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FOREST AND STREAM, 
[Jan. 4, 1886. 
An American in Paris. 
Mh. Sumner Patne, of Boston, Mags., one of the best revolver shots 
in this country, is at present located in Paris, France. Following are 
some extracts from a personal letter from Mr. Paine, dated from that 
city, Dec. 16: 
"I have naturally been very busy getting settled here and arrang- 
ing my course of work for the year. Still I have managed to find 
time to get around to Gastinne Rennette's once or twice, and have 
won four of the lower medals. As the gallery is not open in the even- 
ing the only chance I get is Sunday afternoons. 
"If any one runs away with the idea that the Frenchmen can't shoot 
they will find themselves mightily mistaken. I do not think that their 
five best men could beat our five best, but I don't think we could pro- 
duce a hundred shooters that would be in the game for a minute with 
the best hundred men here. M. Rennette tells me that he is trying to 
arrange a match to be shot between New Yorkers and Parisians sim- 
ultaneously; I inferred from what he said that he was carrying on his 
negotiations with Mr. Conlin. 
"I should like to see Mr. C. S. Richmond, from Georgia, over here, as 
from what I saw of his work at Sea Girt I think he is one of the best 
shots with reduced charges I have ever seen. I hnpe in the summer 
to find time to shoot regularly, and I have no doubt that I can get the 
more difficult medals. So far I have devoted most of my time to 
shooting 'au commandement.' In this style you stand with your 
weapon at your side and the man in charge asks, 'Are you ready f 
When you say 'Yes,' he says 'Fire, one, two, three.' You can't 
raise your arm before the word 'fire,' and you must 6hoot before the 
word 'three.' I have held my stop watch on the man counting 
several times, and find that he gives you just about 2 J 5 seconds. This 
is the favorite style of shooting with the Frenchmen. It was entirely 
new to me. I had never tried it before, but am picking it up slowly. 
The range here is 53ft., and the highest medal for this style of shoot- 
ing: is given f r putting twelve consecutive balls wholly within a circle 
3J*jtn. in diameter. If anybody thinks it is easy they bad better try it, 
and remember that the black tbey aim at is only l J lg in , and has a 
white carton or spot in the center % of an inch across. This makes a 
very hard bullseye to hold on even when aiming deliberately. 
"There is an al! -comers' competition in February, March and April, 
and I hope to come in somewhere among the ten prize dinners, 
although I shall not have time to shoot enough to get one of the top 
places." .' " " 
If you want your shoot to be announced here 
send In notice like the following: 
FIXTURES. 
Jan. 4. — Wilmington, Del. — Second team race between All-Philadel- 
phia and the Delaware State League, 25 men to a team; all day shoot 
on the grounds of the Wilmington Rod and Gun Club. 
Jan. 4-5 — Phobnix, Ariz. — Annual tournament of the Arizona State 
Sportsmen's Association. 
Jan. 7-11. — San Antonio, Texas. — Grand mid-winter tournament, 
under the auspices of Texas State Sportsmen's Association and man- 
agement of J. M. George and O. O. Guessaz (Texas Field), $2,000 added 
Jan. 23-24. — Uttca, N. Y. — Mid- winter tournament on the grounds of 
the Oneida County Sportsmen's Association; live birds and targets. 
J. W. Fuiford, Manager. 
Feb. 1. . — Third team race between All-Philadelphia 
and the Delaware State League, 26 men to a team. (Place of shoot" 
not fixed.) 
April 1-3.— New York. — Interstate Association's Fourth Annual 
Grand American Handicap. 
April 14-1?.— Atchison, Kansas.— Thirteenth annual oDen to all, and 
second annual manufacturer's amateur tournament; 81000 added 
money and manufacturers' prizes. Lou Erhardt, Sec'y. 
April 22-24,— Wellington, Mass.— Tournament of the Boston Shoot- 
ing Association; targets. P. R. Dickey, Manager. 
April 30-May 2.— Newbdrgh, N. Y. — Annual spring tournament of 
the West Newburgh Gun and Rifle Association; targets and live birds; 
added money announced later. 
