooter 

 calls " pull"— and unknown angles, I can certify that there is a 

 chance for a bluerock to act as a great leveller of conceit, even 

 ■when the victim is a passably good game shot. 



My introduction to the sport was recent enough to leave a very 

 distinct Impression on my memory. My first bird was a left 

 quarterer, and I caught and smashed it within twenty-five feet of 

 toe trap. There was a feeling of elation similar to that so aptly 

 described by Mr. Hough in the story of his double on spornbills. 

 "Ugh! big Injin, me! Watigh-hoo ! I'll do that some more ! " 

 Aud in trsing to carry out this very laudable intention I missed 

 nine consecutive birds. Then I retired for quiet meditation and 

 when next I cam«i to the score I got fifty per cent. 

 } IMr. S. e\ndently made the mistake of trying to "paste" his 

 birds too close to the trap, else he wouldn't have spattered the 

 tran-screen. 



While most live birds rise and go away with a gradually accel- 

 erated flight, the reverse is true of the " saucer." It starts with 

 lightning speed, slows up and falls. It is good enough for straight- 

 away shots, but the ideal target for Jquarterers and cross-snots 

 would be fish-shaped, with a rocket in its tail, which would be 

 exploded by the trap-arm. This would give it the gradtjally in- 

 creasing speed of the live bird. Some ingenious and enterprising 

 citizen of the United States wiU one day give us a target on this 

 princl pie. L. L Fwwm. 



New BBtTNSWiCK. 



