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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 6, 1894. 



Empire Rifle Club Prize Shoot. 



Thb two days 1 trallery prize shoot of the Empire Rifle Club was 

 brought to a successful close at a late hour on Monday night— Christ- 

 mas. The programme put up by the club called for twelve prizes, 

 rantring from $25 down to Si. Tickets three shots each and three 

 tickets for SI, two tickets to count. Many of our expert eallery 

 shooters were on hand and struggled hard for the first position'on the 

 prize list. The cheapness of the shooting was an inducement to the 

 contesting shooters to try, try again, and the re-entries were many 

 and often. The closing honrof the shoot found Messrs. Dorrler, Flach 

 and Holges a tie for the first three prizes, each having a total of 146 

 points out of a passible 150, The scores: 



L Flach 72 74-146 0 Hutch 71 71—142 



M Dorrler... 73 73-146 B Zettler 71 71—142 



HHolger 73 73-146 CO Zettler ...68 72—140 



BZahn 73 73-145 L Busf 60 71-139 



WRosenbaum 72 73-145 CBoag 65 71—136 



F C Boss 73 72-144 C Zettler, Jr 67 69-136 



Schlicht Rifle Club. 



. The Scblicht Rifle Club held its weekly gallery shoot Dec. 25 on the 



214, E. Burning 213. J Endars 210, S. Graver 209, J. Graver 802 0 

 Greek 215, C. Schlicht 187, L. Dorr 182, A. Deubline 189, P. Man 174. ' ' 



RIFLE NOTES. 



The fact that the Miller Rifle Club should abandon its advertised 

 Christmas Day prize shoot, without giving the New York shooters 

 previous notice of such action on its part, has created a feeling of dis- 

 satisfaction in the minds of those riflemen who went to the trouble 

 of packing their rifles over to Hoboken, only to find that there was no 

 shoot on, that will take a long time to overcome. Clubs, like indi- 

 viduals, to be successful must meet their obligations, or at, least give 

 due notice of their inability to do so. 



The greeting of the. California shooters to the eastern brotherhood 

 will prohablv result in a delegation of New York riflemen making a 

 visit to the Pacific slope, in March. Poor business and the hard times 

 will no doubt tie up many of our experts. There, is no donbt that 

 those who do find it possible to make the visit will meet with a royal 

 reception from the California Schuetzen. 



During a meetine of the members of the Zettler Club at their weekly 

 gallery shoot on Tuesdav night of last week, there was considerable 

 talk upon the subject of individual match shooting, and the outcome 

 was that the proposed match between Messrs. Ross and Dorrler was 

 pushed along the path leading to a final adjustment. Whilethis inter- 

 esting sub jec t was being ventilated two other members of the club 

 present. Messrs Busse and Plaisted. locked horns over their respective 

 ability as shooters, and the consequence was that the two were 

 matched to shoot a 100-shot race on Jan. 12 for $50 a side. Busse, 

 winning the choice of ground, named Washington Park, so while the 

 boys are waiting for the two experts to develop their proposed con- 

 test, they can fill in the time canvassing the merits of Busse and 

 Plaisted. 



§£™$ = Shooting. 



FIXTURES. 



Jan. 4.— Union Gun Club's live bird tournament, at Springfield, N. J. 



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

 grounds. Marion, N. J. 



Jan. 16 18.— Grand live and artificial bird shoot, $1,000 guaranteed, 

 by the Hamilton Gun Club. J. E. Overholt, Sec'y. 



Jan. 23.— Open shoot at 25 live birds, $25 entry, on Erb's grounds, 

 Newark, N. J. Entries close Jan. 22. 



Feb. 22 — White Plains (N Y.) Gun Club tournament, 



Feb. — . Reading Shooting Association tournament; two days 

 targets, one day live birds, at Three-Mile House, Shillington, Pa. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



One of the greatest live bird contests ever shot in this country, one 

 which will be "fbr blood,' 1 with no dropping for place, will take" place 

 on the Marion grounds of Al Heritage, n'-xt Tuesday. It will be the 

 long talked of contest between teams of twenty men each, represent- 

 ing New Jersey and Kings Countv, N. Y , arranged by " Uucle Jake" 

