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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 24, 1894. 



Dominion Off Hand Rifle Association. 



Parry Sound.— Scores made by the several teams of the Dominion 

 Off Hand Rifle Association, at their monthly match on March 2 and 3. 

 The match was shot over the ranges of the several affiliated clubs: 

 100yds. 200yds, 

 King City Team. 



J W Crowley 10 9 10 10 10-49 9 10 7 7 10—43-92 



A Carley 9 9 9 10 8—45 10 9 10 7 8—44—89 



Dr Norman 10 9 9 10 8—46 8 6 7 10 10-41—87 



J Cameron 8 9 8 4 10—39 10 10 5 8 9-^2—81 



CHHall 10 8 7 10 10—45 8 10 6 6 6—36—81—430 



Midland Team. 



• W Stafford 10 8 10 9 0—46 10 10 7 9 10—46—92 



R O Stokes 10 10 10 8 10-48 10 10 10 4 8-42—90 



J Soden 7 6 7 9 9-38 10 10 10 10 10-50-88 



G Strathern.. 9 10 10 10 8—47 6 10 10 4 10—40-87 



G H Stokes 747S 9 32 6 6 1 6 10—29—61—418 



Bradford 1st Team. 



HEMcKee 10 10 8 10 10—48 9 5 10 10 10—44—92 



D Nielly 10 8 8 10 9-45 7 10 10 7 5—39—84 



J G Nielly 8 10 9 7 10-44 6 5 6 10 5—32—76 



H Parker 9 0 9 7 7-41 4 6 5 7 4—26-67 



W Probert 10 8 9 8 10-45 7 10 10 2 3—32—77—396 



Goderich Team. 



ER Watson. 9 9 10 7 8 -43 7 10 7 10 7-41-84 



RWRuuciman 9 10 9 5 10-43 9 8 5 5 6-33—76 



O H Perrington 9 10 7 8 10-44 8 5 8 4 10- 35-79 



FJTNaftel 7 8 6 9 10—40 7 4 5 5 10—31—71 



W Rutson 9 10 7 8 8 - 39 10 7 8 10 10-45-84-394 



Toronto, First Team. 



A Elliott 9 10 7 7 10—43 10 10 9 10 9-48—91 



JSBayles 10 9 5 7 10-41 10 8 10 10 7—45—86 



WJGraham 10 8 7 9 10-44 10. 3 2 9 9-33-77 



J Allan 9 6 8 8 3—34 7 8 5 7 9-36—70 



W J Davidson 9 10 6 7 5 -37 3 8 7 5 9—32-69-393 



Scarboro Team. 



SRennie 10 10 6 9 10-45 8 3 8 10 6-36—80 



J E Elliott 9 8 9 8 9-43 10 7 9 5 8—39-82 



W A Kennedy 10 9 7 5 8-39 10 10 9 10 8—47—86 



J C Clark 10 7 10 10 10—47 8 7 7 7 8 -37—84 



JChisholm 4 10 3 9 6—32 3 10 6 6 0—22-54—386 



Parry Sound, Second Team. 



J B Miller 9 7 9 10 7—42 10 9 8 10 8-45—87 



D F Maedonald 9 10 6 9 7—41 8 9 10 6 7-^10—81 



T Newbum 5 6 7 8 7—33 0 10 9 10 10—39 -72 



J McClelland 6 10 7 9 10-42 6 5 9 7 3—30—72 



Geo. White 7 9 10 6 5—37 3 5 3 16 10—31—68—380 



Clarksburg Team. 



WL Goldsmith 9 8 10 10 10-47 8 6 7 10 9—40—87 



F Henman 2 10 10 10 8-40 10 7 4 0 0—21—61 



DHenman 8 10 10 9 7—44 10 6 1 7 7—31—75 



M Mahoney 4 10 8 5 4—31 10 8 7 2 6—33—63 



CWHartman 10 8 8 10 8—44 10 10 4 10 9—43—87—373 



Bradford, Second Team. 



