Feb, 1, 1896.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
107 
On Long Island. 
IDLE HOUR QtXN CLUB. 
Jan. 20.-The club shoot of the Idle Hour Gun Club, held to-day at 
Dexter Park, was well attended. Helmstead and Hoffman were the 
only two to make straight scores in the club shoot, No. 1 in the scores 
below: 
G Helmstead , 1112121—7 
H Hoffman .1222123 - 7 
J Hamburger 2112201—6 
HMeyen 1120212-6 
H Boemmermann. 1011220—5 
W B, Sandiford. 1110022—5 
HBehms 0101.31— 4 
JElfers 1110010-4 
C Lakeman , 0011010—3 
Behman , 
Meyer ...-»»»») i 
Basquin 
Helmstead. 
No. 2. 
212-5 
010—1 
111-3 
012-2 
022-2 
No. 3. 
212-3 
111—3 
022-2 
121-3 
21 i— 3 
012—2 001—1 
218-3 211—3 
011-2 211-3 
«•«• 110-2 100—1 
EMERALD GUN CLUB. 
Jan. 21.— The Emeralds held their monthly shoot this afternoon and 
a monster shoot it was for an ordinary club event. Thirty-seven 
members shot m the club event, which was at 10 live birds. Jim 
Mliptt, fresh from the midwinter shoot at San Antonio, Tex., taking 
part in the shoot as a guest of the club and raising the total number 
of contestants to thirty-eight, the largest number that has ever com- 
peted in a club shoot on the Dexter Park grounds. Out of the above 
number only two— E. J. Clark and J. Maesel— made straight scores: 
eight men made scores of 9. ' 
At the meeting of the club held in connection with the shoot four 
new members were elected: Alien Willey, Benjamin E. Briet W Oat- 
ton and J. H. Hood. The membership of the club is now forty-nine, 
one within the limit of fifty. 
The scores made were as follows: 
? £ Clar , k $9 21221111 11-10 0 Steutzle (25) 2120222201- 8 
J Maesel (28) 2222111121-10 H P Fessenden (28).. 232002222.- 7 
£ £ m ?iJ d &9 2011122111- 9 Dr Hudson (28). , . . ..00.1112212- 7 
GGreiff(30) 1220222222- 9 H Lemaire (28) 2002122201-7 
JHHood (25) .2212210212- 9 M LittteMcT^.'i^mSt 7 
FLawrence (28). . . .0221222221- 9 C Maesel (25). . ... ..1101221010- 7 
pMulcahey (28).... 12211 12021- 9 E A Vroome (28)... 1101222200-7 
LSchprtemeier (30).1011111112- 9 EBell (28)........ .220212010- 6 
4 S iUe J C8 o 0 A- 2220211122- 9 P Thiele (25) . . . . . . . 02002 0211- 6 
R Woods (30) 2222022222- 9 J Woelfei (28) . . .... .02222.0220- 6 
^^ mA ^ 25 ^ 1210120221- 8 P Bute (28) . ... 2220120000- 5 
TCpdy (28) 120122122.- 8 W Catton (25) . . 0001221003- 5 
R „ E '£ 0tt < 30) • -2222220032- 8 M Herrington (301 20100321.0- 5 
C Floyd (28) 0022222222- 8 N Maesel (25) . . . . ... 0002110203- 5 
£ ^ &h }SS 2 ^ 0S11131031— 8 F W Place C25). . . .1022201000- 5 
Dr Klein (25) 1321210201- 8 W Sands (28) ....... .200 1 202001- 5 
g gowak (28) 0210222211- 8 L C Gehring (30). . 0002201023- 5 
B Regan (25) 2222010211- 8 J H Moore (3?). 1102002000- 4 
T Short (28).. 0221111202- 8 B Briet (25)\ . «wS_ 3 
* Not a member. 
NEW YORK GERMAN GUN CLUB. 
