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The Newbwrgh Tournament. 
The tournament of the West Newburgh Gun and Rifle Associa- 
tion, Oct. 4, 5 and 8, can be classed only as a failure, though we 
regret that it was so. The local interest seemed to be astonish- 
ingly small. On the first day Mr. David Brown, the president, 
was confronted with the problem of running a tournament single- 
handed, no small matter when it is considered that there is 
cash, trap-pulling, refereeing, scoring, etc., to be attended to. 
However with the assistance of the visiting shooters the details 
were managed after the best manner possible under the unfavor- 
able circumstances. , . ,™ 
On the second day the conditions were more favorable. ±ne 
secretary Mr. W. A. Kidd, acted as referee and squad hustler. 
Mr. John A. Wood, the captain, and Mr. George Weller also as- 
SI Had it not been for the manufacturers' agents who were pres- 
ent, there would have practically been no tournament rfWSS; 
Norton, Parker, Banks, Fulford, Leroy and Glover did the bulk 
of the shooting Mr. Gus Greiff was present on the second day. 
Besides the regular programme, three special events were shot 
No. 1 was at 25 targets; ^entrance high guns: scores ; as follows 
Banks 22, Fulford 22, Parker 22 Leroy 24, Glover 21. The ties 
on 22 were shot at 5 targets and each tied on 4. becond ties. 
B Sp k eciai 0n No. 2, 10 pairs, $1: Parker 17, Banks 16, Fulford 19, 
L No y 3, 6 5 pairs^l:' Parker 8, Banks 9, Fulford 9, Norton 9. 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
Tuesday, First Day, Oct. 4. 
Fvents- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
TareetV" 15 20 20 15 20 20 20 15 20 20 
Norton ' ..... 9 9 10 13 12 18 10 8 12 7 
pfrker .. 13 17 17 14 18 19 20 15 20 17 
Gardfner' ....... .10 12 12 12 15 15 14 11 ... . 
Oeden . .... H " 10 U ^ ^ Jg }° # • • 
rS 8 13 16 14T2 15 12 10 14 
Banks • ■ 13 18' 20 15 19 17 19 13 19 20 
FuHwd - '-. 11 18 18 14 20 18 18 15 18 20 
Leroy 13 19 20 
Shot 
14 18 20 19 15 18 19 
Glover 14 19 19 15 18 19 19 1* 20 20 
12 U 19 
.. 17 18 15 12 . . . • 
.. 12 7 12 9 10 9 12 .. 
. . 11 11 14 13 11 8 . . 14 
Taiiman". 15 is 17 15 17 is 19 15 17 20 
Dudley 10 17 17 
Andrews 13 17 lb 
Hotaling 6 
Carlough b 
Wednesday, Second Day, Oct. 5. 
Events : 
Av. 
.545 
.918 
.696 
.616 
.616 
.935 
.918 
.940 
.956 
.862 
.830 
.531 
.606 
.924 
6 7 8 9 10 
at. 
Broke 
185 
100 
185 
170 
115 
101 
165 
114 
165 
114 
185 
173 
185 
170 
185 
175 
185 
177 
145 
125 
130 
108 
145 
77 
145 
88 
185 
171 
1 23450 i on 
15 20 20 20 15 20 20 15 20 20 
Targets: _ \ 2 20 20 14 15 18 18 13 19 16 
Tallman 9 y, 7 u 6 13 16 10 14 12 
Norton 15 16 20 15 13 19 15 14 18 18 
Parker g g n 9 8 8 8 2 5.. 
