S86 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Sept. 30, 1898. 



Toronto C. C. Paddling Trophy. 



The Toronto Canoe Club were very unfortunate in having Saturday 

 for the international paddling trophy race. There vras a strong north- 

 west wind hlowin?. and as a result "all the little vravelets had their 

 ■white caps on," The race was to start at 3 o'clock, but at that time 

 the regatta committee decided to wait for the sea to calm down, but 

 it was a vain hope, and at 6 o'clock the contestants were ordered to 

 get to the starting point. Evei-y one would have preferred having it 

 postponed until Monday, but R. D'Arcy Scott, of Ottawa, the winner 

 of the A. C. A. paddling trophy, had to return Sunday, so there was 

 no help for it. After quite a delay all got to the starting point. 

 When they lined up it was seen that Muntz and O'Brien had covered 

 racers, and Scott had an open racer. Their positions were on one 

 knee, with the other foot extended in front. Tilley and Johnston had 

 ordinary double Peterboro open canoes, and took the standing posi- 

 tion. An excellent start was made and the paddlers kept well together 

 until the half-mile mark, when R. G. Muntz, of the Argonauts, drew 

 ahead, and finished six lengths to the good. Time, 8:55. He thus 

 maintained his title of champion double blade paddler of America. R. 

 D'Arcy Scott was second, three lengths ahead of A. H. O'Brien, of the 

 Argonauts, and Tilley and Johnston, of the Toronto C. C. At the fin- 

 ish it was almost too dark to recognize the paddlers as they passed the 

 finishing point.— roronio Mail, Sept. IS. 



A Passaic River Camp. 



The canoeists of the Passaic River will hold a three-day camp on 

 Oct. 6, 7 and 8 at Bendview. near Avondale Station, on the Erie Rail- 

 road. The camp is on the Passaic River, above Belleville. All canoe- 

 ists are invited, and tents will be provided for visitors from a distance, 

 though each will do well to carry a pair of warm blankets. 



CANOE NEWS NOTES. 



Under date of Sept. 10 the "'Whiffler," writing to a friend, thus de- 

 scribes his meeting with the "Jabberwock" at Oakland, Cal : "I went 

 over to Oakland, and at the Oakland C. 0. found the 'Jabberwock' 

 on the float, preparing his canoe for a race; when I spoke to him and 

 be realized who it was he nearly fell over backward with amazement; 

 then he sprang up, grabbed me by the shoulder and executed the 

 wildest kind of a war dance, crying, 'The "VVhifiaer!" the "Whifflerl" 

 Why, bless your old eyes, how did you get here? Where did you come 

 from? What ! been to Alaska and never wrote for me to go with you?' 

 etc., etc. The 'Jabberwock' goes East in about a week so he is most 

 hkely near New York now." We regret to say that the "WhifQer" did 

 not tell of the "Jabberwock" racing, but we all know that in a race 

 for friendship with any of the hundreds of his canoeing friends "Jab- 

 ber" always gets there— jang-a-lang, jang-a-lang. 



Zettler Club Shoot. 



CyPRESS Hills Park, Long Island, Sept. S4.— This being the regular 

 practice day of the club, the larks were hardly on the lookout for 

 the early worm before straggling groups of the experts were to be 

 seen entering the park. There was some interest centered in this shoot 

 from the fact that two of the lay members. Messrs. Schmidt and Plais- 

 ted, had challenged two of the experts, Messrs. Ross and Holges, for a 

 fifty-shot race to be shot here this morning, the losers to pay for the 

 dinners. The challengers had for some days been boasting as to their 

 ability to do up the experts, but whether this boasting was in earnest 

 or simply a whistle to keep up their courage, it is hard to say. Proba- 

 bly the latter. At any rate the lay members were not in it after the 

 second string was shot. The scores were as follows: 



