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FOT^ESf AND STMAM. 
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IN NEW JERSEY. 
Somerville Gun Club. 
Jan. 25.— The Somerville Gun Club had a field day to-d.iy. 
One of the events was a fox chase after a red fox captured within 
two miles of the club house by E. C. Hoyt. The fox was started 
about 2 P, M., and was given 15 minutes' start of the hounds, 
eight of whom were turned down on his track. After a two hours' 
chase he was caught by two hounds belonging to Mr. Flemhig, 
of Foxhill, N. J. 
A 321b. turkey was also shot for at the dead mark, 40yds. from 
the scores, forty cliances being taken at 25 cents a piece. The 
turkey was won by Neaf Apgar, of Somerville, N. J., who put 
three shots in the block, one of the pellets being exactly in the 
center. He used 2%drs. King's Smokeless and l%oz. shot. 
A race at 5 live birds per man, $3 entrance, was also decided. 
First money in this event was won by Marcus Hoyt, a boy of 
fourteen years of age, who killed 6 corkers in excellent style. 
The scores were: Marcus Hoyt 5, J. Aldgair, Jr., F. Mount and 
Bellis 4, J. H. Aldgair, Sr., and G. Dunster 3. 
In a race at 10 targets each, $1 entrance, two moneys, scores 
were: C. Bird, G. Messenger, G. Dunster and C. N. Apgar 5, 
F. Mount and C. Schaefer 4, J. H. Aldgair, Sr., 3. 
Geo. W. Squier. 
East Side Gun Club. 
Jan. 27.-— A live-bird shoot was held to-day by the East Side 
Gun Club, of Newark, N. J., on the Ferry street grounds. Fair- 
mount shot a race with Stevens, of New Brunswick, and lost it by 
losing his last bird, the scores standing 23 to 22. In the 7-bird race 
O'Connell, Stevens and Woodruff divided first money with 7 
Straight. There were twenty-three entries in this event. Fifteen 
entries were obtained in a miss-and-out, the pot being divided on 
the 9th round between Koegel, Fairmount, Hassinger and Shaw. 
Scores were: 
Fairmount vs. Stevens, 25 birds, $25 a side, loser to pay for the 
Stevens , 2212222220222120221221122—23 
Fairmount »>- 1222120210222212221212220^22 
Sweeps were shot as below, No. 1 being at 7 birds, No. 2 a miss- 
and-out: „ ^ »T r. 
No. 1. No. 2. 
Koegel .-rii.." 1011222—6 ^111122112 
Waldman , i 2012221-6 
Reiboldt 0122111-6 2122220 
Bitz 1222010-5 
O'Connell 2211222-7 
Otten 2201112—6 10 
Fairmount 0222112-6 122212222 
Geoflroy 2202221—6 22211220 
Winter 0000212—3 
J Belloff i...'«. = r^.'....k.. 2200211-5 0 
Leuthauser 2011001-4 
Stevens 2122222-7 211122120 
Canon 0222211-6 0 
Woodruff 1222112-7 20 
Strader 0222222—6 22221220 
J Fisher 0021111-5 
Thomas . ; 1022121—6 
Hassinger 0111221-6 111212211 
Seitz : 2211022-6 
L Piercy 21222120 
Shaw 22112112 
Pratt 0 
Frazer _ 
Secre.tarv. 
Boiling Springs Gun Club. 
Feb. 2.— The semi-monthly prize shoot of the Boiling Springs 
Gun Club was held this afternoon. The attendance was quite 
small, but this unquestionably was due to the extremely cold 
weather that prevailed. There was any quantity of snow on the 
ground, and the sim shone bright and clear; there was a glare 
*from the snow that was almost blinding, and that rendered steady 
shooting out of the question. , j. ^, 
Up to date there have been three contests for the first gold 
watch donated by the club for these semi-monthly prize con- 
tests. One watch is shot off every two months, there being thus 
four shoots in all for each watch. Two out of the three shoots 
held this year have been won by Capt. Money, who broke 50 
out of 57 on Jan. 5, and 49 out of 57 on Jan. 19. To-day's contest 
was won by the president of the club, E. A. Jeanneret, who broke 
51 out of 70 shot at. scoring 36 out of his first 50, and accounting 
for 15 out of his allowance of 20 extras. Chris Wright was sec- 
ond with 49 out of 57, Capt. Money being close up with 48 out 
of 53, breaking 45 out of his first 50^ and then breaking his allow- 
ance of 3. Handicaps are changed every month; hence Capt. 