Hotaling ' n 13 17 16 11 12 11 9 11 15 
Carlough • 12 19 16 18 14 18 19 10 17 B 
Banks • u 19 19 17 14 19 18 14 20 20 
Fulford 14 19 19 18 14 19 19 15 16 18 
Leroy 15 20 18 19 12 20 18 15 19 IS 
Glover 14 15 19 16 12 16 17 12 
W aters 
Greiff 
Taylor 
Wood 
Besides the regular programme, 
" 14 19 15 . . 17 13 . • • - 
4 17 10 19 16 
;;;; ;; ;; ;: ; 11 11 
there were three extra events: 
scores as fol- 
Besides the regular V^i^^, _ - j scores as to l 
13; Tallman, 18. T 15. Fulford, 18 
No. 2, 10 pairs: Banks and Glover, 14, -Leroy, id, t u. , 
No! 3, expert rules, 25 targets: Banks, 19, Gloyer ana 
eroy, 
22 each; Fulford, 23. 
Trap around Reading. 
Bn c nt o_The coming shoot of the South End 
Reading, Pa., Oct. 8.— ine \°"\£ U Q . 12 oro mises to eclipse 
Gun Club, of this city,, t°. t be f ^ el ^ a ^ v ct ; e ars Thus far there are 
any shoot held in 1 this vicing .for many yea^ 1 " 0 f five . men each 
five teams entered in the trophy -shoo .tor km c]ub q{ 
from gun clubs of the State . They are Keystone Gun 
Reading; Shuler Shooting Club o t £0 «sto\ 1 , j ^ 
TBI tzm\'*B&zz wnrew 
"femifh™" i* 23, Sh.ner 20, D.vis 16, Col. 19, G««,t 15- 
91 
Sweeps followed. The scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 Events: 1 \ % 
Targets- 25 25 25 Targets: 2o 25 2o 
H rsham :::::: S5:: 
smith 2320.. , . . .,, . 
Sevfert, Pa.— The Keystone Gun Club, of this place, held a 
club shoot at David Lute's Hotel. The principal event was the 
club shoot, 10 targets each man The score of th^cluh eyer* 
Tnhn Class 7 Wm. Huffert 7. David Brown 6, John Uuinter o, 
ffid Lute 4', Fred Brown 4, 'Frank Glass 3. Shoot-off for first: 
Glass 9, Huffert 8. Duster. 
Piasa Gun Club. 
Alton, 111., Oct. 7.— Subjoined are scores of the annual amateur 
fall shoot of the Piasa Gun Club, of this city. It proved a dis- 
appointment as to attendance, and the club will accept this as an 
evidence that it is not advisable to cater to amateurs only. How- 
ever, the sport was good, and some, creditable scores were made 
Messrs. Craig, of Woodson, and Riehl, of Alton, won the high 
average honors: 
First Day. 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
. . . 13 14 11 13 11 12 11 14 15 9 13 10 14 
13 15 15 13 14 14 14 12 14 14 15 15 14 
Events 
Lane 
Seely .'.'V.'V.V,'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.". 12 14 12 12 14 9 12 11 11 10 12 13 12 
Schiess 8 7 10.10 4 6 11 8 11 9 10 10 11 
Riehl . 13 10 11 9 12 13 11 8 13 13 11 14 13 
Montgomery 9 12 8 12 10 14 13 10 11 13 
Beau 1 10 15 11 12 13 13 13 12 13 11 
Magill 12 14 12 14 10 13 13 12 10 13 9 10 10 
Kauffmaan 12 12 12 12 12 4 
Smith 14 12 14 13 14 14 12 13 .. 14 13 9 12 
Edwards 9 6 10 .. 7 7 5 .. 
Lyons 11 11 10 11 8 9 7 10 12 11 11 11 13 
Todd 9 H 12 14 14 15 12 11 10 
Howell 7 14 10 10 
Second Day. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Lane 13 13 12 11 8 11 11 H 11 12 11 14 14 
Craig 15 15 13 13 14 13 13 14 14 12 14 15 15 
Riehl 15 13 12 12 12 14 13 13 15 14 12 11 14 
Seely 13 14 14 14 9 11 12 14 13 10 12 10 13 
Schiess 10 8 10 12 7 8 13 13 11 9 9 14 11 
Howell 11 12 13 10 13 14 14 
Todd 14 13 13 11 12 10 . . . . 13 10 12 12 9 
Lyons 11 9 9 11 12 U 10 11 10 10 10 11 11 
Magill ■ 11 12 11 11 11 10 15 10 12 14 13 12 13 
Herschey 10 11 13 IS 13 15 13 10 14 15 
Schweppe 9 911 9 
Smith 13 1110 10 13 12 1114 1112 11 9 12 
P. C. Riehl, Sec'y- 
Montgomery "Ward Medal Shoot. 
