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FOREST AND STREAM^ 
[Aug. 23 1896. 
I 
Fred Hoey conceded PhU Daly, Jr., a yard on Aug. 11 and beat him 
by 1 bird in a 50-bird race. The match waa shot on the Hollywood 
grounds, with the usual Hollywood boundary of Slyds. On the first 
25 birds Hoey led by 2— 2a to 20; in the eecond half Daly gained a 
bird, scoring 21 to 20. Total scores for the 50 birds were: Hoey 42, 
Daly 41. 
Mr. Briere, secretary of the West Lebanon, N. H., Gun Club, writes 
us that the date of the shoot to be held by that club in September is 
changed to Sept. 11 instead of Sept. 10. The change was made to 
avoid a conflict of dates with the State fair. 
Jack Parker's sixth annual tournament might be termed "Jack 
Parker's sixth annual success," Like all its predecessors. Jack's 
Btaoot was a rattling good one, notwithstanding the depressing effects 
of the extremely hot weather. 
Of the five men who went straight in the Du Pont trophy shooti 
Claridge, the winner, shot a Daly gun; Kirkover, a Parker; &. Holland 
Gottlieb, an L. C. Smith, and Wallace Miller, a Winchester repeater. 
The third contest of the New Jersey Amateur Trap-Shooters' League 
will be held on the grounds of the Passaic Oity Gun Club, Saturday, 
Aug. 23. Sweepstake shooting will commence at 10 A. M. 
Heikes and McMurcby did some great work on the last day of the 
Detroit shoot. Heikes broke 199 out of 205; McMurchy was close af te r 
him with 198 breaks. 
B. F. Smith did a great deal of work in the way of booming the 
Buffalo shoot, Sept. 1-5, both at the Du Pont tournament and at De- 
troit last week. 
L. H. Scbortemeier was in good form at Marion. N. J , on Saturday 
afternoon last. During the afternoon he broke 131 out of 140 tareets. 
Axis. 18. Edward Banks. 
In New Jersey. 
EfTDKAVOR GUN OLnB. 
Aug. S. — Below are the scores made by members of the Endeavor 
Gun Club, of Jersey City, at their Marion grounds this afternoon: 
Prize shoot, 25 targets, unknown angles; 
Eddie Collins 1111111111111111101101111-33 
GPiercy ^ 1111111111111011101111011—22 
L Piercy , lliOlOlllllOllliniOOIllll— 19 
E Ingram 1101111001111110100111001-17 
H P Fessenden 1 0111 001 110 1 000101 1 1011 1 1—1 6 
Mulvaney 0111100011011110101011011-16 
Other sweeps were shot as follows, all events being at 10 targets, ex- 
cept the last. No. 11, which was at 20 targets: 
Events: 133456789 10 11 
8 
Fessenden,..,,,,,, 6 8 
Mulvaney..,,,,,.. 5 5 
LPiercy.. 9 7 
GPiercy....... 10 5 
Ingram. 6 8.. 
K Strader 8 10 8 
Sealey 5 
Collins 9 
6 6 
9 9 6 8 
...78 
8 .").... 
7 9 8 
9 10 7 
6 6 
5 7 
6 7 
7 7 
7 6 
14 
7 13 
,. 14 
7 .. 
6 .. 
J. A. Crkyeling, 
6 7.. 
8 10 .. 
Sec'y. 
FORKSTKB gun club, of NEWARK. 
Aug. S.— The Forester Gun Club held its monthly shoot this after- 
noon. Despite the extremely hot weather there was a fair attendance 
and some fairly good scores made. Nos. 1, 3. 5. C, 7 and 8 wt^e shot 
under expert rules; No. 2 at reversed order, and No. 4 at kuown traps 
and angles. Scores were as b^low: 
Events: 13345678 Events: 13345678 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 5 10 tO 10 Targets: 10 10 10 10 S 10 10 10 
JFleming. 6 10 8 Sinnock... 9 8 8 9 3 6 6.. 
Jewel 87884698 D Fleming 76674978 
Hayes 10 6775957F Hall 7 6 6 2 3 
Wambold.. 9 8 6.. 5 Poisom 5 5 
Winans.... 7874 
H. E. Winans, Sec'y. 
ENDEAVOR VS. DUNBLLBN. 
Aug i5.— The third and final match of the series arranged between 
the Dunellen Gun Club and the Endeavor Gun Club, of Jersey City, 
was decided to-day on the grounds of the latter club at Marion The 
result was an easy win for the home club by 24 breaks. The scores 
made by both teams were not up to their standard. The perceotage 
of the winning team was only 75, while the losers averaged 6" per 
cent. These low percentages are rather remarkable from the fact 
that the targets were thrown from known traps with known angles. 
