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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[DEa 16, 1898. 



May 22-85.— Knoxville (TennO Gun Club thirteenth annual tourna- 

 ment: first days, target, $1,000 added money, known traps, unknown 

 angles; last day, live pigeons. Open to the world. JSTo handicap. R. 

 Van Gilder, Sec'y. 



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

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



June 11-lG.— Kew York State Sportsmen's Association for the Pro- 

 tection of Fish and Game, thirty-sixth annual tournament, at Utica, 

 N. Y., under auspices of Oneida County Sportsmen's Association. 



June 19-21.— Ohamberlin Cartridge and Target Company's first 

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



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

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



Aug. 31-24,— Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association annual 

 tournament, under auspices of AJtoona Rod and Gun Club, at "Wop- 

 son onock Park. Altoona. 



Oct. 4-5.— West Newburg (N. Y.) Gun and Rifle Association s 

 fall tournament. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



After the Elliott-Class live bird match at Willard's Park. T'aterson, 

 on Dec. 8, the Clas.9 contingent seemed to be still in doubt as to the 

 fact of their Morristown favorite being the inferior in point of shoot- 

 ing ability to the expert from Kansas City. As a result, Mr. John 

 Leonard ot Morristown, who has financially backed Mr. Class in all 

 his recent matches, held a consultation with liis principal, and then 

 proposed to Mr. Elliott a match on the following terms: Each man 

 to shoot at 200 live pigeons for a stake of $300 a side ; match to be 

 shot on the grounds of John Erb, Bloomfleld avenue, Newark, N. J., 

 on Thursday, Dec. 21; Hurllngham rules to govern except as to tlie 

 boundary, which shall be governed by the rules of the grounds; the 

 difference between the price of the birds and the gate money to be 

 paid by the loser. The above was agreeable to Mr. Elliott, and he and 

 Mr. Class placed $50 fofeit money each in the hands of Mr. T. W. 

 Morfey of Paterson, to be turned over by the latter to Mr. John 

 Riggott of Rockaway, who was decided upon as stakeholder and 

 referee. In case, however, of Mr. Riggott refusing to act as referee, a 

 referee shall be selected by the contestants on the day of the match. 

 The match is to be play or pay, barring rain. This match is one 

 which should attract a big crowd of spectators, as it will be a fine ex- 

 hibition of the art of shooting, and beside.s will be shot strictly on its 

 merits. John Erb, as is well Iraown, can furnish as good pigeons as 

 any man in this country, and for this occasion he will try to get them 

 as "good as can be found. Ttae trapping and retrieving on his grounds 

 is done by expei'ts, and there are never any ledioxis drags to test the 

 patience. Under tliese conditions there is no reason why the niatcb 

 should not be run off in four hours, The chances are that the match 

 will be exciting as both men are shooting in Iheir best form, and many 

 who have watched their recent work are of the opinion that, all 

 things equal, there is not a difference of one bird on 100 in their skill. 

 An analysis of the shooting of the two men fails to show even the 

 above difference. In their five matches they have shot at .'iiO birds 

 each, Elliott killing 405 and Class 493, this making Elliott's 94.285 and 

 Class's 93.904. Counting in the birds which fell dead out of bounds 

 with those scored we find that Class hit 06,7fil of his birds, against 

 Elliott's 96.100. These figures do not seem to leave much margin of 

 skill on either side of the ledger, and were we asked whom we consid- 

 ered the better shot we should be unable to cast a vote on either side. 

 The coming match will be the first affair at 200 birds a side shot in 

 Newark for many years, and those who miss the opportunity of seeing 

 it will miss what cannot fail ro be a fine exhibition, no matter which 

 man wins. 



Thursday, Dec. 28, will be a great day at Willard's Park, Paterson, 

 when there will occur a contest between teams of three men each, 

 comprising some of the best .shots in this section of the country. The 

 affair was projected and will be managed by Mr. Jacob Penlz of the 

 Newark Gun Club. The teams will comprise three men each from 

 any one gun club, fifteen live pigeons per man, Hurlingham rules 

 except 50yds. boundary, $;M entrance fee per team, five entries two 

 mone.ys, over five entries three moneys. Shooting will begin promptly 

 at 10 A. M. in order that all may have the benefit of a good light. 