 Pentz of the Newark Gun Club. Each man will shoot at 15 live pig- 

 eons, under modified Hurlingham rules. The " consideration " will be 

 $10 a man and the price of the birds. The contest will begin at 9.30 

 A. M This contest should be on to attract an immense crowd of spec- 

 tators, as it is almost sure to be closely contested. Al Heritage prom- 

 ises to have on hand as good a lot of birds as money will buy, and the 

 handling and retrieving will be carefully attended to. The composi- 

 tion of the teams has not been finally decided upon, but the following 

 names have been submitted by the managers and from this list the 

 teams will be selected : New Jersey team, Samuel Castle, C. M. Hed- 

 den, R. H. Breintnall, Ehenezer Francis and Ferd Vanhlyke of New- 

 ark. Justus Yon I.engerke of Orange, John Riggott of Rockaway, 

 William Sigler of Montclair, Fletcher Walters of Arlington, Charles 

 Smith of Plainfield. James L. Smith of Hackettstown, M. F. Lindslev 

 and Ed. Collins of West Hoboken, A. W. Money and N. G. Money of 

 Oakland, James Van Brackle and George Cubberly of Long Branch. 

 T, W Morfey of Patterson, E. D. Miller of Springfield. Oscar Hesse of 

 and E. M. Cooper of Red Bank. Kings County team: Mort. Van Brunt, 

 Samuel Northridge, A. A Hegeman, Dr. Van Sile, Fred'k Pfaender, 

 Garry Cropsey, Henry Balzer. D. C. Bennett, James Bennett. D Dea- 

 con, George Nostrand, Richard Monsees, Lee Helgins, Richard Pfister, 

 Charles Wingert. C. E. Morris, C. Ferguson, Jr., Charles Plate, L. T. 

 Duryea, J. D. Voorhees, Dr. W. AYynn, Charles Dettlefsen. In the list 

 of New Jersey men appear the names of several men who, in our 

 judgment should not have been included, while on the other hand we 

 were rather surprised to see that the names of Wm. H. Green of Har- 

 rison, J. W, Hoffmann of Orange Valley, and Dr. P. J. Zeglio of War- 

 renville were omitted- Green is. without doubt, one of the most relia- 

 ble team shots in the State, while Zeglio and Hoffman are far safer 

 than some of the men chosen. Still there is not a really weak shot on 

 the list, and the team will make a good showing. The Kings County 

 team is comprised of fairly good shots, but here too are included the. 

 names of some who are without doubt weaker than others who are 

 left off. To reach th« Marion grounds, where the contest will be held, 

 take the Pennsjdvania railroad to Marion station, where stages and 

 hacks will be in waiting. There will be plenty of lunch on the grounds 

 and the coffee will be kept boiling all day. 



Putney, Vt., Dec. 21. -The Putney (Vt.) Rod and Gun Club will open 

 up its season about April 1, and will probabl v hold an open tourna- 

 ment in May, with big inducements for shooters from other Staces. 

 Putney is a town of about 1,5"0 inhabitants, pleasantly situated in 

 southern Vermont, on the Connecticut River, and is quite accessible 

 by rail. Our club numbers about twenty shooters, has fine grounds, 

 pleasantly located near the principal hotel, a good shooting house and 

 a set of expert bluerock traps and pull, and we are out of debt, A 

 club has been organized at To wnsbend, Vt., about 12 miles from Put- 

 ney, which will without doubt make a good showing during the sea- 

 sou of 1894 if properly managed; One sad event has occurred this 

 fall which cast a gloom over all our club members as well as the rest 

 oE the community, the death of Mr. L. L. Crosby, the captain of our 

 club and one of our best shots. While huutiug with two companions 

 about a month ago he separated from them, and taking his dog started 

 after partridges alone. A few hours afterward his dog came to the 

 other hunters; and as Mr. Crosby failed to returnat nightfall asearch- 

 ing party started out, but at 1 o'clock in the morning were obliged to 

 return with no tidings of the missing man. At daylight fully 125 men 

 started out, and after a short search found his body lying in a small 

 s ream. He had evidently just shot once at a bird, and while attempt- 

 ing to cross the stream had fallen in such a manner as to discharge 

 the remaining barrel, the contents passing through his left leg, be- 

 tween the knee and hip, severing the main artery and inflicting a 

 wound from which he bled to death. This sad accident touched ah 

 tho members of our club deeply, and his loss will be felt by the whole 

 community.— W. E. Ayer, Sec'y. 



