Maech:,^:^, 1893.] 



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DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



Weuiab, Tes.. March 10.— The Weimar gim club is now trimming up 

 for tbe spriufc shoots. The, grounds liave lieen all cloaned oflf, anttthe 

 club is making large preparation for a State shoot, which comes off in 

 June. The membors decided that t.liey would divide themselves into 

 two parties and go out on a field shoot. Mondaj^ was selected as the 

 day. John Walker was chosen as captain on one side^ and Mr. Ohas. 

 FaJirenthold captain of the. othea-. The party bringing in the least 

 game was to pay for the preparing of the game and suso settle for the 

 banquet. The Walker side consisted of John Walicer, W. B. Butt, Jim 

 Tooke, Alf Shatto, Lee WaU and S. H. Hancock. The FahrenthoJd 

 side was Chas. Fahrenthold, Fred Von Lenpikie, H. F. Jui-gens, Dr. E. 

 Potthast, W. H. Hefner, C. J. Brieger (Brieger on account of business 

 absent for the shoot). At the close of the day and on the count it was 

 foimd that the first party in the day's hunt kdled 14 iwtridges and 2 

 snipe, the second party bagged 29 partridges and 3 snipe, giving the 

 victory to the second party by 15 partridges and 1 snipe. All rabbits 

 barred. The suppei- was well prepared, and a most enjoyable evening 

 was spent. Agent Alf Shatto, in his day's round, spied a jack rabbit, 

 wliich was about 50yds. in advance of hun; he turned loose his pot- 

 licker ejector and killed the rabbit, wluch fell into a burning brush 

 heap, and it is recorded that he is the only man who can kill and cook 

 a rabbit at the same time. It is also said" that W. J. Hefner is a perse- 

 vering sportsman. He shot five times at a bird, missing everj' time, 

 Anally letting the dog catch it. When laughed at for Ins good mai-ic- 

 manship his reply was, "Well, we got him all the same." The sport 

 created a good deal of intei'est in this community, many of the most 

 substantial citizens taking great interest in making the Weimar gun 

 club one of the most prominent clubs in the State. 



The first match at hve birds for the championship of Berks county, 

 Pa., win take place on the Eeading Shooting Association gi'oiinds at 

 Matz's Three-Mile House, at Shillington, on Good Friday, March 31. 

 The conditions of the shoot are as follows: Open only to residents 

 of Berks county, 15 single bhds, $10 entry, A. .S. A. rules. After de- 

 ducting cost of bhds from the entrance money 10 per cent. M'ill be 

 deducted toward payment of championship Ijadge, to cost $50. The 

 balance of the purse will be divided as follows: First prize, 30 per 

 cent, and the badge, balance to be dividsd 50, 30 and 20 per cent. — 

 class shooting. The badge wiU be shot for annually on a date to be 

 fixed by and under the dn-ection of the Reading Shooting Association. 

 Entries close at S P. M. on March 29 and a forfeit of igS must accom- 

 pany each entry. The winner must give a bond of $100 for the safe 

 return of the badge, which must be won three years consecutively to 

 become the property of any shooter. There wiU be sweepstake shoot- 

 ing at Keystone targets before and after the above match. . 



\ViLLiAM.SPORT, Pa., Mtirch 15. — AVe have decided to hold our seventh 

 annual tournament on Rlay 2, 3 and 4. We shall make this event the 

 most interesting ever held in this section by a diversity of shooting. 

 We shall arrange our park so that we can ha ve a set of target traps 

 and live-bird events going at the same time, tor which we have ample 

 room, and one will not conflict with the other. Will commence our 

 live-bird events the first day, and will li.ave one grand sweep at 25 live 

 birds, $20 entry, purse cli'vidc-d 31), 25, 20 and 10 per cent. Shooters 

 wishing to enter this event will notify the secretary by April 30. and 

 accompany their entry with §5 forfeit. Would ask that entries be 

 made as soon as possible. Target events will be shot under the North 

 handicap, and purses divided 30, 30, 20 and 20 per cent. WiU allow 14 

 cent for every target thron-n for fli'st, second and third best averages 

 each daj^ Every comf(3rt and convenience will be afforded our visi- 

 tors, and a grand goot shoot guaranteed to all. — N. A. Hughes, Sec. 



