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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 10, 1884. 



Opening of the New Jersey League Season. 



The New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League, which on Wednesday, Feb. 

 28, opened its tournament season of 1894 did so under most flattering 

 conditions both as regards weather and attendance. The air was soft 

 and balmy as on a spring day, albeit the light was rather trying from 

 the glistening of the sunlight on the snow. The shoot took place 

 under the auspices of the Endeavor Gun Club of Jersey City On its 

 grounds at Marion, and in addition to the league match for the State 

 championship and cash prizes, the Endeavors had arranged a pro- 

 gramme of open sweepstake events which kept the shooters busy 

 from 9:30 A. M. until dark, during which time over 4,300 targets had 

 been thrown. E. D. Miller was master of ceremonies, and was ably 

 assisted by Secretary-Treasurer W. R. Hobart and members of the 

 Endeavor Club. The cashier's office was presided over by Dr. Hedden, 

 son of C. M. Hedden, of the Newark Gun Club, who is an adept in 

 making up percentages and getting the moneys divided before any 

 one has an opportunity to ask for their share. The cashier's office is 

 an important annex to a trap shoot, and to have an expert to manipu- 

 late the cash sheets means to have everybody in a good humor, and 

 this is what the doctor has the knack of doing. 



The State championship contest for club teams of five men each, 25 

 targets per man, called out seven teams. And it is to be regretted 

 that among them were not seen teams from the Passaic City Rod and 

 Gun Club of Passaic, and the Boiling Springs Fish and Gun Club of 

 Butherford, both of whom made good showings in former tourna- 

 ments, but who decided not to take part in the present one. The clubs 

 which entered teams were the Maplewood Gun Club of Maplewood, 

 Endeavor Gun Club of Jersey City, Brunswick Gun Club of New 

 Brunswick, South Side Gun Club of Newark, Climax Gun Club of 

 Piainfield, Myrtle Park Gun Club of Irvington and Union Gun Club of 

 Springfield. The team contest began at 2 o'clock, the Maplewood 

 team pulling out in first place with the handsome total of 313 breaks. 

 No full scores were made in this contest, but there were three 24s and 

 nine 23s on the sheets. The full details of the score are shown below: 



Championship team race: 



Maplewood Gun Club. 



Yeomans 111111111113111011111110]— 23 



Sickley 1111111110111111111111111—84 



Van Dyke 1111111111111331011111111—24 



Drake 1111110111111113011111111—23 



W Smith 1110000011111111110111111—19—113 



Endeavor Gun Club. 



E Collins , 0111111011111110111111101—21 



Huff 0111100110110111101110100—16 



C W McPeek 1011110111011111100101110—18 



Hull 0101010110111101111001 110—16 



Heritage 1001011001011011111110001—15— 86 



Brunswick Gun Club. 



R M Pettit 0011111010010110101101101—15 



Fisher 0001110111001110111101101-36 



S Voorhees 0101001110111101101010010—14 



Iredell 1110110111010110110111111—19 



Sperring , 1111110131111111101010111—21— 85 



South Side Gun Club. 



BreintnaU 0111111111111011111111111—23 



Hobart. 1010010011111110110111011—17 



Geoffroy 1111111111111111311111110-24 



Hoffman 3 01113 11113033003 10010111—38 



Thomas 0331111101111111111101111—22—104 



Climax Gun Club. 



Brantingham 3033331111011113131111111—23 



Dutchy 1111111111111111110301111-23 



Keller 01000101101 11133 311131111—19 



D Terry 3001111301101110113330111—19 



Apgar 1111111111111110311310333-23—107 



Myrtle Park Gun Club. 



PCompton 0003333000111110001011101—14 



T Smith 0103010010111101001101111—15 



MeOallum .llllllllOllllliilOlOllOll— 20 



Howard 1111001330111101013333311—20 



E Young 0010101001101110011100101—13— 82 



Union Gun Club. 



