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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[April 27, 1895. 
Emerald Gun Club. 
Dexter Park, L. 1., April 16.— The Emerald Gun Club, of New 
York, held its regular monthly live bird shoot at this place to-day. 
Thirty members put in an appearance, but so good were the birds 
that only two out of the thirty. Dr. Hudson and P. "Mulcahey,' 1 killed 
straight; six others killed 9 and seven killed 8. The following is the 
score in detail: 
Dr G Y Hudson, 38 1 2 1 2 2 1 1,1 2 1—10 
P Mulcahey, 28 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2—10 
E Bell, 28 ......1 202212112-9 
J Maesel, 28 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 2 2-9 
Plummer, 28 2 2 1 011221 1-9 
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J H Richardson, 28: 1 * 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2—9 
TIShort, 23 1 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1-9 
Col J H Voss, £0 2 11112 0 12 1—9 
P Butz, 28 2* 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 2-8 
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H P Fessenden, 28 1 12*102112 -8 
W Levans, 28 2 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 2—8 
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Dr Leveridge ■ * 22111210 1— 8 
J H Moore, 30 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 1—8 
FW Place. 28 1 212:2220 0-8 
R Woods, 30 .....1 2 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 3-8 
L Biff, 30 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2-7 
C Charles, 25 1 02102021 1-7 
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T Codey, 28 : 2 20011111 0-7 
N Maesel, 25 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 2 0 2-7 
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G Nowak, 28 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0-7 
R Regan, 25 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 0 0-7 
E Vroome. 28 1 0 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 0-7 
C Wash, 28 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 7 
L C Gehring, 30 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0-6 
FC Hamilton, 25 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0— 6 
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Dr Klein, 25 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 1— 6 
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C Maesel, 25 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1—6 
W Hartye, 28 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2-5 
J Woelfel, 28 0 0 2 011022 0-5 
Amend, 25 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 *— 3 
The Peekskill— New Utrecht Team Race. 
The defeat of the New Utrecht team by 12 men from "up the Hud- 
son" was an uDplpasing surprise to the many stanch supporters of 
the Long Island Club. The surprise was all the greater owing to the 
fact that the match was shot at Woodlawn, the New Utrecht's own 
grounds. Add to this the following: A banquet at Peekskill on the 
night previous; an early start from home by some of the members of 
that team; a train 50 minutes late, so that connections were missed; 
and last of all, a two-mile walk down a railroad track with gun over 
the shoulder and shells in the hands 1 It looked a cinch for the New 
Utrechts, particularly when 50 per cent of the Peekskill men missed 
their birds in the first round. At the end of that round the score 
htood 8-6 in favor of the New Utrechts. The second round made 
things even up, three misses being recorded to the home team, while 
but one of the Peekskillians dropped a bird. Score, 17 all. In the 
third round the Hudson River contingent went ahead, scoring 11 'to 
the Long Islanders' 10. Score, 28-27 in favor of the Peekskill. The 
fourth round saw three ciphers go down on the Peekskill score, four 
being recorded for the New Utrechts. Score, 37-35. and Peekskill two 
ahead. In the fifth round, six of the Long Island men missed, as 
against four misses for their opponents, making the score 45-41 in 
favor of Peekskill. Eleven to ten in favor of Peekskill was the score 
of kills in the sixth round, and 8 to 7 for the same parties in the 
seventh round, the total score showing 64-58, Peekskill being 6 in the 
lead. In the eighth round no change was made in the position of .the 
teams, each side registering three misses, but in the ninth round 
Peekskill drew still further ahead by scoring 10 to their opponents' 7, 
the score standing 83 to 74 in favor of Peekskill, a difference of 9 with 
only 12 birds for each team to shoot at. In the tenth round the New 
Utrechts killed 10 to their antagonist's 9, the score at the end of the 
match being: Peekskill 92, New Utrecht 84. the latter being 8 behind. 
An interesting feature of the shoot was the fact that in only two 
rounds, the first and last, did the New Utrechts kill more than their 
opponents; in the eighth both killed 9, while in each of the other 
seven rounds the Peekskill men came out ahead. 
