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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Deo. 33, 1898. 



Vernon Rod and Gun Club Tournament. 



Thb Vernon Rod and Gun Club held an open to all tournament on 

 Its new grounds, corner Enfield street and Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn, 

 on Wednesday, Dec. 13, and had a fair turnout. The shooting was at 

 liluerock targets under the rapid-firing system. Among those present 

 were W. R. Hobart and J. R. Osterhout of Newark, Dr. P. J. Mason 

 of Peekskill, Neaf Apgarof Evona, M. F. Lindsley of West Hoboken, 

 and J. W. Hoffman of German Valley. 



The shoot was in charge of the following committee: E. A. Thomp- 

 son, chairman; J. G. Wischerth, John Wright, W. H. Thompson, 

 Wallie Dorr. The state of the weather had a great effect on the 

 nerves of the shooters, as is shown by the faet that during the entire 

 day only two clean scores were recorded. The results follow: 



No. 1, 10 targets: 



Hobart 1111010111— 8 F A Thompson 0101001111— 6 



Ferris 1110101011— 7 H Heyer 0110011000— 4 



Wood 1011111110— 8 SLyon 1110000111— 6 



Hobart. !°.*^!f.^mill00101 1111-12 Heyer 011111011101001-10 



P A Thompson. 111100010100101— 8 Lyon 110111110010101—11 



W HThompson.OlllllllOlllOlO— 11 Ferris 110110101011111—11 



Wood : 101111111001111—12 Levins 100011000111001— 7 



Bennett 011101111111171—13 



No. 3, 20 targets: 

 Mason 10111010011101011101—18 WHThomp- 



Wood .11011011111101111011-16 son 11101110111001001111—14 



Bennett ..lOOOlOllOlllllllllOl— 15 Hobart. . . .11101101110111010111— 15 

 F A Thomp- J B H 10011110100110111110-13 



son 00000011010101001010 - 7 W P R 00111011110011101111—14 



Heyer 11100110111100110110—13 AVright. . .. 10000010000100000001— 4 



Levins 01010101000101110111—11 Graft 01001111110011011110-13 



No. 4, 10 targets: 



Bennett 1110011111-8 J B H 0101111111-8 



WPR 1111101101—8 Mason 1111101010—7 



Little.". 1110100011—6 Wood 1111111100—8 



Levins llllllOlOl— 8 F A Thompson 1111100111—8 



Hobart 1011111101—8 Ferris 1001010101-5 



Osterhout 1011111010—7 Craft 1111011111—9 



Heyer 0101111101—7 



No. 5, 10 singles and 5 pairs: 



PR 1111011111-9 01 10 10 10 10— W 



Hobart 1010111011—7 11 10 11 10 10—14 



Apgar 1111110111—9 10 00 00 00 10—11 



Little.' 1101001001—5 01 10 00 11 10-10 



Bennett 1111101111—9 00 10 00 10 10—12 



Levens 1111110110—8 10 10 01 10 11—14 



F A Thompson 1000011011—5 10 10 00 10 10— 9 



Craft 1111110111—9 11 10 00 10 14—15 



Hoffman 1101111010—7 00 11 11 10 00—12 



No. 6, 15 targets: 



Osterhout 110110101011010— 9 Bennett lOlOIlOOOOlllll— 9 



Hobart 110101111011111—12 Craft 010100100000111— 6 



Wood 010011110111110—10 FA Thompson. 101110110001000— 7 



Apgar 111111111110000—11 Hoffman 001011001111001— 8 



W^ T B 010010110011101— 8 J B H OOlOlOOllllOlOl— 8 



Little 110100110000110— 7 Mason 111101110111111—13 



Levens 111011101011100—10 



No. 7, 10 targets: 



Osterhout 0111111111—9 Hobart 0110110011—6 



Bennett 1101110111—8 F A Thompson 0101101101-6 



Apgar 1111011110-8 H Heyer 0101010111—6 



Hoffman 1110111111-9 J B H 1111010111-8 



Wood 11101 1 111 1—9 Doc 0110001111—6 



Little 1110000111-6 WPR 0101111111-8 



Bishop..... 0101010110—5 Craft 1111110111-9 



Ferris 0011000111—5 Van Sise 0100010100—3 



No. 8, 30 targets: 



Hoffman ..10111101111110111111— 17 Lindsley. ..00101100101011111111-13 



WPR 10111111101111011101—16 Vansin IIOOIOOOOOOOOOIOIIOI— 7 



Levens. ...10111100111111111111—17 F B H 11011111101111010010—14 



Hobart 01110011001011101111—13 F A Thomp- 



Wood 10111110111110101011—15 son 10101011110001101011—11 



Apgar 11110111111111110111—18 Mason 00111001010101111111—13 



No. 9, 10 targets: 