Chicago, 111., Oct. 8.— Cloudy weather and a cool wind blowing 
out to the right quarter from the score were conditions that met 
the fourth medal shoot for the Montgomery Ward & Co. diamond 
emblem. There were eighteen entries, and the affair was, as usual, 
a very pleasant one. Owing to the growing shortness of the days 
and the cloudy weather, it was dark before the event was concluded, 
the shooting not commencing till about 2 o'clock and continuing 
till after 4 o'clock. It was decided to shoot off the ties next Fri- 
day, Messrs. Fletcher, Hollister, Eich, Alabaster and Barto all 
being tied on 20. Later it was discovered that Mr. Hollister could 
not be present next Friday, and at a late hour it was decided 
by Mr. Leffingwell, manager, that Mr. Hollister should be seen 
and if possible an earlier dater than Friday set for the tie shoot, 
all others concerned being willing to come at any time that 
would please Mr. Hollister. Whoever wins in the tie will be a 
new man to hold the medal, and it seems likely now that the man 
who can win it twice will be apt to own it, though it is the hope 
that twelve different men will hold it and be obliged to meet m 
a grand contest at the finish next January. 
Some odd things came out in the shooting as usual. Comly, 
who once won the medal with a 121b. gun, to-day appeared with 
a 6%lb. gun. He missed his first bird, then ran 13 straight single- 
barrel kills in elegant style, and seemed a winner. Then he missed 
2, killed 1 more, missed again, and withdrew back of place. Barto 
pounded along to his 19th bird, which he killed dead out. He got 
one handicap bird, which was all he needed to shoot to land him 
in the tie. Miss Porter could have gotten into the medal class 
by killing all her handicap birds, but missed 2 and scored 18 total. 
Dr. Shaw killed 10 straight, then missed 2 straight and sat down. 
Geo. Roll, who was limit man in the handicap, lost 3 and fell 
back of the medal Geo. Thome, who was only given 2 birds, 
came out with 18. Hollister, who had only 2 birds, shot in great 
shape and laid claim on the emblem, coming in with Eich, 2 
birds; Fletcher, 5 birds; Alabaster, 3, and Barto, 2 birds. The 
wind was at times very fresh, and the shooting was not easy, 
the birds going well. Next time, it is decided, the shooting will 
be begun at 11' A. M., so that the event may be finished the 
same day. 1 Following are the scores: 
Geo Thorne, 28, 2 22022202222222220202 22 —18 
W B Leffingwell, 30, 2 020220*2210112201122 22 —16 
H B Morgan, 27, 5 010001202*2020221202 01112—15 
Geo Roll, 30, 1 2.2*22220212112201112 2 —18 
C C Hyde, 28. 3 22122100222212122002 220 —18 
P R Fletcher, 27, 5 21111222100112212202 122 —20 
M T Eich, 2S 2 12101211111112211211 1 —20 
E Sturtevant, 28, 3 02202220222012110110 w 
J L Alabaster, 29, 3 21122211212021201201 112 —20 
E M Steck, 29, 1 112212*0222221221211 2 —19 
John Ripley, 27, 5 121220021*2210022201 010 w 
S Palmer, 29, 2 12212012121212101010 12 —18 
F H Hollister, 30, 2 22021211111111121211 1 —20 
J B Barto, 30, 2 2212112122212222122* 2 —20 
C Comly, 2S, 2 011111111111110010 w 
R Simonetti, 29, 3 21022**22220 w 
Dr Shaw. 29, 1 22222222220* 
J H Amberg, 28, 3 0101221211 w 
Miss E Porter, 27, 5 01111102112221022001 02110—18 
Glen Ellyn Live Birds. 