The Buffalo (N. Y.) Courier tells the following good one on genial 

 Jacob Koch, one of the leading shots of the Union Gun Club of that 

 city: "Years ago before Jacob Koch was recognized as champion of 

 the city, he was always on the alert to find out where the leading 

 sportsmen went field shooting, and how many birds they bagged. One 

 day George Stauber and Arthur Combs went out to Eden and killed 

 eight English snipe. Coming home, Arthur suggested that Geon e 

 take them ail to his place of business, as Jacob was certain to be tnei e 

 on time. Pretty soon Koch came tripping into the place as light as a 

 feather. He went to the icebox, and his eyes stuck out like onions as 

 he looked at the 8 beauties. 'You didn't kill 16 of 'em, did you George? 

 'No, 8.' Jake looked worried, and Stauber knew it was only a matti r 

 ,-;t' few nict.rTn-.--: he would be 'legging it' down to Combs's , 



so he quietly dispatched a messenger with the birds for Arthur's 

 p ace, with strict orders to make haste. Combs smelled the mouse, 

 in came Koch a moment later, puffing like a porpoise and nevei 

 Itopping to say good morning until he had his grip fastened on the 

 stiob to the icebox door. 'What luck to-day Arthur? ' 'Eight beauties 

 kr, 1 was the response, which seemed to come from the bottom of the 



Englishman's heart. Jake yanked open the door, and, true enough 

 there they were, 'Well, by thunder,' he roared, fully convincpd that 

 1b snipe had been bagged by the two, and to this flay he doesn't know 

 the difference. But time has changed the scene. It is Koch who dot s 

 the shooting now, and the other fellows like to peek into his ice-box." 



Allegheny, Pa., Dec. 22.— The annual meeting of the Eagle Gun 

 Club was held yesterday. Samuel McCartney was elected President; 

 Wm. Yellowly, Vice-President; George Whorrell. Secretary; E. Brown, 

 Treasurer, and Wm. Kline, Captain. The directors are: A. Garloch, 

 E. Zuerner and G. Farrand. The club has been in existence Ave years 

 and has a membership of 40. It has made remarkable progress during 

 the last two or three years and has held some of the most prominent 

 clay-bird shoots in western Pennsylvania. The club has an excellent 

 bank account and a very large stock of live birds The club is a mem- 

 ber of the State Sportsmen's Association. The first members of the 

 club were Wm. Yellowly. H. Sander, Wm. Schnaebie, E. Spencer. Wm. 

 Parker, E. Parker, G. Whorrell, R. French, R. Billard and J. Hillard. 

 The first shooting ground of the club was on the bar just ahead of 

 Brunot's Island, and some time ago the club made excellent grounds 

 on Marshall avenue. The club has four principal shoots each year, 

 viz., Decoration Day, July 4, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. 



In response to a request from several of the prominent trap shots 

 of this vicinity there has been arranged a contest at 25 live birds, $25 

 entry, to be shot Jan. 23 on the famous -'Old Stone House" grounds 

 of John Erb on Bloonifield avenue, Newark, N. J., beginning at 10 

 o'clock A. M. This contest will be open to the world, and invitations 

 have been sent to a large number of experts of New York, Pennsyl- 

 vania and New Jersey. A first-class lot of birds will be furnished and 

 there will be no favorites played. The rise will be 30yds, and nothing 

 larger than a 12-bore allowed. If the entries do not exceed seven 

 there will be two moneys; eight to fourteen entries, three moneys; 

 fifteen or more entries, four moneys. Hurlingham rules to govern 

 except as to boundary. Entries aloDg with a forfeit of $10 will be 

 received up to Jan. 22 by C. H. Townseud, trap editor Forest and 

 Stream, 318 Broadway, New York. 



Perth Amboy, N. J., Dec 23. — A shooting match at live birds took 

 place to-day on the grounds of the Perth Amboy Gun Club, between 

 William F. Hartmann. of this city, and Leo B. Campbell, of the River- 

 side Gun Club of Red Bank. The stake was $100 a side. Thev shot at 

 25 birds each, find trap and handle for each other; one barrel and one 

 trap. Considerable money was wagered on Hartman to win. who. on 

 Thanskgiving Day, made clpan scores in the four sweepstakes at live 

 birds. Campbell was favored in the betting by a number of the mem- 

 bers of the Midway Club. He won by one bird. The pigeons were 

 strong and fast, and many of the kills were warmly applauded. The 

 score was 16 to 15. 



