282 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[March 31, 1894. 



Greenville vs. Excelsior. 



On Wednesday night of last -week, the "celery" district in Jersey 

 City known as Greenville, was the scene of a large gathering of rifle- 

 men and their friends. It was tbe third anniversary of the organiza- 

 tion of the Greenville Rifle Club, and in order to make the occasion of 

 greater interest to members and guests, a team match was arranged 

 with the Excelsior Club, 10 men a side 



The weather was beastly, rain and heavy fog enveloping the entire 

 city and harbor, making travel both uncomfortable and dangerous. 

 Many friends of the club from the upper part of New York and Brook- 

 lyn were prevented from being on hand to participate in the festivities 

 owing to tbe weather conditions. The two cities, however, were well 

 represented by a delegation of sportsmen who were impervious to 

 rain or fog. With them came the ■ Mauhasset Quartette of Brooklyn, 

 the echo of whose songs are so popular in the Edison Phonograph at 

 the present time. Recitations and good stories by Messrs. Spayne 

 and Dalton of Brooklyn, and by that local humorist Robert McDonald, 

 interspersed with songs of the qaartette, and others kept the large 

 gathering which filled the club house in a continuous condition of 

 mirth and good fellowship. The club's ''Chef,'' Edward Borr, was in 

 his element; he had his lunch tables loaded with the good things that 

 help to put the inner man in good humor with the outer. 



The shooting off of the match part of the programme was not 

 started until nearly 9 o'clock P. M. The hime club had its best shoot- 

 iDg talent on hand" and In good form to uphold the honor of Green- 

 ville. The Excelsior team, accompanied by a large delegation of 

 friends and members of the club, was on hand at an early hour in the 

 evening engaged in practice upon the ranges, in order to get the lay of 

 land, as it were. It was reported that Capt. Hansen had been for 

 several days previous to the match engaged in putting his team 

 through a severe course of training in order to be in condition to 

 recover the prestige which the Greenville team secured in the last 

 series of matches. Capt. Hansen's well-laid plans went amiss through 

 the machinations of Chef Borr, who, as soon as his eye rested upon 

 their good form, says to himself, "By gum! EH stiffen every mother's 

 son of them, till they're so full they can't shoot a little hit," and at 

 them be went, and in short order all of Capt, Hansen's labor of the 

 previous week was gone to the dogs. 



The Greenville team put up the highest total score for a 10-men 

 team ever made in the gallery, it being no less than 2,341, against 2,261 

 for the Excelsior team. The latter team, as a whole, shot, in poor 

 form, but as Jimrnie Hughes expressed it. the}"" had a Hugh time, and 

 if the Excelsior team desire to down the Greenville team in the future, 

 the Excelsior Club will have to add all the latest improvements in club 

 shooting, among which will be a Chef "a la Borr." The scores are 

 appended, 10 shots per man. possible 250: 



Excelsior Team, 



Weber 25 25 24 24 24 24 23 22 19 18-228 



Hughes 25 24 23 22 21 21 20 20 20 20-2)0 



Phinev 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 22 22 22-233 



Chauning 25 25 25 24 24 23 22 21 21 19- 229 



Thomas ; .25 25 24 24 24 23 23 22 22 21-233 



Hennessey 25 25 25 24 24 24 23 22 22 21—235 



Bauchle 24 24 23 2.3 22 22 22 21 21 21—223 



Boyce 25 25 24 24 23 23 23 22 22 21—232 



Hansen 35 25 25 25 25 24 24 22 22 21-238 



Duff 25 25 24 24 24 22 22 21 19 18—224-2291 



Greenville Team. 



Plaisted 25 25 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 21—230 



Chavant 25 25 25 24 23 23 21 20 20 18-224 



Bobidoax 25 25 25 25 24 24 23 23 22 21—237 



C Boag 25 25 25 24 24 24 23 22 21 20-233 



Lutz 25 24 24 24 24 24 23 23 23 22—236 



J Boag 25 25 24 22 23 22 22 21 20 20-225 



Purkess 25 25 25 25 25 24 23 23 22 21—238 



Collins 25 25 24 24 24 24 23 23 22 22-236 



Scheeline 25 25 25 24 24 23 22 22 21 19-230 



Dorrler 25 25 25 25 25 25 24 24 24 24-246—2341 



E. A. Caef, scorer. 



Jerseymen at the Targets. 



