March 9, 1895. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
195 
cessation. It is always the unexpected that is happening, and 
by 9.30 it had cs&sed raining; at noon the clouds had all.disap- 
peared and the snn was shining brightly, making it an ideal 
day for target shooting, and one that should have been pro- 
ductive of big scores. Saturday was another perfect day for 
shooting. The following visitors were present: Paul North, 
Cleveland, O.: Thomas Callander, representing the Troisdorf 
Powder, Nashville, Tenn.; J. B. Duncan. Lucy, Tenn. ; John 
W. Dickinson, Jr., W. R, Duley. C. A. Damon, of the Burgess 
Gun Co., and your correspondent came over from Little Rock, 
Ark. It was 11 o'clock before the first event was started, 
though very little time was lost from then until dark, and "3,745 
targets were thrown during the day. The shooting, taking the 
favorable weather in consideration, was the poorest I have 
ever witaessed, where so many good shots were entered. A. B. 
Duncan, a member of the club, won the $5 for the best average 
in all programme events, with an average of 77 3-5; W. R. 
Duley won the $3 for the second best average on 75 1-5, while 
Damon captured the $2 for the third average, scoring 73 4-5. 
Only two straight scores were made during the da,y, and they 
were in 10 bird races. Duley made the first one in the 8th 
event, and Paul North's proposition that three cheers be given 
for Duley was heartily responded to. Damon was the other 
fortunate individual, making a straight in the 10th event. The 
best score of the first day was Dickinson's 19 out of 20 in the 
last event. A man who could have shot 85 per cent, on the first 
day would have won lots of money at this shoot. In the 7th 
event, a 15 bird race with 36 entries, Duley won first on 13 all 
alone; Divine being the only one to score 12, took second 
money. The attendance on the second day was not so large as 
on the first, but the shooting was somewhat better. On this 
day, Frank 1 'oston made the only straight score of 15 that was 
made during the tournament. Neither Divine nor Bennett 
shot up to their usual form, but this is accounted for to a cer- 
tain extent by the fact that they acted as hosts, and also assisted 
Messrs. Poston and Schmidt in conducting the shoot. 
The first day's programme consisted of ten events. Jive 10 
bird events, $1 entrance, and five 15 bird events, $1.50 entrance, 
$5 added to each, and $10 for average money, four moneys in 
each event, 40, 30, 20 and 10. The second day there was no 
added or average money, and but three moneys, 50, 30 and 20, 
three cents were charged for targets on the first day, and two 
cents on the second day. All events were known traps and un- 
known angles. Empire targets and North's electric pull and 
expert traps were used. Scores : 
FIRST DAY. 
No. of targets: 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 10 20 
Dickinson 12 7 13 6 6 9 9 6 11 7 7 19 
Dnley 10 6 9 8 13 7 13 10 12 6 8 13 
Damon 10 5 7 6 13 8 10 9 13 10 7 13 
Plummer 9 6 9 6 9 6 4 5 13 6 8 12 
Bennett 9 4 8 2 7 5 6 4 7 4 6 8 
Poston 10 6 12 8 9 0 10 7 5 5 8 10 
Green 10 4 8 3 8 4 10 6 7 4 6 12 
Schmidt 13 9 11 6 12 4 11 8 8 8 15 
Brown 849768757465 
White 8 7 10 5 8 3 5 6 10 4 4 13 
Thompson 4 
A B Duncan 14 8 13 5 12 6 10 9 11 9 9 12 
Sims.... 10 4 5 
Divme... 10 5 7 4 6 6 12 4 12 7 7 11 
North 11 5 9 7 12 7 11 8 9 8 2 14 
WF Allen 9 8 9 5 13 9 10 8 12 4 10 
Vance 11 4 9 8 11 5 8 5 10 6 
Ta}dor 627362 3 5 
Litzke 6 6 4 
Harris 4 6 10 3 7 6 7 ' 
Fitzgerald " 1 3 3 
CockeriU 5 9 5 8 9 10 6 13 
J B Duncan 1". v 10 3 7 
Neely 1 3 4 1 6 3 4 10 
Villepigue , 7 3 8 6 10 4 11 
Slack i 10 5 10 9 9 0 
Snowden T 6 6 4 4 6 12 
D A Allen 2 5 5 
Mulholland 3 6 2 
Mei'cer . 3 ."..6 6 
Swind 4 3 
Phillips £ .654 
Griffith 8 6 8 4 
Walker '. ., H£ w 5 4 5 1 
Cai-rington " 4 1 
Halliday ' j, - j 6 4 S 3 6 
Boyle 7 5 8 
S Poston 8 5 
Schurnan • 5 
Watson 4 6 10 8 17 
Greer • 5 10 3 10 
Kupferschmidt 6 10 5 14 
Frank 6 7 
Hard worker 6 10 
Mulford 
SECOND DAY'S SCORES. 