The birds were a good lot, with only here and there a poor flyer; 
sitters were a great rarity. "Dead out of bounds," i. e., birds which 
fell inside the inclosure, but outside the boundary, were 10 in number 
in the New Utrecht score, while but four of the Peekskill birds were 
similirly recorded. In the matter of trap-pulling, the apparatus 
being automatic and the puller not being aware of what trap he was 
pulling, the score shows that No. 3 was pulled away below the aver- 
age; Nos. 2 and 4 were pulled an equal number of times, but were five 
below the average; the outside traps, Nos. 1 and 5, occurred most 
frequently. The following summary shows how the traps fell: 
1 )8 S U 5 
Peekskill 27 16 24 22 31 
New Utrecht 30 27 13 21 29 
Total .57 43 37 43 60 
Halsted and Higginson, both members of the Peekskill team, were 
the only ones to kill straight, but Jas. Taylor, Dr. Horton and M. 
Perry, ably seconded their efforts by killing 27 out of their 30 birds. 
Capt. Money and "Dick" Phister, with 9 apiece, were top scorers for 
the home team. In extenuation of the moderate showing made by 
the New Utrecht team, it is only fair to add that four of their num- 
ber stood at 30yds., seven at 28yds., and one, Conney Furgueson, 11 
years of age, shooting a featherweight 16-gauge Francotte, at 26yds. 
All the Peekskill team, save one, was at 28yds„ Loder being put in 
at 26. The score in detail follows: . 
Peekskill. 
5 52134124 3 
E Kissani, 28 2 10221012 1—8 
1355452414 
H Livingston, 28 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0—6 
5 3 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 
J B Halsfced, 28 1 2*1 \l\~tv$A— 10 
3313215351 
Jas Taylor, 28 0 3 1 3 3 2 1_3 2 2— 9 
23553 5 1113 
Dr Horton, 38 2 2 1 3 1 2 5 2 3 3—9 
5284153113 
H C Higginson, 28 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2-10 
5 115 413554 
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H P Dain, 38 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 1 0 3-8 
4433134543 
E C Likely, 28 .0 2 1 0 0 * 1 2 1 2-3 
4 3 _ 5 4 3 5 5 1 4"2 
Frank Southard, 23 3210133*1 *— 7 
12151. 2 3544 
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M Perry, 28 3 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 2—9 
4112135154 
O J Loder, 28 0 1 2 2 ,0 1 0 0 2 0— 5 
1553353345 
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B C Everinghim, 28 0 1 20 2 1 * 0 0 2— 5—92 
New Utrecht. 
3 2 12 4 3 3 3 4 5 
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Capt Money, 30 3 3 2 2 2 1 2 * 1 3-9 
1252311441 
D Deacon,"28 0 * 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2- 8. 
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C Meyer, 30 2 * 2 0 0 3 2 2 0 2—6 
134444 5 541 
C Furgueson, Jr, :)0 0 3 2 2 2 3 0 0 2 2—7 
1435154 115 
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C Plate, 3S * 3 3 0 3 2 ,0 1 0 0 - 5 
5 1 5 1 4 1 L 3 3 4 
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J N Meyer, £8 2 32302*21 2-8 
1251254525 
C Furgueson, 3d, 26 .2 1 2 1 2 2 0 * 2 0— 7 
551123515 1 
R Phister, 50 2 2 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 -9 
21311214 5 3 
G W Cropscy, 28 1 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 1—7 
51 55533552 
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T H Keller, 28 1 0 2 * 0 0 3 2 2 2-6 
25333 5 44 5 1 
W Lair, 28 .n"l H i"*^- 6 
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G Nostrand, 28 0 3 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1- 6-84 
Prior to the team race the Peekskill men not being on hand for 
reasons stated above, four sweep i were shot with the following 
results: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4 
Furgueson, Jr 22332— 5 323-3 220— 3 0 
Conney Furgueson 22222—5 *10— 1 22*— 2 220 —2 
WLair 21221—5 101—2 0 —0 11* —2 
J : N Meyer *22t2—4 112-3 1* —1 22210 -4 
C Meyer 22223-5 203—2 222-3 22223—5 
R Phister 33333-5 
C A Sykes 20320-3 
Capt Money 31211—5 *30— 1 * —0 11112—5 
TH Keller 22222-5 121—3 0 —0 0 — 0 
C W Floyd 22012—4 
fr W Cropsey 022—2 
C Plate 022—2 211—3 120 -2 
MacDonnell 20—1 11121—5 
F L Train 0 0 
E Lohman 0 
D Lohman , 10 — 1 
No. 1 was 5 birds. $3, class shooting; No. 2, 3 birds, §8, three high 
guns; Nos. 8 and 4 were $1 miss and outs. Edward Banks. 
