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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 3, mil. 
IN NEW JERSET. 
fibttlNS SPBtN£(S ecN Cr.T7B. 
Dec. As usual, the Boiling Springs Giiu Club of Kutherford. 
N. J., bad a goodly grathering at its annual Chi-istmas Day shoot. 
The weather could not have been pleaaanter for a shoot in roidwiu- 
tei", with a foot of snow on the srrourid. The beauty of the day had 
a Kood deal to do with the attendance, and probably also had some- 
thing to do with the good scores made by many of those present. 
. The main event was a handic-ip at 30 targets, club handicap of ex- 
'tra targets to shoot at. Adams, by grace of his two extra targets 
and s6me good work with the gun, scored a highest possible; the 
«ame may be said of Dr. De Wolf, one of the coming shots of the 
club, who had three extras to work on. Baron was close up, with 29 
out of 33. showing that he didn't miss many. Colin R. Wise was top- 
hotcher of the scratch men, his score being mainly made up of the 
figure 1. Grelff and Apgar scored 37, Hucfe ahd Paul 26, and Frank 
28, all the above shooting from scratch. 
*A feature of the afternoon's sport Was the shoot for a cup donated 
Vy the club for "the champion duffer of the Boiling Springs Fishing 
and Gun Club." For some time there has been a dispute between 
Messrs. O. Marvin, C. Coe and F. Broshart as to who had the right to 
that title. To'day the question was to be settled in the rlubhaDdi- 
cap race by mutual agreement, It will be seen from the scores that 
Mr. Marvin outclassed his opponents by breaking 25 out of 38 to their 
totals of 24 out of 39. This work deprived him of all chance of the 
trophy. The tie was shot off after the club race at 10 targets per 
man, Ooe breaking 6 to Broshart's B. This entitled Mr. Broshart to 
the title and the cup. Later, in the club room, he was presented 
with the trophy by Count Lenone, of Passaic, who made a really ex- 
cellent speech on the occasion, his remarks being; vf ry happdy 
chosen. The terms of the cup are "two consecutive wins to entitle 
the owner to the ultimate possession thereof." Mr. Broshart has 
thus but to win it next time to become the owner of the trophy. (The 
cup is a work of the tinsmith's art. being of beaten metal with a 
couple of handles on it, an exact copy of many loving cups we have 
seen. It was made under Secretary Huck's directions, a shield of 
Copper being on one side and a copper pigeon on the other. On the 
shield "-as engraved; "Presented to the cbampion duffer of the club 
by the Boiling Springs Fishing and Gun Olub," The engraving was 
the work of ex-Capt. P. A. Jeanneret.) It is unnecessary to state 
that the presentation as above put a fitting climax to the club's 
Christmas Day shoot. 
The work done during the day is given in full below, the table of 
scores giving the records of the sweeps, all of which were at unknown 
angles, nominal entrance fees ; 
Events: 
Targets : 
1 8 3 4 5 Events: 
13 3 4 5 
10 10 10 10 U Targets: 10 10 10 10 15 
.apgar 9 8 8 8 13 Marvin... CIO 
Hegeman. ■ 9. 8 9 5 .. Lane it., ii^ i,. a 5 
Huck..,, 9 9 9 8 14 Lawrence... a.. 