There was a dellcioasly cool breeze blowing that made every one feel 
good, coming as It did after such a hot spell as we have had in this 
vicinity, but that same breeze played havoc with the totals, left-quar- 
tering targets going down wind at a rate of speed that made it neces- 
sary to get well ahead of them. In addition to the trouble caused by 
the wind, nearly everybody complained of "that tired feeling," due 
entirely to the sultry nature of the past ten days. They knew they 
were slow in their swing, but seemed unable to rectify the error. 
Among those present were Noel E. Money, secretary of the American 
E, 0. Powder Company, and his younger brother, H. Money, who 
has never done anytning at targets previous to Saturday, Aug. 8; he 
is, however, a chip of the old block and a good game shot, and there- 
fore took to targets much as a young duck takes to water. In one or 
two sweeps he taught his elder brother a thing or two, making 10 
straight m one event. Noel retrieved some of his lost laurels by 
pounding out 25 straight for the Endeavors in the team race. Other 
visitors were Piatt Adams, a member of the Boiling Springs Gun Club 
and of the New Utrecht Gun Club; there is not a more enthusiastic 
trap-shooter in the country than Mr. Adams, and when he is shooting 
In his true form he can make the best of th^m hustle. Another visitor 
was Mr. James Blauvelt, also a member of the Boiling Springs Gun 
Club; it is a matter of record that no one has ever seen Mr. "James" 
one whit worried over the loss of a target. "Lemuel" was another 
visitor; were it known who Lemuel was his scores would be scanned 
with greater Interest than ordinary, for Lemuel has been, and is still, 
a wonderful hand with a gun, particularly on live birds. 
The Endeavor Gun Club has done a great deal for trap-shooting in 
the vicinity of New York by reason of its always being ready to meet 
any other club in a series of team races. Its activity in this respect 
has done more to increase its membership, its popularity, and better 
marksmanship among its members than even its most sanguine 
admirers had hoped for. The Dunellen club, though only a very re- 
cent organization, has made rapid strides in trap-shooting; les.^ than 
six months ago it would have been nearly impossible for it t.o have 
gotten together a team of six men to tacble any club with hopes 
of victory; It has, however, recently defeated. the Endeavor Gun Club 
in one out of the three matches of this series, and that with 12-men 
teams. That its team to-day was composed of sportsmen who knew 
liow to take a defeat wts evidenced by the rousing cheers they eave 
for the victors when the result of the race was announced ; the volume 
of sound that came from their throats put to shame the previous puny 
efforts of the Endeavors when cheering for the losers 
The Endeavor Oun Club is busily preparing for the Interstate shoot, 
scheduled for Sept. 8-9; its annual shoot, held the day previous, Sept. 
7, is also not being neelected. 'i here should be three good days' shoot- 
ing at Marion on the above dates. 
An optional sweep was shot in connection with the team race, ihe 
purse in this event, as in all the sweepstakes, being div ded under the 
KoBe system. Scores in the team race were as foliowb: 
Endeavor Gun Cub. 
N E Money.. 1111111111111111111111111—55 
L H Scbortemeier nniinniill0011l011111-2a 
L Piercy 0101111111110111111011111—21 
Eddie Collins......,.,^...,.... 1100111111111111100110111-20 
F 8 Edwards.... 1101110111101111101110111—20 
E Ingram lOlOIOUOlllUllOlllU 111-20 
tivon Lengerke OlldlOlOUOlllOllOl 111111-18 
HS Welles 1010101111111110101001111—18 
Dr Fletcher 1111110000001011111111101—17 
H P Fessenden 1111101111101100100100100-15 
G H Piercy 010011 1011 IIOIOIIOOII 1010-15 
AR Straoer r, * OllOllllllOllOlOOOlOOnOl-15-226 
Dunellen Gun Club. 
Neaf Apgar 1111111110011111001111111 -21 
T Baron 1011110111111011110111111-21 
G Llodzey 1010101111111101101111111—20 
T W Sisty 1111110111111011110101110-20 
W Fletcher.. 1100010111011111111101011—18 
D Ruayon 1011011 1101 1 H 101 11101010 -18 
G E Smith , ..1111101100111101010101111-18 
P Osborne , 1O0011OUO0110O1111U1111-17 
H KZiist 1101111011001111111100010-17 
G H Cramer 11111100011100010110100;0-14 
O Giles , , . . , . .jjj . , . . .J 10000110101101U1101 101010-13 
H Giles. ,JjV.- . " lOlOOlOOOOOOUOlOOOOOOlOOO - 5-202 
The Daryea-Winston Match. 