It would be an excellent plan for managers of trap grounds to pro- 

 cure copies of FoEEsT aku Strk.w of Feb. 2, 1893, and carefully study 

 "Hints on Holding Pigeons," an ritten b}- Cecil Cox. The ai'ticle will be 

 found on page 109, and it teeui.s with useful information in reference 

 to how birds should be handled when being trapped and at other 

 tunes. There are with the article two illustrations showing the light 

 and the wrong way of holding a pigeon from the time of taking it from 

 the crate or basket to putting it iu the trap. On this point iu particu- 

 lar managers should instruct their iiandlers. We have personally at- 

 tended live bird shoots on nearly all the gi'oimds in this section of the 

 country and not iu a single instance have we seen a bird properly 

 handled. Were the birds handled according to the advice oti'ered in 

 the article above referred to we are. satisfied that there would be far 

 less need for "flushing up" when the trap was pulled. 



The match, between Thos. Ely and H. E. Buckwalter, announced to 

 take place at Wi]kesbari-e, Pa., on March 11, was postponed, as there 

 were iimqi i iiree ui live feet o\: water on the field. The shoot will take 

 place '111 Satui day, beginning at 2 P. M. In connection with the match 

 there will be a Iwo days' tournament, Friday, Slarch 24, being devoted 

 to bluerock target shooting, the events in order being at 10, 10, 15, 10, 

 10, 15 and 10 targets. On Saturday, beginning at U A. "SI., there will be 

 Uve bird events at 4, 5, 0 and 7 birds, the entries being .t;3, $5, $7 and 

 $8 respectively. The match will be .shot i-etrariUess of weather, and 

 will be ai 50 li\'e birds for .$200 a side, undei- A. A. lades. Sportsmen 

 who nunh some good shooting in fast I'oajiiaiiy should attend tliis 

 tournament. 



MiLWAtrsEE, Wis., JIarch 11.— The Milwaukee Field and Trap Associ- 

 ation held the first of its practice shoots to-day at National Park. The 

 association will meet the Chicago Club in a few weeks for a deciding 

 contest, Milwaukee and Chicago having won one eacli of the previous 

 shoots. Tliough the weather was not particulai-ly pleasant, there was 

 a good attendance. The Milwaukee men intend to capture the medal 

 when next they meet Chicago. The officers of the association just 

 electedare: President, Dr. Carmichael; Vice-President, Richard Merrill; 

 Treasurer, C. Schmidt; Secretary, E. P. Thomas. 



The events in order at the Savannaii shoot will be at 10, 10, 15 sm- 

 gles, 5 pairs, 10, 15, 10, 20 and 15 singles. The programme will be the 

 same each day excepting that on the second day there will be a 50- 

 target match for tiie championship of Georgia. Entries wiU be $1.. 50 

 for 10, $2.. 50 for 15 and §3.80 for 20 target evevir.--. L Mi - L-liampion- 

 ship ami surplus slioots the entry will lie ilie c,. : • I..- .agets only. 

 The lO-target cverits will be under the Pai-kei- hu.iai. .|-- i..e'l5-target 

 events wUI be one man up, 21yds. rise, both bai rels, unknown traijs 

 aiid angles. 



The Forest Gun Club, Of Pluladelphia, held its third monthly prize 

 shoot at clay targets on March 11 on the gi-ound, Twenty-seventh and 

 Lehigh avenue. Messrs. WiUard, Benton and Van Nort won their re- 

 spective classes. The conditions were 25 birds each, 21yds. rise, yOyds. 

 boundary. American Association rules governing. Score: Olass'.A. — 

 WiUard 19, Greenland 18, Morrison 10, Mills 10. Class P-lJenton lii. 

 Eiotti 17, HothersaU 14, Smith 13. Class C— Van Nort 15. 31artin l l. 

 After the club shoot a number of sweepstakes were shot. iMessrs, W'd- 

 lard, Morrison, HothersaU and Benton carrying off the houoi s. 



