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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[JtmE 19, 1897. 
New York State Association.' 
THE ADBURN TOUBNAMENT. 
The thirty-pinth annual convention of the New York State Associa- 
tion for the Protection of Fish and Game was held at Auburn, N. Y,, 
June and in conneclion therewith was held the annual State shoot, 
June 8-11. The proceedings at this convention, which Is now termed 
the "summer ineetin? of the Association." will be mentioned first, as 
WP are firm believers in the old motto, Seniores priores. 
The meetiDK was held at about 8'8P on Tuesday evening, June 8, in 
an empty store under the Osborne House. This Ptore, although of 
ample proportions, was scarcely larpre enough to accommodate the 
delegates and ofhfrs who wanted to be present at the pro ree clings. 
As is ihe case at these "summer meetinRs," the presiding officer was 
the president of the home club. This gentleman was Mr. Charles G. 
Curtis, who called the meelinp: to order with a brief address He 
was supported by Mr. Clarence E. Goodrich, secretary of the Auburn 
Gun Club, and by Mr. George Peck, of the Auburn JJaily Advertiser 
and the Auburn Review. On Mr. Curtis's right hand.' he was sup- 
ported by Mr. W. S. Gavitt, of Lyons, N. Y., the president of the 
State Association proper. 
CLUBS REPRESENTED, 
Twenty-four clubs were represented at the meeting, the delegates 
being as follows: 
Syracuse Gun Club: C. H. Mowry, A. G. Courtney, C. F. Ayling. 
Messina Springs Gun Club : A. 8 , White, Harvey McMurchy. Auburn 
Gun Club: G W. Tuttle, J. Henry Kerr, Irving Smith, F.'C. Coburn, 
D. L Hurlbut. East Syracuse Sportsmen's Association: D. M. Lefe- 
ver. Charles Frey. W. Morse, C. J. Ballev, A. G. Courtney. Whites- 
town Gun Club: A S. Hunter, A. H. Bichardson, Dr. J. G. Kilbourn. 
Watertown Gun Club: W. H Tallett. Eichfleld Springs Gun Club: 
Myron E. Barker, Walter Yeoman. Lockport Gun Club: H. I. Bene- 
dict. C. A. Ward, .Tohu McDonough. Bison Gun Club: C. H. Werlin, 
P. H. Siegrist, F.H Wheeler, P. P. O'Learv. Manitou Beach Gnn Club: 
L. V. Byer, 0 Lane, S. Glover, H. Perry. Brooklyn Gun Club: Edward 
Banks. New York County Gun Club: Edward Banks. Eiverside Gun 
Club: L. W. Davis, Dr J. S. Weller. Henry Peters. Sterling Rod and 
Gun Club: Cha-les F. Wayte. Catchpole Gun Club: E. A. Wadsworth, 
Benjamin Catchpole. Morris Burke. Charlotte Gun Club: William M. 
Kichruond, Arthur Eickman, Benjamin F East. Northern Wavne Gun 
Club: Georse Wride, Benjainin Catchpole, Charles Van Ostrand. On- 
eida County Sportsmen's Association: H L. Gates. Gustavus Dexter. 
M. M. May hew, E. D. FuJford. ,L W. Fultord. Rochester Rod and Gun 
Club: W. C. Hadley, E, C. Meyer, George Bof~t Arthur Rickman, 
Homer Perry. Spencer Sportsmen's Club; H- B. Whitney, C. F. 
Burnett, Frank Zwilling. Saratoga Gun Club: H. M. Levengstone, 
Jr. Leather-stocking Club, of Oswf go: Mas B. Eicbard.son. Audu- 
bon Club, of Buffalo: P. D Kelsey, E F.Hammond. Binghamton 
Gun Club: G. W. Kendall and H. W. Brown. 
Of the above clubs the following nine were new applicants, who 
were admitted to membership in due course: E<ist Lockport Gun 
Club, Brooklyn Gun Club, Catchpole Gun Club of Wolcott. Bison Gun 
Club of Buffalo, Glen wood Gun Ciub of Newburgh. East Syracuse 
Gun Club, Messina Springs Gun Club of Syracuse, Glenside Gun Club 
of Skaneatles, and the Sterling Bod and 6un Club. 