Adams .. 8 10 S 9 13 Black T 9 
James 8 6 .. 7 .. Brown 4 
Coe.....-...i 5 7 .. Wise ^. .. .. .. .. 9 
Oreiff 9 8 14 Palmer 12 
Frank ' 8 14 
The merchandise event was shot at 30 singles, iS known angles and 
15 unknown. The scores in detail were as below, all handicap allow- 
ances being shot off at unknown angles: 
Ada;ms (32). 11101111111111111111110111111111 -30 
De Wolf (33) iiiiiiiiiiiiiiioionmiiiinion - 30 
Baron (33) , lllllllOlllllllimmOOlllOlllU -29 
Wise (30) lllinillllllinillO'niiniOI -2P 
Lane (35).. 1111911111111111111)011110011011010 —38 
Blake (3fi).^ 011111111111010111011110101011111111 -28 
Apgar (30) ..301101111111111101111111111111 -27 
•Greifif (30) .111101111011111111101111111111 —27 
H,uck '30). lIlllOlllllOlllllOllliOUlllU -S« 
Paul (80) loiiilmniiiiiniiiomniii -35 
Abbott {33)............. lllllllOtOllOinoiOllll'llOlOllll -36 
Erank (80> .......110111101110011011111111111111 —25 
Marvin (SS)., 01 iniOlllOOlOOllOlUOlOllOllOm 11100 —25 
Broshart (39).....' 0011010011 101 JOOimOlllOlOJUOliOllllOl -24 
■Coe (39) oiioioioinoionuioiooiioiioiooioioiii -24 
Hegetnan (33) 111101111010110011001001111100111 -22 
Palmer CSS)... ,001110111010100110101011101111111 —22 
James (.331 , 010011101100000110101110111111111 —21 
lfenone.<.81) llOIOOOlllliOlllOl'OOOOOillllOO —17 
Esjaos* , ....IIOIIIOIIIIOOOIOOOOIIOOIOOUII —17 
■Weiss*. 01 0001 1 1 1 1 11 0 1 ' 00 1 OUlOO U 00 n 0 —16 
Ijawrenca(40) ........1 11 0001001 001 00000 OOOilllOOOlOOOOOIOO.'O— 14 
JBi'FOwn (.39'). - OOOillOOOlOOOOOOOlOOiOnOOOiOOiOOOOOOOO —10 
.: '* ,D,id not shoot any handicap. 
Dec. se —This being an off day at the Boiling Springs grounds, it 
not to be expected that many shooters would put in an appear-, 
anoe.., As a matter of tact, only six members showed up: Colin R. 
Wise. of Passaic: W. M. Harding. Piatt Adams, Gus Greiff, Theodore 
.Baron and F..S. Edwards, all of New York. The above six kept, the 
traps busy and, had lots of practice. Harding and Edwards being 
e,arly on tte grounds, they had a little preliminary practice 
and; shot a small race for the lunches, all of which is told 
in djgtail below. Gus Greifl did the best work of the after- 
noon on singles, breaking 27 out of 30 at expert rules, and 
^3 out of 50 at unknown angles. His work on doubles was 
not as .good as we have seen him usuaUy do at this style of stiooting. 
He shoots a feather weighii Francotte, 28in. barrel?, 12. gauge a gun 
that bandies more like a toy than a shooting iron. Wise shooss a 
Parker, Brown a li'rancotfe, Piatt Adams a Smith, Harding a Lefever, 
and Edwards a Wmchester. 
A curious feature of the shooting was the comparatively low scores 
made at unknown anelps. Greiff was *iigh with 43 out of 50; Edwards 
next with 103 out of 125; Adams third, SO out of 100; Wise broke 72 out 
of 100, and Baron 38 out of 50, each making an average of 72 per cent. 
Harding, who is only a beginner, scored 83 out of 125. The shooting 
records in each event are given below: 
Ten pairs: 
Edwards.... 11 10 00 11 11 01 01 11 11 11—15 
Hardmg 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 00 10 10-11 
A match for the lunches at 25 targets, unknown angles, was next 
on the list, Harding being allowed 8 extra targets to snoot at. He 
retired at the end ot the 25th round, being unable to win if he broKe 
his allowance: 
Edwa,rds. 0111111101111101101011111-20 
Harding 111111101010100100:101110 -Iti 
After lunch, Piatt Adams and Colin B. Wise having put in an ap- 
pearance, the follow na scores were shot at unknown angles: 
P S Edwards .....OOilllllUlUllOnillOlOllllinOinimilllllllOOl— 42 
P Adams. OOlIOIlllUllOlllUlllOllOlllllllOllllOlllUlllU 4i 
C R W.ise illUllllOilO 00 )11111110001111011111111111111001-39 
W M Harding .. .linilOOlOI010lOllOlllll0111l0110100l0101100nilO-;-j2 
The abpve 50 targets per man were divided into two 25-tai'get events 
^hot as team races, the teams being Adams and Wise against Harding 
and Edwaros; as a re3ult of this arrangement Adams and Witie went 
scot free, winning both matches: 
The next event was at 50 targets, 30 singles, expert rules, and 10 
pairs. The results in this race were as below: 
Gus Greiff llinillO 111111011011111111111—27 
10 10 01 11 10 01 10 10 11 01 —12—39 
F S Edwards 1101' OilllllOlllllliOlllllOUl— 25 
10 ]0 01 10 11 11 01 10 11 11 —14-39 
Piatt Adams OllOilllOl 110111 Hill 1101 11 il-35 
01 n 10 It 10 10 10 10 00 11 — 12-;37 
T Baron. lOlOllllOlOlllOllUlOlOll 1 1111—23 
11 10 01 10 10 00 10 11 10 11 —iz-Sd 
'GB, Wise.. , nOHOniOilOOilllunilOOilll— 23 
,. , 10 10 00 10 00 10 11 00 11 00 - - 8 - 31 
W M Harding llOiUDOOOllOOlOOOOOOlllOllll— 16 
01 01 10 11 01 11 00 00 10 00 — 9—25 
'• Two team i-aces brought the afternoon's practice to a close, each 
at 25 targets per man, unknown angles. In each event the losing 
team paid for the targets. Grieff shot well m No. 1, running ouc 
'with 38 after losing his first and third. The results of the races 
■follow-; 
No.l. 
