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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 19,11895* 
ever been made to the Lengue secretary, who based the other 
figures on an actual count of the sweepstakes reported by the 
sportsmen's journals. No one who has never undertaken to get 
up such a report has any idea of the labor involved, and it would 
be a good thing if the secretaries oi clubs would make a brief 
summary of the targets thrown in their tournaments. This 
would prevent mistakes and put the clubs on record. 
The lollowing is the standing of the clubs in the League con- 
test: 
Olubs. ~ -8 
Maplewood... 7 760 
South Side.. . . 7 746 
Union 6 630 
Oil max 7 738 
Endeavor 6 591 
Myrtle Park. . 6 542 
Brunswick. ... 6 548 
£ 
o 
86.86 
85.26 
84 
84.34 
78.80 
72.27 
73.07 
to 
fi 
•3 
a 
a 
l 
2 
4 
3 
5 
7 
6 
S3 
to 
ID 
567 
550 
534 
538 
485 
461 
463 
<D 
$3 
K 
90.72 
88 
85.44 
86 08 
77.60 
73.76 
74.08 
Total 45 4,555 80.98 3,598 82.24 2,926 83.6 
In the above it. will be 'seen that both the best four and best 
five scores have been figured. This was done because the secre- 
tary needed the advice of the governing committee before paying 
the' prizes, and each computation alters the standing of four 
clubs. The by-laws require that in order to qualify a ciub shall 
shoot in one more than one-half of the total number ol contests 
held during the season. 
It is therefore necessary for the committee to decide under 
which computation the prizes shall be divided, the secretary be- 
lieving it should be on five, as four is not one more than half 
seven— the number of tournaments held. The secretary would 
also call attention to the case of the Union Club, which shot on 
their teams in contests Nos. 4 and 5, men whose names did not 
appear on the roll. If these scores are thrown out as required 
by section 11 of the by-laws, it will also affect the standing of 
two clubs, making a tie between Climax and Union and throw- 
Endeavor into fourth place. And if the committee decide that 
five scores shall be necessary for qualification Union will be dis- 
qualified. Other clubs (Maplewood and Myrtle Park) were also 
guilty of the same offense, but their action did not affect the 
result. Climax shot two men in contest No. 1, Scott and Me- 
Ginty, neither of which appear on the roll, but the secretary be- 
lieves them to be assumed names. The final result would not 
be affected, however, but it should fee understood that in shoot- 
ing on a team a man should be required to use his owu name 
and so prevent confusion. . 
In the individual scores the shooting was of a high order in 
many cases, and among those who shot at 100 targets or over m 
the team contests, one scored over 95 per ",ent, seven 95.90, nine 
85.90, five 80.85, Jour 75.80 and three 70.75. The individual 
scores above 90 per cent, are below in ttie order of merit: 
Total Best 
Best 
140 
93.33 
118 
94.40 
95 
95 
162 
92.57 
119 
95.20 
96 
96 
114 
91.25 
114 
91.25 
{•3 
93 
136 
90.66 
115 
92.00 
93 
93 
158 
90.39 
118 
94.40 
96 
96 
156 
89.14 
116 
92.80 
94 
94 
157 
89.71 
115 
92.00 
94 
94 
134 
89.33 
113 
90.40 
92 
92 
128 
85 20 
110 
88.00 
91 
91 
131 
87.33 
112 
89.60 
91 
91 
152 
86.86 
112 
89 60 
90 
90 
161 
S6.28 
111 
88.80 
90 
90 
Van Dyke 150 
Brantingham — 175 
Yeomans 125 
Miller .150 
Sickley 175 
Drake 175 
Geoffroy 175 
Ed Collins 150 
Hoffma 150 
Sigler 150 
Breintnall 175 
Thomas 175 
In regard to the scores kept during the year, the secretary 
has to sav that the last was never forwarded to him by the man- 
ager but was copied from the riles of the American Field. The 
score of contest No. 6 was sent in by the courtesy of Mr, C. H. 
Townsend, late of Fobkst and Stbeam. It is to be regretted 
that no solicitation of prizes was made as in previous years. At 
the last annual meeting the matter was generally discussed and 
it waB requested that each delegate should interest himself in 
that regard. .,..„* 
All of which is respectfully submitted. 
