FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 
Pawtuset Gua Club. 
PaWTUxkt, R. I., Out. 1.— THe foUowiog scores show the result of the 
last eigtit weeks' shooting of the Pawtuset Gun Club, and practically 
wlads up the trap-shooting around here until next year, when we con- 
fidently expect to see a better trap-shooting season than we have had 
here in twelve years, although we are barred from shooting live birds 
in this Star«. 
Eight weekly shoots for 12 Frost shootiner scenes, 25 targets, un- 
known angles; best 4 to win; 2 clisses, 3 prizes tn each: 
00 oi 
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Class A. 
W H Sheldon 
E 0 Whitaker 
8 F Wilson 
S D Q-reene, Jr 
W H Waterman 
W H Mooney , 
LP Chapman.... i.is. 
F Hammond. . , .....i. 
C Adams , 
PH Randall. 
H B Bandall 
J 0 Lamb 
F L Oory 
S A Tucker t,.., 
W Brown 
HMHeflia 
E. Levaley 
T Brown 
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17 20 24 
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14 19 33 
15 .. 
17 17 
18 13 
16 13 
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19 
22 
18 81 
16 
17 18 19 79 
15 18 19 19 13 
.. 17 13 10 .. 
18 16 10 .. .. 
11 
14 
38 
18 
14 
37 
8 
21 
17 
16 
Class B. 
13 
17 
15 
22 
21 
13 
14 
16 
20 
16 
15 
8 
14 
12 
15 
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20 
15 
8 
15 
13 
13 
12 
14 
15 
12 
7 
10 
8 
15 
11 
12 
10 
12 
16 
6 
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8 
14 
11 
6 
13 
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8 
8 
4 
4 
4 
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7 
71 
.. 07 
.. 63 
.. 87 
.. 24 
.. 33 
.. 18 
.. 18 
.. 14 
.. 17 
.. 21 
16 16 
15 15 
10 10 
8 8 
52 
H B Bain...., 
CEKenyon.. 
D B Dennis.. . ......... 
E L i;'uller.,.,i,.,^ 
Fess^-nden. ,.. . 
F Barber, 
11 10 12 
8 .. .. 
.. 6 .. 
. . 11 . . 
8 
6 
The club -will hold aU all-day shoot on Thanksgiving Day. 
25 
40 
12 
8 
12 
7 
9 10 10 43 
8 
6 
11 
W. H. 8. 
The Newburgh Tournament. 
The annual fall tournament of the West Newburgh Gun and Rifle 
Association, of Newburgh, N. Y., was held Oct. 7-9. The club was 
favored by excellent weather for the lime of year. The air breathed 
at the grounds, about two miles out of the city, had in it a touch of 
the woods that made one's thought turn at once to ruffed grouse and 
■woodcock. It is quite likely that the open season on these birds did 
something toward keeping down the attendance. Nobody should be 
hlamed for preferring a day in the woods with a good dog to a day s 
sport at the traps with either Inanimates or live birds. 
On the suhject of the attendance at this shoot, something should be 
said as to bow the "professionals barred" clause in the programme 
worked. Running over the list of names in the tables of scores given 
below, it is hard to find any new ones; they are all, or nearly all, reg- 
ular habitues of the Newburgh tournaments, and come there to shoot 
twice a year, spring and fall, just as regularly as the canvasbacks 
make their trips north and Kouth at the same seasons of the year. 
Outside of L. V. Byer and Dr. Weller, of Rochester, and, we believe, 
Mr. Cutler, the names of those who shot on the first day in any num- 
ber of events are names of shooters whose faces are as well known at 
tournaments on the Newburgh grounds as those of David Brown, the 
presldect of the club, and George "Boxer" Taggart, the referee, 
whose size precludes any idea of disputing his decision. 
