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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. m, 1868. 



Zettler Club Prize Shoot. 



The twentieth annual festival and prize shoot of the Zettler Eifle 

 Club, which was held in Wissel's Cypress Hills Park, on Sunday and 

 Monday, Sept. 10 and 11, brought together all the crack riflemen of 

 New York and vicinity as well as many others from tho adjoining 

 States, 



The marksmanship displayed durmg the two days was of the highest 

 order. Among those present and competing in the tournament were 

 Harry M. Pope, Hartford, Conn., August Dietrich, champion of the 

 New Jersey (State) National Guard: Wm. Dutcher of Paterson N. J.; 

 F. A. Bachman, J. Rudd and Jacob Hess, of Portchester, N. Y. ; Aug. 

 J. Christian, of the New York Schuetzen Corps; John Young, Maspeth, 

 Long Island; Louis Miller of Dexter Park; J. Bodenstab, Harlem Rifle 

 Club; 0. J. Boyce, Jersey City; Jas. Hughes, Kxcelsior Rifle Club and 

 many others. The weather during the two days was beautiful, the 

 light clear, and the wind just sufficient to keep the range free from 

 smoke, so that the shooters had a clear and unobstructed view of the 

 targets at all times. 



The race for bullseyes (red flags), was sharp and interesting. The 

 premiums for most flags was divided as follows: 1st, F. C. Ross with 

 50; 2d, G. Zimmerman with 34; 3d, H. Holges with 33: 4th, M. Dorrler 

 with 26; 5th, Wm. Eosenbaum with 23. 



BuUseye target, 18 prizes, ranging from $20 to SIO, the best center 

 shot to count. 



The first prize on this target was captured by one of New Jersey's 

 crack shots in the person of L. P. Hansen. The scores of the other 

 competitors are appended in their order: L. P. Hansen 12 degrees F. 

 C. Ross 15, H. Holges 17, M. Dorrler 20, G. J.Watson 37}4, 0. G. Zettler 

 371^, B. Zettler 40, J. Coppersmith 43, Dr. Grosch 43, J. A. Boyken 44, 

 W. Forbach 45, R. Busse 48}/^, W. Deitcher 49M, P. F. Schmidt 51, F. 

 Schmidt 53, H. M. Pope 53, L Marten 58}4, C. W. Horney '61. 



Ring target: The competition on this target was exceedingly brisk, 

 and the holding abihty of the shooters exerted to their fullest capac- 

 ity. There were four scores of 73 out of a possible 75 made by thi-ee 

 of the riflemen, Mr. Holges making two and Mr. Zimmerman and Mr. 

 Hayes one each. There were 21 prizes, ranging from $50 to $1, with 

 four premiums for the flve best tickets from $10 to $2. The scores are 

 as foflows: 



Ring target: H. Holges 73 73—146, G. Zuamerman 73 71—144, F. C. 

 Ross 72 71—143, Wm. Hayes 73 70—143, M. Dorrler 73 70—142, T. Flach 

 72 70—142, C. G. Zettler 72, J. Bodenstab ,71, B. Walther 91, 1. Marten 

 70, L. P. Hansen 70. R. Busse 70, Dr. Boyken 70, P. F. Schmidt 69, G 

 W. Plaisted 68, John Young 68, L. Busse 68, H. M. Pope 67, B. Zettler 67 

 A. Begerow 67, E. Fisher 66. 



Premiums: H. Holges 353, F. C. Rosa 353, Wm. Hayes 3SS. M. Dorr- 

 ler 351, L. Flach 351. •' ' 



Honor target: The honor target is open to the competition of the 

 members of the club only, and each has three shots without re-entry. 