McAlpin 0111111111111111111101111—23 



Sigler 3111111331111111011111101—23 



J L Smith 1111111101111111101111001—21 



Richmond 0011100111 111 1101 1101 1311—19 



Miller 1111111111111110111011111—23—109 



SWEEPSTAKE EVENTS. 



No. 1, 10 birds: Hoffman 8, Van Dyke 9, Creveling 5, Hobart 5, 

 HofC 6, Siggler 9. 



No. 16, 10 birds: Hoffman 8, Creveling 6, Hobart 10, Van Dyke 10, 

 Hoff 6, Siggler 9, Miller 10, BreintnaU 8, Hedden 7, Thomas 7. 



No. 3, 15 birds: Hoffman 15, Hobart 15, Van Dyke 14, BreintnaU 12, 

 Hedden 14, Apgar 12, Miller 18, E. P. Ward 13. 



No. 4, 10 birds: Hoffman 9, Hedden 6. BreintnaU 8, Thomas 10, 

 Van Dyke 10, Siggler 7, Whitehead 7, Hobart 9, Miller 8, Sutton 6, Ward 

 Huff 5. 



No. 5, 20 birds: Hoffman 11, Van Dyke 17, BreintnaU 19, Richmond 

 15, Miller 17. Siggler 18, Hobart 18, Ward 14, J. Smith 13. 



No. 6, 10 birds: Hoff 5, Hoffman 9, J. S. Smith 8, Drake 7, Ward 8, 

 Collins 7, Hobart 5, Lindsley 8, Hedden 8, Creveling 8, Thomas 7, 

 Whitehead 3, BreintnaU 10, Van Dyke 10, Richmond 10, Sutton 5, 

 Miller 9, Siggler 10. 



No. 7. 15 birds, entry $1.50: BreintnaU 14. Vandyke 14, Smith 9 Miller 

 13, Drake 13, Siggler 12, Hoffman 13, Ward 9, Hobart 13, Liusley 13, 

 Richmond 9, Thomas 13, Huff 9. 



No. 8, 10 birds, entry $1.00: Hoffman 9, Hedden 7, E. A. Young 9, 

 Crevling 9, Linsley 7, P. Jenerett 9, Hobart 9, Ward 5, Strader 5, 

 Seigler 9, BreintnaU 7, Vandyke 9, ' rake 9, McAlpin 10, Thomas 7, 

 Sutton 5, Hall 8, Lenone 6, Smith 9, Miller 10, Colins 9, Greiff 10, Hoff 

 7, McPeek 7, Richmond 5. 



No. 9, 10 birds, entry $1.00: Richmond 5, Jenerett 5, BreintnaU 7, 

 McAlpin 8, Thomas 5, E Colins 8, Lenone 8, J. Smith 3, Miller 10, 

 Vandyke 5, Hall 8, Hobart 4, Linsley 4, C. Smith 0, Hedden 6, Sutton 3, 

 Ward 5, Siggler 7, Greiff 8, Jaffery 8, T. Keller 8. 



No. 10, 5 birds, entry $2.50: 



BreintnaU 1111110110111101111133100-20 



McAlpin , 111111101100011111110011 3— 39 



Keller 1111111111111011311111101-23 



Hall 0101010133100111013313031—17 



Hobart 1111111030111011111111303—23 



Lenone 3101010111111010010133001—36 



Geoffrey 1111111111111111111111113—25 



Vandyke, 1101110111111103311111111—22 



J Smith 0101130011111001111111011—18 



Miller „ 1111101031111000111111100-18 



C Smith 1111111111101110111011111—22 



Hoffman, 11111110333331 33113003033— 23 



Ward '. . . .1100111111011101101031011— 18 



Paul 0110111111101113000311111—19 



Greiff 1110011011100101111110111—18 



Drake ..1011111111333310111331330—22 



W Smith 1111300311111111011130111—21 



E Collins 0111011131111111101011111-21 



Richmond 1101111111111001111111111—22 



Adison 0101111111111110011111110—20 



Clarke i"H n ' i i - 



Brantingham 0111101111011101101101010—17 



Yeoman 1111111111111111111111110-24 



Lindsley 3033100110333003111111111—19 



No. 10: 