F C Ross 231 207 226 227 217—1098 



H Holges..... 199 212 208 224 218—1061-2159 



Philip F Schmidt 200 210 205 201 212—1028 



G W Plaisted 207 185 217 217 203—1029—2057 



The weather conditions were favorable for good shooting and some 

 of the shooters present made creditable scores. Geo. W. Downs struck 

 an expert gait at one time, making a score of 215 points. L. P. Hansen 

 has joined the Zettlers and shot along with them for the first time to- 

 day. His scores of 219 and 215 show that he is reaching for the expert 



F 0 Ross 23 25 20 24 20 



24 21 25 21 22 



H Holges 24 32 23 23 23 



2;j 23 34 20 25 



LP Hansen 22 22 21 22 20 



23 28 20 20 15 



G W Plaisted 20 22 22 25 19 



20 19 24 20 24 



C G Zettler 22 20 21 20 21 



19 22 21 21 20 



RHarmann 19 20 21 23 15 



24 23 18 23 23 



P F Schmidt 19 24 20 19 23 



19 21 24 19 20 



B Zettler 24 20 22 17 20 



20 17 22 15 20 



G W Downs 83 20 20 24 20 



11 19 18 22 18 



Jos Gunther 19 17 15 10 22 



20 21 32 10 18 



F Fabarius 25 5 17 19 19 



17 17 6 19 11 



23 24 2'a 

 23 24 20 

 21 18 23 

 20 23 17 



23 22 23 



24 24 30 



19 23 23 



20 19 34 



21 34 34 

 24 23 33 



23 33 23 



24 23 17 

 23-33 31 

 15 23 21 



22 32 23 



18 24 33 

 24 17 24 

 17 14 28 

 20 9 19 



19 8 18 



17 20 18 



18 11 19 



22 25—827 



22 34—228 



23 24—224 

 33 31-818 

 33 23-219 

 25 31-215 

 S3 21—217 



23 24-217 



18 25-216 



24 22—215 



25 23—214 



14 22-211 



19 23-312 



24 24-210 

 18 22—209 



25 3-— 208 



22 22—315 



23 22—187 



20 22—173 



15 19—170 

 10 In -159 



9 21-148 



Hudson Rifle Club. 



All arrangements have been completed for the match between the 

 Hudson Rifle Club and Paterson Rifle Association for a purse of $40, 

 which takes place at Paterson, N. J., Oct. 1, at 1 P. M., distance 

 100yds., German 20-ring target. Trains leave Kew York via Erie R. 

 R., at 12, Jersey City at 13:12 P. M. 



In regard to the item under the heading of "Rifle Notes" which ap- 

 peared in the last issue of Fokest and Stream, regarding the Hudson 

 and Greenville teams, it is unnecessary to state that the Hudsons do 

 not look for newspaper honor, but do actual work when called upon 

 to present themselves at the butts. It can be further stated that they 

 are perfectly prepared to meet the GreenviUes at any time and for 

 any purse which may be agreed upon, as there is never an excuse 

 made for being disabled by not having their best men with them. The 

 club is now composed of such strong elements, that there are always 

 enough "best" men to compete in a match even if it should call for 30 

 men. Any challenge from the Hudsons' friends in GreenvUle will no 

 doubt be cheerfully accepted and no excuses offered. 



The Puritan Rifle Club have challenged the Hudson Rifle Club to a 

 10 men team match, to take place at an early date. 



The following members of the Hudson Rifle Club, shot the appended 

 scores on Saturday, Sept. 23, on the Marion range, distance 100yds. 

 The rifles used were the regular gallery rifles, using .22cal. cartridges. 

 C. E. Bird 14 17 7 18 20 16 14 13 13 16—148 



17 13 18 15 19 15 13 15 16 15-156 

 T. A Reynolds 9 12 18 9 13 20 17 13 16 15—142 



10 15 17 11 17 10 19 10 14 14—137 



19 19 14 11 16 11 13 14 6 16—139 



W. Cornell 14 13 11 19 14 18 11 19 13 15—146 



O. Stademann 18 15 18 17 16 11 1 6 13 14—130 



17 '7 0 13 10 16 19 16 15 14—128 

 S. Middleton 80 13 15 9 14 9 14 10 13 17—133 



12 18 15 14 13 14 5 18 15 15—189 

 The Eagle. 



German-American Prize Shoot. 



The sixteenth annual festival and prize shoot of the German- Ameri- 

 can Shooting Society of New York was held in Washington Park on 

 Monday and Tuesday of last week. The society is composed of some 

 twenty odd separate companies and the membership is sometbinghke 

 1,400. Many of om- prominent shooters are identified with the society 

 and there is more or less rivah-y among the several companies for in- 

 dividual and team honors. 



