March 2, 1895. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
177 
Live Birds at Yardville- 
Yardville, N, J., Feb. 20.— Miles Johnson, of Newtown, N. 
J., and George R. Givens, of Easton, Pa , shot a match here 
to-day, on Charlie Zwirlein's grounds, Givens winning by one 
bird. The conditions were 25 birds, $50 a side. The day was 
clear and cold with no wind, but the birds were good, only two 
needing to be flushed out of all the birds shot at during the day; 
-match and sweepstakes continued. There "was a good attend- 
ance of local shooters, the result being an enjoyable day. 
Sores: 
Miles Johnson 1021002012200021222120212—17 
G R Givens 0111121110011101101010111—18 
The following sweeps were also shot — Nos, 1, 2 and 6 were 
miss-and-outs, $2 entrance; Nos. 3, 4 and 5 were Jersey sweeps, 
4 birds, $3 entrance: — 
No. 1. Wo. 2. No. 3. No. 4, 
M Johnson 0 —0 —0 1111—4 1111—4 
G R Givens 10—1 1120 —3 1111—4 1110—3 
Eddie Hill 0 —0 1221110—6 1110-3 1111-4 
Levi Grant 110—2 1221111—7 1111—4 0110—2 
C Zwirlein... 122—3 1122121—7 1111—2 1101-3 
C Huston 0 —0 10 —1 
M Johnson* 210—2 0 -0 
B Browall 1001—2 1101—4 
G Geiberson 1111—4= 1111—4 
Young 000 —0 0111—0 
Camp 0111—3 0111—3 
No. 5— Geiberson and Camp 4, Givens, Hill, Grant, Johnson 
and Zwirlein 3, 
No. 6— Hill, Grant, Johnson and Zwirlein 2, Givens and 
Geiberson 1, Camp 0. 
Mountville Gun Club- 
Mountville, Pa., Feb. 15. — This afternoon we had a small 
shoot at 10 live birds per man, 30yds. rise, and 50yds boundary. 
The result was as follows: 
Lefever 1111*21110-8 Harsh 0200122212—7 
Kready 0012121210—7 Myers 2220120221—8 
Taylor 2120120111— 8 Clark 1121121011—9 
This week we are going to have a tournament Match between 
two teams of two men each for a purse of $100. Each man 
shooting at 15 birds. The contest is exciting no little interest. 
TELL. 
Live Birds in Canada- 
Lacolle, Canada, Feb. 2. — The opening shoot at St. John's, 
Quebec, Canada, took place this afternoon. It was an im- 
promptu trial of skill among the Province of Quebec live bird 
shots; among them were Wallace, McPherson and McKenzie, of 
Montreal; McDonald and Roy, of St. Johns; Barton, of Toron- 
to, and Brownley, of Lacolle. The event was a race at 15 live 
birds, 28yds. rise, 80yds boundary. The dead birds were given 
to the hospital at St. Johns for the benefit of the patients. 
Score: 
Wallace ...111111111101111-14 
Brownley. .111111111111111—15 
McDonald.. 111110010111111— 12 
McPherson 110011000111001— 8 
Barton 1011111H111111— 14 
McKenzie .111111111111110—14 
Roy 101111011111001—11 
THOS. BROWNLEY. 
Freehold— Brunswick— Dayton. 
Freehold, N. J., Feb. 22. — The scores given below were shot 
this afternoon on the Freehold grounds, the home team winning 
easily. It was nip and tuck between those old antagonists, the 
men from Dayton, N. J., and the team of the BrunsAvick Gun 
Club, of New Brunswick, N. J., the former winning second 
place by a single break. The high wind made very difficult 
shooting, hence the majority of the scores are far below par. 
Scores : 
Freehold. 
Davis 01 111 11111111111111101 11111111—28 
Walling 111100100001011101000011100111—16 
Snyder 110011110101011111111010111001—21 
Blair 111000110100111001110111111111—21 
Sherman. 111110111111101100111111111111—26 
Denison 101101011010101101101000110100—16 
Throckmorton 011000010111101111111111110111—22 
Burtis 110111011111111010111101111010—23 
Hance 101101111111111101111110101111—25 
Ivins 110101111110111111111111110101—25 
Camp 101011011011010111010111101111—21 
Van Schaick 101111110110111110010001100001—18 
262 
Brunswick. 