W. R. Hobabt, Sec'y. 
111. 
New Year's Day at Elgin, 
Elgin 111 Jan. 4— Inclosed find the scores of the Elgin Na- 
tional Gun Club, made on the club's grounds on New Year's Day. 
The weather was delightful, and there should have been a much 
larger attendance. We were glad to see three of the cracks from 
Rockford Buker, Bean and 11 elm, also the Bunnell brothers and 
Pitzen from Pox Lake, and several shooters from Aurora, Chi- 
cago and Burlington. The Rockford boys rather had the best of 
it Buker breaking hie 50 targets straight. 
The live birds were fair flyers only, but lack of practice was 
apparent when our club men toed the mark. Hard times have 
made shoots scarce here lately. a ,. . 
No 1 10 bluerocks, unknown angles, S>1: Pilzen 6, B. Dunndl 
10 W H Doe 5, McGough 7, A. W. Church 2, Kelley 5, Mallard 5, 
Webster 5, H. Dunnill 7, Nish 8, Fletcher 5, Tilden 6, West 7 
No 2 same » Pitzen 8, B. Dunnell 9, Tilden 6, McGough 8, Nish 
9 Doe 7 H. Dunnell 7, Mallard 4, C. Howard 7, Webster 5. 
' No 3 '5 live birds, 28yds. rise, $2: 
Pifzen • ■ .110*2-3 H Dunnill 11122-5 
■f)„f ... .22001-3 B Dunnill 21110-4 
1/.%' ..22121-5 Tilden 01022-3 
MaUard ' * ' 21002-3 West 11 000-2 
Sster 1*122-4 Adams 21110-4 
Brewer " 20011-3 Church *0010-1 
MeGou^h V 0211*— 3 
No. fs live birds, ^ mmn 5 
H Dunai'li' 12100201-5 Nish 20*12222-6 
Howard 12222*02-6 McGough 02)10110-4 
Webster 10021120-5 B Dunuill 21122111-8 
«iiker 22101122-7 W H Doe 00112011-5 
Helm 02202222-6 Church 00000001—1, 
SfL im . .12122212-8 McConnell 02112022-6 
No ' 5' 10 targets, $1 : B. Dunnill 9, Pitzen 7, Helm 8, Buker 10, 
Doe ,8 Adams 7, Howard 9, Bean 9, Dahlborn 6, H. Dunnill 9, Nish 
10, McConnell 5, McGough 8, Tilden 6, DeWolf 6. 
• No 6 10 targets, $1 : Helm 9, Doe 7, B. Dunnill 9, Nish 8, 
Buker 10, Adams 6, Bean 9, Howard 5, Tilden 8, Pitzen 8, De 
Wolf 7. 
DeWolf 15 to 01lSil01011111-ll Adams 101111111111111-14 
Nish " .111111111011111-14 Helm 111111111111111-15 
B Dnnniil "111111011111011-13 Bean 1111111110110.0-12 
TMer.. .111011011001111-11 - 
Buker 111111111111111-15 
Howard lllllollO 1 11 101—12 
No. 8, 15 targets. $1.50: 
DeWolf.. ... . .111110110111111—13 
B Dunnill... 111111111011101— 13 
Pitzen .110111101100111-11 Nish 101111110010111-11 
• . «iftrtinMAfii_ia Elgin. 
Pitzen 011101110111101-11 
McConnell . .11001100001,011— 8 
Buhlboru....l0ll01001l0ll01— 9 
Helm 111111011011111—13 
Buker 111111111111111—15 
Adams 111111110010111—12 
Trap at Salt Lake. 
Chioaoo 111., Jan. 5.— In the course of his interesting letter 
from Salt Lake City, Mr. John P. Cowan has the following pleas- 
ant little comment on trap and trap-shooters in that section of 
the mountains. It will be news to very many. — E. Hough. 
Away back in the seventies, when the name of Bogardus was 
the synonym of the champion shot of the world, ahd when the 
old plunge trap was the only one known to the pigeon shooters 
of America Salt Lake boasted a shooting contingent which would 
be considered fast company in any land. But for some unknown 
cause the sport fell into disrepute, and one day a moral spasm 
took possession of the law-makers of Utah ai-d they passed a 
act making it an offense againBt the law to shoot pigeons from 
the trap, and thus it stood until last winter, when, by a deter- 
mined effort, the sportsmen of Utah had the law repealed. And 
as a result the interest in trap-shooting is growing rapidly. 
