March 3, 1»94.J 



FOREST ANt) STREAM. 



19? 



The First E. N. Y. League Tournament at Albany. 



The first tournament of the Eastern New York Trap-Shooters' 

 League of the scheduled series of 1894 was held at Albany, Feb, 22, 

 under the auspices of. the West End Gun Club. As this initial event 

 took place on Washington's Birthday there was a goodly gathering of 

 shooters bent on enjoying the holiday and prepared also to do a little 

 pounding at bluerock targets. The day was clear and fine, cold 

 enough to be bracing, yet with none of the stinging character of the 

 weather that fell upon us with blustering, biting winds in the several 

 days of wintry fury that followed. There was a dead calm on the 

 morniug of tournament day, the air being so still that the smoke from 

 the neighboring chimneys and from the switching engines in the rail- 

 road yard far away to the north rose straight in unbroken columns to 

 the sunny heavens*. The absence of so much as a gentle breeze en- 

 couraged the belief that a steady flight would be given the targets, 

 and more than one brigbt-eyed and ruddy-cheeked gunner built rosy 

 hopes on this favorable condition for big scores and their resultant 

 awards of rich "divvies" of the purses and a possible portion of the 

 special purse for highest averages. 



The shooting ground of the West End Gun Club is, as the name 

 would indicate, on the western border of the town, but it is actually 

 within the city limits. Half a mile beyond the pavement limit where 

 Central avenue merges into the old Schenectady turnpike, a dirt road 

 tranches off, trending to the south, and this road is dignified by the 

 name of Colvin avenue. At the junction of pike and road a villa-like 

 hotel, stables, blacksmith shop, several dwellings and two huge ice- 

 houses form a little hamlet known as Shaferville. Passing down 

 Colvin avenue between two large carp ponds, where the ice gatherers 

 are busy with their harvest, the shooting ground is reached, an unpre- 

 tending place with a small though comfortable lodge and adjoining 

 storehouse. The firing points are badly placed, being at one side 

 instead of directly in front of the house from whence the windows 

 ought to command the entire field. The trappers' pit is a fine one 

 framed with timbers and planking, and on the hither side the safety 

 screen is walled up by along, sloping bank of earth, green in summer, 

 but looking now, under winter's deep covering of white enamel, like a 

 huge snowdrift. 



At the West End shooting ground there was gathered last Thursday 

 a representative lot of the league shooters. Of the local cracks there 

 were F. H. Greer, John B. Sanders, John S. Taylor, George F. Geisel, 

 Wm. Wadsworlh, C. A. Stonewall, Geo. Lang, OhaS. Gengnagle Win. 

 J. Reineck, Wm. J. Laurence, Wm. W. Cargill, Cbris Zickler, Mat Du 

 Bois, Louis Leon, H. R. Sanders, John Keays, John Spencer, and the 

 widely-known joker, "Pop" Gove. Gen. Wales and Harry Vanderpoel, 

 of our exclusive Forester Gun Club, appeared on the grounds as 

 visitors. Our neighboring city, Troy, showed her champion pigeon 

 shot. Warren T. Lord, with "Uncle Sammy" Goggin, John T. Betts, 

 Frank Smith and Humphrey Groesbeck. Two stalwart shooters, T. 

 C. Pegnim and Harry Bancroft, came from Canajoharie, and Schenec- 

 tady iiad a good pair present in the brothers John J. and Ambrose 

 Ham. Late in the day a Utica sportsmau appeared in the person of 

 Henry L. Gates, formerly attorney of Oneida county, and now an 

 official in the State Legislature. Two strangers who attracted atten- 

 tion by their professional look and dignified bearing proved to be Dr. 

 B. D. Mosher and J. E Seeley, of Granville, X. Y. In close confabu- 

 lation with the Granville geutlemeu was one of the most popular 

 of the habitues of all the shooting grounds ou the E. N. Y. League 

 circuit, a man noted for his skill with the gun, and for his apparently 

 inexhaustible fund of good nature Add to tuese a quiet manner and 

 a genial personality, and an idea may be formed of our favorite Green 

 Mountain boy, Myron F. Roberts, of Rupert, Vt. 



