870 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Deo, 29, 18d2. 



Death of a Prominent Sharpshooter. 



St, Louis. Dec, 3?.— Fra' z L<>Ddi. a well-known Gprman sbarp- 

 Hbomer aiifi shooting master of the St. L'luis Club, died las'- nighr, 

 from the pffects of a gtmsbo' wound in t'lsehest, which beie- 

 celved at t)ie hands of Louis Brown, a river man, ahout nnon on 

 Dec. H. Mr. Lendi was fifty jears old, and leaves a vcidow, but 

 no children. He haH a lirge arquair^tance and was loved and 

 respected hy all who knew him. As a rifleman he was alwavs en- 

 thusiapt'c and an fxp=rt. as the many medals Which he woo in 

 comn'ti"on with ihe crark sho's of this fountry and the old will 

 testify. To the St. Louis Sh's'pshooters 'he loss oE their sHooting 

 master, who was more of a father than a a<ter, the loss is irrepara- 

 ble. The hoys will miss his tind words of encouragement and ad- 

 vice to "try and do better nest time." The funeral will be nuder 

 the puspifps of the Sr. Louis Sharpshooters, Sunday, Pec. 25. A 

 sad Christmas. Ramrod. 



Hoboken's Goose Shoot. 



Ara'ER the close of fhe Miller Rifle Olubs's pri?f) shoot Monday 

 evening, a happy crowd of riflemen starred up Washington street 

 wnd to li a shooting gallery hv storm. The party was headed hy 

 bi? Birney W«lther, ard hy the time the propr e'or of the pHce 

 could collect his thoughts, he had already ronsented to the hoys 

 Fh oting for the goose which he had on exhibition. Itdidrb' 

 take long before the three shots allowed each man were ende<^ and 

 a summary of the totals were as follows, "with four men for first 



The trophy, therefore, becomes his property, and the club will 

 have to get ano'her one for nest year. This is being modeled by 

 Mr. Winaus. and represents a "road agent" who has galloped his 

 horse to death and is standing over its dead body shooting a Win 

 cheater repeater at his pursuers. 



Copies ot both thepe trophies are going to the French art section 

 of the Chicago Exhibition. 



If Mr. Trask keeps up his shooting form he will add this tropV . 

 to his collsctioD. He being the rifle champion of the club repre 

 sents it against all challengers. 



All ties divided unless otherwise reported 

 FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here 

 send in notice like the following: 



Dec. 27-30.— Watson's live bird target tournament, Watson 

 Park, Biirnside, Til. 



^ Dec. 28 —Tournament at live birds, on Erb's grounds, Newark 



Dec. 2S 29 -Jacksonville (Fla.) ^^un Olub'.s fifth annual tourna- 

 ment; S-WO guaranteed purses: ?30n in money and merchandise 



■riii,li. Pres. 

 Mirer, v.. Pres. 

 Ii, Scr^y-Trea-s. 



4. E. A. CI Ward. 



5. C. H. Hum. 



K, T.H. WaaJauil. 



7. niiief Hazel. 



8. Georse Fisher. 



». Col. TJios. Axw-urtUy. 13. James OMokB. 



Jnb. Smyth. 

 11. John Smyth. 



IS. Father Byrne. 

 11. E. B. Wlaeate. 

 IS. J. H. Hamilton. 



16. H. Crooks. 



17. Frant Ka'ser 

 IS. .Tno. Stroud. 



HAMILTON (ONTARIO) GUN CLUB. 



ch0K!e of the goose: D^-rler .32 Filter 33, B'-aun Ro=enhaum 

 fr' ^"-"l ^^^^S^^^J^ 31, Walther 31, Hutch 31, Ross 30, Keller 27, 

 Mahli^nbronk 21. I-^^ was then decided that the four winners 

 sh lUld ear h thootone shot, which r^™itpd in another tie >ietween 

 Dorrler apH Rosenl aum. "Barney" wanted lo see ihe goose 

 go to 7\6w Ynrk nnd not rem»'"n in .l-^rsey. he told "Rosey" 'vust 

 so goot^ as he kmw," and Risey won the goose, but when they 

 Jo-k^d he bad disappeared as did Feed Rcss and that big bird, the 

 i-age. ' They searched the town hut could find no trace of it, 

 but when they arrived near the ferry th« Honorable Mr. Kt-Uer 

 asked the hojs to have oue with him, which, of cf^urse. t-ev all 

 refused, but it cost T. K j ast the same. The Eagle. 