Money's cut in his handicap from 7 down to 3, a very severe cut 
indeed, but one that doesn't seem to bother him very much, as 
he is shooting better than ever. The scores in this event are given 
below in detail: , , ,. „ c 
Fifty targets, unknown angles, handicap allowances, bergeant 
felntl^ret, 20.11101101011110111110011100111111101111100111110001—36 
11111110001011111110 —15—51 
Wright, 7 ....11111011111111011111101111111101110011111111011111 -43 
0111111 — 6-49 
Money. 3 ....11011111110111111111111111111111101111011101111111-45 
111 — 3—48 
E Banks, 2 . .lllUllllOlllllOlllllllOlllOlOlllllllllllOmillll -44 
G Greiff, 6 ..11111111001101111101111111110111011101101100111111 -40 
SoieKel. 20 .. ,10011101100111111000001111101101111001110111001111— 33 
OOllllOlOllOw — 7—40 
C Wise 7 . ..11111100111001010110100000111011011111111101111011 —34 
Nelson, 14 .. .01111001011101001001011101111111000101101111101011 —32 
Banks, Greiff, Wise and. Nelson did not shoot of? their allow- 
^^Efght sweeps were also shot during the afternoon, seven of them 
being at 10 targets and the other at 25 targets. All targets are 
thrown at unknown angles, Sergeant system, a method that 
makes the shooting on these grounds very hard, the screen being 
high and the targets thrown at very acute angles. Scores in the 
sweeps were: 
Events: . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 25 
7 9 8 
8 8 7 
6 8 6 
6 9 10 
4 8 7 
5 
Targets : 
Banks 9 
Wright 5 8 
Nelson - - I 6 
Greiff f 6 
Money ° * 
Spiegel - 
Jeanneret • 
Snyder 
Wise ' 6 9 
Van Dyke 9 
Hudson 2 
Hefiich • ° 
Thourot o 
Coman • 
8 
6 
8 
7 
10 
5 
6 
9 21 
8 19 
9 17 
9 .. 
8 24 
7 15 
4 .. 
As a finisher, Capt. Money, Banks and Wright shot a three- 
cornered race in the gloaming, the conditions being 25 targets per 
man. As visual, Capt. Money came out ahead, this half light 
being something that seems to specially suit him. The scores 
in this event were: Money 22, Banks 21, Wright 13. It is only 
fair to Wright to state that he was shooting what he termed 
"culls." 
Feb. 5. — The regular monthly club shoot of the Boiling Springs 
Gun Club was held this afternoon. There was a good attendance 
of members, while a few friends of the club also put' in their ap- 
pearance. Among the latter were Ed Taylor, of the Laflin & 
Rand Powder Company; B. Waters, of Forest and Stream, and 
Messrs. Colquitt and Frank Butler. 
The day was not a bad one for shooting, although a slight 
drizzle at times made it rather uncomfortable for those at the 
score The main event was of course the club, handicap, 50 tar- 
gets unknown angles, Sergeant system. In this event H. Nelson 
and' J Dutcher both made possibles; Nelson was allowed 16 
extras" but he broke 11 straight of his allowance and then with- 
drew with a total of 50 out of 61 shot at. Dutcher, on the other 
hand had a hard row to hoe, requiring 17 out of his allowance 
of 20'to make a possible; he hoed the row, however, losing only 
2d 14th and 15th targets. Next to them came Piatt Adams (10), 
who broke 22 out of his first 25. Scores in detail follovi?: 
Club shoot, handicap, 50 targets, unknown angles. Sergeant 
system : 
H Nelson 16. ..10101110001110110111101111111001111111101111111111-89 
llllllUlllw —1^—50 
T O Dutcher 20.11110110001001101100111101010111010111011110111110- 83 
lOllllllliniOOlllU —17— 80 
P \dams 10....110nill0111un011U11110110101100101101011111110-38 
oouimii — g— 45 
F Hyde, 8 mwiiillwiliitniwiiliiilWintiiwoiJiii'iiiiw-^ 
oil — 2 - 45 
Dr De Wr)ire,!?.l01)OtOl1liniimi1l011tlimi(Htll11111111lll11llO-42 
nil — a- 44. 
