Jan. 20, 1894.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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Bloomsburg Gun Club. 



Bloomsburg, Pa., Jan. 3.— Inclosed find scores of our first trophy 

 shoot, confined to members of any gun club in Columbia county, Pa., 

 followed by sweepstakes, in which anybody is admitted. The first a 

 live bird shoot, the highest score winning a handsome gold badge, the 

 winner being subject to a challenge every sixty days, the target shoot 

 being at 25 targets for a similar badge under same conditions. This 

 lot of live birds were as good a lot as ever flew from traps and kept 

 everybody guessing. This shoot was held on Oct, 27, 1893, Louis Low- 

 enburg, of Bloomsburg, winning the live bird medal and A. F. Horman 



of Catawissa, winning the target medal o 



The second shoot was held on Jan. 1, 1894, live birds m A. M., tar- 

 gets in P. M. This lot of birds was only medium, but with a good 

 •• .• 6 r of them being white, about lin snow on the ground and the 

 shining a part of the time they still kept the shooters busy. Low- 

 tttberg, of Bloomsburg, was compelled to hand his medal over to 

 Boane. of Berwick, and Horman. of Catawissa, handed bis over to 

 Quick, of Bloomsburg, as the scores will show. Another shoot will 

 take place in from sixty to ninety days: ^ . . 



Ten live birds. Oct. 27, 1893, for trophy, A. M.: J. H. Mercer 5. W. B. 

 Taylor 2, A. F. Harman 6, O.E. Raddali 3, W. B. Allen 4, J. A. Hess 5, 

 L. Lowenberg 8, Et F. Bonham 7, F. Quick 6, C. P. Armstrong 7: E. A. 

 Boone 6, W. F. Bodine 1, W. H. Snyder 6. 



Target event for trophy, 25 targets per man, P. M, : Boone 20, Quick 

 20, Bonham 20, Doan 19, Fox 16, Rishtou 14, Bodine 7, Mercer IS, Har- 

 man 22, Parker 8. Kelchner 5, Hawke 18. 

 Target shoot for trophy, Jan. 5, 25 targets, SI entrance: 



Harman ... ?. . 1 1 0011 1 101 lOOlUKilllOHOl— 1G 



J C Hagenbuch.V.V.'.'.'. 1101111101111001111101111-20 



Robert! 101 0Q10O1 Hill 1001 1 i mil 11-16 



Ever 0000000111010101010000010- 8 



Hawke '." 1001001110010100101001010—11 



Yocum 001 11 OmillllOl 00111 0011-17 



Yetter 1110100111000000111111100—14 



Mercer 1111011010110011011 001 010— 15 



Doane 0010011111010011101011111—16 



Boone 1111111111011111011011110-21 



Bonham .1111011111011111101011101-20 



Quick 1011111111101111111011011-21 



Lutz. ! '.!!!"!'!'*"!!'!■"" 1 ''.'."!! * '. '. loooimoooi 1000110111101-14 



Shoot-off for trophy resulted as follows: J ',.,, J . 



Boone 0111011101—7 Quick 1111110011-8 



Ten targets, $1 entrance: Spicer 9, Boone 8, Hawke 7, Roberts 10, 

 Mercer 5, Quick 8, Pursel 1, J. C. Hagenbuch 7. , 



Ten targets, $1 entrance: Spicer 8, Hawke 7, Roberts 8, Boone 8, 



P Ten\argets, $1 entrance: Spicer 7, Boone 8, Hawke 8, Pursel 0, Rob- 

 erts 9, Mercer 5. „ „ , , 



Ten targets, $1 entrance: Spicer 9, Boone 9, Hawke 8, Roberts 

 Dean 9. 



Ten targets, ? 

 erts 8, Pursel 2. 



Jan. 1.— Ten live birds for trophy: 



Armstrong 2..22.2220-6 J C Hagenbuch 0120001212-6 



Eyer 2010101000—4 Yocum 2212002202—7 



The Garfield Gun Club. 



