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■FOREST AND STREAM. 
Tfap afottnd Reading. 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
Reading, Ta., Jan. 2.— The South End Gun C!ub„ of this city, 
held their annual New Year shoot to-day on the club grounds, on 
Boyer's Island. A heavy snow, which had fallen the day be- 
fore, made a: poor background, especially when the sun shohe 
brightly upon it, and the scores are considered very good. The 
scores follow: 
Events: 1234B67S9 10 1112 
Targets: 25 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
Miles ,. 11 10 8 5 8 5 7 7 5 5 4 6 
Roller ■. 10 9 .. 9 7 4 6.. 3 .. 5 5 
Jeff 13 5 6 . . 3 6 7 8 
Shultz 10 7 .. 6 .. 5 7 9 4 6 .. 
Farr 9 6 6 8 4 5...... 7 5 5 
Yeager 16 8 5 7 5 7 5 7 7 
F Yost 11 7 5 6 6 9 8 4 9 8 8 
James , 5 3 0 4 2 2 
Butler ^ • 13 3 
Gerhart :i2 'i ■ ■ W 3 ., 7 8 10 8 7 
W Texter ^ 1 ........ 0 .... 4 ,. 
Jack 7 .S ., .. S 
Sigmimd - ■ 4 4 
Phoenixville, Pa., Jan. 2.— The Phoenix Gun Club held their 
annual New Year shoot to-day at the Gen. Pike Hotel, the club s 
headquarters. The first event was a live-bird match betiveen John 
Buckwalter and Joseph Holman, 2Syds. rise, 50yds. boundary, re- 
Bucklalter ...121201122112221-14 Holman 122*21221 22222*-! 3 
The second event was the first of a series of three shoots between 
six old members of the Phoenix Club and six young members, 
each man shooting at 26 targets over the magautrap. Ihe score 
^°Centurians-Dunlap 15, Buckwalter 13, Capt. Erb 14, Ilo^e 12, 
Dotterer 11, Rater 7—72. ,„ „ nr-n n 
Yoxmgsters— Edward 9, Capt. Holman 10, Dancy 9, Miller 11, 
Williams 11, Whitaker 5—55. 
Sweepstakes followed: 
Events: 1 2 Events: 
Targets: 10 10 Pargets: 
Holman 8 ■• Dotterer 
Dunlap ■ 8 8 l^aher 
Buckwalter 8 7 Milier 
1 2 
ID 10 
7 8 
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Edwards 7 .. Wuliams 4 6 
Erb 3 .. Whitaker ^ •■ 
Dancy..... 3 4 Hodge.. i 
West Chester, Pa., Jan. 2.-The West Chester Gun Club held 
a club shoot to-day, there being several events, all at '■S targets, 
with a total entrance ot §1.25. The scores as a rule were good. 
The °f events:^ ^ ^^^^^^ 
Targets": |5 25 25 25' Targets: 
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19 20 18 15 uill 17 18 19 
12 3 4 
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Howard •*•'■; 7^ r;; t i 
Green 18 17 16 13 Jack 
Norristown, Pa., Jan. 2.-pwing to the ^^^^^ '/'"f.^^^^'^f S?.',. 
there was a small turnout of the Penn Oun Club shooters, lar- 
get shooting was indulged in, with the loDowmg scores: 
Hi iii 
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Franklin 1/ i« iV . , 
Pottsville Pa Jan. 2.— The Pottsville Gun Club held two big 
swefpst^e'shooti4 matches here to-day. ^^^<^,.%'l^'^' 
birds; C. F. Seltzer carrying oft farst money, with Lamar I ritchard 
second. The second was at targets, each man shootmg at 15. 
The event was won by Hope Hoover with a score, of 14 out of 15. 
The Hve bi^d event, 8 live birds, 28yds. rise, 50yds. boundary, re- 
&Tsdtie,^:r:..,..121222---6 Prichard 11121-0-5 
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New Triooli Pa. Jan. 3.— The Keystone Gun Club, of this 
nlfce just organizedl, held their first shoot to-day at live birds. 
The principar eTent ^as the cmb shoot, 10 live birds, 28yds, rise, 
50yds. boundary. The score: 
Ayres S?2H : --^^m^*-^ 
Hoffman ............ 0-2i2101i2-7 bnyder 
Miller 02^2^12121-9 biuler .. 
