852 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



iJtTNE 33, 1893, 



THE NEW YORK STATE ANNUAL. 



MAGNiFicKKT weather from Monday morning until the close; a great 

 big turnout of shooters from all parts of the State, and universal 

 satisfaction at the splendid progrniume arranged by the Rochester 

 Bod and Gun Club, these were the conditions which governed the 

 thirty-flfth midsummer tournament of the New York Sta.te Associa- 

 tion for the Protection of Fish and Game. The shoot was held on the 

 tn-eensward inside the famous one mile track in the Rochester Driving 

 Park, this being the track on which Maud S. made her record. The 

 grounds are almost level and the backgroudd fairly good. There 

 were four sets of expert traps, five to a set, arranjjed m a segment of 

 a circle, the traps being pulled by the North electric pull. Each of the 

 scores was protected by an awning. 



Upon entering the grounds the first thing to catch one's eye was the 

 big tent of the Onondatra Oounl y Sportsmen's Club of Syracuse, with 

 its lettered streamer ailil figat e of an Onondaga warrior actmg as a 

 weather vane. Inside the tent was a refreshment stand presided over 

 by that old veteran, 0. H. Finch, one of the oldest sportsmen in the 

 State. Here were dispensed with a lavish hand solid and licjuid 

 refreshments, and last but not least, the famous "Holloway Stomach 

 Bitters," by which all the boys do now swear. Next to the above was 

 pitched a commodinn.s wall tent, pi-ovided \vitli plenty of chan-s and a 

 large table for the use oE the press i-ei:iresentatives. To the left and 

 rear of this was the odd looking and ttaerefore the more attractive 

 tepee of the American AVood Powder Co., presided over by "Wanda" 

 and "Milt." In rear of this was the sutler's tent. In front of these 

 latter two was an immense marquee formed of two large-sized ones 

 under which were tables 'for the shooters and chairs for shooters and 

 spectators. To the left of this was another very large-sized wall tent 

 over which floated a streamer showing it to be the headquarters of the 

 Oneida County Sportsmen's Association, which organization, by the 

 wa.T, will have the honor of engineering the State shoot in 1894 on its 

 recently acquired grounds in Utica. tJncle Uustav Dexter was in 

 charge of the interior, and here, too, were fed and watered all who 

 said they were hungered or athirst. The next tent to the left was 

 that of McCulloch, dealer in ammunition and firearms, and then came 

 the wall tent of the Auburn Gun Club. 



Monday the First Day. 



On Monday morning, June 12, when the preliminary shooting began 

 there were scarcely a. baker's dozen of shooters on hand. Shortly 

 after dinner, however, they began to stroll in in parties numbermg from 

 one to half a dozen each, and at 4 P. M. there were fifty entries in one 

 of the events. The shooting continued until 6 P. M., when the guns 

 were put up and the contestants repaired to their hotels to take sup- 

 per and a rest before attending the convention in the evening. 



The convention was held in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce 

 but instead of being called to order at S P. M. as announced, it was 

 after 9 before the gavel sounded. There were a large number of dele- 

 gates present, credentials being presented by the follow^ing clubs: 