Edwards . . ..... . . , 21 Greiff .23 
Adams ....... ; » r.. ; I . i 20 Hardmg. 19 
Baron 18-59 Wise 14-56 
No. 2. 
Edwards , . .'. : 20 Greiff. 20 
Wise 19 Adams 19 
Baron 18-57 Harding.. .16—55 
ElPWARD Bauks. 
I OHKISTMASDAy AT MABION. 
Dec. 25.— The Endeavor Gun Club had a very enjoyable shoot to day 
at its grounds, Marion, N J. Both live birds and targets were trapppo, 
A. B. Sir.de? furmshing 200 pigeons as good as anyone would 
wish 10 see trapped. Among the number were a lot of white birds 
wnicb were very hard to see when flying low over the snow. Spores 
were as follows: No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. 
Lolt '....V... .2220020-4 1220222213 9 232— § 
GPiercy ,,,.12210^0-5 10il022222— 8 021—2 
OvonLengerke..; 0220102-4 1^22022222-9 212—8 
DrMulvany v... 2210!O2-5 010mOii2-7 
^ R str»4er. , , , , , . .> M u M M » M , , „8QW«?-§ mi<^^m-§ m--^ 
Seeley 2001302—4 
Ingram 1190110-5 
Colman 8220211—6 
Metz ...2012110.-5 
Dudley 
Jefferson. , . , 
Jones. ....... 
R Strader ....... 
Fry 
Target sweeps were shot as below: 
Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 20 15 20 15 
Lott 16 14 18 13 
Dudley 15 9 17 11 
G Piercy 15 14 17 13 
Taylor 12 9 13 .. 
Ingram 16 10 . . . , 
Jefferson 11 5 9 ;. 
G von Lengerke 17 8 11 6 
L Piercy 17 9 .. .. 
1000011210-5 
0122002110-6 
031—2 
0O01220223-6 
0105030013-5 
1 
20 
Events: 
Targets: 
Wnkeman 6 
A B. Strader 15 
Colman 15 
1^-octor 13 
rr,y 10 
Hughes 7 
R Strader...., .. 
HoUister . . . ^ .. 
J. A. C?B.BVtSIiINO, 
202—3 
100-1 
211-3 
000 -0 
8 3 4 
15 20 15 
4 10 4 
8 15 ., 
6 .. .. 
8 10 ., 
9 9.. 
.. 13 ., 
8 16 .. 
7 .. .. 
Sec'y. 
FOBESTEK auN OitlB. OF NEWARK. 
Dec. S5.— The Forester Gun Club, of Newark, held an all-day shoot 
to-day. A long list of events was shot off, some of them sweeps for 
turkeys and chickens. Among the winners of turkeys were Dr. Cum- 
mings, Warren Smith, Mel. Hayes, Charles Hedden and E. Jewell. 
Scores were: 
Events: 1 2 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 It 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 
D Fleming,. 788676 6 79687 10 86 10 568 12 
J James 55 5 9787 0 7565778 10 974 12 
Wmans 5 6 1 3 8 11 
Dr C Smith.. 3 0 4 0 
OE Smith... .. 9 6 6 10 . 9 8 7 10 7 9 8 18 
Jewell 8.. 7.... 6,. 8.. 6 6,. 8 6 9 13 
Hayes 9., 8 9.. 9.. 8 8 14 9 9 7 17 
Tarlton 35 6 6... 6 6 4 4 5 
War Smith 10 10 8 14 9 10 17 
Hedden.... , .. .. 6 12 6 4 10 16 
Dr Cum- 
mings .. 7 13 S S 8 17 
J H Cum- 
mings 5 .. 5 3 7 13 
Backus , , 7 12 
All events were at 10 targets, except No. 16 (15 targets) and No. 20 
(20 targets). H, E. Winan.s, Sec'y. 
