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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 29. 1895. 
Chester Beats Lancaster. 
The following is from a Lancaster, Pa., daily of June 21: The first 
of a series of three intereounty rifle contests between Chester and 
Lancaster counties was held at Ephrata, Thursday afternoon, on the 
range of the North End Rifle Club. Chester county won by an aggre- 
gate score of 1,153 to 1,084. Each county furnished a team of fourteen 
men, representing the best marksmen in the counties. The Chester 
county team was composed principally of members of the Coatesville 
Gun Club, while the Lancaster team was made up from members of 
the Lancaster Schuetzen Verein and the North End Club. The dis- 
tance was 200yds., on standard American target, peg rests being UBed. 
Position, standing. Following are the scores in full: 
Chester County. 
WT Gordon 9 0 9 10 10 9 10 7 6 10—89 
WP Thompson 10 9 10 9 7 10 8 9 9 9—90 
S Fairlamb 6 7 6 8 9 10 8 10 9 9-P5 
M Darlington 8 7 9 9 9 10 8 8 6 9-83 
E Patterson 7 10 8579597 5—72 
CFulmer 10 0 10 9 10 10 0 6 10 8—73 
Irwin 10 10 9 4 8 4 9 7 10 7-78 
J G Pugh 7 9 10 10 9 9 10 9 10 9—92 
C Gilbert...., 10 7 9 9 9 8 9 8 10 10—89 
S Moore 879778556 10-72 
H Thome 8 10 10 10 9 8 7 10 9 8-89 
J Entrekin 9 10 10 8 9 9 8 9 8 6-86 
J Bodney 7 7 7 7 7 9 9 6 8 9—76 
J Kendig 7 6 7 8 9 9 7 10 8 8— 70-115*1 
Lancaster County. 
T A Anderson 968959757 5-70 
OE Weber 10 99979996 7-84 
D W Wentzel 6 5 8 7 7 8 8 10 7 10—76 
C C Franci8cus 9 10 8 5 4 8 9 7 8 5-73 
B F Biehl 7 10 8 9 8 7 7 9 9 5-79 
WKBomig 9 9 10 10 10 9 10 8 8 10-93 
CHObrieter , 7 9 10 9 9 10 9 7 7 6-83 
D Vf Winters 8 10 8 9 7 10 8 8 10 8—86 
PDommel 7 (5 98683.. 8 6-61 
LMWeist 8 7 9 10 9 8 10 9 9 9-68 
8 L Sharp 10 767467 10 6 7-73 
JFWolfer 67 10 685755 4-63 
D B Lefevre 8 7 9 10 8 7 8 6 9 6-78 
WM Carpenter 6 7 9 9 7 8 7 7 8 7 -75-1084 
The contest was interesting from start to finish and was witnessed 
by a large crowd of people. W. K. Eomig, of the Lancaster team, 
made the highest individual score. He shot 93 out of a possible 100. 
J. G. Pugh, of the visiting team, was a close second with 92. The next 
two contests will be shot by representative teams of twelve men from 
Lancaster and Chester counties at Lancaster, on July 18, and at 
Coatesville on Aug. 22. ' 
Rifle Notes. 
The Hartford Post says: "Hartford will be present at one of the 
greatest events in the history of Springfield target shooting, which will 
take place July 15 and 16, the tournament of the South New England 
Schuetzenbund. This "bund" is composed of six Massachusetts and 
Connecticut cities, Springfield, Hartford, New Haven, Meriden, New 
Britain and Ansonia, all of which have strong Schuetzenvereins. 
More than 800 marksmen will participate, and a number of famous 
marksmen are expected to come up from the tournament of the 
National Schuetzenbund, which takes place at New York from June 
30 to July 8. For the general prize targets 8250 in cash prizes has 
been offered. A special prize of $10 will be paid for the best three 
scores on Monday." 
Messrs. G. W. Cole & Co. will give away 15,000 sample bottles of 
their "Three in One" Compound for guns during the meet of the 
National Schuetzenbund at Glendale Park. 
Mr. W. E. Petty informs us that he would like to arrange a revolver 
match with Lieut. Sumner Paine early in August. Mr. Petty has or- 
dered a .38cal. Colt army model from the factory, and hopes by that 
time to be in condition physically to shoot the match. 
The Blake Repeating Rifle. 
This new rifle is designed for a high grade sporting rifle, the first 
consideration being a solid breech action, one that will 
"hold up" under the enormous chamber pressure de- 
veloped by smokeless rifle powder in projecting the 
bullet at the high muzzle velocities now required for 
the flattest possible trajectory. 
