Feb. 16, 1893.] 



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Al Rust's Big Sweepstake. 



Frakkfobd, Pa., Feb. T.— Oh, what a day was yesterday to shoot 

 live bii-ds, a drizzling i-ain and the wind from all quarters, hut this did 

 not stop the unterrihed shooters from facing the traps. 



Mr, A, J. Rust deserves great credit for the way he laaiia.ged this 

 shoot, as it was certainly the largest match that has iDeen held in the 

 Eastern States for some years. Just think of 53 entries at live birds, 

 somethiag that any manager could be proud of. 



Rust was ably assisted by AVm. Garvin, who Imows as much about 

 pigeon shooting as any man in Pennsylvania. 



There were about a thousand peoi^le who stood all day in the rain to 

 witness the shooting. Among tuem I noticed E. D. Miher, of Spring- 

 field, IST. J., who is one of the best aU-round shooters in the country; J . 

 \V. Budd, of Bordentown, N. J.; S. Hothersall, H. Landis, John Tred- 

 way, of recoil pad fame, C. Lane, E. W. David, the above five repre- 

 senting the Philadelphia Shodting Association; the >Jorth End Club, or 

 with its new name, the Keystone Shooting League, was represented 

 by Wm. H. Wolstencroft, James Wolstencroft, Wm. H. Pack, A. J. 

 Rust, J. Rothaker ( the little giant of Brewerytown), J. F. Kleintz, R. 

 Ai-mstrong, J. Watker, of the Wayne Gun Club; A. W. Donnaly, of 

 Philadelphia; C. Van Camp, of Tacony, Pa.; J. Vandergrift, of Maud 

 Station, Pa.; M. H. KupeU, the genial boniface of the Milford Hotel, 

 Milford, N. J. ; C. Zwiein and G. Cubberly, of Yardville, K J. ; E. Hill, 

 of Trenton, N. J.; E. R. Johnson, of Holniesbm-g, Pa.; H. Gasper, of 

 Eastport, L. I.; M. H. Fox, Treutou, N, J.; C. Heist and J. Garner, of 

 Doylestowu, Pa., two of the best pigeon shots in the State. 



Club. Also H. E. Buckvvalter is a member of the same club, although 

 he is the xjroprietor of the Royersf ord. Elk Park grounds, which ai-e 

 among the finest grounds in the State, level, high and dry and a good 

 light, with a good vft. fence around it, a good club house and other 

 conveniences; I. Register, of AVhite House, Chester county, Pa. ; R. F. 

 Dawson, H. Hoskins, A. H. Fox, of Browne, Pa.. The Norristown 

 boys turned out strong as follows: J. Johnson, S. Gaylor, Pete Yost, 

 F. L. Bilderbeck and another entry for the Pennsylvania Gim Club 

 shot by Castle. AV. G. Holland came from Newark, N. J., to try his 

 luck. The Reading Shooting League (who have a new ground and are 

 going to hold their first shoot this week, where you will find all the 

 shooters, as they all have a good time at the Reading shootsj were 

 represented by H. A. W. Matz, the i^resident, John Shaaber and J. 

 Schwerck, two of the dhectors of the club. F. Willard, of the Forrest 

 Gun Club, was also present. Ah of the boys like Frank and are always 

 glad to see him. Geoi-ge Sterhng, of Merchantsville, N. J., who often 

 treats the boys to a coon shoot; Allen Willey, proprietor of the Hart- 

 ford Globe, and one of the best shots in Connecticut, also came in for 

 part of the money. M. P. Lindsley, or "Milt," as aU the boys know 

 nun by that better than anything else, was just as smiling and hayjpy 

 as ever, as he could not be otherwise, as at least two out of the highest 

 three scores wei'e made with his famous wood powder. R. T. Clayton^ 

 of TamaCLua, who is one of the whole souled fellows you are always 

 glad to meet, was here with F. W. Cooper, of Mahanoy City. 



