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FOREST AND STREAM. 



(May 12, 1894. 



Next Thursday will be a gala day for the members of the Essex Gun 

 Club of Newark and those who are fortunate enough to be invited to 

 take part in the club's semi-annual re-union. The affair will take 

 place on Al. Heritage's Marion Grounds and admission will he by in- 

 vitation only The sport wM begin about 10 o'clock A. M There will 

 be a number of sweepstakes open to members and guests, the club 

 shoot at 10 live birds per man and perhaps a team contest. Al. Heri- 

 tage informs us that a big boiler of chowder will be kept on the fire 

 and that no one will be allowed to suffer the pangs of hunger. 



The return match between teams of six men each, representing the 

 Muncie and Union City Gun Clubs, was shot at Union City, Ind., on 

 April 2fi, each man shooting at 50 targets. The scores: Muncie— Byron 

 Snell 39, Loley Williamson 80, Jas. Simmons 30, C. L. Bender 34, Geo. 

 Kettner 47, Richard Davis 35; total 234. Union City— Frank Murphy 

 41, Ed Kooutz 33, John Barren t 30, Steve Cowdery 20, Chas. Proctor 46, 

 Jos. Schaub 28; total 195. 



Dr. W, F. Carver is one of the most ingenious advertisers in the 

 show business. His latest scheme to catch the eye of the public and 

 incidentallv advertise his own qualifications is a series of challenges, 

 the conditions of which are destined to raise the hair of Brewer, Elli- 

 ott, Fulford, Budd and Thompson and everybody else who owns a 

 shotgun or rifle. He offers to shoot any one or all of ten matches, 

 some of which are decidedly unique. 



There will be an Interesting team contest on the Marion grounds on 

 Decoration Day, when Daniel and Scott Terry will try conclusions 

 against Al. Heritage and William Terry, each man will shoot at 25 live 

 pigeons, under Hurlingham rules except 50yds. boundary, for **" 

 team, loser to pay for the birds. 



The New York and New Jersey shooters who are going to Knoxville 

 will lea.ve New York on Sunday, May 20, at 5 P. M. At Philadelphia 

 they will be ioined by the PennsyU'anians, and at Washington by the 

 District of Columbia contingent. They will arrive at Knoxville on the 

 following day at 3:57 P. M. (central time). 



Local amateurs should not forget the 35-bird handicap for amateurs 

 only to be shot on the Boiling Springs Gun Club grounds on May 19. 

 Entrance §15. inclusive of the birds. Entries, accompanied by 30 per 

 cent, of the entrance fee, will be received by W. H. Huck, Rutherford, 

 N. J., up to May 15. 



The Interstate shoot at Chicago next Thursday, Friday and Saturday 

 will draw all the cracks. Each and every purse hung up is a heavy 

 one, and the man who fails to "come out whole" will have no one but 

 himself to blame. 



The second annual tournament of the Atlantic Trap Shooting Asso- 

 ciation will be held at Lynn, Mass., on Tuesday, May 15, and the man- 

 agement will offer a fine programme. 



The West, Newburgh Gun and Rifle Association will hold its spring 

 tournament on Thursday and Friday of next week. They will put up 

 a good programme for the two days. 



We would respectfully request that the secretaries of the various 

 gun clubs send us one or more copies of their club constitution, by- 

 laws and shooting rules. 



There will be an exodus of trap shooters toward Chicago next week, 

 and on the day following the close of the big Chicago affair they will 

 all rush to Knoxville. 



The Weimer Cartridge Co. announces a tournament to be held at 

 Compton Avenue Park, St. Louis, May 23 to 26 inclusive. All events 

 open to the world. 



J. Wolstencroft did great work with his first barrel in the shoot for 

 the Riverton Challenge Plate. He used his second barrel only five 

 times to kill. 



Don't forget that professionals and experts will be barred from the 

 25-bird handicap at Rutherford next Saturday. 



The Central New York Trap-Shooters' League will hold a tourna- 

 ment at Rochester on May 30 and 31. 



The Endeavor Gun Club of Jersey City will hold an open to all tour- 

 nament at Marion on Sept. 3. 