On the other hand, where were Glover and E, D Fulford, Jim El- 
liott, Bartlett and Van Dyke? The "professionals Oarred" clause can 
be quoted as reason enough for their absence. Heikes was there on 
bom days, making many new friends and cementing old ties by shoot- 
ing through cheentire programme of 400 targets without tne shadow 
of a chance of coming out a cent to the good, but on the contrary of 
paying S3 per hundred for his targets. The latter expense he was 
not put to, the club inviting Heikes to break as many targets as he 
could out of the 400, without a cent being taken from him for those 
targets. Jack Winston came up on the second day, but rather late, 
and shot along "for birds" in the balance of the events imdeclded 
when he came on the grouods. 
The Rose system of dividing purses was used, and gave the most 
thorough satisfaction, It has come to stay in this section of the 
country, and will, if given a fair trial, always come out on top. 
President Brown of course acted as cashier and paid out the moneys 
as promptly as ever. In speaking about the Rose system Mr, Brown 
said that itwa'^ so much easier to figure out the purses under that 
system than under the old one that he hoped never to have to tackle 
the old one agam, On a hook in front of his desk in the cashier's 
office hung a copy of Forest and Stream of July 11, well thumbed, 
but still in tne ring. It was opened at the page on which is given in 
lull the only description o£ the workings of the Rose system, with an 
example, that has ever been given in the columns .of any sporting 
paper. "That's what makes it so easy," said iVlr Brown, pointing to 
the page above mentioned. The assistant cashier, entry clerk, squad 
hustler, etc., was Jack Rogers, of the staflE of the American Angler, 
famlHarly called Wiiiskers by bis chief, Dave Brown. Tne scoring, 
pulling and ref ereeing was divided up among many hands, aodit was 
only right that it should have been done that way, as it was far too 
cold to ask one man to stand out ail day and perform any one of the 
duties referred to. The trappers of the club are a first-class set of 
men, active, strong and well able to take care of the traps; under the 
leadership of Gil they kept the empire traps and targets going fast 
enough to please every body. Balks were nothing like as numerous as 
we have otten seen them at small tournaments. 
Tho catering of Jake Gedney was nothing new. Mr. Gedney never 
gave one of his guests a poor meal ; be has a rule that the best is none 
too good for them, and he acts up to that rule in a manner that puts 
to shame nine out of every ten men who cater for trap-shooters at 
tournaments. A good pair to draw to would be Jake Gedney, of Ged- 
ney 's Hotel, and Nate Astfalk, of Oakwood Inn, EUzabeth, N. J.; we 
could eas ly matte it "trips" by adding Charlie Zwirlein, of Yardville, 
N, J., to the above pair. 
Among those present at the shoot were: Rolla O. Heikes, of the 
■Winchester Repealing Arms Company ; Ed Taylor, ofLiflln & Rand 
Powder Company; Jlrs. M. F. (Wandaj Lindaley, of the King's Smoke- 
less Powder; Justus von Lengerke, of Von Lengerke & Detmold, the 
U S. agents for Schultze; J. L. Lequin, secretary of tne Hazard Pow- 
der Company; John h Winston, representing the Austin Powder 
Company, of Cleveland, O. ; J. A. H. Dressel, of the U. M, C. Company, 
and of Hartley & Graham's, New York City; U. M. C. Thomas, the 
Union Metallic Cartridge Company's expert, of Bridgeport, Conn.; 
W. h. Colville, who, under the name of Dick Swiveller, showed the 
boys that he could make a straight or two with Gold Dust, etc. The 
lay brethren were represented by J. T. Mascroft and V. D. Kenersou, 
members of the 'SVorcester, Mass., Sportsmen's Club; L. V. Byer and 
Dr. Weller, of Rochester, N. Y.; J. Ogde , of Warwick, N, Y.; Dr. 
Mason and John B, Halsted, of Peckskill, N. Y.; L. H. Sehortemeier, of 
New York City ; Arnold, of Albany; M. F. Roberts, M. H. Clark; 0. P. 
Lenone, of Passaic, N. J., etc. The home club was represented by 
Jas P. Taylor, W. M. Stanbrough, G. H. Wood, captain of the club; 
Dickson, Harry Higginaon, Billy Gibbs, Rogers, Rhodes, etc. 
