Feb. 23, 1895. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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FIXTURES. 
AH ties divided unless otherwise reported. 
Send notice of your shoot like the following: 
Feb. 27-28. — Elizabeth, N. J.— Second bi-monthly tournament 
of the Elizabeth Gun Club; first day, targets; second day, live 
birds. Events open to all. 
March 5-7.— Ruth erfokd, X. J.— Three-days' tournament of 
the Boiliug Springs Gun Club; first two days targets, last day live 
birds. Wm. H. Huck, Sec. 
March 27.— Springfield, N. J.— Tournament of the New Jersey 
Trap-Shooters' League, under the auspices of the Union Gun Club, 
of Springfield, N. .1. E. D. Miller. Sec. 
March 28. — Newark, N. J.— Live bird handicap at Erb's 
grounds, under the auspices of the Newark Gun Club; 25 birds, 810 
entrance, birds lextra, handicaps from 33 to 26 yards, class shoot- 
ing, four moneys. W. H. Green, Sec. 
April 3-5.— Willard Park, Paterson, N. J.— Interstate Manu- 
facturers' and Dealers' Association's third annual Grand Ameri- 
can Handicap at live birds, at New York; $1,000 guaranteed, all 
surplus added. All ties in Grand American Handicap must be 
shot off; three moneys, three high guns. 
April 3.— Astok House, Now York.— Trapshooters' Convention, 
adjourned meeting; 8:80 P. M. 
April 8-10.— Hot Springs, Ark. -Fifth annual tournament of 
the Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association; targets. Pro- 
grammes ready March 1. John J. Sumpter. Jr., Sec. 
April 0-11 — "Wellington, Mass.— Three days' tournament of 
the Boston Shootine Association: targets. O. R. Dickey, Manager. 
April 12.— Hartford, Conn.— All day shoot of the Hartford 
Gun Club; targets. D. S. Wadsworth, Sec. 
April 16-18.— Pittsburg. Pa.— Tournament of the Interstate 
Association, at Pittsburg, Pa,, under the auspices of the Pittsburg 
Gun Club. 
April 24-26.— Pgekskill, N. Y.— Annual tournament of the 
Peeliskill Gun Club: first two days, targets; third day live birds. 
Orrin J. Loder. Sec. 
May 17-18.— Ltnchburg, Va— Tournament of the Interstate 
May 2.— Elizabeth, N. J.— All day tournament of the Elizabeth 
Gun Club; New Jersey Trap Shooters' League events commence 
at 2 P. M. Rob't. E. Chetwood, Prest. 
May 7-10.— Cincinnati, Ohio.— Dupont tournament at Cincin- 
nati. Liberal cash prizes added to the purses. R. S. Waddell, 
agent. 
May 10.— Weir City, Kan.— Ninth annual owl shoot of the Ama- 
teur Trap-Shooters' Association of Missouri and Kansas; $300 in 
cash added. W- W. Mcllhany, Sec. 
May 9-10.— Wilmington, N. C— Tournament of the Interstate 
Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association, under the auspices of 
the Eastern Dog and Game Protective Association. 
May 9-11.— Newbitrg, N. Y.— West Newburg G. and P. Asso- 
ciation tournament. W. C. Gibb, Sec. 
May 14-16.— Datton, O.— Ohio Trap-Shooters' League annual 
Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association, under the auspices of 
the Lynchburg Gun Club. 
meeting and tournament, under the ausoices of the Buckeye Gun 
Club, of Dayton, O. Ed. Taylor, Sec, 8 West Third street. Cincin- 
nati. 
May 21-23.— Kansas City, Kan.— Annual tournament of the 
Kansas State Sportsmen's Association. A. W. Peck, Sec, Kansas 
City. 
May 21-24.— Knonville, Tenn., Gun Club's fourteenth annual 
tournament; §1,500 added to the purses. 
May 20-30.— Cana.ioharie, N. Y.— Two-days' tournament of the 
Canajoharie Gun Club; targets. Chas. Weeks, Sec 
May 30-31.— Grand Rapids. Mich.— Valley City Gun Club's 
annual tournament; targets; added money announced later. C. 