All the sweepstake events at the New York State shoot at Utica will 

 be open to the world. 

 Live bird shooting on Friday and Saturday at Knoxville. 



C. H. Townsend. 



Stock Yard Gun Club. 



Kansas City, Mo., April 30.— The Stock Yards Gun Club has just 

 finished its yearly shoots at live birds The .first medal was won by 

 C. K. Carmean five times, by B. R, Bridgford twice, and George Stock- 

 well, A. J. Naylor, O. P. Baldwin, J. C- McCoy and L. J. Gillespie once 

 each. C. P. Baldwin, George Keeney, George Stockwell and R. K 

 Campbell won the second medal twice, and W. H. Sawtell, J F. Fry, 

 C. K. Carmean and L. J. Gillespie once each. Ed. Kcoville captured 

 the leather medal three times, B. F. Baldwin twice, Fred. Welhener. C. 

 I. Mills. Jake Young and Mike Rice once each Mike Steele, R. K. 

 Campbell, C. I. Mills, J. W. Olander and L, O. Nutter tied for the 

 leather medal at various times, but were too modest to shoot off the 

 ties. The following table shows the work of the individual members 

 of the club, which as a whole shot at 2,500 birds, killed 1,503, an aver- 

 age of 60.3 per man; 



Per 



Shot at. Broke. Cent. 



JM West 120 



Ed Scovill 130 



Mike Steele 120 



CP Baldwin.... 110 

 J W Olander. . . .110 



Geo Keeney 110 



L O Nutter 110 



J F Fry 110 



CI Mills 110 



J Young 110 



G Stockwell 110 



CK Carmean... 110 

 BR Bridgford.. 110 

 RK. Campbell.. 100 

 G M Walden. , . .100 

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 JO McCoy 80 



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 43.6 

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 48.1 

 61.8 

 56,3 

 59.0 

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 86 3 

 78.1 

 73.0 

 58 0 

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Team Shooting in Kansas. 



Weir City, Kan., May 1. — I inclose scores of team shoot which took 

 place at Columbus, on April 27, two men to a team. The match should 

 have been at 101) targets each, but was reduced to 95 each, owing- to a 

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Special Rate to Chicago Shoot. 



We are advised by Mr. J. H. Robbins, of the Prairie Gun Club, that 

 a special reduced rate has been conceded by the Erie Rroad and that 

 the road will run a special train for the benefit of those Easterners 

 who-conteoiplate Roing to the Cbicago shoot. The train will leave 

 Jersey City at 3:15 P.M., on Monday, May 14, Binghamton 9:18 P M 

 Waverly 10:31 P. M., Elmira 10:50, P. M„ Jamestown 3:08 A. M. Tiles' 

 ^7; Youngstown 6:53 A.M., Akron 8:45 A. M , Marion J2M„ Lima 

 liaa P. M., aud arrive at Cbicago at 7:55 P. M. Those from Boston can 

 join the excursion at Bioghamtou; from Philadelphia at Waverly 

 from Harnsburg at Elmira; from Buffalo and western New York at 

 Jamestnwn; from Columbus at Marion and from Springfield and Dav- 

 ton at Lima. 



Atlantic Association. 



Lynn, Mass., May 5.— Editor Forest and Stream: The second 

 annual tournament and reception of the Atlantic Trap Shooting 

 Association will beheld at Lynn, Mass., on Tuesday, May 15. A very 

 interesting programme has been arranged, consisting of 12 events at 

 known and unknown angles. Class shooting will be adopted, Ameri- 

 can Association rules to govern. Class A will consist of all competi- 

 tors maintaining an average over 80#. Class B 8O3S and under. There 

 will be two or more moneys in each class, according to the number of 

 entries. Lunch will bo served free by the club. Sportsmen desiring 

 an interesting and profitable occasion are iuvited to ut'end Pro- 

 grammes may be had. W, F. Brown, Sec'y. 