A Hegeman, lO.UOIOIOlOl10|1011fltOftll11lllll03l.1flHal1.1(LtlU(W1-8fi 
0101 1 1 1011 — t— 4« 
E Banks 0 U 1 1 10] ) 1 1 1 1 101 1 1 1 100111 1 1 1 11 11 10100) 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1110 — 4-2 
F Van Dyke, 0. . 1 1 101 11 II 111 11 1 1 1 1 1 1101 101 lOll 11 Hll 1 1011 11 1 1 1 lOlOO —41 
W H Huck,0...OI011lllOU111 11 nil 11 11011011 101 Mil 11 1101 101 llttl —41 
E Jeannerett, 10.1 1 lOOOOllOlOOOOOlOl 1 1 1 lOOIOllOl 11 1 11 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10-34 
1111010011 — T— 41 
G Hatfield, 20.. lOOKKOl 110111 110010101 IIIOOIOIIOIO1 111001 111 11 ion— 3a 
101(11 100000 1(100 UOl I , 
A J Paul, .3 11111 10001 1101 101 101 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1001 KM 1 U010LllUUl--8n 
010 . -1-40 
CaptMoney, 0.. 1011 1 110011 1 1101101 1101 111 1 10011 lOOinoiOll 11111 111 -3i 
C K Wise, 0 11111 1 1011 1 11 1 11101(101 11101111 11111 111 lilOOlOOOlUOIl — S(l 
K Waters, 0 10(11 1 1 1 1 1 100(11 10101 1 1 101 1 1 lOllOI 1001 1 lOl lOUllUlO -Mil 
M Lewis, IT.. ..1 0(1(111(1(1(1(1(1011) lu I l(l(IOlOliriOI101 110001 UOl 1110111111—2(1 
OlIOlOIOIOKiOKKH — 5— *1 
Black, 20 lOlOIOOl 101 1 KM 1101 1001000101100011000101110010000—2* 
lOOKMOIOlI lOimililOKI — 8— 3'-^ 
Colquitt. 3 11101011011010110001001100110101101000110101001001—26 
^ Oil -2-28^ 
B James 1001011111 1010001 lOlOOlOIOoUOOOl 1 1 100101101010100 —26 
F Butler ()01U(H10(1 11(111 lOOl KKHHmOKM Kill 101(M(M(mi00001101 -28 
Sweeps, all at unknown angles, Sergeant system, were shot as 
below: 
Events; 
1 2 f5 4 5 6 7 8 Events: 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 25 25 Targets; Id 10 10 10 10 10 26 25 
Banks 9 9 a... 
U 28 Adams 
Van Dyke. 8 8 9 ; . 10 ' 8 2:J 23 Lewis 
Waters 6 5 4 .. fi 7 16 IS Hatlield 
Taylor 6 8 9 . . 4 6 .. .. Butler 
Money i 9 8.. T S 22 23 Colquiti 
- - - 0 10 19 . ~ "■■ ■ 
6 9 19 
ft .^1 6 
r> r, . . 
h i T 
6 . , 
Nelson 5 8 6 
Dutcher 8 6 6 
De Wolfe 8 
Hall 10 8 iii 19 
6 8 9 
9 8 22 21 Paul 10 21 
9 9 9 
.. .. 9 7 S 7 
.... 0 6 . . , . 
Jeannerett i .. .. 
Banta.. S 19 20 
Doniinie. 22 
Wise 
Noel 
Hiick.... 
Hegeman 
No. 9, match in the dark, 25 targets: Money 20, Banks 17. 
EdWAHD jlANKS. 
Elizabeth Gun Club. 