While the Forest and Stream correspondent has been noting those 

 present, the preparations for the shooting have been completed, and 

 the first shot fired in the regular events cracks spitefully from the 

 Greener of Roberts, followed by the caller's shout of "dead!" The 

 programme shows ten events consisting of 10 and 15-bird sweeps, the 

 entrance fees SI and $1.50, and the purses divided 40, 30, 20 and 10' per 

 cent. There was a lot of shooters present who did not pool for the 

 purses, but shot for birds only. In the scores that follow I have 

 thought it better to separate, "the goats from the sheep." 



No. 1, 10 singles: 



Roberts 1111111101-9 Seeley 1110011101—7 



Goggin 1111110111—9 Bancroft 0101101101-6 



Betts 111)111101—9 Lord 1100110010-0 



Geisel 1111110111— 9 Taylor 1011100010 - 5 



Stonewall 1101111111—9 Wadsworth 1100011010—5 



Sanders 0111110111—8 Mosher 1101010001-5 



Pegnim Ill 1 111010— 8 Ham 0001010111—5 



For birds only: 



Wadsworth 1111001101—7 Ham 1010101101-1 



Lang 0010111101—6 Greer 1000110110—5 



No. 2, 10 siugles: 



Roberts 1111111111—10 Lord 1110011111— 8 



Bancroft 1111111111—10 Leon 1111111001— 8 



Betts 1111111111—10 Taylor 1001110111— 7 



Goggin 1111011111— 9 Ham 1011011110- 7 



Sanders 1110101111— 8 Stonewall 0111101011— 7 



Pegnim 1110101111— 8 Seeley 1110001101— 



Mosher 1111111010— 8 Geisel 1001101101— 6 



Wadsworth 1111111100— 8 



For birds: 



Greer lllllllOll— 9 Lang 1001110111— 7 



Wadsworth 1111011111- 9 



No. 3, 15 singles: 



Roberts 111111101111011—13 Taylor 101111100011110—10 



Sanders 110111011101111-12 Leon 010101101111101—10 



Pegnim 101111111001111-12 Lord 111100001110011— 9 



Mosher 111100101111111-12 Wadsworth 111001101000011— 9 



Geisel 101011111111101-12 Stonewall 101101110000101— 7 



Bancroft 101110011110111— 11 Seeley 011011100011000— 7 



Goggin 110101101111100—10 Ham 000101001010011— 7 



Betts 110101111011100—10 



For birds: 



Sanders 111011111111111-14 Greer 101001101110111—10 



Lang. 001111111101111-12 



No. 4, 10 singles: 



Roberts llllllllll— 10 Wadsworth 1111110101— 8 



Cancroft 1111111101— 9 Sanders 1011011110— 7 



Betts .1101111111— 9 Goggin 1111101100— 7 



Taylor 1111011111— 9 Lord 1001111101— 7 



Geisel 1111110111— 9 Mosher 1010011101— 0 



Stonewall 1111111101—9 Pegnim 1010011010— 5 



Leon 1011111111— 9 Ham 0011010110— 5 



Seeley 0110111111- 8 



For birds: 



Sanders llllllllll -10 Lang 1101011101— 7 



Greer.... 1111 111101 — 9 



• No. 5, 15 singles: 



Roberts lOlllllllUllU 14 Seeley 111101111100010—10 



Sanders 111110111110111—13 Wadiworth . . . .lOlllOlOllOOtll— 10 



Betts OllllOimuni— 13 Pegnim 010101 101110010— 8 



Taylor llllllllll 11010 — 1 * Bancroft 011111010010010— 8 



Stonewall 111011111 1 101 11 -13 Lord 111101100010100-8 



Mosher 110010101111111-11 Geisel 011001001100110 - 7 



Goggin 001111010111101-10 Ham 101001010010010- 6 



For birds: 



Sanders 101111101111111-13 Ling 111111111101000—11 



Greer 010111111111100—11 



No. 6, 15 singles: 