HOOHESTEE IN 1898. 
After the delegates and their credentials had been inspected, and 
after the nme new clubs had been elecf-ed to membership, Mr. Hadley 
rose to nominate Rochester for the shoot of I8B8. He promised that 
the members of the Bochester Rod and Gun Club should spread 
themselves in order to give their guests a good time, and also prom- 
ised that, if everybody did not have that good time the president of 
the club, Mr. E. C. Meyer, should be hung, drawn and quartered. He 
also added that the shooters who came to feed should also be fed 
and should carry something away with tbem when the State shoot 
was over. O^er and beyond these promises Mi-. Hadley did not go- 
he had DO need to promise anything more, for there was no competi- 
tion for the .shost in 1893. As, however, we are personally acquainted 
with the majority of the members of the Rochester Bod and Gun 
Club, and are well aware of their capabiliiiies for carrying out to a 
successful conclusion, any tournament of which they may take hold 
we can promise that, witn nothing more than tbe above meager de- 
tails as to what will be done for those who go to the State shoot at 
Rochesternext June to go upon, the State shoot of 1698 will be a his 
one and a success. 
Mr Gates, as representing the Oneida County Sportsmen's Associ- 
ation, seconded the nomination of Bochester, and, as said before 
there being no opposition, Rochester it was. ' 
We have omitted to mention that prior to the nomination of Roch- 
ester, a motion made by Mr. Schortetneier. of the New York County 
Gun Club, at the Buffalo convention was brit^ily treated. The matter 
was this: Mr. Si^hortemeier made a motion at the Buffalo convention 
m June, li-9B, that at the meeting in June, 1897, the members present 
consider the adoption of a rule that no shoot be held within 150 for 
100) miles of where the shoot was held iu the preceding year As Mr 
Schortemeier was unt present to look after !his motion, t lie matter 
was disposed of by Mr. Hadley 's motion that the meeting do not con- 
sider the question. 
The tournament officers for 1893 are the officers of the Rochester 
Club: President. B. 0. Meyer; Secretary, Thos. Griffiths, and Treas- 
urer, Sam 1 B. Williams. 
THE ASSOCIATION TO BE DIVIDBD. 
The presence of Mr. Gavitt, president of the State Association, por- 
tended something important, and that something soon formulated 
itself when Mr. Gavitt rose to address tbe meeting, all other business 
iaving been disposed of. And Mr. Gavitt's words gave the members 
present plenty of food for thought. He was in favor of dividing up 
the Association into two bodies, as distinct in themselves as are their 
respective interests, viz , tbe protection of fish and game and ths 
ensouragement of trap-shooting. Mr. Gavi't pointed out how it had 
come to pass that the Association had had to hold a .sum-iier conven- 
tion for the edification of the trap -shooters, and a winter convention 
lor the benefit of game-shooters and tishermen. He suggested that 
the two bodies now become two distinct organizations, one for game 
andflsh protectiohn and one for trap-shooting. He also stated that a 
committee was now at work on a new constitution aud by laws to be 
adopted at the coming winter convention, andhe felt that the chanee 
should be made at once to facilitate matters. 
To help in this matter Mr. Gates placed the question before tbe 
meeting in the form of a ree olution In the discussioa which fol- 
lowed, it was evident that the sentiment was strongly in favor of the 
movement, but Me.ssrs. Hadley, Richmond, Benedict and Banks wd- 
vocated the appointment of a committee from those present at this 
meeting to meet with a similar committee from the other body and 
to prepare for a final dissolution, the committee to report at the 
summer meeting, at Rochester, in "98 This was ultimately approved 
of, the chair appointing Messrs. Banks, Gates and Kelsey as su -h 
committee. Mr. Kelsey being unable to serve on such committee 
Mr. Hadley's name was substituted. 