Dr Krauss o*2'^222i:22-S Weiss .. 
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212i222'u*— 7 
Duster. 
CincinQati Guo Clob vs. Buckeye Gun Club. 
Tan. 2.-The return match between the Cincinnati Gun Club 
and the Buckeye Gun Club was shot at Dayton, O., to-day. The 
open n| congest of the former club's new grounds was between 
these two clubs, a fevv months ago,, on which occasion visUors 
were the victors by the narrow margin of 2 taigets. 1 here were 
T\^n eighteen men on a side. In to-day's event there were thirty 
"'a commmee'^'ihe home shooters met the visitors at the train 
and escorted them to the grounds, where a large tent, m which 
tas a hot stove, made comfortable quarters for the shooters. Some 
Sweepstake shooUng filled in the time till noon, when a warm 
funcheon was servid, after which the main event was begun 
Among those present'were Messrs. F. H. Lamping Emile ^erk 
and Mr. Fisher, of Cincinnati; Mr. John Parker, ot Detroit, Mr. 
J. J. Hallowell. Bridgeport, Conn ; Mr. tred Devine Utica N. Y^ 
After the match was over, the home club gave a hne supper m 
honor of t^e visitors, and paid them every courteous attention 
possible. The two elubs will endeavor to arrange a series of con- 
tests between clubs of Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Dayton. 
The condldons were 50 targets per man, and the Visitors won 
fev the large number of 109 targets. ^ t^. , on tj „ 
Cincinnati Gun Club-R. Trimble 47, A. C, Dick 39 Penn 38 
Frederick 42, J. C. Small 41, Kirsch 41, L. C. Smith 4o Gambell 
41 Stub Lmdsley 34, King 40, Schatzman 41, See 44, Roll 28, 
W M Perin 40 W^anda 28, Randall 39, Alaynard 40, Ahlers 44, 
Mackie S^ Nye 40, Smiley 36, Squier 44, Nagel 44 Dunn 39 Miller 
42 Falk 40, Roberts 38, Hall Breed 31, E. Irimble 41-1179. 
Buckeye G^n Club-McDonald 41, K.eiaber 34, Mumma 38, Wroe 
46 wlson 24, J. Craig 38, Schuman 22, Storms 30 Barr 3b. 
Macklev 33 Altick 40. btark, 37, Protsman 41, Glasser 33, Babcock 
Igf Potncfk Schwind 36, ivlathews 33, Achey 30, Long 40, Thorn- 
son 40, Senour 3?, R.ke 46, Raymond 40, Z. Craig 40 Adams 3i, C. 
Lowery 42, Heikes 49, Meyers 21, L. Lowery 32—1070. 
Extra s>^eepstake, 15 targets, $1 entrance torty-three entries 
four moneys: Gambell lU, Ahlers 13, Roberts 10, Nagel 12, 
FrederTcT?u Nye 13. Half Breed 8, Mackie 9, Stub 9, R- '^nTnble 
15 A. C. Dick 14, Penn 12, Squier 8, l^alk 11, Dunn 9, bee 7. 
Heikes 15, Lindsley 10, Kmg H, Miller 12, R.ke 14, Maynard 12, 
E Trimble 13. Roll U, Tom 12, Raymond 12, Uaig 9, Wilson 12. 
Bkrr 12 L C Smith 14, McDonald 13, Poince 6, Long 11, Adams 
12 Glasser "9, Kirsch 12, Wroe 11, Protsman 11. Mumma 13, Randall 
lo", Kiefaber lu, Babcock 12, Uocker 4. 
Heikes- -and 'I nmble divided first money ; Dick, Rike and L. 
C. Smith second; Ahiers, Nye, Mumma and McDonald third, and 
Raymond received fourth. 
Harrisburg Shooting Association, 
. Harrisburg. Pa., Jan. 3.-On the grounds of the Harrisburg 
Shooting Association, Monday, Jan. 2, came off the sixth annual 
Banquet Club contest, the losing team to pay for a supper for both 
teams: conditions, 10 live birds per man. 