Targets at Pittsburgh, 



Kal/mazoo, Mich— Editor Forest and Stream: In your issue of 

 current week is noticed the advertisement of the Cleveland Target Co 

 At the Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association tourna- 

 ment in Pittsourgh, Pa., on April 17, over 5.000 targets were thrown, 

 thus beating by over 1,000 the number of targets ever previously 

 thrown in a single day under the noveltv system. Mv electric auto- 

 matic indicating pull was used exclusively throughout the entire three 

 days of the tournament. Ben O. Bush 



New York State Shoot. 



Utica, N. Y., April 30.— Editor Forest and Stream: Preparations 

 for the nest meeting of the New York State Association for the Pro- 

 tection of Fish and Game, to be held here June 11 to 16, under the aus- 

 pices of the Oneida County Sportsmen's Association, are going rapidly 

 forward. 



The cash prizes will amount to about $3,000, while a magnificent 

 array of merchandise, already amounting to about $1 500, will make 

 the merchandise event one of the best in the history of the Associ- 

 ation. 



The committee on programme has its work substantially completed, 

 and besides the regular events there will be a 50 target race for the 

 championship of New York State at targets. Besides' this there will 

 be a special event for representatives of the press only, and in this 

 event Col. Chas. H. Mowry, of Syracuse, will be handicapped back 

 over the fence. 



It is hoped that the programmes will be ready for distribution about 

 May 20, and parties desiring a copy of the same should make applica- 

 tion at once. The programme this year will be in the form of a flap 

 pocket book, and will be a souvenir well worth preserving. 



Two sets of electric traps will be devoted exclusively to sweepstake 

 shooting, and our friends from over in Jersey, as well as elsewhere, 

 are invited to come and join us, as nobody will be handicapped or 

 barred. 



The ground arrangement will be under the supervision of a compe- 

 tent man. and no pains or expense will be spared to make this the 

 best meeting in the history of the Association. 



Arrangements have been made for reduced rates on all railroads, 

 and the shoot will beheld on the old ball ground, within five minutes' 

 walk of Bagg's and St. James hotels. 



The committee on rules, consisting of Messrs. H. L. Gates, of UMca, 

 C. H. Mowrey, of Syracuse, and Mr. Betson, representing M. R. Bing- 

 ham, of Rome, met here April 25. Messrs. Dingen, of Buffalo, and 

 Hadley, of Rochester, were not present. The same rules in force last 

 year for live-bird and target shooting, as published in the Rochester 

 programme, were adopted, with the following amendment: 



Amend Rule 4 so as to read as follows: 



"Rule 4. Loads.— Charge of powder unlimited. Charge of shot, 

 maximum load, ij^oz., tor any gauge gun. Dixon measure struck 

 off. Any shooter using a larger amount of shot shall forfeit his 

 entrance money and rights in the match. 



"Note. — Dean Richmond trophy. Throw the entire team or teams 

 who will forfeit their entrance money and rights In the match." 



Add a new rule to be known as Rule 26 to read as follows: 



"Rule 26.— No person shall be eligible to shoot on any team contest- 

 ing for the Dean Richmond trophy unless he shall be, first, an actual 

 bona fide citizen of the State of New York; second, he shall have 

 been at least thirty days a member of the club which he shall repre- 

 sent; third, he shall bean actual bona fide resident of the town or 

 city in which said club has its principal headquarters, or of a town or 

 city in the same county immediately adjoining thereto. If any club 

 shall allow any person to shoot on a team not able to comply with all 

 of the above requisites such team shall forfeit its entrance money and 

 all rights in the match, and be subject to such other penalties as the 

 association may prescribe. 



"No moneys shall be paid over or any trophy be awarded if a protest 

 shall be made by any team contesting until the same shall be decided, 

 and the tournament president shall determine how the protest shall 

 be considered and decided. 



"No person shall be eligibe to shoot on any team contesting for the 

 team championship at inanimate targets unless he shall be, first, an 

 actual bona fide citizen of the State of New York; second, he shall 

 have been at least thirty days a member of the club which he shall 

 represent; third, he shall be an actual bona fide resident of the 

 county in which said club has its principal headquarters. 