 Emerald Gun Club, of New York; A-un-di-aga Gun Club, of Onondaga 

 Castle; Kershong Gun Club, of Bellona; Leatherstocking Gun Club, of 

 Oswego; Frankfort Game and Fish Protective Association: Union 

 Gun Club, of East Aurora; New York County Gun club, Oanargua 

 Valley Gun Club, of Palmyra; Oswego Boulevard Gun Club, Canan- 

 daigua Rod and Gun Club, Honeoye Falls Gun Club, Peekskill Gun 

 Club, Lima Gun Glub, Holland Patent Gun Club, Brockport Gun Club, 

 North Cayuga Gun Club, Oneida County Sportsmen's Association, of 

 Utica; Cortland County Gun Club, North Parma Gun Club. Ironde- 

 qiioit Gun Club, Lakeside Gun Club, of Geneva: Whltestown Gun Club, 

 Syracuse Gun Club, Watertown Gun Club, Syracuse Athletic Associa- 

 tion Gun Club, Charlotte Gun Club. Genesee Sportsmen's Club, of 

 Irondequoit; Auburn Gun Club, Pulteney Bod and Gun Club, Wal- 

 worth Gun Club, Northern Wayne Gun Club, of Williamson; Rivei'side 

 Bod and Gun Club, of Rochester; West Utica Gun Club,Westniorelaud 

 Gun Club, of Oneida county; Buffalo Audubon Club, Coldspring Gun 

 Club, of Buffalo; Niagara River Gun Club, of Loselle; Honeoye' Falls 

 Gun Club, Onondaga County Sportsmen's Association, of Sj^racuse; 

 Spencer Sportsmen's Club, of Lyons; Rochester Rod and Gtm Club, 

 Canajoharie Gun Club, Hornell Gun Club, Capital City Gun Club, of 

 Albany; Glen Haven Gun Club, of Cortland county. 



Discussion of a few points in the rules followed calling of the roll, 

 and next there was taken up a matter of great interest. C. J. Hadley, 

 of Rochester, arose after the discussion of the rules and, after saying 

 that he was noted for starting "scraps," maintained his reputation by 

 taking up the question of shooting at live birds. He said that the 

 practice is frowned upon by many of the best people of the country 

 and that in his opinion these people are right; that the practice is 

 undoubtedly cruel Finallj' he made a motion to the effect that after 

 this year in contesting for the Dean Richmond trophy, inanimate 

 targets be used instead of live birds. H. L. Gates, of Utica, said that 

 he hoped the convention would not vote upon the question until they 

 had fully considered it, as in hi.s opinion the live bird shoots have 

 always proved the gi-eatest drawing cards at State shoots and that 

 the element of cruelty is so small that it hardly deserved considera- 

 tion. ■ C. M. Mowry, of Syracuse, spoke in the same strain, while Col. 

 A. G Courtney, of Syracuse, supported Mr. Hadley. After further 

 discussion H. D. McVean moved that the matter be laid upon the 

 table until the next annual meeting of the association. The ayes and 

 noes being called for, the oppositionists howled so loudly that they 

 seemed to be in the ma jority, but upon Mr. McVean's calling for "a 

 rising vote, it was found that his supporters outnumbered his oppo- 

 nents by five. 



The next matter to come up was in relation to the locating of the 

 1894 shoot. As our readers know, the Saratoga Gun Club has for 

 several months been making a strong eftort to secure the 1894 shoot 

 for Saratoga Springs. Before the meeting was called we were con- 

 vinced that Saratoga could have the shoot for the asking. The Oneida 

 County Sportsmen's Association was also working to secure the shoot, 

 but the long start the Saratoga boys had had secured for them a safe 

 lead. When credentials were called for, however, it was found that 

 not a mother's son of Saratoga was in the room nor in the town and 

 when the Oneida County Association asked for the shoot it w^as given 

 them by a unanimous vote. 



The final business was the introduction by the delegates of the Au- 

 dubon Club, of Buffalo, of an amendment to the rules govei-niii"- con- 

 tests for tlie Dean liiclmiond trophy and provided that the members 

 of teams shootmg for the trophy "shall be residents of the city or 

 town in which they represent is localt'd. such did) to he a rc^'ularlv 

 organized club with proper oiiiccrs." \V hen this riiiti .•■■nes iuto^eircr-t 

 anditmustgo over to the next meetiiiif for aJo))Uou. it may tend to 

 stop the recruitmg ot teams troni tho far enniei-s of ihr- earth 

 Mr. Gates announced aftei- adjournment that tliese otTicers will act 



at Utica next year: I' 



Dr. ,T. O. Kdbourn: Sec 

 Corresponding Sf:ci-et;ii v, H. L. Cat 

 L. Gates, C. 11 i' l 

 All t hose wlir. 