As to the success of the shoot there can be only one thing said: Of 
its kind it was as nice a shoot as anyone ever went to. There was 
any amount of shooting, plenty of good-fellowship, no kicking and 
everyone given a show for uis wnlte alley. We believe, however, that 
we can safely make the following prediction: Future tournaments of 
the Newburgh Club will be "open to aU," with the Rose system of 
dividing purses in all events. "Barring profe-isionals" can scarcely be 
said to nave been a success in point of drawing out more shooters of 
lower caliber; this, of course, only applies to tournaments the size of 
this one at Newburgh. How the scheme would work in a large tour- 
nament, with plenty of added money, it is hard to say. An actual 
trial on that basis would have to be made before a definite answer 
could be given. 
Ed Taj lor gave the club a pleasant surprise when he arrived on the 
grounds on Wednesday morning. Unpacking two small cases, he pro- 
duced a couple of drums of Lsflin & Rand's W-A powder; the drums 
•were silver-plated and bore the well-known Laflin & Rand wreath sur- 
rounding the letters "VV-A," presenting a very tasteful appearance 
and maklBg a nice souvenir to take home from the shoot. Mr, Taylor 
announced that his company would donate one of the drums each day 
to the Rhooter making the highest average in all programme events, 
Bolla Heikes barred. No shooter could win both arums. James Tay- 
lor, of the home club, carried off the trophy on the first day; Byer 
working bard for the second drum on the next day, and succeeding in 
taking it home to Rochester, winning It by a margin of four targets. 
The club gave $50 in average money, the above sum being divided 
Into six moneys as follows: §18, $11, $8, 87, $6 and $5. As it hap- 
pened, only six men shot through the entire programme of 400 tar- 
gets, consequently the $50 went to them, their records being as 
below: 
IstDay. 2d Day. 
W Stanbrough.. 169 164 
Q H Wood 158 150 
MH Clark 152 154 
T'l. 
833 
308 
306 
9.7, 87, 85.5, 84.2, 
1st Day. 2d Day, T'l. 
J F Taylor 182 177 859 
Edwards 177 171 348 
I. V Byer 167 176 842 
The percentages of the above six shooters were: 
77, and 76.5 respectively. 
Heikes made a general average of 89,5, breaking 358 out of his 400. 
It is only fair to state that he was shooting a strange gun, one that 
was entirely different from his old favorite, now so well known to the 
boys, and one that bothered him a good deal in the matter of trigger 
pull. Each day's scores follow: 
First Day, Oct. 7. . 
The heavy rain that fell during the night, or rather during the early 
morning hours of to-day, cleared the atmosphere and made the 
scenery that surrounds Newburgh even more beautiful than usual. 
There was enough force in the wind to make the targets hard to get 
on to all the time. Standing at the score, it was difficult to realize 
just how strong the wind was blowing; in addition to this it was fit- 
ful; at some times it would swoop down and send the targets oflf down 
wind like scared teal ; then again It would die away and no better 
chances for a good score could be asked for. 
J S. Taylor, of the home club, won the handsome prize donated by 
the Laflin & Rand Powder Company to the shooter making the highest 
average In all the programme events. He shot consistently well dur- 
ing the day and finished with the excellent total C^H conditions con- 
sidered) of 382 out of 200 shot at. Edwards was second, 5 targets be- 
hind, while Heikes, wUo shot a strange gun and who had very little 
incentive to "get down to his knitting," was third with 88 per cent. 
It is hard to say jus' what average Heikes would have made had he 
had Old Betsy at nls shoulder every time he called "pull." His pres- 
ence at the shoot, where he could not possibly win anything, being 
barred from all events, and his shooting along with the boys through 
the programme, made many more friends for him than he probably 
realizes. The scores to-day were as below, Nos. 1, 4 and 8 being at 
known angles; the balance at unknown angles: 
FIRST day's SOORBS. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 56 78910 Shot at. Broke. At. 