G Timmons 10 9 7 9 10—45 10 3 10 10 9-42-87 



J Nielly 0 10 8 5 6-29 10 5 4 5 10—34—63 



JANeilly 9 9 10 6 6—40 9 4 9 5 2—27—67 



A Nielly 8 10 10 9 9-46 7 10 10 7 10-44—90 



Robt Nielly 9 8 8 8 6-39 1 8 6 3 7—25-64—371 



Orillia, First Team. 



W Paine 9 9 10 8 10-46 5 7 0 3 0—15—61 



AHarvie 8 10 6 6 8—38 7 7 8 7 8—37—75 



W Hammond 8 7 10 10 9—44 6 10 8 3 8-35-79 



H Ross 9 10 6 6 5 -36 7 7 8 8 7—37—73 



WW Wood 10 10 5 8 9-42 3 10 6 5 5—29-71—359 



Bradford, Third Team. 



J Doolittle 8 9 8 7 10-42 10 10 10 10 7—47—89 



AMcWilliams 8 10 10 8 10-46 3 4 8 10 6-31—77 



A Goldsmith. 3 4 8 6 9-29 9 5 0 5 3-22—51 



J O'Connell 10 8 6 6 8—38 2 7 8 9 7—33—71 



EStibbo 3 5 5 8 8—29 4 5 5 5 2—21—50—337 



Parry Sound, First Team. 



J Moorish 10 9 9 7 5—40 9 8 10 10 8-43-83 



TWHuff 7 7 9 9 9-41 5 10 4 10 5—34—75 



JRLeggatt 10 7 6 9 8-40 2 5 8 5 10—30—70 



RJCIarkson 6 9 8 9 10—42 5 0 2 6 9—22-64 



G Richardson 1 7 4 10 10—32 10 0 0 0 0—10—42-334 



Orillia, Second Team. 



J Barnes 10 6 1 1 0—18 6 0 6 2 6—20—38 



J Duffy 8 10 0 4 9—31 6 0 6 0 4—16—47 



DHadden 6 2 8 1 2—19 0 4 4 3 3—14—32 



J Kennedy 9 10 8 9 8—44 4 4 9 7 10—34—78 



M Robinson 8 8 6 8 8—37 0 3 1 5 10—19—56 —251 



Toronto, Second Team, Four Men. 



J Allen 5 6 9 0 2—22 5 9 10 0 3—27—49 



J Dixon , 6 9 10 6 7—38 7 10 0 0 1—18—56 



J F Scholes 7 9 8 9 8—41 7 4 10 10 4—35—76 



JLScholes 8 8 10 5 8—39 3 7 0 10 0—20-59-240 



Wausakasene, Four-Men Team. 



R W George 2 9 6 8 3—28 0 8 10 1 4—23—51 



F Laurie 0 5 10 10 10-35 10 3 10 0 8—31—66 



S B Purvis 2 9 6 6 3—26 6 3 0 10 2—21—47 



E Taylor 5 7 6 6 6—30 7 7 5 7 0—26—56-220 



Schlicht Rifle Club. 



A team shoot between the members of the Schlicht Club made mat- 

 ters lively at the weekly shoot on March 12. Each team consisted of 

 seven men, Geo. Schlicht captain of one and Geo. Dorr the other, the 

 stakes $ 10 a side. Capt. Schlicht's team won by 55 points. In the 

 competition for the class medals Geo. Dorr won the championship 

 medal, Capt. Brellenthine the first, M. Dans the second and George 

 Richerfc the third class. Scores: Geo. Schlicht 244, O. Meyer 235, A. 

 Meyer 231, J. Schlicht 229, Geo. Richert 225, D. Dorr 220, J. Diehl 218, J 

 Gebhardt 216, A. Deubline 203, C. Stein 200, Geo. Dorr 243, M. Dans 

 233, Capt. Brellenthine 229, Wm. Schlicht 226. Geo. Laulenberger 223, 

 G. J. Goehrig 218, F. Lambrix 217, P. Mane 213. J: Banders 203 £ 

 Mehr 200. 