May 5-8. — New York. — Tournament of the American E. C. Powder 
Company; $2,000 added money. 
May 12-15 — Memphis, Term. — Tournament of the Memphis 
Gun Club, 82,000 added money. 
May 12-14 —Daston, O —Annual tournament of the Ohio Trap 
Shooters' League. Ed. Taylor, Sec'y. 
May 19-22.— Cincinnati, O. — Tournament of the Hazard Powder Co 
R. S. WaddeU, Agent. 
May 20-24.— Kansas City, Mo.— Nineteenth annual convention and 
tournament of the Missouri State Fish and Game Protective Associa- 
tion. J. H. Durkee. Sec'y. 
May 26-28.— Frankfort, Kan.— Annual tournament of the Kansas 
State Sportsmen's Association. 
May 30-June 1 —Milwaukee, Wis. — Eleventh annual tournament of 
the South Side Gun Club. 
June 1-6. — Chicago, 111.— Twenty-second annual tournament of the 
Illinois State Sportsmen's Association. H. B. Meyers, Sec'y. 
June 8-13.— Buffalo, N. Y.— Thirty eighth annual tournament of 
he New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game, 
u nder the auspices of the Audubon Gun Club. E. W. Smith, Sec'y. 
June 17-19. — Cleveland, O. — Third annual tournament of the Cham- 
i erlin Cartridge and Target Company. 
July 30, 31. — Goshen, Ind. — Midsummer tournament of the Goshen 
Gun Club. 
Oct, 7-9.— Newburgh, N. Y. — Annual fall tournament of the West 
Newburgh Gun and Rifle Association; targets and live birds; added 
money announced later, 
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. 
Ties in all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. 
Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 318 
Broadway, New York. 
A report is going the rounds of the daily papers that Brewer killed 
99 out of 100 live birds in a private exhibition before "a party of con- 
genial soirits at the country seat of a well-known and wealthy New 
Yorker." Although we have the very highest regard for Brewer's 
ability to handle the shotgun, and do not doubt that he is capable of 
making a record as above on a certain class of birds, we naturally do 
not like the way in which this "record" and his one of 100 straight 
at Dexter Park were made; there is so much in the nature of the light- 
under -the-bushel business about it. Here's the actual story of how 
the report above given came to the newspapers: A representative of 
Brewer's came to the sporting editor of one of the New York dailies 
and told bim that Brewer had killed 99 out of 100 in a match in which 
he was backed to kill 93, and that the match took place in certain 
private j? rounds. He then stated that the "well-known and wealthy 
New Yorker" was willing to back Brewer against any man in the 
world for any sum up to $75,000. Chimmie Fadden would probably 
add, "D'yer see?" 
Louis T. Duryea made the following offer on Dec. 24 last, j ust after 
the conclusion of the Wright-Brokaw match: To shoot a series of 
matches with any six amateur shots, members of the Carteret, Larch- 
mont, New Utrecht, Westminster Kennel or Westchester County 
clubs; each match to be an individual one of 100 birds per man, with 
one of the six amateurs, and he was willing to shoot a race with one 
of them on Monday, another on Tuesday with a second man, a third 
on Wednesday, and so on, finishing the series on Saturday. Fred 
Hoev, George Work, J. P. Knapp, Fred G. Moore and Lou Thompson 
would all bs capable of making Duryea shoot hard to win ; but where's 
the sixth man to come from? 
W. H, Skinner, the representative of the W-A powder, will be on 
hand at San Antonio's midwinter shoot. In a personal letter Mr. 
Skinner writes: "I will, after the San Antonio shoot, proceed via the 
Southern Pacific to El Paso, Tex., and on to Riverside, Cal., where I 
will hunt quail with friends for a week. Then I shall go to San Diego, 
Los Angeles, San Jose, San Francisco, etc , returning to Chicago oy 
way of Ogden, Denver, etc. Our new factory at Pompton, N. J., is 
now completed, and our company is about ready to fill all orders for 
rifle and shotgun powders." Skinner is not a new man to the Pacific 
slope. If we remember right it was on his return from his last trip to 
California that he introduced to Eastern shooters the target miss-and- 
out sweepstake, which he called "California freezeouts," but which 
Dutchy Smith terms "Schkinner games." 
