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Hackettstown Shoot. 



Hackettstowx, N. J,, Sept. 14.— In spite of a drizzly, disagreeable 

 day my shoot went on at noon. A strong southeasterly wind pre- 

 vailed, which drifted the smoke and particles of powder directly in the 

 faces of the shooters: the birds were an excellent lot, and with the 

 wind in the north or west would have tried the mettle of the best. 

 Those present came to stay. The shooting commenced at 1:30 o'clock 

 and continued until evening. It rained persistently the last two hours. 

 Those, present were Capt. A. Money, who was shooting in excellent 

 form throughout. M. F. Lindsley and wife, shooting in good style in 

 all events, but handicapped by using different guns, for his own gun 

 was broken at Allentown; after two days' hard shooting the lever 

 coupler gave way and of course could not be used. Mr. Borland, 

 chemist of the E. C. powder works, tried his novice hand at live birds, 

 for birds only. T. W. Morfey, of Paterson; WiU Spicer, of Danville, 

 Pa., and M. H. Ruple, of Milford, N. J., came on from Allentown shoot 

 on the afternoon train; W. S. Cannon, of Newark, N. J., the noted one- 

 armed shot, who never misses an opportunity to come here, because 

 he "always gets good birds and plenty of them;" J. W. Hoffman, of 

 German Valley, N. J., sick in body, but full of shoot and fun as ever: 

 "Doc" Howell and J. J. Drake, of Chester, N, J. Mr. Thos. Young 

 filled the place of referee and scorer in a very satisfactory manner. 

 The scores, except the last, which was a %5 entrance miss and-out, all 

 the events were held imder Association rules and boundary. 



No. 1, 5 birds: M. H. R. 5, Money 4, Morfey 5, Lindsley 2, Smith 3, 

 Spicer 5, HofEman 5. 



No. 2, same: M. H. E. 4, Money 5, Morfey 4, Lindsley 4, Smith 4, 

 Spicer 5, Hoffman 5, Drane 4, Borland 2. 



No. 3. same: Money 5, Spicer 4, Morfey 5, Canon 5, Lindsley 4, Smith 



4, Hoffman 3, Drak- .3. > i j , 



No. 4, same: Money 5, Spicer 4, Morfey 5, Canon 5, Lindsley 4, Smith 

 3, Hoffman 4, Drake 8. 

 No. 5, same: Money 5, Morfey 5, Canon 3, Spicer 4, Lindsley 4, Smith 



5. Hoffman 5, Drake 3. 



No. 6, same: Money 4, Morfey 5, Canon 3, Spicer 5, Lindsley 3, Smith 

 5, Hoffman 3, Drake 2. 



No. 7, same: Money 5, Morfey 5, Canon 4, Spicer 3, Lindsley 3, Smith 

 5, Hoffman 4, Howell 3. 



No. 8, same: Money 5, Morfey 3. Canon 5, Spicer 5, Lindsley 3, Smith 

 5, Hoffman 5, Howell 4. 



No. 9. same: Money 5, Morfey 4, Canon 5, Lindsley 4, Smith 4, Hoff- 

 man 5. 



All moneys were divided except second in No. 7. which Canon and 

 Hoffman carried through Nos. 8 and 9 and then divided. 



James L. Smith. 



Unknown Gun Club. 



The regular monthly shoot of the Unknown Gun Club was held on 

 Thursday, Sept. 14, at Dexter Park. Fifteen members competed for 

 the club's championship trophy and three extra prizes; each shot at 7 

 birds from H and T traps, modified Long Island rules, bird to be on 

 wing when shot at with first barrel. Louis Miller had a good lot of 

 birds and the shooting of the veterans was lively. Ike Hyde and J. 

 Boyd tied for first prize and divided. Eight tied with 6 each for the 

 second prize, which was finally divided between J. Flynn, E. Vroome 

 and P. Sweeney. The third was also divided. In a sweepstake shoot 

 that followed a lively race took place between J. Flynn and P. Sweeney 

 for the first money in the second sweep. Each killed 14 out of 15 and 

 then had to divide. The scores: 



I Hyde 1121111—7 J Boyd 1111111—7 



J Flynn 2011182—6 H Boemermann 2010121—5 



J Sampson 1110121—6 H Knebel, Sr 0112110—5 



E Vroome 2101211—6 Dr Little 2101110—5 



H Skidmore 2221022—6 W Schumacher 2100220—4 



.2221220-6 C Munch 





.1011112-6 P Sweeney 

 1020010-3 













The Jeannette Gun Club. 



The members of the Jeannette Gun Club held a very pleasant day's 

 outing on Friday, Sept. 15, at Dexter Park. It was the shoot of the 

 fall season but only eleven members were present to compete for the 

 three gold medals of the club in the several classes. Each shot at ten 

 birds. If the second barrel was used only a half point was scored. H. 