 This target is generally considered by the shooters as a sort of a con- 

 solation for those unfortunates who blow in their surplus on the ring 

 and bullseye targets. Upon this target they fall back in order to 

 realize sufficient funds to take themselves and family home again, 

 and what is peculiar aboiit it is that the experts of the club are very 

 seldom tound at the head of the list on this target. In this instance 

 the three high men are of only ordinary shooting ability. Of the first 

 ten on the list only two, Messrs. Hayes and Dorrler, of the expert 

 class, are found in it. The prizes on this target were made up from 

 $150 in cash given by the club treasury and donations presented by 

 judges and members. Forty-two members shot and each got a prize 

 rangmg m value from $25 to $5. The scores are appended: 



Honor target: 



P F Schmidt. 24 22 23-69 J Gunther 23 14 22-59 



RHarmann 21 23 24—68 G A Schurman 19 20 20—59 



J Kolmetz 31 23 23-67 H Oehl 22 18 19—59 



W Hayes 23 33 21—67 G L Hoffman -57 



B Zettler 18 35 23-66 A Blumenberg 21 13 22-.56 



M B Bngel 24 22 20-60 F Fabrius 14 21 21—56 



J Bodenstab 20 21 24-65 F CHeintz 18 19 19-56 



G W Plaisted 23 18 24-65 GebKrauss 18 19 18—55 



M Dorrler 23 19 23-65 I Marten 19 22 14-55 



E Fisher 24 21 20- 65 A Begerow 19 17 17-53 



GNowak 21 19 24-64 F Schmidt 21 16 16—53 



L Flach 24 21 19—64 FHecking 17 23 13-53 



B Walther 20 19 23—62 F Facronipre 31 2S 18—52 



G Zimmerman 22 20 20—62 Dr Grosch 14 20 18—52 



F CROSS 19 18 24-61 V Dittmar —50 



Dr Boyken 21 22 18-61 G Wissel V." V. —49 



C G Zettler 17 2122—60 GW Downs. . '—42 



J Coppersmith 18 20 22—60 P Steuber . —39 



LP Hansen 17 21 22—60 H Strate —27 



H Holges 23 19 19—60 C J Watson ", '—26 



RBusse 18 25 17—60 FKrumseick .. '.'—20 



Judges' target.— This target was open only to judges and ' guests of 

 the club. The prizes were two gold lockets or watch charms. An in- 

 teresting feature in this competition was the shooting of Mr. E. 

 Krauss, the worthy sire of our vice-president, Geb Krauss. The old 

 gentleman is 76 years old and he fired his three shots without the aid 

 of glasses, winning the second prize. Several of his competitors were 

 under 30 years of age. The scores are appended: 



A J Christian 23 16 17—56 F A Bachman 10 14 20—44 



5 Krauss 17 21 9-47 J Hess .'. .11 12 20-43 



E J Menmger : .,13 H 19—46 G Schmitt 12 14 12—38 



LADIES' SHOOT. 



Many of the wives and daughters of members of the Zettler Club are 

 more or less famihar with the use of the rifle. It has been the custom 

 Of the club for a number of years to extend an invitation to the lady 

 friends of the club to participate in the annual festival, and a short- 

 range target and prizes have been provided for their benefit. This year 

 exertions were made to entertain the ladies, and a committee of three 

 of the members of the club was appointed to look after the interests 

 of all the ladies They came and the committee hustled, and between 

 the two they had a good tune. Every lady who shot got a prize, and 

 when all were distributed the ladies voted that the chairman, Mr. Joe 

 Gunther, was just too nice for anything, and they hoped he would get 

 appointed on that same committee next year. The scores of the ladies 

 are appended, three shots, muzzle rest, distance 50yds., possible 45 

 points: Mrs. Dr. Boyken 41, Miss Watson 40, Mrs. Gunther 39, Mrs. 

 Walther 39, Mrs. C. G. Zettler :39, Mrs. Shaw 36, Miss M. Gunther 30, 

 Mrs. Smith 36, Mrs. Strate 35, Miss Blumingberg 35, Mrs. Wissel 35 

 Mrs. Scharman 35, Mrs. Busse 34, Mrs. Facompre 34, Mrs. Downs 33, 

 Mrs. Krauss 30, Mrs. Harmann 27, Mrs. Ross 22, Mrs. Dr. Grosch 20 

 Mrs. B. Zettler 20, Mrs. L Marten 10, Mrs. Dorrler 8, Mrs. Krumsiek 0 

 Miss Rau 0, Mrs. Nowak 0, Mrs. Plaisted (proxy) 0, Mi-s. Flach 0, Mrs 

 Engel (proxy) 0. 



Greenville Rifle Club. 



