460 FOREST AX^D STREAM. Jdec. 3, 
Philadelphia Trap-Shooters' League. 
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 19.— The ninth tournament of the 
Philadelphia Trap-Shooters' League was held to-day on the 
grounds of the Florists' Gun Club, at Wissmorning, under the 
auspices of the Delaware River Gun Club. Rain fell heavily, and 
good scores were hard to make. The Florists' team, with 168 
targets to shoot at, won the team race by 6 targets over then- 
nearest competitors, the Southwark Gun Club, 1S5 targets. In 
the sweeps Jack Hallowell carried off first honors, but he was 
hard pressed all the way through by Ridge, who was only 3 
targets behind. Scores: 
Florists' Gun Club, IBS. 
Anderson ' 1 111111111111111111110111111 
Ball 1111111111111111111 111111110 
Hallowell 011111111111111111111111111 
Smith 1111111111011111111110111011 
Burton' ' 0111110111111111101111011110 - 
Bell imoiiioiiiiooioioioiiioiii 
Southwark Gun Club, 185. 
O 'Brien 11 0111011111101 LI 111 1111111111 1 
Fisher 11 11111111111 1101 101 11111011 101 
Feiix " ' lmiooiiiooiioiimmoimiij 
Ford ......110010101101111111100101110111.1 
Reed 010011111111000111010111101111 1 
Burt .' .111100100110110111111000110101 
Roxborough Gun Club, 182. 
, Pepper 1111101111110111111111111010110 
Kirk 1111101110110011110111111111111 
Free ' 111111111110111101100111101111 
Cowan 010111101011011111111110111111 
McFalls lOHOlOllllin 1 010110111001011 
Butler . . . 11111011000000 1111 1110110111 10 
Clearview Gun Club, 225. 
Miller - .11011111101110110011111111111111111111—33 
Moore OlOOlimOllllO 1111001111111111111111 —30 
Mvers ' ..1011111101111010001011011011111110010 —25 
Fisher .0111110010110100010110111110101101111 -24 
Johnson 01111010001110101101010000110011010011-20 
llarkins - 000110000.001100000000,3011000100011011—10-142 
Silver Lake Gun Club, 176. 
Hahn 110110111111111101010111111111 
Humer llllOUlllllOlllimilOllOOOll 
Woodstager . 01111110111101101111011111111 
Winchester ..10111111101111111100110110111 
Ro wcroft . . .11100101010110110111111010111 
McAfee 0111011110111101110111000011 1 
Independent Gun Club, 126. 
Rjdsre 11111111111111011111111111 
Franklin • 0111111111111101111111101 
Thurman 11101111111101 11111110111 
Houpt llOlllllllllllllHlllOlOO 
Huck , . 1001011100110111111011111 
Delaware River Gun Club, 175. 
Harris 11011101001001111111111011101111111 
Doro . 10100011101010101011 011011110100111 
Cram 01101010110011011110101111001000101 
Westcott lOOOllOlllllWOllOOllllOOOlLU 01101 
Jones .10110100101000000000100000111 1 !0 ( rno 
Frankford Gun Club, 112. 
Bourne ..1111111111111111111111111111 
Redifer 1111101111011001111111101011 
Cameron 1000111010111001111110110101 
Beck 0001100000100000010000100000 
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Sweepstakes : 
Events: 1 2 
Targets: 10 10 
Angles: K U 
Hallowell S 10 
Ridge 9 10 
Billings ~ f 10 
Burton g 7 
Anderson ......... 8 9 
Smith 
Collins ... 
Fisher 
Harris 
Houpt ... 
Franklin 
Beveridge 
Thurman , 
Kirk 
O'Brien .. 
Miller 
West 
Moore 
Bell 
Tohnson . 
Tones ..... 
Ford ...... 
Free ...... 
R G C ... 
Cowan . . . 
Morgan . . . 
McAfee ... 
Stumm 
McFalls .. 
McFalls . 
Phillips .., 
Myers 
J Fisher , 
Vincent . , 
Morrison 
Redifer . 
Rowcroft 
10 S 
3 4 
10 15 
K U 
9 14 
10 13 
7 11 
9 9 
9 12 
10 13 
5 6 
10 10 
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9 8 
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10 6 
7 8 
10 15 
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9 14 
7 14 
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9 9 
8 7 
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10 11 
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Pawling Rod and Gun Club. 