Mr. Gavitt named as (he committee from "the other bodv " to act 
in cooperation wirh the abo^'e committee: Mr. F. J. Amden of 
Rochester, Mr. Geo. R Peck, of Auburn, and General D. H Bruce of 
Syracuse. ' 
Having no more business to dispose of , the meeting adjourned at 
A SOOD SHOOT IS BAD WEATHER. 
The State shoot of 1897 vcill go down into history as interesting for 
two reasons. First, on account of the movement set on foot for the 
dividing up of the organization into two separate and distinct bodies 
as set forth above; and, second, on account of its being a good shoot 
held in aoout as wretched weather as one could possibly imaeiue at 
this time of year. For the first three days there was little pleasure 
m shooting at all, except for the fun of beating somebotiy else iu the 
matter of good temper under the most trying circumstances. It 
ramed real hard" on the first day, and it poured just as seriouslv 
and steadily on the second day; on the third day it didn't actuallv 
rain much during the morning, but it looked as dull and gloom v as 
ever; and it did actually clear up at a few minutes to 3 in the after- 
noon From that time on all was well. 
The attendance was very encouraging considering these disastrous 
climatic annoyances It seems hard to keep trap-shooters awav from 
iheir favorite sport when there's any chance of having a try at a few 
targets Then again there are some delights in meeting old frien ls 
and making new ones; and these two things are a certainty at anv 
State shoot. The consequence was that, under the condition'; the 
attendance was all chat could have been hoped for. ' 
GROlTUtS ASD ACCOMMODATIOKS. 
The grounds were easily reached, beine located just at the end of 
the street car track on Genessee street, in the county fair grounds 
It was less than a fifteen minutes' run in the car from tbe Osborne 
House to the outside of the grounds. Once at the end of tbe street 
car track it was only a couple of hundred yards or so to the main 
building, which was given up to the shooters and to the exhibitors of 
sporting goods— a novel and interesting feature of thi.i shoot We 
have said that it was only some 300yds. to the main building, and so 
it was-aa the crow flies, or as one would walk in nice dry weather- 
but with various small morasses to circumvent, you could s'afelv add 
another 100yds. to the distance traveled on each of tte first three 
days. 
THE EXHIBITION OP SPORTING GOODS. 
The big building was a perfect godsend in such weather There 
was SO much epacefor everybody and everything that we couldn't 
help being forcibly reminded Of the bettmg ring at the Guttenburg 
track, which was utilized for the same purposes at the E. C. tourna- 
ment in May, 1896. The building is built like a parallelogram, with three 
equal rear extension.s. The extension to the right was occupied with 
the exhibits of the King Powder Co. and Peters Cartridge Co., en- 
gineered and overseered by Mrs. M. F. Lindsley herself. Next in 
order came the stand of the Remington Arms Co. under the care of 
that most worthy notable, Col. A. G. Courtney, one of its latest ac- 
quisitions. Only a step away was the Lefever stand of firearms, 
with Uncle Dan Lefever and his son, F. Lefever, to look after the in- 
terests of the nrm they represent. Next to them came Harvey 
McMurchy and his exhibit of L, C.Smith guns. And be it noted 
herewith, that Harvey gave object lessons during the shoot on how 
to handle these same guns. Billy Crosby occupied a small space in 
the conifr next to the Hunter Arms Co. with a display of some Baker 
guns, the brothers and sisters of that which he shot" into first place 
for general averages on the Wolves' trap. Von Lengerke & Delmold, 
with tbpir stand of Francotte guns of all grades, made a very telling 
exhibit in a prominent place, the sta' d being the same that tbe firm 
showed at this year's Sportsmen's Exposition. We must not forget 
also that the Hunter Arms Co. also exhibiied some of iheir bicycles, 
in addition to the guns shown under Harvey McMurch j 's care. 
Another special feature in this big building was in the center wing, 
where Mr George M.Taylor and hU help from the Osborne House 
spread out things that were good to eat and things that were good to 
drink in such depressing weather. Unfortunately, at most shoots the 
catering is not looked upon as of vital importance. Too often it is a 
case of "Oh, any old thine-'ll do!" But at Auburn thematterwas 
placed in the right hands, and Mr Taylor deserves the thanks of the 
vi.sltors at this shoot for the manner in which he looked after them. 