Revolver Shooting in England. 



An Aust' a'i-in team is exnected ag^in at B'sley in 1893. It may 

 ^^^'''^^'^.^y'^^i^^l'rx'ha.fema. team in 1891 which was very 

 luhr. f^^\^'^ ^^i? "ft - comp»tition, especially the mounted ones, 

 although they did not do much good with the revolver. 

 «^onih t''n^H^',fR'fl*'';^\''"J'i'^ also expected at Bi'^ley, and the 

 decided to make them honorary 

 ^'^l^ ^"J'' ^i'i'^^ f'^^y ^"'ll b« al>le to have a pmctice 

 fishclfmarr ^ E^^" 



levfnV«!i^^'^i»-'^-'"'*'°^!'>°^'''.,'^^® revolver competition at Bis- 

 ho ' F"""^ "^'^ > """^ an eleventh prize in two of the 

 ?Lit R a^. Queensland, Australia. At 



aJlttop^r^izes^^'"'^'^^^ over, he carried off almost 



Empire Rifle Club's Annual. 



ni?e^H fl]' L'f;t;.25.-The second annual prize shoot of the Em- 

 sl^ J.M Si'' ■ N"'"/;'"''' P''^^*^ ^"^eir headquirters. 12 

 St. M». ks Pla. e, Dec 18, 19 and 20. Small 2>nng target aiiv 



b;«t tickets to count, op.n to all coVerr Distance 

 and W.^ I ^ the prominent lifl- m^n of New Vork, Brooklyn 

 eeis tT;""/ ''"f'^''^ ^^"^ '■^"^^^ tried thfir Bit ill at the tai" 

 R w 1 ./v t?,' P'''^" Winners are as follows: 



H W.liLer. Zitller R C 70 ~.> -..r, 



N R s.n ha;; .11, Kmp re R C 73 ^Cil? 



H Holges. Z-tcler R C 79 \,, 



Bztnn. E,iipir-Rc - ... ... U ^i-]lt 



FRo^s,z.ttjpr R I- ^ ^oij^l 



•"•■•■WA ■ 70 72-142 



CHu.^h.H .ilem RC 70 7''_li" 



Cha> Zeuhr. Jr, Empire R C 7.q pS ift 



T< Bentlier. M .nhntian R O .. 74 fi-Jn 



M Engle, Z ttl^r R O It t, iti 



0^oPial8ied,ZHtl«-r RC... .". ^? 



JRjbhan.HufisonRC il f^zV4 



zill7r R C sho';^^ n?.rnh^"''^h'^"^^'^ president Of tl^e 



Emp're rV p Rosenbaum, c«pcain of the 



ted^by'lp^irs. '--^^-^--ts^ ^'"''^Si^ ^ 



liondon Rifle Shooting-. 



iiSo?h« Fn?vn«f t^^!^^ ^''^'i^ ^^'^'^"•^ R'fle Club is chiefly con- 



hronleTameUe^of^ RnnC ' ^^^^^^^'^^^ since 1S90 has been a 

 all h i tMll° et^^^^^^^ l^owe, with 



being decoimed^^N corners of the stand 



the work nf n^l .^^ fh ^"^^^1° ^^aAs la hmzz% the emblem being 

 tkL , r.t one-->f the members of the club, Mr Waller Winsr^s 



prizes added. Professional experts barred. Bryan Taliaferro, 

 Sec'y- 



1893. 



Jan. 2.— Hartner's all-day target tournament, Oradgevilie. Bal- 

 timore county, Md. 



Jan. 2.— Towanda (Pa.) Gun Club's ail-dnv tournament. 



•Tan. 2 — 8"ufh Side Gun Club's "aununl," Ne-'t-ark, N. J. 



Jan 12.-0Den sweppstake at 100 live birds $100 fntrv, on Erb's 

 grounds. Newark, N.. I Entries («.it.b $30 forfeit) will t'ereceived 

 up to J«Ji. 10, hr C. H. Townserd. 318 Bioadway, New York. 



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

 and targets. 



Jan. 1011.— Interstate Manufacturers" and Deilers' Associa- 

 tion's Grand American Handic-p, live bird tournament. New 

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

 bonndarv. 



May 17-18 -West Newburgh Gun Club spring tournament, at 

 r^pwhureh. N. Y. = , 



May 23-25.-Knoxville Gun CTluh tournament, «1,000 added to 

 purses. Also vniuahle merchandise prizes. 