Ja u- % rV 1 ® Postponed shoot of the New York German Gun Club 
was held to-day at Dexter Park. The attendance of members was only 
poor, but those who did attend had all the shooting they wanted and 
spent a very pleasant afternoon. Following are the scores made- 
. „ No - h No. 2, No. 3. No 4 
^•4°^"^ 2212122110-9 10022-3 10221-4 22122-5 
J Wellbrock 1102021121-8 .1011-3 11021-4 IIOO2I3 
Py e ---- 1021110002-6 00111-3 11201-4 22221-5 
po r p Hu .^ n .v::.-:.-;.:v.-. r.::^ iSSK um ~ i s ~ 5 
Aschmitt t^ih "*°- 6 - 'Mh 
j weubrock :.:..:: 12112-5 2226-3 Sz| 
imZ-5 11U-4 12110-4 
Dr Hudson , 21012—4 .... * 
BUSHWICK ROD AND GUN CLUB. 
Jan. 23.— The annual meeting of the Bushwick Rod and Gun Club 
was held to-day, the following list of officers for the year being chosen- 
President-John F. Behrens; Vice-President-Thomas W. Rathgen- 
Secretary— Nicholas Schneider; Treasurer— Thomas W Muri>hv ; 
^J fc o m r Jo f II o G ^?? hae £ er; Boa E- d of irustees-the above officer 
and Richard B. Kohler, Thomas W. Ryan, Frederick G. VanZandt 
John G. Wissner, Edward V. Boddey and Andrew W Ulrich 
The opening shoot of the club for 1896 was also held, the club event 
being hotly contested, George H. Maasson winning the shoot after a 
shoot off of the tie with two others. The event is at 7Uve birds 
handicap rise. The following is the score: ' 
G. H. Maasson (26) 7. T. D. Richards (26) 7, E. V. Boddey (28) 7 J 
F. Behrens (26) 6, T. W^Rathgen (26) 6, N. G. Schneider (26) 4, T. w' 
Murphy (25) 3, J^J. Schaeffer (26) 4, R. B. Kohler (26) 1, F. G Van 
Zandt (26) 3, A. W. Ulrich (26) 2. ^ J ' U- van 
The tie was shot off miss-and-out, Maasson winning as follows- 
Maasson 2, Richards 1, Boddey 0. uws - 
Jan. 22, 
was 
HUDSON GUN CLUB. 
^AT* ie;ann ^ al meeti 5g °/i he Hudson Gun Club, of Brooklyn, 
held to-day at the grounds of the club, North Beach, L I The 
officsrs elected for the ensuing twelve months were- President (I T 
Kennedy (re-elected); Vice-President- W. J. O'Brien; Secretary— T 
T. Ryan; Treasurer-S. G. Daniells; Captain-Wm. H Floyd" Board of 
Trustees-A W. Mulligan, D. G. Chambers, R. V. Wagner! C R Tr£ 
holme, J. J. O'Brien, F. A, Davids and the officers named above 
The club shoot at 7 live birds also took place to-day, Samuel G 
Danie ls carrying off the honors with a clean score as follows- S a 
Darnells (28) 7. W. J O'Brien (28) 6, H. G. Williamson (26) t' Q j 
Kennedy (26) 5, T. T. Ryan (26) 5, W. H. Floyd (26) 4, A WMulhVan 
(26) 5, D. 6. Chambers (25) 3, R. V. Wagner (26) 3, 0 B 'Trehnfm* 
^26). 3, J. J. O'Brien (25) 2, F.A. Davids (26) 2, T W Orton (26) 3 T 
S. Fielding (26) 2. 
NEW UTRECHT GUN OLUB. 