Charlie Fehrenbach, captain of the Delaware State League team, 
writes us from Wilmington, Del., under date of Dec. 23, as follows: 
"On Jan 4, 1896, the second team race between All- Philadelphia and 
the De'aware State League will be shot on the Wilmington Rod and 
Gun Club grounds, Front and Union streets, this city. The following 
programme has been selec.ed: No, 1, 10 targets, known, $1; No. 2, 10 
targers, unknown, $1: No. 3, 15 targets, known, $1.50; No. 4, 10 tar- 
gets, unknown, $1; No. 5. 20 targets, known, $1.50; No. 6, 10 targets, 
kto/vn, $1; No. 7, 10 targets, unknown, $1; No. 8, 15 targets, known, 
$1.50; No. 9, 15 targets, unknown, $1; No. 10, 20 targets, known, $1.50. 
Other events to suit shooters." __ 
J. P. Knapp, the winner of the President's "cup," a Purdey gun of 
the value of $500, presented to the Carteret Club by George Work, 
president of the club, has put up for competition at the club's grounds 
four cups, the total value of which is $500. The first cup. valued at 
$250, was competed for on Thursday last, Dec. 20, George Work win- 
ning the first heat. This cup must be won three times before becom- 
ing the property of an individual. Future competitions for this cup 
will take place on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month 
during the shooting season. The three other cups, aggregating in 
value $250, will be shot for as follows: First cup to be shot for on 
Jan. 4, the second on Feb. 5, the third on March 4 The conditions are 
as follows: 50 live birds per man, $50 entrance ($25 optional entrance 
to 28yds. men and forward), cup and 35 per cent, of purse to winner, 
25 per cent, to second, 15 per cent, to third, and 5 per cent, to fourth, 
20 per cent, going to the benefit af the club. Shooting on each of these 
days commences on the arrival of the 10 A. M. train. No competition 
unless five or more entries. 
Paul R. Litzke, of Little Rock, Ark., writes: "E. W. Hoffman, of 
Galena, Kans., the present holder of the Kansas live-bird champion- 
ship trophy, is a beginner, having only begun shooting at the trap last 
summer. Regardless of thiB fact he has quite an enviable record, and 
one that any amateur would feel proud of. At the Joplin, Mo., tour- 
nament last September he broke 98 targets out of 100; iu the team 
race. 100 targets per man, he missed his first and third targets and then 
ran 97 straight; at Weir City in October he was third in the big cham- 
pionship race, scoring 45 pigeonB out of 50, only two birds behind the 
winner. W. W. Mcllhany, afterward defeating him for the trophy, a 
•detailed account of which contest is given elsewhere in this issue of 
the paper." 
The Climax-Keystone team race, the score of which is given else- 
where, was an unsatisfactory affair. It had been the intention of 
both captains to have at least fifteen men on the grounds, and the 
Keystones totaled one above that number. The Climax, owing to five 
men who had promised to be present being unable to get to Yardville 
as agreed uoon, could only muster ten men. Sooner than not shoot 
a race, the Keystones picked ten of their men and pitted them against 
the Climax ten, the latter team winning by 11 birds, the score stand- 
ing 130 to 119. 
J. Seaver Page and George Work shot a race on Dec. 16 on the West- 
minster Kennel Club's grounds, Babylon, L. I. The match was at 50 
pairs of live birds per man, Work betting two to one that he could beat 
his opponent. Mr. Page, who was clearly out of all form, and who 
also had none the best of the luck of the birds, retired at the end of 
the 42d pair, the score then Btanding: Work 50 out of 84, Page 26. The 
birds were an excellent lot, while a good wind helped to make them 
quick enough to puzzle anybody. 