Chicago, Jan. 7.— Inclosed please find scores of our New Year's 

 shoot New Year here broke forth very fine, but without any snow, 

 and the day was given over to an all-day shoot at live birds, and was 

 eriioyed by quite a large number of gun cranks." The birds were an 

 exceptionally fine lot, which, coupled with quite a strong wiud made 

 many left-quartering drivers and twisters, which tried the skill of the 

 shooters, and although scores are not up to the usual standard there 

 was some very fine kills made. One shooter was present who at- 

 tracted considerable attention on account of an old "sol t-coal burner 

 which he used, and it is a, conspicuous fact that he made more noise, 

 more smoke and secured less feathers than any other individual on 

 the ground. Now the gentleman referred to is a fine wing shot, and 

 if he would baug up his relic of Bunker Hill and indulge in the im- 

 proved gun and "powder when shooting selected birds on a windy day 

 out of the King traps and short boundary he could set a pace that 

 would astonish the boys. All matches were 30yds., 5 unknown King 

 traps, live birds. Soc et tu um. 



S Palmer 81110— 4 Canfleld J?S}n~! 



Hicks 10120-3 Stele 012 0-3 



Dr Hodson 10100-2 McElligott 10110-3 



S Palmer 2221 1 - 5 Steele J?,??? - ! 



Hicks 00111-2 O'Brien I&i 



Dr Hodson 00020-1 Baird 01220-3 



McElligott 10220—3 



S Palmer 0100000102-3 Richards 1 0021001 10-5 



Hicks 1 000210201-5 Arnold 1 1 02221 120- 8 



Dr Hodson 0000022202-4 Fleming 0 012202 2-3 



McElligott 0211121210-8 Young &J8!ffl8rt~« 



O'Brien 2121020202-7 Cop 0212202020-6 



Balrd...' 2112102200-7 



No. 4: 



1 entrance: Spicer 8, Hawke 8, Doan 9, Boone 7, Rob 



Mercer 1100220.11—6 



B W Hagenbuch 000101110.-4 



Quick 0002111201—1 



Sloan 0200100202—4 



Bonham 22.1112010—' 



Lowenberg 21.1110202-7 



Boone 20022^220-5 



Hess 0010020100—3 



Doame 1010112111—8 



Freas 1100001122-6 



Allen 1.00000000— 1 



Five live birds, $8 entrance: 



Hawke 10001—2 Doane 11111—5 



Bonham 01111—4 Mercer 11111-5 



Meiss. 11001-3 Sloan 00000-0 



Freas 01100-2 



S Palmer. 1002212221-8 Fleming S22°10-6 



»*• iiooimii-8 



Hicku.. 



Dr Hodson 2011001202—6 



McElligott 122121.222-9 



O'Brien 2201013121-8 



Baird 22.1011010-6 



Richards 1220120110-7 



Arnold 1022030202-6 



No. 5: 



Palmer .* 022211212.-8 



Sweep, 10 targets, SI entrance: 



Boone 1111111111—10 



Bonham 1111111110— 9 



Meiss 0010010100— 3 



JCHagenbuch 1011111111— 9 



Hawke 0101011101- 6 



Harman 1110111111— 9 



Yetter '. 0101100010— 4 Evans 0100111010— 5 



Yocum 1000100011— 5 " 



Quick 0101111111— 8 



Eyer 1001000011— 4 



Meiss 000001C101-3 



Roberts 1111001110—' 



Doane 0011111111— 



Ten targets, SI entrance: 



Hawke 1111101111—9 



Doane 1110110011—7 _ 



Yocum 11 1 1 000110-6 Rursel 001 1 1 1 0 1 00—5 



Bonham Olllllllll— 9 Spicer 1111101011—3 



Harman 0001111110-6 Boone 0111111110-8 



J C Hagenbuch 1101001111—7 Mercer 0110101100—5 



J. M. M. 



The Maplewood's '93 Record. 