"If any club shall allow any person to shoot on a team not able to 

 comply with all of the above requirements such team shall forfeit its 

 entrance money and all rights in the match, and be subject to such 

 penalties as the association may prescribe. 



"No moneys shall be paid over or any trophy be awarded if a pro- 

 test shall be made by any team contesting until the same shall be 

 decided, and the tournament president shall determine how the pro- 

 test shall be considered and decided." 



It is believed that these amendments will largely increase the 

 interest in the State team championship and Dean Richmond contest. 



Sportsmen should remember that there will be five days for target 

 shooting, namely Monday to Friday inclusive, and that one day, 

 Saturday, will be devoted to the Dean Richmond trophy contest and 

 live bird sweeps. Henry L. Gates. 



The Interstate at Chicago. 



There seems no reason why the expectations of the Interstate 

 Association and t he Prairie Gun Club shoud not be more than realized, 

 so far as the success of their combined shoot at Chicago next Thurs- 

 day, Friday and Saturday are concerned. The prizes offered are 

 undoubtedly the most attractive aud most valuable ever offered, while 

 the shoot has been so extensively and systematically advertised as to 

 brine it to the notice of every shooter and lover of the sport in the 

 country. 



There will be three sets of traps kept busily throwing targets. On 

 No. 1 set the targets will be thrown known 'traps aud angles; No. 3 

 use known traps and unknown angles; while set No. 3 will be devoted 

 to the novelty rule. On the first day there will be twenty open events, 

 $1 50 to $5 entry; second day thirty events, and third day thirty 

 events. There will also be two sets of live bird traps in use. 



The stake events will be as follows: First day— American champion- 

 ship at targets and the possession of the Lake street elevated gold 

 cup, sweepstakesof $5 each, 100 targets per man, four moneys, novelty 

 rule, the winner in addition to the championship and first money, to 

 receive a beautiful gold vase, inscribed conimemorativeiy of the event 

 valued at $150. 



The Barnard sweepstakes, a sweepstakes of $3 each, 25 targets per 

 man, four moneys, novelty rule, the winner to receive in addition to 

 first money, an order for a suit of sportsmen's clothing, valued at 835. 



Live birds— The Schiller studio overture, $5 entrance, five bird*, 

 three moneys, the winner to be presented with an order for a large- 

 sized bust photograph, valued at $20. 



The Prairie Gun Club stake, a sweepstakes of $12.50 each, 25 birds 

 per man, four moneys, to which will be added $250. 



Second day.— The Clabrough contest, a sweepstakes of $5 each, 50 

 targets per man, four moneys, rapid-fire system, the winner, in addi- 

 tion to first money, to receive a gun valued at $175, 



The amateur standard Keystone target prize, for novices only, a 

 sweepstakes of $3 each. 25 targets per man, four moneys, for ama- 

 teurs only, everything known, the winner to receive, in addition to 

 first money, a substantial and costly trophy. 



Live birds.— The American championship" at live birds for 1894 and 

 1895: The city of Chicago, St. Leger, a sweepstakes of $35 each, 50 

 birds per man, four moneys, to which will be added a purse of $500. 



The Remington Arms Co. stake, $10 entrance, 10 birds, four moneys, 

 the winner to receive, in addition to first money, an order for a haoi- 

 merless shotgun. 



Third day.— The Santa Fe Equipment, a sweepstakes of $5 each, 50 

 targets per man, 30 singles. Novelty rule, and 10 pairs, four moneys, 

 the winner to receive, in addition to first money, an exquisite service 

 of silver plate, nine pieces, that cost $125, presented to the Prairie Gun 

 Club for this event by the management of the Atchison, Topeka & 

 Santa Fe Railroad; n" handicap. 



Live birds— The battle of the giants (Battery No. 2), an intersec- 

 tional contest for the championship and a sweepstakes of $1,000, be- 

 tween teams from the East and West, of 10 men each, 50 birds per 

 man, $50 each, winners to take all. losers to pay all. The Eastern team 

 to be captained by Mr. Justus von Lengerke, of the firm of Von Len- 

 gerke & Detmold, the Western team by Albert M. Hoffman, field cap- 

 tain of the Prairie Gun Club. The captains of the respective teams to 

 select representatives or judges the evening prior to the event, and 

 they to agree upon a referee. Retrieving to be done by dogs. 