Chicago, III., Aug. 10.— The art of picture-writing is an older one 
and in some ways a better one than that of writing with letters, be- 
cause all men can read pictures, I dou't know whether Mr. Duryea 
or Mr. Winston can read print or not, but it is quite sure that either 
I hey or anybody else could read the story of the Duryea- Winston race, 
which was shot at Watson's Park, Chicago, on Monday, Aug. 10, by 
simply looking at the pictures of the birds they shot at, and without 
reading a word of descriptive matter about the race. It is the pret- 
tiest, most complete and most concise report of a pigeon shoot ever 
published. 
This race was a very interesting one, barring the fact that the birds 
were about the poorest lot ever trapped at Watson's Park. There 
was little air moving and the heated terra was still on, so that birds as 
well as men were fairly exhausted. Many birds were flagged and 
many flew very dull, though a few birds were sharp and hard enough 
for any season. Winston was the favorite in the odds among the 
Chicago shooters, many of whom, rem«mbering the past, believed that 
he could not be defeated in a match made to his own liking. Winston 
is always a puzzle. At targets he is a bad man to beat at his own sort 
of game, and he is a known pigeon shot, although he admitted that he 
had not shot 6 birds in two years previous to this match. He does no 
practicine, never experiments with guns or loads, never speaks of 
being in or out of form. He is apparently sincere in his belief that he 
can always shoot a race and win over anybody. He is a good 
banterer in making a match, but granted all his peculiarities, 
no one who knows him doubts that if he had $100,000 he 
would double it or lose it In a year shooting pigeon races- 
He has lately won a few target races, defeating among others the 
Eastern crack Sim Glover, who is not so ."Inw hin=°K Winston's 
Claridge Accepts Malone's Challenge. 
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 17. — Editor Forest and Stream: I accept the 
challenge of Mr. John R. Malone, of this city, for the Du Pont trophy, 
and name Tuesday, Oct. 6, as the date; the match to be shot on the 
grounds o£ the Baltimore Shooting Association, ronditions: 50 birds. 
BestW. Oi»abidqei. 
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peculiarities have been earlier described in these columns. He is ap- 
parently as superstitious as a gambler, and a believer in fetichism, but 
no one knows whether this is real or feigned. Against Winston was a 
shooter not so well known in Chicago personally, though of course 
Mr. Duryea was known as an Eastern club shooter and a winner of 
many hot matches. It is not enough to say that Mr. Duryea made a 
favorable impression upon the Western shooters. His dignified and 
gentlemanly conduct in the race, his plucky and brilliant shooting and 
his magnanimous conduct after the race, made for him at once a high 
place in the esteem of the Western shooters, who would like to see 
him apd others like him jast as often as pissible. 
Mr. Duryea shot a Francotte gun and Hchultze powder in 'V. L. & D. 
IT. M. C. shells, his opponent using Frank Parmelee'^J Greener gun 
with Du Pont powder in U. M. U green trap shells, The race began 
3J. 
MR. WINSTON'^ BtRDB AS THHiY APPEARED IN PLIGHT. 
at S P. M., with Winston up, who killed his first bird. Duryea lost his 
first bird. Winston ran 18 straight, and at the 25 turn was 2 birds in 
the lead It was considered Winston's race, for although he shot slow 
and in the raggedest sort of time, he was centering his birds with shot 
and cutting them to pieces with what was evidently a killing gun and 
load. He dropped several at unconscionable distances, and lost his 
first bird by a wait which seenned intentionally long. 
Before g 'ing to the score Winston began in a mild way his usual 
bypnoi ic experiments. He tacked a piece of box lid up on the rail in 
front of the shooters' chairs, and just back of the firing stand placed 
an empty shell, with the top end pointing back. At the score he was 
very slow, wiping his hands regularly on his handkerchief, waiting, 
sighting his gun, "keying up" his nerves (apparently, for really be 
wasn't), and at length calling "Pull!" loudly and with a sharp jerk of 
the gun to the face. This may have been part of his tactics or part 
of his system, or part of his religion. Nobody knows Jack Winston 
or pretends to, so no one can tell. But it is certain that if any of this 
was intended to disconcert his opponent it failed of its purpose. Mr. 
Duryea did not look at the hypnotic data, but sat and pleasantly 
talked with Mr. Parmelee or with hla brother, Mr. Frank Duryea, who 
handled his gun for him. He alwaysstepped quickly and firmly to the 
score, and lost no time, shooting with the speed and system of the 
practiced pigeon shot, and never betraying concern by word or ges- 
ture. He shot a model race. He did not even smile when Winston 
called out to Chan. Powers from the score, "Powers, bring me ten 
shells, five in each hand." 