The monthly target shoot of the Roxborough Gun Clufj took place 

 on their grounds at Shawmont. Pa., on March 11. The conditions were 

 50 birds each, 18yds. rise, American Association rules governing. H. 

 Blondin carried off the club badge, hittirie- 47 out of 50, and breaking 

 39 straight. Score: H. Blondin 47. F, llciLdaiid 40, R. Gilmore 40, J. 

 Caven :ir, .A. Weir 3(3, W. French ;^t;. S. Evans .35, J. Ennis 3.5, G. Blon- 

 din 34, F. Ozias 32, J. Taggart 31. H. Ozias 31, J. G. Heft 30, J. E. Hocks 

 30, F. Smith 30, J. lYee 29, J. Weir 20. 



Those who go to Savannah by water will have to leave New York on 

 Saturday in order to get there in time for the opening of the shoot. 

 Leaving'Sa\'aGnah on Thursday evening they will arrive iu New York 

 on the foUowiiig Saturday afternoon. Thisis a far pleasamer trip than 

 going and coming by rail, provided the time can be spared. The fare 

 for the roimd triii is §32, this, of course, including a stateroom and 

 meals. 



The Lakeside Rod and Gun Club, of Burhngton, Vt., held its annual 

 meeting at the Ethan Allen Engine Company's rooms on March 9 and 

 elected the following otilce'.s: President. Gen. W. W. Henry; Vice- 

 President, L. C. Grant: Secreiary, L. Hazen; Treasurer, "VA". S. Phelps; 

 Club Captain. H. E. Spear: Board of Directors, A. E. Blorgan, J. S. 

 Denning, K. H. Shattuck, L. Ilai'ding, B. K. Seymour. 



If the Wilmington Rod and Gun Club shoot the majority of their 

 events under tlie "Jack Rabbit" system they should draw out a big 

 crowd oi: ijn to Siy, men who will not shoot under the regular money 

 divisions, Thr club has already won a great reputation iimnng shoot- 

 ers, arid l)y catering to the "light iveights" it wiU become still more 

 popidar. 



Miss Annie Oaldey, "Little Sure Shot," received an ovation each 

 evening during her recent two weeks' engagement at Tony Pastor's 

 Theatre in this city. She intended to remain two more weeks but the 

 need of a rest before leaviug for Chicago, where she will open with the 

 Wild West show, impeUed her to be content with her two weelcs' 

 work. 



T:'.— The Braddoct Guu Club had a field shoot 

 1- at Bessemer. Seven members sliooting at 

 ii.e following scores: W. .1. Vance 87, AV. M. 



- li ' WilUam Pierce GO, George Mimon 70, W. 



M. Brown 58, M. E. SebiU Oi, Alexander Durant out of a possible 75 

 scored 55. 



Away down in Vermont the trap shooters are beginning to show a 

 commendable amount of enthusiasm, and the Putney Rod and Gun 

 Club annotmces that it will hold a tai'get tournament cm :\fay -^j and 

 26. There will be added money in t'.Mj emetics 

 anent the tournament may be pri h: ij . ' i . i, 



The Manufacturei-s' Trap SUl . . 

 mented upon the general get-up l-i 

 typography and press work are e:i 

 ca'edic upon the prmter. 



Braddock 

 yesterday l-i 

 100 blueroer. 

 Jones 79, Da\ id C 



T. W. Morfey, the trap-shooting hotel keeper of Paterson, uses .i, gun 

 made by Charles Boswell, of London, which he say? is the only une in 

 this country of this make. The.y are extensively used in Australia. 

 The one used by Mr. Morfey is of an elegant moflel and finish, ;md a 

 close, hard shooter. 



The opening tournament for 1893 of the Eastern New York Trap 

 Shooters' League will take place on the grounds of the West End Gun 

 Club of Albany nejct Tuesday, and a rousing time is anticipated. The 

 team contest is expected to draw out a big field of entries. 