Team shoot, 5 shots per man: 



Geo Schlicht 123 Geo Dorr 119 



Capt Brellenthine 119 A Meyer 93 



MDans 114 C Leibel 112 



JDedrick 108 J Schlicht 93 



C Meyer .106 W Schlicht Ill 



Geo Richert.. 106 F Lambrix 97 



W Waller .102—778 C Stein 98—723 



Zettler Rifle Club. 



Eleven members of the Zettler Club were present on Tuesday night 

 to compete for the club prizes and the champion medal. Henry Holges 

 was in good form, he won the medal on his first entry on the score of 

 249, it proved to be the best score of the night's practice. Scores: 



Championship target: Holges 249, Busse 246, Walther 244, Brown 

 241, C. G Zettler 241, Mulkr 234, Flack 246, Ross 245, Engel 242. B. Zet- 

 tler 241, Harmann 228. 



Best 10 shot score, 5 entries: Holges 219. Flach 247, Busse 247, C. G. 

 Zettler 245, B. Zettler 242, Ross 248, Engel 247, Brown 245, Mullet 343 

 Walther 245, Hartmann 238. 



Greenville Rifle Club. 



Twenty-three members of the Greenville Rifle Club were present on 

 March 16 to participate in the competition for the class prizes. The 

 four ranges were kept in continuous use until midnight. Scheeline 

 was high with 242. Purkess and Collins tied for second place with 23!) 

 each. Scores: Scheeline 242, Purkess 239, Holzapfel 205, Charlock 227, 

 Graef 204, Collins 239, Barr 225, Chavant 234, Dodds 230, Spahn234, 

 Plaisted 235, Agneau235, Hill 221, Robidoux 233, J. Boag234,F. Wuest- 

 ner 200, Huelsen 216, Lutz 229, Becker 214, Daniels 219, E. Wuestner 198, 

 Lombeck 225, Gotthardt 222. 



Another Challenge for Youngsters. 



Chicago, March 12.— Editor Forest and Stream: As my former 

 challenges, published over two months ago, have not been taken up, 

 I will let my son Alfred shoot against any boy under 12 years of age 

 in the United States 100 shots, in series of 10 shots each inside of 15 

 seconds at a target, no score to count outside of said time, and 5 points 

 added to each score for every second of reduction in time. Condi- 

 ditions: Range 50 to 150ft. to the option of party accepting ^challenge, 

 open sights, oft'-hand, German ring target, reduced according to range! 



. C. H. Bisson. 



Lady Miller Rifle Club. 



The weekly shoot of the Lady Miller Rifle Club, at its headquarters, 

 on Monday night, brought out the usual attendance. The medal win- 

 ners were Mrs. Meyns in first class Mrs. Ahrent in second class and 

 Mrs. Stem third class. Scores: Mrs. Ahrent 232, Mrs. Boardman 2i4, 

 Mrs. Meyns 228, Mrs. Stein 218, Miss M. Miller 220, Miss Begerow 217 

 Mrs. Volk 211, Mrs. Fisher 210, Miss Saunders 208, Mrs. D. Miller 210, 

 Mrs. Stadler 208, Miss Yurenian 205, Miss Gehardt 204. 



Palisade Rifle Club. 



Eleven members of the Palisade Rifle Club were present at head- 

 quarters March 11 to participate in the competition for class medals. 

 Fred Grobatsch won the first class medal, George Dorr the second 

 and Fred Ward the third. Scores: F. Krobatsch 229. George Dorr 

 228, F. Asprer 224, F. Ward 225, W. Ahlos 223, C. Hemberger 221, R. 

 Glaser218, A. Aufderheide 216, H. Rose 217, A. Ahles.213, August 

 Abies 210. 6 



Excelsior Rifle Club. 



Only four members of the Excelsior Club participated in the weekly 

 shoot on March 13. Scores: Charles Thomas 238, L. Ryer 225, 

 Charles Reers 224, J. Binns 221. 



RIFLE NOTES. 



We received samples of the Leonard powder last week for trial in 

 the rifle. A few shots were tried in the .38-55 Ballard, using 25grs. 

