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FOREST AND STREAM. 
March 16, 1895. 
Several events at targets were also disposed of during the 
day, the following being the scores : 
No. 1, 10 targets: Fred Pringle, 7; H. J. C, 10; R. R. Pero, 
5; A. D. Knapp, 7; C. White, 5; B. G. Loomis, 8; C.'H. Ditt- 
raar, % W. h< Hall, 4; B. Cruzer, 5; J. T. Murphy, I; W. S. 
Brown, 5; W. Bridenbacb, 6. 
No. 2, same: Pringle, 9; H. J. C„ 7; Pero, 4, Knapp, 2; White, 
3; Loouiis. 6; Dittmar, 4; Cruzer, 2; Muspby, 5; Brown, 8. 
No. 3, same: Pringle, 9; H. J, C, 7; White. 4; Loomis, 10; 
Murphy, 3; Brown, 3. 
No. 4. same: Prinele and Loomis, 10; White, 9; Brown, 4. 
No. 5, same: Pringle, 8; Loomis, 6; White. 5. 
Feb. 23.— This afternoon the members of the Bronx River Gun 
Club held their monthly shoot at targets with the following 
results: 
*C White 1110110110111111111101110—20 
W L Hall 1000110101000000100000101— 8 
D Wheeler 0000000000010001000101101— 6 
M Lipps „ 0000000010100001000000010— 4 
*J Duane 01000001110 110000010011 01— 10 
C H Dittmar 0001010000000100111000001— 7 
*B Cruger 0100110010110100100100010—10 
Dr J P Adams 1001011111111100111111110—19 
* C. White won class A. medal; Jas. Duane. class B medal, 
and Bertram Cruzer the medal in class C. 
JOHN T. MURPHY, Sec'y. 
Boiling Springs Club's Tournament. 
The Boiling Springs Gun Club, of Rutherford, N. J., held its 
three days' tournament on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 
of last week, March 5, 6 and 7. On the first day the wind 
l.lew strongly and the air was quite cold; the second day, the 
weather was really that target breakers could wish for; the 
third day, live bird day, however, was just the opposite of its 
immediate predecessor, a cold Easterly wind, full or dampness, 
blowing gently during the morning, dying away about 3 P 
M.; at that hour a heavy and most persistent rain set in, 
wetting shooters and assistants most effectually and having a 
disastrous effect upon what would otherwise have been good 
flyers, 
The club is not exactly a young one, but its career of late 
years has been such that many an older organization might 
envy its record. The foliowine extract from the programme 
gives a brief review of the club's history. 
The spring tournament of the Boiling Springs Fishing and 
Gun club opened on Tuesday of last week, March 5, and ex- 
tended over three days. The following extract from the pro- 
gramme gives a short history of the club, its management and 
doings, since its inception more than six years ago: 
"The Boiling Springs Fishing and Gun Club was organized 
October 31, 1878, its purpose being to enforce the State Game 
Laws, stocking the county with game and its waters with fish, 
and the improvement in the use of the gun, besides the foster- 
ing of a genuine social and sportsmanlike spirit among its mem- 
bers. Of the original ten charter members, six are stili active 
members of the club. The growth of the club was slow until 
the year 1889, when several energetic gentlemen were elected 
members, who put new life in the club; as a result of their 
efforts, ably seconded by some of the older members, the club 
was organized into a stock company; several acres of land were 
purchased on the borders of the salt meadows, a new and sub- 
stantial club house was erected, new traps and other shooting 
implements were purchased, and the club took its stand among 
the best equipped and organized clubs in New Jersey. 
"The club has won twice, in 1893 and 1894, the Championship 
Cup,'emblematic of the championship of New Jersey, presented 
by Shooting and Fishing; and it generally holds its own in any 
contest with other clubs. Its membership to-day is over 100, 
and among its active members are the following well-known 
trap shooters: Thos. H. Keller, Neaf Apgar, J. H. Richmond, 
Fred Van Dyke, Gus E. Greiff, W. J. Simpson, Enoch Miller, 
Charles (Dutchy) Smith, T. W. Morfey, Wm. Hughes, Eddie 
Collins, and others. Among its honorary members we quote : 
Jacob Pentz, of Shooting and Fishing; M. F. Lindsley and Mrs. 