Hoffman 11)1101111— 9 J Howard 1111001101— 7 



W Smith 1133033003— 7 Hedden 1111101010— 7 



Creveling 3011000300— 4 Fisher 3301111010— 7 



Collins 3100010001— 4 Hoff 1110111000— 6 



E A Young.... 0013030010— 4 



Paul 3111011100- 7 



BreintnaU 3031113301- 



Greiff... 1111110111— 



Miller 1033111111— 



Lenone 0001001100— 3 



Youmans. , .0110101101— 6 



Vanide 0101101011— 6 



Sperling. 1101001010— 5 



A Fletcher. , 1011111100— 7 



Van Dyke 1111111101— 9 Iredall 1011011101— 7 



Mahl 1111111101— 9 Geoffroy 1111100111— 8 



Hall 1010110100— 5 Hobart 1111111011— 9 



White 1110011311— 8 McAlpin 1111101011— 8 



Thomas 1011011111— 8 Lindsley 1100013330— 6 



Keller 1301011110— 7 McPeek 1011111101 



Voorhees 1011011001— 6 Sutton 0011010101— 5 



Pettit 0101111101— 7 Ward 1011100100— 5 



Apgar..,. 1113011111— 9 Brantingham 1100100111— 6 



J Smith 1111110311— 9 Richmond 1000101031— 5 



McCallum 1011101110— 7 Strader 0000010010— 2 



Compton 1111110110— 8 H Bock 0000010010— 2 



Sigler 1111110111— 9 Proctor 0010101000- 3 



Terry 0111111110— 



C Smith 1111111111—10 



No. 12, 15 birds, $1 50 entry: 

 W Smith 100101310111111—11 



Hyde . . . . .1100010011— 5 



Duke 1011000000— 3 



__ T Keller 101100011111011—10 



Lindsley 111001111111311—13 Collins. ... .... .101101111000111—10 



Apgar 111111111111111—35 Geoffrey 111111110111101—13 



Van Dyke 111111011111111—14 Miller 311110101011111—12 



G Greiff 111031101300311—11 Hedden 1113331110013,03—32 



Hall 110111111000011—10 Lenone ,101111110111111^-13 



C Smith 111011011011111—12 Van Instine 101001100011011— 8 



McAlpin 100111111111111—13 Thomas 110110100111111—11 



J Smith 010110111111111—12 Hobart 111111111111110—14 



Paul 111011111111010—12 J Mehl 101010111111111—12 



Hoffmann 111111110110013—12 Bolton 010000111000001— 5 



BreintnaU 111111111110101—13 Fletcher 100101011001100- 7 



No. 13, 10 birds, §1 entry: 



Hoffman 1110113003— 7 Campton .110301 1011— 7 



C Smith 1111111011— 9 Howard 1111111111—10 



TK 1111111110— 9 Hoff 0110011110— 6 



Smith 1111111133—10 Paul ....3011111101— 8 



Geoffrey 1100111111— 8 Sealey 0001101111— 6 



Lenone. 0100110000— 3 Sigler 1101101101— 7 



W Smith 1111100111— 8 Greiff 1110111100— 7 



Richmond 1101111011— 8 Lindsley 0111111100— 7 



Apgar 0111111113— 9 Hobart .....0110111111— 8 



McAldin. 0101101110— 6 Thomas 0010101010— 4 



Van Dyke .1101110111— 8 Dukes 0010101110— 5 



Fletcher 0101111000— 5 R Strader 0000101101- 4 



No. 14, extra, 10 birds, entry $1: Hoffman 10, T. K. 9, D. Smith 7, J. 