Only four members of the Greenville Rifle Club had the courage to 

 face the tempest on Friday night to visit the clubhouse for the regular 

 weekly shoot. The scores are appended, 10 shots, possible 250 dis- 

 tance 25yds. : C. Boag 243, Purkess 237, J. Boag 231, Plaisted 231 



The weekly Saturday outing of the club in Armbruster's Park on 

 Sept. 16, did not have its usual attendance. Several of the members 

 took advantage of the fine weather last week to make a visit to the 

 haunts of the grouse in the northern part of the State. The members 

 who participated in the shoot enjoyed a fine afternoon's sport. 

 Messrs, Chavant and Plaisted started out to shoot a 50-shot race, but 

 the former retired on his third strmg. The latter shot out his score, 

 ■making the following strings; 238, 215, 214, 214, 223—1,094. 



The scores of the members participating are appended: 



•Plaisted (.38-55-300 Bal. lub.) ,.17 23 24 25 23 23 32 22 24 25-228 



■C A Chavant (.32-40-185 Win. lub.).... 21 23 23 24 23 18 18 18 25 23-215 



C Boag (.25-10 BaUard) 16 19 34 20 18 23 20 19 21 21-201 



Geo Purkess (Bal. .22 long rifle) 24 16 23 11 21 16 13 25 17 23-189 



Pools— Three shots: 



Plaisted.. oi 73 08 67 Scheline 53 51 6^5 54 



Ppkess 62 60 54 53 Boag 62 62 67 61 



Chavant ....57 57 55 63 



Rifle and Pistol in San Francisco. 



San Francisco, Cal., Sept. W.—MUtw Fm-est and Stream: 

 Appended please find scores of Rifle and Pistol Club made at its 

 monthly medal shoot to-day. This is the first classification shoot of 

 the rifle section and medal shooting proper will not begin with this 

 arm until Jan. 1, 1894. 



Rifle contest, distance 200yds., any rifle, 10 shots, no re-entry, Stan- 

 dard American target, with choice of 8 or llin. black: Col S" I Kel- 

 S^lV*'^,'^' 0> RogeJ-s 75, A. Gehret 74, E. Hovey 74, 



F. Fay 74, H. HeUberg 74, Chas. Thierbaeh 73. H. Heeth 70, F O 

 Young 69, A. Heeth 68, F. Baumgartner 67, L. C. Babin 66, P. Bohr 60! 



Pistol contest, 10-shot club match, distance 50yds., :i pound pull of 

 trigger, 10 shots, no re-entry, Standard American target: E. Hovey 

 92, S.L Kellogg 92 P. Gehrc;t 89, A. Heeth 87, C. M. Daiss 87, F. O 

 Young 8S, H. Heeth 78, L. O. Rodgers 71, P. Bohr 70. 



Pistol contest, SO-shot.State championship match, open to allcomers 

 conditions same as foregoing: Col. S. I. Kellogg 265, F. O. Young 261 

 E. Hovey 261, O. M. Daiss 260, A. Heeth 2B9, F. Qehret 254. Roeel 



New York Central Corps. 



The New York Central Schuetzen Corps, Capt. Adolph Richter, held 

 Its monthly shoot m Washington Park on Thui-sday, Sept 14, The at- 

 tendance was fairly good considering the weather conditions. Those 



who brought along thefr umbreUas found use for them at the close of 

 the shoot. 



In the competition for class medals Gus. Zunmerman as usual 

 headed the list for the champion class. Henry D. Muller for the first 

 class. J. Eisenhardt for the second class, EmU Berckman for the third 

 class, and W. Schneeweis for the fourth class. The scores are ap- 

 pended: 6 shots, possible 150, German rmg target: Champion class, 

 S.o^'x?'^'^®/^^? ^ed. Schraeder 125; first class, Henry D. Muller 

 123, H. Rohde 118, N. Young 98; second class, J. Eisenhardt 121, J. Jor- 

 Barrman 116, C. F. Gennerich 114, Jacob Dux 114, W. Wie- 

 bold 94, W. Teschman 86; third class, Emil Berckman 114, N. Holster 

 113, M. Ficken 110, F. Luhr 108, J. Lowie 107, J. Fazer 104, J. Forsch 79; 

 tourth class, W. Schneeweis 109, Capt. Richter 106, A. Luck 70. 



