FOREST AND STREAM. 



i J interest and more or less anxiety. For the return of these pilgrims 

 may lead to a general exodus and our occupation will have become 

 obsolete. In such a case we shall be compelled to join the rear ranks. 

 We are informed that the Califormans are contemplating the issuing of 

 an open challenge to the shooters of the country for a team match, all 

 around shooting, military, sporting rifle and pistol. In New York we 

 have but few men who are proficient in the three arms. In Boston, 

 however, a team could probably be got together which would make a 

 good record in the three styles of shooting. 



Milton Lindsley informs us that he expects to have a nitro (wood) 

 powder in the market shortly that will meet the wants of the riflemen. 

 Let it come; Mr, Lindsley, the cranks are waiting with that patience 

 born of hopes long deferred. 



Mr. Brown, of the Leonard Smokeless Powder Co., left a sample of 

 his Leonard powder with the Zettler Bros, for trial in the .23cal. 



Speaking of a standard target, Barney Zettler says he thinks the 

 German 35-ring target in its present shape (T3in. black jjgln, rings) has 

 come to stay, and will eventually become the standard for 200yds. 

 shooting. 



At the suggestion of a number of gentlemen interested in revolver 

 shooting, Mr. Conlin set apart last Thursday evening especially for a 

 social gathering of the lovers of that sport, and for revolver practice. 



jhaating. 



All ties divided unless otherwise reported. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here 

 send in notice like the following: 



FIXTURES. 



Feb. 13-15. — Reading Shooting Association tournament; two days 

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



Feb. 15.— Springfield Gun Club tournament, at Flourtown, Pa. 



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



Feb. 22. — Targets and birds at Dexter Park, Long Island. Trapper 

 Mills's day. 



Feb. 32.— First tournament of the Eastern New York Trap-Shooter's 

 League, season of 1894, under the auspices of the West End Gun Club 

 of Albany, N. Y. H. A. Kratz, Sec'y. 



Feb. 22-25.— Cumberland Gun Club jubilee, live birds and targets, at 

 Lowell, Ind. 



Feb. 21.— Union Gun Club, 25 bird shoot, $20 entry, Springfield, N. J. 



Feb. 28. — Endeavor Gun Club all-day tournament in conjunction 

 with first contest of New Jersey Trap-Shooters 1 League, Marion, N. J. 



March 26.— Acme Gun Club, open shoot at Dexter Park, targets and 

 birds. 



April 4/i.— Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association's 

 grand American handicap at Dexter Park, Long Island. 



April 18-19.— Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association 

 tournament, at Pittsburgh, Pa. Pittsburgh Gun Club will add 8200. 



April 24-27. — Central City Qun Club's tournament, Central City, Neb. 



May 1-3.— Peekskill (N. Y.) Gun Club, spring tournament; two days 

 targets, last day live birds. 



May 1-6.— Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association's tournament, at 

 Fort Smith, Arkansas. 



May 2-3.— Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association tourn- 

 ament, at Springfield, 0. Springfield Gun Club will add $200. 



May 7-10.— Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association's fourth annual 

 tournament and meeting, at Ft. Smith, Arlc; $1,000 added money; 

 professionals and experts will be handicapped. Address Joseph P. 

 Matthews, Ft. Smith, or John J. Sumpter, Jr., Sec'y, Hot Springs, Ark. 



May 6-10. — Ohio Trap-Shooter's League annual meeting and tourna- 

 ment, at Columbus, O. Ed. Taylor, Sec'y, Cincinnati, O. 



May 17-18.— West Newburg (N. Y.) Gun and Rifle Association's 



May 17-19. — The Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers 1 Association's 

 fourth tournament, under the auspices of the Prairie Gun Club, at 

 Garfield Park race track, Chicago, 111. The Prairie Gun Club adds 

 $500 to the purses, 

 spring tournament 



May 22-35.— Knoxville (Tenn.) Gun Club's thirteenth annual tourna- 

 ment; first days, targets, $1,000 added money, known traps, unknown 

 angles; last day, live pigeons. Open to the world. No handicap. R. 

 Van Gilder, Sec'y. 