easy when one hasn't got a gun to one's shoulder 1 Under the circum- 
stances, it seems as if it would be good policy for the management of 
the State League either to split up the teams, or else to hold a meet- 
ing and go back to known traps and angles in the League shoot. The 
State organization was formed for the purpose of bringing New 
Jersey's trap-shooters together every month. That object has been 
successf ully accomplished ; 45 shooters took part in the main event on 
Thursday last I It would be a pity, therefore, that anything that can 
be easily remedied should be permitted to remain as a menace to the 
League's continued success. 
Returning to the tournament of April 18. Fome capital shooting was 
done all through the day, while some excellent scores were relied up 
in the main event. Messrs. Drake, Warren Smith. Tillou and others, 
members of the Maplewood Gun Club, kept things running in good 
shape. The following are the scores in the team race: 
Maplewood. 
Van Dyke 1111111111111111111111111—25 
W. Smith ..1111111101111111111111111—24 
Drake 1111111111111111111111111-25 
Vanlderstine 1101000111111111110010011—17 
A. Sichley 1111111111111111010111111—23—114 
Elizabeth. 
Roberts 1101111111111111111111111-24 
Parker 1011111011101111111111110-21 
Woodruff 0011111111110111101011110-19 
Hebbard 1011111111111111111111111-24 
Astfalk 1111111111111010110101111—21—109 
Climax. 
Keller 0111111111111111111111011—23 
Dutchy 1011111111111111111111111—24 
Capt. Money 1101111111111111111111100-22 
Darby 1111001111111110011100110-18 
D. Terry 1110010011011011110111110—17—104 
Union : 
Sij>ler 1111011111111111111111111-24 
Miller 1101111111111101110101111—21 
N. E. Money 1011110111111111111111111—23 
E. Sickley 1111011110111111111011101-21 
Jackson 1000001110011100111111000—13-102 
South Side : 
Major .0111111011011011111111111 - 21 
Whitehead 1111111111111010101111111—22 
Thomas 1110111111011111110011100—19 
Hoffman 1110111111111010111110111—21 
■ Geoffroy 1111110101101011010111011-18—101 
Boiling Springs : 
Richmond 0111111101100100111101011—17 
Greiff 1101110111111101111011101—20 
Crosby 1100111111111010011111111— SO 
Apgar 0111111111111111110111111-23 
Henry 0110011111101010111110111—18— 98 
Endeavor. 
Collins 1111111111111111011111111—24 
Procror ..1101010011000111011101111—16 
Quimby 0011000111101110110110111-18 
Piercy 0001111111100101011000111—15 
Lindsley 0101101101011110011111110—17— 88 
Riverside. 
P Daly, Jr 1001011000110100111011011—14 
J Shaw 0101001010101101000011011—13 
J Oope, Jr 111C0111111110010010U110— 17 
E W Throckmorton 1011100111111111011111000- 23 
A L Ivins 1111111111111110111111101-23- 85 
Union Hill. 
Edwards OOllOlllllonnoOllimoil— 17 
Wanda , 0111001010110110011101111—16 
Sullivan 11 00001 1 11 101 1101 001 1 1010 -14 
Butteabaum 0011110001000111000000100— 9 
Scrader * 1101101011100111111010010-16— 72 
The following is the order in which the teams stand in regard to 
breaks: Maplewood. 323: Union, 308; South Side. 307; Elizabeth. 288; 
Climax, 285: Endeavor,255; Boiling Springs, 204; Riverside, 186; Union 
Hill, 182. Of these clubs. Boiling Springs and Riverside have only 
taken part in two of the three shoots held to this date, while the Union 
Hill Club is an organization whose members have just taken to break- 
ing inanimates. The scores made in the programme events were as 
follows: 
New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League. 