 Otten won the class A medal with nine, H. Hoops being too late to 

 shoot for it, he also scoring nine with the first barrel. C. F. Opper- 

 mann and C. Mohrman tied for the class B medal with nine each. On 

 the shoot off the former won, L. Lehring taking the class C medal 

 with six. Some good sweepstakes were shot off during the after- 

 noon. The scores: 



C Roesch 1101211310— 8 C Steflens .-.lllOOlllll— 8 



H Otter 1212212201— 9 C Mohrman ...0111112111— 9 



L Lehring 0211021200— 6 C M Meyer 2211112322-10 



J Vagts 2102111110- 8 J Bohllng 2011210302- 7 



C F Oflerman 1111013111— 9 *H Hood 1110111111— 9 



A J Chester 1110210111— 8 



*Arrived too late to compete for the Class A medal. 



Coney Island Rod and Gun Club. 



Fourteen members of the Coney Island Rod and Gun Club competed 

 for the Plate diamond badge and five cash prizes at Woodlawn Park, 

 Gravesend, L. I., on Wednesday, Sept. 13. Each man shot at 7 birds, 

 club handicap, American Association rules. 



This was the fifth contest for the badge and had been previously won 

 by Dr. Van Ord and W. Laird twice each. Six tied with straight scores 

 of 7 each, including the two previous winners. H. McLaughlin with- 

 drew and left the others to shoot off the tie. A good race took place, 



and F. Pfaender won the badge and first money with 15 more straight, 

 just beating W. Laird on the last round. J. B. Voorhees won the sec- 

 ond cash prize from D. Lynch and C. Plate. The third and fourth 

 were divided and F. Graff took the fifth with a score of 3. The score: 



Club shoot at 7 birds, club handicap, Plate diamond badge: 



W Lair 2121121—7 F Greff 0011002-3 



W Scheeljes 1010212—5 F Pfaender 1211122—7 



Dr Van Ord 2122122-7 H McLaughlin 1182111—7 



J A Eppig 1121121-7 M Bondin 0221002—4 



S Schliemann.. 1111111—7 J C De Fraine 2110001-4 



F McLaughlin 0122011—5 C Plate 2110112—6 



J B Voorhees 1311201—6 D Lynch 1121012—6 



Referee and scorer, Mr. .1. 0. De Fraine. 



Keystone vs. Woodbury. 



WooDBUKY, N. J., Sept 16.— To-day the challenge match between the 

 Keystone League and the Woodbury Gun Club took place on the 

 grounds of the latter club. Of the Keystone League only seven mem- 

 bers turned up in time to shoot. 



The Woodbury boys had made preparations for a good crowd and 

 certainly gave those present a good feast and a very pleasant recep- 

 tion. They had a large 'bus at the station to meet the visitors and 

 gave them a good drive through the town to the shooting ground, 

 where w-e found everything ready for the match, aud from the pile of 

 large watermelons on hand it puzzled some of us to know which we 

 were to shoot at, watermelons or bluerocks. It was soon decided to 

 shoot at bluerocks and eat watermelons, and we certainly did justice 

 to both. Mr. S. Merchant was master of ceremonies in charge of the 

 feast, and any one that left the grounds hungry it was because he was 

 too bashful to eat before a crowd. Messrs. G. W. Cattell, B Cattell, 

 Green and in fact all the members of the club did everything in their 

 power to make the League boys enjoy themselves and they did it with 

 a vengeance. Conditions, 25 targets from 5 tmknown traps: 

 Keystone. 



HThurman 1111101110111110111010101—19 



W Garvin 1100101111111011011110000—16 



W Thomas 1111111011111111111111111—24 



W Pack 0111000011111101101111110—17 



J Hack ^ 1011111111111111111111101—23 



A J Rush 1110101111110011011000111—17 



John Tredway 1101001111111111100111001—17—133 



Woodbury. 



J D Green 0011101111011111111111111—21 



JEastham 1011011100110100111111011—17 



GThackara 1100000011000001100111111—12 



J Henderson OOlOOOllOOi 1001 OOll 000000— 8 



A Miller 1 11111 1101 01 101011 010101 1—18 



G W CatteU 1111111111101111001111110—21 



E C Cattell 0111101000101111010110111—16—113 



After the clab match two sweeps were shot of 9 targets each. The 

 ties were divided, as it was getting dark and almost train time. With 

 a hearty shake of hands all around and wishes that the same dose 

 would be administered soon again the Philadelphia boys left on the 

 6.09 train for home. 



Sweep No. 1, 9 tergets: RuBt 5, Green 7, Thomas 5, Miller 8, Tread- 

 way 8, Merchant 7, Hack 2, Geo. Cattell 5, Mr. Pack 8, Thackara 4, 

 Garoni 6, Thurman 8, Dougherty 7, E. Cattell 4, Hudson 3. 



Sweep No. 3, same, rapid firing: Rust 5, Green 6, Thomas 8, Tread- 

 way 9, Merchant 7, Hack 6, Geo. Cattell 4, Garoni 4, Thurman 9. 



Parkway Rod and Gun Club. 



