Feb. 23, 1895. 
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FOREST AND STREAM. 
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highest average with 90 per cent., and won the handsome gold 
medal of the club twice during the year. The medal will be 
still open for contest during the coming season, as it must be 
won three times in succession to become the property of the 
winner. 
The past year has been one of successes for the club and the 
coming season promises to add greatly to the prosperity and 
welfare of our organization. We are indebted to the courtesy 
of several members for the following named prizes, which will 
increase the interest of our season's shoots: President, August 
Schmitt presented the club with a sterling silver trophy, "The 
President's Cup." Captain Fred Sauter, a valuable animal 
rug or game gun rack, as the winner may choose. Peter Garms, 
Sr., and Chas. Lenone gave a gold medal each. J. P. Danne- 
f elser subscribed a gun case. 
Unknown Gun Club. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 14.— The Unknown Gun Club, of 
Brooklyn, N. Y., held its monthly shoot at Dexter's Park, L. I., 
this afternoon. After the shoot the following officers for 1895 
were elected: H. Kuebel, President; E. B. Vroome, Vice 
President; Havan Staden, Treasurer; the election of Secretary 
will take place at the next meeting. The programme for 1895 
is the following: Three cash prizes or more for each shoot, 
according to the number of members who attend the shoot; a 
gold medal for the best yearly average in seven shoots out of 
twelve; also twelve extra prizes to members who take part in 
four shoots or more up to twelve. The initiation fee for new 
members is $2; dues for one year, $3. After the meeting the 
club wound up with a supper and enjoyed a pleasant time. The 
following is the result of the club shoot: 
' Akhurst, 25 . . . 1111111—7 A Bainppen, 22 101 1010 4 
E A Vroome, 30. . . .1111111—7 
J Bohling, 28 111111—6 
J Flynn, 28. 1101011—5 
J Vagts, 25. 0111110—5 
J C Braememan, 25.1011101—5 
H Kuebel. 26 0101110—4 
L Elolb, 25 0101011—4 
H Staden, 23 .0111010-4 
W H Sckumacher,25 1110001—4 
M Chicester, 28 1011100—4 
H. KNEBEL. 
Leroy Defeats Dickey. 
-On Saturday, Feb. 16, O. R.- Dickey, of Wellington, Mass., 
' and B. "Leroy" Woodword, of Cambello, Mass., shot a little 
race at targets on the Wellington grounds. Tne conditions 
were; 50 targets each, 25 at Keystone system, 25 at Keystone 
reversed, $10 a side. 
Lerov 1111111111111111111111111—25 
1111001110111111111111111—22—47 
Diekev 1111011011111011011111101—20 
1111111111110101110110101—20-40 
Shooting- at Willard Park. 
Paterson, Feb. 11.— A live bird shoot between Henry Wolfe, 
, of the Paterson Gun Club, and Chris Huber, $25 a side, loser 
to pay for the bh-ds, Hurlingtiam rules: 
H. Wolfe 1220110210102221111122220—20 
C. Huber 1212000120202010211212011 -17 
DUTCHER. 
Good Scores at Yardville. 
Yardville, N. J., Feb. 13. — In the 25 bird race, set for to-day 
at Charlie Zwirlein's grounds, the purse was divided into four 
moneys, and as all but three of the fourteen shooters failed to 
win a place, it shows that the shooting was of a high class. $10 
entrance, birds extra, handicap rise, 50 yards boundai'y: 
A. Ivins, 22; C. Wright, 17; J. W. Morfey, 25; J. A. R. 
Elliott, 22: Gapt. Money, 21; C. Reinhart, 22; F. Class, 21; Eddie 
Hill, 22; J. L. Brewer, 23; J. Timmins, 22; A. Willey, 20; J. 
Riggotts 21; C. Zwirlein, 20; B. Muser, 21. 
&& THOMAS ABBETT 
Climax Monthly Shoot. 
The monthly shoot of the Climax Gun Club, of Plainfield, N. 