The third tournament of the 1895 se ies arranged the New Jersey 
Trap-Shooters' League took place at Maplewood on Thursday, April 
18. The date originally set for the tournament was April 11, jurst one 
week earlierj for certain reasons the date was changed to the one just 
above mentfoned, and it was well that it was so, because a more per- 
fect, springlike day it would be hard to have made to order. The re- 
sult was that the attendance was capital, nine clubs entering five-men 
teams in the League shoot. The nine clubs were: Maplewood, Eliza- 
beth, Climax, of Plainfield; Union, of Springfield; South Side, of New- 
ark; Boiling Springs, of Rutherford; Endeavor, of Jersey City; River- 
side, of Red Bank, and Union Hill, of Hoboken. In the League race 
the clubs finished in the above order. In regard to this League shoot, 
the fact that that contest is shot at known traps, unknown angles, 
caused a slight unpleasantness owing to a belief that certain shooters 
were favored by the trapper boys. Personally, I cannot say anything 
about it, as at the time when the shooters in question were at the 
score, I was hunting up the scores of the sweepstakes shot previously 
and repairing errors in the manifolding of the same. Still, 1 look upon 
the kick as one that is likely to arise at nearly every State League 
shoot this season, simply because the race is shot at unknown angles. 
In my report of the State League tournament held at Rutherford, 
Feb. 16, under the auspices of the Boiling Springs Gun Club, I wrote as 
follows in regard to the League shoot: 
" This latter event up to this year has been shot at known traps 
and known angles. At the annual meeting of the leasue, held 
recently, a motion was made and carried, to change the conditions of 
the event to unknown angles. There wa« a good deal of dissatisfac- 
tion expressed by the members of several clubs at the action of the 
meeting, it being claimed that the change made the test too severe for 
the younger and less experienced clubs. This is undoubtedly so to a 
certain extent, but the case of unknown angles also introduces a 
measure of luck into the contest. It is argued, therefore, by the 
adherents of the new system that by making it unknown angles the 
poorer shots run a chance of drawing a series of comparatively easy 
angles, while the better and more expert shots may draw angles of a 
more acute nature. Therefore, it is claimed, the more inexperienced 
shots have more chance to make a race of it at unknown angles than 
if these were shot at everything known, the latter condition placirig 
all shooters on an equal footing and eliminating the elements of 
chance. As this contest, however, is intended to prove the superior- 
ity of one club over another, it would seem better to cut off as far as 
possible any element of luck, making the game purely one of skill. 
Another argument that has been used in favor of unknown angles is, 
that under that system the conditions far more nearly approach field 
shooting than do those where everything is known; also that unknown 
angles is the favorite system now, and that ' everything known ' is 
monotonous and artificial. These arguments would have far more 
weight if the question set for decision were not one purely of skill. 
To rightly determine degrees of skill, the element of chance must be 
eliminated as far as possible from the contests which are to settle 
those degrees. At the Boiling Springs Club's ground on Feb. 16, a 
good illustration of the luck in the matter of angles was given time 
and again. This was due in no sense to the club or its management; 
it was due entirely to the whims, occasional activity and impulsive- 
ness of the boys who set the traps. The absolute need of the 'stops,' 
now placed on all the best traps for the purpose of preventing the 
boys from throwing the targets at extraordinary angles, was conclu- 
sively proved time and again that afternoon." 
After a lapse of two months, I see no reason to change my opinion; 
on the contrary, I am convinced that my position is a correct one. A ft 
addition might be made, also, to the above that there is always liable 
to be a kick in any team race where the conditions are known traps, 
unknown angles, UDless the teams are split up. Where th«y shoot in 
squads, there is often a chance of unpleasantness— angles always look 
Events. 13 3 
No. of targets. 10 15 15 
Hoffman 8 10 11 
Van Dvke.... 10 13 15 
W Smith 9 14 11 
Drake 10 13 13 
Dutchy 8 14 14 
Whitehead ... 10 .. 14 
Sigler 10 14 13 
Major 9 15 9 
Thomas 9 13 li 
Proctor 8 .. 