BERGEN COUNTY ClUN CLUB. 
J5ec.g5,— The Bergen County Gun Club, of Hackensack, held a shoot 
to-day. Two 25-target events were shot during the day in addition 
to several 10-target sweeps. In the 25-target events No. 1 was the 
club shoot; this resulted as follows: 
Griffiths 22, Bell IP. Raymond 18, Chaffee 17, Jackson 16, Gardner 
15, Warner 15. Van Keuren 14, Stern 14, Ward 12, Fleischman 12, Tit- 
trington 11, C. O. Gardner, Jr., 10. 
No 2, at 35 targets, had 10 entries, Horton and Bell tieing for first 
place on 17 out of 25. Scores: 
Horton 17, Bell 17, Jackson 15. Van Keuren 15. Warner 14. C. O. 
Gardner, Jr. 14, Stern 13, Fleischman 1.3, C. O. Gardner 11, Chaffeell. 
MAPLEWOOD GUN CLUB. 
Dec. 26'.— The Union Gun Club, of Springfield. N. J., shot a race 
to-day witbthe Maplewood Gun Club, on the grounds of the latter 
The conditions were: 3 men to a team, 25 targets per man, unknown 
angles. The home team was defeated by 3 breaks. Scores: 
Union Gun Club. 
AA Sickley 1101111111011111111111111—23 
ESickley 1101010111011101111011111—19 
Dr Jackson 0011111111101110111101110—19—61 
Maplewood Gun Club. 
W N Drake 1111111110111111111011111—2.? 
J W Smith 1111111111011110111110111—22 
D W Van Iderstine 0010101101011110101000011—1.3—58 
Sweepstakes were shot as below. Conditions, 10 targets, all at un- 
known angles : 
Events: 13345678 Events: 13345678 
W Drake... 9 9 9 9 9 8..,. D W Van 
J W Smith. 8 9 9 5 9 10.. 8 Iderstine. 
ECanfield. 10 6 8 10 8 7 8 7 Dr Jackson 
ASickley.. 9,.- .. 7.. CHDean.. 
ESicklev.. 64698.. 76 LDean.,.. 
L Colquitt. 
I Soverel... 
7 8 8 5 
7 10 5 .. 
. . 9 Mersereau. 
5 5 
5 6 
7 6 
,. 8 9 10 . 
. 8 .. .. 7 
7 .. 8 
,.4 9 
9 9.. 
4 6 
ON LONG ISLA.ND. 
HEVL GATE GUN CLUB. 
Dec. 2?.— Twenty one members of the Hell Gate Gun Club took part 
to-day in the last regular monthly live-bird sboot of the club for the 
season of 1896. The shoot, as usual, took place at Dexter Park. The 
birds were a good lot, not a single one of the club's members being 
able to make a clean score. .Tas. A. R. Elliott, however, who has a 
match on with Fulford at these grounds Dec. 31, was on hand and 
shot along as a guest of the club, and incidentally showed them ho w 
easy it was to make 10 straight. To day's scores were as below, all 
standing at 26yds., the handicaps being by number of points, as ex- 
plained below (Elliott stood at .30yds ): 
FTrostel 1122221021 
J H V08S 3112101102 
P Woelfel •12'023122 
E Doeinck .. 
L C Muench 
E Metz 
C Webber 0110210201— 6 
9 C Lang 0012220122— 7 
8 Dr Bauer 0222001102- fi 
...0222««111»— 6 J Newman 0121012202— 7 
1011122112- 9 L Steut^le 1210202022- 
..2222011021- 8 D Valenti 
.1030120111- 7 
M Stern 0222002102— 6 
T Voitek ..inio.20101— 5 
AKnodel 0093.11190- fi 
EPaynter 2111221200— 8 
W A Sands 2032222022 - 8 « K Breit 22020i!0200- 5 
ESteffens 0232110213-8 J Kreeb 1202222102-8 
JHimmelsbach 1231212002— 8 *JAR Elliott 2222222222—10 
* Guest. 
