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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. 1, 1854. 
Newark Shooting Society, 1846—1894. 
The Newark Shooting Society, which is claimed by its members to 
be the oldest, or at least one of the oldest, shooting societies in the 
country, has been for a number of years in a condition bordering on 
dissolution. Some months since, however, a few of the members who 
yet retain their love for the rifl> and the associations connected with 
the society, determined to reorganize and if possible inject a little new 
life into the old society. A meeting was decided upon and notices 
sent out to all the old members. A meeting was held, and it was the 
means of bringing together a number of old riflemen, who, although 
they reside in the same city, had not met in years. The result was 
that the society was reorganized and given a new lease of life. It was 
also decided to hold a festival on Aug. 91 and have a shoot open to the 
members. In lieu of the dearth of cash in the society's treasury, it was 
decided to collect together all of the club trophies won by the society 
in years past and put them up as prizes to be competed for. The 
committee appointed for the purpose of hunting up the many trophies 
known to be in the hands of the members, succeeded in collecting 
together an interesting lot of silverware. One of the goblets in the 
collection had been in the possession of the society since 1849. It came 
originally from Switzerland, being a prize won by one of the members 
of the society in Switzerland some years previous. Another interest- 
ing trophy was the Centennial cup, won by the Newark Society team 
in Philadelphia in 1876. A silver pitcher and tray was another prize 
worth winning. Then there was a large cup which would make the 
heart of any militiaman happy to possess. The above trophies were 
followed by many others of lesser value. 
When the shoot was opened on Aug. 21 all the ancient ware was dis- 
played in a prominent place in the shooting house. It was expected 
that the value of these trophies as well as their early associations 
would be the means of bringing out a large number of the old members 
and friends of the society to compete for their possession. The result, 
however, was rather disappointing to the management, as only about 
twenty members put in an appearance, and all of these did no go into 
the competition. 
In order to give all of the members as near an equal chance in the 
shooting as possible the bullseye target with a 4in. center was brought 
into use, and the member who made the best center shot got first 
choice of the prizes, and the next best the second, etc. After the 
close of the shooting the centers were measured and the lucky com- 
petitors were found to stand as follows: G. Weisman 145 degrees, 
Wm. Hayes 203J^, F. O. Watts 247, J. T. B Collins 289, F. Laute 364, A. 
Fisch 386J4, A. Wiss 894, A. Begerow 438J4 A. Seitz 524. 
Honor target. — In connection with the competition for the trophies 
was th« honor or king target, in which each member was allowed 
three shots on the ring target for" the king's medal. A. Seitz with a 
score of 69 got the kind's medal and the honors for 1894. 
Point (flag) target, 12in. bull (blue), 6in. inner ("white), and 8in. cen- 
ter (red}.— All money shot in on this target was divided into three 
equal parts and paid out to each competitor according to the flag 
tickets held by each. The reds paid 43 cents each, the whites 8 cents, 
and the blues 11 cents. 
Red. White. Blue. Red. White. Blue. 
Laute 1 1 6 Wiss 6 5 
E Burns 1 4 0 Fisch 1 9 9 
Collins., 2 7 5 Hansen 11 43 15 
Hayes 2 5 3 Watts 2 6 5 
Weigman 1 7 9 Begerow 1 12 5 
Seitz 4 4 Felsburg 5 5 
Honor target. 3 shots, possible 75: Begerow 07, Laute 60, Seitz 69, 
Egner 42, Garick 45, Wiss 43, Watts 61, Burns 47, Collins 61, Felsburg 
62, Krueger 53, Weigman 59, Hayes 64, Fisch 44, Rommal 20. 
Revolver Shooting in England. 
The wind blew so hard on Aug. 14, the shooting day of the South 
London Rifle Club, that the members did not shoot at 50yds., only 
20yds. in the revolver competitions. Below are the results, which are 
exceptionally good considering that it blew harder than members 
ever remember to have shot in: Walter Winans 38, Rand 37, Capt. 