A few days previous to tlie big sweep at E. D. Miller's, Frank Class 

 broke the gun with which he had recently been shooting and was 

 obligetl to fall back on his old Lefever, with which he grassed 24 out of 

 his 25 birds and lost the other by bad judgment. 



The Rockingham Rifle and Guu Club, of Portsmouth, N. H., met 

 March 9, and elected the following officers: President, Geo. D. Whittier; 

 Vice-President, C. C. Charlsen; Secretary, Thomas E. Noyes ; Treas- 

 urer, WiU White. 



John Hornung, Conrad Steffegren and Thos. Thomas recently de- 

 feated .lames Robertson, David Thomas and Lemar Pritchard by kill- 

 ing 19 birds to the latter team's 17. The shoot took place at Potts- 

 ville. Pa. 



Hamilton and Wilson of the Wilmington (Del.) Rod and Gun Club 

 shot a $25 match at 100 bluerock targets a fortnight ago, Hamilton 

 breaking 90 to "Wilson's 95. 



Don't forget to hustle m your entries for the great American handi- 

 cap. April 5 is not such a long way off and you cannot afford to be 

 late with your entry. 



The Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' tournament will begin 

 two weeks from next Wednesday. Have you entered for the handi- 

 cap? 



Morristown, N. J. has a gun club modeled somewhat after the Car- 

 teret and other exclusive clubs. The members shoot every week on 

 Class' grounds. 



The third contest for the ctip offered to Kings county teams by the 

 Coney Island xVthletic Club will take place next Tuesday- 

 Harry Transue aud Harry Rittan shot a SO target match at Easton, 

 Pa., on March 13, Ti-ansue breaking 40 to Rittan's 26. 



Berkeley Springs, Md., has a new gun club with twenty- five mem- 

 bers. 



The Ansonia (Conn.) Gun Club has decided to join the State League. 



C. H. TOWNSEND. 



day. lulx 

 \Y. C. Ayer. Putney, Vt. 

 j.'LiOQ is to be compli- 

 .1 ! ' nah programme. The 

 throughout and reflect 



The Eastern Ne-vr York Lea^e. 



The following well written account of the opening tournament for 

 1893 of the Eastern New York Trap Shooters' League is from the 

 Albany Argus and is from the pen of the well known Horace B. Derby: 



The tournament season of the Eastern New York Trap Shooters' 

 League opened at Saratoga on March 14. The first tournament of the 

 league series of 1893 was originally scheduled to take place at the 

 grounds of the West End Gun Club, of Albany, Feb. 22, but a blizzard 

 placed a heavy blanket of snow upon it, as a few of our local sports- 

 men have cause to remember, and the Westenders postponed the 

 event to March 23. After we were snowed under nothing enlivened 

 the league clubs but practice competitions, until the undaunted Sara- 

 toga Gun Club braced up and decided to hold a tournament on the 14th 

 of March. The date being filed with the league secretary, the tourna- 

 ment was placed as the first on the official schedule of the present 

 year's series. 



The opening day dawned auspiciouslj', though a heavy March mist 

 shrouded everything in its chilling folds; but tnesungod"soonas.serted 

 Ills power, in a gentle way as it seemed, for his light "glorified the cold 

 gray veiling of the morning by changing its duU coloiing to pale pur- 

 ple, then to rosj^ hues, and finally the last vestige of the folds and 

 wreathings of misty vapor were dissipated in the full flushing of a 

 bright day. 



The heavy freshet in the noble Hudson, that had converted a portion 

 of our city into a very dirty representation of Venice, had receded, 

 and there was no danger of our journey to the tournament town being 

 delayed by flooded railway tracks; so everything looked favorable for 

 a strong gathering of outward-bound gunners, and, in good truth, 

 Albany showed a very creditable representation, and had the other 

 league towns done half as well, the Saratoga tournament would have 

 gained much in the enriching of the treasury of tlie eraek club of tlie 

 Springs, though an increased attendance could hardly fiave ackled to 

 the enjoyment of what proved to be a thoroughly pleasurable ati'air. 

 The early-morning gathering of Albanians at the Delaware & Hudson 

 depot showed John B. Sanders, Parker Stone, George Glendyl, G. L. 

