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FOREST AND STREAM 
Feb. 2, 1895. 
of 25 was finished the women folk called dinner, and found 
every one ready, as we all expected the fog- to blow off by the 
time we had finished dinner. However, we were sadly disap- 
pointed, the fog was thicker than ever, and before the shoot 
was finished had turned into a fine rain; at times the birds could 
hardly be seen, especially the white ones. They were a picked 
lot of old birds and would make any shooter smile Everything 
considered, the scores are much better than they look. Ameri- 
can Association rules governed the match. 
J. M. Yorgey *2111 11 311111111220210111— 22 
0111211111221002011201000— 17 
2102*0121*1211111111 —16—55 
F. A. Melcher 220*122012221122201222121—21 
2010220201211021021110211—18 
21112111*2022020110 —15—54 
J. M. Yorgey . 
Morgan Shot A Good Race. 
Willard Park, Jan. 12. — There was an interesting match shot 
here this afternoon between Gus Freche, of Newark, N. J., and 
Ed. Morgan, of the Patterson Gun Club, at 50 birds each, $50 a 
side, Hurlingham rules, 50 yards bounds, 30 yards rise. The 
weather could not have been improved upon as it was an ideal 
day for shooting. The grounds were heavy with mud, making 
it hard work f oi the dogs. Quite a large crowd was present to 
witness the shooting, considerable interest being taken in the 
result of the match. George Hopper was referee, H. Wolf 
pulled the traps, while Chris Bernhardt turned the indicator. 
The birds were a good fair lot, mostly dark in color, some of the 
birds trapped were as good birds as ever any man shot at. 
Morgan was never headed after the 20th round, running out the 
conqueror by five birds, his score standing 43 to Freche's 38. 
Score: 
Freche *211011112111101112*12*01— 19 
220221*1212122120221 100*1 -19—38 
Morgan 21111202*2211210*12221122—21 
21222211*2221212220021122—22—43 
Dtjtcher. 
Sweepstakes at Yardville. 
Yardville, 1ST. J., Jan. 26. — The following scores were made at 
a live bird shoot held at Charlie Zurrlein's grounds this after- 
noon: 
Sweep, 25 birds per man. 
a. Culberly 1111101111101110111011111—21 
H. Habron 1111110111010101111110111—20 
C. Cole 1011101111011001011111111—19 
F. Barbel- .1101111100111011010111011— 18 
M. Johnston 1111010001111101111010111—18 
C. Zwhieiu 0101110010111011111011111—18 
G-. Giberson 1101000010011111111101011—16 
C. Borden 0100011001111110111101010—15 
E. Gaskill 1010100111011100110111100—15 
D. Sprouls : 0011011001001101000101000—10 
Boiling Springs Takes the Second. 
The score made in the second team race between the Boiling 
Springs and Passaic City Gun Clubs, decided on Saturday last, 
Jan. 26, is given below. The race is the second of a series of 
five; the score is now one each; third match comes off at Ruth 
erford, N. J., Saturday, Feb. 2. Neaf Apgar officiated as 
referee. Score: 
Team race. 12 men teams, 25 targets per man : 
Boiling Spring Gun Club. 
Paul 0000001111011010110001010—11 
James 0010100011111010111001101—14 
C. Collins 1011110101001001011001100—13 
Jeannette 0101000001011000011001100— 9 
Orlin 11111101101 11111111111010 -20 
Krebs 11000111111101 10100101011—15 
Flees Ill 10001 1 01 001 00001 001 100—11 
Westbrook 0000011010001010111000110—10 
Griffiths 1101101111101111111111100-20 
Huck 1111011111111100111011011—20 
Hollister 0111111111111011001111111—21 
Lou 0010110111101111100101001—15—179 
Passaic Gun Club. 
Abbott 1001011110100110111110111—17 
Ferguson 1011100011111011110111111 - - 19 
Kelly 0001101110100110111010111—15 
Ke vitt 0100111001010011000000010- 9 
Palmer 1111100110111011110101101—18 
Leuoue 1011011011101111111011010—18 
Jeliem e 1001 0001 00100100111010010—10 
Bowes 0100101001111111110111000—15 
Cowman 1101001011010100010100011—12 
Gardner 1110111000011101101001000-13 
Wise 1101011110010111011111111—19 
Barry 0001000110101010101010010—10—175 
Terry vs. Hopper. 
