DBC. 15, 1898.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



827 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



A meeting of the Conneticut Shooting Association, of which, Joel 

 Webb of vvillimantic is president, H. A. Penrose of New London, 

 vice president, A'len Willey of Hartford, secpptary, and T. C. Fowler 

 of Moodus, treasurer, will be called ac Hartford early in January. 

 The association proposes to form an eight or ten clnb league of three 

 man teams, each club lo enter as many team* as possible, to contest 

 for raoner and merchandise prizes durinsr 1893. It is now proposed 

 to have each club pay an entrance fee of $2ri and if eipht clubs enter 

 the .scheme, $200 will be "hungup." Twelve shoots will be ^iven 

 during the year and any dub entering teams in six or more shoots 

 will qualify for one half the money and every individual member 

 of the teams who shoots iu six or more contents will also qualify. 

 This allows $100 to be contested for by the clubs and $100 for the 

 individual shooters. It makes an objf ct for the individual members 

 ■who attend the shoots and does not throw the money entirely to the 

 clnb which in many cases may contain 50 members and onU- four or 

 five touroament "chosevs." The plan is a fair one. because after 

 men have spent their time and money attending team shoots, there 

 is no sense )Q giving the winnings to the cluh to be enjoyed by mem- 

 bers who never attend tournaments. If the clubs entered the teams 

 and paid the team's expenses it would be different, but as they do 

 not, it seems right to make it an object for the indlviduaf as well as 

 for the club. 



"Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 7.— A fine home for the South Side Gun 

 club will be built upon the club's property in the Town of Lake, nesjr 

 Lake station, .me mile west of Cudaby on the St. Paul road. The 

 Club has owned 16 acres there for sevei-al years. At a meeting last 

 night plans were adopted for the erection of four buildings incluaing 

 the finest gun club house in the country. A hotel will be built with 

 nine rooms, a reception room, dining room, kitchen and bar. for the 

 accommodation of the marksmen and any others, and will be kept 

 open alt the year. The club house will be fitted as a home for the 

 marksmen of Milwaukee, and its proximity to the city will make it a 

 popular resort for those Who like to spend part of the day at practice 

 and the balance in the enjoyment of sobd comfort. The total cost of 

 the buildings is estimated at about f 3,000. The South Side Gun Club 

 is counted among the wealthiest organizations of its nature in the 

 West. It owns prooerty valued at $18,000 besides a handsome sum 

 always in the treasurv. The membership is Umited to 100, and has 

 been full some time'. The club now has quarters at National Park, 

 but its small club house there has long since been outgrown. The 

 club's tournaments have always attracted scores of marksmen from 

 all sections of the country." 



The .Jacksonville (fla.) Gun Club publishes an attractive pro- 

 gramme for i's shoot to bp held on Dec, 28--29. Bluerock targets, 

 expert traps and North's elecunc pnll will be used. The club has 

 secured special rates oa all railroads and also at the Everett Hotel. 

 The programme shows ten events each day. with an aggregate of 

 almost $1,000 in guaranteed cash and merchandise prizes. Pi-ofes- 

 sional experts ire barred. Event No. 5 each day will be at 25 targf^ts, 

 $4 entry, with $100 cash and $75 in prizes guaranteed. The prizes 

 comprise insurance pohcies, blankets, cigar?, barrels of beer, loaded 

 shells, hunting clothes, a rifle or shotgun, hats, etc. On the first 

 day thTe will b? an interstate match for fi-men teams, 20 targets per 

 man. $7-50 entry. The part.y raakiug the highe.st average in the two 

 days will receive a round trip ticket to the World's Fair, in 1893, 

 presented by the club. Second average prize will be a $50 imported 

 bronze. In all there are ten pi-izes for averages. Here is a chance 

 for amateurs to take a look at Florida and incidentally have some 

 good shooting, 



Oanastota. N. Y., fiecember.— Some Uncle Jake Graham, who keeps 

 a hotel in this town and another at Lewi>' Point on Oneidd Lake, ad- 

 vertised for live pigeons, intending to have a big shoot, and he re- 

 ceived assurances of a large number of pigeons, but when they came 

 to be delivered the sum total was about flfty instead of three or four 

 hundred, as expected. A scarcity of salt was probably the cause 

 of the shortage. Uncle Jake fed the pigeons until they had cost bim 

 a good siU-er half-dollar each and then concluded to arrange for a 

 supper match between some of his friends. The match took place 

 on ihe grounds of th^ Canastota Gun Club, the teams being Messrs. 