A cold, raw day, with a deep snow and bright sun glare made 
it nrettv difficult shooting, and kept away a number who would 
otherwise have been present under different weather conditions. 
• Ch"S Sellers high sheriff of Dauphin, and Geo. L. Uoehne, the 
erenial were 'appointed, who in turn selected their teams on the 
eround The birds were an elegant lot, and some elegant seconds 
brought forth applause from the crowd present. 
Doehne, capt. . .1112021222-- 9 Sellers, capt. . . -2002220220- 6 
Brewster ..... ..lUmrai-M bu. ivan ........ .2i2i2jll^2- 9 . 
T»;ii . za^Z'W^'ii- 1-^ McLann ........ 2.i02z22j0— 6 
McKee' '".V.I.. .0012012210- 6 Wade .211W222101- 7 
Brown . 212z220.>21- 8 Conroy 2012220212- § 
tirown 2200220110- C Van Zandt ....0201100001-4 
Mmlr':::.:::.:.um22oi20- ? Conroy ......... 20122i|l^ S 
Smith ......... .2ix02i5ji.ii— 8 \v uliams 1120102201— 7 
Dallas .....2212021122- 9 Seidel ......... .2212010220- 7 
Fortney .112o2o2022- 7 Porter ........ .2201122121- 9 
Bellwood 2222110200- 7 Franklin ....... 1202201221- 8 
§?iman : ::::ao22022ia- a_95 Marshall „.,.... M1202-- 7-8S 
* * No Game Pqc 
Trap at Spriagfie!d. 
Springfield, L. I., Jan, 3. — The scores below are of Holiday 
sweepstakes, shot at Dooley's Hotel. In No. 1, live-bird shoot, 
Dooley and -Bookman divided on the third round of the tie, miss- 
and-out. In No. 2 all ties were divided. The contestants stood 
at 28yds., 50yds. boundary. Each event was at live birds: 
Events: 123456789 10 
Targets: 10 5 5 5 3 5 5 10 10 10 
Dooley 6 4 .. 4 3 .. .. 10 8 6 
Langdon 5 5.. 5.. 3 3 9 6 6 
Knebel, Jr 7454 .. 4488S 
Tesse ....,-,.„..,,,..<........,.. 7 3 .. .. 
Mott , ..■ 4 10 .. 
Jacob .. .. 2 . 
Bookman .. 3 ,. 9 .. .. 
Andrews 2 .. .. 7 ... . 
Smith 3 4 2 
Walters 2 . . . . 6 . - 
Sprange , .. 1 4 .. .. .. 
Nostvand .. ,. . -- . 3 , 
Combs 10 . . . . 
Woods 7 .. ,. 
Stony . . . . S . . . . 
Baylfs 10 .. .. 
Kelly .. 6 .. 
Live birds: 
Dooley , 4 .. 3 Andrews 4 .. .. 
Stoney 4.. 5 Knebel, Jr 3 3 4 
Smith 4 4 4 Sprange 3 .. 
Langdon 3 5 ., Nostrand 1 4 
Bookman 4 .. .. 
New Utrecht Gun Club. 
Woodlawn, L. I., Jan. 2.— The birds were good, but the sun, 
shining brightly on the snow, made a glare, which made very 
difficult shooting, especially at the white birds. It was a 
beautiful day and we had a very good attendance. 
No. 1 was a match race at 15 live birds. No. 2 was at 5 birds, 
class shooting. No. 3 was at 5 birds, high guns. Nos. 4 and 6 
were 5-bird sweeps: 
No. 1: 
Conny Ferguson, Jr 2222*1*01120121-11 
■ C Ferguson 020222*02*12222—10 
No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 6. 
E G Frost 20222—4 12222—5 ..... 22222—5 
Coniiv Ferguson, Jr 12212—5 10122—4 
F A 'Thompson 22122-5 20122—4 12212—5 21222—5 
f Gaughen 20222—4 20021—3 10112—4 21221—5 
'E Lohman .r.... 21220—4 11002—3 
C Ferguson 22*22—4 02202— 3 20202— 3 ..... 
