Sept. 19, 188«.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
280 
The Interstate at Marion, N. J. 
Thk Interstate A8sociation''8 series ot tournaments for 1896 was 
brought to a close on Wednesday eTening, Sept. 9, after three con- 
secutive days of tarifet-ahootlng on the grounds of the Endeavor Gun 
Club, of Jersey City. The first day, Sept. 7, Labor Day, was not, 
prbperly speaking, a part of the Interstate's tournament; it was the 
regular annual Labor Day shoot given by the Endeavor Gun Club. 
For years past it has been the custom of this club to hold an all-day 
shoot on the above holiday, and as a rule these annual affairs have 
been well attended. 
This year's shoot was no exception to the general rule. The at- 
tendance of club members was very satisfactory, and most of them 
shot along In the sweeps, either for "birds" or cash, it being optional 
whether one put up the tegular pntrance fee or only paid for the tar- 
gets at 2 cents each. As practice work for the tournament ot the 
next two days the Labor Day shoot fell In just right, and several 
of those who intended to shoot through the Intprstate's programme 
took advantage of the "sweeps at liopular prices" to get their eyes on 
the targets. 
The preparations for handling the shooters and the arrangements 
made for their comfort were all rlgbt. Those who attended the Marion 
grounds on either of the three days of the shoot found everything 
just as it should be. Two sets of traps were placed in position, al- 
though practically only one set was used on Labor Day. The second 
set was required to run off the extra expert events on the two days of 
the Interstate shoot. Both sets of traps were bluerocks, and bluerock 
targets were thrown during the entire shoot. The No. 2 set, the set on 
which the expert events were shot off, were traps of which Elmer 
Shaner was very proud. He has thrown very nearly 300,000 targets 
from them since they were first placed in the Kit of the Association, 
and they are throwing as well now as they did the first day he used 
them. 
Of course the shoot was run by Elmer Shaner, the annual Labor 
Day shoot taking the place of the usual "preparation day." On that 
day the secretary of the club J. A. Creveling, acted as entry clerk, 
his place being ably filled on the two succeeding days by W. A. Rich- 
ards. The cashier was Edward Bock, a gentleman who has often acted 
in the same capacity at Marion when "Uncle AIL' Heritage was the 
moving spirit of the shoots at these grounds. The puller, Frank Post, 
and the blackboard man both did their work well. The greater por- 
tion of the referee's work was done by the club's president, A. R. 
Strader, while Carl von Lengerke denied himself the pleasure of shott- 
ing right along, devoting himself to taking a hand at anything to help 
out his club. The Rose system of dividing purses was adhered to on 
all three days, and no fault was or could be found with the division of 
moneys imder that system. 
Among the trade representatives present on Labor Day were: J. A- 
E. Elliott and J. S, Hildreth, of the Winchester Repeating Arms Com- 
p&ny; V. M. 0. Thomas, of the U. M. C. Company; Justus von Len- 
gerke, senior partner of the firm of Von Lengertee & Detmold, the U. 
8. agents for Schultze powder; Noel E, Money, secretary of the Ameri- 
can E. C. Powder Company; Ed Taylor, of tne Laflin & Rand Powder 
Company; E. D. Fulford, shooting Schultze powder in U. M. C. Com- 
pany's factory-loaded shells; Jack Winston (147), shooting Austin 
powder and looking out for a match or two while here in the Bast. 
The neighboring clubs were fairly well represented on Labor Day, 
the fact that nearly every club holds a shoot on holidays militating 
against large entries on such days at any one tournament. 
Piatt Adams, of the New Utrecht Gun Club, was accompanied by his 
brother, A. W. Adams, of the Eureka Gun Club, Chicago. The Passaic 
City Gun Club sent "Count" Lnnone and Bennie Abbott, the latter 
shooting under his old uom tZe/wsiJ of Bluerock; Hackettstown was 
represented by J. L. Smith; F. A. Thompson, of the Vernon Gun Club, 
of Brooklyn; J. S. Duston and E. A. Geoflroycame from Newark; 
Uncle Billy Sigler, one of the oldest and most reliable shots in New 
Jersey, made his appearance at the traps for the first time in many 
months; T. Christy came from Paterson; Jack Brewer also took a 
hamd at target breaking, but did not strike his old gait. The home 
club was well represented, the following upholding the credit of the 
Endeavor Gun Club: G. H. Piercy, captain of the club; E Ingram, C. 
