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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[OCT. 20, 1894. 
Pigeon Shooting Under Difficulties. 
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 13. — There is a sharp rivalry existing between 
the pigeon shooters of Albany and Saratoga, and this has found fre- 
quent vent in individual and team matches, wherein the shooters of 
Sturgeondom have been pitted against the experts of the Spa. The 
honors have been about equally divided as regards the winnings, and 
these events have for the most part received detailed descriptions in 
Forest and Stream. The latest bout was an individual match at live 
birds between A. C. Stone, of Albany and Mr. Wm M. Smyth, of Sara- 
toga, 35 live birds per man, $25 a side, the loaer to pay for the birds. 
The Albany shooters haveat various times received disastrous defeat 
at the hands of the Saratogans, and as it was claimed that the latter 
had an advantage in shooting on their own grounds, where the 
matches have hitherto all been shot, it was agreed that this last match 
should be shot on neutral territory. A nice, unobstructed meadow on 
the estate of John T. Betts, of Brunswick (a suburb of Troy), was 
selected for the struggle. The day designated was Saturday, Oct. 13, 
and the afternoon fonnd the Albany correspondent of Forest and 
Stream standing in the shelter of a wagon shed with Billy Wadsworth, 
a fellow-townsman, "Uncle Sammy" Goggin and a couple more 
Trojans (whose names he cannot now recall), and "Boss" Betts, 
watching the rain beating upon the orchard trees and the soddea 
grass with a persistency that was distressing to those contemplating a 
forced exposure to the storm. 
Pretty soon Warren T. Lord, a neighbor of Betts,' drove up with 
several coops of pigeons, and a long carryall arrived a little later 
bringing Smythe, Livingston and Gibbs of Saratoga; Robinson of 
Troy; Greer of Albany, and Clement of Cincinnati, O. All hands 
then repaired to the shooting ground, which proved to be a wide 
plateau upon the summit of a "heaven-kissing" hill. Here they were 
joined by Stone and his inseparable friend, Lanman of Albany. 
Wow! how the chilling southwest wind did blow through the many 
tinted whiskers, and how the driving rain did buffet us upon this 
unsheltered and exposed table land. None of the human species but 
a party of shooters and their allies would have stood out to shoot 
birds in such a storm. There was a noticeable absence of that hilarty 
which usually prevails at a shooting match; it was rather with sad- 
dened visages that the principals and their friends, enveloped in over- 
coats, mackintoshes and rubber armor, watched with half-closed eyes 
the flight of the birds, the effect of the shots, and soberly commented 
upon the varying phases of the shooting. A word about those birds. 
They were a flue lot, running almost entirely in dark colors. When 
they took wing quickly, as the great majority did, and dashed away, 
down wind, they could just beat a Bnipe in that kind of skating. 
The match was a 35-bird race, and proved to be a close and interest- 
ing contest up to ihe --'O t u round, when the score stood 18 to 17 in 
favor of the Albanian; but in the next ten the Saratogan took an 
awful tumble, losing five birds, and with the loss of another in the 
next five his total showed only 26 killed out of 35 shot at. In the 
meantime Stone had been hitting hard for keeps, killing his birds 
cleanly, missing his 3d and 26th birds, and losing his 18th, 21st and 
27th dead out of bounds. The boundary, by the way, marked a very 
limited area, for it was a 30-yard circle, struck from the center trap 
and bisecting a dead line that was drawn 3ft. in front of the firing 
point. The rise was 30yds., but otherwise American Shooting Associ- 
ation rules governed the match. Stone had things pretty easy after 
the 20th round, and won the match handily, as will be seen by the 
appended score: 
stone 2ioiiiiiiiimiii»2i»iiiio»iimiii— so 
Smtyhe 1122212«1»2211211201110101000111201— 26 
A large number of pigeons was left over, and notwithstanding that 
the wind continued to blow and the rain kept up an unmerciful pelt- 
ing, a sweep waB called for and immediately received seven entries. 
