Oct. 21, 1898.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Empire Rifle Club. 



The representative of Forest ajtd Stream havin;; received a cordial 

 request to be present at thie w-eek)y shoot of the Empire Club, at its 

 headquarters No. 12 St. Mark.? Place, on Tuesday, Oct. 10, had a most 

 hospitable reception. This young club is fast inaiciug a reputation 

 for Itself among the fraternity of rifle shnoters. A few more years 

 may see it in position to successfully compete with its AJma Mater 

 (Zettler Rifle Club) for honors at the butts. In gallery shooting they 

 are at the present time second only to the Zettler Club. The St. 

 Marks Place ranges are full lOOft., and the light is first-class. It is 

 the longest gallery range in New York, outside of the armory ranges 

 of the National Guard, and is consequently a diflicult range upon 

 which to put up high scores. We are informed that the club intends 

 to hold a three day's tournament on this range the first week in 

 November. 



The competition on Tuesday night for club medals developed the 

 following appended scores: 



10 shots, possible 250: Chas. Zettler, Jr., 240, Wm. Kosenbaum 240, 

 L. Buss 230, Henry Zettler 2.30, W. Maisenholder 237, J. Wilkinson 220, 

 W. Buss 220. 



Joseph Zaengle Light Guards. 



The annual shoot at Cypress HiUs Park on Wednesday, Oct. 4, was 

 highly successful. The company contains many of Brooklyn's promi- 

 nent shooters. Capt. Peter Kunzweiier is known and highly esteemed 

 among the pigeon shooters of Long Island. .Joseph Gunther, the 

 secretary, is another shooter high in the esteem of the fraternity. M. 

 Bookman, the real estate man and one of the Eastern District heavv- 

 weight shooters with both shotgun and rifle, is also an ofiBcer in the 

 guards. Joseph Link had charge of the shooting. The park was well 

 filled with the friends and families of the shooters. Among the visi- 

 tors we noticed Louis Miller, of Dexter Park, and Pres. Henry Book- 

 man, of the Parkway Rod and Gun Club. Tlie shooting of the mem- 

 berg of the guard was on a 3in. bullseye, .50yds., 3 shots per man, 

 string measurement. The scores of the fifteen best are appended: 



F. C.Ross 4^,«inches, N. Gentzlinger 4''',g, Chas. Wohler Ed Neff 

 6, Anthony Fluegel O'^jj, Charles Wissel 7' j„, 1\T. Schottler 7-',i,, C. W. 

 Hnrney. Sr., 7'',,,, Joseph Banzer 7'^,,,, Henry Braok 7i''i„, Thos. Short 

 r'5,,j, Theo. Beckers, Adam Schalf 85,,s, P. Kunzweiier Si'S a, William 

 Schindler8'3ie- 



New York Central Schuetzen Corps. 



At the monthly outing in Washington Park, Oct. 12, the competition 

 for the class medals was spirii ed Gus Ziriimerman led the group, as 

 usual, on the champion target wirh a score of 133 out of a possible 150. 

 In first class Henry D. Mii Her was first wirh 137 points, In second 

 class Joe Jordan led his competitors with the score of 117. In third 

 class Martin Fiecken went to the front with the fine score of 131 points. 

 In fourth class W. Schneeweis was liigh with iio points. 



Five shots. German ring target, two scores to count: Gus Zimmer- 

 man 132, M. Fiecken 131, F. Luhr 130, H. D. Muller 127, Jos. Jordan 117, 

 N. Holsta 117, Emil Berkman 116, F. Schmidt lOS, W. Schneeweis 110, J. 

 Dux 107, P. Jatgens 107, J. Eisenhardt lOG, H. A. Ficke 104, J. Lowiel02, 

 Fred Schraeder 95, F. Baumann 89, W. Wiebold 74, Capt, Richter 73, W. 

 Teschmacher 09. 



Man target, 5 shots, possible 60: M. Fiecken 57. F. Schraeder 56,. 

 Gus Rimmerman 50, .1. Jordan 53, H. D. Miiller 52, F. Baumann 50, F> 

 Schmidt 50. 



Excelsior Rifle Club. 



The weekly gallery competition for class medals, at its head- 

 quarters No. 78 Montgomery street. Jersey City, Oct. 10; 10 shots, 

 possible 250. distance 75ft.: .James Hughes 238, L, P. Hansen 234, R. H 

 Duff 3 points handicap 2:32. John Speicher 3 points 228, C. Thomas 3 

 points m, J. Bins 26 po ints 216. 



