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FOREST AND STREAM. 



181 



The A. C. A. Meet of 1893. 



Editor Forest and Stream; 



T fear that the Chicago Exposition will interfere greatly with the 

 attendance and success of the general A. C. A. meet this year, few men 

 having more than two weeks' vacation, and as most oi us are deter- 

 mined to go to the Exhibition during our holidays, I would suggest 

 that the A. 0. A. help our Canadian friends out of the dlflftculty by 

 giving the Kortheru Division the general meet for next year, if they 

 wUI agree to hold only a division meet this year. The new officers 

 might hold over if necessary; in other words, not to have any general 

 meet this year, but to have one next j^ear in Canadian waters. 



-'■V 



A. C. A. CAMP, WOLFE'S ISI^ND. 



This plan is sm-e to make next year's meet a greater success than 

 usual, as each division meet will naturally develop some men who 

 ■^"ill look forward with great interest to meeting each other at the meet 

 '94. 



he feelings of the Association at large could be easily learned on 



tho subject by the Division Pursers sending each club a letter asking 

 v. ii;U the feehngs of the members of the club regarding the idea were. 



^'rom what I have heard among the Atlantic Division members, I 

 teai' there are verj% very few of them who can spare the time to go 

 boUi to the Chicago Exposition and the general A. C. A. meet; so I 

 u iirit that some action wUl be taken in the matter immediately. 



Henry H. Smythe. 



[ A. C. A. Membership. 



I The following has appUed for membership in the Northern Division- 

 E. O. S. Strange, Kingston, Can. 



Port Chester Biflemen, 



Port Chester Rifi.e Club, Satm'day, Feb. 11.— 200yds., off-hand 



■<ri>ni.lard Aiiierkau target: ' 



ftliudd. 



10 



9 



Kiernan 5 



A Bachman 8 10 



J Hess 8 ,T 



■E Dunham 7 3 



' T H Bell 5 10 



' Pv McNeil, Jr 3 3 8 6 



3 Sliaer 8 9 10 1 



D McCarty 10 5 4 1 



.{ Qurlach 5 4 3 3 



J Smith,,. , 6 4 5 6 



r r 9 8 8 10 9 



8 9 5 10 10 5 ^ 

 6 10 10 5 9 

 8 9 6 8 4 

 r 8 10 

 4 



4 



9 r 



4 7 



9 7 



6 G 



6 4 



8- 75 



9— 77—155 

 4 8 8-76 

 9 5 8—73—149 

 7 10 3-67 

 7 3 4—54—121 



8—67 



4- 65 

 6—61 



5- 60 

 8—54 

 2-50 

 2-49 



6- 39 



Cincinnati Rifle Shots. 



Cincinnati, O., Feb. 18.— The Cincmnati Eifle Association held its 

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

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

 dard target; 



Gindele 85 86 85 Druhe 79 79 71 



Louis 81 72 70 Simon 82 78 78 



Wemheuner 74 72 68 Stegner 76 84 74 



Payne 87 77 79 Hopldns 68 70 71 



Copeland* 72 73 71 Hauck 48 62 61 



Wellinger 83 76 78 Puthoil 48 50 39 



♦Military. 



Beideman Bifle Club. 



Beidemajj, N. J., Feb. 11.— The following complete the weekly score 

 of the Beideman Rille Club of week ending Feb. 11, conditions 25yds., 

 open au- range, tragets J4 ring, }^ bull, % in center, possible 250, 

 struck by ofC-haud: 



H Mehard 346 E L Gardiner 241 



A J Yergey 246 J O Wurfflein 234 



J L Wood 243 WGUbert 333 



Washington's Birthday Team Tournament. 



On Washington's Bhthday the Zettler Riflo Club will hold a team 

 tournament for teams of five men, open to all rifle clubs in New York 

 city. Long Island and New Jersey. The Zettler Club will offer four 

 ti'ophies fsT the four winning teams, as well as au extra prize for the 

 highest individual score. In the tournament last year there were 

 foiu-teen teams entered, and the coming shoot promises to be still 

 more successful than the last. Any club desiring to enter teams is re- 

 quested to send in its entries to No. 219 Bowery, New York. 



New York Rifle and Pistol Club. 