 Mosber and Salisbury against Schemerhorn and Crutcenden. Each 

 man shot at 12 birds, the losing team having to foot the price of the 

 supper. The weather was fairly good for the season. The match 

 was closely contested as the scores show : 



Mosber 212i20ia9100-9 Schemerhorn ...101101012111— 9 



Salisbury 0021201 1 101 1—8-17 Qruttenden 321212232000 - 9-18 



The Rochester Rod and Gun Club and the Onondaga Sportsmen's 

 Association shot a team match on the latter's grounds at Maple Bay 

 on Dec 6, each team comprising 21 men and shooting at 20 king- 

 bird targets. Tbe Rochesters were short-handed so Harry Whitney, 

 A.yers and Prettie shot with them The scores were: Rochester- 

 Whitney 19. Hicks 18, Tassell 18. Newton 19, Lewis 13, Gordon 1.5, 

 Bnst 17. Lane 19, C. Smith 19, Quirk 18, Babcock 19. Myers 19. St. 

 John Iti, Richmond 17, Norton 1(5. Prettie 14, Yan Ostran 12, Putnam 

 17, Mann 17, Stewart 19, Ayers 13, total 3.'2. Syracuse— Ginty 20. Geo. 

 Mann 15, Lefe^re 13, Hudson 19, Schemerhorn 18, Cruttenden 16, 

 Mosher 10. Wiadell 1-4, Byron 111, Aylmg lU, Hookway 15, Forsyth 10, 

 Salsbury 12. Walters 19, Williams 13, Luther 18, Denison 7, Howell 14, 

 Mowry 16, HoUoway 15, Maurer 13, total 31.^. In the evening the 

 visitors ^ ere given "a banquet at the Vanderbilt House in Syracuse 

 and everybody had a jolly time. 



The O. K. Gun Club of Kansas City, Mo.,!heId its final shoot of the 

 season on Dec. 6 in a heavy rain. The birds flew well despite the 

 weather. Each man shot at 10 live birds. The contest was for the 

 club medal for which J. R. Porter, A. L. Bennett, J. L. Porter and F. 

 C. Maegley tied on straight scores each. On the shoot off J. K. Por- 

 ter killed 12 straight and won the medal. The scores of the main 

 event follow: 



J. R. Porter 1222222222—10 J. L Porter 2122212211—10 



J. A. R. Elliott. . . .1111132010 - 9 W. V. Baker 2100000010— 3 



Ed. Hickman 3211110223— 9 Dan Quin 2120210021— 7 



A L. Ueunett,. ..2312131112-10 J.Thompson 0101 -'01002— 5 



H. P. Preston 2212222110- 9 W. Everiugham 1120010121— 7 



Oscar Cogswell . . . 1000001121— 5 F. C, Maegley Ill 1212221—10 



R. D. MizB 1112110120— 8 .J. H. Thompson 0000111111— 6 



F.J. Smith 2232102212— 9 



The Independent Gun Club of Plainfleld, N. J., held an interesting 

 shoot at live birds on Dec- 6, on the Hyde's Woods grounds. The 

 birds were a s-plendid lot of flyers. Two team races at 7 birds per 

 man, four men to a team, were shot, the results being as shown : 



No 1. No. 3. No. 1. No. 2. 