Lindsley, W. R. Hobart, of Newark; and Oswald Von Len- 
gerke, of Chicago. 
"Monthly shoots for prizes are held on the first Saturday of 
every month, and live bird contests on the second Wednesday 
of. October, November, December, January, February and 
March. Sweepstakes and practice shoots are held on the" after- 
noon of every Saturday through the year; these shoots are 
open to all, and all sportsmen are sure of a hearty welcome. 
As the location of the shooting grounds is handy, being only 
twenty-seven minutes ride from New York by the Erie R. R. 
to ' Rutherford, or the New Jersey and New York R. R. to 
Carlstadt, and as the grounds are only nine minutes walk from 
either depot, they are especially suited for any shooters sojourn- 
ing in New York for a time, who may wish to spend a few 
hours practicing at their favorite pastime; such will always 
find the grounds open and the traps in position any day in the 
week, except Sunday. The officers of the club are: President, 
Edw. A. Jeanneret; Vice-President, C. H. Coe; Secretary, W. 
H. Huck; Treasurer, Frank Krebs; Field Captain, P. A. 
Jeanneret. The board of directors consists of the above named 
officers with Messrs. Gus E. Greiff and Cornelius Collins added. 
Taken altogether the tournament was a success, although a 
larger attendance of target shooters might very reasonably 
have been looked for, particularly upon the 
FIRST DAY. 
Thirteen shooters were all that put in an appearance this day. 
Chief among those from out-of-town clubs were : Harry Thurman 
("Father Time") of the Keystone Shooting League. Philadel 
phia, Pa., and Secretary of the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's 
Association; Irvin, of the Forester Gun Club, of Philadelphia; 
and "Bill" Clark, Altoona, Pa., the latter talking a good deal 
about the live bird trap which he and "Tom" House, of that 
city, are putting on the market; Bill also had something to say 
about the "Wop-*y" tournament next July. A glance at the 
names of those who shot among the home contingent will show 
that the company was pretty warm. The first 10 events on the 
table given below were regular programme events, the other 
five being extras. All events were at unknown angles, the 
entrance moneys being in the proportion of 10 cents per target 
in events Nos. 1, 2, 8 and 9; other entrance moneys were: No. 
3. $1.50; No 4, $3; No. 5, *3; No. 6, $1.50; No. 7, $3; No. 10, $2. 
Twelve entries or under, 3 moneys; over 12 entries, 4 moneys. 
Targets cost 2 1-2 cents each, the half c.mt going to form a fund 
for the three best averages in all programme events The 
catering, as is usual at all similiar gatherings of the Boiling 
Springs Club, was exactly what the contestants wanted; this is 
no small item in the successful running of a shoot, yet it is a 
point that is often overlooked. The following table tells the 
rest of the story; 
No. of event; 1 
No. of targets: 10 
F Van Dyke...... 10 
J Hoffman 10 
E Collins 6 
N Apgar 7 
T H Keller 6 
WG Clark ...... 9 
WHHuck 9 
Wright 6 
GE Greiff 7 
Paul 
Wanda.. 
Thurman 
palmer, 
3 3 i 5 6 7 8 9 10 1113 13 
15 10 25 15 10 25 10 20 10 10 10 10 
9 
9 19 10 
8 12 8 
11 8 20 13 9 19 10 19 9 
13 9 19 14 8 21 10 17 9 
12 9 19 11 9 23 8 19 
12 8 20 15 9 21 
13 9 18 13 10 22 
12 8 16 13 6 17 
8 10 
9 7 16 11 9 23 
13 8 17 9 8 . . 
.. .. 15 .. 5 .. 
9 . • • - 
11 9 21 
12 9 .. 
10 10 
8 7 
1 io 
6 8 
14 15 
10 10 
.. 9 
.. 9 
7 
9 18 
8 17 
5 .. 
6 .. 