Twenty prizes are donated by the club this year, the prize winners 
being given below in order of merit, together with their handicap 
number of points. Under the system adopted by the Hell Gate Gun 
Club, points are scored on the following plan: A shooter handi- 
capiaed at a given number of points must score more birds out of his 
10 Chan his handicap calls for before adding a point or half point to 
his record for prizes. For example (taking to-day's contest): W. A. 
Sands scored 8 birds; his handicap being 6. he added 2 points to his 
record. L. C. Muench scored 9; his handicap bemg 51.^, he added 33^ 
points to his record. Prizes for 1896 were won as below: 
Name. Handicap. Total. 
Gus Nowak d}^ 18]4 ] 
E Doeinck 7 18 S j tieia 
L C Muench b}i 15}^ J Schlicht 
EmilSteffens 6 15 JHimmelsbach. 
EPaynter 6 14 JMewman 
W A Sands 6 13 J H Voss 
John Kreeb........ 6 13 C Webber 
EMelz &ii 12i4 H Foster 
E Petersen 5 12 Chas Lang 
R Began 5 12 E Marquandt. . . . 
ORESCHiNT ATHLSTIC CLUB, OF BROOKLTN. 
Dec 25. — Christmas Day at the Bay Ridge grounas of the Crescent 
Athletic Club was marked by some spiriied contests at targets. Six 
sweeps, all 25-target events, were shot by those present, in addition 
to the main event, the Christmas handicap. The latter was won by 
Bert Fish, D. G. Geddes, the scratch man, being secont. Scores 
follow: 
7 
11 
11 
6 
11 
0 
ll 
4 
11 
7 
10 
6 
9 
9 
9 
4 
9 
13 3 4 5 6 
.1 r .. 10 .. 
11 
Events: 13 3 4 5 6 Events: 
D G Geddes 18 20 15 18 91 17 AD Lewis' 
CH Chapman,. 10 7 7 . . 10 10 F D Lawrence. 
W Kitchen U .... 7 . A W Norris 
B Fish. 19 11 20 22 14 W E Richards. 
The Christmas handicap was won by Bert Fish. This event was 26 
targets, kno^vn angles, handicap allowance of mioses as breaks, the 
handicap ranging from 1 to 10. Scores in detail were: 
Fish, ,,. .,,.111111111111111110111 11 ll-24f 1-25 
(3leddes ...lllllOlllllllOilOlinilll '-23 
Lawrence 11110(10010011110100001010-12-J-10— 32 
Chapman ,3 OOlOOOOOiOOOllllOl 1001 11— 12-}- 7—19 
Norris , lOOOOlOlllOOlOOOOOOn 1001— lO-f- 8-18 
Lewis..,,.., lOOOOOOOOllOOlOOOOOlOOlOO— 6+ 7—13 
Dec, ?6.— The following sweeps were shot this afternoon on the Bay 
Ridge grounds of the Crescent. Athletic Club. Bert Fish carried off 
the hulk of the honors. Nos. 2 and 3 were shot at expert ruleS; No. 8 
was 12 known angles and 13 unknown angles; all the others were at 
known angles: 
Events: 1334567S Events: 13345678 
Targets: 25 SS 25 25 25 15 10 25 Targets: 25 25 25 So SB 15 10 SS 
B Fish 19 18 16 18 19 11 7 16 H C Werle- 
D GGeddes.19 17 .... 16 man 7 
GC White.. 17 11 16 28 18 ,. .. 15 JPreflti^e. ,, 
^t^Q^Wn-tl? " m. u n 
3 9 10.. », 4 
WESTMINSTEB KENNEL CLI.TB. 
Dec. ee^A. few members of the Westmmster Kennel Club went 
down tp Babylon, L. I., on a special train for a small live-bird shoot 
Event No. 1 was at 5 birds, $5, two high gun;?, then mif=s-and-out. 