C. Smith.. .1111331-7 2120111-6 N. Ap.gar..o220322-5 2131122-7 

 W. Lair.... 2002122— 5 1100022—4 M. Mulford ,2100 102—4 1120002 -4 

 E. Shepard .0101012—4 0302012-4 T.H. Keller.OlllOlO-4 1101111—6 

 W.L.Force.20110lO— 4 0112010-4 W. Pierson.loll321— 6 2132221—7 



20 18 19 24 



There will be a tournament at Kansas City. Mo., on Dec. 32, 23 and 

 24, under the combined auspices of the Kansas City gun clubs. 

 There will be three events at live birds and five at targets each day. 

 The big event on the first dav will be at 15 live birds. Sl5 entry, 

 added: second day, same; third day, 20 live bu-ds, $15 entry, 

 added, and 10 live birds. $10 entry, $75 guaranteed. Shoot 2\o 9, to oe 

 shot on the second day, is a novelty team race at 13 live birds for 

 2-men teams. Both members of a team will stand at the score, one 

 on either side, and three biros will be sprung, each man having the 

 use of both barrels. 



The New Haven team of three men won the Keystone team race 

 trophy at Bristol. Conn., Wednesday the 7th. The race was a wind 

 up of the tie for the championship of Connecticut. New Haven has 

 thus won fire times, Hartford four, and Bristol four. The only pecu- 

 liar feattu'e of the race is tbe fact that Wille.v, Burbige a"d Whit- 

 tlesey of Hariford won the trophy three times iu succession, ever.y 

 time they shot for it— and lost the tie wlien their mascot, " McGinty," 

 left the team. -'McGinty" is now in southern California makiag 

 Straight scores on quail. 



The New Haven Gun Club are now owners of the Keystone dia- 

 mond trophy. The fiual contest took place at Bristol, Conn., on 

 Dec. 9. Previously the Colt, Bristol and New Haven teams were tied 

 on four wins each. The Colt and New Haven teams made a hot 

 struggle, the New Havens finally winning by one l}r64k. The teams 

 comprised three men each, and each man shot at 30 Keystone tar 

 gets. The scores— New Haven, Potter 36, Sherman 25 Savage 23; 

 total 74. Colt— Sterry 28, Wood 34, Vibberd 21 ; total 73. 



Members of the Boston Shooting Association whose shooting 

 grounds are at Wellingion, Mass , are talking up alive bird shooting 

 party. Mr. Frank Co wee says that the members are quite anxious to 

 try their skill at live birds and propose some day this winter to visit 

 Kpw Jersey and have a day at feathers, Tneir plan is to order a 

 number of birds, arrange -vvitti At. Heritage or John Erb for the use 

 of their ground and hold a shoot for the members of their club 

 only. 



We received, too late for our last issue, the scores made at a Uve 

 bird shoot of the Hinsdale Gun Club of Chicago, III. The club wasor- 

 eanized last summer and this was the Initial attempt at live pigeons. 

 There were eleven members present and the scores were, out 

 Of 10 birds each. Dr. C, M. Roberts 9, Dr. J B. Hench, 7, Wm. Dun- 

 can 6, H. C. Kni-sely 6, T. C. Morris 6, J. C Ross 6, E. E, Shaw 4, B. E. 

 Richie 3, H. A. Fulton 1. 



The Riverside Gun Club of Red Bank, N. J., held its weekly shoot 

 on Dec. 9. The opening event was a $25 match at 10 live bli'ds eacb 



between W. T. Oonover and Fred. C. Johnson, Conover killing 8 to 

 Johnson's 6, L. B. Campbell vs. Albert Ivins, 15 birds each; Ivins 13, 

 Campbell 9. Sweep at 15 bluerocks, J. Cooper S, J. Bergen 8, O. 

 Hesse 7, L. B. Campbell 4. At 9 bluerocks: E. M. Cooper 7, O. Iles.se 



6, L, B. Campbell 5. J. Cooper 4, 0. Hesse, Jr., 3, Bergen .3. 