Charles Minei-d, the captaiu of the Atlantic City Gun Club, also 

 tried his hand at the birds. J. Hack, Philadelphia; Capt. Worrell and 

 Thos. Cmnmings, of Philadelphia; W, G. Paddock, who has charge of 

 the gun department of the new sporting goods house of Philadelphia, 

 J. T. Bradiey & Co,, ^vas also on the grounds making new friends for 

 himself and his house. V. V. & R. Konover, of Wheat Sheaf Park, 

 where the boys go to try the speed of their horses, were interested 

 lookers on, as were J. Haas and C. Kerker, of Morristown, and a host 

 of others. Mrs. M. B\ I^indsley (Wanda) and Mi-s. A. Willey were 

 interested spectators. 



It -was hoped the match could be shot off in one day, the bu-ds were 

 an exceedingly fine lot, picked personally by Mr. Rust, but the 

 weather was against them, as every one knows it is hard to get bu-ds 

 to fly promptly in the rain, but when night came on it was f oimd that 

 - quite a number would have to shoot the next day. Two sets of five 

 traps were used, American Association rules, and over 850 bh'ds were 

 shot at tl3e first day- Aftnough the weather was disagreeable the 

 match was started promptly as advertised, at 10 o'clock A. M., and 

 tJifi shoot mg was done hi squads of five men, who shot at ten bhds 

 each before leaving the traps, and by this arrangement everything 

 went along smoothly, no wailing for shooters and not a kick the 

 whole day. 



Ml'. Jacob Pentz was official scorer; Wm. Garvin referee at No. 1 

 set of ti-aps and S. Richards at No. 2 set. The following are the 

 scores: 



. Twenty-five live birds, |20 entrance, 8 moneys: 



E D Miller Ill 1111 121221 1 1 1 1 1 ] 1 1 1 1 20— 24 



J W Budd 1111221201200121122122102—21 



S Hothersell 21 21 121 1 0U1221 1 1 ii 21 01220—21 



B Landis 0211211221100211210011010—18 



Walker 1200202012011212232220202—18 



Jas Woisteiieroft , 2122221112011101311121111—23 



A AV Donnelly 2220211001100121120310132-18 



WHPack ■ . " 0110120121012113122020201—18 



C Van Camip' 1212211222011112122102231—23 



J Vandegrht 2010132222120220010121020—17 



W H Wolstencroft 2122101222110012132122131—33 



M H RupeU 0011121311210311231321112-22 



H Gasper 0121111121330002030103000-15 



C Zerline 1132201111111111111113200—33 



G Cubberly 1 1112111211111201231 12122—24 



K HUl ■ 0122111111100313011301111—20 



E R Johnson 2303331323020013332012010—18 



M HFox 1301312331133321310210003—20 



G Heist 1112112111132101011103111—22 



PP Smith . ..~ 1012310111021110312101111—20 



J T Tread way 2131302111101103112121022—31 



F T Hoff 1301310013130001103131102—17 



J H MiUspaugh 2120220021012133310222111—19 



H E Buckwalter ' 1131123311113333313330322—24 



Plioenix Gun Club 1111100112111123132100110-30 



J Registis 2212200210120123210110022—18 



W G Holland 0211202122112211211201120—31 



RT Dawson 1210222012.330220233122223—21 



HHarkins ' 1112113132212021110100100—19 



A HFox 1102021111030111310,210010-17 



J Johnsoii' " ' 1130111001112131311031001—19 



P Gales " 2031100311001103310300810—15 



P W Yost " ' 0131010201220122310000301—15 



P L Bilderbeck (1)33020022010000111001000—10 



A J Rust 1111011121111312022111131—3.3 



RFritch "" 0000331000103110001030030—10 



Penn Guu Club 3033310331133010301333002—18 



O Lane 0333101312113121033313012—31 



E W David 1031303221011111100111202—19 



J Schmeck 1102010112100222101211130—18 



J Garner 1112202212011111011111110—31 



HMotz "" 1311011122122002303331301—30 



J Schaulier 1010010110201200123112130—16 



J Bothacke 3133231121110001111010133—30 



M F Lindsley " " 0302002222222202003212101—17 



F Willai-d 0111003002100111110111121—17 



AUen Wiliey' " 2011212021112113333121123-3;-) 