Roberts 111111111111111-15 Keays 011011111010111—11 



Sanders llOllllllllllll— 14 Pegu m 101001011110111—10 



Betts 110111111111111-14 Seeley 01 1010100111111—10 



Stonewall llllOllllllllll— 14 Taylor. 111101100011010— 9 



Bancroft lOUllll 101 ill 1 — 13 Leon lOOlOOllllllOlO— 9 



Geisel illi 1 0011 1 1 1101 —IS Goggin 101111100001100-8 



Wadsworth 010111111011111—12 Mosher OlOlllllOOlOOOO— 7 



For birds: 



H R Sanders. ...111111101111011 -13 Du Bois OOOllimilOlll— 11 



Cargill 111011101011111—12 Lynch 101111101011010—10 



Groesbeck 111111101011110-12 Spencer lOOlOOiilOlOHO— 8 



Lang 011101101111101—11 Greer 1111000C1000000— 5 



No. 7, 10 singles: 



Sanders 1111111111-10 Pegnim 0101111011— 7 



Goggin 1111111011— 9 Wadsworth., 1010111011— 7 



Bents 1111101111- 9 Keays lOlllOlllo— 7 



Roberts 0111111011— 8 Taylor 1001111010— 6 



No. 9, 10 siDgles: 



Lord 1010101100- - 



Geisel 0100001011— 4 



Ham 0000001011— 3 



Hart, Jr 111011000I— 6 



Lang 0100111100—5 



Hart. 1000101001—5 



Cargill 0010010(101— a 



Spencer 0000000101—2 



Bancroft 1101101111- 



Leon 1110101111— 8 



Stonewall 1111101011— 8 



For birds: 



Greer 1100111101—7 



H R Sanders 1110101110— 7 



Willis 1101101011—7 



Lynch moiioioi— 7 



DuBois 1100111101—7 



No. 8, 15 singles: 



Sanders 111110111111111—14 Taylor 101111110110011—1 1 



L°on 110101111111111—13 Stonewall llOOOlllllOllii— i i 



HR Sanders.... 111111110111101 —13 Roberts 1011001111010P— io 



Goggin 110111001111111—12 Wadsworth 1111011100111 If— 10 



Keays 110011111111101—12 Lord lOllOlllllllOol— 10 



Pegnim OOOlllllllliOil— 11 Geisel OlOOOlllOllOlli— 9 



Betts 101110111101101-11 Bancroft 101110111100001— 9 



For birds: 



Greer 011111111011011—12 Willis 101111100110110—10 



Lang 110011101011111—10 Cargill 011010001101101— 8 



No. 10, 10 singles: 



For birds; 



1111011111- 



-9 





1101100111-7 



1111101011- 



-8 





1001011011—6 



1001111111- 



-8 





1100011101—6 



1101110111—8 





0001111010-5 



111101 U01- 



-8 







uomooii- 



-7 







1101110011- 



-7 







1101101111- 



-8 





1011110001—6 



1111111010- 



-S 

 -7 





0100110110-5 

 0011101100—5 



0110101011- 



-7 





1001000101—4 



1111011001- 



-7 





1 A/VW flrtAI 1 A 



1111111111— 



10 







1111010111— 



8 





0101111110— 7 



0101111111— 



8 





0110101111— 7 



1101111011— 



8 





•0101001111- 6 



1111111001— 



8 





1100101010— 5 



0111111110- 



8 





1001101001— 5 



1001110111- 



8 







1011101111— 



8 





1110010011— 6 



0101111111— 



8 





0101010111— 6 



1111011010— 





Cargill 



1110010001— 5 



AWARDS FOR HIGHEST AGGREGATE. 



A purse of $15, divided $5, $4, f 3, % 2, %\, was awarded to the contest- 

 ant making the highest aggregate scores in contests 2 to 10 inclusive. 

 A contestant shooting through the events to qualify for the purse had 

 to shoot at 110 bluerocks. The scores weae: John B. Sanders, Albany, 

 97, won first money; M. F. Roberts, Rupert, Yt. 95, won second; John 

 F. Betts, Troy, 90. won third; Stonewall, Albany, and Bancroft, Cana- 

 joharie, 83, divided fourth; Leon, Albany, 82, won fifth; Goggin, Troy, 

 80; Taylor, Albany, 77; Pegnim. Canajoharie, 76: Wadsworth, Albany, 

 75- 



The day was too far spent to permit of any more shooting at the 

 close of the tenth event, and the splendor of an unclouded sunset 

 had merged into the pale bluish light of a cold winter's night, when 

 by the light of a tallow candle in the lodge the scorer and the cashier 

 completed their labors in the first league tournament of 189s. 