A match took pUce at Colorado Springs, Oolo., on Dec. 3, between 

 teams of four men each from the Denver A.thlelic Club a,nd Colorado 

 Springs Country club. The men shot at 20 live birds eaah. The rw- 

 sults: Denver, 'Fowler 16 Murphy 11, Bostwick 14. Voorhees 1.5; 

 total .W, Counti-y Club— Dr. Smith 20, Edsall 14, Tntt 13, Sanford 7; 

 total .53. A number of mi.ss-and-out events filled the rest of the day. 



The Lafayette (Ind.) Gun Club held a shoot at bluerock targets on 

 Dec. 7, with tiu-fceys as prizes. There were four 10-targeis events 

 with a turkey for each "pla.ce." The scores: Smith 5, 7, .5. 6 ; Thomp- 

 son 8. 8, 7. G; Dorrbaker 5; Davis 7, 9, 6, 8; Krauss 7, 8, 10 7 ; Slow 8. 



7, 9, 8. Krauss got 3 turkeys; Slow, Thompson, Davis and Smith 3 

 each; Dorrbaker 1. 



Some extra interestin live bird .shooting has recently developed in 

 Connecticut. The nutmeg shooters say that if John Erb will give a 

 few 20 bird $20 entrance shoots that quite a party of Connectict 

 shooters will attend such an event. In New Haven there are sev- 

 eral old live-bird shots, while other gentlemen in the State wish a 

 " go " at the birds. 



The contests of the Central Gut> Club of Long Branch for a $100 

 Parker gun offered by E. M. Murpdy to the one making the highe.st 

 number of kills in eight monthly shoots at 10 bii-ds each was won by 

 E. M. Cooper of Red Bank with an aggregate of 75 kills. Cooper 

 shot a 10-gauge, 7-lb. Parker at 31 yds. rise through the series. 



The Williamsport (Pa.) Rifle and Gun Club will hold an all day 

 tournament at live pigeons on Dec. 34, the day of the Kidford-EUiott 

 match. The fun will commence at 9 A. M. American Association 

 rules will govern. The. grounds are splendidly equipped for the sport, 

 and every convenience will be offered visiting shooters. 



The Big Four Gun Club of Burlington, Iowa, will hold a tourna- 

 ment on Dt'O. 37-28. The main contest will be for the Big Kour 

 medal emblematic of the championship of DesMoines, L^e, Louisa 

 and Henry counties. There will also be a contest for the DesMoines 

 county championship medal and another for the L. C. Smith cup. 



Fair minded shooters, those who are out for sport instead of for 



dust,'' are s rougly in favor of doing away with '• pots " and shoot- 

 ing under some such system as that suggested by Will Cruttenden 

 and " Pair Play." Why should not clubs try one of the system as an 

 experiment ? 



Arara avis and he escaped untrapped, at the Bristol, Conn., tour- 

 nament Deo. 7, was Pres. A. C. Collins of the Colt club of Hariford. 

 Mr. Collins has been the president of the Colt club three years and 

 never before attended a tournament except on his own club's 

 grounds. 



George Strong of New London, Conn., who won the Keyston« 

 trophy at the Keystone tournament at N'aw L^odoQ this year on 49 

 out of 50 will represent his town in the Legislatiu-e. He is a good 

 Democrat and a good shot. 



There will be an all-day shoot at pigeons on John Erb's Newark 

 grounds on Thursday, Dec. 28,- the events to be open to aU. Shoot- 

 ing will begin at 10 £. M., and there will be an event at 15 birds, $15 

 entry, on the programme. 



The Kansas City, Mo,, Star is responsible for the statement that in 

 the event of Ehiott beating Fulford in a majority of their races he 

 (Elliott) will be willing to make a return trip over the same grounds 

 with Brewer as his opponent. 



The proprietors of the Mount Arlington Hotel at Lake Hopatcoug, 

 N. J., announce a shoot for a 2,O0J lb. bull to come off on Dec. 21. 

 The event vriXi be open to all, as will a number of sweeptake events. 



At tbe shoot for the Sipe and Sigler cup at Cleveland, Ohio, on 

 Dec 5, at 30 targets per man, J. A. Flick won with 39. Paul North 

 got 28, W. H. Tamblya 27, "J. I. C." 26. and L. C. Carter 25. 



