Feb. 16, 1895. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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nament given by a club which was a member of the National 
Organization, if the fact that the tournament which was 
being given under such auspices was a guarantee that all the 
unpleasant features of many modern tournaments would be 
absent. The sport would then become more of a sport, aud 
less of a machine for the annexing of other people's coin. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Buffalo has another gun club. On Thursday, Feb. 7, a new 
club was organized under the title of "The Keystone Gun 
Club, of Buffalo, N. Y.," The following is a list of the club's 
officers for its first year: President, E. Indenbitzen; Vice- 
President, O. V. J. Samson; Secretary, L, D. Kinney; Treas- 
urer. W. J. Sulley; Captain, S. Duley; Official Scorer, J. 
Dugan. 
JNeaf!Apgar and Aaron Woodruff, both well-known pigeon 
shots of this section, are booked to shoot a race at 100 live birds 
on Feb. 26, at Fan wood, N. J. Neaf Apgar, by the way, has 
severed his connection with Henry C. Squires & Son, and has 
gone iuto the shell loading business on his own account. He can 
now always be found at the store of the W. Fred Quimby Co., 
294 Broadway, that being his place of business. 
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 7. — Editor Forest and Stream: The 
Interstate Association has made arrangements for the giving of 
a tournament at Wilminston, N, C, May 9 and 10, under the 
auspices of the Eastern Dog and Game Protective Association. 
Elmer E. Shauer, Manager I. M. and D. A, 
There is some talk of another gun club, devoted exclusively 
to the smashing of targets, being organized by some New 
Yorkers. The club is to have its grounds at West Farms, N. 
Y., and to be quite exclusive. 
The organization of the Greenville Gun Club, of Jersey City, 
N. J., has been thorough and successful, The club has secured 
certain lands on the New York Bay shore, suitably situated 
between Linden and Chapel avenues, and proposes to hold its 
initial shoot there on or about March 1. The erection of a com- 
modious club house is now under discussion. The following is 
a list of its officers : President, R. Duff; Secretary, W., C, 
Collins; Treasurer, J. J. Hill. 
Mr. W. L. Colville, late of the Baker Gun Co., of Batavia, 
N. Y., writes as follows: "My engagement with the Baker Gun 
Co. terminates March 1, 1895. So far I have uot made any 
arrangements to represent any other company, and may not 
therefore visit the trade this season unless matters shape them- 
selves to the contrary." In regard to the above, Mr. E. L. 
Baker, President of the company, writes that his company has 
"dispensed with Mr. Colville's services not because they were 
unsatisfactory, but simply that we have so many orders on 
hand that we can see no need of keeping a traveling man on 
the road." 
The friends of Sim Glover, of Rochester, N. Y., have made 
arrangements for that gentleman to shoot Capt. Brewer five 
different races at targets and live bnds, each match for f 50 a 
side. These matches are not to come off before May. 
Next week Elliott and Pulford will try conclusions at Marion, 
N. J., in three 100 bird races shot on three consecutive days, 
Feb, 19, 20, 21. Both men are shooting in good form, and 
speculation on the result is about even. Elliott's woi'k since he 
came East has made him a number of friends. 
New fixtures this week are as follows: All day shoot of the 
AYhite Plains, N. Y., Gun Club, Feb. 23, Washington's Birth- 
day. The shooting, which commences at 10, will be at targets. 
R. S. Waddell, general agent in the Central States for Dupont's 
powders, announces a tournament at Cincinnati, May 7-10. 
The Interstate Association, through its manager, Elmer E. 
Shaner, of Pittsburgh, Pa. gives notice that a tournament 
will be held at Wilmington, N. C. on May 9-10, under the 
auspices of the Eastern Dog aud Game Protective Association. 
The Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association's anuual tour- 
nament will be held Aug. 20-23, not during the month of Octo- 
ber, as previously announced. 
Sech Clover, with his new trap and target, was not to be 
stopped by any such thing as a bilizzard and a temperature at 
26 degrees below zero. Seth was duly on hand at the Utica 
shoot and showed the boys that what he was bragging about 
was worth looking at. 