New York, Feb. 6.— The foUowing scores were made by the mem- 

 bers of the New York Revolver and Pistol Club, at their last regular 

 weekly practice shoot held on the 4th inst. at their gallery. No. 12 St. 

 Marks place, 10 shots on Standard American target at 20yds., S. & W. 

 revolver: 



G L Hoffman, .38 85 C B Bishop, .44 82 



B Walther, .44 86 F Hecking, .38 .' .' .' ' '73 



G E Jantzer, .44 84 E Walz, .38 (Stevens pistol). 82 



HOehl, .44 83 F. Hkckinq, Sec. 



\haoHng. 



AU ties divided unless otherwise reported. 

 FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here, 

 send in notice like the followingr: 



February.— Live bird tournament on Erb's groimds, Bloomield 

 avenue. Newark, N. J. 



Feb. 20.— Match shoot, T. C. Wright and Thos. Murphy, at 25 hve 

 birds, Hurlmgham rules, for $50 dollars a side, at Park Hotel grounds. 



Feb. 21.— H. P. Davies Co. toiu-nament, Toronto, Canada. 



Feb. 81-32. — Atchison, Kansas, tom-nameut. Amateurs only. 



Feb. 31-33.— Highland Gun Club tournament, Des Moines, la. Live 

 birds and bluerock tai-gets. 



Feb. 21-23.— Oneida County Sportsmen's Association tournament, at 

 Utica, N. Y. Live birds and targets. 



Feb. 33.— Live bird tournament, on Erb's grounds, Newark, N. J 



Feb. 22.— Syracuse Gim Club, "jack rabbit" tournament, at Syra- 

 cuse, N. Y. 



Feb. 33.— J. L. Brewer vs. E. D. Fulf ord, 100 hve bu-ds each, for ffilOO 

 a side, Utica, N. Y. 



Feb. 88.— Fust tournament of the Eastern New York Trap-Shooters' 

 League, under the auspices of the West End Gun Club, of Albany 

 N. Y. Liberal purse for highest aggregate scores. H. A. Ki'atz, Sec'y' 



Feb. 83.— Echpse Outing Club, annual shoot at Uve bh-ds, at the Pine 

 Brook Hotel groimds. 



Feb. 33.— Match shoot, Wm. Ryan vs. Chas. Anderson, at Willard 

 Park, for $85 a side, at 10 live birds, old Long Island rules to govern. 



Feb. 22-23.— Bloomsbm-g (Pa.) Gun Club tournament. 



Feb. 28.— New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League, team shoot, grounds 

 of Union Gim Club, Springfield, N. J.; also open to all tom-nament 

 beginning at 9 A. M. ' 



March 10. —Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association's 

 Grand Americap Handicap, hve bird tournament. New Jersey (grounds 

 to be named) ; Hurhngham rules, Monaco boundary. 



March.— New Mexico Mutual Fish and Game Pi-otective Association 

 second annual tom-nament. ' 



May 3-3.— Independence (Ind.) Gun Club tournament. Added money 



May 9-11.— Ohio Trap-Snooters' League tournament, Columbus O. 



May 9-13. — Saratoga Spring tournament. ' 



May 17-18.— West Newburgh Gun Club spring tournament at New- 

 burgh, N. Y. 



May 33-35.— Knoxville Gtm Club tournament, $1,000 added to purses. 

 Also valuable merchandise prizes. 



May 30.— Eastern New York Trap League tournament, at Canaio- 

 harie. N. Y. 



May.— Saratoga (N. Y.) Gun Club tournament. 

 May 30-June 1.— Iowa State Sportsmen's Association, Clear Lake la 

 June 5-10.— Ilhnois State Sportsmen's Association, Chicago, HI ' 

 June 13-16.— New York State Sportsmen's Association tournament 

 at Rochester. H. M. Stewart, Cor. Sec'y, 413 EUwanger & Barry Build- 

 ing, Rochester, N. Y. 

 Oct. 19-30.— West Newburgh Gun Club fall tom-nament, at Newbm-gh. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



The Hartford, Conn., Fox Club has killed fifteen foxes since October 

 David Crary is president, Jos. G. Lane secretary and treasui-er, and 

 Geo. L. Deming master of hounds. Mi-. Lane Jias a pack of five fine 

 reynard chasers. J, C. Capeu leads the club this year vfith four 

 brushes to his credit and Supt. Goodrich of the New York and Hart- 

 ford Transportation Co. comes next with three. Chief of Police 

 Woodbride has killed two, and the other members one or less each 

 The club is a prosperous and successful one, and thinks it can hold it<i 

 own with the Worcester Fur Co. on any other club in New England" 

 They expect to have several more pelts to adorn the back room of Joe 

 Lane's store before the trouting season opens. 



