Deo. 18, 1897.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
497 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
RECREATION CUP AT HACKENSAOK. 
Dec. S— The flnal shoot for the. Recreation cup took place at Hack - 
ensact this afternoon on the grounds of the Bergen County Gun 
Club, This cup was donated to the club in the latter part of 1806, the 
club being permitted to name the conditions under which it was to be 
shot for. After some deliberation on the part of the management, it 
was decided to make the cup emblematic of the individual amateur 
ehampionsbip of New Jersey, the contests being made open to all 
members of such clubs. It was further agreed to make the condi- 
tions 100 targets per man, 50 at known traps and angles, and .50 at 
known traps, unknown angles. There were to be seven shoots for 
the cup, one every two months, the man winning it the greatest num- 
ber ol! times out of seven to bscome the owner of the cup. 
The first contest took place in December, 1896. On this occasion 
very poor scores were made. The targets were thrown far and low 
in a bad light. Remsen scored the first win with 8J. Banks was 
second with 79; Ed Taylor was third with 75; KeaE Apgar scored only 
71. The second contest took place last February. Sinnock won with 
Od, Banks was second with 91, Remsen third with 89. Apgar, who 
was not entitled to compete for the cup, but who shot along for the 
cash prizes, went out with 93. The third contest was a capital one. 
Eem'^en and Gus Grieff tied on 93 each. Eerasen winninq: easily on the 
shoot-off; Sinnock was second with 86. Tbe fourth shoot was held 
in ,Iuae. On this occasion Sinnock scored his second win by makine- 
95. This made his number of wins equal to the number credited 
to Remsen, viz., two each, with only three more shoots for the 
cup. Remsen and Banks were tied for second and third places 
with 9.3 each. Van Dyke, who was not entitled to compete for the 
cup, shot along for the cash prizes and finished with 94, one leas than 
Sinnock's total. In August tbe fifth shoot was held. Banks winning 
with 9.5: Dudley was second with 91, Fogarty being third with 90. 
Van Dyke again shot along for the cash prizes, scoring 24 out of his 
last 25, and flDishing once more with 94 to his credit. In this race the 
contest was very close indeed, Sve men being tied at the end of the 
75th round with 70 breaks each. The sixth contest was held on Oct. 
13, and resulted in Banks scoring his second win with 93; Remsen 
was second with 89, and Fogarty third with 88. The result of this 
contest was to place Remsen, Sinnock and Banks on an eq uality with 
two wins each, and only one more contest for the cup. 
The last contest was held, as stated above, this afternoon, Banks 
scoring his third win with 94. There were only five present who shot 
throuETh the 100 targets, the triple tie between the thi'ee above named 
having taken away any chance for anybody else to win the cup. In 
addition to three previous winners, only Van Dyke and 0. McL. 
Clark, the latter hailing from St. Louis, Mo., shot through. The 
scores show that to-day's order for tbe cup stood: Banks, Sinnock 
and Remsen. Van Dyke was actual second, but was shooting for the 
cash prizes only, as usual. 
Most of the scores were very low, and it is hard to account for so 
many ciphers, save on the grouni of curious light and eccentrically 
thrown targets. The light was far Eroai good, the last 25 bein? shot 
in really the best lisrht of the day. It was very foggy in New York, 
and the fog reached well bsyond the Hackensaok Meadows, while not 
a vestige of sun apo saved to mike things pleasiat. There was nat 
a breath of air, still it was chilly and penetrating to a degree that made 
the club house stove something to ba huarged. 
Among the lookers-on were: CO Gardner, Sr.. lately returned 
from q'lail hunting in the saauy laids of Texas; Mr. Rsoason, Sr. ; 
T. W. Morfey, who acted as referee in the main eveat; H. R. Winans, 
the scorer; F. P. Post, late of Nanust, N. Y., but now of Woodcliffs, 
S. J., an old-timer at th=> traps, anl oae who seldom missed an op- 
portunity of tryiner his skill with th'i shotgun a few years ago; E. G. 
