May 25 l8»a.J 



FORKST AND STREAM. 



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DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



Enoch Miller of the Union GUin Club of Spiniigfield, K.I.T., states thaf, 

 on Decoration Day when )iis club and !\raplex^'ood Gun Clult Trill shoot 

 a team match he will have plent.y of live birds and targets ou hand, 

 and will arrange a regular progi'amme of sweepstake events, open to 

 all comers. Shooting will begin at 9 A. M. and continue all day, the 

 team match to be called at 2 P, M. The teams will comprise five men 

 each and each man will shoot at 10 live pigeons. 



Knosvillb Tenn.. May 33. 2 P. M.— The chances are that not less 

 than 75 shooters will be here at the opening of the gun club tourna- 

 ment to-morrow-. There are now "28 shooters registered at the New 

 Schubert and at the Vendome. At least .30 more are expected to-night. 

 The local club will turn out 15 to 20 contestants. The weather is de- 

 lightfully warm and the prospects good for its continuance. 



Among the shoots announced for Decoration Day are those of the 

 White Plains. rN. Y.) Gun Club: Highland Gun Club at Molina, Ohio: 

 Muskegon, (Mich.) Gun Club; Sportsmen's Gun Club of Wilklnsburg, 

 Pa., and the opening of the Iowa State Sportsmen's Association 

 tom-nament at Clear Lake, la. 



The Springfield COhioi Gnn Club, has elected the following officers; 

 Pres., Charles Yonng; first Vice Pres., John Strong; second Vice- 

 Pres., Joe Beck; Treas., Dick Hughes; Sec, J. A. Reid; Executive 

 Committee. Stewart Black, J. S. Sackman, Ben Downs and JFrank 

 Hutchlns. 



Every Jerseymen should go to Marion, to take part in the State 

 League Shoot on Saturday. Al. Heritage says he will have a big pot 

 of clam or fish chowder at hand. There will be open-to-all sweepstake 

 shooting from 9 A. M until dark. 



Col. J. R. jVnthony, one of the enthusiast members of the Charlotte 

 (N. C.J) Gun Club, is Colonel of the Fourth Regiment. North Carolina 

 National Guard, and is also a veteran of the late war, having served in 

 Pickett's Division. 



It can now be stated positively that the Manufacturers' Trap Shoot- 

 ing Association will hold a tournament at St. Louis in July, AVheeling, 

 W. Va., in August, and Allentown and Bethlehem, Pa. (comhined) In 

 September. 



The members of the Greensboro ( N. C.) Gun Club were immensel.y 

 pleased with the fine appearance of the pictures of their members 

 13ublished by Forest and Stream in its issue of May 11. 



Jas. R. Glenn of the Greensboro (N. C.) Gun Club, is an old guards- 

 man and for four years was adjutant-general of the State. E, L. 

 Gilmer of the same club, is major of one of the State battalions. 



The managers of thePenn Gun Club tournament to be held on June 1 

 and2atMorristown, Pa., expect fully 75 entries for the $10eventat 

 100 targets. 



William Tell Mitchell says the Forest and Stream has passed aS 

 competitors and is now secure on the top round of the ladder. 



William Wagner's average made at Saratoga was 91.50 instead of 

 83.81 as stated in our last issue. 



"You are publishing the best paper in the country," said W. F. Sum- 

 merson of Staunton, va. 



C. H. TOWNSEND.I I 



The Rochester Tournament. 



Messrs. W. J, Maotv, E. D. Hicks and H. M. Stewart, committee of 

 arrangements of the Rochester Rod and Gun Club, may well take 

 pride in the magnificent programme they have set out for the thu-ty- 

 flfth annual tournament of the New York State Association for the 

 Protection of Ftsh and Game, June 12 to 10. 



"We venture to predict." they say, ' that the large number of guar- 

 anteed cash prizes, the magnificent merchandise list, the free mer- 

 chandise contest and the reduced cost of targets to the shooter, will 

 be the means of bringing together the largest body of sportsmen in 

 the hlstoi-y of the organization. The entire management will be under 

 the personal direction of the committee on arrangements, which will 

 do everything in its power to make your visit a pleasant one in every 

 sense the word implies." 



The Rochester Driving Park has been secured foi' the meet. The 

 grounds will be in readiness for practice shooting Monday at 8 A. M. 

 Paul North expe'-t traps and electric pull and Cruttendeu & Card 

 kingbirds wiU be used exclusively. 