Herewith I send you a summary of the shooting of the Maplewood 

 Gun Club for 1893. We have had a fairly good year and doubtless 

 would have had better but for the hard times, which has curtailed 

 shooting somewhat. The cup was shot for under the point system, 

 and was very close between Dr. Fisher and Yeomans. Conditions, 50 

 single bluerocks per man, Keystone system: 



Handicap cup shoot, 1893: 



I I S a 3 



<1 W O £ 02 



O L Yeomans 42 38 46 48 45 42 43 44 47 47 46 40 550 480 27 



Dr Fisher 37 32 41 43 41 33 35 38 46 39 45 34 550 417 26 



J W Smith 43 43 42 43 37 32 45 46 48 43 44 42 550 475 11 



W N Duke 43 39 41 43 41 42 45 44 350 258 3 



D Van Idestine 38 27 25 27 36 27 32 37 39 40 30 .. 500 330 3 



E Reeves 37 23 25 32 29 25 .. 32 300 166 0 



J Higgins 38 38 26 41 40 38 520 178 5 



The medal contests were shot in three classes, each class having a 

 gold medal to contest for. 



Class A was won by J. Warren Smith, whose scores under the diffi- 

 cult rules governing these shoots are unusually good. 

 Class B was won by John A. Siggins, who will shoot in Class A here- 

 Class C was won by our genial manager, D. M. Van Iderstine. 

 Conditions, 25 bluerocks per man from 5 traps placed 5yds. apart, 

 one man up, traps pulled by indicator. 

 The cup and three medals were all won with E. C. powder. 

 Medal contests: 



fij . . ilil * * - 



Class A. i?gg<|gi?^ffiOI? B m ft 



J Warren Smith 22 22 20 22 22 20 15 23 20 23 . . 250 209 83^ 



W N Drake 17 23 17 21 22 21 11 17 200 150 75 



O L Yeomans 19 22 . . 21 22 22 14 150 120 80 



ChasDean .20 20 17 17 100 74 74 



Class B. 



J A Siggins 19 23 19 13 19 125 93 74% 



A Parry 11 16 .. 13 .. 18 100 58 58 



Wick Smith 14 13 18 .. 18 100 63 63 



II Lighthipe 12 . . 18 50 30 60 



HQuad.... 17 17 16 75 50 60^ 



Class C. 



D W Van Iderstine 9 18 15 16 10 18 9 18 10 13 11 275 147 53^ 



Dr Fishes 13 13 11 .. 13 14 11 9 175 84 48 



E Reeves 7 13 16 17 18 11 14 13 8 11 9 275 137 50 



MOHEGAN. 



Boiling Springs. 



Rutherford, N. J., January 6.— Inclosed please find score of 

 monthly target rapid firing, 25 birds per man, it being dark and rainy 

 accounts for poor score. Also two 15 bird sweeps. .75c per entry. 



james llOmiOllllllOllOllOOOOl- 17 



Jeannette , 1111001110111101110101111—19 



Krebs ' 10011 11000001100011111010—13 



nuck " 1011111011100010101111111—18 



Paul 1111101101001110110101111—18 



Mackey 1111110000111100101111111—18 



Crieff . 1101110111111110011010111—19 



Griffett . 0011011111111011100010111—17 



Chase '.' 0111111111000100101011010—15 



Brown.'. , . '. 0001111111110111001110101—17 



Fifteen bird sweep: 



Chase 110011011110111-11 Huck 111111111011110-12 



Mackey Oil 11001 1000010- 7 Jeannette 111111011010110—11 



Grieff 011011101011011—10 James 011110110010010- 8 



Griffett 111110101110001—10 B Brown 101111111011111—13 



Paul. 110101011 111111-12 



Fifteen bird sweep: 



Mackey 001110001001111- 8 



Griffett lllllOOlOlllOOl— 10 



*Skinuer 22.1111201-8 



Pond 0210100011-5 



*Orvis 100222.010 5 



Robbing 0222122201-8 



*Skinner 0111211121—9 



Hicks." ::: :::: : : :::: :mmvm -s pond i.. ... . : 



