BO 6 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 20, 1896. 
New York's State Shoot. 
THE TOURNAMENT AT BUFFALO A THOROUGH SUCCESS. 
"The New York State shoot of 1896 must be reckoned as one of the 
most successful the Association has ever held. The attendance was 
excellent and the boys stayed to the finish. The weather on the first 
two days of the week (June 8-9) was decidedly against the tourna- 
ment, but the preparations made by the Audubon Gun Club for the 
comfort of its guests and their protection from bad weather or a hot 
sun robbed those two- gloomy days of more than half their terrors. 
The last four days' of the tournament were favored by as lovely 
weather for trap-shooting as could be desired, and affairs on those 
days went proportionately pleasantly. 
It is hard to see where the tournament officials of the Audubon Gun 
Club could have improved matters by additional forethought. This is 
high commendation probably, but the club had spared no expense in 
arranging and providing for every possible contingency. When the 
Association voted at the Saratoga convention last year to hold the 
State shoot of 1896 at Buffalo under the auspices of the Audubon Gun 
Club, the delegates of that club promised many things and talked 
volubly about what the club would do in '97. We heard those prom- 
ises and that talk, and we now state positively that the Audubon Olub 
made good every word spoken in its behalf at Saratoga's State 
shoot. 
There was some preliminary practice work on Monday, June 8, 
but the week's work properly commenced when Mr. George Bleistein 
called to order 
THE CONVENTION OF 1896. 
The annual convention was held on Monday night, June 8, in the 
Colonial parlors of the Genessee Hotel. Mr. George Bleistein presi- 
dent of the tournament officers, occupied the chair, Mr. John B. 
Sage acting as secretary and treasurer. 
The attendance of delegates was very large, and the hotel parlors 
were taxed to the utmost limits. Among the clubs represented were: 
South Buffalo G. C— L. 0. Cranston, F. Anderson, Frank Long, 
Peter Sell, 
Clyde G. C— J. P. Howard, H. C. Watson, A. C. Burnett. 
Whitesboro G. C— Robert Wilkeson, J. P. Schad, E. D. Wayman, C. 
L. Roberts, A. S. Hemler. 
West Utica G. C— Gustavas, J. P. Parker, W. Petre, F. Bard, P. 
Cursons. 
West End G. C— T. H. Green, A. J. McLure. 
Watertown G. 0— W. H. TalJett, O. M. Paddock, J. R. Powling, 
George D. Oliver. 
Union G. C, of Western New York.— J. Olmstead, E. F. Hammond, 
Kelsey, E. W. Skey. Hy . Myedale. 
Syracuse G. C— H. McMurchy, C. H. Mowry, Charles Wagner, Hol- 
loway, W. Hookway. 
Onondaga Sportsmen's Club.— H. McMurchy, A. G. Courtney, Dan 
Walters, A. White, Dan Lefever. 
Spencer Sportsmen's Association — H. B. Whitney. 
New York County G. C.— Carl von Lengerke, L. H. Schortemeier. 
Rochester Rod and G. C-— W. C. Hadley, E. C. Meyer, Dr. J. Weller, 
S. Glover, J. J. Quirk. 
Saratoga G- C— Harry Livingston. 
Audubon G. C, of Rochester. — H. M. Stewart, J. H. McGuire, W. J. 
Mann, R. Glover. 
Manitou Beach Rod and G. C— T. Lane.'H. Perry, C. W. Lane, H. 
Lowden, J. M Lowden. 
Charlotte G. 0 — W. M. Richmond, Arthur Rickman, BertRickman. 
Canajoharie G. C— Dr, S. A. Weasels, Charles Weeks. 
Buffalo Audubon G. C— H. D. Williams, E. C. Burkhardt, J. H. Ball, 
J. J. Reid, U. E. Story. ■ 
Buffalo G. C— Jac Fisher, J. B. Marston, J. A. Dingens, Clinton Bid- 
well. 
Binghamton G. C — G. W. Kendall, H. W. Brown. 
Auburn G. C.-C. W. Tuttle, G. Corning; Jr., J. K. Brigden, J. J. 
Carr, T. Church. 
Keystone G. C, of Buffalo. -Otto Besser, Jr., F. D. Kinney, Jacob 
Koch, Orton Sampson, Fred Emond. 
Long Island G. C— L. H. Schortemeier. 