June 12-16 —New York State Sportsman's Association tourna- 



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

 burgh, N. Y. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



The Gate City Gun Club held three shoots in Kansas City oa Dpc 

 , ■ P°^'P°'^*'d Shoots from October and Novem- 



ber. The oonJitions were 10 live birds per man in each shoot. When 

 these were hnished it was too dark to shoot off the tie for the sesson^s 

 average between J. B. Porter and J A. R. Elliott. The scores follow': 

 „ ,, Ocf- score "Nov. score De«". score 



aurvell 1111112323-10 a220an222- 9 2211013322-9 



g'Jl™ I1110001I2-7 222131013-9 



fll'Ott 2122111112 - 10 1021222220- 9 11123inii 1 - 9 



Ij.f'S ^^If^WtB- 9 2211101012- 8 1010220222-3 



Mlk^••■:;::•.:::■::;:;:;^ylS!2rl'o » 0102102203-6 



Hallowell 1100212120— 7 



Jack Winston a iKl kindred spinis are agitating a movement' "for 

 }n^'V"5 t^n-^'tf^er fhe dozen trap clubs of St. Lonlsf Mo., and by pool- 

 ing f eir strength establish a park, which shall be known as the 

 heaOquartprsof the shooting interests in that section 

 th^.l^T^^F' Mass., Dec lS.--Tbe Pittsfleld Rod and Gun Club held 

 4ch Th'l nfflXf''°t ^ banq'iet at the American House on the 

 14ch. The ofticers elected were: President. John M. StevRuson ; Vice- 

 rT,'a^''^-^°^''I- i^ecretary and Treasurer, Wm. W. Tracv ■ 



Kussell; Chairman of Executive Committee. Henfy 

 fJl Jht^Jff"'^,*"°? '^^^ stocked many of the brooks with trout 

 I/vJa n?vf 'eeral precautions to have the fl^h at.d game pre- 

 served. The result of their efforts is that the pirtridge and wood- 

 cock are more plentiful than usual. Rafus A Teeliog a veteran 

 hav'S^rWi/'i^ club, e:£tonded an invitation at tte annualmeJttgtS 

 Hav- fl= Ji^^tl'""^ B'^ Lake Pontoosuc, and have a 



futoe ^ ^''"^ ice, which they will accept in the near 



The quarterly shoot of the South Side Gun Club of Kansas Citv 



^waV Th^Jthoo?f^.r°tS^ ^'^1'-'^ ^^^^ ^ Kood mfnTmlmbeS 



J-lf shoot for the cup was at 30 tareets the winnpr hP.na. 

 ? '■■J^ ^''^^^ ^f^een broke 40, FoSner 3-f iT Kritser 



, 2' ■ ™edal shot It 25 tarlTe/s Wood 



iTiiTRKlr ll:®"""'' S'-'^^erie. Fenner'-lf, Griflen 



"J'^A^^^"^^- 21 —The Fairbury Gun Club had a suopes^fh-i 



shoonng tournament to day. Eight matches werrdecfded 7 of 

 which were at hluerocks. with 10 target* in a match and one at live 

 Sr^^^^'iif N°.l first money was divided between wLon of 

 Peoria, and Wjlds. of Giliaan ; in ipatcb No. 2, WeUs. of Ilper Oit^ 



and Wilson were tied with clean s-corec; in match No. 3, Wil=on, 

 Fortier. of Piper City, and Fellows, of Wing, tied; match No. 4 was 

 won by E i'Z Singer, of Mossville; in match No. 5. first moaey was 

 won by Wilds with a clean score; in match No 6, Bartlett and Morti- 

 mer, both of this ciiy, tied and Wilson won match No 7 with a clean 

 score. The live pigeon contest was at 6 birds, with 14 entries. A. 

 Brown, Posdlek, Wilson, Singer and T. Morris tied for first money 

 with 4. birtaseach." 



The Reading (Pa.) Shooting Association held its annual meeting at 

 Matz's Tnree-Mile House on Dec. 19 and elected the following ofHcers! 

 Pres-ident, Henry C. W. Matz; vice-president, Peter A. Fritchi 

 spcretary, Walter D. Eiler; treasurer, John Shaaber: captain. Matt. 

 F.isenbise: directors, George Eitcer, James Kilpatrick, William H. 

