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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Dec. 3, 1898. 



In the team matcli between the Greenville and the Excelsior Clubs 

 recorded in another column, on« of the Greenville team, Plaisted, tried 

 the experiment of priming; his sliells with about eight grains (meas- 

 ure) of nitro powder, and using the new Winchester (No 3 w.) primer, 

 the remainder of the shell (.38-50) was filled with Hazard F. G. powder, 

 the result was a comparatively clean gun after each shot. His total 

 score was the second highest of the ten men engaged in the match, 

 Here is food for study for some of our lubricated bullet cranks, who 

 are on the lookout for ways and means to improve their shooting. 



The Empire Rifle Club, with headqu.arters at No. Vi St. Marks place, 

 New York city, request ua to say tliat they are open to shoot a team 

 match or series of three malcheK, bp.st two out of three, with any club 

 in or about New York (barring the Zettler.sl for .g25 a side. The num- 

 ber of shots per man to he left to an agreement to be decided between 

 the Empires and the club accepting the challenge. The Empires 

 ■would be pleased to hear from the Miller Club of Hobokeu, N. J. 

 What do you say. Millers? 



The Greenpoint Rifle Club, Capt. John Knieste. had a successful 

 prize shoot on its headquarters range. No.' 168 Driggs avenue. Green- 

 point, on Saturday and Sunday of last week, a report of which will be 

 found in another column. If our Greenpoint friends will take the 

 trouble to forward to this office the results of their shoots from week 

 to week they will find them recorded in the columns of Forest anb 

 Stjieam. 



During the hours in which the Greenville and the Excelsior riflemen 

 were discussing the merits of Madam Armbruster^s hiuch, on Satur- 

 day evening of last week, there was quite a discussion on the shooting 

 merits of several of our experts located in and about New York. Sev- 

 eral of the .Terseymen present expressed themselves as willing to go 

 down into their pockets to raise a stake to match Greenville's cham- 

 pion. M. Dorrler, against any man in New York, F. C. Roes preferred, 

 for 100 shots. Now, when this news reaches the ears of the ijromotevs 

 of rifle shooting interests in New York and Brooklyn, we ai-e inclined 

 to the behef that the Jersey people will And that their prouuuciamento 

 is not made in vain, 



All ties divided unless otherwise reported. 

 FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here 

 send in notice like the following: 



Nov. 28 30.— Brigg's three days' tournament, at Toronto, Canada 



Nov. 30.— Riverside (Cal.) Sportsmen's Club tournament. 



Nov. 30.— Bogardus— Hall match, at Springfield, 111, 



Nov. 30,— Wentz— Bacon match, at Dayton, Ohij. 



Nov, 30.— Cedar Rapids (la.) Gun Club tournament. 



Nov. 30.— Janesville (Wis.) Gun Club tournament. 



Nov. 30.— All day shoot at live birds, on John Erb'a ground, Bloom- 

 field avenue. Newark, N. J. 



Nov. .30,— All-day shoot at Wiedenmeyer's Park, Newark, N. J. 



Not. 30,— Riverside Gun Club tournament, at Red Bank, N. J, Live 

 birds and targets. 



Nov. 30.— J. A. Hartner's tournament, Orangeville, Md. 



Dec. 10-13.— West End Gun Club tournament, at Davenport, la, 

 1894. 



Jan. 9.— New Jersey vs. Kings county, team shoot, on Al.' Heritage's 

 grounds, Marion, N. J. 



April 4-6.— Interstate Manufacturers' and Deaiers' Association's 

 grand American handicap at Dexter Park, Long Island. 



May 1-6.— Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association's tournament, at 

 Fort Smith, Arkansas. 



May 23-25 - Knosville (Tenn.) Gun Club thirteenth annual tourna- 

 ment: first days, target, SI. 000 added money, known traps, unknown 

 angles; last da3% live pigeons. Open to the world. No handicap. R. 

 Van Gilder, Sec'y. 



June 5-7.— Kansas State Sportsmen's Association's firth annual 

 tournament, Topeka, Kansas. J C. Clark, Sec'y. 



June (second week) —New York State Sportsmen's Association for 

 the Protection of Fish and Game, thirty-sixth annual tournament, at 

 Utica, N. Y., under auspices of Oneida County Sportsmen's Associa- 

 tion. 



June 19-31.— Ohamberlln Cartridge and Target Company's first 

 annual tournament, at Cleveland, Ohio. $1,000 added money. 

