488 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[NoV. l*, 1894. 
Wright Wins from Pier. 
Paterson. N. J., Nov. 7.— T. C. Wright and Eugene Pier Bhot their 
sixth match at live birds at Rogers's grounds on Nov. 5. Notwith- 
standing the heavy rain some fifty spectators were present. The 
birds, which were of course a selected lot, were great flyers. Wright 
outshot Pier on the 13th round, winning his fourth victory, the score 
now standing Wright four wins to Pier's two. It is stated that Capt. 
Money and T. W. Morf ey will shoot a match against Pier and Keyheart 
on Nov. 29. The following is the score of the match, together with 
notes on the same: 
Match, Wright vs. Pier, 15 live birds per man, trap and handle, Long 
Island rules, 30yds. rise, 80yds. boundary, $100 a side: 
Trap Score Type— Copyright iss>i by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
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Wright „ 0 11011100100 1—7 
Pier 1 ••100100010 0—4 
For Wright: Trapper, Tom Rogers; puller, Arthur Bunn; ju.lge, 
— Bunn. For Pier: Trapper, Root. Boyle; puller, Tom Rogers; judge, 
Jim Burns. Scorer, Dutcber. 
' Details of t*ie different shots, etc., as follows: 
Wright's: First, low-towering twister, clean miss; 2d, extra fast 
left-quartering driver, fine kill at 40yds. ; 3d, extra fast right-quarter- 
ing twister, clean kill; 4th, extra fast left-quartering driver twister, 
hit lightly, went home; 5th, fast left-quartering towering twister, 
extra fine kill; 6th, extra fast left-quartering driver, -well stopped; 7th, 
extra fast right-quartering driver, fine kill at 40yds.; 8th, left-quarter- 
ing twiBter driver, very fast, hit lightly; 9th, extra fast right quarter- 
ing twister, hit lightly; 10th, extra fast driving twister, game bird, 
carried load to 67yds.; 11th, right-quartering driver, extra fast, hit 
lightly, got away; 12th, fast left-quartering twister, hit lightly, away 
home; 13th, extra fast driver, fine kill at 40yds., which clinched the 
match. 
Pier's: First, extra fast driver,. grassed at 40yds ; 2d, extra fast left- 
quartering driver, hit hard, game till his wing broke at 90yds.; 3d, 
extra fast, bard hit, right-quartering twister, good, game bird, flew 
till he dropped dead at lOOyds. ; 4th, extra fast right-quartering driver, 
killed when well on wing; 5th, twisting driver, extra last, hit lightly 
and got away; 6th, extra fast driving twister, hit lightly; 7th, extra 
fast right-quartering driver, fine kill; 8uh, extra fast driving twister, 
clean miss; 9th, extra fast left-quartering twister, hit lightly; lOtn, 
extra fast driver, shot under, clean miss; 11th, slow left-quartering 
driver, grassed at 40yds. ; 12th, extra fast right-quartering driver, shot 
over, rtean miss; 13th, driving twister, hit lightly. 
On Nov. 2 Fisher and Clutze shot a race for $25 aside at Bunn's 
Hotel. Under the conditions Fisher was to shoot at 10 birds. Clutze at 
15. The score was a tie, each killing 4. Score: Match, Fisher vs. 
Clutze, 10 live birds, trap and handle, Fisher allowing Clutze 5 extra 
birds to shoot at, Long Island rules, 21yds. rise, 80ids. boundary, $25 
a side- 
Fisher 0011110»0 0 —4 
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Clutze 0 1 0 1 0000 Ul 00 1 0 0—4 
Nov. 5 — At Willard Park the following scores were shot: 
No. 1, 100 targets: 
Lenone 00001110111111001011101100111111110011010011101111-33 
000110001100000111 1 00001 100110011110010010111 11 11 1 —26—59 
Blue Rock 10001100001010001011111011111001101011111011110111-31 
1 10111110001100001011 llOOlllOlOllllllOOnniOlOlOll-31-62 
Morfey 10000101101111111011001001111111111111111111110011—36 
iioiiiiiioiiiiiiinoiiioiiiiiniiiomiiiiiiiiiiii— 45-81 
Jones .00011101011001011110100110100110100001110100010001—24 
10001011111001110001010001101111101101001111100011-29 -53 
No. 2, match at 25 targets, $5 a side: 
Lenone , 1110111111101000110111111—19 
Morfey 1110111101111011111111010—20 
- Dutcber. 