JS Taylor.......... 19 19 20 18 18 20 16 17 17 18 
Edwards 19 16 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 16 
R O Heikes 19 17 16 18 20 16 18 17 39 16 
W M Stanbrough... 16 19 13 18 17 35 38 37 36 20 
L V Byer 17 17 16 18 18 36 34 16 38 17 
UMC.....,» 18 17 14 37 38 14 18 17 16 .. 
Carroll 15 36 38 36 .. 
Ed Taylor 16 15 16 19 12 .. 39 38 35 14 
G H Wood 16 11 37 34 36 37 37 16 18 16 
HQHigglnson 19 16 16 14 14 15 16 .. .. 
Dick Swiveller 11 38 33 20 13 16 16 13 20 15 
M H Clark 16 13 13 14 16 11 17 17 16 20 
Dr Mason 11 14 17 17 .... .. 
JB Ogden, 14 13 14 17 14 
C F Lienone 17 17 13 16 11 12 16 13 11 . . 
Dr Weller 15 .. 16 15 9 19 15 13 11 
Fayette 13 15 13 16 .. 10 .. 
Cutler 11 12 12 13 8 13 15 17 13 13 
Wanda 10 11 10 13 .. .. 
Cramer 11 10 .. .. 
J. Rogers shot in No. 30 and scored 10 out of 20. 
Including 5 extra events at 30 targets, each a total of 3,440 targets 
were thrown during the day. 
Second Day, Oct. S. 
There was a snap to the morning air to day that made it very pleas- 
ant to find a sunny nook out of the wind, so that one could sit outside 
the club house without feeling that there was a possibility of freez- 
ing to death. The colors of the auttunn foliage tbat shone brightly 
in the sunlight made more than one of the shooters fall a victim to 
the 'woods fever." Everything spoke eloq'iently of ruffed grouse. 
The starting of the shoot to-day was a late one, too late for this 
season of ihe year, when one cannot see a target leave the traps 
after 5:30 P. M. The programme was only just completed when nignt 
fell, and those who shot In the extra 30 target event gotten up at the 
close of the programme did a lot of guessing as to wnen a target left 
the trap and as to where it went when it did go 
Justus von Lengerke, J. L. Winston and L. H. Sehortemeier arrived 
on the scene when the programme was nearly tialf shot through. Von 
Lengerke gave a good account of the 1"<S0 targets he shot at, beating 
"147" by 3 target and Sehortemeier by 3. "347" shot as an expert, 
and only entered the events he shot in "for the birds." Heikes, who 
again snot through the programme "for birds," was high for the day 
with 93 pc^r cent. James Taylor was next to him in all programme 
events, Byer being ttilrd. The latter won the Laflin & Rand prize, 
Taylor being barred, as he won it on the previous day. . 
TJ. M C. Tnomas was taken sick to-day in tne first event, and was 
forced to drop out of the shoot. Besides the 26 names which appear 
in the table given below, Blauveltshot in No. 4, scoring 9 out of 20, and 
Rogers shot in No. 5, m:iking 10. Events Nos. 1, 4 and 8 were at known 
angles, all the others were at unknown angles. 
SBCOKO day's SOOSBS. 
Events: 1S3456789 lO.Shot at. Broke. Av. 
200 
183 
91 
200 
177 
88.5 
200 
176 
88 
200 
369 
84.5 
200 
367 
83.5 
180 
349 
82.7 
80 
65 
'81.2 
180 
144 
80 
200 
158 
79 
140 
110 
78.5 
200 
155 
77.5 
200 
152 
76 
80 
59 
73.7 
300 
72 
72 
380 
126 
70 
360 
112 
70 
100 
67 
67 
200 
127 
63.5 
80 
44 
55 
40 
21 
52.5 
R O Heikes 19 
J von Lengerke. .. i . .. 
147 
J 8 Taylor 17 
LVByer 19 
L H Sehortemeier.. .. 
Edwards 19 
V D ICenerson 15 
J B Halsted 
WM Stanbrough... 17 
H CHigginson 
Dr Mason 15 
Fayette. 17 
M H Clark 16 
Ed Taylor 16 
G H vVood 17 
Arnold 
J T Mascroft 16 
Rhodes .. 