 Smith 7, Richmond 8, Apgar 8, Jeffery 7, Lindsley 6. McAlpin 8, Mahl 8, 

 Van Dyke 7, Lenone 5, Greiff 4, Paui 5, Collins 8, Dukes 7. 



No. 5, expert. 10 birds, both barrels, entry §1: W. Smitb 7, T. K. 6, 

 C. Smith 7, Hoffman 8, J. Smith 9, Apgar 8, Lenone 2, Lindsley 6, 

 Mersey 8, Mahl 6. C. H. Townsend. 



Lively Work at Hackettstown. 



Hackettstown, N. J., Feb. 23— I inclose you scores made at our 

 shoot on Washington's Birthday. We have added an extension of 

 10x20ft. to our club house, and made thia an opening shoot At 10 

 A. M. we unfurled to the breeze at the top of a brand splinter new 

 pole, "Old Glory" (a handsome flag, 8x10ft., presented by Mrs, James 

 L. Smith to the club.) On this occasion we had invited teams of five 

 men from Stroudsburg, Pa., Newton and Chester, N. J. They were 

 all on hand, and a jollier set of fellows you will seldom find, and we 

 hope to be present at several shoots of a similar character in the near 

 future, hoping this may be the precursor of a series of team shoots in 

 this neighborhood. 



Chester, N. J. 

 J Hoffman.. 101110111111110— 12 

 J Mapes. . . .101111111111110—13 

 R Carlyle. . . 1 11 3 01013 010011— 10 

 W S Howell.013311111100111— 12 



Stroudsburg, Pa. 

 CMBrownellOl 01 01 1 101 01 1 01— 9 

 J PuringtonlilllllOlOllOll— 13 

 ME Miller.. 300010001 103011— 7 

 J Haggerty.000111101000111— 8 



T Nesbitt, . .111110101101011—11—58 J E Kiliian, .011100013111100— 9—45 



Newton. N. J. Hackettstown, N. J., No. 2. 



E Decker.., 111001010113311— 11 R Loder... .101110011110113— 33 



FSearles... 303111110133333— 13 E Richter. ..011010111001001 — 8 



LM Morford010011111113310-ll W H Bell. . .OOIIOIqIOOIOOOI— 6 



J Malone.. ..010110101101010— 8 L G Salmon. 000011111101011 — 9 



LC Ayres, ,111010111100110—10-53 T Young.... 110101133110011— 11— 45 

 Hackettstown, N. J., No. 1. 



N Mitchell. .010001111101111—10 

 G W Smith. 101113113311133— 34 

 RittenhouselOlOllOOlOlllOO— 8 

 Tie for first: 



Chester, N. J. 



Hoffman 11111-5 



Mapes 11110-4 



Carlyle 13331-4 



Nesbitt 11111-5 



O E Bell. . . .111111111001111—13 

 J L Smith. .111111101111101—13—58 



Hackettstown, N. J., No. 1. 



Mitchell 11011—4 



G W Smith 11111—5 



Rittenhouse 00111—3 



O Bell 10111—4 



Howell 01101—4—22 J L Smith 11133—5—21 



Tie for third place: 



Stroudsburg, Pa. 



Miller 01000—1 



Haggerty 11111—5 



Kiliian 10111—4 



Purington 01111—4 



Hackettstown, No. 2. 



Ayres 01111—4 



Richter 11001—3 



WBell 01100-2 



Salmon 10101—8 



Brownell 10101—3-17 Young 11010—3-15 



The result of the ties giving the Chester team first place, Newton 

 team second and Stroudsburg team third. Combined with the team 

 scores was an individual sweep, $1 entrance, the following is the score: 



SWEEPSTAKE EVENTS. 



No. 1. 