Ferd Van Dyke did not leave for San Antonio as was expected; Van 
and bis pump will not be seen at the big midwinter shoot nor at any 
other shoot for some time, so that some others will have a chance of 
climbing to the top. He is located temporarily at the factory of the 
Winchester Repeating Arms Company, New Haven, Conn., learning 
all about rifles and their loads, and incidentally trying his hand with 
the small bores. In a personal letter he writes that he wishes he was 
in New York just now, as he'd like to make a "monkey" out of Jim 
Elliott, pump for pump 1 
The Rochpster, N. Y., Rod and Gun Club and the Audubon Gun 
Club, of Buffalo, N, Y , will shoot a 15-men team race on Jan. 16. 
The match will be shot at Buffalo, each man shooting at 25 targets. 
The Rochester team will be captained by W. J. Mann. The Audubons 
oan get together a strong team, but they will have to shoot hard to beat 
a 15 men team from Rochester; a good race is sure to be the outcome 
of the meeting, although we fancy Rochester's chances. A return 
match will be shot at Rochester some time in February. 
The Rye (N. Y.) Gun Club has removed its old club house and re- 
placed it with a new one, that has been erected under the supervision 
of architect W. A. Lyon. Many advantageous changes have been 
made at the grounds, and shooters are now well protected from both 
wind and weather. As usual, the secretary, E. J . Pope, has been 
hustling things, the club holding an all-day shoot on New Year's 
Day. 
The articles of agreement entered Into by Fred Emond and Jacob 
Koch, both of Buffalo, N. Y., for a series of three 100-bird races, $100 
a side each race, called for the matches to be shot on the following 
dates: J<>n 1. 8 and 15. All three matches were to be shot at Audu- 
bon Park, Buffalo, the loser of the rubber paying for all the birds. 
Arthur Bunn, of Singac, N. J., states that he will bet any man in 
the country $100 that he cannot kill 91 or better out of 100 birds, the 
pigeons to be trapped by Bunn on his own grounds. The conditions are 
to be: 30yds. rise, 5 traps, Hurlingham or Long Island rules. Anyone 
that wants to try Bunn's birds under the above conditions should write 
to him and make the match. 
The diamond championship badge of the State of Minnesota, which 
was won by George E. Trent, of Madera, Minn., at the State tourna- 
ment held at St. Paul on Sept. 9-12, 1895, is a remarkably handsome 
one and is worth $250. It has to be won three times in succession 
before becoming individual property. Mr. Trent prizes it greatly and 
thinks that he can make it three straight. 
Talking about $2,000 added money brings up the E. C. Powder tour- 
nament next May. Although it is not settled as yet just where the 
tournament will be held, it is more than probable that if the Gutten- 
burg race track, in Hoboken, N. J., can be secured the tournament 
will be held there. 
Owing to our going to press one day earlier than usual this week, 
many secretaries of gun clubs and other correspondents of the trap 
department will be disappointed this week; much matter that arrived 
too late for the issue will have to be held over until our issue of Jan. 11. 
This week saw the exodus for San Antonio's midwinter tournament. 
If all the big cities do as well in point of numbers as New York has 
done, the midwinter will be a big affair. Added money to the extent 
of $2,000 will draw the boys quite a long way. 
Jas. S. Taylor, one of the best shots in the West Newburgh Gun 
and Rifle Association, of Newburgh, N. Y., killed 44 out of 45 shot at 
on Dec. 26, the bird he lost falling dead out of bounds. 
Edward Banks. 
Rochester Rod and Gun Club. 
Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 25.— The Rochester Rod and Gun Club held 
an all-day shoot to-day, open to everybody. The attendance was not 
up to what was expected, but this was undoubtedly due to the unpro- 
pitious condition of the weather; it rained from 10 A. M. until 1 P. M., 
at which hour shooting was commenced, the sport continuing until 
darkness put an end to it. The main event of the shoot was a team 
race between teams captained by E. O. Meyer and Sim Glover respect- 
ively. The boys took great interest in this event, as the sides were 
evenly matched and it being a fight for victory from start to finish, 
the totals being a tie when the last shot was fired. 
