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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 13, 1898. 



"Jack Rabbit" Shoot at Rochester. 



EocHESTER, K. Y., Jan. 5. — Through the columns of theToREST Jlsb 

 Stkeam a great deal has been said during the past year about the 

 degeneracy of trap-shooting which, in a general way, is attributed to 

 the manner in which the best trap shots, shooting for money, drop 

 into place, and which practice we cannot deny has been the means of 

 driving f I'om the field a great many what we term ordinar-y shooters. 

 I think your able Chicago correspondent, Mr. Hough, illustrated the 

 practice quite ably in his "Milwaukee Wolf Shoot" article. 



The result of the agitation which has been going on is the production 

 of the "jack rabbit"' scheme. The Rochester Rod and Gun Club hesi- 

 tated for some Uttle time before giving the new system a trial, but 

 after careful consideration it concluded to do so, and at our club 

 grounds last Monday every contest, with tlie exception of one, which 

 was shot under the old system and in which there were but fifteen 

 entries, while there wei'e forty in some of the others, were shot under 

 the "jack rabbit. " 



When programme was issued it was noticed some of the best shots 

 in the club were opposed to it, but the result has convinced them they 

 were wrong, and it is now the opinion of nearly every one present that 

 it is the only true and correct system to adopt. Some of the contest- 

 ants drew as much as $7 on an SI. 80 investment, and we claim that 

 ought to satisfy any one. Possibly we are more favorably placed than 

 some clubs, owing to the fact that our members are satisfied if they 

 come out even, from which you will gather we shoot for the love of 

 shooting. Our club has been very successful, all of which we claim is 

 due to the fact that the management have labored with this matter in 

 view. Take care of the poor shot and the good shot wiU take care of 

 himself. 



Monday was as disagreeable a day as one could wish for, hut, not- 

 withstanding the inclemency of the weather, there were about fifty 

 shooters ui attendance, among whom, from oiit of town, your corres- 

 pondent recognized Messrs. Wolcott, of North Carohna; Benson, of 

 Victor; Dick Swiveller and Hyat, of Batavia; the three Elliott brothers, 

 of Ti'autburg: andGavitt. JIussellman, IHitnam andKlUick, of Lyons. 



We can honestly reconnnend the "jack rabbit" system to any club in 

 the counti'y which is deslrcius of giving everybody a good time and to 

 promote interest m trap-shooting. The score follows: 

 No. 1, 15 bil'ds, S;i..50 entrance: 



McVean lOOOlOllllOlllO— 9 Hides., 110001111111101—11 



Babcock 111111111111111—15 Wolcott 110111010111111—12 



Meyer 011111101111100—11 Hyatt .111111111111110— 14 



Swiveler 110110111100000— 8 Mann .111111011111111—14 



F Smith 111101111111011—13 Richmond 111101111111111—14 



Borst 111101111111111—14 



No. ,3, 15 buds. 81..50 entrance: 



McVean 100001011111010— 8 Hicks 110111011011111—13 



Babcock 101111001111111—13 Hyatt llOllllOinilll— 13 



Meyer 111111111111110—14 Richmond 010011111111110—11 



Swiveler 101111101001101—10 Macomber 111011110111101—13 



Borst 111111111101101—13 Gavitt 001010011001001— 6 



C Smith 111101110101101—11 Killick 001111110111110—11 



AVolcott 101101110111011—11 Norton lliniinilllll— 15 



F Smith 111011111111011—18 Tassell 011011111101111-13 



Mann....... 101111110111110—13 Putnam 11000101 1001 mi— 7 



No. 3, 30 birds, $2 entrance: 



McVean.... 11011101111001000100— 11 Gaviti llOOOUOOllllOiWllOlO— 9 



Babcock. . .11101110110111111110—16 Killick llllllllhiOllOIIUll— 17 



Me3^er 11111001110011111111—16 Nortou. . . .llllllOlllUllllllIll— 18 



Macomber. 00111101110010101011— 12 



Borst 11011111110111011011—16 



Swiveler. . .01110111101111111111—17 

 C Smith. ...11111111111100111111— 19 

 Putnam . . .llOllilllUlOOllllll— i: 