DickBon 
Dick Swiveller 12 
Cutler 14 
O F Lenone , . , , . 14 
Guild 
Wanda 9 
WJa....;..ii.i..-.. .. 
18 18 
38 39 
38 38 
37 37 
36 20 
35 36 
38 35 
37 34 
33 39 
.. 36 
37 13 
17 16 
18 12 
17 19 
19 
.. 18 
20 18 
16 19 
.. 17 
16 16 
18 14 
18 .. 
16 ZQ 
20 .. 
19 16 
18 17 
16 17 
19 17 
17 18 
16 17 
19 16 
17 16 
15 18 
15 35 
39 12 
20 18 18 
20 17 19 
19 17 17 
38 35 37 
37 30 35 
17 18 18 
18 18 17 
18 18 17 
.. 16 18 
15 37 36 
34 .. 
36 38 
36 .. 
34 14 
9 8 
9 
39 35 
36 30 
16 15 
.. 13 
14 36 
.. 35 
35 36 
37 32 
13 17 
17 11 
14 
34 34 
34 35 
35 38 
34 35 
U 36 
35 33 
10 13 
13 11 
14 15 
8 13 
17 10 
13 .. 
6 6 
34 .. .. 
36 15 15 
17 16 . . 
15 12 12 
18 .. .. 
12 16 33 
38 33 . . 
32 32 
38 is 
15 .. 
10 .. 
2 .. 
200 
182 
91 
320 
108 
90 
li!0 
107 
89.2 
200 
177 
88.5 
200 
375 
87.6 
120 
305 
87.5 
200 
373 
85.5 
200 
169 
84.5 
300 
88 
83 
200 
164 
82 
80 
65 
81.2 
340 
133 
80.7 
60 
47 
78,3 
200 
151 
77 
380 
137 
76,1 
200 
150 
75 
80 
60 
75 
200 
149 
74.5 
100 
74 
74 
300 
70 
70 
380 
117 
65 
140 
90 
64.2 
160 
103 
63.7 
80 
51 ' 
63.7 
80 
46 
57.5 
60 
14 
S3.3 
Third Day, Oct. 9. 
There was not a large entry list in any one event, yet 18 shooters 
in all took part in one or other of the three programme events. Jas. 
S. Taylor, of the home club, kept up the good record he made the 
past two days on targets, making clean scores in all the above events 
and scoring during the, day only 3 lost out of 54 shot at. The wind 
was unfavorable for the biras, blowing directly from the traps to the 
score. Scores in the programme events were: 
,. No. 1. No. 3. 
J S Taylor 22112-5 1112121—7 
M Herringtoa.. ...... 11002—3 3322232 -7 
C F Lenone 12030—3 0030300—2 
Blauvelt 22111—5 
Arnold 01101—3 2102011—5 
MF Roberts... 21121—5 3232233—7 
Dickson , 22111—5 2102222—6 
H C Higginson 22222-5 
GHWood 20121—4 
VDKenerson 02120—3 0222022—5 
J T Mascroft ' S2221— 5 2220123—6 
G H Taggart 01 112-4 012221 1—6 
Owen .,..21013—4 
Schorty 2221112—7 
Coyle , 012S220 - 5 
Stanbrough. , . .rV,',,,, . ... 2022022—5 
Heikes 2220222-6 
HCfl 1202222-6 
No. 3. 
1333822223-10 
2lB3i!112<!l— 10 
110U010300— 5 
3031321113— 9 
•122222202— 8 
0322020220— 8 
2222220222— 9 
UISS AND-OUTS. 
Seven mlss-and-outs were shot as follows: 
Events: 1 » 3 4 5 6 7 Events 
Stanbrough... 8 6 7 , Blauvelt, 
Roberts 4 5 
Arnold 0 2 
Taylor,..,.,,. 4 4 
Mascroft 1 
Keuerson 1 
HCH., ...... ., 1 
1 S S « 5 6 7 
.. a .. .. ,, ,, 
9 Dickson 0 .. .. .. 
9 Wanda 1 ,, 
9 1 4 4 S Lenone 1 .. 6 8 4 3 
Taggart 3 .. S 1 6 1 
Wood 0 .. 0 
9 0 6 2 Schortv 4 4 0 
Edward Banes. 