Pawling, N. Y., Nov. 24.— The second annual tournament of the 
Pawling Rod and Gun Club, held on Thanksgiving Day, can be 
called a pronounced success, despite the inclement weather. The 
morning dawned with a decidedly damp prospect, and all the par- 
ticipants that were expected from New York and vicinity were 
evidently frightened by the gloomy outlook and did not appear; 
those from the North and West were evidently made of different 
stuff, and put in their appearance. 
At 10 o'clock the shoot began with six shooters, wrfich num- 
ber was increased to thirteen by noon. The regular programme of 
twelve events was shot out, although the snow and sleet were 
decidedly disagreeable, and it was simply impossible for any one 
to make large scores. Mr. I. Tallman, of Millbrook, who is 
evidently at home in inclement weather as well as when the 
sun shines, , carried away the honors as well as most of the 
wealth. Messrs. H. Nelson and E. I. Foster were also right up in 
the front row.' 
Despite the severe storm the shooters faced the traps for five 
extra events, and even then some of the most enthusiastic 
wished to continue. Had the weather been pleasant there would 
doubtless have been one of the largest attendances of sports- 
men ever seen here. A most bountiful lunch was served in the 
club house at noon, to which all did ample justice. The shoot 
was managed by our new captain, Mr. H. Nelson, who, as usual, 
looked after the various wants of the visiting sportsmen in a most 
agreeable manner, as all present can attest. The cashier's de- 
partment was looked after by Messrs. Daniels, Arnold and Wil- 
liams in a way that was appreciated by all the shooters. 
Referees, Mr. T. E. Roberts and Mr. Morton Haines. Scorer, 
Mr. B. Chapman. 
At the annual election of officers, held this month, the following 
were chosen: President, F. C. Taber; Vice-President, Morton 
Haines; Secretary, G. S. Williams; Treasurer, G. A. Daniels; 
Captain, H, Nelson. 
The scores : 
Events : 
Targets : 
I Tallman 7 8 12 
H Nelson 9 7 15 
E I Foster 9 6 16 
F I -Fenn 6 8 12 
f G Dutcher 7 5 15 
A Tallman 8 5 14 
F C Taber . . 14 
A Betti .. 
G E Sutton .. .. 
Gorham •• 
Bailey , 
Kline - 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
10 10 20 10-20 10 15 
7 20 9 1: 
9 18 8 12 
8 15 10 S 
5 12 6 10 
8 9 10 11 13 13 14 15 16 17 
10 15 20 10 15 10 10 20 10 20 
9 12 16 10 11 6 7 13 9 18 
9 13 12 7 9 
5 
4 10 
3 12 
8 4 7 
4 9 IB 
5 9 14 
6 7 12 
7 12 .. 
7 12 
3 8 
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3 12 
6 6 
6 12 
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4 8 
7 16 
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6 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
East bidelGun Club. 
Newark, N. J., Nov. 24.— The Thanksgiving Day shoot of the 
East Side Gun Club was not as well attended as it might have 
been, but this was. entirely the fault of the inclement weather. 
The shooters who did appear had some good sport. Four live- 
bird events were shot. The first was a handicap, but the rest 
were shot from the 28yds. mark. The scores: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. 
Strader, Jr, 26 22220—4 22222—5 2022201—5 
Strader, Sr. 27 .20220—3 20011—3 2*22201—5 
Baar, 29 20101— 3 20111—4 1112121—7 
Schortemeier, 30 02012—3 10011—3 11210*2—5 
Johnson 20121—4 1210120—5 
No. 4. No. 5. 
Lueddeke , 1011011—5 2022121121—9 
Baar 2111*21— « 0212111111— 9 
Reiboldt 1210120—5 0111201002— 6 
.Schortemeier 0212122—6 1201211221— 9 
Strader. 10*2220—4 
ferment 211111—6 0122211101—8 
Hassiuger 1212202—6 1121021122—9 
i' ichards 21*2112—6 
Voung 112**11—5 0221012212—8 
!-■ ergusoit, jr 2201*12—5 1211212222—10 
Boiling Springs' Turkey Shoot. 