May 30.— Eastern New York League tournament, at Canajoharie, 

 N. Y., under the direction of the Canajoharie Gun Club. CharleB 

 Weeks, Sec'y. 



May 30.— Eastern New York League kingbird tournament, at Cana- 

 joharie. Ohas. Weeks, Sec'y. 



May 30-June 1.— Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association 

 fifth tournament, and second annual tournament of the Michigan 

 Trap-Shooter's League, under the auspices of the Valley City Gun 

 Club. $200 added money. 



June 5-7.— Kansas State Sportsmen's Association's fifth annual 

 tournament, Topeka, Kansas. J. C. Clark, Sec'y. 



June 11-16. — New York State Sportsmen's Association for the Pro 

 tection of Fish and Game, thirty -sixth annual tournament, at Utica, 

 N. Y., under auspices of Oneida County Sportsmen's Association. 



June 12-14. — Atlantic City Rod and Gun Club, three days' tourna- 

 ment. Address R. C. Griscom, Sec'y, Atlantic City, N. J. 



June 14-16. — Sportsmen's Association of the Northwest, annual 

 tournament, at Tacoma, Wash. 



June 19-21.— Chamberlin Cartridge and Target Company's first 

 annual tournament, at Cleveland. Ohio. $1,000 added money. 



Aug. 21-24. — Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association annual 

 tournament, under auspices of Altoona Rod and Gun Club, at Wop- 

 sononock Park, Altoona. 



Oct. 4-5.— West Newburg (N. Y.) Gun and Rifle Association's fall 

 tournament. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



Nutlet, N. J., can now boast of two active gun clubs, both starting 

 out under very favorable auspices. There is the Nutiey Rod and Guu 

 Club which has thirty-seven shooting members and elects new ones 

 at every meeting. This is comprised of shooting enthusiasts who 

 believe in active work in the way of matches, etc., and will open its 

 season in March. The officers are: Andrew C. Brown, Pres.; S. S. 

 Davis, Vice- Pres.; Frank Searles, Sec'y-Treas. ; William S. Rusley, 

 Director and John W. Richardson, Captain. The club will shoot at 

 both live birds and targets. The other local organization has been 

 christened the Yautacaw Gun Club and has over forty members. This 

 club shoots every Saturday afternoon at kingbird target. Its officers 

 are: Pres., E. R. Tilton; Vice-Pres., George J. Malcolm; Sec'y, William 

 J. Berg; Treas., Conrad H. Ray; Captain, George Deakin. The 

 officers will constitute the board of governors. Yautacaw, the quaint 

 name adopted by the club is the name of a river running through the 

 town, this in turn having been named in memory of the Yautacaw 

 Indians, who were formerly located here. Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. 

 Butler, who have recently located in Nutiey, have joined both the above 

 clubs and will shoot in all club contests. And speaking of Frank 

 Butler reminds us that he has a new fad, this time in the way of 

 a wonderful "Bronch Charley" and a still more wonderful "Topsy." 

 Unlike the original Topsy. this one was "horned" since which time 

 it has developed into a talented freak. Topsy is a horse, presumably, 

 who is covered with a peculiar wooly substance, has neither foretop 

 nor mane, a short tail like a sheep, and as a whole is a wonder. Up to 

 her fifth year, Topsy had never had even a halter on and was as wild 

 as the proverbial kildeer. At this time Mr. Charles M. Miller 

 ("Broncho Charley''), got hold of her and after many a fierce tussle 

 succeeded in bringing her around to his views, and since she has been 

 one of the star attractions of Buffalo Bill's show on both sides the 

 ocean. A few of Topsy's tricks are untying a handkerchief from her 

 foreleg, doing sums in addition or subtraction, tellingh er age, rolling 

 a barrel, standing on a pedestal with an 18in. surface, walking on her 

 hind feet, high jumping, doing a comic laugh act, ringing a bell and 

 shooting a revolver. 