The Saturday outing of riflemen from the Greenville and Excelsior 

 Clubs, in Armbruster's Park, on March 24, brought together the usual 

 number of regulars. The weather was warm "and clear, light and 

 variable winds with a dry atmosphere gave some of the lubricated 

 bullet cranks more or less trouble during the afternoon. Messrs. 

 Dorrler, Hansen, Plaisted and Chavant went into a handicap sweep, 

 100 shots per man, Dorrler granting Hansen 25 points, Plaisted 50 and 

 Chavant 100. 



Dorrler did not shoot in the high form that he has been in of late, 

 his total for the 100 shots being 2.228. Hansen made with bis handicap 

 of 25 points a total of 2,227, one point behind the old veteran. Plaisted 

 got into trouble, in his third and fourth strings and made a poor 

 showing in his 100 shots, making only 2.0132 in his total. Chavant 

 retired from the contest on his fifth string. Robidoux, C. Boag, 

 Scheeline, Hill, Agneau and Frank Chase, of the Greenville Club, were 

 on hand and participated a few practice scores. After the close of the 

 shooting, all hands adjourned to the dining room of the Hotel Arm- 

 bruster, where a pleasant hour was spent in discussing the merits of 

 one of Mother Armbruster's Saturday evening lunches. Scores: 



Chavant 20 19 22 20 22 22 21 17 18 24-206 



18 15 20 25 25 22 17 20 21 16—199 



22 19 20 17 19 21 24 13 10 25-199 

 18 22 22 22 22 20 19 15 24 22 - 208 



21 18 16 17 24 11 19 15 15 25w 

 Hansen 21 19 25 18 19 20 23 22 21 23—211 



24 24 25 19 23 24 24 22 21 23-228 



23 83 23 20 23 21 24 20 22 24-223 



24 25 22 23 23 25 23 19 18 23-225 



22 22 24 25 19 21 24 23 23 22—221 



18 21 22 13 24 23 23 23 23 514-213 



23 21 22 23 18 22 17 23 23 19—211 

 22 21 20 25 20 23 24 21 24 24-224 

 21 24 25 22 24 25 23 24 25 20—283 



21 19 22 24 21 22 16 24 20 24—213—2202 

 Handicap 25 



2227 



Robidoux 21 24 19 17 24 25 22 13 20 23—218 



0 Boag 25 23 19 21 23 20 19 17 24 21-212 



Scheeline 16 21 10 17 24 20 18 24 25 21-206 



Hill 18 ]8 21 14 16 13 21 15 10 18—170 



Agneau i 22 21 20 16 16 22 10 13 20 9—169 



Plaisted 22 23 18 20 23 21 20 24 19 19-209 



25 13 33 19 20 24 20 21 21 25-210 



19 23 22 18 19 21 20 16 14 14—186 



22 22 19 9 10 20 20 17 14 19 - 176 



24 21 23 19 18 22 24 22 18 24-215 



19 20 20 18 23 21 25 24 22 21—213 



23 25 18 22 23 25 21 16 25 10—214 



15 23 23 20 22 20 25 19 25 20—212 



21 18 25 22 22 17 23 30 19 31—206 



20 25 21 21 18 25 24 18 24 25-221—2062 

 Handicap , 50 



3112 



Dorrler, scratch 23 21 24 21 24 21 24 17 24 22—221 



22 23 22 21 20 21 20 25 25 25-225 



21 22 24 24 17 24 22 20 25 25—223 



24 24 19 22 18 18 25 21 24 22—220 



23 19 25 21 20 24 17 24 22 21—215 



25 25 25 23 24 23 21 23 23 21-233 



16 21 24 21 22 25 25 23 21 25 - 335 

 19 22 25 25 19 20 11 14 23 22-218 

 21 25 24 23 18 22 25 24 21 18-221 



23 24 25 24 21 25 25 10 21 23-227—2228 



Schlicht Rifle Club. 