To accomplish this the general idea of the famous 
Sharp's action has been followed. In the Sharp's the 
vertical sliding wedge was used, but in the Blake action, 
to conform to the requirements of a repeater, the bolt 
action with double locking lugs at the extreme front 
end is employed. To remove the empty shell after the 
charge is fired two extractors are employed, one a 
powerful spring extractor as is usual, the other a pos- 
itive device which surely starts the shell for the first 
eighth of an inch, although both pull at the start. 
The empty shell is thrown to the right and away from 
the operator. 
Simplicity and accessibility are next considered, the 
number of parts being elemental, and when the bolt 
action is removed from the receiver, which can be done 
almost instantly, the breech is open so that the rifled 
bore of the barrel can be readily examined and cleaned. 
This rifle, by the use of a "cut off," can be used as a 
rapid single loader, with magazine holding seven car- 
tridges in reserve, available as a repeater whenever the 
cut off is thrown in. As a repeater the sustained 
rapidity of fire is probably greater than any known 
rifle, being forty-two shots per minute by an expert 
until the ammunition is exhausted. 
The distinctive feature of the system is that of the 
cartridges being carried in the belt or pockets in a re- 
volving cylindrical packet, holding generally seven car- 
tridges. These packets are charged into the magazine 
which lies under the receiver and just forward of the 
trigger guard, in one movement and "en bloc," as if the 
packet were a single cartridge. When the cartridge 
packet is empty toe magazine door is opened, the 
empty packet drops out and a full packet Is recharged. 
The rifle holds eight cartridges, one in the chamber 
and seven in the magazine. Two more packets may be 
carried in a vest, or shooting jacket, lower pocket, 
which would give a supply of twenty-two cartridges. 
A belt would hold, as shown in cut, forty-nine car- 
tridges in packets and thirty in single loops. 
Positive feed of cartridges in magazine is used. This 
is a great convenience in loading, and also reduces 
liability of disablement. 
Barrel and receiver may be removed from the stock 
in three minutes by the use of a screwdriver, and the 
arm may be packed in an ordinary length trunk. It 
may be mounted in the same time. 
Tbe .30cal. is supplied loaded with smokeless rifle 
powder, giving a muzzle velocity to the cupro-nickel 
jacket 220 grains bullet of 2,000ft. per second, and 
chamber pressure of about twenty tons per square 
inch. The -236cal. with smokeless rifle powder gives 
2.500ft. velocity to the jacketed 135 grain bullet, at a 
chamber pressure of about twenty -five tons per square 
inch. Both cartridges are supplied also 
with 55 grains black powder and jacketed 
bullets, which makes a good charge for 
target work and small game.— Adv. 
'myghootinq. 
~' All ties" dlvldedlunless otherwise reported. 
If 'you want your shoot to be announced here 
send In notice like th e foll owing: 
FIXTURES. 
June 29.— Marion, N. J.— Fifth tournament of the New Jersey Trap- 
Shooters' League, under the auspices of the Endeavor Gun Club. 
July 4 —TJtica. N. Y.— All day shoot; live birds and targets. 
July 4.— Chicago, 111— All day shcot of the Eureka Gun Club; 
ta july4.— Springfield, N. J.— All day shoot of the Union Gun Club; 
live birds and targets, 
july 4— Athens, Pa.— All day shoot of the Diahoga Gun Club; 
tft Jul^4.— Wilkesbarrb, Pa.— All-day shoot of the Luzerne County 
Sportsmen's Club, at West Side Park; live birds and targets. 
July 4- 5. — Dcltjth, Minn. — Third annual tournament of the Central 
Gun Club. J. W. Nelson, Pres. 
July 10-12.— Altoona, Pa.— Third annual tournament of the Altoona 
Bod and Gun Club at Wopsononock; targets. W. G. Clark, Sec'y. 
July 17-18 — Macon, Ga.— Tournament of the Interstate Association 
under the auspices of the Macon Gun Club; $200 added. 
July 17-18.— Belfast, Me.— Second annual tournament of the Belfast 
Gun Club; $125 in cash guaranteed. 
Aug. 9-10.— New Orleans, La.— Tournament of the Inter-state As- 
sociation, under the auspices of the Louisiana Gun Club; $200 added 
money. 
Aug. 20-24. — Holmesburg, Pa.— Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's 
fifth annual tournament, under the auspices of the Keystone Shooting 
League of Philadelphia. John C. Shallcross, Sec'y. Frankfort, Pa. 
Aug. 27-29.— Charlotte, N. C— Tournament of tbe Interstate 
Association, under the auspices of the Charlotte Gun Club. 
Aug. 29-31.— Hot Springs, S. D.— Hot Springs Gun Club's second 
annual tournament. 
