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Presque Isle Bifle Club. 
Erie, Pa., Sept. 26 — At the commencement of the season the Presque 
Isle Rifle Olub put up three medals to be shot for as season prizes, 
the first part of the season's work to be taken as basis for a handi- 
cap. The prizes will be won by the members making the best averages 
with handicaps added. To-day closed the season, and the winners 
will be announced shortly. Below are to-day's scores: 
Two hundred yards, standard target, off-hand, 7-ring black: 
J G Germann 10 8 6 10 10 7 7 8 6 9-81 
596 10 97996 9-79 
9 8 8 7 7 9 6 9—9 7—79 
JohnStidham 10 48597979 9-77 
9956 10 7978 6-76 
10 9 10 694585 5—71 
George Shafer 6 6 6 7 10 10 5 10 7 10-77 
87876868 10 7—75 
6966676 10 7 9—71 
CaptJBaeon 6 10 7 7 7 8 6 10 9 10-80 
6 7 56868 30 7 8—71 
6697476 10 5 9—69 
Dr Wheeler 8 3 6 8 7 5 6 9 7 10—74 
6 10 5865895 8-70' 
556588978 6-67 
WJLeyer 10 4 7 7 30 7 10 6 6 7—74 
848 3 8469 9 9-68 
58886 10 874 4-68 
GeoCBahn 578 10 6 10 568 7-72 
666557779 10-68 
774558859 6—64 
FDerby 8 5 10 8 4 10 5 6 7 7-69 
488658957 5-65 
786653786 8—64 
WFTreiber 75 10 956779 6-71 
6 10 5646666 10-65 
736 57 10 6 10 4 4-62 
W B Patton 7 9 9 7 8 5 5 7 6 6-69 
847 10 96744 6-65 
668756784 6-63 
JFLeyer 864679668 4-64 
484666887 5-62 
853 10 55456 7—58 
ESNoyes 547468 10 54 4-57 
788441946 3-54 
657476356 2-52 
If you want your shoot to be announced here 
send In notice like the followlngr: 
FIXTURES. 
Oct. 6-7.— Baltimore, Md — Tournament of the Baltimore Shooting 
Association. Live birds only. James E. Malone, Captain. 
Oct. 6^.— Indianapolis, Ind. — Autumn tournament of the Limited 
Gun Club. Open to amateurs only. Two days, targets; one day, 
pigeons and sparrows. Royal Robinson, Sec'y. 
Oct. 7-9.— Nkwburgh, N. Y.— Annual fall tournament of the West 
Newburgh Gun and Rifle Association; targets and live birds added 
money announced later 
Oct 8-10.— East St. Louis, 111.— Tournament of the King's Smoke- 
less Gun Club. 
Oct. 10.— Hackknsack, N. J.— Team race, Maplewood Gun Club 
versus Bergen County Gun Club. 
Oct. 14-15.— Greensbdrg, Ind. — Second annual tournament of the 
Greensburg Gun Club. Targets only. Web. Woodflil, Sec'y. 
Oct. 16-17.— Tacoma, Wash.— Tournament of the Washington State 
Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the Tacoma Rifle, Rod 
and Gun Club. G. H. Garrison, Sec'y. 
Oct. 17.— Hackbnsack, N. J.— Fifth monthly shoot of the New Jersey 
Amateur Trap-Stiooters' League, under the auspices of the Oritani 
Field Club. 
Oct. 21-22.— Ironton, O.— Third annual tournament of the Iron City 
Gun Club Targets. 
Oct. 27-28.— Elizabeth, N. J.— Eighth bi-monthly tournament of the 
EHzabeth Gun Club. First day, targets; second day, live birds. 
Nov. 7.— Hackensack, N. J.— Cup contest, under the auspices of the 
Bergen County Gun Club. C. O. Gardiner, Sec'y. 
Dec. 1-3. — Trenton, N. J.— Proposed contest for live-bird champion- 
ship; 100 live birds per man, $100 entry. Under the management of 
Charles Zwirlein. 
1897. 