There is no place in the land more favorably situated than Salt 
Lake Irom a sportsman's standpoint. Pigeons can be had in an 
abundance at 25 cents per pair. 
On Christmas Day a goodly number of the sportsmen from 
Salt Lake and vicinity assembled on the grounds, which are 
located on the military reservation and just below the pic- 
turesqe and beautiful Port Douglas. Mr. Brockbank, of the Salt 
Lake Club, furnished the birds, and a splendid lot they were. 
Among the visitors were the Browning brotheisof Ogden, the 
men who for the last eight years have kept the Patent Office 
busy, and they do say they keep the Winchester Arms Co. broke 
buying their patents. It is a fact, however, that to the inventive 
genius of John Browning the Winchester people are indebted 
for every patent which has made their guns so popular in the 
last eight years. It started with the new breech block in their 
rifle in 1886, then came the single-shot rifle, then the magazine 
shotgun, then another magazine shotgun, and now Mr. Brown- 
ing has a magazine harnmerless repeater which is simply per- 
fection. It isn t on the market yet and it may be a breach of 
confidence for me to mention the gun at all, as Mr. Browning 
was kind enough to show me the arm at his shop in Ogden. This 
gun works so smooth and easy that any one can use it, and when 
it is put on the market, which it will be shortly, you will see the 
king of repeaters. Both Nat and John Browning are of the quiet, 
unassuming type of the Western sportsman, always pleasant and 
mild in manner, but holy terrors when it comes to raking down 
geese ann ducks and grinding up bluerocks. The pigeons were 
a nice fresh lot, just caught, and the corkscrew curves they 
mado as they left the traps caused the oldest shots to Jail down. 
The light, too, was bad— the shooting was toward the south, 
the bright sun shining on the snow made it very difficult to 
judge a towering straightaway bird. Below are the scores : M. 
Browning 7, Bigelow 7, Cowan 8, J. Browning ft J. Sharf, Sr., 6, 
W.Young 7, Eilerbeck 3, Brockbank. 7, Tremayne 8, Ward 3, 
Picknell 5, Sheldon 1, J. bharf, Jr., 1. 
Scattered all over the range were ready gunners, who had 
considerable sport picking off quite a number of the 56 birds 
which escaped. Without delay tno second contest was opened, 
and this time 53 pigeons flew outside ihe bounds and were lost 
to the marksmen. The score was as fo.lows: May 4, Anderson 
8, Cowan 8, Becker G. Brockbauk 7, Tremayne 8, Ward 4, M. 
Browning 10, J. Browning 6, W. Young 2, J. Sharf, Jr., 6, J. 
Sharf, Sr., 8, Eilerbeck 4, Bigelow 5. 
Then the game was switched anil bluerock traps were set m 
position at the usual rise. Ten singles, individual sweepstakes, 
were the only combinations shot. The scores of the first, sec- 
ond and third shoots were a* follows : 
No.l. No. 2. No.3. No.l. No.2. No.3. 
Cowan 
JBrowning. . . 
Sharp, Sr 
Brockbank.... 
M«y 
JVI Browning. . 
Sharf, Jr 
Becker 
8 
10 
7 
.. 8 
io 
10 
9 
10 
Bigelow 
... 8 
"9 
8 
7 
Ensign 
...10 
9 
9 
9 
7 
'7 
. 5 
8 
7 
9 
Picknell 
8 
io 
*8 
10 
8 
9 
9 
10 
10 
9 
7 
1 
5 
5 
8 
9 
9 
9 
All of the gunners but seven here dropped out and another 
sweepstake was shot with the following result: M. Browning 9, 
J. Browning 9, Bigelow 10, Becker 10, Daniels 10, Ensign 10. 
John F. Cowan. 
gifle gmge m\A @atterg. 
St. Louis Defeats Rochester. 