Fifteen members of the P^kway Rod and Gun Club were present 

 at the regular monthly club shoot at Dexter Park on Wednesday, 

 Sept. 13. Each shot at seven birds, class handicap, for the club's gold 

 medal and class prizes, the latter being oil paintings by T. Short, one 

 of the members. J. Bennett won in Class A, E. Woolley in class B and 

 H. Le Maire in Class C, each with seven straight. On the shoot off for 

 the medal H. Le Maire won on the fifth roimd. Sweepstake shooting 

 followed, and a good race was made between J. Bennett, T. T. Edger- 

 ton and D. Monsees, each having to shoot at sixteen birds for first 

 money, and then having to divide on account of darkness. The birds 

 were a good lot and American Association rules were adopted. The 

 Parkways' annual clambake lakes place on Thursday, Sept. 21, at the 

 treasurer's residence, corner of Van Siclen and Belmont avenues. East 

 New York. The score of shoot: 



Class A, 28 and 30yds.: 



A Botty 212«211— 6 F T Edgerton 0110211—5 



E Helgans 2220223-6 H Bookman 0000011—2 



J Bennett 2221211—7 A Waeldin 21.1112-6 



D Monsees 2111101—0 



Class B, i'S and 27yds.: 



T Short 0210211—5 HBramweU 0212112—6 



L Moeller 0221100—4 E Woolley 1223111—7 



M Ellis 1022021—5 



Class C, 23 and 25yds.: 



A Andrews 0011112—5 H Le Maire 1211211—7 



HSelover 2101111—6 



North Shore Gun Club. 



Port Richmond, N. Y.— Scores made at the monthly shoot of the 

 North Shore Gun Club on Sept. 9, each man shooting at 25 bluerocks 

 from unknown traps: 



Scofield llOlllOlllOloninillOlll- 20 



Bartram 101011011111101] 101011101— 18 



Seawood OlOOllllOlinOlOlllOOOllO- 15 



Rawson 1011111110011111111111111-22 



Howard 0110111111011111011010010—17 



L. ScoFiELB, Jr., Sec'y. 



Waverly Gun Club. 



The regular monthly shoot of the Waverly Gun Club was held on 

 Monday, Sept. 11, at Dexter Park. Nine shot for the club's gold 

 medal, at 10 bluerocks each, 2 traps. Otto Hilmer was the winner 

 with 9. R. Mohrman was second with 8. A sweepstake shoot followed, 

 Otto Hilmer being the winner w-ith 5 out of 6. The scores: 



OHUmer 1111011111—9 J Rugen 0001100000—2 



H Van Staden 0110110101—6 L Grane , 0011010110—5 



G Helmstead 0011010000—8 J Rathjen 0000000000—0 



MSchulz 0110100100-4 R Mohrman 1111001111—8 



A Fehlelsen 0000010001—2 



Newark Gun Club Shoot. 



There was a slim turnout at the September shoot of the Newark 

 Gun Club, but the shooting was first-class, as were the birds. Of 184 

 shot at 164 were killed. There were three lO-bird events. No. 2 being 

 the club shoot. In No. 8 second money was decided by a miss-and- 

 out by Castle and P. Jay on the eighth round. The scores are here 

 given: 



No. 1, at 10 bu-ds, $=1 entry: 



Castle , 1111112101— 9 Erb 2102111212— 9 



Hollis 1010121111— 8 P Jay 1112111112—10 



Hedden 1121111111—10 



No. 2. club shoot at 10 birds for points and a nominal sweepstake 

 included: 



Castle 1111112111—10 Erb 1112211113—10 



Hollis 1211110211— 9 P Jay 21.2112111— 9 



Hedden 1012012131— 8 Walters 1100221101— 7 



No. 8, at 10 birds, 85 entry: 



Tie. 



Gastle 1111111011—9 11211211 Hollis 1201»11000— 5 



PJay 0212221221—9 2111. alS Hedden 1111211212—10 



Erb 2022H1211— 9 1122111* 



Imwer^ to ^ams^md^ntB. 



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J. B., Lindsay, Ont.— I have seen in'the Forest and Stream scores 

 made on the "Standard American Revolver Target." Will you kindly 

 inform me what the "Standard" is, also the values of shots thereon at 

 20yds. or 25yds. ? Ans. The "Standard American Revolver Target" 

 referred to is the standard American target used in rifle shooting. 

 For 25yds. shooting with the revolver the regular 100yds. target is 

 used. The possible for 10 shots is 100. 



W. B. T., Philadelphia.— Can you advise me of any method of mak- 

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 cock or quail? Ans. .To load chokebore guns so as to scatter the shot 

 at close quarters, diminish the thickness of wadding between the 

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M. L. W., Adrian, Mich.— 1. Is there good hunting in Texas such as 

 quail, partridge, ducks, and other birds, and in what part of the 

 State? 2. Is there good fishing there, and what kind of fish and 

 whereabouts? 3. Which is considered the best State in the South or 

 West for hunting and fishing? Ans. 1. Go to Dallas, Texas, where 

 you will find bird shooting all you want. 2. Good fishing near Bee- 

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C. H. B., Buffalo, N. Y.— Kindly inform me as to the best shooting 

 grounds for large, also small, game within thirty hours' ride west of 

 Chicago. Ans. Neligh, Neb., and the counties adjoining make an ex- 

 cellent objective point for chickens this year. Kennedy, in northern 

 Minnesota, will offer entirely .satisfactory sport on grouse, with moose 

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