Heath 36, Clementi-Smith35, Howe 33. 
Below are the details of theleadiQg sores for the revolver cham- 
pionship of the North London Rifle Club to date: 
20 yds. 50yds. Total. 
Walter Winans 41 41 40 40 40 39 30 29 300 
Rand 40 40 39 39 38 38 28 27 293 
C F Lowe 40 39 39 39 38 38 27 27 289 
Skilton 40 39 39 39 38 33 27 27 287 
Capt. Cowan 38 38 38 38 37 36 27 26 278 
Mai. Munday 39 37 38 36 36 37 28 27 277 
Capt. Richardson 38 3« 35 34 34 34 27 25 263 
Carter 36 36 36 36 35 34 24 23 260 
Ashby 36 35 34 33 32 32 28 25 255 
Clementi-Bmith 35 34 34 34 31 30 29 28 255 
All ties divided unless otherwise reported. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here 
send in notice like the following: 
FIXTURES. 
Aug. 29.— Central New York Trap-Shooters 1 League, fifth tourna- 
ment, at Auburn. 
Aug. 29.— Staunton, Va., Gun Club tournament. J, M. Kinney, Sec'y. 
Sept. 3.— Endeavor Gun Club's annual shoot, Marion, N. J. E Hol- 
lister, Sec'y, Jersey City Heights, N. J. 
Sept. 3.— Putney, Vt — New England Shooting Association champion- 
ship tournament, under auspices of Putney Gun Club. 
Sept. 3.— Elizabeth (N. J.) Gun Club. Live birds and targets. All 
day shoot. 
Sept. 4-7— New London, Conn.— Standard Keystone Co.'s seventh 
annual tournament. .Tames W Clinton, Sec'y. 
Sept. 11-13.— Indianapolis, Ind , second annual tournament,*on the 
grounds of the North End Shooting Clnb. 
Sept. 19 20.— Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association's 
tournament, under the auspices of the Chattanooga Gun Club, at 
Chattanooga, Tenn. 
Sept. 20.— Penacook, N. H. - New England Shoofng Association 
championship tournament, under auspices of Penacook Gun Club. 
Sept. 25-26.— Rochester (N. Y.) Rod and Gun Club tournament, with 
Central New York League team shoot, at Rochester. J. B. Mullan, 
Sec'y. 
Sept. 26.— Central New York Trap-Shooters' League, sixth tourna- 
ment, at Rochester. 
Oct. 3 5.— West Newburgh (N Y.) nun and Rifle Association tourna- 
ment. Last day live birds. W. C. Gibhs, Sec'y. 
Oct. 10-11.— Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association's 
tournament, under auspices of the Palmetto Gun Club, at Charleston, 
S. C. 
Oct. 11. — Lkwtston, Me— New England Shooting Association cham- 
pionship tournament, under auspices of Androscoggin Gun Club. 
Oct. 22-24.— Emerald Gun Club tournament, at Dexter Park. Targets 
and live birds. Dr. G. "V. Hudson, Sec'y, 9 Madison street, New York. 
Oct. 24 — Central New York Trap-Shooters' League, seventh tourna- 
ment, at TJtica. 
Oct. 25.— Richmond, Me.— New England Shooting Association cham- 
pionship tournament, under auspices of Richmond Gun Club. 
Nov. 28.— Central New York Trap-Shooters' League, eighth tourna- 
ment, at Syracuse. 
1895. 
April 3-5 —Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association's 
third annual grand American handicap at live birds, at New York. 