No. of targets: 15 15 10 10 10 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 10 15 10 
Divine 11 7 6 7 8 3 14 10 13 7 6 9 10 8 
Bennett 12 8 6 7 5 8 12 6 14 7 7 8 6 8 6 
Damon 10 14 10 9 10 7 13 9 12 7 10 5 9 9 8 
Callender 8 12 5 2 
Schmidt 12 7969598 13 789655 
Plummer 7 13 
White 10 9 9 7 
J B Duncan 7 11 8 4 7 11 10 
Park 9 12 8 9 5 5 10 6 11 8 10 6 9 15 7 
Schabel 10 5 3 5 3 
North 14 10 10 7 8 6 13 9 10 8 13 6 7 12 9 
Harris 9 10 
Fitzgerald 4 
Davis 5 4 5 6 8 
Villepigue 947 11 67554 5 65 
Allen 6 6 10 7 7 
Griffith 4 4 10 5 10 7 6 6 
Mulford 3 7 7 6 6 
A B Duncan 8 11 9 12 6 11 10 
Kupferschmidt.... 6 7 4 5 7 5 
Neely 4 5 5 6 3 
Greer 4 10 4 
Walker 7 5 9 7 
Snowden 7 5 
Armstrong • 2 2 
Judge 8 8 
PAUL R. LITZKE. 
In the Same Strain. 
Mountville, Pa., Feb. 16.— Editor Forest and Stream : I 
have read with much interest the efforts to break up the 
dropper, and the proceedings of the meeting lately held in your 
city. I hope the result will be that every honest shooter will 
shun a dropper; his game is only one of theft, and is the cause 
of weakening many of our young gun clubs. I could cite sev- 
eral very promising clubs that held one or two tournaments; 
they soon saw the game of the dropper and one by one grew 
tired of the sport, and withdrew their membership without 
stating their reasons; sometimes this happened after club houses 
had been built. Others will tell you, "Why, I had better put 
my hand in my pocket and hand the club $10 or 815, than attend 
our tournament and distribute it among a few of those 
droppers. Many of these gentlemen who have left local clubs 
now have their own traps and shoot among themselves, and for 
the shells and targets. But they would gladly attend a tourna- 
ment and mingle with genial artists of the gun iMt'were not 
for the droppers. Mr. Gosser, of your city, a member of our 
Mountville Club, was elected as a delegate to attend the meet- 
ing at the Astor House and assist in your effort to do something 
to brand this element. I am very sorry to admit that there 
are some of our best and noblest fellows, who would not take a 
nickel from anyone dishonestly, let alone a brother sportsmen. 
I believe these gentlemen will see their error and quit the 
game, as it has not been looked upon as being dishonest We 
have many pleasant little shoots here, friendly ones, and find 
they are becoming very popular. TELL. 
Duane Won the Gould Cup. 
The contest for the Gould Cup at the Country Club, West- 
chester, N. Y., on Feb. 22, brought out 17 entries, amongst the 
number being, Messrs. Seaver Page, H. A. "Butler," W. S. 
Edey, E. C. Potter, N. C. Reynal, Chauncey Floyd-Jones, 
Arthur Duane, George Gould (the donor), W. H. Sands, etc. 
The contest called for 10 birds, ties miss and out, handicap rise, 
40 yards boundary, allowance of one miss as a. kill to 27 yards 
men and under. Arthur Duane, after a tight finish with W. 
H. Sands, won the cup with the good total of 14 straight on 
ing the coming club shoots. Our boys will work hard to win. 
Scores of the day's shoots:. 
fast birds. Seaver Page, on the 30 yards mark, killed his 10 
straight, but dropped the first of his tie birds. Score: 
A Duane,28..1111111Ulllll- 
W Sands, 27.111011111111 
J S Page,30 .11111111110 
Montague 25 1111011110 
W Jones, 27 111111110 
E^otter, 28.100111110 
Redmond, 24.01111110 
N Re vnal, 29.1111110 
WEde3', 29.. 1111110 
—14 
De FMarnie, 27. . 
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5 
)— 12 
J Harriman, 26. . 
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5 
—10 
N D Thorne, 27 
1110101— 
5 
— 8 
5 
— S 
P H Adee, 26 
0111110— 
5 
— 7 
H deNavarro, 26. 