There was plenty of room for all, and, best of all, there was plenty of 
help to run bis temporary restaurant. 
In tbe third rear extension there was nothing on exhibition, as a 
rule, beyond Paui North, some mag-autrap fixtures and a few barrels 
of bluerucks. As these objects could be seen to better advantage out- 
side—that is to say, when it wasn't raining— this por ion of the build- 
ing was not as popular as either of the other two extensions! 
THREE CASHIERS' OFFICES. 
In the main building were the three cashiers' offices. On the right 
as you entered the front door was the office presided over by Mr Geo. 
Hudson He looked aftfr tbe Wolves, a large sign bearing the in- 
scription of '-The Wolves' telling that class of shooter where his 
wants would be looked after. To the left, opposite Mr. Hudson's 
apartment, was another cashier's office, bearing the sigh "The State " 
Here Mr. Thos. Garret, Jr., and John J. O'Sulhvan handled the en- 
tries and paid out the cash in the State events. In front of the door 
w as tbe third cashier's office, bearing the title of "The Lambs " In 
this office Messrs. Irvin Smith and Fred Bower looked after the 
Lambs, and some ot the Wolves, too, for the matter of that: for many 
such came thither to dally with "their meat." 
Under such conditions as regards cashier's offices, there was little 
left to be desired by the management in that respect. Outside, how- 
ever, the management had neglected many things. In two respects 
partiCBlarly had it erred. Not the slightest effort had been made to 
prepare for wet weather, and wet it certainly was. The merest 
semblance of an awning covered one of the three scores; shooters 
had to stand out in the pouring rain and "get if in the neck" in more 
senses than one, for the r^in came from the rear of the scores. In 
the matter of help, too, the management had run things far tooelo=e 
There was only one scorer at each trap; scores were chalked up on 
the blackboard as called off by the referee, but there was no score 
sheet kept to be any sort of a check on the scorer. As a matter of 
course, errors will occur and then again thev won't occur, hut in any 
case many scores were altered almost at the will of the shooters As 
we have said no detailed scores were kept; the results of each squad's 
work was written down on a score sheet after the totals were made 
out, and were then filed in the office it belonged to. We believe in 
having two scores kept all the time, but we also believe in makina 
the blackboard score the official score all the time. It may be said 
that efforts were made at the start to keep detailed scores, but nobody 
could work on a score sheet that was wet in a few minutes, and 
there was not even any protection from the weather for either scorers 
or referees. A star in the firmament was Wilham Hoagland. tbe 
well known pedestrian, who acted as squad hustler and never got 
tired and hardly suffered any dimmution in the matter of throat or 
lung power even, after three days of consecutive hard work. 
In other respects the management did things well. C. W. Tuttle 
J. J. Carr, C. E Goodrich. George Corniug, President Curtis, and' 
many others of the home club, did theu- share toward keeping the 
shooters moving and making things as pleasant as possible for their 
guests under the circumstances. 
Three magautraps were used, one for eaeh set of events, and each 
trap took its part satisfactorily. The targets Used were blueroeks 
naturally enough, as only such targets can be used under contract in 
these traps. 
BUT THE PROGRAMME WAS CHANGED. 