W. McPeek (Jersey), L. H. Schortemeier, Edwards, Eddie Collins, 
etc. 
Among the lady visitors was one who came all the way from Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, to meet old friends and -to tell us that work on King's 
Smokeless kept an old member of the Endeavor Gun Club, Milt F. 
Llndaley, from being present at the shoot. We refer, of course, to 
Mrs. M. F. Lindsley, so well known to shooters under the name of 
Wanda. Mrs. Lindsley does not shoot now as well as she always did; 
the loss of her pet gun, which was stolen from the special car en 
route for the Joplin, Mo., shoot last spring, has affected hpr shooting 
seriously. Pending the arrival of a new gun that is being made for 
her, she picks up any light gun and pluckily tries to break targets, 
but the result is by no means satisfactory to her. 
On Labor Day a total of over 5,000 targets were thrown. Our table 
of scores shows the results in 15 events; as a matter of fact two other 
events, a 25 and a 15-target event, were also shot, but the number of 
entries was not large, so no record of the scores was kept. Jim Elliott 
led the band with a total of 123 breaks out of 135 shot at; Fulford was 
second with 212 out of 235 shot at. Justus von Lengerke and E A. 
Geoflroy were close together with totals of 215 and 213 respectively 
out of 240 shot at. Piatt Adams had his eye with him and landed 
with 174 out of 200; his brother, A W. Adams, of the Eureka Gun 
Club of Chicago, was decidedly off in his shooting, breaking only 73 
ger cent, of the 800 he shot at. Louis Shortemeie'* shot well at times, 
reaking25 straight in No. 6, and landing with 81.5 per cent, for 300 
shot at. The "old reliable," Ed. Taylor, found time between greet- 
ings from old friends to shoot at 130 targets, breaking 108 of them. 
George Piercy, the Endeavor Gun Club's captain, shot in every event, 
but the cares of his position were against a good average; his per- 
centage of 78 8 would be materially increased If the 25 straight he 
made in event No. 16 was taken into account. 
LABOR PAV SCORES. 
Events: 1SSU56789 
Targets: 10 15 20 15 20 25 15 20 10 
EUlott 18 12 . . 24 15 17 , . 
Fulford. 16 14 18 23 14 17 8 
Edwards , ... 13 19 7 
J von Len- 
gerke 10 13 18 13 18 21 13 19 10 
Geoffrey.... 8 18 18 IB 17 21 14 19 7 
P Adams 17 14 16 20 13 19 9 
Schorty 16 15 11 15 9 
Sigler 
Taylor 14 12 17 ., 13 18 10 
J L Smith. . 8 10 17 12 
147 17 12 16 21 11 18 9 
Qolltns 
Ingram 8 12 19 18 16 23 ... . 6 
Piercy. 8 10 iS 11 16 17 13 17 7 
Duston 
De Wolff 10 .. ,. 
Brewer 18 13 16 S3 13 14 8 
Christy , , 
Jersey 7 19 .. 9 .. .. 
U II C 16 11 15 .. 10 13 7 
Thompson. ...... 13 20 14 17 4 
WAdams,. .; 13 8 14 19 14 15 '7, 
C von Len- 
gerke 7 11 13 
N Money. . . 6 H 14 12 13 13 10 14 10 15 11 
HUdreth 11 T 13 17 12 14 6 13 . . 
Herkimer., ; 14 
Hoffman 6 .. 5 14 .. 8 .. 7 .. .. 
Blue Rock 
Count 
Howell 11 
Strader.,.. 4 
Matzen 3 .. 11 
Wanda 
10 11 12 13 lU 15 
20 20 15 20 15 20 
18 19 
18 19 15 16 14 20 
19 15 15 19 14 18 
Shot 
19 16 13 
19 18 13 
19 17 14 
16 18 10 
16 16 15 
.. 18 
18 .. 18 
17 15 . . 
.. 16 6 
.. 14 .. 
17 19 11 
.. 13 12 
17 18 11 
16 12 8 
18 16 12 
18 14^ ., 
16 14 .. 
16 .. .. 
17 13 19 
13 .. 19 
. . 12 . . 
17 .. 18 
19 14 ig 
16 14 . . 
14 13 17 
18 12 16 
15 .. 