Scott Terry, of Plainfield, N. J., and Garry Hopper, of 
Paterson, N. J., shot a race at 50 live birds each for $100 a side 
on Jan. 22, Terry beating this man by 5 birds. The score stood 
36-31 at the end of the 47th round when Hopper retired. The 
following were among those present: T. "W. Morphey, Chris 
Wright, Eddy Morgan, Bunn, H. Wolfe, Harry Folsom, Frank 
La Mott, Tom Brantingham, John Benner, "Dutchy" Smith, 
Neaf Apgar, Jerry Maher, Al. Heirtage, etc. Scoi'e: 
Match, 50 live birds, $100 a side. 
Scott Terry 21 12111022010121121102101-20 
12*01222212*0201111022 —16-36 
Garry Hopper 2122102202020001200022222—16 
*2*2'1201*2022201112120 — 15— i 
Referee: H. Wolfe; puller, Heritage, Jr.; scorer, C. Smith. 
31 
Krueger— Ertter. 
York, Pa., Jan. 20. — The second Lion Bird Match between A. 
C. Krueger, of Wrightsville, and C. B. Ertter, of Gettysburg, 
was shot on Friday, January 18, on the historic battlefield of 
Gettysburg. The conditions of weather and light were about 
the same as on the occasion of the first match, the light perhaps 
being a worse one; the grounds, background and arrangements 
generally left much to be desired. Nothing was done to keep 
the spectators away from the scoi'e, and at times the shooters 
could only with difficulty reach and leave the score. The at- 
tendance was quite large, York, Harrisburg, Christiana and 
many other surrounding places being represented at the gath- 
ering. The birds proved rather an uneven lot. I remember in 
particular three individuals which were positively the best 
birds I have ever seen leave a trap, not excepting the bird on 
which E. D. Fulford dropped out of the tie for third place in the 
Grand American Handicap at Dexter Park last year, which 
I always thought was one of the hardest birds of my experience. 
The retrieving was done by an eight-year-old son of the fam- 
ous Irish setter champion "Brush." This dog, "Oro Fino, : ' is 
the property of B. M. Sefton, of Gettysburg, and is a splendidly 
bred dog, and although carrying good age and an excess of fat, 
stuck gamely to his work, and never hesitated to retrieve every 
bird of the match; by his clever work he saved both contest- 
ants several birds. The scores, although not in the nineties, 
must be looked upon as good ones, considering the disadvant- 
ages under which the shooting took place. Krueger was not 
at all well on this occasion, suffering from a severe cold. 
Both men did fine work. Ertter started in with a strange gun 
and missed three out of his first six; he then went back to his 
own gun and finished in something like his old form. 
II. A. Dill, of Harrisburg, acted as referee, George Bushman, 
of Gettysburg, as official scorer, and M. J. Corcoran, of York, 
as trap-puller. The following are the scores: 
Krueger 1112222102212202212112210—21 
212120211111211*121112221—23 
2312012222122012212211200—21 
2111221202111211202112210—22—87 
Ertter 2*2*021222111202212112211-21 
2112211111111212011121100—22 
1211 211121221202112220111—23 
1111121121011011010011*11—19—85 
CUMMlNGS —TAYLOR. 
January 24. — A very interesting Live Bird match was shot on 
Tuesday, January 22, between Dr. W. G. Taylor, of Columbia, 
Pa., and W. Park Cummings, of Lancaster, Pa., at Hambright's 
hostelry, on the Lancaster and Columbia Turnpike, about three 
miles west of Lancaster. The match was shot under Ameri- 
can Association rules, 100 live birds a man, $5C aside. Aside 
from these stakes close to SI, COO changed hands on the result of 
this match. The birds furnished by Mr. Hambright were a 
splendid lot, not over a half dozen of the lot refusing to fly when 
the traps were sprung, and most of them leaving the trap like 
streaks. The shooting was of the hardest kind, the ground 
being covered with snow and a stiff, raw wind bio wing from 
the southwest across the traps. Physically the two men form 
a marked contrast, Cummings being a picture of health and 
weighing well over two hundred, the doctor, on the other hand, 
being much smaller. Cummings' experience in shooting indi- 
vidual matches gives him an unquestionable advantage over 
the doctor, who bad no actual experience of the kind. Another 
match between the two men is spoken of. Messrs. Duffy, of 
Marietta, and Grube, of Lancaster, acted as judges, and Wylie, 
of Lancaster as referee. 