 This powder gives an extremely high velocity to the bullet, so much so 

 that we were compelled, after firing a dozen shots, to postpone fur- 

 ther shooting on account of the leading of the barrel. With a patched 

 bullet or a lubricated bullet of a hardness sufficient to withstand the 

 friction, this powder will no doubt give good results. It burns clean, 

 and so far as we could judge, gave no extraordinary chamber pres- 

 sure. Next week we hope to try a series of shots from the machine 

 rest with this and other powders. The want of a suitable primer for 

 the rifle shell is a great obstacle to the use of nitros in the rifle thus 

 far. The new Winchester No. 3 W. primer, if made of harder metal, 

 would give more satisfactory results than it does now. As it is made 

 at the present time it has a disagreeable way of working in and 

 around the firing pin. Dissolving as it were, and when next heard 

 from is playing high jinks in the lock action. This is a matter that is 

 interesting our manufacturers at the present time, and later on we 

 may hope to see a primer in the market that will meet the wants of 

 our riflemen. 



Messrs. Walther, Hayes and Krauss, the shooting masters of the 

 new National Bund, are hard at work upon the prize programme for 

 the festival of 1895. The general committee (delegates) of the soci- 

 eties composing the Bund will meet early next month, when it is 

 expected that a programme for the festival will be formulated and 

 prospectus printed and issued to the public by May 1. The feeling of 

 harmony which seems to have settled upon the various interests con- 

 stituting this new Bund augurs well for its future success. In Wm. V. 

 Weber, the president, the Bund has an executive whose magnetic 

 qualities will prove a tower of strength in keeping the various elements 

 in the Bund in harmonious unison. Where to hold the festival is a 

 question that is seriously agitating the minds of the delegates at the 

 present time. Union Hill, N. J., was the scene of t he last festival held 

 m this vicinity, which was in 1878. The vicinity of Morris Park is said 

 to have great attractions as a park for a, Bundes Fast. New Jersey, as 

 the spot for the festival, has not much favor with the New York and 

 Brooklyn delegates. May 1 will probably see the whole matter settled. 



The summer of 1894 is going to be a busy one among our local rifle 

 societies. The coming festival in '95 will be the stimulus that will add 

 vigor and strength to many of our socieiies. Riflemen who had laid 

 aside the rifle as one of the pleasures of a past experience will feel 

 compelled to return to their old lovo. New affiliations and the modern 

 rifle will make some of the old veterans as frisky as a colt, and when 

 1895 rolls around they will be found in line with the younger genera- 

 tion contesting for honors at the target. 



Michael Dorrler, who is on the shady side of forty, and who shoots 

 with glasses, never shot so well in his life as he is doing at the present 

 time. A year ago he was going to retire; sell off his guns; nothing in 

 it any more. The prospects now are that he will delay the sale until 

 next season. 



A proper backing for targets in the target houses of our city ranges 

 will be a serious question to our park proprietors when nitro powders 

 come generally into use. Wooden backs and brick walls will have to 

 give way to some other mode of catching and holding the bullets. 

 Some of our base ball catchers may be in position to give us a pointer. 



A team match between teams from the Our Own Club of Newark 

 and the Hudsons of Marion, is on for Thursday of this week. It will 

 take place on the Marion ranges. 



The team match between the Excelsior and the Greenville clubs 

 came off on the Greenville Club ranges on Wednesday night. A full 

 report will appear in next week's issue. 





Result as shot 









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All ties divided unless otherwise reported. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here 

 send In notice like the following: 



FIXTURES. 



March 21.— Union Gun Club. 25 live bird shoot, 

 field, N. J. 



March 22. — New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League team shoot, combined 

 with all-day tournament of Maplewood Gun Club. 



March 22.— "Dutchy" Smith vs. Aaron Woodruff, 100 live birds each, 

 8100 a side, at Marion. 



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

 birds. 



March 26.— Acme Gun Club tournament, at Miller's Dexter Park, 

 Long Island. Targets and birds. 



March 26.— Forest Gun Club, target tournament, Twenty -seventh 

 street and Lehigh avenue, Philadelphia. 