Booraem 111101110101110011111011101 110—22 
Mundv 101111111011101110000100011110—19 
A. Petitt 010101100111010111101011010001—17 
Oakley 111010110110111011011010100011—19 
Smith 001101101001011001010011000000—12 
Hoaglaud 111111111101111111111100001111—25 
Stevens 101001111101110001010110101110—18 
Sperling 111111011110111111111110110111—26 
Fisher 110011101101110101111011011011-21 
Van Nuis lOlllOlOOlOOlllOHOlllllOOlllO— 19 
Walker 100111100001011100100001100110—14 
V. Voorhees 101101111111111010101011111111—24 
236 
Dayton. 
McDonald lllllllllOlOllOOlOOlOOHOOOllO— 18 
Groendyke 100010010111001010111101111011—18 
McDowell 110101010010000100111110110111—17 
J. Emmons 000001000101111101011111101100—16 
R. Fan- 110010111111011011010100100110 -18 
W. Farr 111111110001001011111110111111—23 
C. H. Allen 011011010011100011011101001001—16 
Phillips 111010111110110110111111011111—24 
P. Emmons 100101111111101111111111101110—24 
Carroll 100111111111010111111100111111-24 
Barclay 111101111101110111110000111110—22 
Lyons 101001000110111011100010100110—15 
235 
Boiling Springs Club In the Lead. 
Rutherford, N. J., Feb. 22.— The Boiling Springs Gun Club 
is now one ahead in the series of team races between that club 
aud the Passaic City Gun Club, of Passaic, N. J., having won 
two out of three matches that have been shot so far. The third 
one of the series was decided to-day on the Boiling Springs 
Clnb grounds, the home team winning by ten breaks, scoring 
209 out of a possible 300, an average of nearly 70 per cent. ; Pas- 
saic average 67 per cent. The races are at 25 targets per 
man, unknown angles. Score : 
Boiling Springs Gun Club. 
Kreb 1110110111100110011101010—16 
James 0100101111010101111101111—17 
Mackey 1001101100010111100111111—16 
Outwater 1111100110111111111011111—21 
Westbrook 1001001100001110001100111—12 
Collins 1111001101111011010111111—19 
Wood 11 1011 101111101101011 1001—18 
Jeanneret 0000110110110011110011110—14 
Lowe 1101100001011111111110010—16 
Paul 1111110111111101001111010—19 
Hollister 1111001111110111111001101— 19 
Huck 1111011111110011111111111—22—209 
f f Passaic City Gun Club.™ 
Wise 1111110101111111111111011—22 
Abbott 1110111111011111L1 1011001—20 
Bowes 1110110111011101111100110—18 
Kelley 0111010011001011101101111—16 
Fergerson 11000011101101 10111000001—1 3 
Kivetfc 1101000011110000100001011—11 
Palmer 1011111101011000010101111—16 
Jellemer 011111 1 0001 1 0 1 111 01110111— 18 
Coman 1011010101011011110010101—15 
Gaston 0110001101001111100111001—14 
Hemion ..1111111111111101011111110— 22 
Lenone 0001101110000111111100101—14—199 
Referee — Neaf Apgar. Scorer— George McAlpin. 
Yonkers Gun Club. 
Yonkers, ;N. Y., Feb. 22. — Members of the Yonkers Gun 
Club engaged in several sweepstakes this afternoon, which 
came off on their own grounds. The shooting was confined to 
live birds, under Hurlingham rules. The birds were, a good lot 
and a strong breeze materially aided them. Although the 
weather was cold the sport was excellent, a number of fine 
kills being made by the participants in the different events. 
Scores: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3, 
E Valentiue 111111-6 111111—6 0 —0 
J Hines 110111—5 Ollllo— 4 
O Aystln 110111—5 111111—6 0 —0 
P Kuss 110101-4 111111—6 0 —0 
J Welsh 011110 4 101111—5 111) —2 
G Engels 011001—3 000110—2 1111111—7 
H Koster 010010—2 11101 1—5 
H Quinn 011111—5 1111110—6 
A Meyers 001111—4 
Nos. 1 and 2 were sweeps at 6 birds; No 3 was a miss and 
out. J. T. WARING, JR. 
