Jam. 13, 189S.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
57 
C. E. 'Teel, who has been identified with the sales depattiiaeiit 
of the Hunter bicycle, at 310 Broadway, imder W. Fred Quiniljy, 
is now with Tom Keller, at 88 Chambers street, the interests of the 
Peters Cartridge and the King Powder cotnR3iiies being his es- 
pecial care. 
Fred Gilbert did some practice work 011 live Ijirds on Saturday 
last, Jan. 8, at John Watson's Park. He shot at 35 birds, scoring 
all but one. If he can do as well as that at Dexter Parle on Sat- 
urday of this week, he'll come very close to taking the Du Pont 
trophy home with him. 
Ferd Van Dyke has left Philadelphia temporarily, and will be 
found on exhibition at' the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.'s 
space in the Sportsmen's Exposition, as one of Mr. D. Daggett's 
lieutenants. 
C. _C. Beveridge, of Newark, N. J., sometimes called '"The 
Dominie" by his friends, is shooting rather better than ever. He 
has bought a Remington gun, and is "breaking 'eni outer sight." 
Result: A chip on his shoulder. 
The Keystone Shooting League, of Philadelphia, has elected the 
following officers for 1898: President, James VVolstcn croft; Vice- 
President, W, M. Pack; Secretary-Treasurer, George Pack. 
In connection with the Wolstencroft-Bartlett match at the Key- 
stone Shooting Club's groimds, Holmesburg Junction, Pa., Sat- 
urday, Jan. 15, there will be an all-day open shoot at targets. 
On Wednesday, Jan. 5, Rolla Heikes and Charlie Young shot 
a, friendly rqce at 100 live birds per man, Heikes winning by 90 to 
84. Edward Banks. 
Jaw. II, 
Reading Notes. 
Koch versus Kurtz. 
A shooting match took place at the Kurtz 'House shooting 
grounds, Dec. 29, 1897, between J. W. Kurtz and George Koch, for 
$5 a side, loser to pay for the birds. Ten birds were shot at, the 
distance being 27yds. rise, 50yds. boundary. Mr. John Canter 
acted as referee. The score was as follows: 
Koch 11 02000202 - f) Kurtz 000201001 1-4 
Following the Koch and Kurtz match, three sweeps were shot 
at 10 targets each. 
Events: 1 2 3 Events: 1 2 !-! 
Coldren 8 8 10 Kurtz 3 T t? 
Shultz 8 8.. East , S" & 8 
Bossier T O 0 
New Ringgold, Pa. 
The second tournament under the auspices of the New Ringgold 
Gun Club, which was organized in November, was held Dec. 29 
and was a success and attracted the sportsmen in the coal region 
to New Ringgold. The follov/ing events were shot at 25 live birds: 
No. 1. No. 3. No, 1. No. 2. 
HGKimmel 1,5 .. J G Ballade .. I,') 15 
Bnyer 10 9 Daniel Gerber 8 
Bock 2 . . H S Leiser I'! 
Reichelderfer 15 .. Keefer Ki 
Geo W Gerber 15 9 W CI.eiser 13 |:'. 
HWSallade 10 .. Eckert 9 
Nettles Defeats Hawkin.s. 
The second live-bird match between Frank Nettles, of l^SySrs- 
ford, and Charles G. Hawkins, of Pottstown, took place Dec. 28, 
1897, on the grounds of the Twin City Gun Club at Royersford, 
Pa. The match was won by Nettles, with the score of Ifi to 6. The 
conditions were 20 live pigeons per man, 5 unknown traps, A. S. A. 
rules. 
- " Keystone Gun Club. 
The Keystone Gun Club, of Lebanon, Pa., has elected the follow- 
ing officers: President, F. H. Reinoehl; Vice-President, J. A. 
Bollman; Secretary, Al G. Reizenstein; Treasurer, Ed Risser; 
Captain, A. C. Smith; House Committee, John A. Bollman. Mor- 
ris High. Peter Atkins; Steward. Wilson Wemzel. The club is in 
a flourishing condition, having 150 members. 
Boyertown, Pa. 
