Jan. 6, 1894.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



19 



Chicago. 



TRIALS OF GEORGE HOLDEN 



Chicago, HI., Dec. 23.— Once upon a time, a long while ago, George 

 Holden, of this city, otherwise known as "Husky" Holden, was by 

 some mischance elected secretary of a gun club here. Somehow or 

 other his name got into the grooves of time, possibly through some 

 published list of gun clubs, and since then George has been a man the 

 world will not willingly let die. He can't make the public believe that 

 he is no longer the secretary. To the contrary, though he has long 

 since gone into private life, he still gets all sorts of letters from all 

 sorts of people and all sortB of places, wanting him to do all sorts of 

 things. I have earlier described how a man once wanted him to buy 

 two ring-tailed monkeys because he once was a secretary. This was 

 only one of the trials. Yesterday he hove in sight with care on his 

 brow and bathed in a perspiration induced by wrath and grief. "Now 

 what do you think of this?" he said, as he slammed down a letter with 

 a vicious bang. 



The letter came from New Jersey, from a place which we will call 

 Macedonia, because this was a sort of call from Macedonia, and it was 

 signed by one whom we will call for short. It read: 



N. J., Nov. 11.— Mr. Geo. Holden, Secy. Dear Sir: Enclosed please 

 find one of our posters, which will explain our motto. Will you kindly 

 read this letter to your club members, and see if they would like to 

 help us out. We have just started, and we are trying to get on our 

 feet. Would you, as brother sportsmans, take a ticket to help us out, 

 and place us so we can help ourselves. Secy. 



The poster was about a yard long, and in very black faced type. It 

 announced that "on Dec. 25, a new double breech-loading gun, valued 

 at $40. would be shot for, the price of ticket for the gun to be $2.50, 

 including S live birds." Would Mr. Holden please take a ticket, and 

 get his friends to take some, for the sake of the struggling Jersey 

 Club? 



Of course, Mr. Holden did not take any tickets, and he did not 

 answer the letter. He classed it as only one more of the trials in- 

 cident to his having once been secretary of a gun club, years ago. 

 Yet I hope this may fall under the eye of the writer of the above 

 letter, and that he will know in time that plain begging isn't the way 

 to build up a gun club. Moreover, Chicago is poor this winter. More- 

 over again, George Holden isn't any secretary, hasn't been for years 

 and doesn't intend to be, doesn't want any ring-tailed monkeys, and 

 isn't in need of helping anybody till after Christmas. 



AUDUBON PRIZES. 



Audubon Club of Chicago held its last season shoot this week. L. M. 

 Hamline wins first prize for the year's record, Roll Organ second. 

 Mr. McAnley protests second prize on a question of handicap allowed 

 him. 



GARFIELD GUN CLUB. 



Garfield Gun Club of Chicago, will hold an all-day live bird Bhoot 

 New Year's Day. There will be plenly of birds and it is hoped plenty 

 of members on hand. E. Hough. 



Christmas on the Union Grounds. 



It was by no means seasonable weather that was dealt out on 

 Christmas Day; indeed, with thej.thermometer marking 52° above 

 zero one is likely to imagine himself in the South instead of in a 

 climate where ulsters and eartabs should be in requisition. And even 

 under the shadou of the Springfield Mountains, up in Union county, 

 N. J., where there is usually some semblance of a cooling breeze 

 even during the summer months, there was none during the early 

 hours of Christmas to take the warm edge off the sun's rays. Right 

 below the highest peak of these mountains are situated the grounds 

 of the Union Gun Club, an organization which numbers among its 

 members nearly all the expert target shots of New Jersey. The 

 grounds and house, as well as the practical running of the club's 

 affairs, are in tne capable hands of Enoch D. Miller, one of Jersey's 

 most expert marksmen. 



