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Buffalo Trap Notes. 
S.Buffalo, N. Y,, Washington's Birthday. — A free-for-all live 
bird shoot was held at Daw's Park. Over a score of shooters, 
including Lefever, the well-known Syracuse crack, and Kelsey, 
of Aurora, were in attendance. The weather was very favor- 
able for the contetst, and some of the men did excellent work. 
There were six money prizes. Scores: Kelsey, 47; Tolsma, 
Burkhardt, Sully and Oehmig, 41; Besser, Daw, Fisher, and 
Federlein, 40; Ball, Smith, Lefever, Bennett and Story, 37; 
Duley and E, S. Burkhardt, 36; Hill, 33; E. luderbitzen, 30; 
Williams, Willett and Lawson, 28; Brondel, 26; Rounds, 22. 
William Daw recently issued a challenge to shoot a match at 
100 birds with any man in Buffalo. He had it published in the 
papers of Feb. 21. The next day Emil luderbitzen called on 
him, and arrangements were made to shoot a match of 50 birds 
for $50 a side. The date of the contest has not yet been de- 
cided, but it will be held at Daw's Park within a short time. 
The Audubon Club, Feb. 20, held their first regular meeting 
in their handsome new club rooms on Eagle street. In cele- 
bration of the event, the club's chef, W. H. Jaeger, prepared a 
bountiful spread. It was resolved at the meeting to hold a 
live bird shoot at an early date. Sides will be chosen, each 
man to have ten birds, and the losing side is to give a dinner to 
the club members at fifty cents a plate. Domestic pigeons will 
be used, and President Burkhardt appointed Barker Tolsma and 
U. E. Story as captains of the respective sides. The shoot is to 
be conducted under the rules of the American Association. 
H. J. BALLIETT, Sec'y. 
Endeavor Gun Club. 
Jersey City, 1ST. J., Feb. 22.— The Endeavor Gun Club of this 
city held its monthly shoot this afternoon. The attendance of 
members was small, but several visiting shooters were present, 
making the afternoon's sport an- enjoyable one. The wind 
blew at a 40-miles-an-hour gait directly across the traps, mak- 
ing the shooting difficult, and good scores an impossibility. 
Two of the monthly prize contests were shot off by the mem- 
bers, after which sweepstake shooting was indulged in by all 
hands. , Below are the scores in the club races: 
A Strader lOllOOlllOllOlOlOllOHOlO 1U10 —19 
A E Fry 101010011110001101100011110100 —16 
J Crevelling OllOOOlOlOOlllllOlOlOllllll —17 
-Dr Fletcher 01111111010100001101001101111111—21 
*J Polhemus 011111101001001111110011111011 —21 
*On the shoot off at 10 targets Polhemus won by 7-6. 
No. 2, same conditions : 
Fry 111101100011110000010100111111 —18 
Creveling 001101110111101111110011111 —20 
*Fletcher 01011001001011001111101111111101—21 
*Polhemus 001101100011110111111111010111 —21 
*On shoot off, Fletcher at 10 and Polhemus at 9, Fletcher won 
by breaking 8 to Polhemus' 7. J. A. CREVELLING, Sec'y. j 
Rochester Gun Club. 
Syracuse, N.Y., Feb. 22. — Several Syracuse shooters had ar- 
ranged to go to Rochester this morning to take part in the shoot 
of the home club. The forbidding nature of the weather, how- 
ever, put a stop to such intentions, with the result that only J. 
Merman and myself put in an appearance. It snowed and blew 
hard all day, making good scores an impossibility. ^The 
Rochester men turned out well, considering the severity of the 
weather. The club house, claimed to be one of the best in the 
country, was just what we wanted ou such a day. This club 
house cost a few thousand dollars and is owned by a stock 
company of shooters. It is completely furnished, has two fire- 
places, 50 lockers for members' clothes, an office, and a kitchen, 
where a warm meal can be gotten up at a very short notice. 
The club house and grounds are taken charge of by Mr. Hicks, 
who is always to be found on the spot when wanted. Scores 
made to-day are as follows, all events being at unknown angles: 
No. of event: 12345 678 9 10 
No. of targets: 10 10 15 10 15 10 10 10 10 10 
Glover 8 9 11 10 14 8 
Meyers 6 5 13 8 11 . . 7 8 6 .. 
Nichols 5 10 12 5 11 9 6 6 8 .. 
Stewart 8 10 11 8 10 10 9 9 9 .. 