The first of a series of five matches between the Union Gun Club of 

 Springfield and the Boiling Springs Gun Club of Rutherford was shot 

 on the Union Grounds on Feb. 7 each club being represented by seven 

 men who shot at 85 targets each. The result. Lnlon — Breintnall 34 

 Bryan 14, Riggott 9, Van Dyke 17, Drake 23, W. Smith 21, Enoch Miller 

 23; total 131. Boiling Springs— Love 13, Paul 3:3, C. CoUins 16 E Col- 

 hns 19, George 33, James 11, Griff' 31 ; total, 125. FoUowing the team 

 shoot were several open sweepstake 10-target shoots, which resulted 

 as follows: BremtnaU, 7, 10, 8; Van Dyke, 9, 10, 10, 8: George 7- Griff 

 9, 8, 10; E. CoUins, 8; Sffller, 8, 8; James, 7. & . i , 



H. H. Bates, of New Haven, who lost his hand in the Maine woods 

 last fall while on his annual hunting trip, is doing well, and says he 

 shall yet shoot again at the trap. Henry is one of the most popular 

 shooters in Connecticut, and every devotee of the trap will be vei v 

 glad to see him again in his old fox-m, even if he has to support his 

 gun with an artificial hand. 



The Highland Gun Club, of Des Moines, Iowa, will hold its tourna- 

 ment on Feb. 81, 88 and 23. There will be two live hird events each 

 day. On the first and third days in thi-ee target and one live bird 

 events, the costs of pigeons and targets will be deducted from the 

 purse, and the balance will be divided among the contestants, each re- 

 eeivin'g an equal amount for each bird killed or target broken. 



The Glen Echo Gun Club will hold its initial tournament under the 

 '"Jack Rabbit" system at Glen Echo, Md., five miles from Washinoton 

 D. C. The grounds are reached by Tenallytown ears to Glen Echo 

 Junction. Cars run every fifteen minutes. Geo. S. Atwater is captain 

 of the club and manager of the grounds. 



Next week's shoot at Utica wiU prove a gi-eat attraction for trar- 

 shootei-s. The progi-amme is carefuUy arranged and everj bod v shoots 

 on an equaUty. The principal attractions will be the match between 

 Annie Oakley ("Little Sure Shot") and Henry L. Gates, each to shoot 

 at 50 hve pigeons, and the shoot at 100 pigeons between J. L Brewer 

 and E. D. Fulf ord. These shoots wiU take place on the second dav 

 Feb. 22. ' 



and target tournament for Feh. 22, 23 and 24. On the first day the 

 events will be at 4 live bu-ds, $3; 5 bu-ds, $4; 6 birds, $5; 8 bu-ds, $7; 10 

 birds, $10; 4 birds, .fS, and 5 birds, $4 entry. On the second and third 

 days the events will be at 10, 15 and 20 targets each. 



The retm-n match between teams of ten men each from the Union 

 Gun Club, of Springfield, and the Boiling Springs Gun Club, of Ruther- 

 ford, will take place at Rutherford, N. J., on Wednesday, March 8, 

 starting at 1 P. M. Each man will shoot 35 targets. There wOl be a 

 series of open sweeps from 10 A. M. 



Enoch D. Miller sends us word that on Wednesday, March 15, he 

 will hold an open sweep at 25 live birds, $20 entry, five moneys, en- 

 tries limited to twenty. The shoot will take place on the grounds of 

 the Union Gun Club at Springfield, N. J. 



W. E. Hobart has been in Hartford this week exhibiting the blue- 

 rock target and electric pull. He gave an exhibition Monday, and the 

 trap shots seemed to think that he had something far ahead of any- 

 thing they had thus far seen. 



The Wilmington Rod and Gun Club will deserve credit if they adopt 

 the "Jack Rabbit" system for their spring toui-nament. The system 

 is bound to come to the front, and the sooner the better. 



A bUl will be introduced before the Connecticut Legislatm-e to legal- 

 ize the shooting of sparrows. It is not thought prudent to ask for a 

 pigeon law at the present time. 