During the day some great work was done by Sim Glover and Byer ; 
the former broke 97 out of his 100, Byer breaking one less — 96. Scores 
in all the events are as follows: 
Team race, 8-men teams, 20 targets per man, unknown angles: 
Meyer's Team. 
Meyer 11111111111111101111—19 Weller 01011111111111101101—16 
Burnett.. . .11111111110111111111—19 Harvey. . ..00101111000111011111— 13 
McClintocklllllllllOnillOllll— 18 Schleyer, ,.01111011111110000010— 12 
Hadley.... 11011111111101110111— 17 Powell 10110100001111010101—11 
Glover's Team. — 125 
Glover 11111111110111111111-19 Kay 11110101111111001111—16 
Borst UlllOlimiinomi— 18 Gardiner.. 11010111100101110111— 14 
Bjer 10111111110111111111—18 Nichols. . ..11001110011101110011— 13 
Hicks 11111011111110101011—16 Perry 01011000111111001100—11 
—125 
Scores in the other events were: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 1 3 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 Targets: 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 
Byer 9 15 15 15 14 14 .. Burnett 9 14 13 . . 15 . . . . 
Hadley 9 15 13 15 13 13 14 Gardiner 7 9 14 9 
Nichols 7 9 13 .. 11 13 12 Glover 15 14 .. 15 15 14 
Meyer 7 15 14 14 12 15 15 Schleyer 14 10 . . 9 11 . . 
Borst 8 11 13 11 12 .. ., Weller 7 12 12 13 10 15 
McClintock. ... 9 14 13 12 11 13 , . Kay 11 11 13 13 
Hicks 8 Harvey 11 12 ,. .. 
Powell 3 ., 9 DkWitt. 
Christmas Day at Larchmont. 
Deo. 25 at the Larchmont Yacht Club's shooting grounds saw some 
good shooting at fast birds, the following scores being made: 
No. 1. No. 2. 
J Knapp (25) ; 01 10 11 11 11—8 01 11 10-4 
W G Moore (25) 00 01 11 11 11—7 10 , . .,—1 
HB Wright (25; 11 11 11 11 01—9 10 11 11—5 
HA Butler (25) 10 10 00 .. ..—2 11 11 01—5 
W S Edey (25) ..11 10 00 01 01—5 
No 3. No. 4. 
FG Moore (30) 111111122112122—15 20221—4 
H A Butler (29) 111222211022121—14 1.232—4 
J Knapp (30) 111012212222222—14 22202—4 
J Stillman (27) 1012201011211 —10 10100—3 
WS Edey (30) 1120222122* — 9 •2223—4 
HB Wright (30) 212120.1111 — 9 11112—5 
L T Davenport (30) 111111220 — 8 01122—4 
Baltimore Shooting Association. 
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 19.— Every second Thursday in each month 
the Baltimore Shooting Association holds a shoot at its grounds; the 
main event at these shoots is a handicap, 10 birds, $5 entrance. 
To-day this event was shot, Green, Bert Claddge and Charles Mac- 
alester tieing for first money with 9 out of 10. The best shooting of 
the day in the extra sweeps was done by Macalester; in two 5-bird 
sweeps he took first money alone, being the only one to kill his 5 birds 
straight. Score in the handicap: 
Green (29) 2220222222-9 Malone (28) 2012011201—7 
Claridge (30) 2211221112—9 Macalester (32) 2212220122—9 
Sackett (28) 0001002120-4 Heiskell (29) 2010110010-5 
Cunnineham (29) 1202202122-8 Baker (28) 2200121012—7 
Dec. SC.— There was a good attendance to-day at the association's 
grounds, target events being Bhot off in the morning and live-bird 
sweeps in the afternoon. The following are the scores in the target 
events: 
No. 1, 10 targets, $1: Hood and Wagner, 10; White, 9; Claridge, 8. 
No. 2, 15 targets, $1 50: Wagner, 13; Hood and Claridge, 12; White 
and Hawkins, 11 ; Jack, 7. 
No. 3, same: Claridge, 14: Hood and Hawkins. 13; White and Chairs, 
12; Cassard, 10. 