Garden City, Mo., will have a live bird and target tournament on 

 Dec. 28-29. Taere will be two live bird and six target events each 

 day. A purse of $25 will be awarded for averages. 



The Post OfiSce Gun Club held its regular shoot at Kansas City 

 Dec. 1. Deputy Postmaster F. B. Nofsinger winning the Cady and 

 Olmstead medal by kilbng 13 out of 15 live birds 



An open sweep at 25 live birds, $25 entry will take place at Hemp- 

 stead. Tex., on Dec. 19. Kd. Brown and W. H. Wheeler will also 

 shoot a match at 50 live birds for $100 a side. 



Allen Willey of Hartford, Conn., says that if he ever gets his new 

 ejector Lefever which has been building since last May, he will try 

 Barry Smith again. 



The West Side Gun Club of Newark, -N. J,, will hold its club shoot 

 for a gold medal on its Grove streets ground on Christmas Day. 

 Live birds will be used. 



At the shoot of the West Shore Gun Club of Syracuse on Dec. 6, 

 Ackerman broke 30, Martin 30, Herman 30 and R. Ackerman 28 out of 

 40 targets. 



A. M. MiUer and Leigh Bachman had a shoot at eleven live birds 

 each at Bethlehem, Pa., on Dec. 5, Miller killing 10 to Bachman's 8. 



The South Side Gun Club of Newark will run two sets of traps at its 

 "annual " on Jan. 2, and will charge two cents each for targets. 



Sportsmen wll regret to learn of the sad bereavement of H. A. Pen- 

 rose in the loss of his wife, who died at New London on Dec 9. 



"Snapper" Garrison and C. E. Morris will shoot at 100 live birds, 

 for $300 a side at West End, Coney Island, on Saturday Dec. 17. 



A. G. Courtney is on his way to Nashville, Tenn. "Court" says the 

 Lefever ejector gun is "sweeping everything" in the South. 



E. ¥. Cooper of Red Bank, N. ,7., used JWalsrode powder in all the 

 contests for the Murphy prize, won by him. 



A contingent of New York and New Jersey shooters will attend the 

 tournament at Hamilton, (Jnt , on .Ian. 17-18. 



Frank Cooper and Hflrt Minkler shot a match at Port Morris, HI. 

 on Dec. 7, Minkler killing 25 to Cooper's 18. 



Shooters should not forget that entries for the grand American 

 handicap will close on Dec. 30. 



The Windsor (Mich.) Keystone Grvm Club will hold a shoot on Christ- 

 mas Day. 



A new gun club is being organized in Harlem. 



C. H. TOWNSEND. 



CHICAGO TRAPS. 



Chicago, 111., Dec. 10 —Mr. Cartwright, representing the 

 American Arms Co., was in town during tne week and is said to 

 be looking about for grounds for the works of that company, 

 which will probably come to Chicago in the near future. 



Tatham's shot works will not be moved to Chicago, but will 

 hereafter be represented bv Messrs. Yon Lengerke & Antoine. 



A novel pigeon race is on for Chicago. Mr. L. M. Hamline backs 

 Mr. A. J. Atwater, of this city, for $2-5, to kill 15 out of 30 selected 

 birds, within the American Associition boundary, with a. bow 

 and arrow, loser to piy for birds. Mr. B. D. Fulford takes the 

 other end of t histinique wager. When it is remeaibered that 

 M--. Atwater was once an expert archer, and that he is not 

 limited as to the distance at which he is to stand from the traps, 

 the chances appear to even up a little more. As the birds are to 

 go from 5 automatic king traps, the archer will prohably prefer 

 to stand at least .5yds. behind the traps. It is likely that this 

 strange match will be shot as soon as Mr. Atwater can get 

 around, be having had sickness in his family. It is ssid that Mr. 

 Atwater would back himself to kill 1.5 out of 26 on these terms. 