The Gasper- Willey match at 50 Uve birds each for $250 a side has 

 been postponed until Eeb. 28. 



The Union Guu Club, of Springfield, N. J., wUl hold their^second 

 monthly club shoot on Tuesday, Feb. 31, beginning at 1 P. M. 



Ben O. Bush says the present "Jack Rabbit" system originated in 

 Colorado, where it was called the "Rocky Mountain Jack Pot." 



It is expected that twelve teams will take part in the ox)ening shoot 

 of the New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League, at Springfield, N. J., on 

 Feb. 28. 



Frank Class has live bii-d and target shoots on his Morristown 

 grounds every Wednesday afternoon. 



The New Haven Club gives a tournament on the S3d of February. 



Some time late in March there will be an open sweepstake at 25 live 

 bu-ds, $30 entry, on John Erb's Newark grounds. 



Wm. J. Pierson wants to shoot another match against Howland 

 Gasper. c. H. Townsend. 



The Gasper vs. Pierson Match. 



On the occasion of . the Willey— Gasper match at Erb's on .Jan. 26 

 Wm. J. Pierson, of Plainfleld, N. J., expressed a desire to meet Gasper 

 in a match at 50 Uve pigeons each, for a stake of $50 a side, each man 

 to stand at 38yds., Pierson to aUow Gasper two dead birds in addition 

 to what he might kUl, loser to pay for all the birds. To the above con- 

 ditions Gasper agreed, and the match was scheduled for Thursday 

 Feb. 9. At noon on that day a good-sized party of sportsmen were on 

 the "Old Stone House Groimds," and by the time the match was called 

 there were over a hundred spectators on hand. The day was fairly 

 pleasant up to 2:30 P. M., when it grew cold and raw. 



The birds used in the race were a rattling good lot. John Erb was 

 referee and Wm. R. Hobart scorer. Samuel Castle, the Newark Gun 

 Club man, handled Gasper. On the first half Pierson had killed 31 to 

 Gasper's 19. On the next round Pierson's nerve gave way, and on the 

 47th round he was shot out. The score: 



Pierson . . . .2033201321183318313038120—21 



10«1021001131«00111001 —18—33 



Gasper 1013133310130.1S001211111— 19 



03131183381310303010832 —18-87 

 The above day was also the Newark Gun Club's regular date and 

 there were eleven entries in the club shoot at 10 birds, $5 entry three 

 moneys. No. 2 was at 5 birds, $5 entry, two moneys: ' 

 No, 1. No. 3. 



CuUon 1001001313— 6 22202—4 



Lindsley 1133822002— 8 18130—4 



Raynor 0320010003— 4 



Griffen 1011011101— 7 



Van Dyke 3113130183— 9 



P Jay 1811311313—10 



Erb 0801110303— 6 



Castle 3210212113— 9 



D Terry 1111111011— 9 



Hocklis 3008133121— 8 



Pierson 3003111221— 8 



Gasper.. 



Ties. 

 11313012110 

 1121201 



10132—4 11222021211 



11111—5 



11112—5 

 12201-4 

 12102—4 



810 



No, 3, miss and out: 



Lindsley 21130 



Pierson 0 



HoUls 13110 



Matches, 5 hirds, $5 up: 



No. 1. 



Pier.son 13001—; 



Lmdsley 30222— 



Cullon 30 



Gasper '.11311 



Griffin 120 



No. 3. 



01120—3 

 21123—5 



Watson's Park. 



RuRNSiDE, lU., Feb. 3.— The following is the score made here to-day 

 by the Chicago Shooting Club for club medal at live bu-ds under new 

 lUinois State rules. First, miss and out: 



Geo Kleinman 1 AW Reeves ... 3 



Ed Bingham. 1 LM Hamhne. 0 



RBWadsworth 3 M J Eich 0 



R Heikes 3 AD Cairncross. r 



A E Thomas 4 



Wadsworth vs. Anson, 10 bh-ds, $10 a side: 

 Wadsworth 0222002202—6 Anson 1311123202-9 



Freeze out, $3 entry, two matches: 



Bingham 0 2 Reeves g 1 



Klemman 3 3 Anson 1 4 



Wadsworth 1 4 Thomas 1 



Heikes 8 1 



Ties of 3 in first and 4 in second divided. 