Sept. 2-3.— Utica, N. Y.— Two days tournament; live birds and 
targets. 
8ept. 2-3.— Newark, N. J.— Tournament of the South Side Gun Club; 
targets. New Jersey Trap Shooters' League contest at 2 P. M. on the 
second day. W. B. Hobart, Sec'y. 
Sept (second week).— Indianapolis, Ind.— First annual tournament 
of the Limited Gun Club. Eoyal Bobinson, Sec'y. 
Sept. — .— Fredonta, N. Y.— Tournament of the Clover Trap and 
Target Company. $1,000 added money. 
Oct. 9-11.— Newburgh,N. Y.— West Newburgh G. and B. Association 
tournament. W. C. Gibb, Sec'y. 
1896. 
April 1-3.— New York.— Interstate Association's Fourth Annual 
Grand American Handicap. 
May 5-8.— New York.— Tournament of the American E. C. Powder 
Company; $2 000 added money. 
May (second week) —Memphis, Tenn.— Tournament of the Memphis 
Gun Club, $2,000 added money. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. 
Paul North a bicyclist! I didn't know it until I got a letter from 
him last week, in which, after giving me certain information I needed, 
he related the following little episode: 
"My habit of talking too much with my mouth got me into another 
pleasant little encounter with an Irishman the other day. I was rid- 
ing my wheel togged out in a bicycle suit, and passed half a dozen 
men pushing a large reel of telephone cable that they were about to 
lay in a conduit across the street. It was very hot, and they were 
grunting and sweating away at the work. I gently remarked that 
their wheel ran considerably harder than mine did, when quick as a 
flash the Irishman in the party retorted: ' Yis, it does, but there are 
a sight better min on it than anny short-panted dude!' He was 
hot and not feeling well —because I am no dude." 
Tbe executive committee of the Worcester Sportsmen's Club, of 
which association Mr. Charles E. Forehand is secretary, is doing a 
good deal to keep up the interest of its members. What is to be known 
as the "Nitro Powder Series" of shoots was arranged with a view to 
encouraging the attendance of its members at shoots. The series con- ' 
sists of five shoots, one each month (June— September), the best four 
scores to count. Each man shoots at 25 targets, known angles, with 
a handicap allowance. There are twelve merchandise prizes offered 
for competition in this series, no charge being made for entrance 
money. 
Dick Phister, of Brooklyn, N. Y., a member of the New Utrecht, 
New York County and Emerald Gun Clubs, is known to shooters 
around New York as one of the best live-bird shots in this section. 
We discovered another of his accomplishments receutly:— He is great 
on weakflsh. Mrs. Schappert, of Goose Creek, L. I., told us the other 
day: "Ah ! Mr. Pheester, he's a good fisherman. He knows how to 
catch weakflsh!" All of which meant that we didn't. She was right. 
The Stanley Gun Club, of Toronto, Can., held its annual meeting on 
June 11, and elected the following list of officers: President, T. W. 
Brigg8; Vice-President, T. Sawdon, Sr.; Secretary-Treasurer, G. P. 
Mason; Executive Committee— G. BenardsoD, T. Sawdon, Jr., Win. 
McDowall and W. S. I'earcy; Auditors— F. E. LeBoy and S. McClure. 
The club is in a very satisfactory condition, the past 12 months hav- 
ing been prosperous ones. 
Fred Quimby has gotten back from his month's tour in the West 
and South. While away on this trip Mr. Quimby attended the Illinois 
State shoot and the Memphis shoot, at both of which tournaments he 
watched the shooters smash empires. On his way back from Mem- 
phis he stopped off at Cleveland and took in the "Chamberlin tourna- 
ment," and incidentally proved that, if he did sell empires, he could at 
any rate break bluerocks. 
"Every amateur in the Northwest is invited to attend tbe third 
annual tournament of the Central Gun Club, of Duluth, Minn., to be 
held July 4-5. " The above is on the cover of the programme for the 
Central Gun Club's Shoot, with the additional note that "Professionals 
are positively barred." The prcgramme is a good one, while the list 
of average prizes, nineteen in number each day, should draw a large 
attendance. 
The programme for the Interstate Association at Macon, Ga., is at 
hand. Owing to the amount of trap copy which poured into this office 
on Monday morning, it was impossible to give much attention to this 
programme. The tournament, which will be held July 17 and 18, is 
going to be a good one from what we hear. The boys who have re- 
turned from "the circuit" say that there will be a capital attendance 
at Macon. 
On Saturday afternoon, June 15, Douglas Darby and John Benner, 
both members of the Climax Gun Club, of PlaiDfleld, N. J., shot a 
match on that club's grounds at 25 live birds for a stake of $25 a Side. 