 Baumsn. It was decided to hold a three days' tournament at the 

 Three-Mile House Park la Feb' uary. the dates to be arranged later 

 and to erect a club house at the saois point. Two days are to be 

 devoted to target shooting and one day at live pigeons. 



There will be another 100 bird sweep, $100 entry, on John Erb's 

 Newark grounds on Thu'-sdav. Jan. 12, beginning at 10 A.M. En- 

 tties, accompanied by .S20 forfeit money, will be received ^^p to Jan. 

 10 by G. H. Townseni, trap editor FoBusr AND Stream, 318 Broad- 

 way, New York. The divisions of mon y, af ler deaucrmg the cost of 

 the birds, will be as follow.": Four to six entries, two moneys; seven 

 to nine entries, three moneys; ten to f lurc-en ent'-ies, four moneys; 

 fiftpen or more entries, five jianeys. All will shoot from the 30yd. 

 mark. 



January 5 will be a gala day on Frb's Newark grounds, that being 

 the dare of the friendly team match between the Parkway Gun Club 

 of Brooklyn and the Newark Gun Club. Each cluh will put in teams 

 of fifteen men each and each man will shoot at ten live pigeons. The 

 Brooklvn visitors will reach the grounds before noon and shooting 

 will begin immediately upon their arrival. The Newarkers intend to 

 give them a good reception and make the day a pleasant one for all. 



The Rochester Rod and Oun Club announce.'* a ".Jack Rabbit" shoot 

 for Jan. 2. There are an the programme ^-i.i 15 target events, tiwo 10 

 target events, one at 20 targets and one at 25 targets. The latter 

 event will be shot under the class system, wiih S3 entrance fee and 

 four moneys Ail the others will he straisrht "Jack Ribbii" divisions, 

 the shooter getting 10 cents for each target bioken, and the surplus 

 being diviaed into three moneys. 



The Auburn (S. Y.) Gun ninb has elected the following officers for 

 1893: P esident, George W. Nellis; Vice-President, J. E. Brigden; 

 Secretary, Lewis E Fi^ro; Treasurer, William A. Whitn; Commit 

 teeman, Charles E. Egbert. Tne above also comprise the B ard of 

 Directors. The reports for 1892 show the club to be in a sound condi- 

 tion. , 



The South Side Gun Club, of Newark, N. J , anticipates a big at- 

 tendance and great sport at its "annual" next Monday. Artificial 

 targets ill be thrown at two cents each. I. U. Terrill, manager, and 

 W. R. Hobart. secretary, will look after the comfort of visiiors. 



The Hell Gate Gun Club was recently organized in Harlem with 

 the following officer*: President, Col. J. H. Voss; Vice-President. 

 Henry Hanlein ; Recording S-cretiry, E. Doeinick, Financial Secre- 

 tary, A.Kiechle; Ti-easurer, Emil Stein. 



•'Dutchy" Smith and P. Williams, of Plainfle'd, N. J., will shoot a 

 ma eh at 50 live pigeons each on the Independent Gun Club grounds 

 at Hyde Park, on ,lin 3. There will be open sweepstake shooting 

 before and after the match. 



The Cicero Gun Club, of Chicago, have completed their new club 

 house anil aill hold snoots on Saturday and Monday. Their grounds 

 are at Oxk Park, Home avenue and Madtson street. Both live birds 

 and clays will be used, 



The Amprican Slanufactiirers' Association will hold a meetiug at 

 the Astor House on Jan. 10 and will probably arrange its list of fix- 

 tures for the 1893 series of expositions. 



The Towanda ("a.) Gun Club. Roxborough (Pa.) Gun Club and the 

 South Side Gun Club of Mdwaubee, Wis., are among those who will 

 hold open shoots on Monday. 



Clubs who propose holding tournaments during the coming season 

 should claim dates as soon as possible in order to avoid conflicts of 

 dates. 



Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Lindsley, of Hoboken, and Phil. Daly, Jr., of 

 Long Branch, will attend the shoot at Hamilton, Can. 



John A. Hai'tuer will run his usual open tournament at Orange- 

 ville, Baltimore county, Md.. on Jan. 2. 



Louis Miller proposes to hold another tournament for teams from 

 clubs which hold forth on his grounds. 



Frank P. Class intends to hold a tournament on his Morristown 

 grounds in January. 



A live bird shoot will be held at Clinton, N. J., on Monday. 



O. H. TOWNSBND, 



Shooting at Springfield, N. J. 