Feb. 2.— A live-bird shoot was held to-day on the grounds of 
the Elizabeth Gun Club, under the management of Eddie Earle. 
It was hard shooting, a strong northwest wind blowing .icross 
the traps, and the glare of the bright sun on the snow making 
a very blinding light to kill birds in. There was only a small 
crowd of shooters on hand. Among the number were: J. L. 
Brewer, of New York; F. Coleman, Malianoy City, Pa.; W. Terry, 
of Plainfield, N. J.; Henry Koegel, of Newark. N. J., etc. 
One of the most interesting events of the day was a 25-bird 
race between W. Terry and Blodgett, the latter hailing from 
Elizabeth. The .stakes were $25 a side, loser to pay for the birds. 
The birds were slow to start, a very few leaving the traps when 
they were pulled. Terry lost by one bird, scoring 20 against 21. 
Below are the scores in the various events decided to-day: 
J L Brewer, 'i'2. . . 
F Coleman, 80 
No. 1. 
No. 2. 
No. 8. ~ 
21222- 
5 
2221102 
6 
222212222220220-18 
21221- 
-5 
2022222 - 
6 
221222022210202—12 
22021- 
4 
2120212 
li 
120112220121112—1:3 
20222- 
-4 
1220122- 
6 
22021- 
4 
1210202 - 
5 
622222oiioii2i2— 12 
0100212- 
4 
222211221111012—14 
1022001- 
4 
121112212212101—14 
H K Toler, 28 
H Koegel, 30 
Blodgett, 28 
W Terry 
Match, 25 birds, $25 a side, A. S. A. rules: 
W Terry, 28 1020122222022022222202222—20 
202221122222222—14 
Blodgett, 28 
21121201221011121201—21 
Geo. W. SQUtER. 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
Brooklyn Gun Club's Invitation Shoot. 
Feb. 3. — Blessed with good weather — that is, good winter 
weather — John Wright's first attempt at an invitation live-bird 
shoot, on behalf of the Brooklyn Gun Club, was every bit as 
successful as we had anticipated. Thirty shooters took part in the 
different events decided, being a fair representation of those 
live-bird shooters around New York who are very seldom seen 
at a tournament of a similar kind. Ordinailly the scrub shot has 
little show to break even; but the programme for this shoot 
seemed to hold out hopes that even the poorest shot, with a little 
luck, might be able to have a day's shooting at pigeons without 
its costing him much more than ''the -^rice of the birds.^' 
We have said that the weather was good winter weather. The 
sun shone brightly, and the wind blew briskly from the west; 
the thermometer showed signs of life by hovering in the neigh- 
borhood of_ 10 to 12 degrees above zero, and there was enough 
snow covering the surface of Dexter Park to create a glare that 
was blinding when, as often happened, a white bird left the traps 
and made for Jamaica. It was in fact biting cold weather to 
stand about in, and even Billy Mills, the trapper, and his assist- 
ant found it hard work to keep warm. Somewhere in the neigh- 
borhood of 600 birds, including "no birds" and "bye birds," were 
trapped during the day, quite a creditable showing for a winter's 
day. 
A glance at the scores will tell who was on hand to shoot, so 
nothing further need be said on that score. John S. Wright, 
assisted by Secretary Baron and Joseph Swan, both members of 
the Brooklyn Gun Club, kept things going in a lively fashion. 
The need of two sets of traps was sorely felt, the waits between 
shots being long and tedious in the cold weather. John D. Regan 
was in the scorer's box, keeping tab on kills, misses, no birds 
and bye birds. The programme _ vvas_^ too lengthy for such a 
gathering of shooters, and the Union Cotirsc Handicap, 15 birds 
per man, was cut off. The scores in all the events are given below; 
the last one, No. 5, was the Brooklyn Handiqap. In this event, 
which was at 10 birds, $7.50, birds extra, four moneys, there was 
a handicap in allowances as well as in distance. The 28yds. men 
were allowed a miss as a no bird; 27yds. men a miss as a kill; 
26yds. men a miss as a kill and a miss as a no bird. Under 
these conditions it was no wonder that all of the twenty entries 
save two drew down money. There were seven 10s, six' 9s, four 
8s and only one 7. Harding made 6, but Baker withiirew after 
losing four out of his first five birds. 
