Feb. 17, 1894.] 



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German-American Riflemen. 



On Wednesday night of last week the headquarters of the famous 

 Zettler Rifle Club was the scene of an interesting rifle contest, between 

 teams representing four of New York's most prominent German- 

 American shooting societies, viz.: The New York Sehuetzen Corps, 

 New York Centra! Sehuetzen Corps, New York City Sehuetzen Corps, 

 and the Harlem Independent Schuetzen Corps. By having good men 

 to put in in the last stage of the match the New York City team was 

 enabled to send their competitors to the rear, the New York City 

 team making a grand total of 2,284, against 2,240 for the Harlem Inde- 

 pendent team. After the match was finished several impromptu 10 

 shot matches were shot. One between Walther and Zimmerman for 

 a basket of wine, in which Walther won. Walther also won one with 

 Barney Zettler; and lost one with C. G. Zettler. The closeness of the 

 race between the New York Corps team and the Central team gener- 

 ated so much rivalry between the two corps that before they separ- 

 ated a match was made between teams of the two corps, to be shot 

 on the 200yds. range next June, ten to twenty men a side. Scores: 



New York Schuetzen Corps, Capt. H. Offerman: 



Philip Feigel 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25 25 23-236 



Jacob Schmidt 21 22 23 23 24 24 24 24 24 25-234 



J C Bonn 19 23 23 23 24 24 24 24 25 25—234 



JTholke 19 20 23 23 24 24 24 24 24 24—229 



H Strate. , 22 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 25 25—240 



A J Christian 21 23 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 25-237 



Fred Schmidt 22 23 24 24 24 24 25 25 25 25—241 



Dr Chas Groseh 13 20 22 23 23 23 24 24 23 25—220 



B Zettler 23 23 23 24 24 25 25 25 25 25—242 



B Walther 23 23 23 24 24 24 24 25 25 25—240- 2353 



New York Central Corps, Capt. Merse: 



H Koster 25 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24-240 



PF Schmidt 22 23 23 22 24 24 25 25 25 25-240 



FSchraeder 22 23 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 25—238 



Wm Seppenfeld 20 21 22 23 23 23 23 24 24 24—227 



FredSchill 20 21 22 22 23 24 24 24 25 25—230 



J Reisweisner 21 21 22 22 22 22 23 23 24 25—225 



M Ficken 20 21 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 24—224 



H D Muller 22 23 22 23 23 23 23 24 24 25-231 



E Berckman 21 21 22 22 23 23 24 24 25 25-230 



Gus Zimmerman 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 25 25 25—243—2328 



New York City Corps, Capt. 0. D. Renin: 



H Witte 20 21 23 23 23 23 23 24 24 25-229 



Otto Uhlien 21 22 22 23 23 23 23 24 24 25—230 



Geo Albig 19 20 21 22 22 22 23 24 24 24-221 



ALudwig 18 22 23 23 23 23 24 24 24 25-229 



A Range 20 20 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 23—218 



C D Rehm 18 20 21 22 23 24 24 25 25 25—227 



M Radloff 19 21 21 21 23 23 23 24 24 25 - 224 



J Facklam 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 25 25-234 



RBusse 22 22 23 24 24 24 .24 24 24 25-236 



C G Zettler 22 22 22 23 24 24 24 25 25 25-236-2284 



Harlem Independent Corps, Capt. L. Zeller: 



E Karl 23 23 23 24 24 24 25 25 25 25-241 



Thos Hall 17 20 21 22 22 22 23 23 24 24—218 



G H Schraeder 21 22 22 22 23 24 24 25 25 24—232 



B Busch 18 19 20 22 22 22 23 23 24 24—217 



A Hildebrandt 19 21 22 22 22 23 23 23 25 25-225 



Jos Gute 18 19 22 22 22 23 23 24 24 25-221 



L Zeller 15 19 21 22 22 22 23 24 24 25-217 



ChasSchaefer 20 21 22 22 23 2? 3 2i 25 25- -223 



J Walters 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 23 23-218 



T Eiser 17 21 21 21 22 23 24 24 25 25-223—2240 



Championship of Hudson County. 



