Feb. 9, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



1^9 



FIXTURES. 



JUKE. 



17. New York Ann., Bensonliurst. 10. Brooklyn Annual, Bay Ridge. 

 S4. Marine and Field Club, Bath Beach. 



JULY. 



I- 15. At. Div. Meet, Captain's Island. 15-30. W. C. A. Meet, BaUastlsland. 



AUGUST. 



II- 26. A. C. A. Meet, St. Lawrence River. 



The heautiful ijoem which we publish this week appeared some time 

 Since in the Wassersport, the German yachting and canoeing journal, 

 but it will be new to om- readers. It needs only to be known to be- 

 come popular with all canoeists. 



FRITZ SCHLAUKOPF'S CANOE. 



" MEI^f Bootsmauu lacht laut, als ein Kerl, der am Strand 

 Mit stilvolleni Anziig so patzig dastand, 

 Seine 3Iieneii \'errietheu, er diinkt sich nicht kleiu, 

 Und es schien, als ob alles auf Erden war' sein. 

 Jack laehelt verschmitzt, legt ein Pi'iemchen sich zu 

 Und sagt: Du hast sicher Fritz Schlaukopf 's Canoe. 



HeiT Schlaukopf, der grosse, allwissende Mann, 

 Der im Sturm oder Regen im Boot sitzen kann, 

 Fritz Schlaukopf. der immer als Erster bekannt, 

 Bis er einst ftii' die Meisterschaftsjjaddel genannt. 

 0, Fritze ! da hattest du nicht triumpliirt, 

 Da hast du die Freunde,— dich selber blamirt. 



Denn er sagte: Jetzt werd' ich allein mir was bau'n. 

 Das alles, ob Dampfer, ob Kutter wird hau'n. 

 Auch die Risse, die Bauart, die werden nicht laut. 

 Denn mein Renner, der wird in dem Keller gebaut. 

 Bin Erbauer, Kapitain und die Mannschaft dazu, 

 Und siege dann leicht in Fritz Schlaukopf's Canoe. 



Nun hammert und hobelt er Tags imd bei Nacht, 

 Kaum gonnt er sich Ruh\ bis das Werk er voUbracht. 

 Die Arbeit ist riesig, ist wahrlich kein Spass, 

 Der Geruch auf der Werft der war furchterlich nass. 

 Er liess in den Keller auch Memand hinzu. 

 Geheimniss umhuUte Fritz Schlaukopf 's Canoe. 



Der Renntag bricht an, und die Winde die weh'n, 



Wir hielten auf Fritze wohl Hundert ze Zehn, 



Beklagten die Ai'men, die sonst noch genannt, 



Und furchtbar war alles auf 's Rennen gespannt. 



Denn er sagt zu uns stolz: Ja wettet nur zu, 



Doch kommt, nehmt vom Stapel Fritz Schlaukopf 's Cauoe. 



Wir freuten uns riesig, und folgten vergntigt-, 



Als ob er schon jetzt iiber Alle gesiegt. 



Da lag es nun endlich in prachtvoller Form, 



Die Liuien so reizend, die Spanten enorm. 



Die Flagge die stickte sein Lieb' ihm dazu, 



"Kamilla"— nach Ihr— hiess Pi-itz Schlaukopf's Canoe. 



Wir hoben sie hoch auf die Schultern zu Hauf ' 

 —Ich meine das Boot— und wir trugen sie auf, 

 Doch das Boot war zu gross, und die Thiu-e zu klein, 

 Wu- rannten ims beinah die Kopfe noch ein; 

 Auch die Penster des Kellers, sie reichten nicht zu, 

 Und Windstille war's— um Fritz Schlaukopf's Canoe. 



Explodirt mir das Dach, reisst die Wande mir ein, 



So hort man verzweiflungsvoll Schlaukopf jetzt sehrein ! 



Er tanzte vor Wuth und er fluchte und trat, 



Kein Erdbeben kam, so sehi- er auch bat; 



Nichts hilft ilim, uichts niitzt es, was immer er thu', 



Und das Rennen begann,— ohne Schlaukopf's Canoe. 