J., was held at the club grounds, Benner's Hotel, near Fan- 
wood, N. J., on Wednesday, Feb. 13. The early part of the 
day was unpromising, a soft snow falling in flurries at inter- 
vals. About 1 P. M., the sun managed to show himself, the 
result being a pleasant afternoon for target shooting. A great 
addition to the club's property is a good shooting house, 16x44 
feet, extremely well lighted, and, in short, all that one could 
wish. Eighteen members put in an appearance and shot their 
strings in the club race. This race is shot under what is com- 
monly called around here, the Climax handicap; that is, the 
poorer shoots are given an allowance of extra targets to 
shoot at, the number varying from 1 to 10; scratch men shoot 
at 25 targets. Points are scored as follows: 20 breaks count 
one; 21 breaks count two points, and so on up to 25, which num- 
ber credits six points to the man that breaks that number. No 
one, no matter how many more than 25 he breaks, can score 
more than six points in any one shoot. At the end of the year, 
merchandise prizes are given by the club to those who have the 
highest number of points credited to them in the total number 
of club shoots held during the season. This, the first shoot of 
the season, resulted as follows: "Edwards," 5 points; Neaf 
Apgar and C. Hebbard, 3 each; Van Dyke, D. Terry and 
Goodman, 2; Manning, J. Darby and McCarthy, 1. The club 
shoot as well as all the other events snot on that day were at 
unknown angles, except of course in the two last events, which 
were at five pairs with the usual angles. Scores: 
C Smith 00111011101101 01111111111 —19 
Brantingham 1101111111100100111101110 —18 
Apgar 1111111011110111111110111 —22 
Breintnall 1111000011111001111111111 —19 
Van Dvke 1111111010011111111111111 —21 
Hebbard 1111111111111010111011111 —22 
D Terry, 1 11011110111111101011111101 —21 
Manning, 2 110001101101110110111111111 —20 
"Scott, "'3 0101111101001100011101101000 —15 
"Fayette," 3 1001111110000010101101101100 —15 
W Terry, 4 OlOOllllOllOUOlOllOlllOlllOO —18 
Williams, 5 .100010111110111100111001100111 —19 
"Edwards, " 111111111111111100110010111101 —24 
Trust. 5 101100 110001110110001100011111 — 1? 
D Darby, 5 000111110001 HOlllllllOllllOOO —19 
Goodman, 6 1100111011001111011110110011101 —21 
J Darby, 7 10100110101111110110100011101110 —20 
McCarthy, 10. 01111111010001100000101011100110111—20 
SHobart . . 0110111101111 w _H 
* Not a member. 
Crow Shoot at Hanover. 
Hanover, Pa., Feb. 6.— Some members of the Hanover Gun 
Club had a shoot this afternoon. The event was a novelty in 
this section, being shot under the following conditions; "Six 
crows per man, 30 yards rise, American Shooting Association 
live bird rules: 
CS Shirk 221201—5 
Jno Sanders 200200—2 
Chas Rhine 000211—3 
W B Ailewelt 000001-1 
J F Bueher 001222—4 
W F Weaver 111201—5 
C Smith*.... 021 —2 
*Smith shot at only 3 birds. 
Boiling Springs Annual Tournament. 
The programme for the annual tournament of the Boiling 
Springs Gun Club, of Rutherford, N. J., to be held on March 
5, 6, 7, was ready for distribution on Saturday, Feb. 16. The 
programme contains a "short sketch of the Boiling Spriugs 
Fishing and Gun Club," reviewing in brief the history of the 
club since its organizatfon on October 31, 1878, more than 16 
years ago, . M 
""The club has held several tournaments which have always 
been successful. At the contest of the New Jersey Trap Shoot- 
ers League, held at Rutherford, in May, 1892, 900 blue rock 
targets were thrown in one day. The present tournament will, 
we hope, pi-ove as great a success as any held heretofore. Noth- 
ing will be left undone to make any and all shooters comfort- 
able; a good dinner will be served on the grounds, each day, 
from 12 o'clock to 2 o'clock; there are three good hotels in the 
to wn, and their rates are very moderate. All kinds of shells 
will be on hand at lowest prices. Excursion tickets from New 
York to Carlstadt or Rutherford, 40 cents; transportation from 
Rutherford to club grounds, 15 cents. 
"The shooting at artificials will be at known traps, unknown 
angles; American Association rules, modified, will govern all 
contests. Targets, 2 1-2 cents each; one-half cent for each 
target thrown will constitute the average money to be divided, 
after each day's shooting, among those who have shot in all the 
events of the programme, and it is to be divided 50, 30 and 20 
per cent. The handicap committee will consist of Messrs. 
Jacob Pentz, Justus Von Lengerke and Edw. A. Jeanneret; 
the standing of these gentlemen is a sure guarantee that every 
shooter will be justly dealt with. Entries for the live bird event 
will be received by Mr. Gus E. Greiff, No. 8 Murray street, New 
York City, until March 5. Each application must be accom- 
panied by a deposit of five dollars. Should the event not be 
completed on the 7th, it will go over to the next day, March 8. . 
"P. A. JEANNERET, 
"W. H. HTJCK, 
"GUS E. GREIFF, 
"Tournament Committee." 