Miller Rifle Club. 



Weekly pallerv shoot Oct. 1(1.— KJoppping 241, Capt. Fisher 2.39, 

 Miller 239. Meyns ;.':i3, Leihl L';i3, Sobl 230, Caragher229, Murphy 327, 

 Vanderheyden 227, G. WUl 219, H. Meyer 217. 



RIFLE NOTES. 



The invitations to participate in the champion rifle match at 

 Cypress HiUs on Election Day seems to have hit local rifleuien in the 

 right spot. The idea of giving the ti'ophy to the man making the best 

 1 0-shot score in his 100 shots is an iuduceuient to the lay shooter to 

 enter the contest, and already we hear that many riflemen are going 

 to enter the match with the hope of putting up a winning 10-shot 

 score. To make the winning total in the 100 shots is said to be suffl- 

 cient honors for the expert, when it is considered that there is always 

 an opportunity for a good liberal bet on the outside for any man who 

 thinks he is in championship form. 



The programme of the Greenville Rifle Club, for its first annual 

 gallery prize shoot, speaks well for the enterprise of this young club. 

 Our local shooters sfiould give this shoot a liberal attendance and 

 enter early and often. 



The Zettler Rifle Club will wind up its out door shoot at AVissel's 

 Cypress Hflls Park, to-morrow. Mr. Wissel has extended an invitation 

 to all the members of the club, wlio have participated in the season's 

 shoot to be present at the dinner which ho will pi epare for the occa- 

 sion. Those who have had the pleasure of dining with mine host, 

 know what an invitation of this nature contains, 



The Hudson and Greenville rifle clubs, of .Jersey City, have another 

 team match on at L'ouyds. The date has not as yet been settled, both 

 clubs are sure of tlie SlOU purse. 



Messrs. Robidoux, Dodds and Collins, of the Greenville CN. J.) Rifle' 

 Club, will take a week off, in (luestof quail and partridge. They start 

 on Wednesday, for Sullivan county, K. Y. 



The Greenville Rifle Club will have the programmes of its prize 

 shoot, Nov. 11 and 13, out this week. 



Any rifleman or lover of rifle shooting within reach of Cypress: 

 Hills Park on Election Day, Nov. 7, should make it a point to attend 

 the championship match, for it bids fair to be highly interesting. 



At the monthly meeting of the Zettler Rifle Club on Tuesday,. 

 Oct. 3, it was decided to open its winter gallery shoot on Tuesday,, 

 Oct. 24, $200 in cash Avill be put up for prizes. 



At a meeting of the New York Schuetzen Corps last week, the club' 

 decided to hold a gallery shoot twice a month during the coming: 

 winter. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



PiTTSBURQ, Oct. 12.— The regular weekly trap shoot of the Iroqaofs 

 Rifle Club took place yesterday, and the results were as follows: No.. 

 1, 10 singles: Colteryahn 9, Degelman and Goldstrom S tich. Udic-k T. 

 No. 2, 10 singles: Degelman and Ganter 9 each, Colteryaka 8, F. Miller 

 7. No. 3, 10 singles, expert system: Colteryahn, Udick and Ganter S 

 each, Hofmeister 8, Miller and Dietz 5 each. No. 4, 10 singles, expert 

 system: Udick, Dietz and Mlfler 7 each, Hofmeister and Pifer 5 each, 

 Colteryahn 4. No. 5, 10 singles: Udick 10, Colteryahu S, Ganter and 

 Dietz 7 each. No. 6, 15 singles: Dietz 13, Pifer 12. Hofmeaster 1. No, 

 5 10 singles: Ganter and tioldstrora 10 each, Dietz and Udick 7 each. 

 Miller and Colteryahn 5 each. No. S, 10 singles: Ganter and Gold- 

 strom 9 each, Dietz 7, Colteryahn U. No. 9, 10 singles, unknown traps 

 and unknown angles: Colteryahn, Udick, Dietz and Ganter 6 each, 

 Goldstrom 5, Langhorst 4. No. 10, 25 singles: Goldstrom 21, Colter- 

 yahn 17, Degelman and Ganter 10 each. 



• Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 12. — The regular semi-monthly shoot of the 

 Rochester Rod and Gun Club for the Parker haiumerless gun, donated 

 by James McCuUough, came oil" yesterday afternoon at the Jlouroe 

 avenue grounds. The score for twenty -five singles was: Class A, 

 Mann, first .string -JU, .second string 19; Babcock, first string 18, second 

 string 19; Smitli, lirst string20, second string 22; special class A. Uad- 

 ley 19; class H, HicUs, first stricg 21, second string iri; McVean, 15; 

 Burton, first string; 16, second sti'iug 17; l;ichman, first string 14, sec- 

 ond stxing 17; special class B, Burst 17; Foiey, first string 19, second 

 string 20; class 0, McGuire, first siriu;^ 18, second string 20. 



That 25 bird sweep to be shot at Henry Jlatz's Three-MUe House,. 

 Shillington, Pa., on Oct. 24, should attract a big field of entries. 3Ir. 

 Matz is not only an open-handed entertainer, but is as well a thor- 

 oughly competent manager and a good judge of good birds. In the 

 coming sweepstake there are not likelj^ to be many squabs put la the 

 traps. The shoot wUl open at 10 A. M. The entry fee is $■^0. Should 

 the entry list be so large that the event cannot be shot out on the first 

 day it will be shot out on the foUowing day. Arrangements will be 

 made, however, so that those who are unable to remain over can 

 finish their scores on the first day. 



The grounds of the Lynn (Mass.) Fish and Game Protective Associ- 

 ation will be the Mecca for Eastern target shooters nest Wednesday 

 and Thursday, and they will have another opportunity of deciding as 

 to whether they like or dislike the, Novelty rule. The programme, the 

 same each daj'" comprises four 10-target events, Si. 25 entry; three ID- 

 target events, 81.50 entry; two 20-larget events, Sr2 entry, and one 25- 

 target event, $2.50 entry. Targets are included in the entry lees. 

 Shooting will commence at 9.30 each day, and after the regular pro 



gramme is shot out the shooters may enjoy themselves shooting 

 sweeps. 



In another coltimn will be found a letter from Mr. W. Tell Mitchell, 

 of Lynch's Station, Va., anent the Virgmia target championship 

 Being perfectly familiar with all the details of the controversy 

 between Jlessrs. Mitchell and Summerson, we are free to assert that 

 the action of the latter has been anything but sportsmanUke. When 

 he failed to meet Mr. Mitchell in a competition for the cup he for- 

 feited, according to the rules, both cup and title, and the alleged 

 match shot between Mr. Summerson and Bowman on July 28, went 

 for naught. 



In a recent match between the Wawaset and Nonesuch Gun Clubs, of 

 Delaware, 12 men to a team, 25 targets per man, the scores were as fol- 

 lows: Wawaset— B. Miller 25. G. Miller 24, C. Springer 22, Geo. Huber 

 22, White 22, Maule 19, J. Huber 18, W. Buckmaster IS, C Buckmaster 

 18, Wright 18, Springs 17, CaldweU 17; total. 250. Nonesuch— Allen 21, 

 Groome 20, King 20, J. R. Lynam 20, Myers IS, Q. Lynam IS, Y^oung 18, 

 T. Lynam 18, Wamsley 18, Wright 17, Shaw 17, Sinclair 15; total, 220. 



The third of the series of shoots of the Massachusetts Trap-shooters 

 took place at Lakeview on Oct. 10. In the team championship contest 

 at 10 targets per man the scores were: Lowell No. 2— Burt 10. Colt 9, 

 Crown 6; total 25. Worcester— GUman 8, Museroft 8, Dana 7; total 23. 

 LoweU No. 1— Rule 8, Bates 8, Dock 5; total 21. Middlesex— Melcher 



6, Wadsworth 6, Snow 8; total 20. Individual ■ championship, at 20 

 targets each: Wadsworth 19, White 17, Gilman IG, Davis 16, Museroft 

 16, Bates 15, Crown 15, Snow 15. 



We had a pleasant caU last week from Mr. A. V. Rittenbury, a well- 

 known sporting goods dealer of Towanda, Pa., and one of the leading 

 shots of the Towanda Gun Club. Mr. Rittenbury says that the bird 

 prosjiects in his section are exceedingly promising, and that he and 

 partner expect to exceed their record of last season, when they 

 bagged 860. Mr. Rittenbury uses a Colt gun which has seen 12 years 

 of service and is still as tight as when it left the factory. 



