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FOREST AND STREAM. 
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[Jan. 12, 1895. 
Ben. O. Bush. Suggests a Change. 
Kalamazoo, Mich., Dee. 28.— Editor Forest and Stream: Foe- 
est and Steeam in its efforts toward the reformation of trap- 
shooting should meet with the hearty approval of all lovers of 
the sport. 
Dropping for place has long been an evil, but just so long as 
shooters can make a dollar by dropping, why they are going to 
drop, that's certain; because human nature is human nature 
with shooters as with all other persons, and each one looks out 
for himself. Under the rules at the present time the shooting is 
generally so easy that there are many ties for each of the 
moneys in a match, thus practically making an incentive for a 
shooter to drop should a hole be left open. 
This should be changed; the shooting should be made more 
difficult, thus causing fewer ties, and instead of handicapping 
ttm experts, the poorer shooters should be given more opportu- 
nities. Let the shooting be rapid-firing, from five unknown 
traps, expert rules, 18yds. rise for all. Have an automatic un- 
known pull, which will secure equality to every shooter, so far as 
the pulling of the traps is concerned; then confine the experts 
to the use of but one barrel, and give the balance of the shooters 
the use of both barrels. Fine every shooter $1 (to be added to 
the pot) who turns away from a firing point before opening his 
gun, and whenever a shooter shall have reached first money by 
the use of two barrels in one event, then conflne him to the use 
of one barrel in subsequent events until he fails to reach any of 
tho money. Do away with the blackboard and use a more mod- 
ern apparatus for refereeing and scoring; run every man off the 
grounds who is found keeping track of the scores, because such 
men never shoot, but always tell their friends among the shoot- 
ers which place is the best to drop into. Some shooters shoot for 
fun and some for money; those who shoot for fun are generally 
the poorest shots, consequently allowing them the use of two 
barrels would be granting them more fun as well as enhance 
their chances of reaching the money. 
Some may raise the objection that there will be many straight 
scores where the use of two barrels is granted. Not if the tar- 
gets are thrown hard and swift; for if the experts can't make 
straights with the use of one barrel, then the poorer shoots can- 
not do it with the use of two. "The ^shooters are outgunned," 
is a wail I hear from somewhere; but this is not so. as the long- 
est shot is from No. 1 score to No. 4 trap, which is less than 
23%yds. rise on a practically straightaway target. If all shoot- 
ers could score every target at which they Are, then tran- 
shooting would soon cease ; for it is the uncertainty which adds 
zest to all tests of skill, as it breaks the monotony of a too fre- 
quent repetition in the attainment of perfection. 
Ben. 0. Bush. 
Views of a Manufacturer's Agent, 
Dayton, Ken., Jan. 1, 1895.— Editor Forest and Stream: It is 
thoroughly in accord with the high standard that has always 
governed the management and general tone of Forest and 
Steeam: that this paper should be the one to openly organize a 
vigorous crusade against the glaring abuses that have so long 
hampered, and frequently openly disgraced, trap-shooting. 
It was Forest and Steeam, years ago, that sounded the 
alarm cautioning sportsmen asainstthe use of that malignant 
form of dynamite known as Ditmar powder, the introduction of 
which caused so much damage at the time, and subsequently 
withheld so many from usiDg the more modern kinds of nitro 
powders as they came along, causing many to cling to the 
black, from sheer fright of what might reasonably be expected 
from any other kind — and well they might after having once 
been exposed to so much danger. 
Some one as a natural resulthas to bear the brunt of all radical 
evolutions, and while the change may. and probably will, during 
its inauguration cause much complaint, and even engender 
bitter feeling, yet it is quite evident that some system should 
be adopted which will more evenly and fairly place all on an 
equal footing, and at some time peremptorily debar from further 
competition all tricksters and droppers for place. 