The Orange Rod and Gun Club held its first shoot under its new 

 management on Christmas on its grounds on Watching Mountain, 

 West Orange. There were 14 members present, and both live birds 

 and targets were used. In one event at 5 live birds George Fisher 

 killed 5, Samuel Schwab 4 and C. Jacobs 4. Wm. Farnham was scorer. 

 After the shoot the member discussed a Christmas dinner at Dunn's 

 Llewellyn Park Hotel. This club held a meeting on Dec. 19 and reor- 

 ganized, electing the following officers: President, Chas. C. S. Young; 

 Vice-President, Frank B. Storms; Financial Secretary, Hamilton Mil- 

 ler; Corresponding Secretary, Samuel Schwab; Treasurer, William P. 

 Dunn. 



Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 22.— The annual meeting of the Iroquois Rifle 

 and Gun Club was held yesterday, and the following officers were 

 elected: President, C. D.Duetz; Vice-President. L. G. Graul; Secretary, 

 A. C. L. Hoffmeister; Treasurer, James P. Zoeller; First Shooting 

 Master, A. F. Hoffmeister; Second Shooting Master, Henry Eglesdorf ; 

 First Field Captain. August Goldstrom; Second Field Captain VV. J. 

 Udick; Rifle Shooting Committee. Aug. F. Hoffmeister, Henry Egles- 

 dorf, William Miller. Aug. Goldstrom; Gun Shooting Committee, W. 

 G. Udick, Aug. Goldstrom: Board of Directors, Aug. F. Hoffmeister, 

 Albert C. L. Hoffmeister. William Miller, Fred. Miller, Aug. Goldstrom 



On Elmwood avenue, in Irvington, N. J., where the Myrtle Park Gun 

 Club hold forth the bang of the shotgun was heard uearly all of 

 Christmas Day, although the attendance was light. Although one of 

 the youngest this club is also one of the strongest clubs in the State, 

 and on any other clay would have attracted a good list of entries. The 

 sport comprised Ave events at ten targets each and the results follow: 

 Event No. 1, Smith 10, Young 9, Osborne 8, Momm 7. No. 2, Baldwin 

 9, Momm 9, Smith 8. Osborne 8. No. 3. Smith 8, Osborne 8, Young 6, 

 Baldwin 6. No. 4. Smith 10, Young 10, Osborne 6, Momm 4. No. 5, 

 Young 9, Smith 8, Baldwin 7, Osborne 7, Momm 5. 



Arrangements have been perfected for the organization of the 

 PecoDic Gun Club, which will be situated at Jamesport, Suffolk 

 County. The prime movers in the matter are Edward J. Carey and 

 James J. Noonan, who are connected with the Long Island Railroad 

 Company. It is intended to lease and fit out a clubhouse near the 

 shore of Peconic Bay, and, y, ith that end in view, the men above 

 named will shortly go down on the island and select a suitable loca- 

 tion. At a meeting held on Dec 18 last. The following officers were 

 elected: President, Edward J. Carey; Vice-president, James J. 

 Noonan ; Secretary and treasurer, I. Clark. 



The New York Tribune of Dec. 26 did a grave injustice to the South 

 Side Gun Club, of Newark, by publishing an item stating that on 

 Christmas Day, when the club held a live bird shoot, two boys were 

 severely injured by stray pellets. There was no shoot on the above 

 grounds on Christmas Day, and moreover, live birds are never shot 

 there, the club devoting its grounds exclusively to target shooting. 

 The two boys in question were shot at Wiedenrnayer's Park, on Ham- 

 burg place, while trying to flush lazy hirds, They were severely stung 

 about the back and shoulders, but their injuries are not thought to be 

 serious. 



The Brighton Gun Club, an enterprising organization of East Or- 

 ange, N. J., held a shoot, on its North Park street grounds on Christ- 

 mas Day, targets being used. The attendance was fair and the 



man 9. A 10-target shoot, which ended the day's sport, resulted as 

 follows: O'Mealey 7, Badgeley 8, Canfield 8, Gower 6, Baldwin 6, 

 Kutcher 5, Ackerman 4. The scoring was done by Mayne Potter. 



Rapidly the months are passing by, and the passing of each one 

 brings us closer to the dates selected for the great big tournament of 

 the Knoxville Gun Club. With $1,000 in solid cash added to the purses 

 during the three target days, and a day's live bird shooting to follow, 

 it ought to be a big shoot. And it surely will be a big one, with at 

 least 100 entries in the target events. This is a very high figure to 

 count upon, but then high prizes will always draw the shooters. You 

 must watch our columns for the programme which we ars sure to 

 publish several weeks ahead of our esteemed contemporaries. 



