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E^OIREST AND STREAM. 



(April Si, 1804. 



TEXAS STATE SHOOT. 



The eighteenth annual tournament of the Texas.State Sportsmen's 

 Association, advertised for April 4, 5, 6 and 7, at Austin, Tex , is now 

 a thing of the past, and has glided into historic shades as one of the 

 most enjoyable events within the recollection of the oldest trap shot 

 of this State. 



The Miller boys, under whose auspices the shoot was given, devoted 

 all their time and energy to catering to the wants of the shooters. The 

 service at the traps was excellent, live pigeons plentiful and of good 

 wing, and altogether a very fair lot— some duffers of course, but it 

 makes it all the more interesting to have a lazy incoming cock and 

 then a screaming tailer. The thanks of the fraternity are due Miles 

 and Wallace Miller, two of the most popular gentlemen of the Associ- 

 ation. 



The attendance was not large, owing to the hard times generally and 

 the drouth in southern Texas in particular. But the fraternal spirit 

 with which the average Texan breast is laden was doing business at 

 the old stand, and we had a good time. 



"Where's Holland and his cannon?" was one of the first questions; 

 and nothing but sympathetic expressions were heard in response to 

 the statement that the absentee's wife was ill unto death, 



Mr. C. Triblier, who for years has been known by his nom de trap 

 ' St. Hubert," and who has not failed to attend the tournament for 

 years, wrote that "hard and dry times prevented my attending what, I 

 have always considered the happiest time in my life." 



The veteran "Jim" ( W. F. Stewart, of Galveston) was also conspicu- 

 ous by his absence, and a letter of regret was also received from him. 



A. Holzapfel, of Cuero, was one of the first on the ground. As will 

 be seen bv the scores below, he is now champion of the State by vir- 

 tue of his" having won the individual medal. Brown, of Burton, tied 

 him, but on the second round of the tie shoot. Brown slipped his trolley 

 a little on a pair of blue pigeous, and the little Dutchman from Cuero 

 came in an easy winner. 



One of the most conspicuous characters present was "Red" Register, 

 He is large because he is big, both in heart as of stature, and he con- 

 tributed, along with "Fritz" to the enjoyment of the shooters. Hemp- 

 stead's guide, in the person of W, H. Wheeler, otherwise known as 

 McGinty, was on hand in all his glory, He killed all his singles in the 

 individual shoot, but slipped up on his doubles. Farrnersville was 

 represented by that famous pair of giants, Messrs. Moore and Hope, 

 two men hard to down at any kind of shooting. Mr. A. F. Wilson, of 

 Hearne, dropped in on the third day, interviewed a few friends,, 

 dropped into a lucky "hole" by himself, raked in fifty dollars and 

 gracefully bowed himself out. Mr. Ambold, of Waca, was on hand 

 part of the time camping on Forsgard's trail. His big 10-gauge and 

 six drams of black powder made the heavens frown with a damp dis- 

 approval A petition was circulated, signed by all present, asking him 

 to leave his soft coal burner at home the next time he came. 



Mr. Sparks, of Giddings, Messrs. Cleveland and Speers, of George- 

 town, were under the protecting wintr of Ben Rogers, of Brenham, the 

 n«w president, who knows more about chaperoning shooters than the 

 devil knows of holy water. Ben is a good man and the Association 

 will have a president in him that will do it a great deal of good 



San Antonio of course sent the largest delegation, it always does 

 She was ably represented by Messrs. H. E. Vernor, A, W. Adams 

 (partly of Chicago), A. B. Critzer, G. A. Cbabot and O. C. Guessaz, 

 otherwise known as "Texas Field." 



The meeting of the Association was held at Salge's parlors on the 

 evening of the 5th inst., and the following officers were elected: Pres., 

 Ben Rogers, Brenham; Vice-Pres., A. B Critzer, San Antonio; Sec'y- 

 Treas., Adolph Dreiss, San Antonio. San Antonio was chosen as the 

 next place of meeting and that announcement alone is sufficient to 

 secure a large attendance. Scores: 



First Day. 