The Worcester Sportsmen's Club has arranged for its annual tour- 

 nament, to be held at the new park at North Pond, Washington's 

 Birthday. Crack shots from all over New England are expected to 

 take part in the shooting. The day's events will begin at 9:30 A.M. 

 and continue until the card is shot out. A good caterer will be in at- 

 tendance and furnish a dinner at the club house. The events will be 

 all sweepstakes, with entrance fees from 551 to $2 50, The card con- 

 sists of twelve events as follows: No. 1, 10 birds, Keystone; No. 2, 15 

 birds, Keystone; No. 3, 10 birds, Keystone, unknown traps; No. 4, 20 

 birds, Keystone, known traps; No. 5, 10 birds, Sportsmen's Club; No. 

 6, 25 birds, Keystone; No. 7, 10 birds. Keystone, unknown traps; No. 8, 

 15 birds, Sportsmen's Club; No. 9, 20 birds, Keystone, known traps; 

 No. 10, 10 birds, Keystone, unknown traps; No. 11, 15 birds, Keystone, 

 known traps. No. 12, 5 pairs, regular order. . 



During the Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association 

 tournament at Chicago, May 17, 18 and 19, there will be shot one event 

 known as the Prairie Gun Club Stake, the conditions of which will be 

 25 live birds, entrance §12.50, play or pay, four moneys, the Prairie 

 Gun Club to add $50 to the purse. The Prairie Gun Club will also add 

 $250 in cash as well as a number of valuable merchandise prizes, to the 

 other purses. This shows a decided spirit of liberality on the part of the 

 Prairie Gun Club. The tournament will be held at Garfield Park 

 race track, 



Several pigeon shooting matches were held on the grounds of the 

 Flushing Gun Club on Feb. 3. The first was for $25 a side between 

 Charles Hance and Charles M. Donnelly against H. Nelson Perritt and 

 F. J. de Rainses. The conditions were ten birds each at 28yds. Hance 

 killed eight and Donnelly six, a total of fourteen. Their opponents 

 scored a total of twelve. The second contest was a club sweepstakes 

 of five birds, handicap. Charles Hance, Leroy Dresser, F. J. de Rainses 

 and G. B, Nickle tied on four birds eich In the shoot-off, Hance, at 

 27yds., won. The other men shot at 25yds. Hance also won the club 

 handicap sweepstake for a silver cup, by killing ten straight. He shot 

 at 26yds. F. J. de Rainses and G. B. Nickle, 25vds., tied for second 

 place at eight birds each. The cup was presented to the club by G. A. 

 Baker, and will have to be won three times in succession before it be- 

 comes the property of any contestant. 



The Washington Heights Gun Club has elected these officers for the 

 ensuing twelve months: President, H. W. Oliver; Vice-President," Jas. 

 Rogers; Secretary, E. R. Terhune; Treasurer, Robert B. Saul; Cap- 

 tain, J. J. Organ; Assistant Captain. H. B Ellis. The prizes for the 

 year have been distributed as follows: H. Harrisou first, gold medal; 

 J. J. Organ, second, gold medal; H. W. Oliver third. 600 cartridges; J. 

 J. Maloney fourth. 500 cartridges; M. J. Cox fifth, 400 cartridges; J. V. 

 Benedict sixth, 300 cartridges; W. W. Disbrow seventh, leather gun 

 case and cartridge box. The members of the club have presented Mr. 

 Terhune, who has officiated as secretary for the past ten yea s, with 

 $50 in gold and a handsome gun case. 



Orange, Feb. 3.— The Brighton Gun Club held its monthly shoot on 

 its grounds in East Orange to-day. The following scores were made 

 out of a possible 20: Harrison 6, Kutcher 9, Badgeley 16, O'Mnalley 

 14, Smith 17. Afterward sweepstakes were shot and these scores 

 were made out of a possible 5: Kutcher 1, Badgeley 5, Smith 5, 

 O'Mealley 3, Soveral 2, Harrison 2, Gower 0, Campfield 3. Twenty- 

 target sweep: Ackerman 6, Badgeley 17, O'Meallev 12, Soveral 6, 

 Kutcher 12, Harrison 2, Smith 18, Campfield 9. Twenty targets: 

 Ackerman 10, Kutcher 14, Smith 16, Campfield 9, Badgeley 19," O'Mealley 

 13. At 10 targets: Soveral 4, Stull 4. Campfield 3, Ackerman 0, Badge- 

 ley 5, Kutcher 2, Harrison 0, Potter 2. 