The annual convention wlU be held in the Chamber of Commerce at 

 8 P. M. June 12. Delegates are requested to be prompt in attendance, 

 and to wear their badges during the meeting. 



All kinds of ammunition willije for sale on the grounds by James 

 McCulloch. who will load sheUs to order. 



There will be two sets of traps for sweepstake shooting open to the 

 world, governed by New ork State revised rules, except that one set 

 will be known trap and known .■mgles. 



Arrangements have been made to provide tents at a moderate cost, 

 which as well as hotel accommodation, can be secured by making ap- 

 plication to the corresponding secretary. 



Arrangements have also been made for reduced railroad fare. Con- 

 testants will be protected from sun or rain by awnings over the score. 



The programme calls for these events: 



Tuesday, June 13, contest No. 1 at 8 o'clock A. M., J6000 guaranteed, 

 entrance |5, SO single kingbirds. Contest No. 2, merchandise shoot, 

 $1,394 in prizes, entrance $5, birds included, 20 single kingbu'ds. Con- 

 test No. 3, 8500 guaranteed, enti-ance$5, 20 single Idngbirds. 



Wednesday, June 14, contest No. 4 at 8 o'clock A. M., $500 guaran- 

 teed, entrance $5, 20 single kingbirds. Contest No. 5, SlOO guaranteed, 

 entrance .f2.50, bh'ds included, miss and out. Contest No. e, $400 

 guaranteed, entrance $4, 15 single birds. 



Thursday, June 15, contest No. 7, at 8 o'clock A. M.,,S500 gauaran- 

 teed, entrance $5, 20 single Idngbirds. Contest No. 8, free merchandise 

 shoot, entrance cost of targets, So single kingbirds. Contest No. 9 

 .S400 guaranteed, entrance $4, 15 smgle kingbirds. ' 



Friday, June 16, contest No. 10, at S o'clock A. M. Race for team 

 championship, on inanimate targets, for New York State, four mem- 

 bers to a team, 810 per team, $2.50 per man, each club can enter one 

 or more teams, 25 single kingbirds per man, 100 per team. Contest 

 No. 11, Lefever Arms Co. Diamond medal, entrance $2, first best score 

 at 20 single kingbirds and 5 pair double kingbirds, to be held by the 

 winner each year in trust and to be accounted for to the State Associ- 

 tion, which shall be given approved bond for its safe dehvery, the win- 

 ner to receive 25 per cent, of the entrance money, the balance of the 

 entrance money to be divided. Contest No. 12, Dean Richmond 

 trophy, value $1,150, to be held by the winning club each year In trust, 

 to be accounted for to the State Association, to be shot for by three 

 members of a club belonging to the Association, such members to be 

 residents of the county in which the club is located, 15 single live birds 

 to each contestant, entrance fee $20 per team ; the team meking the 

 highest score shall win the trophy and 60 per cent, of the entrance 

 money, and the team making the next highest score shall receive the 

 remaining 40 per cent. Birds extra. 



Average Prizes.— Five per cent, of the guaranteed purse in events 

 Nos. 1. 3, 4. 6, r and 9 will be deducted for the following cash 

 average pi-izes: First average prize in contests 1, 2, 3. 4, 6, 8 and 9, 

 Parker hammerless gun, value SlOO: second, cash. $50; third, Marlin 

 repeating rifle, .22cal., value $50; fourth $35, fifth $35, sixth $15, 

 seventh $10, eighth $10. To the member of the Rochester Rod and 

 Gun Club making the best average in above events, a handsome gold 

 badge will be presented by Dr. Homer Belding, value $15. 



Phoenix and Roxboi'ough. 



Phoen'ix\tlle, Pa., May 16.— On Saturday, the 13th inst., the Phoenix 

 Gun and Game Club, visited the Roxborough Gun Club, and shot the 

 second of a series of three matches, on their grounds. The PhoenLs 

 team was victorious. 



Phoenix. 



Thomas 1111101111111110111011101—21 



Harris 0100111111111010011111011-18 



Johnson 1111111101110110011111011—20 



Weinert 1110111111101111111011011—22 



Shriver 1001011110011111010111111—18 



Hagginbottom 1111111111111111011111110—23 



Buclwalter 1111111111100011111011111—32 



Hodge 1111101101110011101111111—20 



Druraheller 1011101000111110111111101—18 



Leidy 1110010111001010111110101—16 



Nettles 1 01 1 1 11 1 111 111 11111101011- 22 



Wilson 0011011111001111101011111—18—238 



Roxborough. 