J Franic Kleiuz 2123121201111231010111313—23 



Geo Stirling ' 1221120010122003302220222—18 



..lonoiiiuooiin— 10 



. .11 1111(11(1110111— 13 



,. 1(1101 lomoiiio— 10 



.01) 101 101 II 000 11 10— 5 



oftiiiniiiiniiii— 15 



..UlKJl 001 1001010— 7 



LaiidHs 011011111000111—10 



WUlard 1 111 11100100101— 10 



Thomas 110111111111111—14 



Hothfrsall 01 1 1 1011011 1101—11 



E Johnson 11011 1 1001 10111— 11 



Roberts 011001011011101— 9 



R T Clayton 0318323201121133010011113—20 



P W Cooper 1122123111011110333318011—22 



C Meiners 2311211112011011110001110—19 



R. Roberts'.'. ^101122101001121121121321-31 



On the scond dav the big swee]) »im linisUed at noon, after which a 

 hluwock match was started, 1.5 birds, 31. ;jo enti-ance, and a few new- 

 faces who had arrived on the ground just in time to see the finish of 

 the first match, now had then* chance, and toole advantage of it. 

 Among them were J. H. Swad, B. Rogers. Joho Morrison, II. Thur- 

 man, J. Thurman, A, Schnapp, J. Hunsenger, Ray Hunsenger (Little 

 Hawkeye}, C. Pierson, Nate Swope, Wm. Bourne, Walter Sterhng, 

 Elwood Davis, Sam Levering, Geo. Jones, J. Somers, D. Hunt, Chas. 

 Myers. Miles Johnson looked after the dead birds. 

 No. 2, 15 hlue.rocks, entrance |l.gO: 



Hothersall lOlOlOOlUlllU-l I F R Johnson. . .100110111100101— 9 



Willard OllllOl 10011011— 10 H Thurman. .. .111011111111111— 14 



David 111011111110011—13 J Thurman 111111111011111—14 



Tredway 101011011011111—11 Buckwalter 111110111111111-14 



Landes' . ..010101100010111— 8 Thomas 111011001111111-13 



Dawson'. OlOlOOlOlOllOll— 8 Fana 000111101110100- 8 



Roberts IIIIOIOIII 1 1111— 13 W WolstencroftI 111101 111 11110-13 



No. 3, 15 bluerock targets, entrance f 1.50 



J Thurman 101001111111111—12 ' ' ■ 



David 



Tredway 



HThurm,an.. 



B Hunt 



W Wolstenci 



Dawson 



While the larger matclies were being shot off a $3 entrance miss and 

 out match \vas arranged at pigeons. The birds to-day, with a good 

 wind and no rain, proved tliat they were all that was claimed for them, 

 for a better lot of flyers arc seldom seen. 

 No. 4, miss and out, live birds, entrance $3: 



H Thurman 0 B Landis 0 Dawson 5 



C Van Camp 0 A J Rust 2 Hothersall., 5 



Cubberly 0 J Rothaker 2 Fox 5 



Jones .......0 Farra 3 Tredway 6 



J Thurman 0 Zierhne 4 Hill 6 



David ..3 Kleintz 4 A Ulrick 6 



R Roberts 1 Hosldns ...4 Thomas 6 



Sterhng 1 Green 4 W H Wolstencroft ... 0 



The last five m(-^n divided. 