E. Rood, Sec. 
June 3-8 —Chicago, 111.— Illinois State Sportsmen's Association 
annual tournament. Convention at, Sherman House June 4. 
June 11-14.— Memphis, Tenn.— Memphis Gun Club's annual 
tournament; $2,000 added money. 
June 19-21.— Cleveland, O.— Chamberlain Cartridge and Tar- 
get Company's second annual tournament; $1,200 in cash added. 
June 24-28.— Saratoga, N. Y.— Annual tournament of the New 
York State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the 
Saratoga Gun Club. H. M. Levengston, Sec 
July 11-13.— Altoona, Pa.— Third annual" tournament of the 
Altoona Rod and Gun Club at Wopsononock;, targets. W. G. 
Clark, Sec. 
Aug. 20-24.— Holmesburg, Pa.— Pennsylvania State Sports- 
men's fifth annual tournament, under the auspices of the Key- 
Stone Shooting League, of Philadelphia. John C. Shallcross, Sec., 
Frankford, Pa. 
Aug. 29-31.— Hot Springs , S. D.— Hot Springs Gun Club's sec- 
ond annual tournament... 
Oct. 9-11.— Newburg. N. Y. — West Nevvburg G. and.; R. Asso- 
ciation tournament. W. C. Gibb, Sec 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Changes in, and additions to, the fixtures list this week are as 
follows: Lynchburg dates are changed to May 17 and 18. On 
March 27 the second tournament for 1895 of the New Jersey Trap 
Shooters' League will be held at Springfield, N. J., on the grounds 
of the Union Gun Club. March 28 will witness a 25 live bird sweep 
at Erb's grounds, Newark, N. J.. April 16-18 will be worth noting, 
as on those dates the Interstate Association will open the ball in 
target shooting, with a three days' tournament at Pittsburg; every- 
body, wbo shoots knows what that means. April 24 26 belong to 
the Peekskill, N. Y., Gun Club, who advertise a three days' tourna- 
ment on those dates; two days at targets, and one day, the last, 
at live birds. 
. T. W. Morfey, of Paterson, N. J., and Frank Class, of Morris- 
town, N. J., made a match on Feb. 13, during the progress of the 
25 bird race at Charlie Zwirlein's, the conditions of the race to be 
as follows: 100 birds each, §150 a side, loser to pay for the birds. 
Date and place are: March 7, at Zwirlein's grounds, Yardville, N. 
J. During the latter part of March, Zwirlein will hold a two 
days' shoot at live birds; he will give plenty of notice as regards 
dates, etc 
I understand that there is every likelihood of a sweepstake shoot 
at Willard Park, Paterson, N. J„ onMaroh 4. The main event will 
be a 25 bird race. 
- The Interstate Association has closed for tournaments at Pitts- 
burg, Pa., April 16, 17 and 18, and at Lynchburg, Va., Mav 17 and 
18. The tournament at Pittsburg will be under the auspices of 
the Pittsburg Gun Club, and at Lynchburg, under the auspices of 
the Lynchburg Gun Club. Each of the gun clubs will add 8200 to 
the purses. ELMER E. SHANER. 
Manager Interstate Association. 
The West End Gun Club, of Ottumwa, la., held its annual meet- 
shape 
financially, and with an increasing membership the prospects are 
that lots of powder will be burned in the season of 1895. 
F. G. SCOTT, Sec. 
Morfey easily defeated John Rothacker, of Philadelphia, in 
the second match at live birds, Rothacker shootinff at 
10B birds to Morfey'sino. Morfey killed 49 out of his first 50, the 
last bird falling dead out of bounds. Score: Morfey 89, Roth- 
acker 85. 