Elliott Took Three Straight. 
By dint of good shooting, Jas. A. R. Elliott, of Kansas City, 
took three straight matches from E. D. Fulford, of Utica, N. 
Y., on Feb. 19, 20 and 21. In these three matches, which took 
place at Marion, N. J., Elliott showed his superiority over his 
opponent at every point in the game. He was quicker, surer, 
killed his birds in a cleaner fashion, and used better judgment 
than Fulford did. The latter's shooting was a great disappoint- 
ment to his frieuds and to the spectators. Those among the 
latter who were Elliott's admirers, and who had money on him, 
were for the most part surprised at the result of the races so far 
as the actual figures went. They had looked for Fulford to 
give their man a close rub but, save in a single instance, he was 
never really dangerous. That single instance was on Wednes- 
day, Feb. 20, when he was ahead up to the 53d round. Elliott's 
average for the 300 birds was a good one; he killed 91, 95 and 
96 out of the respective hundreds, totalling 282 out of the 300 
shot at, averaging 94 per cent. Fulford's average was 88, his 
total for the 300 being 264, his three separate scores being 88, 87 
and 89. 
; FIRST MATCH. p " 
Feb. 19. Over 100 persons paid admission to see the first 
match of the series. The day was pleasant, and there being 
little wind to aid the birds, high scores appeared a certiinty. 
There was plenty of Elliott money in the crowd, which the Ful- 
ford crowd were not slow to pick up. In fact, there was quite 
a little wagering done before the match was shot. The birds 
were only a medium lot, and the prediction of high scoring- 
seemed likely to be fulfilled; in fact, money was bet that 94 
would be beaten by one or other of the shooters. When Elliott 
had finished his third string, with a total of 72 out of 75, those 
bets looked like finding money. His loss of five birds, all dead 
out of bounds, out of his next 12, knocked those calculations 
silly. The scores eiven in detail below tell the rest of the 
story: 
Trap score type copyright by Forest awl Stream, 1895. 
323525314 3 3 
Elliott. 2 2 1 2 21122 1 01222122210222 1—23 
42 3 3 4144311314432443 3 5352 
? f/t^^WW^ S^^S Is* \1 SWISS 
2220212312211211221221111- 
-34 
53 3 413334 3 24 3 381334551430 
222222211122112121222222 1-25 
4443141413283441332542541 
/ \S t \SS*-$ \Sj? 1 '\T-V , N \iS\S-*lS 
1 * 2 * 1 * 1 2 * 2 1 * 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 3 9 2 1 1—19-91 
Fulford . 
..2111211 
2 12 4 5 4 3 
SS's.WW 
2 11*111 
3 5 5 4 13 1 
KS-+S1S 1 
0 2 2 1*22 
3 3 5 5 5 4 5 
\SS W W 
12 2 2 2 2 2 
5 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 2 5 5 
11111202211111912 1-23 
334343325252353242 
* 3102122222022210 2-20 
45 4 445 2 5614134 5 353 
2222222231222 2 2 22 2-23 
341244343333343343 
T /*-SS*- K ^-*'^SS \SS S ^ 
12122212022022202 2—22- 
■88 
SECOND MATCH. 
Feb. 20. Notwithstanding the almost amateurish showing 
made by both men on the previous day, a good sized crowd of 
representative pigeon shooters was on band to see the second 
match of the series. The day was bright and clear, with a 
breeze from the West, that was cold enough to chill the spec- 
tators long before the match was over. The birds were better 
than in the first match, but still not what they should have 
been considering the standing of the two men. Elliott again 
shot well, especially towards the end of the match, winding up 
with a run of 39. On the first string of 25, Fulford led him two 
birds, but in the next string, Elliott picked up one, making the 
score 47-46 in Fulford's favor at the halfway notch. At the 
32d round, Fulford had a lead of three birds, and his prospects 
were exceedingly rosy. Elliott's greatest work on his last 80 
birds was enough to beat anvbody; of that number he lost but 
two, making runs of 11, 28 and 39! Fulford's best run was 20. 