3 shots, possible 60: Gus. Zimmerman 59, J. Eisenhardt 

 57, F. Barrmau 55, F. Schraeder 54. Emil Berckman 54. M. Ficken 52. 



Revolver Shooting in England. 



As THE revolver shootmg season is drawing to a close the members 

 of the South London Rifle Club are putting in better scores for the 

 revolver championship of the cluD. 



i.1 On Aug. 29 Mr. Winaus made the first 41 that has yet been made at 

 the club for the revolver championship. Details of scores: 



Series 1, stationary target at 20yds. (counts for the chatTipionship): 



Walter Winans 7 7 7 6 7 7—41 OF Lowe 5 7 7 5 6 5-34 



Lieut Heath 5 7 6 7 5 7—37 Mortimer 6 4 3 7 7 5—32 



Series 2, at disappearing target: 

 Walter Winans , 4 4 5 4 7 7—31 



Series 3. at a 50yds. target: 

 Walter Winans 5 4 7 7 7 4-34 Lieut Heath. 6 7 6 5 5 2-31 



Scores for championship of the club: 



Walter \Vinans 4I 40 40 40 40 39—200 



Lieut TW Heath 40 89 .38 .38 37—192 



CFLowe 39 38 .37 .36 36-186 



PH Frost 38 ,37 .37 36 36—186 



EVKeen 37 35 .34 .33 .3i_i3o 



Oollman 33 33 30 29-125 



H Andrews 36 3.3—69 



R deSahs 33 .31—64 



Roxburgh 30 21— 61 



The scores for the revolver championship of the North London 

 Rifle Club have now got Major Munday advanced to third place, and 

 Mr, Lowe has added a few poiuts to his score, but has not come up to 

 Mr. Winans. Below are details: 



W Winans 41 41 41 41 40-204 Rand 36 36 34 33 31—170 



0 F Lowe 40 39 38 38 37—192 Capt Riehards'n86 34 .33 :32 32—167 



Maoor Munday. .39 38 37 36 83-183 Carter 33 -33 83 33 33—165 



Lieut Varley.. ,.37 37 37 35 35—181 Capt Thompson;i4 32 .32 31 30—159 

 Capt Cowan, , . ,89 36 36 35 35-181 Treadwell 28 25 23 19 15-112 



Rifle and Trap in Ontario. 



Belleville, Ont., Sept. 12.- Some very good shooting, good enough 

 even for record m the great organ of legitimate sports. Forest akd 

 Stream, was made on our rifle range yesterday afternoon. In shoot- 

 ing off the tie which they made last week in the Forest and Stream 

 Club's rifle match, Messrs. S. W. Vermilyea and W. Douglas broke the 

 range record. The conditions are 10 shots at 100yds., any rifle, ofl- 



The Forest and Stream is put to press 

 on Tuesdays. Correspondence intended for 

 publication should reach us by Mondays and 

 as much earlier as may be practicable. 



Jiand, American field target, highest possible score 100. The range 

 record was 74, which was made in 1891 by Mr. AV. P. Clarke. 



The conditions were highly favorable, the light being steady with 

 a light wind from the right rear. Following are the scores, shot by 

 shot: 1 J 



SW Vermilyea 958799 10 99 6—81 



^Douglas 10 5 5 8 4 10 5 10 10 10-77 



Both of the contestants used Stevens rifles, .22cal., with "long rifle" 

 cartridge, Lyman ivory bead front and patent combination rear 

 sights. 



Our range is a very bad one. The maksman has to face north, and 

 vehile the light shifts very rapidly as the sun is clear or obscured by 

 clouds, the target is in the shadow of a railway embankment and the 

 wind has free sweep from all directions. Under these circumstances 

 1 think the scores are highly meritorious and hard to beat. 



In the trap shooting contests of the club, which comprised eight 

 matches at Cleveland bluerocks, the results were: Senior Class— R S 

 Bell first, H. B. Day second, W. P. Clarke third. Junior ClasS-J. Has- 

 lett and W. Cronk divided lu-st and second.W. Orysler thhrd R. S B 



Hartford Rifle Club. 