*Baldwin 2011011111— b 



Bowers 0020022210-5 



W Palmer 2002122122-8 



*Eichs.....' 1120211110-8 



Lamb 2000000102-3 



Ball 220.121200—6 



Waltz'e 00001 w 



Dr Hodson 0021102000—4 



McElligott 122101021.-7 



O'Brien 21110.0121-7 



Arnold 0002001121—6 



Fleming 2010010222-6 



Young 0002012012-5 



Cop 00021012W 



S Palmer 1021112220- 8 *Eicbs 1021011112—8 



Hicks 220222220 1 — 8 *Baldwin 221 0121 1 00- 7 



McElligott 2101022022- 7 *Waltze 0021112011— 7 



O'Brien . . . . . 1221211110- 9 *Hulcey 0120210000- 4 



Cop. " 1111122122—10 S M Mack 00 w 



W Palmer 2222022201 — 7 *Barnard Il201w 



Trap at "Watson's Park. 



Burnsidk, III., Jan. 1.— Sweepstake shooting, 10 live birds, $5 entry, 



Dr Forthingham. . . ,.0002211122— 7 A Kleinman 1112222122—10 



B F Jackson 0222012120 - 7 Kaufman 0212002121- 7 



Eastern 0000020201- 8 Goodrich 2202111001— 7 



RS Mott 2100222210- 7 L C Willarcl 2211111121- 9 



G Kleinman 1202122120 - 8 Italian Joe 1110100110— 6 



Same day. 5 live birds, $3 entrance, two moneys: 



•B V Jackson . . : 11211-5 Lester 20220-3 



RSMott 00122—4 Tom Hall .20000-1 



G Kleinman 20202 -3 Hughlett 21112-5 



Q Burns 21120-4 Bob White 20021-3 



A Kleinman 10221—4 



Jackson won on shoot off. 



Same day, 10 Peoria blackbirds per man, two moneys: Abe Klein- 

 mau 6, L, C. Willard 4, Tom Hall 7, R. S. Mott 6, Bennett 4, Burns 8, 

 Dr. Forthingham 10, Sperrie 6. G, Kleinman 7, Stannard 8. 



Same as above: Abe Kleinman 8, Tom Hall 9, R. S. Mott 8, Geo. 

 Burns 8, Dr. Forthingham 9, Goodrich 8. Bennett 7, L. C. Willard 8, 

 Sperrie 9, Skirven 4. . ; . * ' . ■ I 



Same as above: Abe Kleinman 6, R. S. Mott 6, Dr. Forthingham 8, 

 Tom Hall 5. Italian Joe 9, Eaton 8, Goodrich 7, G. Kleinman 9, L. C. 

 Willard 8 Bennett 4, Stannard 10, Sperrie 7, Skirven 7. 



Same as above: Dr. Forthingham 10, Abe Kleinmin 9, R. S. Mott 8, 

 Tom Hali 4. Italian Joe 9, G. Kleinman 8, G. Burns 4, L. C. Willard 3, 

 Goodrich 8, Stannard 10, Eaton 6. 



Same as above; Abe Kleinman 7, R. S. Mott 9. L. C. Willard. 7, 

 Dr. Forthingham 9, Italian Joe 9, Eaton 5, Geo. Kleinman 9, Tom 



J. A. Ruble and Eastman, and O. von Lengerke and C. Antoine. 50 

 live birds per man. Ruble and Eastman put up $150 to von Lengerke 

 and Antolne's 100, loser to pay for the birds: 



Autoine . 1013111011100 202010022212111101101202112211012100-36 



Von Lengerk6.22221030122122222212]22200010220222102201200221011-37— 73 



Eastman 22201110211121012111222100022112122021122022200220-39 



Ruble 22)112021021122111111012211021221112211121--2212110-45-84 



Jan 2.— Chicago Shooting Club, 15 live birds, for club medal, Blinois 



Ceo Kleinman. .112210112222211-14 John Watson. . .102112201211022-12 



R B Wadsworthl 121222111 11222-15 *L C Willard. .. .021011121211122— 13 

 A E Thomas , , . .222022210221221—13 

 * Not a member. 