Up to the time of going to press six teams have entered, but there 

 is a strong chance that more vrill fall in before the day of the shoot. 

 Entries are expected from the Riversides of Red Bank, Centrals of 

 Long Br^iuch, Union Hills of Guttenberg, Emeralds of Brooklyn and 

 others. Below are the teams already entered: 



Newark Gun Club, Team No. 1— Samuel Castle Charles M. Hedden 

 and Ferdinand Van Dyke, all of Newark. 



Newark Gun Club, Team No. 2 -Milton P, Lindsleyand Eddie Collins 

 of West Hoboken, and Dr. P. J. Zeglio of Warrenville. 



Climax Gun CUib. of Plainfield— Neaf Apgar. of Avona; Enoch D. 

 Miller, of Springfield, and Charles Smith, of Plainfield. 



Trenton Gun Club.— George Cubberly, of Long Branch; Eddie Hill, 

 of Trenton, and Chas. Zwerlein, of Yardville. 



Cosmopolitan Gun Club, of Plainfield.— A. W. Money, of Oakland; 

 John Rothaker, of Phfiadelphia and Thomas W. Morfey, of Paterson. 



New Utrecht Gun Club, of Bay Ridge.— 0. Ferguson, G. E. Nostrand 

 and C. E. Morris, all of Long Island. 



On Saturday Dec. 9, some interesting shooting was indulged in on 

 the race track at Guttenberg, N. J. The afternoon was disagreeable 

 for sport, the fight being bad and the rain coming down at times in 

 torrents. The event of most interest was the shoot in which M. F. 

 Lindsley the famous wood powder man and J. A. R. Elliott the 

 American Meld champion, were pitted against Berkery and Charles 

 Woolmington, of Hoboken. Each man shot at 25 live pigeons under 

 Hurlingham rules, except boundary which was 50yds,, for a stake of 

 $100 a side. The birds were a good lot and woifid have been still better 

 with clear weather. All the shooters were in good form and it was 

 only by a narrow margin that the wood powder team won. The 

 scores: 



Lindsley 1011111.1.111110111111111— 21 



Elliott n.nnnioniiioiiiiiiii- 22— 43 



Berkery lOnOOllllllUOllllimoi- 20 



Woolmington 0011 11 11111111101111 11 101— 21— 41 



"Ned" Banks, the genial secretary of the Altoona Rod and Gun 

 Club, notifies us that the club claims August 21, 22, 23 and 84 1894, as 

 the dates upon which will be held the annual tournament of the Penn- 

 sylvania State Sportsmen's Association. The shoot will be held on 

 the summit of 'Wopsononock Mt,, near the present club grounds of 

 the Altoona Rod and Gun Club. Mr, Banks says: "Our club wfil 

 spare nothing to make the shoot the success of the season and I 

 beUeve we can show visitors something in the way of skyline that they 

 never saw before." 



The first of the series of shoots for the championship medals of the 

 Riverside Gun Club, of Red Bank, N. J., took place on Dec, 8. The 

 scores: Event No. 1, 25 targets, John S. Hoey 22, J. C. Cooper 21, E. 

 M. Cooper 20, James Cooper I'l', A. Whymer 11, T. L. Davis 10, Oscar 

 Hesse 21, C. E. Throckmorton 10. No 2, at 15 targets, E. M. Cooper 14, 

 Hesse 12, Hoey 12, Jas. Cooper Jr. 11, N. Campbell 8, J. P. Cooper 9, 

 Oscar Hesse Jr. 8, L. S. Campbell 6. 



The West End Rod and Gun Club, of Syracuse, N. Y., made the 

 following scores at their last shoot, each man shooting at 15 targets. 