The conditions were 10 birds per man, $10 entry, the purse divided 
45, 35 and 20 per cent. The score tells the names of the winners: 
Smythe 1222111111—10 Levengston 1001011202— 6 
Lord 1111212110- 9 Jack 11210U«0»— 5 
Stone 1220»12211- 8 Wadsworth 2»00»01010— 3 
Betts 1101211202— 6 
The undaunted shooters were not yet ready to "holler enuff," and a 
7-bird sweep was entered upon with $10 entry, the purse divided as 
before. Score: 
Smythe 0111111—6 Wadsworth ,' 2110210—5 
Lord 1112110—6 Levengston. 01«U»2— 4 
Stone 1111100— 5 Jack •101101— 4 
The victorious Albanian, Stone, flushed witb success, will now en- 
deavor to do up another Saratogan, Mr. Will A. Pike, at thej same 
grounds, on Saturday next, Oct. 20. Horace B. Derby. 
Emerald Gun Club's Tournament. 
The three days' tournament of the Emerald Gun Club of New 
York is drawing near, the dates being Oct. 32, 23 and 24, Monday, 
Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Details of the programme 
were given in the issue of Forest and Stream of Oct. 6. The first two 
days are devoted to targets, a varied list of events being scheduled for 
each day. Oct. 24 is live bird day, the piece de resistance being the 
Empire City handicap at 25 live birds, boundary (approximate) 80yds., 
handicaps ranging from 26 to 33yds. The handicapping committee is 
composed as follows: Messrs. Jacob Pentz, Milt. Lindsley, F. Walters, 
L. H. Schortemeier and "Tee Kay." 
The programme, which has eeen issued in book form, and copies of 
which may be obtained from Dr. G. V. Hudson, 9 Madison street, New 
York, contains the following "Short Synopsis of the Emerald Gun 
Club and Its Members:" 
"On the 15th day of March, 1882, somewhat over twelve years ago, 
our gun club had its birth. Of the charter members there remain at 
present only three, our president, Mr. Richard Regan, our efficient 
recording secretary, Dr. G. V. Hudson, and the Hon. J. J. Ryan, who 
is still a high private. A successful career of over twelve years, with- 
out a break or interjection in its prosperity, shows conclusively that 
the club is managed on strict business principles, at merely a nominal 
cost for the pleasures of a membership. The initiation fee is $5; the 
dues $1.50 per month, the year around, whether a member attends a 
shoot or not. Thus the total cost a year is $18, 'play or pay.' 
"At the monthly meetings a report of the club's finances being read 
by the treasurer, it is decided by vote of members present to hold a 
contest or not, as the balance in the treasury may justify. The in- 
come of the club allows from 9 to 11 shoots per year. Thus, from a 
memorandum kept by a member during the year, from March, '92, to 
March '93,lreads: 'Number of shoots, 11; number of birds shot at by 
me, 110; number of dead birds taken home by me, 84, or 7 dozen, 60 cents 
per pair. Cost to club for birds shot at, $33; cost to me, $18; value of 
birds taken home, 7 dozen at $1.50, $10.50. Net cost of pleasure in 
shooting at 110 birds, $7,50! with a chance for a prize at that!" 
Point handicap and a handicap rises govern all contests and protect 
the beginner and ordinary marksman, thus the first prize last year 
was won by a class B man, second by a class C member, third by a 
man from class A, fourth and fifth by class Al, sixth by class B, and 
seventh and eighth by class A members. The number of birds shot 
at in club shoots exclusively, from the time of the organization of the 
club to the present time is 27,566, representing an original value of be- 
tween $8,000 and $9,000. Many sweepstakes were shot besides, of 
which no record was kept. 
"The club membership is limited to 50. There are now 46 on the 
rolls. At one time the membership was limited to 35, but applications 
were forced to remain on file for an indefinite period, that the rrem- 
bership was extended to 40, then 45, the a 50, at which figure it remains. 
Though not much disposed in entering competitions, the Emerald Gun 
Club and its members have participated in many events of larger im- 
portance. Being a member of the New York State Sportsmen's Asso 
ciation for the Protection of Fish and Game, in both summer and 
winter conventions, the club has been represented at the State shoots 
in latter years. In June, 1891, Mr. William J, Simpson, a representa- 
tive of the club, at the State shoot at Rome, N. Y., won the Lefever 
diamond medal by a straight score of 20 singles and 5 pairs of targets, 
a record never equaled before or since. In the contest for the Dean 
Richmond trophy, the most valuable prize ever shot for in the United 
States, the Emerald team divided second with the famous Fountain 
Gun Club of Kings. The team was composed of Messrs. Hathaway, 
Simpson and Schortemeier, and though behind at the beginning of the 
contest, Simpson missing but one bird and Schortemeier killing 
straight, one-half of the second prize was accorded to the Emeralds. 