Herman 6 9 4 12 7 
Norton 7 13 9 12 9 .. .. 7 6 
■C Elliott 9 10 4 .. 7 7 
JJorst 5 11 3 11 8 8 .. .. 6 
JByer 7 10 8 13 .. 6 7 7 3 
Knox i 2 .. 4 
Backus 8 5.. 11.. 5 6 5.. 
Maguire ]£8 ,7 9 
Boyd 4 
Foley 13 .. 5 9 6 .. .. 
Hicks 3 
A. R. K. 
Woodruff Won by Four Birds* 
Fauwood, N. J., Feb. 22. — Neaf Apgar, a member of the 
Climax Gun Club of this place, and Aaron Woodruff, of Eliz- 
abeth, N. J. v shot a 100-bird race this afternoon on the grounds 
of the Climax Club, the stake being $250, winner to pay for the 
birds. The match was shot under American Association rules, 
30yds rise. Tne birds provided for the occasion by John Ben- 
ner, landlord of the Fan wood Road House, were a corking good 
lot of flyers. A strong wind, that blew across the traps from 
left to right, aided them In their flight, making flyers liberated 
from Nos. 4 and 5 traps extremely hard to kill within bounds 
when the wind was at its height. In his second string of 25 
Apgar drew an unusual number of those traps, the luck of the 
birds being decidedly against hitn. Scores: 
Woodruff 121222*212021200122122202—20 
1222100121211222222022022—21 
2220222222102222222122222—23 
0001122222212121220112011—20—80 
Apgar 2222122*2221222222*221212—23 
22201020*122010200110*122—15 
*021212022*12122222220112— 20 
10012*1122120121122111012—20—78 
Wm. Terry, referee; C. Smith, scorer; Nate Astfalk, trap 
puller. 
After the above match was decided, a miss and out, $2 en- 
trance, was shot off; re-entry was allowed in the first round. 
The result was as follows: Keller (re-entry) and Ross, 6 
(divided); C. Smith and Scott (re-entry) 5; D. Terry (re-entry) 
3; Apgar, Astfalk and Earl 2; Batsch 1; Keller, Scott and D. 
Terry 0. 
The Cold Snap at Hot Springs. 
Z Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 15.— Once more the inclement 
weather played havoc with the anticipations of the trap shoot- 
ers in this section of the country. Such a protracted spell of 
severe weather the oldest inhabitants cannot recall. For three 
weeks the ground has been covered with snow and ice, during 
which time the thermometer has rai - ely got above freezing, and 
frequently down to zero. The Hot Springs Club had hoped to 
make this" the most successfid winter tournament ever held in 
this State. Their expectations would probably have been 
realized had it been possible to overcome the elements. As it 
was, two more disagreeable days than Monday and Tuesday of 
this week could not have been selected. The day preceding the 
shoot it snowed, rained and sleeted, in turn. When the time to 
begin the shoot had arrived, everything was covered with snow 
and ice; dark lowering clouds overcast the sky, and the wind 
that blew from the West, brought with it an occasional snow 
FOREST A N D STREAM. 
flurry, and had a penetrating effect that would take all the snap 
and vim out of any one but a gun crank. Very few visiting 
shooters put in an appearance, as winter tournaments are new 
things down here, as previous to this winter scarcely any trap 
shooting has been done at this season of the year. It was near 
ly 11 o'clock before the first event was started, but after that 
the boys kept steadily at it untd nearly dark. Some fine scores 
were made during the day, and the shooting of G. W. Hughes 
was of an exceptionally high order. While the other shooters 
were complaining of the poor light and the bad background, he 
said nothing but kept on smashing the targets. He made 
one run of 53 straight and another of 46. This is 
all the more remarkable, when one considers the 
fact that Mr. Hughes is 50 years old. The visitors in 
attendance were Tom A. Marshall, of Keithsburg, Ills. ; Dr. W. 
F. Carver, from everywhere; W. R. Duley, and your corre- 
spondent from Little Rock. The second day the weather was 
the same as the previous one, only much colder and very little 
shooting was done. The most of the day was spent in Sumpter's 
gun store, swapping ghost stories, Mr Hughes aud Mr. Sump- 
ter were untiring in their efforts to make it pleasant and agree- 
able for all. They were the first on the grounds, and the last to 
leave them and shot in every event during the shoot. All 
events wore known traps, unknown angles. Two moneys when 
less than seven entries, and three moneys when more. The 
following table of the scores tells the story: 
FIRST DAY. 