On these grounds on Dec. 25 there assembled a representative 

 gathering ot trap-shooters, the attraction being a series of open 

 sweeps at live birds and targets, and two team contests between the 

 Union and Maplewood gun clubs. The sport began about 10 A. M., 

 when a fair number of shooters were on hand, but the bulk of them 

 did not report for duty until about noon. Christmas is as a rule one 

 of the poorest days of the year on which to hold a shoot, as nearly 

 every one prefers the comforts of home on that day. But the 

 | majority of the Maplewood members are so situated that they are 

 unable to leave business except on legal holidays, hence the selection 

 of this day for this affair. Among those on the grounds were 

 "Uncle Jack" Harrison, of Dover; "Uncle Billy" Sigler, of Montclair; 

 Tom Brantingham, Dan and Scott Terry, of Plainfield; Dr. S. F. 

 Jackson, of Millburn; George Pudney, of Springfield; A. Sickley, of 

 South Orange; Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Lindslev, of West Hoboken; R. H. 

 Breintnall, C. M. Hedden and W. R. Hobart, of Newark; O. L Yeo- 

 mans, J. W. Smith, J. Van Iderstine, W. C. Drake, of Orange; E. O. 

 Geoff roy, of Newark; R. Sopher, of Plainfield, and J. W. Hoffman, of 

 German Valley. 



The birds supplied by Mr. Miller were a good lot and would have 

 been still better with a little colder air and some wind. The first 

 event on the programme was at 4 birds, $3 entry; No. 2 the same; 

 No. 3 at 5 birds, $5 entry; No. 4 a miss-and-out, $1 entry; No. 5 at 7 

 birds, $7 entry. The scores of these are here shown: 



No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 5. 



Yeomans 1011-3 2102—3 21221—5 



Hedden 1312-4 0111—3 11121—5 0111122-6 



Siggins 1121—4 2221—4 11212-5 



Hoffman 1222 -4 0221—3 12210—5 ... . 



Miller 2121—4 1121—4 10121—4 1111111—7 



Lindsley 2122121—7 



Geoff roy 01121—4 1220121-6 



Breintnall 2211212-7 



Sigler 1111221—7 



Wanda 2002201—4 



In No. 4, the miss-and-out event, Drake, Geoffroy and Williamson 

 missed and went out on the second round. Hoffman went out on the 

 fifth round. Miller, Yeomans and Hedden kept on until they had 

 killed 7 each, when they concluded to divide before the price of the 

 birds should exceed the amount in the pot. 



At this time was called one of the principal events of the day, the 

 second of the series af live bird contests between teams representing 

 the Union and Maplewood gun clubs. In the first contest of this 

 series the Maplewoods were victorious The teams comprised five 

 men each, and each man shot at 10 live birds, under American Shoot- 

 ing Association rules. This time the Unions braced themselves for 

 hard work, and by careful work on the part of Lindsley and Miller 

 both of whom ran straight scores, they won the match. The result is 

 as below: 



Union. 



Sigler 0111112122— 9 



Hoffman 1212221200— 8 



Breintnall 2001221110— 7 



Lin dsley 2232222222—1 0 



Maplewood. 



Geoffroy 2022211021— 8 



Yeomans 2221120201— 8 



Meeker 0211122121— 9 



Siggins 0110011212— 7 



Miller 1112112111—10—44 Hedden 0101221221— 8—40 



The final live bird event of the day was a Si miss and out. Yeomans 

 left the lists on his second round, Lindsley on his fifth and Miller and 

 Sigler divided on five kills each. 



The live bird traps were now removed, screens adjusted, target traps 

 put in place , and in a remarkably short time Keystone targets instead 

 of live birds were engrossing the attention of the shooters. Event No. 