Rutherford, N. J., Nov. 24.— Thanksgiving Day was about as 
}ad a day for trap-shooting as could be imagined, hence the 
shooters did not turn out in as large numbers as was expected. 
The snow tell heavily, and a strong wind blew. Nevertheless 
seventeen shooters participated in the turkey shoot of the Boil- 
ing Springs Gun Club. The-re were three turkey events and 
three ordinary sweeps. Fifteen turkeys were offered, four each in 
-\ T os. 1 and 2, and seven in No. 3. The shooting in the turkey 
events was at 25 targets, handicap allowance. Scores: 
No. 1: G, Piercy, 3, 25; L. Piercy, 4, 24; Hatfield, 6, 23; Hallo- 
well, 1, 22; beeley, 4, 21; Picrson, 10, 20; De Long, S, 22; Tames, 6, 
19; Black, 10 17; Coe, 9, 20; Banta, 4, 24; Van Dyne, 4, 15 
Bock, 4, 14; Paul, 4, 19. 
^,°\, 2 L G o p , ierc y. °. 21 ! L - Piercy, 2, 19; Hatfield, 4, 21; Hallo- 
well, 0, 22; beeley, 4, 19; Pierson, 10, 16; De Long, 5, 23; Black, 10, 
22; Banta, 4 23; Van Dyne, 4, 16; Bock, 4, 18; Paul, 4, 18; 
Jeanneret, 5, 24; Borchart, 8, 25; Frank, 4, 23. 
N ,°- ^n Gl c. Pi< 1 rcy ' „ 3 ' , 20; L - Pi ercy, 4, 20; Hatfield, 6, 25; Hallo- 
well, 0, 20; Seeley, 4, 19; Coe, 9, 25; Banta, 4, 25; Bock, 6, 19; 
faul, 4, 22; Jeanneret, 2, 19. ... 
Sweepstakes: 
Events: 12 3 Events: ' 12 3 
Target s : 25 25 10 Targets : 25 25 10 
G Piercy . . 18 21 5 James 7 
^aul 13 .. .. Bock 6 
Hallowell 22 13 8 Coe 4 
L Piercy 13 18 8 De Long " *. " 8 
Seeley 15 4 Banta 3 
Frank 15 .. Van Dyne " 5 
Pierson 4 Black 6 
Forester j«n Club. 
""Newark, N. J., Nov. 24.— The members of the Forester Gun 
Uub had arranged for a good day's sport on Thanksgiving Day, 
but the day was a most disagreeable one for trap-shooting, and 
everybody was disappointed. A number of prizes left over from 
Saturday s shoot were to have been shot for to-day, but owing 
to the small attendance they have been put over, to be shot for 
on Christmas. The scores to-day were poor, as it was difficult 
to distinguish between the targets and the snowflakes. Events 
IN os. 1, Z, 3, 6, 8, 13 and 14 were at known angles; the balance at 
unknown angles. Scores: 
Events: 
Targets 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
10 10 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
6 9 
4 5 
4 4 
3 5 
J Fleming s 7 13 9 6 4 
Gardener 0 3 
D Fleming 4 k "4 3 5 3 
Dawson 7 
Backus .... . . , '. , '. 3 
C Smith v g 
^° u . n S.--% • .'. .'. 5 6 5 8 4 8 
Whitehead 8 7 14 
Winans 4 3 mt \\ . \\ '[ " " |I 
8 7 
5 7 
5 
6 4 3 5 2 
7 5 2 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
V... 
bel's Shoot at Springfield. 
Springfield, L. I., Nov. 24.— A live-bird and target shoot was 
held here to-dav at Dooley's Hotel. The shoot was managed by 
H enry Knebel, Jr. Four live-bird ^events and two target events 
were shot. The live-bird events were all at 5 birds, $1.50 entry, 
50yds. boundary, 28yds. rise, class shooting. The birds were a 
good lot, but the weather was very bad. Scores: 
No. 1. 