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

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



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



"Ejector" inquires as to the number of straight scores made in 

 events shot under the ■■oue-raan-ux)" rule during the 1893 series of 

 tournaments of the Manufacturers' Trap-Shooting Association. There 

 were three of these events eflcii day. Nos. a and 6 being at 15 singles 

 each, unknown angles; No. 8 at '^iO singles, Slyds. rise, unknown angles, 

 all "one-man-up." The only straight made duruig the season in No. 3 

 was made by J. G. Wright, at Wheeling. W. Va. In Event No. (i, Har- 

 vey McMurchy made a" straight at Lansing, Mich., and another at 

 Allentown, Pa. No straight scores were made in Event No. 8. Asa 

 matter of reference, we api>end a table showing the highest scores 

 made in each of the above contests during the season: 



No. 3. No. 6. No. 8. 

 Savannah, March 1—13 2-15 



Second day 2-30 2-12 1-18 



Greensboro. April , 3—13 1 — 13 3—16 



Second day 1—14 2-14 1—17 



Lansing, May 3-13 1-15 J-18 



Second day 1-13 4-12 1-17 



St. Louis. July 2-13 2-13 1-19 



Second day 3-13 2-14 1-19 



Wheeling, August 3-13 2-13 1—18 



Second day 1-15 3-13 1-19 



Allentown. September..,.,, 3—13 2—14 1—19 



Second day 2-13 1—15 2-19 



This gives an average of 84.82 for the leading scores in Events Nos. 3 

 ard 6, and 81.56 for the leading scores m Event No. 8 during the sea- 

 son. 



We have received from W. R. Ilobart, secretary of the South Side 

 Gun Club, of Newark, N. J., an announcement of the thirteenth 

 annual New Year's Day touruauient, to beheld on the club grounds, 

 below Emmet street station on the Pennsylvania R. R. Shooting will 

 begin at 9 A. M., and two sets of bluerock traps will be used. Targets 

 two cents each. Lunch and all kinds of ammunition may be procured 

 on grounds. This club always has a big attendance and a fine day's 

 sport on these annual occasibns, and the members are always pleased 

 to welcome visiting sportsmen. The South Side Gun Club, which was 

 organized in 1881, has a record of which any club might be proud, viz.: 

 That for fifteen years it had never missed having a Saturday afternoon 

 practice on its grounds, this showing a consecutive run of 690 Satur- 

 days We doubt if any club in existence can equal this record. The 

 first Ligowsky clay pigeon trap ever shown in the East, was purchased 

 by this club and its members have used every style of artificial target 

 ever invented. Exclusive of glass bahs the club has used over 300,000 

 artificial targets. Secretary Hobart, who was one of the organ isiers 

 of the club, was also the organizer of the (now defunct) Essex County 

 Gun Association and of the New Jersey Trap-Shootei-s' League. It. is 

 hoped that other New Jersey clubs wdl refrain from arrangmg open 

 tournaments for New Y'ear's Day, which has come to be known as 

 South Side day among shooters. 



"Find trap and handle matches are the only ones to shoot," said a 

 prominent Jersey shooter to us a few days ago, "and if you newspaper 

 men will keep shady and not tell the public all you know such matches 

 will do no harm to any one." But just here comes the rub. So far as 

 the staff of Forest "and Stream is concerned they can be depended 

 npon not to "keep shady" when any knowledge of brutahhandling of 

 pigeons comes to them. As a newspaper devoted to legitimate sports 

 we feel it our duty to tell the public all we know eoncernmg illegal 

 acts on the part of so-called sportsmen, as by so doing we can better 

 subserve the interests of legitimate sports. And our opposition 

 to this style of match, be it imderstood, only applies 

 so long as brutal methods of handling pigeons are 

 resorted to. When a handler .attempts to make his OTiponent's birds 

 fly the harder by resorting to the use ot vitriol, pins, cayenne pepper, 

 etc he ceases to be a sportsman. We have seen tiad, trap and 

 handle matches shot without any resnrtmg to mhuraan methods, the 

 principals depending upon their judgment alone in selecting birds 

 which would be too hard for one another, and with these matches we 

 are in accord. The style first mentioned, however, with its illegal 

 methods will always be opposed by us. 



