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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 22, 1898. 
The Referee's Discretion. 
While the referee of a pigeon match or of a tnatch at inanimate 
targets has certain rules laid down for him to go by, we have 
always held that he should use discretion in adjudicating upon 
certani points, and not necessarily stick to the strict letter of the 
rule. 
The referee's position is not an enviable one. as anybody is liable 
to make errors of judgment, it being very seldom that aay two 
persons see the same thing in exactly the same light. Another 
trouble with the position of a referee is that his decision is final, 
there being no appeal from that decision to any body of men or 
to any higher authorit}'. Hence the error of a referee, although 
absolutely unintentional, carries with it a weight that is very 
heavy. 
An interesting point arose on Tuesday afternoon, Jan.. 11, on 
the Carteret Club's grounds, during the Money-Guthrie match, 
reported elsewhere. Mr. Guthrie went to the score for his fifty- 
first bird, and called "pull." The bird flew away, and it was at 
once seen that Mr. Guthrie's gun would not pull off. The safety 
was adjusted properly, and it was apparently all right. The club's 
manager was acting as referee, with the proviso that we should 
act as final arbitrator in case any dispute arose. Mr. Watrous, 
who was outside the club house at the lime, took Mr. Guthrie's 
gun, and, without previously opening it, tried to pull the right- 
hand trigger; it failed to pull off, whereupon he opened the gun, 
then closed^ it and pushed up the safely. This time it went off 
all right. To all appearances it was a case of having put the 
.shell in without previously having opened the gun far enough 
to cock it. The referee very properly gave it as a lost bird. At 
ihe time, without having handled the gun, we suggested that the 
cocking mechanism or firing pin might be broken, and that the 
same thing might occur again. We have, on more than one occa- 
sion, seen just such a thing happen, the broKen parts occasionally 
coming together so as to act all right, and then falling apart again 
and refusing to work. 
Mr. Guthrie's fifty-second bird was accounted for all right, but 
on the fifty-third bird the gun again refused to work, and no 
amount of opening and closing would make the cocking mechanism 
act. Another gun was called into service, but before Mr. Guthrie 
was ready to go on with the match Capt. Money asked our opinion 
as to whether Mr. Guthrie should be allowed another bird for the 
fifty-first, lost through the failure of the gun to go off, at the 
same time expressing his opinion that such a course would be 
the proper one. This made our decision of "another bird" very 
simple and pleasant. As related in the report of the shoot, Mr. 
Guthrie drew a screamer from No. 5 and lost It, so that the 
zero remained where it was. 
This case called to mind a similar occurrence at the Larch- 
mont amateur championship last Januarj', one year ago, when 
Mr. L. T. Duryea's gun did the same thing. We were acting as 
referee, and tried Mr. Duryea's gun as Mr. "Watrous tried Mr. 
Guthrie's. Unlike Mr. Guthrie's gun, Mr. Duryea's gun failed 
to cock the first time we tried it, although it worked apparently 
all right two or three times afterward. We then gave it as our 
opinion that the gun was broken either in the cocking mechanism 
or in the firing pin, and allowed another bird; but we warned 
Mr. Duryea not to use the gun under penalty of losing a. bird 
if his gun failed to work again. After shooting at two birds, the 
gun failed again, and Mr. Duryea had to take the consequences. 
This is what we wrote on that point in our report of that shoot 
which appeared in our issue of Feb. 6, 1897. 
"On die second day he had the misfortune to break the gun 
he was shooting, and had to take his second gun, the change 
probably causing him the loss of some of the birds that got away 
from him between the seventy-first and seventy-seventh rounds in- 
clusive. In those seven rounds he dropped five birds, three falling 
dead out of bounds. His sixty-eighth bird was lost owing to 
his neglect of a caution of the referee's. In the sixty-sixth round 
he could not pull the right trigger. The referee tried it, and 
found that it would not pull off, but that the left was all right. 
The gun was opened and an empty shell put in, but again the 
trigger would not work. After opening it once or twice again 
it seemed to be all right, but the referee warned him that the 
gun was defective and that he must abide by the consequences 
if he persisted in using the gun, and it went back on him again. 
He was allowed another bird under the club's rule (a very proper 
one; that a defect of the gun should be treated as a defect of the 
shell. He killed his sixty-sixth and sixty-seventh birds, but the 
fun failed again on the sixty-eighth, and he had to take a lost 
ird, which he did without a murmur, walking away from the 
score without even making a remark." 