No. 2 was at 10 birds, $10, two high guns, miss-and-out on ties. No. 3 
was shot under the same conditions as No. 1. KnapD. Watrous and 
btattord did tae best work in the aliove event, Stafford's run of 19 
straight being an excellent one under the circumstances. Knapp 
naade a run of 22 straight. Supermtendent Biott provided a good lot 
of birds, as usual. Scores were: s 
No. 1. No. 2 No 3 
W H Stafford (28) ...22222222-8 223222232220-11 02i ' ' -2 
Col Butler (28). ...11222320-7 012112212 - 8 100 -1 
J-r^r^^^^^lU^^^ 1222220 -6 23202220 - 6 21222323222-11 
Sr^S^^T'^n^g) 220 -2 202220 - 4 120 -8 
W S Edey(29) 031 -3 200 - 1 02 -1 
•IP Knapp f30).... 020 -l 222222233222-12 23233323320-10 
George Magoun f 28) 2020 —2 202320112 — 7 032 —2 
A series of 8 miss-and-outs were shot, all $5 enfance, the, shooters 
standing at the same handicap marks as above. The records in 
these 8 events were: 
Knapp 5 
Watrous ,a 
Magoun 
Stafford. ,3 
Rutlw .4 
Edey 5 
Cbapin ..,..3 
No 1. No. 2. Ijlo 3. No 4. No. 5. No. 6. No. 7. No. 8. 
1 
2 
0 
0 
3 
3 
5. 
i 
i 
■4 
3 
3 
4 
1 
5 
3 
1 
3 
2 
0 
3 
2 
4 
3 
0 
i 
NEW UTRECHT GUN CLUB. 
»e£- ?6\- The la.st live-bird shoot of the year for the New Utrecht 
Gun Club was held at Dexter Park this afternoon. The attendance 
was very small, all the interest in the club prizes centering in the 
contest between John Gaughen and Conny Furgueson for the Class 
B prize. Up to to-day each had fire wins to his credit. This after- 
iioon GaugUen made his tally 6 by scoring 9 straight, his 10th bird 
dropping dead out of bounds, Conny lost a fast bird in the fir'^t 
'19^''^, and dropped another cipher on his score by losing bis 7th 
Jim Elliott, who is at present domiciled at Dexter Park, shot along 
as a guest of the club. Scores: 
. . Club shoot. No. 1. No. 2, 
0 Furgueson (AA, 30) 21 2222.2 J2- 9 12322-5 0*22-4 
J Gaughen (B. 29) 2a2221292»- 9 1110'-4 
Conny Furgueson ( B, 28) -....,0221210222— 8 . 21022 4 
F A Thompson (B, 28) 1211021.22 - 8 132W-3 ] 1102-4 
J A R Elliott (30) .........2222222322—10 22222-3 0;2i0- 3 
HM Furgueson., ^^..^ 02020-2 ... . 
D C Bennett. 13113-5 
^ Guest. 
Arendtsville Gun Club. 
Arendtsville, Pa.. Dec. 21.-The records of the members of the 
Arendt&ville Gnn Club in ihemedul shoors and special events are given 
below. Also the recent scores made by members in 10-target events 
and m 6 live bird events: 
June. July. Aug. Sept. Special. 
Targets: 25 25 20 SB 25 25 25 25 S5 25 2.-. 2a 
CDWisler „,,,.... 19 19 -17 21 23 S3 15 20 .32 23 31 3I 
SMEaholtz 18 17 .. .. 31 19 15 14 20 
CEOrum 19 15 11 . . .. 22 .. 18 18 
A Sfhlesser 15 12 15 16 .. 38 12 15 18 
JC Thomas,..., 16 .. 13 19 20 .. 
16 
.. S3 19 
20 , 'S- 
,. 19 18- 
Shooting at targets in lO target events, the following scores Were 
made recently: 
Events: 
1 
3 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
a 
10 
9 
8 
9 
9 
8 
8 
6 
10 
g 
6 
6 
8 
9 
6 
8 
8 
9 
S 
6 
8 
8 
5 
6 
5 
3 
'8 
4 
10 
Kebil 
6 
7 
8 
9 
9 
7 
6 
9 
9 
5 
8 
6 
6 
■7 
Fissell 
8 
's 
4 
4 
5 
7 
7 
7 
10 
8 
8 
Kane 
4 
5 
5 
3 
■5 
6 
9 
8 
8 
Live-bird scores were made as folio ws ; 
Events: 
Birds: 
1 3 
10 10 
9 
Wisler 10 
Wierman 10 8 
Ertter 10 10 
Crum 5 6 
Taylor...,,.,,,.. 8 4 
Eaholtz 9 7 
Thomas,...,,,,. 8 9 
Hoechst 8 ,, 
4 5 6 
BBS 
4 4 5 
6 5 
1 3 
10 10 
8 
6 
S 6 
5 
4 3 4 
2 4,. 