Jan. 25.— There was a good attendance of members to-day at the 
Wpodlawn grounds of the New Utrecht Gun Club. Two events were 
set for decision this af ternoon-the club shoot and the E. C cud con- 
nn^f^ t TV ClUb , Sh00t ^^ W - CoU . lston won the ClassA pVize^ith 9 
out of 10. J. Gaughan and Conny Furgueson tied for Class B prize on 8 
outoflO^ On the shoot-off, miss-and-out, Gaughan won bf 2 to 1 
w^ c Q Up < 8h0 w 0t ™i 4 T1 „ ctor y for 0onn y Furguesonfwhotied 
^• M; F u S ^ k l 8 , by , 8corin g 9 out of 10. On the shoot-off Conny 
kiUed hisbird Sykes losing his. The birds were the best that K 
^ntrapped^atWoodlawn for some time, and that is saying a good 
GW Coulston (29) 2imi2 8 0 h l°l-9 E ' 2iol?2220°-8 
Conny Furgueson (27) 2202110212-8 2222122022-9 
J Gaughan (28) 2211012220-8 ********* 9 
W Alien (28) 2220222100—7 .062220220—'; 
RE Gray (28) 1.20021212-7 2120010202^6 
W F Sky es (28) 2000222122-7 222122202^-9 
P&TS? (29) 12.0211120-7 210^2112-8- 
Pool (27) .0212120002-6 
C Furgueson Jr (30) , 2022220.2-6 2022662022-6 
Dr Shepard (27) 0102.20123-6 o 
Dr Little iil2i*>>66— 8 
Dr. Little ftnd G. W. Coulston shot a couple of one-barrel raceTloser 
to pay for the birds; both were 10-bird races and Coulston won bott of 
^ r L ' ttle 11101110.0-6 0010000 w -1 
Coulston 0101111110-7 0110110 -4 
THE WORK-MURPHY COMBINATION WON. 
Jan. 23.— To-day's four-handed match on the grounds of the West- 
minster Kennel Club, at Babylon, L. I., was a direct outcome of the 
Larchmont amateur championship shoot held on Jan 10-11 It was 
looked upon as a purely sporting affair, and so it was, because the 
stakes, as such things go, were merely nominal. 
The teams were: George Work and Edgar Murphy, J. p. Knapc and 
H. Yale Dolan. The conditions: 100 iivl birds per man, aU 30yds 
50yds. boundary, Westminster Kennel Club rules (practically Hurling 
ham rules) to govern. The Work-Murphy team was the favorite and 
perhaps this was only natural, more people being familiar with the 
capabilities of that team than with that of thi other. Weiehinl 
the two teams carefully, there did not seem to be so much differencl 
really as there was apparently. Knapp has been shooting in area? 
shape right along, ana has beaten Work very badly in two individiiai 
100-bird races this season, one of them as recently as Jan. 15; on Dres- 
ent public form Knapp should be a couple of birds or so better than 
Work in a match at 100 birds. Comparing Murphy and Dolan is « 
much harder matter. Murphy, although he won the cup at Larch- 
mont on Jan 10-11, is not doing much live-bird shooting, but there is 
no denying the fact that when in form he is as good as any of them 
Dolan, on the other hand, is a brilliant shot when in form, but he is too 
t 2i b .? n C iT , ; e ? ° n U whf S be is once "going" he is a' difficult man 
to stop, killing hard and soft birds with equal ease. The oupstint, 
was. therefore, this: Supposing both Murphy and Dolan were in 
form, could Murphy beat Dolan far enough to more than neutralize a 
possible lead of a bird or two on Knapp's part? The gerieral oninlnn 
seemed to be that he could do so, and that therefor^ "the ^Work- 
Murphy team ought to win by 2 or 3 birds. The scores show that the 
actual lead of this pair when all was over was just 1 bird, Murphy 
having to go to the score in the 100th round and kill to win. And that, 
too, in a match of 200 birds a side 1 ' 
A GREAT RACE. 
It was a great race all through; at no time was either team more 
than 5 birds ahead, while each team at one time or another took the 
lead. At the commencement of the 75th round tho score was a tie; 7 
rounds later Dolan and Knapp were 2 birds ahead, a miss by Dolan in 
the 89th round reducing that lead to 1 again. Then, in the 92d round, 
Work and Murphy went ahead, their opponents each losing a bird. 
The next, the 93d round, Dolan and Murphy missed, the positions of 
the teams being unaltered. Work's loss of his 94th bird made the race 
a tie once more. Dolan 's 95th and 96t,h birds both got away, Work 
?? d J S J ur , phy thus havui g a lead of 2 birds. At the commencement of 
the 100th round Dolan killed and Knapp said to Work: "George, I 
don't suppose you and Murphy would be so kind as to oblige us with 
a miss apiece?" Work went out and politely obliged with a cipher, 
tois , JU8t mana ging to get over the boundary. Then Knapp killed 
and Edgar Murphy had to go to the score with the responsibility of 
Killing to win. He drew a good hard bird which he killed in capital 
shape before it had time to make much headway. 