The Boyertown Gun Club held a shoot on its grounds Dec. 30, 
with the following scores. All events, either targets or live birds, 
were at 10 each : 
Events: 1 2 R 4 Events: 12 8 4 
Benner 10 T 5 .5 H Wein 4 4 
Trumbour 8 T S T Nuss ."1 (i .. 0 
Schealor 8 T 8 4 Nettles I r> 5 6 
WmWein fi 4 4 4 
Events Nos. 1 and 2 were at targets; Nos. S and 4 at live birds. 
Topton, Pa. 
The first annual live-bird tournament of the Climax Gun Clulj, of 
Topton, Pa., was held on the club's shooting grounds at the Dry- 
ville Hotel. Shooters were present from Reading, Topton, Han- 
cock, Temple and Allentown. 
No. t. No. 2. No. 8. No. 4. 
GeoBYoder 10211 - 4 0 10221-4 10201- :^ 
Shearer 10202 - S . 02022-8 
Miller 20211 4 0 2121 1 -.5 02201-8 
LWcrtz 12312 5 1 22112 ,5 
Brentz-^nhofr 11212— ,5 . 
FMWertz 11110 4 3 22110-4 
Schurtz 00100 1 . 
J Wertz .02220- 8 2 
Nos. land 4 were at 5 birds, $1.50; No. 2, $1 miss-and-out ; No. 
3, match for $5 a side. 
Lebanon versus Pottstown. 
The fourth match between the Keystone Gun Club, of Lebanon, 
and the Shuler Shooting Association, of Pottstown, came off on 
Jan. 1 on the beautiful grounds of the Shuler Club, and resulted 
in a victory for the visitors. The high winds made good shooting 
out of the question, and many birds that were hit hard dropped 
dead out of bounds that would under ordinary circumstances have 
counted. Each team was composed of 12 men, who shot at 10 live 
birds each. Trumbauer carried off the honors of the day l?y 
killing 10 straight. A return match will take ^^'are at Lebanon, 
probabh'' on Feb. 22. 
Mr. Smith, of the Lebanon team, stated that the Lebanon Club 
was organized two years ago, and has shot six matches, winning 
four and losing two, one with the Shuler Club and one with the 
Williamstown Club. The members are all well-known and popular 
citizens of Lebanon. The score of the match was as follows: 
Lebanon Gun Club. Shul-^r Gun Club. 
Bollman 2022002222 7 Cole 0110020201— ."i 
Ropp 0122002222 - V Pennypocker.-^... 2112221000 - 1 
Zellers 2110212121 - 9 Yerger 2122110012 8 
Reinoehl 1022211122 - 9 Ashenfelter 0210211010— 6 
Schools 2021001011— 6 De Witt 0100001011 4 
Langdon 2011101211 - S Urner 0110100022- ii 
Gruber 0222200112- 7 Trumbauer 2211122222—10 
Trafiford 0221101012- 7 Davis 2020101020 5 
Gust 1202012201- 7 Slonaker 2022002102- 6 
Hipnenstee! 0210212222 S Peidel 2010021012-6 
Withers 1210100202 6 Grubb 1110012010— 0 
Smith 2201122013 8 89 Shuler 0110001011 5 73 
South End Gun Club. 
Twenty shooters participated in the New Year's Day shoot of 
the South End Gun Club, of Reading, Pa., an unusually large num- 
ber for a cold day. A high wind was blowing rieht in the faces 
of the shooters, making high scoring difficult. The programme 
consisted of 15 events, all at targets, with the following results: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 25 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
P Texter 8 8 3 7 5 .. 
Miles 8 7 5 .. 15 .. .. 6 6 8 
F Yost 7 5 2 . . 20 , . 6 5 . . . . 4 7 8 . . S 
F. she' man 7 4 10 7 14.. 6 5 10 7 5 6 
Knabb 1 2 1 8 
Grossm an 3 3 . . . . 2 2 
Schrader 5 4 
Larkins 5 13 T 
Bitting .. 5 6 
Williams 1 .. 8 5 .. 7 .. S .. 
G Miller 13 6 .. .. o 
AYeager..... 12.. 6 4 5.... 5 6.... 