Cummings 220222111*12*0212221*2011—19 
1*2200222111*2121*2102121—19 
2112*20202212220122111122—21 
11220221129—68 
Taylor 0221*00110022122020012011—15 
0100001001121011202200*00—11 
102201400101222212*110*11—17 
2201212110—8—51 
As will be seen from the above, Taylor had four dead out of 
bounds, while Cummings had seven. The element of luck was 
rather in favor of the latter, Gf the better birds, Cummings' 
fourth, thirteenth and forty-first, and Taylor's tenth and forty- 
ninth were veritable, "corkers."' Some of the bast kills were 
made on the following birds: Taylor's sixteenth bird from 
trap No. 5, a very swift left quarterer, missed clean with first 
barrel, was cut down as clearly with the second; his 
eighteenth, a bird from No. 4 trap, a speedy right quartering 
driver was scored in the same manner; his eightieth, a straight, 
strong driver from No. 5 trap, was probably the most difficult 
second barrel kill in the doctor's string. Cumming's thirteenth, 
a fast direct left quarterer from No. 3 trap was hit hard with 
both barrels, but dropped out; his twenty-seventh from No. 2 
trap taking the same flight was also hit with both barrels, but 
also fell dead just outside of the line, in fact so close to the line 
that the judges and referee lost quite a little time in coming to 
a decision. Some of his better second barrel kills were his 
thirty-third, thh'ty-ninth. forty-first and forty-fourth, the lat- 
ter being the star second barrel kill of the day. 
After the conclusion of the match and after the thawing out 
of frozen limbs a ten bird sweepstake, $5 entrance, was shot. 
Ten shooters entered the event. Score : 
Kendig 0222222222—9 Duffv 0121211200—7 
Franklin 1122012012—8 Grube 1011222001—7 
Taylor 0221011210 -7 Harsh 2022201010— 6 
Fendrich 0111111200- 7 Mvers 2202022000—5 
Wy lie 0202222022—7 Evans 1010110200—5 
York. 
Fred Hoey at the Gun Club. 
The English Field, of Jan. 19., contains the scores made at 
the Gun Club's meeting of Jan. 12. These scores are of interest 
to Americans as they contain the first data in regard to Fred 
Hoey's campaign in London and at Monte Carlo during the 
next few weeks. A record of 6 out of 9 does not sound very 
encouraging, yet strangely enough with that record, he divided 
the second event with the score of 4 out of 5. The lowness of 
some of the handicaps will surprise all who have never shot at 
English blueroeks. All events and miss are out. No. 1 was the 
New Year's Cup, value, $100 or specie, added to a $10 handicap 
sweepstake; No. 2 was a $10 sweepstake, 30 yards rise; No. 3 
was a $10 handicap, same handicap as No. 1. Scores: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. 
Lord Westbury, 24 1111111—7 10 —1 
H Barker, 27 1111111—7 0 —0 
Firwood, 27 1111110—6 10 —1 
Skillow, 28 111110 —5 0 —0 1111— 4 
Lord Vane Tempest, 25 11110 —4 11010—3 1111-4 
Calder, 29 1110 —3 0 —0 
Vernon Barker, 30 110 —2 10 —1 
H M Beddington, 23 110 —2 0 10 — 1 
Fred Hoey, 29 110 —2 11011—4 0 
Anton, 22 0 10 —1 10—1 
Revel, 24 0 0 10 —1 
Hewson, 25 0 0 1110—3 
Leigh,28 0 0 0 
J H Hannay, 26 0 11011—4 0 
RSHeygate, 29 0 10 —1 
Parker, 25 0 0 0 
Good Scores in a Gale. 
When George Work and J. P. Knapp entered into an arrange- 
ment to shoot a race at 100 live birds, they completed the pre- 
liminaries for one of the most interesting matches that will find 
a record as one of the events of this year of 1895. George 
Work's reputation as a shot has been assured for the past two 
or three years. He is to-day, in all probability, the best man 
on fast birds, 21 yards boundary, in America, nobody barred. 