7 14 
8 15 
.848 
9 
.6.-9 
...59 
SECOND DAY. 
March 6. — A perfect day in every respect for target shooting. 
As a natural consequence the scores were high, remarkably 
high when the difficult nature of the Boiling Springs' grouud's 
is taken into account. Apgar, with 94 per cent, in the pro- 
gramme events was high man; next in order came: Van Dyke, 
92; Keller, 91; Collins, 88; Hoffman and Melott, 85; "Dutchy" 
Smith, Taylor and "Jones," 82. Apgar, beside shooting very 
well was lucky enough to get 20 straight and 25 straight in 
events 4 and 7, without anybody to bother him for a division. 
Among the newcomers to-day were: Dr. Mitchell, — Brownell; 
Chas. ("Dutchy") Smith, of Plaiufield, N. ,L; J. S. Taylor and 
Capt. G. H. Taggert, of Newburgh, N. Y. ; Melott, a Berks 
County, Pa., shot; Lemuel Thomas, of the South Side Gun 
Club, Newark, N. J.; T. W. Morfey, Paterson, N. J.; Noel 
"E. C." Money, Capt. Cramer, of New York City, who often 
disguises himself under the title of Capt. "Jones"; C. Hebbard 
(on hand to see how the blue rock traps threw his empire 
targets); E Hollister, etc., etc. As an instance of how the 
"straight out" system (given elsewhere) would have worked at 
this shoot, No. 9 gives a very good example. The scoi'e shows 
four with 19, one with 18, two with 17, three with 16; 15 entries 
at $2; targets 2 1-2 cents each; gross purse is $30, net, $22.50, 
four moneys. Under the present system the purse was divided 
as follows: $9, $6.75, $4.50, $2.50. The four men who broke 
nineteen drew out $2.25 a piece; the 18 received $6.75; each man 
with 17 got just as much as those who broke 19, viz. : $2.25; the 
sixteens got 83 1-3 cents each. Now take the division under the 
"straight out" system; Four firsts, one second, two thirds, three 
fourths; total number of points therefore is 26. Dividing $22.50 
by the 26 points, the value of each point is 86 1-2 cents. The 
four men with 19 will thus receive $3.44 each, while the 18 only 
gets his proper proportion, $2.59 1-2; the seven teens are worth 
$1.73 each, and the man with 16 will draw 86 1-2 cents. Which 
is the fairest? And which is most likely to put an end to drop- 
ping for place? Scores in the programme events are as follows: 
Shot Per 
No. of targets: 10 15 10 20 15 10 25 10 20 10 Broke, at. cent. 
F Van Dyke 10 14 9 19 14 9 24 10 17 8 134 145 92 
J Hoffman 9 14 10 18 13 .7 22 7 16 8 124 145 85 
N Apgar 10 12 9 20 14 10 25 10 19 8 13? 145 91 
Brownell 7 8 9 15 10 8 15 7 15 5 99 145 68 
T H Keller 10 13 10 18 11 9 24 9 19 9 132 145 91 
Wood 6 12 5 .. 13 8 .. 9 .. .. 53 70 75 
Dr Mitchell 8 9 8 . . 10 7 . . 5 13 . . 60 90 07 
C "Dutchy" 6 12 8 19 14 10 17 8 15 10 119 145 82 
Capt Cramer.. .. 6 11 8.. 10 10 23 9 19 7 103 125 82 
J S Taylor 7 12 9 17 12 9 .. 8 17 . . 91 110 82 
E Collins 19 It 9 24 8 19 7 97 110 88 
Melott 16 14 10 16 10 18 10 94 110 85 
G H Taggert 8 8 15 53 
L Thomas 11 5 9 25 35 71 
Knebel 7-.. .. 6 .. .. 13 25 52 
T W Morfey 11 9 18 5 13 10 66 90 73 
N E Money 14 8 14 .. 16 10 62 80 77 
Bates " 3 .. 2 .. .. 5 20 25 
Law 6 .. .. 6 10 60 
CJ Hebbard 6 .. .. 6 10 60 
"Wanda" 7 .. .. 7 10 70 
E Hollister 16 7 23 30 70 
Russell 12 .. 12 20 60 
W G Clark 6 6 10 60 
Totals...." 1482 1840 
March 7. — Ttis day was devoted entirely to live bird shoot- 
ing, the main event being a 20 bird race, $10 entrance, birds 
extra, 5 moneys. This event had 19 entries, a number that 
would undoubtedly have been increased had the weather fore- 
cast been more favorable. Dr. Hudson was present, wearing 
ttie gold badge of the New York German Gun Club, a very 
handsome emblem; the doctor, however, did not shoot in the 
sweep, as he found the light and background too deceiving for 
him, while shooting a few practice birds. Mrs. Lindsley was 
also present but not shooting; she is now shooting targets really 
well and enjoys that kind of shooting apparently; she has 
improved so much in her shooting of inanimates that some of 
the top sawyers will have to look out for "Wanda." Another 
shooter who was present was Mr. Hughes, a member of the 
Coney Island Rod and Gun Club, L. I.; Mr. Hughes is just 
about the father of them all— he is 73 years old, yet he makes 
quite light of 15 straight at live birds in the club shoots! 