The Lutzow Co. No. 13 has for some years held the lead in the team 

 competitions. Its captain, Gus Zimmerman, a shooter with an inter- 

 national reputation, is known as a hustler, and he has probably had 

 much to do with the success of his company. To ex-captain Gus 

 Ringleris also due much of the credit for keeping up the reputation 

 of the Lutzow as the banner company of the society. 



To have the pleasure of claiming a company member as the king at 

 the annual festival is also a matter of no hltle moment to the several 

 company organizations. This year the honor fell to the Lutzow Co. 

 in the person of its captain, Gus Zunmefman, who made the fine score 

 of 69 points out of a possible 75 on the ring target. The crowning cere- 

 monies on the evening of the second day were carried out in a most 

 elaborate manner and the Lutzow Co. had made great prepartions for 

 a grand time, whic^ was broken up by the receipt of a telegram, by 

 Zimmerman, fortunately untrue, that his wife lay at the point of death 

 at bonie. This paused him to hurry away in great distress of mind. 



C G Zettler 73 



F Knochenhauer . . .69 



R Busse 71 



EGuUig 



The programme formulated by the shooting committee, if it had re- 

 ceived its just deserts, would have been boycotted by the members of 

 the society and ah outside shooters. But it seems as though the aver- 

 age shooter, in his desire to shoot, will submit to almost any shooting 

 programme, no matter how unreasonable its demands maybe. This 

 committee, who had made an effort to get up a programme which 

 would handicap the good shooter, are no doubt much surprised at the 

 results of their labors. The experts got in their work as usual; shoot- 

 ing but httle, just enough to land in their usual positions. The aver- 

 age shooter nibbled a little at the programme and then drew out, and 

 mstead of the society's making $200 or §300 on the shoot, it barely 

 cleared its expenses. The programme: 



Ring target, open to aU comers, tickets unlimited. Tickets 3 shots. 

 Non-members must pay $3 for the first ticket, all re-entries %\. Three 

 best tickets to count for first 10 prizes. The two best tickets to count 

 for the second 10 prizes, and the single best ticket for all other prizes; 

 42 prizes ranging from $40 to SI- Scores: 



FEisler 73 71 69-213 B Zettler 79 67 63-199 



F CROSS 72 71 70-213 Otto Uehlein ........ . 70 69-139 



MDorrler 78 70 69—213 W Weber 67 66—133 



PF Schmidt 71 71 70-318 GusRingler 67 60-127 



Louis Flach 70 7o 69-209 LP Hansen 64 63—127 



Gus Zimmerman... 72 69 68—209 F Lindkloster 65 61 -126 



65 65-203 GeoSchlicht 03 63—126 



69 64-202 MTobler 65 60-135 



67 6;j— 201 A Mathias 63 58—131 



- 67 44—199 G. Scraage 60 60-120 



J. Link 67, C. Rein 76, M. Tropp 61, B. Kalin 60. M. Bauerher 59, L. 

 Hofener 58, O. Hinz 57, E. Karl 56, M. Konig 56, C. Frankel 55, M. 

 Hedreichs 55, J. Pfennig 55, A. Medler 54, B. Urbansky 52, L. Kirschner 

 52j E. Hotz 50, Hy. Fischer 47, Butcher King 45, Kirschuber 4.5, A. 

 Mann 45, M. Odendahl 44, H. Schultheis 40. Premiums for most rings: 

 1st, F. Eisler; 2d, L. Flach; 8d, M. Dorrler; 4th, R. Busse; 5th, C. G. 

 Zettler. 



Medal target, open to all comers, re-entries unlimited, sixteen 

 medals. Winners: Gus Zimmerman, Fred Eisler, Fred 0. Ross, M. 

 Dorrler, Louis Flach, C. G. Zettler, B. Zettler, E. GuUig, Otto Uehlein. 

 L. P. Hansen, W, Weber, Gus Ringler, C. Rein, R. Busse, E. Gullig, 

 Fred Knochenhauer. 



Man target, open to all comers, tickets 3 shots 50 cents, re-entries 

 unlimited, two best tickets to count for first six prizes, one ticket for 

 all others. Scores: F. C. Ross 117. Gus Zimmerman 116, B. Zettler 

 114, M. Dorrler 112, L. Flach 111, Chas. Rein 111, M. Tropp 55, C. G. 