The telegraphic rifle match between the Missouri Rifle and 
Pistol Club of St. Louis and the Columbia Ritte and Pistol Club 
of Rochester, on the night of Jan. 10, resulted in a victory for 
the St. Louis men by a score of 4368 to 4105. The details, Ger- 
man ring target, are: 
St. Louis. 
Capt Schaaf 24 21 20 20 23 20 23 22 20 18 
^ 24 24 25 21 20 18 22 22 20 25—432 
Col R Buchanan 24 17 23 18 24 2S 15 25 17 21 
17 24 21 25 24 23 23 24 25 22-435 
R W Stalev 21 18 25 23 18 25 20 23 18 23 
it w acaiey ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ (& ffl ^ Jg 
H KeDhart 22 25 25 22 25 19 23 20 25 21 
a ii»p™ 2g 21 23 22 25 25 21 25 2S 24 _4 60 
T, Sicher 25 20 23 19 16 21 22 24 25 19 
U ir,I0 " t!l " n 24 21 20 15 23 23 23 19 17-433 
C Vogt Jr 18 12 20 23 18 19 25 17 18 19 
n ' 20 18 19 19 18 16 19 25 18 22-382 
Geo T Dunn 24 21 21 25 21. 24 23 20 25 23 
ueo x uuuu. 22 ^ ^ ^ ^ i9 2() 21 22 21 _ M? 
A Qfeller 22 24 22 25 17 23 20 18 24 20 
1 20 24 24 21 21 23 21 25 24 24-442 
F Hutchinson 28 23 25 21 25 24 25 24 18 18 
25 25 23 20 25 22 22 14 15 22-442 
SGDorman 23 23 22 22 21 25 21 22 24 25 
is u- x-oini u 2 _ 2 _ 23 ^ 23 21 25 2 _ 23 2l _4G6— 4368 
Rochester. 
CH McChesney 25 22 21 20 19 19 16 15 17 11 
W L Douglas 25 25 24 24 23 20 19 21 29 16 
V u S 24 24 24 22 22 21 21 20 19 17-430 
0 S Quick 23 23 21 21 20 20 17 18 15 1& 
U b H 25 22 22 21 21 19 10 19 18 18-398 
H M Stewart 25 25 25 23 23 23 21 20 19 15 
Thos Henley 25 24 24 22 23 22 22 22 18 14 
8 a * um * 24 23 21 19 18 18 18 15 15 14-402 
D S Kin" ..23 22 22 22 20 20 20 18 IB 19 
0 25 24 23 23 23 22 22 22 15 0-401 
S B Williams 24 24 23 22 21 20 20 18 17 12 
mlluuls 22 23 22 22 21 21 21 20 19 16-499 
1 H Andrews 24 24 23 24 23 22 22 21 16 16 
25 25 25 23 22 21 20 20 19 13-127 
O L Hovt 25 25 23 23 22 20 20 19 16 11 
- y 25 24 22 21 21 20 19 16 16 16-403-4105 
New York Rifle Club. 
New Yoek, Jan. 9.— This club held its regular shoot, to-day tit 
Zt'ttler's. The following scores were made, off-hand, German 
ring target, 75ft.. any rifle, sights and trigger-pull, two best 
Bcores to count, honor tarset : 
Isbell (68) 246 245 Shorkley l 65) 239 
Harrington (60) 245 244 King (59) 238 
Young (71) 244 242 Walters (57) 235 234 
LI loyd (72) 242 241 Mason (43). . 235 223 
Crockor (58) 
235 
256 
.240 237 
E. It. Young, Sec. 
Hartford Rifle Club. 
Hvetfokd, Conn., Jan. 13.— Scores shot Saturday afternoon, 
German ring target, 300yds., off-hand; weather conditions fairly 
good, medal match, one entry only : 
H M Pone 23 20 20 22 25 21 23 23 24 21—222 
J M Foote! ." ! .' 21 15 23 21 24 23 23 18 22 22-212 
PoptfPope barrel! .33-43 218). .20 20 19 21 22 .12 18 23 24 22-207 
" V 22 22 19 23 25 24 21 23 23 22—221 
24 20 24 23 23 24 23 21 22 24— 23t> 
Lyon(Schalke barrel, .33-40-103 23 23 25 20 21 20 19 21 19 25-219 
Foote (.32-40 Win.) 23 19 22 22 21 19 20 21 18 19-204 
v ' 21 21 21 20 20 22 22 19 23 20—209 
H. M. Pope, Sec, 
Zettler Rifle Club. 