Among the new faces at the score were: J. Fisher, Blauvelt- 
ville, N. J.; F. L. Train, P. F. McKeon and G. L. Piercy, of the 
Cobweb Gun Club, West Farms, N. Y.; J. S. Dustou, Newark, 
N. J. (well-known in Pennsylvania shooting circles); H. D. 
Swartz and Simeon Davis, Green Ridge Gun Club, Scranton, 
Pa., and "Uncle Billy" Sigler, Mount Claire, N. J. The other 
shooters took part in the two previous days' sport. Clark and 
Simpson, a member of the home club, killed straight; nineteens 
and eighteens were so common that more than half the shooters 
got into these holes. As a matter of fact 17 out of the 19 shoot- 
ers got money out of the race, and Noel Money, who withdrew 
at the end of the 19th round, under the impression that he could 
not get any part of it, would have divided $19 if he had stayed 
in and shot his 20th bird; dead, that bird would have been worth 
§9.50 to him, practically a bet of $9.50 to 30 cents (price of the 
bird) thrown away. The anomalous part of class shooting as at 
present practiced is well brought forward in this case when 
Train got $19 for killing 15 birds whereas the straight men only 
got $28.50 each, while the nineteens were actually out $7 a piece! 
Clark's shooting on these grounds was very clean; he did not 
drop a bird the whole time. As a finisher to the target shooting 
on March 6, two miss and outs were shot at live birds: Mor- 
fey and Melott divided the first on 10 straight; Clark went into 
the second miss and out and divided with Morfey, who again 
killed 10 straight, making a total of 20 without a miss. The 
showing made by Clark's patent trap pleased everybody,loiterers 
and duffers leaving it very quickly. As is always the case on 
these grounds birds with an incoming tendency prevailed; the 
reason undoubtedly is the houses and trees in rear of the score 
with nothing but the bleak and bare meadows ahead of the 
traps. The birds themselves were really a good lot and had 
been well looked after by the club's able superintendent. 
During the entire tournament Secretary Huck, with the 
Messrs. Jeanneret and Gus Greiff looked after everything in 
connection with the cashier's department. As no kick was 
heard it 'may be taken for granted that everything was satis- 
factory. J. *H. Richmond, a prominennt member of the club, 
and a representative of the Walsrode Company, was a conspicu- 
ous-absentee; the reason of his absence, I understand, was an 
illness that confined him to his house. The following are the 
scores: 
No. 1, 20 live birds, $10, birds extra, handicap rise, 5 moneys: 
W G Clark, 30 12221221121222211211-20 
W J Simpson, 28 22222222232222222222—20 
N Apgar, 30 11112021222221211122—19 
G E Greiff, 28 11202122122121112112—19 
F Hyde, 28 1212221*321212221222—19 
J S Duston, 28 11222122110111222231—19 
T H Keller, 28 12212222210122222232—19 
Capt Cramer, 29 *11121*1212111112122— 18 
J Fisher, 28 12121111121222121100—18 
M F Lindsey, 29 222232322*22*2212222—18 
G H Piercy, 27 10101122112112112111—18 
F Van Dyke, 30 22022212301222222122—18 
S Davis, 28 11120222112121120201—17 
P F McKeon, 28 02211221112202122012—17 
A J Melott, 28 2122102*221121*21222-17 
W Sigler, 29 *1222211l0212111112*-17 
F L Train, 29 1213211201101**21*11—15 
H D Swartz, 27 0011211121*112211000—14 
N E Money, 29 , 30122*220202222220w— 14 
No. 2. No.3. No. 2. No. 3. 