At the time we made the decision of "another bird" we were 
told more than once that we had made a mistake; but when the 
gun failed to work on the sixty-eighth bird we felt that we were 
yindicated, and that seemed to be the opinion of most of the 
parties interested. Had we not allowed him another bird at the 
time the defect first showed itself, we hold that every one of Mr. 
Duryea's opponents would have expressed themselves as _ satis- 
fied that he should be allowed another bird for the one lost in the 
sixty-sixth round, when the break made itself more manifest in 
the sixty-eighth round. The sixty-sixth bird was lost through no 
fault of Mr. Duryea; the sixtj'-eighth was. 
There is no point in a referee's work that causes more dissat- 
isfaction, as a rule, than the one when he has to decide whether 
a l)ird is off the ground or not when killed by the man at the 
score. If the decision is a close one, and in favor of the shooter, 
there are always some, generally of the "other man's" party, who 
hold contrary opinions, and who don't fail to express those 
opinions, sometimes in the hearing of the referee. This, of course, 
doesn't make the referee's position any more pleasant. On 
such a case, of cour.se, the referee has no option; he has to decide 
on the facts, and he can only decide as he sees them, not as 
others see them. 
In the case of a balk, or of an outsider shooting at and killing 
a bird that has not yet crossed the boundary, the referee has to 
use his discretion; and he has to use it quickly, for a referee who 
hesitates, although he may not be lost, hardly inspires confidence. 
In fact, a good referee must use lots of common sense in his de- 
cisions. Our friend Ed Taylor, of the Laflin & Rand Powder Co., 
whom we look upon as a most capable referee, has a motto that 
seems to us a good one: "There are times in refereeing when 
rules stop and common sense steps in." Mr. Taylor hits the nail 
on the head. 
Trap Around Reading. 
Team Shoot at Pottsville. 
Readikg, Pa., Jan. 5. — A team race was shot to-day on the 
grounds of the Gentlemen's Gun Club, of Pottsville, the teams 
being Spencer and Cavanaugh against Dolan and Ellis. Spencer's 
team won ridiculously easily. Scores were as follows: 
Spencer's team: Spencer 5, Cavanaugh 4; total 9. 
Dotan's team: Mark Dolan 2, Ellis 1; total -3. 
Walker versus Clausman. 
Jan. 6. — The pigeon match between Daniel Walker and Lewis 
Clausman, both of Pottsville, Pa., drew a lot of sportsmen to- 
gether to-day from all over the coal regions to the shooting 
grounds at New Philadelphia. The match was for $50 a side, 
each man shooting at seven birds. Walker killed his 7 straight, 
but Clausman lost his last bird and the match. 
Jan. 8. — Below are the scores in several matches shot around 
Reading during the past few days; 
Coldren versus Ciouser. 
About 700 people witnessed the match shot recently at the 
grounds of the Gibraltar, Pa., Gun Club, between Harry Coldren, 
of Reading, and Harry Ciouser, of Gibraltar. Among the spec- 
tators were about ISO from Reading. The match was at .50 live 
birds per man, Rhode Island rules, 21yds. rise, 80yds. boundary, 
use of one barrel only, gun below the elbow until the bird is on 
the wing; ?50 a side, and loser to pay for the birds. The match 
was won by Ciouser, a young man who is just in his nineteenth 
year, and who promises to make the shooters of this section 
hustle in the future. The scores were as follows: 
riouser 1111100] 01 0001 01100111111 000111 01111 111110] 1110101—34 
Coldi-en 11111110111010001001010010011000111011010110111101—30 
The above scores are good, considering that very fast birds 
were trapped and that the use of only one barrel was allowed. On 
Jan. 15 Ciouser and Coldren meet again at the Ktirtz House 
grounds for the same amount and number of birds, viz., $50 and 
50 birds, Hurlingham rules, with 2Syds-. rise and a 50yds. boun- 
dary. Coldren is also booked to shoot a race with Brooke Har- 
rison, of Reading, on Jan. 19, Coldren shooting at 100 birds and 
Harrison at 107; 'the stakes are $100 a side. 
Shuler Shooting Association, of Pottstown. 
The following list of officers tor 1898 has been elected by the 
Shuler Shooting Association, of Pottstown, Pa.: President, Dr. 
W. T. Ashenfelter; Vice-President. Livingston Saylor; Re- 
cording Secretary, W. S. Boyer; Financial Secretary, L. H. 
Davis; Treasurer, W. P. Shuler; Captain, C. W. Wickersham; 
Assistant Captain, Thomas Cole; Trustees, Dr. Cyrus Trego, 
Jacob D. Eagle and W. H. De Witt. 