 8, $1 entry, was at 10 targets, four moneys, and the scores were - 



Fisher 1100101011—6 Yeomans 1111110111—9 



Geoffroy 1111101111—9 Hedden 0umill0-8 



Hoffman , 1010111110—7 Sopher 1111100011—7 



Breintnall 00101O0011— 4 Terry 0010111011—6 



Drake 1011110110—7 Lindsley 1100001001—4 



Sickley 1111010111-8 Sigler 1011111111-9 



Van Iderstine 0011000101—4 Miller 1011110110—7 



W Smith 1010011001-5 Brantingham i 0010011111— 6 



Siggins 1100000001-3 



Then came another team race, the second of a series of targets be- 

 tween the Unions and Maplewoods, the first shoot of the series having 

 resulted in a tie. There were nine men on a team, each man shot at 25 

 targets under rapid firing rules, and here are the scores: 

 Maplewood. 



Van Iderstine 0010011010110111111101101—16 



Siggins , 1100100111111001111111011—18 



Dr Fisher 0010000111100011111110111—15 



Yeomans Ollliiiioiioooilllioiliii— 19 



Sickley llllllOllllllOllOlOllllll— 21 



Geoffroy , OlOllimoillllOOllOlOlll— 18 



Hedden OlllOOOiiiiioiOlllOlOOlll— 16 



Drake , 0111101101111101111111011—22 



War Smith llllll0111111111111li0011-22-165 



Union. 



Breintnall 1101111111110101111011001—19 



D Terry 1111001111110101111101110—19 



Lindsley llllOOOlOOlOOlOOOl 1111010—13 



Sigler 1111101111011111101011011—20 



Bryant 0111001110111101011100110—16 



Scott 1111011010111110000110010—15 



Brantingham 0011100000101011011111000—12 



Hoffman llOinmiinoilllllOllll— 22 



Miller 1111111111011101111111111-22-158 



From this until dark was devoted to sweepstake shooting, the results 

 being as follows, all events being at 10 targets, $1 entry. 



No. 10: Yeomans 10, Smith 8, Geoffroy 8, Hedden 8, Hoffman 8, 

 Scott 8, Miller 7, Sigler 7. Terry 5, Lindsley 4. 



No. 11: Hoffman 10, Sickley 9, Miller 9, Smith 8, Sopher 8, Geoffrov 

 7, Sigler 7, Yeomans 7, Scott 6, Hedden 5, Lindsley 4, Fisher 5. 



No. 12: Yeomans 9, Scott 8, Geoffroy 8, Hoffman 8, Miller 8, Sopher 

 7, Fisher 7, Sigler 6, Smith 5. 



No. 13: Yeomans 9, Geoffroy 8, Hoffman 8, Miller 8, Scott 8, Fisher 

 7, Sopher 7, Lindsley 6, Sigler 6, Smith 5, Jefferson 4. 



No. 14: Smith 9, Yeomans 8, Miller 7, Hoffman 7, Fisher 7, Lindsley 

 5, Geoffroy 4. C. H. Townsend. 



LIVE BIRD CONTESTS OF 1893. 



Below will be found a table giving the date, place, winner's and 

 loser's scores of all the important contests at live pigeons shot during 

 1893. The table does not include the results of any of the open sweep- 

 stakes shot during the year, covering only individual and team con- 

 tests: 



Place. 



Winner's Score. 



Loser's Score. 



Date. 

 Jan. 



2. .Harrison, N. J. . .A. Cottrell 21 O. Sandford 20 



2.. Red Bank, N. J. ,E. Throckmorton 18 James Cooper 18 



3. .Frankford, Pa.. .A. J. Rust 41 H. E. Buckwalter. 34 



4. .Plainfield, N. J..Chas. Smith... . . . . 36 W. S. Pierson 33 



4..Burnside, 111 W. S. Duer.. 44 J. Ruble 43 



5..Burnslde, III P. Stone 42 W. S. Duer 36 



— . .Kansas City,Mo..F. J. Smith 45 M. F. Myers , 44 



9..Morristown,N.J..R. Foote 24 J.Leonard 23 



9..Burnside, 111 C. Antoine 17 F. R. Bissell 15 



18.. Pittsburgh , Pa . . E. M. Cundall , 



19. .Pattenburg, N. J. \ Jg^;;^ J- 44 



A. H. King 87 



C as e i 40 



Milburn f 



25..Frenchtown,N.J.^ fc: .. ::; j. 43 Mason.. ........ , „ 



25 . . Newark, N. J H. P. Toler 81 L. V. To Din 76 



26. .Newark, N. J. . . . A. Willey 44 H. Gasper 28 



Feb. 