All MoiuUu I 

 were contiiigi 

 earlv hour 



. W ilbur H. Booth; Vice-President, 

 . French; Treasurer, O. A.Wheeler; 

 -s; Oo:nmittee on Credentials, H. 

 and (_'. J. Hadley. of Rochester. 



M )i I i) the 



. en are of Utica. 

 i ti aiii coming in on Tue.sday morning 

 roiu one place or another. During the 

 iraugement ooinmittee aoknowledt'ed 

 that they felt rather dubious ;3s to the prospect tni' n l)ig ci'owd but 

 at an early hour on Tuesday- they began to look pleasant 



luesdati, the iji^cond Day. 

 The programme aniiounciMi mat shooting would begin at 8 \ Al 

 and at that hour thf ti a)is. ti apiicrs, scorers a.jd cashicr.s were in 

 readiness for the fun to start, 'there were a largp number of shooters 

 on the ground, nevertheless tho opeiuu- oi: tlie fli-st State event was 



delaved until after i) o ■clock. Tlu 

 ever, having entries, l lic lar!?cst hi 

 tournament, Ibe sliootiiiy wa^ at 

 targets, u'hich worked pertVctly m tl 

 was cool and pleasant, with lust ciiou 

 clear awav the aboniujalilc sir..)ke frni 

 There was a troodh tni-iioutof \ ctn 

 be mentioned "l luclo Ben stackpo]o 

 who has not missed a touniauient since 1S.=,8 

 Lyon, ot Brooklyn: (iustav Dexter, of IHie 

 cuse; B. M. Sage, ot Butfalo: "Uncle Pan' 



Courtney, of Syracuse: and VV. H l!it'l 

 shooters present who were not reside 

 Paul North, of Clevelaiirl. Cihio- (\tpt 

 N. J.: Mr. and .Mrs. W. V. Lindslev of 

 E, GriPfl. ot CflrlKlaih. N. .T. 



Paul ^iorth did the linsdint; 

 which were shot duriui;- tlie 

 The State eveuts «-ere set on 

 Nos. S! and 4. the tornier at kn 

 No. 1 set of traps were idle, e 

 them for practice. In t.act tl 

 well liave been dispensed with 

 During the day a great d 



■d-breakor. ho 

 u shot at a ,\ew York State 

 ruttcnden ..V (.'ard^s kingbird 

 expert tru|is rhe weather 

 1 Mind ti oni tlie southwest to 

 the black- pon der. 

 Ills, urst among whom must 

 .North hose. 711 years ot age- 

 There was also L. W. 

 ; f. H. finch, of Syra- 

 tcNci u 1 1 el A G. 

 ond. ot charlotte. Tlie only 

 ■■ ol; .New \ ork tstate were 

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 ept when a cnuole , 

 set was idle all tli. 



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one set aud 



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ite load is Sdrs. FFFG "Dead Shot" and IJ^oz. No. 8 shot. During the 

 shoot, however, he was made a convert to nitro power. 



It was noticed on this day that three-fourths of the "Big Four" of 

 the olden days were on hand as full of shoot and good nature as ever. 

 The "Big Foiu-" comprised A. G. Courtney, Dick Swiveller, Harvey 

 McMurchy and S. W. Tucker, but on this occasion "Tuck" failed to 

 materialize. In fact some of the boys fear that "Tuck's" skill or eye- 

 sight or both have "gone back on him," their opinion having been 

 formed since his famous dissertation on "the evils of dropping for 

 place." They claim that nothing less than one of the above calama- 

 ties could have prompted him to make such an effusion. 



State events Nos. 1 and3w-ere finished to-day but only ten squads 

 finished in event No- 3. Event No. 2 was at 20 kingbu-d targets, $5 en- 

 trance, for Ip] ,394 merchandise prizes Some of the best prizes were 

 won as foliows: First class of ties, Lefever hammerless gun, E. C. 