No. event; 1334567S 9 10 1113131415 16 17 
No. targets: 15 15 15 20 15' 15 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 15 15 20 
Sumpter ... .12 14 13 13 14 10 15 13 10 15 12 12 12 16 11 9 17 
Hughes 12 13 11 19 15 15 19 12 . , . . 14 15 13 20 15 14 6 
Duley 13 14 13 15 14 11 16 13 13 12 14 9 12 16 14 12 18 
Marshall 13 15*14 19 13 14 15 13 .. 12 12 12 13 19 13 13 16 
Carver 12 13' 14 17 13 13 18 10 .. 11 13 11 S 16 13 9 13 
A R Smith . . . . 16 10 12 15 9 9 12 11 12 12 17 12 12 
Little 10 10 12 13 11 16 13 13 . . 
Cox 11 14 13 12 12 17 12 12 15 
*Rix : 12 11 7 9 19 13 3 .. 
Dobbins 10 14 13 8 .. 
* Rix shot at 7 targets in event No. 16, Hughes at 13 in No. 17. 
This shows that 1,955 targets were shot at during the day, 
1,584 Jbeiug broken. Hughes leads with the score of 213 out of 
238, averaging 91 per cent; Marshall with 226 out of 260 comes 
second with an average of 87 per cent. Then comes the rest in 
the. following order: Duley, 229 out of 275, average, 83 per 
cent. ; Cox, 118 out of 145, average, 81 ; Sumpter, 218 out of 275, 
average, 79; Carver, with 204 out of 260, and Little with 98 out 
of 125, are tied with 7S per cent; Smith, 159 out of 210, average, 
76 per cent; Rix, 74 out of 102, average, 73 per cent; Dobbius, 
45 out of 65, average, 69 per cent. 
SECOND DAY, 
No. 1, 15 targets, $1: Duley, 14; Sumpter, 13; Marshall, 12: 
Cox, lid; Hughes, 11; Woodcock, 10; Dobbins, 9. 
No. 2, 15 targets, $1: Hughes, 15; Woodcock, 14; Marshall, 
13; Dulev and Sumpter, 12; Dobbins, 11; Kittleman, 9; Wiley, 3. 
No. 3, 10 live birds, $5: Dobbins, 10; Marshall; 9; Duley and 
Sumpter, 8: Kittleman, 7; Woodcock, 6. 
No. i, 10 targets, expert rules: Marshall, 8; Hughes, 6; Sump- 
ter, 5; Dobbins, 4; Duley aud Woodcock, 2. 
Feb. 21. — The fourteenth contest for the Pulaski County 
medal took place this afternoon on the club grounds in North 
Little Rock. Although the weather was fine, and the prevail- 
ing conditions conducive to large scores, the shooting of the 
majority of the contestants was very ordinary, with the excep- 
tion of C. A. Damon, representative of the Burgess Gun Co., 
who was a guest of the clubs. Mr. Damon set the pace for the 
boys; he made the best score in the medal contest, and broke 
25 straight in the next event, making the fine run of 40 consecu- 
tive breaks. Dickinson managed to retain possession of the 
medal, although he^only scored 41 out of 50. While Duley, who 
has been shooting a; strong race of late, only scored 39. The 
attendance was rather slim, only a few of the old reliables par- 
ticipating. Medal contest, conditions, 50 singles, unknown 
angles: 
Dickinson 0110011111111111110011011 ~ 
1100111111111101111111111—41 
Damon 0111010110110111111111111 
1111111010111111111111111—43 
Duley liimomiioiimumoo 
0111111111101100011112011—39 
Irwin 1101010111111111100100111 
1111110111111011110101111—39 
Stowell 1111110101101110111010010 
1111011100111111101011111—37 
No. 2, 25 targets, unknown angles: 
Litzke 0111111011110010111000101— 16 
Dickinson 0011011110110111011011110—17 
Damon 1111111111111111111111111—25 
Dulev lllllOOilllllllllOlllOOll— 20 
Irwin 1111101001101100111110111—18 
Stowell 1110110100111011110111011—18 
PAUL R LITZKE. 
Nebraska Trap Notes. 
" Omaha, Neb., Feb. 22. — One of the most enjoyable and best 
attended trap shoots that has been held here in ten years was 
that which took place to-day between a team of nine from the 
Council Bluffs Gun Club, against a team of a like number from 
the Omaha Gun Clubs. . The conditions were 15 live birds per 
man, 28 yards rise, 50 boundary, American Association rules, 
for the price of the birds. The day was as rare as the cele- 
brated June article and over one thousand men assembled on 
the Bemis Park Gun Club grounds to witness the sport. Bun- 
ker D. T. Stubbs, one of the old-time trap shooters, was 
selected as referee and scorer. Promptly at 10.30 A. M., Dr. 