Of the straights, Billings and Lott, both 26yds. men, and Money 
and Quimby, both 29yds. men, killed their 10 birds without an 
error. Welles, 28yds., used his allowance of a miss as a no bird 
in the 4th round; Swan, 26yds., and Saunders, 26yds., both used 
their allowances, Swan in the 5th and 6th rounds, Saunders in 
the 5th and 7th rounds. 
Hallowell at 30yds. scored 9 out of 10, losing his second bird 
dead out of bounds, after missing it on the ground with his first 
barrel, holding his second so long that the bird, a left-quartering 
incomer, fell dead out of bounds. Schlieman, Hudson and Fair- 
mount, all 28yds. men, used their allowances of a miss as a no 
bird in the 4th, 6th and 7th rounds respectively, Schlieman fail- 
ing to account for his allowance bird. Kitching, 26yds., with a 
miss as a kill, used up his allowance in the 4th round. Bissett, 
26yds., took his allowance of a miss as a kill in the 3d round, 
and then failed to do anything with his miss as a no bird in the 
5th round. 
Of the four 8s, Dr. W. Wynn, 29yds., had no allowance. Henry, 
2Syds., took his allowance in the 4th round, but failed to do any- 
thing with it. Langcake used his allowances as a 26yds. man 
in the 3d and 7th rounds, and Packard, another 26yds. man, took 
his allowances in the 3d and 5th rounds; neither Langcake nor 
Packard were able to account for their no birds. P. A. Thomp- 
son, the lucky 7, made good his straight in the 2d round, but 
failed on his 4th, 6th and 10th birds. 
The beauties of the old system of class shooting are well shown 
in this event. As we figure the purse, there were twenty entries 
at $7.50, birds included at 25 cents each; this leaves $5 net for 
the purse from each entry, or a total purse of $100. Four moneys- 
that is, $40, $30, $20 and $10. The straights received about $5.70 
for their good shooting; the six 9s and the four 8s each got back 
their $5 and were out just the price of the birds; the lucky 7 
got $2.50 more than he put in. 
The scores in all the events were as below: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 8. No. 4. No. 5 
T Baron..... 210 
J G Dutcher, 26 0 11022 - 4 2010121-5 
J S Remsen, 29 1222 21*l*-8 1222222— T 
H P Fessenden 2222 00222- 8 
Kitching 0 22210—4 221121U'''P_ 9 
FA Thompson, 28.. ..10 00212-8 22010—8 1102222-6 22102*2210-. T 
L M Van Allen, 29.. ..10 12122 - 5 22222-5 2022220—5 
Joe Baker, 29 2121 21011—4 221U-5 2212120-6 OlOOu 
DrG V Hudson, 28... 22* S2121-^S 3Jl)U-4 2013111-6 1222221220-9 
HS Welles 2222 20222—4 ...1, 2222122222 -1<» 
UFBenrier,28 30 12121— ft t*432!Jl— « 
Black 0 UlSil—t w 
LGHenr5',2S 2" 2222U— 4 212Sm— 7 1220222102—8 
H BIauvelt, 26 M* 110221U-5 
WM Harding, 26 2222 22022-4 1020120-4 11200*0112—6 
1' C Bissett, 1222 21211—5 221*020—4 1212021221—9 
W H Saunders, 27 22220 - 4 ^202122-6 1221122222-lU 
Capt Money, -i;) ...1 22221—5 211022'- 5 2221121121-10 
J J Hallowell, ;H0 2.i222-0 2022222—6 2012222222—9 
J von Lengerke, 29.. 21011—4 22002:42—6 
>S l!' Langcake, aO 2101 112— 6 1211220101— 8 
R L Packar(.l, 20 1202U2— 6 1212O01121— S 
G l-l Kairmount, I's 2222222—7 2222122220— 9 
W K Skidmore, Zi '202020—3 
W F Quimby, all *10i222 -& 2211221112—10 
EHLott, ao 1222112—7 iJ12121l222— 10 
W Wyiii., ny. . . . , i^.. ^ ....... 1100112121— 8 
C W Jiiliings, 26 2212221221—10 
J OS Swan, :iU . . - 2222122222—10 
dchlieman, 28. "^11011^:211- 9 
In the above table No. 1 was a $2 miss-and-out, re-entry ia the 
first round. In this event Van Allen, Baker and Blauvelt all 
re-entered after losing their first birds, the result of such re-entry 
being shown in the score. 