"In the next year's competition at Syracuse, in 1892, the second prize 
again came the way of our club, Dr. J. G. Know lton, W. J. Simpson 
and L. H. Schortemeier forming the team, the .first-named leading&off 
with 13 out of 15, and one dead out of bounds, the last-named with 14 of 
his quota; the other scored lost, as Knowlton's was, aid the "anchor," 
Mr. W. J. Simpson, one of the most reliable team men extant, killing 
straight. The same week the Emerald Gun Club team captured the 
championship of Inew York State in a team race at targets, 4-man 
team, 20 birds per man, with a score of 76 out of 80. Another record 
under the conditions of 5 unknown traps, individual scores, were 
as follows: Moore 20, Richmond 17, Schortemeier 19, and "Reliable 
Bill" Simpson 20— straight again. At the New York State Sports- 
men's Association tournament, held at Rochester in June, 1893, 
the dub was unrepresented by a team — but Messrs. Grieff 
and Schortemeier of the club, and Mr. Richmond, an ex- 
member, shot as the N. Y. County Gun Club team and won the 
muchly coveted Dean Richmond trophy and 60 per cent, of the en- 
trance money. On Oct. 1, 1890, under tne able captaincy of Col. J. H. 
Voss, the club won the Dexter Park championship in an exciting and 
close contest. This magnificent silver trophy, representing the cham- 
pionship of that year, may now be seen at the residence of Dr. G. V. 
Hudson. Nine other gun clubs sent teams of 10 men each— 10 birds 
per man— to contest for it, and the total kills were as follows; Emer- 
ald 86, Unknown 85, Jeannette 81, Parkway 80,' Northside 77, Glen- 
more 71, German 65, Orescent 64, Algonquin 64, and Acme 61. The In- 
dividual scores were Gehring 10, Leddy 10, Remsen 10, Dr, Hudson 9, 
Dr. Leveredge 8, Hathaway 8, Butz 8, J. Maesel 8, Nowak 8 and Voss 
7. The last named shot at his birds in the dim twilight and did well to 
get what he did. The^Unknown Gun Club took the second prize with 
a total of 85. This day was a notable one in the annals of pigeon 
shooting. Billy Mills officiated then, as he will again at the Empire 
City handicap. In the autumn'of the next year, 1891, in team shoot- 
ing for a cup, the positions of the two teams was reversed. The Un. 
known Gun Club leading with the winning score af the previous year, 
86, the Emeralds taking second prize with 85 and six other teams trail- 
ing. The make-up of the club teams was similar with the exception 
of the substitution of Messrs. Simpson and Schortemeier for two 
others of the former team who had resigned from the club. And now 
greeting to all visiting sportsmen. May you all have a good time 
and take your shares of the moneys, and greeting to the members of 
the N. Y. S. S. A., and if you consider our tournament a success, we 
ask for your support at the Saratoga convention of 1895, for the con- 
vention of 1896, as you will doubtlessly concede that it should take 
place in our vicinity after an interval of fifteen years." 
Elliott Defeats Carver. 
Kansas City, Oct. 13.— The third series of shooting matches between 
Dr. W. F. Carver and J. A. R. Elliott closed to-night and Elliott again 
demonstrated his superiority over Carver by winning two out of the 
three 100 bird races shot at Exposition Park this week. Elliott lost 
the first day's match by a score of 94 to 92, after a wrangle as to who 
should supply the birds. The Carver contingent having brought from 
St. Louis 300 birds and "Jack" Winston to do the judging for Carver. 