No. 4, same conditions, $3 entrance, miss and out: 



A J Rust 0 M T Fox 0 Hothersall 7 



W Thomas 0 Puller 2 Hoskins 7 



ITlrick 0 Farra G J H Tredway 7 



Landis 0 W WoLsteneroft 7 D;iwson 7 



The last five men divided. This ended the hve birds and the boys 

 then went to sm,ashing targets again as follows: 



No. (), 15 targets: 



Lanchs 13 J Thurman 12 Hother.saU 11 



Willard 10 W Wolstencroft 11 Tredway 13 



H Thurman 13 Dawson w Johnson 11 



E David 13 Thomas 13 



No. 7, 10 blueroclc targets, entrance .fl: 



Landis 9 W Wolstencroft 10 



WUlard 9 Thomas 8 



H Thm-man 7 J Thurman 7 



Tredway 10 Dawson 6 



No. 7 ended the day's sport and saw the finish of a most successful 

 tw-o days' .shoot, and too much cannot be said for Mr. Rusk in the 

 way he managed his shoot and the success he made of it with the 

 elements against him. H T. 



Johnston— McWhorter. 



Pittsburgh. Pa. — For the third time in succession the AVashington 

 county shooters downed the PittvSburghers in a hve bird match. It 

 was a little severe on local pride to have Dr. Cundall come dow n here 

 and sweep the platter in his match with A. H. King, and then to have 

 Squire Noble defeat W. S. King; but the result of the Johnston-Me- 

 AVhorter match was as disagreeable as the weather, and that was bad 

 enough to give a person the blues for the balance of the winter. The 

 contest was characterized by bitter partisan feeling and heavy bet- 

 ting. Each man shot at 100 live pigeons for :fp350 a side. The Ameri- 

 can Shooting Association rules governed, with the exception of the 

 boundary, the iuclosure fences hein.g substituted for the regulation 

 boundai-y. Taking this fact into consideration the scores were not as 



food by 5 or 7 hirds as those in the Cundall-King match. Tlie match 

 egan promptly at 1 o'clock, with "Old Hoss" as referee. Dr. Cun- 

 dall acted as Mr. Johnston's judge, while Mr. E. E. Shaner served Mr. 

 McWhorter in the same capacity. Jim Crow pulled the traps. The 

 birds, which were furnished by Messrs. Shaner and Crow, were very 

 go0(i. Following is the score: 

 Trap score ty/je— Copyright, jsh.^, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co, 



Fana 5 



Hothersall 8 



David ....9 



Ulrick 3 



N.Iohnstou. 



4, 4- ? \ ^ i i >^ ^ ^ 1 1 T ? ^ (^ r 

 . ..0 I 1 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 1 3 1 2 0 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 2-; 



23 



1 2 1 0 3 1 033331111333210 0 03 3—30 

 U2] 1233 1 2333112221111 0 2 1 1—23 



2 1 1 3 0 1 3 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 1 3 3 1 2 2 0 1 3 2—23—88 



E McAVhorter ..3 02311301311201 3 0 220 2 33 2 3—30 



MH s J- \t-»->'^->H^<-'kT t <^/' <^^/' I 



203 1 11113 3 3331333 2 320213 0—32 



2 3 0 3 2 1 3 2 3 3 3 1 3 2 3 0 3 3 2 3 2 1 2 3 3—33 



\ T <— ^-^ ^^' T ? i 7- ^ \ M /> T / N. \ 

 1 0 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 0 3 2 3 3 3 2 2 u 0 1 2 2 1 1 2-21—86 

 Bix. 



Work Defeats Fulford. 



The first of a series of three matches between E. D. Fulford and 

 amateur members of the Larclmiont \ acht Club was .shot last lues- 

 day, the amateur being George Work. 'Ihe conditions were: 100 birds, 

 30yds. rise, 50yds. boundary, modified Hurhngham rules, ^350 a side, 

 and the men scored: 



-^Vork 0221'30] 112I31121021102323-2] 



321 01 323331 2122 1101013111 —23 

 20103331^332,; 'J) II ' 

 33031313333031 1 '21 ,1 ^ ' J— S8 



Fulford 13111313333>^3,lll J 03-3' 



0i;333303il ,,-,'0 3^3131—31 



3010133333333333333132232^33—87 



Fourteen Shots a Minute. 