14 8 18 
.. 16 11 .. 14 .. 
14 12 14 13 10 18 
17 15 18 11 . . . . 
8 
6 10 11 16 
.. 13 .. 12 
10 11 8 9 
6 13 8 11 
,. 1 4 
4 6.. 
at. Broke Av. 
135 
123 
91.1 
235 
212 
90.2 
155 
139 
89.6 
240 
215 
89.5 
240 
218 
88.3 
800 
174 
87 
200 
169 
84.5 
95 
79 
83.1 
130 
108 
83 
135 
112 
88.9 
165 
136 
82.4 
90 
74 
88.8 
170 
139 
81.7 
260 
805 
78.8 
90 
71 
78.8 
90 
71 
78.8 
180 
141 
78.3 
110 
86 
78.1 
45 
35 
77.8 
150 
113 
75.8 
800 
149 
74.5 
200 
144 
72 
45 
31 
68.8 
205 
136 
68.3 
145 
93 
64.1 
90 
57 
63.8 
115 
65 
56.5 
70 
38 
54.2 
70 
37 
58.8 
40 
17 
43.5 
10 
4 
40 
85 
25- 
29.4 
35 
10 
38.5 
TafiSDATT, SEPT. 8. 
To-day was the first day of the Interstate Association's tournament. 
The boys were slow in putting in an appearance, It being about lO.'SO 
before the programme was commencpd. The attendance was by no 
means what It should have besn, the vast majority of the local clubs 
being conspicuous by reason of non-represencation Why this should 
have been so we are at a loss to surmise. The programme was a good 
one; there W8B a good amount of added money; the adoption of the 
Rose system favored the less expert shooter, and the Badeavnr Gun 
Club and its members have always done their share to make local 
shoots a success. The club is a member of two local leagues— the 
New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League and the New Jersey Amateur 
Trap-Shooters' L«^ague. There ara eight other clubs In the first and 
four othpr cbibs in the second. Under the circumstances it is hard 
to accoimt for the non-appearance of many of the faces usually seen at 
Bucb gatherings in New Jersey. 
Among the new faces to-day were: Capt. Money, of the E. C. Pow- 
der Co., and his younger son, Harold B. Money; L D, Tnomas, of 
Baltimore, a representative of Lafiin & Rand's W-A powder; Perd 
Van Dyke, of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.; J. A. H. Dressel. 
seerptary treasuror of the Interstate A?s"ciati'>n. and president of 
the U. M. C. Co.; J. S. S. Ramsen, of Brooklyn, oneof the youngestand 
best target shots in this section of the United States; J F. Paddelford 
Ot Sherburne, N. Y. ; Harry Thurman, ot the Kej^stone Shooting 
League, who claims to be a "has-been," but adds that that's better 
than being a "never-was-a:" Slide. Dr. Fletcher, etc. 
The weather, tbough bright and sunn.y, was by no means In favor 
of high scores. In the morning the wind blew very strongly from the 
northeast, and the targets, as a natural consequence, took all sorts of 
erratic flights, breakine up the hopes of many a shooter for a straight 
score just when the latter was right within his grasp. The force 
and efl'ect of the wind may best be noted by looking at the scores in 
event No. 1. a 20-target event with four moneys, 14 breaks coming in 
for part of fourth money 1 
Justus von Lengpi"ke was high average for the day with 89.4, an ex- 
cellent percentage when the conditions are considered. Brewer lost 7 
targets out of his first 15 and 3 out of his next 20; h3 then finished by 
breaking 125 out of his last 135, being second average with 88.2. Ful- 
ford and Van Dyke were third and fourth with 87.8 and 87.5 respec- 
tively. Remseo, whom we have referred to above, was fifth with 85.8, 
a fraction better than Schorty, who finished sixth. 
In addition to the scores given in the table below, Ingram shot In 
event No. 6, breaking 10 out of 15: Wanda broke 11 out of 15 In No. 8, 
and Dr. Fletcher scored 14 in No. 10. 
Events: 
FIRST DAY, SEPT. 8. 
1 3 4 a 6 7 8 9 10 
Targets: SO 16 
J von Lengerke 14 14 
Brewer , 8 
Fulford 16 12 
Van Dyke 
Remsen.. 16 IS 
Schorty 16 14 
147 10 10 
J. F 18 13 
Qeoffroy 16 9 
Edwards 16 13 
Elliott.,...,,,..,.... 15 13 
Thurman,,., 15 10 
CoUlDS .. .. 