New Utrecht G. C— L. H. Schortemeier. 
Oneida County Sportsmen's Association.— H. L. Gates, E. D. Ful- 
ford, J. W. Fulford, H. C. Brewster, H. C. Caulkins. 
Peoria G. C , of Buffalo.— P. G. Meyer, James Lodge, G. O. Miller, H. 
D. Kirkover. A. C. Heinold. 
Richfield G. C— Dr. Borland, M. E. Barker. 
Idle Hour G. O, of Buffalo.— Wm. Brammer, John Ambrose. 
Rome G. C— S. H. Beach, A. C. McAdam, H. M. Poole, J. J. Arm- 
strong, W. P. Rayland. 
There was some discussion on the question of the handicap imposed 
upon certain experts by the Audubon Gun Club, but the action of that 
club met with very general approval among the delegates present. 
, AT AUBURN IN 1897. 
The chief business of the convention was the election of officers and 
the choosing of the scene for the thirty-ninth annual convention and 
tournament. Both Rome and Auburn entered the field as candidates 
for the State shoot of 1897, and after a lively debate the roll was 
called. Auburn took the lead from the start, and it was soon appar- 
ent that that city would have an easy victory. This being the case, 
on motion of W. P. Rayland, of Rome, the choice of Auburn was 
it ade unanimous. Auburn promised to guarantee $2,000 and throw 
targets at 2 cents each. 
The following is a list of the officers for 1896-7: President, Charles 
G. Curtis: "Vice-President, W. W. Dickinson; Secretary-Treasurer, 
Clarence E. Goodrich. 
. THE AUDUBON PARK. GROUNDS. 
The shoot was held at B. F. Smith's Auiubon Park, 28C5 Main 
street, about twenty-five minutes' ride by electric street cars from the 
center of the city. The location is very convenient and the trip an 
easy one. 
Four sets of bluerock traps were used, Cruttenden & Card's king- 
bird target being thrown. This target is an excellent breaker and a 
good flyer; being slightly heavier than either the bluerock or empire, 
it can be thrown as far as either of those two targets with less tension 
on the mainspring of the traps. And the Audubon boys did throw 
them hard. On the first two days of the tournament (June 9-10) they 
were thrown as far and as fast as we have ever seen targets thrown. 
With a good wind blowing, added to fast targets, slow shots had no 
chance, while those who were accustomed to "pop ups" at home fell 
down by wholesale. No. 4 set of traps in particular was a very hard 
set to make a good score on, the flight of the targets at those traps on 
the first two days being variously estimated at from 75 to 90yds, Per- 
sonally we think 75 to 80ydB. was about the figure. This set was a 
brand new one that had just been received from Cleveland, and the 
springs were let down to the lowest notch, but still the targets flew as 
stated above. Had they been screwed up a few notches some of the 
targets would be going yet. Paul North, who arrived on the scene on 
Wednesday, reduced the speed somewhat, but still the shooting on 
that set was good and hard. 
The traps were under the supervision of Jack Parker, who, together 
with the popular Crutty (W. H. Cruttenden), had control of the man- 
agement of the shoot. 
THE OFFICIALS. 
The tournament officers were: President, George Bleistein; Vice- 
President, Ohas. S. Burkhardt, president of the Audubon Gun Club"; 
Secretary-Treasurer, George J. Schmidt, who occupies the same posi- 
tion in the Audubon Club. 
In the cashier's office were: W. R Hobart, of Newark, N. J., secre- 
tary of the New Jersey State Trap-Shooters' League; John B. Sage, 
secretary of the New York State Association since 1863; and George 
J . Schmidt, who is referred to above. A State shoot with a programme 
of State and open events is virtually two shoots, and a certain amount 
of confusion is bound to occur at the start. But once started every- 
thing here went as smoothly as possible, the tournament passing off 
easily and pleasantly during the last four days of the shooc. Consid- 
ering the large number of entries and the double programme, the 
cashier's department did its work exceedingly well and promptly. 
The work entailed upon this department at such a shoot as this was 
must be personally experienced if a correct appreciation of the con- 
ditions is to be made and just criticism upon its work to be passed. 
The referees were practical shooters who knew their business and 
who performed their duties well. Of course, a few mistakes were 
made; no one man can see everything, particularly when it comes to 
small chips that fall edgewise to the referee. Stilt the referees used 
good judgment, and the wisdom of having experienced men to fill 
these important positions was well exemplified at this shoot. The 
names of the referees were: No. 1 traps, B. Tolsma; No. 2, Fred. . 