 Meyer; Singer sewing machine, H. B. 'Whitney; 500 Peters S.S. pow- 

 der cartridges, C, M. Felton. Second class of ties, Wheeler & Wilson 

 sewing machine, C. H. Mowry; Vetter roU-top desk, R. Heinhold;. 

 semi hammerless shotgun from Cruttenden & Card, J. J. Carr. Third 

 class of ties, Parker hammerless gun, F. Tassell; easy chair, J. Bohm; 

 hand-painted tobacco jar, C. B. Forester. Fourth class of ties, L. C. 

 Smith hammerless gun, J. Baker ; Shannon cabinet letter file, R. Red- 

 mond. Fifth class of ties, Baker hammerless gun, A. S. Hunter; hunt- 

 ing suit, E. R. Hicks; two volumes "Picturesque Egypt," Harvey Mc- 

 Murchy. Sixth class of ties, Ithaca hammerless gun, ; . Van Orstrand ; 

 Belcher loader and sole leather gun case, Bradley J. Palmer. Seventh 

 class of ties, Stevens rifle, K. Lane. 



Weckiesday, the Third Day. 



Another beautiful day; another big crowd on hand at an early hour, 

 and another late start in the State events. The first thing on the list 

 was of course the finish of Event No. 3, brought over from the pre- 

 vious evening. The shooting went along in a fairly brisk fashion once 

 the -work was begun. The entries in both Nos. 4, 5 and 6, which fol- 

 lowed the above, were fairly high, but none of them reached the point 

 attained in the opening event. 



On this day, as well as the preceding one. the grounds were well 

 patronized by spectators, some of the best families of Rochester being 

 represented. .Joseph Palmer, the fireworks man, was present watch- 

 ing the wajrk of his young son, and Wm. S. Kimball, of ' Vanity Fan-" 

 cigarette fame, was present with his wife. 



Diu-ing the day Paul North had a narrow escape from a serious acci- 

 dent. While stooping down esaming one of the traps, and when his 

 leg was within danger distance of the trap arm, "some one touched 

 the button did the rest." coming around and striking Paid a ter- 

 rific blow on the inside of the leg just below the knee. He started to 



MISS ANJJIK "SWrVELLER." 



limp away, but so inteuse was the pain that after going a few steps he 

 fell in a faint. He \vas at once carried to the shade, and an houi-later 

 was himself once more. 



Another incident occurred during the early afternoon which shows 

 how easy it is, or woitld be, for a slight act of carelessness to result 

 seriously. Almost seven weeks ago Benj. Webster, an old member of 

 the Auburn Gun Club, was a victim of a railroad accident which 

 occurred near Scranton, aud ^vhich caused hiin to have a glass eye 

 inserted where his right eye formerly reposed, as well as injuring him 

 otherwise. For six weeks he w^as confined to his house and oh this 

 day ventured out for the first time, coming down to see the shooting. 

 He was sitthig in a chair in the opening of the Auburn tent, when one 

 of the shooters, not more than 20ft. from him, wiped out his gun, in- 

 serted a cartridge, and without lookmg or seeming to care where the 

 charge would go, raised the muzzle and fired almost point blank at 

 Mr. Webster. Of course at this distance there was not much scatter, 

 but nevei'theless two pellets of shot went astr.ay, one striking air. 

 Webster ni the neck and the other chipping a piece from his glass eye. 

 It was exceedingly tortunatn tor Mr. Webster that the pellet did not 

 strike his left instead ot his right eye. It was not stated who fired 

 the shot, but he should have been detected and put off the grounds. 



One of the most interesting events ot the day. and one not provided 

 by the regulai- programme, ^yas a ntatch at 2.5 targets each between 

 ••Uncle Ben ' Stackpole. the oldest member of the State As.sociation, 

 aud Bradley ,7. Palmer, the voungesi. member. The stake was SlOO a 

 sid»and the conditions called for unknown angles. The race was a 

 close one and I'esulted m a tie on the tollowitig scores: 



Stackpole 1011111111011111111111111—3.3 



Pahuur 1 11 in 1 1 1 1 111 101110111111— 23 



Hearty apr'kiusc greeted "louth and Old Age" ou their splendid 

 showing. It was decided to add ,1oO each to the stake and to shoot off 

 the tie oil the same conditions on the following evening. 



t hursday. the Fourth Day. 