Collins 
Henry , 
Capt. Money 
N E Money 
Apgar 
Edwards , 
Frank 
Greiff 
Strader 
Geoffroy 
Darby 
4 5 6 7 
10 SO 10 10 
6 15 
9 17 
7 19 
9 18 
10 16 
'9 18 
7 20 
8 .. 
4 .. 
8 18 
8 16 
9 18 
5 17 
7 17 
8 13 
7 .. 
8 .. 
9 .. 
10 15 
10 .. 
9 
10 
9 9 
Events. 1 3 3 4 5 C 7 
No. of targets, 10 15 15 10 SO 10 10 
Quimby 8 17 8 8 
Richmond 9 
J Cooper, Jr 13 , . 
Ivins 19 .. 
J Shaw 1 10 ,, .. 
Thr'ckmorton 16 ,, ,. 
A Sickley 19 8 8 
E Sickley 15 8 8 
E D Miller 17 8 . . 
Jackson 18 7 
Lindsley 3 .. 
Piercey 5 9 
Keller ... f 10 
Wanda , . , . , 7 
Williams- jo 
Woodruff 6 
Parker 7 
Van Iderstine , . 6 
Singer , 6 
Campfleld 6 
Edward Banks. 
Standard Gun Club, 
Baltimore, Md., April 15.— Below are the scores made in the team 
race, the main event in the programme of to-day's tournament of the 
Standard Gun Club at Point, Breeze. The conditions of the team race 
were ifamn of 5 men, all members of each team to be bona fide ail- 
the-year -round residents of the county they represented. The prize 
was $25, presented by the Standard Gun Club; entrance free. The 
Frederick county team won, Baltimore county's team No. 1 beiog 
second. Scores: 
.Frederick County (Frederick G. C ). 
Phoebus 11011110101101011111—15 
A Smith , 10110110101110011111—14 
Mantz 10011111111110111000-14 
Kennedy ' 1 01001 1 1 1 1 01 1 1 1 11 1 1 1—16 
Eisenhauer 101 1 101 1 11 1010110111—15—74 
Baltimore County No. 1 (Towson G. C ) 
Hartner 01111110010111110111—15 
Hesse OllOlOlOllOOlOlllCOO— 10 
Tracy 01110110101110101111—14 
Russell 1 10000111 111111 ill 11 -16 
Smith ....11011110011101111111—16—71 
Anne Arundel County No. 1 (Jessup G C.) 
T Hawkins 00011011010011110111-12 
W Rider 111110011011)1001110-14 
L Wesley 010001 1001 001 OlOllll— 10 
Geo Welling 11100110110111111111-16 
R Bond 1 1 1 101 11 1 11010111001— 15— 67 
Baltimore County No. 2 (Green Spring Valley G. C). 
White 1 101101111101 llllllil— 17 
Rogers 11100111011100111110—14 
Cockey 11100110100000111011— 11 
Howard 1000001 1 10001 1 1 1 101 1—11 
Williams 10101100111011101110—13-66 
Anre Arundel County No. 2 (HarmoDS G O.) 
Phelps.. 01110101101010001010-10 
Hawkins 10100011111110001110—12 
Cole 01101110011011111011—14 
Sbiply....: 01011110111111110001—14 
Baldwin 01110010110101110011—12—62 
W. T. Clements, Sec'y. 
Plainwell Defeats Galesburg. 
"Plainwell,, Mich., April 12.— A team race between six members of 
the Galesburg Gun Club and a like number of the Plainwell Gun Club 
was decided at Galesburg to-day, the visitors winning by a single point. 
Score: 
Plainwell. 
R LSoule 1111111111111111111100111-23 
P F Burroughs 1111111011111101011101111—21 
E J Anderson 110101 0101 1 1 1 1 1011110101 1—18 
S B Negus 1100101101 10010011 0001 100—12 
J H Madden 110011 1000101000100101001— 11 
Chas Machemer 0010011101011000001001100-10—95 
Galesburg. 
F W Franllin •. 11011111 111111 llllllOllOl— 22 
Harry Vosburg'"- 1111111111101110011111101-21 1 
John Vosburg 1111101101111110011101101—19 
Oliver Casson ,...0110101100101101100110100- 13 
Otis Hill 0010110110100010010000110—10 
Wm Barber 0010011101000010001100100— 9—94 
J. H. Madden. 