The following communication from Mr. Shallcross, Secre- 
tary of the Keystone Shooting League, of Philadelphia, Pa., 
explains the change of dates for the annual tournament of the 
Pennsylvania State Sportsman's Association: "The committee 
of the Keystone Shooting League having charge of the Penn- 
sylvania State Sportsmen's Association's Tournament, that is 
to be held on the League grounds, at Holmesburg Junction, P. 
R. R. has decided to change the date of the shoot from the first 
week of October, as claimed, to Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs- 
day and Friday, August 20, 21, 22d and 23d, 1895. This 
change was decided upon after obtaining the views of different 
members of the Association upon the subject, a full census of 
opinion showed that a better attendance could be had ou the 
latter date than on the one originally claimed in October, as 
vacations would not be over, and the game season not in. It is 
the full intention of the Keystone Shooting League and its 
committee, to make this tournament a success in every sense of 
the word, and further, it is proposed to make the merchandise 
shoots particularly strong and interesting, and to further this, 
any donations that manufacturers or dealers may favor us 
with, will be duly acknowledged direct, and fully described 
and published iu our programme aud distributed direct to the 
sporting fraternity in all parts of the country, thereby calling 
direct and special attention to the goods and donors. We are 
also open to suggestions from any member of the Pennsylvania 
State Sportsmen's Association that they think will be of inter- 
est to the League. Jno. C. Shallcross, Secretary." 
George Work and J. P. Knapp, both suffered defeat in two 
recent matches owing to conceding too great odds. Work shot 
a race with H. Yale Dolan. at Riverion, N. J., on Saturday, 
Feb 2, conceding his opponent six misses as^kills. Had Work 
killed all his birds he would just have won, Dolan shooting ui 
his old form and killing 93; Work killed 96, thus losing by 
three birds ~ Knapp shot a 100 bird race at the Country Club, 
Westchester, N. Y., conceding his antagonist five misses as 
kills. The scores were, Knapp, 93; his opponent, 89; Knapp 
losing by one bird. This makes a new record for the Country 
Club: up until shoitlv before Christmas, Capt. Money held the 
record with 87 out of 100; then N. C. Reynal killed 89 in his 
match with Fred Hoey; Knapp has raised the record four birds 
by his last effort. 
The following is taken from the Scranton, Pa.. Republican, 
of Feb. 6: "Notwithstanding the bitter cold weather of yester- 
day, Mr. H. D. Swartz gave an exhibition in shooting at 50 
pigeons on the grounds of the Green Ridge Gun Club, under the 
American Association rules, 30 j^rds rise and 50 yards bound- 
ary, in order to test his famous new, automatic "Scott Premier 
Gun." The following score will show how many he killed out 
of 50. The figure 2 denotes when he was compelled to use his 
second barrel. 11111121112121111222212222101111211112122222111 
221—49 killed. Mr. Swartz will shoot Dr. W. F. Carver, the 
champion wing shot of the world, a match, 100 birds each, 30 
yards rise and 50 yards boundary, this coming April. Mr, 
Swartz has only missed one bird out of the last 75 he shot at." 
The Greenwich Rod and Gun Club, of ^Greenwich, N. Y., 
formed to protect and preserve the fish and" game in the vicin- 
ity of its headquarters, was incorporated at Albany, Jan. 31. 
The Directors are: Robert Hamilton, John F. Barber. George 
R. Alliger, J. Harrington Keene, Eugene^Crandall, Samuel 
Wallace, P. A. Grimes and E. S. Newbury. 
The Strathroy Gun Club, of London, Ont., has elected the 
following officers for 1895: President, James Mason; Vice- 
President, James H. Lee; Secretary, F. P. Hughes; Treasurer, 
L. M. De Gex; Captaiu, J. W. Praugley; Manager, L. H. 
Derapier; Executive Committee, W. Dawson, W. A. Arm- 
strong, W. J. Seed and R. F. Richardson. The day for the 
weekly shoots was changed from Friday to Thursday. 