This -1. :i? ■ m: , i ii- iir , ,.,| i,e termed a "scorcher," for during the 

 middle i ;: i . ■ , i.i- mcrcnry persisted m adhering to the 90° 



mark, a . i . i- air was overloaded with humidity. It was 



win i ti iv 1 the eutueoutflt until 2 o'clock 



or ihei canout, when Old boreas took a hand m and made it an easier 

 uiatter to lircathe. the attendance to-day was the large,st of the 

 u eek. bijtli as re.t;ards contestants and spectators. So large were the 

 <t culnes m events Nos. 7 and b that It was impossible to 

 nd m coiisequeiico this was cut from the prograntme. 



-I t \ 

 -L tin-, 

 No. 8. a tr 



started a little earlier than on the preceding da.ys. Event 

 merchandise shoot at 2o singles, entrance price of the 

 targets, was a grand record breaker with loS eati les, all the grangers 

 for miles around having unsheathed their lt)-l .or<'s loaded up 25 bfack 

 powder cartridges and meandered to the grounds, it is perfectly safe 

 to assert that ot the 17h men not over 100 spent a penny on the 

 grounds during the tournament except m the above event. But it 

 ^vas a great event tor all that, aud the only one, so far as we can ascer- 

 tain, wherein t.o.jO tarKeLs have been thrown, 'fhe event was shot on 

 two sets of ti-aps. all unknown an.gles, 13 targets being shot at from 

 )ni the other by each contestant. There were close 

 , but the uuiu ho failed to break 21 or better was out in 



ivheu ■■fiDclc Ben- Stackpole and Young Bradley Palmer 

 m shoot oft their tie of the previous day tliere were 

 Qd the ropes. "Uncle Ben" proved that his 

 ;n liad not taken away all his oldtiine skill or 

 g until he had scored 25 straight, 

 ;ores: 



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1111101111011110111111101-21 



■ption was accorded the "old vet" when the 

 shoot was eud'^d - .Some ot his admit ers put him on their shoulders 

 an.l paradeu him aljoat the grouuils, a portion of the crowd mean- 

 while siusine- '-Aulr! I-an-' Lyue." 



I'liniii mo ;iucriiooi! Vi.ss .Vnme Colville. the 1.5-year-old daughter 

 of L'i,-k hi', iveller. 1 1 leil her hand at unknown angles, getting on one 

 occasion :/ our of to and on another b out Of 10. Miss Oolvllle. or 

 Auu-e b'.\i^ filer, iinilcr which title she shoots, is one of the most 

 giae..-ral ).iatM.llei.-. ot a .iun we have ever seen at the score, standing as 

 eieot aa aiiou and handling her ,f jibs. New Baker as ea.sily as 

 tiiooijhit were a reatherwet^ht. 



T..-day s bhootinji ended tlie contest Cor average prizes. It was in- 

 tended tbat average prizes should be given for the highest aggregate 



icetators hAi 

 rears and 

 did not n 

 er u'ettint;' ::i 



Stackpole 



Palmer 



What a rousms r 



number of breaks in events No. 1, 3, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9. There was also 

 a proviso in the programme in effect that all surplus accruing in 

 events No. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 9 should be added to the purse in No. 9, 

 With the big crowd on the grounds to-day this No. 9 event would have 

 enabled some of the shooters to pull out even for the week and might 

 possibly have made a difference in the average winners. Owing to the 

 fact however of the traps being allowed to remain idle for about one- 

 fifth of the time, the other events ran up to such a late hour that the 

 management decided to strike out No. 9. This caused a great deal of 

 indignant protest and the protestors were fuUv justified. The 

 management had no right at all to throw out No. 9. Event No. 8 was 

 finished at 5:.30, and with four sets of traps ready for use. No. 9 could 

 easily have been finished before dark. 