Writing from Hartford, under date of Feb. 14, Mr. D. S. Wads- 
worth, secretary of the gun club of that city, says: "The annual 
meeting of the Hartford Gun Club was held this evening, the fol- 
low im? officers for 1895 being elected: President, John Melrose- 
Yice-President, E. L. Hopkins; Sec.-Treas., Dan'l. S. Wadswortlr 
Ca.pt.. C. H. Burbridge. It was decided to hold a tournament at 
targets on Friday, April V.i\ programmes later." He adds •• En- 
closed you will find a programme of what we intend to do up to 
June 29. We have just started out for the season with 25 mem- 
bers, seven new ones joining within a month." The programme 
states that: "The Hartford Gun Club will hold a series of prize 
shoots.Zopen to all. at Union Grove, every Saturday after this date 
(Jan. 30), commeucing at 1 P. M. sharp. A number of merchan- 
dise prizes will be shot for in addition to the following Gash prizes 
$15, $10, $8, 19 and £5. Conditions: 25 targets per man, known angles 
The scores to close on Saturday, Jan. 29, and any ten scores to 
count for the above prizes. Targets at one cent each to all contest- 
ants," 
Among the mauy shoots arranged for Washington's Birthday 
Feb. 22, was one at" the Rye, N. Y., Gun Club's grounds. Owing to 
a delay in the mails, the notice of the shoot was not received in 
time for any note of the fixture to be made. 
The Directors elected by the Paterson Gun Club for the year of 
1895 are T. C. Wright, T. W. Morfey, G. A. Hopper and Robert 
Boyle. Shooting days are the first and third Wednesdays of every 
month. 
The Forester Gun Club, of Davenport, la., got out a capital pro- 
gramme for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week. On 
Washington's Birthday, Carver and Budd shoot the third and de- 
ciding match of their series, 100 birds each, for a purse of $200. 
Tuesday, Feb. 19, was taken up with a crow shoot at Holmesburg 
Junction, Pa., the Keystone Shooting League, of Philadelphia, 
having made arrangements for a sweep at 50 crows, $10 entrance, 
class shooting, birds extra. 
If the Interstate Association's tournament at Pittsburg next 
April is anything like the one held last year in the same month, it 
will be a good starter for the association's season of 1895. The 
tournament committee is formed of the following shooters: "Old 
Hoss," "Jim Crow," Louis Lautenslager and Elmer Shaner. 
\ By the way, out of consideration to newspaper men, printers, 
and for the purpose of saving breath and the possible attendant 
results of profane language, the Interstate Manufacturers' and 
Dealers' Association was knocked out of time last week, so far as 
the name went. The association is now exactly the same organiza- 
tion, has the same objects in view, and is just as active as ever, 
but it will in future be known as the "Interstate Association." the 
courts of New Jersey having permitted the change of title. What 
a relief! 
The programme for the Elizabeth, N. J., bi-monthly tourna- 
ment, Feb. 27 and 28, is to hand. The first day is devoted to tar- 
gets, the second to live birds. On the last day a 25 bird race, $10 
entrance, birds extra, is scheduled: for this event, entriesmust. be 
made not later than Feb. 26, to W. M. Parker, 24 Sayre street, 
Elizabeth, N. J. A. deposit of $5 to be made at the time of making 
the entry. EDWARD BANKS. 
Nebraska Trap Notes- 
Omaha, Neb,, Feb. 13. — J. C. Read, of this city, and George 
Nicolai, of Sutton, shot their 100 pigeon race Friday afternoon on 
the Bemis Park Gun Club grounds, in the presence of six hundred 
spectators. The match was for $11X1 a side, 100 birds each, 30 yards 
rise, 50 boundary, America n Association rules. Ted. Ackerman, 
President of the Stanton Gun Club, officiated as referee, while J, 
C. Spiece, of Columbus, pulled the traps and Captain Latchsha w, 
of Lincoln, and Billy Brewer, of this city, did the official scoring. 
Read shot a 12-guage Greener, 45 grains of E. C and an ounce and 
one-eightn N. 9 cnilled shot; Mcolai shot a $35 12-gauge Smith, 
45 grains E. C. The weather, while, cold, was admirable for the 
Sport, with a gauze-covered sky and no wind. Several thousand 
dollars changed hands on the shoot, which was won by Nicolai by 
a margin of five birds. Read shot poorly and with little nerve, 
although on his own dunghill, while the agriculturist was cool and 
shady from "e°nd to eend." The score: 
Nicolai— 11220022x2022122212121x20222212222112202101112002212220221022 
220112222202202101211101122202221-82. 