Maun 1 1 01111 1101 01 101 1 1 1 1—1 6 



F Smith. ...11111110111101010111—16 

 Tasse)l . . . .10001111110111110111-15 

 Musselmanlll 00111 1 11110000110— 14 

 Riclcman ..1111111001111111111CI— 17 



Richmond. 11101010011101110000— 11 Hadley . . . .11110111111111101110— 17 

 Wolcott,,. .01101 1101111 1101 0100— 13 Quirk 11101111111111010111—17 



Hicks. , : . . .1111011101110101011 1—15 

 No. 4, 15 birds, entrance $1.50: 



McVean ,1 001 1 00101 1 01 10— S 



Swiveler 01 1 01 1 1 1 01 101 1 0-10 



Wolcott lOllOOlOllOOlll— 9 



Gardner . . .00110011111111011111—15 



Stewart 111111111111111—15 



Hicks 111111111111101—14 



Hill 001011010011111— 9 



Richmond 11010101 lOOlOll— 9 Nichols 001111011111111—13 



Hickman 100101100010110— 7 Rickman 001011101111101-10 



Burnes 110111111001011—11 Tassell 111111010111111—13 



Griffith , . .101001110111110—10 Killick 001101101010111— 9 



Gavitt lOllOOlOlOllllO— 9 Mussellman . . . .111001101011011— 10 



Mever 111110111100111—13 Quirk 111111110010011—11 



Borst lOOlllininill— 13 Putnam 011111111111010—12 



Lane 101111111111111—14 C Smith 110111110010110—10 



Byer 11101111:111101—13 Hadley 011111111101101—12 



Norton 111111111111111—15 Elliott 001111011101111—11 



Mann 110:11101101111-13 F Elliott.. . . . .111100111000111—10 



F Smith 111110111001101—11 GElUott 111110011101111—12 



No. 5, 10 bu-ds, entrance %1: 



McVean 1010011111— 7 



Wolcott 1010011111— 7 



Gardner 0110111001— 6 



GrifHth 1110010111— 7 



Norton 1111011111— 9 



F Smith 1111101111— 9 



Hill 1111111111—10 



Benson OolKiOOiOO— A 



Byer 1111111111— lO 



Burnes lOlOOlllOCi— 5 



Mann 1111011111— 9 



Richmond , 1101111011— 8 



Biclcman 0111000110— 5 



Swiveler 1010111111— 8 



Hickman 1110100100— 5 



Tassell ilKillOOll— 7 



Meyer umilUll— 9 



Quirk 



Borst 



Killick 



Nichols 



Lane 



Gavitt 



Musselhiuui . 



C! Suiith 



F Elliott 



G Elliott 



Hicks 



C EUiott 



Putnam 



Stewart 



Fulton 



Rissinger 



Leslie 



1101111111—9 



0011111111—8 



0111111111—9 



0011111010—6 



1111111101—9 



1110010001—5 



0111111110—8 



1100111111—8 



1001111111—8 



0110011111—7 



1011110011—7 



1110011110— r 



1110111101—8 



1101111111—9 



0010111100—5 



0111110111- S 



0110100011—5 



No. 6, 25 bu-ds, entrance S4: 



Norton 



McVean , 



F Smith. 



Markell 



Myer... 



C Smith 



Rissinger, , , . , . 



Byer. 



Hicks... 



Borst 



Richmond 



W AHiU 



Lane. 



Nichols , . . 



G Elliott 



No. 7, 10 birds, entrance $1: 



Hyntt inOllOllO— 7 



Norton 1111111111—10 



Swiveler 0111111111— 9 



Rugg OJOlOOlOlO— 4 



Gardner: 1011011110— 7 



Quirk 1101111101— 8 



McVean 1001111101— 7 



Hickman 1101111110— 8 



Wolcott 1100001001— 4 



Mever 1110111011— 8 



Redmund 1110100000- 4 



Cook 1010100101— 5 



Gavitt 0011010101— 5 



Killick 1111111111—10 



Mussellman 1111100111— 8 



Griffith 1111101110— 8 



Fulton llOllOlllO— 7 



Rissinger 1011111111— 9 



Schleyer 1000010000— 2 



F Smith 1111101111— 9 



No. 8. 15 birds, entrance S1.50: 