Jetzt kam noch Kamilla, sie war' fast erstickt, 



Als sie zu besanf tigen, an er sich schickt. 

 "Pass nm- auf," rief sie wUd, als vor Kummer er schwieg, 

 "Die Elsa, die dumme, die kriegt noch' den Sieg." 

 "Meine Liebe ist floten — einfaltige Kuh, 

 "Gteh' mir aus den Augen mit deinem Canoe!" 



Drum sag' ich jetzt immer: Wer allzu hoch denkt, 



Wer AUes nach eigenem Giitdiinken lenkt, 



Seiner Freunde wohlmeinenden Rath noch vergisst, 



Wer Alles nach eigener Elle nur misst, 



Dem ruf ich dann lachelnd fiir immer laut zu: 



Du segelst gewss in Fritz Schlaukopf's Canoe. 



CANOE NEWS NOTES. 



The annual dinner of the Hartford C. C. on Jan. 28 was a most en- 

 joyable affair, the members of the club being present, with Messrs. 

 Winue, Nickerson, Knappe and other invited guests. ' One event of 

 the evening was the reading of the history of the chib for the past 

 year by the club historian, T. S. Cheney, with many clever hits at the 

 various members. President Parmele, Vice-Commodore of the East- 

 ern Division, presided. 



The Hoboken C. C. will hold a smoker on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 8 

 P. M. at the club house, foot of Tenth street, Hoboken, N. J. 



I 



THE REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP. 



W. C. Petty Again the Winner of the Winans 

 Trophy— Score, 31 l-3iu. 



The Winans trophy was won for the fifth time on Saturday evening 

 last, and after a well-made endeavor on the part of the popular 

 "Barney" Walther to wrest the championship from Mr. W. E. Petty 

 the latter scored another victory and remaius in possession of the 

 trophy. The match took place in the same gallery where so far all 

 the winning scores have been made, that of the New York Pistol Club, 

 at 12 St. Mark's place, this city, and from start to finish it was any- 

 body's race, and the final string record of eighteen consecutive count- 

 ing shots left the men a mere shade over an inch apart. There was a 

 large degree of interest felt in the match, with the clubmen all on the 

 Walther side in hopes and wishes, but with the vaUant roundsman it 

 was an expert of experts ready to call each shot the instant the 

 trigger was pulled. Mr. Petty chose a lia. buUseye, and, though the 

 gallery was very clear of smoke, he found the strain on the eye verj 

 great indeed when it came to sighting shot after shot on so small a 

 black spot. Of course, -v\dth an eye equal to the task, the smaUer the 

 bidl fired at the better the chances, if the holding be up to the other 

 conditions for scoring a close hit. 



In such shooting as that for the Winans Trophy, where each shot is 

 measured from the center of the oin. cardboard cUsk, the area of the 

 black bullsej-e is quite immaterial, hence aU sizes of aiming spots are 

 used, from 3in. bullseye down to a lin. budd. Mr. Wiilther was con- 

 tent to ih'e at a ly^ia. black center, and found it very easy to miss. 

 The arms used were practically identical, being S. & W. .44cal., din. 

 barrels, fh'ing special loaded ammunition, with a round ball. A lot of 



new cartridge shells used by Mr. Walther annoyed him very much by 

 their failure to explode, the ti'ouble evidently being in the factory 

 primers. A toss for the lead-off was won by Mr. Petty, who sent his 

 antagonist to the range first. Bang! went the first shot, and a glance 

 through the glass told the shot off the disk, only a fraction of an inch, 

 but enough to score a miss on the record. Mr. Petty stepped to the 

 score and did precisely the same thing, landing a bullet neatly just 

 without the measuring disk. So far what honors there were were 

 quite equal, and the first string in each of the scores was knocked out 

 of any value in the record. On the next sliot each man got on the 

 disk and stayed there until the twenty-eighth shot, when the sequence 

 of misses again happened, Petty following his opponent in a wild shot. 