Hartford, Conn.— I inclose scores made by the Hartford Rifle Club 

 Sept. 9, standard target, 200yds. Medal match: 



W M Pope 9 9 9 10 8 9 8 7 7 8-84 



9 10 9 7 10 7 10 8 9 9—88 

 ^-or, . 10 10 88787 10 9 8-85 



F B Covel 7 9 8 10 9 7 8 10 8 8-S4 



^ ^ , 9 5 10 8 6 6 8 9 0 10-77 



FKRand 9 8 g 7 6 8 10 8 8 8-81 



wTTT^u 9768977 10 8 8-79 



W H Dunbar 10 5 9 6 8 6 7 10 6 5-72 



J Edn-ardS 6 8 9 9 7 7 6 10 4 10-76 



, 97875887 10 7-76 



P E Rache 6 9 7 5 10 7 6 7 6 8—71 



FSeaver 588858859 5-69 



J N La,n« 6 7 6 5 5 5 7 8 7 6-62 



AH Tyler...,.,, 4 67838509 7-63 



Edwards wins the bronze medal in 10 scores of 70 or over with 78 

 73, 74, 73, 72, 72, 76, 76, 76. 71—737. 



Badge match, one entry: Pope 75, Edwards 71, Rand 68, Dunbar 66, 

 Covel 65, Rache 63. h. M. Pope, Sec'y. 



The U. S. Amateur Revolver Championship. 



It may interest intended competitors for the above trophy, as well 

 as the present holder, to hear that Mr. Winans exhibited a copy of 

 the trophy at the London Crystal Palace exhibition of huntmg and 

 shooting art subjects. 



He won, for it and some more bronzes of his workmanship, the 

 medal. This is the second medal this trophy has won "for art 

 exceUence" at c-rhibitions hi England this year. 



Turtle Bay Rifle Club. 



At the regular weekly shoot of the Turtle Bay Club, Sept. 14, the 

 members held a team match for the refreshments for those present 

 The scores are appended, 10 shots per man, possible 250; distance 

 20yds. : 



G E Jantzer 242 O G Fuchs 236 



JOchs, Jr 210 H Walter . . '243 



J Oberle 241—723 J Dietz, Jr ' . .* "344—722 



Cincinnati, O. 



The Cincinnati Rifle Association held its regular practice shoot at 

 its range on the 10th inst. and made - the scores as appended. Condi- 

 tions, 200yds., off-hand, at the standard target: 



Pay.iie... 74 77 74 Topf 63 54 52 



Weinheimer 72 68 66 Randall. 77 77 77 



Drube 66 65 69 See '.79 71 70 



Brumback 75 74 73 



RIFLE NOTES. 



There fs a report in cu-culation that the California shooters would 

 like to have another go with the Zettler Club. There is not much 

 doubt that should the Cahfornians express a desire in the form of a 

 challenge to meet the Zettler team again the latter would meet theii- 

 advances. The rank and file of the Zettler club are just egotistical 

 enough to think that individually or collectively they can outshoot 

 anything in this glorious country. Theu' style of shooting is any 

 weight rifle that a man can hold, off-hand, with or without palm rest 

 Some use the pahn rest, others shoot without it and make just as good 

 averages, so that so far as the palm rest goes it seems to be a matter 

 of habit. 



The Hudson and the Greenville rifle clubs, of Jersey City, have shot 

 two team matches at the 200yds. range, and each club has won. In 

 the last match the Hudsons won by a margm of only 3 points over the 

 Greenville team, and it so chanced that the Greenville team was a col- 

 lection of cripples at the time, their best men being away. This leads 

 the Greenville contingent to behove that the Hudsons will fight shy of 

 any further matches with their team when its best men are on hand. 

 We hardly think the Greenville people have sized up the HudsoDB right 



in this respect. We have reason to believe that a chaflenge from the 

 Greenville Club to the Hudson Club for a match to decide the tie will 

 be accepted by the latter without delay, and for any stakes the Green- 

 ville people may desire. Are we right, Hudson ? 