Farr o 5 . . . . 4 5 5 4 4 8 
HunsbergPr • .. .. 5 2 8 .. 
Broun 4 S . . . . 1 2 . . S 5 . . 
Laird 4 4 4 . . 2 
Shultz 3 2 
SayloT 6 fi 
Gesharti. 4 
Haiis.,,,,, , . 
ON LONG ISLAND, 
Hell Gate Gun Club. 
Dec. 28.— The l-lell Gale Gun Club closed its sea.son of 1897 
to-day, twenty-five members putting in an appearance at Dexter 
Park for the last club shoot. Conrad Weber was in tlie lead for first 
prize by one point prior to the commencement of to-day's shoot: 
his nearest competitor was Henry P"orster with one point less. As 
the scores given below will show, Forster made one more point 
to-day than Weber did, thus tieing him for first prize. After 
the conclusion of the club shoot, the two shot off for first prize. 
They shot at 10 birds, each killiuK 7. Then they went at it miss- 
and-out, and Weber won in the fifth kauildi. Scpi'ea ■were: 
Thirty vards, 7 points; 
Eugene Doeinck 220*12*111- 7 
Twenty-eight yards, 7 points: 
P AVoelfel 0211121222— 9 
Fred Froste! 2102011111— 8 
Twenty-eight yards. 6'^ points: 
Emil StclTens 1102111012— S 
Twenty-eight yards, G points: 
Ernest Metz 1122122222—10 
A J Beldcn 1112021111— 9 
Henry Forster ....0211222212-9 
Twenty-eight yards, 5Vo points: 
T P Dannefelser . .0210102112— 7 
Emil Peterson ....1120100210—6 
J Himmclsbach ...0120*21102—6 
Twenty-eight vards, 5 points: 
Cb ri a Lan g 2011210122— 8 
Twenty-six yards, P/- points: 
Joseph Newman . .1102101002— G 
Twentv-six yards, 4 points: 
I-Tenry Koch 0110212012— 7 
W J Brennan ....2021100221—7 
T H Voss 1111111011- 9 
W A Sands 2212012222— 9 
L T Muench 0121J12011- 8 
Conrad Weber ....1101211201-8 
Peter Garms, Jr. ..1021101102— 7 
John Kreeb ... 
Richard Regan 
.1011200021- 
.0202220202- 
Louis Stclzle 0202101101— 6 
A] Knodel 0001200211— i-. 
Georp-e K Breit ...0121020100— 5 
J C Hofl^man 0000001000— 1 
Jan. 4.— The Hell Gate Gun Club held its annual meeting this 
evening at 1998 First avenue. New York city. The club entered 
upon its sixth year to-night, having been organized on Jan. 4, 
1892. The chief business before the meeting was, of course, the 
election of officers and the distribution of prizes. The club was 
originally organized with nine members, but has now reached the 
limit according to its constitution, which only allows <t' ni ember- 
ship of fifty. The monthly shoots at live birds are held at Dexter 
Park. The average attendance at the monthly .slioots during the 
past season was a fraction over thirty, 3,180 birds having been 
trapped in the contests for yearly prizes. The club uses the 
point system of handicapping, a system that gives the poorer shots 
as good or even a better chance than the .good shots. The prizes 
were twenty-three in number and were an elaborate lot; they 
were mostly donated. Among them were a smoking and poker set 
donated by William .Sands; a porcelain clock, donated by the 
president of the club; a set of silverware, donated by Mr. Lip- 
nack, of Dexter Park; $25 cash, donated by tlae club; cartridge 
boxes, gun cases, etc. There were so many prizes that only a few 
of those present — all prize winners, of course, showed up— failed 
to p-et something. Nearly al! those who got prizes this 3'ear prom- 
ised to donate to the prize list next year. ■ 
'the following officers were elected for 1898: President, John H. 
Voss: Vice-President. P. Woelfel; Treasurer, C. AVeber; Finan- 
cial Secretary, I. Scblirht; Recording Secretary, E. Doeinck. 
Messrs. Voss. Weber and Doeinck were all re-elected unanimously 
for their sixth term. 