The Williams— Brokaw Match. 
The match at 200 live birds a side between J. S. "Williams" and W. 
Gould Brokaw, which was shot on Thursday last, Nov. 8, at the 
grounds of the Country Club, at Westchester, N. Y., was a remark- 
able one in many respects. 
In the first place it was remarkable from the fact that two men 
could be found who were willing for the sake of shooting their race 
to face the cold northeaster which drove the rain full in their left eyes 
as they stood at the score. Their c ntract was a big one; it's no light 
matter to undetake to shoot at 200 pigeons in one day under any cir- 
cumstances, however pleasant they may be, but they stuck it out 
from 11:30 A. M. until somewhere in the neighborhood of 5:30 P. M. 
The darkness at that hour— thick darkness that might be felt— alone 
prevented their f ullfilling that contract. Secondly, it was remarkable 
for the sustained interest created by the closeness of the scores 
throughout the race. Thirdly, it was worthy of note for the reason 
that Brokaw called no less than 59 "no birds." whereas his opponent 
only "no birded" 6 up to the time when he went to the score for 
his 192d bird, and was swallowed up ic the gloom which 
enveloped the shooter, handler and referee. There was one 
other feature which made this race memorable; that was the ques- 
tion which arose at the close as to what was to become of the match, 
it being totally impossible to finish the race. For fully 10 minutes 
Mr. Williams had stood at the score; ten times bad he called "pull," 
but the birds every time, bewildered by the darkness, had refused to 
dust. There they sat, each one in its turn, showing up like a diminu- 
tive snowball as It reflected the light of the lamps in the club house. 
Jordan L. Mott, Jr., the referee deputized by John S. Hoey, who had 
been obliged to leave by an early train, called the match off for that 
day, hut refused to decide as to what was to be done with the match 
and the trophy in dispute, a silver cup of considerable value. No 
rule could be quoted as bearing on the subject and the referee's de- 
cision was reserved. After a great deal of discussion, and the citing 
of a case or two somewhat similar in circumstances, as precedents, it 
was agreed between the principals to leave the case in the hands of 
Messrs. Gideon Knapp apd Jacob Pentz as arbitrators. The outcome 
of this race is likely to form a valuable precedent upon which referees 
in future can base their decisions; the result as it was, proves the 
need of some rule on the point. 
he time set for the match was "as soon as possible after the arrival 
of the 10:49 train from New York." Mr. Brokaw and his handler, 
Walker Breese Smith, left for West Chester at an earlier hour, and 
were ready for business immediately on the arrival of the main body, 
composed of Messrs Williams, E. F. Thomas, his handler, and others. 
A more disheartening outlook than that presented from the windows 
of the small club house at the shooting grounds it would be hard to 
imagine. Immediately in front was the sodden lawn on which the 
traps were set; the boundary, which is only 41yds., was marked by a 
narrow strip of wire netting and by a few red flags on 5ft. staffs 
which tottered and swayed to and fro in the gale like mere reeds. 
Beyond the boundary lay the Sound, covered with whitecaps, which 
were obliterated from view now and again as a heavier rain storm 
than usual swept toward New York. To windward it looked very 
••'dirty;" it was just such a day when it's good to be indoors, with a 
nice wood fire in the grate to toast one's toes at. And yet there were 
men who preferred to shoot pigeons and get wet through, rather than 
(Stay indoors and enjoy the comforts of home! 