At Baltimoret 
DtntiNG the past week there has been a good deal of shooting on the 
grounds of the Baltimore Shooting Association. All events have been 
at live birds, and some interestine matches have been witnessed. The 
first event of the kind to be noticed is 
THE KlililOTT-OIiABIDaK MATCH. 
This match was shot on Mondav, Oct. 5. The following extract 
from the Baltimore Sun of Oct. 6 tells the story: 
"The sport at the Baltimore Shooting Association's grounds yester- 
day, which was Introductory to the club tournament beginning to- 
day, had as its main attraction the match between the handicap 
champion, Bertram W. Claridge, possessor of the Du Pont trophy, 
and J. A. R. Elliott, the crack shot of Kansas City. A number of 
miss-and-out events were shot by the assembled marksmen. 
"The wind blew from the shooters toward the traps, thus having a 
tendency to carry the pigeons away from the guns. The birds were 
only a fair lot of flyers, and the lucky men got easy ones. 
"The Olaridge-Elllott match was for 550 a side at 50 birds each, Clar- 
idge to shoot from the 28yds. mark and Elliott at 30yds, Elliott was 
a favorite in the betting before the race, though little betting was 
done. 
"Elliott used a single-barrel repeating gun and won the match, kill- 
ing 49 out of 50 shot at. Claridge used a double-barrel gun and killed 
47 birds. 
"Elliott missed his 2d bird, a right-quartering driver. Claridge 
missed his 1st bird, a slow-flying right-qaarterlng bird. He also missed 
his 29th and his 40th birds. Claridge had possibly the hardest birds to 
shoot at. He killed the very hardest and lost the match on the 'duf- 
fers.' 
"When the match was made Elliott was visiting friends in Easton, 
Talbot county, Md., and was a guest of his brother, J M. Elliott, who, 
with Dal Hay ward, Edward Hardeastle, Harry Covington, A. L, Pas- 
cault and others, came across the bay to see the match. They will 
take a few dollars back with them if they do not get on the wrong end 
to-day and to-morrow. 
"In the sweepstakes of the day, all miss-and-outs, at S2 entrance, 
the moneys were divided. Among those who shot were: Smith, Clar- 
idge, Elliott, Macalester, Hawkins, McComas, Jones, Bonday, Sims, 
Simon, Johnson, Howard, Franklin, James, Brewer and Clark. 
"The tournament proper will begin this morning, and the Claridge- 
Malone race for the Du Pont cup will take place this afternoon. Much 
Interest centers in the first challenge issued to the present holder of 
the cup." 
CI<ARIDaE-MAI,ONK MATCH. 
The next event In order of sequence, though more important in 
fact, is the match shot on Oct. 0 beoweea Claridge and J. R. Malone, 
captain of the Baltimore Shooting Association, for the Du Pont 
trophy. It will be remembered that Malone challenged Claridge for 
the trophy immediately after the letter's victory at the Du Pont sboot 
in Chicago last August. The match itself, outside of the flnal result, 
did not give much cause for any excitement; Claridge took the lead 
in the first round, and was never in any danger of losing it. He shot 
well, centering his birds, and running out an easy winner by 47 to 43, 
As soon as the match was over J. L. Winston, who shoots under the 
name of 147, challenged the winner of the Claridge-Roll match for 
the trophy, George Roll, of Blue Island, III , being next on the list to 
challenge for the trophy. 