Horton, now ot White Plains, N. Y , but formerly the club's very 
efliciient secretary and manager ol" its most sucsc'sfal shoot=!, As- 
sisted by H. D. Warner, the club's treasurer, Mr. Horton carried out 
to-day's programme most satisfactorily. 
When the main event was half over, James Wolstsncrof b, of the 
Keystone .Shooting L3agu9. of Philadalphia, Pa., put in an apoear- 
ance in company with Gus Greilf. Both gentlemen shot at the 50 
unknown targets that went to make uo the last half of the rafje. 
Mr. Wolstencroft came on the groucds without either gun or shells, 
but picking up "any old thing," went out and broke his share. 
Scores follow: 
E Banks.,..., llimimilOIllOllllOllllllllllllllllliminmi— 47 
iiiiiionmiiiioininiimiioiiiiiiniiiiiiiini-47-94 
F Van Dyke, ..OOllimilllllllimilOininuoilOllllUllOOlinil— 43 
ninioinniioioiiiininoioniimiiiiioiiiiim-44-86 
Fe Sinnock., oiiioiiii-(tooiomiiiinimiiniioiiiioniin]iio-42 
ioiiiiiiiiiiiiiiionooinmioiiiiiiiiiiinioiouo-43-S4 
C McL Clark. .00011111110110111101111111111110111011001011111010—37 
11110111111111111111011110101111111111101111011111—44—81 
J S S Remsen. 01100110111101111101111101111110111110011110011111—38 
11011101110011111110111010110001111111111101111111—39 -77 
* H D Warner.lOlllOOOOOOUlllOlUlinillOllOOlllOOnilOlOllOlll —31 
•GE Greiff... 11110:111011111111111111111101111110111101111111100 —42 
♦Wolstencroft lllOllOllOlOlllOllllOllOllllllOlllllllllllllOUlOl —40 
'Warner shot at 50 known angles; Greiff and Wolstencroft at 50 
unknown angles. 
Practice sweeps, with nominal entrance fees, were shot, as below: 
Events: 1 S 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 » 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 10 15 10 15 15 SO 
Van Dyke. ...... 7 16 9 12 14 17 
Banks 6 15 10 .. 13 16 
Clark 7 13 h 10 13 15 
Sinnock 9 11 9 13 10 15 
Warner 7 11 .... 10 . . 
Targets: 10 IB 10 16 IS SO 
Banta 3 .. 6 
Remsen 13 8 13 .. .. 
J Wolstencroft 7 14 
GrelflP 12 14 
Everett 10 16 
BAST SIDK GUN OLCB. 
Dec. 8. — H. Henry and G. Fischer, both members of the East Side 
Gun Club, of Newark, shot a race at 10 live birds ppr man this after- 
noon on the grounds of their club. The match was for the price of 
the birds and a supper. Henry won easily by 9 to 6. A return match 
was made to take place Dee. 15. but the conditions for this second 
match are as follows: 25 birds, $25, and a supper, loser to pay for the 
birds. In to day's race L. H, Esau was referee, and Stevenson 
scorer. 
Match: 10 live birds per man, 38ydg. rise, 60yds. boundary, Hurling- 
ham rules: 
Trap score tj/pe— Copyright, im, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
H Henry. 
.0 11311221 2-9 
G Fischer.. , ,2 10«13220 0—6 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
AT CARTERET. 
Dec. 11.— The gathering at Carteret's grounds, Garden City, this 
afternoon was above the average, eighteen shooters being loresent. 
There was quality there too: G. S. McAlnin. L. T. Duryea, H. B. Gil- 
bert, Captain Money, C. S. Guthrie, W. W. Watrous, and a lot of 
others who nianase to lull them all sometimes. 