The question, "How are the birds?" brought forth this statement 
from Brokaw: "They sit on the traps, and when they do get up are 
nearly all incomers." He then and there stated that he would call 
every lingerer a "no bird." He did it; he was nothing if not consist- 
ent. Whether he was wise in doing so may be questioned. Certain it 
js that by adhering to his expressed intention he lost many an easy 
incomer, technically known as "owls;" certain it is also that by doing 
as above he took chauces of getting screamers and of losing them, 
which, by the way, he did more than once. On the other hand, he 
showed that he was not very sure of incomers; the score shows that 
out of his 36 lost birds, no less than 22, or nearly two-thirds of the whob, 
had an incoming tendency; of the 22, 8 were direct incomers, while 6 
were right-quartering incomers. Williams, on the other hand, waited 
patiently time after time for birds which refused to fly at 
once, the storm acting disastrously upon them, as far as 
flight went. He didn't mind getting a little wetter when 
he had a chance of something easy. After calling two no birds in his 
12th round, Brokaw missed a fast incomer; in the 53d round he called 
three no birds and then bad a right-quartering incomer drop dead out 
of bounds; in the 11th and 59th rounds he called four consecutive no 
birds, again in the 87th after two no birds, he drew a regular twisting 
driver that taxed his skill to the utmost; his 88th bird, an easy in- 
comer, was missed after one other bird had been refused, In the sec- 
ond hundred he called fewer no birds, 49 having been scored to him in 
the first half of the race. His 141st bird was a low-flying driver which 
he killed well with his first barrel, having previously refused three 
birds which refused to fly the instant the trap was sprung. In the 
183d round he called one no bird and was then beaten by an incomer 
which dodged both charges of shot. Brokaw had six birds dead out 
bounds while Williams had eight. 
An incident happened in the 89th round that is noteworthy: Williams 
drew a strong right-quartering driver, which fell hard hit in the body 
just inside the boundary. Notwithstanding his caution not to let the 
dog go, the lad holding the dog did release it; the bird having no wing 
broken, flopped over the boundary when the dog made for it. The 
referee of course allowed another bird, which was killed with the first 
barrel- Mr. Williams's work with his first barrel was yery Bure 
throughout the whole race. The following figures tell their own tale: 
First barrel kills, Williams 93, Brokaw 38; used second barrel for 
safety, Williams 17, Brokaw 42. The longest run of straight kills was 
made by Williams in his third series of 25 when commencing on his 
53d birdhe killed straight until the 66th, he then missed three out of 
the next four. Brokaw's best work in his first hundred was a run of 
16 in his third series of 25; he eclipsed this, however, in the second 
hundred, when the birds were really a far superior lot of flyers, by 
missing but one bird between the 128th and 163d rounds inclusive, 
making runs of 18 and 17. . 
Of course the match was a slow one, six hours being consumed in 
scoring 383 birds! It must be remembered, though, that Brokaw 
called 59 no-birds, while his opponent called 6, in addition to the 7 or 8 
which refused to fly on the 192d round. The weather must also be 
taken into consideration when the time consumed by the match is 
under discussion. The time taken over the different series of 25 birds 
each was as follows: first series, 48 minutes; second series. 47 minutes; 
third series, 50 minutes; fourth series, 45 minutes; fifth series, 40 min- 
utes; sixth series, 44 minutes; seventh series, 39 minutes; to the close 
of the match, 17 birds by Brokaw and 16 by Williams, about 47 min- 
utes; total, 6 hours. The first bird was shot at 11:30 A. M. prompt. 
The birds should have been a good lot; they were stated to have 
been picked for the shoot; in fact Jordan L. Mott, Jr., said he had 
made a wager that neither man would average 85 per cent, at the 
close; he won his bet easily, as Williams, had he killed his last nine 
straight, would have had but 168 to his credit. Had the weather been 
fine there is little doubt that the birds would have been above the 
average; as it was no birds could have flown well in such weather as 
that which prevailed on Thursday, Nov. 8, As a proof of how dark it 
was at the close of the match, it may be added that at the commence- 
ment of the 170th round, the red light on Stepping Stones Rock was 
gleaming brightly right ahead of No. 3 trap. At the 185th round the 
official scorer had to be supplied with an oil lamp so that he could see 
to make his records in the club score book. From that time on the 
flight of the birds was a mere matter of conjecture, based solely on 
the position of the bird when gathered by the dog which did the re- 
trieving. 