The winter gallery shoot of the Zettler Rifle Olub is rapidly 
developing a red-hot struggle between the past masters of the 
club for the main chance in the final "rouud up" in April. 
Messrs. Dorrler, Ross, Holges and Flaeh are the high men in 
the race lor the first place on the list of prize winners. Ihe 
shoot last night was the eleventh event of the twenty-seven that 
comprise the whole number of shoots on the programme of the 
winter series. Each maa in the competition is allowed five 
scores of ten shots each at each shoot, or 135 scores for the en- 
tire series. 
The situation of affairs between the four leaders at the pres- 
ent moment is as follows; Dorrler, Ross and Holges are lied ou 
a total of 13,452 points, Flach is 27 points iu the rear, each man 
having shot 55 scores. An interesting feature iu the struggle 
between the four is being developed by Louis Flach, who at the 
start was in hard luck with his rifle, being at the finish of the 
third shoot 65 points behind the leader. Since then he has re- 
duced the lead to 27 points, his present position. Max Engel, 
one of the old veterans of the club added a little riffle to the 
already agitated conditions last night by making a total of 1,241 
in his five scores. Up to the present time En^et has not been 
looked upon by the four leaders as a factor to be considered in the 
struggle. Engel's work created a momentary panic in the ranks 
of the quartette until the record was gone over to see what his 
position was. The research brought relief to the quartette, lor 
Engel was far in the. rear. 
Flach won the championship medal with the score of 246. En- 
gel was second with 245. Engel was high ior the best single as 
well as the best five scores. Scores: 
Champion medal, first entrv: Louis Flaeh 246, M. B. Engle245, 
M. Dorrler 244, H. Holges 243, F. C. Ross 242, B. Zettler 212. O. G. 
Zettler 241, Dr. Grosoh 239, F. Schmidt 236, J. Blumenberg 236, 
H.Munz 236, H. D. Muller 234, G. Nonak 234, A. Klein 228, S. 
Buzzini 225, G. W. Downs 225. 
Best 10-shot score: M. B. Engel 249, L. Flach 248, H. Holges 
248, F. C. Ross 247, M. Dorrler 248, G. Nowak 245, B. Zettler 245. 
O. G, Zettler 246, F. Schmidt 242, H. D. Muller 241, Dr. Gro.-ch 
210, P. Feigel 244, H. Munz 236, A. Klein 233, S. Buzzini 235, ,1. 
Blumenberg 236, G. W. Downs 232. 
Best five scores : 
M B Engel 245 249 242 249 246—1231 
L Flach 246 248 248 245 242—1229 
H Holges 243 244 244 244 248—1223 
FC Ross 242 245 246 247 245—1225 
M Dorrler 244 246 248 246 248—1232 
ScbHcht Rifle Club. 
Wust New Yoek, N. J., Jan. 8.— The Bch.icht Rifle Club ( held 
its annual election of officers last night. The new board is as 
follows: J. Dedriek, Captain; G. Reichert, Ass, staut Captain ; 
Gns Tribout, Secretary; Geo. Sehlicht, Trensimr ; Jacob Uiehl, 
First Shooting Master; Fred Lambrix, Second Shooting Master; 
W. Sehlicht, Ser-eant-at-Arms. 
Following the election came the competition for the class; the 
scores are appended : Geo. Lautenberger 232, Geo. Sehlicht 244', 
C. Meper 234, Aug. Tribout 219, Fred Stambrix 220, Geo. Reichert 
234, Wm. Sehlicht 225, Jacob Sehlicht 206, O. Sehlicht 207, H. 
Aufderheide 219, Capt. J. Dedriek 226, Jacob Diehl 231, Aug. 
Meyer 231. Medal winners: Jacob Diehl, champion medal; 
C. Meyer, first class medal; Geo. Reichert, Second class medal ; 
Capt. J. Dedriek, third class medal. 
The Farmers Win. 