The number of targets shot at by each contestant in State events 

 was 135, and the average prizes were won in order on the following 

 number of breaks. H. McMurchy and J. J. Carr, 129 each, Parker 

 hammerless shotgun, value $100: J. H. Richmond and E C. Meyer, 128 

 each, cash $50; C. H. Mowry and G. J. Kilborn. 127 each, Marlin repeat- 

 ing rifle, value $50; H. B. Whitney, F. D. Kelsey and R. Hammond, 120 

 each, cash $35; E. Andrews, H. M. Stewart and G. Lewis, 125 each, 

 cash $35; A. M. Schermerhorn, 124. ca.«h $15; J, G. Knowdton, Chas. 

 Wagner and C. S. Truesdall, 123 each, $10; G. H. Mann and A. Baker, 

 122 each, $10. Special gold badge presented by Dr. Homer Belding, 

 for best average made by member of Rochester Gun Club, won by E. 

 0. Meyer on 12B breaks. 



Friday, the Fifth Day. 



The morning was terribly close and murky and up to 2 o'clock the 

 clouds looked thi^eatening. The sun scarce showed his face and there 

 was little or no breeze. This was expected to be a big day and no one 

 was disappointed as there was an immense crowd of spectators on 

 hand, the crowd being largest during the afternoon, the special attrac- 

 tion being the contest for the Dean Richmond trophy. On this day 

 was displayed what we consider a poor exhibition of management. As 

 we have stated, the target traps were placed in the segment of a cir- 

 cle. No. 1 set facing almost west-southwest and No. 4 set east-north- 

 east. The traps for the Dean Richmond trophy were placed in front 

 of the space between sets Nos. 3 and 4, facing east-northeast. In the 

 morning it was suggested to the management that the contest for the 

 Lefever medal and the target team race should be shot on sets Nos. 1 

 and 2, this leaving Nos. 3 and 4 for open shooting, which could be 

 stopped at any time they desired to start the live bird race. Some of 

 the shooters objected to this arrangement, insisting that they would 

 shoot on Nos. 3 and 4 or not shoot at all. Instead of telbng them that 

 they would have to shoot where directed the management very weakly 

 yielded the point, the residt being that not until 4 P. M. were they able 

 to start the Dean Richmond match. 



The first contest of the day was for the State championship, club 

 teams of foiu- men each at 25 kingbird targets per man. The contest 

 was an exciting one with fourteen teams" entered, and was won by 

 Auburn team No. 1 on the splendid score of 95 breaks. Then came 

 the Lefever diamond badge match at 20 singles and 5 jiairs of king- 

 bird targets, R. Hammond proving a winner with 28 breaks, getting 

 all his doubles. 



The Dean Richmond match drew out nine teams of three men each. 

 The Union Club of western New York put in the same team which in 

 1890 and 1891 won the trophy on clean scores, but this time they were 

 "out in the cold." The birds were a far better lot than those used at 

 Syracuse last year, but still there were enough "duffer.s'^" among 

 them to make the shooting disgustingly slow. Some were fast and 

 tricky as any ever trapped, some were fairly good, but talcen as a 

 whole they were a poor lot. Had the race been called at 1 instead of 



4 P. M. the bu-ds would have flown much better. The nonsensical rule 

 providing that the gun should be held below the armpit until the bird 

 was on the wing was enforced after a fashion, but many was the time 

 when "the armpit got below the butt of the gun" without attracting 

 the attention of the officials. And more than one bircl was on the 

 ground when the first barrel was discharged. The match was intoler- 

 ably slow, and the crowd was allowed to follow its own sweet wiU as 

 to whether it remained behind the score or crowded up to the fleld. 

 Over a score of young boys and girls hovered about the crates where 

 the pigeons were kept and they seemed to thoroughly en joj' seeing 

 the handlers wring the neck of a wounded pigeon. The shoot lasted 

 away along in the evening when it was almost impossible to see any- 

 thing, and finally resulted in a victory for the New York County Gun 

 Club, who killed 40 out of 45 pigeons. 