 Fred Klock 11. Vince Case 9, Lewis Simpkins 14, Edward Klock Jr., 10, 

 David Papworth 12, John Flannery 12, James Breen 7, Marshafi Hall 

 10, John Goodrider 8, George Steves 10, John (felly, Edward Church 7, 

 P. H. Bellinger 9, H. L. Blye 8, Frank Klock 10. 



The new 100-page catalogue published by Henry C. Squires & Son, 

 is a marvel in its way, bolh as to the number of articles described and 

 the low prices quote'd. There is scarcely an article in the sporting 

 goods line that is not mentioned, and besides the book shows prices 

 on many articles useful to others than sportsmen. Copies are sent to 

 all who apply. 



It is about time for the public to hear something about the lately 

 proposed live bird match between T W. Morfey, of Paterson, and M. 

 F. Lindsley, of West Hoboken. The conditions were to be 50 live birds 

 per man and the stake $50 a side. This match could be shot at Erb's 

 on the 21st inst., previous to the Elliott— Class match. 



The Stroudsburg Gun Club will hold a one day shooting tournamen 

 on the club grounds near Broad street, Stroudsburg, Pa., on Dec. 25 

 A programme that is up to date in every respect will be arranged. 

 Stroudsburg is on the D., L. & W. R.R , N. Y. S. & W. R.R. and W. 

 B, & E, R,R, You are invited. 



Our list of fixtures for 1894 is growing apace, but there is a marked 

 scarcity of events previous to April. Send in your announcements as 

 sooitas possible, so that shooters may have plenty of time to arrange 

 for attending your tournament. 



Wm. Tell Mitchell, of Lynch's Station, Va,, says in a private letter 

 that game is not as plentiful as was anticipated thus far this season. 

 He says his best bags thus far have been 48 and 38, respectively. 



Don't forget that open to all tourament at live birds and targets to 

 be held on the Union Gun Club grounds at Springfield, N. J., on 

 Christmas Day. 



But a few weeks more to roll by and then will come that great 

 team match between the experts of New Jersey and of Kings county, 

 N. Y. 



Louis Mfiler announces open to all shoot at live birds and target, to 

 be held at Dexter Park, on Christmas and Kew Year's Day. 



Don't miss the Elliott— Class 200 bird match at Erb's, on Thursday, 

 Dec. 21. 



Don't forget to send in the result of your club elections. 



0. H. TOWNSBND, 



EUiott Wins the Fifth Match. 



Once more have J. A. R. EUiott. the A merican Field champion, of 

 Kansas City, Mo., and Frank P. Class, champion of NewJersey, met 

 at the traps and once more has ElUott been victorious. This contest, 

 the fifth of the kind shot between these closely-matched experts, took 

 place at Willard's Park, Paterson, N. J., on Friday, Dec. 8, and there 

 were on the grounds just 92 people, including the shooters. Surely it 

 looks as though it were useless to try and attract a crowd to see a 

 shooting match in Jersey. These matches between Elliott and Class, 

 thougli not for fabulous amounts, are nevertheless ' on the square," 

 and our firm belief is that in each and every one of the five matches 

 each man shot to kill as many birds as possible. This being the case, 

 and there being only a slight difference in the number of birds killed by 

 the two men, it seems curious that the attendance at this match should 

 have been so fight. 



The day was an ideal one for early winter, the air cool and crisp, 

 the wind blowing lightly from the northwest, its keen edge being 

 nicely tempered by a clear sun. The grounds were rather heavy and 

 sloppy from the melted snow. The birds can be disposed in few words 

 as an extremely indifferent lot, in fact, there were only 22 birds noted 

 by the press representatives at all above the ordinary. They were the 

 poorest lot as a whole trapped in the series. Forty-four out of the 

 lot were "flippers," which merely jumped from the trap and attempted 

 to alight within a few feet, but were killed too soon to get the chance. 

 In the score these are designated by an "H". 



It was 2:20 P. M. when the match began, C. M. Heddon, of Newarlr, 

 being chosen as referee, T. C. Wright, of Passaic, as trap-puUer and 

 the representatives of the sportsmen's journals doing the scoring. El- 

 liott won the toss and shot ilrst, killing a left-quartering driver. Class 

 followed by killing a "flipper." Neither man lost until the ninth 

 round, when an incoming right-quarterer got away from Class, 

 although it was by no means fast. On this round Class's twelfth and 

 fifteenth, both left-quartering drivers, carried their lead over the 

 boundary. EUiott 25, Class 22. 