There are one or two slight errors in the programme, neither 
of them, however, of much importance. The one which calls 
for most attention is that of the dates; those given on the cover 
name March 5, 6 and 7 as the days of the tournament, and those 
dates are correct; inside the programme the dates are the same 
in April; these are manifest! v wrong, as April 7 is a Sunday, 
and the other days mentioned will be taken up with live bird 
shooting at the Grand American Handicap meeting, at Wil- 
lard Park. The number of targets, 900, thrown at the tourna- 
ment in May, 1892, is also manifestly an error. Another mis- 
take is one which occurs at the foot of the cut of T. H. Keller, 
which graces one of the pages of the programme. Mr. Keller 
is not in any way connected with the Winchester Repeating 
Arms Company as there stated, but is a representative of the 
United States Cartridge Company. These little discrepancies, 
however, do not mar the make up of the programme to any 
extent. It is important, however, to remember that the dates 
are March 5, 6 and 7. The two first days are devoted to tar- 
gets, and the events scheduled for each day are precisely 
similar; they call for 145 targets at a total entrance fee of 
$17.50, each event being at unknown angles. There are five 10 
target, two 15 target, two 20 target and one 25 target races 
each day. The purses are divided as follows: 12 entries or 
under, 3 moneys; over 12 entries, 4 moneys. Shooting com- 
mences at 10 A. M., sharp, each of these two days. On March 
7, live bird day, shooting begins at 9.30; the only scheduled 
event is a 20 live bird race, $10 entrance, birds extra, five 
moneys. The particulars regarding entrance for this event 
will be found in the last paragraph of the "sketch" given 
above. The members of the Boiling Springs Gun Club intend 
to make this tournament one of the pleasantest gatherings of 
the season and have made many preparations looking to that 
result. _ 
Morfey Takes the Second. 
Paterson, N. J., Feb. 12. — Honors are now easy between 
Frank Class, of Morristown, N. J,, and T. W. Morfey. of this 
city. Morfey defeatiug Class by a single bird on this date, the 
scores being 93-92 In the first match, shot at Morristown, on 
Feb. 7, Class won by 95-90. The match to-day was shot at Wil- 
lard Park, near Paterson; being so' easily reached from New 
York there was quite a large attendance, of spectators from 
that city. After the bad breaks made by both men on the first 
25 birds, " they settled down to business, and did some great 
work. Toward the close of the match, there was quite a lot of 
excitement, particularly when Morfey's 92d bird fell dead out 
of bounds, Class being consequently but one behind. A lot of 
money changed hands, the Paterson boys scooping in every 
Morristown shekel they could manage to get hold of. Scores: 
9U 
Frank Class ..2 2222102222*22222*221021 1—21 
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22222121 12222222231211 00 0-22 
71 T->\/'"\/»<-^\<-TT 1 i/N/ \\\1 T< 
222122222111112 2121201 
11 2 1 2 W 1*^2 1*3* l* VlVlll 2 3 : 
T \/->->\/'t-'\\->\i->i/<-i/<-\->'' 
T W Morfey. ..2 221112222*02011212 221 
7\NT->"\T\ TS< 1 "v->->\->/ 1 
20121221112202212 22212 
/-»// / >W£,\!<-\i\< — >\W \-*\\t,t 
2112*212222222221 1122222 2- 
1111111112221222*2221132 2-24—93 
Sweep, 5 birds, $3 : This event had seven entries — Morfey, 
Apgar, Timmons, Reinhardt, Capt. Money and J. L. Brewer — 
each killed their o birds; N. E. Money killed 4. 
RIFLE NOTES. 
The Zettler Rifle Club. B. Wa.lth.er, President, with headquarters 
at 219 Bowery, New York, announces a two-days 1 shoot at their 
range on Feb. 21 and 22. A capital programme has been arranged 
by the shooting committee, which is composed as follows: Louis 
Flach, Chairman; H. D. Muller, Geb. Krauss, F. C. Ross, Henry 
Holges, R. Busse, M. Dorrler. B. Zettler is shooting master. 
Shooting commences at 3 P. M. on the 31st, and at 9 A. M, on 
Washington's Birthday; it closes each night at midnight. 
There will be some unique prizes to be shot 'for. 100 yards range, 
at the parade of the Washington Rangers, Feb. 23, at Cosmopoli- 
tan Park. 169th street and Amsterdam avenue. A fine full dress 
suit will be offered for German members, an elegant bedroom set 
for IpiSh members, and a bicycle for members neither German nor 
Irish. Entries can be made at headquarters, 544 West Twenty- 
ninth street. 
The Heidenreich Rifle Club, of New York, has decided to enter 
25 members in the Schuetzen Bund. 