Emond; No. 3, W. Meyers; No. 4, Al. Vagt. 
The squad hustlers, each of whom walked many miles each day in 
the execution or his duties, were G. O. Miller, A. C. Suckol, Charles 
Doll and Al Avery. The double programme— State and open events- 
made their work much harder than usual. Of course, also, there were 
many snooters who forgot their names and caused the expenditure of 
considerable unnecessary lung power. 
To give a list of those who were present during the week would take 
up a column or more of our valuable space. Those interested in that 
particular must refer to the table of each day's scores, which will be 
found in their proper positions. A list of 
THE TRADE REPRESENTATIVES 
shows that manufacturers and dealers of sporting goods were well 
represented. Among those present under this head were: Dan Lefever 
and Col. A. G. Courtney, of the Lefever Arms Co : Geo. Mosher, of the 
i-yracuse Arms Co.; Harvey McMurchy and R. Hunter, of the Hunter 
Arms (L. C. Smith gun) Co.; Sim Glover, shooting a Parker and using 
Schultze powder, and climbing to the top as usual; Jas. A. R. Elliott, 
of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.; Alderman U. M. n. Thomas, 
of the U. M. C. Co., of Bridgeport, Conn. ; A. P. Pope, pushina the in- 
terest of Schoverling, Daly & Gales, the U. S. agents for the Walsrode 
powder; M. Herrington, the New York representative of the Liflin & 
Rand W-A powder; Noel E. Money, secretary of the American E. C. 
Powder Co.; W. L. Colville and J. S. Fanning, representing the Gold 
Dust powder; Carl von Lengerke, of Von Lengerke & Detmold, repre- 
senting the interests of Schultze powder and exhibiting a beautiful lot 
of Francotte guns; etc.,. etc. 
THE HANDICAP ON EXPERTS. 
As announced in the programme, experts were forced to shoot into 
first or second money or get nothing. This rule had the effect of 
drawing some additional entries, and also of keeping some of the boys 
shooting during the whole of the tournament. That it was a hard 
game for the experts is shown by the scores of the second day, when 
McMurchy broke 92 per cent, and never got a place all day, although he 
broke 47 out of 50 in the E. C. cup contest which A. M. Schemerhorn 
won with 49 out of 50, the 48 hole always being occupied. The handi- 
cap was not strictly adhered to all through the tournament, the 
tournament committee deciding to take the penalty off certain 
shooters. McMurchy, Elliott, E. D. Fulford and Sim Glover, however, 
bore the yoke through the entire shoot. It did not bother Glover 
much, as he shot a wonderful gait the whole of the tournament and 
finally landed a big winner when it was all over. He fully earned all 
he made, his great scores being the result of some magnificent shoot- 
ing on hard-thrown targets. 
THE STATE EVENTS. 
The programme for each of the first three days contained two State 
events at 25 targets each. State event No. 4 was shot on the afternoon 
of the second day and was a merchandise event. The entry list in 
this event was very large and it took all Thursday morning to decide 
the ties for the merchandise prizes, there being eight classes of prize 
winners. The Audubon Club also announced 9 prizes for averages 
in these 6 events. Below is a list of the winners, with their averages, 
each man having shot at 150 targets: 
Shot at. Av. 
1. Glover 142 94.6 
2. McMurchy 187 91.3 
3. Livingston 136 90.6 , 
4. Whitney 133 88.6 ' 
(Tuttle 130 86.6 
I Hammond 130 86.6 
eiehty-eight shooters took part in this day's events. Below is a list 
of the averages made by the twenty-two men who shot through the 
programme of eight events, a total of 170 targets: 
5. 
Shot at. 
Av. 
.129 
86 
129 
86 
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85.3 
128 
85.3 
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.125 
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Av. 
Below is a table showing the scores made by each shooter in the 
above-mentioned 6 State events, and also giving each man's percent- 
age of breaks: 
Events: 13 3 4 5 0 
Targets: SB SB SB SB 25 35 Shot at. Broke. 