On the next round Elliott scored another straight, while Class's first 

 and eleventh fell dead out of bounds. At the end of the round ElUott 

 had scored 50 to Class's 45. 



The third round opened with a kUl by each. Elliott, who was in 

 splendid fonn, centering his birds beautifuUy, kept up his killing until 

 the twentieth roimd, when a right-quartering driver only moderately 

 fast got away from Mm. This left him with a straight run of 09 lulls. 

 His twenty second bird, a fast driver, was hard hit but was lough. 

 When Eagle started for him he managed to evade the dog's mouth, 

 and finally gathered strength enough to get clo.se to the rear boundary. 

 Here Eagle made a jump for him, but just as the dog's jaws were 

 about to close on the bird he struck a slippery spot and slid over the 

 line, grabbing the bird not more than six inches from the line. This 

 bii d could have been gathered by a man. On thi.s round Class lost his 

 third and twelfth birds. The round ended with a score of 73 for ElUott 

 to 09 for Class. 



On Che fourth round EUiott killed 25, while Class lost his eleventh 

 and tw enty-fourth, the race ending with 98 kills for ElUott to 91 for 



Class. 



We do not consider that we would be justified in adversely criticising 

 Class on the form he displayed, which was miserable. At least two- 

 thirds of his kills were "slobbers," he showing very few of the clean, 

 centering shots made by Elliott, who was at his best. For Class's 

 work there was an excuse. Early in the week he knocked the skin 

 from the middle joint of the middle finger of his right hand, put 

 thereon a piece of black courtplaster and supposed that would end 

 the matter. On the following morning, however, he was obliged to 

 remove the plaster, the finger having become badly inflamed and 

 swollen. As it continued to grow worse he finaUy consulted a physi- 

 cian, who said he was afraid the finger had been poisoned by the black 

 courtplaster. On this day the finger was extremely painful and was 

 still badly siroUen. With this handicap a fine exhibition from him 

 was not to be expected. 



The match was an extremely uneventful one, the shots above the 

 average being here noted: ElUott 34th and 35tb (both fast drivers"), 

 43d (left-quarterer). 46th (a very fast towering driver, a nice kill), 48l:h 

 (a quick kill), 51st (ditto), 54th (ditto on fast bird), 72d (awfully fast 

 driver and a pretty secontl, but dead out of bounds by action of dog 

 as before explained). 



Class's 9th (twisting incomer to right, dodged both loads), 23d (fast 

 driver and neat first), 40th (left-quarterer, behind with first, got swift 

 and brought down by pretty second), 5yd (fast driver, lost, shot 

 behind), 63d (fast left-quartering driver, good second), 69th (fast 

 right-quarterer and a clean second), 72d (elegant second on driver 

 that was awfully fast), 75th (the star shot of the day on an ex- 

 tremely fast driver that was yards away before the trap settled), 86th 

 (an ugly /.Ig-zagger of a left-quartering driver and extremely fast, did 

 not course a yard and got clean away from both barrels) and 94th 

 (fast right-quarterer, quick first). 



Class's 12tb bird struck the wire fence and fell over. His 15th just 

 managed to get over. His 18th and 100th were shot on ground pur- 

 posely and other birds allowed. His 49th was shot on ground, but 

 seemingly not noticed by the referee. 



Elliott's 47th, 52d, 55th, 60th and 93d birds were all plainly shot 

 while on the ground, but none of them were called by the referee. 



Elliott's runs were 09 and 28, Class's 23 and 12. EUiott used his 

 second barrel 45 times, Class 43. 



The times by quarters were as follows: 3.5m., 28m., 32m, and 25m., 

 a total of 3 hours. 