 Zettler 55, R. Busse 55, W. Weber 54, T. Lindkloster 54, H. Zimmer 53, 

 W. Seppenfeldt 53, L. P. Hansen 53, Mathies 52, L. Buss 51, J. Link 50, 

 Wageman 50, Otto Wehlein 50. Premiums for most red flags: First, 

 F. C. Ross; second, R. Busse; third. B. Zettler; fourth, Gus Zim- 

 merman. 



King target, open only to members of the society, 3 shots, German 

 ring target. Scores: 



Gus Zimmerman 24 21 31—69 GusNowak 19 15 18—52 



Otto Hintz 24 19 32-65 H Fischer 81 19 18-53 



Otto Uehlein 33 31 21—65 H Zimmer 13 18 21—51 



B Walther 22 18 24-64 J Rohling 13 20 19—51 



F Meyer S3 23 18—63 



C G Zettler 23 17 23-62 



P Armbrust 23 25 15—68 



GAlbig 15 22 23—60 



F Lindkloster 30 17 28—60 



E Gullig 25 15 20-60 



J Bauer 17 88 11—51 



B Kalin 19 17 14—50 



LKnoesel 16 14 19-49 



B Junge 16 16 17-49 



M Medler 12 21 16^9 



M Reinlein 19 18 12-49 



FKoppstadter 81 20 19-60 F Knochenhauer 18 18 13— 



C Wagner 19 18 32-59 M Thomas 18 11 18-47 



E Karl 30 17 21-58 B Zettler 18 12 17-47 



M Albrich 21 22 14-57 G Bock 7 24 16—47 



G Breda 23 11 23—56 M Schwager 4 20 13—47 



W Weber 13 31 32—156 C Frankel 15 6 25-46 



G Kohmeyer 19 16 21-56 C Kantzler 13 14 19—46 



Butcher Kmg 14 23 19—56 H Nolke 18 14 14-46 



J Hedrich 10 23 33-55 Ed Hotz 8 19 18—45 



J Marz 82 20 13—55 



J Link 15 19 80-54 



MTobler 18 20 16—54 



J Bermer 17 23 15-54 



M Oschmann 17 11 17—45 



FHafner 19 8 17—44 



J Lurch 18 18 8-44 



H Schneehens 17 18 14—43 



Gus Ringler 83 20 13- 54 C Lietschgi 18 17 12—43 



AVSeppenfeldt 11 30 23—53 A Ludwig 14 16 13-43 



M Tropp 19 13 33—53 L Kirschner 19 0 23—42 



M Detzer 20 15 18—53 H Wirth 0 17 24—41 



EVeigel 83 14 17—53 H Wiedman 13 9 19—41 



GLuchat 20 2113—53 MHarselbach 20 2 19—41 



M Ostendorf 11 20 31—58 



Revolver Shooting in England. 



On Sept. 5 the members of the South London Rifle Club, in their 

 weekly revolver competition made some very good scores. Mr. Wal- 

 ter Winans made a score of 41 at the 30yds., which puts him on two 

 more points for the revolver championsbip of the club. He now holds 

 the revolver championship of both the South and North London rifle 

 clubs, as his scores have got such a lead on those of the other mem- 

 bers that it is impossible for them to pass them in the few weeks left 

 before the competitions close. Mr. Winans therefore does not intend 

 to shoot at the clubs any more this season unless his scores are threat- 

 ened. Below are details of results: 



50yds. Targeit. 



Walter Winans 777767—41 C F Lowe 766776—39 



C P Frost 777747—40 GMortimer 4,54777—34 



50yds. Target. 



Walter Winans 774757—30 



The scores for the revolver championship of the club stand: 



Walter Winans. 41 41 40 40 40—302 G Mortimer 34 33 20 25—120 



Lieut T Heath. .40 39 38 38 37—192 H Andrews 35 33— 08 



C F Lowe 39 39 ,38 37 36—189 R de Sails 33 31- 64 



E V Keen 37 35 34 33 31—170 Roxburgh 30 21— .51 



Coflmau 33 33 30 29-135 



The scores for the revolver championship of the North London Rifle 

 Club now stand as below. (It will be noticed that Capt. Cowan has 

 drawn into third place ahead of Lieut Varley): 



Walter Winans. 41 41 41 41 40—204 Rand 36 85 36 34 33-174 



C F Lowe 40 30 38 38 37—193 CaptRichards'n:36 86 36 34 32—174 



Capt Cowan.... 39 39 36 36 35—185 Capt Thompson34 32 33 81 80—1.59 



Lieut Varley... 38 .37 87 87 35-185 Tread weU 38 25 33 19 1.5—113 



Major Munday.39 38 37 36 33—183 Roxburgh 30— 80 



Scelton 37 37 36 36 36—182 



Greenville Rifle Club. 