No. 2, 



0010111110 



6 



0111101103— 



7 



0011101001 



5 



0001100331— 



s 



0101111111— 



8 







1001111110 



7 



1111101101— 



8 



0101000111— 



5 



1000110010- 



4 



1011101111 



8 



1111111111- 



10 



0110011110 



6 



1101100111- 



7 



1110111101— 



8 



1011110101- 



7 



0111011111— 



8 



1101111111- 



9 



1333333031 



9 



1111011111- 



9 



0001331011 



6 



1111010110— 



7 



1303031111— 



8 



1111111111- 



Id 



1100001111 



6 



0100000111- 



4 



1111111001— 



8 



3301110011— 



7 



0110011111— 



7 



1101111010- 



7 



1111111113 



10 



1111111331- 



10 



0000000110— 



2 



0311111001- 





1110011111— 



8 



1111000011- 



6 



0111031101— 



7 



1331111111- 



10 



1101111101— 



8 



1010011011- 



- 6 



1101011011— 





1101111101- 



8 







1111010111- 



8 



H Kistler 



No. 3, 15 singles: 



Hoffman , 111111111111111—15 J L Smith 110331313111111—14 



J E Kiliian 111001100113031— 7 W Coolbaugh. ..001111003101101— 9 



A J Smith 111111100133333-32 J Haggrrty 101110010110100— 8 



Dr Brownell. . . .111011110110011—11 G Vliet. ,111110110111011—12 



C Rittenhouse.. 110111011011111— 12 O Bell 101101100111011—10 



E Decker 111110110101111-12 T Nesbitt 101111011011100—10 



T Young 001010110111110— 8 J W Smith 301000011111101— 9 



J Purington..,. 110001101011110— 9 N Mitchell 111101011100111—11 



L Morf ord 111111111111111—15 JR Mapes 1 1 101111 1 1 00101—11 



No. 4, 10 singles: Mitchell S. Kiliian S, O.L.Smith 10, Haggerty 9, 

 Kistler 8, A. J. Smith 5, Vliet 9, Purington 5, Miller 4, Malone 8, 

 Brownell 7, Young 8, Decker 10. Graves 8. Bell 6, Coolbaugh 5. Hoff- 

 man 9, Hayward 6, Nesbitt 9, Mapes 9. E. Richter 5, Ayers 9, Camp- 

 ball 5, Searles 10, Howell 5, Carlyle 8, Morford 8, Rittenhouse 6, G. W. 

 Smith 7. 



No. 5, 15 singles: Mitchell 13, Kiliian 8, J. L. Smith 15. Haggerty 33, 

 Kistler 10, A. J Smith 8, Vliet 13, Purington 5, Morford 12, Miller 9, 

 Young 9, Brownell 7, Rittenhouse 14, Decker 12, Graves 11, Bell 10, G. 

 W.Smith 15, Hoffman 13, Nesbitt 10, Salmon 6, Richter 8, Howell 8, 

 Searles 8, Ayres 11. 



No. 6; this sweep was the individual scores in the team contest and 

 can best be shown by a separate score sheet, viz. : Decker 11, Searles 

 13, Morford 11, Hoffmann 12, Mapes 13, Carlyle 10, Howell 12, Nesbitt 

 11, G.W.Smith 14, Young 11, Rittenhouse 12, Purington 12, J. L. 

 Smith 13. 



No. 7. 10 singles: Kiliian 5, Decker 9, Hoffman 10, Haggerty 7, Mor- 

 ford 7, Hart 4, Bertran 5, Rittenhouse G, Searles 7, Malone 5", Veirt 7, 

 McMurtrie 6, T Young 8, G. T. Smith 6, J.S.Smith 9, Purington 8, 

 Coolbaugh 10, Miller 3, A. J. Smith 4, Graves 4, F. Young 4, Camp- 

 bell 3. 



No. 8, 10 singles: Kiliian 7, Hoffman 9, Haggerty 0, Vliet S, T. Young 

 w., J. Smith 7, Perrington 7, Coolbaugh 5, A. J. Smith 8, Kunzer 1. 



No. 9, 15 singles: A. J. Smith 10, Kiliian 7, Hoffman 13, Haggerty 7, 

 Purington 12, T. Young 12. Bertran 8, F. Young 7, Salmon 11, Hart 8, 

 Vliet 12, Brownell 11, Kistler 7, G. W. Smith 10, J. L. Smith 14. 