6. .Chicago, 111 G. Work 107 T. S. Dando. 



6. .Chicago, 111 A. C. Money 41 B. V. Jackson 30 



7.. Chicago, 111 A. C. Money 43 



9.. Plainfield, N. J..H. Gasper 37 



10.. Pittsburgh, Pa, ,N. Johnson 88 



10. .Larchmont,NY..G. Work 



Shot 

 at. 

 25 

 25 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 50 

 25 

 25 

 100 

 50 



C. E. Felton 35 



W. S. Pierson 33 



10. MoWhorter.... 86 

 E. D. Fulford 87 



11.. Burnside, 111 j K^;. ;;; \ 36 gg^./.-; \ 32 



15..Burnside,Ill A. C. Anson 76 G. Hoffman 71 



IB Fort Bod^e Ta J C. A. Bryant., I 4(1 E.R.Green., 



lo. .tort Dodge, !*•••{ ^ j Reynolds f 40 E.-L. King, 



92 



16..Larchmont.NY..E. D. Fulford 



17. .Carteret, N. J.. . .E. D. Fulford 89 



18..Larchmont,NY.,E. D. Fulford 86 



19.. Butte, Mont J. F. Cowan 22 _ 



20..Paterson, N. J.. .T. W. Morfey 19 T. C. Wright 15 



34 



iJ S. Thompson.'. 90 



G. Work 81 



W. B. Smith 83 



F. Conly 19 



22. .Burnside, 111 W. Mussey.". 



22. .Utica, N. Y E. D. Fulford. . 



98 



A. C. Anson. 

 J. L. Brewer.. 



23. .Utica, N. Y. . . . . .H. L. Gates 44 Annie Oakley 41 



T. W. Peacock.... 79 



T. W. Peacock.... 35 



A. Willey 42 



F. Goodale. . 



23. , Utica, N. Y J. L. Brewer 79 



24. .Utica, N. Y J. L. Brewer 45 



28. . Newark, N. J. . . .H. Gasper 45 



March. 



1. .Newark, N. J. . . .T. W. Morfey 45 



9.. Burnside, 111 Clark 20 _ 



9.. Burnside, 111 W. T. Wells 22 W.L.Wells. 



10.. Burnside, 111 \S^'".Y.\ 48 ffe'7. 



14. .Newburg, N. Y. .Higginson 82 Kissam 



22 . . Marion , N. J, .... J. Ryan 21 R. Fleischmj 



25 . . Wilkesbarre,Pa. . H. E. Buckwalter. 41 T. Eley 



25. .New York, N Y.. J. L. Brewer 49 N. Apgar.. . 



*«l . . X"> OW CVI A, 11 . «J , . , . J.W. OULll flULL... ,,,,», J V X>. I 



30 . .Utica, N. Y M. Mayhew 83 A. I 



April. 



1 . .Burnside, 111 E. Bingham . . , 



G. Kleinman, 



J. S. Williams., f 

 G. Work 



6. .Carteret, N. J.. . . J. L. Brewer 87 



6. .Brooklyn, N. Y. .H. Williams 18 



7. .Brooklyn, N. Y. .J. L Brewer 96 T. w. j J eaco< 



7 . . Burnside, 111 W Mussy. 18 Kaufman , . , 



10. .Larchmont, NY..F. G. Moore 180 Q. Work.. . . 



10. .Carlisle, Pa C. E. Humer 24 C, R. Ertter 



24. .Coney Isl'd,N.Y..R. T. Clayton 44 C. E. Morris. 