The St Louis birds were used but they failed to win the series for 
Carver, and Elliott again cracked all records of the 50yd. boundary by 
killing 100 straight on Friday and 99 out of 100 to-day, a record that he 
may truly be proud of. The race on Friday was a errand one and it is 
unlikely that its like will ever be seen again, Elliott winning on a 
staight score by the narrow margin of one bird, Carver only losing 
one bird out of the 100 and that fell dead against the fence. The 
birds were a good average lot, not over ten being flagged dtrriDg the 
afternoon. The last bird according to Dr. Carver cost him £1,000, 
as the manufacturers of the Cashmore gun which he used have made 
him a standing offer of that amount if he should kill 100 straight in a 
match. 
It was certainly hard luck for Carver, who showed his pique by 
challenging Elliott's shells at the 96th round; but it availed nothing, as 
there was only an ounce and a quarter of snot in them as weighed on 
a druggist's scales. James A. Br>len was selected as referee by Judges 
J. L. Winston and George Stockwell. 
Elliott won the last race easily, Carver shooting recklessly after he 
saw that he could not win. There was a good deal of bitterness shown 
in this last series of matches, and the local sportsmen were sorry to 
see it. The birds on the opening day were very uneven, and a close 
watch on the birds showed that the Kansas City birds were at least 25 
por cent, stronger flyers than the St Louis "drivers," brought hereby 
Fred Trescher. The birds on Friday were a good average lot, the 
first 100 being strong, hard flyers and quick to wing; but as the even- 
ing advanced they were slower to fly, but the light was equally poor. 
To-day the birds averaged only fair. Both men made some brilliant 
kills every day, and especially on Friday, when the excitement was 
intense. Elliott used a 71bs. Greener, and Winchester shells loaded 
with 3J^drs E. C. powder and No. 7 shot. Carver shot a 7J^lbs. Cash- 
more and Winchester shells loaded with 3}£drs. wood powder and 
No. 7 shot. 
Trap score type— Copyright fS'jA, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
Oct. 11: 
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JAR Elliott . .2 1 1 1 1 • 0 1 1 1 1 • 1 1 U 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-22 
2111l2121121212«10211212 1—23 
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93 
Carver and Collenberger. 
Jersesville, 111., Oct. 9.— A match between Dr. W. F. Carver of 
world renown, and Moses Colenberger of this city took place here this 
afternoon at the Fair grouuds. The conditions of the match were 100 
live birds per man, American Association rules, for $100 a side and 
the gate money, the winner to take all, the loser to pay all expenses. 
Wh^n the time announced for the match arrived, a large crowd of 
enthusiastic spectators had assembled on the grounds. AmoDg the 
sportsmen present I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. George H. 
Admos, Jack Winston and D. De Wolf of St. Louis. The latter gen- 
tleman was Billy Crosby's backer against Dr. Carver in their recent 
matches at St. Louis. I also met a gentleman from Karsas City, Mo., 
but have forgotten his name, who has great faith in the Doctor's 
ability to defeat Jim Elliott in their coming matches. 
Dr. Carver shot a Birmingham made gun No. 12, 7J^lbs. ejector, 
using wood powder. Collenberger used his old reliable 10-bore lifter 
action, 9J^lbs. Parker, using E. C. powder. 
This might be called a heavy-weight match, as the combined weight 
of the two shooters is 4351bs. 
Dr. Carver made many friends here among our shooters by his affa- 
bility and gentlemanly deportment. The hetting was light, as the 
majority thought Mr. Collenberger was outclassed. Nothing could 
have been more harmonious, as the best of feeling prevailed through- 
out. The birds were an extra lot of good, swift, strong flyers: 
Carver 120222221 1 1 1 1 1221 1 11 1 2221—24 
2121211220221i'22n2121221— 24 
1101111122111011221 120222-22 
0 1 1212212201 1121 221 222221— 28— 93 
Collenberger , , , , 2611022000201110202121011—16 
1021222021101111021102222—20 
2111111212220222221121211—24 
2201111122210111112111111— 23— 83 
L, S. Samsbll. 
Shooting at Weir City, Kansas. 
" Weir City, Oct. 8— Below are given the scores made in a team shoot 
by members of the Business Men's Club on their grounds last week. 
Mcllhany and Calhoun "chose up," the conditions of the match being 
losers to pay for the targets, and to furnish a supper for the winning 
team. Calhoun's team was short-handed on the day of the match, 
Kirk and Grant, two of the team, being absent from town. Mr. A. H. 