! New York Victorious Again. 



The second match of the series between teams of New York and 

 Philadelphia amateurs took place at Babylon on Friday, March 2, and, 

 as was expected, it proved to be the final, as the New Yorkers again 

 won, although they were closely followed by the Quaker City contin- 

 gent. Several times the teams were tied, and about the middle of the 

 race the score was a tie; but this had no effect on the nerve of the New 

 York team, who kept plodding along at a steady pace and could not be 

 rattled. Fred Hoey was in splendid form, and his great score of 47 

 went a long way toward winnning the race. The birds were a picked 

 lot and every one was a hard flyer. The conditions were 50 birds per 

 man, 30yds. rise, 50yds. boundary, the purse being $2,000 a side. The 

 scores were as appended: 



Westminster^ Kennel Club. 

 Hosv : , n . . ■ ■ ■■ i 



Money 0022122201011210210010«022«22222i22222120222022222— 37 



Work J jii-.'vr : ■_■ I- :. . ; . . ■ ■ l 



Murphy 2222.' - . 



Riverton Gun Club. 

 Macalester . . . 0221122.223222222U2101222122121223 2.3121 321 323 322-46 



Dolan 21202200.2 J2220.222.3 1002212.12222222M 10222022212— 38 



."< :i> OV' . i:, ■■ ■> ; v; 



Thomas 1112211222232J.01221ell002122221222;2iio «();.' 22283223— 44— 16b 



Stroudsburg Gun Club. 



Stroudsburg, Pa., March 2.— I inclose score made at the medal shoot 

 of the Stroudsburg Gun Club on March 1 at 15 bluerocks, expert traps, 

 six members taking part in it: 



J L Purington. .011111110111111 — 13 Dr Brownell. . . .101101331011101— 11 



G W Born 333033111111110—13 John Hagerty. .001111100111111—11 



ME Miller HiOlllOlllOlll— 12 John Kiliian.... 111111110333100— 12 



J. L. Purington won on shoot off. M. E. Miller 



Seattle Club's New Grounds. 



"Seattle, Wash- Feb. 23.— The opening of the new grounds of the 

 Seattle Rod and Gun Club at West Seattle yesterday drew out the 

 largest attendance of the season. Quite a number of sportsmen were 

 present from Tacoma and other cities, Live birds were shot on the 

 old grounds and then followed targets on the new grounds. Much 

 interest was manifested in the live bird shoot, and, considering the 

 lack of practice, the scores were excellent. 



The new grounds for targets when completed will be the finest in 

 the State. AH targets are thrown out over the Sound, giving a perfect- 

 view from the time they leave the trap. This was a great objection to 

 the old grounds, as the background was so dark that the view was 

 obscured, Bluerock targets and expert traps were used and will be 

 used entirely the coming season. Owing to delay in shipping the 

 electric trap pulls did not arrive in time for this meeting, but will be 

 used hereafter. 



The large number of visitors participating prevented the contest 

 between Messrs, Ruppe and Kelsey for the Churchill challenge cup, 

 and it was postponed until the next meeting. Lunch was served on 

 the grounds and everybody voted having had a royal good time. 



Five live birds, $5 entrance, 2 moneys: 



Dr Smith 11102-4 H Norton 12210—4 



Eberle 21000—2 Haven 02101—3 



Ellis 02201—3 Wallingford 12201—4 



Churchill 31210-4 Kelsey 21202-4 



Kimball 21213—5 W H Norton , 20323—4 



Stevens 22232-5 Willey 20022—3 



Charles 10211-4 H H Lewis. 21222-5 



Louis 21221—5 



Churchill won second money on shoot off. 