No. 1, 10 targets: 



Miller 1101111101— 9 Brown 1011111111— 9 



Register 0111100001— 5 Texas Field 10' 1101110— 7 



Forsgard ,...1111111111-10 Holzapfel 1111011100 — 7 



24-gauge 1111110111— 9 Atcheson 1001011111— 7 



Hope ...1010111110- 7 McGinty 1110111111— 9 



Moore 0101111011— 7 Rogers 1000010001— 3 



Fritz 1111111011— 9 Sutor 1101100101— 6 



Greener 10010^1010— 4 



No. 2, 15 single targets: 



Moore 111110101000011— 9 Greener iionoooif'UOOOOl— 4 



McGinty 111011111111111-14 Brown 11111101111 '111-14 



Miller 111011110111111—13 Fritz 101111111111111—14 



Sparks OllllOlllOlOOOl 9 Holzapfel 101111111111111—14 



Texas Field 101 11 1 1 1 10 1 101 1 — 12 Hope 011110110101010- 9 



24-gauge 011111101011001—10 Register ...100100001001101- 5 



Forsgard 011111101101110-11 Atchison 111111110111110-13 



No 3, 15 singles, unknown angles: 



Greener 111000100010000 — 5 MeGinty 011111111011111—13 



Holzapfel 111111011011111—13 Fritz 111101111101111—13 



Miller 111111111101111—14 Forsgard 111110110111111—13 



Moore 101011001110011— 9 Register 111010110100001— 8 



24-gauge. 110111001110111—11 Sparks Olllllll 1011010— 11 



Brown 010111110000111- 9 



No. 4. 10 live pigeons: 



Rogers 0002220102 - 5 Fritz 1001110120— 6 



McGinty 1211211211—10 Holzapfel 1212111201— 9 



24-gauge 1121222210—10 Register 0120100110— 6 



Moore 1210111102— 8 Brown 2122111012— 9 



Greener 0201001112— 6 Texas Field 1111111222—10 



Hope 1220111111— 9 Forsgard 1212122111—10 



No. 5, 20 targets: 



Holz 11111111111010001111—16 Miller 11110111011101100111—15 



Fritz 11111111111010011111-17 Sayers 01110011111110101100-13 



Texas FieldlOllllOlOiOl lOlllltl— 14 ForsKard. .01101111111110111101— 16 



Sparks .... 10111000101 1 1 1 101 101 - 1 3 Booth 000100011001001 00101— 6 



McGinty... 11110011111001110111— 15 Brown 10111 1 10111011011101— 15 



24-gauge.. .11111111111010101111— 17 Atchison. ..11110011010110011111— 14 



No. 6, 10 targets, unknown angles: 



Fritz ' 0111111111—9 Forsgard 1111111011—9 



Holz 1111110101-8 Miller 1011011100—6 



MeGinty 1111111101—9 Register OilOOOQOOO— 2 



Moore 01 0001001 1—4 Sparks 111011 1110-8 



Hope 0010100110 -4 24-gauge 0111101001—6 



No. 7, 15 targets: 



McGinty 111000001101110 - 8 Register.., 111011011111111—13 



Miller 111111111011111—14 Brown 101111110111110—12 



24-gauge 111111001111111 -13 Fritz 111111101110001—11 



Moore 010111101011111-11 Atchison 111101101111111—13 



Holzapfel 111111111111111—15 Sparks OllillOllllOlOl— 10 



Forsgard 101101100011111—10 



No. 8, 7 live pigeons: 



Miller 1120121-6 Hope 1121121—7 



Holz 1812322 - 7 Moore 1112011-6 



24-gauge 1110111—6 Brown 12.2220 5 



Register 0000210 3 Fritz 1211-22-7 



Texas Field 112.211-6 Forsgard. 2111111—7 



McGinty 1111121—7 



No. 8, 7 live pigeons: 



Miller 1 1 21 10 1—6 Hope , 02121 1 2—6 



Register 1111100 — 5 Fritz 2121122—7 



Holz 0211120—5 Texas Field 1.121 12- 6 



Moore 1121122—7 Greener 1000200 2 



McGinty 12)1210-6 Forsgard 0212021- 5 



24-gaege 1211022-6 



No. 9, 15 targets: 



Miller 011011111011111—12 Fritz 001100101001011— 7 



Register 111110111110101—12 2 -gauge 111111011111111—14 



Sparks 101011110111100-10 Holz 011111101111011—12 



McGinty 1111111110^1011 — 12 Lee lOlUloioiliOOl— 10 



Greener; 1000000 tlOOOOOd - ;-; s-w D 1H101H1111010-12 



Forsgard 110101011011111-11 Durst OlOloiw , - 



No. 10, 15 targets: 