Puead-221122CK)21201CM_l0211x21021212x011111012122222002200x(X)1222011111 
2121222202122102201222222212H22201— 77. 
Read was badly broken up over the result, .as he had counted on 
a lead pipe, still he had the courage to renew his challenge to shoof 
another similar match with any man in the State under the same 
conditions— Nicolai or Hardin preferred. 
S. V. GRISWOLD. 
New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League. 
On Saturday, Feb. 16, the first tournament of the New Jersey 
Trap Shooters' League, series for 1895, was successfully carried 
out at Rutherford, N J., under the auspices of the Boiling 
Springs Gun Club. Although it was well on towards uoon 
befoie any shooting to amount to anything was done, yet no 
less than 3,390 targets were thrown before the boys quit shoot- 
ing. 
That these tournaments are popular is shown by the number 
of shooters present. Thirty-six entries in a 15 target race, and 
eight teams of flee men entered in the big event, is extremely 
creditable. Of - course the weather was delightful, but the sun 
during the earlier portions of the day made good scores ex- 
tremely difficult to make, owing to the glare from the snow 
and ice on the meadows over which the targets were thrown. 
The Boiling Springs Club, as is the custom at these shoots, had 
everything in good running order and kept matters hustling. 
Among those who did most of the work were: Messrs. Edward 
A. Jeanneret, President of. the club; Paul A. Jeanneret, Field 
Captain; Neaf Apgar, W. R. Hobart and John H. Outwater. 
W. N. Drake, Manager of the New Jersey Trap Shooters' 
League was also on hand and conducted the preparations for 
the club race. This latter event up to this year has been shot at 
known traps and known angles. At the annual meeting of the 
league held i-ecently, a motion was made, and carried, to 
change the conditions of the event to unknown angles. There 
was a good deal of dissatisfaction expressed by the members of 
several clubs at the action of the meeting, it being claimed 
that the chanee made the test too severe for the younger and 
less experienced clubs. This is undoubtedly so to a certain 
extent, but the case of unknown angles also introduces a meas 
ure of luck into the contest. It is argued, therefore, by the 
adherents of the new system that hy making it "unknown 
angles," the poorer shots run a chance of drawing a series of 
comparatively easy angles, while the better and more expert 
shots may draw angles of a more acute nature. Therefore, it is 
claimed, the more inexperienced shots, have more chance to 
make a race of it at unknown angles rather than if these races 
were shot at everything known, the latter condition placing all 
shooters on an equal footing and eliminating the elements of 
chance. As this contest, however, is intended to prove the 
superiority of one club over another, it would seem better to 
cut off as far as possible any element of luck, making the game 
purely one of skill. Another argument that has been used in 
favor of unknown angles is, that under that system the condi- 
tions far more nearly approach field shooting than do those 
where everything is known; also, that "unkuown angles" is the 
favorite system now, and that "everything known" is monot- 
onous and artificial. These arguments would have far more 
weight if the question set for decision were not one purely of 
skill. To rightly determine degrees of skill, the element of 
chance must be eliminated as far as possible from the contests 
which are to settle those degrees. At the Boiliug Springs Club's 
ground on Feb. 16, a good illustration of the luck in the matter 
of angles was given time and again. This was due in no sense 
to the club or its management; it was due entirely to the 
whims, occasional activity and impulsiveness of the boys who 
set the traps. The absolute need of the "stops," now placed on 
all the best traps for the purpose of preventing the boys from 
throwing the targets at extraordinary angles) was conclusively 
proved time and again that afternoon. 