Below are the chib record'^ fpr tlie ytifr: 
E Doeinck ;:!0 
Gus Nowak 30 
F Frostel 28 
fohn H Voss 28 
Wm Sands 28 
Edw Payntar 28 
Ph Woelfel 28 
John Schlicht 28 
E StefFens 2S 
L T Muench 28 
Dan Valenti 28 
Henry Forster 28 
E Metz -28 
C Weber 28 
J P Dannefelser 28 
Peter Garms 28 
T HImmelsbach. 28 
Ch Schaefer 28 
Dr Bauer 28 
John Krecb ..28 
R Regan 28 
E Petersen 28 
H Seaman 28 
Ch G Rieger 28 
Ch Lang 28 
Tohn Furboter 28 
L Stelzle 38 
M H Smith 28 
C Rabenstein 2S 
A Knodel 28 
los Newman 26 
E Marquard 26 
F W Richter 26 
J Linck. 26 ' lU 
Geo Brail 26 
T Kessler 26 
H Gunther -. .26 
C Schaeflfer 26 
F Guy.. 26 
C Wigger 26 
H Koch 26 
J A Belden 28 
P Tirenn^m 26 
J Herrmann 26 
Ch Hoffman 26 
P Geipel 28 
Jan. l.-^he Brooklyn _ Gun Club had no special shoot an- 
nounced for to-dav, but six members got together and had a quiet 
shoot on the club's grounds. The weather was extremely cold and 
the wind high. Woods did the best work, breaking '77 out of 90 
i(»p, 
Birds Birds 
Points 
Per 
jints. 
shot at. killed. 
made. 
cent. 
Prize, 
7 
100 
SI 
18 
81 
12 or 18 
7 
SO 
51 
5 
64 
7 
100 
S7 
17 
87 
7, 8 or 9 
7 
110 
94 
17 
851^ 
7, 8 or 9 
7 
90 
71 
11 
79 
14 
7 
100 
69 
6 
6!) 
110 
72 
651^ 
100 
78 
73 
10 or 11 
(i 
100 
tn 
75 
7, S or 9 
(i 
100 
m 
S 
65 
28 
6 
60 
84 
3 
6 
110 
S9 
25 
81 
2 
6 
110 
sa 
19 
77H 
5 
6 
110 
91 
^5 
83 
1 
6 
70 
51 
10 
7 
78 
17 
6 
60 
43 
71^ 
110 
67 
9 
61 
IS or 19 
5% 
60 
39 
65 
20 
10 
,50 
90 
551^ 
65 
5^; 
100 
65 
1014 
15 or 16 
110 
78 
71 
6 
30 
19 
*m 
n 
10 
.8 
80 
5 
no 
75 
20 
4 
n 
20 
S 
50 
5 
110 
7.8 
24 ' 
71 
u 
5 
."io 
80 
1 
60 
5 
.50 
87 
18 
74 
12 or 13 
1^ 
110 
50 
sw; 
451/, 
20,21 or 23 
110 
61 
im 
.55Vg 
10 or n 
100 
47 
S14 
47 
30, 31 or 22 
so 
46 
.57!^ 
15 or 16 
414 
40 
35 
62^ 
so 
41 
51 
18 or 19 
4^ 
so 
44 
r>n 
20,31 or 22 
4 
20 
12 
4 
60 
4 
4 
20 
20 
9 
2 
9, 
40 
45 
4 
8(1 
12 
1 
40 
1 
20 
10 
3 
50 
7 
20 
15 
2 
75 
5 
30 
12 
3 
60 
4 
10 
2 
20 
4 
10 
1 
10 
5 
10 
7 
2 
70 
irooklyn Gun Club. 
No. 2. 
211110 
No. 8. 
210 
shot at. Scores 
Events : 
Tararets : 
Woods ... 
Paterson . 
Smith 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
10 10 10 20 20 20 
8 8 10 17 18 16 W'righl 
7 9 7 15 16 14 Lane 
Events : 
Targets : 
1-2 3 4 5 fi 
10 10 10 20 20 20 
. . fi fi 7 13 14 14 
. 6 5 5 .. 8 8 
7 15 18 15 Skidmore 7 7 7 15 14 14 
Jan. 8. — To-day was the last shoot for the monthly cu|i offered 
by the club for competition during the year. Up to ti'-day only 
one man, C. W. Billings, bad two wins for the cup. The condi- 
tions were that the cup should po to the man winning it the 
greatest number of times durini? the year. There were 13 entries 
in to-day's event, and five men tied on highest possibles. 