Hoffmann 1110111110—8 Wood 1001010001—4 



Apgar 0111110111—8 Levins 0010101010—4 



Hobert 0100101111-6 F A Thompson 1110011001—6 



Lindsley 1100109011—5 J B H 1001100111—6 



Osterhout 1101011011—7 WPR 1000111001—, 



Doc 0101100011—5 Wright ..0110100000—3 



No. 10, 10 singles and 5 doubles: 



Hoffmann 0111111111 11 10 10 11 11—1 



Apgar 0010110011 00 11 10 10 00— 9 



Craft 1110001111 10 10 10 10 00—11 



Dr Mason IIIIOIOIIO 10 11 10 01 11—14 



Hobert 0111011111 01 00 10 10 10—12 



Osterhout IIIIOIOOOO 1110 1110 10—12 



day— and the result was that only ten members put in an appearance 

 to contest for the Plate diamond trophy and the extra prizes. The 

 Plate trophy, as we had occasion to remarkin a previous report of the 

 club's shoot, is a remarkably fine piece of the jeweler's handiwork, 

 and naturally all the members have a strong desire to win it. The 

 trophy will go to the member winning it the most number of times at 

 the monthly shoots during the year. Thus far it has been won by the 

 following members: Wm. Lair twice, D. Van Zile twice, Fred W. 

 Pfaender once, Fred McLaughlin once and Dr. Little once. The fact 

 that the previous winning of the trophy is distributed among five men, 

 two only of whom have won it twice, should make all future competi- 

 tions to the end of the shoot decidedly interesting. On Wednesday 

 when the members assembled on the groimds, four of the men pres- 

 ent were previous winners of the trophy, and each of them, no doubt, 

 had strong hopes that the much coveted prize would come his way. 

 On the first round Fred McLaughlin scored a miss; the next one of 

 the quartette to miss his bird was Wm. Lair, on the fifth round. 

 Messrs. Pfaender, Dr. Little and John C. DeFraine, the popular secre- 

 tary of the club, succeeded in making clean scores of seven birds each. 

 On the shoot off DeFraine withdrew and left Messrs. Little and 

 Pfaender to contest for the trophy. The result was a victory for 

 Pfaender on the third round, he killing three to Dr. Little's two. 

 Scores: 



WSchumacher 1110221-6 Dr W A Little 1122112—7 



F W Pfaender 2122112—7 Wm Lair 1111021—6 



WSchelges 0121211—6 H McLaughlin 1021120—5 



Dr Lynch 0201011—4 F McLaughlin 0121220-5 



Dr Van Ord 0021103—4 J C DeFraine 1121211—7 



C AyUng 0011110101111111111110111—20 



1111011101111111101111101—21 



Onondaga County Sportsmen's Club. 



The Onondaga County Sportsmen's Club, who have splendidly 

 equipped quarters at Maple Bay, on the picturesque shores of Onon- 

 daga Lake, about five miles from Syracuse, is one of the strongest 

 organizations, financially as well as numerically, m the State. In 1892 

 it ehgineered the New York State shoot, which was one of the most 

 successful ever held. Included among its members are a number of 

 the most solid business men of the city, including A. C Ginty. Harvey 

 McMurchy, Daniel M. Lefever, A. G. Courtney, Chas. H. Mowry, Geo. 

 H. Mann, Geo. H. Holloway, A. C. Spangler, C. Dugard and W. H. 

 Hookway, all of whom are enthusiastic trap and field shots. 



The club holds regular weekly shoots, each member shooting at 50 

 targets, for medals. The last of these contests took place on Dec. 14, 

 when the weather was miserably unfavorable, the day being extremely 

 cold, with a heavy snow storm and strong wind. The scores, however, 

 were fairly good despite the handicaps. A. G. Courtney, the genial 

 representative of the Lefever Arms Co., won the medal on a score of 

 44 breaks. The scores: 



A G Courtney 1101111111011101110111111—21 



1111101111111110111111111—23—44 



C Dugard , 0111011111111111010111001—19 



1111101111111111010111111—23-^ 

 110111—20 

 11101—21—41 



H McMurchy 1110111101101011011101111—19 



0111110111011110110010111—18-37 

 D M Lefever ,1011101111011101110111111—20 



1001110110100111011011101—16—36 

 John Cool 1111010011110111110010111—18 



0111110001110111111110011—18—36 

 D Walters 0011111111000111111101011—18 



1100111100110001111011001—15—38 

 AC Ginty 0001111100101111110111101—17 



1111011001011011110001010—15—32 



D Kin? 0111010111011111011001111—18 



1110001011011001110001001—13—31 



Geo Mann 1000100000111111101111011—15 



1101011001101101111001101—16—31 

 Fallstaff. 