The day's shoot was a most pleasant affair, and the gathering 
together of so many representatives from different clubs at 
these monthly re-unions, does a world of good. A great deal of 
the success of these gatherings depends upon the home manage- 
ment. At Rutherford, on Feb. 16, the members of the Boiling 
Springs Club left no stone unturned to make things comfort- 
able for their guests. To the Messrs. Jeanneret in particular 
the success of this shoot was due to a very large extent. Major 
R H. Breintnall, who was decidedly off color in the shooting 
line, officiated as referee during the club race. The following 
clubs entered t?anis in that event: Union Gun Club, of Spring- 
field; Maple wood Gun Club, of Maplewood; South Side Gun 
Club, of Newark: Boiling Springs Gun Club, of Rutherford; 
Climax Gun Club, of Plainfield; Elizabeth Gun Club, of Eliza- 
beth; Endeavor Gun Club, of Jersey City; Union Hill Gun 
Club, of Jersey City. The two last named teams had many 
men on their teams who are expert shots at live birds and in 
the field, but as their scores show their experience at inanimate 
target shooting has been very limited. Considering the ex- 
tremely hard shooting that was given them to try ttieir skill 
in the club race, the results should not prove disheartening. 
Scores in detail below : 
Union. 
E D Miller 1011110111101111111001101— 19 
W Sigler 1111111111111100111111101—22 
J "Fayette" 1111011101110111101111110—20 
Dr. Jackson 1 111100101 100011111111100—17 
N E Money 1111111111101111101111111—23—101 
Maplewood. 
F Van Dyke 1111111110111110111111111—23 
Yeomans ' 1111011111111111000111011—20 
Sickley 1111 11111111 0111 001111111—22 
Warren Smith. 1110101101111011010111111—19 
W N Drake 1011100111111111111111111—22—106 
South Side. 
W R Hobart 1111111011010111110011011—19 
Lem Thomas .1110110110111011111110111—20 
J Duston 1111111111111101010000111—19 
J Hoffman 0111110111111011101111111—21 
Asa Whitehead 011111 10011 11111111111101—21— 100 
Boiling WpriDgs. 
W Simpson 1111111110111011111100101—20 
W H Huck 0111010111111111111111111—22 
Hollister 0011110111011111111011111—20 
H yde 1101101111111001121111111—21 ~" 
J H Outwater OllllllllllllllllllOllUl— 23— 106 
Climax. 
Neaf Apgar .1111111110111011011111111—21 
T H Keller L , .0011100101011110111110011—16 
Manning UlOlllOOllOOHOlOllllOll— 17 
D H Terry 1111100110111101011111110—19 
Edwards 0111100111000100011101011—13— 86 
Elizabeth. 
R S Williams 1111110101110101011111110—19 
Aaron Woodruff ..1101101101000111101011110— 16 
Lawrence 0000111110011111000011100—13 
Parker 1011111101111111111111001—21 
C Hebbard 1111101011110111111101110—20— 89 
Endeavor. 
E Collins 0001111111111100111111111—20 
M F Lindsley 0100011111011100011111001—15 
Strader 0000000100111001001111110-1 1 
Frye 0000000001101101000100012— 8 
C W McPeck 1001010111101111111010110—17— 71 
Union Hill. 
Waller 0000100001000010010000010— 5 
Woolmington 0010100010100000010001000— 6 
Sul li van 0000 1 0001 101000010000 1001— 6 
Hughes 0001001111100000001010000— 9 
Meld 0.1 10011011110111111101100—17— 43 
No. 9, 15 targets, unknown angles; 
Apgar 0011 111 1 1111111—13 Miller 011101 111011111—12 
Morfey.. ..111110110111110—12 Strader... .110010101101000- 7 
Van Dyke. .110111011111011—12 Simpson. . ..110111111111110— 19 
Hollister. . .110011011111111—12 Wiliiams'n.lUOlOlOUlllOl— 11 
Huck 111111111111111—15 Whitehead. 111111111111011—14 
Smith 111111111111111—15 Manning . . 110111011011110—11 
Hobart. . . . 111101111101101—12 Woodruff. . 101100111111110—11 
Edwards. ..001100111111111—11 Terry 101100111111111—12 
Money 110111101111111—13 Lindsley. . ..101111111111011— 13 
Hall. .- 111101111111111—14 Yeomans. . .111111011111111—13 