 St. Charles, W. W. Warden and the Argus reporter. With a company 

 of congenial spirits, the ride could not fail to be a delightful one, say- 

 ing nothing of the inspiring influences of a sunny morning that made 

 one forget it was the chiUing. rioting month of March, until such times 

 as a glance from the car window showed the brown fields and dark- 

 some woodlands only partly denuded of their recent heayj^ covering of 

 snow, with here and there long stretches of jagged waUs of grimy 

 white showiug wdiere the drifts had been heaped. While such an out- 

 look made the fact patent to the observer that the transition from 

 winter to the vernal period had but just begun, the occasional appear- 

 ance of a muskrat hunter, standing hke some watchful bittern along 

 the canal banks, the reaches of the river and the smaller water 

 courses, w as certainly suggestive of spring. 



Well, here we are at last, and the keen fellows in the crowd of 

 drivers at the depot recognize and accost by name the well known 

 veterans of the trap and trigger. "Are ye there. Uncle Saimny?" 

 shouted one of the jehus, and the salutation conveyed the pleasant 

 information that the veteran pigeon shot, .Samuel Goggin, was "on 

 deck," and, as I found out later, looking but little the worse for a 

 severe attack of the dreaded "grip" that had placed him on the invalid 

 hst for many weeks. The sleighing was not killed in Saratoga by the 

 late rains, though the "going" was hard and rough, and to the music 

 of jingling bells we were soon en route to the shooting ground. 



As w e neared the unpretending lodge of a decidedly crack league 

 club tlie burly figure of a man, apparently watching for arrivals, at- 

 tracted our attention, and the first greeting of welcome came from 

 Nelson Ramsdill, whose smile rivaled the sun iu the beneficence of its 

 beams. Nelson is one of those genial souls who never grows old, and 

 save for a streaking of gray in his prized goatee— once irreverently 

 alluded to by the manager of the Johnstown basebaU nine as a "paint 

 I jrush "— the" good-natured giant might pose asanexampleof perennial 

 youth, Harry M. .Levengston, Jr., Saratoga's star performer at flying 

 targets, emerged from the shadow of the wigwam, and his hearty 

 greeting was ^vell seconded by his kinsman, WiU H. Pike, who, by the 

 by, is expected to run up against Fulford some day in a blood race at 

 hve birds. Secretary Gibba was hustling along the prelmunary work, 

 in which he was assisted by his sou Frank, the latter, when the events 

 were called, later on, acting as cashier. Another efficient tournament 

 olhcer was George Holden, who manipulates the electric trap pulls 

 with never a break or balk. I also exchanged a long range hail with 

 chief trapper Johnny Reagan, the best man in managing his corps of 

 assistants in all the league clubs. A youthful figure togged out in a 

 shooting jacket attracted my attention, and it is a pleasure to men- 

 tion "Wash" Coster, Jr., the crack shot of tlie Brierwood Gun Club, 

 Saratoga's junior shooting organization. From the boy I learned that 

 his father was on a business visit to certain of his old flaunts in North 

 Carolina, and the absence of the popular league expert, Coster. Sr., 

 was noted with regret by every visitor present. The later arrivals of 

 Saratogians wore "Pete'rs," 'ivho refuses to be exalted, yea. even by 

 his own people, and WiU. Shaffer, the catei'er, whom we aU willingly 

 pay tribute to at the hour of luncheon. 



thei'e were two arrivals from Yankeeland. One was a tall marks- 

 man, who is a pretty sure pariicipant in everj' league shoot; who 

 never kicks, growls nor swears; who is always accorded a warm 

 welcome, and everybody famUiar with the personnel of the regular 

 tom-nameut attendants will, when readuig this persoual mention, 

 easily guess that the individual referred to is the favorite Green 

 Jlountain State sportsman, Myron F. Roberts. The other Yaulcee 

 gunner was from the great and only "Hub," a man with a fairly won 

 prestige among the sldUed marksmen of New England, whom I, with 

 many others present, Icnew something of by seeing the results of much 

 of his splendid work, in various eastern tournaments, set forth in the 

 sporting press. Of heavy, powerful build, with deep-set, gray eyes 

 and a rather massive face that betokened lots of resolution, there was 

 a certain striking character about the big feUo\v that could not fail to 

 arrest attention, aud with a pleasant manner and a well-poised air. 