We have always beheved in never changing a programme under 
any circumstances. Once you have announced through the meaium 
of a progr.imme that you are going to do such and such a thing, we 
do not believe in ever changing from the conditions announced 
unless there is ample time to tell everybody about that change. ' 
The programme of the shoot announced that the Rose system 
would be used in the State events, and that part of the programme 
was adhered to. In the programme for the open events for both 
traps, it was announced: "All money to be divided into six purses 
according to the Rose system." In our issue of May 29, in 'Drivers 
and Twisters," we made a note that, according to Information 
received from Mr. Tuttle, "the big open sweeps at our coming State 
shoot will be divided as shooters wish, probably by the old pl-in 
while all State events will be divided under the Rose system." ' 
With such notice we were prepared for an alteration iu the 'manner 
of dividing the purses in "the big open sweeps," although we ex- 
pected that some sort of a vote of those present would be taken to 
ascertain what the shooters wished. We uiiderstood from Mr. Tuille 
that an announcement was made before the shoot opened that the 
old system would be adopted in the open sweeps; hue we can assure 
Mr TuLtle that many andmany a shooter who said that they were 
present at least half an hour before the first shot was fired, told us 
that they never knew any change had been made until they went 
to collect their monev 
The greatest lamentations arose from the camp of the Lambs, where 
no change had been suggested prior to the shoot; at least not pub- 
licly, for no one could tor a moment expect that the small sweeps 
set apart for the Lambs could be included under the head of tne 
"big open sweeps." Yet they were included apparently, and instead 
of "all purses to be divided into six purses under the Rose system," 
It was a case of 40, .30, :iO and 10 under tbe old system in the 15 target 
events, and 30. S5, 30, 15 and 10 in the 20-target events. No wonder 
the Wolves got a oeneflc when they went to visi"^ the Lambs! 
We are not going on record here as in favor of six moneys in either 
15 or 20-target events, or of eight moneys in 35-target events- that 
point is not under discussion; but we do go on record as being against 
any and all alteration of a programme when once it has been given 
to the public. 
TRADE REPRESENTATIVES. 
Among fhe trade representatives present were: Captain A W 
Money, Manager-Treasurer of the American E. C & Schulize Powder 
Company. Limned; Jus'us von Lengerke and Gus E Greiff, of Von 
Lengerke & Detmold ; Ed Taylor, of the Lafiln & Hand Powder (Com- 
pany, together with M Herrington of the VV-A Powder of that firm ; 
J Hildreth, of the W. R. A. Company; B H Norton, of the Hazara 
Powder Company; W. L, Colville and J. S, Fanning, of the Gold 
Dust Powder Company: Jlrs. M. F. "Wanda" Lindsley, of the King 
Powder Company and Peters's Cartridge Company; Dan Lefever and 
F. Lett-ver, of the Lefever Arms Company; S. A. Tucker, of the 
Parker Guu Company; Harvev McMurchy aud R Hunter of the 
Hunter Arms (L. O Smith) Gun Company; Geo. A. Mosher, ot the 
Syracuse Arms Company; Col. A. G. Courtney, of the Remington 
Arms Company; Bdly Crosby, of the Baker Gun Company. There 
may have been some others, but without any data to go upon, our 
own having been mislaid, we cannot remember any others. 
As for the remainder, we must leave it to our readers to make out 
their own lists from the long rolls of names we give below in their 
respective positions annexed to the scores. Suffice it to say that tbe 
attendance at tbe State shoot this year was large, representative and 
influential (that sounds all right anyway). The way iu which the 
events of each day were shot out to a finish is told below, and it is 
there that you will haye to look for it. 
THE STATE EVENTS. 
The programme of State events was a leugth.y one. Por the flr-st 
day, June 8, there were three such events scheduled, viz , two as-tar- 
get events and a .W-targel event for the E. C. cup. The entrance fees 
in the 25-target events were f targets extra at 3 cents each; in ihe 
50 target event, the entrance was for "price of targets" with an op- 
tional sweep of $8 on the 50. All the purses in the State events were 
divided into eight moneys under the Rose system, but with the ratio 
ot only 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, .3, 2 and 1. In all the SS targeC races, with the ex- 
ception of the merchandise event, the Auburn Gun Club guaranteed 
$5200 in the purse. On this arrangement they lost money, but not to 
amount to much. In No. 1 they had 69 entries; in No a, 6-3 entries- 
No. 4, 60; No 6, 54, and in No, 7, 42 entries, or a total of S8S entries at 
frf per head, a fund of g-64 to so to fill the guarantee of $',000 on the 
five events. From the above §861 must be deducted the sum of p 
the surplus over the guarantee in the first event; as all surplus was 
added, the purse in this event was just $307. The club was thus out 
$143 on the guarantee; but there need be no fear of the insolvency of 
tbe Auburn Gun Club on this account, as the merchandise event and 
the receipts from the sale of about .50.000 targets should be ample to 
carr.y them through such a financial cloud. It should he noted ihat 
the Auburn Gun Club, to its credit, carried out its "guaranteed" pro- 
gramme to the finish, although sure of a loss in Nos.'6 and 7. 