Miss and out, live birds, $1 pool: Dr. Smith 6, Eberle 3, Ellis 1, 

 Churchill 7, Kimball 0. Stevens 6, Louis 1, H. Norton 0, Wallingford 1, 

 H. H. Lewis 3. 



Pool shoot, 10 singles: Eberle 8, Ellis 9, Lewis 9, Smith 8, Churehill 

 8, Willey 6, Wallingford 7, Kimball 8. Hall 6, Charles 8, Moreton 7, J. 

 Hardy 7. 



Pool shoot, 10 singles: Eberle 9, Ellis 7. Lewis 8, Smith 7, Churchill 

 8, Willey 6, Graff 5, Wallingford 7, Kimball 7, J. Hardy 9, Charles 6, 

 Bromley 3, Ruppe 9. 



Eberle's Team. 



Wallingford 0111011111—8 



Willey 0101011100—5 



Kelsey 0100010110—4 



Charles 0100100110—4 



Ruppe 1101101111—8 



Eberle 011 1101101—7—36 



Eberle's Team. 



Wallingford 1011011111-8 



Willey 0001001011—4 



Kelsey 0011101000—4 



Charles 1111101111—9 



Ruppe 1111111001— S 



Eberle 1110011111—8—41 



Team shoot: 



ChurehiU's Team. 



Churchill 1111111110—9 



Hall OOllUOlOl-6 



.1 Hardy 0110010100-4 



Moreton 1111000101—6 



Greenus 1001001010—4 



Adair 001 01 1 1 001—5—34 



Team shoot: 



Churchill's Team. 



Churchill 1111011111—9 



Hall 1110110011—7 



J Hardy 1100011100—5 



Moreton 1110111111—9 



Greenus 0111101011—7 



Adair 1000110001-4—41 _ 



Tie shot off at 3 birds per man, and won by Churchill's team, 11 to 10. 



Rochester Rod and Gun Club. 



Rochester, N. Y., March 3.— Inclosed find scores made this week, it 

 being the first shoot for club prizes on the new handicap formulated 

 on the plan of the one in use by the Knoxville Gun Club. We are well 

 pleased with the idea and think this •'certificate handicap" is going to 

 prove very successful. Inclosed I hand you classification and rules 

 of same, thinking if you can spare the territory it may be of interest. 



Saturday shoot, March 3: 



Class A 



Worth (28) 3111111111011111111111111110 —+26 



Slocum (27) 111111101111111111111111101 — *25 



Griffith (29) 2d string, 11111111101011 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ] 101 —+26 



Mann (28) 1st string 10111101010111 withdrew 



Mann (28) 2d string 11110110111313003110101100011 — 18 



F Smith (28) 1st string, 11111011030001 withdrew 



F Smith (28) 2d string, 01110111100011110110 withdrew 



Olsss B 



Griffith (29) 1st string, 1101111111110301110110 withdrew 



McVean (3D 1st string, 1011101111111111010010111101051 — jL 



Quirk (32) 1st string, OOllllIOlOlllOllllllOlOlOOlllllO — 22 



McVean (33) 2d string, 1100111010101110016100011010111 — *18 



Quirk (32) 2d string 11100110100110001110110110011010 — *18 



Class C. 



Burton (33) 1st string, 113101111100111011101110101101011 — 24 



Fulton (33) 1st string, 111111313303033100111011001 1101 1 1 — *2fi 



Mullan (35) 11101111010011111100110111111001111— +26 



Burton (33) 2d string, 033001011111001101110000110311011 — 20 



Fulton (33) 2d strins 101000000010131030111101331111013 — 20 



^Winning certificates. 

 ^ :.;.;::!■ Mi .26, Griffith 27, Mullan 34. 



Wednesday, Feb. 28: 



Worth (28) 0111011113110313133111111111 —25* 



Hicks (28) 1111111101011111101111311111 -25* 



Slocum (27) 111111111111111101101111311 —25* 



Class B. 