Darby won by killing 22 to Benner's 20, Bennex losing 3 birds out of 
bounds. 
Secretaries and correspondents who have sent in scores and who 
do not find the same in these columns will please be lenient and take 
into consideration the fact that trap columns are not as elastic as I 
could wish. The yachting and kennel editors need some space too. 
The account of the recent target tournament'held in England, writ - 
ten by "A. S. W.," will be read with considerable interest by trap- 
shooters of this country. It is evident that target-shooting in England 
is now established on a firm basis. 
A notice of the Altoona (Pa.) Bod and Gun Olub's programme for 
its third annual tournament appears elsewhere. Shooters who can 
spare the time should visit "Wopsy" on July 10-12. Those who can- 
not should also do so ! 
Messrs. H. G. Lemcke and William M. Davison passed through this 
city on Monday on their wayTO the New York State shoot. Both 
these gentlemen hail from Savannah, Ga., and are well known in trap- 
shooting circles. 
The Luzerne County Sportsmen's Club, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., will 
hold an all-day shoot, open to amateurs only, on the Fourth of July. 
Shooting, which commences at 9 A. M., will be at live birds and tar- 
gets. 
The Emerald Gun Club, of New York City, will hold no shoot during 
the month of August; and we understand that the club will not be 
represented in the Dean Eichmond contest at Saratoga. 
Mr. G. L. Hess, of Staatsburg, N. Y., writes us that a gun club has 
been organized at that place, the charter members numbering 20. 
Mr. Hess is secretary of the new organization. 
The Bluerock tournament was another of the big ones ! It was a 
fitting finale for a great circuit which opened on May 7 at Cincinnati 
witb the DuPont tournament. 
The report of the North Dakota State Sportsmen's Association is 
unavoidably held over until next week. 
Edward Banks. 
The Single-Trigger Gun. 
Lieut. Peter Gibson, Assistant Bifle Inspector, First Infantry, O. N. 
G., writes from Cincinnati. O , as follows: "Everything new and of 
commendable parts in fowling pieces is always of interest to 
the American sportsman. The latest is a double barrel shotgun with 
only one trigger, brought out by Charles Lancaster, New Bond street, 
London. The new gun, or rather locks, as described by those who have 
seen it, are quite strong and simple, not easily gotten out of order, 
and quite sure to prevent a premature fire even in rough handling. 
These locks can be put in any gun, either hammer or hammerless. The 
lock frame is not altered and therefore the symmetry of the gun is 
preserved. You can fire either barrel as desired, or from left to right, 
like revolver action. The trigger pull is no greater than in other 
guns, while the pull off can be regulated to any pumber of pounds de- 
sired. In firing both barrels the shooter does not need to release the trig- 
ger hold tocatch the second; nor does he need to shift his hand on the 
stock; while in cold weather gloves may be worn without any incon- 
venience or jamming of the finger— a point winter shooters will ap- 
preciate" 
In connection with the above the following from the London Field 
of June 1 will be of interest: 
"In our issue of April 27 we described the mechanism of a double 
gun recently perfected by Mr. Charles Lancaster, in which both bar- 
rels were discharged by the action of a single triger. The chief diffi- 
culty in a gun of this description had been to prevent the second bar- 
rel being jarred off by vibration, caused by the discharge of the first, 
or simultaneously discharged by unconsciously prolonged pressure of 
the single trigger. Mr. Lancaster's new invention, as we pointed out, 
obviated this satisfactorily so far as one could judge by an examina- 
tion of the mechanism and the result of a severe charge fired. It 
only remained to put it to a practical test in the field. We therefore 
asked the inventor, as soon as he had a gun of this pattern finished, to 
allow us an opportunity of using it in our own way at clay pigeons. 
"Accordingly, on Tuesday last, we proceeded to Mr. Lancaster's 
shooting ground at Stone Bridge, Willesden (which is quickly reached 
by train from Euston, and is but forty minutes' drive from the Marble 
Arch). "Here we found every convenience for testing guns and rifles, 
including targets, both moving and stationary, iron deer, clay pigeons 
with single and double rises, and last, but not least, a tower some 40 or 
50ft. in height, from the top of which clay birds could be projected at 
a height and with a velocity sufficient to satisfy the keenest appetite 
for 'rocketers.' 