Knapp, on the other hand, is a man who has come to the front 
comparatively recently. The general public, who, perhaps, 
know him better as "J. K. Palmer," only began to realize that 
he was a dangerous man short time before Christmas; the 
members of the various clubs of which he is a member recog- 
nized early last fall that "Joe" Knapp's form wasrspidly im- 
proving. At Carteret his handicap was 29 yards to Fred 
Hoey's, George Work's and L. H- Thompson's 31; that was last 
year. The way he made the cracks hustle in the cup contests at 
that club, particularly in the last three contests of the year, 
added one yard to his handicap, but still he was not placed on 
an equal footing with the three above named. It required his 
record of 95 out of 100, made in the Larchmont Club's cham- 
pionship S100 sweep, January U and 12 of this year, to make 
people fully acquainted with the excellence of his work with 
the gun. After that event a match with George Work on even 
terms was by no means considered a cinch for the latter. In 
'Drivers and Twisters" in Forest and Stream of January 19, 
I said that "a match between George Work and Knapp on 
even terms, 30 yards rise, 50 yards boundary, woud be a capital 
betting race; at 21 yards boundary Work woud seem to have 
an advantage; he is'quicker, and his lightning second barrel is a 
great advantage under such conditions." That's what I wrote, 
but the printer, though he knew what I meant better than I did. 
He therefore elminated the semi-colon after the word "race," 
and placed a period after the words "21 yards boundary," fixing 
things to suit himself. 
The result of the race shot one Wduesdayj January 23, the 
Westminster Kennel r Uub's grounds, Babylon, L, I., shows that 
I was not very far wrong in my estimate of the two men's pow- 
ers. On ordinary good club birds it would be nip and tuck. 
Ihat day, with a strong gale behind the buds, Knapp was beaten 
by three birds. The conditions being 21 yards boundary, the 
majority in favor of Work would probably have been close to 
double figures. As it was, Knapp's showing on such birds 
as those provided by Superintendent George Mott was an ex- 
cellent one, when the disastrous start he made is cosidered. 
The wind that day was blowing strongly from the west in New 
York City; at the Westminster Kennel Club's grounds that 
westerly wind attained the dignity of an able-bodried gale the 
sweep over the even country of Long Island beingno bar to its 
progress. Prior to commencing the shoot, the Old Glory that 
waved from the club's flagstaff had to be hauled down to save 
it from being blown to pieces. 
Shortly before noon Work shot a few practice birds, and was 
quickly satisfied that his time and aim were all he could expect 
under the existing conditions. Knapp, however, was utteily at 
sea when he went out to shoot his "byes." Bird after bird got 
away from him, some untouched, others hit hard but not fare 
enough forward, while others again fell dead out of bounds. It 
was not until he had managed to kill three straight that he ex- 
pressed his readiness to start the match. Work stepped to the 
score at 12.01, and the race was on, with a dead out of bounds 
to his credit as a starter. Knapp killed a fast left quarterer 
and led by one bird. The second round saw the score tied, when 
Knapp only feathered a driver from No. 2 trap. His fourth 
bird, a driver from No. 1, fell dead over the fine, giving Work 
the lead at the close of the first 25 Knapp was three birds in the 
rear, with 18 to Work's 21: in the next 25 that lead was reduced 
to a single bird, Knapp killing 22 to Work's 20, the score for 
the first 50 pigeons being 41-40 in favor of Work. The 52nd 
round saw the score a tie once more, when Work lost a very 
fast driver (dead out of bounds), from No. 5 trap. Ciphers 
were very numerous just then; Knapp lost his 53rd and 54th 
birds, both dead out of bounds, Work losing also his 54th and 
55th birds. The last cipher again tied the score. Then Work 
had his 63rd bird, a towering driver from No. 1 trap, playmg a 
mean trick on him; he hit it hard with the first, and apparently 
killed it stoue dead with a second barrel stop that called forth a 
generous round of applause. Just as the dog reached it, up got 
the pigeon and was over the boundary before the dog managed 
to retrieve it. This gave Knapp the lead for the first time since 
the second round. He didn't keep the lead for more than a few 
minutes, as his 67th bird, a twisting driver that towered as it 
left No, 1 trap, getting away without apparently losing a. 