To-day Si. Palmer invites a few friends . out to his farm near 
Glen Ellyn, twenty-five miles west of Chicago, where each year 
he gives one of the slickest little shoots of the season. He has 
about 400 birds ready for the shooting, and he claims that these 
birds are the fastest that are ever trapped around Chicago. They 
are strong country birds, fresh caught and so trapped that they 
head direct for their native barn as soon as released. They are 
said to offer the keenest sort of sport. 
Milwaukee Defeats Chicago. 
The Chicago team of live-bird shots who this week went up to 
Milwaukee under the leadership of Sheriff Pease, in the expecta- 
tion of taking the measure of the live-bird cracks of the Mil- 
waukee Gun Club under the lead of W. D. Cantillon, failed of that 
laudable purpose. They shot at 25 birds per man, and stood for a 
tie, but Mr. J. E. Flanigan, of the Chicago team, missed a bird 
that had alighted on the ground and waited for the second barrel 
that never came, so the score stood Milwaukee 148, Chicago 147. 
The Chicago men are not satisfied, and in a couple of weeks will 
try it again. Following are the scores of the race: 
Chicago. 
Joseph Barto 1220121221111122222222221—24 
James Pease 2120210102201202021221121—19 
I I Healey 2201220122022222201112212—21 
J E Flanigan 2222212222220202020022022—19 
Robert Simon 1212112211021222121211111—24 
R S Mott 0121200102001101201222112—17 
D Dwyer 2122201222212220111221121—23—147 
Milwaukee. 
George Johnson 2222222221222011212221222—24 
T Bush 1221012212122221121111111—24 
A Kiefer 2222222222201202121221222—23 
Ed Moy 0200101111120201202202221—17 
M White 1220022220201002222222120—18 
H Roland 1001111211011020202121212—19 
W D Cantillon 1212212112222120112212202—23—148 
Charlie Budd's Shoot. 
Charlie Budd's shoot at Des Moines this week drew out nine- 
teen programme finishers the first day. Gilbert was apparently 
in his usual good form and carried off top average, 136, Hallo- 
well close with 135, out of 150. 
St. Lotus K. C. 
That long-promised team shoot between St. Louis and Kansas 
City is still in the future, though the local papers of each town 
declare the home team is spoiling to eat up the foreigners. We 
Chicago folks are in a position to give St. Louis advice about 
going up against those white men from the Kaw River, and our 
advice is: Don't! 
Belle Meade. 
Mr. W. R. EMiston, secretary, writes regarding railroad fares 
to Belle Meade shoot at Nashville: "Shooters are to pay full 
fare to Nashville, and when they buy their ticket have agent to 
fill out a regular excursion blank, stating that they are coming to 
Belle Meade to the shoot. When they arrive at Belle Meade, the 
writer will sign certificate, and on it they can get one-third rate 
back home." 
The Man op a Tree. 
The editor of the Maquoketa, la., Telegram seems to be a man 
of good fair common sense. This week he went to a trap shoot 
for the first time in his life, and began his education in trap 
matters. He saw the class shooting system at work for the first 
time, and naturally, to a man up a tree, it did seem' a little strange 
and unaccountable. This is what he said about it: . 
"Bert Trout probably won the most money. In this particular 
he was certainly lucky, for more than once he carried off a big- 
ger portion of the money than many who had far better scores. 
[• i- example, take event No. 1 on Tuesday, in this he only broke 
IS birds, while Young, Hipschen, Bittner, Hj Brown and Brown 
broke 19 each. The lattdr, however, secured but 90 cents each, 
while Mr. Trout carried away $3.35. 