GerardviHe, Pa. 
In a sweepstake at seven live birds, $5 entrance, shot recently 
at Gerardville, Pa., the following scores were made: 
rn-^S^^ Green 6, Pat McLaughlin and John Eckels 3, C. Anderson, 
1. Green, J. Toll, J. Anderson and John Trevedan 2, J. Fry 1. 
Nettles versus Vanderslice. 
^ Frank Nettles, of Springfield, Pa., and Vanderslice, of Mingo. 
Pa., shot a match at live birds recently at Black Rock, Pa. The 
conditions were 25 birds per man, A. S. A. rules, $25 a side, loser 
to pay $10 for expenses. The contest was close and exciting, the 
decision being in doubt until Nettles killed his last bird. Score: 
Nettles 14, Vanderslice 13. 
Reading's Bluecoats Break Targets. 
The Brass- Buttons Gun Club, a club composerJ of members of the 
Reading police force, held a target shoot on the baseball grounds 
on Jan. 6. The conditions of the main event were 25 targets per 
man, known traps and angles. As Officers Saylor, Machamer, 
Kuhns and Weber each claimed the club championship for 1897, 
it was decided to hold this shoot and settle the question. The 
scores were as below. Officer Saylor winning easily: 
Saylor 1111101111100011110011110—18 
Machamer 0011010001111001010110100—12 
Kuhns 1110011111010001000010011—13 
Weber 0011010110000111010010010—11 
Officers Weber and Bobst will shoot a match on Jan. 19, the 
conditions being 15 pigeons, $5 a side and expenses. On Jan. 
12 Officers Saylor and Kuhns will shoot a match at 25 bluerocks 
for $5 a side. 
Spring Valley. 
John Shaaber and John Esterly, both of this city, shot a match 
at Spring Valley recently, the conditions being 25 live birds per 
man. Score: Shaaber 23, Esterly 21. 
Bern, Pa. 
The shoot annoimced to be held at Leinbach's grounds, Bern, 
Pa., resulted in a 10-bird race, the scores of which were as fol- 
lows: East 9, Bossier 7, James Kurtz 4. Another match on the 
same terms resulted thus; East and Bossier 9, Kurtz 8 and 
Rothenberger 2. A. A. F. 
A Novelty in Handicapping from Kansas City. 
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. d.— Editor Forest and Stream: It would 
seem that the subject of handicaps had been exhausted long 
since, liiit if you will grant me a small space in yotir columns, 1 
will advance a few suggestions made by one of Kansas City's 
veteran trap-shooters, J. E. Riley by name, familiarly known as 
Jim by our boys. His score for the Kansas City team at the 
late intercity shoot between Chicago and Kansas City is evidence 
that he can shoot a little, as well as suggest a handicap which, 
in our humble opinion, will go far toward handicapping the 
shooter as he faces the trap. To be as brief as possible with 
the matter I will call it the Kansas City handicap, and I herewith 
hand you an illustration of how it would work out in a 25-live-bird 
event. 
I make no claims for this handicap other than that I think it 
is a more equitable one than has heretofore been in use. My 
reasons for arriving at the above conclusions are numerous. But 
I think one or two are sufficient to illustrate the line of my 
views. First: It handicaps the shooter according to the way 
he is shooting on the day, and at the time he is facing the trap, 
and the basis of his handicap is not estimated on what his record 
was yesterday or a year ago. Second: It prevents the possi- 
bility of a shooter being placed at 27 or 28yds. when he really 
belongs at 31 or 32yds. 
With the above two reasons, I submit the handicap for the 
consideration of our sportsmen. I would like v&ry much to 
hear from Elmer Shaner, manager of the Grand American Handi- 
cap, as to his views on the suggestions herein offered. An3' sug- 
gestions offered by him would meet with the highest considera- 
tion. If in his opinion it can be worked in the Grand American 
Handicap next March with more satisfactory results than the 
handican heretofore used, why not adopt it? R. S. Elliott. 
The following is the example of the working of this system of 
handicapping referred to by Mr. Elliott in the above letter: 
Heikes.... •29. .12220-4 29. 2-2222-5 .30..22222-5 31..22222-5 .y2..2l010-8- 22 
Grinim....29..211JJ-.5 30.,02120-:3 .S0..01202-3 30..22211-,'i ai.. 12200-3— 19 
Gilbert.... 29.. ]'2'l22-5 80..12i2l-ri ;31..12111-5 82..12222-5 38..21110-4— 24 
Elliott. ...29.. 22220-4 29,12222-0 30..22222-.5 :31.. 21110-4 S1..20021--3- 21 
Budd 29..00222-3 29..20211-4 29..22222-D 30..2'2221-5 :31..22222-.5-22 
Explanation. 