The next scheduled tournament of the league will take place at 

 Canajoharie on Memorial Day, May 30. The Mohawk Valley sports- 

 men know how to run a meet 'in the most approved style, and a special 

 purse and kingbird targets are among the attractions offered. Tne 

 Canajoharie Gun Club has never failed to draw a large attendance at 

 their meets and at the coming event rich pickings may be expected 

 by those who are skillful enough to shoot their way into the winning 

 classes. Horace B. Derby. 



Watson's Park. 



Feb. 21.— The Audubon Gun Club handicap shoot, allowing birds as 

 handicap. The Audubon Club has a. medal; the man thatwinsthe 

 most times during the year owns it, and they also put up a prize for 

 each shoot last month. They had a solid gold match box that was 

 tied for by F. A. Place and C. S. Wilcox, and the tie was shot off in 

 to-day's shoot, Place winning. To-day's prize was a very handsome 

 gun case, and was won by R. B Wadsworth. Following are to-day's 

 scores: 



Chas Morris 102220102000000— 6+6—12 



LMHamline 22' i H '1— 10+2— 12 



D S Wilcox 210102010101002— 8+2-10 



W L Shepard 20111222000212 —10+4—14 



C E Felton 111011111210210-12+2—14 



F A Place OS I '-134-1— 14 



R B Wadsworth 202121222212122-14+2-16 



Feb. 22.— Ten live birds— sweeps: 



R Donnelly 0020020100—3 0200011111—6 0021020022—5 



Com Thorn 1110010212-6 0101002200-4 1102020120-5 



W DeWolf 1001 010010—5 0 1 21 010120 - 6 0020222020-5 



CF Eaton 0001110111-6 1011001121—7 0100100001—3 



WmKent 2021122111—9 1222000200-5 2212212210—9 



D Forthingham 2210121010—7 2222110112—9 0021200121—6 



Same day, 5 live birds, entrance $2: 



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



Dr Forthingham 11011—4 22211—5 01011—3 00121—3 20111—4 



R Donnelly 01111-4 21010-3 12011—4 01220-3 12121—5 



WmKent 12112-5 22112-5 01022—3 22202—4 00202 -2 



C L Eaton 11102—4 10221—5 01100—2 12111—5 01001—2 



Newberry 20122-4 12221-5 20212—4 20111—4 00120—2 



LCWillard 21112-5 21222-5 21111—5 12112—5 01022 -3 



GeoKleinman 12202—4 22102—4 



HAFoss 22022—4 



H. B. Foss and W. S. Cuttler, and Wm. Kent and Dr. Forthingham, 

 50 Peoria blackbirds per man: 



H AGoss 111110111111111011011101100111111111011111111111110-41 



W S Cutter. ..101110011111100011110011110001001100011011011011011-30-71 

 Wm Kent....- .1011111111101 lOOrl 11 111111110110100111100101001110— 39 

 Forthingham. .10110111111111111111111101111111110111110111111111— 45-81 



Feb. 2ii. — Like County Gun Club medal shoot: 



W J Edbrook 0210111212—8 N W Tillman 0010010200 -3 



A L Smith 1200110220-6 Nick Ford 2222010221-S 



W SBond 0200112012—6 



Shoot off won by Ford. 



Herron Hill Gun Club. 



Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 23.— The la3t live bird shoot of the Herron 

 Hill Gun Club took place yesterday at Exposition Park before an 

 attendance of over 500, and was the bast and most exciting of the 

 three shoots of the season. All the best shots of western Pennsyl- 

 vania and eastern Ohio participated, and some excellent work was 

 done. All the shooters were in accord in saying that never before 

 was a finer lot of birds on the ground than yesterday. The scores 

 were as follows: 