During the early part of last year the Hudson Rifle Club of Jersey 

 City issued a call to all New Jersey rifle clubs to participate in a series 

 of matches for the championship of Hudson county. 



The various clubs responded giving as many excuses, principally 

 not enough strong shooters to compose a team being the more preva- 

 lent. There was one club, however, the Greenville Rifle Club, who ac- 

 cepted the challenge, and after considerable correspondence the first 

 match was arranged for Decoration Day to take place at Arrnhruster's 

 Schuetzen Park and resulted in a good victory for the GreenviUes. 

 The next match took place at Marion on Labor Day following, and 

 this time the honors were given the Hudsons. This placing the two 

 teams on an equal footing, the third match was arranged but did not 

 come to a head until Feb. 3, '94. In the first two matches a purse of 

 $50 was at stake for each of them, but it was finally suggested by the 

 Greenville Club to have the last and final one shot on friendly terms to 

 decide who the champions were. 



Capt. Mahlenbrock, therefore, selected his team and journeyed to 

 Greenville on the above date, and after the usual practice shots sane 

 tioned to commencement of the last match which would prove victori- 

 ous for the winners. 



Capt Boag was in readiness to proceed, but was interrupted by the 

 ruling element of which the club is composed, and unless a purse was 

 forthcoming the Greenville Rifle Club refused to shoot under its own 

 name, but was willing to continue the match under a nom deplume. 



Capt. Mahlenbrock would not consent to this, and at once ordered 

 his team to shoot their scores, which they did, and did well under the 

 existing circumstances. The score was as follows: 

 Hudson Rifle Club. 



Chas Hutch 22 21 24 19 25 24 23 17 22 18—215 



H Mahlenbrock. 17 13 17 22 18 23 23 22 22 23—200 



A Braun 24 withdrew 



A W Steuber 17 23 24 13 16 23 13 11 12 16—168 



T A Reynolds 23 22 23 21 17 19 16 25 18 16 —200 



G W Graf 10 16 21 15 13 21 25 17 22 23—183 



.John Smith 24 21 23 20 21 20 23 19 18 19—208 



<0 Straderman 12 17 17 19 16 23 10 24 23 20—177 



jH L Hansen 19 21 12 19 14 18 withdrew 



.Jos Autenrieth 23 17 11 24 16 16 14 22 19 20—183—1534 



As this completes the series and results in a victory for the Hud- 

 son Rifle Club, who are now champions of Hudson county (the Green- 

 viUes losing by default), although they had but little chance, as their 

 annex members were not present, the champions now stand ready to 

 pit a team against any club in Hudson county, to defend the cham- 

 pionship honors which it has so nobly defended. Any communications 

 will be speedily answered by sending same to Capt. Henry Mahlen- 

 brock, Magnolia and Tonnele avenues, Jersey City. See Bee. 



Jerseymen at the Target. 



The regular Saturday shoot in Armbruster's Park on Feb. 10 showed 

 the smallest attendance of riflemen of any day during the winter. 

 'The day was an ideal one for target shooting, the atmosphere clear as 

 a bell, and of a spring-like temperature. Scores: 

 Hansen, scratch 25 21 21 23 24 24 21 22 25 25—231 



24 21 21 22 23 21 24 23 20 24—223 

 22 23 23 24 21 23 21 20 19 23-220 

 22 23 22 20 22 25 25 22 21 22—224 



22 21 21 23 25 18 21 25 24 23—223—1121 



JPiaisted, scratch 20 24 24 24 15 25 20 20 19 15-206 



17 22 20 21 25 23 22 17 18 24—209 



22 20 20 19 23 20 24 20 25 24—217 



25 21 20 21 19 23 21 17 25 21-212 



23 19 21 21 17 24 21 21 23 23-214—1059 

 Collins 14 23 20 25 18 24 23 20 19 24—210 



-Jl 19 24 21 19 18 23 24 23 15-196 

 17 24 17 19 21 17 25 18 18 20—196 

 19 19 23 21 21 24 23 23 23 21—217 

 17 16 21 21 12 17 18 22 14 22-180- 9994-40=1039 



Texas Trap and Rifle. 