West, the first man, stepped to the score for Council Bluffs, 
They shot in pairs, each shooting his score out, and so even 
was the shooting that the score was a tie down to the last pair. 
The score: 
Council Bluffs. Omaha. 
West 021*12220101221—11 Blake 112100200222111-11 
Campbell.. 200012211101010- 9 Jones 222002022002220—!) 
Beershiem .102020212122221—12 Peters 111112122201111—14 
Hart 101011221102201—11 Smead ....100201210011022—9 
Hardin 11212111*110112—13 McParlane. *20022210110002— 8 
Packman... 221*00020100211— 8 Brewer 101121021210110—11 
Hoffmeyer .221111002111120—12 Parmelee. . .1122011211112*1—13 
Piper 211122212202022—13 Ackermau. .201222121222111— 14 
Harle 222121120002*22—11 M'tm'reucyl22100011110010— 8 
~00 97 
The Bluffs' boys wei*e much elated over their victory, and 
the Nebraskans were subjected to a good deal of guying during 
the balance of the day. Following this main event was a miss 
and out race, $2 entrance,- which resulted as follows, Messrs. 
Montmorency and G. W. Loomis, both B. and M. R. R. 
officials, dividing on eight birds each: Peters, 2; Smead, 1; Jones, 
0; Montmorency, 8; McFarlane, 0; MeMullen. 2; Dickey, 4; 
Dr. Wert, 7; Bingham, 0; Loomis, 8; Campbell, 6; Ackerman, 
1; Hughes, 1; Townsend, 0; Stubbs, 5; Fogg, 0; Beershiem, 7; 
Rickman, 1; Hoffmeyer, 1; Hart, 4; Parmlee, 2; Heindriek, 0; 
Sheppard, 1. 
In addition to these there were one or two small individual 
matches and' a sweepstakes target shoot. Altogether the day 
was a red letter one for the devotees of the hammerless. 
SANDY GRISWOLD. 
March 9. 1895. 
For Cleaner Tournaments. 
Mr. H. Bishop, under date of Feb. 18, writes as follows: "At 
last the keynote has been struck ! At last the true method of 
purifying trap shooting has been evolved! At last an anti- 
gambling man has stepped forward and had his say m the per- 
son of Narragansett, whose letter apyjeared in Forest and 
Stream of Feb. 16. 1 have, also, for a long time, taken the 
position he does, but the trap shootrcg business has become so 
completely a gambling scheme, that, like Narragansett, I havB 
thought it hopeless to say anything. The first real sign of 
better things came from Dr. Jackson; then came the by-law 
aganist betting and shooting for money in the Constitution of a 
Pennsylvania Gun and Rifle Club, recommended by Forest and 
Stream as a good one to copy; and now comes Narragansett, 
bold and fearless. Well, let's speak up, anti-gambling men, 
and see if we do not outnumber, '"Expert, Shark, Rounder & 
Co." ten to one. I shoot a good many targets in a year, but 
only at home with an expert trap, and my family and friends 
for a club, I believe the majority of the customers of the 
manufacturers and dealers are the stay-at-homes to whom they 
never cater, There is also the vast army of Forest and Stream 
readers of whose trap shootiug the paper never hears. The 
effort to purify trapshooting is heroic aud praiseworthy, but it 
will never be accomplished so long as trap shooting is carried 
on as a gambling scheme, and in connection with some hotel or 
road house. There may be such a thine as a dishonest gambler, 
but to kick him out only leaves honest men engaged in a dis- 
honest sport. If we are going to purify, let us purify. Speak 
up, some more of you." 
Dunellen Gun Club. 
Dunellen, N. J., Feb. 22.— The first invitation shoot of the 
Dunellen Gun Club was held to-day and was well attended by 
members of neighboring clubs, an enjoyable shoot being the 
result. We wish to state that at the next invitation shoot our 
visitors will find everything in line aud up to date, as our club 
is now ou a solid basis and will soon number 40 members. The 
result of to-day's events are as follows: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. 
JG Linsey 00212.. 3 10020—2 20 —1 
T H Keller 11222 . . 5 11100—3 
T Brautinsham 21012—4 20111-4 110—3 
GH Smith 02111—4 01021—3 
Geo Davis 11110—4 11011—4 0 
TWSisty 11110—4 11121—5 212—3 
"Scott" 02231—4 21202—4 122—3 
D Terry 12211-5 22101^1 110—2 
A Brokaw 00100—1 
*Nelson 02202—3 
*P Van Nuis 20110—3 
F Creely 0—0 
*For birds only. 