This was our first visit to these new grounds, and most agreeably 
were we surprised at the neatness, completeness and dispatch with 
which Carteret had supplied itself with a new home, The club house 
is a small frame structure, artistically designed, painted a dull red, 
and with a full glass front facinfr the traps. The interior is furnished 
in yellow pine, this wood being largely in evidence throughout the 
building. In the main room is a low gun rack, with shelves for shells 
that runs almost the entire length of the room. This rack is made of 
polished oak, and is made as all gun racks should be made, viz., with 
notches cut so that a gun may stand on its muzzle instead of butt 
downward. On the right of this main room is the lacker room, an 
apartment that is far too small to accommodate all the member's of 
this club which, by the way, to-day only lacks seven of its limit— 100. 
On tbe left is a sniall but cozy reading room. To the left also, but in 
the main room, is tbe score hoard that shows how the game goes. 
This is looked after by two attendants, one of whom takes the cash, 
pays it out, and calls out the name of the man "to the score" and the 
man who has to "get ready"; the other attendant dispenses red but- 
tons on the board for Irills, white buttons for misses, yellows for 
"outs," and blues for "withdrawals with a privilege." A single glance 
at the board readily shows how the score stands, while thfi "squad 
hustling" methods are complete. Not that it often requires much 
calling to get a man to the score ; time - is too valuable these short 
winter days to allow of much dallying at Carteret; the shooters put 
their names on the board when they first come to the club, and they 
keep that order to the finish of the shoot. Thus, with no change of 
order, save when a man drops out, a shooter soon learns whom he has 
to follow. 
Close by the score board is an annunciator, worked by electricity 
from the main scoring, pulling and refereeing house under the front 
windows. A buzzsr calls attention to the fact whether the last shot 
was a kill, a miss or a no bird In order also that those interested 
may be able to learn the result of a shot as soon as the decision is 
triveo, up flies a small notice board from the roof of the pulling 
house with the word "killed." "missed," or "uo bird" on it. Know- 
iug who is at the score, one can lean back in a chair and wait for the 
telltale sign without going to the trouble of standing up to watch 
the shot, or of turning round to see what the score board says. 
The traps used are King's new patent traps. We had heard that, 
these traps were not as goo J as his old ones for starting bird 
aithough they saved considerable time in trapping by being nearly 
closed before the trap oer went to put the bird into the trap; tho 
"partial closing act" is done by the purchase of a lever in the puller's 
box. To-day, however, althouerh there was nearly no wind at all, the 
birds flew remarkably well, and less than half a dozen lingered after 
the traps were pulled. We did hear, however, that the springs were 
not quite strone enouerh apparently, but this is a matter that can 
easily be rectiflad. What we saw of the traps' work to-day was 
eminentiy satisfactory. 
The manaeer of the shooting grounds is Fred Knopf, late of thfi 
Larchmont Yacht Club's grounds. Fred acts as puller, referee and 
scorer, and doesn't seem to have much ditfiiultv in attending to his 
triple duties He has under him a set of lively trappers, who waste 
no time between shots, everything being done smoothly and rapidly. 
The retrieving was done by the club's own dogs, chiefly by two red 
droppers and Dandy, Fred Hoey's old liver and white setter that 
used to work so well and strongly at tha We=itminst6r Kennel Club's 
grounds. If to dav's -pigeons were a sample of what Fred Knopf 
can furnish, the club has made no mistake in securing his services. 
The wind, what there was of it, was directly incoming; yet the birds 
went out in a manner that was surprising to us. Many of them too 
were corkers, while the vast mijoritymay be classei as fast birds. 
The grounds are inclosed with an 8f C. tight board fence, the side fac- 
ing the shooters being oainted a pile blue, a oolc that seems well 
suited to a background for live-bird shooting. It may sound a 
strange color to paint a fence for such purposes, but it appears to 
suit the eyes of those who shoot on these grounds. 
The nrograrame to-day contained the foUowiner events: No, 1, 5 
birds, .$5. handicao rise. No. 2, even distance cud. 10 birds, $10. all at 
SOyds. Those whose club handicap Is 39yds. allowed 1 miss as a no 
bird; 23vds., 1 miss as a kill; 27yds., 1 miss a? a no bird and 1 miss as 
a kill; 26yds. and forward. 2 misses as kills; cup to winner. No. 3, 
"Second Saturday Cup," $50 cup to winner; all at 28yds., miss-and- 
out. No3. 4 and 5 wer« $0 miss and-outs, handicap rise, with handi- 
cari allowances as in No. 2. 