Jones (29yds.) 2022222022222222222222222-22 



McWhorter (30) 2222012201222222122222222—23 



May (30) 1011112222112112012111211—23 



L:-nis>tYJiiS 



Johnson (30) 1222121 i 0 . .02222202—21 



Mohler (30) 111211112 92 1 2 1 111 2002.2220 -21 



Ewing (21) 1121211112012122122001022—21 



L^iK>20l 1-20 



l-^1:-od r'y. ■ .30222222002022022222210-19 



Henry (24) 01110221220 1 1 010211012111—19 



Denman (26) 1001121021 11201:021120211—19 



Brown (25) 201222020222 



AH King (30) 211111221 121 1000020008011— 18 



Wright (30) 221112 11220 IllS '01002012-18 



Hamilton 02: ) _]: : , 



Harbison (26) 02101 1 U 201012011122021012—18 



Riley (27) 0120121211112000102111012—18 



Gordon (26) 201.3' l 120120 i >00021011— 18 



Scott (25) 0110221012201112122210220—18 



Bin-soon i20i -it 



James (28) 12112220110011001 12012202-17 



Cundell (30) 0121221022211202231000030—17 



Fayette (25) -it 



Mack (26) 1012201 301000202223020222—16 



Walters (27) 1121321110200022022200020-16 



WS King (30) 203323111030 J' i .00002110— 15 



Shafer (20) 0100202 1 D02O1 222 [22200220— 15 



Hancock (25) 00011013213 1 12 312010012— 15 



Esser (25) 2200121101120000020200212—14 



The officials were: Al Herron, referee; W. J. Steen, trap-puller. 

 Secretary Lautenslager superintended the affair in a most creditable 

 manner. 



Shooting on the Elizabeth Road. 



An interesting match at 25 birds each between Frank Batsch and 

 William Dackermann, both of Elizabeth, took place at Earl's Half- Way 

 House, on the road from Elizabeth to Linden on Feb. 20, the stake 

 being $25 a side. The birds were a fairly good lot, there being some 

 "corkers," and only a few which needed flushing. Dan Terry was 

 referee, "Dutchy" Smith scorer and Tom Brantingham trap puller. 

 The scores: 



Trap score type— Copyright fsai, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 



3233524523245512341221444 



BatSCB 0 01022122022022222121210 1—19 



3432542251534511412521322 



Dackerman 0 0 20001011110020211 11111 2—16 



This was the second match shot between the two men, the previous 



match also having been won by Batsch. 

 The following scores were made in a sweep at 7 live birds, $5 entry, 



two moneys: 



Smith 1110111—6 Koegel 1111011—6 



Scott 2211001—5 Dan Terry 1101110— 5 



Batsoh. , , 2102331-6 



Ridgefield Gun Club. 



Ridgefield, N. J., Feb. 22.— This club is the successor to the Leonia 

 Gun Club, which was well known some five years ago, it having de- 

 feated about that time the crack South Side Gun Club, of Newark. 

 The shooting grounds are now at Ridgefield Station, on Northern Rail- 

 road of New Jersey, pleasantly located, with a clear background over- 

 looking Overpeck Creek. 



The old style, one man up, five shots, unknown angles, is in use. 

 The members prefer this to the rapid-firing, as the number of shooters 

 is not often over a dozen, and it permits of little chats "between the 

 acts" and good-natured chaffing, which the members indulge in very 

 freely. 



Among the visitors w;as Mr. J. H. Richmond, whom all shoo'ers 

 know as a splendid companion and an expert shot. As Mr. Richmond 

 is now secretary of the Walsrode Powder Co., he of course used that 

 powder; but he did not come for the purpose of "pushing" powder, he 

 hardly speaking of it, but smiled very knowingly when asked how he 

 "did it." 



With Mr. Richmond came his friend and old club mate, Mr. W. J. 

 Simpson, who will be well remembered by the experts who took part 

 in the New York State shoot three years ago, when Mr. Simpson won 

 the Lefever medal on a straight score at 20 singles and 5 pairs, which 

 has not been done before or since. Mr. Simpson is now permanently 

 located in California, looking after his extensive mining property, in 

 the interest of which he is now paying a flying visit to the East. There 

 were also present J. Bohn, of the Blauveltville Club, and "Clark," of 

 Englewood, N. J. 



The weather was all that could be desired for shooting. 