Hyde 22222— 5' E 223 Clark 11211—5 112 
Train 12211—5 122 Simpson 22123—5 320 
Swartz 12221—5 0 Paul 121101—4 
Davis 21121—5 121 McKeon -0*211—3 
Piercy 12213—5 110 
No. 2 was a bird sweep, $3 entrance; No. 3, a miss and out, 
$3 entrance; No. 4 was a $2 miss and out with 5 entries ;"Aaron" 
took the pot by killing 8 straight. EDWARD BANKS. 
Meadville Gun Club. 
Meadville, Pa,, Feb. 22.— The following scores were made at 
the grounds of the Meadville Gun Club to-day. 
3 
15 
9 
13 
9 
io 
4 
10 
6 
6 
5 
15 
13 
6 
11 
'8 
6 
10 
7 
8 
3 
8 
10 
4 
7 
4 
8 
30 
15 
15 
9 
9 
10 
9 
7 15 
10 
9 
11 
5 
5 
15 
6 
7 
'4 
7 
18 
17 
10 
5 
13 
7 12 
8 
6 
8 
No. of events; 1 2 
No. of targets: 10 10 
Harvey 8 7 
Morris 7 8 
Keck 6 5 
Kelso 6 5 
Ehrgott 5 8. 
Tinkea 3 0 .. .. 
Johnson . . . . 11 15 
Lashells 8 7 
Stein 3 
Affantranger 4 . . 
Laff er 3 6 
Hotchkiss i. 3 .. 3 
Kreuger 4 
Adams 
Nos. 2, 5 and 7 were at unknown angles; the balance were all 
known traps and angle events. 
Meadville, Pa., Feb. 27. — Very few members of our club have 
had the courage to do anything in the trap shooting line this 
month. "Ground hog day" has lived up to its reputation in 
these parts as a forecaster of weather; on that day the ground 
hog saw his shadow and we have had wintry weather ever 
since. To-day was a pleasant change, so we opened up with 12 
guns to the score, only a small turn out for our club. We had 
the first of our badge shoots on Feb. 6, the first Wednesday of 
the mouth, but the day was so bad and the attendance so small, 
that those who won the badges felt hardly justified in wearing 
them. Scores in to-day's events were as follows: 
No. 1, 25 targets, known angles: 
Fowler 0001000101111001101111111—15 
H A Johnson 1110001111111110110011011—18 
Boynton 1001110010111001100111111—16 
Adams 1110101011111111001011011—18 
See 1110111110000111011011100—16 
Reisinger 1101001111101111110111011—19 
Hiraes 010001100111 11 11110011001—15 
E Affantranger 1111011110111111000111111—30 
Hayes 1111000001111011111011000—15 
Guudaker 0010011110111110111100110—16 
Baker 0110010U0101111111001101— 16 
Ehrgott 1101 11 1 111 110110011111111—21 
No. 2, 25 targets, unknown angles : 
Ehrgott 1110111111110011111111110—31 
Hayes 0101000010001100100011010— 9 
H A Johnson 10111 101101 110 11 1 11 10 1 100—18 
Adams 0101101100100000010110010—10 
Affantranger 0101001000000001010010010— 7 
Gundaker 1100000001 001 001 111111011—13 
Reisinger 01010101111101110111 10001—16 
See 0110101111011100010110011—15 
No. 3, 10 targets, known angles: Johnson, 9; Adams and 
Affantranger, 8; Reisinger and Fowler, 7; Kelso, 6; Gundaker, 
5; Hays, 4. 