Stewart 111111111111111—15 



Hicks 111111111111111—15 



D. SwiveUer. . . .111110110110011— 11 



Rugg. .000010001010111— 6 



Mever 110111100111111—12 



Gardner 1 101 1 1 01 1 1 1 1 110—13 



Norton 001111011111101—11 



Redman 110001010001110— 7 



Cook OKWOllOlOOOOll— 6 



Fulton 101010110110111—10 



Griffith...- 111011111111001—13 



O. Smith 101111111110111—13 



Quirk 111110111111111—14 



Wolcott 101 1 1111011 1 11 1—1 3 



Richmond 101101101011000— 8 



Borist 111001111011111—12 



C. Smith 011111111111111—14 



No. 9, 15 bu-ds, entrance SI: 



Norton 101111111111110—13 



Gardner KXilll II 1001101—10 



C Smith 111110111111001—12 



Rissinger 0001 1 1 01 1 1 11 1 1 1—1 1 



Borst 011110000111010— 8 



3Ieyer lllllllOOlllllO— 12 



Lane 010111111110111—13 



F Smith 1111 11 101110111-13 



Ely 010011011111011-10 



Schle ver Ill OODOl 0101010— 7 



Hicks .110111 1 1 1110110—12 



No. 10. 15 birds, entrance S1.50: 



Stewart. 111111111111111—15 



Hicks 111111111111011—14 



OSmith... 011111111001111—12 



Borst 111101101011101—11 



Elv 010000110101000— 5 



Meyer 110110111111111—13 



. ..1011111 lllllimiOlllOlll— 22 

 . .1100011100111010001111001—14 

 . .1111110101000111111111111-20 

 . .1111111110001111110100100-17 

 . ..1001101111101111111110111—30 

 . .1111110111111111111111101—23 

 . .1011110110110010111110101—17 

 ..1111111101111111101011110-.-31 

 . .0011111111 1 1 11 11111111111— 23 

 ..1011101100101111110111101—18 

 . .0111111101011011111011101—19 

 ..0110111101111101111001111—19 

 ..1111111111111111111011010—20 

 . .1111100101011110111011101—18 

 , ,1011101111111010111111101— 20 



McCarthv 0101101110— 6 



Burnes .". 1101011011— 7 



Rickman 1011011111— 8 



Mann 1111010111— 8 



Richmond 0101111101— 7 



Borst 0010111111— 7 



Putnam .1111111111—10 



Hill.: 1101000111— 6 



F Elliott 1101111111— 9 



TasseU 1111011110— 8 



Byer 1011110101— 7 



G EUiott 0011011111— 7 



La:ne 0110011111— 7 



C Smith 0101100101— 5 



0 EUiott 1011111101— 8 



Hicks ,.1111111110— 9 



Nichols 0010101100— 4 



Stewart. 0111111111— 9 



El\' 1111101101— 8 



Rickman 100101101111110—10 



Ely.- .111101101101111—12 



Ltine 110011011111111—12 



Marin 111011011111111—13 



F. Elliott 111110111010111—13 



MusseUman 111111001101101—11 



Byer 1 1 01 1 1 1111 1 111 1—14 



Hyatt 100100001101010— 6 



Kissinger 101111101111111—13 



C. Elliott 101011111101111—13 



G. Elliott 111111111010110—13 



Nichols 001010110110111— 9 



Putnam 100110011111011—10 



McCarthy lOOOllGOOlllOOl— 7 



Hiel 111111111111111—15 



Tassel 111111101011111—13 



Mason 101011111110111—12 



HiU 100011101111011—10 



Walcott OlOllltWlOOniO— 8 



TasseU 01 101 1 1 1 1 1 1 01 11—13 



Redman 011010000000101— 5 



Kugg 001101101001100— 7 



Quick 110011000000111— 7 



Leslie 010001101110101— 8 



Byer 101111111101111—13 



Stewart 111101111111111—14 



F Smith 111111101111111—13 



Lane 101011111111101—12 



Norton 110111111011111—13 



Leslie lOlOOOllllOlllO— 9 



Bver 101111111000111—11 



Rksmger .111101111001101— 11 



The Trap in Colorado. 