Frey Hoey, although he has done some good shooting at 
Monte Carlo, was not placed in the Grand Prix, the main event 
of the meeting. First money went to an Italian, Benvenuti; 
two Frenchmen, Drevon and Descharmais, tieing for second 
place, whde Calan scored 14. There were 95 entries for this 
event. The above is reproduced from a cable message and is 
given as such. In the Consolation Race, the day after the 
decision of the Grand Prix, Hoey won first money with 23 
straight. 
A report was out last week that Capt. Bogardushas died at 
Antsell, Ga. The eaptaiu's many friends will be glad to learn 
that he is alive and well at his home, Elkhart, Ills., bearing his 
65 years as most people do 50. He is still willing to mate 
matches. 
Louis Duryea has recently returned from a ducking trip 
along the Eastern shore of Virginia. While down there he was 
fortunate enough to secure a male aud female eider duck, right 
and left. The preserves of these birds so far to the south is a 
good proof of the severity of the weather up north. 
A note from Pittsburg, Pa., says that there is a probability 
of a series of 100 live bird races between Dr. C. M. Cundall, of 
Washington, Pa., and W. G. Clark, secretary of the Altoona 
Rod and Gun Club. 
The first meeting of the New Jersey Trap Shooters' League 
ta kes place on Saturday, Feb. 16, on the grounds of the Boiling 
Springs Guu Club, Rutherford, N. J. 
EDWARD BANKS. 
Death of Arthur E. Mead.' 
A brief telegram to Forest and Stream, dated Knoxville, 
Tenn., Feb. 9, and signed Paul North, told of the death while 
coasting of Arthur E. Mead, of that city. Later details are to 
the effect that Arthur Mead, in company with six gentlemen 
and two ladies, were coasting down West Cumberland street, 
Knoxville, on Saturday afternoon, Feb. 9. It is not perfectly- 
clear how the accident occurred, but it seems that while Mr. 
Mead was steering the sled in one of its runs, he suddenly lost 
control of the machine, the sled dashing with great foi'ce 
against the sidewalk. Mr. Mead was thrown forward and his 
head struck a telephone pole, fracturing his skull. So serious 
were the injuries that he never regained consciousness, dying 
within 20 minutes of the occurring of the accident. Mr. Cary 
F. Spenee, another member of the party, was thrown against 
the sidewalk and injured internally; it was said, however, that 
he would recover. The other members of the party escaped 
with only a few bruises. 
Such in brief is the story of the accident which has robbed 
Knoxville of one of its best known and most popular young 
citizens. Mr. Mead was only 33 years old, but he was very 
prominent in both social and business circles. To readers of 
Forest and Stream he was best known as a member of that 
prominent Southern gun club, the gun club of Knoxville, 
Tenn. At the traps he was a first rate shot, a good companion 
and a gentleman. At the Chattanooga tournament last Sep- 
tember, he shot through the programme but was not in good 
form. But that didn't worry him; he was satisfied, he said, that 
he'd get there some time. The records of the Knoxville Gun 
Club, published in a recent issue of this paper, show that he 
had completely recovered his form and was coming rapidly to 
the front when the season was closed. His average in the 'cer- 
tificate shoots," of that club was the highest, but under the con- 
ditions of those contests he ranked but third. 
Fond of a gun, a keen hunter, a good shot, quiet and unosten 
tatious, the gap caused in the ranks of the Knoxville Gu u 
Clubby the death of Arthur Mead, "one of the Mead boys, of 
Knoxville," will remain unfilled for many a day. 
Syracuse Gun Club- 
Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 7.— ^The Syracuse Gun Club held its 
semi monthly shoot this afternoon Seven enthusiastic 
sportsmen braved the elements and fought for the medals in the 
blizzard which was raging. The club is in a capital condition ; 
has a large membership; a club house on University Hill; ten 
blue rock traps and au electric pull. The club house and traps 
are superintended by "Elder" Forsyth, who has everything in 
apple pie order. The club has a system of handicapping by 
which the better shots shoot at less birds than the poorer ones. 
Three medals are competed for, known traps, unknown angles. 
The figures in brackets after the shooters' names show the 
number of targets shot at: ^ 
Class A. 