THE E 0. CDP RACE. 
The third event on the first day In the State programme was the 50- 
target race for the E. C. cup This race was shot right out, each 
squad shooting out its 250 targets "atone si ting." When the "Mc- 
Murchy squad" went to the score Stanbrough was high with 46 
breaks. The "McMurchy squad." from the first event on the first day 
untu the time when Levengston had to retire on the third day was 
composed as follows: McMurchy, Edwards, Levengston, 'VVagner 
and Kelsey. This squad hsd done some good, quick work, and with 
a view of finding out how long it would take for the squad to shoot 
its 250 targets, Ed Taylor, by request, held the watch on it In this race 
without the knowledge of anyone in the squad save one member of 
it. Itsrecordwas as follows; Time 15m. fs., inclnding all balks 
(which were remarkably few and far between), and £.33 breaks out of 
ioO shot at, an average for the squad of 93.2 The above rate of shoot- 
ing is almost equivalent to tbe trapping of 1,000 targets per hour! 
Paul North's face beamed with his magautrap smile when he heard 
the figures. 
With such a record it is only natural that the winner of the cup was 
a member of the squad. Kelsey was the man that took it, with 49 to 
his credit. Levengston was second, close up with 48 to his name 
As there was no 47, third money went to the 46s. 
Carr on this day showed what an fxcellent shot he is. In the State 
events he broke two 25s straight, aud then broke 46 out of 50 in the 
E. C. cup contest. This gave him a good lead in the State averages, 
100 '^"^ these three events .standing at 06 out of 
THE MEKCHANDISE EVENT. 
State event No. 5 was the merchandise event, for which the club 
had gathered together a very valuable list of prizes. In tiiis evenr 0 
A. Ward, of Lockport, N. Y., and Edwards ran So straight, and shot 
off for first choice in the first class of ties. The shoot-off was a long 
one, as although Ward had run out of his own shells, he found some 
strange ones that sepraed to suit him to a nicety. The scores in the 
shoot-off were as follows, ties being decided in strings of 10 targets 
per man: 
Edwards 1111110111 OlllUllll llimilll 1111111111-38 
Ward inilOllll 1111110111 llllllllll 1111111110—37 
This gave Edwards first choice, and he naturally took the Lefever 
gun. The other ties were decided iu a similar way, shoot offs occur- 
ring where no agreement was come to. 
Tne list of winners, prizes and donors is as follows: 
Edwards, hammerless gun, |80, Lefever Arms Co. Ward, corduroy 
hunting suit, $'iO, C. B. Egbert, McMiu-chy, E. D. Fulford, Mayhew. 
ICOlbs. shot, $7, I^eroy Shot Works; case whisky, Sia, Paul Jones: 
Smith hammerless gun, $iO. Hunter Aims Co.: bass rod. $16, Abel & 
Co. Kelsey, Leving«tOD, Ejector gun. $80, Ithaca Gun Co.; case 
whisky, U. G. & Co. Barker, pair trousers, $10, J. E. Qmck. 
Stanbrough, lOOlbs, shot, $7, Leroy Shot Work^i. Whitney, pair 
shoes, $8, Hadselle & Walker. Hammond. ICO cigars, 87, Bonaparte 
Cigar Co, J. W. Fulford, lOOIbs. shot. $6. Tatham Bros Tuttle, 
etching, $ia, Carpenter & Baker. C»rr, rug, S3, H. R Wait. Glover 
Ejector gun, $30, Bemington Arms Co. Mever, umbrella, $i. S E. 
Bell Whyte, case whisky. $ia, M. F. & Co. Wagner, keg powder, 
S8, Du Pont Powder Co. Gates, pigeon gun, ,$60. Baker Gun Works. 