Toronto, Feb. 1.— The Toronto Junction Gun Club held their annual 

 meeting last night at their club room. The following officers were 

 elected for the ensuing year: P. Wakefield, President; C. Zeidler, 

 Vice-President; Geo. Summers, Secretary, 02 Macdonell avenue, city; 

 WDavidge, Treasurer; Messrs. Walton," Hinton, Harvey and Scott, 

 Executive Committee. A challenge was received from the Victoria 

 Gun Club to shoot a friendly match, six or eight men a side, which 

 was accepted. 



The following were the winners of prizes in the series of the mer- 

 chandise shoots of the Canandaiuua (N. Y.) Rod and Gun Club, just 

 ended: One hundred per cent, class, club gold medal, Eaton; hunt- 

 ing cap, Adams ; 90 per cent, class, hunting coat, Greig; gun case, 

 Nichols; one year's subscription to Ontario County Journal, Reed; 70 

 per cent, class, hunting knife, Clausen; 50 per cent class, pair 

 corduroy trousers, Ellis; pair hunting gloves, N orris. 



On Washington's Birthday an all-day open-to-all tournament will 

 be held on the grounds of the Maplewood Gun Club, at Maplewood. 

 N. J., the sport to begin at 10 A.M. This affair will be in conjunction 

 with the team contests to take place between the Union and Maple- 

 wood gun clubs, one contest for five men teams at 10 five birds per 

 man, and the other for ten men teams, at 25 targets per man. 



Notices have been issued by the Endeavor Gun Club for an all-day 

 tournament to be held on their grounds at Marion, N. J., on Tuesday, 

 Feb. 28, in conjunction with the first of the series of team contests of 

 1894 of the New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League. The open to all events 

 will begin at 9:30 A. M., and the team shoot will be started at 2 P. M. 



Bristol, Conn., Feb. 5. — At the annual meeting- of the Bristol Gun 

 Club, held on Jan. 26, the following gentlemen were elected for the en- 

 suingyear. Pres., H. J. Mills; Vice-Pres . F. A. Horton; Sec'y-Treas., 

 E. M. Daily; Field Captain, A. F. Rockwell; Directors: F. W. Lee, C. 

 L. Hotchkiss, F. N. Manross, H. J. Mills. 



On Feb. 7, A. Muller and Mayor Jackson, of Woodbury, N. J., shot at 

 10 birds each, against J. Eastburn and John Plum, in the presence of 

 1,000 people. The match took place at Woodbury. The result was as 

 follows: Muller 6, Jackson 4; total 10. Plum 5, Eastburn (i; total 11. 



The South Side Gun Club, of Newark, will to-day open its season of 

 shoots announced in our last issue. These will take place on the third 

 Saturday of each month and will be open to all comers, shooters 

 being privileged to shoot for targets only if they desire to do so. 



East Bloomfield, N. Y., young men have organized a rod and gun 

 club with these officers: Pres. and Assistant Shooting Master, 

 William Lee; Vice-Pres. and Shooting Master, Fred. McCarty; Sec'y- 

 Treas., John Buell; Scorer, R. Wheeler. 



T. W. Morfey, of Paterson, and John H. Outwater, of Rutherford, 

 will shoot a 100-bird match at Willard's Park, Paterson, on Feb. 21, for 

 $100 a side. There will be plenty of good birds for sweepstake shoot- 

 ing both before and after the match. 



Elizabeth, N. J,, Feb. 6.— At a meeting of the Elizabeth Gun Club, 

 the following officers were elected: Robert E. Chetwood, Pres.; 

 Robert S. Williams, Vice-Pres.; William M. Parker, Sec'y-Treas.; John 

 W. Fulton, Official Scorer. 



Enoch D. Miller iuforms us that the 25 bird shoot, $20 entry, to be 

 given by the Union Gun Club at Springfield, N. J , will be on Feb. 21 

 instead of Feb. 27, as previously announced. 