For once in its history the Zettler Rifle Club is compelled to draw 

 upon its treasury to make up a deficit from its fall festival. The shoot 

 was a success, notwithstanding the hard times. A httle extravagance 

 on the part of the management brought about the deficit. 



At the festival of the United Italian Societies in Lion Park last week 

 seven of the eleven prizes went to members of the Italian Shooting 

 Society. Practice makes perfect in rifle shooting as well as in every- 

 thing else. 



The Greenville Rifle Club and the Puritans, of Newark, are rubbing 

 noses over a team match, 



L. Buss struck something easy when he polished off that old veteran 

 Louis Vogel. This old chanticleer has been handled so much that he 

 has hardly a feather left to him. 



The GreenvUle Rifle Club has decided to hold a gallery prize shoot in 

 its club house ranges on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 11 and 13. The 

 prize list will contain 20 prizes ranging from $40 to $2, with 5 pre- 

 miums from SIO to The programme of the shoot will be issued in 

 a few days. 



At the weekly gallery shoot of the Greenville Rifle Club, of Green- 

 ville, N. J., on Friday, Sept. 23, the following scores were made: 10 

 shots, possible 350, distance 35yds.: Plaisted 242, Dorrler 241, Chavant 

 240, Purkess 339, C. Boag 339, Collins 238, Robidou.x 238, J. Boag 237, 

 Dodds 337, Hill 3'3.3, ' ^ ' 



The attendance at the Saturday outings of the Greenville (N. J.) 

 .Rifle Club, in Ambruster's Park, is growing smaller as the season ad- 

 vances, owing probably to the fact that many of the members are de- 

 prived of their half holiday from Sept. 1. Only six members were 

 present, and of these, four filled out their scores. Colhns is improv- 

 mg very fast in his shooting both in the gaUery and at long range. 

 Conditions, 10 shots, German ring target, 800yds. The scores are ap- 

 pended: Plaisted 820, W. C. Collins 211, C. H. Chavant 208, C, Boag 194. 



New York City Corps. 



The monthly shoot of the New York City Schuetzen Corps in Wash- 

 ington Park on Friday, Sept. 23, brought out the usual quota of regu- 

 lars. R. Busse carried off the honors on the ring and bullseye targets, 

 and Otto Uehlein on the man target. The scores are appended: 



Ring target: R. Busse 307, C. G. Zettler 196, Christ. I). Rehra 190, 

 Otto Uehlein 188, H. Kuhlmann 180, John Facklamm 161, C. Gohmann 

 154. 



Man target: O. Uehlem 54, John Facklamm 53, R. Busse 53, C. G 

 Zettler 51, C. Rehm 49. 



Red flag: R. Busse 2, C. G. Zettler 3, J. Facklamm 8, O. Uehlein 1. 



Bullseye: R. Busse 4, C. Rothwefler 3, Otto Uehlein 3, John F. 

 Gerdes 1, H. Kuhlmann L_ 



Italians Shoot. 



The United Italian Societies of New York celebrated the Italian 

 national festival on Sept. 20 at Lion Park, The Itahan colony was 

 out in force. A small shooting programme was put up in the short 

 range gaUery and an invitation extended to all comers to participate. 

 The ItaUans have a shooting club devoted to both the shotgun and 

 the rifle, and many of the members are very good shots with either 

 arm. The scores are appended, possible 54: 



Honor target: L. Reali 54, P. Selvaggi 53, G. Gandolfl 51, C. Schwab 

 61, M. Guerrieri 49, G. Muzio 49. 



Common target: P. Selvaggi 52, A. Madaia 52, F. Rossi 51, A. Pala- 

 dino 51, Schmith 51. 



RIFLE NOTES. 