Geeenville, N. J., Jan. 10.— The club house of the Greenv.lla 
Rifle Club was the center of interest to Hudson counly riflemen 
last night, at the first match between the Our Own Rifle Club 
team of Hoboken and the junior team of the Greenville Club, ten 
men a side. The scores' are appended, 10 shots per man, oer- 
man ring target: Greenville team — Agneau 231, Chorlock 228, 
Lutz 228, Chase 229 Graef 222, Dodds 222, Reuker 207. Gotthardt 
2030, Spahn 224, E. Wuectuer 220; total, 2243. Our Own team— 
HeuKun 221, Dilger 221, Kruse 235, Murray 217, roeser 209, Sey- 
mour 193, O. Lone 199, Sttuhinau 191, Molkenbor 193, Steubor 
236; total, 2,115. 
RIFLE NOTES. 
The Elite Schuetzen Corps is growing in membership at a 
prodigious rate. 'Ihe figure now stands 165. The corps begins 
its weekly gallery practice for 1895 on Mertz's gallery on Friday 
night of this week. 
The New York Schuetzen Corps holds its fifth bi-monthly gal- 
lery shoot on the Zettler range on Friday night. 
The first of the series of team matches between the Empire 
Rifle Club, of New York, and the Greenville (N. J.) Rifle Ciub, 
comes off on Thursday night. The contest takes place on the 
Greenville range. 
It is reported ihat the shooting season for 1895 will ce opened 
nt Cypress Hill Park, Long Island, on Decoration Day (May 30). 
A liberal programme will be put up for the New York and visit- 
ing riflemen to compete for. Ii is intended to have the same 
style ot targets that will be in vogue at the Bundes fest. 
Barney Koenig says he will have the new target house and 
range at Glondale ready for practice shooting m the early pait 
of April. 
Work for Terriers. 
Sand Lake, Mich.— Editor Forest and Stream ; If "Ter- 
rier's" dog' ever follows a muskrat to his native lair it will be 
necessary to provide the dog with a rubber suit as he will other- 
wise get wet. What angler but has watched with interest these 
busy little water dogs, and as he became more acquainted with 
their habits found something worth remembering even iu the 
humble muskrat? 
As winter approaches, these untiring workers begin opera- 
tions by selecting a bog or old log a £ew rods from shore, iu 
about two feet of water, and gathering reeds, grass, sticks, etc., 
build a house thereon, resembling a small potato pit, perfectly 
tight at the top with an opening inside into the water, and here 
a nest is built just above the water line. Meauwhile another 
stronghoid is located in the bank or snore where commodious 
rooms are formed, nicely lined with dry moss and leaves. Tliis 
is also entered by a channel beneath tue water and is the home 
of the family consisting from two to a dozeu. Perhaps aci'Oss 
the lake are a dozen other families with houses like the first, 
and, approach the house on the ice ever so carefully you will 
hear a "plunk" and our friend has taken a header for shore. 
Now it "Terrier" will persist in killing our harmless muskrat 
we must say, put in your dog, we'll risk our friend, and iu fact 
we almost agree that a hole in the ice is nearly the proper place 
for a family with" no honest vocation or visible means of sup- 
port. 
Why not talk of spaniels? We see very little of those lately, 
and this recalls our Dow— peace to his ashes, boyhood com- 
panion. I taught him and he taught me to hunt partridges, and 
1 fancy the smile of contempt of the owners of blue blooded 
Irish, Gordon and plain setters and pointers when I say he was 
the most level-headed dog I ever knew. I could march him 
straight up to a covey, two steps at a time and he was afwa ys 
steady. In my eagerness as 1 cracked away at the buzzing 
meteors, scoring misses at every crack, he would look over his 
shoulder at me as if to say, ".Steady yourself, you're the oue 
that's 'rattled', what are you talking steady to me for?" and 
When it was all over how he would display his uatureal instinct 
as a retriever, and as he laid the prize at my feet and looked up 
for the expected word of praise I could almost read his thought 
— fl Golly! but we ought to have got a couple more, you must 
hold about f sui' feet ahead cf those fellows, old man." We all 
mourned when the dog poisoner got him, and have never owned 
a dog since; when we do, it will be a lemon and white spaniel 
with eyes that almost talk and we will name bim after Dow. 
James H. Brayman. 