The weather was all that could be desired for good scores, 
there being no wind and quite a fair light; but the air itself 
was very raw and penetrating. As a result of the favorable 
conditions, everything was in favor of the men with good handi- 
caps, and it is noticeable that of the five ties for the cup not one 
needed all his targets to carrv him ud to the mark. J. S. S. 
Remsen shot. in much imorovcd form, scoring 22 and 24 out of bis 
two 253. while Dominie Beveridge scored two 23s. Dutcher, who 
had to break 14 out of his 20 extra targets, iust failed to do the 
trick, losing bis last target and e-oing out with 49. 
Below are the totals for each 25: 
*CC Beveridge, 7. 
* T Baron, 8 
* T Swan 10 
* H Nelson, 12. 
Diitrher, 20 
J S Remsen , 2 . . 
W Harding. : 
CWTuttle.... 
E Banks. . 
Lanecake. 
1st 25. 
2d 25. 
Handicap. 
Total 
.28 
28 
4 
.50 
20 
23 
7 
.50 
22 
22 
6 
50 
. ,"-3 
18 
9 
50 
20 
,20 
10 
50 
17 
19 
IS 
49 
22 
24 
2 
48 
,18 
19 
6 
48 
20 
21 
41 
19 
21 
40 
19 
•39 
21 
15 
86 
20 
15 
85 
31 
IS 
34 
A. Fink. 
Asmus, 15 
*0f those marked thus, Beveridge broke 4 out of 6 of his allow- 
ance; Baron broke his first 7 straight; Swan broke 6 out of 10; 
Billings broke 9 out of 11, and Nelson broke 10 out of 12. 
New Year's Day at Westminster Kennel Club. 
Jan. 1. — Twenty-five shooters took part in the events decided 
tp-day on the grounds of the Westminster Kennel Club at Babylon, 
L. I. The main event, the allowance handicap cup race, . had 23 
entries. The race at the end of the tenth round had narrowed itself 
down to five men. -Of these, Chapin fell out in the twelfth round; 
Magoun and Wright dropped out in the fifteenth, leaving W. S. 
Edey and R. Brandreth to fight it out on equal terms, both men 
having exhausted their allowance,s in the fourteenth round. Bran- 
dreth lost his bird in the eighteenth round, and Edey had to 
kill to win; this he failed to do, and the pair went on again. Both 
Scored their nineteenth bird, but Edey's twentieth got away from 
him, and Brandreth won the cup. No. 2, a miss-and-out, was won 
by J. Seaver Page with 8 kills, Chapin losing his eighth bird. No. 
3 was another miss-and-out, 22 entries. This was divided between 
G. S. McAlpin, 32, and H. 7s. Knapp, 26, with 5 kills each. The 
conditions of the cup race, No. 1, were as below: 30yds. and 
back, miss-and-out; 29yds., one miss as no bird; 28yds., one miss 
as a kill; 27vds. and 26yds., one miss as a kill and one miss as 
no bird; 25yds. and under, two misses as kills. 
No. 1. 
R Brandreth <2~) 22022222222220222023-17 
W S Edey (37) 32220222222220222020-16 
B Magoiin (28) 202222222222220 18 
Eben Wright (26) 0322i:;2'222222200 
C M Chapin (29) 222222202220 
R Floyd Jones (29) 2202222220 
W Ferguson, Jr (28) 0222323330 
H de Coppet (29) .0303333220 
H K Kn.-ipp (^(i) (112220310 
L Jones (26) 222020220 
W S Walters (29) 22022220 
R Duval (27) , (122203220 
H C Brown (26) 20221020 
H C Mortimer (26> 22012200 
J Kernochan (26) 02222O2O 
J B Ellison (29) 3022120 
R D Foot (2S) 2202220 
G de F (rrant (28) 220220 
S K de Forest (261 020220 
A J Stackstaflf(36) 020202 
H S Redmond (39> 012020 
G S McAlpin (32) 30 
IS Page (39)..,. 00 
F Edey (26) „ , , ,., 
Yale Dolan (29) r, 
New Utrecht Gun Club. 