Schorty 23 18 23 22 20 19 
Glover 24 23 22 25 23 25 
Levengston, 23 20 23 24 23 23 
Kelsey 23 21 22 19 17 19 
A Baker 21 19 17 15 17 30 
Byer 21 16 22 20 22 23 
Hammond 25 19 25 20 20 21 
Paddock .... 17 20 14 20 21 18 
Tallett 20 22 22 20 18 22 
Whitney 22 24 20 20 24 23 
McMurchy 25 22 22 21 24 23 
Nichols , 16 18 14 .. .. 
Courtney.... 22 9 18 15 20 23 
Corning , 17 10 10 19 13 .. 
Simpson 15 19 
Wagner.. 23 17 20 21 20 22 
Edwards 24 20 21 23 19 22 
Burnett , 14 15 17 15 .. .. 
Swiveller 17 16 18 .. 19 13 
Frank 24 23 20 21 17 18 
E C Meyer 19 20 22 16 21 19 
CLane 18 22 21 24 25 18 
McClure 16 15 19 21 22 19 
C S Burkhardt 22 24 18 16 21 22 
Hanks 22 18 19 21 22 23 
E C Burkhardt 19 20 16 19 15 18 
Norris 23 20 19 21 23 22 
Bennett 22 17 18 13 21 21 
Heinold 20 15 14 20 19 18 
Sauer 15 14 20 21 17 21 
Pope 20 19 18 10 17 18 
Borland 13 7 14 15 .. .. 
M E Barker 24 19 19 .. 22 22 
Fries 17 16 15 18 . . .. 
Zoeller 5 6 .. 12 .. .. 
Floss 16 16 14 14 
Weller 18 20 19 1 4 
Oahmig 22 13 16 11 
Brandel 17 11 11 18 .. . . 
Schwartz 20 14 16 17 18 20 
Gates , 23 20 22 20 20 23 
Mayhew 21 17 13 23 22 22 
Andrews 20 20 16 14 22 23 
Tuttle 21 21 22 23 19 24 
AMS 19 20 22 19 20 23 
Hadley 22 17 18 20 20 .. 
Perry. 18 14 
W A Hunter 22 12 12 16 . , 
AS Hunter 18 20 18 
J W Fulford 21 17 21 23 22 23 
Wicks 19 20 19 20 .. 
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Richmond 16 14 20 21 24 21 
Brown 21 17 18 23 ... . 
Carr 15 17 20 . . 20 14 
Brainard 18 13 9 
Musselman , 21 18 20 .. . . 
Rayland 13 17 18 ,. . .. 
Lefever 24 20 20 19 20 19 
Fisher 18 16 17 18 .. .. 
G S Wride 19 20 13 12 20 17 
E D Fulford 23 20 . . 25 24 22 
Brigden 19 17 16 .. 23 22 
Closer 22 14 18 19 21 21 
T G Wheeler 22 14 14 24 19 15 
R Hunter 24 20 17 24 22 22 
Stacy 20 20 18 20 16 19 
Mowry 20 19 20 . . 24 23 
Holloway 20 17 15 
Wessels 21 13 20 18 19 
Krotz , 14 .. 18 
Koch 21 12 .. 21 .. 20 
A Barker 20 21 22 18 19 .. 
Ware 19 21 22 20 22 18 
Skinner 21 19 19 17 19 .. 
Burnett 19 16 17 
A Rickman 22 .. 19 22 20 ., 
Paddleford 19 . . 16 22 . . 
Kirkover 21 , . 18 20 21 22 
Korst 20 . . 15 15 . . . 
M Louden 16 . . 17 19 17 . . 
Church 17 . . 16 
P G Mayer 17 .. 17 17 1 . . 
Dingens 15 .. .. 10 .. .. 
Quirk 17 .. 13 15 ... . 
Kendall 15 . . 20 15 22 15 
B Rickman 21 .. 19 18 .. .. 
Lewis 20 .. 23 19 19 18 
WT M 19 .. 14 18 ., .. 
WEB 19 .. 13 17 .. .. 
EW Smith 16 .. .. 22 ., . 
Norton 19 22 24 21 
J E Lodge 15 10 . . 7 
UE Story 18 1H 18 .. 
H Valentine 17 21 22 
Hobbie 20 22 15 19 
John Fulford 21 17 21 23 22 23 
Forrester 23 21 
G W H 20 17 
Covert 16 15 . . 
EM Moody. , 21 19 
H J Benedict 1-3 14 18 13 
OA Ward 22 23 20 20 
Truesdale 14 15 
Grier 12 .. 10 15 .. .. 