CHAMPION PETTY'S style. 



This left the thi-ee interior strings of the serias of five to count under 

 the conditions for the 18 shots of record. The first counting string 

 went to ]\Ir. Walther with 8.03in. for his six shots against the 8.81in. 

 made by Mr. Petty. On the next string there was another shght 

 advantage to Mr. Walther. 7.08in. against 7.12in. for Mr. Petty. It was 

 the third or middle string of the series which really won the match 

 for Mr. Petty. He was then shooting very close and held down to 

 5.41in. in the six shots, while Mr. Walther's score rose to 9.26in. 



The deUcate measuring device of the Zettler gallery which has set- 

 tled so many hard fought battles of marksmanship, was put at work 



BAHNEY walther's STYLE. 



on the disks as soon as the fight was over, with President Henry Oehl 

 and Secretary Hecktng taking the readings. The figures were quickly 

 converted into inches and decimals of an inch, and how well each shot 

 sped for the absolute center the following sliot by shot record of the 

 match will tell: 



W. E. PETTY. 



1st string. 2d string. 3d string. 4th string. 5th string. 



2.27 .92 .40 .26 



.37 1.84 .63 1.44 1.22 



.51 1.16 .66 .57 2.41 



1.77 1.17 .46 3.17 



1.02 .33 2.05 .83 2.31 



1.32 2.04 .69 1.65 1.83 



8.81 5.41 



Kecord-8.81+5.41+7.12=2 1 .34ta. 



7.13 



1st string. 



2;36 



.48 

 1.00 

 2.36 



.54 



BERNABD WALTHER. 



2d string. 3d string. 4th string. 



.:3r 2.50 1.45 



.82 1.77 1.33 



1.97 .85 1.03 



2.33 1.35 .46 



1.37 .39 2.40 



1.66 1.50 .35 



ii strii 

 .60 



.40 



i;92 

 1.24 



8.03 7.36 



Record— 8.02-|-7.27-f7.08=S3.36in. 



7.08 



As the referee called out upon verification of the figures that "Mr. 

 Petty is the winner on a score of 21. 34in.," there came down on the 

 table before him another defi from a capital revolver shot. It was 

 from Theo. Beck, of Newark, N. J., the recent winner of the New York 

 city championsnip match, held under the auspices of the New York 

 Pistol Club, and in every way a worthy match for Mr. Petty. Thus 

 far the Trophy has been well fought for, with an average of about one 

 inch per shot for the winner scores of the entire series of five shoots. 

 This is pretty good shooting at that distance as revolver work gener- 

 all}^ goes, but the arm is capable of better and closer scoring, and it is 

 for Che men to bi'ing their skill up to the level of the machine. The 

 record of the Winans Ti-ophy and its conditions in brief stands to date 

 as follows: 



The Trophy was formally declared to Dr. Louis Bell as first winner 

 on June 9, 1892. with his record of 17.52in. in 18 shots. 



Geo. E. Jantzei* and Dr. Bell shot for it on Aug. 3 and scored 32.5in. 

 and 26. Gin. respectively. 



President Henry Oehl was the next challenger, .and on Get. 15 with 

 16 shots scored 19.82in. against 19.11in. on 10 shots for Jantzer, 



Roundsman W. E. Petty on Dec. 3 put up a score of 15.31in. in 18 

 shots against 20.49in. for Jantzer. 



The match of February, 1893 with the scores of 21.. 34m. for Petty 

 against 22.36in. for Bernard Walthei- brinjfs the record of the match up 

 to date. 



If the New York Pistol Club takes up the invitation sent from Bos- 

 ton a very interesting revolver vs. pistol match ought to be the result. 

 The Boston Athletic Association, which has a fine range in its club 

 house, wishes to have a team of five of the New Yorkers come on for 

 a match with eitlier pistols or revolvers, promising to send on a team 

 to shoot in the New York gallery and if necessarUy a tie to shoot o£E 

 in some neutral gallery. It is doubtful whether the New Yorkers can 

 arrange for the trip; but if they do it would be necessary to take along 

 their best skill to meet Sumner Paine and the other crack shots who 

 make their headquarters at thp Boston range. 