Symes, Tr 02202—3 20202—3 
W H Thompson 10110—3 *2*12— 3 
B Donley 21111—5 
M Otis 22022-^ 
Holiday cup shoot: 
Class A 
J Gaughen, 29 2122112121—10 J Simes, 28.. ^ **12*22222— 7 
W Thompson, 28. .2122111021— 9 B Donley, 28 221021 "120- 7 
C Furgueson, 31. .2222222022— 9 F Thompson, 28. .. .2020*02201— 5 
Class B. 
E Frost, 28 2*00112220— 6 M Otis, 28, guest. .2222021022— 8 
P George, 27 2*121010*1— 6 
Woodlawn. L. I., Jan. 7.— Good shooting was impossible, with 
the high wind that was blowing across the traps on Saturday. 
In the match for the plate Deacon was the challenger. Live 
birds Saturday, Jan. 14. 
Club* shoot: 
D Deacon 1110100111011101010110110—16 
P E George 0100010111111111100001111-16 
D C Bennett ' T. ...... .1011100101011011110001011— 15 
W H Thompson lllllilJOUlOOOOOOumOlOl— 13 
F A Thompson 0111101101010001000011001—12 
H L O'Brien 0110011011100010100100000—10 
E G Frost 00] 01011100000000010001 01— 8 
Brust gun shoot: 
D C Bennett ,1011111011011101111111111—21 
W H - Thompson 1000111110111100111011111—18 
'H L O'Brien 0111011111101110111100001—17 
F A Thompson IIIIOIOIIIUOIOIIOOOIIOIII— 16 
P E George 0000111100011111011110111—16 
J Gaughen 1100011110110101011101000—14 
D Deacon llOlOOllOloOlllOlOOlOlOOO— 12 
E G Frost OlOOOllllOJOOlOllUOlOOOOO— 9 
Fifteen-target sweep: Deacon 12. Frost 10, George 10, Gaughen 
9, W. H. Thompson 9, O'Brien 8, Rasch 7, F. A. 'Ihompson 5. 
Ten-fcird sweep: George 7, F. A. Thompson 6, W. H. Thomp- 
son 6, Dr. O'Brien 6, Frost 6, Rasch 5, Gaughen 5. 
Match for challenge plate, 30 singles and 10 doubles: Gaughen 
29, D'eacon 22. 
Ten-bird sweep: George 9, Deacon 7, Bennett 7, F. A.- 
Thompson 6, Gaughen 6, W. H. Thompson 5, O'Brien 2. • 
Ten-bird sweep: F. A. Thompson 7, George 7, Gaughen 7, 
Frost' 5, Rasch 1. 
E. G. Frost. Sec'y. 
Sumpter vs. Smith. 
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 24. — These two crack amateur shots met in 
a 100 live-bird race at Dupont Park to-day, with the result that the 
Arkansaw Traveler came off victorious by the small margin of 
one' bird. The score was 93 to 92. Notwithstanding the close- 
ness of the final score, the race was not as interesting as this 
would indicate, for Sumpter was in superb form, assuming the 
lead early in the race and maintaining it throughout. He killed 
his first 20 straight, and scored 72 out of his first 75. This in- 
cluded a run of 41 straight— from his 27th to, his 68th, inclusive. 
At this juncture he led the Doctor 4 birds, and it was readily 
conceded that he had the race won. The Doctor got rather a 
poor start, but he finished strong, and came very near overhauling 
his opponent. As it is, he put up a capital race, and he confi- 
dently believes he can reverse the decision in another match of 
this kind. Under these circumstances, it is more than likely 
that another match will take place in the near future. 
The conditions of the race were: 100 birds per man, $100 a side, 
loser to pay for the birds, A. S. A. rules. The weather conditions 
■ were superb, and favorable to the shooters. Each contestant shot 
a Smith gun, Du Pont powder and U. M. C. Trap shells. 
Trap score iype— Copyright, iS^Q, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 
525 2 151354.3 311li35412 5»4&l 
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Hell Gate G«a Clob. 
New York, Dec. 30.— I inclose you the yearly report of th<- 
Hell Gate Gun Club, showing the number of points made bv 
each member, and also his percentage. Our club uses the poir 
system. You no doubt will be surprised at the number of priz 
winners mentioned, but the club gives two prizes, and the re.st 
have been donated by our members, which makes it verj' inte; 
esting. We have our annual meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 31, wh§i 
we win have the election of officers and distribution of prized 
We had eleven club shoots during the year. 