No. 1 had eleven entries, and at th« ond of the 5th round there were 
only five men with straight scores, Watrous and Duryea falling out 
in the next round, McAlpin, Ohapin and Gilbert cut up the pur«e. No. 
2 was productivf* of some excellent shooting on the part of Watrous 
and Duryea. Watrous ran 3t straight, while Duryea. who used ud 
his allowance in the fith round, stayed in until the 21th round with 
him. Chapin and Bird, by virtue of their allowances, stayed in until 
the 15th round. Watrous's victory was well received bv those pres- 
ent, his win being the result of brilliant work, particularly toward the 
closing ro mds of the event. 
No. O was the "Saoond Saturday Cup." This was practically a $10 
or $30 optional miss-and-out. all at SSyds. rise. This event had seven- 
teen ent'-ies, but at th9 end of the 4th round, so wall did the birds fly, 
only eight were left in. Two more dropped out in the 9th round, an- 
other in the lOch. while the 12th w*s fatal to Stafford. This left Mc- 
Alpin, Brokaw, Gilbsrt and Capt. Money in ths race for the cup. At 
this stage of the event aa agresm^ut was made betwaen the four to 
divide up the purs and shoot off for the cup. Capt. flioney, who had 
driwn his share of very fast birds, and who had made some excellent 
second-barrel kills in his 5th, 8th, 9th and 13th birds, flually got a 
stinger from No. 1 trap in the 16th round that got away, although hit 
bird. Gil oert was the n9xt to fail, although he hung on to the 20th 
round. Ha began by drawing a rather easy lot of birds, but bsfora 
the finish he hai tjlacai to his credit soma dead birds that were tha 
result of raally quick and clean shooting. His 20th bird, the one he 
fell down on, didu't seem a hard ona, but it got away apparently as 
well as when it wis placed in tha trap. Tha miss was ona of those 
' 'unaccouutables !" 
This narrowed the prospaotive ownership of the cup down to 
McA.lpin and Brokaw. The latter shot as well as we have ever seen 
hi'u shoot. He has just returned from a quail hunt on his property 
naar High Point, N. C. and hasn't lost either his tima or his accuracv 
in holding while down there. Ha male soma brilliant kills, notably 
on his 13th. 18th and 2Ist birds. In the 18th round he draw a blue 
bird from No. 5 trap that wanderei around until Brokaw called "No 
bird." Then ha drew a screamer from the sama trap that looked a 
sura thing for over tha 3)yd. bouadiry, a q lick se3ond barrel alone 
saving it to him. The bird ha lost in the 23d round was just the 
counterpart of that which put Gilbsrt out of tha race, with the dif- 
ference that his cama from No. 5 trap, while Gilbert's came from No, 
1. MaAlpin found the subtraction of 4yd3. from his club handicap 
of 33yds something much to his liking. There were times too when 
that 287d. mark cama in handy. The birds he drew in the 5th, 7th, 
8th, 13th, 20th and 23d rounds would all have looked very much 
smiUar and very much further away had ha baan standing at 32yd9. 