The full score of to- day's match, with the number of trap and the 
direction of each bird's flight, is given below: 
Trap score type— Copyright, lam, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
826 3 432411523524545224525 
B W Claridge, .12111i211112»3i:21iail33 1-24 
3112521654155515182142221 
1111»11211211101112 2 2 1 22 1—23-47 
2642235 3 5313532351234214 4 
J R Malone 0 11123111013»12311S10022 2-20 
22431321232514S33415184S1 
21122231132230a2111(J3213 1- 
-23-43 
The shoot ended on Oct, 7. On this day there were eleven events 
decided. The first was at 7 birds, $7, three high guns; this event re- 
sulted in Phil Daly, Jr., and C. A. Macalester dividing first and second 
moneys, Brewer and Malone cutting up third money. There were ten 
entries in the event. The other ten events, which were all $2 miss-and- 
outs, resulted as follows: 
No. 1 was won by Claridge, Brewer and Malone, with 7 straight. 
No. 2 was won by C'ubberly, Winston and Thurman, with 7 each. 
No. 3 was won by Winston, Elliott, Cubberly ahd Thurman, with 
7 each. 
No. 4 was won by Hayward, Cubberly and Brewer, vrith 10 each. 
No. 5 was won by Claridge, Brewer and CuDberly, with 7 each. 
No. 6 was won by Macalester with 4. 
No. 7 was won by Simon and Hood, with S each. 
No. 8 was won by Simon, Macalester and Sims, with 5 each. 
No. 9 was won by Thurman and Howard, with 10 each. 
No. 30 was won by Thurman and Howard, with 6 each. 
Calumet Heights Gun Club. 
Chicaoo, III., Oct. 3 —The weather was bright and clear to-day, 
with a light south wind blowing. In the trophy contest P iterson won 
in class A, Metcalf in class B and Wilde in class C, the latter having 
no competitor. Scores: 
Paterson '....1011111133133313313333331—24 
Booth ...,.,..,...,.i....i...3113330310333331033333101— 21 
Lamphere .., 3133011H11311llllllllllO— 23 
Hinkins v...... '....0013100011011113101300110—35 
Metcalfe..,,, 4, 3313331111111111103113133—24 
MarshaU .i ...v.. ■ . , . 1113111111100001011011011— 38 
Norcom , , 0131013311103110111111103—20 
Greeley 0111013311001111111110111-20 
Carlisle ., , 1110100111111110010000001—34 
OlftSs C 
Wilde , .' . , .1110011101100111110111001—17 
Other events were as follows: 
No. 1, 10 targets; Lamphere 9, Booth and Metcalfe 8, Norcom and 
Hawkins 7, Paterson 6. 
No. 2, 10 targets, unknown traps and angles: Paterson 9, Booth 
8, Norcom, Metcalfe and Hawkins 6, Lamphere and MarshaU 6, 
Greeley 2. 
No. 3, snipe shooting, 10 targets: Booth 9, Metcalfe 8, Paterson 
and Greeley 7, Norcom, Hawkins and Marshall 6. Patty. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
A. H. W., Turkey, N. Y.— No new powder tests like those by Armin 
Tenner have been conducted. 
C. F. W;, Atkinson, N. H.— 1. Is a whippoorwiU and a night hawk 
one and the same bird? 2. Do male deer and elk shed their horns an- 
nually? Ans. 1. No, though they are somewhat similar in appear- 
ance. 2. Yes. 
H. H., Brooklyn, N. Y.— Please tell me a good place for fishing from 
the shore near New York for flounders, tomcods and striped bass. 
Is Spuyten Duyvil good for striped bass or flounders? Ans. Spuyten 
Duy vil is considered but a moderately good place. Also try the sod 
banks on the south shore of Staten Island. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
Remington Arms Co. 
The following letters are self-explanatory: 
Office op the Winchesikb Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, 
Conn., Oct. 1.— Dear Sir: We desire to inform you that we have sold 
our entire Interest in the Remington Arms Co., of Ilion, N. Y., to 
Messrs. Hartley & Graham, of New York city. Yours respectfully, 
Winchester Repeating Arms Co. 
Office of Hartley & Graham, New York, Oct. 1.— Dear Sir: Re- 
ferring to the above letter of our friends, tne Winchester Repeating 
Arms Co , we take this occasion to inform you that the business of 
the Remington Arms Co. will continue as heretofore, but under our 
sole management and control. Yours respectfully, 
Hartley & Graham. 
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