Cincinnati Rifle Association. 



Cincinnati, O., Jan. 29.— The Cincinnati Rifle Association held its 

 regrdar practice shoot at its range to-day and made the scores as 

 appended below, the conditions bein^ 200yds., off-hand, at the Stan- 

 dai'd tai'get: 



Gmdele. 9 10 9799898 7-85 



7 10 9 10 10 7 9 8 10 9—89 

 98978 10 969 6—81 



Louis. . , 7 7 6 6 10 6 10 10 10 5—77 



8 5 9 6 7 9 10 6 10 5—75 

 7958785 5 7 8—71 



Payne 10 5 9 9 7 7 8 10 6 6—77 



975898588 8-75 

 77776799 10 6—75 



Weinheuner 8 8 8 7 8 7 9 10 10 5—80 



767 10 7676 10 8—74 

 689987464 8—69 



Willinger 999987689 7—81 



88 10 989666 10—80 

 10 8 8 7 6 10 10 8 9 9-85 



Hanck 7 5 7 4 5 9 6 6 10 9—68 



946696478 5—64 

 8 9 6 6 5 6 4 6 8 4—63 



♦Brumback 10 5656868 10 6—70 



688798548 5-68 

 9465 10 7795 4—66 



Simon 6 5 6 10 10 8 4 10 5 10—74 



687865759 8—69 

 465787 10 67 9-68 



Stegner 7 8 8 5 5 7 8 7 8 10—73 



886549993 10—70 

 5766 10 9987 7—68 



Drube 9 8 7 10 9 8 5 0 9 4—75 



10 76696767 10—74 

 668677 10 10 7 7—73 



Puthoffl 545456440 .3^0 



545637476 3—50 

 ♦Military, 



The Zettler Bifle Club Shoot. 



The prize shoot of the Zettler Rifle Club, booked for Jan. 38, 29 and 

 30, was by all odds the most successful of the season. AU of the 

 principal clubs in and about New York were represented. 



Among the prominent visitors were: Gen. Franz Sigel, of the late 

 unpleasantness; John H. Brown, the inventor of the famous wue gun; 

 Capt. W. H. Robidoux, of the Greenville Rifle Club; Capt. L. P. Han- 

 sen, of the Excelsior Rifle Club; Capt. G. A. Schmitt, of the WilUams- 

 burg Shooting Society; Capt. E. Fisher, Miller Club; Capt. Wm. 

 Weber, German- American Association of Jersey City; Henry Strater, 

 of the New York Schutzen Corps; Henry Zettler, President of the 

 Emphe Rifle Clnb; H. Rebhan, Hudson Club; Aug-ust Christian, Jen- 

 nette Gun Club; J. Ai-nold, New York City Schutzen Corps; Butcher 

 King, German- American Society of New York; Henry Holges, from 

 Harlem, N. Y.; Gus Weigman, from Newark; Geb Krauss, the great 

 mogul from WilUamsburg. The scores of the successful shooters 

 will be found appended: 



Ring tai'get, 3 shots per ticket, two best tickets to count, possible 150 

 points: 



B Zahn 74 75—149 H Zettler 73 74—147 



MBEngel 74 75—148 I Marten 73 73—147 



H Holges 74 74—148 L P Hansen 73 73—146 



M Dorrler 74 74—148 HStrate 71 74—145 



R Busse 73 75—148 L Buss 72 73—145 



B Walther 73 74—147 L Schmitt 71 73—144 



WRosenbaum 73 74—147 E Fisher 73 73—144 



F CROSS 73 74—147 



Most BuUseyes — First prize, B. Zettler; second prize, Ignatz Marten. 



Best Bullseyes— B. Zahn, E. Fisher, B. Zettler, B. Walther, 0. W. 

 Horney, W. Rosenbaum, C. G. Zettler, J. Holges, L. P. Hansen. 



Greenville. 



Miller Rifle Club. 