Nov, 28.— Central New York Trap-Shooters' League, eighth tourna- 

 ment, at Syracuse. 



March 2tS. — Central New York Trap-Shooters' League, first tourna- 

 ment, at Auburn. 



April 4-6. — Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association's 

 grand American handicap at Dexter Park, Long Island. 



April 4-7. — Texas State Sportsmen's Association eighteenth annual 

 meeting, at Austin, Texas. Wallace Miller, Sec'y. 



April 4-8. — California State Sportsmen's Association tournament, at 

 San Francisco. 



April 11-13. — Baltimore (Md.) Gun Club, tenth annual tournament, 

 at Grason's Park; two days targets, thu d day live birds. 



April 11-13. — Baltimore (Md.) Gun Club annual tournament, under 

 management of H. A. Penrose and E. D. Miller. 



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

 tournament, at Pittsburgh, Pa. Pittsburgh Gun Club will add $200. 



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



April 25.— Central New York Trap-Shooters' League, second tourna- 

 ment, at Rochester. 



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, O. Springfield Gun Club will add $200. 



May —.—Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association's fourth annual 

 tournament and meeting, at Ft, Smith, Ark.; $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 8-10.— Ohio Trap-Shooter's League annual meeting and tourna- 

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



May 15.— Second annual tournament of* the Atlantic Trap-Shooting 

 Association, at Lynn, Mass. W. F. Brown, Sec'y. 



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

 spring tournament.. 



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



May 22-25.- 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. Charles 

 Weeks, Sec'y. 



May 30.— Central New York Trap-Shooters' League, third tourna- 

 ment, at Utiea. 



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 4-9. — Illinois State Sportsmen's Association tournament, at 

 Chicago. W. L. Shepard, Sec'y. 



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 touruameat, 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. 



June 27-28. — Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association's 

 sixth tournament, under the auspices of the Elwood Gun Club, at 

 Elwood, Ind. Elwood Gun Club will add $200. 



July 18-19.— Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Associations's 

 seventh tournament, under the auspices of the Kentucky Gun Club, at 

 Louisville, Ky. The Kentucky Gun Club will sdd from $200 to $400. 



July 25.— Central New York Trap-Shooters' League, fourth tourna- 

 ment, at Syracuse. 



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

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

 sononock Park, Altoona. 



Aug. 29.— Central New York Trap-Shooters' League, fifth tourna- 

 ment, at Auburn. 



Sept. 26.— Central New York Trap-Shooters' League, sixth tourna- 

 ment, at Rochester. 



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

 tournament. 



Oct. 24.— Central New York Trap-Shooters' 1 League, seventh tourna- 

 ment, at Utica. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



A few weeks ago we expressed the opinion that dropping for places 

 under the plan of money division devised by Harvey McMurchy 

 would be extremely difficult. Later, however, in a conversation with 

 the genial "Rainbow" Thurman, of shooting blouse fame, we were 

 given a "tip" which caused us to change our opinion, although we are 

 forced to acknowledge that the chance to profit by dropping is not 

 likely to occur very frequently. We take for example a race at 20 

 targets shot near Philadelphia a few weeks ago. The entry was $2 and 

 the targets; there being ten entries in the pot was $20, there being 

 three moneys. At the fihish there were two 20s, one 18, three 17s, two 

 16s, one 11 and one 8. Below in the "deadly parallel" we show how 

 the contestants would have fared had the contest as shot been under 

 the McMurchy system, and also how they would have fared under 

 same system by a little scheming on the part of A and B: 



As it might have been. 



Broke. 



,.19 

 .18 

 ,.17 

 .17 

 .17 

 .16 

 .16 

 .11 



Received. 