There is a rumor afloat that J. A. R. Elliott, of Kansas City, Mo., is 

 desirous of meeting John L. Brewer in one or more matches. While 

 willing to concede to Mr. Elliott credit for being a rattling good 

 marksman, we still incline to the belief that he has no business in 

 a contest with Mr. Brewer if the latter is in anything like his own 

 form, and that on first-class birds Mr. Brewer could defeat him in 

 seven out of ten contests. We have no doubt of Mr. Brewer's wil- 

 lingness to meet the Kansas City man at any number of birds or 

 for any amount of money. 



An interesting affair, and one that would attract an immense crowd 

 of spectators, would be a contfstwith the four Woing professionals 

 pitted against four of the" best shots of the leading clubs around New 

 York, eech man to shoot at 100 first-class birds under American Asso- 

 ciation rules. It would seem that in the trap-shooling ranks of the 

 Riverton, Westminster, Carteret, Hollywood and Larchmont clubs 

 there could be found four men who could well sustain themselves in a 

 shoot against a quartette chosen from Brewer, Elliott, Budd, Fulford 

 and Cla-.s. 



An elaborate programme and one which should attract a big entry 

 list, is that published for the fourth annual shooting tournament of 

 Hamilton (Ont.) Gun Club, on January 16th, 17th and lSth. The great 

 event on the first day will be at 20 live birds, $10 entry, with fourteen 

 moneys, ranging from $200 down to glo. On this day there will be one 

 15-target and two 20-target events. On the second day there will be 

 two 10 and two 20-target events. On the third day a live bird, miss 

 and out event, at 10 live birds, two 15-target events and one at 20 

 targets. 



The appended list of officers have been elected by the Frankford 

 (Pa.) Gun Club: Edward Beck, President; Benjamin Bourne, Vice- 

 President; David D. Mercer, Secretary; H. Longhead, Treasurer; 

 Elmer Betson, Field Captain; E. Beck, Assistant Field Captain; John 

 E. Crowther and Benjamin Bourne, Trustee. Tne grounds' of this 

 club are on Orthodox street, below Frankford. 



The White Plains (N Y.) Gun Club claims Feb. 22 (Washington's 

 Birthday) for a live bird and target tournament, and hope to see a big 

 turnout of New York and New Jersey shooters. Shooting will begin 

 at 9 A. M. and continue until eandle-lUht. The grounds can be reached 

 in forty minutes from the Grand Central Depot, m New York city. 



The Harrison (N. JO Gun and Fishing Club held their second shoot 

 for a silver loving cup on Christmas, each member shooting at 15 blue- 

 rock targets. J. Crawley, who won the first contest, was again suc- 

 cessful In getting the top score, breaking 11; W. Crowley broke 8. O. 

 Sanford 7, \V~. Coyle 5, J. Kosmer 4, J. Purcell 2, Harry Wardell 0, 



At the medal shoot of the Riverside Gun Club at Red Bank. N. J., 

 on Dec. 22 each man shot at 25 targets, Ivins breaking 24, E. Cooper 

 19, E. Throckmorton 17, J. S. Hoey 16, Little 18, L. Dayis 5, Cornwall 

 14, Hesse 21, John Cooper 21, Chas. Throckmorton 11, 



Wm. H. McQuoid of New York and David C. Roe of Middlet own, 

 N. Y.. shot a match at ten live birds each near Middletown on Christ- 

 mas Day. McQuoid won by one bird. The stake was $50 a side. 



The annual shoot of the Hamilton (Ont.1 Gun Club will he held on 

 Jan 16. 17 and 18, and will attract a big attendance. In the live bird 

 contest there are usually from 75 to 100 entries. 



The Clyde (N. Y.) Gun Club has elected the following officers: Pres- 

 ident, James H. Streeter; Vice-President. G. D. Barrett; Secretary- 

 Treasurer, Anson C. Burnett. 



The San Antonio (Texas) Gun Club, which shoots twice a week ex- 

 cept during the open season, used over 100,000 targets during 1893 



Go to Marion next Tuesday and see the great match between the 

 New Jersey and Kings County teams. 



• Hurry in your entry for the25-bird sweep to be shot at Erb's Jan. 23. 

 J. A. R. Elliott expects to attend the Hamilton shoot. 



C. H. Townsend. 



Birds and Targets at Dexter Park. 