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C Rabenstein. . 28 
J Schlicht 28 
E Petersen .28 
T P Dannefelser 28 
J Wellbrock 28 
P Garms 28 
Cr Lang 28 
L T Muench 28 
F Wehler 28 
L Stelzle..,.. 28 
E Meckel...,, , 28 
Aug Schmitt 2.S 
J' Himmelsbach 28 
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D Valenti.... 28 
H Ilafften 28 
J Newman 28 
P Geipel ....28 
J Linck 28 
J Kessler j 28 
H Koch 28 
F W Richter 28 
J Kreeb 28 
]•: Karl 28 
W A Noe 28 
C H Schmidt '^8 
p Brennan 28 
Geo K Breit 28 
E Marquard 28 
C Wigger..... 2S 
A Knodcl..... 28 
F Guy.... 28 
J Bade 28 
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Tied for sixteenth, seventh, eighteenth ?nd nineteenth, C. Raben 
stein twentieth. t"°EKE Boeinck, becy. 
Montgomery "Ward & Co. Diamocd Badge. 
Chicago, 111., Jan. 6.-The tenth contest io/ the Montgomeo 
Ward & Co. diamond medal took place at Watson s Park. Th( 
contest is a handicap as to distance, with extra birds also allowed, 
the distance handicap is given after the names of the shooters, th. 
birds allowed being given before the names. In shooting ot 
the ties half the number of extra birds first allowed are shot at 
that is, to say, if a shooter has 6 extra birds to shoot at m the mait 
event: he has 3 in the ties; if 5, then 2 m the ties. The ties 01 
10 will be shot off on Friday, Jan. 13: 
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Paul R. Litzke. 
Tlie Fo'k-es* and Stream is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach «s at the 
latest by Monday a»d as much earlier as praaicabk- 
^nmvetf to §om$pand^nh. 
No notice taken of anonymous ccmmunJ cat ions, 
n M New York.— Considering the nervous condition of yo% 
puppy and his inexperience, %ye would advise you t° p!«« ^l^" 
T farm where he will have perfect liberty till next fall. He =hoiiJ 
be peTm Ited to go Ifield with the men at work, and hunt and cha^ 
at.pleasurl Your description would indicate that the puppy 
mentally weak. If the treatment recommended above does n^ 
improve him, no improvement then is to be hoped for. 
G E I , Kingston. N. Y.-I have a Great Dane who injured eti 
of his tai in some way, and the vetermarian found it ne«ssa? 
.-nt off -ibout '^in He gave me a mixture of zinc, etc., to be pi 
rn twice It rmw looks healthy and should heal but tl 
d"<^ Ucks It as'soon a" the scab forms, and takes off any bandas 
1 may put on. 1 have tried various devices ot rubber, etc 
Kit owing to the taper of ihe tail the dog can get them off. An 
A ead er^mmzle so arranged that it wiU prevent h.m from 
his teeth on the injured part will accomplish what you desire. 
W A L Fort Smith, .^rk.— What causes the recoil when a she 
eunis fired? Is it the starting of the shot charge or the rushiE 
fnto the barrel of the air after the charge leaves the muzzle, j 
Ihe pressure of the sliot as it goes through the barrel, or the a 
resisianec' Ans. Anything which increases the resistance - 
the explosion increases the recoil, 'Ihe e.Kplosion has equal ion 
in ill directions, but follows the line of least resistance. Tl 
charge of shot with the column of air in front of it offers .le 
resistance than the breech of the gun; therefore the shot is dnv 
out The air otn-side the barrel offers additional obstruction to ll 
ou going lasc-s. and therefore is a base ol resistance. 1 he rus 
o aTr imo the gun after firing is not of any importance m th 
connection. On this point Greener says; "Iheoreticaily, tl 
recoil should commence as soon as the projectile is set in motto- 
hut as it requires more time to move a heavy gun from a cO' 
dh on o rest\han it takes t^ overcome the inertia of the light pr 
iectile. and drive it from the muzzle,, the effect of. most of the t 
Mi! is not observable until the conditions which produce U lia' 
ceased." 