The race was shot Hurlingham rules, Winston's invariable condi- 
tions, and under these rules a singular instance arose on Duryea's 28th 
bird, He got a red incomer which fell close to his feet, apparently 
about to get over the dead line. "Catch him, Louis!" cried out some 
one, and in the excitement Mr. Duryea stepped from the score and 
stopped the bird. "Dead bird," decided John Watson, referee, "I 
challenge the bird," cried Winston. "Daad b'rd," repeated th3 ref- 
eree, "Then I protest the bird, under Rule 14," said Winston (he al- 
ways has all the rules in his head, bnt this time it was Rule 16 he 
sbould have nanjed), ♦'The sbooter o»B't gather hja own birds lunJer 
Hurlingham rules," The referee then ordered Mr. Duryea to ehoot 
another bird, which he killed, Winston was right in the protest, but it 
is hard to tell where the protest could have been carried, especially 
since the rules say the referee's decision must be final, 
Duryea's 40th bird came from No, 4 trap, and he dropped it dead on 
top of No. 3 trap, where it hung. This w.»8 apparently a hoodoo for 
Wmston He began to go out of all form and was very slow. Win- 
ston was very slow with his first on his4l8t bird, and let it twist out 
and over. His 43d was an incomer, and he waited till he got the sun 
in his eyes and could not see to shoot his second except by guess, 
close at the dead line. Meantime Duryea was steadily getting them 
down, and at the 50 hole had tied the score, each man standing 46 out 
of 50. At this stage of the r»ce Winston laboriously pounded down 25 
straight, and Duryea easily cut down 30 straight- They drew into the 
three quarters stretch, but jnst before the 75 bole Wiflston list 3 out 
of 6. Duryea was thus 2 in the lead at 75, and was never headed. He 
made a second run of 28, and gained in speed and brilliance. He lost 
his 87th and then ran out straight, shooting in a form which would 
have puzzled any man to beat, and winning his race with the best 
score (I am advised) that he ever made in his life. After turning into 
the home stretch past 75 Winston became duller and slower, losing 
his 79tb, 80th and 83d birds. Then, singularlv enough, he pnlled to- 
gether, quickened hia time and shot like a fiend on out, slap-bang^ 
making a lot of brilliant kills, and losing only his 93d bird, which was, 
hit hard but too far back, 
Winston's 5l8t was a hard cinnamon, scored far out in the deep field. 
Hia 53d, a big white, was also stopped, but made observers doubtful, 
as he was slow in getting on. His 69th twisted out of the first, but 
the second was used with care and stopped it. His 70th was a twisting 
driver that was not hurt; his 72d fell dead just over, and he lost his 
?5th, a bob-tailed white, not getting on full with either barrel. -His 
80th was hit full, but was too far and got over. His 83d was a big blue 
slate, dead out of bounds, hit too far back. His 90th bird was a 
screamer, and killed handsomely to applause. His 93d was well cen- 
tered, but wobbled over. His 94th was dropped on a long kill. There 
was merit also in the killing of Winston's 45th, 47th and 59th birds. 
Mr. Duryea shot be'ler and better all through the race, and killed 
his birds so cleanly and quickly that he did not leave much room to 
kUl them over again for him. His 44th was a lightning kill on a fast 
bird, and was applauded. His 60th was only feathered with the first, 
and he was not quick enough with his second to stop it. His 64th was 
a long, hot, hard bird ahead of No. 4 trap, and was scored amid ap- 
plause. His 79th was a hard driver, but was killed in fine fashion. 
His 81st was hard and fast. His 82d sprang high and was only 
feathered. His 92d was the star bird of the day, and rarely does one 
sse a harder at any season, or on any grounds. A small blue, it tailed 
away like lightning, offering the hardest sort of target. He cut It 
down with lightning rapidity. "No one can beat him if he can kill 
that sort," said the bystanders. And no one did that day, 
Winston's poor form was matter of surprise to his backers, and he 
himself was a bit cast down over losing tbe race. As he walKed along 
the platform going home some one asked him how it happened he 
lost the race, Winston thought for a moment and then replied sud- 
denly, "Blame me if 1 don't believe the other man is a better pigeon 
shooter than I am." 
This was an unusual admission for Jack Wineton to make, but it 
forms a not ungraceful finish to one of the most interesting little 
matches the shooters of Chicago have recently had opportunity of 
witnessing. They would like to see some more as good and as 
pleasant. Score, 100 live birds, $100, Hurlingham rules: 
Trap scare tvi'^—^"PuriaM is!,e bv Forest and Sirea vi Publishing Co. 