Louis Miller's annual Christmas and New Year's shoots are. always 

 looked forward to by his patrons with that sort of inward anticipation 

 that is likened to the good boy who sees the first preparations in the 

 family kitchen for the opening of the mince pie season. So when 

 Louis s notices for his Christmas shoot went out some days ago. his 

 patrons said, "Hullo, here comes our annual feast of birds, targets 

 and turkey again." As the days advanced the regulars began their 

 preparations for the anticipated pleasures of Christmas, 1893. Christ- 

 mas morning opened mild and pleasant, lackiug nothing in its April 

 appearance but the song of the. amphibious frog. Many of the expect- 

 ant shooters were on the grounds at an early hour getting the lay of 

 the tend in a few preliminary shots at the ta'rgets. The day's sport was 

 divided into three divisions. The first was devoted to targets, the sec- 

 ond to turkey, and the third to live birds. The programme devoted to 

 targets was divided into four events. 



^ §t st ' at ten Targets, had nine entries. Short and Kneeble, Jr., 

 tied with seven and divided first money. 



The second event called for 10 targets, with twelve entries. W. 

 Levens took first money with nine, Schortemeier second with eight, 

 Short third with seven. 



The third event was at fifteen targets, with twelve entries. Fessen- 

 °^ n - I 3 ' ^S 1 ' La ^ens 12, second; Kheeble and Schortemeier ll, third; 

 Wright 9, fourth. ' 



The fourth event, at ten targets, had eight entries. Lions, Wright, 

 Fessenden, Schortemeier first, with six. Short second with five. 



The second or intermediate stage of the dav's sport having arrived, 

 an adjournment was taken to visit Mrs. Miller's department and dis- 

 cuss the turkey question. Having settled this matter to the satisfac- 

 tion of all, then came the third, last and most interesting part of the 

 shooting programme, the live bird events. 



The first was at 5 birds, with eight entries. The birds were Al, and 

 made lively sport for the contestants in their efforts to stop them 

 Within the boundary. Schortemeier was the only man to kill his 5 

 straight. Bowen, Fessenden and Osterhout tied with 4. 



The second event, at 5 birds, had eleven entries. Schortemeier, 

 Bowen and Kraft tied for first money with 5 each. 



The third evei.t, at 5 birds, with fourteen entries, developed some 

 fine shooting at lively birds. Dr. Little, Kraft, Schortemeier and Lair 

 tied with full scores of 5 kills each 



The fourth and last event of the day called for 3 birds, with six 

 entries. Schortemeier, Lair, Hopkins and Bi'amwell killed 3 each. 

 Scores: 



No. 1, 10 targets: 



Levens 1010110110-6 Smyth 0001010000-2 



Kneeble, Jr 1110111001—7 Jones 0100100001-3 



ghort HOQOlllll— 7 Jones. Jr 0000101010-3 



Frank 0000100001— 2 Schortemeier. . . .1 110111011-8 



Wright 0111010011-6 



No. 2, 10 targets: 



Wright 1000101110-5 Smyth 0010111000-4 



Short 0110111110-7 Frank 0110100000-3 



Kneeble, Jr 0000001111-4 Jones, Jr OloOOOOOOO— 2 



Schortemeier 1111011110—8 Jones 1000100000-2 



Gleer 0101000000 -2 Brenner OtlOOOlOOOl— 1 



Levens 1111111101.-9 Bright ..'ollOtil 1-4 



No. 3, 15 targets: 



Lyons 001000110010101— G Fessenden 111100111111111—13 



Short 000011011001011— 7 Peterson 000001010001UOO— 3 



Levens 101111110111101—12 Jones HWWOiOlUOOlh— 0 



Kneeble, Jr 111001011111110—11 Jones, Jr 101QII 000000010— 5 



Writshc 101001100101011— 8 Frank OOOIOOKIOOOOOOO— 2 



Schortmeier.... 11 1110111100101—11 Small 001100C01000000— 3 



No. 4, 10 targets: 



Wright lOlllOnoil— 6 Jones 1000100100—3 



Fessenden 11 1000101 1—6 Peterson 0000010000— 1 



Schortmeier 1000111101—6 Frank: 0000000000- 0 



Short 0010101111—5 Lyons 0100111011-6 



m T . No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. 