1. All shooters start in at 29yds. 
2. Grimm and Gilbert having killed their first five birds, are hand- 
icapped 1yd. in their next series of five birds. Elliott, Budd and 
Heikes, having dropped one or more birds in their -first series of 
five birds, remain at the same mark. 
3. Heikes, Gilbert and Elliott having killed straight in the sec- 
ond series of five birds, go back 1yd. for their third series of 
five birds. Grimm and Budd, having missed one or more birds 
in their second series, remain at the same mark for their third 
series. And so on through the whole 25 birds. i 
In other words, the 25 birds are divided into five divisions of 
five birds each, and all shooters start the first division at the 
same mark. A straight made in any of the divisions places the 
shooter xya. back in the next division, while a miss of one or more 
birds in any division entitles the shooter to remain at the same 
score for the succeeding division of five birds. 
[As we look at it, one weak point in the sy.stem is that it does 
not take any account of the man who really belongs on the 27 or 
28yds. mark; nor does it show what is to be done with the man 
who should be placed at 2fiyds.; and there arc such men. Another 
weak point is that it gives the njan who really belongs at 31yds. 
a big advantage over the man who is properly placed at 29yds. 
The 31yds. man has a chance to shoot at 10 birds before he gets 
back to where he properly belongs; the 29yds. man is therefore 
shooting on an equality with a man who is a better shot than he is. 
Suppose Mr. 29yds. man kills his first five, and that Mr. 31yds. 
does the same. Both go back to the 30yds. mark, Mr. 31yds. thus 
having still an advantage of 1yd. over Mr. 29yds. Suppose they 
both kill the next five straight. Mr. 31yds. is then back at his 
proper mark, but Mr. 29yds. is in trouble; he is 2yds. behind 
where he rightfully belongs, and is bound to lake a tumble. But 
he can't get in again, and the result is that Mr. 31yds. has him on 
toast for the remaining. 15 birds of the 25.— Ed. F. and S.] 
Valley View, Pa. 
Valley View, Pa., Jan. 1. — A two days' tournament at live birds 
and targets was held here yesterday and to-day. Despite the 
weather, which was almost unendur-able, it was a success. All the 
programme events, with the exception of two, were shot out The 
scores were not what they would have been had the weather 
been favorable, but Fred Coleman kept well up to his average and 
was first in every event except two. All the live-bird events were 
shot gun below the elbow, one barrel only allowed. Coleman 
stood at 28yds., James at 25yds.; all the rest were at 21yds. Below 
are the scores made on both days: 
Events: 123456789 
Targets; 10 10 15 25 10 10 15 15 20 
Coleman 9 9 14 23 9 8 13 13 19 
Reed - 7 7 10 18 6 7 10 8 .. 
James 9 8 12 18 7 7 9 .. .. 
Schoafstall 3 4 6 15 
Zimmerman 4 4 .. .. 4 4 
Kuntz 3 .. 3 .. .. 3 4 .. .. 
Lambert 4 5 
Williams 6 . . . . ■ . . 
Weir 10 9 
Updegrave 5 .. 
Weist 3 4 6 7 10 
Nos. 1 to 4 were shot on the first day; Nos. 5 to 9 on the 
second day. 
The live-bird scores were as below, No. 1 being at eight birds, 
and Nos. 2 and 3 being at seven and ten birds respectively- No. ] 
was shot on the first day; Nos. 2 and 3 were shot on the second 
day. 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. 
James, 25 11111111—8 1110001—4 0001100110—4 
Coleman, 28 10111111—7 1011111—6 llllllOlll— 9 
C Reed, 21 11111100—6 1100111—5 1101100111—7 
Lambert, 21 10110111—6 1000000—1 1000110100^ 
Schoafstall, 21 00001101-3 0001100—2 
Kuntz, 21 lOlUlO 1101101—5 1011001010-5 
Ke^sler, 21 0111001 0011111—5 
D Kuntz, 21 11001111—6 
Zimmerman, 21 10011100-4 
D Reed 0000011—2 
Klinger lMlllO-5 
Weist 1000111—4 0011011000—4 
Weir 1111001-5 1100110111-7 
C 
Prize Shoots and Handicaps. 