Towards the close of the race it looked as if Elliott couldn't 
miss; he brought down some corking good birds, as easily as if 
they were the veriest duffers, and time and again he received 
hearty applause. Many of Fulford's shots, too, produced a 
good deal of hand clapping. . 
The most notable feature of the race occurred in the bbth 
round. The score was a tie; Elliott killed his bird; Fulford 
drew a low flying driver from No. 2 trap, that carried both 
charges of shot to a patch of ice on the right boundary, where 
it fell dead. The boundary was only marked by small stakes, 
and a dispute occurred as to whether the bird was in or out. 
Milt. Lindsley, the referee, after a good deal of argument had 
been heard on both sides, decided to have a stake driven in at 
the spot where the bird fell for the purpose of measuring the 
exact distance if that bird was the deciding one of the match; 
he stated all along that he thought it was outside the line, but 
withheld his decision as it was a close thing. At the conclusion 
of the match, there being no further question, and the bird not 
being as important as it might have been, Mr. Lindsley an- 
nounced that he gave it as a lost bird without any measuring 
being resorted to. The decision was, according to general 
report, quite a proper one. This was about the only excitement 
of the whole match, which must, however, be classed as an 
excellent race up to that round. All interest was lost, saveas 
to Elliott's total, when Fulford was unlucky enough to lose his 
70th, 73d and 75th birds in quick succession, all dead out ot 
bounds. Elliott had three dead out of bounds, and Fulford six. 
Scores of the second match : ^ H ' 
[3 233354454143432454442131 
Elliott 1 *122111*2212221222*2221 1- 
452 3 34313 
->T-VT1.Th<- 
22 2 222021 
114424 4-352 5 53243 
<- <-<-<-<- \ \ N H *V ^ +- 
222212222112222 2- 
22 
-21 
Fulford. 
3 3 3 4 5 3 3 3 13 14 3 4 4 4 4 14 5 4 3 2 3 2 
211213222202222221212222 1—24 
443533641231 4 522534524344 
13 1 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2112 2 2 1 2 2-25—95 
3134545412553 5 44453544115 
T<^ls s l-^wt-s^TW h/n?->i/<-<-/-> 
...1 12222322222022222222222 2—24 
453152433323145 5 522143151 
/TMT/H\T/\/\«~>-»^iH< — > T^ _ 2 », 
221221220220 2 22121212111 2-23 
23 1532251243444253435 5 121 
•^<-SlSlSS->llS\l-*TS*-l?*-<»StT , 
]1 2*322222220222*222*22*2 2—19 
4434 3 34 4 31344431443443331 
2223s213202222*202222223 0—21-87 
THIRD MATCH. 
Feb; 21. On this day both men improved the totals made by 
them on the previous day, Elliott scoring 96 to Fulford's 89. 
Elliott's work was again marked by clear shooting and a steadi- 
ness that proved that he is at the top of the tree among profes- 
sionals of the country. There may be some who are just as 
good, but they are remarkably scarce, as Elliott is shooting in 
wonderful form just now. This afternoon he braced up after 
his 20th, 21st and 23d birds and killed clear to the end of his 
100, barring his 44th bird, which like his 20th and 23d birds 
dropped dead out of bounds. The only bird of the whole match 
which he did not account for was his 21st bird, thus actually 
killing 99 out of his 100 ! Fulford's best runs were, 19, 16 and 
11; Elliott's 19, 20 and 56. The birds were the same as those 
trapDed on Wednesday; that is, they were a good lot, with 
plenty of extra good ones among them. Scores; 
Elliott. 
233245331334 3 113151333453 
/"/\T->\ TS \->-'/*T-^/''^ Is 1<- 
.2 222212321 2 g2932222*02*2 2-22 
51334 5 323 5 2532213321252 5.) 
SWSS T-*H I // <-<-/" ?S \-*-*-*SS s » 
2112L2221122 3 23222*22 122 2-24 
3 4 2 15 3 3 4 5 3 5 
S<-\SS \WV 
212222121232 
5444145525523 
ll* t 22212122 2—25 
Fulford. 