The double eagle (Battery No. 1), a sweepstake of $7.50 each, 15 

 birds per man, four moneys, to which will be added at least five double 

 eagles ($20 gold pieces) by the brewers of Chicago. 



The Alberger stake for "young sportsmen," lads under 15 years, 5 

 live birds, entrance cost of birds, three prizes, first $10 gold piece, sec- 

 ond $5 gold piece, third $2.50 gold piece, donated by Col. M H Al- 

 berger. 



The Sherman House, corner Clark and Randolph streets, will be 

 shooters' headquarters. 



Col. Courtney Breaks a Record. 



Syracuse, N. Y., May 5.— About two years ago Harvey McMurchy 

 shooting on the Syracuse Gun Club's grounds, broke 92 out of a pos' 

 sible 100 targets, known traps, unknown angles, the targets being 

 thrown from 5 blueroek traps. Since that time one of the chief de? 

 sires of the local experts has been to beat Mc-Murchy's record, but 

 none were able to wrest his honors away until to-day, when portly 

 Col. A. G. Courtney, the Lefever Arms Co.'s agent, put on his best 

 suit of shooting clothes, a new "choker," girded up his loins and said 

 "Boys, here goes Mac's recordl" And go it did, the handsome colonel 

 breaking 93 out of his possible 100 and blaming it ail to the Lefever 

 ejector and E. C. powder. 



This record, made on these gounds, and under the conditions pre- 

 vailing, is a remarkable one, the targets being thrown very hard and 

 as low as possible. Chas. H. Mowry, the shooting editor, was close 

 behind the Colonel, breaking 91 targets. Frank Lefever broke 86 and 

 "Uncle Dan" Lefever 85. The boys are inclined to think that Col 

 Courtney's record will stand fully as long as did the one of McMurchy. 



Falwjtait. 



Trap Matters in Texas. 



San Antonio, Tex., April 30.— Allow me to correct a misstatement 

 "contained in your issue of April 28, headed "Trap in San Antonio." 

 While it is true Mr. Thiele lost the medal— though he has since found 

 it— he did not place any order with Critzer Brothers for a $100 medal. 

 The club provides their own medals, and since the article above men- 

 tioned was written they have held a meeting and provided two trophies 

 to be shot lor the balance of this season, as will be seen from the fol- 

 lowing clipping inken from the San Antonio Expreux of April 29: 



•At the last meeting of the San Antonio Gun Club a committee was 

 appointed to purchase two trophies to be shot for during the balance 

 of the shooting season. The trophies will be of silver and elegant in 

 design, and will remain the exclusive property of the one winning 

 them. The conditions governing the shooting for the trophies will be 

 a radical departure from those which have governed the old medal 

 shoots. The rules will be the same for both classes, and are as fol- 

 lows: Commencing with the shoot on April 29, from that time to the 

 close of the season the grand aggregate of each shooter will be taken 

 and an average struck by dividing this aggregate by the total number 

 of Sunday shoots held by the club. Only scores made at Sunday shoots 

 to count. It will be seen by the above that it requires not only a good 

 shot, but a regular attendance, to win a trophy. The trophy shoots 

 will be as usual at 20 singles and 5 pair doubles. With these conditions 

 the shoots of the club for the balance of this season promise exciting 

 sport," 



The regular annual meeting of the club was held in April and the 

 following board of directors elected: Peter Shields, W. T. Pancmst, 

 Aug. Thiele, Aug. Grossman, Willard L. Simpson, 8. G. Newton, J. F. 