 The match will attract attention. 



In a praetice shoot Thursday Mr. Fulford killed H out of 100 

 birds, of what he says w^re a good selected lot, inside of the 

 American boundary. Underthe Hurlingham boun-lavy he would 

 have scored his 100 straight inside of a string of 106, Mr. Ful- 

 ford declares hp gnes to Kansas City the strongest man that ever 

 faced Jimmy- Jlm-J. A. H. Elliott. E. Hough. 



Shooting Match at Coney Island. 



C. E. MoBBis AND Snappee Garrison had a friendly match for 

 the price of the hir.is at: the Ai lnntlc Rod and Gun Club's grounds. 

 West End, Coney Island, on Thursday. Dec. 8. Each shot at 50 

 birds and Morris won with the Sf'ore of 47 to 46. The weather 

 was wet and foggy, which affected the birds and made them easy 

 targets. Tbe score: 



C E Morris (;W . .0112221111320312122212120121 2l;313ini233n21in311-47 

 E H Garrison (28)2311111l2ll0211131101031133122limil33l01I131 1111-46 



A match ff>r$300 a s da will be shot off next Saturday, at West 

 End grounds. Coney Island, at 100 bii'ds each, both SOyds. rise. 



Sweepstake shoots fallowed. The scores. No. 3: 



E H Garrison 2120233100—7 J a Voorhees 0201112220—7 



C Morris .0''22222322-9 W Hughes. .1300031203—6 



tjr^mson second on shoot off. 



jSTo. 3, $1 entry, two moneys, 5 birds: 



J Jamison 20000-1 00101-3 MBonden 00000—0 



N Johnson 20211-4 00131-3 W Hughes. 00310 



J Gavin .20010-2 OUOl-3 



Massachusetts State Shoot. 



PoSTON. Mass., Dec. 4.- Editor Forest and Stream: The Massa- 

 chusetts State Shooting Association held the second of its peries 

 of monthly sboot« for cbarapiouBhip honors at the grounds of the 

 Worcester Sport«man's Club, Nov. 23. 



It was a brisk dav for shooting a,nd the birds flew in elegant 

 form. They were, however, reinforced by a strong northern gale, 

 and some scientific shooting was the result. It wa** a cold day, 

 too. for outdoor sport, but this novel attraction called experts 

 from all over the State to contest for the State individual and 

 team badges. 



Quite a good-sized squad of shooters assembled and tbe Stnte 

 events were well fought. Among tbe group cnuld be seen such 

 experts as W. L. Davis, M. D. (3-ilman and C. E. Forehand, of 

 Worcester; Dennv Eager, of Marlborough; Warren and Ward- 

 well, of Boston: J. C. Mirtin, W. F. Brown, C. A. Hastings and 

 Frederick Forbes, of nn; while quite a numher of the home club 

 were present also. Shooting began at 10 o'clock, bub the Lynn 

 delegation did not arrive till 1 P. M. 



The principal event of the dav was the individual contest for 

 the State challenge gold hadgo. which was well fought from start 

 to finish. E igpr was the first man to the trap and lost his eleventh 

 and fourteenth birds, but under the conditions he crawled out 

 with a good score, Boston men looked upon him as the winner, 

 but Forehand was his successor and broke 18. losing his second 

 and third birds, riilmau lost his sixth and nineteenth, and here 

 tied three men on first po^iition. W. F. Brown wa= the next man 

 to tbe t^rip, and while the conditions were against bim, Lynn 

 looked upon him as a winnT. He shot 15 straight, lost his six- 

 teenth, a dazzling left-qnarterer, and shot the rest of his string in 

 fine form, breaking 19 oirds. 



The team contests wfre closely contested, but the Worcester 

 team had the advantage over the Lynn and Boston men, and 

 easily won both the amateur and professional team badges. 