Secretary Hobart of the New Jersey Trap-Shooters' Leaeue, is con- 

 fident of being able to ' eoniplete arrangements for another series of 

 team shoots to begin early m the new year. Just now a Large num- 

 ber of Jerseymen are off: on their annual hunting trips, but as soon 

 as they return a meeting will be called and the sport given another 

 boom." It is hoped that the membership will be much lai ger than dur- 

 ing tb§ Ij^st'serieg 



The members of the Vernon Rod and Gun Club competed on Nov, 

 22, at Dexter Park, in the regular monthly live bird shoot for the 

 club's annual prize. Each shot at seven birds, club handicap, Ameri- 

 can Rules. Dr. Little. Gus Grieff. J. Osterhout, P. Weisseuborn, F. A. 

 Thompson and W. H. Thompson killed 7 each, and tied for the trophy 

 and first prize. On the fhoot off Dr. Little wor, killing 19 more 

 straight. Dr. Lamadrid took the second prize with 6. The scores: 

 Dr. Little, aSyds., 7; Gus Grieff, SSyds, 7; J. Osterhout. 28yds.. 7; F. 

 Weisseuborn. 85vds., 7; F. A. Thompson. 28yds., 7; W. H, Thompson, 

 37yds , 7; Dr. Lamadrid. 37vds., 6; Dr. Shilling, 25yds., 5; Dr. Huskis- 

 son, 21yd8., 5; Dr. Wischerth, 37yds, 4. Ties for first prize— Dr. 

 Little 13, Gus Grmff 11, J. Osterhout 10, P. A. Thompson 3, F. Weissen- 

 horn 0, W. H. Thompson withdrew. 



The winners of the gold medals recently offered by the Hamilton 

 Powder Company are: Foi" Quebec, J. Truax, Cote St. Paul (j'lub; 

 Ontario. J. Wayper. Hespeler Club; Manitoba, Sidney Fairbairn. 

 Minnedosa Club; British Columbia, C. Minor, Union Club, One of 

 these medals was given for competition in each Province and was shot 

 for by one member from every club therein. The candidate was 

 chosen by a series of twelve club "matches, and to him was presented a 

 silver medal struck from the same dies as the gold one. About ninety 

 clubs entered altogether, and there were some very interesting 

 matches. 



The Bridgeport Gun Implement Co., of Bridgeport, Conn., with its 

 usual generosity, otters a Christmas gift of a turkej", duck or snipe call 

 to each purchaser of a set of its No. 964 cleaning tools. This is a lib- 

 eral offer, and doubtless thousands of sportsmen will take advantage 

 of it. The No. 954 set, which sells for lg3, comprises a cocobola clean- 

 ing rod a Budd-Petmecky cleaner, bottle of Belmontyle oil, tube of 

 Paravasahne, cocobola handled screwdriver, oil can and a supply of 

 chamois and fiannels. They are made in 10, 12,14,16 and 20-gauge. 

 The outfit is a complete one and well worth the price charged. 



Here is another golden opportunity for some of our a^fed shooters 

 to test their skill, Samuel Castle of Newark, and Capt.'A. W Money 

 of Oakland, stand ready to shoot a match. 100 live birds each man, 

 against any two men in America whose united ages aggregate 133 

 years. Who will be the first to take up the gauntlet thus boldly 

 thrown down. The amount of the stake can be made anywhere from 

 $100 to $1,000 a side. And by the way, Messrs. Castle and Hedden are 

 still wanting for an acceptance of their ofi'er to shoot a hundred bird 

 match against any two men 64 years of age or over. 



Harvey McMurchy's eyesight is coming back to him and along with 

 it his old shooting skill, and at a recent shoot of the Onondago County 

 Sportsmen's Club he broke 70 targets consecutively; including 50 in the 

 club event. The fat, fair and forty A, G. Courtney, who looks after 

 the road trade interests of the Lefever Arms Co., broke 43. Chas. H. 

 Mowry, editor and publisher of the S^Mvting Goods Gazette got 43, M. 

 Williams got 43, A. C. Ginty 43, C. Wagner 43 and C Dugart 43. 



At the regidar monthly shoot of the North Side Gun Club, held at 

 the Queens County Driving Park grounds, Maspeth, eight members 

 competed for the club's annual prizes, best average scores to count at 

 the close of the season, at 7 birds each, gun handicap. 'I'he seui e: T. 