John S. Hoeyrefereed the match, all save about the last 14 or 15 
rounds. At that time Knapp and Dolan were 2 birds ahead and both 
were shooting very well; in saying good-bye to Knapp, Mr. Hoey said, 
'I suppose I may as well congratulate you." "You'd better not," 
said Knapp. "You can't tell anything about it until the last shot is 
nred. The result showed that he was about right. 
THE START WAS SENSATIONAL. 
• S tart was at 10:50 ' tne match being delayed as long as possible 
in the hopes of more breeze coming, and also to let the sun get round 
to the south, as owing to the way the traps face the sun in the early 
morning is very trying on any right-quartering bird from Nos. 4 or 5. 
It was a sensational start, Dolan and Murphy losing their birds, both 
of which fell dead out of bounds. Then Dolan lost his second bird, 
and almost everybody whistled. Work evened matters up by losing a 
fast driver from No. 2, and when Murphy lost his 8th, Knapp and his 
partner were 1 ahead; then both Dolan and Murphy lost their next 
birds, Murphy also losing his 12th, and Knapp's team was 2 in the 
lead. It was somebody's turn to whistle who had not even puckered 
when Dolan's first two misses occurred I Work and Knapp lost birds 
in the 14th round, and Dolan and Work scored losses in the 16th round, 
no change taking place in the position of the teams. Then Dolan 
lost his 19th bird, reducing his team's lead to 1 bird, Knapp's loss 
of his 24th and 25th birds placing that team 1 in the rear. The 
scores for the first serieB of 25 birds were: Work 23, Murphy 21, total 
43; Knapp 22, Dolan 20, total 42. v J 
In the 28th round Work, Murphy and Dolan all scored lost birds, the 
£2;^™ , each team being thus once more a tie. Then Knapp lost his 
30th, Work and Murphy being temporarily in the lead by 1 bird; this 
lead they lost in the 33d round when both of them lost their birds' giv- 
ing their opponents the lead by a single bird. The score was once 
more a tie when Dolan, Knapp and Murphy lost their birds in the 35th 
rounds. The next fifteen rounds saw Dolan and Knapp lose 8 birds 
to their opponents' 5, Work and Murphy entering the last half of the 
match three birds to the good. The scores for the first 50 birds were- 
Work 42, Murphy 41, total 83; Knapp 41, Dolan 39, total 80. 
KNAPP MAKES A BREAK. 
Knapp commenced the third series of 25 birds in a startling manner 
losing his 51st, 53d and 55th birds, thus making a record of 7 lost 
out of his last 12 birds! Murphy's loss of his 51st bird cut down the 
advantage gained by his temporary going to pieces on the part of 
Knapp to 5 birds at the end of the 55th round. The next 20 rounds 
saw a grand brace on the part of Knapp, who went straight; Dolan 
lost his 57th, 62d and 68th birds, the pair thus scoring 37 out of their 40 
birds. Against this Work and Murphy were doing a lot of missing 
^° r «o^ Bt 6 . 2d l nd 71st bir<ls ' Murphy losing his 56th, 58th. 
63d, 69th and 74th birds, their total for the same 40 birds being 32,' 
Murphy's loss of his 74th bird actually tieing the score again, after 
being 5 ahead at the end of the 55th round. The totals for the third 
se ?! 8 ^ 20 were: Work 64 > Mur Phy 60; total 124. Knapp 63, Dolan 61 ; 
total 124. » ^ , , 
In the 77th round Work and Dolan lost their birds dead out of 
bounds; then Work lost his 78th in like manner, Knapp's team going 
ahead until the end of the next round, when Knapp spoiled a run of 
as straight by slipping up on a fast one from No. 5 trap. The balance 
of the story of this last quarter of the race is told above, the finish 
being really very exciting. It took four minutes less than four hours 
to nnish the match. 
THE LIGHT WAS AGAINST GOOD SCORES. 