The first event was a sweepstake at 7 live birds, when Simpson 

 showed the boys that he was still "in the game," although he has not 

 shot at the traps since leaving New York, nearly two years ago. Eddie 

 Collins, of West Hoboken, N. J., who preaches and shoots wood pow- 

 der, divided with Simp on; 30yds. boundary, measured from center 

 trap, 30yds. rise. The bird-; were strong and fast, many being dead 

 out of bounds. All other events were at bluerocks except a miss-and- 

 out which was shot late in the day and was divided by Beam, Simpson 

 and Baker. 



Second event, 10 targets. Richmond thought that the traps were 

 not throwing strong enough, so in order to accommodate him the 

 traps were given some "ginger." The driver, after the change was 

 made, fell just 75yds. from the score and the remainder of events were 

 shot with the traps at that tension. Straights were conspicuous by 

 their absence for the rest of the day. 



The third event was at 15 singles," fourth event 5 pairs. In order not 

 to outgun the shooters doubles were she t at 11yds. Fifth event, club 

 trophy shoot, 25 singles, members making six best scores in year to 

 win. This event was also made a sweep to permit visitors to shoot. 

 In this event Mr. E. Patterson, of Patterson Bros, and the Metropoli- 

 tan Hardware Co., presented a handsome novelty in shape of a pocket- 

 knife, it being the first of its design imported into United States. 

 Beam won it in the shoot off in the sixth event at 15 singles. Seventh 

 event, 3 pairs and 9 singles. Eighth event, 20 singles, use of both bar 

 rels. In this event another resident of Ridgefield showed his interest 

 in proceedings by adding a box of cigars to first money ; this was Mr. 

 Jos. Hall, of "Between the Acts" fame. As things go by contraries, 

 the cigars fell to the lot of a non-smoker —Mr. Richmond. 



% MJ" 4 & •£ -> ft Ijr S -A A 6 1 



J R Beam... 5 8 10 R 92 13 12 18 J H Baker.. 5 9 11 4 21 10 11 16 



J Hall 6 10 13 7 22 10 10 17 J Richmond 6 10 13 8 19 12 12 19 



H Goesser. . 4 10 11 6 14 12 10 16 W Simpson. 7 8 12 7 20 13 7 16 



*Clark 4 9 8 7 J'Sloane 7 10 5 17 8 9 14 



A Gladwin.. 6 9 10 .. 15 12 12 16 H Arthur... . 8 9 4 18 10 10 15 



Williams.... 5 10 8 7 12 *Bolton 7 8 5 



JHMehl... 3 7 12 5 .. C Banta 9 . 



*E Collinsi, 7 6 9 5 



* Not members. J. Hall, Sec'y. 



New Utrecht Gun Club. 



New Utrecht Grounds, Feb. 22.— Pigeons, first sweep: 



C Furgueson, Jr 22102—4 E Lohman 00.22—2 



C Furgueson, No. 2 12202—4 W F Sykes 20220—3 



L Davenport. , . . , .20221-4 P Hegeman 10111—4 



G W Coulston 11202—4 J Lott 00211—3 



Kattenstroth 22011- 4 Capt Money 2210«— 3 



P Adams 11112—5 N Money 1220»-3 



D Lohman 20210—3 



Second sweep: 



N E Money 1 C Plate 02120—3 



Davenport , 20201—3 P Adams 11.210—4 



J Lott 21121—5 CaptMonen 10210-3 



G W Coulston 22002—3 C Furgueson No. 2 12002-3 



Kattenstroth, 11202 -4 G Cropsey 21*22—4 



G Nostrand 21121—5 D Deacon 222*2-4 



C Furgueson 22220—4 



Third sweep: N. Money 2, Kattenstroth 4, Coulston 4, Furgueson 5, 

 Capt. Money 4, Furgueson No. 2 2, J. Lott 4, E. Lohman 4, D. Lohman 



4, Davenport 4, P. Adams 2, P. A. Hegeman 4. 



Fourth sweep: L. Davenport 4, Capt, Money 4, C. Plate 4, C. M. Meyer 



5, W. R. Smith 5, Coulston 4, Kattenstroth 5, C. Furgueson 4, Furgue- 

 son No. 2 2, D. C. Bennett 3, G. Cropsey 4, G. Nostrand 3, C. A. Sykes 

 4, Dr. Wilcox 1. 