[From Our Special Correspondent.] 



San Antonio, Texas.— Editor Forest and Stream; There was a little 

 shoot at the Lake View grounds of the San Antonio Gun Club on Feb 

 5, but the scores were kept on the remains of a shell box and were 

 lost to the world. Mr, Adams and Mr. Samuels each killed 45 out 

 of 50. 



The shooting at Gun Hollow on the coast, which is reached by the 

 San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway, is better this season than it 

 «ver was known before. Four guns netted 130 ducks in three hours 

 on the 5th inst. The Aransas Pass Road put on low excursion rates 

 *o the coast, which are being taken advantage of by the many visiting 

 sportsmen in San Antonio. 



At the rifle range but little was done this week. The weather has 

 •been cold and the attendance slim. 



Charlie Hummell has devised an original match which will be shot 

 off on the 18th. It seems that Capt. Dosch lost a case of champagne 

 that Charlie won on a bet, and Charlie proposed that Capt. Dosch 

 .choose a team of seven men, Charlie to do likewise, and that they shoot 

 .ifor a supper, the case of champagne to be thrown in. It will be shot 

 off hand at 150yds. and the losing side to pay all expenses. Capt 

 Dosch's team consists of Albert and Ernest Steves, Gus Altmann 

 Arthur Guenther, Hans Degener, and Oscar Guessaz. Charlie's choice 

 as Adolph Altmann, E. Seffel, Albert Uhl, Ed. Dreiss, and Dr. Herff 



Great excitement prevails among the riflemen, as the teams repre- 

 sent the cream of the rifle club and are about equally divided. 



OflCAB GUESSAZ. 



THE REVOLVER CHAMPIONSHIP. 



It is rarely one's pleasure to write the details of a pleasanter or 

 more sportsmanlike match than that which took place Feb. 6 for the 

 A)Tiateur Revolver Championship between Dr. Samuel J. Fort, pf El 

 lieott City, Md., and Mr. William E. Petty, Roundsman of the Twenty- 

 first Precinct, New York city, 



From first to last the match was marked by an entire absence of 

 personal feeling, and each contestant seemed only anxious that his 

 opponent should be given every opportunity to show what he was 

 capable of. To meet the needs of the shooters the Empire Rifle 

 Club had generously waived a prior claim to the gallery. 



The conditions were the same as those of previous matches, 30 shots 

 at 20yds., of which the best three strings of six shots each, by string 

 measurement, were to count. Dr. Fort won the toss up and sent 

 Petty to the score. When the target was drawn back it was seen that 

 the shot was a trifle off the lMjin. bull. This proved almost an exact 

 index of what Petty would do. On subsequent measurement this 

 shot was found to be 1.12in. from the center of the disk, which was 

 within .03in. of the average for his 18 shots. 



Dr. Fort's first, shot was a miss-fire, but this did not worry him, and 

 reloading he put the mark of his .44cal. ball fairly on the disk. His 

 second shot was the first black scored. The Doctor shot throughout 

 the match with noteworthy quickness, and the sighting for many of 

 his shots took less than five seconds. lie threw his pistol quickly into 

 alignment and seemed almost instantly to catch the sights on the 

 bull. Dr. Fort was ably seconded by Mr. F. L. King, of the Stevens 

 Arm and Tool Co., while Mr. Petty 's interests were looked after by 



Messrs. Thurston and Heintz. Mr. Thurston also rendered material 

 assistance with the targets, as likewise did Mr. Wm. Rosenbaum, of the 

 Empire Rifle Club. 



The match began at 8:15 P. M., and the last shot, was fired an hour 

 later. The 60 target disks were then measured by B. Zettler with the 

 following results: 



WILLIAM E. PETTY. 



1st String. 2d String. 3d String. 4th String. 5th String. 



1.12 1.64 0.49 * 1.89 



1.52 0.91 1.83 1.61 0.51 



1.79 0.99 1.21 1.50 1.01 



1.41 0.11 1.52 0.88 1.01 



1.14 1.81 1.54 2.10 0.94 



0.60 0.64 0.61 0.83 1.68 



7.58 



* Defective shot. 