instead of at 28. It is quite possible that he might have scored all 
those birds just the same, for he was shooting as usual in the most 
flnishad and telling style. This makas. wa believe, the sixth cup 
McAlpin has won this seasonl 
Watrous, the winnar in the previous event, drew a twister in the 
first round and retired to watch the struggle. Edey and Moore 
joined him, both succumbing to right-quartering outgoers. Peter 
Morris had a hair-raising tima oq his first bird, the pigeon almost 
getting over the dead line, where there is no boundary fence. In the 
nest round be got the kind of a bird that no one wants— one of the 
unkillables. Result, a white button. Duryea, Ellison and Bird went 
out in the 31 round. Duryea's was a very fast driver that was hit 
hard with both barrels, but kept on going until out of sight. Bird's 
pigeon was good enough to leave very few traces of its twisting 
flight; it was a very hard bird to see. Guthrie, who had arrived 
while the 1st round was being shot, went to the score without a bye 
bird, and drew a succession of fast birds, the fourth one going out of 
boimds before dropping. F. P. Magoun killed his first three birds, 
but the fast twister he drew in the 4th round settled his chances 
for the cup. G. B. Magoun and Chapin wei-e the next to drop. Both 
fell out ill the 9th round, Blagoun's bird dropping dead just over the 
fence; Chapin's bird had a leg down, but went to the coop. Remsen 
ran 9 straight, but had very hard luck m losing his 10th bird, 
which fell dead before reaching the fence around the grounds. Staf- 
ford made two very good kills in the 8th and 9th rounds, but went out 
on an easy bu-d in the 12th round. 
No. 4 was a 35 miss-and.out, a small trophy being shot for in this 
race. At the end of the 6th round McA.lpin, Guthrie and Watrous 
were tied for the purse and trophy. It was agreed to divide the 
purse and shoot off for the trophy in the next event, which was on 
precisely similar terms. Watrous fell out in the 1st round, but Mc- 
Alpin gave Guthrie a long chase for the trophy, not losing a bird until 
he drew a dark twister that fairly beat him out in the failing light. 
The bird towered like a black duck, twisting oil to the left all the 
time, and as McAlpin said, after coming into the shooting house, "1 
never got up to him at all:" The purse was finally divided between 
Guthrie and Eflison on 11 straight. 
Below are the full scores in all the events except Nos. 4 and 5: 
No. 1. No. 2, Even Distance Cup. 
W A H Stafford (37) 32210 10102132320 — 8 
Q S McAlpin (32) » .,. . . .223122 023220303 — 6 
W W Watrous (27) .....222320 112321232312222233232212 —24 
C JI Chapin (27) 123112 02111231031221210 —14 
Capt Money (29) .» 11102 2032201211 —8 
W G Brokaw (27) 23220 0230020 — 3 
L T Duryea (29) 221110 1212202312232212212113210-33 
J S S Remsen (38) 01120 0333311202 — 8 
O W Bird (27) .00122 01112111222230120 —14 
H B Gilbert (30) 223212 28122220 - 7 
ABuUivan(37) 02021 212002COO —4 
No. 4, second Saturday cup; 
Troip score type— Copyright, isot, iy Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
53432354411115313255185 
G S McAlpm 2 2132222 2 2332321222 2 32 1-23 
334135451333a2532525125 
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w G Brokaw 2 2 22122212322222233212 0— S3 
4231534 3 142134235531 
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H B GUbert 3 2232222222123222220 —19 
4413422312555251 
Capt Money 2 113311 2 33131110 —15 
254143315324 
W A H Stafford 3 22212223320 —11 
4314543351 
J S S Remsen. .3 22Sliail» — 9 
335 2 13131 
CM Chapin .^l'^ 1~?^ 2^'o _g 
51123 3 245 
G B Magoun g 1 2 2 2 . 3 1 • 
3 2 .3 1 
i-'PMagoiin ,,,, 2 3 3 0 .^3 
15 3 4 
U.S Guthrie.,,, 2 3 2.« 
2 4 4 
LT Duryea 2 210 
11 5 
O'WrBird .3 1 0 
322 
J BElUson 1 2:0 
5 4 
P H Morris 2 0 
3 
t 
W W Watrous ..0 
3 
WSEdey 0 
4 
/ 
Moore ,,.,..0 
— 3 
- 3 
- 3 
— 8 
- 1 
Edward Banks, 
John Sumpter's Midwinter. 