North Side Gun Club. 



The last monthly shoot of the North Side Gun Club, at the Queens 

 County Driving Park, Maspeth, L. I., on Dec. 12, unfortunately came 

 on a very cold day. The atmosphere had that crisp Arctic feeUng 

 about it that unless one's circulation was in good condition, a few 

 minutes' exposure was sufficient to make the most enthusiastic pigeon 

 crank break for cover. But the personahty of the North Side mem- 

 bers is of that vigorous nature that a little frosty weather only 

 adds to their vigorousness. The meeting on Tuesday was the last for 

 the year 1893; their shooting year, however, extends to and includes 

 April, 1894. The club events for the club medal and other prizes call 

 for 7 birds per man, handicap rules. The shooting on Tuesday was 



There was John Akhurst, who has been "Uncle John" to the frater- 

 nity of shotgun shooters for the past 85 years; he is now past his 

 seventy-fourth year. Then there was Wm. Hughes ("Uncle Billy"), 

 from New Jersey, a man nearly as old as Mr. Akhurst, and as full of 

 interest in shotgun matters as the youngest member in the club. The 

 eight members were divided into two teams of four, one under the 

 leadership of President D. Freligh and the other marshaled under 

 '■Uncle" John Akhurst, with "Uncle BUly" Hughes guarding the rear 

 of "LTncle John's" quartette. The race was at 15 birds per man, H 

 and T traps, Long Island rules, both barrels allowed. The weather 

 was fine, the westerly wind tempering the atmosphere to that degree 

 which makes outdoor exercise a pleasure at this season of the year. 

 The birds furnished by Mine Host Miller were a good lot, and under 

 the rules in force gave the shooters plenty of opportunities for show- 

 ing their skill. Scores: 



CaptAkhu't01011l21lllllll— 13 CaptFrelighl01111113122111— 14 

 E Madison.. 011111111120211— 13 J Gardner. .022020221002101— 9 



H Botty. . . .121011021101000- 9 J Smith 011111111101111—13 



W Hughes.. 12S02022111120— 12-47 JChambers.011001112111021— r' -47 



Unknown Gxm Club. 



The monthly shoot of the L'nknowns at Dexter Park on Dec. 14 

 brought together ten members in competition for the club prizes. 

 The weather was altogether too frigid for comfort when facing the 

 traps, and as soon as a member had sbot his turn he sought shelter 

 in the shooting house, where a large stove and a hot fire made it pos- 

 sible to keep his body in a fairly comfortable condition. Of late Mil- 

 ler has been able to "supply some rattling good birds to his patrons 

 and as a consequence the "live bird cranks have had opportunities to 

 test their shooting abilities to their fullest extent. The birds fur- 

 nished to the Unknowns were no exception to the general run, and 

 some of the best shots of the club had to submit to the fact that the 

 birds at times were a httle fast for the gun and the shooter. Of the 

 ten members engaged in the club event only two of them, Messrs. E. 

 A. Vroome and Ike Hyde, made clean scores. H. Van Staden and G. 

 Rankin were in hard luck throughout the shoot, each getting 2 birds 

 out of 7. After the club event a sweep at 3 birds was shot off. Scores: 



Club event, club handicap: 



G Rankin 2000100—2 E A Vroome 1211111—7 



HKnebel 1100110—4 I Hyde 2121111—7 



W Skidmore 1011001—4 C Plate 0111011—5 



WBoyd 2202102—5 J Aekhurst 1011011—5 



I Flynn 0121021—5 H Van Staden, Sr 0000101—2 



Sweep at 3 birds, $1 entry, 3 moneys: 



Plate 110—2 Knebel 021—2 



Hyde 111—3 Vroome 211—3 



Skidmore 100—1 Boyd 211—3 



01 01 10 10 11— 9 



10 10 11 01 00—13 



11 10 10 10 11—13 

 00 00 00 10 00— 6 

 11 10 00 00 00—12 

 00 00 00 10 00— 7 



Lev«ns 0001001010 



WPB 1111101011 



Lindsley llOllOlliO 



J AH... 0111000011 



Wood 0111111111 



JBH 1101010011 



No. 11, 10 targets: 