In strings of 10 shots each the race ran as below: 



Elliott 10 20 .30 40 50 60 68 78 88 98 



Class 9 17 36 35 45 54 63 73 83 91 



Below are the detailed scores, shown as only the greatest journal 

 on earth can show them: 



Trap score type— Copyright isss, by Forest and Stream PuhUshing Co. 



12315 3 3415321143525144115 



Elliott 2 22111212121122112122321 1—25 



5242451334524234542152112 



t»HH ^^^i«-t T^NN H^^^<-^ TTHS- H H 

 222211113221212122222212 1-25 



354421341242312122 5 45335 2 



THNT4,-^HNH4-i^H-M-<-H<-7'/^T,^H-^ „^ 



J.11211112221211112202«21 2—23 

 3121313455142141344221441 

 Si*-H i i-^^>^\i^H \i/\H-^<— >4.<-«?'<-T<- 

 311111122111111111111311 1—25—98 



534344 3 444234514155435144 



Class 2 1122212013»21«212122111 1—23 



213 1532454123412212134555 

 -^J-Ti-^t H«-i H i H H^<-<-H /\ ^ H H H 

 • 121122223«1112122212122 2—23 

 5442452351441543134442224 



210111111110221111231211 3—23 

 244431153413 4442414543545 



2112212 12101111111111110 1— 2'3— 91 

 Previous to the above contest a few of the shooters who were on 

 hand amused themselves by shooting sweeps as shown below. No. 1 

 at 10 birds, $5 entry, one money; No. 2, same; No. 3 at 10 birds, $5 

 entry; in this second money was shot off miss and out, and divided by 

 Morfey and Green: 



No. 1. No. 3. No. 3. Tie. 



Morfey 2221211220—9 22221»2012— 8 12.1221011— 8 222323 



Green 0011120111-8 1111011210-8 1.21110222-8 222211 



Hedden lll221«lll-9 



Lindsley 1«22102121— 8 220 



Elliott 1121112121 



C. H. TO'SVNSEND. 



Garfield Gun Club. 



Matches shot Nov. 30 from 5 unknown King traps, 30yds., 10 Uve 

 birds: 



Brown ...1222120110—8 1211121101— 9 



Baird 







2121200112-8 



1211111112—10 



O'Brien 







,...2111002010-6 



2112121122—10 

 1111111200— 8 



Esman 







, 1121102321—9 



2221221101— 9 



Lauterbach 







2200200121—6 



2222112101— 9 



Hicks 









2221110122— 9 











1022121112— 9 











2211022220— 8 



Richards 









1201012012— 7 



Palmer 







1102211212—9 



2222110211— 9 



Wescott 







0020200110—4 



1220200212— r 











2220822202 — 8 



J Northcott 







2000^02020-4 



0000102021— 4 









1 -i/n ni oni 1 Q 





RockefeUer 







2021011121—8 



loiiiouol— r 



Spane 







O0OOU0221— 5 





Fleming 









1121001112— 8 



Drake 







02220—3 



1222212210— 9 













Hodson 







20102—3 



0122011111— 8 



W Palmer 







022—2 



22021.20010 - 6 











2121030022— 7 











2222212120— 9 











1122112111—10 



Same conditions, 

 Brown 



8 birds: 





111211-6 



Adams 



2iY^)a- 



-e 

 -5 





110111—5 



221220-5 



Lauterbach. ., 



.201212- 



-5 

 -6 





12210W. 



200212-4 



Mott 



212103- 







220322—5 



Cop 



S22222— 6 





221021—5 









202222—5 



Wescott 



W Northcott 



020111—4 

 210110-4 





..202213—5 

 12103W. 



J Northcott 



McEUigott 



110212-5 



110110-4 





211113-6 



Perth Amboy Gun Club. 



Perth Asraov, Dec, 1,— The Perth Amboy Gun Club held a Thanks- 

 giving shoot at live birds and bluerocks on their grounds yesterday, 

 with all sorts of prizes. It was one of the best day's sport that has 

 been witnessed in eastern New Jersey in many years, and was attended 

 by hundreds of pigeon-shooting enthusiasts from all parts of the 

 State, with a goodly sprinkling of New York cracl^s. WiUiam V. 