26.. Brooklyn, N. Y.. J. Martin 34 E. Lanzer 



11 . .Oskaloosa, la. . . . 



26.. Omaha, Neb 



80..Pelhamville,NY. 

 June. 



1.. Newark, N. J.... 



4.. Norfolk, Va 



18.. Portland, Ore.... 

 July. 



14.. Coney Isl'd.N.Y., 

 14.. Coney Isl'd,N.Y. 

 14.. Coney Isl'd,N.Y„ 

 17. .San Diego, Cal... 

 25 . . Davenport, la. . . , 

 25. .Davenport, la... 

 27.. Coney Isl'd.N.Y.. 



31..Fanwood, N.J... 



— . .Indianapolis, Ind, 

 21.. Marion, N. J.... 

 — . .Paterson, N. J. . 

 Sept. 



7.. Coney I'd, N.Y.. 



C. W. Budd 



F. L. Parmelee. . 

 .J. J. Loonie 



G. Ray nor. . 

 N. Apgar,. 



H. Beal.... 



O. E. Morris 



C. E. Morris 



C. E. Morris 



M. Chick 



T. Laflin 



G. Somerson 



B. F. Langcake. . . 

 J A. W. Money. . 1 

 1 M. F. Lindsley $ 



J. A. Martin 



J. W. Hoffman... 

 T. W. Morfey. .... 



C. E. Morris 



C.Ferguson, Jr... 



C. Spencer 



M. Collenberger... 

 C. F. Lenone 



. 23 

 . 72 

 . 46 



, 23 

 , 22 

 , 24 

 . 92 

 . 43 

 17 

 41 



A. W. Wiley. 



J. B. Collins 



J. Rothaker 



C. Smith 



W. S. Canon.. 

 F. Post 



R. Dwyer. , 



23.. Jersey ville, III... 

 23.. Jersey ville, III... 

 30. . Rutherford,N. J. 

 Oct. 



12.. South River,NJ..E. Hill 90 



13 . . B rooklyn, N. Y. . . J. J. Edger ton .... 24 



14.. Chicago, 111 G.T.Hall 72 



17.. Burnside, 111 Annie Oakley 24 



17.. Burnside, 111 R. J. Stevens 36 



24..PelhamviUe,N.Y.-| f. r £*ken'. [ 38 

 27.. Paterson, N. J... J. A R. Euiott.'... 96 

 27. . " (tie shoot) J. A. R. Elliott. ... 24 

 Nov. 



2. .Brooklyn, N. Y. .J. F. Shepherd. ... 19 



7..Fanwood, N. J...C. Smith 25 



7, .Newark, N. J. . . .J. A. R. Elliott... . 23 



11 . .Larehmont,N.Y.."Walsrode" ...... 89 



A. O. Money 74 



n..c,r M ^.j....{§ : ^zT.:\ « S:ISK 44 



F. Hoey ) .„ 



G. Work f 4d 



F. P. Class. 95 J. A. R. Elliott. ... 90 



.S. Castle 18 E. Pierre 16 



F. P. Class 99 J. A. R. Elliott. ... 95 



.J. A. R. Elliott. ... 92 F. P. Class 89 



N. Apgar 89 



G. W. Forbell 18 



J. Young 16 



W. Selover... 15 



Capt. Bogardus. . . 72 



W, S. Canon 22 



J. M. Franks 25 



Silberborn / on 



W, Picken f 6i 



V. P. Class 96 



F. P. Class. 23 



J.'W. Coulson 13 



J. Rothaker 22 



M. F. Lindsley.... 21 



11. .Morristown.N.J.. 

 16.,PineBrook.N.J.. 

 17.. Paterson, N. J..., 

 18. .Morristown,N.J., 

 Dec. 



7.. Brooklyn, N. Y.. 

 7.. Pine Brook, N. J. 

 8.. Paterson, N. J... 

 9.. Union Hill, N. J. 