Fifth sweep: Davenport 5, Kattenstroth 4, W. R. Smith 2, G. Nos- 

 trand 3, Coulston 3, D. Bennett 3, J. M. Meyer 2, C. A. Sykes 2, N. E. 

 Money 3, O. M. Meyer 4, Capt. Money 4, C. Plate 5, Furgueson No. 2 3, 

 C. Furgueson 4, J. Lott 2, P. Hegeman 4, G. W, Cropsey 4, D. Deacon 5. 



After the above, there were several miss-and-out sweeps, N. E. Money, 

 Davenport, Furgueson and Meyer being the winners. 



Spokane Rod and Gun Club. 



Spokane, W r ash., Feb. 19— Yesterday was the largest attendance of 

 the season at the weekly shoot of the Spokane Rod and Gun Club. 

 Interest increases as the season advances and some lively shooting 

 will be done before it is over. W. H. Eckhardt won the A class medal 

 for the first time this season and J. T. Duffy won the B class for the 

 third time. Following are the scores: 

 Medal shoot, 20 singles and 5 pairs: 





Class A 





10110011100110111111 





10100111101111111011 





10101101111010011111 





11011111111111101111 



George 11111111110000110011 00 10 10 10 10 -18 



Wise 01111010000000001111 00 10 10 10 11—14 



Warren 11011111111111110111 10 10 01 10 10—22 



McBroom 11111011110110101101 10 10 10 10 01—20 



Class B. 



Francotte 10101111110010010100 11 00 10 00 11—16 



Burke 10011111100010101101 10 10 10 10 00—16 



Duffy 11111110001100101110 00 10 10 11 11—19 



Morgan 11001110010001001101 11 00 10 10 00—14 



No. 2, 10 singles: Ware 10, Francotte 7, Burke 5, Margan 8. Eckhardt 

 10, Duffy 3, Mason 8, Warren 6, McBroom 8, Carson 8, George 4, 

 Wise 3. 



No. 3, 10 singles: Ware 9, Francotte 4, McBroom 4, Eckhardt 8, 

 Mason 7, W r arren 5, Carson 9, Morgan 8, George 9. 



No. 4, 10 singles: George 5. Ware 6, Francotte 6, Mason 9, Carson 5, 

 Burke 5, Duffy 5, Morgan 8, Broom 9, Eckhardt 8, Wise 4. 



J. W. Withers, Sec. 



Iiive Birds at Dexter Park. 



On Saturday, Feb. 17, at Dexter Park, a number of prominent pigeon 

 shooters assembled for sweepstake shooting, also to witness James 

 Bennett's efforts to kill 25 out of 50 selected birds furnished by Louis 

 Miller, stakes $50. This match has been on for some time, but Miller 

 had not found the conditions just to suit him until last week, when 

 the heavy fall of snow came, then with a good lot of white birds Louis 

 says to himself, "I wins now." But Louis did not reckon upon the 

 eccentricities of our present winter weather and other contingent 

 possibilities. A heavy rainstorm and mild weather removed the 

 blanket of snow the night before, and an accident to No. 5 trap dis- 

 abled it so that only four traps could be worked. The result was tha t 

 while the birds were "corkers," as Bennett styled them, they were not 

 good enough to prevent a man of his caliber from killing more than 50 

 per cent, of them. When the snow disappeared, with it went all pos 

 sibilities of beating Bennett. He killed 33 out of the 50. 



Lee Helgans shot at 25 birds on a wager to kill 20 out of the 25. He 

 killed 21 and missed 4. This was followed by a series of 5-bird sweeps 



Morfey Defeats Outwater. 



The first of a series of live bird matches between John H. Outwater 

 of Rutherford and Thos.W. Morfey of Paterson took place at Willard's 

 Park, Paterson, on Feb. 21. Each man shot at 50 pigeons for a stake 

 of §50 a side, under Hurlingham rules, except 50yds. boundary. W.G. 

 Hollis was referee, H. Wolf scorer and T. C. Wright trap-puller. The 

 birds were of the best and each man lost a number dead out of bounds 

 The scores: 



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Outwater, 13M)2231302331»0011200121«112122102301031»2g001233— 35 