May.— Knoxville (Tenn.) Gun Club's fourteenth annual tournament; 
$1,500 added to the purses. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Philadelphia, Aug. 22. — The Riverton challenge plate for live-pigeon 
shooting was won again to-day by Robert A; Welch, his opponent this 
time being Leonard Finletter. Welch won by one bird, the score being 
91 to 90. The match was shot on the Riverton (N. J.) Gun Club 
grounds, and proved to be most exciting. Welch won, but it was not 
until within plain sight of the last that he captured the lead, after 
having trailed along behind for nearly nine-tenths of the time. Fin- 
letter shot well from the start, and when Welch encountered ugly 
birds and made two misses in the first three Fhots, he took the lead. 
He killed 46 straight, but after that his work was much more uncer- 
tain, and as Welch settled down and did grand work toward the end, 
be gradually overhauled his youthful antagonist. It was a great con- 
test of skill, and the experience of Welch turned the tide in his favor. 
At the 83d bird he tied the score, and this seemed to dishearten Finlet- 
ter, who missed at 85 and 89, giving Welch a lead of two at 90. The 
latter lost a couple in the last ten, but Finletter let an easy one get 
away and was hopelessly lost. This was the eighth contest for the 
plate, and Welch now has five victories to his credit. It was the sixth 
time also that the prize was won by a single bird. After the match G. 
C. Thomas and T. S. Dando shot a match for the Riverton members' 
championship plate. It was a handicap, Thomas being allowed to 
stand at 26yds., while Dando stood at 30, and the former was also 
allowed to shoot at 54 birds, against 50 for Dando. They tied at 47 
each, and in the shoot off Dando won by killing 9 birds to Thomas's 8. 
The Emerald Gun Olub had a good day's sport at Dexter Park, on 
Aug. 24, there being 24 members present. In the club shoot at 10 live 
birds, club handicap rises, the scores were: G. Nowak 5, P. Butz 8, J. 
Woelfel 7, T. P. McKenna 9, E. Doeinck 8, Dr. G. V. Hudson 8, J. H. 
Moore 9, Thomas Short 7, C Stuetzle 3, J. H. Voss 8, S. P. Leveridge 9, 
R. Regan 9, F. W. Place 7. N. Maesel 7, P. Fogerty 8, H. Thau 6, P. J. 
Fitzgerald 9, C. W, Floyd 8, M. Herrington 8, F. Walters 10, C. Fred 
Hamilton 3, O. Bowen 7, M. Quinn 5, T. Codey 6. Afterward there 
was a 6-bird sweepstake event in which 12 shooters took part, and M. 
Herrington, C. W. Floyd and Dr. G. V. Hudson divided first money, 
tieing with 6 straight each. The score: M. Herrington 6, C. W. Floyd 
6, T. P. McKenna 5, G. Nowak 4, F. Walters 5, Doeinck 5, Col. Vose 5, 
R. Regan 5, J. H. Moore 3, J. Cohen 4, B. Loeble 4, Dr. G. V. Hudson 6. 
The 15-bird match for $50 a side, shot between Morfey and Dunkerly 
at Paterson, on Aug. 22, proved to be a one-sided affair. The birds 
were a fine lot of flyers and as usual Morfey out-birded his opponent. 
Robert Boyle handled for Morfey and Tom Rodgers did likewise for 
Dunkerly. The match was ended on the 13th round when Dunkerly 
was shot out as the scores show: 
<- /* <- "v. t *s /* k'W N.«-«- 
Morfey 0 11100111111 1—10 
/* Tw^t/M-T*-*- 
Dunkerly 1 00101000110 1—6 
Peekskill. N. Y., Aug. 21.— The Marlborough Gun Club and the 
Peekskill Gun Club had a match Bhoot on the grounds of the Peekskill 
Club, Union avenue, this city, yesterday afternoon. The following 
were the total scores: Marlborough— Vail 24, Millard 21, Covert 20, 
Frost 20, Baxter 16, Bingham 16, Fuller 20, Rhoades 21; total 158. 
Peekskill— Thomas 25, Everinghim 25, Horton 25, Wygant 23. Southard 
25, Perry 23, Halstead 24, Mason 24; total 192. 