Willard 1111111110111101110011111—21 



Free 0111001111011010110101101-16 



Morrison 1 llllllllOOlllllOllOOlOll— 1 9 



Gilmore OlOllllOlllOlllllllllllll— 31 



Cowan OIOllllllllinilOllllOllO-20 



McFalls 11101101101001 11011111011— 18 



Hoaglan 1111011111111111011111011—22 



Vanfossen 1111011111011101011111101—20 



GBlundin llllllllllllllOOlllOlOOlO— 19 



A Wier 1000110111111111111001111—19 



Lindsay 1111010111111111101111110-21 



Evans 1011110100100110110111110—16—2.32 



The second tournament of the Phoenix Gun and Game Club will be 

 held on their grounds. Phoenixville, Pa,. Juno 14 and 15. There are 10 

 events for each da.y. Extra events to suit shooters. Under 12 shooters, 

 three moneys; ^over 12, four moneys. Targets will be thrown at 2c. 

 each. Lunch and loaded shells for sale on grounds, coaches will con- 

 vey shooters to grounds from W. R. Kane's Mansion House Hotel, 

 near P. & R. depot. C. A. W. Dotteber, Sec'y P. G, C. 



CHICAGO TRAPS. 



[By a Staff Correspondent.] 



THE EUREKA OUN CLtTB. 



The weekly shoot of the Eureka Gun Club on May 13, resulted in the 

 following scores: 



No. 1, sweepstakes. 25 bluerocks: Bmgham 20, Adams 21. Brelsford 



20, Thomas 15, Lamphere 15, Glover 19, Cowan 15, Malthy 7, Mathews 15. 

 No. 3, club shoot, 25 bluerocks; 



Bingham 0101111101111111101110111-20 



Adams 1111111111111111100111111—23 



Brelsford .1111110111100111011111111—21 



Thomas 1010011111010011101100001—14 



Lamphere 011101 1010111010000001100 -13 



Glover 0001110101101011001111101-15 



Cowan 1111111111001111111101111—23 



Maltby lOOOlOlOOOOOOOOlOOOOlOOOO— 5 



Mathews 0110001110111101101110011-16 



Patterson 1001111101110111110111011—19 



WiUard 0111101101010111011011111—18 



Steck 1110111111011111111001111-21 



Ferguson 1111101010110111110100111-18 



Airey 0100011000001111110111111—15 



Class A, Bingham, Adams and Willard. Class B, Lamphere, Glover, 

 Mathews, Patterson, Ferguson and Airey. Class C. Maltby. Non- 

 members, Brelsford, Thomas and Cowan. 



No. 3, sweepstake, 25 bluerocks: Bingham 23, Adams 22, Brelsford 



21, Thomas 18, Lamphere 11, Glover 19, Cowan 23, Maltbv 4, Mathews 

 9, Patterson 20, WiUard 21, Steck 18, Ferguson 19, Airey 19. 



No. 4, sweepstake, 25 bluerocks; Bingham 22, Adams 23, Brelsford 

 19, Lamphere 18, Glover 16, Cowan 21, Maltby 5, Mathews 18, Patterson 

 23. Willard 21, Ferguson 18, Thomas, 11. 



No. 5. sweepstake^ 25 bluerocks: Adams 18, Patterson 32, Ferguson 

 30, Glover 18, Maltby 2. 



No. 3, sweepstake, 25 bluerocks: Adams 28, Patterson 24, Ferguson 

 21, Glover 5, (withdrew) Maltby 0. 



THE DOUGLAS GUN CLUB. 



Following is the score in the medal shoot of the Douglas Gun Club 

 on Maj' 17. 



M J Elch .1111101101110111111110101^20 



Church 0111111111111101111111111—83 



Barts 1111001101001111111101111—19 



Bingham 1111111111111111110101111—23 



Class B 



Lansdon .0110111010011110111010111—17 



Essig 1011100111001110111011000—15 



Johnson 1010001110111111010101101—16 



Class C. 



Morton 1111110111011110111111111—32 



Hart 1101101011011011000011101-15 



C H Eich 0100010100101000001100001— 8 



Back score of May 13, Bingham 22, Johnson 15, Essig 14. 



The programme of the sixteenth annual convention and tournament 

 of the Iowa State Association for the Protection of Game and Fish is 

 gotten up in a novel manner of binding, the cover being in style similar 

 to some legal documents. For it, address the secretary, Chas M. 

 Grimm, Clear Lake, Iowa. B. Waters. 



Trap at Watson's Park. 