 21.. Newark, N. J 



Jones 15 



S. Castle i 9 . 



. CM. Hedden. f 41 



J. A. R. Elliott.... 98 



J M. F. Lindsley ) ,<> 



\ J. A. R. Elliott f 43 

 J. A. R Elliott.... 193 



Coulson 13 



R. Karhart ) 1Q 



E. Pierre f 18 



F. P. Class 91 



J. Berkery , 



C, Woolmington f 41 

 F.P. Class.:...... 182 



100 

 50 



125 

 60 

 50 

 48 

 100 

 100 



100 



50 



100 

 100 

 100 

 25 

 25 

 100 

 100 

 50 

 83 

 50 

 50 





50 



19 



25 





25 



- 36 



50 





100 



. 19 



25 



40 



50 



46 



50 



18 



22 





100 



81 



100 



45 





42 



50 



86 



100 



14 



25 



87 



100 



14 



25 



154 



200 



23 



30 



. 34 



50 



38 



50 





50 



70 



100 



91 



100 



18 



25 



21 



25 



54 



82 



45 



50 



. 22 



25 



. 22 



25 



. 21 



25 



88 



100 



41 



50 



. 14 



24 



. 38 



50 



87 



100 





25 





50 





25 



80 







100 



47 



50 



82 



100 





100 



On the Old Stone House Ground. 



A holiday without a live bird shoot on John Erb's Newark grounds 

 would be a sorry holiday indeed. Christmas like each and every holi- 

 day for the past twenty years, brought a choice shooting coterie to 

 the grounds to practice on a hard-flying lot of birds. There were only 

 five m the party but still there were trapped 220 birds during the 

 afternoon, each man taking part in four events at 10 birds each, $5 

 entry, and one 4-bird event, $3 entry. The results: 



No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. 



Elliott 1222112121 1110111211 0111121121 1212102111 1221—41 



Castles 2110111221 2111212211 1111211121 1101121112 1111—42 



Hollis 1211121121 1121211111 0211211121 1221111210 1111—42 



Cannon 2220122222 1210221202 0210220101 2221011220 0222-34 



Johns 0100021202 2102101128 0021121002 0121001001 2020—26 



Club Team Shoot at Paterson. 



** The popular shooting grounds at Willard's Park, Paterson, were 

 visited by a big crowd of sportsmen on Thursday, Dec. 28, and they 

 were treated to an exnibition of good shooting at good birds. The at- 

 traction was the contest for club teams of three men each, at 15 live 

 birds per man, $30 entry, Hurlingham rules to govern excepting 

 boundary which was 50yds. For this there were five teams entered, 

 the New Utrecht Gun Club team having failed to materialize. The 

 small number of entries was undoubtedly due to the weather, which 

 was decidedly unpleasant up to noon. During the morning flakes of 

 snow alternated with a drizzling rain and soon the ground was in a 

 disagreeable condition. After 1 o'clock the weather was better. Had 

 the moraine; been clear the list of entries would probably have reached 

 8 or 10. 



The teams that entered were the Climax Gun Club of Fanwood, 

 Cosmopolitan Gun Club of Plainfield, Union Gun Club of Springfield 

 and the Newark Gun Club (two teams). Their composition was as 

 follows: 



Climax: Chas. Smith, Plainfield; E. D. Miller, Springfield; Neaf 

 Apgar, Evona. 



Newark No. 1 : C. M. Hedden and Samuel Castle of Newark; W. H. 

 Green, Harrison. 



Newark No. 2: M. F. Lindsley and Ed. Collins of West Hoboken; Dr. 

 P. J. Zeglio, Warrenville. 



Cosmopolitan: John Rothaker, Germantown; A. W. Money, Oak- 

 land; T. W. Morfey, Paterson. 



Union: J. L. Smith, Hackettstown; N. G. Money, Oakland; J. W. 

 Hoffman, Orange Valley. 