But, gentlemen, in our zeal to accomplish great things, let us 
not overlook little ones. Let ue be fair and just, and discrimi- 
nating enough to properly weigh .all men and give all honest 
shooters a fair chance. A man's skill and not bis occupation 
should clearly be the standard by which he must be gauged. It 
is obviously unjust to wage war aeainst a set of men who sell 
guns or ammunition simply because that is their business, and 
arbitrarily handicap these regardless of their skill. To call a 
man a professional because he sells guns or ammunition, irre- 
spective of whether he can, shoot or not, is so absurd that it 
should never be considered au serimx. 
Are the men who stand behind counters and sell guns, etc., 
professionals? What are they paid for? Shooting as a means 
of subsistence or for an income, or merely to talk gun? 
If on the other hand the gun and ammunition men are barred 
now because of their superior skill, how long will it be before 
another set of men step to the front and distance in like man- 
ner the poorer shots? Thpn what? Are these to be ruled off 
too? If so, better not squander any more money or waste fur- 
ther time learning to shoot, for when excellence is attained 
ostracism follows ! 
This is all so clearly unjust and unreasonable, not to say un- 
American, that it seems strauge any would-be formulator of 
rules should indulge in such ideas in print, because they at 
once show a narrow-minded spirit and malicious intent. 
As I take it, what we want to eradicate from our tournaments 
are tricksters, brawlers, rowdies in disguise, whatever -their 
occupation, toughs, schemers and general pirates. Such are a 
nuisance anywhere, whether posing as unsuspecting dove-like 
amateurs or full-fledged professionals. I can't for the life of me 
see the difference. To be iDilieted with such persons under anv 
circumstances is bad. and the sooner we are rid of them the 
better. And ibat is what Foeest and Steeam with the influence 
it wields can do. 
What we want now is a system of handicap that, will In a 
measure equalize men and insure more of the money going to a 
greater number of participants. Large nurses accruing from 
added money subscribed by the clubs giving the shoots will 
always attract a big array of talent. Let these purees be 
within the reach of a greater percentage of the shooters, bar no 
one who behaves himself aud who shoots squarelv, but devise 
some system of shooting that imposes a handicap on the best 
shots, be they who they may, regardless of station in life or 
occupation. Holp along the weaker shots, thereby encouraging 
new men and more of them to join the ranks of the greatest and 
most enjoyable sport we have. Then if some of the more fasti- 
dious though perchance less deserving, deem this a too demo- 
cratic way of shooting, let the said select few congregate by 
themselves — but by all means allow the great army of shooting 
men to go marching along: otherwise it is going to be hard to 
discriminate between the open and above-board gun men (£. e., 
known representatives of gun firms) as against the sub rosa 
agents who. if not numerous to-day, do exist, and who under 
the proposed svstera of "professionals barred." will soon multi- 
ply, and from the verv fact, of their secret mission will render 
themselves formidable because unknown. Gauged. 
Morfey Won by Two Birds. 
Philadelphia, Pa., .Tan. 3.— T. W. Morfey, of Paterson, N. J., 
won a well-fought match to-dav from John Eothaeker, of this 
city, the score being 92-89. Morfey allowed his opponent to 
shoot at 106 bird» to his 100. ^ t the end of the first 25 the score 
wa" a tie, both killing 24: the 50th round found Morfey only one 
lu'rd ahead, with a score of 44 to 43. by no means a winning gait. 
The third 25 saw Morfey gain two more on his antagonist, the 
scorrt at the commencement of th»-< 75th round standing 66-63 in 
his favor. This Ipft Morfey but 25 to shoot at. while Rothacker 
bad 30 ; it began to look like Bothacknr's match. Morfey, bow- 
ever, puTed himself together and killed straight, the match 
'■"Mug practically over a,t the 100th round. Eothaeker being 7 be- 
hind "with only 6 to shoot at; bis misses in the nineties were 
fatal to his chances. How nearly Morfey came to losing this 
match is shown by the fact that at the commencement of the 91st 
round Bothaoker was only four behind him with 16 birds to shoot 
at against Morfey's 10. 