FIRST DAT, JUNE 9. 
The heavy rain, dull sky and something that was more than a 
breeze, all contributed to keep scores down. The swift flight of the 
targets, particularly from No. 4 set of traps, was extremely hard to 
follow and goose eggs were more numerous than usual. McMurchy's 
average of 94 per cent, in the open events was really remarkable work 
and ' he fully deserved all the congratulations he received. Harry 
Whitney was a good second with 91 per cent. Our scores show that 
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Broke. Av. 
H McMurchy 160 94.1 
H Whitney 156 91.7 
S Glover 150 88.2 
H M Levengston 150 88.2 
CLane 149 87.6 
O Wagner 148 87 
Fanning 148 87 
FD Kelsey 147 86.4 
H Valentine 140 82.3 
Hammond 140 82.3 
McVey. 138 81.1 
Broke. Av. 
Flick 137 80.5 
Elliott ...... 137 80.5 
EC Meyers 135 79.4 
Byer ....132 77.6 
Courtney 132 77.6 
Henry 131 77 
ME Barker 131 77 
Simpson 129 75.8 
Nicholls 123 72.3 
Graham 116 68.2 
Corning Ill 65.2 
Open event No. 5 was placed on the programme as the Gold Dust 
event, 50 targets, unknown angles, entrance $2 (including price of 
shells and targets). Contestants were to use Gold Dust in thi* event, 
shells being provided by W. L. Colville (Dick Swiveller), the represent- 
ative of the United States Smokeless Powder Co., of San Francisco. 
It was decided, however, to cut the event in half, making two 25-target 
events. The first 25 constituted the Gold Dust event, Mr. Colville add- 
ing cash and loaded shells equivalent to glOO. The second 25 was the 
W-A event, the Laflin & Rand Powder Co. adding S50 to the purse 
through its representative. M. Herrington, of New York city. The 
scores in this event will be found under the. head of No, 6. 
Below is a table of the 
SCORES OP JUNE 9. 
Events: 1 2 [3 4 5 6 7 8 
Targets: SO SO SO SO SB SB SO SO 
McMurchy. 18 20 17 19 24 23 19 20 
Whitney.. - 19 18 18 19 19 23 20 20 
Glover 17 20 11 20 23 23 18 18 
Levengston 19 19 20 16 20 20 19 17 
Lane , 15 19 19 20 18 22 16 20 
Wagner ... 20 19 17 20 22 19 14 17 
Fanning. . , 19 20 14 17 24 21 15 18 
Kelsey...., 18 18 17 18 22 20 16 18 
Valentine,. 17 18 13 17 22 20 18 15 
Hammond. 17 17 13 19 19 20 15 20 
McVey.... 14 16 18 20 18 21 15 16 
Flick 18 16 16 17 20 22 18 10 
Events: 1« 345678 
Targets: SO SO SO SO 25 25 20 so 
Elliott 17 15 17 19 15 21 14 19 
EC Meyers 14 16 12 19 21 19 15 19 
Byer 17 16 13 15 19 20 13 19 
Courtney,. 18 12 17 13 22 18 18 14 
Henrv 15 14 16 18 18 15 17 18 
ME Barker 16 17 16 16 20 13 15 18 
Simpson... 17 19 10 17 17 13 17 18 
Nichols.... 15 12 13 16 15 19 16 17 
Graham,,. 16 13 14 16 17 17 8 15 
Corning ... 14 13 10 17 13 15 15 14 
Schorty. ... 14 16 13 17 24 17 16 . . 
Kirkover.. 15 16 12 .. 17 19 14 12 
15 .. 10 .. 
16 .. .. 
Frank 15 14 .. 19 17 Conley .... 17 14 
Weller 14 17 . . 17 20 . . 16 . . Stacy 9 15 
Skinner.... 17 13 Apgar 14 .. ,. 17 .. 21 
Mayhew... 17 18 16 19 21 .. 17 .. Mowry.... 15 16 .... 19 17 
Musselman 11 .. .. .. 20 .. ., .. Edwards.. 10 19 .. 17 19 20 17 16 
McClure... 14 16 14 .. 18 Brigden.... 16 16 13 14 17 .. 17 ,. 