No. 4, 20 targets, known angles: Adams, 18; Johnson, 17; 
Reisinger, ll; Hays, 10. CHOKE BORE. 
March 6. — The monthly contest for club badges was held to- 
day. The weather was unfavorable, a snowstorm being on 
hand; the attendance was consequently light. The badges are 
awarded on the best aggregate scores in events 1 ana 2. H. A. 
Johnson won Class A, badge with 40 out of 50; J. W. H. 
Reisinger the Class B badge with 39 out of 50, and Chai les 
Stein |the Class C badge with a score of 36. These badges are 
the property of the club, being held for one month by the win- 
ners. Scores: 
No. 1, 25 targets, known traps and angles: 
H A Johnson 1111110111111111111110111—23 
Fowler 1111101000010010100110111—14 
E L Affantranger 1001110010110111001101101—15 
Ehrgott 1111100100000111101111111—17 
Kelso 1101111111010000000010011—13 
N Affantranger 1101101010000011010110100—13 
Stein 0111101011001111111010011—17 
Reisinger 01010 1 1 lllll 1 11 1111110101—20 
Clark 1010100100101110000011111—13 
No. 2, 25 targets, unknown angles: 
H A Johnson 0101001111111100011101111—17 
Fowler 1111000101011100110010011—14 
E L Affantranger 00101 00111001100000001000— 8 
Ehrgott 0101101110101101001101111—15 
Kelso 1000110000001110101000011—11 
N Affantrauger 0001001011000010111100100—11 
Stein ■ 1111111110110111101111010—19 
Reisinger 1111011011100111111101110—19 
Clark. .1111000110110010001001111—13 
No. 3, 10 targets, unknown angles: Fowler, Clark and John- 
son, 8: E. L. Affantranger and Sttin, 6; Hayes, 4. 
CHOKE BORE. 
New York Rifle Club. 
Feb. 37.— This club hold its regular shoot to-day at Zetller's. The 
following scores were made by the members present. Offhand, 
German ring target; distance, 75 feet; any rifle, sights and trig- 
eer-onll: two best scores counted: 
A U Isbell, 70 247 249 C C King, 68 239 211 
M Harrington, 67 215 248 D Crocker, 59 238 241 
R J Young, 70 241 346 G Shorkley, 65 239 239 
to j i ouu„, R j YOUNG, Sec'y N. Y. R. C. 
March 6.— This club held its regular shoot to-day at Zettler'a. 
The following scores were made by the members ^present: Off- 
hand, German ring target. Distance 75ft. Any rifle, sights and 
trigger-pull. Two best scores counted: A. H. Isbell 70, 248, 349; O. 
E. Genseh 73, 2-47; D. Crocker 61,243, 345; M. Herrington 0, 235, 241; 
•R. J. Young 64, 240, 240: E. B. Banker 70, 337, 339. 
R. J. YOU-Ncr. 
Massachusetts Rifle Association. 
Mr Henry S. Harris. 73 Equitable Building, Boston, Mass., 
Secretary of the Massachusetts Rifle Association, has issued a cir- 
cular giving full details of all current matches which close on the 
last day of this year. ' ' ' 1 
The list is a formidable one, and contains no less than 48 medals 
and badges. Fifteen medals and badges, including a gold Victory 
medal for 10 scores of 88 or better, are given as premiums in the 
off-hand competitions. Another similar set of medals, etc., is 
offered for competition in the best shoots, while three badges, 
o-old silver and bronze.are scheduled in military rifle shoots. Eight 
medals go to the pistol department, and 5 to the military medal 
match The directors' medal match is «hot on the last Saturday 
in Decembe'', the Drize being the Director's Gold Medal, which 
becomes the prooerty of the winner, no director being allowed to 
win a duplicate. The conditions are: 300 yard3, off-hand, 10 
rounds, standard American target, any rifle that comes within 
the rules, entrance free. Anybody desirous of obtaining further 
information cannot do better than write to Mr. Harris at the ad- 
dress given above. 