Piety of Topeka was here on business, and he was taken to fill the 
vacancy, his score counting for both the absent shooters. This was a 
little hard on Calhoun's side probably, but the victory was so decisive 
that no question of equity was raised. Score: 
Mcllhany 1111101111111111111111111—24 
Doan lOimoillOOllllOllllllll— 20 
Abbott 1101001111111010110010100—15 
King 0100110111011010111111110—17 
Histed .0001101101111111111110110—18 
Beadle 1110010100101011110001000—12 
Babb 0000011101011000111011010—12—118 
Calhoun 1011101111010111110111101—19 
Piety 1011111111111111111101100-21 
Morrison 00110001 10100000011001101— 10 
McKim 001 1 1 1 11010001 00100001 1 01— 12 
Franks 1000110010010111101010101—13 
Holmes 1011001110111101110111111—19— 94 
Mamaluke. 
Live Birds at Watson's Park. 
Burnside, 111., Oct. 11.— The following are some of the scores made 
this month at John Watson's Park: 
Oct. 1.— Match, J. J. Smith and R. Robbin, 50 live birds per man, 
loser to pay for the birds: 
J J Smith 1121121111112221110?0101212121 02011101121111212011— 43 
RRobbin 10222111201111111212101121111012920111002221012111—42 
Oct *.— Chicago Shooting Club, medal shoot, 15 live birds per man: 
*Dr Lenow 012101102000102— 9 R B Wads worthiai 002212212222— 13 
Ed Bingham. ...022222202222222-13 J Watson 121220002022520—10 
♦Not a member. 
Oct. 6.— Lake County Gun Club, medal shoot, 10 live birds per man: 
Col W S Bond 0022110021—6 H Koehler 1000111001—5 
L W Flershem 0000000001—1 N Ford 1111111010—8 
Oct. 10.— South Chicago Gun Club, medal shoot, 20 live birds per 
man: 
L Willard. .00111010211121221222— 16 F Willard. .00112011001212111210—14 
P Miller. . . .11112102212112211201-18 R Reeves. .00211002202112212110-14 
Thirty empire targets for club medal: 
L C Willard 000101011111111111111101111111—24 
P Miller 001000111111110111011111111111—23 
A W Reeves 101101111001101101110101100110—19 
F E Willard 010111000000011001010110001000—11 
Ravelriqo. 
Team Shoots in New England. 
A recent issue of the Worcester, Spy. is responsible for the follow- 
ing: "A. W. Walls of the Worcester Sportsman's Club has made 
arrangements with the Wellington Gun Club of Boston for a series of 
team races between the two clubs. The shoots will be held monthly, 
and three will be held in each place. The first one in the series will 
take place at the Wellington Club's grounds on Wednesday, Oct. 31. 
"One of the conditions of the shoot is that each club shall name ten 
men from which five men shall be chosen to represent the club It is 
not necessary, however, that the same five men shall compete in each 
shoot. Each man in each race will shoot at fifty birds, twenty-five 
Keystone system and twenty-flve Keystone reversed system. Each 
Club will contribute $35 and the winner of the series will take the 
purse. 
"The' following men have been debarred from contesting in the 
match: Wheeler and Eager of Marlboro, Le Roy of Brockton, "Cli- 
max" and Rule of Lowell. These men are members of the Wellington 
Club, but as th«y do not reside in Boston, or immediate vicinity, the 
contesting clubs have agreed to debar them from participating in the 
shoots, The men named for the Worcester team are: Smith, Oilman, 
Davis, A. W. Walls, Mascroft, Hoyle, R. C. Walls, Kinney and Kener- 
son. The Wellington team will be made up from the following men: 
Dickey, W. W. Bennett, F. E. Bennett, Sanborn, Sawyer, Herbert, 
Stanton, Wadsworth, Paine and Adams." 
Shooting at Dexter Park. 
Oct. 9.— The North Side Gun Club held its regular monthly shoot 
this afternoon. Edgar Barlow won the club shoot with a straight 
score of 7, several others being close after him. Scores: 
Club handicap, 7 live birds, modified Hurlingbam rules: Edgar Bar- 
low .(28) 7, Henry Meyer, John Jennings, C. N. Manning and John 
Menke (28) 6, Henry Wahlen (30) 5, John Tiernan and George Sims 
(28) 4, Louis Heltnker (28) 3, John Brown (27) 2. 