The Third Ward Gun and Fishing Club, recently organized in Harri- 

 son, N. J., have elected the following officers: President, Wm. Duffy; 

 Vice-President, Jacob Rassner; Recording Secretary, Geo. O'Donnell; 

 Financial Secretary, Wm. Coyle: Treasurer, tiarry Wardell; Sergeant- 

 at-Arms, Oscar Sandford. Harrison now boasts'of three gun cliibs, 

 and it is time for them to do some shooting. 



The Parkway Gun Club of Brooklyn and the Newark Gun Club have 

 had several friendly contests at the trap and these have gone a long 

 way toward cementing the friendships between the members of the 

 clubs. Another of these interesting alJairs will probably take place at 

 Dexter Park on Oct, 26, and while the match will be purely friendly 

 each team will put forth a special effort to win. 



Quite a party of Newarkers will go to Pine Brook on Oct. 24 to wit- 

 ness the 25 bird match between Samuel Castle of Newark and Jean 

 Pierre of Pine Brook. This will be a find, trap and handle match, 

 25yds. rise for .|100 a side. 



The Yale Gun Club has elected H. G. MiUer, ^96, President: F. S. 

 Franklin, '95, Captain; Secretary and Treasurer, B.B.Kaufman, '97. 

 The annual shoot with Harvard will probably be held on the morning 

 of the footbaU game in Springfield. 



The monthly open tournament of the RosevUle Gun Club wiU be held 

 on John Erb's Old Stone House grounds in Newark next Thursday. 

 The shooting will be at targets, under the rapid-firing system, and all 

 sportsmen are cordially requested to be present. The fun will begin at 

 10 A. M. 



The following scores were made in 10 and 6 bird sweepstakes shot at 

 Reading, Pa.: No. 1, 10 birds: H. 0. McGinness 10, Cyrus Kauflman 9, 

 John Becker 9, Oliver Hinnerschitz 9, Wm. Schraader 8, Harry Seidal 



7. No. 2, 6 birds: Brooke Harrison 6, D. Kauffman 6, 1. Berg 5, 0. 

 Kauft'man 4. 



At the practice shoot of the West Shore Gun Club, of Syracuse, on 

 Oct. 12,. the following scores were made, each man shooting at 50 tar- 

 gets: Barrett 47, D. M. Lefever 43, H. Jones 39, D. Walters 35. J, Her- 

 man 34. C. H. TOWNSEND. 



Keystone vs. Ravenrock. 



Oct. 14. — The Keystone Shooting I^eague defied the weather to-day, 

 that is, 14 out of the 20 chosen to represent the club did, and took the 

 B:20 A. M. train on the Belvidere R. R. from PhUadelpbia to Raven- 

 rock, N. .J. (^formerly known as Bull's Island), about 9 miles north of 

 Lainbertville, to spend the day and shoot a team match with the 

 Ravenrock Gun Club. They were given a warm reception on their 

 arrival at the station, and at once escorted to the grounds of the club, 

 which are on EtUl Island, in the Delaware. 



When we left Philadelphia this morning the clouds gave us every 

 indication that we would have a stormy da3% but by the time we ar- 

 rived at our destination the sun was out and the indications were that 

 we would have a good day, although the way the wind blew at times 

 made sad havoc w-ith some of the scores. The match was made for 20 

 men a side, but as the Keystone League only had 14 men, and on an 

 even match of that number shot previously they were 12 birds ahead, 

 the Ravenrock boys were not satisfied, and claimed that it was no 

 match unlejss we shot the same number of birds as they did. As there 

 was no way to choose the 6 that were to shoot that would be fair to 

 both sides, on a suggestion of Capt. A. J. Rust it was decided that the 

 Keystone boys should each shoot at an equal number of targets to 

 make up the l.'"iO, or the number that six men would have shot at. Ten 

 men shot at U extra and four men at 10 extra, as the score wiU indi- 

 cate: 



The reception and treatment that the Ravenrock Club gave the vis- 

 itors is something they wfil remeniber for a long time, what with a 

 sumptuous dinner sea-ved at the Luioberville Hotel, where our old 

 friend J. Thompson gave us all a warm welcome. Lumberville is on 

 the Pennsylvania side of the river, about half a mile from the grounds. 