 Hartman of Perth Amboy Gun Club entered in four of the five live 

 bu'd shoots, and killed every bird, making a clean score in every one 

 of the events. 



The first match was with the rifle, and ten contestants faced the 

 targets. Thomas Brantingham of the South Plainfield Gun Club was 

 the winner on a score of 31 out of a possible 36. He won the immense 

 turkey. Six men faced the traps In a shoot at five live birds, con- 

 ditions 2"yda. rise, and but one barrel to be used. James Van Brackle 

 of Matawan killed every bird but his second. James L. Tooker killed 

 every bird with the exception of his fourth, thus tieing Van Brackle 

 and "WUliam F. Hartman killed his five birds straight, taking first 

 money. The next match was at five live birds, same conditions as 

 first event. William F. Hartman and James Van Brackle killed their 

 live birds and divided first money. Leander B. Cambell of the River- 

 side Gun Club of Red Bank killed four birds and took second money. 

 James M. Glens and O. Brown of the home club, who kiUed ttiree each, 

 divided third money. 



The next event was a match at five live birds with similar condition 

 to previous match. William F, Hartman captured first money by 

 killing every bird. Dr. Brace of the Perth Amboy Club and Leonard 

 CambeU of the Red Bank Club tied for money and divided the purse. 

 There were eighteen entries in the fourth event, which was a target 

 shoot. Each man had three shots with twelve points to a shot, mak- 

 ing a possible 36. The prize was a young pig. William F, Hartman 

 made a clean score and was tied by H, Jones of the Midway Gun Club 

 at Matawan. 



The excitement was intense in this contest, as Hartman had so far 

 made a clean score in ever.y event. In his shoot off Hartman only 

 made 32, and Jones scored 33 and took the young porker, A match 

 at 10 ten bluerocks followed: Conditions, 2.5yds, rise, both barrels 

 allowed. Brantingham and Fred. Mason of the Perth Amboy Gun 

 Club broke 8 birds each and divided first money. James L. Tooker 

 broke 7 and took second money. WiUiam Manning, who broke 6 took 

 third money. The last match of the day was at three live birds each 

 man, 25yds, rise, single barrel, William F. Hartman won first money 

 by kU ling every bird, Geo, Terry took second money by kUling his 

 first two birds. 



Central Gun Club. 



Ddmth, Minn. —The Thanksgiving afternoon shoot under the 

 auspices of the Central Gun Club, drew a large number of contestants 

 and spectators. There is nothing of a novelty in a Thanksgiving Day 

 shoot in some cUmatts, nor here, in ordinarUy warm f aUs, but when 

 such a large number of entries will turn out and the thermometer 

 registering zero all day, it shows that the sport is on the increase in 

 this section, and illustrates to what extremes the enthusiasts wiU ex- 

 tend. While the scores were not as good as expected, nor nearly up 

 to the standard of some of the old time regulars, the second best men 

 came in for the most honor and surprised the best of them, altogether i 

 the scores were as satisfactory as could be expected. The severity of 

 the weather considered, and everybody enjoyed a good afternoon's 

 shoot. Darkness prevented the shooting of the full number of events 

 on the programme, and they will, with a few additional ones be that 

 on New Year's Day, weather permitting. The prizes offered in this 

 shoot were 4 turkeys in each event. The winners in first event to be 

 handicapped 4yd8. Scores and winners as foUows: 



First event, 15 singles: Pastoret 11, Nelson, Day and Moork 10, Proc- 

 tor and Little 9, Qunderson 8, Moore and Bakke 7, Ownen, Larson and ' 

 Johnson 6, Springer 5, Jones, Stevens, Dewar and McDonald 4, Carle- 

 son 3, Heimbach 0. Winners: Pastoret first, Nelson second, Proctor 

 third, Gunderson fourth. The first three won on shoot off. 



Second event, 15 singles: Dodge and Greene 10, Day, Nelson and 

 Moork 9, Johnson, Moore and Larson 8, Myers, McDonald and Dewar 

 7, Little, Owens and Wood 6. Pastoret and Springer 5. Greene first, 

 Day second, Johnson third, Myers fourth, all on shoot-off. Nelson 

 and Pastoret handicapped 4yds. in this event. 