 Tiernan, 2Syds., 7. J. H Meucke, asvds.. 7; M. D. Manning, yriyds., 5; 

 A. Duryea, 30yds., 6; C. M. iMeyer, -.iSyds,, 6; S. Lyon, 2Syds., 6; H, 

 Otten Jr., 25yds., 5; VV. R. Smith, 35yds , 4, 



W. H. Skinner of Chicago has severed his connection with the Bur- 



fess Gun Co. and is now general agent for the United States for the 

 oerband Arms Co., of Worcester, Mass. He will soon visit the job- 

 bing trade in the South in the interests of the Forehand hammeriess, 

 and later will take in the Paciflc Coast. Mr. Skinner has much to say 

 in favor of the Burgess as well as the Forehand gun. 



Charles Zwirleiu of Yardville, N. J., says he is accumulating a lot of 

 pigeons and in the near future will send out invitations for a sweep- 

 stake shoot. He says the birds will be good enough for any one to 

 practice on without resorting to any of the brutal methods adopted by 

 handlers during find, trap and handle matches. 



Al Heritage says that on Jan. 9, the day on which the great team 

 match between kings county and New Jersey will be shot on his 

 grounds, he will have stages and cabs to meet every train arriving at 

 Marion depot. This will be the premier event of the season and is sure 

 to attract a big crowd of spectators. 



Charley Zwirlein says he has always found that pigeons which had 

 been well-kept and were in good condition when trapped, could fiy 

 plenty fast euouf;li to fool any shooter, and that the methods adopted 

 in some find, trap iiiicl haudie" uuitches were useless as well as brutal. 



The time is approacliing when ckibs throughout the country will 

 hold their annual elections, and we would consider it a favor if secre- 

 taries would promptly forward us i esaltsfor publication. Would also 

 bo glad to receive notice of changes, if any, of shouting days. 



Capt. John S. Shepherd, formerly secretary of the now defunct 

 National Rifle A'sociatiou and one of the strongest military shots in 

 the State, has developed into one of the best pigeon shots on Long 

 Island, being able to hold his own against any of the cracks. 



A series of team matches at targets has been planned between the 

 Maplewood Gun C'lab of .Alaplew\,od and the Union Gun Club of Spring- 

 field. The first shoot of the series took place oa Thursday on the 

 Maplewood grounds. 



Can any of our readers inform us where wild duck eggs can be pro- 

 cured y A correspondent wishes to try the experiment of hatchmg 

 aud breeding them, and would be thankful for the above information. 



A couple of Newarkers recently started a deer near the United 

 States Pow-der Works at Dover, but failed to capture it. This is said 

 to be the first deer seen in that region in twenty years. 



Ferd. Van Dyke, o:ie of the be.st and most popular shots lii New 

 Jersey and for several years couueeLed with Vau Lengerke & Det- 

 mold, has severed his couneetion with that firm. 



It is the New Utrecht Rod and Guu Club instead of the Coney Island 

 Athletic Club that is expected to engineer a series of team shoots for a 

 silver cup, open only to Kings Comity clubs. 



The semi-monthly shoot of the Paterson Gun Club will be held at 

 Willard's Park, on Tuesday, beginning at one o'clock. Visiting sports- 

 men are always welcome. 



At the last shoot of the West Jersey Gun Club, of Camden, Griscom 

 won first place by breaking ^17 out of 50 targets. Teaming broke 43 

 and Moore 41, 



Many members ot Long Island gun clubs have returned from their 

 fall hunting trips and there is an improved attendance at the club 

 shoots. 



Geo. A. Mosher has been West looking after the interests of the 

 Si'racuse Gun (Jo., and reports a good trade. 



The E-Jcelsior Gun Club of Pearl River will hold aa open to all 

 tournament at targets on Dec. 14. 



The Zeglio-Morfey match announced for Dec. 7 is oiE 



C. H. TOWNSEJtD. 



Monthly Shoot of the Climas. 



The monthly shoot of the Climax Gun Club took place at Benner's 

 Grove, Fanjvood, N, J., on Nov. 33, ten members being present. The 

 day was cloudy and threatening. The opening event was a -'warmer'' 

 in "the form of a team shoot, in which "Tee Kay" Keller and Thomas 

 Brantingham were opposed to "Dutchy" Smith and J. Manning, each 

 man shooting at 15 targets, from five traps, unknown angles. The 

 result: 



Keller nillOlllOOUll- 12 Smith 111100011011111—11 



Br'ntingh'mOlinOOnnini- 13— 34 Manning. .. .011111010111111-13-33 

 By the time the above match was disposed of and the "wet goods" 

 put away the party had been strengthened by the appearance of D. 