Fritz 100110110110011-10 Register 110110111111110-12 



Brown 110111111011111—13 Miller...,,..., .011001110101111—10 



24-gauge 110010101111101—10 Durst 110111100001011— 9 



Wilson..... 010100001111101— 8 Holzapfel 111111111110111—14 



Moore lOlllOOlOOOllll- 9 Sparks OllllOlllOllOlO— 10 



Hope OlOlOOllOimil— 10 Forsgard 100111001101011— 9 



McGinty 101110101101110-10 



No. 11, 15 targets: 



McGinty 110110111111111—13 Holz.- 110111111111011—13 



Fritz 110111111111011-13 Miller 111111111011111—14 



Moore 111110101111111—13 Durst 110011111111111—13 



Wilson 1 01 10000001 ] 010— 6 24 -gauge 1 1 101 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 1—14 



Brown 111111111111110—14 Forsgard 111111111010111—13 



Register 111111111111111-15 Goodrich 000000000101100— 3 



Hope 011011001100111— 9 



No. 12, 5 live birds: 



Brown 12112—5 Durst 01011—2 



Fritz 10111—4 Moore 10112—4 



Wilson 11201—4 Register 10100—2 



McGinty 01110-3 Hope 21101—4 



Miller 11001—3 



Ties on second won by Fritz and Moure. Ties on third won by Miller, 



Second Day. 



Ten targets: 



Brown , 1011111111— 9 Fritz 0111001111— 7 



Hope 1110011110— 7 Moore 1100111001— 6 



Register 1101111001— 7 Sparks 1101111011— 8 



Holzapfel 1101110111— 8 Ambold OlOlillin— 8 



McGinty 0111010100- 5 Forsgard 1010100110- 5 



Miller 1111111111—10 Atchison, 1011011111— 8 



Fifteen targets: 



Fritz 1011 1 1 1 1 1 101 1 11 -13 McGinty 011110111101001—10 



Holzapfel 011111111111111-14 Miller 110111111101101—12 



24-gauge 1 1101 1 1 01 101 101-11 Brown 1 1 11 1 101 0001 1 1 0—10 



Ambold 010110000110000— 5 Sparks 100010111101100— 8 



Moore 301011111100111—11 Forsgard 010111011101111—11 



Ten live pigeons: 



Miller 1102000201 5 Ambold 0220200211— 6 



McGinty 1111111112-10 Register 0201011111— 7 



Moore 1111111001— 8 Holzapfel 1212111111-10 



Hope 1111010101- 7 24 gauge 1121021120- 8 



Fritz 1012102210— 7 Forsgard 0101212211— 8 



Brown 1021112112- 9 



Six live pigeons: 



Holz 101111-5 Moore 



Brown 121112—6 Register •00111—3 



Miller 001021—3 Hope 101211—5 



McGinty 201101-4 Ambold 210221-6 



Fritz 212111—6 



Twenty -five targets: 



Holz 1101011111011111111111111-22 



Swiveller 10001110110.0001111011011—15 



24-gauge. 00001110111111111111H111— 20 



Miller 1111110111111111111110111- 23 



Register 1111111111111111111100011—22 



i'.'.' ■J-:::.r~ .,i i". :.;,': ' :' ,\i:Vi .'I) III! '.-, 



Fritz .- 1111101111101111111111110-22 



Ambold 101101 110001! I 



Brown 1111111111101111101111111—23 



Fifteen targets: 



Ten targets: 



1011110111111011011111101— 





101110111101110— 





101110110011101— 



Fritz 



111111110111111— 





101110101111111— 



Clark 



0101010110- 





0110101101- 





1101000111- 



.0101100001—4 



11 10—11 

 10 01— 7 

 10 .1-11 



Moore 0011000101—4 Forsgard 



Fritz 1(00111111—7 



Ten targets: 



Register 0101100101—5 Brown 0110011111—7 



Hope 1011111110-8 24-gauge 1111111011-9 



Moore 0001101111—6 Sparks 0011110111—7 



Swiveller 1111001011—7 Fritz 101111011 1— 8 



Ambold 1010001110—5 Clark 0111011101—7 



Holzapfel 1110101111—8 McGinty 1101001111—7 



Miller .1011111110-8 Forsgard 1101011011—7 



Miss-and-out at live birds: Miller 0, Holz 3, McGinty 1, Brown 3, 

 Fritz 3. Ambold 2, Sparks 1, Moore 2, Hope 2, 24-gauge. Holz, Brown 

 and Fritz divide 



Same as above: McGinty 2, Moore 0, Holz 5, Fritz 5, 24-gauge 3, 

 Ambold 3, Miller 0, Brown 4, Sparks 0. 