Before the team contest a 10 target event, $1 entrance, was shot off, 

 just to warm up our guns. And after the team race, which resulted 

 in favor of the Keystone League by a score of .383 to 373, we had a 

 couple of live bird matches, one 10 bird race and one miss and out, $2 

 entrance, as follows: 



No. 1, 10 targets; J. Wolstencroft 10, Pack 8, David 8, Rust 10, W. 

 Wolstencroft 10, Thurmau 9, Wilson 4, IMoore 7, Bloom 4, Ridge 8. 



Team shoot: 



Keystone Shooting League. 



W Wolstencroft 111111111111101111111111011111111111—34 



N Swope llllOlltlOlOOlOOOlOOlOllOOlOlOlOIOlOO— 17 



E David nOlllllKJIllOniOllOOlllOlUllOlllO— 27 



J Wolstencroft iiininniiiioiiiiiiiiiiiiiinniii— 35 



Wade Wilson -. . . ..lOOOlOOlUlOllllOOlllOOlOOOllOOOlOOOl— 16 



W H Pack lOinoioiinnnnoiioiioiiiiiiiiooi— 28 



H Thurman llllllinoniiuioiiioilllllllllioill— 31 



H Jacobs 11111 uiiiiinioiioonioiiioioiiiili—:^ 



A L Lumb 111111011111111101111111111111011110-32 



H Ridge lllllllllllllllllllOlOJ 1010110111101—30 



E Ridge OOOOIOIIOOIIOIUOUWOOOIOOOOOIOOOIU —12 



A J Rust lllllllllllllOOllinoiOlllllllllOOl —29 



J Thurman llllllllllllOllOOOlllllUlliiOllOll —29 



H Landis llllllllllllllllllIOlOlllllllllllll —33-383 



Raven Rock Gun Club. 



C Moore 1101111111111011111111111—23 



R B Reading .llllinilOlOllllllOlOlOOl— 19 



S Van Camp OOlllllOIOlOOllllllllllOl— 18 



Jos Thompson 0111100101110101101101110—16 



G Allhouse 1111111111111101110111111—23 



W KiUmer OlOOOlliniOllllllOOlllOO— 16 



W Wagg 1100101110101001111101011—16 



J Brifiman lOlOOlOOlUllllOlOlOlOllO— 15 



.James Garue.r lUKilOOOlOMtlllOUOOOOJ— 13 



E B Hann 1111110001110111010101011—17 



J Kilmer ]nui]nn211111100111101— 21 



W E Kugler 11011 1 10001011111 lUI 1 1 100—17 



MRupell llllJllinOlllOllllllun— .23 



HElsenbury lOlllOllUllllllllllllOOl— 21 



W Apgar 1011011 llOilUUllll 110010— 18 



Geo Aril wine. 0111001101011001011101111—16 



Wm uuick 11111101 niXllOlOlOinillO— 18 



O Blouiu 1110111111110110111110111—31 



J Wui ford 1111111111101111111101111—23 



C Heist IIIIIIIOOIIUIIIIUIOIOIOI— 19-373 



No. 4, 10 live birds, S5 entrance: 



Apgar 0111111111— 9 Garner 2011121110— 8 



Heist 1321311121— 9 J Thurman 1120012113— 7 



J Wolstencroft 0021213112— 8 BrUlman 1100120121- 7 



Pack 1101111112— 9 Landis 1230110111- 8 



H Thurman 1111211211—10 Rust 0201111131— 8 



W Wolstencroft 1111221122-10 David 1220211011- 8 



AYagg 1121111032— 9 Fox 1211222011— 9 



No. 5, miss-and out, ^2 entrance: 



Rust 1111 



Padding 1230 



Wagg 2111 



Landis 1310 



H Thurman 1310 



J Garner 310 



W Wolstencroft 10 



J Wolstencroft 1330 



Apgar 330 



David ,...11 11 



H.T. 



Towanda Badge Shoot. 



TowAXDA Pa,, Oct. 7 —The following scores were made on Oct. 0 for 

 County and CJub Badges, three traps, American Association Rules, 

 ten targets, rapid firing system, nine tai .£;ets. unknowu Craps and 

 three doubles; Montanye IC, Dittrich 14, Shiner 12. Ward 8 



W. F. DiTTJucH, Secy. 



Bogardus— "Unknown." 