Knebel, Jr 01110—3 
Mott 10100—2 
Smith 01111—4 
Brons 01101—3 
Wood 00100—1 
Nostrand 01010—2 
Biesel 01010—2 
Comb , 
Sprange 
Hauff 
Knebel, Sr 
Pepper 
Dooley 
Target sweeps: 
Targets: 10 a 
Woods 7 5 
Knebel, Jr 8 3 
Pepper 6 3 
Nostrand 6 4 
Mott 9 4 
No. 2. 
01111—4 
11100—3 
11111—5 
10111—4 
10011—3 
10111 — 4 
00100—1 
11000—2 
11100—3 
No. 3. 
10110—3 
No. 4. 
11101—4 
11011—4 
00100—1 
11110—4 
00011—2 
iiioo — 3 
00101—2 
11011—4 
00110—2 
10111—4 
00111—3 
00011—2 
11101-^4 
10101—3 
00011—2 
Targets : 
10 
Hauff 6 
Brons 6 
Higbie 4 
Knebel, Sr S 
Match, 50 targets, $5 a side: Miles 39, Biesel 34. 
Crescent Athletic Club. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. 26.— TJie Crescent Athletic Club's weekly 
shoot was held here to-day. Snow fell heavily, but the members 
stuck to the shooting till all the events had been shot. The 
principal event was the November cup race. Stake won this, and 
the cup becomes his property, he being three targets ahead of 
Geddes, his nearest competitor. In the team shoot for the 
Sykes cup Geddes and Stake won by 8 targets. White beat 
llalleck in a 100-target race by 59 to 54. Scores: 
November cup event: 
Halleck, 15 .1001111010011010010001101011101011101101— 23 
Stake, 3 0111101010111011011111111111 —22 
Kryft, 7 .....01111101110111101101011010110101 —22 
Sykes, 5 111111010101110010110111111 Oil) -21 
Geddes, 0 1101011111101101110101110 —18 
Team shoot for Sykes cup: 
Geddes, 0 0110111111111111111111111 —23 
Stake, 2 100001111111111101111011011 —20—43 
Notman. 4 11111110111111100111011011011 —23 
White, 5 001101010101000101010010001100—12—35 
Match, 100 targets: 
White 11110111101100111110101001111011011111001110111010 
11100011010111100110110010101001101010001010010000—59 
Halleck 10000100111000101110001101000111010100111001010100 
10111101010011011001101101010011101110101110101011—54 
Sweepstakes : 
1 2-3 4 5 6 
25 25 25 25 25 10 
13. .9 14 13 .. 9 
.. 15 .. .. .. ... .. 
.. .. ..12 ..- .. .. 
Events: -1-2 3 4 5 6 Events: 
Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 10 Targets: 
Geddes 18 22 22 18 22 . . Halleck . . 
Krvn 16 17 22 16 17 .. White .... 
Notman 
15 17 17 
5 Sykes 
Brooklyn Gun Club. 
G_ S. rWlLHAMS, Sec'y. 
Nov. 26.— John Wright said he would have a . shoot to-day. no 
matter what the weather wa3. It began to show about noon, and 
it kept on snowing; but Wright and three other Brobklynites 
entertained Louis Harrison, of Minneapolis, Minn., with an after- 
noon shoot in a snowstorm. Nine events were decided, all being 
"for targets only." Scores, follow: 
Events: 123456789 
Targets: 10 10 15 15 15 10 10 15 10 
Harrison 4 11 7 12 7 6 11 7 
Wright ..' 5 7 9 8 10 6 4 8 6 
Davis 4 6 7 9 11 4 5' 9' .. 
Paterson ... 3 .. .. 10 .. 5 3 7 4 
Kimble 8 4 .... 9 .'. 4- 9 
Burkhardt vs. Besser. 
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 24.— In a 100-bird match for a purse of 
$200 and the championship of Buffalo, C. S. Burkhardt defeated 
Otto Besser by the score of 89 to 76. The match was shot at 
Audubon Park, the grounds of the Audubon Gun Club. About 
500 people witnessed the match, and it was the opinion of all 
present that a better lot of birds was never trapped. Betting on 
the result was very lively, Burkhardt being the favorite. He led 
Besser by three birds at the first quarter, by six at the 50th round, 
by nine at the third quarter, and finished thirteen birds in the 
lead. The winner shot U. M. C. factory-loaded shells, l^oz. 