Jan. 1.— F. A. Thompson was high to-day in the club shoot of the 
New Lltrecht Gun Club at Woodlawn, L. I. Below are the scores 
in this event, and also in the three five-bird sweeps shot during 
the day: 
Cup shoot. 
-12 
— 10 
— 8 
— 8 
— 7 
— 6 
— 6 
— 6 
— 6 
— 5 
— 5 
— 5 
— 5 
— 5 
— 4 
— 3 
— 8 
— 8 
— 1 
20 
0 
220 
22222220 
21220 
20 
23220 
0 
0 
220 
11122 
(1 
220 
0 
0 
22(1 
21120 
20 
0 
(1 
2220 
0 
•22-20 
222220 
0 
0 
2210 
11220 
20 
20 
10 
sam 
22122222 
0 
.112120' 
.230 
i'i'iiV 
No. 1. 
No 3. 
No. 8. 
F A Thompson, B, 29 2222212122—10 00222—3 12220—4 02021—3 
E Lohman, C, 27 2212112102— 9 10222—4 
D C Bennett, B, 28 2222120202— 8 12122—5 22202—4 2128*— 4 
C Furgueson, A, 30 2002222222— 8 00222—3 22222—5 22200—3 
W F Sykes, B, 29 1221202022— 8 01021—3 20212—4 11010-3 
C Furgueson. Jr. B, 27. ...2222222010— 8 02222—4 
T Gaughen, B," 28 2222202120— 8 
T) Deacon, A, 29 1120110222— 8 
D Lohman, C, 25 2211010202— 7 
Wm Lair, A. 29 1202001212— 7 10210- 8 
G E Nostrand, B, 30 1112110101— S 
r, T-T Piercy, B, 29 2222001020— 6 002*0--] 20102—3 22122—5 
L Picrcy 02*20—2 20200—2 20120—3 
G. E. Pool, Sec'y. 
Jan. 8. — ^Ten members of the New Utrecht Gun Club put in an 
appearance this afternoon on the club's target grounds at Dvker 
Meadow. In the club shoot, Van Brimt and Gaughen tied in Class 
A on 22 each. Dr. Shepard and E. B. Knowlton tieing in Class B 
on 13. Both these ties will be shot off on Jan. 22, the next club 
target shoot. For the prize gun event, Gaughen w^as again a 
winner,^ with 22 out of 27, Piatt Adams having a chance to tic 
but failing by 1 break. Scores in these events were: 
M. Van Brunt, A, 22: I. (iaughen. A, 22; P. Adams, A, 21; 
D. Deacon, A, 19; G. E. Nostrand, ,\, 19; D. C. Bennett, A, IS; 
W. If. Thompson, A, 15; Dr. Shepard, B, 13; E. B. Knowlton, B, 
13; S. F. Richardson, C, 8_; F. Shepard, guest, 7. 
Prize gun shoot : 
Gaughen, 22; Adams, 21; Van Brunt, 20; Deacon. 18; Thomp- 
son, IS: Bennett, 16; Dr. Shepard 14; Nostrand. 13: Knowlton, 
11; Richardson, 6. G. E. Poor., Sec'y. 
Cobweb Gttn Club. 
New York, Jan. 6. — The regular monthly shoot of the Cobweb 
Gun Club was held to-day at Baychester. There was a good at- 
tendance of members and their friends. The weather was beautiful, 
there being a clear sky, bright sun and a favorable wind. The 
birds were a stroii.g lot of flyers. 
Proceedings opened with a .shoot for a W-A trophy, five bircU;, 
$5. Gus Greiff killed all his birds and won the silver trophy. This 
event was followed by the club handicap shoot. Greiff arid Brady 
lied in Class A, D. M. Van Cotl winning in Class C. In the 
/ point handicap for the Pentz gold medal, shot in connection with 
the club shoot, Hon. D. M. Van Cott scored 2 points and Brady 
and Greiff 1 each. The sport was brought to a close with a $5 
m i ss-and-out. Scores : 
No. 1. No. 2, No. :i. 