...111100 — 
4 
— 6 
H A Butter, 27 
011100 — 
3 
— 6 
0 
Maplewood Gun Club- 
Maplewood, N. J,, Feb. 22.— The shoot of the Maplewood Gun 
Club to-day was an entire success. Manager Van Iderstine had 
the traps in capital order, and as a number of shooters from 
neighboring clubs put in an appearance, about 11 o'clock, some 
2,000 targets were thrown between that hour and sundown. 
The scores are good, as the shooting was very difficult. Below 
are the scores in tabulated form : 
No. of Targets: 
Van Dyke 10 10 11 
10 10 15 10 10 15 10 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 
12 
5 11 
. 11 
6 .. 
8 10 
. 10 
. 8 
9 
9 13 
8 13 
7 .. 
8 
10 
10 
10 
W Drake 9 
Warren Smith 8 
L Thomas 7 
S Tillou 7 
Dr Jackson 7 
Van Iderstine 5 
R H Breintnall 4 
Fisher 3 
E Sicklev 13 
A Whitehead 11 
A Sickley 11 
E Sopher 6 
Eager 5 
Reeves 6 
Miller 12 
Abbott 
7 15 10 13 14 
12 
9 11 
10 13 15 
8 10 13 
7 ... v, 
3 13 11 
7 8 .. 
6 11 10 
7 7.. 
10 
10 
9 
9 
8 10 
8 9 
8 
7 
6 
7 
6 13 10 14 13 
. '. .. 10 14 .. 
11 13 
6 
11 
11 
8 
10 
7 12 6 
3 7 8 
8 11 14 
7 10 11 
10 
All the events except the two last were at known angles and 
traps; Nos. 10 and 11 were at unknown angles. Nos. 1, 2 and 4 
were 50 cents entrance; No. 7, 75 cents, and Nos. 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 
and 11 were $1 entrance; Nos. 12, 13 and 14 were extras, 10 tar- 
gets, known angles, 50 cents entrance. 
Feb. 23. — The following scores were made to-day in the regu- 
lar monthly contest for the silver cup: 25 targets, unknown 
angles: 
W N Drake, 18. 1111111111101111010111111—22 
W Smith, 18 0111101011110111111111011-20 
S Tillou, 15 1110110110111010111101111—19 
Dr Jackson, 16 1111100111011001110100011—15 
Van Iderstine, 13 0111101011110110111011101—18 
Reeves, 10 0010100101110101001001010—11 
The above scores were made to-day at the regular monthly 
contest for the silver cup. W. N. DRAKE. 
Rye Gun Club. 
Rye New Yoi k,_Feb. 22.— A large number of shooters at- 
tended the club's Wsahiugton's Birthday shoot to-day, twenty- 
five participating in the several events. Prominent among 
them were W. R. Hobart, of the Winchester Repeating Arms 
Company, Messrs. Blakeslee, Wilson, Sanford and Gerard, of 
the Bridgeport Gun Club; Hendrie, Woodruff and Burdette, of 
Stamford. The Cos Cob Club members were "all there," and 
with a party of their friends, who came to see their lovs defeat 
the Rye Club and carry the load of game back home with them. 
The numerous miss&s of the Rye Club can be particularly ac- 
counted for as the majority of the^birds were hit, but with the 
strong wind managed to easily drop out of bounds. The results 
of this match gives the Cos Cob Club the glory, but arrange- 
ments have been made to shoot another series of matches dur- 
Events: 1 3 3 4 5 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 
Ingersoll.. 8 
Martin .... 6 
Hill 6 
Woodruff.. 2 
Lockwood. 5 
Sanford . . 3 
Hobart. .. 
Blakeslee. 
Wilson. . . 
Soley 
7 
3 
5 
4 
4 
3 
5 8 
8 8 
5 7 
5 8 
5 6 
5 6 
8 8 
7 7 
8 6 
4 3 
Cummings 6 7.. 88 
Moller 0 2 5 3 
8 10 
3 1 
6 7 Events: 1 3 3 4 5 6 7 
10 10 Targets: 10 10 10 10 -10 10 10 
9 8 Burdette.... 4 .. 2 5 .. .. 
6 7 Winthrop .. 4 
.... Hendrie 7 .. .. 6 7 
7 6 Ganun 7 7 
8 9 Sanger 6 .. .' 
5 7 Hodgins 6 
10 7 Peck 7 5 .. .. 
.... Gerard. 6 6 7 6 
.. .. Raymond 8 
.... Field 6 5 
.. .. Graham 4 4 
6 5 Gedney 7 6 
Bulkley 7 . . 