Wride, fly rod, $7, Hortou Manufacturing Co Borst, rocking chair, 
glO, F. A. Sinclair. G. Brown, pair M & W. tires, ,'$10, Morgan & 
Wright. Davis, fish rod. $5, A. Kraus. Byer, reel, $9, Hendryx Reel 
Co. Andrews, Forest and Strbam, $4, F. & S. Publishing Co. D 
Lefever, silver tea set, |80. Rochester Bike Co. Covert, statuary. $10, 
Trowbridge &.Iennings. Foxie, roi-king chair. $6, Brixius & Cbap- 
man. Knapp, ton of coal, |5.S5, T. H. Garrett, Jr. Irving. lOOlbs, shot, 
$7, Leroy Shot Works. Mosher, umbrella, 86, Hislop & Co. Lane, 
set of carvers, S3.E0, P. M. Herron. Corning, reel. |6, Mei.«aelbach & 
Co. Hadley, gripsack, ?4, Knox & Knox. Weller, umbrella, $.3.50, 
Smith & Leonard. Arno, SOlbs. shot, 3li;3,5'J, Tatham Bros. Wheaton, 
501bs. shot, $3.50, Leroy Shot Works. Siegrist, pair shoes, $1. lilills 
& Lathrop. Quirk, pair huntinsr shoes, $6, E, A. Buck & Co. Wayte, 
keg powder, $5, Oriental Powder Co, Ti ipp, r. el, $.3.5), J. Vom Hofe. 
Stewart, pair trousers, $4, L. Marshall. Wheeler, pair bicycle shoe.^^, 
$5, G. F. Briggs. Chumn, revolver. $5, D. A. Smith & Co. Brisier, 
box cigars, $4, Frank Hunt. Courtney, water cooler, $5, Hunting 
Hardware Co. Haye.^, -'Recreation," $1. Becreation Co. Hildreth, 
"Recreation," ,fl, Recreation Co. 
Tbe scores made in the Stare events, with the exception of the Le- 
fever medal contest and the Dannister cup race, are given in tabular 
form as follows: 
scoR's OF state events. 
The seven events given below in tabulated form were shot as fol- 
lows: Nos 1-3 on June 8, Nos. 4 and 5 on June 9, Nos. 6 and 7 on June 
10. These events, together with State event No. 9. the Bannister cup 
evenr, "-onstituted the eisht events that had to be shot in to render 
a shooter eligible for a "State average" priz*. No. -3 is the E. C. cup 
shoot. The Bannister cup scores are given after the table: 
Events: 18 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 12 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 35 2B 50 S5 25 So S5 Targets: S5 2.5 £0 i5 SS 25 25 
EC Meyer.... 21 20 44 33 22 .. .. Hammond ... 84 2.3 .. S3 23 17 24 
Arno 20 20 4 J 21 17 21 20 Covert 20 22 .. 2a £0 £0 20 
C J Dalley.... 20 20 41 22 .. 21 .. L W Davis .. 8l 31 41 .. 21 21 19 
W Morris 19 21 35 .... SO . . M IVlcMurchy. S!3 23 45 53 24 22 iO 
■ J L Brewer... 22 21 33 23 .. 19 20 F S Edwards. 22 23 4ri 24 25 21 24 
Stanbrough .. 22 54 46 i3 23 16 17 H Levengston S3 22 48 S3 23 18 15 
L V Byer 20 25 41 2-.i 21 23 20 C Wagner. ... 2-3 22 45 21 22 19 23 
G S Wride. ... 17 S3 :<) 17 21 13 18 F D Kelsey. , . 23 23 43 S3 23 19 kb 
B J Andrews. 24 20 38 19 21 .. .. J Smith 14 9 
Dr Weller ... 21 21 s9 . . 18 . . . . Kendall 19 24 22 . " 
F G Wheeler. 22 23 . . 21 14 . . . . O'Leary 16 
M M, Mayhew. 22 20 44 23 24 19 16 Foxie 19 20 33 "7 20 " 
M E Barker. . 23 21 43 33 23 22 31 H Irvin 18 . . ::4 18 20 17 30 
E D l^ulford.. 2i -./S 46 24 24 18 U H L Gates.... 81 24 44 22 31 16 18 
W S'ewart... 17 24 . . .. 15 15 .. A G Courtney 22 19 36 19 15 20 14 
HW Brown.. 18 IS 40 20 J Knapp 21 22 .. 20 30 17 .. 