HUdreth , 14 10 
Capt Money. , 
C von Lengerke 15 . . 
Piercy 15 6 
Duston IR 11 
H Money 12 
Jersey 
U M C 16 10 
Taylor 
Slide 14 6 
NE Money 16 7 
LD Thomas 
20 15 96 15 SO 16 SS 20 Shot at. Broke. Av. 
19 14 
17 15 
18 11 
18 14 
20 9 
16 13 
16 18 
18 12 
15 11 
16 11 
16 10 
12 11 
15 10 
14 9 
18 11 
15 10 
12 11 
9 7 
30 13 19 
24 13 18 
20 14 20 
.. ..16 
21 14 15 
23 13 17 
24 15 19 
21 18 11 
17 15 17 
21 12 17 
17 13 9 
21 13 15 
.. 12 .. 
19 9 14 
14 9 17 
.. 9 .. 
18 11 18 
19 8 16 
.. 11 .. 
.. 11 14 
18 7 9 
.. 11 .. 
17 7 13 
15 7 12 
.. .. 5 
14 24 19 
14 33 19 
14 24 18 
13 91 Ho 
15 80 . . 
13 21 17 
12 23 17 
12 24 15 
15 20 16 
12 21 16 
11 20 17 
11 81 20 
13 19 17 
.. 19 14 
13 21 17 
.. .. 17 
18 19 15 
7 .. 18 
8 .. .. 
8 .. ., 
11 
10 
14 
10 
190 
170 
89.4 
170 
150 
88.2 
190 
167 
87.8 
80 
70 
87.5 
170 
146 
85.8 
190 
162 
85.2 
190 
169 
83.6 
190 
1B6 
82.1 
190 
155 
81.5 
190 
153 
80,5 
190 
1.52 
80 
190 
152 
80 
75 
60 
80 
175 
132 
75.4 
120 
90 
75 
55 
41 
74.5 
190 
140 
73.6 
165 
120 
72.7 
80 
54 
67 .-5 
50 
33 
65 
130 
85 
65.8 
SB 
2^ 
62.8 
145 
90 
63 
150 
87 
65 
85 
15 
48.8 
The scores made in the four expert events shot on No. 2 set of traps 
were as follows: 
EXPERT EVENTS. 
Events: 13 3 4 
•T von Lengerke 9 10 12 18 
Piercy ...V^... .9 11 8 10 
Duston................ ,. fl .. .. 
Fulford 10 14 13 13 
J F 5 
Edwards".".'.'.".!'."."...".'.".! 11 "s lO 
Schorty 12 18 15 18 
U M 0 18 
147 12 12 .. .. 
Events: 13 3 4 
Elliott 15 11 14 13 
Geoffrey........ 11 18 14 14 
Thurman.,,, J. 13 11 11 11 
H Money 7 
Capt Money. 8 
Collins 14 13 13 13 
Taylor 8 
LD Thomas 10 
Van Dyke 11 13 11 14 
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9. 
This was another windy day, scores again being affected by the 
wind that blew directly in the face of the shooters. The shoot ran as 
smoothly as possible, evervthing moving off with the prpcision of 
clockwork. Elm°r Shaner's face begsn to look more cheerful as the 
day wore on; to-day's shoot was the last of the Interstate's work for 
1896 Those who have managed shoots will realize readily what his 
work has been this year. Elmer's Japanese hat, that has been a fea- 
ture at the Interstate shoots this season, was sent Into retirement to- 
day. During the shooting of an extra after the programme was 
finished, one of the traps needed Elmer's attention ; while at the traps 
he was asked to throw up his hat. This he did, but took all the squad 
by surprise except Capt. Money, who promptly placed a charge of 
shot through it. Before E'mer could again rescue his hat one of the 
trapper boys sent it fiyitig into the air, and this time it received atten- 
tion and a load of No. 734 from Edwards's gun. The hat has gone 
back to Pittsburg, and will be given to Old Hoss as a sample of the 
work of Jersey mosquitoes, and will be placed with the balance of Old 
Hoss's trophies of trap work adornlag the walls of the "woodpecker's 
nest." 