The outdoor shooting season is fast drawing to a close, hut we have 

 a number of riflemen, in and about New York, who. before laying 

 aside their rifles for the winter would be pleased to enter a sweepstake 

 match for 100 shots or more, for cash or a trophy, so as to decide 

 the question as to who is the best shot at the close of the year 1893. 

 Several years have elapsed since we have had a match of this kind, 

 and a number of our local experts have become just a little inflated 

 over their holding abihty. 



Our friepd Holges, from Harlem, thinks that there is just as much 

 satisfaction in capturing the first prize of the Z' ttlers on the score of 

 two V. 3s as to take a long and tedious journey to Chicago for Inter- 

 national honors. The ZetUers went to Chicago and skimmed the 

 International shoot. Our Harlem man goes over to Wissels and 

 skims the Zettlers. 



The Zettler Club on Monday night, after the distribution of the 

 prizes, honored one of its popular members, Dr. J. A. Boyken, by 

 crowning him anew for his great score at (Jhicago. Miss Krumseck, 

 the daughter of F. Krumseck, did the honors, assisted by President 

 B. Walther. 



All ties divided unless otherwise reported. 

 FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here 

 send In notice like the following: 



Sept. 20-31.— Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association 

 sixth tournament, at Worcester, Mass. 



Sept. 26-29.— Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association tournament 

 at Harrisburg, Pa. H. M. F. Worden, Cor. Sec'y. 



Sept. 27-28.— West End Gun Club, Ottumwa, Iowa, second annual 

 tournament. J. R. Young, Sec'y. 



September.— Manufacturers' TrapShooting Association tourna- 

 ment, at Columbus, Ohio. 



Oct. 2-7.— World's tournament, Watson's Park, Chicago, HI. Live 

 bh-ds and targets. John Watson, Manager. 



Oct. 19-20.— West Newburg Gun and Rifle Association fall tourna- 

 ment, at Newburg. 



1894. 



April 4-<3.— Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association's 

 Grand American HancUcap at Dexter Park, Long Island. 



May 82-24.— Knosville (Tenn.) Gun Club tournament, $1,000 added 

 money. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



After flve weeks' rusticatmg in the wilds of Virginia, striving to get 

 the best of a rapidly developing case of bronchitis, we are once more 

 "on deck" with an eye and ear for trap news. When on Aug. 12 we 

 left home we were what could be considered "a flrst-class wreck," not 

 quite cast up, but just about able to keep off the reef. A week was 

 spent in Charlotte, N. C, which town, by the way, we consider "the" 

 garden spot of the State, as well as the home of a body of as whole- 

 souled sportsmen as one would wish to find. From here we accnm- 



wo proposed to remain for three weeks enjoying the aroma of the 

 pines, galloping over the hills and occasionally trying our skill in 

 shooting gray .squirrels, with which the woods abound. This pro- 

 gramme we had no difficulty m following until the West Indian hurri- 

 cane came along, this being followed by several others of like charac- 

 ter, which finally succeeded in cutting us off from railroad communi- 

 cation and caused us to prolong our stop for a week. We were due 

 for business on the 9th inst., but it was the 18th before we cast our 

 opt ics on the famihar desk at "318." The trip was a beneficial one 

 both to body and mind, and we carried homo with us nearly a score of 

 pounds of flesh more than we took away. Tho excellent care bestowed 

 upon us by Mr. Mitchell and his estim.able wife is responsible for the 

 change. Hereafter we will be ready to welcome our friends at "318" 

 on Monday and Friday of each week and on tho off days wiU see them 

 at one or another of the club shoots or tom^naments. In the mean- 

 time we greet all our old friends and wish to urge them to send us 

 dates for their club shoots and to furnish us with scores of those 

 shoots we are unable to attend. 



Live bird shooters have been well attended to in the arrangement of 

 the programme of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association, 

 having two full days allotted them. On Thursday there will be the 

 contest for State championship at 15 pigeons, besides two events at 7 

 pigeons, $5 entry, and two at 10 pigeons, 810 entry. On Friday wfll 

 occur the contest for the L. C. Smith trophy, for teams of three men 

 at 15 birds per man, in addition to two 7 birds and two 10-birds events. 