3 
Events: 
Birds: 
Fissell 
Sch lesser.,. 
Reinecker 2 
Bpamer.,.,, 4 
Hartmann 3 
Kane 4 
5 Becker H 
, Lerew,..,. 8 
A. Q. C. 
4 
5 
3 .. 
1 .. 
3 1 
3 -3 
The Interstate Association. 
CLAS.SIIflCATION AND TOURNAMENT COSIMITTEE. ■ " 
The Classification and Tournament Committee of the Interstate 
Association met at the offtce of the Winchester Repeating Arms Com- 
pany, 3a2 Broadway, Dec. 23, at 11 o'clock. 
The members present were: Chairman If by Bennett, of the W R. 
A. Company; Noel E. Money, of the American E. C. Powder Com 
p%ny; J. L. Lequin, of the Hazard Powder Company, secretaf.V' 
treasurer of the Association; and Mr. Detmold, representing his 
partner, Justus von Lengerke, of the firm of Von Lengerke & Det- 
mold. Paul North, of the Cleveland Target Company, was unable 
to be present. J. A. H, Dressel, president of the Interstate Associa- 
tion, was also present. 
The reoort of the manager. Elmer E. Shaner, on grounds for hold- 
ing the Grand American Handicap was read, discussed and placed 
on file. The report showed that Mr. Shaner had visited the race 
tracks in the vicinity of Elizabeth, N. J.— Waverly, Linden and 
Dwyer's— and also the new grounds at Elk wood Park; and that be 
found that the tracks at Waverly and Linden were unsuited for the. 
purpose required, but recommended that the committee visit ia 
Xjerson the grounds at Dwyer's track and at Elkwood Park. 
A proposition from Messrs. Zwirlein and Astfalk, the parties who 
desire to have the shoot at Dwyer's track, was read and placed on 
file. 
Acting on the manager's recommendation, the committee decided 
xo view both grounds on Tuesday, Dec. 29, leaving New York by the 
10:10 A, M. train over the P. R. R., visiting the track ac Elizabeth 
prior to going to Elkwood Park, After the trip the committee will 
meet and floally decide upon the grounds for holding the Grand 
American Handicap of 1897. 
The committee also instructed the manager to make as favorable 
arrangements as possible in regard to dates, etc., with clubs in the 
following cities, with the idea of holding target tournaments at those 
points durmg the coming season: Baltimore, Md. ; Richmond, Va.; 
iVlobile, Ala.; Monroe, La.; New Haven, Conn ; Lewiston, Me.; Mont- 
pelier, Vt., and some point in New Hampshire. The committee 
recommended that the name of Nashville, Tenn., be substituted for 
one of the cities in the South named above. 
The quesiion of revising the division of the purse in the Grand 
American Handicap was also discussed. The purse will be divided 
on the same plan as last year: First hieh gun will receive $500, second 
high gun S300, and third nigh gun S300. All surplus will be added, 
the above $1,000 being the usual guarantee. The surplus will be di- 
vided into a certain number of additional moneys, the proportions 
being graduated for every additional ten entries above forty up to 100 
or more. 
No notice taken of anonymous communicatloag 
F., New York.— A friend of mine declares that in shooting rabbits 
when snow is on the ground dogs can be dispensed with, as iho rab- 
bits can be tracked to their hiding places or forms and started 
withm range. I doubt it. Will you kindly give us your opinion ? 
Ans. Your friend is correct, provioed the tracks were made within 
a reasonable length of time, and the snow is soft enough to receive 
the foot imprints. . . ^ 
Mac, Philadelphia.— I have a large shepherd dog Who will jump 
the fence, and I would like to know how to hobble him to prevent 
jumping, as I dislike to keep him chained. Ans. You can run a wire 
or two or three barbed wires from 12in, to 4 or 5tc. from the bottom 
of the fence and about 13in, from the ground, so that he cannot make 
aspring to jump. Or you can build your fence higher,. A clog chained 
to the dog: will also prevent him from jumping, hUt jt y^W lUS^v^ l)iDl 
irritable^ p.pd In time injurehisph76|ati§j - * ' 