This wound up the thirty-fifth annual midsummer meeting so far as 

 regular contests were concerned. There were a large number of five 

 bu-ds on hand, however, and several of the visitors agreed to remain 

 over until Saturday and take part in some sweepstake shooting. 



The tournament can be classed as a successful one so far as attend- 

 ance goes, but whether or not it was a financial success is an open 

 question. Delays each morning in starting events; delays between 

 squads; kicking on the part of the trappers— all these things arc ex- 

 pensive. On one set of traps we have no record of a single event hav- 

 ing been shot, wdiile one of the other sets was idle at least one-half the 

 time. And all this time the trappers, scorers and office men were 

 under pay. Had there been a better system of hustling aud had the 

 management been more determined in having their own way, the 

 Rochester Rod and Gun Club would have been big winnei-s. 



TOWNSEND. 



Tuesday's Scwes. 



State event No. 1, entrance $5, 20 singles , $000 guaranteed: 



CatchpolclllOlllOHOlllllllll— 17 AVagoner . .11111111111111111111—20 



JHRichm'dllOlllllllllllOOllll— 17 Hunt 10111111101111001110-15 



Greiff 10011001111111111110—16 WRichm-d.llOllOllOllOlOlllOlO— 13 



Tallett 11011111111111111101—18 Money 11111111111011111111—19 



Wudb 11111000111100011110—13 .IRissingerl 0111 11011011 11 10111— 16 



Gavitt 10111110010100001100—10 Borst 10010101100001111010—11 



Paddock... 10111111111011110111— 17 Hammond.llOlllllllOllUllOll— 17 



Olmstead.. 11111110111011101111— 17 Babcock. . .10111111111111110110— 17 



Kelsey 11111111111111110111—19 Forester.. .OiiliOliiillOliniOl— 16 



Andrews ..11111111111111111111— 20 J P Fisher. lOllU lllllinilOlOl— 17 



Kallis 11110100101111111100—14 WH JaegerOll 1 1011001100111010-12 



Baker 10111111101111111111—18 U E Storey 10101011101101111101—14 



Hoffman ..10111100111111010111— 15 Meyer ill 11101111111111 nO— 18 



MeMurchy.lllllllllllllinilll— 20 ,J H Mann.lllllllOlllllUll ill— 19 



Courtney. .00111111111111111111—18 Allen 10111111011111101111—17 



A MS 11111110111111111111—19 MA KellerliniUOllllllinui— 19 



Lansing. ...10101111111011110101— 15 Knowlten..0100inillllll001111— 15 



Lefever.... 11110101111011111101— 16 Henry 11111110111111111111—19 



Walters . . .11110101111111011011— 16 Heinold... .11011011111101111111— 17 



BlauveltjJrllllOllOOOlllllllOll— 15 WHStew'tlllUOll 111011111111-18 



Crutty 11111100011111111110—16 Hookway..lllin]]11001inilll— 18 



Byer 10110111101111110011-15 n Weeks. , .11111011111101111111-18 



Wessels.... 11101111111111110100—16 Brmk 111010111] 1111110111—17 



Brigden .. .11111111111100111000—15 A P Pope. .10101110100100000111—10 



Banks 00101110110111111100—13 Benham. . .01111111110111011111—17 



Mussehm'nOlOlllOlllllUOllOll— 15 Worth lllllOlllliniillin— 19 



Gates 01011110111100111011—14 Truesdale..1llllllliii]iiiiiiii— 20 



Carr 11111110110111111111—18 J Koch. . . . llllinoillllllliui- 19 



Tuttle 11010010111111111011—15 Mayhew. . .1110011111 1 101111111— 17 