Sickley 111011111100111—12 Fayette. . . .010111111101000— 9 
Drake 011 111001111100—10 Collins 101111111 1 11111—1 4 
Thomas ...110110111111111—13 Duston 101111010100101—9 
Sigler 111111111111111—15 Keller 111111111111111—15 
Lorance. . . 010001010000001— 5 Hoffman. . .111110101111101—12 
Breintnall. 001111110111011— 11 Strader. . . .101101101000101— 8 
Brewer .... 110111111111111—14 Williams'n.010110111111 110— 11 
Hebbard . . 101111111101111—13 Williams. ..101111111111110—13 
No. 10, 15 singles, known angles: 
Brewer. . . . 110101011111111—12 Hoffman . . 111111110110111—13 
Terry 111111110111111—14 Sigler 111111011100111—12 
Hollister.. .101011001101110— 9 Miller 011111011010110—10 
Keller 011111111101111—14 Duston.. . . 001110111101111— 11 
Had 010110110100011— 8 Collins 111111011111110—13 
Smith 111100111111111—13 Lindsley. ...011011100011110— 9 
Sickley.. ..111111111111111—15 Money 111011010111111—12 
Edwards. . .010110111100111— 10 Strader. . . .110100101010101— 8 
Hobart 111011110111101—12 Apgar 111101111111110—13 
Thomas. . . .111111001111110—12 Morfey. . . . 001011101110110— 9 
Whitehead. 111110111101111—13 Roberts 110110111011111—12 
Hebbard . . 111111011100001—10 Astfalk. . . .000010010110001— 5 
Mehl 001101011010011 - 8 Woodruff. . 111010111011111—11 
Drake 110111111011111—13 Huck 111111111111101—14 
James 111001001110001— 8 Frank 101110111100111—11 
No. 11, 5 pairs: Money and Edwards, 7; Morfey, Apgar, 
Paul and Hoffman, 6; Lindsley, 5, 
Hartford Gun. Club. 
Hartford, Conn.. Feb. 15.— This afternoon the third shoot for 
club prizes was brought off, the following scores being made in 
the club event: 
Ford , 10111111 HOllllillllllUl— 23 
Tucker 0111111110111111111111011—22 
Mills 1101 111001111111111 111011—21 
Wadsworth 1111101111001111111111011—20 
Sexton 0111101111111011011110110—19 
Melrose 0110110111010111011101111—18 
Hopkins 10100110101010011 1110111 1—16 
Lucas 10001001 00111011101011110—14 
Britton 1000101100110000110010110— 11 
Daniel S. Wadswobth, Sec'y. 
■Z Auburn Gun Club. 
Auburn, N. Y., Feb. 13-— In snowy weather the Auburn Gun 
Club held its monthly badge shoot. Ten members competed, 
five shooting from scratch, the others receiving target allow- 
ances. These shoots are at unknown angles. Nellis with top 
score is credited with one point; Egbert as second high gun 
scores one-half a point. Score : 
Tuttle 1111111111 1111111001 —18 
Cowing 11110111011111110111 —17 
Can- 11111111110110111111 —18 
Gooi u-ich 1111011111 1110001111 —16 
Tri pp 10101011000111010111 —12 
Nellis. 2 1111111111111011111111 —21 
Smith, 4 OlOlUOOlllOllOllOlIllOl —16 
Egbert, 4 UllllOOllllllllOUllOOl —19 
Baines, 6 10001111101011110101110111 —18 
Church, 8 000100110110011111100001010—13 
C E. G OODRICH, Sec'y. 
What Memphis Will Do- 
Memphis, Tenn,, Feb. 12.— Editor Forest and Stream: Find- 
ing that it will be impossible for us to get our programme in 
the hands of the shooters before the 1st of April, and in view of 
the numerous letters received from all over the country, asking 
information in regard to what rules we expect to shoot' under 
we deem it wisest to ask you to make the following announce- 
ment for us: 
There will be eight 20 targets events each day with $500 added 
money each day, divided, 30, 20, 15, 15, 10, and 10. There will 
be 875 cash averages each day, divided. 50, 30, and 20, between 
shooters making the highest averages in the day's shoot, shoot- 
ing in every event. There will also be 8100 cash for averages 
to be divided, 60 and 40 between the two shooters making the 
highest averages shooting in every event throughout the tour- 
nament. Known traps, and unknown angles; no handicap' 