R.En Bank, N. J.. Vi-h. S.— I find the following in to-day's Sun. I do 

 not tliiiik 100 whots can be fired in such a short time with auv otlier 

 powder, as i-he giui \'. ijuld become too hot to handle. The lieat devel 



oped by Walsrode is only one-fifth of black powder. The i-eport says: 

 "A select party assembled at Warner's mclosed grounds, Hendon, 

 near Loudon, on Jan. 28, to witness what proved to be an unusual 

 exhibition of clay pigeon shooting. '^^Phe"h(-ro i.it the occasion, accord- 

 ing to particulars received by .\ csterd ay s mail, was Herr A. Preuss, 

 of Berhn, who was backed by Capt. G. H. l<'ow Icr tor S500 to shoot 100 

 clay pigeons inside of 20 minutes under the tollowing conditions; 

 Five traps, .5yds. apart, 1.5yds. rise, unkuown angles, with only 30 

 grains of the iiew (Terman smokeless po\A der, called Walsrode, and 1}^ 

 ounces of shot, one gun only to be used. Herr Preuss accomplished 

 the task in 7 iniuutes 19 seconds. 'I'bc actual score was 101 kills, of 

 which .50 kills wei-e consecutive and 0 misses." O. Hesse. 



Fountain Gun Club. 



Only eight of the Fountain Qnn Club members were present at 

 AVoodlawn Park on AVednesday, Feb. 8, to compete for the annual 

 pnz(w at 10 birds each, iriodilied HurHugliaoi rules. F. A. Eddy and 

 R. Fhister Jr. were the two best scores, with U each. Dr. Wynn andJ. 

 E. On- second with 8. The sweepstake shoots were lively, Dr. Wylin 

 and R. Phister, Jr., taking tlie best share of the money. The scores: 



Club Shoot. Sweepstake Shoots. 



DrAVvnn . 1111022201—8 11221—5 11020—3 11101—4 211-3 



E AEddv;'."".'.;!.!;;illl0]llll-9 31011-4 10111-4 llSl-3-5 132-8 



W Stewart 2112001100—6 20130- 3 00031—2 



J E Orr .... . .031 1131101-8 30002—3 



R Graves . ....0111101011—7 220.30—3 00223—3 11113—5 201—8 



A Crook, ..1003331011—7 33310—4 01311—4 28202—4 113—3 



H Blattmacher 0021311301—7 



RPimter, Jr., 3013111133—9 01111-4 33322—5 



Wind and Traps Screwed up Tight. 



WiUJBSBARBE, Pa., Feb. 12.— FoUowing are scores made at a shoot 

 here on Saturday last. The wind was very strong and the traps were 

 screwed up tight, so the targets were difficult to find, which accounts 

 for the low scores. First match, 35 single keystones: 



T Eley lOOllllOlllUlllllll 1111 1— .33 



W Pettiiione ,.1111110111111101010010011—18 



Dr Warren 0100111111101000011111111—17 



AVPark 0001101100100111111111100—16 



Second match, 25 singles: 



Dr Warren 111111101111111 1 100111100-30 



TEley lllOlOlOOllOlllllllllOlll— 19 



W Park 111000001 1 10101 11101 1 1111 —17 



Pettibone 01000100001 1001 1 1110111 11 —14 



Arnold 0000111010011110100011111—14 



W. Babke. 



Live Bird Contests at Geneva. 



Geneva, N. Y., Feb. 7. — I send herewith the scores, made Jan. 31 and 

 Feb. 2 (for the championship of the world, of course), conditions 

 35yds. rise, 50yds. boundary, single trap, gun below the elbow until 

 the bird is on the wing: 



J 0 Beebe. . . .31112222101111101—15 J G Stacey. . .11110111112212318— 16 

 Also on Feb. 2, 10 birds, same distance and contitions as above. 



JC Beebe 3110202101—7 HCCaney 2110222223-9 



JG Stacy 1112111101—9 Lakeside. 