Third event, consolation, 10 singles, open to all not winners in events 

 one and two; Owens, Moork, McDonald and Springer 4, Moore and 

 Little 3, Stevens and Armstrong 2, H. Little and Carlesonl. Owens 

 first, Moore second, Stevens third, H. Little fourth, each on shoot-off. 



Glenmore Rod and Gun Club. 



The monthly shoots of the Glenmores at Dexter Park of late have 

 been noted for the light attendance on the part of the members. In 

 times past this old organization used to have an attendance at its 

 monthly shoots equal to any of the many clubs that jjatronize this 

 popular resort, but things are not as they used to be. Now an attend- 

 ance of half a dozen members at a monthly shoot is an exception 

 rather than the rule. At the last regular shoot on Nov. 20 there were 

 four men on the grounds to compete in the club event, 3Iessrs. Edger- 

 ton, Vroome, Levens and Kay. They shot through the club event and 

 one 5-bird sweep and then retired. 



Club event: 



T T Edgerton 0121120—5 W Levens 2003112—5 



E A Vroome 1213111—7 J B Kay 1101011—5 



Sweep, 5 birds: 



T T Edgerton 20'311-4 J B Kay 11122-1 



W Levens 02312—4 



I<ive Birds at Easton. ' 



OciTE a party of sportsmen assembled on the trap-shooting grounds 

 at Easton, Pa,, on Thanksgiving Day, and enjoyed a day's sport at the 

 traps. Among the shooters was "Big Jim" Smith, the good-natured 

 expert from Hackettstown, to whose kindness we are indebted for' 

 these scores. The morning's shooting comprised four events at three 

 live birds each, $1 entry, birds extra. The scores: 



1 a h 1 2 S h 



Givens 001 110 Mock Ill 111 Oil 100 



Smith Ill 111 110 111 Vincent Ill 110 



Sage 001 110 White 000 Oil 



Brown 110 010 Oil 010 Be» Ill Oil 



Mowder Ill 111 HO 001 Luckey Ow ... 



Events Nos. 5 and 6 were at 5 birds each, $2 entry; No. 7 at 3 birds, 

 $1 entry: 



White 10001 



Smith 11111 



Mowder 01101 



Mock 11101 



Brown lOlll 



G 



00111 



inn 



11001 

 11011 



5 



BeU mil 



Carty 11101 



Vincent 11111 



Felker 



11011 

 00111 

 00011 

 01001 



"Waverly Gun Club. 



Eotm members met at Miller's Dexter Park on Dec. 4. The after- 

 noon was devoted to smashing blue rocks. The club event called for 

 ten birds, this was followed by four sweeps of ten birds each: 



O. HUkner 1100101010-5 L. Grane 0000000010—1 



P.Van Staden 1001101000-4 J. Fehleism 0010101001-4 



£. S. Benscotten's Disappearance. 



Rkadkrs of Forest and Stiieajt, more especiaUy of the trap deparf 

 ment, will recall the totally unexplained disappearance of the onc« 

 well-known trap-shooter, E. S. Benscotten of Ohio. To-day I have th« 

 following letter from an employer who knew Benscotten after hir 

 pariure for the West: 



"MAN'f'HESTER, N. H., Nov. 27.— Nearly two years ago I saw an iten 

 in FoRE,sT AJ.'D Stream written by you, telling of the mysterious disap 

 pearance of E, S, Benscotten, and so I send to you to ask if you have 

 ever heard anything further of him since that time, "^Vhile he was a 

 Spokane he was in my employ CI was at that time chief engineer of th^ 

 Washington Water Power Co.), and I liked him so well that I hav< 

 tried in many ways to get some trace of him, but so far without anj 

 success whatever, Henry A, Herrick." 



Nothing whatever has been heard of the missing man since tha 

 time, 80 far as I know, and the case bids fair to i emain one of the uo 

 solved mysteries, -whether of accident or crime. E. Hodoh, 