Frank Class, the major domo oT shooting affairs in and about Mor- 
ristown. N. J., announces an all day shoot at live pigeons, to be held 
on the. Morsistown Driving Park on Labor Day. beginning at 9:30 A.M. 
The events will be 7 birds, $5 entry, handicap; 5 birds, $3 entry, handi- 
cap; 10 birds, $8 entry, handicap, and 13 birds, $10 entry, with handi- 
caps from 25 to 32yds. A gold watch will be awarded to the shooter 
making the best average in all events. 
The Walsrode Gun Club of Newark held a shoot on Aug. 23, the first 
event being a contest at 25 targets per man between teams of three 
men each. The result was: Perment 22, R«ibold 12, Young 18; total, 
52. Leithauesser 16, Dr. Roth 18, Winters 16; total, 51. Sweeps at 10 
targets: Roth 9, Perment 8, Winters 8. 
The new club house of the Chillicothe (Ohio) Gun Club will be 
15X15ft., divided into two rooms, one for a reception room and the 
other to be used for offices and storeroom. There will be an 8ft. 
wide verandah extending across the front of the building. 
Eugene Pierre, of Boonton, N. J., and T. W. Morfey, of Paterson, 
will face the trap at Sam Rodgers' shooting grounds on Sept. 11 in a 
gun-below-the-elbow match at 15 live birds, for $50 a side, 30yds. 
rise, 80yds. boundary. 
In the final contest for the Sports and Amusements badge of the 
Minneapolis Gun Club J. Joyslin was the victor with 87 breaks out of a 
possible 100. Mrs. Shattuck, the crack lady shot of the State, scored 76. 
The final match of the series between the West End, Forester and 
Highland gun clubs, which took place at Davenport, was won by the 
Forester team, this giving them the series. 
J. A. R. Elliott has challenged Dr. Carver to another series of three 
100-bird matches for $100 a side and $100 on the odd match, the series 
to be completed before Oct. 1. 
Don't forget the Endeavor Gun Club tournament to be held on Al. 
Heritage's Marion grounds on Labor Day. Plenty of good lunch will 
be on hand. 
There will be a rush to New London next week and some hard shoot- 
ing for the handsome and valuable prizes and trophies. 
Targets oulv will be used at the tournament of the West Jersey Gun 
Club at Camden, N. J. on Sept. 12 and 13. 
There will be a live bird shoot at Scanlor.'s Hotel, Dunsbach's Ferry, 
near Troy, on Labor Day. 
The Highland Gun Club, of Des Moines, Ta., will hold a tournament 
on Oct. 16, 17 and 18. 
The Paterson Gun Club will hold its mcnthly shoot at live birds 
next Tuesday. 
The Rahway (N. J.) Gun Club will have an open shoot on Labor 
Day. 
There will be an all day's shoot at Elizabeth on Labor Day. 
C. H. Townsend. 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. 
The following scores were made in a recent team match at 25 
targets per man shot at Grand Rapids, Mich.: Cantain, Tbooiai 
Friant 16, C. B. Kelsey 20, M. J. Walton 21, George H. Davidson 20. H. 
G. Gilmore 16, H. K Summers 17, J. H. P. Hughart 9, T. Stewart 
White 10, George Barrs 18, C. S. Etkerton 9, Fred Avery 15—170. 
Captain, E. Crofton Fox 14, Harry Whiddicomb 14, Ralph H. Widdi- 
comb 17. George A. Gould 12. C. F. Rood 12, W. S. Coleman 15, William 
Woodworth 14, George W. Nelson 15, W. B. Freleigh 11, Mark Norris 
13, E. E. Dryden 7-144. 
The trap-shooting contests will be an important feature of the Iowa 
State Fair, to ne held at Des Moines on Sept. 4, 5 and 6, the manage- 
ment having added $100 to the purses. Tne programme comprises 
five events each day at 10, 15 and 20 singles and 6 pairs. On the sec- 
ond day there will be a contest for teams of two men each from any 
county or any gun club in the State, at 50 singles per man, $5 entry 
with $50 added oy the Fair Association. 