Ware 16 19 CvLsng'ke 15 17 10 16 17 18 ,, 17 
Borland... 12 14 .. 12 Berrington 16 17 12 16 ., 17 .. ., 
EC Burnett 16 19 R Hunter.. 17 18 .. 19 .... 15 . , 
Tuttle 14 16 12 16 22 21 14 .. ABak»r... 18 .. .. 14 17 .. ., 16 
Carr 13 15 12 .. 20 .. 14 18 Hot Blast.. 14 13 12 14 .. 16 16 17 
AS Hunter 16 16 .. 16 EDFulfoM 1H 18 13 19 21 20 .. .. 
WAHunter 7 .. ,. 16 Mosher..,, 1* 1R 
Richmond. 15 20 ,. 13 Raylano... 15 14 16 IS 
Fries 13 20 Boyd j8 15 12 17 23 .. 16 .. 
18 Borst 16 J6 14 .. 9 
Louden.,,. 14 15 
C Burkh'rt 14 17 
Hanks 16 ,. 
E Burkh'rt 13 .. 
JFulTord 15 
Krotz 18 16 
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16 18 15 . . 17 Holloway . 15 14 
18 19 .... 18 Pope 15 
15 20 18 .. 19 Wilson 14 
Norris 16 .... 18 19 23 .. 15 Clover 17 
Bennett... 16 .... 18 20 16 ... . Lefever 18 
Heinold..., 17 17 .. 15 21 20 .. 14 McArthur.. .. 16 
Paddock.. 17 16 13 .. 20 20 .. .. Gates 19 
Tallett.... 17 16 14 .. 22 20 .. .. Kendall 15 
Hadley.... 17 18 11 14 18 Sauer.. 13 
Life 15 17 . . 17 13 AMS 17 
Andrews .. 17 16 .... 17 ... . 
Paddleford 10 11 15 12 .. .. 9 
Sherman.. 15 16 10 16 19 .. 17 .. 
Those who shot in only one event were: 
No. 1: Rissinger 16, Floss 11. 
No. 2; Wride 16. 
No. 5: WesseU 16, Reineoke 20, Swiveller 5, P. G. Meyer 19, 
SECOND DAY, JUNE 10. 
The change for the better in the weather to-day was a great relief. 
The sunshine was most grateful after the dampness and gloominess 
of the previous day, while the bracing breeze that came straight off 
the bosom of Lake Erie made things pleasant underfoot, if it did play 
pranks with Crutty's kingbirds. Strangely enough our scores show 
that 88 shooters took part in the day's events— precisely the same 
number that shot on the first day. The following is a list of the 25 
shooters who shot through the programme of open events, 7 In num- 
ber, calling for a total of 150 targets.- 
Shot at. Av. 
Glover 155 91.1 
McMurchy ...151 88.8 
Lane 145 85.2 
Byer 145 85.2 
Whitney 143 84.2 
Levengston 142 83.6 
Schortemeier 141 82.9 
C Wagner 140 82.3 
McVey 139 81.7 
Edwards 134 78.8 
Elliott 132 77.6 
Money 130 76.4 
Fanning 129 75.8 
Outside of the State events, open ev»nt No. 6 was the feature. This 
wt.s the E C. Cup contest, 50 targets, unknown angles, $3, the cup 
and 850 added by the E. C. Powder Company. The entry list was 
very large in this event and the contest was productive of some ex- 
cellent shooting. As will be seen by the scores, A. M. Schemerhorn 
(A. M. S.), of Cortland, N. Y., won the cup with the capital total of 48, 
Gates broke 47, leading Glover and McVey (Beck, of Indianapolis,) by 
one target. Below are the 
SCORES OF JUNE 10. 
Shot at. Av. 
Kelsey 128 75.2 
Hammond 128 75.2 
Graham 128 75.2 
EC Meyers 127 7t.6 
Herrington 127 74.6 
Tallett 126 74.1 
Clover 125 73.5 
Flick 124 72 9 
Pope 123 72,3 
Kendall 112 65.8 
Henry. 108 63.5 
Weller 107 62.9 
Targets: SO SO 20 SO SO 
Schorty 17 20 1 6 14 42 
Kelsey 14 19 14 17 37 
Byer 17 18 14 19 41 
Glover 19 18 18 18 46 
Levengston . . 17 18 14 18 44 
Brigden 13 15 8 . . 41 
McVey 19 17 13 16 46 
Tallett 15 16 15 18 36 
Lane 18 17 13 17 42 
Edwards 14 19 15 13 40 
Nichols 12 7 7 ,. .. 