Among the newcomers to-day was M. Herrington, of the W-A pow- 
der, the president of the Arlington, N J.. Shooting Association; Sec- 
retary J. L. Lequin, of the Hazard Powder Company; Holberton, of 
the Oritani Field Club of Hackensack, N. J.; and Thos. G. Bell, secre- 
tary of the New Jersey Amateur Trap-Shooters' League 
Jim Elliott was on top to-ilay with a percentage of 88.9, Ferd Van 
Dyke coming next with 88 4. Remsen showed up remarkably well 
with 87.7 per cent., and w.s high man with 84 out of 25 in event No. 5. 
Van Dyke was handicapped during the greater part of this tourna- 
ment by having to shoot his live-bird gun ; to-day when partly through 
the programme he took up a repeater of Noel Money's and tried it, 
with the result that he shot it the balance of the day, making a splen- 
did average for the last few events, and sweeping the decks in the 
extras shot after the completion of the programme. 
SECOND DAY, SEPT. 9. 
133466 789 10 
Events: 
Targets: no 15 SO 15 S5 10 HO 16 S5 SO 
Elliott 16 13 19 12 21 14 19 12 23 19 
Van Dyke 16 13 16 12 21 15 18 14 24 19 
Remsen....,...,....' .. 18 17 14 34 13 19 14 20 16 
Brewer 15 12 19 14 20 18 20 15 81 18 
Holberton 13 81 18 
Edwards 15 13 15 15 23 11 18 13 24 17 
J von Lengerke 19 12 18 15 18 
Fulford n 11 18 13 19 12 20 15 32 17 
Schorty 20 13 15 9 23 13 15 10 21 18 
J F.. 17 13 16 10 20 17 
Piercy 14 13 16 12 al 11 15 14 19 17 
Capt Money 17 11 18 9 18 18 17 11 23 17 
Geoffroy 10 16 13 18 18 88 . . 
Collins 13 13 88 15 
Bell 12 .. 15 
Christy......... 11 18 8 17 13 .. .. 
Taylor 18 14 
UMC 13 n 17 13 .. 13 13 8 .. .. 
Herrington 13 10 . . 11 19 13 13 
Thurman 17 8 13 11 
Frye 8 21 12 
N Money 11 16 . . 
HUdreth.....,....,, ..1116 1111 8 14 9 19 13 
Ingram 11 18 
L D Thomas 12 13 . . 8 . . 8 16 8 . . . . 
The scores made in the four expert events were 
KXPffBT EVENTS. 
1 8 
Shot at. Broke. Av. 
190 
169 
88.9 
190 
168 
88.4 
170 
149 
87.7 
190 
166 
87.3 
60 
53 
.86.6 
190 
164 
86.3 
95 
83 
86.3 
190 
158 
83.1 
190 
157 
8?. 6 
115 
93 
80.8 
190 
153 
80 
190 
158 
80 
115 
91 
79.1 
80 
63 
78.7 
Z', 
27 
77.1 
90 
67 
74.4 
35 
86 
74.2 
120 
88 
73.3 
110 
79 
71.8 
70 
49 
70 
60 
41 
68.3 
40 
27 
67.5 
170 
118 
65.8 
35 
83 
65.7 
100 
65 
65 
below: 
Events: 18 3 4 
Piercy 15 13 13 ii 
Van Dyke 10 10 11 8 
Capt Money... 8 . . 
Fulford 11 13 13 10 
Elliott 14 13 15 13 
Herrington 11 11 .. 
LD Thomas 7 .. .. 8 
Events: 13 3 4 
UM ' 7 
Schortv li 10 13 ii 
Christy 8 11 10 
Geoffroy 12 11 12 . , 
Taylor 8 .. 10 10 
Collins 13 12 11 
H Frye jo 
Edward Banks. 
Lynchburg' Gun Club. 
Lynobburo, Va., Sept 10.— Regular shoot of the club held to-day. 
In the fourth event Dornin and Cleland tied for the Silverthorn badge, 
Cleland winning the tie. Conditions: Unknown angles, A. A. rules: 
Events: 1 3 3. 4 5 Events: 1 8 3 4 5 
Targets: 20 SO 10 25 35 Targets: 30 30 10 S5 i5 
Nelson 13 18 7 14 14 Scott 13 15 8 14 20 
Terry 13 15 8 80 18 Moorman 17 l5 7 19 18 
Dornin 18 18 8 83 19 Cleland 10 13 5 23 .. 