 Ten live pigeons: 



McGinty 2112111212-10 Holz 2121112111-10 



Moore 2122222210— 9 Fritz 2102020101- 6 



Hope 2012121111— 9 Miller 1011210112- 8 



Brown 0111201121— 8 Ambold 1021011111— 8 



Twenty targets: 



McGinty.. .1011011011 1111111101— 14 Miller 11110110111111011111-17 



Fritz 11101101011111001111—15 24-gauge. ..10111111001011001110— 13 



Moore 01010101011111110111—14 Register. ..11100110111111101111— 16 



Holz 11111101111111111111—19 Forsgood.. 11111010111111111111— 18 



Ambold ... .1 1010010011 1 1101 1 101 —13 



Miss-and-out. at pigeons: Moore 1, Register 1, McGinty 1, Fritz 4, 

 Texas Field 7, Sparks 7, Critzer 4, Miller h 



Third Day. 



Fifteen targets: 



Fritz 1100111101 11 111— 12 Holz 111111111111110—14 



Durst 111000111111101—11 Moore OOOllOlOllillOO— 8 



Brown 11 111111 1 11 1 1 10— 14 Miller 1101 1 11 11101111— 13 



Lockhart 011111100011100— 9 Turner 111011001101011—10 



Nalle 001110011000010— 7 Adams 111101101111110—12 



24-gauge 011001001101100— 7 Greener 011110011100001— 8 



McGinty 111101101111011-12 Booth 111100100010111— 9 



Ten targets: 



Adams 0111001 110— 6 Fritz 011 1101001— 6 



McGinty 1011110101—7 Holz 1100101010-5 



Turner 1111011101—8 Sparks 1011101111—8 



Rogers 0001111010—5 24-gauge 1110111101—8 



Miller 1001 1 1 1 1 1 1 —8 Brown 1011 100101— 6 



Seven live birds: 



Holz 1 112112—7 Texas Field .112112—6 



Greener 1111121—7 Fritz 1202110-5 



Miller t 0211211—6 Sparks 10.2101—4 



Chabot .0.1111—4 Brown 211H21— 7 



Adams 0001210-3 24-gauge 211211.— 6 



Moore 1121112—7 Hope 2221110—6 



McGinty 2111011—6 Turner 0012001—3 



Ten single and two pairs live pigeons, for the individual champion- 

 ship medal: 



Greener, 12-g. Greener 021121.011 11 10—10 



McGinty, 12-g. Colt 1112122121 01 00—11 



Miller, 12-g. Greener 1011112001 00 00 - 8 



Fritz, 12-g. Greener 22..112201 01 10— 9 



Brown, 10-g. Greener 1211222)12 10 11—13 



Moore, 12-g. Smith 01 1 1 1 1 .21 1 



Chabot, 20-g. Kessler ..1 .022011 



Texas Field, 20-g. Kessler 11.1112111 



24-gauge, 20-g. Kessler 1.111121 11 00 1 1—11 



Turner, 20-g. Kessler 11202.2101 01 01— 9 



Holz, 12-g. Smith 1112212112 11 01—13 



Hope, 12-g. Smith 2102201011 11 01—10 



Wilson, 10 g. Smith . . .• 1201112111 01 11—12 



Holzapfel, of Cuero, wins the medal on the tie shoot with Brown. 

 He used E. C. powder and No. 7 shot. Brown used Walsrode powder, 

 same shot. 