The pot was $20; in the event as shot C, D, E and F would have 

 received each his entrance fee of $2, making $8 in all deducted from 

 the pot, and leaving $12 to be divided by A and B. "As it might have 

 have been" is thusly: A has finished his score with 20 straight, and 

 the only man who can get 19 is B, who will wave to miss his last target 

 to get 19. If he does so it will shut out the three 17s and leave only 

 himself and C to get back their entrance fees. So he goes to A ar.d 

 says: "A, if I break 20 and get in the top hole with you we get only 

 $6 apiece, but by dropping I can shut out three 17s, raising the pot to 

 $16. Shall I drop and 'divy'?" "Sure," says A, whereupon B loses his 

 last target, goes out with 19, shuts out three 17s, and he and A get $9 

 apiece against $6 by straight shooting. As we before stated, the oppor- 

 tunities for this kind of a play may be few and far between, but when 

 they do come they will be taken advantage of bv any shooter who 

 gets the chance to profit by dropping. Mr. McMurchy will have to do 

 some more deep thinking in order to devise any scheme that will abso- 

 lutely stop dropping for place. 



The Brighton Gun Club held a shoot on its East Orange grounds, on 

 March 17, artificial targets being used. In a 20-target event for prizes, 

 Badgeley and O'Meally tied for first on 17 breaks each, O'Meally 

 winning on the shoot-off. Second went to Canfield, 15: third to Jos. 

 Gower, 14; fourth to Kutcher, 12; fifth to Potter, 11; sixth to Acker- 

 man, 10; hooby prize to Hoffman, 7. Sweep at 5 targets: Canfield 5, 

 J. Gower 5, Kutcher 4, Badgeley 4, Pattix 2, Herrigan 1, Harrison 1, 

 Burnett 0. Second sweep, same: Badgeley 5, O'Mealley 5, Canfield 3, 

 Harrison 3. Kutcher 3, George 3, Moore 3, Stull 3, Kerrigan 1. No. 3, 

 same: Canfield 5, Badgeley 4, Kutcher 4, George 4, O'Mealley 4, 

 Harrison 2, Kerrigan 2, Stull 1, G. Gower 1, Moore 0. No. 4, same: 

 Canfield 5, Kutcher 5, O'Mealley 5, Badgeley 4, Healey 4, J. Gower 3, 

 Moore 3, Harrison 2, Herrigan 2, Pattix 2, Ge orge 2, Stull 0, G. Gower 0. 



Discussions in regard to the proper methods of equalizing shooting 

 at club or tournament shoots are always of interest, to our readers, 

 and such communications will always be accorded space in our col- 

 umns. Nearly every shooter has ideas of his own on this subject, and 

 there seems to be no reason why they should not publish their ideas 

 for the benefit of trapdom at large. In another column will be found 

 a communication from Rogers Van Gilder, secretary of the Knoville 

 Gun Club, who, along with his colleagues, has made a careful study of 

 the subject of equalizing shooters. The communication sets forth 

 Mr. Van Gilder's ideas and deductions in an explicit manner, and he 

 invite criticism from all his brother shooters. 



A find, trap and handle match at 25 birds each for $25 a side, took 

 place at Perth Amboy on March 15, between Samuel Hall, of Wood- 

 bridge, and Harry Campbell, of Plainfield. Hall shot Campbell out on 

 the twenty-fourth round, when he had killed 17 to Campbell's 14. 

 Campbell had been ill for several days preceding the match and was 

 in no condition to shoot, being clearly outshot by Hall. The birdB 

 furnished by Campbell were a trifle better than those furnishad by 

 Hall. Neaf Apgar was referee, Dan Terry judge for Campbell and 

 Jas. Van Brackle judge for Hall. The race was shot in a combination 

 hail, rain and snow storm, 



Worcester, Mass., March 7.— The annual meeting of the Worcester 

 Gun Club was held last night at 34 Front street. R. W. Robinson 

 called the meeting to order. Officers were elected as follows: Presi- 

 dent, R. W. Robinson; Vice-President, Virgil D. Kenerson; Secretary, 

 William H. Buck; Treasurer, Gilbert E. Warren; Captain, Elmer E. 

 Merrick. The receipts during the year were $591 and there is $5.59 in 

 the treasury. An addition of $231 worth of implements has been made 

 to the club property. It was voted to open the season with a shoot, 

 Saturday, March 24. It was voted to receive from all dealers who care 

 to compete, bids for furnishing birds. All members are to have the 

 privilege of shooting at any time they choose. 