Live bird shooting was as follows: No. 1, 3 live birds; Wilson, 
Kalb, Woodruff and Ingersoll, 3; Hobart, Sanford and Cum- 
mings, 2; Hendrie and Muller, 1; Blakeslee, 0. The next event 
was a team race, 9 men to a team, 5 birds per man, between 
the Rye and Cos Cob Gun Clubs. The Cos Cob men won easily 
by 9 birds. Scores: Cos Cob. Woodruff, 5; Raymond, 5; Wood, 
4;; Martin, 4; Burdette, 4; Peck, 2: Lockwood, 2; Ingersoll, 2; 
Cummings, 2; total, 30. Rye, Budd, 5; Bulkley, 3; Gedney, 3; 
Raymond, 2; Doyle, 2; Moller, 2; Ferguson, 2; Graham, 2; 
Lyon, 0; total, 21. W. R. Hobart was referee. P. G. Sanford, 
scorer. E. J. POPE, Secretary. 
The! I Emeralds' Monthly Shoot. 
Dexter Park, L. I., Feb. 19.— In perfect weather, the Emerald 
Gun Club brought off its regular monthly shoot this afternoon. 
As usual, the members turned out in large numbers, no less than 
30 shooting their string of 10 in -the club race. Gus Greiff and 
E. Bell were the only ones to make clean scores; eight men 
scored 9, and six were credited with 8, while eight more retired 
with totals of seven. This was the last live bird shoot of the 
Emeralds' year, the badge for the season of 1894-95 being given 
to F. W. Place, for the highest average. The next club shoot 
starts a new series. Scores: 
Gus Greiff, 30 i 1 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2-10 
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E Bell, 2i 2 112 12 2 11 2-10 
TH Keller, 28.... 
R "Woods,'' 30.... 
•M Herrhigton, 30 , 
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22222*22 2 2—9 
H H/A\-4/\/ 
112310222 1-9 
F W Place, 25 2 1 2 1 0 2 2 2 1 1- 
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Dr Leveredge. 28. 
Mulcahey, 28 
3 112 2 0 12 11—9 
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121220112 2-9 
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H P Fessenden, 28 2 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 0 2—8 
N Maesel, 25 0221210112— 
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J H Voss, 30 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 0—8 
E Doeinck, 30 2 1 2 2 01102 1—8 
J H Moore, 25 011222012 1— 
E F Russell, 28 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 * 3—8 
J Maesel, 23 1211*2300 1—7 
L H Scliortemeier. 
. 012230 5 21 1— 
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J Woelfel, 25 2012*20112— 
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W Levans, 28 222200202 2- 
E A Vroome, iiO. 
202220102 2—7 
Col Hamilton. 25 
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R Regan, 25 130212002 0—6 
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T Short, 28 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0— 6 
Hudson. 28 ', . 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0—5 
Butz, 28 2 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 2-5 
\H-»->|tT"'\-> 
T Codey. 28 2 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0—5 
G Nowak, 28 22*10 0 0 0 0 0—3 
Ellicott City Gun Club. 
Ellicott City, M. D., Feb. 22. -The Ellicott City Gun Club had 
made preparations for many more of the fraternity than the 
meager few who braved the windy and extremely cold weather, 
and who shot until the last cartridge was gone. H. Kelso, 
chief of the gun department of Carlin & Fulton, was the only 
Baltimorean present; T. Cole, Jr., of Harmans, came up to 
shoot and invited everybody to attend the tournament on the 
Harman Gun Club's grounds. The following scores speak 
better for the courage of the shooters than any ability with the 
shotgun. 
No. 1, 15 targets, everything known, Talbott, 10; Kirby, 10; 
Wilson, 10; Hardinge, 9; Ford, 8; Talbott, Jr., 6; Haggs. 7: 
Hillsinger, 4; Cole, 9; Groves, 5:; Jones 8; Kelso, 9. 
No. 2, same as No. 1: Ford, 12; Talbott, 12; Kirby, 11; Kelso, 
10; Cole, 10; Wilson, 9; Hardinge, 8; Jones, 8; Hillsinger; 8; 
Groves, 7. 
- No. 3, same over again, and so on for eight other similiar 
events. One or two one-hand races and exhibitions of "field 
shooting," W. Wagner's patent. The scores were near enough 
to above to make their repetition unnecessary. Two "Clover" 
traps were at work to-day and ? ave excellent results. 
SAM'L J. FORT, M. D. 
Altoona Rod and Guu Club- 
lfcoona, Pa., Feb. 22. — The following scores were made by 
membei-s of the Altoona Rod and Gun Club to-day. No. 1 
Alfcoona. 
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