 France, G. W. Phillips, Wm. Volbrecht, Fred Kelley, Simon Vieth and 

 J. W. McCormack. From the directory the following officers were 

 chosen: Peter Shields, President; William Volbrecht, Vice-President; 

 Willard L. Simpson, Secretary; J. F. France, Treasurer; Aug Thiele, 

 Captain; Aug. Grossmann, Lieutenant. The club is in a most pros- 

 perous condition and is one of the most active in the country, having 

 used .90,000 targets last season at its regular shoots; has one hundred 

 members, the limit, and numbers among its members the representa 

 tive business men of . the community. Its present officers have held 

 office, with few exceptions, since the club was organized, and it is 

 owing to their unselfish devotion that the club owes its present pros- 

 perity, and more especially is this true of its worthy president. Judge 

 Peter Shields, one of nature's noblemen and as true a sportsmen as 

 ever drew bead on Bob White or a blueroek. 



The captain, Mr. Aug Thiele, is another sportsman that San An- 

 tonio is proud of; he is a veritable gun crank, and has managed the 

 shoots of the club with tact and ability during its most prosperous 

 years. The writer of this article has had the honor to be the club's 

 secretary ever since it first started. 



The club owns its own grounds, having about eight acres, beauti- 

 fully located on the shores of Elmendorf Lake, at Lakeview, a suburb 

 of San Antonio. There it has one of the most perfect shooting grounds 

 in the vicinity, with all modern appliances, including electric trap 

 pulls. 



The club holds two shoots a week, beginning in March and ending 

 in September; the attendance at the regular weekly medal shoot varies 

 from twenty to forty shooters. In all probability the cub will erect 

 an elegant club house on their grounds within another year. Any 

 visiting sportsmen coming to San Antonio, will always find a warm 

 welcome at the hands of the members of this club, the latch string is 

 always on the outside of the door. Willard L. Simpson 



"Wads'" Princeton Budget. 



Princeton, April 30.— To-day was the last of the grand handicap 

 here, four matches at 25 birds each. Prize winners, with number of 

 birds broke out of possible 100, are as follows: 



W E K Mittendorf . .84 A E Phillips 70 I G Hoff , Jr 62 



C Johnson 76 A Wesley. 69 BGray... 61 



RQZabriskie 73 R R Schillinger 67 J K Clarke "*51 



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Binghamton Gun Club. 



Binghamton, N. Y., May 3.— Club medal shoot, 25 targets each: 



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Boss won the shoot off for the medal. A number of sweeps followed. 

 In the seventh sweep, four moneys, high gun to take the money, 

 Kendall and Hobbie tied on nine each, they shot off in strings of five 

 targets each and it was not until the sixth string that it was settled, 

 Kendall having broken 28 to Hobbie's 27. 



The Florence Gun Club. 



Florence, N. J., May 3;— Inclosed I send you an account of the 

 Florence Gun Club's regular monthly medal shoot As Mr. D. W 

 Ireton had succeeeed in winning the medal, in the last two regular 

 monthly contests, it was now the object of the other members of the 

 club to stop him from winning it the third successive time thereby 

 making it his personal property. But when the smoke had cleared 

 away it was found that Mr. Ireton had again captured the prize and 

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Christy Gun Club. 1 



Tremont, O.— On April 29 twelve members of the Christy Gun Club 

 met for a practice shoot at 15 singles and 5 pair. The score: 



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Fargo Gun Club. 



Fargo, N. D., May 4.— No. 1, special match, 25 singles, known traDS- 

 Carpenter 19, Ercanbrack 14. 



No. 2, special match, 25 singles, unknown traps: Lyon 17, Rob- 

 erts 15. 



No 3, team shoot, 10 singles and 5 pairs, known traps: Carpenter 

 12, Robbins 14, Roberts 9; total, 35. Lyon 7, Ercanbrack ll.LvonS- 

 total 26. J ' 



No. 4, Badge shoot, 15 siDgles and 5 pairs, unknown traps: Ercan- 

 brack 13, Carpenter 13, Lyon 17, Robbins 12, Roberts 5. 

 ' No 5, 9 singles and 3 pairs, known traps: Ercanbrack 9, Carpenter 

 11, Lyon 6, Roberts 11, Robbins 13. ' 



No. 6, team shoot, 10 singles, unknown traps: Carpenter 8, Robbins 

 7; total, 15. Lyon 5, Roberts 5; total, 10. 



Three screened blueroek traps and targets were used for all events 



G. E. Robbiks, Sec'y. 