The totals are poor ones considering the caliber of the shooters, but 
it is not hard to find some excuse for the numerous cip hers. A more 
tricky light it would be hard to imagine; at one time a brilliant sun 
shone right in the right eye of the shooter, making a towering out- 
going or quartering bird from No. 4 or No. 5 trap very hard to locate 
then again while the sun was shining it seemed a difficult feat to 
gauge correctly birds that rose swiftly, towering slightly and bearing 
off to the left, with the high trees that border the dam for a back- 
ground. It will be noticed also that quite a number of the birds that 
were clean missed or only feathered lightly were straight drivers; the 
majority of these were low flying swift birds that hugged the ground 
as they lit out for the barn. 
,J tt j s a regular chestnut to say that the birds were good ones. The 
Westminster Kennel Club's birds are always good and to-day's pigeons 
were a wonderful lot. How they managed to get away as they did 
considering that the breeze behind them was only a very lizht one is 
a mystery. Of course the club pays a big price for its birds, and 
equally of course, the superintendent had a large number on hand from 
which to select his birds for to-day's match. That his choice was ac- 
curate was shown by the fact that out of a total of 400 birds trapped 
only three or four at the outside hesitated an instant before taking 
wing What the birds would have been like, had there been a strong 
northwest wind blowing, is hard to tell. s 
^i? 10 !? curious incident of the whole match was the sudden break 
made by Knapp just when he was apparently sure of making a reallv 
good score The loss of his 44th, 45th, 48th, 49th, 51st. 53d and 55th-7 
birds out of 12-was something remarkable. Where he was shooting 
neither he nor anyone else could tell. Then he settled down and killed 43 
out of the last 45 shot atl You can't tell anything about a shooting 
match. Dolan's failure in the last 10 birds of the race was very unfor- 
tunate; he dropped 4 birds in quick succession at a critical time and 
practically turned a splendid victory into a defeat. It is only fair to 
say that for his 92d, 93d, 95th and 96th birds he drew some verv fast 
ones; coming, as they did, after a lot of fairly easy ones and just when 
the pressure was very hard, it was.unfortunate, to say the least. 
WORK DREW THE HARDEST BIRDS. 
George Work, notwithstanding the fact that Knapp beat him by two 
birds on their individual scores, shot probably in the best formof any- 
body ; he drew decidedly the hardest birds-particularly in the first 
50; some of his stops of fast-driving birds were wonderful and were 
generously applauded Five of his lost birds fell dead out of bounds 
three of them only just clearing the top of the 18in. wire fence that 
marks the boundary line of the shooting grounds. His partner Mur- 
P }Zl was not in trim, and lost his time completely in the third series 
of 25, holding his second barrel until the bird was almost out of dan- 
ger. On the 75th round Work urged him to quicken his time, even if 
he missed his birds. The result was soon manifest, as Murphy went 
to work and knocked down 24 out of the last 26 
There were no long runs made, with the solitary exception of a 23 
made by Knapp. The double figure runs of each man were: Work- 
Tiiiiw i° ; Mu n*y-14 and 10; Knapp-23, 13 and 12; Dolan-ll. 
T ^ ab ? ve ,??i re8 ^ ll0w - tnat there must have been something wrong 
with the light, otherwise in such a light breeze there shouTd havl 
been some pretty long straight rune made. °"«u»u uave 
HOW THE TRAPS FELL. 