The decisions of both John S. Hoey, the referee, and of his deputy, 
Jordan L. Mott, Jr., were received without any dissatisfaction, not- 
withstanding the peculiar ending of the race. Scores: 
Match, 200 live birds per man, 29yds. rise, 41yds. boundary: 
Trap score type— Copyright iMi, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
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-13-156 
Up to Monday of this week the arbitrators appointed to decide the 
question raised by the failure to shoot this match out on Thursday, 
Nov. 8, had arrived at no conclusion. Before rendering any decision, 
they wished to first of all see the original articles of agreement 
drawn up for the match. Their idea was to find out whether any 
provision had been made for postponement under any circumstances 
whatever. 
Coffeyville Gun Club's Tournament. 
Little Rock. Ark., Nov.9.— The two days' tournament of the Coffey- 
ville Gun Cluo, held at Coffeyville, Kan., was not the success its pro- 
jectors had hoped it would be, the attendance of visiting shooters being 
very slim. Independence and Weir City had promised to be there in 
force, butnot a single shooter from either of these towns put in an 
appearance; in fact, there were only three visiting shooters present- 
that clever gentleman and congenial sportsman, Mr. A. H. Piety, of 
Topeka, Kan., who made a host of friends during his stay; W. R. 
Duley and the Forest and Stream correspondent from Little Rock, 
Ark. The local attendance was good, considering that most of the 
local shooters had never taken part in a tournament before. Piety 
and Duley set a hot pace for the locals, and won most of the money in 
special prizes in the target events. Perry Landers did the best shoot- 
ing in the live bird events, losing but one bird out Of 27. 
The weather was clear and bright, but a cold raw wind was blowing 
a gale during the entire two days. This made the shooting difficult, 
and was also very disagreeable to shooters and spectators alike, who 
found it a difficult matter to keep warm. Tne management spared no 
pains to make the shoot a success; 600 live birds had been provided for 
the shoot. The very moderate sum of 15 cents per bird was deducted 
from the entrance money. Targets were thrown at 2 cents, and every- 
thiog was done to make it agreeable and pleasant for those in attend- 
ance. The club has a neat little club house, and also had erected a 
large tent in the rear of the score, where those who desired could seek 
Bheiter from the chilling wind. This was the most comfortable place 
on the grounds. 
The grounds are very convenient, being only about six blocks from 
the heart of the town. The traps faced north, and there was a large, 
open tract of country with nothing to interfere with the view of the 
shooter. It was a sky background. The live bird "grounds were 
located about lOOyds. to the left of the target traps. The birds were 
of good quality, but the traps were poor ones, being nothing more 
than a tiu box that tilted over; this made the birds slow to start. The 
grove of trees in rear of the deadline also worked against the birds, as 
this was the first thing to attract their attention; they would start for 
the trees, thus offering easy shots, as the majority of them were in- 
comers. 
Mr. A. H. Piety won the $5 premium for the best average in the pro- 
gramme events with 84 1 „;S. Bluerock targets and expert traps were 
used. Purses were divided as follows: less than 10 entries, 3 moneys, 
50, 30 and 20$; 10 or more, 4 moneys, 40, 30, 20 and Shooters were 
divided into two classes, experts and amateurs. Experts shot known 
traps, unknown angles, amateurs shot everything known. A shooter 
making 85$ in one event would have to shoot as an expert in the next 
event, or until he failed to make 85$, when he could return to the ama- 
teur class if he so desired. Piety and Duley shot as experts through- 
out the whole shoot. American Shooting Association rules governed. 
The scores that were made are as follows: 
First Day. 
No. 1, 10 targets, entrance 50 cents: Duley 7, Kloehr 8, Lape 7, 
Lewark 4, Morris 6, Stewart 5, Landers 7. 
No. 2, 10 targets, entrance 75 cents: Duley 7. Lape 8, Kloehr 7, Lan- 
ders 9, Lewark 6, Stewart 8, Morris 3, Cox 7, Piety 9. 