6.10 



7.20 



7.04 



6.10+'7.20+'7.04=20.34 



Dll. SAMUEL J. FORT. 



1st String. 



2d String. 



3d String. 



4th String. 



5th String. 



2.11 



2.57 



2.12 



1.16 



8.00 



0.72 



0.54 



1.10" 



2.75 



0.42 



4.00 



1.25 



1.50 



1.00 



1.13 



1.45 



1.61 



1.45 



0.79 



2.11 



1.34 



0.78 



1.26 



3.00 



2.29 



2.00 



1.55 



1.64 



0.24 



1.70 



11.62 



iuso 



9.07 



8.94 



10.65 



8.30+9.07+8.94=26.31 



The shooting on the whole was good de=nite the fact that it was Dr. 

 Fort's first experience at match shooting of this kind, and almost his 



DB. SAMUEL J. FORT. 



first experience in gallery shooting with a revolver; also despite the 

 fact that Mr. Petty was suffering from a lame shoulder. Two weeks 

 ago, in the pursuance of his duty, he stopped a runaway fire depart- 

 ment team that had gained considerable headway in a dash of a block 

 and a half. When Petty saw them coming he forgot all about the 

 advisabUity of keeping in trim for his match, and only realized the fact 

 that the street was full of children returning from school. He tackled 

 the team like a hero, and was swung with his feet as high as the 

 horses' heads. Eventually he steered them into one of the supports of 

 the Third Avenue elevated road, and brought things up in a heap. 



But Petty did not lose the trophy, although his opponent proved a 

 steady and consistent shot, and no one was more sincere in their con- 

 gratulations than Dr. Fort. Dr. Fort is a gentleman of rich experience 

 in field and trap shooting, and a well known correspondent of Forest 

 and Stream, both over his own signature and the nom de plume of 

 'Pieus"'. He is a small wiry man weighing not over 1351bs and notable 

 in conversation for his good sense and dry humor. After the match 

 he said to the Forest and Stream representative, "When you write up 

 my pedigree, put me down as a man who wasn't beaten because his 

 gun, loads, or sights weren't right, but simply because he ran up 

 against a better man." 



Both contestants shot ,44cal. S. & W. revolvers. Dr. Fort's charge 

 was lOgrs. of powder and the Ideal 175-grain bullet. Mr. Petty shot 

 8grs. of powder and 119J.£grs. of lead. He had intended using the S. & 

 W. lubricated bullet and~13-grain powder charge, but decided not to on 

 account, of the condition of his arm. 



After the decision was announced declaring Mr. Petty winner of the 

 match, Mr. Bernard Walther presented the champion ;' formal chal- 

 lenge to shoot on a date to be decided later. Mr. Walther has already 

 had one try at the trophy, and announced that he would defer his 

 challenge to a future date if any one else was anxious to jump into 

 the breach. 



The competition was witnessed by a number of gentlemen interested' 

 in rifle and revolver shooting. Among those present were George E. 

 Jantzer, Fred Ross, Otto Uehlein, W. E. Carlin, A. L. Himmelwrigbt , 

 Armin Tenner, Barney Walther, F. L. King, Henry Oehl, H. E. Heintz, 

 M. A. Thurston, W, A. Jones, C. Zettler, Wm. Rosenbaum, J. Heintz, 

 Jacob Grimm, Ben Zahn, G. W. Plaisted and B. Zettler, besides repre- 

 sentatives of the local and sporting press. 



Mr. Petty seems a hard nut to crack. His victory over Dr. Fort is 

 his fourth consecutive, and he has now held the Winans trophy some- 

 thing over fourteen months. If he keeps the gait ten months longer the 

 trophy will become his personal property and out of competiton. 



The trophy has changed hands three times since it was formally 

 declared to Dr. Louis Bell, June 9, 1892, as winner among 40 contest- 

 ants in the preliminary competition. 



Dr. Bell's winning score was 17.52in. for 18 shots. Aug. 3, 1892, Geo. 