The traps fell as below: 
Work %*■ %*■ %*■ V 
Murphy 21 24 18 18 \q 
^ na PP 24 lt> 18 22 20 
Dolan is 23 20 18 21 
90 77 74 il 78 
The rest of the story of this four-handed match, in which the win- 
mng : pair only won by the narrow margin of a single bird, is best told 
by the trap score type and figures given below : 
Trap score type-Copyright, isoa, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co 
4344321342133341555541426 
George Work.I^nn^^^K^i^St^l^ 
3213243 3 31135452545454235 
220221202222222 2 2 2 il 0 2 2 2 0-20 
3241521115442341143121211 
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 . 2 2 0 2 2 2^2 2 2 2 0 2 2^ 2-23 
5316124154144145511411321 
2. .22022222122 2 222 0 2 2^2 2 1-20-84 
2412113224254552215522251 
Edgar Murphy.. 2212220022201 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2-21 
541241244431421333335135 5 
22.2 2 2202«222222222i 2 2 22 i-20 
1421221512311413322551443 
0 2 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 i 2 2 2 2 t2-19 
2 3 331532 5 5152534432144254 
22222202222222222 0222 2 2 2 2-23- 
J P Knapp. . , 
-83 
167 
HU 1 i 33 I 5555511 412544524 
.2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 si 2 2 2^2 2 11 0-22 
HLM 4, f 2 I 4 13422 1 1 5 4 4 4 1 1 4 3 
2 23 2 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 Ooi-19 
1215 3 143323443413 34552131 
6 2 0 2 . 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2I 22-22 
11 \l I 5 ,l 3 I 2 ? 5 3 4 1 3 4 4 8 1 3 3 1 5 5 
222022 2 22222222 202222^2 i 2-23-86 
4 3 21311242542545235121442 
H Yale Dolan. ..^ot 2 ? 6 I ^ HWMi W I Uo 
35 15 3 24215245112115323532 
22021222102022100222202 2 2— 19 
524531625121553143 3 234452 
->T T \S 1 1 "^-'W-IAT 4-H>\l f t ? X 
1 3 2 2 2 2 . 2 1 1 2 . 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 il 2 3 2 2-22 
3124145552334524343331343 
2.112222221220 $2 0 02 001 2 1 2-19-80 
166 
A couple of 5- bird sweeps, $5 entrance, were shot before the match 
commenced, several other sweeps and miss-and-outs being shot dur- 
ing the afternoon. Nos. 1 and 2 were the 5-bird sweeps; Nos 3 to 7 
weref5mis8-and-outs; Nos. 8 to 12 were individual $5 matches be- 
tween Work and Dolan at 3 pairs of live birds, Dolan winning three 
out of the five. The scores in all these events were as follows: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No 4 
H Yale Dolan 11212-5 20211-4 0 -0 221221-6 
Geo Work 12102-4 02202-3 2222-4 2210 -3 
JP Knapp 01222-4 22222-5 1220-8 0 -0 
P H Morns 0121 —3 01120-3 
FG Moore 0022 -2 0200 -1 2220-3 32i220-5 
No. 5. No. 6. No. 7. No 8 
H Yale Dolan 212-3 20 —1 220 -2 10 li 11— k 
Geo Work 20 —1 122111122-9 222111111-9 11 01 —2 
FG Moore 220—2 222222220-8 222221110—8 ........ 
No. 9. No. 10. No. 11. No 12 
HY Dolan.. ..11 11 11-6 11 10 10 11-6 ' 10 11 10-4 00 10 -1 
Geo Work. . . .11 01 11-5 10 ll 10 10-5 10 11 11-J 11 11 H-6 
Edward Banks. 
New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League. 
The meeting of the New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League was held in 
the office of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New York, on 
Wednesday, Jan. 22. ' 
There were present W. R. Hobart, South Side Gun Club- 
W. N. Drake, Maplewood Gun Club; Dr. T. J Jackson 
Union Gun Club; A. L. Ivins, Riverside Gun Club; P. A. Jean- 
o er w-iE°£ n ? Sprmes Gun Club; C. Hebbard, Elizabeth Gun Club; 
OW McPeek Endeavor Gun Club; Charles Smith, Climax Gun Club 
The Dunellen Gun Club, of Dunellen, N. J., was admitted. Dr. Jack- 
son presided. The Secretary-Treasurer's report was accepted 
The election of officers resulted as follows: President— Dr T T 
Jackson; Secretary-Treasurer- W. R. Hobart, Newark, N. J - 'Mana- 
ger- W N. Drake, South Orange, N. J. ; Directors— C. W. 'kcPeek 
Jersey City, and R. E. Chetwood, Elizabeth, N. J. ^ciree*, 
The donations, ninety cans of powder, three subscriptions and one 
gun case, were divided, ten cans of powder to each of nine clubs 
°, th u rs °r ne each T to four clubs, and a cash prize of $4 to the remaining 
club Messrs. Jeaneret, McPeek Drake and Hobart discussed at 
a S?J?£ manner of equalizing chances in the competition. It was 
decided finally that the shooting for 1896 shall be at known traps and 
known angles Mr. W Fred Quimby's offer of a donation-a $25 
badge or $30 in cash-was accepted. After some discussion 
concerning Sec. 8, this section was amended to read as follows- 
"Prizes to be competed for by teams of six men from each 
club composing the League." The requirement in respect to 
paying in §5 before competition was abolished. For donations a vote 
of thanks was tendered to the Winchester Repeating Arms Co E C 
Powder Co., Von Lengerke & Detmold, American Smokeless Powder 
^•'i^'SF 8 v m °A k rl 6 ? a v, Po ^ d % Go., Shooting and Fishing, American 
Field, W Fred Quimby, Du Pont Powder Co. and Walsrode Smoke- 
less Powder Co. The resignation of Mr. E. D. Miller was accepted and 
thanks tendered for his past services. 