Na. 3, 10 targets, entrance 81 : Duley 10, Lape 8, Kloehr 6, Landers 
5, Morris 3, Stewart 8, Cox 1, Piety 9. 
No. 4, 15 targets, entrance $1.50: 
Duley 111110000111111-11 Stewart 111000111111100—10 
Lape 011110101101010— 9 Landers OllOOOOOOlOuOll— 5 
Kloehr 111111011110111—13 Piety 111100111111111—13 
No. 5, 20 targets, entrauce $2: 
Duley ...00101101111111110000—12 Landers... .11001100001010110000— 8 
Pietv 10111111110100111111—16 Lape 10111101101101111011—15 
Morris..... lOOllOOlOlOlllOOlOOO- 9 Dunn 10101111001110011111—14 
No. 6, 10 targets and 5 pairs, entrance $1.50: 
Duley 0011111011 10 11 01 11 11—15 
Piety 1111111111 01 11 11 10 11—18 
Lape 1111110110 10 10 10 10 10-13 
Landers ., , .M110101 101 00 1 1 10 10 1 0—12 
Morris , ..1110110011 11 00 00 10 00—10 
Dunn 1010110001 10 11 11 10 00-11 
No. 7, 7 live birds, entrance $2. 
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Cox 0 0 2 0 1 2 0-3 
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Scoville. 
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No less than 7 extra target events were shot as soon as the pro- 
gramme had been shot through. An extra 10 live bird race was also 
decided, the contest being for the price of the birds. The scores In 
this event were as follows: 
10 live birds, price of the birds: 
Trap score type— Copyright t8B/ 4 , by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
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Duley. 
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Wells 0 00010011 •— 3 
Lewark 2 10112212 0—8 
9 Landers. ...111111221 u— 10 
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9 Mernman. ..1 102102210— 7 
Litzke . 
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Benson , 
Mitchell. ...01021 1202 1- 
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7 Morris 1 • 1 • 2 0 1 2 1 2— 7 
Second Day. 
No. 1, 10 targets, entrance 50 cents: Piety 9, Duly 4, Merrlman 3, 
Morris 6, Dunn 4, Kloehr 8, Benson 4, Cunningham 4, Lawark 4, 
Stewart 6, Lape 7, Scoville 8, Landers 8. 
No. 2, 15 targets, entrance $1.50: 
Piety 111111101111111-14 Landers 101111111111110-13 
Duley 111111111101011—13 Lape 111111111111101—1-1 
Kloehr 010111011111111—12 Dunn 011001000111101— 8 
Morris 101001001101111— 8 Scoville 110010110100110 -8 
No. 3, 10 targets, entrance $1: Piety 8, Duley 9, Lape 5, Landers 6, 
Merriman 2, Morris 6, Kloehr 0, Dunn 6, Scoviue 7, Stewart 9. 
No. 4, miss and out, entrance 50 cents: Piety 2, Duley 0, Lape 0, 
Morris 0, Dunn 0, Landers 0, Kloehr 1, Scoville 0. 
No. 5, 5 pairs targets, entrance $1: 
Piety 00 It 10 10 01—5 Kloehr 10 00 10 10 00—3 
Duley 10 10 00 10 11—5 Morris 00 10 10 10 10—4 
Lander* 10 11 10 01 10-6 Scoville 10 00 00 00 00—1 
Lape 01 10 01 00 00—2 Stewart 10 10 10 10 10-5 
Dunn 00 10 10 11 01—5 
The 5s shot off second money at 3 pairs: Duley broke 3 pairs 
straight and won. 
No. 6, 10 five birds, $2.50: 
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Morris 2 1111210* 0—7 Kloehr 1 12222110 1—9 
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Duley 
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Adamson....l 01220111 2—8 Landers 2 02211111 1—9 
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C Wells 2 20120202 1—7 Etchen 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-3 
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Barber 0 11022211 0—7 Merriman ...2 00010020 0-3 
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Cunningham 2 22 2 12*22 2—9 Litzke , 
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Dunn 1 02ll»lg«2- 
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Benson 0 121U1201 0—6 Stewart 0 0 0 2 • 0 1 0 1 0-3 
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Mitchell 2 2 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 1—8 W Etchen ...1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 »-6 
No. 7, 10 targets, entrance $1: D. Wells 6, Benson 0, Lank 6, Mitchell 
4, Dunn 7, Nevins 4, Barber 8, S. Cox 4, Chas. Wells 9. 