Lynchburg Gun Club. 
Lynchburg, Va., Aug 21.— No. 1, 25 targets each man, known traps, 
unknown angles, American Association rules: 
Nelson 1111011111100111111011111—21 
Terry 1111101101101111001111101—19 
Dornin 1111111111111111111101110—23 
Moorman 0011111111110111111101010-19 
Empie 1110011101111111111111001—20 
Scott 000001 101 1 10001001 101 101 1—12 
No. 2, 9 singles and 3 pairs, for Silverton badge, experts: 
Terry 111111101 10 10 11—12 Dornin 010011011 11 11 10-10 
Wilson 111011111 11 11 11—14 Empie 100011101 10 11 10— 9 
Semi-experts. 
Scott 000011111 10 11 10-9 EP Miller.... 010000010 10 10 10—5 
Moorman.,.. 000001110 00 10 10 -5 
No. 3, 25 targets, known traps, unknown angles: 
Nelson 1111111010111110111110011—20 
Terry 0101111111101011001111111—19 
Dornin 0101111111011101111110110-19 
Moorman 0011100111100011111101110—16 
Empie 0011111101111011101111011—19 
Known traps and anglis: 
E P Miller 1000111111011110001101011—16 
Scott 1111111001111100111101101—19 
Edmonds 0000001000000100110101111— 9 
Emerald Gun Club. 
Dexter Park, Aug. 21.— Conditions 10 live birds per man, 80yds. 
boundary, Emerald Gun Club rules: 
G Nowak C28yds). . . .101002.301— 5 F W Place (25) 1202101202— 7 
P Butz (28) 12102ini21— 8 N Maesel (25) 102102-2012— 7 
J Woelfel (25) 1031.12013 — 7 F Fogarty (30) 2012220221— 8 
T P McKenna (25). . .1211220121— 9 H Thau (28) 102201.202— 6 
E Doeinck (30) 1120121012- 8 P J Fitzgerald (28). .2123202121— 9 
Dr G V Hudson (28). 12112112.0 - 8 C W Floyd (28) 1201212.12— 8 
J A Moore (25) 1121012212- 9 M Herrington (30) .. .211.221033— 8 
T Short (28) 1.21012201— 7 F Walters (30) 1231122221^10 
C Stuetzle (28) 0001020100 - 3 C F Hamilton (2j). ..0001001200 - 3 
J H Voss (30) 1012.12121— 8 O Bowen (28) 12012.1201— 7 
Dr S Leveredge (28) 1012312112— 9 M Quinn (25) 0020120203— E 
R Regan (25) 1120121221- 9 T Uodey (23) 12012.2020— 6 
1 wenty four members faced the traps. The birds were a fair lot for 
this time of the year and the shooting up to the average. 
G. V. Hudson, M, D.. Rsc Sec'y. 
"Dayton 295, Freehold 274" 
Was the way it read this afternoon, Aug. 2*, when the team match 
between those pugnacious club's was over. Earlier in the week, with 
Van Dyke in Memphis, and other members out of call, it looked as if 
Freehold had worked a "snap convention" on poor Dayton, and there 
was wailing and gnashing of teeth on the old Monmouth battle- 
ground. But when eight o'clock this morning brought Van Dyke 
fresh from bis Western victories, and the much-sought Phillips showed 
up with the Princeton delegation, sorrow gave place to rejoicing, and 
it was conceded that Freehold had no snap, even if they had borrowed 
Hesse and Throckmorton, of Red Bank, for the occasion. Terms of 
match were: Teams of 12 men each, 30 targets per man, 15 known, 
15 expert, rapid-fire. 