*Willard, 50 1110111110111001111111110 
1111001011111111111111101—41 
Mann, 46 lllllllllllOllllllllllOll 
101111111111011000101 —38 
Class B. 
*Morris, 48 1111111111111010111111111 
10101111111111011110101 —41 
Livingston, 45 1111011111111110110111010 
1111111111101111x111 . —40 
Holden. 47 1111111101101101111101111 
1110101111011011111111 —39 
FLefever, 45 1111111110111110111101110 ' 
01111111111101110111 —37 
Hunter, 48 = 1101010110101111101111000 
10110110011110100111111 —32 
*Wi Hard" wins Class A medal; Morris wins medal in Class B. 
A. R. K. 
Class Wins the First. 
Morristown, N, J,, Feb. 7.— The first match of the series of 
three 100 bird rpces arranged between Frank Class, of this 
place, and T. W. Morfey, of Paterson, N. J., took place this 
afternoon at the Morristown Driving Park, Class' own grounds. 
The weather was rather unfavorable to large scores; the wind, 
beginning to rise about the middle of the day, terminating in a 
blizzard at night. Snow began to fall about noon and con- 
tinued during the remainder of the day. These matches have 
created more than ordinary interest owing to Morfey' b long 
and unbroken string of victories in all kinds of matches, one 
handed, two handed, gun below the elbow, etc. It was gener- 
ally conceded that when the matches were first made that in 
Class, Morfey was meeting the most dangerous opponent that 
he had ever tried conclusions with. Still had any pools been 
sold on the first race, it is more than probable that Morfey 
money would have made him favorite. The result shows that 
to Frank Class belongs the honor of checking Morfey 's vic- 
torious career, the latter suffering defeat by five birds, the 
scores standing at the finish, 95-90. 
Morfey led off with a kill, whereas Class missed his first 
bird; Morfey evened matters up by losing his third bird. 
The next to miss was Morfey again, who let his 9th get awey; 
Class returned the compliment by missing his bird in the next, 
the 10th round; the score again being a tie. Both men then 
slipped up on their 14th birds, the score remaining a tie until 
the 18th round, when Class missed, giving Morfey a lead of 
one bird; this lead he kept to the end of the first 25 birds. His 
first bird on the next series, his 26th in the match, got away 
from him, tieing the score once more; when he lost his 38th 
bird, Class took the lead and was never headed again. Class 
was doing some great work then; the miss of his 18th bird was 
the last cypher scored to him until the 94th rouud, his run of 
straight kills amounting to exactly 75; as a matter of fact he 
killed 81 out of his last 82 birds, work calculated to beat any- 
body! The close of the first half of the match found the scores 
40-43 in Class' favor: Morfey killed his next 25 straight, so 
that Class lead of three was not increased. In the last 25, Mor- 
fey dropped three, his 85th, 91st, and 95th, to Class' one, his 
94th bird, thus giving Class the match by five birds. Morfey's 
long run was 36. Details of the score are as follows: 'Hj 
Match, 100 live birds per man, $100 a side, 5 traps, 30 yards 
rise, 50 yards boundary : 
Frank Class 0222222220122012101222222—21 
',22212212122221 2122222212 1—25 
2212221221221222221222222—25 
1211222222221121210122122—24-95 
T W Morfey. 
.2201 2222022220121 21212121 -22 
01221 2121 2120222222012022—21 
1222121212122222222222221—25 
2221222130220220222122221—22—90 
Vernon Gun Club's Monthly Shoot. 
New York, Feb. 4tb.— The Vernon Guu Club held their 
regular monthly live bird shoot at Dexter Park last Saturday, 
the 2d inst. Nine members, including President Thompson, 
were present. The birds were a lair lot, but owing to the 
ground being covered with snow, they were slightly slow in 
getting off, the flush ropes having to be used on many occasions. 
When once on the wing they were as hard birds as are usually 
trapped at club shoots. 