Nos. 1 and 2, 5 live birds, $3 entrance, 2 moneys. No. 3 was 
a miss and out; $1 entrauce, no re-entry. 
In another miss and out, similar to No. 3, with five entries, 
Sisty and Davis divided at the end of the first round, Linsey, 
Brantinghan aud Creely missing their first birds. Event No. 5 
was another miss and out, same terms; Davis, 2; Sisty and 
Brantiugham, 1; Linsey, 0. Four 10 target races with about 15 
entries followed; J, G. Linsey, with an allowauce of three tar- 
gets, was the chief winner. COMMITTEE. 
Trap Shooting at Wilmington, Del. 
Wilmington, Del., leb. 20. — An interesting shoot took place 
this afternoon on the t grounds of . the Wilmington R. & G. C. 
It was the third of a series of three matches between team 
of the Wawaset and the home clubs; the honor in dispute was 
the State championship. The full score of tte shoot is given 
below, each man firing at 50 blue rocks, everything known. 
The score shows that the Wawasets won by 3 breaks. The first 
match was also won by the Wawasets, but by a larger margin 
—116 to 110. The Wilmington Rod and Gun Club took the 
second after a long fight, both teams tieing on 116; the tie was 
shot off at 10 targets per man, the result again being a tie; as 
ammunition was running short, it was agreed to shoot off the 
tie at 5 more targets, the Wilmingtons winning by one target. 
The last and deciding match shot to-day gives the State cham- 
pionship to the Wawaset Club, and, I think, establishes its 
superiority over its opponent. The Wawaset Gun Club also 
holds the trophy donated by Shooting and Fishing for 5 men 
teams, 50 targets (30 singles, 5 unknown traps, one man up, and 
10 pairs). We won this trophy on August 12, 1893, and have 
held it ever since without a contest. Score of to-day's shoot as 
follows* 
Wawaset Gun Club. 
R Miller 1100111100111110111111111 
1111111111111010111111111-43 
j white mmoiiiomiiiiioioiu 
1110011110101111011010100—37 
G H Huber 1111111111111111100111111 
liniillOllllOllllllOllll— 45— 1-fy 
Wilmington Gun Club. 
G Burroughs 1111010100001101011111110 
1111110111101111111111111—39 
W H Hartlove 1110111111110110111110111 
1100010111011111111111011—40 
JGaughan 1110111111110111111111100 
1111111010111111111111101—43—122. 
W. E. BUCKMASTER, Sec'y W. G. C. 
Memphis' Winter Tournament. 
Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 23. —The winter tournament of the 
Memphis Gun Club, which was held yesterday and to-day, was 
the most successful winter shoot that has been held in the 
South in recent years. The club had been contemplating mov- 
ing to East End Park, which was deemed more accessible. 
Previous to this shoot the electric cars did not run through to 
Billings Park, where the club's shooting grounds are located, 
but arrangements have now been made by which all cars will 
run to the park whenever tne club has a shoot. As a long lease 
has been secured on the park, this will remain the club's per- 
manent shooting grounds. It was here that the club held its 
first tournament last summer, the success of which brought it so 
prominently before the shooting fraternity that, although the 
club was organized less than a year ago, it now ranks among 
the first organizations of its kind in the country. This speaks 
volumes for the pluck and euterprize of its officers and mem- 
bers. At their big annual shoot next June, the club proposes 
to give away $500, to be divided equally among all the amateurs 
who shoot in all programme events during the entire tourna- 
ment, regardless of what their average is. Manufacturers' 
agents and members of the Memphis Gun Club are not eligible 
to any part of this monev. 
Owing to the fact that considerable time was consumed be- 
fore satisfactory arrangements were made in regard to 
grounds, the programme for the winter tournament could not 
be gotten out as soon as they should have beeu to allow visiting 
shooters to make preparations for such a trip, otherwise the 
attendance would have been much larger. Nevertheless, the 
tournament was, as stated above, a success, and the attendance 
exceeded the expectations of its' projectors. It was originally 
intended to be only a one-day shoot, but as the attendance was 
large, and the prospects for fine weather on Saturday were very 
promising, the officers finally yielded to the entreaties of the 
participants and continued the shoot a day longer. Friday, the 
opening day of the shoot, did not dawn very promising. When 
our party arrived in Memphis at 6.30 A. H., it was raining 
hard, and the indications were not very flattering for an early 