feather. At the end of the 57th round the score was still a tie, 
62 everybody. Each man then killed five straight, the 80th 
round fiudiug both men credited with 67 kills. Then Knap let 
his 81st bird, a driver from No. 2, escape him, but .Work evened 
matters up once more when he missed a twisting driver from 
No. 2 in the 83rd round. Knapp's 84th, an incomer from No. 1, 
somehow or another managed to get over the dead line, not- 
withstanding the strong wind. Again Work tied the score by 
losing a driver from No. 2 in the 87th round. Both men killed 
their 88th birds, the score being a tie, with but-12 more birds to 
shoot at. Out of that 12 Knapp lost his 89th, dead out of 
bounds, also slipping up on his 91st, 93rd and 99fch birds, whereas 
Work only missed one, his 92nd. After such a close fight for 
the 50th rund, Knapp's defeat by three birds at the very finish 
of the match was a surprise to his friends, particularly as lie 
had shot such an uphill race from the very beginning of the 
match, the 26th round ending with Work in the lead by four 
birds. The extraordinary quality of the birds, aided as they 
were by a gale directly behind them, makes the scores good 
ones, notwithstanding their comparative lowness. Prior to the. 
commencement of the match it was acknowledged as a pretty 
sure thing that 85 would win; the only bet Work said he'd make 
on the result, so far as birds were concerned, was that he'd kill 
83! 
The luck of the birds wvs apparently somewhat in favor of 
Knapp, as the table given below will show; his slightly slower 
time, however, enabled his birds very often to become hard 
when quicker work would have stopped them close to the traps, 
lie materially improved his shooting in this respect during the 
last 75 birds; given a little more practice on birds as fast as 
those were on January 23, he'll be a hard nut for anybody to 
crack. The following gives the flight of the birds: 
D LQD RQD LQ RQ LQI RQI I HorT 
Work 42 27 17 7 3 — — 3 1 
Knapp 39 27 9 11 5 2 1 4 ' 2 
Totals 81 54 26 18 8 2 1 7 3 
The above shows that out of the 200 birds trapped, 161 had 
outgoing tendencies, over 50 per cent, of that number being 
actual drivers. 
In the fall of the traps, Work ;drew a majority of No. 3 and 
No. 5. The even manner in which all the traps fell to Knapp 
is worthy ofjiote: \ 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No,5. 
Work 14 22 26 13 25 
Knapp 22 21 20 17 20 
36 43 46 30 45 
The time taken to decide the match was two hours and six 
minutes, as follows: 1st hundred— 62 minutes; 2nd hundred— 64 
minutes. The extra two minutes in the last half of the match 
was due to a slight falling away in the strength of the wind 
and also to the fact that a gatherer was sent ont twice to re 
trieve doubtful birds. Work had five birds drop dead out of 
bounds to Knapp's eight; had these birds been scored to each of 
them, the totals would have shown 89 apiece. George Mott, 
superintendent of the club's shooting grounds, acted as referee; 
his duties were very light, there being but one or two close 
things for him to decide. 
Match, 100 live birds, 30 yards rise, 50 yards boundary: 
George Work *12222122*02210222222221 2—21 
222220222022221*22022121 0- -20 
1*1001222222*222222211122—21 
2212221022202222022122222—22—84 
J P Knapp 202*22022202222222*222*20—18 
02222222222222202222*2222—22 
22**222222222222022222222-22 
22222022*2222*20202222202—19—81 
The following sweeps were shot after the match, entrance 
optional, 5 birds. 27 yards men receiving one miss as a kill: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3: 
PH Morris (24) 10001 —2 00110—2 01101—3 
W Stafford (27) 0011 —2 1100 —2 1001 —2 
F G Moore (30) 1011 -3 1011 —3 11111—5 
J P Knapp (30) 01 —1 11111—5 101 —2 
Magoun (26) 111111 —6 010 —1 010 — 1 
G Work (30) 110 —2 
Ewing (26) 1011110—5 1010 —2 1100 —2 
No. 4, No. 5. 
PH Morris (24) 1100 — 2 
W Stafford (27) llllllllll— 10 1100 —2 
F G Moore (30) 1011 — 3 111110—5 
J P Knapp (30) Ho — 2 11110 —4 
Magoun (26) 010 —1 111110—5 
Ewing (26) 11101111 10— 8 111111 6 
George Work and P. H. Morris also shot a 5 bird race for $25 
a side, Work to stand at 30 yards and use one hand, Morris to 
stand at 24 yards with the use of both hands. Work won with 
the score of 3 out of 4 (one dead out of bounds) against his op- 
ponent's 2 out of 5. On his fourth bird Work made one of the 
most phenomenal second barrel kills ever made on these grounds, 
killing a fast driver from No. 5 trap when the bird was fully 
30 yards from the traps. EDWARD BANKS. 