Club shoot, 7 live birds, optional sweepstakes: 
Dr. Little.' 29 1211112—7 F. Thompson, 29 0012112—6 
W, Thompson, 29. .. .1222202— 6 John Wright, 25 .... 20*1112— 5 
J. Wische'rtt, 26. . . .2101112—6 Dr. Lamadrid' 27 . . . .1102010—4 
H. S. Welles, 26 2111101—6 F. Barrow, 25 0201012—4 
L. Emery, 25 1102211—6 
The following sweep at 5 live birds, |5 entrance, class shoot- 
ing, all ties divided, was decided after the above event was 
finished: 
F. Tkompson, 29 12122—5 Dr. Little, 29 01102—3 
Henry Bolzer, 29 11011—4 Dr. Lamadrid, 27 11002-3 
W. Thompson, 29 2*111-^ J. Wischertt, 27 *0110— 2 
H. S. Welles, 26 1111*— 4 J. Landman, 27 02000—1 
The next clnb shoot will be at bluerocks, on the clnb grounds, 
Atlantic avenue and City line, Brooklyn, on Saturday, Feb. 9. 
Visiting shooters are always welcome. 
The Meadville Gun Club. 
Meadville, Pa., Jan. 31.— The Meadville Gun Club, of which I am 
an humble member, has started out, to do something in the line of 
improvement this year. A committee appointed at the close of 
1894 drew up a list of all the single shots fired at targets during the 
year by each one of the twenty-live members who lined up at the 
score during the year; the number of shots made by each member 
with the number of targets broken and number missed, and the 
percentage of broken targets. A list of the members was made, 
beginning with the one having the highest percentage and running 
down to the lowest. This gives each member a proper view of his 
record, and it is believed will stimulate to greater exertions. The 
club has been in existence a number of years, but not till last year 
did it succeed in having a home of its own; like the country school- 
teacher, it boarded around. Last year a club house was built and 
paid for. Several tournaments of a local nature were held, and 
quite an interest in the club awakened. To stimulate the members 
to further improvement this year, a committee, consisting of Col. 
Reisinger, H. A. Johnson and Prof. Smith, was appointed to pre- 
pare a code of miles for prizes during the coming year. At the last 
meeting this committee reported the'following rules, which were 
unanimously adopted. The committee was continued indefinitely 
to consider and report any new features which they might devise, 
and also to procure the badge, and to carry out the rule adopted. 
In pursuance with these instructions two gold and one silver badge 
have been ordered and on next Wednesday afternoon the first 
monthly contest will take place, on which date we look to a good 
shoot. 
The rules referred to are as follows: 
First — The club shall be divided by their records of 1894 into three 
classes, designated A, 13 and C. 
Second— Class A shall include all whose record for said year was 
60 per cent, or upward. 
Third— Class B shall include all whose record for said year was 
below 60 and not below 50 per cent. 
Fourth— Class C snail include all whose record for said year was 
below 50 per cent. 
Fifth— Club shall procure an appropriate badge for each class, 
which badges shall be the permanent property of the club, but shall 
be given out monthly to those meriting them, under the following 
conditions. 
Sixth— There shall be a contest for these badges monthly, at the 
first regular meeting, and the winner shall he entitled to the badge 
for his class till the next monthly contest, and as much longer as 
he is able to make the highest score in his class at the monthly 
shoot. 
Seventh— The contest for the badges shall be made in a test 
shoot at 50 birds— 25 from known traps at known angles, and 25 
from known traps at unknown angles. Entry in this contest must 
be made for the whole number before shooting. The shoot shall 
be the first event of the meeting at which it occurs, and shall be 
from five traps. 
Eighth— The badges shall be given to the captain before the 
shoot begins, and at its close shall be awarded to the member mak- 
ing the highest score in his class. They shall be retained by the 
winners until the next regular contest, and then be returned to 
the captain in good condition before the beginning of the shoot. 
Ninth— Entries for this contest must be made and money paid 
before the close of the shoot at known traps and angles by those 
previously entered. No exceptions to this rule will be permitted. 
Tenth— All ties shall be shot off at 10 birds, five unknown and 
five known angles, and subsequent ties at five known. 
Eleventh — A member of a lower class who makes a better score 
than the highest made in the class above him at any monthly con- 
test, shall be promoted to the class above and take the badge of 
that class. 