Pueblo. Col., Jan. 3.— Inclosed find scores made at the New Year.Si 

 Day shoot of the Pueblo Gun Club, the shooting being at bluerock 

 targets from 5 traps. 18yds. rise: 



No. 1, 5 smgles: L. O. Morse 5. E. H. Morse 3. V. .Tohnson 4. H.WiUi- 

 ford 4. 



No. 2. same: L. G. Morse 4, E. H. M.irse 5. Johnson 4. AViUiford 0. 

 No. S. 3 pair: L. G. Morse 3, E. H. Morse 4. Johnson :i WUHford 3. 

 No. 4, same: L. G. Morse 4, E. H. Mco st- 6, Jolmsoii 8. Williford 2, 

 J. M. KiUin 4. 



No. 5, 10 smgles: KiUin 6, Len Morse 7. Johnson 8. WilUford 3, 

 Hawes 3. AUen 5, Reeves 2, E. H. Morse 8, Rainey 0. 



No. 6. 9 singles and 3 pair: KiUin 8, Len Morse 11, Johnson 5, Willi- 

 ford 7. AUen 8. E. H. Movse 11. Rainey 4. 



No. 7. 20 siuKles: KiUin 14. Len Morse 19. Johnson 16, E. H. Moi-«e 19, 

 Williford 15. Hawes 13. 



No. 8. 5 singles: KiUin 3, Len Morse 4. Johnson 4. E. H. Morse S, Wil- 

 Uford 1. Haw^■.s 2. 



No. !). 3 pair: ICillin 3, Len >Iorse 6, Johnson 3, E. H. Mor.se 3, Willi- 

 ford 3. Hawes 3. 



No. 10. 5 singles: Killhi 4, Len Morse 5, Johnson 4, E. H. Morse 3. 

 Hawes 4. 



No. 11. 6 pair: KiUin 9. Len Morse 8, Jolmson 8. K. H. Morse 10, 

 M]en 5, Hawes 7, Williford 5. 



No. 13. 12 singles and 4 pairs: KilUn 15. Len jVIorse 15, .Joimson 11. 

 E. it. Moi'se 16. Allen 9, Williford 15. 



No. 13. 5 singles: RiUhi 4. Len Morse 4, Hawes 3. E. H. Morse 4. 



Sparro-vr Shooting at Albany. 



Alban-v, N. Y., Jan. 7.— Wm. J. Van Schoonhoven of this city re- 

 cently perfected a method by which he is enabled to capture any de- 

 sired quantity of EngUsh sparrows. His field of operations is a,mong 

 the grain cars in the raUr&ad yard at West Albany, where these buds 

 swarm in thousands. After their capture the sparrows are turned 

 into a large cage in a well lighted outbuilding, at the home of the bu-d 

 baiter, where they ai-e well suppUed with food and water, and when a 

 sufficient number is coUected for a "big shoot,-" the word is passed 

 among our local gunners, and the favored ones meet at some des- 

 ignated shooting ground and enjo.y the sport of popping them over 

 as they clip away in nimble flight when the trap is opened. 



To-day a large party of sportsmen gathered at a private shooting 

 ground m the northern subui-b of the city to try their slcill on a lot of 

 the birds. The gathering showed the familiar faces of some of our 

 best shots, and by the tune the shooting was weU under way it was 

 agi-eedthat thereVas no one of the partj' but was put to his trumps 

 to make a respectable score, and that the shooting of the little beggai-s 

 called for as much skiU and a greater degree of quickness than that 

 required to stop the stuffj' and phlegmatic house pigeon. The shoot- 

 ing of WiUiam W. CargUl was remarkable for its excellence, and some 

 brilliant work was performed by Messrs. Greer, Van Schoonhoven and 

 "Plainsmith.-" How weU each contestant shot in this interesting 

 match may be seen in the tabulated score below; conditions 35 spar- 

 rows per man: 



C-U-giU ..111111112121111101212111^-24 



Greer 11««0111121311111»1112121— 31 



Van Schoonhoven 211311111101110-^13101H— 31 



Plainsmith , ..1-201101011120111121112021-21 



St Charles- 0021011»120111110.31131011— 18 



Glenvl , 30331 00»01201110132211201— 17 



Swejiv 1300121321011000013101012—16 



Dorchester •01000110«0100000111111«2— 11 



VanDyck 10100200111S01020203w. 