Jan. 4-5. — Prescott, Arizona. — Fourth annual tournament of the 
Arizona State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the 
Prescott Gun Club. Roy Hill, Sec'y. 
January. — San Antonio, Tex. — Second midwinter tournament, under 
the management of Oscar Guessaz, etc. 
March 23-25.— New York Cm.— The Interstate Association's fifth 
annual Grand American Handicap at live birds. 
April 15-17.— San Antonio, Tex.— Tournament of the San Antonio 
Gun Club. Open to amateurs only. Willard T. Simpson, Chairman 
Ex. Com. 
June (third week).— Cleveland, O.— Fourth annual tournament of 
the Chamberlin Cartridge and Target Company. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
"^Glub secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. 
Ties in all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. 
Mail all such matter fo Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 3U6 
Broadway, New York, 
The programme of the first annual tournament of the King's Smoke- 
less Gun Club, of East St. Louis, 111., has one or two points that call 
for special mention. The tournament itself will be held on Oct. 8-9, at 
Obert's Park, electric cars running direct to the grounds. Shells and 
guns shipped in advance should be sent in care of J. M. Trendley, who 
will see that the same are delivered at the grounds. On the first two 
days of the shoot targets will be thrown at 2 cents each On the third 
day 3 cents will be charged for targets, the extra 1 cent for each tar- 
get thrown being made a fund that will be added to the purse in the 
last event on the programme, a 25-target event, known angles, $2 en- 
trance. This fund will be eligible only to shooters who have taken 
part in at least seven out of the thirteen preceding events shot on that 
day. One note in the programme says that "black powder will be 
shot in separate squads." The programme for the first day calls for 
245 targets, for the second day 230, and for the third day 210. 
The following item, special to the Philadelphia, Pa., Becord, dated 
Lancaster, Sept. 21. will be of interest: "W. R. Brinton, Esq., attorney 
for Philip Betz, has filed a bill in equity against C. Evans, F. Clark and 
W. P. Cummings, constituting the Lancaster Gun Olub. The plaintiff 
alleges that he owns property in East Lampeter township, adjoining 
the grounds of the gun club. The club holds frequent matches on its 
grounds, and owing to the low fence surrounding the range the shot 
frequently comes over on his property. It is alleged that Betz and 
his workmen have been wounded a number of times by the shot and 
that people coming to his sand hole to transact business are in danger. 
He therefore wants an injunction granted restraining all further 
shooting on the club's grounds. The preliminary injunction was 
granted and will remain in force until the bill in equity is argued and 
decided." 
Dr. George V. Hudson, one of the best live-bird shots in either the 
Emerald or the New York German Gun clubs, has a sorrowful tale to 
tell of the prospects for quail down in that part of North Carolina 
(Eden) where he hunts every fall. The Doctor says that the whole- 
sale netting of bevies of quail for the market for the sake of the few 
dollars they bring has about killed the goose that laid the golden eggs. 
Last year he found only three bevies on the whole of 1,200 acres of 
land, whereas in former years that same territory was good for close 
on to thirty bevies. He says that netting did it, not shooting, as he 
has the sole right of gunning on that 1,200 acres. 
Jack Winston, the Austin Powder representative, has not been with 
us long, but he says he likes the Bast and would like to settle here. 
He speaks highly of the class of birds he has seen trapped down here, 
and adds that so far he has found them plenty fast enough to please 
him. As a matter of fact it does not look as if Winston was not ac- 
climated yet; he is not shooting as well as he has done, nor as well as 
we think he can shoot when fit and well. He lost both matches at 
Zwirlein's grounds at Yardville last week. On Tuesday Zwirlein won 
by 23 to 21 ; on Thursday Cubberly beat him by;45 to 41. 
Mr. Irby Ben;) i , who has so long been the Southwestern traveling 
a?ent of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., with headquarters at 
Memphis, Tenn., has taken a more responsible position in the home 
office (at New Haven, and will thenceforth make that city his home. 
Mr. Bennett has such a wide circle of warm friends in the South that 
his removal must mean the severing of many close ties. 