 The 7 and lO-bird events are open to the world. On Tuesday and Wed- 

 nesday the shooting wUl be at Keystone and bluerock targets, the pro- 

 gramme showing eight sweeps at 20 targets each, entry for each 

 day. Then on Tuesday will be shot the Wm. Wolsteneroft & Son's 

 trophy match at 50 targets, S3 entry; the five men team championship 

 of the State at 125 tm-gets per team, and the contest for the American 

 wood powder trophy at 25 singles and 5 pah-s. On Wednesday the 

 main attraction wiU be the HazTisburg Shooting Association trophy 

 contest for club teams of six men at 150 per man. All events, except 

 those for the trophies, will be open to the world. 



The American Wood Powder Company announce some changes and 

 improvements in various brands of their wood powder, as follows: 

 They recommend their D" brand for field shooting instead of " C," 

 stating that it is a happy medium between " C" and 12-trap, being 

 quite as quick as trap in muzzle velocity, but not as quick in combus- 

 tion. Their " E," they tell us, has become a great favorite for 16 and 

 20-bores. Their "A" and " B" grades have been abandoned. In their 

 circular for August, 1893, there are some modifications of their load- ■ 

 ing rules. 



We are heartily in accord with Br'er Hough in his efforts to do 

 away with the "playing for place" business in trap contests. But 

 this will never be done so long as purses are divided as at present into 

 four or more moneys, or into 40, 30, 20 and 10^, etc. If Mr. Watson 

 wishes to have his 100-bird conte.'^t develop into a shoot "for blood" 

 let him divide his purse 70, 20 and lOjJ, and the chances are that but 

 few "points" will be played. 



Everybody who knows how to handle a smooth bore as well as those 

 Avho wish to learn how should attend John Watson's tournament at 

 Chicago on October 2 to 7, inclusive. No man in the country is better 

 qualified to engineer a tournament than is Mr. Waisim, and nowhere 

 can you be assured of a better shoot than on his grounds. And his 

 bh-ds, too, are usually good enough for anybody to practice on. 



The Roseville Gun Club announces an all day open tournament to be 

 held on John Erb's Newark grounds on Thursday, Sept. 28, beginning 

 at 10 A. M. Bluerock target's will be used, and besides a carefully pre- 

 pared programme of 10, 15 and 20 target events there will be a contest 

 at 50 targets, $3 entry, with $10added by the club. Loaded shells and 

 refreshments may be procured on the grounds. 



The great (!) shoot between Capt. Bogardus and an "unknown" will 

 be shot on Sept. 30. The conditions are novel, but there are several 

 shooters in the East and the South who claim that they would want 

 nothing "softer" than to shoot under them against the Captain. As 

 to whether or not they would put up cash we are unable to say. 



The West End Gun Club, of Ottumwa, Iowa, wiU hold 'its second 

 annual tournament on Wednesday and Thursday of next week. The 

 programme is a big one, showing eighteen events each day, these 

 comprising events at both live birds and targets. The fist of mer- 

 chandise prizes is a long one and comprises many valuable articles. 



Go to Harrisburg and see to it that you take along plenty of ammu- 

 nition for both targets and live birds. "Charley" Brelsford will be 

 there, "Billy" Fieles will be there, "Jimmy" and Fuller Worden will 

 be there and so will lots of other joUy chaps. Don't miss the trip. 



The new loader designed and patented by Wm. Wagner, the well- 

 known expert of Washington, D. C, will be on the market in about 

 two months. Sportsmen -ndio have seen the working model pronounce 

 it superior to anything ever devised. 



The Washington boys propose to hold a three-days' shoot, with 

 $1,000 added money, about two weeks after the ICnoxville shoot. Full 

 details will be announced later. 



3?he Atlantic City (N. J.) Rod and Gun Club will hold a touraameut 

 on their new club groimds the third week in June, 1804. The tourna- 

 ment will last three days. 



Durmg the rest of the fall and winter Saturday afternoon shoots ftt 

 Uve bu-ds will be held on John Erb's "Old Stone House" grounds in 

 Newark. 



Shooters should not forget the fall tournament of the Weat New- 

 burg Rod and Gun Club, to be held at Newburg, N. Y., on October 19 

 and 20. 



C, H.TawsBjsND, 