Chas. 0. Wissel, the genial proprietor of the Cypress Hills Park, 

 Long Island, contemplates a two- weeks' visit to the wilds of Mame. He 

 expects to start £(,bout Oct. 25, making the Rangeley district bis objec- 

 tive point, 



AU ties divided unless otherwise reported. 

 FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here 

 send In notice like the following: 



Sept. 35-26.— Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association 

 seventh tournament, at Lynn, Mass., under the auspices of the Lynn 

 Fish and Game Protective Association. 



Sept. 26-29.— PennsylvaniaStateSirortsmen's Association tournament 

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



Sept. 37-38.— West End Gun Club, Ottumwa, Iowa, second anmjal 

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



Oct. 3-7.— World's tournament, Watson's Park, Chicago, 111, Live 

 birds and targets. John Watson, Manager. 



Oct. 3.— Paterson Gun Club, 25-bird sweep, $25 entry, at WiUard's 

 Park, Paterson, N. J. 



Oct. 19-30.— West Newbiu-g Gun and Rifle Association fall tourna- 

 ment, at Newbiu'g. 



1894. 



April 4-5.— Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association's 

 Grand American Handicap at Dexter Park, Long Island. 



May 22-24.— Knoxvihe (Tenn.) Gun Club tournament, 151,000 added 

 money. 



June (third week).— Atlantic City Rod and Gun Club, three days' 

 tournament. Address R, C. Griscom, Sec'y, Atlantic City, N. J. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



The Crescent Gun Club of Denver, Col., wDl shoot on Oct. 8 at 

 Perrin's Lake, beginning at 10 A. M. The Sept. issue of Sports Afield 

 has the following sketch of this club. "The Crescent Gun Club, 

 organized early in the year, is in an extremely healthy condition, both 

 as regards finances and membership — the latter being in the neighbor- 

 hood of forty. The club's regular shoot comes oft" the first Sunday in 

 each month (except when said Sunday falls on the 1st or 2d of the 

 month) at its well-arranged club-house near Berkeley Lake. North 

 Denver, Harry Luekenbach of the Denver Packing Company is the 

 efficient Secretary; with Wifliam Beggs, Quimby Lam plough and 

 William J. Wulft' as President, Vice-President and Tre.isnrer respec- 

 tively. The persomiel of the club's membership is good. Thewa'iter 

 has not a complete list b.v him but piclts the following out of his 

 mental hat rack: Harry Bostwick, A. H. Lefler, Charlie Roth, Ed. 

 Warren, Pete Schlereth, George Lyons. Henry Morehouse, Charles 

 Fetta, Walter Young, Fred Stapp, Frank Anderson, Henry Gebhard, 

 C. E. Weatherhead, W. G. Fetta, E. G. Owens, Max Nert', Len Watkins 

 Hon. J. D. McGilvray, Paul Stenck, J. W. Tomlinson, N. C. Evans, 

 George Bailey, Paul Haberl, George Miles, R. G. Greiner, F. C Smidle 

 H H. Metcalf, Henry Smith, Nick Dowling, A. M. Grant. A. H. Smith 

 and the BurUngton Route's clever Western passenger agent, George 

 Vallery. The club's gold medal has been won three times niready; 

 first, by William Wulff; second, by Eddy Warren; and third (Sept 3) 

 by Frank Anderson. It has to be won three times (not necessarily in 

 succession) by one person to entitle him to its permanent possession. 

 Here is how it is shot for: Fifty bluerocks, divided as follows: 

 Fifteen walk around, unknown traps; 15 unknown trap, shooter at 

 centre trap; 5 pairs, doubles; and 10 walk around, known trap. The 

 Oct. 8 shoot is going to be a 'whizzer.' — All de 'ristocratic shooters 

 wUl be dar," 



A year ago we recorded the fact that several members of the North 

 End Club, the crack social organization of Newark, N. J., had become 

 enthusiastic over the subject of trap-shooting, and that a number of 

 matches were on the tapis. For some unknown reason the enthu- 

 siasm suddenly cooled and the matches went by default. Last week, 

 however, interest in the sport was revived by the efforts of some of 

 the members and before long the club is expected to put a team in the 

 field against the Newark Gun Club. The prime movers in the new 

 departure are Fred. Castle, a son of Samuel Ca.stle the veteran of the 

 Newark Gun Club, .John Brockie, who passes his winters shooting at 

 game in Florida, Henry M. Doremus, John Young and Jacob Clark. A 

 week ago these five men secured a lot of rattling good birds and held 

 a practice shoot to test their nerve and skill. Castle killed 3,3, Do- 

 remus 33, Young 23, Clark 19 and Brockie 18, out of 35 shot at by each. 