Seven live birds: 



Miller 11.1102-5 Turner 2121101—6 



Chabot 1210111-6 Adams .101121—5 



Brown H22121— 7 Greener 1211111—7 



McGinty 1112112—7 Fritz 2.12211—6 



Holz 1101211-6 Hope 121.110—5 



24-gauge 11.1101- 5 Wilson 0101011—4 



Moore 1212111—7 Harrell 1021111—6 



Texas Field 11.1111-6 



Ten targets: 



McGinty 1111111100-8 Greener 1101111111—9 



Holz 1011111101—8 A dams 01111 1 1 1 11—9 



Harrell 1 10010101 1—6 24-gauge 1111101 010—7 



Fritz 11)111 1010—8 Turner, 00)1 1 1 1 01 1— 7 



Chabot 1010000100—3 Moore 0100100011—4 



Texas Field 0111111110—8 Forsgard OiilliOOOO— 5 



Miller. 1111111110-9 Wilson 1100100101—5 



Twenty targets: 



McGinty... 01111001101010111011— 13 Holz 11110011111111011101—16 



Miller lOlOOlllllllllllllll— 17 Fritz 00101101101111111111—15 



24-gauge... 00111110010101 111011— 13 Turner ....10110111100011011100-12 

 Greener.. . .11011101101001010110—12 Harrell. . . .00111110001110010000 — 9 



Adams 00000101010101111111-11 Wilson.... ,10000011001111111010— 11 



Fifteen targets: 



Holz 011111111011110—12 Adams 111011)11101111—13 



Turner 101110011101101—10 24-gauge 011111111111101—13 



Moore 111011001110101—10 McGinty HOlOll 11 010011— 10 



Texas Field lll01010l01lUl-ll Greener 111110011011110—11 



Register 101110011 111111— 12 Harrell 001011011111011— 10 



Miller 111111111111110—14 Brown 111110111101111—13 



Fritz 111101101111010—11 Wilson 100011101111100 - 9 



Twenty-five targets, $25 added, merchandise shoot: 



McGinty 1011111100111111101101101—19 



Durst 11 0101100011 01 1 1 100010100—14 



Lockhart 100011 1 1 1 1110001010100101— 14 



Basnet , 1001010001111110001110010— 9 



Nalle 0011101010011110111111011—17 



Brown 1110111110111111111111011—22 



Booth 1001111100010000001111111—14 



Moore 1111101110101111111111101—21 



Holz 0111101111111111111111111—23 



Chabot 1001110000010100101011011—12 



Greener IOIOIIOIII11I11 1011100111—19 



24-gauge OOOUllllllllllOlllOllOll— 19 



Adams , 0111111011111101111111111—21 



Texas Field 01110111 1 1011001 111111110-18 



Turner 1110111101111111110110111—21 



Rogers 1111101010111111101110011—19 



Hope 1111011110111100010011100-16 



Miller. lllllllOlllllllllllimiO— 23 



Sparks 1101101111110000011011111—17 



George 0110000101000000100001010— 7 



Forsgard .0101001111111000000011000—11 



Fritz 1101110101110110011111111—19 



11 01 11 10 10-13 

 01 00 11 10 10—13-26 



10 11 11 11 11—19 



11 10 10 11 10—16—35 



00 11 10 10 10-13 

 11 10 11 10 10-12—25 



00 10 10 10 10- 9 

 11 00 11 11 11-16-25 



Fourth Day. * 



Shoot for team championship medal, at 10 singles and 5 pairs tar- 

 gets: 



Austin Team No. 1. 



Greener 0101110011 



Durst 1110011111 



Austin Team No. 2, 



Miller llllllllll 



Fritz ; 0111111111 



San Antonio Team. 



Turner 1111101111 



24-gauge 0010100111 



Hempstead Team. 



Register 1101010010 



McGinty 0110111111 



Austin Team No. 2 wins the team medal. 

 Miss and out, live pisreons: Greener 4, G. S. Cleveland 0, W. F. 

 Cleveland 0, Chabot 1, Holz 1, McGinty 1, Steele 2, Durst 2. 

 Twenty single targets: 



24-gauge. . .11011100111001011110—13 Steele 00000100010000001001— 4 



Greener... .lOOllllllllllOOOlirO— 13 WF Cleve- 



Adams 11111110010111101111—16 land 00110000001000000001— 4 



Holz 00111100011100011100-11 Durst 11011110111101101011—15 



Register... 10111100111011111101— 15 Brown 10011111100111101100 -13 



C S Cleve- . Turner 1101101011011011111—14 



land 0100110*000000000000— 4 Fritz 11111011100111111111—17 



McGinty... 01011011011011111111— 14 Texas FieldllllllOllOlOllllllll— 17 



Ten targets: 