The Wilmington and Claymont gun clubs of Delaware shot a match 

 with teams of eleven men each on March 4, each man shooting at 25 

 targets. The result: Wilmington Rod and Gun Club— McKendrick 23, 

 Grubb 1G, Clark 17. Stout 13, D. Palmer 19, Cooper 15, Marrl4, Cross 20, 

 Bilderback 23, Wood 18, Ewing 20; total, 18b. Claymont Rod and Gun 

 Club— W. S. Bird 18, T. A. Williams 16, C M. Casey 15, S. Hopps 14, W. 

 S. Casey 16, A. S. Edwards Hi, A. AVhirtouby 16, W. E. Davidson 14, W. 

 H. Danjenbake 11, G. Smith 10, W. G. Vernon 12; total, 158. We are 

 pleased to see that our genial and portly friend "Bilderback" led the 

 score with 23 breaks. And by the by, "Bilderback," when is the spring 

 tournament of the Wilmington Rod and Gun Club to be held?J 



The Standard Gun Club, Baltimore, Md., has elected officers as fol- 

 lows: L. C. Rice, Pres.; E. H. Starr, Vice-Pres.; Dr. H. E. Lupus, 

 Sec'y-Treas. Directors— L. C. Rice, E. H. Starr, Dr. H. E. Lupus, W. 



F. Clements, W. E. Bucklee, C. E. Bonday and H. T. Ducker. The 

 first series of shoots will be from March 15 to May 15, inclusive, 

 making ten shooting (Tuesdays) days, the prize to be a $20 gold piece 

 or a gold medal. The midwinter series, which closed last Tuesday, 

 was won by W. T. Clements, L. C. Rice second, J. W. Johns third. 



At the annual election of officers of the Green Ridge Gun Club, of 

 Scranton, Pa., the following were elected: F. M. Spencer, Pres.: Dr. 

 C. L. Hill, Vice-Pres. ; H. D. Swartz, Sec'y Treas. ; A. C. Monies, Capt. 

 Directors— J, D. Mason, E. R. Peckens and J. H. Davis. The club is 

 in a flourishing condition and will hold regular weekly shoots on its 

 grounds, near theStowers' Packing Company's works, every Saturday 

 afternoon. 



The Calumet Heights Gun and Rod Club, of .Chicago, have elected 

 the following officers for the ensuing year: Pres., A. W. Harlan; 

 Vice-Pres., G. C. Lamphere; Sec'y-Treas., L. L. Davis. Directors— W. 

 E. Chapman, L. J. Marks and J. P. Fisher. The new officers will be 

 installed at a meeting of the club at the club house, Calumet Heights, 

 Ind., Saturday night of this week. The chief event of the gathering 

 will be a dinner of fish and game secured by the members with rod 

 and gun during the day. 



Roger Van Gilder says he has already received a large number of 

 inquiries for programmes for the May shoot of the Knoxville Gun 

 Club. The programmes will appear in a few weeks. AU the principal 

 events will probably be at 20 targets, $3 entry. With 100 shooters and 

 $1,000 in cash added to the purses, there will be some fat pots to 

 struggle for. On the fourth day, beside the live bird events there will 

 probably be a number of champ onship target events with big entry 

 fees on one set of target traps while the other will be devoted to 15 

 and 20 targets events for the masses. 



A match between theYardviile and Cross wicks gun clubs was shot at 

 Chas. Zwirlein's place on March 5, the teams comprising 10 men each, 

 and shooting at 25 targets per man. The result: Yardville— C. Zwir- 

 lein 21, H. A\ icoff 20, H. Robbing 19. C. Wright 20. C. Cole 22, J. Heart 

 M. Johnson 18, H. Cole 13, D. Sprowls 18, C. Powell 13; total 180. 

 Crosswicks— C. Frances 18, W. Ellis 18, Z. McCabe 11, F. Ellis 11, H. 

 Hutchison 11, C. Chambers 16, O. Davis 10, H. Conic 20. Sathsrate 1Q 



G. Geibegon 19; total 149. 