 Terry. M. Goodman. T. Scott, J. Darby, W. Pearson and W. Terry. 

 The club shoot was next in order, the members shooting at from 35 

 to 35 targets each according to their ability. In these events the 

 shooting is one man up, five trap,?, unknown angle.s. The results: 



Smith iiiniiniioininiiniii —24 



Brantingham 1111111011110111110111111 _22 



Keller lOnoilllUOlUllOlllOOll —19 



D Terry lOlllOOlllOllOUlllOUlOl —18 



Manning m> 1111111111101111110111101111: —26 



Goodman\:35) llOllOllOlllllllOlllllOOlllllOlOUl— 37 



Scott (33) llllllllllOlOlllllllllOllllinoi —38 



J Darby (35) 01101111011110111111110111111011111 39 



W Pearson (39) OOOllIiniOOlllOOllllOlOOOlOO —16 



W Terry (33) IIOIIOIOOIIOIUIOOOOIIIIOIIIUIO —21 



Then came a sweep at 10 targets, entry nominal: 



Smith 11 r 1 ] 1 1 1 n — 1 0 S Terry ..1010111111— 8 



Brantingham 1111111111—10 Goodman 1101111110—8 



Keller lllinuiill- 8 Mack 0011010101-5 



Planning 1111000111— 7 Darby 1001011101—6 



D Terrv 1101010011— 6 Squire 0111111100-7 



Pearson llOllllUO— 8 



Final event, miss and out: Smith 3, Keller 10, D. Terry 1. S. Terry 

 0, Squire 8, Mack 3. 



Greenville Rifle Club. 



The club held a very successful shoot Nov. 24, 20 members were 

 present and participated in the competition for the club medals. 



There were no high scores made during the night, all hands seemed 

 bent upon devoting the time to congratulating each other over the 



wonderful progress that the club is making in its struggle for exist- 

 ence. Although it is hardly a year since it ventured into the uncer- 

 tainties surroundins the purchasing of land and tl.e building of the 

 club house and ranges, it is now safelv across the divide, the trail 

 ahead is dear and well defined, and all that is required to land the 

 club at the end of the journey in safety is economy and good judgment 

 on the part of its leaders. If they do this they will become the 

 pioneers lo a legion of other sccinties throughout the country who 

 will start out on the same journey and in the near future w"e may 

 hope to see the columns of FoRKST and Stbeam recording the weekly 

 events of a new era in ritle shooting in this great coiintrv. Scores, 

 10 shots, possible 3.-i0: Jas, Boag 2:i7. M. Dorrler 2:i7. Robidonx 237, 

 O. Boag 334, Chavant 231, Sclieeline 333, J. Dodds 333. Pkiiated 230. 

 Purkess 230, Collins 337. Gotthardt 336. Barr 225, Spalin 218, Mang S15, 

 Agneau 203, Daniels 193, Biachof 191, Wuratner 167, Huelsen 178, 

 Lutz 228. 



Shoot for a Gun at Paterson. 



Goon shooting weather was dealt out to those sportsmen who visited 

 Willard's Park, Paterson, on Nov. 23. Not clear by any means, but 

 still not cloudy enough to seriously affect the vision, and with a stilf 

 northwesterly wind that made fair birds good and good ones better. 

 The shoot that attracted the party was at 10 live birds, igS entry, for a 

 8100 Scott gim. The shooters haUed from all over Jei'sey, among them 

 being Chas. Verniorael and Chas. P, Lenone, of Passaic; Capt. A. W. 

 Money, the E. C. powder man. of Oakland; M. F. Lindsley, of Ameri- 

 can wood powder fame, of West Hoboken; Neaf Apgar, of Evona, 

 representing Henry Squires Son; J. A. R Elliott, of Elliott Brothers, 

 Kansas City, Mo.; Eddj" Hill, the well-known Trenton expert : Charles 

 Zwirlein, another noted projector of pigeon matches, of Yardville; 