At the match shoot held at George A. Schmitt's Evergreen Grove 
on Feb. 3, between Buff Rosenthal and G. Worn, with 180 shots a 
side, the following average was made, Rosenthal giving Worn a 
forty point handicap: Rosenthal, 245 1-10; Worn, 338. Possible, 250; 
distance 75 feet. Fred. C. Ross, referee. 
There is some talk of a meeting between Prof. John Loris, now 
in England, and Dr. Carver, the weapons being rifles and pistols. 
The showing made by Loris while in EuropB has been such that he 
has found a man willing to ba^k him against Carver for §2,500 a 
side and the championship of the world. The meeting, however, 
is hardly likely to come off. as Carver .has but Uttle time given 
him for preparation. Carver, also, is busy with the shotgun, and 
could hardly reach-England and be in trim to shoot for §3,500 or 
any part of that sum in the timo stated— eight or ten weeks. 
Accomoanied bv a large crowd of friends, both ladies and gen- 
tlemen, the New Jersey State Rifle Team left for the South on 
Tuesday, Feb. 19, to do battle with the crack riflemen of Georgia 
at Savannah The Jersey team consists of <4en. Bird W. Spencer', 
Inspector-General of Rifle Practice; -Col. A."R. Kuser.'of ;Gov. 
Werts's staff; Col. Decker, of Paterson; Capt. A. L. Reid, of Tren- 
ton; John L. Kuser. of Trenton; Theodore E. Beck and^William 
Hayes, of Newark. The match is for a trophy to be porvided by the 
Georgia^team and will take place'on Washington's Birthday. 
^'Company A, Seventh Regiment, N.G.S.N.Y., won the regimental 
team race which was postponed from January. The scores are 
given elsewhere.. 
Bifle Shooting in Canada. 
Parry Sound, Ont., Feb. 10. -The Dominion Off-hand Rifle As- 
sociation shot their monthly match on Feb. 1 and 2 on their re- 
spective ranges. The following gives the scores in detail: 
Bradford. ; 
lOOynX SOttvds.. Total. 
D Nielly 9 7 10' 10 10-46 10 10 10 10 10 -f.0 96 
JGNieDy 9 9 10 10 8 -46 9 1 0 9 1 0 10 - 48 94 
H Parker 10 8 10 9 10-46 10 9 9 5 9-40 87 
J Doolittle 8 6 8 10 8-40 9 10 8 7 10 -44 84 
J Nielly. 8 10 7 6 7—38 10 9 8 7 8—42 80 
441 
King City. 
E Brand 10 9 9~9 9-46 9 19 8 pi 8-45 91 
JWCrossley 10 10 8 10 10-18 10 9 8 7 8-42 90 
Dr Norman ....•« 9 10 8 8^3 8 9 7 10 9-43 86 
A Carley 10 10 9 5 10-44 10 6 8 8 6 - 88 82 
WJCrossley 10 10. 6 9 10-45 7 10 5 6 5-33 78 
1427 
Parry Sound Team No. 1. 
J Morrish 9 9 6 10 10—44 7 6 6 10 10-S9 83 
T White 10 30 10 9 9-48 9 8 8 0 10-35 83 
F Laurie 8 8 10 10 8—43 5 6 9 7 8-3S 78 
& White 3 9 9 8 10-39 10 3 8 9 10—39 78 
JRLeggatt. 10 9 8 7 10-44 8 10 4 6 5-33 17 
1399 
Toron to. 
A Elliott 7]0 8 9 7 -It 10 9 8 10 10-47 88 
W J Graham...^ 19 9 9 8 9-45 3 10 8 10 5-36 81 
TSBayles 8 10 10 8 10-45 5 5 3 4 6 -23 69 
Jas Thompson 8 9 6 7 8-38 30 8 0 10 1-29 67 
JLScholes 6 10 8 10 6-40 9 3 6 3 3-24 64 
1369 
Wausaukasene. 
Geo White 10 9 6 8 10-43 6 4 9 6 8 -33 76 
WF Thompson 5 9 10 7 5-36 10 4 30 10 7—41 77 
D F Macdonald 30 10 4 7 4-35 16 0 6 9 10-35 70 
RJClarkson 7 4 10 5 8-34 8 8 10 7 2—35 69 
G Richardson 8 9 5 9 6-37 10 10 0 9 2-31 68 
360 
D. F. M ACDONALD, Sec. 
St. Louis Riflemen Won. 