Jan. 6.— Ten live birds, SB entrance; 



B V Jackson 0221122121-9 Kaufman 2122100022-7 



Geo Kleinman 1121120022—8 Capt A C Anson 1111100021-7 



L C Willard 1101010211—7 Geo Burns 1011122120—8 



Same, 10 birds, S>5 entrance: 



B V Jackson 1110121110—8 Capt A C Anson 2211111000—7 



Geo Kleinman 2222201212—9 Geo Burns 1102020212—7 



L C Willard 1222212101—9 J O'Brien 1112001011—7 



Kaufman 0210220202—6 



' Sweep, 15 live birds, S8 entrance, 3-moneys: 



P V .T^.k-Tju. 21 131 232 :i -'■ ''.-1 ;-■ -! CO./,;. It'-;:- ">-, .0)3 l.n iSOO'l J2l0-i I 



Geo Kleinman. .121111020202011— 11 Capt A C Anson22122221 3212120-14 



L C Willard , . . ,01212111 123 3 1 2 1— 14 Abe Kleinman. .111012022211221— 13 



R S Mott 011110202121202—11 J O'Brien 012110021021111—11 



Geo Burns 0112111222101 10— 12 J J Smith 121120012021111—12 



R B Wadsworthl j 1123222020201— 12 

 Same, 15 birds, $8 entrance: 



West Shore Gun Club. 



Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 2.— iDclosed please find scores made by mem- 

 bers of the West Shore Gun Club, at their regular weekly shoot, 

 Saturday, Dec. 30: 



HMcMurchy 01111111111111111111011011111011111111110011111001-42 



CDueard ' 1 111 1100111 1 1 1111001 1 IIOIOIIIOIHIOIOOIOI 110001 100— 34 



W E Hookway ' ' ' 10001111110110001111010011111111111101101100110011-34 



CO Luther 1 HO HI Kill 101 101 1 101011 111010111111111101— 33 



H Tones 10000111101110001100101011111001111011011110111011—32 

 D M Lefever 11010111111101110110110001000000110010110011111111— 31 

 McCarthy OlOlOOOIOnOOllllOlOllOOOOOlOOllOlllOlOllllOOllOlO— 26 



CTathro'p llllllllOlllOOO) 1000111011101011010110001011100010—30 

 T> Craves """ ' lOOlllllOOllOllOlOl! 101100O1001 10010110010110100000—24 

 TGlennon 00110101010000101011010110190010000000000000000000— 14 

 T Barber 0000000000011001 101 1000000010001000100100000101 110-14 



M r Smith 0111001101110111110111111—19 



F i)Rudson 1111111111111101110110101—20 



Ceor^eMosber""' 1101101111101000011110110—16 



T)King 11111001110011101 001 H 111—18 



Montgomery: 11111111111111101101-18 



NT Avers 10101010110110110011—12 



Wrsvthe 11110001111000000011—10 



Oantain 10101000001000100000- 5 



W Williams'. 01001100110001001000- 7 



Syracuse, N. Y., Jan, 12.— Inclosed please find scores made by the 

 members of the West Shore Gun Club at their regular weekly practice. 

 The stormy weather had a good deal to do with the poor marksman- 

 ship. Charles Wagner made the best score, breaking 60 out of 75. 

 Harvey McMurcby, the veteran shooter, who has contested matches 

 against the best shots in the country in his time, could only break 55. 

 The traps were strung to the highest notch, and one second the birds 

 were in this county and the next in some other place. Considering 

 the day and conditions, under which the shooting was done, too much 

 discredit must not be cast upon the gunners. 



Charles Wagner 1101111111111111101101100 



1011110101100111110111111 

 0111111111101111111111100—60 



H McMurchy lllOlOOOOlOOlOllKilllllll 



louoonn 111111101101101 



0110111011111111111110011—55 



C Dugard 1001011 01 1000001 101110011 



0010101101100110000010011 



0110100101111110111101111—42 



G Hollo way llOlOlllOOOOOOOOOOOlOllll 



J 1111110110011010011111101—29 



J Herman 1100011100100011101011110 



0111011000101110110110110—28 



H Livingston 0010101110010111111011000 



6 0111100000110000011100001—24 



H AvJino- " 0001001011100001100010101 



1111111101011011000011111—28 



F Lefever OOlllOOOllOOllOlOlllOlOll 



0101000001101101110100101-26 



A G Courtney 0111010100010000110100010 



1011110111000001001000010—21 



j Grant 1011000010001010111010001 



0011011000000010011101001—21 



J Glennon .0100100111001010101100100 



0000001001010010111011100—21 



C Lathrop 0011010011001011001001010 



""' ' OOOIOOIOC'01 001 00001'UIOOOI— 18 



D Graves 100001010000000 0 1 10010011 



0000011111000001110001000-16 



G Mann 1111011010101000110001000—12 



J Martin 1001000001000010110001111—10 



N Gilbite.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.*.'.'.' 0000010000001000000000000— 1 



Ironsides. 