Twenty-four members of the Schlicht Club were present at head- 

 quarters on Monday night to compete for the class medals. The fol- 

 lowing are tbe winners: Geo. Dorr, champion medal; Wui. Schlicht, 

 first class; M. Dans, second class; E. Mehr, third class. The scores 

 are appended, 10 shots each, possible 250: Geo. Schlicht 243, Geo. 

 Dorr 287, Wm. Schlicht. 237, M. Daus 232, J. Diehl 230, A. Meyer 229, 

 Capt. Brellenthine 236, E. Mehr 234. C Siebel 221, Geo. Laule'nberger 

 221, Geo. Richert 220, John Oedrick 220, J. Schlicht 219, L. Dorr 219, G. 

 J. Goehring 219, C. Meyer 216, C. Greek 316, P. Mane 215, G. Scholys 

 215, E. Eoersch 211, P. Dambrix 210, C. Stein 208, J. Bouders 206, A. 

 Tribout 305. 



Our Own Rifle Club. 



The Our Cwn Club of Hoboken, N. J., held its weekly gallery shoot 

 on March 19. Twelve members participated in the competition. 

 Adolph Malz put up the good score of 344. Kruse was second, with 

 240, Boehmcke third, with 238. Nearly every week sees one or more 

 individual matches shot off on the club range' between members of the 

 club. This sort of practice adds to the shooting form and confidence 

 of the rifleman in his rifle. Scores: Adolph Malz 344, J. H. Kruse 240, 

 W. Boehmcke 238. W. P. Dilger 231, F Sessmann 228, 0. Schmidt 224, 

 R. Harthoff, Jr., 218, J Stein 203, H. Molkeuber 203, C. L. Dilger 202, 

 A. T. Cuneo 212, C. Schmidt 202. 



Lady Miller Rifle Club. 



The Lady Miller Rifle Club of Hoboken keeps up the even tenor of 

 its weekly practice for class medals. Some weeks the matrons get 

 away with the medals and the honors, and then again the misses make 

 a rush and reach the goal. This week the matrons got a little the best 

 of the game, winning two out of the three. The winners were Mrs. 

 Meyns first, Mrs. D. Miller second, Miss Sauders third. Scores: Miss 

 Sanders 227, Mrs. Meyns 218. Mrs. D. Miller 218, Mrs. Stein 221, Miss N. 

 Miller 217, Mrs. Ahreiit 215. Mrs. Stadler 212. Mrs. Fish 210, Mi<s Bege- 

 row 207, Mrs. "Volk 211, Miss Maanheimer 209, Miss Yourman 203, Miss 

 Clausen 209. 



Greenville Rifle Club. 



The anniversary racket and team match of the Greenville Club at 

 its headquarters on Wednesday night previous had a disastrous effect 

 upon the nerves of some of the shooters that stuck to them until the 

 practice shoot on Friday night. Only sixteen members were present 

 to participate in. the competition for the class prizes. The scores are 

 appended: Dorrler .215, Plaisted 240, C. Boag 240. Robidoux 239, Pur- 

 kess 239, Collins 236, J. Boag 237, Chavant 234. Dodds 235, Agneau 224, 

 Lembeck 228, E. Wuestner 228, F. Wuestner 210. Hill 323, Barr 228, 

 Holzapf el 204. 



Palisade Rifle Club. 



Fifteen* members of the Palisade Rifle Club met. at headquarters in 

 Geo. Sehlicht's gallery March 18, for weekly practice. Scores: C. 

 Hemberger 234. FredEsperer 234. Geo. Dorr 233, Fred Krobatsch 231, 

 H. Bose 231, R. GUser 219, O, L. Aufdsrheide 216, Fred Ward 212, Wm. 

 Rose 211, Wm. Ahles 210, Ad Ahles 209, Aug. Ahles207, W. Bomtamps 

 205, Henry Aufderheide 200. L. Dumont 200, 



Hartford Rifle Club. 