Previous to the big shoot, a couple of sweepstakes were shot at 7 

 live birds each $5 entry, three moneys. The results: 



No. 1: 



Castle. 1011111—6 J L Smith 1111111—7 



N G Money 1111111—7 Hoffman 1100111—5 



Hedden 1011 111-6 Zeglio 1110111—6 



A W Money 1111111-7 C Smith 1011111—6 



Hollis 1111111—7 Rothaker . . 7 1100111-5 



Morfey .....1111111-7 



No. 2: 



N G Money 1021121—6 Rothaker 10t2122— 5 



Lindsley 2222201-6 Collins 2122121—7 



Morfev 2121021—7 Miller 0111110—6 



A W Money 2211221—7 J L Smith 2112.01— 5 



D Terry 1112211—7 Apgar 1121111— 



Castle 1111120-6 Hoffman 1113111—7 



C Smith •112100-4 Zeglio ..12«1 021—5 



In the above events the birds were rather an indifferent lot. In the 

 team contest which followed they may be summed up as a good lot, 

 many being as good as ever left a trap. Lead-carriers they were in 

 earnest, as is shown by the score, which records twelve dead out of 

 bounds, and every one loaded down with shot. The Newark team 

 went into the struggle with the firm determination of securing first 

 and second moneys, but the fates willed otherwise, C. M. Hedden, of 

 team No. 1, being badly out of form and killing only 10 out of his 15. 

 Mr. Hedden is one of the most reliable men in the State as a rule, but 

 like others, this was his day off. E. D. Miller proved his skill as well 

 as the fact that his old Parker gun and his load of American wood 

 powder are still reliable by killing 15 straight. Contrary to expecta- 

 tions, of some the Climax team won first place without having to 

 struggle very hard. The two Newark teams and the Cosmopolitans 

 tied for second and third moneys and shot off at 3 birds each. The 

 Cosmopolitans lost one bird out of the 9 and were out in the cold, 

 each of the Newark teams killing straight and dividing. Al Heritage, 

 of Jersey City, was referee, "Uncle Jake" Pentz t scorer. The scores 

 are here shown: 



Climax Gun Club. 



C Smith ....111110122222121—14 



Miller 111221111111122-15 



Apgar 2221111122..122-13-42 



Newark Team No. 1. 



Hedden 1 121012.21201 02-10 



Castle 2112121211.1211— 14 



Green 211211201112120—13-37 



Newark Team No. 2. 



Lindsley 22201 0.22222222 -12 



Zeglio 222111.10122112— 13 



Collins 222202220222120—12-37 



Cosmopolitan Gun Club. 



Rothaker 121«0212221»222— 12 



A W Money 221 21 •202222211— 12 



Morfey 10222221«211210-12— 37 



Union Gun Club, 



J L Smith 2112112.2122200— 11 



N G Money 1.0221101222021— 11 



Hoffman 



Ties. 



212 

 112 

 121—9 



221 

 221 

 221—9 



122 

 221 



220-8 



The Maplewood's Dinner Shoot. 



Up f long the line of the D. L. & W. Railroad, a few miles above 

 South Orange, is the picturesque but rather sleepy little village of 

 Maplewood. peopled for the most part by prosperous business men 

 from New York and thrifty attaches of the many manufactories of 

 the neighborhood. Here, nestling back in a heavy wood, a thousand 

 yards more or less from the depot, are the well appointed grounds of 

 the Maplewood Gun Club, one of the oldest and largest organizations' 

 in the State. Although its shooting is done in the village, the majority 

 of the members hail from the Oranges. There are a number of 

 Newarkers on the roll, including such cracks as W. R. Hobart, Ferd. 

 Van Dyke, R. H. Breintnall and C. M. Hedden; Enoch D. Miller of 

 Springfield is also a member. 