GEGieifr,81 11121-5 A, :30. .3f323332' I 9 3221222211—10 
G Nichols, 81 210111 3 A, 80. .313021012'- 7 
PFMcKeon,:30 *31 10— 8 A, 80. . 101021 1310— 7 -. 
D Brady, ;W ]1*12 ■{ A, 30. .2310312122 9 1212122212 10 
CZorn, 31 22230 4 A, 80..1IOOOw 12112120 
E Miller, 30 12010-3 A, 80. . 1 131 I I01l»2 s 
Geo Thompson C, 80. .01+2**010 
D M Van Cott C, 30. .(H023I0I30 6 
The yearly election of officers took place yesterday evening. 
The following were elected to serve for 1898: Mr. A. C. Bage, 
President; Mr. William Cashau, Vice-President.; Mr. George W. 
'Ihompson, Jr., Secretary and Treasurer; Mr. Grant Nichols, Cap- 
tain; Mr. Fred Kerker, Assistant Captain; Board of Directors, 
Hon. D. M. Van Cott. Hon. P. F. Ferrigan, James Pilkingston, 
P. F. McKeon, Alexander Elliott. 
The members also decided to hold the yearly tournament in the 
spring. A committee of five were appointed, with full power to 
act in the matter, and to report back to the club. A special 
meeting will be called to hear the report. G. W. Thompson. Je. 
Elliott Defeats Murphy. 
Philadelphia, Pa., Jail. S.— J. A. R. Elliott shot a race to-day 
with Peter L. Murphy, of this city, at Chester Park near Glouce.s- 
tcr, N. J., and defeated him by 88 to S3 out of 100 live birds. The 
conditions were strictly Rhode Island rules, 21yds. rise, from TT. 
and T. trajjs, 80yds. boundary; the shooter to bold the butt of the 
gun below the elbow' until the bird take wing. As the shooters 
both used l2-bore guns, neither availed himself of the rule al- 
lowing the use of V/20Z. of snot. 
The shoot started i^romptly at 1 o'clock, with J. Frank Kleinz 
as referee; J. McShanp acted as judge for Elliott, while John J. 
Gib.bons acted for Murphy. Elliott was waited on at the traps 
by Ferd Van Dyke and Murphy by Horace Young. 
It was a close race up to the seventieth round, but after that 
mark had been passed Elliott pulled surely and steadily away 
from Murphy. The men were tied at the sixth, eighteenth,' thirty- 
eighth and_ fifty-first rounds. They were still tied at the end of 
the sixty-sixth round, but Murphy dropped his sixty-seventh, 
breaking the tie. Both men shot well after the start, Elliott 
scoring 70 out of bis last 75. Scores were : 
Elliott 001 llllOIOlllllllOIIIIO'lllUlll 111111111111111*10 41 
01111111111111111111111111111111111111110111111101 47 88 
Murphy 1111001001011111111111011111111111111011*1111*0111 40 
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Several parties interested in the sport of trap-shooting around 
Cincinnati, O., have banded themselves together and are pushing 
the project of organizing; the Cincinnati Gun Club, with a capital 
stock of .$3,000. The prospectus we have received reads: "If this 
club is organized, it is proposed to lease, rent for a term of years 
with privilege of purchase at a stated price, or buy outright, suit- 
able grounds and expend the capital stock in brflding a club house 
and equipping the grounds with the latest improved traps, coops, 
etc." The capital stock is to be in 600 shares of $5 each. No 
money is required until the organization is completed, but the 
prospectus is issued to see whether there are a sufficient number 
of shooters in Cincinnati who would join and help along such an 
idea. Application blanks can be obtained by addressing Ralph L, 
Trimble, Third and Walnut streets, Cincinnati, O. Among those 
who have promised to take stock in the company are R. S. Wad- 
dell, J. B. Clement, J. H. Van Leunen, W. W. Peabody, Jr., R. L. 
Trimble, T. M. Foucar, S. F. Trounstine, Joseph Coyle, etc. 