F. M. D. 
Independent Gun Club, of Cincinnati. 
Cincinnati, O., Sept. 8.— The Independent Gun Club, of this city, 
recently opened its fall season. The scores made by members of the 
club at the opening shoot were as follows: 
Events: 13346078 Events: 13345678 
,, Luther.... 4 .. 5 8 6 5 
5 nvimble 10 8 8 7 
,. ., Qoodmao.. .. .. ., ^, i '3 
Da Bray... 8 9 9 7 
JacE 6 7 7 9 
Waddell.., 3 14.. 
Boston Shooting^ Association. 
Wellington, Mass., Labor Day, Sept. 7. 
Events: 
1 S 3 U 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 1? IS lU 16 16 17 13 1$ SO St 22 SS H6 
Targets :1 
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 10 80 10 30 10 10 15 16 5 
Jones. 
6 8 9 9 10 14 8 17 10 19 9 7 13 9 5 
Howe. 
6 7 6 9 S 17 10 16 8 14 5 7 11 10 4 
Henderson. 
8 9 8 7 10 18 8 15 9 15 ., ,. 9 .. .. 
I.e Roy. 
6 8 8 10 8 20 10 18 9 16 7 6 IS 18 5 
W L Davis. 
9 9 9 7 8 18 10 18 8 16 7 ... 13 ., .. 
Mason. 
8 9 8 8 8 15 6 11 7 17 4 10 11 9 3 
H^stlnrs. 
7 8 9 9 8 
Allison. - . . 
7 8 
7 
4 
8 
6 
6 
8 
7 
8 
7 6 
9 
5 
8 
8 
9 10 
6 
7 
9 8 10 
9 
7 10 
8 
9 10 
9 
9 8 
6 
9 10 
8 
6 
8 10 
9 
6 7 
7 
5 
3 
7 
9 10 
9 
9 
3 4 
? 
7 
7 
8 
•9 
9 
5 
6 
9 8 
9 
8 
7 
6 
9 
9 
6 
6 
9 9 
9 
7 
4 10 
6 
7 
8 10 
10 8 
6 
8 
7 
7 
7 10 
8 
4 
6 4 
5 
8 
8 
9 
9 
4 
5 
7 
10 7 10 
8 
9 
8 
8 
9 
9 
9 
8 7 
6 
5 
5 
7 
3 
7 
3 
6 
8 8 
4 
7 
7 
4 
3 
6 
7 
6 
7 6 
6 
6 
8 
7 
10 
5 
8 
5 
3 4 
1 
4 
5 
5 
6 
3 
8 
7 
6 8 
6 10 
7 
7 8 
7 
0 
5 
9 
9 
9 
8 
8 
6 7 
9 
9 
5 
7 
9 10 
8 
7 
.. 5 
8 
6 
6 
8 
7 
5 
5 
8 
7 
4 
7 
.. 4 
7 
4 
4 10 
Rule. 
10 .. .. 
Bond. 
7 .. .. 
Martin , 
7 13 9 18 8 17 9 .. 11 
R 0 Walls, 
87767.. 8.. 6 
Snow 
6 6 6 8 6 10 7 12 4 
OB Sanborn. 
6 6 8 9 9 11 
Burton. 
4 6 6 8 17 4 13 ,. 
8 .. 13 .. 
Kinney. 
,.6 8 
Puck. 
14 
10 
Mascroft. 
8 8 .... 10 15 9 17 15 
T H Davis. 
7 15 .. 6 9 
G S Davis. 
Clason. 
Gore 
8 8 8 
Curtis. 
8 9 8 7 7 7 
Nichols. 
6 6 8 4. 
Hllllard. 
6 .. 5 2 
Leigh ton. 
5 .. 3 3. 
8 9 
8 7 7 
8 5 
. 15 
9 4 11 5 
9 4 0 3 
10 .. 
11 .. 
9 .. 
7 .. 
Wausau Gun Club. 
WAnsAD, wis., Sept. 4.— Your correspondent happened to strike 
Wausau just In time for one of the gun club's local tournaments. 
Although an entire stranger to all of the club members, he was given 
a cordial welcome and spent a vpry enjoyable afternoon with them. 