Perhaps Mr. Samuel Castle, Newark's 64 year old veteran would 

 oblige ''Uncle Dan" Lefever. of Syracuse, with a little race at 50 or 100 

 live birds each, for $100 to $250 a side! 



The Acme Gun Club, will hold an open shoot at Dexter Park, on 

 Monday, March 26. Shooting will commence at 9:30 A. M. at targets, 

 followed by sweeps at birds. 



The Peekskill (N. Y.) Gun Club announce an open tournament for 

 May 1, 2 and 3, the first two aays to be devoted to targets and the 

 third day to live birds. 



Don't forget that Feb. 21 is the correct date for the 25 bird shoot at 

 Enoch D. Miller's, instead of the date previously announced. 



The Raritan (N. J.) Gun Club is erecting a new club house. Their 

 meeting rooms a-e corner Somerset and Thompson streets. 



There will be live bird shooting all day on Washington's Birthday, 

 on John Erb's Newark grounds. 



C. H. TowNSENn. 



McMurchy's Protective System. 



Chicago, 111., Feb. 1.— Mr. Harvey McMurchy, of the Fulton Arms 

 Co , whom it is unnecessary to introduce to the shooters of America, 

 was in town for a short stay here this week. Mr. McMurchy was full 

 of a new trap-shooting system which he himself had recently devised, 

 and which he said was now used exclusively and with the utmost 

 satisfaction by the club at his home town. In company with a num- 

 ber of the shooters he r e we talked it all over, jumped on it hard as 

 we could, picked it to pieces, found fault with it, aud asked hypothet- 

 ical questions about, and must say that it seemed to us to stand all 

 sorts oi tests remarkably well, much better than any of the multifold 

 so-called systems to adjust the inequalities of trap-shooting which 

 are constantly cropping up. 



I got Mr. McMurchy to write out his plan for Forest and Stream, 

 giving a specimen shoot in illustration. He did so gladly, and the 

 result is given below. The whole thing is so simple as to be under- 

 stood at a glance, and yet so far as I know, at least, it is altogether 

 new. The big discoveries are often the simplest, and unless the first 

 hurried examination deseives, Mr. McMurchy has made a discovery 

 both simple and great. 



"Of course," said he, "everybody knows that the sport of trap- 

 shooting is not in good healthy condition so long as such abuses can 

 be cited against as now prevail. If the shooters would only stop to 

 think it over, they could not help seeing that this continual dishonest 

 dropping for place at shoots is a crooked and disreputable thing to do. 

 In short, 1 defy any man to successfully refute the assertion that trap- 

 shooting, as practiced in the tournaments of to-day, is the rottenest, 

 crookedest and most dishonest sport before the American public. 

 When you come to think over the common practices at the tourna- 

 ments, you can't help admitting this assertion to be true. Horse 

 racing is clean compared to ir. The rebellion against this is not yet 

 fully on, because the amounts involved are small, and because the 

 state of affairs has been of slow growth. Still, all who are interested 

 in the sport of trap-shooting know and have known that some plan 

 will have to be devised to correct the abuses of the sport, or the sport 

 must be hurt seriously and perhaps irreparably. This is the reason 

 why so many plans have been proposed to prevent dropping for place, 

 and to 'protect the amateur,' as the cry usually goes. Therefore, we 

 have had all sorts of haadieapping schemes, and all sorts of rules, the 

 chief object of which is to make oil and water mix, aud to make black 

 into white. 



"I have long thought that we would never get to where we wanted to 

 he so long as we followed the old handicapping trail, because its ideas 

 are wrong, and it is a 'game which can be beat,' as the boys Bay. It 

 seems wrong to me to handicap either the expert or the amateur. 

 For a long time they have been trying to take it all out of the expert. 

 I got to figuring a while ago on some sort of a plan to protect the 

 expert, andhane me if I don't believe I've hit on one that protects the 

 good shot and the poor shot, which saves the money of the average 

 shooter, and still pays out well to the high guns It is practically on 

 the plan of high guns take the money, only they don't take so much. 