The foUovring scores were made by the members of the Miller Rifle 

 Club at headquarters, 438 Washington street, Hoboken, Feb. 1: 



D MUler ...340 W Rogers 222 ' 



FKloepping 230 J J Devitt ".'.'.'..207 



H Vanderheyden 210 C Prien 220 



WForkel....; 228 L Sold 332 



FLiU 239 A Pflugh .' ; .' 812 



A Stadler 217 



Medal winners— First class. Miller, 340: second class, Kloeppinff, 230: 

 third class, Stadler, 317. i'i' &' 



The ofacers elected later in the evening were: Captain, Ernest 

 Fischer; First Lieut., Louis Sohl; Second Lieut., Frederick Kloepping; 

 Third Lieut., Charles Prien ; Orderly Sergt., August Meyns; Sergeant 

 at Ai-ms, Frank Kammel; Secretary, J. H.Kruse; Treasurer, Frederick 

 Brandt; Trustees, H. Cordis, William Rogers and Captain Fischer. 

 The positions of financial secretary and flj-st and second shooting 

 masters wUl be fiUed at the next meeting. Wm. Rosenbaum and 

 August Pflugh were elected members. Jay H. Kay, 



Rifles at Maple Bay. 



Syracuse, Feb. 3,— The following are scores made by members of 

 the Syracuse Rifle Club at Maple Bay range yesterday. Distance 

 200yds., standard American target: 



Rest. 



Clark* 9 6 11 11 11 11 12 11 10 12—104 



Leighton* 9 11 13 11 11 9 13 11 8 9—103 



* Double rest and telescoiJe. 



Off-hand. 



Seely 10 10 5 9 9 9 10 8 7 7—88 



10 6779788 10 10—82 

 Dalley 8 10 10 6 6 9 10 7 9 10-85 



79 10 697867 7—76 

 Stillman 7 10 7 10 7 9 7 10 8 9—84 



7 7 9 8 10 10 7 6 10 8-82 



Lathrop 10 75868774 7—69 



Smith 10 63765649 4—60 



Port Chester Riflemen. 



Port Chester Rifle Club, Saturday, Feb. 4.-^300yds., off-hand 

 standard American target, 15 shots: ' 



THBeU 5 999579875687 9 10—113 



RRudd 5678847587 6 887 8-10-^ 



R McNeU, Jr 5 7 0 8 7 7 6 7 6 8 5 5 7 6 10— 94 



E Dunham 4 8 6 7 7 9 4 4 4 4 7 7 5 5 6— 89 



J Smith 676568797 8w. 



H Sherman 4 4 5 7 10 6 6 4 3 6w. 



HBoeger S1453327672348 3- 61 



R. McNeil, Jr., Secretai-y. 



Beideman Rifle Club. 



Bbideman, N. J., Feb. 4.— The following completes the weekly shoot 

 of the Beideman Rifle Club week ending Feb. 4. Conditions "ovds 

 i^in. ring-tai-gets, IJ^in. bullseye, J^m, center, possible 350, open ai'r 

 range: ' 



AJYergey 286 WGiebert ^ H Myers 00= 



J L Wood 341 Mr Bradbury 329 A J Hayes 224 



A L Gardener 241 



Walt . Giebert, Secy. 



Cuyahoga County Championship. 



Cleveland, O., Feb. 4, 1893.— Beginnmg Satm-day, March 4 and on 

 the first Saturday of each month foUowing until won. the shooters of 

 Cuyahoga coimty wUI have a chance to contest for' a handsome SlOO 

 Parker gun on the grounds of the Arlington Gun Club. The above 

 club has made arrangements with the Parker Bros, for the purchase of 

 such a gim, and they will take special care in the selection of the arm 

 making it a trophy worthy of the contest. The shooting will he &t S& 

 bluerocks per man from five expert traps, rapid fire known trans 

 unknown angles. Wuiner must win it six times to become its owner' 

 not necessai-fly in succession. Handicap can be had on appUcation. ' 



R. J. BlSSETT, 