Paul R. Litzke. 
Courtney Meets a. Surprise Party. 
Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 9.— The blustering and disagreeable weather 
of yesterday had a tendency to prevent a large attendance at the new 
series of medal shoots inaugurated by the Onondaga County Sports- 
men's Club at Maple Bay. The few trap shots Who did brave the ele- 
ments got cold fingers and red noses for their pains, but it did not 
lessen the ardor with which each class medal was contested. The 
competition was extremely lively, especially In the Class A contest. 
A. G. Courtney, the winner of the previous medal, had a big surprise 
in George C. Luther. The latter shooter has not been at the traps for 
some time, and astonished the spectators by his good marksmanship. 
He tied Courtney with 45 out of a possible 50, and in the shoot-off Mr. 
Luther succeeded in smashing 49 straight, a most remarkable run. 
Courtney was in fine form and used his new ejector fer the first time, 
and broke 56 out of 60 to win the medal for tne first series.. Luther 
broke 51 out of 60 to win the medal for the first series. Luther broke 
52 out of 60. James Montgomery, champion of the West Shore Gun 
Club, and James Boyd appeared as new candidates for championship 
honors. James Boyd was shooting his new gun, and will make a better 
record next time. Andrew S. White easily outshot Mr. John Cool for 
Class B medal, but John says he will get even next time. Boyd took 
the Class C medal. Scores: 
First shoot for the new series of medals, 50 targets per man, known 
traps, unknown angles: 
AG Courtney 11111111111110111101011111110111101111111111111111-45 
Q C Luther 10010111111111111111111011111110111111111111111111—45 
H Jones 10101111111011111001111111110101111111111111111101-^12 
G H Mann 11011110101111101010001111111111111111001111110001—37 
J Montgomery.... 11011111111111101111110100111111001110101010100101— 36 
AC Ginty UOlOUllllllOlOlllOllOllOlOlOOllllllOllOOllOllOlOl— 33 
Class B 
AS White lOllllOllOllllllllOlOlioillOllllllOlOlOlOOllllllllO— 37 
John Cool 00101 1 1001 10001 111011110100111000100011001 1111 1011 1—29 
Class 0. 
Jas Boyd 011001000100000011001110010000001111111111111111019-26 
Class A ties, 60 targets: 
A G Courtney 111111111111111111111101111011 
111101111111111110111111111111-56 
G C Luther llllllllllllllllllllllllllllOO 
111001111111010111111011001110—52 
Falstaff. 
How the Weilers Shoot. 
Allentown, Nov. 9.— Enclosed please find score of the monthly 
shoot of the Jno. F. Weiler Gun Club. 
R Moore 1011011101101101111111011—19 
EUlmer lllllllOllilimillOllOlO-21 
J Benning » 1111110111110111011101101—20 
J Boyer 0110111010110001111001100-15 
0 Acker llOOOlOllOlOlOOlllllOlOll— 15 
E Miller 1101101110010111111111100—18 
1 Zellner 0100111101111011100101011— IB 
S Weiler 1010111111001010101111001-16 
M Hoffman 110001 OOlOlOlOOliOllOUll— 14 
J Smith 0110001101010010101101111-14 
A. W. BeAtty, Capt. 
Hartford, Conn., Nov. 5.— At the shoot of the Colt^Gun Club, on. 
Saturday, Ncv. 3, the following scores were made in an event at 25 
targets per man: M. F. Cook 23. E. Sexton 23, F. Green 22, J. Pitkin 
28, F. Olmstead 21, Owen Treat 21, 8. Colt 19, J. Peard 17, P. Tinker 17, 
0. Stone 14, Francotte 13, 