BuRNsiDE, III., May 13.— Pullman Gun Club, 10 live birds, new lUinois 

 State rules: 



Kaun 2300011111— 7 I Watson 2222322222—10 



Williams 0222031131— 8 J Turner 2013223022— 8 



Warpole 1103112111— 9 ASchuttler 1113123122—10 



G Turner 0011220012— 6 



Schuttler won shoot-off. 



Ten target: Kaun 6, Warpole 6, Barber 5, Schuttler 6, G. Turner 5, 

 J. Turner 5, Watson 6. 



jlifa^ 16".— Chicago Shooting Club, miss-and-out for diamond ring, new 

 niinois State rules: 



R B Wadsworth . . . . 233222332232220 M J Eich 1110 



G Kleinman 222213121222122 



' May i7.— Audubon Club, 15 live birds, new Illinois State rules: 



Hutchmson .... 101011122311022-12 Dicks 200000232121112—10 



Wadsworth . . . .021223202222200—11 Hamline 122222202230212—13 



Bissell 002002003110222— 8 Good 211020222202001-10 



Wilcox 212100022032120—10 Mussey 031202202220222-11 



Shepard 002212120000200— 7 Von Lengerke. ,222202111122220— 13 



J Kleinman 210200sv. 



May 30.— Lake County Gun Club, 10 live birds for club medal, new 

 Illinois State rules: 



HKeohler 1110122121- 9 AVJEdbrook 1313123113—10 



N Ford 3223131202— 9 W S Bond 1201013121— 8 



J P Hastings 1121301000— 0 A Marquardt 9111030312— 7 



Ravelbigg. 



New Utrecht Rod and Gun Club. 



The New Utrecht Rod and Gun Club wiU close their season's shoot - 

 ing next Saturday. The last shoot for the hve bird trophy was held 

 on Saturday, May 13, and the following gives the result of the club 

 members shooting during the season at Wodlllawn; C. Furgueson 

 Jr., wins the medal. 9^%; for second prize D. Deacon and C. W. 

 Wingert are tied, 91%%; for third prize D. C. Bennett, G. W. Cropsey 

 and J. B. Voorhees are tied. %%; the fom-th prize is won by R. R. 

 Street, 86^^. The ties for second and thu-d prizes will be shot off at 

 5 birds each, then miss-and-out, Decoration Day, May 30, at 4 o'clock. 

 The club is to be congratulated on Its record dtiring the past twelve 

 months, as the live bird averages show 23 men with an average of 

 from 70 to 93J-g^. There are 8 men with an average of from 90 to 931,^; 

 9 men from 80 to 89%, and 6 men from 70 to 77yy%. For twelve months 

 23 men made a general average of 84% The live bird prizes will be 

 presented to the winners at the annual meeting on Decoration Day. 



The score of the last shoot, which came too late for last week's 

 issue, is as follows, the weather being very bad, it raining all the time 

 and light very bad: 



Club Shoot. 



P A Adams (27) 11101 11221— 9 



PHegeman (27) 0»0«1«1010— 4 



D Deacon (30) 2]320»1131— 8 



M Van Brunt (28) 22021»0312— 7 



D Bennett (38) 1011112211— 9 



G E Nostrand (28) .... 1 11 1221 1 1 1 —10 



W F Sykes (28) 100220*222— 6 



G W Cropsey (28) 1112113112—10 



H Blat.'-macher (37) . . . 1121001231— 8 



CFurguesen, Jr. f28) 11111—5 



R J Van Brunt (25) 11220—4 



Sweepstake Shoots. 



31212—5 12111—5 



10111—4 02112—4 - 



2.3111—5 



12121—5 



11111-4 



21111—5 



2iiii— .5 ii'oii— 4 i2ii2— 5 



11011—4 

 11211—5 



21112—5 

 11111-5 



Savannah May Week Tournament. 



The Forest City Gnn Club, of Savannah, Ga,, held a two-days' tour 

 nament on then- club grounds on May 11 and 13 in connection with 

 the "May Week" festival in that city. The weather was very line and 

 the shooters, takmg renewed interest since the shoot of the Manu- 

 facturers' Association, turned out in force. The style of shooting 

 was varied and wmners of first and second were handicapped one 

 point m succeeding match. The scores are as follows of the interest 

 mg team match. Jacksonville vs. Forest City, 80 targets per man 

 10 known traps, unknown angles, 10 unknown traps and angles and 

 pairs. 