Holz 1111100101-7 Steele 0111001001—5 



Fritz 0110101010—5 Turner 1101011110—7 



24-gauge 11)111 1110—9 Miller 101110101 1—7 



Greener 01 1101 101 1 -7 McGinty 1 1 01 11 1 11 1—9 



Durst 1010111111—8 Chabot 1110101100-6 



O S Cleveland 0000001 f>00— 1 Register 0011110001—5 



Adams ,. 1111111010- 



W F Cleveland 1010001100-4 



Twenty targets: 

 W F Cleve- 



Brown 1111101100—7 



Texas Field 1101111010—7 



24-gauge. . 11111111111111111001—18 



land 00010000100101010010— 6 Fritz 01011111111110111101—16 



Holz 11111011111101111110—17 Chabot 01101111000111001101—12 



Adams , . . .00111010111111111010—14 Register. . .111001111111111111C1— 17 



Miller 1 1 1 1 01 1 1 1ll 111110110— 17 McGinty. . .10011011110111011101— 14 



Greener. ...11110101111100111011— 15 Brown 0110110101011 1110111—14 



C S Cleve- Steele 011 01 0000101 00000011— 7 



land 100000000 11000000000— 3 Durst 11110110111111010111—16 



Turner ....01011011111111100111— 15 TexasFieldllOlOllllllllllOOlll— 16 

 Ten targets: 



WF Cleveland :,:,,r - ; 



Adams 1101111110 — 8 



Turner 1111101111—9 



Texas Field 0110101111—7 



Miller 1011011101—7 



Fritz 0111111011—8 



Fifteen targets: 

 Miller 111111111101111—14 



- r m 1 1 >■ 11 1 ,H_ 



Holz 111111111011101—13 



Holz 1101110111—8 



Brown... 1011111011-8 



Register 1101101010-6 



24 gauge 1000001000 -2 



C S Cleveland 0101000000-2 



Durst 111110110011111-12 



Adams 101111111111111—14 



C S Cleveland. ..001100001001101— 5 



Brown 011011111011111—12 Register 011101010101010— 8 



Turner. 111111010111111—13 Fritz 111001111111011—12 



24-gauge 101111011100011—10 Greener 111100101101110—10 



McGinty 011111001011011-10 Texas Field . . , .001111111111111—13 



Ten pigeons, one barrel: 



Brown .11111)111—9 Register 11.1011100-6 



Holz 111011)011—8 Greener 10001101.1—5 



24-gauge 1110.10.11-6 Durst 11110101.1—7 



Miller 1011101110-7 Fritz 1.0010.111—5 



McGinty 1001111111—8 W F Cleveland 0000010010-2 



Texas Field 01111111.1—8 Chabot 01101.1101-6 



As Mr. Adams (a visitor from Chicago) says: "I have been to many 

 tournaments in my life, but never have I ever met such a lot of fine, 

 broad-hearted and rollicking good fellows as I have met at your tour- 

 nament, and if I live until your next meeting I shall certainly he on 

 hand, and will probably bring Rollo Heikes and a few more of our 

 Northern sportsmen to enjoy your splendid hospitality and warm- 

 hearted reception. The crowd was small, but we had lots of fun " 



O. C. G. 



Trap Shooting at Ellicott City. 



Continued bad weather since Easter Monday prevented the usual 

 weekly shooting in this town, but the match between Dr. Fort and 

 Thos. Kirby for the Democrat trophy was scheduled for April 7, rain 

 or shine, and as it was a fairly pleasant day, a large number of 

 spectators visited the grouuds and witnessed tile shooting. As there 

 were two other would-be challengers present, it was suggested that a 

 squad be made of four men, the high man to take the trophy, Conse- 

 quently the "big four" of the club lined up. and this is the result: 



J O Jones 1111111111101111111111111—24 



Dr S J Fort lllllllllOOllllllllllllll— 23 



E A Talbott 1111011111101111111110111—22 



Thos Kirby 1011111101111111111011111-22 



Mr. Jones, the second winner of the trophy, is the oldest member of 

 the club by virtue of years and experience in the field. He shoots a 

 high grade Parker gun and American wood powder. His victory over 

 Dr. Fort is all the more creditable since this latter individual, though 

 young in years is a veteran trap-shooter, as well as a first-class all- 

 round shot with any firearm. 