Hot Springs, Ark.. Dec 10.— Please place the following notice in 
your Trap Fixtures for 1898: "Feb. 15-19.— Hot Spring.s, Ark,, second 
annual midwinter tournaments; $1,100 in cash added. Four days 
targets, one day live birds. Address J. J. Sumpter, Jr., Box 111, Hot 
Springs, Ark" 
Some people might think i got enough to last a long tima when 
I held my live-bird shoot last February, and while I really did 
get more than I bargainad for, still I am going to give the bo.ys an- 
other chance to throw tha hooks into m3. This tima I am going to 
give away $1,000, and then wind up with a 95-live-bird handicap event 
with an entranca of $35, birds extra, and $100 added, making SUlOO 
cash added, 
I have baan doing quite a lot of thinking and have decided upon 
the following scheme whereby the amateurs can eat a lot of shooting 
and at the same tima get some of the "cracks'" and 91 par cent, 
men's money, even if they do not break a straight every 
other tima. Thare will be seven events each day at 20 
targets, $i entranca, and one event at 85 targets with $3 
entrance; §35 added in 20-target events and §40 to the 9i.target 
events. Tha five high guns each day will receive $1 each. 
A11 shootara who ara known professioaals or who reaaive their 
ammunitioQ free, and all others who shoot 93 per cent., will ba re- 
quired to pay an extra 50 cents in each event, and all of this monay 
will be set aside, and at the end of the tournamauc will ba equally 
divided amoug all tha amateurs who have shot through the entire 
programme and. who do not have a general average of 90 par cent, or 
batter. If an amateur shoots 90 par cant, tha firs' day he will ba re- 
quired to pay SI extra tha following day; if he fails to shoot 93 par 
cant, on this day, thea ha wfll ba allowed to enter tha next day the 
sama as on the first day. I estimate there will be at least twenty-five 
man who will ha.ve to pay an extra Sleaoh day, and for four days 
this will maan $100 to be divided equally among all tha amateurs. 
To eq ializa this with tha esparts 1 have set aside $33 a day for the 
five hish guas, and $33 for tha fli-st tan high averages for the four 
days, divided as follows: $13, $9. $S, $7. $3. $5. $1.53. S4, $1.53 and $1. 
In tha live-bird handicao the distances will be from 27 to 32yd3., 
and I shall select the handicapping committee from the shooters who 
are on the errounls. probably ona fron each State. This will ba 
desidad upon later. I proposa to add $ i03 to the live-bird event, and 
I will divid"* the mone?^, ac3ording to the number of entries, at 
the ratio of t^vo-flfths "moaeys to the numbar of entries. Should 
there ba forty entrias (you sea I am flg'iring low) thgre will ba sixteen 
moneysand divided as follows: First, $150; secoud, $135; third, $103; 
fourth, $93; fifth, $30; sixth. $70, seventh, $35; eighth, $33; ninth, 
$55; tenth. S>51; eleventh, $45; twelfth. $15; thirteenth, $15; four- 
teenth, $10: fifteenth, $40. and sixteenth. 840. 
As thare will ba no "Midwinter" at San Antonio next year, I ex- 
pect a large attendanca; and if I reoaive the right kind of encourage- 
ment from the shooters, and can comaout of this shoot with "success" 
written upon my banner, than I will give another ia February, 1839, 
with more cash added monay than was evar hung up for a trap shoot 
in this or any other country. O le thing! wish to imoress upon every- 
body, and that is tha tact that everythinor I advertise to do will ba 
done regardless of the consaquances. Whan I say that SI, 100 will be 
added to the purses, I mean just that, and it doasn'tmake any differ- 
ence what tha attendance is either. 'L'he Missouri Paciflc and St. 
Louis & Iron Mountain system will raak© suitable rates, and I promise 
all who attend a dead square shoot and a royal welcome to one of the 
liveliest little cities in tha country, with hotel accommodations sec- 
ond to none. My programmas will be ready for mailing not later 
than Jan. 15, and I will take pleasure in sending one to any address. 
Jno. J, StJMPTER, Jr. 
Items from Reading, Pa. 
NEW RINGGOLD GUN CLUB. 