Feb. 8.— The foUowing is the score made here to-day by the South 

 Chicago Gun Club for club medals, 30 Uve pigeons each, new Illinois 



L Willard. .32181102122022111230—17 J Watson.. 1221 1808333131000200— 14 

 P MiUer. ...03223300010101001132— 18 A Reeves. .13111130010311111310-16 

 F Willard..330103018001003-23013-13 E Reeves. .01003830181010030000— 9 



Target medal, same day, 80 each: J. P. Watson 31 and medal, L 0 

 WUlard 6, P. MiUer 16, F. E. WiUard 9, John Watson 13, A W Reeves 

 13, E. I. Reeves 15. 



Feb. 10.— Live bird sweepstakes, four sweeps of 10 birds each $5 en- 

 trance to each, two moneys, 60 and 40 per cent., new IlUnois rules: 



Bingham 10 9 



Anson 6 8 



Eastman 8 8 



HeUies 10 10 



10 7 Thomas 10 



9 10 Beck 'e 'a ■( 



5 10 Forthington 6 8 



10 10 "'Ravelkigg.' 



B. MoNetl,, Jr., Secaretary. 



"Dutchy" Smith of Plainfleld, and Frank Class, of Morristown 

 shot a match at 50 Uve pigeons each for $100 a side on Feb. 8 at Mor- 

 rissown. The result was a tie on 41 kiU-s each. Class losing- his last 

 thi-ee birds. The boundary was 50yds. and the bh-ds good. In a 4 bird 

 sweepstakes, miss and LOUt, J. L.Smith 4, 7, Apgar 4, 8; Smith 2 6- 

 Foster 3, 1, Cushman 1, 0; Leonard 3, 1; Biggott 4, 5. ' ' 



J, H. Morcei-, W. H. Snyder and W. B. AUen announce a Uve bird 



Parkway Rod and Gun Club. 



There was a good attendance at the Parkway Rod and Gun Club's 

 second monthly shoot at Dexter Park, on AVednesday, Feb 8 Twentv- 

 two competed for the ciub medal and the best averages of the vear 

 E. Helgans and P. Kunzweiler tied with 7 each, and on the shoot off 

 for the medal the former won. Sis tied with 6 each, the next ht>.it- 

 .scores. The scores were: 



DMonsees 1100223—5 E Steinhousser ]2oanrin q 



E Helgans 1322211-7 JLind OOOOSfP-^' 



A Botty 2001021-4 P Kunzweiler 111212^'-" 



J Blake 232-2001—5 HBramweU... llOOim 4 



J Bennett 0012121—5 M EUis 0-^1 "oaoZ^ 



A Andrews 0011110—4 H Selover.'. l2'>omT k 



LMoeller 12-21101-6 CRem I22a'w fi 



0 WisseU 103-3113-6 GWaUdm... mmm 9 



A Brower 1010112-5 C M Meyer 2101202 ^ 



H Bookman 0121113-6 J Bennett... 0()iai29 r 



F Goodale 1110111-6 H LeMaire. . llioil^ 6 



Unkno-WTi Gun Club. 



It was rumored that there was a split m the Unknown Gun Olnh 

 one of the oldest shooting organizations on Long Island but thev 

 managed to have the largest attendance at Dexter Park on Thur^rW 

 Feb. 9, than any other club shooting during the week. Twentv fhtlk 

 SllSd r'ules"'^^ "^^ ^ ^^'^^ ^' ^ ^' °i°'''fled Lon| 



JBord " 0831120-5 I Hyde. looioin n 



WRankm 0000330-3 C Plate 1111 i? 



J Berry 0313000-3 Dr Little 001 larn Hi 



J Lohden 0100013-3 H Soden , rmnJ. 



F Malbrough 1300300-3 D Lynch 1012019 ^ 



WDietjen 1030000-3 P Skidmore. . , . 1210019 ^ 



JAkhurst 3110101-5 EAVroome... 12120itp 



JFlynn 3-322,320—6 L Schumacher. lOOopmli 



HVanStaden 012-3311-6 C Munch. siinpno - 



W Dietrich 2201200-4 JBohUng laiirio ^ 



M Chichester 1111121-7 F A Thompson,' llOOOloIa 



J Doyle 1000001-^ iiuuoiO-3 