 C. 0. Barrett, of Boston, made an impression both favorable and last- 

 ing. Of his powers as a grand hand with the gtm, his record, as shown 

 in the scores below, tell in f idl detail the story. 



Taking into consideration that only about the middle of the month 

 of March had been reached, the 6.a.y was a particularly favorable one 

 for shooting, with the one exception of the glaring light of the morn- 

 ing sun. that reflected from the vast expanse of snow and ice on the 

 great plain whereon the shooting ground is situated, made the tax on 

 the visual powers of the shooters exacting to the last degree. The air 

 was stiU. though quite cold, and the absence of the chilling gusts and 

 sqaaUs made the weather conditions quite acceptable. The blinding 

 rettciHion of the sun on the snow was, after a while, modified by a 

 c;atlieriMg mist, to the unspeakable relief of the shooters, aud as the 

 da\- v,-oi-e on. a deeper tln'ckening of the clouded canopy brought a 

 pr'e'.'ipitatiun oi rain at nightfaU. 



The targets used ^verc Cruttenden & Card's kingbirds, and the 

 steady flight of these matchless flyers would have made ea&y shooting 

 for aU the participants had not the traps been teasioued to tlirow the 



birds with terrific velocity. The general average made t.Iip shont- 

 ers was excellent under the circumstances, pnfl tlie winnerB of the 

 divisions of the purse for highest aggregates ric Id v deserved all that 

 was awai-ded them. The story of each sliooter's tierformance is best 

 told in the detailed scores: 



No. 1, 10 kingbirds, entrance .^f : Sanders, Barrett and Levengston 

 10, IMcGmnis and Roberts 8, St. Charles, Goggin, Ramsdill. Stone and 

 Warden 7, Gleny] 7, Pike 6. 



No. 2, 10 Idngbu-ds. entrance $1 : Barrett and Roberts 10, St. Charles 

 and Levengston 9, Glenyl 9, for bhds only. Stone and Gibbs 8, Sanders, 

 Goggin, Ramsdill and Pike 7, Warden 3. 



No. 3, 15 kingbirds, entrance S1.50: St. Charles, Barrett, Stone and 

 Levengston 14, Pike, Ramsdill and Roberts 13, McGinness 12, Sanders 

 and Goggm 10, Warden a.nd Glenyl 8. 



No. 4, 10 kingbirds, entrance »1; Levengston and Stone lO, St. 

 Charles, Sanders aud Barrett 9, Piice, McGinnis and Roberts 8, Goggin 

 and Warden 7, Ramsdill and Glenyl 8. 



No. 5, 15 kingbirds, entrance $1.50: Barrett 15, Levengsten, Stone 

 and Roberts 14, Goggin 1.3. Sanders, Pike and McGinness 12, Glenyl 

 and St. Charles 11, Ramsdill and Warden 10. 



No. 6, 10 kingbu-ds, entrance $1: Barrett, Levengston and Pike 10, 

 St. Charles, Sanders, Stone, McGinness and Roberts 9, Ramsdill and 

 Warden 8, Goggm and Glenyl 7. 



No. 7, 15 kingbirds, entrance $1.50: Barrett, Levengston and War- 

 den 15, Sanders and Roberts 14, St. Charles aud McGinness 13, Stone 

 and RamsdOl 12, Goggin aud Pflie 11, Glenyl 7. 



No. 8, 10 Idngbirds, entrance SI: Barrett, Levengston and McGinness 

 10, St. Charles, Sanders and Roberts 9, Stone and Pike 8, Glenyl 8, 

 Goggin and Warden 7. Ramsdill 5. 



No. 9, 15 kingbirds, entrance $1.53; Bai-rett and Levengston 15, San- 

 ders, Stone and Roberts 14, St. Charles 13, Glenjd 13 for birds only, 

 Goggm and Pike 12, Peters and W^arden 11, McGinness 9. 