 They have already challenged the Newark Gun Club for a shoot by 

 five men teams at 35 live birds per man, under Newark Gun Club 

 rules, for anything from dollars to doughnuts jjer side. 



Time and again we have requested that the projectors of trap shoots 

 notify us in time to allow us to give timely notice in our columns, and 

 yet week after week we receive notices of events that take place, per- 

 haps, on the day on which we go to press or during the same week. 

 Projectors of trap shoots, whether club or tournament affairs, are re- 

 sponsible in a measure for the poor turnouts at shoots owing to this 

 dilatory habit in notifying the press of their dates. For instance, our 

 last issue went to press on Sept. 19. On the 21st we received a pro- 

 gramme for a shoot to be held at Morristown on the 27th. As a mat- 

 ter of course we were tmable to assist in spreading news of the shoot. 

 This is only one of many instances which we could cite. Send us your 

 dates, if nothing more, at least two weeks before a shoot, and you will 

 always find us ready to assist you in attracting contestants. Don't 

 be afraid at the same time to send along "pointers" as to the manage- 

 ment, location of grounds, etc. 



A great time is expected at Willard's Park, Paterson, N. J., next 

 Tuesday, when the Paterson Gun Club wfll hold an all day's tourna- 

 ment at live pigeons. The main attraction of the day, and one which 

 should attract a big field of entries, wiU be an open to the world 

 sweepstake at 25 live pigeons, S'<i5 entry, in which, besides the regular 

 money division the club will give $50 in cash to the high gun. This 

 should be an incentive to shoot to kill instead of shooting "for place." 

 Tne fun will begin at 9:30 A. M. The Central electric cars, which pass 

 all the depots, run direct to the grounds. In addition to the big sweep 

 there will be such other shooting as the contestants desire if time per- 

 mits. T W. Morfey, captain of the Paterson Gun Club, will be in 

 charge. There will be a supply of sparrows on hand in addition to the 

 stock of pigeons. 



John W. Connor, of the Knoxville Gun Club, who won the Individ- 

 ual championship match at New London, Conn., by breaking 98 out 

 of a possible 100 targets, is court clerk of Knox county, Tenn., and 

 one of the most popular all-around sportsmen in the State. His first 

 experience as a tournament shot was during the Knoxville tourna- 

 ment of 1892, where he surprised the talent by his nerve and sldU 

 when opposed to the old-timers. Mr. Connor used a 13-bore Parker 

 gun at New London, this being his pet arm, and one on which he says 

 he can always depend. His charge was 3drs. of E. C. powder, loaded 

 by W. Wagner, of Washington. 



On Sept. 20 T. W. Morfey and E. Kahart, both of Paterson, N. J., 

 shot a match on the Park Hotel grounds in that city, the conditions 

 being 15 Uve birds per man, find trap and handle, 25yds. rise, one bar- 

 rel only to be used. The birds were a splendid lot of flyers and good 

 "lead earners" as weU. J. Smith was referee, whfle Messrs. Wright 

 and Burns acted as judges. Morfey lost his second, fourth, eighth 

 and ninth birds, while Kahart lost his first, fifth, ninth and twelfth, 

 this making the match a tie on 11 kills each. Morfey lost two and 

 Kahart one dead out of bounds. The tie will be shot oft at some future 

 date. 



The trap-shooters of Lynn. Mass., will have an opportunity on Oct. 

 35 and 26, to test the Novelty rule, as on tho.se dates the Interstate 

 Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association will hold a tournament under 

 the auspices of the Lynn Fish and Game Protective Association. 

 Lynn is within nine miles of Boston, and the shoot is sure to draw a 

 big contmgent from the '-Hub." The Novelty rule took well at 

 Worcester, and is likely to be favorably received at Lynn. 



The new "nitro club" shell of the Union MetaUic Cartridge Com- 

 pany, mention of which was made in our columns a few weeks ago, is 

 now on the market, and those who have given them a trial pronounce 

 strongly in tneu- favor. This is anothsr success for Wm, M. Thomw, 

 the expert and experimentalist of the company.^ 