"It does seem to me that is an idiotic way of dividing the 
moneys. Where three, for example, break 10, say,, and secure 
first prize of, say $4.50, each receive but $1.50, while the next 
lower man, who breaks but 9, carries away $3. He should in 
reality be fourth, but in prize money he would fare much better 
than those who shot better than himself. There is one way of 
dividing the money, called the "equitable"; in this each person 
receives a percentage of the prize proportionate to the number 
of birds he has killed. This is fair to all alike, and this method 
commends itself at once to all. It is to be hoped that the Timber 
City Gun Club will adopt this method in future shoots." 
My advice to the fellow shooters of that gun club is to let that 
editor man alone, for if he ever begins to shoot as straight as 
he can think, he will do them all up. He has arrived at the 
truth in the course of one afternoon. A lot of shooters have 
been at the game for twenty years and haven't got that far 
along yet. 
Coming Events. 
Soo Gun Club, of Sioux City, Ia. t will give a live-bird and tm 
shoot Nov. 16-17. Anything with Soo on it is good. 
Lincoln, Neb., has a gun club known as the Capital City { 
Club, which is among the main hustlers of the State. It caput 
the State shoot for next spring. The new grounds of the Ca^ 
City are now in order and the winter campaign is begun \ 
regular "clutr events. 
Nichols Gun Club, of Nichols, la., gives a two days' ttp, 
shoot Oct. 13-14. Equitable system. 
Lewiston Gun Club, of Lewiston, 111., gives its annual tou 
ment Oct, 21-22. Equitable system. 
Waukegan Gun Club, of Waukegan, 111., gives its annuals, 
shoot Oct. 14-15. 
Cincinnati Gun Club, a great one, with a great future, dpi 
this week .its fall and winter campaign. 
The shoot of the Daddy of them all, at Dayton, next 
will be attended by a goodly number of the Old Guard. They 
not bar the Young Guard. ' K. Hou<j 
1200 Boyce Building, Chicago, 111. 
Chicago Challenge Trophy. 
The contest between Silas Palmer, holder, and Dr. S. S| 
challenger, for the Chicago challenge trophy is set for Tuesi 
Oct. 18, at 2:45 P. M., at Watson's Park, Burnside Crossing^ 
A large attendance it looked for on this occasion. 
Shooting and Fishing Trophy. 
' It is intimated that the Woodstock Gun Club, of Woodstjj 
111., are contemplating issuing a challenge to Eureka Gun 0. 
of Chicago, for the Shooting and Fishing trophy, recently waif 
the latter club from the Garfields. 
Eureka Gun Club. 
The Eureka Gun Club held its weekly contest last Saturj 
afternoon. The day was comfortably worm. A soft sunlr, 
and a mild left-quartering wind prevailed the entire time, 
attendance was good. The club's target season ends this moi 
and the medals in classes will be awarded for highest and seci 
highest averages on the ten best scores of the season. A; 
now appears, there are several members very close for Class 
Class C is about cinched, and F. P. Stannard has first claim 
Class A. Among those present who participated in to-day's sh] 
was Col. A. G. Courtney, of the Remington Arms Co., $ 
dropped in to see the trade on his way South. He shot in gi 
form at a 90 per cent gait. The topnotcher of the day was i 
Hoss Stannard, who broke 98 out of 100, missing his 11th and 9| 
Mr. Stannard has been doing excellent shooting for some ti 
past, and it will take a good one to defeat him on targets. 
The events were largely shot on the magautrap. The scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 Events: 1 2 i 
Targets: 20 15 15 25 Targets: 20 15 U 
P P Stannard 19 14 15 25 A W Adams 17 14 11 
A G Courtney 16 14 14 21 Dr Morton 16 
V L Cunnyngham... 17 12 12 24 
J S Houston 15 13 11 
A C Paterson 12 .. .. 
C C Hyde 5 .. .. 
F M Smith 5 .. 
De Maris 8 15 
The trophy event was at 25 targets, F. P. Stannard won C] 
A, V. L. Cunnyngham won Class B and A. C. Borroff 
Class C. 
Class A— E. M. Steck 17, F. P. Stannard 25, A. G. Courtney? 
A. W. Adams 23, A. C. Paterson 18, W. D. Stannard 22, J 
Houston 21, Dr. Shaw (visitor) 23, F. Hollister 16. 