The club had shoots every Saturday afternoon throughout the year, 

 and on the fourth Saturday of each month is held a contest at 50 

 targets per man for a silver loving cup. Once a year also, usually a 

 week or so before the close, the club members get together on the 

 grounds and hold a shoot for a New Year's supper, the members 

 present being formed into two teams, each man shooting at 15 targets 

 and the losing team having the pleasure of paying for a banquet for 

 both teams and such other club members as may be near the board. 



On Saturday, Dec. 23, the last shoot of this kind was held, and it was 

 an enjoyable affair, although only a dozen members were present. 

 The shoot was held in the afternoon and the club was blessed with 

 fine weather conditions, although it had been stormy up to noon and 

 became so again in the evening. The teams, which were captained 

 respectively by Enoch D. Miller and J. Warren Smith, comprised six 

 men each, and each man shot at fifteen Keystone targets, under the 

 rapid-firing system. The shooting was by no means of the expert 

 order, only one "straight" being recorded, that of O. L. Yeomans. 

 The contest was close, however, and it was only on a margin of four 

 breaks that the Miller team was "elected" to pay for the dinner, 

 which was to have been discussed on Dec. 29 at the South Orange 

 Hotel. In previous years New Year's eve has been the time for dis- 

 posing of the feed, but as the Maplewood members always attend the 

 New Year's Day "annual" of the South Side Gun Club in Newark it 

 was deemed advisable to alter the date as above for fear of their suf- 

 fering a reaction and losing tbeir nerves in the hot company sure to be 

 met on the South Side grounds. The scores of the team shoot are here 

 given: 



Capt Miller. 111010111001101— 10 



Drake 111011011011110—11 



Siggins 100011111111101—11 



Quad 111111110101111—13 



Parry 111111000011011—10 



Capt Smith, 111111101110011-12 



Sickley 100110110001111— 9 



Yeomans. . .111111111111111—15 



Fisher 010000001111011— 7 



VanldestineOlOllOOllOlllll— 10 



Reeves 010000000010011— 4—59 WickSmith.111101010001111— 10— 63 



The following scores were made in a series of 10-target shoots, $ en- 

 try, which preceded the team shoot: 



No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. 



Drake 1111001101— 7 1010011111— 7 



Sickley 1101111111— 9 0111111111— 9 1111111111—10 



Mill ..1110111111— 9 1110111111— 9 1101111101— 8 1111101111— 8 



Smith 1110101111— 8 1111111011— 9 1111110111— 9 0110110111— 7 



Siggins 1111111111—10 1110110111— 8 0111111111— 9 



Van Iderstine 1111111111— 10 0110111001— 6 0011110001— 5 



Fisher 0111101100— 6 1101001101— 6 0011111111— 8 



Jefferson 0101111110— 7 1110100111— 7 1100111010— 6 



Reeves 1101011101— 7 0111011011— 7 



Yeomans 1111111111—10 1011111110— 8 



Parry 1101111111— 9 0000101111— 5 



Quad........ , 1000011110—5 



In Event No. 2 the ties on 9 were shot off in 5-target strings. On the 

 first string Miller and Smith got 4 each and Sickley 2. On the next 

 round Smith smashed 5 and took the pot, Miller scoring only 3. 



Mohegan. 



Somerville Gun Club. 



Somkrville, N. J., Dec. 26.— The Somerville Gun Club held a shoot 

 on Christmas afternoon, at Which the following scores were made. 

 Having only about 100 five birds, the members contented themselves 

 with shooting small sweeps at four birds each, with the exception of 

 the last one, which was at three birds; entrance 3j4, two moneys: 



No.l No.2 No 3 No.4 No.l No.2 No.3 No.4 



Cramer 0221 1121 1121 000 Bishop 1222 1121 2011 ... 



Anderson 0002 .... 0011 ... Cortelyou....2001 



WDDilts 2211 1221 1102 211 ER Voorhees.1200 2202 0210 112 



Rockafellow.,1011 1201 0211 121 HH Hall 1201 1110 100 



Larne 0011 0101 1111 ... E. P. Dickey, Sec'y. 