No. 2 was 5 birds, $3, birds included, three moneys. No. 3 
was 5 birds, $6, birds included, four moneys. No. 4 was 7 birds, 
$5, birds extra, lour moneys. In Nos. 1, 2 and 3 all stood at 
28yds., but in Nos. 4 and 5 each man stood at the mark shown 
in the scores. 
Edward Banks. 
New Utrecht Gun Club. 
Feb. 5. — There was only a fair attendance this afternoon at 
the Dyker Meadow grounds ol the New Utrecht Gun Club. 
Gaiighen won in Class A, and Fleet in Class C in the club shoot, 
in the prize gun shoot Van Brunt and Gaughen tied, the shoot-off 
being postponed imtil the next shoot. Van Brunt won the mer- 
chandise prize in No. 3. Scores: 
Club shoot: J. Gaughen, A, 19; D. C. Bennett, A, 18; F. A. 
Thompson, A, J5; C. C. Fleet, C, 13. 
Prize gun shoot: M. Van Brunt 21, J. Gaughen 21, F. A. 
Thompson 20, D. C. Bennett 17, C. C. Fleet 13, f, A. Hegeman 
9. 
Merchandise prize shoot, 9 singles and 3 pairs; '*hoot-oiT. 
M Van Brunt, 0. .. .111101111— 8 00 01 11 —3—11 11 10 10 10 10—6 
D C Bennett, 1. .. .101110010— 5 10 11 11 1 —6—11 00 10 10 10 11—5 
J Gaughen, 0 111110110—7 01 1': 10 —3—10 
F A Thompson, 0.. 011111111— 8 01 01 00 —2—10 
C C Fleet, 4 OlllUllOO— 5 10 10 10 00—3— 8 
Dr O'Brien, 3 OOllOOlOO— 3 10 11 10 —4— 7 
E. G. Frost, Sec'y. 
The Pennsylvania State Shoot. 
Hints on the Contents of the Programme. 
Reabiko, Pa., Feb. 1.— The committee of twelve of the Inde- 
pendent Gun Club, of which John Shaaber is the chairman, is 
rapidly going ahead with the preparations lor the annual meeting 
and shoot uf the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association, 
which coinmeoces Tuesday, March 29, and lasts for four days. 
Un the first nights the yearly business of the State Association 
will be considered at the club house. The committee of arrange- 
ments meets every Tuesuay and F"riday evenings. The scene 
of the tournament will be on the club's grounds at the Three- 
Miie flouse, Shillington, near Reading. The programme is rapid- 
ly taking shape, and will be ready tor distribution in about two 
weeks. Copies will be mailed to prominent shooters all over the 
country. , 
The supplemental matter of the programme has all been for- 
mulated. It coiisists of a history of Reading, the State officers, 
the charter, the constitution and by-laws, the game laws and the 
magautrap rules, which wUl govern the shoot, together with 
advertisements of well-lmown business men. All this will be com- 
bined in a neat little volume about 4x2in., with red leather cover 
bearing a frontispiece. An official badge has just been adopted. 
It consists of a large button, on which is a colored picture of a 
camp in the woods with a camper's outfit. Attached to it are 
two red ribbons suitably inscribed in gold. 
A few of the features of the programme can be given. The 
first three days will be given up to target shooting, and the events 
on those days will consist ot eight State and six open. The 
events will vary from 15 to i5 targets. Friday will be live-bird 
day. The events for this day have not lully been decided 
upon. The great feature of this tournament will be the contests 
for the trophies, the six principal ones and a number of minor 
charactei-. The following will be the trophy events and con- 
ditions; 
No. 1, the Wm. Wolstencroft Son's trophy for the individual 
championship of Pennsylvania at targets; Keystone rules to 
govern; 10-gauge guns ISyds. rise; 12-gauge guns 16yds. rise; 
rapid-firing system, entrance money divided as follows: First, 25 
per cent, of the purse and trophy; second, 40 per cent.; third, 20 
per cent.; fourth, 15 per cent.. The medal is of a very handsome 
design, and is valued at $100. Each contestant will shoot at 60 
single targets, entrance $3. 