Chicago. HI., Oct. 14.— The postponed race between Capt. A. H 

 Bogardus and the "Unknown" (G. T. Hall), took place to-day at the 

 South Side Baseball Park, in the presence of a small and not very 

 orderly crowd, a .great part of which consisted of small and tough 

 boys who cfimbed the fence. These covered the grounds in every 

 direction, and in spite of the efforts of the policemen crowded about 

 the score in such way as to hinder the progress of the match. The 

 grounds are in the heart of the city and firing in certain directions was 

 not allowable. Add to this the skirmishers who adorned the fence, 

 and the young toughs who chased every cripple across the ground, 

 and you have conditions trying enough. Such conditions made the 

 match far from pleasant. Had either shooter been less cool, careful 

 and self-possessed, an accident must certainly have happened, and it 

 w-as a close call for the score line crowd more than once. How the 

 fielders escaped unhurt is a mystery. Both shooters were admirable 

 under these hard surroundings, and deserve compliment for their 

 carefulness; but it is to be hoped that no more matches will be shot 

 at this park. It is not a suitable place by any means. 



The weather was cold and the wind, which blew direct from the 

 score to the traps, was strong enough for a fine pigeon wind had it not 

 been broken by the fence and the clustering crowd. The peculiar con- 

 ditions of the race gave the birds quite a start and before firing was 

 allowed, and this, with the wind, made an unusually large number of 

 twisters out of them. Neither man lost a bird by dropping it too close 

 to go over the inner boundary. Both did some good clean -work, and ■ 

 each made some long kills at birds which, owing to the short rise, de- 

 coyed into the dead birds and coops and then circled back, twisted off 

 before the wind. 



The old Captain can shoot a good deal yet, in fact, he can shoot 

 about as weU as he ever could at his style of a race, if the light is 

 good. Much of his work was snappy as that of any youngster, and he 

 centered many of his birds in such way as to fairly cut their pieces. 



Hall showed himself to be a fine shot, and in the field he should go 

 a good one. He is a great, strong, big and muscular young fellow, 

 much as Bogardus when his age, he takes to the work naturally. At 

 the 50th bird. Hall changed his 13-gauge to his heavier 10-gauge, with 

 consent of Capt. Bogardus, who originally agreed to let him use the 

 10-gauge throughout. He had only had his 12-gauge a few days. 



Bogardus or the "Bogie man" as he was more famifiarly called, held 

 the race in hand from the start till the last dozen birds, when he came 

 back startlingly, to say the least, losing 7 birds out of his last 15, this 

 tieing the race. At the close of the shooting the men agreed to shoot 

 off the tie at Springfield, 111., Thanksgiving Day, the same conditions 

 to prevail, 100 birds, the winner to take both races. Gate money will 

 be charged as it was here I do not know how much money was up or 

 will be posted for the next match. The Springfield location is desir- 

 able for both parties, as Capt. Bogardus lives at Lincoln, and Mr. Hall 

 at the little town of Loami, not far below Springfield. This village is 

 an old one, and runs back into the early history of the State. It once 

 consisted chiefly of a miU, and once upon a time, years and years ago 

 the mUl burned down. The owner of the mill, who had little other 

 property, surveyed the ruins with despair on his face, and he mur- 

 mured to himself, "Low am I! Low am I!" The neighbors caught the 

 phrase, and called the place Loami, and so it has remained to this day, 

 in spite of a government attempt to re-christen it as Lebanon. If Mr. 

 Hall keeps on he may yet bring into renown the odd name of this Uttle 

 hamlet. 



John AVats m furnished and handled the birds to-day, also refereeing 

 the race. A good many birds did not start well, the style of trapping 

 not being so apt to make quick starters as the King automatic traps, 

 but any bird that got under way in the wind was a hard bird to stop. 

 Capt. Bogardus thought a score of 70 would win. 



John Watson's pointer puppy. Cyclone, earned new laurels for him- 

 self, doing some pretty, indeed phenomenal w^ork in retrieving. With- 

 out Cyclone, the scores would not have gone over 70. He is two birds 

 better in the hundred than any human retriever that ever walked. 