45 3 3 52542 5 434231212213433 
\\<—XS s »-*S*-WiSSWSS-*\-*T'-+'[S s 
12 2 2 2 1 22 1 23 1 2113112 2 2 2 2 2 2—35 -96 
535333 5 435434321212323335 
i — »V\\\\Si\\'\//< — ^TNTT/i-*-* 
.111 11112111*22112220222* 1-23 
4 12423433333 4 123353144143 
\/>s \s*-< — >-+\ss \s*-l T->l- > /"N 
21002212*22111212121212 2 1-22 
33441333134 3 5334513 3 3 5334 
/<-/NTT\ H ^\l\//T/f-W I T->T-»<- 
*1121*2221111121111 11121 2—23 
121442341154334145331242 3 
SS i^>\SS->l-*tSS\S<r-T^'S'^SSSS\ 
111 3 12111220021212031211 1- 
-23 
Knapp Won by Three Birds- 
The holiday programme at the shooting grounds of the 
Larchmont Yacht Club was a very varied one and included 
among its items, a 100 bird race between those two rivals, 
George Work and J. P. Knapp. This even was No. 3 on the 
programme, and was commenced on the arrival of the 11 
o'clock train from New York. For the two hours and five 
minutes that it took to decide the match, the interest never 
abated, uoth men shot well, Knapp being particularly bril- 
liant with his second brarrel; Work acted at times as if he was 
a trifle stale, missing some of his birds in a most unaccountable 
manner; his tuning and placing of his first barrel, however, 
was much superior to that of his opponent, Knapp throwing 
away his first shell time and again, only to redeem the mistake 
in the majority of instances by some really wonderful kills. 
The attendance of club members, who were not shooting, was 
good and the interest they took in every shot was very 
marked, applause from the gallery being very generous. It is 
impossible, owing to the pressure on the columns of Forest and 
Stream this week, to give as extended a notice of this match as 
it deserves. It would also be nearly an impossibility to par- 
ticularize, as so many excellent shots were recorded, still 
Knapp's kill of his 40th bird with his second barrel aroused 
the spectators to a pitch of excitement seldom seen at a shoot- 
ing match. The details of the score are told below: 
Trap score type, copyright by Forest aud Stream, 1S95. 
5 5 11413234411344 5 3 41532 
George Work. 22221210313020*21 
3 1 
5 1 
>W"iM\ ? 
0 2 2 2 2 1—20 
21454115 5 452 5 22422443382 3 
112202222221012*2222 
5 41124212343341533353 
-^->\\?-»\^«-H-»^ t i T 1 T T SfS< 
211003112112222222221 
2 1 1—22 
14 4 5 
-t T T 
3 2 2 2—3! 
2 3 5 1 5 H s 4 3 3 4 3 4 5 2 3 4 5 4 2 3 5 3 2 
020 2 222121231 3 2210221*21 2- 
-21— S6 
J P Knapp . . 
53 3 3122222141434 5 3 23 3 1324 
-+/TTT*-/? t<-i/\ i/->\->? T«-T M->-»? 
* 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 * 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2—22 
533341232533513 5 432244233 
-»T< — >?-»T T<-,>'-»v»-m-,s» / x 1V s T->/» 
212222202122222011220211 2—22 
S 2 
14124445151 354. 4 544455 
•2 2212212222 * 121222221233 2—24 
24253413541354131341344 5 5 
22121202022232*2222 2 2022 2— 21— S9 
Death of C. H- Townsend. 
The death of C. H. Townsend, which occurred at his home in 
Newark, N. J., on Thursday afternoon last, Feb. 21, although 
not altogether unexpected, was none the less sad. At an age 
when he should have been doing his very best work — he was 
only 39 years of age — he has fallen a victim to consumption. 
As trap editor of Forest and Stream for several years, he came 
in contact with all classes of sportsmen, and "Charlie" Town- 
send, as soon as men got to know him, was deservedly popular. 
By his reports of shoots, and by his handling of other matters 
intimately connected with trap shooting, he did excellent 
work in these columns. When, owing to the ravages of the 
disease from which he has since died, he found he was unable 