Hartford, Conn., March 25. — I inclose scores made by the Hartford 

 Rifle Club on Saturday, March 24. Standard American target, 200yds., 

 off-hand. Light good, wind light at first, but blowing a gale at the 

 close. Medal match, singleentry: 



W J Dunbar 8 4 4 6 9 



FKRand , 10 5 7 10 8 



J Edwards 8 9 9 8 8 



H M Pope 7 10 8 8 8 



Re-entry match: 



HA Fox 6 13 



6 3 5 



W J Dunbar 9 



7 3 6 5 S— 65 



7 7 ft 8 8-78 



9 6 5 9 8-79 



7 10 10 6 10-i 



RIFLE NOTES. 



At the weekly shoot of the Excelsior Club on Tuesday night only 

 three men were on hand to compete for the class medals. Heunessey 

 made 244, Duff 241 and Binns 241. The members of the club have been 

 rather negligent In their practice of late, and the result is that their 

 last series of matches with the Greenville Club have been in favor of 

 the Farmers. 



We have been requested by one of our correspondents to set a rule 

 for the settlement of ties in handicap matches. The best rule that we 

 know of in the interest of the sport is to shoot, or in other words, shoot 

 off the ties. Any rule that decides ties by the most center shots or the 

 least outers, gives the advantage to the scratch man in most in- 

 stances. 



The contemplated gallery match between teams from the Williams- 

 burg Schuetzen Corps and the Empire Rifle Club, which grew out of 

 the rivalry generated at the Zettler Club tournament on Feb. 22, will 

 not be shot off this season. The Williamsburgh Corps will open its 

 outdoor shooting at Cypress Hills Park the early part of April, and the 

 gallery rifle will remain in the rack until next winter. 



Tbe Paterson (N. J.) Rifle Association forwarded a challenge to the 

 Greenville Club last week, to shoot a friendly home and home team 

 match, on the outdoor range. The Greenvile Club has accepted the 

 challenge, and the first match is arranged to come off at the Greenville 

 Schuetzen Park, Saturday, April 14. 



The New York Independent Corps opened its season shooting at 

 200yds. on Wednesday of this week in Washington Park, a report of 

 the shoot will appear in next week's issue. The New York Central 

 Corps also opened its season on Thursday in the same park. 



Champion Gus Zimmerman will pay another visit to Europe in June 

 to participate in the great shooting festivals which will be held in 

 Germany, Switzerland and France in July and August 



A visit to Cypress Hills Park last week developed the fact that Chas. 

 C. Wissel is getting this popular resort into first class order to receive 

 the host of riflemen who will be found there with the opening of the 

 summer season in April. 



The Zettler Club will open its summer practice here on April 8. 

 The club has organized a liberal programme of prizes, which should 

 draw out the maximum strength of the shooting element in the club. 



The report in last week's issue of the team tournament of the 

 Dominion Off- Hand Rifle Association shows that our cousins over the 

 border are keeping rifle matters in a healthy condition. We hope to 

 see them represented at. our great shooting festival which comes off 

 in New York in the summer of 1895. This recalls to our mind a 

 remark made some weeks since by that old American rifleman and 

 inventor, J. H. Brown, who, in speaking of the rifle and its interests, 

 declared that the riflemen of America should make a concerted effort 

 to revive international match shooting. No doubt this recommenda- 

 tion of Mr. Brown's will be seconded by every lover of the rifle in the 

 land, but there is a mountain of obstacles in the way of its accom- 

 plishment and no engineer in sight competent to remove or tunnel 

 the obstruction. 



Some of our local followers of rifle matters are inclined to get 

 hysterical over the Ross— Dorrler match, which comes off on April' 16. 

 The two principals in the coming affair are not losing any sleep over 

 its outcome, and to all others we would say keep cool until the crisis 

 is over, when "Wissel will probably have a stock of chopped ice and 

 Mumm to stimulate the joy of the winners and likewise drown the 

 sorrow of the losers. 



A committee from the New York Rifle Club is out looking for a 

 desirable park in which to hold the weekly practice shoots for the 

 coming season. This reminds us that our park proprietors report 

 that their dates lor the coming season have filled up unusually fast 

 thus far and that the prospects are good for a successful year for 

 rifle shooting. 