Inmver^ to ^orreH^oml^nk. 



F. 0. N. — The story is a yarn, without foundation in fact. 



Y.— AVill "Y.," who writes on game legislation, kindly send his 

 uame and address, as there is in the communication nothing to show 

 which State it refers to. 



W, S., Germantown, .Pa. — ^AVhex'e is the nearest place to Philadelphia 

 where good duck shooting is to be had '? Ans. Go to Samuel Loper's, 

 AVaretown, N. J., or to Capt. John ICelley's, Barnegat, N. J. 



H. A. B., Boston.— Please inform me through your paper what 

 method I shall take to register a dog? Ans. Write to secretai-y of 

 American Kennel Club, 44 Broadway, New York, for registration 

 blanks, which afford you every information. 



C. F. G., Boston. — J have several old flintlock firearms made by the 

 following persons, aU of London: P. Bond, No. 45 CornhiU; Brander, 

 Prosser, Charing Cross; Holland, H. Nock. Can you inform me if any 

 book is ijubiished by which I may be able to ascertain the date of man • 

 ufacture of the arms referred to;- Ans. AYe know of no such work, 



O. H., Lockport, N. Y'. — Please tell me in your answers to corre- 

 spondents (1^ what model and caliber Winchester repeating rifle is 

 best adapted for a shooting trip on the lower Mississippi. 3, Is the 

 Winchester .44-40-300 large enough for beai- and deer"? Ans, 1. The 

 .44-40, model of '73 or '92, should prove satisfactory. 3, For,the local- 

 ity named, yes. 



A. A. S.— Could you kindly inform me in reference to wliat rifle is 

 generally used in shooting in matches say 3,50 to 600yds. ; also, what 

 caliber is generally used;' Ans. There are numerous makes and 

 calibers of target rifles used in this country for long range shooting. 

 Among the rifles commonly used may be named the Ballard, Win- 

 chester, Maynai-d, Remington, Sharps-Borchardt, etc. Caliber may 

 vary from .38 to .50. 



B. F. E., C'ark's Summit, Pa. — ^I wish to experiment on the cultm-e 

 of pickerel, but can get no information from ordinary books on that 

 species. Can you dhect me to anything on the subject;' Ans In the 

 United States no one has taken the trouble to rear pickerel as far as 

 we know. The fish has been transplanted frequently— too frequently 

 indeed — in Pennsylvania waters. We are speaking now of the com- 

 mon chain pickerel iEsox reticulatus). It spawns in the winter and 

 early spring and soon develops its wolfish tendencies. The young can 

 be found in the shelter of aquatic plants and carried to ponds if de- 

 sired for stocking, but there are so many better fish in Pennsylvania 

 that it is a pity to waste time and risk the danger involved in trans- 

 planting pickerel. 



Quickening of Fast Mail Train No. 2*7 to Florida. 



The Pennsylvania Railroad Company announces that the Fast SlaH 

 Train No. 27, leaving Philadelphia 7:20 A.M. daily, Baltimore_9:42 A.M., 

 and Washington at 10:57 A.M., has been quickened south of Charleston 

 so as to arrive at Jacksonville at 9:00 A.M. instead of 11:00 A.M., and 

 connecting at that point with trains via Jacksonville, St. Augustine & 

 Indian River Railway, arriving at St. Augustine 10:25 A. M.", Ormond 

 13:56 P.M., TitusviUe 3:58 P.M., and Rockledge 3:45 P.M.; also with 

 train leaving Jacksonville via JacksonviUe, Tampa & Key \Vest Rail- 

 way, arriving at Sanford 1:44 P.M., Orlando 2:25 P.M., Tampa 4:45P.M. 

 and Port Tampa 5.35 P.M. The Pullman buffet sleeping car leaving 

 New Y''ork 12:15 A.M. and Washingt.on on the Fast Mail Train, formerly 

 running to Jacksonville only, has been extended to Rockledge via St. 

 Augustine on above mentioned ti-ain. — Adv. 



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