Jack Winston, .a 1121121112l212I2i0i!aill a-24 
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12C6 BoTOE Building, Chicago. 
E. Hough, 
Piirses at the Du Pont Tournament. 
Thk amount of money handled in the cashier's ofQi'e at the Du Pont 
shoot during the first week of August was extremely large. The 
winters in the team race and in the trophy shoot received good re- 
lurr s for their investments. Outside of those two races, however, 
the purses were so cut up that the amounts paid out to individual 
shooters were only small. 
In event No. 1, 122 out of 133 entries drew out money. In No. 2 a 
Btill larger proportion— 115 out of 120— were interested in the division 
of Ihe purse. In event No. 3, the lO-bird race, 169 out of 175 drew 
money, and in the 15-bh-d race 115 out of 122 took out something, 
(Our figures are, of course, based on the scores which appeared last 
week.) 
Below is a brief statement of the division of the purses: 
No. 1: 5 birds, ^5, birds included at 25 cents each, $75 added, throe 
moneys, 133 entries. Gross purse $740, less $166.25 for birds; net 
purse S573,?5: 
49 men with 5 kills each received $5,85. 
51 men with 4 kills each received $3.87. 
83 men wiih 3 kills each received $5,21, 
No 2: 7 birds, $7, birds included at 25 cents each. $100 added, four 
moneys, 120 entries. Gross purse $940, less $210 for birds; net purse 
$730: „ , 
34 men with 7 kills, each received $8 58. 
37 men with fi kills, each received $5 91, 
31 men with 5 kills, each received $4 70. 
13 men with 4 kills, each rfcelved $5.61. 
No 3: 10 birds, $10, birds included at 25 cents each, $150 added, four 
TOonevs, 175 entiles. Gross purse $1.90 less $437.50 tor birds; net 
purBe$l,463.50: 
37 men with 10 kills, each received $15.81. 
61 men with 9 kills, each received $7.19. 
35 men with 8 kills, each received $8 35. 
22 men wii h 7 kills, each received $6,66. 
No. 4: 15 birds, $15, birds included at 25 cents each, $200 added, five 
moneys, 122 entries (G, Jack's entry fee being returned to him)> 
Gross purse $2,0«0, less $457 50 for birds; net purse $1,572,50: 
S8 men with 15 kills, each received $16.84. 
37 men with 14 kills, each received $10 62. 
28 men with 13 kills, each received $11.23, 
16 men with 12 kills, each received $14.74. 
6 men with 11 kills, each received $26.20, 
The above figures are decidedly interesting. They show plainly that 
the old system of dividing purses, in live-bird races as in target events, 
is worse than faulty. There is no equity in the division of a purse 
where a man who kills 11 out of 15 birds receives $26 20 for $15, wh«n 
a man who kills all his birds only receives $16,84 and a man who scores 
14 out of 15 takes down $10 621 Is it any wonder that dropping for 
placB still exists? The system itself is to blame. 
Chicago Trap-Shooters and Sparrows. 
Chicago, 111., Aug. 8.— I herewith hand you score of Winnetka Gun 
Club, made at English sparrows to-day, On account of the small size 
and rapid fiight, the sparrow is a favorite bird at the trap for all the 
clubs that have used them so far, and especially for those shooters 
who do not care so much for big scores as for something that takes 
quick and accurate shooting. The scores in the two lO-bird sweeps 
were as follows: 
Events: 1 ^ Events: 1 3 
Richardson 7 9 Hester 7 .. 
Madsen 9 .. Eoyce , 8 5 
McOonnell 5 6 Maynard , 8 8 
P Hoyt. 9 9 Albright 4 2 
LHoyt 9 9 Buckbee..,. i. 9 9 
R Daggett 5 10 J Daggett 7 
Bert Hampton. 
Conny Furguesou Challenged. 
Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 10.— Editor Forest and Stream: I would 
like to match Master Charles Skinner, of Rochester, N.Y,, against 
Master Clarence Ferguson, of New York city, to shoot ft race at 50 live 
birds under American Association rules, $100 a side. The shoot to take 
place at the Rochester Driving Park on or about Sept. 9, 1896. I in- 
close check for $25 as forfeit. The balance of $75 to be posted day of 
match Dr. J. L. Wbllbr. 
[Check for $25 received. We presume Dr. Weller refers to BlasJ^r 
CJorneliue Furgueson, a member of tbe New Utrecbt Gun Club'] 