Jacksonville Team. Forest City Team, 



Coachman 8 9 7-24 H Rocker 8 6 10-24 



Barnett 8 9 8—25 J Rocker 9 7 7—23 



Marvin 8 7 7-22 Reideman '.7 7 6-20 



Fail-head 9 7 :7— 23 Jangstetter 8 6 6—30 



Talalferro 8 6 6—20—114 Westcott 8 8 9—35—112 



Loonie vs. McKeon. 



The long contemplated pigeon match between the two Harlemites 

 Messrs. James J. Loonie and P. F. McKeon, was decided on the Pel- 

 haravllle grounds on Fi-iday, May 19. There was present a large dele- 

 gation of the friends of the two contestants, and many wagers were 

 made on the match. The birds were an extra good lot, and when the 

 traps were opened they lost no time in getting away, Loonie was In 

 good form, killmg 34 out of his 25, He was unfortunate in having 4 

 fall dead out of bounds. After the match was decided miss and out 

 sweepstakes were inaugurated. 25 birds per man, 28yds. rise, modified 

 Hurlingham rules. Jas, J, Loonie 30, P. McKeon 18, 



Sweep No. 1. entrance $1: F. Knoff 14, P. F. McKeon 13, James J 

 Loonie 6, W. H. Brickner 3, G. W. Silberhorn 1. 



Sweep No. 3. entrance .$2: F. Knoff 3, W. H. Brickner 3, J. J. Loonie 

 3, P. F. McKeon 0. 



The Baker Gun Co., Batavia, N. Y., are now ready to place then- 

 hammerless gun on the market. For the past two years they have 

 been experimenting with actions, locking devices and safeties, endeav- 

 oring to obtain the best, aud to attain a degree of perfection in work- 

 ing parts combined with strength, simphclty and durability They 

 make no specious claims for their hammerless, but would call especial 

 attention to their patent safety device in the blocking of the fire-pins 

 It places the gun m a position that renders an accidental discharge Im- 

 possible from any fault of con.structlon, or lack of device to prevent 

 such discharge. If from any cause whatever other than a pull of the 

 triggers the tumbler strike the firing-pins even with full force the gun 

 will not be discharged no matter what position, situation or condition: 

 it by concussion or jar the tumblers descend they strike without firing 

 the gun because of the complete block of the flrlng-pins. the block 

 being removed only by a pull of the trigger. This firing block also 

 effectually prevents a simultaneous discharge of both barrels In 

 addition to the firlng-pln block safety, the gun is fitted with the usual 

 trigger safety which works non-automatic, thus presenting the gun 

 with two safeties, both working independent of each other, one auto- 

 matic at the most dangerous point of any weapon, viz., the fii-lng-pins- 

 and the other non-automatic at the triggers. The barrels are locked 

 by cross bolting the extension rib. This shows an element of great 

 strength in construction and material. There is an absence of all re- 

 tracting bolts, reducing thereby to a minimimi the friction caused by 

 opening and shutting the gun, and at the same time preserving Intact 

 the frame. The barrels are of fine Damascus. The frame, lever and 

 guard is engraved with scrolls and shooting scenes. The stocks are 

 of handsome walnut. The checkering is of the very best, laid out In 

 handsome patterns. The entire gun is finely fitted and finished 

 tlu-oughout. During the construction of this gun, and as the work 

 progressed in making the first ten or twelve guns, they were thor- 

 oughly tested under all conditions incident to field and trap shooting 

 to determine the strength of action and general wearing qualities 

 The gun m this respect has proved eminently satisfactory, and will 

 compare favorably with any of the standard hammerless guns —Adv. 



Imwer^ to ^amspand^nh. 



No notice taken of anonymous communications. 



N. W,, Brook],yn.— Please inform me when the law opens for snine 

 shooting on Long Island. Ans. July 1. ^ 



P., Marion.— Rathjen's paint, to be had at 26 Beaver street New 

 York, is considered very good for such a purpose as you describe, 



S N. L,. Marysvale, Wyo.-No such right of way has been granted 

 to the corporation you name. Congress alone has the power to accord 

 this privilege, and it has not done so. 



G, C, New York.— Will you kindly state in your next issue the best 

 method of getting rid of sunfish m a trout pond? Owing to the nuni 

 her of snags in the pond there might be difflcultv in using a drae net 

 Would the ordinary crabfish traps be effectual? "Ans. We do not think 

 fish traps would be of any gi-eat value In clearing your pond of sun- 

 fish. Vou could greatly reduce their number, however by nettino- 

 them on their beds when spawning in the spring, ' " ° 



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