Class B— C. W. Carson 10, C. C. Hyde 12, V. L. Cunnyngli 
21, W. D. de Wolf 17, J. Walters 16, R. B. Carson 16. Morrcy 
Class C— A. C. Borroff 19, De Maris 15.- 
The Eurekas desire to extend to the members of Garfield <j 
Club, whose grounds closed Oct. 1, the privilege of shoot 
on their grounds during the month of October, at the sa 
rate as its club members — targets at one cent each. 
A. C. Paterso; 
F Hollister 14 .. H ; 
Dr Shaw 15 13 lj| 
E M Steele, 
W D Stannard 15 1} 
C W Carson 121 
W F de Wolf 9 U 
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No notice taken of anonymous communications. 
Subscriber, Hamilton, Ont— Please state more fully your inqu 
Homing Pigeon No. 98—724 is reported by a Connecticut < 
respondent, to whom it came in a crippled condition on Si 
26; and it died the following day. 
H. C. H., Little Mountain, Ohio.— Is the gray squirrel a mil 
tory animal? I have often wondered why it cannot be for 
in this vicinity until about Aug. 15. Ans. The gray squir 
make remarkable migrations, congrgating in the autumn in 
mense numbers and moving off in the same general directi 
A. H. P., New York.— Is not the bird commonlv and reguli, 
known in this vicinity as a shitepoke a heron? Is "it not the 11 
green heron? If not a heron, what is it? Ans. It is the gr 
heron (Ardea virescens). Coues says of it: "This is a -y 
pretty and engaging little heron, in spite of the ridiculous i 
name by which it is so well known to the great unwas, 
democracy of America." And Wilson wrote of it: "This A 
mqn and familiar species owes little to the liberality of pu 
opinion, whose prejudices have stigmatized it with a very vulj 
and indelicate nickname; and treat it on all occasions as wo 
less and contemptible. Yet few birds are more independent 
man than this; for it fares best, and is most numerous, wl 
cultivation is least known or attended to; ,its favorite reside 
being the watery solitudes of swamps, pools and morasses, wl 
millions of frogs and lizards 'tune their nocturnal notes' in 
chorus, and undisturbed by the lords of creation." 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
The Rod and Gun, 
The hunting grounds and fishing streams of the two Virgij 
are among the most attractive to the true sportsman in 
United States, not alone for the quality of game they offer, 
also for their accessibility to the great cities of the East 
West, the light tax they impose upon the purse, and the pleas; 
given an outing among Virginia mountains by their great so' 
beauty and interesting historic associations. The circuit of 
miles around Clifton Forge, which embraces Bath, Highland 
Alleghany counties, and the great Virginia Springs Basin, is 
questionably the best mountain deer region between the Rjd 
Mountains and the Adirondacks. Speckled trout abound -in 
the streams of both Highland and Alleghany counties, while 1 
are abundant in Cow Pasture, in the James between Clifton Fc 
and Natural Bridge, and in the Greenbrier River, in the vicinit 
Fort Spring and Alderson. For further information add 
H. W. Fuller, General Passenger Agent Chesapeake & Ohio I; 
way, Washington, D. C. — Adv. 
The Rochester Machine Tool Works, of Rochester, N. Y., 1 
recently shipped one of their larger size Buckley Patent W 
Tube Boilers to a party in England, which is designed to c, 
a working pressure of 2501bs. per square inch. This boiler 
tested to a hydrostatic pressure of 6001bs. per square inch \ 
out showing signs of weakness.— Adv. 
The writer would like to communicate with some one 
knows of a good partridge ground within easy traveling 
tance of Buffalo, N. Y., and who can furnish a good dog for 
purpose. Would want to hire services of both dog and ow 
Address Joseph Harris, over No. 272 Main street, Buffalo, N. 
Adv. 
Sycamore Gun Club, of De Kalb, 111. 
tournament Oct. 12-13. 
will hold its annual 
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