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. lo.---The return match between the Colum- 
bia Rifle and Pistol Club of Rochester and the Missouri Rifle and 
Pistol Club of St. Louis, Mo., "was shot last night. The conditions 
were the same as those of the first match, which was shot Jan. 10, 
excepting that this time the Columbia Club's target was used (25 
ring, 1 1-2 in. ball, 1-2 in. center, 1-4 in. rings) . St. Louis won again 
by a score of 4.734 to 4,631. Dorman and Hutchison, -the "Dro- 
mios," of the Missouri Club, were absent, and their places were 
taken by Herold and Zukoski, of B team. Only two shots were 
challenged, which were decided, one in favor of Rochester and 
the other for St. Louis. The Columbia Club showed a marked 
improvement 'over its shooting in the first match. St. Louis shot 
in the following order: 
Robert W. Staley 35 35 34 22 25 35 25 34 35 24—344 
25 24 24 23"24 35 25*23 23 25—241—485 
Horace Kephart 20 35 33 25 "23 23 25 24 24 24—336 
22 25 25 34 34 33 24 34 34 34—339—475 
L. Zukoski 23 19 19 23 24 25 25 25 24 24—231 f 
35 25 23 34 34 25 33 23 23 22—237—468 
Robert F. Herold 25 34 32 22 23 23 24 23 25 23-234 
23 24 23 24 24 24 24 35 23 24—337—471 
Louis Sciher 24 25 23 20 23 35 23 34 17 24—327 
23 24 25 24 24 21 21 24 23 23—231-458 
Vincent Rapp, Jr 25 22 34 25 24 22 25 33 22 24—236 m 
24 22 22 24 22 22 23 25 24 23—230—466 
Geo. T. Dunn 33 24 22 33. 35 24 25 25 23 35—237 
25 35 35 25 35 23 33 25 24 33—243—480 
Alfred Gfeller 25-24 25 34 24 25 25 24 24 35—245 * 
24 33 '35 35 30 24:23124325 33—336—481 
Col. Robert Buchanan 23 24 35 20 24"25£23 24T25 25—237 
24 34 35:24!2i;2ir23:34 33 35—233—470 
Capt. Wra. P. Schaaf 35"3i5r25 , 23^24;24 '34:33 33 24—340 
25;24124;25:25:21 23J34 24 25—340—480 
4^734 
HORACE KEPHART, Sec. 
The Burgess Folding Gun. 
""The Burgess Gun Co., of Buffalo, N. Y., has lately put upon the 
market something entirely new in the way of a repeating arm. 
It is a 12 gauge repeater, and is especially constructed for the use 
of police officers, sheriffs, TJ. S. Marshals, express messengers, 
prison guards, banks, etc., and is attracting a good deal of atten- 
tion, particularly in 'the Western^and Southern States, where the 
gun.is being largelv used, lit will'take the place of a revolver, and 
do much better and more cer • 
ain work.and when choke bored 
it becomes a most convenient 
and effective gun for field and 
cover shooting, 
It is known as the Burgess 
"Folding Gun." The barrel and 
stock part fold together, so as to 
shorten the gun to the length of 
the barrel, and when closed, the 
gun can be conveniently carried 
in a holster with belt, or in a 
valise, or kept in places where 
a longer gun could not be con- 
cealed or made available. 
The breech mechanism is the 
same as, and interchangeable 
with that of, the Stand aril Bur- 
gess gun, which has met with 
such great success in the two 
years it has been on the market; 
but in place of the separable 
joint for attaching barrel to the 
frame, a slip hinge allows the 
gun to be carried folded and 
loaded ! n magazine and barrel. 
It is then only necessary to 
grasp the gun by the pistol grip 
and by a quick motion throw 
the barrel outward when it 
springs into place and locks, and 
the gun is instantly ready to 
commence firing 
The heavy spring on top of 
barrel engages the frame to 
i shift the joint vertically and in- 
terlock the threaded portions of 
frame and barrel the instan t the 
gun straightens. The spring 
maybe lifted: from the frame 
by its lever, when the rear of 
the barrel may be struck down 
to unlock the threads, so the 
gun will then fold to half its 
length. 
The weight of the gun is from 
five to six and one-half pounds. 
The length of barrels nineteen 
to twenty inches. The illustra- 
tion shows the method of earry- 
- in g gun in holster. The gun car- 
ries six cartridges. Drawmgthe gun from the holster and throwing 
it to the shoulder* is accomplished in'one'motion so that the gun 
can be drawn and fired six times in three seconds. 
"Mounted officers or sportsmen shooting from horseback will And 
this the most convenient saddle gun ever made.— Adv. 
Gun Grease. 
The Martin Fire Arms Company, of New Haven, have placed 
upon the market a preparation for preserving metals, called the 
"Martin Rust Repeller." It is put up in collapsible tubes, and it 
is said that it.. will not gum or grow rancid.— Adv. 