W H Tallett.. 23 18 38 C R Egbert... 15 
O H Mowry.. . 22 21 ,. 15 G A Jfosher.. 17 23 40 22 20 20 ie 
S l^lover 25 22 44 20 23 17 22 Holloway.... 19 20 . . 1;; 13 
Whyte 16 -^1 35 18 23 10 17 A Baker 15 .. .. 
C W Tuttle. . . 23 2S 43 23 23 21 iO C A Ward. ... 22 34 42 32 25 21 20 • 
H B Whi'ney. 21 21 45 25 23 20 21 A M S 19 32 .. 23 . 22 11 
J J Carr So 25 46 23 23 22 18 C E Goodrich 18 
W S Wheaton 21 23 .. .. 17 .. .. D Lefever,... 33 23 44 23 SO 17 23 
G Corning, .Ir. 32 20 43 16 18 15 20 C Frys 10 
Siegrist 18 33 36 21 17 . . . . J Hildreth.,.. 19 18 .. 18 15 16 15 
F Lefever ... 21 . 44 18 W B Barnes.. 19 
MJ B 14 16 ;34 Dr Tripp .... 19 16 
BDoane 18 .... , GEGre-fl.... 19 SO 19 31 
J Brmkerhoff 21 23 D LHulburt. 10 .. 
CLane 23 22 34 32 19 15 24 THTanner.. .. 19 .. .. 19 ., 
\V Richmond. 19 14 32 H Reed 11 35 .. . 14 . 
C L Franlz... 20 .. .. 31 ..30 18 C Wayte 18 33 16 16 15 ., 
G A Brown... 15 .... 24 21 18 21 Perry 32 . . , 
JPaddleford. SO 21 .. 20 Zwilling 20 .. 19 
J W Fulford.. 21 -23 42 14 23 £0 32 Burnett 20 .. 82 .. 21 17 
TH Garrett.. 18 .. .. 2U .. 13 ,, Gavitt 8 .. 13 
A Rickman... 20 .. 35 16 ,. fcO KiHdk. 21 .. 83 
Richardson... 16 19 .. 15 ,, ,. Yeoman 36 
N L Hayes 13 15 . . . . Borst. ^ . . . . . 21 14 . . 
T Clinch 19 13 .. 9 Briater .,^4 
Jenkins 12 Wanda....- .,16 .. i. 
Higgins 13 Mason ; . . , . 82 17 
Howelis...... .. .. .. 31 14 .. .. Riyland 17 
J Roy 20 Henry 18 32 
Blizzard 19 Davis 19 ,, 
Swiveller 20 ., 19 18 Fuller • 13 
J K Rich 15 R Hunter 19 20 
WC Hadley 18 ., ,. B H Norton 17 
Quirk 16 ,, .. 
THE BiNNlSTER CUV. 
The above table gives the scores made in all the State events that 
counted for average, with the exception of the 50-target event for 
tbe Bannister cup, a silver trophy presented for competition by C. A. 
Bannister, the popular jeweler of Auburn. This race was shot on 
the morning of June 11. the last day of the State shoot. State event 
No. 8, the Lefever medal congest, did not count for the State averages. 
The sun was out bright and early, drying up the ground nicelv and 
showing just how pleasant things would have been had he shown up 
on the momujg of June 8 instead of letting old Jupiter Pluvius get in 
hia fine work for nearly three days. It was hot enough to-day, and 
heavy sweaters were almost an encumbrance, perspiration coming 10 
the front very rapidly A practice event at 20 targets was shot "for 
targets only" on the Lambs' magautrap prior to the commencement 
of the cup race. 
A t the start of the latter race Kelsey and Edward? were tied for 
first place in the State averages with 185 breaks each out 200 shot at, 
Carr being in second place wi'h 18?, and E. D. Fulford with 181. The 
''McMurchy squad"— McMurchy, Edwards, IHayhew, Wagner and Kel- 
sey— was the second aquad oa the list, and It was expected that th'ia 