Miss and outs were then shot. The first, with seven entries, was 
won by John Jennings with a straight score of 4. The second, with 
six entries, was also won by Jennings, who killed 8 straight. 
Oct. 10 —The Parkway Rod and Gun Club held its shoot for the 
diamond badge this afternoon. The birds were good flyers and were 
helped by the strong wind which blew across the traps. Mr. James 
Bennett again won the diamond badge on the shoot off by killing 4 
straight. Scores: 
Club handicap, 7 live birds, modified Hurlingbam rules, for the 
diamond badge: Class A— James Bennett (28), Lee Helgans (28), 
Anthony Botty (30) and T. T. Edgerton (281 7, Henry Bramwell (28) 5. 
Class B— Thomas Short and David S. Van Wicklen (25) 7, Joseph 
Wooley (25) 4. Class C— Henry J. Selover (23) 4. 
Climax Gun Club's Handicap. 
The regular club handicap of the Climax Gun Club was shot off at 
Plainfleld, N. J., on Oct 10. Twelve members took part in the shoot, 
W. Terry, with a handicap of 5 targets, coming out on top with a 
score of 25 out of 30; Brant in gham, scratch, and Campbell, 3 targets, 
were close up with 24 each, Brantingham missing his twenty-fourth 
target. Score: 
Regular club handicap, 25 empire targets and allowances: 
Smith 111111101101 1111101111111 —22 
Brantingham 1111111111111111111111101 —24 
W Terry (5) , 101111111100111111110111111110 —25 
Stephenson (10) 00110110101001100010000101011000011—15 
Campbell (3) 11111001111111111111001111111 —24 
Manning (4) 10110000010111111111111101011 —20 
Goodman (5) 111011001011111111100110010110. —20 
Scott (3) 111111111H01011111011011011 —S3 
Swody (10) 01101010110110010011110001111101111—22 
Zeglio (8) 11111011010101010111101110010010111—22 
D Terry (2) 101011010011100111111001111 —18 
P Jay (4) llllllipiOOOllOlOlOlllllOOOOl —18 
Paterson Gun Club. 
Paterson, N. J., Oct. 9.— The following scores were made at Willard 
Park on Oct. 2 by the members of the Paterson Gun Club, the main 
event being the 10 live birds shoot for the club's medals. Scores: 
Club medal shoot, 10 live birds, 50yds. boundary, modified Hurling- 
hatn rules: 
Morgan 1112111112—10 Wright 2211220101— 8 
Hopper 1112221201— 9 Morfey 0112200120— 6 
R Boyle 1202112111— 9 
Miss and outs: 
Morfey.... 120 —2 2212221212 —10 Morgan..,, ..1111—4 110—2 
Wright*... 1221— 4 0122122120 — 8 Boyle 220—2 
Hopper*.. .2110-3 02121222120—9 A Bumm 220—2 
♦ Wright and Hopper re entered in second sweepstake after missing 
their first birds. Dutcher. 
lmwev§ to (^arrtspandqnte. 
No notice taken of anonymous communications. 
Bounty. — The Queens county (N. Y.) Supervisors pay a bounty of 
$5 on foxes and $2.50 on fox cubs. 
E. J. R., New Rochelle.— Probably the bear story was a fiction. 
Ruffed grouse are common in your locality. 
N. H., Sistersville, W. Va.— There is no bounty on English sparrows 
in New York State. You may obtain on application to the Agricul- 
tural Department, Washington, a report on the English sparrow in 
America, giving particulars of bounties offered by the several States, 
The bird is generally exempted from protection. 
8., Newburgb, N. Y.— Will a 40-inoh, 20-gauge muzzleloading shot- 
gun kill a bird any further than a 30-inch full choke breechloader, 
same bore? Ans. A 30-inch full choke breechloader will kill further 
than a 40 inch cylinder gun of the Bame bore. The additional length 
of barrel is not nearly so great an advantage as the closer patters 
secured by the chokebore. 