The different methods adopted by gun clubs to draw out their 
shooters, and to keep up interest in the sport of trap-shooting,, 
are so various and so interesting that we do not hesitate to give 
the plan adopted by the Rochester, N. Y., Rod and Gun Club,, 
together with the rules governing the same. The prize series 
commenced on Dec. S and continues until May 1, when prizes 
will be awarded for the six months' shooting. The rules govern- 
ing the contests are as follows: 
No. 1. — Twenty-five targets is the maximum number a shooter 
will be allowed to break. 
No. 2. — Contestants may shoot until they get a string which is. 
satisfactory to themselves, provided they finish a string before 
commencing another. 
No. 3. — Three certificates will be given to the three high guns 
on each shooting day. If any ties occur, they must be shot off 
same day, at original handicap. 
No. 4. — Members holding certificates may be challenged for the 
same, and must shoot within one week or forfeit the same. The 
challenging party must pay 10 cents before shooting, and the 
money accumulating from challenges will be used for the pur- 
chase of a second prize. 
No, 5. — Only one certificate can be. shot for on one string. 
No. 6.— The holder of the greatest number of certificates on May 
1, 1898, will get first prize, next highest second prize. 
No, 7, — No challenges can be shot except on regular shooting 
days at the club grounds. 
No. 8. — Certificates, to count, must be signed by one of the 
committee. 
No. 9. — The committee reserve the ri^ht to make further rules 
as occasion may require, and settle all disputes that arise. 
No. 10. — When members are shooting for certificates, challenges 
cannot be contested for at the same time. 
No. 11. — When shooting challenges, each member will shoot at 
his handicap, and as per rule 1. 
The handicaps are: Glover 26, Meyer 26, Lane 26, Stewart 26, 
Hicks 26, Hadley 26, Byer 26, Mann 29, Borst 29, Weller 27, Mc- 
Cord 28, Davis 29, Griffith 29, Fulton 32, Schleyer 32, Rickman 30, 
Tassel 29, Wridc 29, Quirk 30, Pulsifer 32, Bolton 28, Palmer 30, 
Lowden 33, Norton 28, Foley 28, Mullan 32, McChesney 35, J. 
Rissinger 30, C. Rissinger 29, J. Cook 40. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
Union County versus Hunterdon County. 
Jan. 14. — A team race was shot to-day at Three Bridges, N. J., 
on Case's Stock Farm, between teams of five men, the teams rep- 
resenting Union and Hunterdon counties. Each man shot at 10 
birds, 12-gauge guns standing at 28yds., 10-bores at 30yds. After 
an exceedingly close match. Union County won by 44 to 43, Hun- 
terdon County losing the match in the last round. Scores: 
Union County. Hunterdon County. 
Scott Terry, 2S... 2222212212— 10 Amwein, 28 1111212210- 0 
T H Keller, 28 .... 2222222222—10 H P Milburn, 80 . . 12221222! 0— 9 
A Woodruff, 28... 1 21122*212 - 9 Hensler, 28 .1220021221— S 
C Smith, 2.S 1 112222-2-20 - 9 W Apgar, 2S 12210*1211— S 
Coddington,:30.... (1200022221 0-44 Warford, 28 2201211121— 9— 4S{ 
A match at 15 birds per man, $25 a side, was shot between 
Scott Terry and Abe Case: 
Terry 2112221-22220122--14 Case 1012222*11*1120—1 1 
A miss-and-out followed, -re-entries being . allowed in the first 
round. Scores were: C. Smith 5, Keller 5, Schenck 5, Codding- 
ton 5, H. Campbell 5, D. Darby 5, S. Terry 5 and Arnheim 5 (di- 
vided). Lister, W. Terry (re-entry) and Warford 4, Woodruff 3, 
Hildebrand 2, Hensler and W. Apgar 1, G. Squier, Bellis, Case and 
W. Terry 0. 
In a 10-bird race, $5 entrance, scores were: 
Smith 2212211110— 9 Hoey imii-mi—U) 
Woodruff 1212211201— 9 Hildebrand •210-2120121— H 
S Terry 1111212202— 9 Ballis »122221222— 9 
Coddington 1122111112 - 10 Henzler 0121122120— S 
Henry 1212202122 9 W Terry 0222222222—9 
Schenck 1210220101— 1 
Another sweep* at five birds, for "beginners," resulted thus: 
Henry 5, Lyman 3, Ryder, Bierbauer, Brokaw, Potter, Marshall 
and Stevenson 2. As Henry was not shooting lor money, Lyman 
won first money, all the others getting their share of second 
money. 