No. IVz shot, 3%drs. Du Pont powder in first barrel, and l%.oz. 
No. 7 in second. Jack Fanning was referee, and Chas. Hebard 
trap-puller. The flight of the birds is given below in Forest and 
Stream's copyrighted trap- score type: 
T-ap score type— Copyright, /si s, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
C S Burkhardt. 
.2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
Otto Besser.. . 
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 -2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 
220222222*0 2 2002022222222 
2 222222 2 22222020 22222222 2— 89 
..1011120111122001120121211 
2112012111102122112002122 
■C^-fwt*^/* T^\/ + ^ + vff^\\\*v*,' ;, -\\ 
2220012112001021210001102 
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01 0 211*2110 2 1 2 2 1 2 1210101 1— T6 
Chas. J. Mover. 
Audubon Gun Club. 
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 26. — The eleventh series of monthly cup 
events for this season was shot to-day at the Audubon Gun Club's 
regular club shoot, and was won by E. C. Burkhardt, who made 
the grand score of 26 out of 27 targets shot at. This event was 
No. 4 on the programme. No. 3 was the club badge shoot. E. C. 
Burkhardt won Class A, E. N. McCarney and R. H. Hebard tied 
for Class B, McCarney winning shoot-off, arid Porter won Glass 
C. On Saturday next the Hebard trophy will be contested for. 
Another feature of to-day's shoot was the match at 50 live birds 
per man between E." C. Burkhardt and E. N. McCarney, which 
was won by McCarney by the score of 42 to 41. The same men 
will shoot a match under the same conditions next Saturday. The 
following is a summary of the scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 15 15 25 25 25 Targets: 15 15 25 25 25 
C Burkhardt 12 13 20 21 19 Smith 9 12 .. 23 .. 
Hebard 10 7 18 19 19 
E Burkhardt 11 12 21 26 .. 
Reid 7 5 14 16 18 
Fanning 13 14 22 21 
Walker 12 9 14 17 16 
Barnes 9 7 14 11 14 
Jacobs 11 18 19 
McCarney .. 17 .. 19 
Porter 15 22 15 
Johnston 12 16 14 
Carroll 17 19 19 
Hammond 23 20 10 
Match, 50 live birds: 
E McCarney 22221220021122202112021202112022120122202222222222-42 
E Burkhardt. . . . .2222*2222*1220220022212112220021012112222212222022—41 
i^.. l'.-.^ . ,' Chas. J. Moyer, 
The One-handed Record. 
Mr. Louis Duryea, of New York city, on New Year's Day, two 
or three years ago, on the New Utrecht grounds, near Coney 
Island, shot a one-handed race with Maj. Coulson. Mr. Duryea 
(who shot under" the name Davenport) defeated his opponent with 
a score which I think was 48. A friend says that Davenport's 
score was 47. Will the editor of Forest and Stream please 
be- so good as to state, at earliest convenience, what was the 
score in this race? The columns of the paper will show it, but I 
have not .the latter accessible. This score is the one-handed record, 
and T would like to have it correctly stated, also terms of race. 
The answer will oblige H. 
[On Jan. 1, 1896, on the grounds of the New Utrecht Gun Club 
at Woodlawn, L. 1., L. T. Duryea and G. W. Coulson shot a 
match, which was to 1 be at 50 birds. Both men stood at 30yds., and 
Duryea was allowed the use of only one hand. His opponent used 
both hands. At the end of the 32d round, with the score standing 
25 to 15 against him, Duryea withdrew. His withdrawal was 
due to the*high wind which blew across the grounds, and placed 
him at a decided disadvantage. On Jan. 7 the same men shot 
another match, with the conditions slightly changed. The match 
was at 50 live birds per man, $100 a side, Duryea to stand at 
28yds. and use one hand, Coulson to stand at 32yds. and allowed 
the use of both hands. The scores were: Duryea 47, Coulson 40. 
One of Duryea's birds fell dead out of bounds.] 
Pennsylvania State Association. 
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 26. — Editor Forest and Stream: I have 
been requested by. the Reed Hurst Gun Club to announce that 
the ninth annual tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sports- 
men's Association will be held at Erie, Pa., May 16, 17, 18 and 
19, 1889. . Elmer E. Shaner, Manager. 
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