The match was shot on the grounds of the Keystone Shooting 
League, of Philadelphia, at Holmesburg Junction. These 
grounds are well fitted for events of this character, the club 
house and all the appointments of the grounds being of the first 
order. A large number of spectators were on hand to witness 
the match. Among the number wore: W. H. Wolstenoroft, Jas. 
Wolstencroft, J. H. Wolstenoroft, Jr., J. L. David, — . Worrell, 
N. Swope, Wade Wilson. Geo. Beck. Walter Sterling, Bobert A. 
Welch, R, Provost, H. Eilenberger. V. D. Konover, Charlie Zwir- 
lein, "Dntchy" Smith, Chas. Beeber, Gus Muller, Chas. Brown, 
Wilmer Thomas, Chas. Irwin, John Hack, A. Jacob, H. Bidge, 
E. David, Captain Pack, Wm. N. Pack, J. W. Budd. Geo. Cub- 
berly. Dr. Allen, A. J. Bust, H. "Landis," Henry Wolf, J. Dean, 
J. H. Davis, etc., etc. 
The birds were a mixed lot, a number of them being very 
good ones. Morfey's weakness was on towering birds, his 9 
pusses including three towering outgoers to the left, a circling 
incomer to the left that towered, and two towering right-quar- 
tering drivers; his other misses were a straight driver, a circling 
right-quarterer and a right-quartering driver. T. H. Keller, of 
New York, officiated as referee; Al Uust was official scorer, 
while F. "Henry" looked after the pulling of the traps. Scores: 
Morfey vs. Eothaeker, 100 birds, Morfey conceding Rothacker 
6 extra birds, $100 a side, winner to pay for birds. 28yds. rise, 
50vds. boundary: 
T W Morfey 1111111112112112122210222—24 
21 20211 2*221 2221 222*22001— 20 
212222*2221 22^22002222222— 22 
2122222222222222222222222-25—91 
John Bothacker 2211222222111021122222222- -24 
0220101101012012222221222—19 
2221120101112*1*1121*2222—20 
2*222222111222201*0221121—21 
■222220 — 5—89 
Terry's Opponent Failed to Appear. 
Fanwood, N. J.. Jan. 2. — Dan Terry of Plainfleld and Frank 
Batsch of Elizabeth were booked to shoot a match at the Climax 
Club's grounds, Fauwood Boad House, yesterday; $25 had been 
deposited as a forfeit in the hands of Nate Astfalk of Elizabeth, 
N. J. Terry was on hand and so were the birds and a good-sized 
crowd of would-be spectators, but Batsch never showed up; 
neither did he send any message so far as could be ascertained. 
As other men and other guns were present the following events 
at targets and live birds were shot off: 
Twentv-flve empires, unknown angles : 
Keller 1111111111011111111000111—21 
Croft 1111111110101111111001111—21 
Sohortomeier 1100111111101111011111011—20 
D Terry 1111011111111100111101111—21 
Apgar 0111111110011010110101111—18 
W Terry 0110111111111111111110111—22 
The following live bird events were also decided during the 
afternoon : 
Nos. 1 and 2, 4 live birds, $2 entrance; No. 3, miss and out: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. 
D Terry. .0011— 2 2221—4 222—3 Keller . ...01*2—2 2112—4 2* —1 
Scott 0022—2 2210—3 220—2 Bonner. ..1201— 3 1110-3 0 —0 
Croft 2121-4 1212—4 0 —0 D Darby .2110—3 2101—3 20 —1 
Scborte'r.2222— 4 1211—4 222—3 N Apgar 2222—4 20 -1 
W Terry.. 2221— 4 00 —0 111—3 • 
Flushing Shooting Club Scores. 
Strong and fast birds, a brisk breeze and a glare from the 
frozen snow, made the shooting on New Year's Day at the 
grounds of the Flushing (L.I.) Shooting Club anything but easy. 