A committee of three, Messrs. McPeek, Smith and Jeanneret, was ap- 
pointed to solicit prizes for this year's events, and to learn of the 
donors their wishes as to the disposal of their donations 
The drawing for dates of tournaments resulted as follows: Boiling 
Springs Gun Club, November; Union Hill Gun Club August- River- 
side Gun Club, September; Elizabeth Gun Club. Julv Marlfiwoorl 
Gun Club, May; Endeavor bun Club, October; Dunelfen Gun Club 
sfde r Gu7ciub,'Aprn Un ^ JUn6; CUmax Gun Club, March; South' 
Avoteof thanks was extended to the Winchester Repeating Arms 
Co. for the use of their room and the meeting adjourned. 
Meadville Gun Club. 
Meadville, Pa., Jan. 22.-Below is the score of our first shoot of the 
year, shot to-day. Of course the boys were not properly limbered up 
for work, but expect to be so by the time the sun gets north of the 
equator. I cannot say that I am ashamed to send this initiatory 
score, and I assure you that we can add several others to the nuniber 
present to-day who would increase the average. This scorn shnw« 
over 70 per cent, broken of the entire number ot targets tCwn, m 
eluding the 35 pairs of doubles, and over 74 per cent, of the entire 
number of singles. It also shows that in the first event, in whieh nine 
was the number of entries, the seven highest broke an average of 
over 77 per cent., and in the second event, in which eight men shot 
seven of them averaged over 80 per cent.: ' 
No. 1. w 0 o 
HAJohnsoDlll0110111111110101111111-21 11110011111imoiilllllli_22 
Hayes 1111101111010001110111111 19 IIOOIOIIIIIIIOIIIIOIIIII1Z20 
Prenatt 0110ni0011111111101111011-18 llllllllOOlllOUllllOllloZio 
Adams. . . , . .1110101110101110111110110-18 1111111010111110010111001 Ts 
Affantrang'rOlllllOOH'OOlOOlOOOOOllOO-ll 11111111011111 1001 00101-19 
Krider OllOOlOllOlllllOlllOlllll— 18 «"iiiiiwiiuuiu(-ia 
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Choke Bore. 
Missoula Rod and Gun Club. 
Missoula, Mont , Jan. 19.-Owing to the fact that the Montana State 
tournament for '9b is to be held under the auspices of the Mis?oula 
Rod and Gun Club, the club has been compelled to organize tor the 
coming season a couple of months earlier than usual. Accordingly a 
meeting was called for Jan. 16, on whieh date a fair number of the 
members were present and a great deal of enthusiasm displayed over 
the prospects of the club for this year. 
The following members were duly elected for the respective offices- 
Lieut C. A Devol, President; W. P. Brayton, Vice PresidentTWill 
Cave Secretary and Treasurer; C. A. Searles, Field Captain; Execu- 
Woody° Menard, chairman; f. M. Evans andSk 
The dates decided upon for the holding of the tournainenf will 
as^sss 1 ^^ and the secretary ™=r d \o w ctt 
No pains will be spared by the local club to make the meet one of 
the moBt interesting in the trap-shooting history of the Northwest 
c , , „ Will Cave, 
Sec'y and Treas. Missoula R. and G. Club, 