 John W. Hoffman, of German Valley, who is anxious to shoot another 

 match against W. S. Canon; Dr. P. j. Zesrho, of AVarrenville: J. Frank 

 Class, of the Morri.stown Drivino; Park; John Leonard, also of Morris- 

 town; Ferd. Van Dyke, the pipuJar live bird and target expert of New- 

 ark; Samuel Castle, the Newark Gim Club's veteran expert; A. W. Du 

 Bray, representing the Parker Gun Co. ; the great international shot, 

 "Dutchy" Smith, and his side partner, "Tee Kay" Keller, of Plainfield; 

 T. C. Wright, Henry Wolf, T. W. Morfey, Charles Harford and August 

 Deitrich. the champion military rifleman of the State, all of Paterson, 

 and "Uncle" Jacob Petitz, of Bergen Point, who, along with Mr, Mor- 

 fey, had the shoot in chai'ge. 



About 400 birds had been furnished for the occasion, and of these 

 about 350 were what can justly be termed "screamers," as fine a lot of 

 fl.yers as one would wish to see Irai^ped. Quick to take wing when the 

 traps were sprung, tricky and strong on the wing and good "lead car- 

 riers," withal they were good enough for any one to practice on. 



Preparatory to the main event the party "shot a couple of sweep- 

 stakes, the conditions being 7 live birds per man, $5 entry, the first 

 having two and the second three moneys. In event No. 2 7 men tied 

 for first mone.y and shot off for it in the gun contest. Here are the 

 scores of the first two events: 



Sweep No. 1: 



Lindsley 1231201- 6 Money 1222311-7 



Elliott. 2221311—7 MorfeV 1121221—7 



Class 1110802-5 Hoffman 2212121—7 



Sweep No. 3: 



Lindsley 1333013—6 Zwirlein 11111 21—7 



Elliott 1311111-7 Hill 1113111-7 



Class 2211211—7 P Jay 1 123132-7 



Mon ey 31 1 221 1 —7 Cast le 1 1 2 1 2«1 - 6 



Morfey 2100223—5 Apgar 1113133-7 



HofI'man 1120331—6 C Smith 1213310-6 



Then came the main contest at 10 live birds. 3f7.,'jO entry including 

 the birds. It was desired I hat t he gun sliuuld yif Id StiO. which would 

 have been covered by t welve entri.'.s. Ttie entries, however, reached 

 nineteen, which left £a."i to l.e shot for in fidditien to the guu. This 

 was divided 60 and 40 per cent, and high guuK tofd<: all. There were 

 fifteen men in the field, Cafjt. Jlnney havint? twn cliances. W. S. 

 Canon's chance \vas shot by Samiier Castle; .T. ititrKoti's chance by 

 Frank Class, and "Wanda's"" chance by J. A. R. Klliott. The man- 

 agers put out the pick of the birds tor this shoot, and a rattling lot 

 they were, with not a "duffer" among them. So jjood were I hey that 

 of the nineteen entries only five full scores resulted Elliott was in 

 his best form, no bird seeming to be too good for him, and on both 

 his own and "Wanda's" entries he killed' straight, scoring thirteen 

 consecutive first barrel kills. Clas-J, too, was in line fettle, all houj. h 

 using a ptrange gun, a Boswell 12-gauge belonging to Moi fey, with 

 which be scored 9 on each his own and Kiggott's entries, his lost birds 

 falling dead out of bounds. "Dutchy" Smith shot in his old Dunnel 

 ten form aud kdled good, bud or ind'itlV-rent birds with equal facility. 

 Capt. Money did some prettv work with both barrels, seoriiiK one of 

 the star shots of the day with a beautiful second barrel kill of an ugly 

 and fast cireler. In-. Zegho had his shooting clothes on and was not 

 disposed to let any of his birds cross the fence. He got a fine chance 

 to show his skill with the first barrel on his fourth round and s?rassed 

 hisbiidin elegant style. Lindsley got a sky;scraper on his third 

 round, and although he filled it with lead it was game and went away. 

 HiU also got a "sereamer" on his eit;hth round and found it too fast 

 for him. t)n his third i>iad he made a beautiful second barrel play. 

 Zwirlein's third was fast, his next still faster, and only killed by a 

 masterly second, while his fifth goi away clean. On C;i"noTi's chance 

 Castle had terribly hard birds on his first, third, fourth, fifth aud 

 seventh rounds, and three of their got away. Apgar's fr.urth w A a 

 terror, and caused "Little Neaf" to pei spire in the vain effort to stop 

 it. Van Dyke's lost bird was another hot one, as was Hoffman's thu-d, 

 also lost. 