Borst (30) 111111110000011111111111011111 -24 



Jones T30) 111111111111111101111111011111 — 2S'~'t 



Rickman (32) 11110101010000010011111000101111 —18 



Andrews (32) 1031O0Q00O331101001111111111O11O —20 



Kay (31). . . .'. 0111100111110111110101010010010 —19 



Cl&ss C 



Gordon (40) O00.110010O1300O00O300O00O30OOO010O010111—12* 



*Wln certificates. *Reclassifled to A class, 27 birds. 

 Challenge shoots: 



Worth (28) 1100111111111111111103111111—25 



Slocum (27) 11111111113113133331101.1111 —26 



Slocum wins Worth's certificate. 



Worth (28) 1111110111111101010010110111—21 



Slocum (27) 111111110111111111111001111 —24 



Slocum wins another certificate from Worth. 



There will be great fun next Saturday as there are four challenges 

 out already for that date^ Slooum. 



Texas and the Southwest. 



The seventeenth annual tournament of the Texas State Sportsmen's 

 Association will begin on April 4 at Austin, Texas. The shoot will be 

 under the management of the Miller brothers, which fact will be a 

 guarantee that the Texas cracks will have a good shoot and under 

 good management and rules. 



Speaking of rules, at the last meeting of the association, which took 

 place at Hempstead, several of the 12-gauge men came to to the con- 

 clusion that the 20 and 24-gauges were making [too high scores, the 

 team championship at 25 targets per man having been captured by 

 two 20-gauge men, Messrs. George and Vernor, of San Antonio. 

 Twenty-five straight for the former, and 23 for the latter caused a 

 frigidity in the medulla oblongata of some of the 12-gauge men who 

 always, bless you, count the pellets in each load for tear of crossing 

 the line. They thought that the birds, sprung from traps at 13yds. 

 from the muzzle, of 20-gauge guns had no angles— that they were all 

 straightaways, that a man handling one of the infernal little guns 

 could "get on" to 'em much quicker, and named other advantages 

 that under the old American Association rules were enjoyed by the 

 owners of small guns. Of course the 12gauge men got the worst of. 

 it. and hence the energetic kick inaugurated for the purpose of lop- 

 ping off the handicap. Then the 10-gauge men came to the front with 

 a fully feathered protest. They claimed that if the 12-gauge men had 

 a grievance against the 20 that they (the 10-gauge men) had the same 

 argument to offer in favor of annihilating the "distance between the 

 10s and 12s. 



Finally the claim of the twelves was recognized, and all the gauges 

 smaller than sixteen were brought to 14yds., but the same old distance 

 was preserved for the tens and tw r elves, so that at the coming tourna- 

 ment the tens will shoot pigeons at 30yds., twelves at 28, and 16, 20 and 

 24-gauges at 26yds. 



If the sniallbores are successful in downing their opponents. 1 

 suppose they will be brought at 30yds., and if they still insist on 

 pointing the gun as straight in the future as they have in the past, 

 Texas will enjoy the spectacle of seeing the 20-gauges shooting at 

 20yds., twelve at 28 and tens at 26. It will then be en regie for our 

 gun manufacturers to go to making 8 and 16-bore guns in order to 

 secure the handicap, for the Texas shooting world do move, 



The tournament at Austin will take place on the encampment 

 grounds, not 100yds. away from the railroad. Everything that can be 

 done to make the shooters i happy and comfortable, is promised by 

 the Miller boys, who are true blue in every respect. 



It would not be out of place to state that while the Texas cracks do 

 not run around with chips on their shoulders, they would like to 

 see some of their Northern confreres at this tournament. We would 

 like to shake hands with Charley Budd, Rolla Heikes, Harry McMur- 

 chy, our old friends DuBray and Quimby, but of course they cannot 

 come such a great distance after Texas money. Suffice it to say that 

 the shoot will be open to the world and that all good and square men 

 are invited to participate. 



"Texas Field." who holds the diamond medal indicative of the indi- 

 vidual championship, has joined the small army of small-bores. His 

 new gum presented to him by the State Association, is a twenty. 



O. C. Guussia. 