Baltimore Stooting Association. 
Baltimore, Md., Jan. 6. — The chief event shot to-day on the 
grounds of the Baltimore Shooting Association was the monthly 
shoot for the association's cup. The shooter who wins this cup 
the greatest number of times during the year is to become the 
owner of the cup. Up to to-day C. A. Macalester had won it 
four times; Heiskell and Malone had two wins, the three being 
in the lead for the trophy, which had been shot for ten times. 
To-day's event made the eleventh shoot, and Malone scored an- 
other win, thus bringing his total up to three, within one of 
Macalester's. Should Malone win the next shoot, which is also 
the last, he and Macale-ster would be tied for the trophy. White 
and Ducker have one win each for the cup. 
Malone's work to-day was very fine. He ran 35 straight, not 
missing a bird during the afternoon. The cup event is at 15 birds, 
and in this he was the only one to run 15 straight; he also 
killed 10 straight in a team race, and added another 10 straight 
to his record in a miss-and-out. The team race was between Ma- 
lone and Dickerson against Macalester and Du Pont. Malone's 
team won with 19 to 17. The scores in the cup shoot were: 
Macalester 202020110202102— 9 
Sime 222122220121122—14 
Malone 111221221222222—15 
Mickel ■. 221220222102222—13 
Ducker 122211111011100—12 
Noah 212110202111010—11 
Penrose 122212120222211—14 
Franklin 221121201120222—13 
- Starfcloff vs. Kling. 
St. Loots, Mo., Jan. 12. — A little difference of opinion relative 
to their merits as pigeon shooters led to a 50-bird match between 
Dr. Max Starkloff and Mr. P. M. Kling, both well known in shoot- 
ing circles here. The weather conditions favored the birds, as a 
strong wind from the southwest made them all quick to start, 
while it required rapid work on the part of the shooters to stop 
them in bounds. Dr. Starkloff assumed the lead at the very begin- 
ning of the match and maintained it to the finish. In the first 
string of 25 he scored 21, while Kling got but 19. In the final 
string of 25, each improved considerably over the first, having 
perhaps become more accustomed to the conditions. Kling by 
good shooting scored 23, but the doctor went him one better. This 
made the result: Dr. Starkloff" 45, Kling 42. The conditions were 
50 live birds per man, for $50 a side, loser to pay for the birds. 
Mr. Ed Pendergast acted as referee. Mr. Kling is not satisfied 
with the result, and if the weather is favorable they will shoot a 
100-bird race for $100 a side on Jan. 16. Scores: 
Tra.v snore tvm -Copuright, isits, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
Starkloff 2 1 1 2 0 2 1132111111021*2 101 1-21 
12211112 11112 2 111110212 3^24^«i 
Kling 0 1121 23211 
111120111202* 19 
'Si^ ^^ 7<Si i v"['K)/7*-7'-^r^^*-7'*-^J^r>*-*- 
1 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 0 2— 28-42 
Paul R. Litzpce. 
Dansville Gun Clufe. 
Dansville, N. Y., Jan. 14. — The Dansville Gun Club held its 
first weekly practice shoot to-day. The day was favorable, aside 
from a strong west wind blowing across the traps. The members 
of the club are inexperienced trap-shooters, and many of them 
faced the traps to-day for the first time, which in a measure ac- 
counts for the poor scores made to-daj'. We hope, however, before 
many weeks to present a better score card than the following: 
Events: 1 2 8 4 5 0 Events: 1 2 3 4 ,5 fi 
Fraizer 8 5 6 6 3 8 Sator.... 0 2 5 8 .5 8 
C Redmond 8 6 2 .. .. F.schrich,,. 4 7 4 5 9.. 
McWhorter 4 6 2 8 8,. Baely T T 9 5 5 8 
Rail 3 8 8 4 6 4 Gelden 3 0 8 4.. 
Finn..,, 3 6 5 4 4 .. Fenstermacher. . ., .. S 8 S 8 5 
Miller 6 2 6 4 4 5 Falts 4 8 4 8.. 
Merrill 1 1 1 Redmond 2 4 
Tompkins t 8 4 5 8 ■'5 Geigen 8 0 3 ., .. 
Willey 2 6 T 6 4 6 Foster 5 S S 9 
Bryant........... 3 5 4 3 .. .. Hoffman 3 4 .. .. 
All the above events were at 10 targets each. P, H. Willey, Sec'y. 