Six events at live birds were shot off during the day, tho follow- 
ing being the scores : 
No. 1, 10 birds. No. 2, 5 birds, $2.50: 
No. 1. No. 2. 
J N Winslow fSO) 0211222001— 7 
G A Barker (25) 0101001012— 5 OOOlO-t 
*J LeBoy DreFser (25) 2212222222—10 12222—5 
C M Donnelly (27) 2012000200— 4 02121—4 
*F J J De Ba'ismes (25). . . 2011220022— 7 21221-5 
*J T Richards (27) 2012210111— 8 11121—5 
*E J Clark (25) 21221-5 
* Ties in No. 2 shot off in No. 3. 
No. 3, same as No. 2: No. 4. same. No. 5, same. 
No 3. No. 4. No. 5. 
Dresser (25) 22222—5 
De Baismes f25) 02222—4 02200—2 10021—3 
*Richards (32) 21010—3 02001—2 21222—5 
Donnelly (27) 20122-4 
Clark (25). 21220—4 21111—5 21211—5 
* Shot a 10-gauge gun. 
No. 6, same : Richards 4, De Baismes 2. 
dtjryea won the cup. 
Jan. 3. — By doing some good shooting from the 32yds. mark, 
L. T. Duryea to-day won the Flushing Club's invitation cup for 
the third time. It thus becomes his absolute property. The 
cup is a remarkably handsome $150 silver trophy and was well 
worth winning. The efforts of the club, however, to provide an 
interesting contest did not meet with the success they "deserved ; 
the first and second contests produced but two contestants each 
time, three being present to-day to fight for the cup. Duryea's 
three wins were characterized by some capital shooting. In the 
first contest he killed 25 st raight from the 30yds. mark. In the 
second, standing on the 31yds. mark, he killed 20 out of 25. 
To-day, penalized one more yard, he scored 21 on strong birds. 
Score : 
Invitation cup, 25 live birds, $10 entrance, handicap rise: 
L T Duryea (32) ' 2202222222222221201201210—21 
Geo Rob'erls (27) 1111022202000211001022012—16 
F J J De Baismes (25) 0202002222020010120120022—14 
Boiling Springs New Year's Day. 
RuTHEitFOED, N. J., Jan. 2.— The following scores were made 
at our club's grounds yesterday: 
No. 1, 25 targets, unknown ancles; Richmond 22, Collins 17, 
Paul 19. Brooks 12, Abbott 11, Evans 10, Lenone 9, Kelley 11, 
James 16, Kevitt 14, Jeannette 11. 
No. 2, 15 targets, unknown angles : Biehmond 14, Hall 8, 
Hutchinson 5, James 8, Collins 13. 
No. 3, 10 targets, expert rules: Hall 7, Collins 5, Biehmond 8, 
James 3, Hutchinson 6. 
No. 4, 10 targets, unknown angles: Abbott 5, Paul 4, Brooks 
5, Coe 3. Kelly 1, Lenone 4. 
No. 5, 10 targets, unknown angles: Huck 7, Richmond 4, 
Brooks 4, Collins 6, Abbott 5, Paul 8, Jeannette 5, Coe 3. 
No, 6. 10 targets, unknown angles: Hall 9, Biehmond 7, 
Paul 8, Collins 6, Hutchinson 5. 
No. 7, 5 pairs and 10 singles : Biehmond 9, Hall 10, Paul 12, 
Hutchinson 9. 