 Score and conditions: To shoot at lOOlive birds each. Fifteen yards 

 rise, from H and T traps; the referee to toss up a dollar for the man 

 who goes to the trap first, "heads up" to take H trap and "tails up" 

 the T trap, other contestants to use the trap left, this to continue 

 throughout the match; the traps are to be set 3ft. apart, with the 

 stake driven in center between the traps and a circle to be drawn 

 lOyds. around the traps, and every bird killed inside the ring to be 

 scored a lost bird, every bird shot on the groimd to be scored a lost' 

 bird and only one barrel to be used; butt of gun must be held below 

 the elbow or the same as man would if in the field when his dog is on 

 point of game. Birds to be retrieved by a dog. Boundary 80yds. 

 Both contestants to use 12-gauge guns. 



Trap score type—Ciipi/nyht /4S.v, 6// Forest and Stremn Pubiishing Co. 



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• 1110 0«111111«1110«11111 0—17 



N H ? 'i T H J? ? T ? /" / N T r ^ T 1 1 



11110 1110 10 111111110 10 11 0—19—73 



Capt Bogardus. 1 10 111 llll»1111111010111 1—31 

 1I010 101011»110111111011 1— 31 

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 Hall used an Jj. C. Smith gun, S.S. powder. No. 7 shot. Bogardus 

 used an L. O. Smith gun, black powder, No. 7 shot. E. HousH. 



Sweepstake Shoot. 



The four-cornered sweepstake, at 25 birds each, between J, J. Edger- 

 ton, Geo. W. Forbell, W. Selover and J. Y'oung, for a purse of $400, 

 $300 to go to the first, SlOO to the second and the last to pay for the 

 birds, was shot off on the Dexter Park grounds on Friday afternoon, 

 Oct. 13. Knowing that Louis MiUer had taken pains to get together 

 an extra good lot of birds, and the fact that the match caUed for 

 strictly Long Island rules, induced a number of Brooklyn's prominent 

 shotgun shooters to attend and to see what the farmers could do with 

 good birds under the old style rules. All but Y'oung shot 10-bore guns 

 and each contestant stood at 35yds. The weather was overcast, with 

 a heavy northeast gale blowing across the grounds. The birds proved 

 to be as expected, "corkers." There was no necessity for the rope to 

 put thetn up. Straightaways, right and left-quarterers, and quarter- 

 ing incomers were the order. The quartering incomers when hit went 

 over the line by the force of the wind and were lost to the shooter. 

 Edgerton had a little the best of the birds, although his gun was some- 

 what of a handicap to him from its many mlssfires. The scores are 

 appended: 



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J J Edgerton 1 3113llll21l»lllO.« 313110 •—20 



Geo W Forbell 3 11300113132001111103033 0—18 



W Selover 0 33«10111013320300332001 0-15 



/ \'ii t i ? \ 's N r ^ \ \ >^ N \v7"\->\ T 



J Y'oung 11»200 2 12301121030210»22 0—16 



C. A. Dellar, referee. 



The Wauregan's Monthly Shoot. 



The monthly stinot of the Wauregan Gun Club which took place at 

 Pelhainville ou Friday, Oct. 13, called out a fair number of members, 

 who had an opiiurtunity of trying their hands ou a first-class lot of 

 birds, which had a strong northeast wind to assist them. 



The club event was for a gold medal at ten live birds each, club 

 handicap rises. J). Volinti and W. H. Hogan tied for the medal on 

 eiglit each and on the shoot off at two bh'ds each Volinti won. J. H. 

 Mills refereed the various events. 



Club shoot for prize: 



W H Buckner 3^12«101I1— 7 D Volinti J102011131— 8 



J H iVlills 220(.)00122»-5 J Dietzel 2011301130—7 



R Darfing 100120.I10-5 G W Sfiberhorn S0300001.3— 4 



J W Spencer 30»3100201— 5 F Knof •031002100—4 



MF Buckner 2301020220 -6 FLyon 11^0131320— 7 



ADietzel 20«»201111— 6 AV H Hogan 313302ll3«-8 



Second event, 3-bu'd limit, SI entry: • 



FKnof 000 JDietzel OOO 



R Darling 213 A Dietzel 002 



WHBrickner 013 Gaboline 101 



Pickeu 001 M Dietzel 001 



G W Silberhorn 103 AV H Hogan 211 



D Volinti 211 



Third event, miss and out, one barrel: 



FKnof 10 ADietzel 0 



R Darling 10 Gaboline ii 



W H Brickner n M Dietzel lO 



G AA' Silberhorn 0 WH Hogan 0 



D Volinti 0 J W Spencer ,. .JO 



J Dietzel 0 