W Lair 00011— 2 21220 4 21111-5 121—3 



Kaltenstroth 10110—3 02212-4 20011—3 



Wright 2L0O0— 1 02102—3 22011-4 



L H Schortemeier 22222—5 2222a- -5 22222-5 222-3 



Lyon 22020-3 



Bowen „ 211 »2— 4 12111-5 20222-4 220-2 



Fessenden 21202—4 01221—4 11200—3 ..."•„ 



Osterhout 21202- 4 20121—4 20100—2 . . 



DrVanOrd 21120-4 21011—4 



CGlier 20110—8 00221—3 



J Kraft 12222-5 12212-5 



HBramwell , 11010-3 01112—4 



Jones, Jr , 10000—1 



Br Little 12111—5 202—2 



Hopkin 02112-4 122-3 



Keller 01220-3 



Phoenix Christmas Day. 



Pt. Dover, Ont., Dec. 27.— We inclose herewith scores made by the 

 Phoenix Gun Club on their Christmas Day shoot. Owing to a perfect 

 gale blowing at the time of the shooting, and from right behind the 

 traps, the scores are very good, and better than was expected. 



No. 1, 12 bluerocks: 



Fick 011001010001—5 Ansley 110100000110- 5 



Lawrie 110000111110—7 Watts OOOw 



Barrett 101100110101—7 



No. 2, 12 bluerocks: 



R Skey 010100010111— 6 Barrett 100110001C01— 5 



ESkey 00001 11 00000— 3 Lawrie 011011101010- . 7 



H D Williams.,,.,, 100110011001- 6 Fick 111111101101—10 



CScoefield 111110111101—10 Ansley. OOOOHOOOIOO— 3 



No. 3: 



Ansley 0111111111—9 Fick HOlOw -3 



ESkey 110111111—8 R Skey Ollw —2 



Scoefield llOlllw —5 Williams llw —2 



A. W. Lawrie, Secy. 



Springfield Christmas Shoot. 



Springfield, O., Dec. 20.— The Springfield Gun Club celebrated 

 Christmas with a successful shoot at its range. The day was an ideal 

 one for the sport. It was so warm that there was no need for a fire 

 in the club house. Following are the scores: 



First, 10 singles: Hughes 9, Barton 5, Bimmel 3. Shell 7, Strong 10, 

 Hutchins 8, Downs 9, Young 9, Tibbets 5, Elder 6, Fleming 6, Less- 

 ner 6 



Second, 15 singles: Hughes 11, Strong 12, Shell 9, Bimmel 2, Hutchins 

 5. Barton 9, Downs 10, Jenkins 0, Young 14, Tibbets 4, 'Lessner 11, 

 Neff 2. 



Third, 10 singles: Shell 6, Strong 9, Hughes 6, Bimmel 4, Barton 5, 

 Williams 7, Young 10, Lessner 8, Fleming 6. Elder 9, Downs 5, Hughes 7. 



Fourth, 4 singles and 3 pairs: Hutchins 5, Bimmel 1, Shell 3, Foley 1. 

 Williams 6, Barton 3. Downs 7, Hughes 5. Fleming 5, Tibbetts 6, Strong 

 10. Lessner 4, Young 7. 



Fifth, 15 singles: Foley 4. Hutchins 10. Lessner 12, Strong 12, Shell 7. 

 Tibbetts 9, Downs 12, Young 12, Barton 5, BimmeJ 9. Lessner 11, 

 Shell 5. , j. a. Reid, Sec'y. 



Vernon Gun Club. 



The monthly shoot of the Vernons at Dexter Park on Dec. £9 

 brought together only eight members in the club event. The Ver- 

 nons are another of the few clubs who have adopted the old Long 

 Island rules. Toey shoot at 7 birds, handicap distance. Dr. Little 

 was the only member to kill 7 straight. Osterhout lost his fifth bird 

 on account of his gun being abovo the elbow. Scores: 



Wischerth 1101211-0 Spadoue 0211210-5 



Dr Little 1112121—7 F Thompson 0.22121 -5 



Osterhout 1121 »2 1 -6 Collet .0200100—2 



WH Thompson 1112011-6 Brown 1031021— if 



Hall Beats Bogardus. 



Springfield, III , Dec. 28.-G. T. Hall of Loami, 111., and Capt. A. H. 

 Bogardus shot a pigeon match on the Fair Grounds to-day which was 

 won by the former. He killed 72 birds out of 98, while Bogardua only- 

 killed 64. They shot at the circular boundary of their earlier race 

 15ydg. rise. * 