Now that the outdoor shooticg season is drawing near and r the 

 gallery will be discarded to some extent, it would be a rather interest- 

 ing match to have some Hudson county club pit a team against the 

 famous Hudson Rifle Club. Where are the Millers, could they not 

 make a go at the Marion boys? 



The equipment of the ranges of the Hudson Rifle Club is as near 

 complete as any in the country, being supplied with four ranges, with 

 excellent light, good targets and systematic marking and takes but a 

 short time to shoot team matches, so that the evening can be devoted 

 to sociability as well as marksmanship. Now is the time for some of 

 the clubs to give them a i ub. Who will be first to "knock off their 

 chip" and enjoy their genial hospitality which is always noticeable at 

 their home. . 



J Edwards... 

 D S Seymour 



4 6 10 

 . 8 



, 6 10 10 

 10 8 7 



8 6 10 



FKRand 9 10 



9 9 



5 4 7 



8 0 6 



5 5 6 



4 8 6 



5 7 6 



4 

 4 

 6 

 0 



7 6 10-68 



8 8 7 6-79 

 9 9—77 



4- 45 



5- 45 

 7-01 

 7-65 



9 6 9 _ 



7 9 8 a 4 



8 9 7 6 10 8 9-81 

 8 9 5 8 9 10 9 6-83 

 7 10 10 10 6 10 6 9-1 



8 87889779 8—79 



RD Gardner ..10 10 9 9 8 9 10 9 7 6-87 



H M Pope (50 shots) 10 9 10 10 9 8 10 9 9 9—93 



9 8 7 10 8 10 7 6 10 8—83 

 9 6 7 9 10 10 8 7 10 9-85 

 7 10 8 8 8 7 10 10 6 10-84 

 0889998 10 8 6-81^126 

 H. M. Pope, Sec'y. 



All ties divided unless otherwise reported. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here 

 send in notice like the following: 



FIXTURES. 



April — ,— New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League, third team contest, 

 combined with all-day tournament of South Side Gun Club, at 

 Newark. ST. J. 



April 4 — Morfey vs. Outwater, 50 birds, $50 a side. Morfey vs. 

 Ryan, 25 birds, $25 a side, at Willafd's Park, Paterson. 



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, See'y. 



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

 San Francisco, 



April 7.— Union Gun Club, 50 targets, $5 entry, open to all. Also 

 club and sweepstake shooting, at Springfield, N. J. 



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

 at Grason's Park; two days targets, third day live birds, H, A. Pen- 

 rose and E. D. Miller, Managers. 



April 12.— Morfey vs. Smith, 50 live birds, $50 a side, at Willard's 

 Park, Paterson. 



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

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



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 tournameut, 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 Utica. 



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

 fifth tournament, aud 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. Sheparcl. Sec'y. 



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

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



June 8-9. — Binghamton CN. Y.) Gun Club, first annual tournament. 



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. 



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 4-6.— Central Gun Club tournament, at Duluth, 



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

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

 Louisville, Ky. The Kentucky Gun Club will add 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' League, seventh tourna- 

 ment, at Utica. 



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

 ment, at Syracuse. 4 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 

 these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. 



At the annual meeting of the Fitchburg (Mass.) Rifle and Gun Club 

 the following committees were appointed: Finance Committee, H. I. 

 Wallace. E. B. Twitchell, I. O. Converse; Membership Committee, H. 

 E. Houghton, David Salmond, E. B. Twitchell; House and Grounds 

 E. N. Choate, F. S. Washburn. L. R. Sharkey. G. C. Pierce: Committee 

 on Range, E. E. Howard, C. L, Tenney, W. V. Lowe; Trap Shooting, 

 S. W. Putnam, I. O. Converse, H. A. Estabrook; Indoor Ranse, E. E. 

 Howard. F. S. Washburn. I. O. Converse. A. M. Sanderson, E. F. 

 Lewis; Fish and Game, Chas. H. Potter, C. W. Pillsbury, I. O. Con- 

 verse, S. W. Putnam, Dr. J. W. Stimpson. The report of the range 

 committee that, notwithstanding the new Wallace street, the club 

 would be unmolested, and the range of the club can be used as here- 

 fore, was accepted. 