 E. Jantzer won the trophy from Dr. Bell with a string of 22.5m. Mr. 

 Jantzer held the trophy 'from this date until Dec. 3, having in the 

 meanwhile defeated his first challenger, Henry Oehl, on Oct. 15. He 

 succumbed, however, to his second challenger, W. E. Petty, in the best 

 match of the series, scoring 20.49 against Petty's 15.31in., which latter 

 is the record for 18 shots. 



W. E. Petty met his first challenger, Bernard Walther, on the night 

 of Feb. 4, 1893, and defeated him, the respective scores being 21.34 and 

 22.36in. 



His second challenger was Heintz, against whom he scored 20.95in. 

 The match with Dr. Fort brings the record up to date. 



Revolver Shooting in England. 



The season for revolver shooting at the North London Rifle Club will 

 open for the current year on March 14. There will be two distances 

 shot at, 30 and 50yds , instead of only 20yds., as heretofore; but there 

 will be no moving or disappearing targets. It is curious that, while 

 to win at Bisley men must be good shots at moving targets, all the 

 English competitors practice only at stationary targets, and then 

 wnnd»r when an American beats them. 



The scores for the championship of the club will this year consist of 

 6 scores of 6 shots each at 20yds., and 2 scores of 6 shots each at 50yds. 

 There will be a time limit of -3 minutes for each series of 6 shots. Mr. 

 Andrews, who came second for the championship last year, and who 

 took 40 minutes over 6 shots, will not be able to be so deliberate this 

 year. 



Miller Rifle Club. 



Hoboren, N. J.— At a meeting of the Miller Rifle Club the following 

 officers were elected for the ensuing year: Captain, Richard W. 

 Dewey; First Lieutenant, Louis B. Lohe; Second Lieutenant, Frederick 

 A. Liell; Third Lieutenant, Frank Gallon; Orderly Sergeant, August 

 Meyns; Sergeant-at-arms, H. Van Derheyden; Shooting Masters, 

 David Miller, Ernest Fischer ; Recording Secretary, Wash.H. Rogers; 

 Financial Secretary, John Meyer ; Treasurer, Frederick Brandt; 

 Trustees, R. W. Dewey, D. Miller, J. Meyer. 



The following scores were made: Fischer 245, Miller 243, Liell 236, 

 Ixffife 234, Meyns 244, Dewey 230, Zoch 238, Will 232, Rogers 220, Taylor 

 225, Brandt 241, Klepping 236, J. Meyer 235, H. Meyer 221, Stadler 225, 

 Schliebt 240, Van Derheyden 235. Prien 230, Gallon 224, Hencken 240, 

 Kruse 239, Devitt 228, Newman 236. Kammel 208, Forkel 225, Freitag 

 231, Judson 243, Vogel 238, Tobler 237, Scott 220, Dunstedt 218, Murphy 

 231. 



Zettler Rifle Club. 



Only ten members of the Zettler Club participated in the weekly 

 gallery shoot on Feb. 6. Champion medal: R. Busse 246, F. C. Ross 

 245, 0. G. Zettler 244, H. Holges 243, L. Klach 243. B. Walther 243, Gus 

 Zimmerman 242, B. Zettler 238, Gus Nowak 237, H. D. Miller 235. 



Best 10-shot score, five entries: Henry Holges 248, Gus Zimmerman 

 247, F. C. Ross 247, Louis Flach 247, R. Busse 246, C. G. Zettler 244, H. 

 D. Miller 243, B. Zettler 243, B. Walther 243, Gus Nowak 237. 



Beideman Rifle Club. 



Beideman, N. J., Feb. 7.— The following shows the weekly shoot of 

 the Beideman Rifle Club, week ending Feb. 3. Conditions 25yds., 

 strictly off-hand, lJ4in. ring target, possible 250: Dr. E. L. Gardiner 

 244, J. L. Wood 244, W. Gilbert 236, H. Myers 239. Pistol score, 20yds., 

 possible 250: W. Gilbert 235, E. L. Gardiner 225, H. Myers 218. 



Walt. Gilbert, Sec'y. 



Palisade Rifle Club. 