The first Dayton squad said: "We are hayseeds, and you don't know 
us. But watch our smoke." Then they cut loose and broke 54 out of 
60, in the first round. Wonder how Fred. Van Dyke, "cock of the 
walk" at Baltimore and Memphis, felt to be beaten by "farmers" on 
his own straw pile. 
Dayton Team. 
Carroll 110111101111110110010110111011—22 
McDowell 111111111110111101001111111110-25 
Barclay 111111111110111111001101111011—25 
Farr 111111101111111111010111111101-26 
J Emmons 111011101100111111111111010111-24 
Tiffany 111111111111110111111111011111—28 
McDonald 111111100011110111101011101111—23 
P Emmons 110111110110111111010111100111-22 
Allen 101111111111110111111111111111—28 
Van Dyke : lllll'lllllOllllOlllllllllOOll— 26 
Clinton 110111011111111011111101100111—24 
Philips 111111011011101111011110110010—22—295 
Freehold Team. 
Hall 011111111111110111011110010101—23 
Campbell HOllOlOllllllllOlOllllOllOni— 23 
Laird 111011011110111111001111110111—21 
Atkinson llOOOOOOOOllinOtllllOIOOllOlll— 16 
Davis 111011111101101001111011111111—24 
Denise 111111111101111111110101111101—26 
Burtis 111111111101110011111101111U1—25 
Walling 111110001011100111011101010001—18 
Hance. 111111111111111111111001111100-26 
Throckmorton 111101111111011111101101100111—24 
O. Hesse 100111111111111111101111111011—26 
Sherman 011011111001111111110110011110-23—274 
Wads. 
Trap at San Antonio. 
The regular trophy shoot of the San Antonio Gun Club was held on 
the 19th at the Lakeview grounds, with the following result: 
No. 1, trophy shoot, 10 singles and 5 pairs: 
Samuels 22 Black 23 Paris 22 
McVickar 16 Eppstein 22 Grossman 17 
France .....19 Thiele 20 McCormack 21 
Cann 8 Roth well 27 Phillips 18 
Shields 17 Barr 17 Weyel 16 
Vollbrecht 17 
Mr. J. N. Rothwell thus placd another winning to his credit for the 
trophy of '94, which makes him one ahead of all competitors. Thiele 
is a close second, with Samuels in third place. 
No. 2, 15 singles: Samuels 14, Rothwell 11, Grossman 11, Epstein 6, 
France 12. Thiele 6, Cann 5, Volbrecht 9, McCormack 9, Black 11. 
No. 3. This was a shoot for a handsome silver cup generously do- 
nated for that purpose by Mr. McVickar. The second class men were 
given three dead birds in 30 singles: 
First Class 
McVickar 19 Black .....24 Samuels 24 
Thiele 27 McCormack 26 France 23 
Paris 23 Rothwell 26 
Second Class. 
Barr..; 33 Phillips 26 Grossman 25 
Epstein 27 Cann 16 Shields 21 
In the tie shoot Epstein won the shoot. O. O. G. 
Peekskill vs. Marlborough. 
Peekskill, N. Y, Aug. 20.— Team race, 8 men to a team, 25 targets, 
rapid-firing system: 
Marlborough Team. 
Vail 0111111111111111H1111111-24 
Millard lllOiinuilioilllOlllllll— 21 
Covert 1111010111111111111111000—20 
Frost 1101111110111101101111011—20 
Baxter 1 1 101001 100101 U 101101110— 16 
Bingham , 1000101101110111110111100-16 
Fuller 1111110111011101110111011— .20 
Rhodes 0111111101111011101111111—21—153 
Peekskill Team. 
Pierce 1111111111111111111111110-24 
Everinghim 1111111111111111111111111—35 
Horton 1111111111111111111111111-25 
Wygant 1111111111111111110111101-23 
F Southard 1111111111111111111111111—25 
Perrv 1111111110111111111111011—23 
Halsted 1011111111111111111111111-24 
Mason 1111110111111111111111111—24—193 
A rainy day. The Marlborough Club used a variety of loads and 
ammunition. Our club used one uniform load of Walsrode. 