E. A. Talbott, the third of this club syndicate, is the president of the 

 club, a prominent citizen and business man of the town, but a very 

 new man at the traps, having only begun such shooting the fall of 

 1893. He shoots a Colt gun and American wood powder. 



Thos. Kirby, last but "by no means least in the quartette, is a stone 

 mason by trade and a shooter by birth. He is also a begiuner in trap- 

 shooting, but a bad infant to beat; like all the rest, he believes in 

 American wood powder and the Parker gun. 



Mr. Jones was immediately challenged for the trophy by S. Hill- 

 singer, and the date set is April 11. 



The following scores were made by the club during the afternoon, 

 Nos. 1 and 2 at 5. the rest af 10 targets: 



1SSU56 78 1 2 3 U 5 6 7 8 



JO Jones.... 4 3 6 6 7 8 7 7 S Hillsinger ..2 3 6 6 6 



DrSJFort..4 4 9 9 8 10 9 9 N Jones 3 2 5 5 4 5 5.. 



T Kirby 4 3 7 7 7 6 7 8 Makesson 6 6 



EATalbott..3 3 6 7 7 8 8 8 



Secretary. 



Boiling Springs Club. 



Rutherford, N. J , April 7. — Inclosed please, find scores of monthly 

 shoot and sweeps shot on our grounds on the above date in a snow 

 storm: 



James 101101000110011 11 11 101011— 16 



Paul 1111111111101111111100111—22 



Mackey 0111011011111101111111110—20 



Lane lllllOlllOOtiollllOOlOUl— 18 



Hallister 1111111111111111111111111-25 



Huck 1011101111111011111011110—20 



Jeannerette 1001101111111111111010011—19 ■ 



Lenone 1110111111111011011100110-19 



McAlpin 0111101111111111111111111-23 . 



Gaylor 0111111011111110110110111-20 



Johnson 1000010101101101 0 00100100— 10 



Sweep No. 1, 25 birds, $\: Hollister 21, Lenone 18, McKay 17, Paul 20, 

 Lane 16, E. Jeannerette 19, Huck 20. 



No. 2, same: Tjenone 11, McAlpin 21, Johnson 13, Gaylor 15, McKay 

 20, Huck 20, Paul 21. 



No. 3, 15 birds, $1: Huck 13, Lenone 10, McKay 13, James 9, Hollte- 

 ter 11, Lane 10. 



No. 4, 25 birds, $1 : Lenone 18, Hollister 23, McKay 22. 



Expert rules, 10 birds, 50 cts.: Johnson 2, McAlpin 7, Lenone 7, Mc- 

 Kay 6, Paul 5, Gaylor 6, Hollister 8, Collins 9. k W. H. 



George Work Wins at Tuxedo. 



There was some of the finest kind of shooting during the progress 

 of the Tuxedo sweepstakes on April 13 and 14 at Tuxedo, N. J. The 

 conditions were 100 birds per man (50 each day), 30yds. rise, 50yds. 

 boundary, $100 entry. The entries were L. S. Thompson, Carteret 

 Gun Club: George Work, Westminster Kennel Club; C. A. Macalester, 

 Philadelphia Gun Club; Fred Hoey. Westminster Kennel Club; R. A. 

 Welch, Riverton Gun Club; Edgar G. Murphy, Larchmont Gun Club, 

 andN. C. Reynal, Westminster Kennel Club. 



On the first day (tie weather was cool, with a northwest wind. John 

 S. Hoey was referee. At the finish of the day the scores stood, Work 

 47, Thompson 46, Macalester 46, Murphy 44, Welch 43, Reynal 40 and 

 Hoey 36. The dead out of bounds were: Thompson, Welch and Mur- 

 phy 1 each , Work 2, Macalester and Reynal 4 each and Hoey 6. 



On the second day there was a stiff wind from the northwest and 

 the birds flew strong. Work kept up his pace of the previous day and 

 gac 49 out of his 50, giving him an aggregate of 96 kills. Macalester 

 killed 47, Murphy 47, Thompson 45 and Welch 45. Hoey and Reynal 

 withdrew. The totals for the two days were, Work 96, Thompson 91, 

 Macalester 91, Murphy 91, Welch 88. The three men in the tie for sec- 

 ond shot off at 10 birds each. Macalester and Murphy killed 9 each 

 and divided, Thompson killing 7. 