Metropolitan Gun Club. 



St. Joseph, Mo., Jan. 4.— Inclosed you will please find scores made 

 by members of tms ciub for cash prize offered under the following 

 conditions: Five traps, unknown angles, 20 single targets and 5 pairs, 

 18yds. rise, revised American Shooting Association rules, each mem- 

 ber participating was obliged to shoot five scores of 30 targets each, 

 one score per month. The person making the highest aggregate 

 number of breaks received first money; second highest, second money 

 third highest, third money. This was to try and awaken a little more 

 enthusiasm. Whi e it was not a howling success, it did break the 

 monotony and afforded a great deal of pleasure to those that took 

 part. The was quite a number started, but you will see by that there 

 was only a few in at the death. Since July the club has done very 

 little shooting: 



Feb'y. March. April. 



G Arnholdt 25 



W F Gernandt 18 



G Byers 17 



Paul 111101111111011—13 



Grieff OOllOOOlllllOll— 9 



Huck. ..*.'.'.'.".'.'.' .'llllOlllin 1111-14 Chftse 1111 00111110101— U 



w, a. h. 



20 

 20 

 20 



19 

 19 

 20 



May. 

 24 

 21 



22 



June. 



24 

 22 

 17 



Total. 

 112 

 100 



Stroudsburg Gun Club. 



Stroudsburg, Pa.. Jan. 12.— The club held then- shoot for medal on 

 Jan. 4, at 15 bluerocks, three traps, unknown angles, American Associ- 

 ation rules. Ten members took part. This club was organized a short 

 time ago with a membership of 25. Following are the scores: 



ME Miller 111111111111111—15 W Lash 110101001111111—11 



J L Purrington. 111011111111001— 12 H W Kistler. .. .101101101101110— 10 



C MBrownell. . .101111110011111—12 J Killen 101111100100010— 8 



M Lash 110111111011101—12 C D Evans ,000011000011111— 7 



J Hagerty 111011101011111—12 N H Shaffer. . , .001101000111001— 7 



M, B, M, 



R B Wadsworth2222202212 12220 -13 

 L C Willard . . . .122101021221211— 13 

 Geo Kleinman. .112111120111222— 14 



JG'Brien 221032001211123—12 



B V Jackson. . . .121122112111102—14 



R S Mott 221201100211202—11 



('has Easman., .012000111111102— 10 



M J Eich .220212002112102—11 



Abe Kleinman ' ' 1 1 o - 1 

 Capt A C Ansonl312001 11000120— 9 

 Ravelrigo. 



Climax Opens a New Season. 



The Climax Gun Club of Plainfield, N. J., opened its season of 1894 

 on the Brenner Grove grounds at Fanwood, on Jan. 10, with an 

 attendance of a dozen. The day was not a pleasant one, the light 

 being bad and the almost constantly recurring snow flurries greatly 

 bothering the shooters. The scores follow: Handicap. 25 singles: 



Smith 1110111010111111101111110 



p Jay OlOlllOl01llOlOlOOOl010ll 



Brantingham 1110011010101110111111000 



D Terry 11000111 1 111 1111000110111 



Eeller ' OHillliioiliOilililiiliO 



Mantling. '. miiioiiiioioiiioiiiiiio 



8 Terry lOlOOlOimilllllOOlOllOl 



J Zeglio 1011110011011010101111111 10001111—23 



J Darby..'.'.'.'.'.'..'.' 0100000100110100000001010 111010 —11 



Pierson OOlOllOlllOlllOllllOlllOl 1101 -20 



Voehl 1100010100110010001110101 00010 —13 



Goodman." 0101101010101111111110101 OHIO -21 



Sweep No. 1, 10 targets; 