 It prevents ties, does away with class shooting altogether, and abso- 

 lutely prevents dropping for place, because it doesn't leave any place 



to drop into. If you can pay the top men about as much as you can 

 under the class shooting system, and still have the bulk of your com- 

 petitors lose nothing but their targets aud ammunition, you have, it 

 seems to me, come about as near covering this case satisfactorily as 

 you ever will come, and that is just what this plan seems to do. Our 

 boys at home won't shoot any other way, now that they have tried 

 this. Of course nothing new is proved, but I want you to put this 

 before the public, and ask everybody to come forward with the sever- 

 est objections and criticims they can invent, so that we can test this 

 and lay it aside if it will not do. I would like very much if clubs over 

 the country would give it a trial and say how they like it. I hope the 

 statement as put on paper will be plain to all." 

 Mr. McMurchy's written communication is as follows: 



THE SYSTEM IN DETAIL. 



"The question of handicapping the expert shooters of the country 

 so as to give the amateur an equal chance to win some of the purses 

 at trap shooting, is one to which a great many are now giving their 

 attention, and as yet a system satisfactory to all has not been pro- 

 posed. Handicapping shooters as to distance is a complete failure 

 Indeed, is not handicapping any shooter in any way wrong and un- 

 just? 



"I think shooters will agree with me that what we want is some 

 system wherein all shooters classed as experts, semi-experts and 

 amateurs are protected, not handicapped; one that will prevent com- 

 binations being formed by two or three shooters at tournaments for 

 the purpose of placing themselves for positions in the different purses 

 by simply purposely making a miss, they dividing up their winnings 

 at the close of the day. In doing this they deprive many of the honest- 

 contestants who were in the different purses of a share of such purses, 

 men who succeeded in getting there by shooting their best A system 

 leaving the opportunity open is unjust and a failure so far as giving 

 all an equal chance is concerned. It is an opportunity to reward trick- 

 ery or scheming, not skill. 



"As our shoots are now conducted it is customary that all ties for 

 the different purses be divided. This I believe to be right, but gen- 

 erally the contestant's share of the purses does not equal the entrance 

 fees, and though he may shoot an 85 to 90* average, he is a loser at 

 the en J of a day's shoot. I wish to submit a system to the shooters 

 of the country for their consideration and trial. Where it has been 

 tried the shooters of all classes seem to be pleased with it. 



"One of the good points in this system is that it prevents any one 

 from purposely missing for a place and profiting by so doing. Another 

 good feature is, each one is rewarded financially for his skill Any 

 contestant not getting in first place, and who does get in either sec- 

 ond, third or fourth place, receives as his share of the purse an 

 amount equal to his entrance fee, less the price of the targets he shoots 

 at. Those in first place receive all that is left of the purse after pay- 

 ing out of it to each contestant in second, third and fourth places the 

 amount of his entrance fee less the price of targets he shoots at. This 

 division is simple and can at once be understood by the following illus- 

 tration. We will suppose the following event was shot and give the 

 results of the division of the puree, both according to this new system 

 I propose, and according to the one uow prevailing. The rise to be 

 the same for all, the entrance fee to be the same amount for all. No 

 handicapping of any one. 



"Event, 15 single targets, entrance $2.45, including price of targets at 

 three cents each, four places: 



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"Amount of purse after deducting price of targets at 3 cents each, 26 

 contestants at Si each, $52. Pay each contestant in second, third and 

 fourth places, who are D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, O, P, Q, R, $2each, 

 making in all 15 at $2 each, or ,$30. Deduct this from amount of 

 purse, which leaves for those in first place, to be divided among them, 

 A. B and C, $22, or $7.33]^ each. 



"You will see that by this system three win $4.88}^ each more than 

 their entrance fee, 15 who win their entrance fee, less the targets they 

 shoot at, making 18 in all out of the 26 contestants who reallv are not 

 losers. I have made the number of ties for each of the places in this 

 event unusually large so as to show that with even so many it gives 

 those in first place a winning. Of course a less number of ties for the 

 different places makes the purse larger for those in first place. 