No. 2, Reading team trophy: For five-men team champion- 
ship of Pennsylvania. Prize, a silver trophy valued at $200, do- 
nated by the Reading Shooting Association. Conditions: Teams 
shall consist of five bona fide members of any club or association 
in the State Association. An entrance fee of $10 will be charged 
each team, one-half of which shall be in payment of targets, the 
balance 50 per cent, to the holders of the trophy; the balance 30 
and 20 per cent, to the next teams in order, 25 targets per man, 
125 per team, known angles, rapid-firing system, 10 and 12-gauge 
guns, 16yds. rise, no man to shoot on more than one team. 
No. 3, for six men team championship of Pennsylvania. Prize, 
silver trophy valued at $200, donated by the Harrisburg Shooting 
Association. Teams will consist of bona fide members of any 
club or association in State Association. An entrance fee of $10 
will be charged each club, one-half of which shall be in payment of 
targets, the balance 50 per cent, to holders of trophy, the balance 
30 and 20 per cent, to the next teams in order, 25 targets per man, 
1.50 per team, known angles, rapid-firing system, lu and 12-gauge 
guns 16yds. rise. No man to shoot on more than one team. 
No. 4, E. C. Powder Company's championship cup event, 100 
empire targets, shot in two events of 50 targets each, unknown 
angles, entrance $3, with an optional sweepstake of $2 additional 
entrance, handicap from 100 to 120 targets. There is $30 added 
to this trophy. Ihis trophy and 20 per cent, of purse to winner, 
35 per cent, to second, 20 per cent, to third, 15 per cent, to fourth, 
10 per cent, to fifth. 
No. 5, American Wood Powder Company's trophy: Prize, silver 
prize, for teams of three men each, no man to shoot on more than 
iine team, and all must be members of one club, 25 singles and 5 
pairs. The prize and 40 per cent, to the team making highest 
score, 30 per cent, to second, 20 per cent, to third, 10 per cent, 
to fourth. 
No. 6, Williamsport trophy, for the individual championship at 
live birds. Prize, a diamond badge valued at $250, presented by 
the citizens of Williamsport, Pa. Each contestant must be a 
bona fide member of a club or association or an in(iividual member. 
First prize, the diamond badge to person making the highest 
score; the three next highest scores to receive 50, 30 and 20 per 
cent, respectively. The winner of the badge this year receives 
40 per cent, of entrance money next year, the balance to be 
awarded as above. Each contestant to shoot at 15 live birds, 
American Association rules, with the exception of l^oz. shot 
allowed 12-bore guns. 
These special trophy events will be sandwiched in with the 
regular events. 
The State shodt wa§ held in Reading once before several years 
ago. The State Association has done a great deal for the better- 
ment and protection of the sportsmen's interests. The present 
officers are: President, J. O'H. Denny; Vice-President, Harry 
Thurman; Treasurer, James Wolstencroft; Secretary, J. A. Wil- 
son; Corresponding Secretary, Edward Yeager. Board of Di- 
rectors: G. F. Nesbitt, PL M. Worden, W. H. Wolstencroft. E. 
E. Shaner, J. A. Shaaber, W. H. Burnham. ' 
To all events on the programme money will be added, but the 
total amount has not yet been decided upon. 
Arthur A. Finke. 
J. H. Cameron, of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, 
has returned to the city from a business trip into Canada. He 
reports the Hamilton shoot as a good one, and was full of the 
showing made by the Americans present. We can hear nothing 
of Mr._ Cameron's fellow laborer, J. Hildreth, who is so high- 
toned just now, being down South among the fashionable folks, 
that he quite neglects sorne of his friends who are now doing 
their best to preserve their equilibrium on the icy sidewalks oi 
Greater New York, 