Ware 14 13 .. .. 37 
C Burkhardt. 15 16 .. 13 33 
Hanks 15 15 .. 17 41 
E Burkhardt. 11 17 16 12 40 
Frank 15 17 11 16 .. 
Brandel 12 14 .. 14 .. 
AMS 13 18 . . 14 48 
Valentine 20 . . .. 16 .. 
H Eichardson 14 , , 17 . , . . 
Gates 18 47 
Wagner 13 18 17 17 41 
Whitney 18 20 18 16 36 
Kirkover. . . . 16 18 . . 18 37 
Lewis 15 .. .. 15 .. 
Tuttle 17 . . . . 15 43 
Norton 18 17 16 19 42 
Pope 17 18 15 16 29 
Clover 9 17 1318 38 
Hammond.... 14 19 16 18 32 
Schwartz 16 16 . . 85 
Fries. 16 .. .. 37 
Thomas 16 16 . . 17 
Von Lengerke 14 16 18 13 22 
Paddleford 17 .. ..20 
Courtney 15 .. 12 40 
Wride 14 11 .. 35 
E D Fulford 17 17 40 
13 
15 
15 
.. 16 
18 16 
16 19 
16 17 
.. 17 
io 12 
14 16 
14 15 
.. 9 
12 
12 .. 
13 
19 
Events: 
Targets: 
Norris 
Bennett 
Heinold 
Graham 
Flick 
Elliott 
Money 
Herrington. . , 
Henry 
Kendall 
Fanning ...... 
McMurchy 
E O Meyer.... 
Weller 
North 
Carr 
McClure 
Simpson 
AS Hunter... 
Mayhew 
W A Hunter.. 
WEB 
Hot Blast 
Sauer 
Sherman 
Boyd 
R Hunter 
Mowry 
Holloway 
Hobbie 
McArthur 
Lefever,,, 
A Bateer 
Mosher 
Corning ...... 
J W Fulton. . , 
ME Barker.. 
1 3 3 4 5 6 7 
20 SO SO SO 50 SO SO 
16 16 
11 17 
15 17 
16 16 
16 16 
18 16 
15 17 
17 16 
16 15 
17 17 
12 11 
18 20 
17 16 
16 16 
15 16 
14 .. 
13 .. 
12 14 
14 ., 
16 ., 
15'.. 
15 .. 
13 13 
13 .. 
16 16 
10 18 
19 18 
17 .. 
16 13 
17 .. 
17 .. 
18 
14 18 39 .. 16 
. . 13 3-i . . 17 
la 18 40 .. 11 
11 15 41) 17 13 
11 12 *9 14 16 
17 15 38 15 13 
16 16 35 14 17 
10 17 32 13 12 
11 10 30 14 12 
8 13 34 11 12 
14 17 45 15 15 
16 19 44 15 19 
14 17 39 13 11 
11 16 28 12 8 
.. 17 39 .. .. 
.. .. 37 .. 17 
.. 9 
., 16 38 .. .. 
.. .. 30 .. .. 
16 .. 45 18 .. 
.. .. 34 .. .. 
.. 7 .. 
. . 16 35 14 
6 .. 34 ,. 10 
. . 18 35 15 11 
. . 14 33 15 12 
. . 16 44 16 . . 
.. 15 44 .. .. 
.. 15 31 
12 18 36 13 17 
. . 16 26 
.. 12 29 
. . 15 43 
.. 9 .. 
. . 10 83 
.. .. 40 
.. .. 37 
9 
15 
15 
18 
Those who shot in only one event were: 
No 1: Borst 12. 
No. 2: Rayland 16, Brainard 14, Michaels 11, Ward 18, Eaton 13. 
No. 3: Stacy 9. 
No. 4*: E. Burnett 15, Musselman 12, Lang 5, A. Burnett 12. 
No. 5: Brown 39, Paddock 39. 
THIRD DAY, JUNE 11. 
This was another lovely day, with bright, warm sunshine and a cool, 
bracing breeze that made it feel good to be alive and able to be in the 
open air, The attendance kept up wonderfully for a tournament that 
had already lasted two full days. The score sheets show that ninety- 
five shooters took part in to-day a events ; that total shows just how 
big an affair the New York State shoot of 1896 really was. The wind 
blew very strongly at times and targets in consequence became hard. 