Smith 1111111111—10 Manning 1110110111— 8 



Keller 0111110111— 8 D Terry 1111101101— 8 



Goodman 1000110111— 6 J Darby 1001011011— 6 



Brantingham 1011111011— 8 Scott' Terry 0101111110— 7 



Pierson 1110111101— 8 



1010 

 11 



1010 

 110 



—20 

 —16 

 —16 

 —20 

 -21 

 -22 

 -19 



Sweep No. 2. 10 targets: 



Smith 10000111111— 7 



Keller 1111111110- 9 



Brantingham 1111110111— 9 



Pierson HOlOOllll— 7 



Manning ..1111111111—10 



D Terry 1101101111— 8 



J Darby 1111100011— 7 



Scott Terry 0111110110— 7 



Parkway Rod and Gun Club. 



The first monthly shoot of the Parkways for the year '94 was shot 

 at Dexter Park on Wednesday in a snowstorm. Twelve members 

 participated in the regular club event. Messrs. Helgans, Botty and 

 Selover tied for the medal with seven kills each. On the shoot-off 

 Helgans won the medal, also the class A prize. Short and Walden 

 tied with six each for the class B prize; Short won the shoot-off. 

 Selover won the class C prize. The birds were good and had the 

 weather been fine there would have been less kills to record. The 

 shoot-off between Lew Helgans and Col. Selover for the club medal 

 developed a very pretty race and was not decided until the eleventh 

 round. Score: 



Class A. 



E Helgans 1212222—7 J Bennett 2100211—5 



A Botty 1111231-7 



Class B 



H J Bookman 1212000—4 Aug Walden 1101111—6 



Thomas Short 0112122—6 T T Edgerton, Jr 0011221—5 



Class C 



JWooley 1111011-6 S B Knowlton 1111101—6 



A Andrews 1011111-6 J J Jackman 1100110—4 



H J Selover 1122111—7 



Sweepstake at 3 birds: 



T TEdgerton 121—3 J G Knowlton 211—3 



James;. 112-3 J Wooley 122-3 



E Helgans 210-2 A Botty 121—3 



A Andrews 111—3 H J Selover 210—2 



H J Bookman 022-2 



Columbian Gun Club. 



Marietta, Ohio, Jan. 8.— Editor Forest and Stream: The Colum- 

 bian Gun Club, of this city, opens the season of pleasure and sport at 

 the trap next Monday, Jan. 15, by a grand tournament at their new 

 grounds, east of the "city. Our grounds are well located and buildings 

 new and well adapted as well as supplied with every possible conven- 

 ience for the comfort and success of the shooters. One of the main 

 features of the day will be a match between C. E. Verges, Lowell. 

 Ohio, and Dr, Goodno, of Belpu, Ohio, of one hundred bluerocks for 

 fifty dollars a side. Will send you the scores immediately after the 

 shoot. It being the first of the season, good scores are not expected. 



Karl. 



\nnwtrjl to (^orrespandqnts. 



No! notice taken of anonymous communications 



J. M., Owensville, Ind.— See Rifle Notes in reference to nitro powder 

 in rifles. The new Winchester No. 3 W. primer will fit all shells, taking 

 the No. 2 or 2^£ Winchester primer. 



A. C. F., New Brunswick, N. J. — Some time since there was a dispute 

 as to whether or not the proper way of shooting a moving object 

 flying through the air was to point the gun at the object and after 

 sighting to fire, or whether to shoot ahead and allow the object and 

 t be shot to meet. Which is the proper way? Ans. Theoretically the 

 latter is the proper way. Practically either method is allowable. 

 "Those who hold on by shooting promptly prove the truth of the 

 theory that it is necessary for the hand and eye to act iu unison, 

 while they who hold ahead, although agreeing that the hand must 

 follow the eye, yet so shoot that the hand must point the gun in * 

 dlffereut direction to the object on which the eye is fixed, ,, 