The final shoot of the season of 1892 of the Union Gun Club was 

 heio at Sprirgtield. N. J., on D-c. 20. Early in t>^e morning the 

 weather looked bad but about noon the storm clouds disappeared, 

 the sun came out brierht 1 v. and the rest of the day was clear 

 though cold. Thefe club grounds are situated at the foot of the 

 SpriDpfl>iId ridere of the Orange Mountains in an exposed posi- 

 tion, where the full beneflr, is derived from the mountain breezes. 

 However, Enoch Miller had a roaring lire in the stove, plenty of 

 hot coffee and a bountiful supply of hot Boston baked beans, so 

 that the shooters did not worry themselves much about the cold 

 breezes. 



The attendance was light, as was expected, owing to the threat- 

 ening character of the morning hours, but those who were on 

 hand were full of shoot. The main event was the club shoot at 25 

 KpV8tonet«rgetsfor 'luh prizes, this being the deciding content 

 of the seas'^n. The members were divided in two cla»8es, each 

 class shooting within itself for c'ub prizes. Among those who 

 were on hand were E. D. Miller of Springfield. J, Warien Smith of 

 Orange, R. S. Williams of Eiizaberh, A. Sickiey of South Orange. 

 J. Bryan of Springfield, Cha«. M. Redden and Wm. R. Hobart of 

 Newark, 0. O. Dean and W N. Drake of Maplewond. 



The club shoot was prcc ded by a number of 10-target sweeps, 



1 entry, unknown angles. The results: 



Nf>. 1. No. 3. No 3. No. 4. 



Hedd en.. 000 1111010- 5 1111110111- 9 1100111011- 7 llOnimU— 8 

 Smith ... 1111I1U1 1-10 111 1101 101- 8 1111111111-10 lllllllOn-9 

 Miller.... 1111101111— 9 llll llllll— 10 1111101011-8 1110111111—9 



Drake 1111110010-7 1111111110—9 llOlUOhil-r 



-^tldison 1111111111-10 



K -berts moio Oil- 7 



Dsan 1110011101- 7 



No. 5: 



Smi th lOUinOll— 8 Drake 1111111111-10 



Miller llllUliOl 9 Roberts imiUOll— 9 



Addison 1101001111-7 



Then came the club shoot at 25 singles, rapid-firing system, C, 

 M. Hedden sbootii-g along with Cla-s B, although not as a mem- 

 ber: 



Class A. 



M41er..... ■..llllinun01111'lllllll0-33 



J W Smith 1101111111111111111111101-23 



^ Class B. 



W N'D rake linillOllOlll IID u 1111 10 -21 



A Sick ley , 1 1 1 10 II 11011 limillin 10-32 



R S Williams 01000101 10001 1011 1 11 louo— 14 



J Brj ant not 110011111011011111001—18 



C M Hedden lllUlll] 1111111101111111-24 



The prizes were awarded immediately after the above event, 

 the winners being as fr^llows: First prize in each class giing to 

 the shooter who won first place the most number of times; second 

 for the most second places won; thi'd for ihe most third places 

 won, and in Class B a pri^e for the most fourth places. 



Class A: E. D. Miller, seven firsts, f 15; Wm. Sigier, fotir seconds. 

 $10; J. W, Smith, third prize. S5. 



Chits B: A. Sickiey, first. $10; W. N. Dr»k*>, second, $7.50; Geo 

 Pudney, third. g5; R. S. William-, foutb, $3 50. 



Spacial prize... £50 tropiy, for beat «verage; E. D. Mi'ler. 97 

 per cent., R. H. Breintnall averaged 94 per cwnt.. Wm, Sigier 91 

 jjs=r cent.. J. W. .Smith 92ppr cent., W. N, Drake 87 percent, and 

 A. SIckley 89 per cent, during the season. 



Shooting in the appended 10-target sweeps. $1 entry, finished 

 the day; 



No. 6. No. 7. No. 8. 



110:110111-8 lUllimO— 9 0111011001-6 



Drake liUllllU— 10 



Hedden luilOlO 11- 7 lOtlllllOi— 8 liiiioiilO- 8 



Dean... 10110 lOl 11— e 



Miller loom nil- 7 loiiiiiiii- 9 umioiii- 9 



R 'berts lOK-OlllOO- 5 . 



Bryan, 1101111110- 8 1103111000- 5 



The club will be pu^ into g 10 1 shape for tiie seisou of 1893 and 

 will start to work early iu Januar.v, Valuable prizes will be of- 

 fered for the competitions. 