"Tee Kay" Keller acted as referee. The scoring as usual was done 

 hy the representatives of the sportsmen's journals, while Henry Wolf 

 pulled the traps. Eagle, Mr. Morfey's red Irish setter did the retriev- 

 ing. The scores: 



VVright 0303123312— 8 Van Dyke 1111021113- 9 



Canon 0120011111— 7 Elliott 1111111111—10 



Vermorel 111.12000.- 5 HiU 1131121021— 9 



C Smith 1113111112—10 Zwh-lein 1113022101— 8 



Lindsley 2230223333— 9 P Jay 2:21121232-10 



Money 12U31123a— 10 Riggott 231»332222— 9 



Apgar ]320;i22111— 9 Money 1301113311— 9 



Castle 1113311031— 9 Holfman 3101.3 



Glass l]3iJn3»23— 9 Wanda 1112232111—10 



Morfey I0i03.-.>w 



This left five men in a tie for the gun and money, and they divided 

 up the value. Fir.st money in P>ent No. 2 which was carried over to 

 the gun shoot, was won and divided by Elliott, Money and Zeglio 



The day was closed with two miss and out events, $3 entry in each. 

 In the second Money and Morfey gave their eyes a severe test by con- 

 tinuing to shsot until it was so dark as to compel them to do lots of 

 guessing. The re-sults: 



Money 131333 1223331 Castle 111210 10 



Smith 10 PJay , .10 



Morfey 10 2111320 Lindsley 2230 230 



0. H. TOWNSKND. 



"Valley Gun Club's Opening. 



On "Wednesday, Nov. 33, the new and exclusive organization known 

 as the Valley Gun Club held its opening shoot on its grounds at Elrns- 

 ford, a station on the Nortliei-n R R. The club is one comprised 

 solely of members of the "select -100" and its membership is limited to 

 300. The grounds are on the property of H. H. Worthington. A 

 special car took a big party up from New York and another party 

 drove from Tarrytowu in aud on a tally-ho. The weather was favor- 

 able for the bu'ds which were a good strong lot. 



In an opening sweepstake at 10 birds first money was won by Benj; 

 Kittndge on 10 kills, B. McCh-egor and N. S. Siuith being winners of 

 the balance. In sweep No. 3 De Forest Manice and Edward JafCray 

 killed 10 each and took the cash. In the third event C. C. Worthing, 

 ton was first and B Kittredge second. 



Then came the main event of the clay, a 10-bird contest for members 

 only, first prize being a silver cup valued at 5?!oO. The entrance fee 

 was.S5 and to the pot the club added $50, the pot being divided 6f:» and 

 3i% for second and third moneys. There were thirty-four entries aud 

 the only one to grass 10 birds was Henry Btdl, the nineteen-year-old 

 son of the ex-president of the Stock Exchange. Cup and money, of 

 course, went to the high guns, so after .=ome had missed three birds 

 each it was agreed that during the rest of the match two misses 

 should put the shooter out. The scores: 



P L Theband OlOlOw, G De Forest Grant. ...20330w. 



N S Smith 1200Ow. C C Worthington 1110331130—3 



B McGregor 32O310w. B F Fah-ehild 3llll3100w 



W S Edey 0222233330- 8 D T Kennedy lOlllOw. 



N C Reynal 033O'.,'3w. A T Sullivan 22n]01l0w 



Henry Bull lni3-'ll;23— 10 A M Crommelin SOllOw. 



n S Jarfray 2^;n;»i')„';iOw. Htuart Scott 03203w. 



W S Cochrane OOUw. G Thebaud 3310n0w. 



G D Petrie lOllOOw. Benj Kittridge Oiifigw. 



W M Wright 123100W. "W Whitehouse 1ij300w. 



De Forest Manice 012302w. Robert Graves OtHJw. 



E G Whitehouse .. . .OlOOw. W Rutherford 0333120w. 



K Jaffray 0311330w. J B Baker llOSOw. 



R Jaflray S3300w. W T Alexander 20033w. 



P Jaffray 00331 w. D Bacon 122^:00 w, 



E Jaffray 201 330 w. H Edey Ill 3233102—9 



Charles E Lord 0300w^ C T Berg 02300w. 



On the shoot-off for second mone.y H. Edey won. 



During the afternoon an elegant luuch was served, aud taking alj iij 

 all the opening was declared a grand success. 