"The gun submitted to us was a double 12-bore hammerless ejector, 
ef^lbs. in weight, and the cartridges were loaded with 32grs. of Wals- 
rode powder and l>goz. of shot. As the clay pigeons offered as good 
a practical test for'our purpose as could be desired, we confined atten- 
tion to them— firing at first single shots, then double rises, and finally 
breaking with the right barrel, and smashing the largest fragment as 
it fell with the left— thereby demonstrating that great rapidity in fir- 
ing could be effected without loosing off both barrels at once. (The 
pull-off, by the way, can be regulated to any weight desired.) We 
were not sensible of any discomfort in the manipulation of the gun; 
and although it has never been our misfortune to suffer from bruised 
fingers, we can well imagine that this inconvenience is less likely to 
arise when there is one trigger instead of two to a double gun. 
"The length of a Btock being measured from the trigger to the heel 
plate, it follows that in the new gun the length of stock is the same 
for each barrel— which, theoretically, at all events, Is an advantage. 
The ordinary push-trigger safety bolt on the top of the gun, with 
automatic blocking safeties to prevent accidental discharge, complete 
the effectiveness of a weapon which we must say does great credit to 
the ingenuity of the maker." 
Missoula Rod and Gun Club. 
Missoula, Montana, June 16.— Since the last week's report, the 
Missoula shotgun cranks have been enjoyiDg themselves immensely. 
On Thursday, the 13th, a team of six from Stevensville came down to 
return the match which we had shot with them on their grounds 
a month since. At 1:30 P. M. the match commenced, and the result 
proved that the home people were too much for the visitors. The 
home boys are just a little proud of their scores made this time, con- 
sidering that the weather conditions were horrible. It was cloudy 
and dark, and a strong wind amounting almost to a gale blew right 
over the shooters toward the traps. Though the Missoulians won the 
match, the Stevensville club got satisfaction in the after sweepstakes, 
a couple of their members walking off with the biggest part of the 
"boodle." 
Stevensville. 
L Williams : 1111101101110101111111010—19 
T Clark 1010110001111101011011101—16 
CBuck 1000100101001000111000000— 8 
A Buck 1011000101001111101001111—15 
H CTuttle 1110111010011101110101110—17 
F Little 0101101111011110011001111-17— 92 
Missoula. 
B Sogers 0101011111100111111111111—20 
J P Menard 0111111110111111110111111-22 
Chas Searles 1101111110001101111011011-18 
A Sterling 1101101111010111111100000-16 
H A Stephens 1011111011111111011111111-22 
C J Lernley 0100111111001111111111110—19-117 
At the regular medal shoot to-day the Missoula club had a very 
lively time, the scores showing that all hands are improving, and 
that another shoot in tbe same proportion and almost all will be in 
ttlft clflSB .A. 
Weekly medal shoot, 20 targets, unknown angles: 
Ol&ss A 
Brayton . .00011111111111100111-15 C Lernley. .11001111101110101111— 15 
F Woody.. 01101111011001111011— 14 B Eogers. .10111111111010111111—17 
Sterling.. ..11111111011111111110—18 
Class B 
A Stevens..H110110110100110000-ll C ASearlesllllOOOlllllllOllOlO— 14 
Andrews. ..11101101011001100000—10 W Cave... .10101101111110101111— 15 
Devol 01111M1110111011111-1G F P Kern. .01101011100000010111—10 
J M Evans.11110111111111110001— 16 
In the shoot off for the silver medal (class B), Devol won by break- 
ing 9 out of 10, Evans scoring 8. Will Cave. 
MECHANISM OF*_THE BLAIOSI-LEIFLE. 
A State Association for California. 
The Record-Union, of Sacramento, California, of June 10, gives the 
following information in regard to the "California Inanimate Target 
Association" recently organized at San Fraucisco: "The California 
Inanimate Target Association, comprising many of the principal gun 
clubs of the State, was organized at a meeting of representatives 
from the different organizations at the San Francisco Olympic Club 
on Saturday night. 
"The Board of Governors of the new association will meet on the 
evening of June 29 in that city for the purpose of electing per- 
manent officers. At the same time the following committee on con- 
stitution and by-laws will make its report: 
"Edgar Forest, Electric Club; O. M. Judy, Visalia; A. A. Martin, 
Mill Valley Country Club; F. E. Miller, Alameda County Sportsmen's 
Association; George Deitz, Stockton Gun Club; I. B. D. Grubb, 
Empire Club. Daniel Daniels. Lincoln Club; E. J. Crane, Green Brae 
Gun Club; M. T. Hunt, Freeport Gun Club; W. J. Golcher, Olympic 
Gun Club. 
"It is the intention of the association to give a big shooting 
tournament near San Francisco In September, and after that other 
similar affairs will follow in rapid succession. Saturday's meeting 
was presided over by Merton C. Allen, while M. Shaffer acted as 
secretary." 