B. C. Everinghim, Sec'y P. G. C. 
The Millerton Gun Club. 
Millbrton, N. Y., Aug 21 — Three members of our club went out 
to-day for a little practice at the traps. A strong and fitful wind was 
blowing from the northwest, causing the birds to fly in a very erratic 
manner that is sometimes puzzling even to a veteran. 
Cline shot at only 10 birds, scoring 8, A. Binton shot at 48, breaking 
24 of them. As he had never faced the traps but once before, we think 
he made a very fine showing under the circumstances. Joe Brinton 
shot at 105, scoring 96, making his percentage 91 43-100. The last string 
of ten was shot after sunset, and shadows were so heavy that it was 
very hard to see the birds, thrown as they were against a dark green 
background. This is Jones's first season at trap-shooting, and we 
doubt if any amateur in the country could beat his score of to- 
day under like conditions. The scores in detail follow: 
Cline 1101111101-8 
A Brinton 110111001010100010010000011011011000101101111001—24 
J Brinton 11111111011111011010111111101111111110101111111111111 
11111011111111111111111111111011111111111111111111 —96 
D. Wilkinson, Sec'y. 
Putney New England Tournament. 
Putney, Vt., Aug, 22.— The New England Shooting Association tour- 
nament, held under the auspices of the Putney Rod and Gun Club, at 
Putney, Vt., Sept, 3 and 4, promises to be a decided success, and every 
effort will be made to present an attractive programme. The prin- 
cipal events the first day will be the individual and team champion- 
ship matches, open to residents of New England only, the sweepstake 
events open to all. The second day's principal event will be a mer- 
chandise match, at 25 targets, with seven or eight prizes. All shoot- 
ers coming from southern New England should come via Springfield 
and Greenfield, Mass., north on B. & M. Railroad, and from the north 
via Rutland and White River Junction through Bellows Falls, Vt. 
Every one interested in trap-shooting is invited to come and partici- 
pate in the various events, and we insure them an equal chance with 
no favors shown. 
Any further information in regard to this tournament will be cheer- 
fully furnished by writing to W. E. Ayer, Putney, Vt. 
" Trap-Shooter's Ready Reckoner." 
There has just come from the Forest and Stream press an x- 
tremely useful pocket reference book for trap-shooters Its full tit'e 
reads: "Trap-Shooter's Ready Reckoner. A series of tables showing 
at a glance the division of purses under all conditions, simple and 
complex, with entries from one to fifty. For use by individuals, clubs, 
and tournaments. Compiled by J. C. Clark, Secretary Kansas Stat e 
Sportsmen's Association." Price 25 cents, postpaid, by Forest a d 
Stream Pub. Co. 
Vernon Gun Club. 
Vernon, Texas, Aug, 20.— Weekly club shoot at bluerocks: 
Goore 000011011111101 11 10 11-14 
Gales 01001 1000100001 00 11 10— 8 
Houssels 110001101001001 11 10 10-10 
Hope 000100110010001 10 01 00— 7 
L G Hawkins 100010111110101 00 01 00—10 
Lorance 110111011110110 10 10 01—14 
Matthews 010011111111110 11 10 01—15 
Massie ....000000011001010 10 10 11— 8 
Potter 101011000010000 00 00 01— 6 
G. M. O. 
A New Jersey Boy Wants to Shoot. 
I am a boy and never shot at a target up to June of this year, but I 
would like to challenge any boy in New Jersey under sixteen years of 
age to a match at 25, 50 or 100, or more, bluerock targets, known or 
unknown angles, or both, the loser to pay for birds. I also challenge 
any boy of above age to a competitive exhibition of fancy rifle shoot- 
ing for the junior championship of New Jersey, If you want any 
reference please write to the secretary of the Princeton Gun Club, of 
which I am a member. George A. Rule. 