Apgar 1001111010— 6 Edward QllllllllO— 8 



J J L 0001001001— 3 Craft 1111111111—10 



Osterhout OllOOOOUO— 4 Hoffmann 1111111111—10 



Wesherth 0000001000- 1 Van. Sise 0000000001—1 



Plate .'.lOllOlOOlO— 5 W P R 1010111010— 6 



Lindsley 1011101101— 7 JBH 1011011111— 8 



Levins 0011100000- 3 W H Thompson 1001101111— 7 



No. 12, 10 targets: 



Hoffman 0111110111—8 Ward 1111111101—9 



Apgar 0111001111 -7 J J L 0111011100—6 



Lindsley 0111101111—6 W H Thompson 0111010110—6 



Hobart. 0111100011-6 WPR 0111111111—9 



No. 13, miss and out: 



Apgar 11111—5 Piatt 0 — 0 



Ward 11 —2 Hoffman 11110—4 



Craft 11111-5 



NO. 14, 15 singles: 



Hoffman 111111111]110H-14 Ward 110111110111101-12 



Lindsley. ...101111110101111—12 F A Thompson. OOlOOOllOlOOOOO— 4 



Apgar 011110101001011— 9 Piatt OOlOOlOOOlOOOOl— 4 



Craft. '. 110101011010111—10 



No. 15, 10 targets: 



Piatt 1000000100^ FA Thompson 0100100111—5 



J JL 1110111101—8 Hoffman 1000101101—5 



Wischert . 0111010011—6 Osterhout 0101111111— S 



WH Thompson 1111001101—7 Lindsley 0111010101—6 



Ward. . : 0011111011—7 Wright 1100110000-4 



Bishop 0001001101—4 Apgar 1001110111—7 



No notice taken of anonymous communications 



G. W. A., Boston.- 1 entered two dogs in the Bicknell trials— Bounce 

 and Mainstay. I bet ^5 that Bounce would be declared the better dog, 

 but Bounce was sick and could not run. Who won? Ans. The bet 

 should be declared off. 



F. W. T. Massachusetts.— No shooting license is required of non- 

 residents in South Carolina, except in certain counties, for market 

 shooting. You will probably find in the vicinity of Darlington quail, 

 woodcock, hare and deer. 



J. S., Boulder, Mon.— For rules upon rifle-shooting write to Gus 

 Nowak, secretary Zettler Rifle Club, No. 219 Bowery, New York City. 

 For targets write to Geo. Schlicht, Guttenburg, N. J., stating distance 

 of range you desire to shoot. 



E. L. S., Bath, 3Ie.— 1. Do yon have for sale a book in which it tells 

 the difference between the many kinds of targets, such as the Creed- 

 moor, Massachusetts. German and military targets; and at what 

 price? 2. Who is the'best living rifle shot? Ans. 1. "Modern Ameri- 

 can Rifles." $2, postpaid, 2. Impossible to say. 



T. A. R., Minneapolis, Minn. — 1. Which of three named guns below 

 are considered the best for ba'ance, hard shooting and great penetra- 

 tion, wear, etc.: W. & C. Scott & Sons, W. W. Greener, A. Francotte & 

 Co.:- 2. Will a 12-bore shoot as strong as a 10 bore ? Ans. 1. De- 

 pends on the individual preference of the sportsman. 2. In point of 



^. „ ^ ^ ^ _ penetration the 12-bore, if properly loaded, will equal the 10-bore. 



notedlorsome good, clean kUls on the part of the shooters and also j Philadelphia.— Will you kindly let me know: 1. The points 



for some instances of the usual hard luck that one will fall m with at f gnnerioritv- if anv— an 8-gauge gun inav have over a 10-gauge for 



*; n liir litn-rrar- XT TJ^^Tr^i, Q n /I AT O Monnincr KAf^mp^n t-n rinn the , . ^, _ . « r. o _jj:*r_— * i J 



times. C. M. Meyer, H. Heyer and M. C. Manning seemed to find the 

 frosty weather just to their liking, for they shot in good form and re- 

 tired with clean scores to their individual credit. Messrs. Wahlen and 

 Mencke each missed one bird. Of the others, Messrs. Smith, J. N. 

 Meyer, Jennings and Duryea seemed to have a plethora of unfortunate 

 circumstances to cut down their scores. Under more favorable 

 weather conditions they will no doubt make a better showing. .Scores: 



Club shoot, club handicap: 



C M Manning 1212211—7 A Duryea 1011011—5 



G Sieme. . . .7 0031222-5 C M Meyer 3122221—7 



JMMenke 1111210—6 J H Wahlen 1113012—6 



J H Jennings 0201202—4 J N Meyer 2110200—4 



H Heyer. 2121111-7 W R Smith 0122100-4 



Sweepstake, 5 birds, one prize: 



C M Meyer ' 10223-4 J N Meyer 11212-5 



W R Smith 012(^—3 H Otten 20303—3 



PhoBuix Gun Club. 