Ev. nt No. I, 6 bluerocks, known angles: 



Davis nilll-6 Harris OOUU— 4 



Forehand 111011-5 Haivey 110011-4 



M Gilman , 111101-5 Doa"f 101010-3 



Kinney , .111110-5 A C Walls 101010-3 



E"ger 011011—4 Wardwell UOOOll— 2 



A Gdman 011011-4 



Event No. 2, 10 bluerocks: 



Hirvey 1111111101-9 Eaeer 0001101011—5 



Davis 0111111101.-8 M G Iman 1110100010-5 



WardWPll 1011101111-8 A Gilman lOlOOOIJOO— 4 



Forehand. 1111010110-7 Kinney 0001000111-4 



A Walls. 0100111111-7 R Walls 1010301100-4 



Event No. 3, 4 pair b uerocks: 



Eiger 10111110—3 Kinney 11^11010-5 



Forehand..: 0U0l'iH-5 A Walls 00011111 5 



D-'vis 11111000-5 Wardwell .11100010-4 



A G'lman 01101011-5 R Walls IIIUOOOO— 3 



Harvey 10110101-5 



Event No. 4, 10 hlup'ocks: 



Davis 1111110111-9 M Gilman 0101110111—7 



Harvey 1111110110-8 A Gilnmn 0111100111—7: 



Kinney 1111101101—8 Wardwell .0100011111— S 



Eager 0111101101—7 R Walls OUOOllOH-B 



Forehand 11110O111O-7 A WaUs 1011101010-6 



Event No. 5, 6 bluerocks: 



Eager 111101-5 Wardwell 111010-4 



Bivis inilO-5 M Gilman 100110—3 



G-ilman 111101—5 Harvey 011010—3 



Forehand 011011-4 Kinney 110100-3 



No. e. 20 bluerocks. individual State badge: 

 W Brown llllllllllllllimill-19 F Forbes-OinniOlOlOOOOllUl— 13 



Eager 1 1 1 11 1 1 11 1 0 110 Hill l-l 8 J Mar tin.. IIOI )010 lllllOl Oil 110 -13 



Forehaud.lOOllllllllllimni— 18 Warren . .011101(11101100011111—13 

 M Gilman 11111101111111111101-18 W Dean . .lOHllOllllOOIlOUOO-13 

 Ha8tings..inill0011l01]10Hll-16 AGilman.lllOlllOlOOOOOOIllll-12 

 R Walls. .10011101110111111110-15 H«rvey . . .OlOllluiOOOOHlllOU-lS 

 A Wall'". .11111101111111100100 -15 Harris. . . OOllOll 1110110001011-12 

 W Davis. OniOlllUlllOlOOllO— 14 Kinney... onoOlOOU 1101100100-10 

 WardwellOllllllOOOOllllOlOll-13 O Doane. .1111101)0100110110000— 10 



W. F. Brown won badge and first money; Eager, Forehand and 

 Gilman second ; Hastings third. 



No. 7, amateur team contest. State badges: 



Worcester. Boston. Lvnn. 



For'h'ndl 111111111-10 Eager. ...1011111111—9 HastingsOlllllOlll-S 

 Davis . . .1110111010-7 Warren .1011011110-7 Martin . .1111010011—7 

 Gilman .1011011011-7 W'rdw'llOlOllllOOl-ti Forbes. .0101001111— 6 



24 23 21 . 



No. 8, 6 bluerocks: 



Eager Ullll-6 Davis 111001-4 



Forehand 111111-t; Kinney 101110-4 



Gilman, M 111111-6 Warren 101110-4 



Wardwell 111111-6 Forbes 011001—3 



Harvey 111110-5 Martin 011001—3 



Hastings 111110—5 GUman, A 11O09O-2 



Brown 111110-5 Dean 010100—3 



No. 9 Professional Team Contest for State Badges. 



Worcester. Boston. Lynn. 



Foreh'd .1111111101-9 W'rdw'illlllU0Hl-9 HastingslOOlOOllll-6- 

 Davis . . .1111011011-8 Eager. . .1111101101-8 Martin . .100I0001U-h5 

 G'lm'nMllOllUOll— 8 Warren. lOllOllOlQ-B Foibes... 1010011000—4 



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A. J. Kelsey. 