Columbia, Pa., March 15.— There was a big meeting of sportsmen at 

 Hotel Columbia last evening to reorganize the Columbia Gnu Club, 

 increase Its membership, and make arrangements for the shooting 

 campaign. It was agreed to increase the membership to forty five or 

 fifty. Officers were elected as follows: President, Dr. W. G. Taylor; 

 Vice-President, John C. Broome; Secretary, Harry H. Myers; Treas- 

 urer, Samuel Hoffman; Finance Committee, Messrs. Broome, Taylor, 

 Myers, Watson and Fendrich; Committee on By-Laws. Messrs. Hoff- 

 man and Watson, The club has leased a tract of ground from Mr. 

 Wm. Morris, iu East Columbia, and at the meeting last evening it was 

 decided to erect a club house on the lot. It will be comfortable and 

 adequate for the purposes. 



If the new repeating shotgun of the Winchester Repeating Arms 

 Co. does not go to the front it will not be on account of not having 

 crack shots to handle it. First and foremost the company has secured 

 the services of the champion of Kansas Ciry, Mo., who is shooting 

 the race of his life with tbe new arm. And then they have W. R 

 Hobart, the crack shot aud hustler of the South Side Gun Club, and 

 one of the best of the Jersey shots; and also Ferd E Van Dyke, also 

 of New Jersey, who won the target championship at New London in 

 1892 and who i* a rattling flue shot under all conditions. And again 

 Rollo Heikes has started in to shoot the new gun and intends to 

 make some new records at targets, as well as making it talk loud on 

 live birds. 



'Dutchy" Smith, of Plainfleld, has made two matches with T. W. 

 Morfey, of Paterson. the first to be shot at Willard's Park on April 13 

 and the second at Plainfiekl three weeks later. The conditions, which 

 are identical for each match, are 50 live birds per man, Hurlingham 

 rules to govern, for $50 a side, loser to pay for the birds. Morfey and 

 Lever, of Elizabeth, have also arranged to come together in two 

 matches, one of which will have been shot before this issue appears, 

 but too late for particulars. The conditions for each match are 25 

 live birds per man, $25 a side, Hurlingham rules, except one barrel 

 only to be used. 



Greensboro, N. C, March 18.— The annual meeting of the Greens- 

 boro Gun Club was held last night. All the old officers were re-elected 

 for the ensuing vear, namely: President, James D. Glenn; Secretary 

 and Treasurer, E. L. Hilmer; Captain and General Manager. J. F. Jor- 

 dan. J. W. Fry was elected a member of the executive committ" 

 and E. T. Garsed was elected a member of the club. It was decided to 

 have the weekly shoots for the badge every Sat urday afternoon at 5 

 o'clock. E. L. Gilmer was also directed to look into the matter of 

 holding a tournament during the summer or fall and make the neces- 

 sary arrangements for the same. 



Enoch D. Miller has arranged for a big day's sport on the Union Gun 

 Club grounds at Springfield, N. J., on Saturday, April 9. The main 

 event will be a contest at 50 single targets. $5 entry, for which sixteen 

 entries have already been pledged. There will also be an attractive 

 programme of sweepstake events This will be the regular club day 

 and member will shoot at 30 singles each for the class prizes. Hacks 

 will meet all trains at Millburn. The fun will begin at 10 A. M. 

 The Wilmington Rod and Gun Club and the Claymont Gun Club had 



drick 20, BUderhack 18. Claymont Club-G. Casey 18, Bird 16. A. Casey 

 15, Whortennv 7, Hobbert 12, Brown 20, Cloud 16. Lindsay 8, Hooper 

 19, Edwards 12. 



J. Frank Kleinz retains his old form and is winning live-bird 

 matches from all comers. On March 17 he had a 50 bird go against 

 Horace Young ou the Gloucester race tracks and killed 46 to Young's 

 34. Young lost 6 birds dead out of bounds. The score was as fol- 

 lows, Kleinz allowing Young to shoot at 52 birds: 



Kleinz 20linilyi313anili23l21022ll22132011132l2l2l21120 —4ft 



i uttng ..2231001212131030212201010220010^01121203000121011001—34, 