Eight members of Long Island's oldest organized gun club, known 

 as the Phcenix, assembled at Miller's Dexter Park on Dec. 12 for its 

 last quarterly shoot for the year 1893. To one who frequents the 

 meetings of the many gun clubs organized and shooting imder the 

 rules of the present day, Hurlingham modified, etc., he longs to see a 

 return to the style of the old sportsmen of a generation now fast pass- 

 ing away. 



Barring the few brutes engaged in the trap and handle brutahties 

 of those days, the trap-shooting fraternity used to consider that the 

 birds had some rights which the shooter as a sportsman was in duty 

 bound to consider, and one of the cardinal principles was that the 

 bird should have opportunities to be on the wing and clear from the 

 traps before the shooter was permitted to open fire upon his victim. 

 But now, with improved guns, nitro;ipowders and Hurlingham rules, 

 the poor bird has no show whatever. The moment the trap is open 

 the gun is off, and in many instances the bird falls dead on the trap. 

 This is called sport, and our experts of the present day are able to 

 record fuU scores under the rules now adopted by 90 per cent, of our 

 gun clubs. 



A visit to Dext«r Park on Tuesday of last week to witness the shoot 



Coney Island Kod and Gun Club. 



thepasTS^^sh^'f^^^^^^ oflh;Thcenliaub?Wghfus-in^^^^^^ 



oa??ocallhooteS The mont^^^ sportsmen who still cUng to the old rules of pigeon sbootmg We 



G^cfubfTOToneof th^x^^^^^ th« members on deck. 



duck shooting? 2. And also if its additional weight and size is com- 

 pensated for by its shooting powers* Ans. 1. An 8-gaugs gun shoots i 

 large shot better than a 10-gauge and will kill at considerably greater 

 distances. 2. This is a question to be decided by the sportsman him- 

 self. 



C. A. G., LouisvUle, Ky.— Will you have the kindness to tell me, 

 through your Answers to Correspondents column, the best way to 

 keep a tent from mildewing when set up on the ground in the sum- 

 mer for a long time. Ans. Whitewash the tent with a weak solution , 

 of chloride of Hme. Add salt to make it stick. A strong solution will J 

 rot the cloth. Two pounds of slaked lime to a barrel or soft water is \ 

 the right proportion. | 



W. C. S., Norfolk, Va.— Kindly answer the following questions 

 through your correspondence column: 1. Which is considered the ■ 

 best bore of gun for canvasback duck shooting— 8, 10 or 12-bore? 2. I. 

 Will a 13-bore with :30in. barrels, full-choked, give as good results ■ 

 with No. 4 or 5 shot for duck shooting as a 10-bore with :i2in. barrels, 

 fuU-choked? 3. Is it possible to have an 8-bore gun to weigh 9 or 

 lOlbs.. double- barrel, with 34 or .36in. barrels, that will give good 

 results with little recoil? Ans. 1. The 10-bore is the most popular i 

 ducking gun. 2. No. 3. We hardly think so. An 8-bore double gun j 

 should weigh 12 to 151bs. | 



M, L- W.. VisaUa, Cal.— I desire to ask the pros and cons of the i 

 paper patched bullet; whether in a sporting rifle, or one used for a j 

 mixture of target and game shooting, a paper patched bullet has any ; 

 advantages as compared with one not so treated. Will the patched | 

 bullet be more accurate, give any greater penetration or will the gun \ 

 be rendered inaccurate and require wiping sooner than if a lubricated * 

 bullet is used? This is my position: I am al>out to buy a gun sufflci- . 

 entlv accurate to be of use as a target gun and also to use for deer ; 

 hunting, and am in doubt whether to order one using a .40-70 BaUard, ■ 

 patched, or a .40-65 Winchester, and desire your advice or that of my 1 

 more experienced co-readers. The fact that none of the new guns are 

 using paper patched buUets seems to indicate that tne patch is either 

 useless or a disadvantage; is that true, and in which respect? Ans. 

 Patched bullets are considered more reliable than lubricated if the 

 rifle is cleaned after each shot. Shooting without cleaning, the lubri- 

 cate.d bullet gives the best results. For target shooting the .38-55cal. 

 is the most popular among our off-hand shooters. A rifle for both 

 target and hunting purposes used in a country where large game 

 abounds, should be not less than .40-6acal. The .38-55 or .38-56 single 

 loader (set trigger), would be a good all-round rifle for target or deer. 



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