No. 4, same: Hood, 13; Hawkins, 12; Claridge, 11; White and Jack, 
10; Heiskell, 9. 
No. 5, team race, 5-men teams, 15 targets per man, losing team to 
pay for the targets: Claridge's team: Hood 15, Jack 13, Claridge 12, 
White 9, Gust 5—54; Hawkins's team: Hawkins 14, Malone 11, Cassard 
10, Chairs 8, Hisken 4—46. 
The live-bird sweeps resulted as follows: 
No. 1, 5 birds, $3 entrance: Hay ward, Hawkins, Wagner and White, 
5; Kingsbury, Sacket and Chairs, 4; Heiskell, Green, Claridge and 
Hood, 3. 
No. 2, miss-and-out, $2 entrance: Heiskell and Macalester, 3; Hawk- 
ins, Kingsbury, Claridge and Hood, 2; Wagner, 1; White, Chairs, Sacket 
and Green 0. 
No. 3, Maryland handicap, 10 birds each, $5 entrance, three high 
guns: Heiskell, Claridge, Green and Sacket, 9; Macalester, Hawkins, 
Wagner, White and Hood, 8; Kingsbury, 1. Kingsbury withdrew on 
account of his gun breaking down. 
No. 4, miss-and-out, $2 entrance: Hawkins, Heiskell, White and 
Wagner, 8; Kingsbury, 6; Sacket and Chairs, 5; Gent, 3; Macalester. 2. 
No. 5, same: Wagner, Hawkins, Green, Claridge, Hood and White, 
3; Macalester and Kingsbury, 2; Heiskell, Gent and Sacket, 1. 
No. 6, same: Hay ward and Hawkins, 5; Hood and White, 4; Heis- 
kell, 3; Kingsbury and Claridge, 1. 
No. 7, same: Hawkins, 5; Macalester, 4; Heiskell, 1. 
Lynchburg Gun Club. 
Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 25.— The members of the Gun Club and two 
boys who nad remained in town had a shoot at the club's grounds 
this afternoon. With the exception of too much wind for target 
shooting, weather conditions were favorable, as it was a mild and 
beautiful day. All events were shot at unknown angles. Dornin shot 
well, breaking 90 per cent, of 125 shot at; Nelson shot at 125, breaking 
106, an average of 84 per cent. Scores: 
No. 1 No. 3 
Nelson . , . ^ .1111101111011110101010110-19 1111111111101110011111111—22 
Dornin 1111111111111111111110011—23 1111111111111111111111110—24 
Moorman.. . .1101111011001101110111110—18 1111111101110001111011110-19 
Stearns UlllllOUOOlOllllOOlOllO— 19 1111111011010011101011111—19 
Dawson 111100001 1001110101111110—16 1011101111100110111011110—18 
No. 2. No. 4. 
Nelson 1111111111111111110001110-21 1111111111101111111110101—22 
Dornin 1111111100111111111101011—21 1011111111110110111111)11—23 
Moorman.... 1111111100101110001111110— 18 11001101101)11111111111101—19 
Stearns 1111110110101111001111110—19 OllllOOllllllllllOlllllll— 21 
Dawson 111011101 1001111001100111—17 101110001 1001100110001001 —1 2 
No. 5. 
Nelson , 1111111111111011100111111—22 
Dornin 1110111111111110111111111-23 
Moorman 11101110100U010111111100— 17 
Stearns 0110011001111011111110111-18 
H Dawson 1101001101001000101000100-10 
F. M. D. 
Trap at Watson's Park. 
Chicago, 111., Dec. 16.— Two members of the South Chicago Shooting 
Club Bhot the following scores to-day: 
» No. 1, 20 live birds per man: 
L C Willardl221122211lllll21111-20 Geo Sibley .20201020112112221111— 16 
No. 2, 30 targets: 
L C Willard 101111011011111110011111111011-24 
G Sibley 111101111111011011011111101110-24 
On the shoot-off of the tie at 5 targetB, Willard won by breaking 5 
to Sibley's 4. This settles the championship of the South Chicago 
Shooting Club for 1895, Willard winning both live-bird and target 
championships. 