AWARDS FOB HIOEIEST AGGREGATES. 



A purse of $15, divided $5. $4. $3, S2, 81 was offered to the contest- 

 ants making the highest aggregate scores in all the above contests, • 

 except the first. In the eight events to quahfy for the purse a con- 

 testant had to shoot at 100 kingbirdsi The names of the winners and 

 their totals are given herewith: 



Barrett, Boston, 98, won first money; Levengston, Saratoga, 97, won 

 second; Roberts, Rupert, Vt., 91, won third; Stone, AJbahy, 89, won 

 fourth; St. Charles, Albany, 87, won fifth. 



Of the other contestants who shot through the quaUflcation events, 

 at 100 kingbirds, Sanders, Albany, scored 84; Pike and McGinness, 

 Saratoga, 81; Goggin, Troy, 74; Glenyl aud Warden, Albany, 69. 



A FEW ESTBA SWEEPS. 



The regular progi-amme was shot out early in the afternoon, a re- 

 sult attributable to the small entry hst and the rapid firing system 

 under which the events were hustled along. There were lots of car- 

 tridges left, and the enthusiastic aud untiring shooters called for 

 extra sweeps to fill out the day. Four of these events followed imder 

 the following conditions: Ten kingbu-ds per man, unknovvn angles, 

 81 entrance, the pm-se divided .50, 30 and 20 per cent. The scores fol- 

 low: 



No. 1: St. Charles and Levengston 10, Barrett, Stone and Peters 9, 

 Sanders, McGinness and Coster. Jr., 8, Glenyl 7, Pike 5, Warden 4, 

 Goggin a. 



No. 2: St. Charles aud Stone 10, Barrett aud Levengston 9, Coster, 

 Jr., 8, for birds only; Sanders and Peters 7, Roberts 7, Pike and Wai-- 

 den 4, Glenyl 3. 



No. 8.— St. Charles 10, Barrett 8, Sanders, Levengston, Stone and 

 Coster, Jr., 7, Peters 0, Warden, Roberts and Glenyl 4. 



No. 4.— Stone 9, Barrett and Levenston 8, Sanders and Peters 7, 

 6, St. Charles and Glenyl 4, Warden 3. 



McGinness 6 



A DOUBLE BIRD MATCH. 



The burly Bostonian, Barrett, wanted to try a few rounds at 

 "doubles," evidently thinlnug that the steady flight of the Idngbirds 

 would act as a ' ciuch" on a good, big score. His invitation to join 

 him in a modest rattle at the sUver-center discs, thrown in pairs, was 

 responded to by two Saratogians and one Albanian. Each man shot 

 at five pairs and the scores made are presented in detail; 



Levengston 10 11 10 11 11—8 Barrett 10 11 ll 10 10—7 



Peters 11 01 10 01 11—7 Sanders 11 10 10 01 10—0 



This interesting little race made a fitting finale to a lively and 

 thoroughly enjoyable tournament. There w^as a hurried tumbling 

 into the sleighs that were to convey the departing .sportsmen to the 

 depot, and those iu tlie south-bound train were wlurled along to meet 

 a rain storm that later turned to sleet and snow, accompanied by a 

 fall in temperature and the roar of piercing wiuds, in striking con- 

 trast to the genUe weather on tournament day, but a worthy example 

 of the tickle moods of that dreaded blusterer, howling, raging March. 



CHICAGO TRAPS. 



[By a Staff Corresjiondent.] 



EtniEKA. CLUB. 



Chicago, 111., March 18.— The Eureka Gun Club held its meeting last 

 Wednesday aud voted .$25 donation tx) the Illinois State Association 

 for tournament purposes. The following gentlemen were chosen as 

 delegates to the convention of the State Association next June- G 

 E. WiUard, R O. Helices, O. Von Lengerke. W. R. Morgan and A J 

 Atwatei-, The board of chrectors and club captain wfll choose 'the 



., ...„uui-'day 



afternoon, commencing with the first Saturday in .Vpril and closing 

 with tlie last Saturday in October. Eui-eka Giin Club last .year shot 

 46,100 targets, a very lugh record, indeed. It is one of the model clubs 

 of the country and has among its members some very strong- shofeS. 

 a good pbogra.mme. 