Most of them are new hands at the trap, but there is some good trap- 
shooring timber among them, and all the energy and love of the sport 
that is needed to develop their latent powers. If they keep at it some 
of their names will become familiar in trap-shooting circles. 
Thp weather was very unfavorable for good scores, and rain put a 
atop to the sport before the programme was shot out. 
Below are the scores, all events at known angles; No. 3 was at 3 
pairs and 8 singles: 
Events: 13 3 4 Per 
Targets: 10 10 lU 16 Shot at. Broke, cent. 
Coney 10 10 11 14 49 45 91.8 
Hampton 9 10 9 13 49 41 83.6 
Pierce 7 8 11 18 49 38 77.5 
Lyons 7 8 10 13 49 38 77.5 
Bardeen .........4......^ 8 6 10 11 49 35 71.4 
Brown 8 5 8 14 49 35 71.4 
CWinton , 7 6 8 11 49 38 65.3 
Weeks 8 6 9 8 49 31 63.2 
LaMotte 7 .... 9 25 16 64 
Manson 7 5 9 9 49 30 61.2 
DeVoe 6 10 6 60 
Pardee 8 5 .. 8 35 31 60 
Crosby 9 15 9 60 
Hudson 7 4 .. 8 35 19 57.1 
Turner 3 .. .. 10 3 SO 
O. H. Hampton. 
Haverhill Gun Club. 
Haverhill, Mass., Sept. 5 —Below I hand you scores made to-day 
by members of the Haverhill Gun Club at their weekly shoot. This ia 
our tenth practice shoot since our club was organized, and the result 
shows a marked improvement in the shooting of the members, all but 
three or four of whom had never fired a shot at the clay birds until 
the afternoon of July 4 last. 
Events 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 were at unknown angles; event 13 at 5 pairs 
doubles, and the remainder of the events at regular angles: 
Events: 
18 3 4 
8 7 .. 
6 .. 5 
7 5 5 
6 7 4 
7 7 3 
F J Blake 2 
Leighton 7 
D S Short 8 
E P Blake , 6 
Holden 6 
Ingham , , 8 
Huntington . , 3 6 
Crepeau......... .... 4 .. 
Dr Sherman 3 .. 
DrStansfleld 6 .. 
Eaton 8 . . 
Johnson 4 .. 
Putnam.. , 4 ., 
Hilliard 5 
Vining 
Brown , 
Miner 
Stevens 
Hines 
Webster ., 
George ,. .. ., 
Hayes 
Dodge 
Tuck 
Miller 
5 6 7 8 
.. 5 5 .. 
5 8.. 
7 
7 6 8 
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Galena Defeated Joplin. 
Joplin, Mo., Sept. 4.— A six-men team race was shot to-day on the 
grounds of the Joplin Gun Club by teams representing the home club 
and the gun club of Galena. Kans. The conditions were: 100 targets 
per man, unknown angles, for a purse of $100. Below are the scores, 
vyhich tell aspd story: 
*JoplIn. Galena. 
Kinniouth..l7 17 15 17 18-84 Sumner 18 18 16 17 16-85 
Sergeant... .20 20 18 19 19 -96 Leeman....l5 18 18 17 16-84 
Stevenson.. 17 18 16 16 17-84 Carney 18 17 14 18 17—84 
Dixon 16 16 15 14 15—76 Horn 19 16 18 80 35-88 
Malloy 18 12 16 15 18-68-490 Hoffman... 14 19 15 18 17—83 
Rambo 18 16 18 17 17—86-510 
* The Joplin team's score shows only five men on the team. The 
flemr^ given above for that team's total are only 408, a Fcore of 82 
having been left out. W. G. Sehgeant. 
Valley City Gun Clubi 
Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 4.— Below are the scores made to-day at 
th-i regular weekly shoot of the Valley City Gun Club: 
Events: 1 3 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 
Targets: 25 10 10 10 10 10 10 Targets: 
1 3 3 4 5 6 7 
S5 10 10 10 10 10 10 
KirFten .23 8 8 7 
Morse 17 9 9 .. 
teiloo,, 13 10 9 5 
9 10 10 Coleman...... 83 9 8 8 8 8 9 
.. 5 .. Kelsey 6 ,. 
8 7 6 Gould 8 8 .. 7 
C. F. Rood. 