Reading, Pa., Dee. 1.— The New Ringgold Gun Club held its first 
annual fall tournamant to-day. The shoot was a success in every 
respect. Prominent shots were present from Mahanoy City, Potts- 
ville and Prackvilla. The committee in charge of the shoot was made 
up as follows: Messrs. W. C. Leiser and Freed. Another tourna- 
ment will be held in the near future, when both live birds and targets 
will be trapped. 
Scores in to-day's tournament were as follows: 
No. 1. No. 9. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. 
HGKlmmel...... 11101110-6 111110—5 111110—5 010111—4 01111-4 
Folmer 11100110 - 5 111110 -5 110110—4 001101—3 
Albright 1111O10O-5 111111— fi 111111—6 111100—4 11011—4 
GKetner 11110110-6 011100—3 001001-3 111101—5 01000—1 
F Coleman lOllUll— 7 nilll-6 111111-6 111100—4 01111-4 
No. 1 was at 8 live birds, $4; Nos. 2, 3 and 4, 6 birds, $3; No. 5, 5 
birds, $2. 
SOUTH END a ON CLUB. 
Dec. 1. — The South End Gun Club, of Reading, held its annual meet- 
ing to-day. The following officers were eiRoted for the ensuing 
twelve months: President, Charles Miles; Vice-President, Joseph 
Downs: Secretary, Peter Textf>r; Tmasurer. Mart. Eshelman; Direc- 
tors—Fred Gerhardt, Francis Yost, Edwin Rhoades; Captain, Wm. W. 
Easick. Arrangements were completed at this meeting for the an- 
itual club shoot on Christmas Day,- the shoot commencing at 2 P. M. 
Arrangements were also made for fixing up the club's grounds, so as 
to make them one of tb" best grounds in the State, either for live- 
bird or target shootina". The treasurer's report showed that the club 
is in an excellent condition financially. 
THE WALKKR-LAFFKRTY MATCHES, 
The third and last match of the series of live-bird matches between 
Daniel Walker, of Pottsville, Pa., and George Lafferty, Cumbola, Pa,, 
was shot off at Drener's Hill, St. Clair, this week. The result was a 
win for Lallerty, who thus won two out of the three matches from his 
opponent. The match was to have been at 15 birds per man. but only 
13 were trapped for each shooter. Lafferty killed 9 to Walker's 7. 
The stake was $'00 a side and the Schuylkill county championship, 
the stake and the title to go to the man winning two out of three. 
AT POTTSTOWJT. 
7>ec. io.— Shooters from Royerford, Spring City, Philadelphia and 
other places attended alive-bird tournament at Saratosa, under the 
auspices of the gun club of that place. -The birds were a strong lot. 
American Association rules governed the events, which resulted as 
follows: 
No. 1, 5 birds: Levengood 5, Trurabauer, Hawkins and Penny- 
packer, 4 each; Yerger, Scheifley, G. Shaner and F, Shaner, 3 each. 
No. 2, 5 birds: Yerger 5, Trumbauer 4, Scheifley and Pennypacker 
3 each, Hawkins and Leveneood 0. 
No. 3, 7 birds: Trumbauer 7, Yerger 6 Poonypacker 5, Scheifley 
and Geiss 4 each, Hawkins 3. 
No. 4, 5 birds: Hawkins ■», Merger, Scheifley, Newhart and Tmm- 
baner 3 each. 
No. 5, 5 birds, match between M, K, Scheifley and C. C. Hawkins 
resulted: Scheifley 1, Hawkins 4. 
KUBTZ YBESUS NOLAN. 
J. W. Kurtz and Charles Nolan were contestants in a match at live 
birds at the Kurtz House shootine grounds, for $35 a side, on Friday, 
Dec. 10. Kiu-tz scored an easy victory, killing 19 out of 24 birds to 
Nolan's 7 out of 15. The pigeons were all strong flyer.s. The match 
was to have been 25 birds, but Nolan, seeing he was beaten, shot at 
only 15. A large crowd witnessed the match; four traps were used. 
Mthur a, FpJK, 