 Messrs. H. B. Meyer & Co., who do the Illinois Si .. . ■■■rr.maiB 

 this year, have now had the work in hand for son i, i, i (..^ 

 safely promise an intere.sting and handsome book . ii !,,,,,, The 

 frontispiece is a clever trap scene by the weU known ('iiiL-a^o .utist Mr 

 W. H. AVeUs, a shooter also, and therefore of hro(»\ foueli in sncli 

 matters. The committee of the Association ]ia,ve arr.angefl a sinriile 

 but flexible scheme of shooting, and the shoot foi- this Vear wfll do 

 credit to the Association and ;to the city. Mr. 1!. B. Meyer soon goes 

 East to obtain business for the programme, I understand. 



THE WORLD'S .FAIR SHOOT. 



Only one thing seems certain about the mneli mooted World's Fan- 

 shoot, and that is that those who should be umsi dHigitut siwiu now 

 most negligent. Get to woi-lc. gentlemen, or -du homb. Lot (Ihiea.i'o 

 aud Chicago sportsmanship suffer in the eyes of the sportsmen of the 

 country. For my part, if this thing falls through. 1 could never have 

 a word of answer for any jeer that might be flung against this town. 



E. Hough. 



Shooting for Ofi&ces. 



QmTE a- number of people assembled at the Mendon Gun Club shoot- 

 ing gi-ound, Mendon, Mich., Mareli f , for the puritose id' seeing the 

 election of officers, the club having agreed ro slioot for them, the 

 shoot to be at 25 biuerocks, rapid-firing, expeit rules (trap No. 1 3 

 and 3, and 3, 4 and 5), ties to be shot off miss and-out. Mieliig.in f ^eague 

 rules to govern, the one getting the highest number to be president' 

 next best, vice-president: next best, :secretai'y and trea---urer. The 

 Mendon team were the only competitors— six in nnmljer— the rest of 

 the club not thinking themselves able to coniprtr ',\ itii the 3Iarantelle 

 brothers, as they hold the cha/apiLinship Lr..ii.ihy of the AuxOiary 

 League of the State of Michigan, having won ft now twice in succes- 

 sion ; they have only to win it once more to have it become their indi- 

 vidual property: 



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W WMaranteUe lOllllllllf fllfnuiiniO— 23 



C Mai-anteUe 111101 1 nni n ulol Uli] 1 11—21 



L MaranteUe 1 1 01 1 )( >i 1 1 o 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ul 01 11— SO 



T Taudo , Ill 101 Util 1 Of ii lolOll] 111—21 



E Devoigne llllllmillllllUiOlUll— 23 



Shootoffi: 



W W MaranteUe 11111111111—11 E Devoigne 11111111110—10 



Semi-expert events, 10 biuerocks each. Si entrance: 



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WW MaranteUe flllllllll— 10 1111111110-9 



C MaranteUe 1111111111—10 lOUllini— 8 



L MaranteUe lOlllUllll— 9 1011100110— 8 



T Tando llOUllOll— 8 lOllUlUl— 9- 



E Devoigne 1 11 0101110— 7 lllltllUl— 10 



Dr Nighart 00*11101010— 4 lOllllOOOl— 



J Dikerna IIOOIIIOOO— 5 lOOOOlllOl — 5 



Syracuse Gun Club. 



A KINGBIRD shoot on the "jack rabbit" system, will be held oa ti.e 

 Syracuse Guu Club grounds, March -■^7, at 1 P. ^l. sharp. Cars leave 

 Onondaga Count\- Savings Bank every 7 minutes, t,,»^n to all' ranfrl- 

 fire, known aiiglts. Birds included in entrance. Evi^rv sh-.wt^r hvSak.- 

 ingover .in per cent, receives 10 ceiirs fur every target Irt-nken Bal- 

 ance divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent, to threehighest scores, ties divided 

 SheUs for sale on grounds, H. R. Beckeh, Managei- 