"The result of the same match and scores divided as under system ; 

 now generally used would be as follows: 



"Four moneys or purse divided 40, 30, 20, 10%', 26 entries, $2 each 

 ('after deducting price of targets'), §53: First purse, 40* of $53, $30.80. 

 Second purse, SO* of $53, $15.60. Third purse. 20?5 of $53. $10.40. Fourth 

 purse, 1056 of $53, $5.30. A, B and C win first, or $6.93 each; D,E, F, G 

 and H wiu second, or $3.13 each: I, J, K, L, M and N win third, or only i 

 $1.73^ each; O, P, Q and R win fourth, or only $1 30 each. 



"Thus you will see according to the system now prevailing there are • 

 in the third and fourth purses 10 contestants who do not receive the 

 amount of their entrance fee, or that is, losers, and probably their 

 losses would have been greater had there been a combination in this 

 shoot of three contestants. 



"I should recommend all events on targets to be at unknown angles, 

 and a suggestion of Mr. John Parker's that both barrels be used, t 

 consider a very good one. Both barrels are used in field shooting and 

 in live bird shooting, and why not in target shooting? That is what 

 double-barreled guns are made for. 



"I should be glad to have the gun clubs throughout the country try | 

 this system I suggest, and if they can discover anything in it that is 

 unjust or find any opening for trickery then kindly to make it known, 



H. McMuuohy.* 



Mr. McMurchy adds that this system would do equally well in live 

 bird shooting. 



Of course, under the system proposed by Mr. McMurchy, the money 

 won by the high guns all comes out of the tenderfoot shooters, the 1 

 men who don't shoot up into a place, but hope springs eternal in the 

 human breast, and there are "mighty few shooters," as one of the ■ 

 party said the other evening, "who haven't got, conceit enough to 

 think they are going to win when they go into a shoot." No system 

 on earth can make a poor shot a good shot, and no just system can 1 

 pay him a good shot's money until he has earned it by his skill, but 

 the poor shot who goes in under this proposed system can be sure of 

 one thing, and that is,, if he does scratch for a place, he won't have to 

 see some crooked shooter who has gone straight, wink at another 

 shooter who has gone straight, and then turn deliberately around and 

 miss a bird so as to get into a better hole. This dropping for place is 

 ungentlemanly and rotten robbery, and the poor shots of the couutry 

 will hail Mr. McMurchy's name with joy if he has succeeded in at last 

 knocking it out. E. Hough. 



909 Security Building, Chicago. 



Live Bird Shoot at Flemington. 



An interesting series of live bird shoots took place at Flemington, N. 

 J.,-)on Feb. 6, among the contestants being "Dutchy" Smith, Scott 

 Terry and Dan Terry of Plainfield, J. W. Hoffman of German Valley, 

 H. Millburn of Pattenburg and W. C. Apgar of Frenchtown. Through 

 the kindness of the genial "Dutchy" we are enabled to show the re- 

 sults. Events No. 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 were at 4 birds, $3 entry; No. 4 at 7 

 live birds, $5 entry. In event No. 6 Millburn drew hu pro rata of first 

 money and the rest shot off miss and out, D. Te _ ry and Wilts dividing , 

 the pot on the second round. The scores: 



No.l.. No. 2, N->. 3 



C Smith 2211—4 1211-4 1123—4 



Wagg 2211-4 1211-4 2222-4 



J Hoffman 1211-4 1211—4 1133-4 



H Millburn 0111—4 0131—3 1313-4 



WApgar 0111-3 1111-4 0123-3 



Dilts , .... 1301—3 



No. 4: 



0 Smith 2»12111-6 Win Apgar llllll*— 6 1 



Wagg 0231011—5 Dilts 2120211-6 • 



Hoffman 1112221—7 C Heusler 0101120-4 



Millburn 1011111-6 



No. 5. No. 6. No. 5. No. 6. 



C Smith 2131—4 1111—4 D Terr 1113—4 1111 — 4 



Millburn 1111—4 2113—4 Hoffman 2110-3 2113—4 



Wm Apgar 1110—3 1110—3 Dilts 2221—4 2131-4 



Wagg 2301-3 .... S Terry 1130-3 1110— a 