Th6 following live-bird events were also decided : 
No. 1, 10 birds, $7 : 
Richmond 2222221010—8 Hall 1122212222—10 
Collins 1222122102-9 
No. 2, miss-and-out, $5: 
Hall 21211-5 Hutchinson 10 —1 
Richmond 22220— 4 James 20 — 1 
Collins 22220-4 
W. H. Htick, See'y. 
two shoots a month. After that 
week. Scores of opening shoot: 
No. 1, 10 targets : 
Divine.'. 1111111101—9 
Poston 1111011110—8 
Bennett llllilOOll— 8 
No. 2, same : 
Poston 1110010111—7 
Neely.. 1111101110-8 
Schmidt 1101110011—7 
No. 3, same: 
Divine 1111011111—9 
Poston 1111011110—8 
Bennett. 0111110111—8 
No. 4, same: 
Poston 1111111011— 9 
Neely 0011111111— 8 
Schmidt 0011110110— 6 
No. 5, same: 
Poston 1111111111—10 
Snowdeu OlUOlolll— 7 
Alien 1111111101— 9 
No. 6, same, 
Bennett ...1111101111—9 
Duncan 1111011111—9 
Sullivan 1111110100—7 
No, 7, same: 
Neely 1111011101—8 
Poston 0101011001—5 
Sullivan 1110111011—8 
No. 8, same: 
Neely 1110101011— 7 
Poston lllimiOl- 0 
Allen 1111111011— 9 
date shoots will be held once a 
Schmidt 1101111101—8 
Duncan 1110110111—8 
Allen 1110101111-8 
Bennett .0110111111—8 
Taylor 1011101011 -7 
Divine 1111101111- -9 
Schmidt 1011110111—8 
Duncan 1111111011—9 
Allen 1111011111—9 
Bennett 1101111101— 8 
Allen ..1111111111—10 
Divine 1111111111—10 
Schmidt 1111101011— 8. 
Neely 1111111010- 8 
Divine 1111101101— 8 
Schmidt 0111111111—9 
Neely 1101101010— 6 
Snowden 1101111110—8 
Schmidt. 0111011110—7 
Duncan 1111110110—8 
Allen.. 1011110111—8 
Divine 1111111111—10 
Bennett 1101110111— 8 
Duncan 1111111101— 9 
The Season Opens at Memphis. 
Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 1.— The Memphis Gun Club opened its 
season on Dec. 22, the scores given below being made by tho 
members present. From now on until April 1 the club will hold 
The Country Club's Cup Shoot. 
An even dozen members of the Country Club, Westchester, 
N. Y., put down their names on the score board for the cup con- 
test. Knapp was heavily handicapped with a penalty of 31yds., 
both he and Seaver Page, who stood at 30yds., conceding one 
miss as a kill, besides several yards, to such men. as N. C. Rey- 
nal, E. C. Potter, etc. Harriman, the winner, at 25yds., killed 
19 out of 20, his allowance making his score 20 straight; the bird 
he missed was his fourth. This made his score at the end of the 
10th round equal to Page's straight score of 10; on the shoot off 
Harriman killed 10 straight, while Page missed his 10th; the lat- 
ter's score is worth noting when the handicap is taken into con- 
sideration. Scores: 
Club cup shoot, 10 live birds, club handicap rules and allow- 
ances, 28yds. men and uuder allowed one miss as a kill : 
*J B Harriman 11101111111111111111—20 
J Seaver Page, 30 11111111111111111110—19 
Duncan Elliot, 24. 1111111110 — 9 t 
N C Reynal, 28 11111U10 — 8 
PHAdee, 26. 1111101 —6 
J P Knapp, 31 111110 — 5 
Paul L Thebaud, 26 111110 _ 5 
E O LeMontagne, 26 111010 — 4 
NDThorne, 27 101110 —4 
F W Thorne, 23 111100 _ 4 
A deNavarro, 26 11010 — 3 
E C Potter, 28 1100 _ 2' 
* Harriman lost his fourth bird, but it was scored dead accord- 
ing to the allowance. 
Knapp Was in Good Form. 