On the Old Stone House Grounds. 



Qfctb a number of sportsmen traveled up Bloomfield avenue, 

 New"rk, N J., as far as John Erb's "Old Stone House" grounds 

 on Dec. 6 with the expectation of seeing the much talked of 

 match between the teams representing "Youth" and "Old Age." 

 Neither one of the team of youths materialized andonlvoneof 

 the aged team w«8 on hand, this being Sa,muel Castle. Upon in- 

 quiry it was learned that the match had been declared off, and 

 that two of the principal?, Harry E.Smith and Charles M. Hed- 

 den had eone to Say ville, L. I., to have a shoot on the ducking 

 flats of Green B' others. (Apropos, I have since learned that in 

 three days they basged 61 ducks, mostly broadbills.) 



The falling through of the match was a disappointment to those 

 wto visitfd the grounds, although they saw some good shooting 

 as a partial recompense. John Erb always has a supply of birds 

 on hand and on this day there were same shooters and guns. 

 Among the visitors were Frank Class, of Morristown; Mr. Mor- 

 fey, a well-known shooter and boniface, from Pat.erson. and 

 Jockey Goodale, of New York, who is rapidly coming to the front 

 as an expert manipulator of the smooth-bore. 



As soon as it was found that the team match was off the party 

 began enjoying themselves by shooting sweepstakes. The first 

 three events were at tour birds each, $3 entry ; No. 4 at 7 birds $5 

 entry ; Nos- 5, 6 and 7 at 10 birds, $10 entry. The birds were a 

 good lot of flyers. The scores follow : 



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



Goodale 1111-i 1111— 4 1120 - 3 1110011-5 



MoTfey 3333-4 1121-4 .2312- 4 2011231-6 



Castles 1111-4 1111-4 1101-3 2201110-5 



Class 1111-4 2111-4 1131—4 2211102-6 



N". 5 No. 8 No. 7 



Goodale 1101201011-7 00I3111U1-8 0001111102-6 



Morfey 1113101111—9 3121111210-9 2110111010—7 



Castle U112S0311— 9 1102U2131-9 2102011111—8 



Class 3113313010- 8 2312031310-8 1U2013231— 9 



This closed the sweepstake shooting and the day was wound up 

 with a match at 15 birds each between Chris. Reinhart and Frank 

 Class, the result being as t^elow 



Reinhart 101122330111303-13 Class 01^1312211120-12 



The Kewarh Gun Club's Day. 



Dec. 8 was the date for the monthly shoot of the Newark Gun 

 Club, but owing to absence from the city, pressure of holiday bual- 

 ness and other causes the majority of the members were kept 

 away, Messrs. Smith, Collins, Breintnall and HoUis being the 

 only ones present. The day was a dark, dank and murky one, the 

 mist lying low and heavy and the clouds threatening a heavy 

 downpour, and not a breath of air stirring. It was just the day 

 in fact when one would expect to see a flrst-dass lot of pigeons 

 transformed Into "duffers." On this particular occasion, how- 

 ever, the birds were a rnvelation. Before the shooting it was 

 remarked that on a good shooting day the birds in the crates 

 would be a rat.tline lot. but no one expected to see them fly under 

 the existing conditions of tbe weather. 



From start to fLnish, however, the birds flew as though their 

 only thought was to get away, and of the 140 trapped only one had 

 lo be flushed. Twisters and zigzaggers there were aplenty, and it 

 required a quick eye and a straight hold to bring them to grass. 

 Toward the close of the day there was brought lo the score a crate 

 of birds that for beauty and life would be hard to equal. Every 

 one blue in color and every one an old bird, they werH a lot fit to 

 trap in any kind of a match. There were sevei^al carriers in the 

 lot. Of this crate every one proved to be full of life and vitality 

 and hard flyers. 



The opening event of the day was the club shoot at 10 birds per 

 man, whioh was also made a sweepstake, each man putting in $5 ; 