B Tolsma. .11111111110110111101—17 Austin OllOlUllOOl 1 1111111— 16 



E HK 11111111111111111011—19 AVEBaker.OlllOllllOllllllllOO— 15 



J CBeebe.. 11111011011110110111— 16 Skinner. . ..llllOlliiOlOllliioil— 16 



Stacey 00111111110001100011—12 Vauderloo. 10111011101011 111111— 16 



PElliott.JrOlllOllOlOlUlllOlOI- 14 J K Rich. .. 11111111010100110101— 14 



B Palmer.. 11110111111110010011— 15 C A Hicks. .11011111111111011011-17 



Mowry . . . . IIIIIOIIIIIII1IIOIII— 18 Ottoway. ..1110111110(1110111111— 16 



Tassel 11111111111110111111—19 E D Hicks. .nilllllltOlliioilllO— 16 



M McIntyrelOllllllllOOligilOlO- 14 Ackes 01101 lOOOlOl 11 11 1 110—13 



Swiveller... 1110101101 1011111110— 15 Ely-. lllUUOOlllOOllllll— 16 



Duguid. . . .01110111011111011111—16 EHuds'n JrlOlllllioilinioioU— 16 



W Barnes .01010110011010111111—13 Forsyth . . .11111111111111111111—30 



C W 01111111101111111111—18 McVean. ...01101000010101111010-10 



P Elliott. . .11101101011111011010—14 J Lewis.. . .11011111111100110111—16 



Evershedd lllOlllOllOlllOUlll— 16 Rogers . . . .11111010111111111101— 17 



Goodrich ..10111000011111111111—15 O Wheeler.UlllOlOOlHlllllOll— 16 



Redmond.. 11111001111111001110—15 JWPutnamlOOl 1001111111111110— 15 



5 Jones. . ..11110111010011110101—14 Stewart.. . .01111011111111111110—17 

 R Gardner. 00001110101100001011— 9 McKenzie. .11 101 100010100101111—12 

 Bickman ..11101110011011101011—14 C Goodrich 1101 1101101111111111—16 

 H Whitney lllllOlllllOl 1111 111— 18 C V Tennv.llllOll 1011111101011—16 

 GHoUowayOOlOllllllOlllllllll— 16 Chapman".. 1011 1111111110111111—18 



Felton 11111111111001111011—17 Boyd IIOIHXUIIOOIIUIIII— 15 



GANicholsOOllllOlllOlllllllll— 16 Perry 11111001111111011111—17 



T J Church 10010010111010010110— 10 Tennison ...10111111011011110111—16 



Hunter ....11110111111111111111— 19 Pfeiffer. .. .01010110111101011111—14 



Harris 11111111111111111111—20 W R Gregg 10110111111111101101—16 



DrKUburn 11101111111101111101— 17 Jeff OlOllOOOOmOlOlllOO— 10 



Hadley . . . .01110111110110100111—14 Reinecke . .10011111001001100101— U 



EHuds'n SrlllOllllllllllllllll— 19 W J Mann..l]111111lllllillilll_20 



O Besser JrllOllllOlllllOllllOO— 15 0 Lane .... 11111111101111111111— 19 



Burkhardt.11111111111111111110-19 C W Ritz . .11111011110111011111—17 



Williams... 11111101101111011010— 15 1 Andrews. 11011111111110110100—15 



GS Lewis. .11111111011101110111— 17 ParshalL.. .11111111001101101010—14 



State event No, 2, entrance $5, 20 singles, 110 merchandise ttrizes 

 value $1,394: 



Lefever. .. .11111111111011110111— 19 J Lewis. . . .llOllllOllOlOlUlOiDl— 14 



Koch 11001111111111111111—18 H Storey. .11110111101101011011-15 



Andrews... 11111101110111111111— IS Worth 10111011111111101110—16 



Kelsey 11111111111111111011—19 B Palmer. .01100111101111011111—15 



Pope 11111101111111111101- 18 Quirk IIOIIIOIOIOOOIOIOOOO— 9 



Olmsted... 101 1111 111111111001 1—17 0 Weeks. ..01111111110111111011—17 



Baker lOlUlllOllllOimil— 17 Hunter. .. .11111111111101111000— 16 



A M S. . ,. ,11111110111101011111— 17 Harris inHlHOllllllliOll— 18 