Now that sparrows are found to be readily obtainable, and that in- 

 terest in the sport has suddenly boomed, a number of our sportsmen 

 have determined to arrange for the holding of an open sweepstake 

 tournament at Ehn Grove Park, within a few weeks. H. B. D 



The To-wanda Gun Club. 



TowANDA, Pa., .Jan, 7. — The New Yeai-'s shoot of the Towanda Gun 

 Club on Jan. 2 was a very successful alTah. both as to attendance and 

 sport. The target shooting was from 3 traps, rapid firing system,. A. 

 A. rules, live birds from one trap. A, A. rules. The following sports- 

 ujen took part: Mehen, of Long Valley, Pa.; W. K. Park, WUkesbarre, 

 Pa. ; Dr. Keyes, WiUawaua, Pa. ; Wm. von Wolffradt, Athens, Pa. ; W. 

 H. and D. C. Tyrrell, OrweU. Pa. ; F. AYelles, J. S. Hamaker and James 

 Emery, of Wyalnsing, Pa. ; Montauye, Snider, Rittenbury and Dittrich 

 represented Uie home club. At one time there were about 150 specta- 

 tors present. Scores as foUows, each match consisting of 10 targets. 

 50 cents entrance: 



-3 .4 ;> 6' ? i' 1 Si S U 5 6 7 S 



4 8 7 Keyes 3 5 5 8 6 4 5 6 



3 4 3 V Woli¥radt.,4 4 4 9 5 4 3 5 

 6 8 8 Rittenbm-y.. . . 3 



Snider 7 7 10 



Hamaker.... 8 8 4 4 

 Montanye ...9 8 S 3 



Shiner 



Dittrich ..6 



Meehen ..7 



J Emery 3 



Park 5 



Ninth match. 

 Dittrich. . . . 



4 



1 



6 9 8 



6 5 4, 



F Emery 



FWeUes...- 

 W.TyrreU.. _ 



Northrup 3 



. DCTyrreH 2 .. .. 



live birds. $3 entrance: 



00001—1 Rittenbury 01000—1 



AVelles 21110-4 Von Wolffradt J-3000— 2 



Montanye 00322—3 Tyi-reU 12^01—3 



Hamaker 20213—4 Keyes OlOlO— S 



Snider 23001—8 JEmory. ,12320—4 



Parks 02001—2 ^ W. I". DlWKiaH, Secy. 



Artificial Targ-ets at Rutherford. 



TjJE BoiUng Springs Gun Club held its second shoot for a prize gold 

 watch at Rutherford on Jan. 4, each man shooting at -35 singles. The 

 scores: 



Jameii ...01101 1000001101 illooil 1 10— 14 



Lane ". 11 0001 01 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 01 1 1 1 1 1 —20 



Paul 1 010 1 1 1 1 0(1111 wi 1 m 1 01 1 1 — 18 



Jeanneret OOIOJII 1 1 K»0o:o:o0l0o:ni0— 11 



Apgar 1101111111:01110101110111—30 



Monthly shoot. 25 singles, unlcnovni angles: 



James Milliloiiuuiili]ii::oiiii— r^Jl 



Laue , loiOoCKiOOllliOiOliOllllOl— 14 



Paul 000001 1011 101 m 01 1 1 1 01 1 0—1 5 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENCE. 



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T. M. B. — 1. The powder ma.y be injuriously affected by a.tmos- 

 pheric influences. 2. Strong primers wUl increase velocity. ' 8. The 

 deposit wUl not mjure the barrels. 



G. D. V,— Yes. 



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