The third contest for what is known as the President's Cup 
was decided at the Carterel Club's grounds, Bergen Point, N. J., 
on Wednesday, Jan. 2. The terms of tho contest are 20 birds, 
handicap rise, ties miss and out. Knapp, who is shooting in 
very good form just now, won the race with a clean score of 20 
to his credit; this makes his second win, as he came out ahead 
on Dec. 19 with a score of 19 out of 20; Fred Hoey has the other 
win, the initial shoot for the "cup" (which, by the way, is a 
Purdy gun, presented by the president of the club, George 
Work) to his credit with the score of 33 out of 34; Knapp was 
the runner up with 32 out of 34, his 14th bird in the ties drop- 
ping dead out of bounds. Just how well Knapp has shot in 
these three contests is shown by the scores he has made: 32 
out of 34, 19 out of 20, and 20 straight, a total of 71 out of a pos- 
sible 74. 
The birds trapped on Jan. 2 were a mixed lot; had it not been 
for Phil Lumbreyer's patent "seare-ups" they would have been 
classed as quite moderate. As it was, the ingenious arrange- 
ment of red liannol and wood at each trap made a number of 
the birds remarkably fast and trick y. The weather was all that 
could be desired, save perhaps that a little wind would have 
been of benefit to the birds; the glare, too, was in a certain 
measure trying to the eyes. The race was not without interest, 
as Mackey and Duryea chased Knapp right home; he couldn't 
afford to make a single skip. Duryea, besides drawiug an un- 
usually large proportion of outside traps, was careless with his 
third bird, an easy left-quartering incomer; that miss kept him 
to the collar all tho way through the race, but he forced Knapp 
to kill straight to win. Mackey, on the 27yds. mark, also killed 
19, niis-ing his 11th bird, a last outgoor to the left; Mr. Maekey's 
first barrel was very effective, his second barrel being called 
into service but twice in the last nine birds. 
Of the other shooters, Floyd Jones and Mead were the first 
to be actually out of the race, as they had three misses to their 
credit at the end of the 13th round; they shot along, however, 
until the conclusion of the 19th round. Seaver Page withdrew 
in the last round with a score of 17, having no chance of either 
first or second place. Capt. Money was shooting away off with 
his first barrel : he was consequently heavily handicapped, as 
lie usually plants his first quickly and effectively. Scores : 
President's Cup, 20 live birds, optional sweepstake: 
J P P. napo, 30 22222222222222222222—20 
L T Durvea, 30 22012222222222222222—19 
O T Mackev, 27 22221221210111112112—19 
J S Page, 30 2211102012221111212 —17 
F Jones, 29 , 202*11112122*111221 —16 
W H Mead, 24 211021110211*022121 —15 
Capt Mom y, 31 2222212*1^22220120 —15 
Beferee, John S. Hoey. 
The way the traps fell to each shooter was aa follows : 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. 
Knapp 2 6 3 6 3 
Duryea 6 5 10 8 
Mackey 5 4 3 4 4 
Page 4 7 3 1 4 
Jones & 3 6 2 4 
Mead 7 3 5 0 4 
Money 6 3 5 3 1 
34 31 26 16 28 
Krueger— Ertter. 
Yoek, Pa., Jan. 4.— Not long since one of our daily papers 
published a challenge in which a gentleman from Gettysburg, 
Pa., challenged any man in Adams or York counties to a 100 
live bird match for $100 a side uuder American Association 
rules. The challenge was accepted by A. C. Krueger of Wrights- 
ville, thiB county, who probably under his shooting nom deplume 
of "Blackbird," is known to the shooting world as one of the 
best target shots in the State. On several occasions he has held 
his own with the best shots in the country. He and the gentle- 
man irom Gettysburg met and arranged a series of Ave 100 bird 
matches, one being shot in each ol the following places: York, 
Gettysburg, Lancaster, Columbia and Harrisburg. Quite an 
interest has been manifested in these matches, as Krueger, 
although having a reputation as a targetsbot, is known to have 
done but little I've bird shooting, whereas Ertter has the credit 
of being a very good live bird shot. 
The first match of the series was shot on the Fair grounds at 