The Palisade Rifle Club held its practice shoot at George Schlicht's 

 gallery on Feb. 4. The following scores were made: George Dorr' 

 230, Rob Glaser 229, Fred Esperer 227, Fred Krobatsch 224, Henry 

 Rose 224, O. S. Aufderheide 223, Ad Abies 221, Frank Miller 214, Willie 

 Rose 208, Fred Ward 202, Willie Bontemps-200, Willie Abies 197. 



Our Own Rifle Club. 



At the weekly shoot of the Our Own Club on Dec. 7 fourteen mem- 

 bers were present and participated in the competition for club medals. 

 A.fter the shooting of the official scores a meeting of the club was 

 held. Wm. F. Dilger was chosen financial secretary. Tony Cuneo, 

 Fred Derker and Charles Schmidt were elected members of the club. 

 Scores: J. H. Kruse 240, A. Molz 240, A. W. Steuber 239, Capt. H. D. 

 Hencken 235, W. F. Dilger 235, W. Bohmcke 235, F. Sessmann 231, C. 

 Feldmann 217, A. Moser 216, A. Cuneo 215, J. Stein 215, J. Often 209, 

 C. Schmidt 209 and D. Page 208. 



New York Rifle Club. 



New York, Feb. 11.— The New York Rifle Club held its regular 

 weekly shoot at Zettler's gallery, No. 12 St. Marks place, on Feb. 10. 

 The following members were present and made the scores below: 



Chadbourne 239 239 lsbell , 238 237 



Geusch 239 238 H Duane 233 231 



Young 239 238 Barker 227 220 



E. R. Chadbourne, Sec'y. 



Schlicht Rifle Club. 



At the weekly shoot of the Schlicht Club on Feb. 5 eighteen mem- 

 bers were present and participated in the competition for the class 

 medals. The winners of the class medals are as follows: Aug 

 Meyer champion medal, George Dorr first class medal, Fred Lambrix 

 second class medal, George Riehert third class medal. Scores: Geo. 

 Schlicht 235. Aug Meyer 229, George Dorr 228, E. C. Brellenthine 228, 

 Fred Lambrix 225, W. Schliebt 225, Charles Meyer 225, J. Diehl 223, C 

 Schlicht 221 , George Riehert 220, G. Lautenberger 21S, J. Schlicht 218, 

 C. M. Hundt 209, M. Zeller 205, P. Manne 203, 1. Dorr 203, G. Grave 202, 

 A. Dubline 200. 



Lady Miller Rifle Club. 



Twelve members of the Lady Miller Rifle Club assembled at the 

 club house on Tuesday night to compete for the class medals. Mrs. 

 Fischer won the first class medal with 224; Mrs. Bordemann the 

 second class medal with 213; Mrs. Volk the second class medal with 

 217. Scores: Miss Bender 201, Mrs. Ahnert 210, Mrs. Fischer 224, 

 Mrs. Volk 217, Miss Sanders 200, Mrs. Meyns 223, Mrs. Miller 203, Mrs. 

 Bordemaun 213. Miss Begerow 216, Miss Uerhart 199, Miss Youmans 

 200, Hiss Kloepplng 208. 



RIFLE NOTES. 



Thehistory of the Columbia Rifle and Pistol Club and the records of 

 some of its members, extracts from which will be found in another 

 column of this issue, speaks well for the healthy growth of this most 

 manly of sports on the Pacific Slope. The California riflemen have for 

 years been noted for their remarkable ability with the target rifle, and 

 within the past ten years they have made records with the Sharps ana 

 Springfield military rifles that seem almost incredible to our Eastern 

 military shooters. The glorious climate of California is credited with 

 many wonderful growths, vegetable and otherwise, and it is possible 

 that thj3 citizens of this far Western State attain their high ability 

 with the rifle through absorption of some of the invigorating qualities 

 of that wonderful climate. We have often queried it with ourself as 

 to whether we could not absorb some of these extraordinary holding 

 qualities by internal application of the products of that glorious cli- 

 mate that comes to us in the East packed and labeled in enticing form 

 We hear that a delegation of Eastern riflemen will visit the Pacific 

 coast in a few weeks and we shall watch for their return with feeling 