Dec. 17.— The Audubon Gun Club, of Chicago, met to-day for the 
last club shoot of the 1895 season. Mr. Amberg won to-day's shoot. 
This gave the first place for the club's prizeB to J. E. Price, who has 
three wins, while it tied Amberg, L. M. Hamiline and F. A. Place for 
second with two wins each. Score of to-day's shoot: 
Club shoot, 15 live birds per man, handicap allowance of misses as 
kills: 
J H Amber 122111112010110—12-1-3—15 
J E Price 020022112011001— 9+2—11 
L M Hamiline 022010022010202— 8+3-11 
M J Eich 111212210201121—13 
The Chicago Shooting Club did not hold a shoot this month, as the 
result of the November shoot settled the prize, M. J. Eich winning the 
gun. Ravelrigg. 
Washington Heights Gun Club. 
New York, Dec. 28.— A large number of members of the Washing- 
ton Heights Gun Club and their friends met this afternoon on 
the 'club's grounds, 169th street and Kingsbridge road, to see the 
match between C. E. Terwiiiger and F. W. Sherry, Sr. The condi- 
tions were: 25 live birds per man, 28yds. rise, 50yds. boundary, mod- 
ified Hurlingham rules, $100 a aide, loser to pay for the birds. Ter- 
wiiiger was the favorite in the betting, and won by one bird, the score 
at the finish standing 19 to 18 in his favor. Score: 
C E Terwiliger 1210202102212102122120201—19 
F W Sherry, Sr ...2122011200122020211012022—18 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION. 
Chicago, 111., Dee. 21.— The executive committee for the Illinois 
State Association for the ensuing year will be Messrs. R. H. Organ, 
W. P. Muasey, L. M. Hamline, W. F. White and W. J. Edbrooke. Law 
committee will be Messrs. Booth, Mott and Johnson. The first week 
in June is claimed, but the shoot will begin Monday and Tuesday as 
before. 
SAN ANTONIO MIDWINTER. 
The tasteful programme of the San Antonio, Texas, midwinter shoot 
(Jan. 7-11) is out in Chicago, and it seems to point to only one thing, 
and that an unqualified success for the energetic men who have gotten 
up the tournament. Messrs. J. M. George, Albert Steves and O. C. 
Guessaz may be suie their banner has been well hung forth, and one 
hears only good words for it. Go to Texas, every shooter who can 
get there, and rest assured that not one who goes will come away with 
a sore spot about him, except what he got from laughing too hard or 
eating too much. In this shoot there will be the additional fascination 
of a scene new to most northern shooters— old Santone, the most de- 
lightful winter city of America. Mr. Guessaz writes that he thinks 
they will have 145 shooters on hand, which would indeed be a regular 
ripper of a shoot. A trip to see and take part in this shoot would be 
a pleasant way to spend a part of the long and dull Northern winter. 
Remember the Alamo. 
death of august holzapfel. 
A touching feature of the midwinter tournament programme Is a 
full page draped with heavy mourning rules and reading: "In Me- 
moriam— To August Holzapfel, a crack shot, a true comrade, a gentle- 
man." Mr. Holzapfel was by many considered to be the best target 
shot in the State of Texas, where he was long thought invincible. He 
never made but one trip on the Northern circuit, going to Memphis, 
Cleveland and Saratoga in company with two friends from Texas. 
Mr. Holzapfel was a quiet, pleasant gentleman in every way, very un- 
assuming and gentle, and lacking nothing In the desirable qualities in 
sportsmanship. His home was at Cuero, Tex. He had been sick for 
a little time, so that his friends had time to eather around him— Albert 
Steves, Joe Goorge, Willard Adams, Harry Laning, Oscar Guessaz and 
some others. The poor boy could only smile weakly at them all, and 
he passed away as gently and quietly as he had always lived, No 
sportsman in the big State of Texas was better known or more "be- 
loved than August Holzapfel. E. Houoh.3 
909 Security Building, Chieago, III, 
