478 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 17, iSgg. 
kedwing 500 
Kelsey 500 
F E Mallory...500 
Whitney .500 
Bhorty 500 
Hood .500 
465 
.930 
Vail 
....500 
45'! 
.908 
462 
.925 
Meyers , , 
. , .500 
454 
.9(W 
461 
.922 
Rikc , 
. . ..500 
453 
.906 
459 
.9U2 
453 
.906 
458 
.918 
...,B00 
453 
.906 
457 
.914 
..-..500 
453 
.906 
The Expert Averages, 
To the ten hig^h guns of the experts who shot through the en- 
tire programme of the first three days, the club gave $10 each. 
To the first average, the club gave a gold watch charm set with 
a diamond. The club defined experts as those who were manu- 
facturers' agents or who are known and recognized as professional 
trap-shooters. First average in this class was won by Mr. R. O. 
Heikes, who broke 46S out of the .500 shot at, an average of .936, 
Leroy being close up with .934, and Fanning in turn following 
close with .922. The ten high men for the three days were: 
Shot Shot 
at. Broke. Av. at. Broke. Av. 
Heikes 500 468 .936 Banks 500 451 .902 
Leroy 508 467 .934 FuHord 500 447 .«94 
Fanning 500 461 .922 J H Hull 500 440 .880 
McMurchy .....500 455 .910 Swiveller 500 433 . 866 
Hallowell 500 453 .906 Apgar 500 433 .866 
Tte New York City Tr ophy. 
This trophy is a beautiful, large silver cup. valued at $200, and 
was donated by members who reside in iNew York city. It is 
emblematic of the target chamiponship of the State of New York. 
Ihe condiiions in this shoot were that the shooter making the 
highest score in the first three days' programme — that is, the high- 
est average on a total of 500 targets^ — should be the winner, and the 
competition was open to all residents of New Y'^ork State, profes- 
sional and amateur. The winner of the cup executes a bond in 
tlae sum oi $200 to the State Association as a guarantee for the 
return of the cup. 
Mr. F. D. Kelsey was the successful competitor, on a record of 
460 targets broke out of the 500 shot at, an average of 92 per cent. 
Fourth Day, Friday, Jane 9. 
The weather had changed in a way to make favorable conditions 
for big scores. Hardly a breath of air was stirring till late in the 
afternoon. The sky was hazily overcast, the sun being hidden, 
but the light was soft and good. The targets held to true flights 
and were sharply distinct in the even light. There was no retrac- 
tion on gun barrels or targets, or glare to strain the eyes, and 
there consequently was a general improvement in scores under 
the improved conditions. There was a falling off in the number 
of shooters. The target programme was hnished early in the 
afternoon, and there were but two of them on the programme, 
namely, the Gold Dust Powder event, $2.50 entrance, five moneys, 
and a'llb. can of Gold Dust powder and powder measure to each 
of the fifty high guns. There were sixty-six competitors in this 
event, of whom Weidebusch, Glover and Fanning made straight 
scores, while Hull, Boa, Hood, Griftitb, Ruble, Dade, Kelsey, Stine, 
Meyer, Rike, Leroy and Apperson missed but one each. The 23s 
were Swiveller, Vail, Wayper, Bver, VVride, Kirkover, Storr, Ful- 
ford, Allison. Ward, F. E. Mallory, L. E. Mallory, Heikes, Whit- 
ney, Hawkins, Fleming, Powers and Apgar. 
No. 2 was the main event of the day, and was about the only 
one of the meeting wliich gave the manufacturers' agents a chance 
to compete for sometiiing of material and immediate advantage, as 
it was a handicap at 50 targets, open to all, entrance $5. There 
were six prizes, valued at nearly $1,000. These, after the event 
was finished, were sold on a cash basis, the amount, $582, being 
then equally divided between the twenty-four who tied on 50, wlio 
were Heikes and McMurchy— both scratch men — and Carr, Tuttle, 
Reinicke, Howe, Bessemer, Stinc, E. S. C., Morfey, Meyer, Mc- 
Cord, V^'^hitney, Hawkins, Powers, Leroy, Gates, Leuschner, 
Denny, Weidebusch, Wride, Hopkins, Hood and Storr. Each re- 
ceived $24.25. There were three of the Baltimore squad straight in 
this event — flood, Storr and Hawkins. There was no wrangling or 
unpleasant feature in this event, as there was with the Alerchan- 
dise event of the second day. The scores of both events are given 
in the table below: 
Events : 
Events : 
Audubon 
Gold Dust. Handicap. 
Targets : 25 50 
Hobbie 18 
A C H 16 ,. .— .. 
Hull 24 
Weidebusch .... 25 46 4—50 
Spross /j. 22 42 3-^5 
Vail 23 .. .— .. 
R H Hebard.... 20 36 7-^3 
Elliott 22 .. „ 
Wayper 23 .. '.— .. 
Byer 23 45 4—49 
Wride 23 43 7—50 
Kirkover 23 45 2-47 
Zoeller 21 43 4-^7 
J S Boa 24 45 4—49 
Atwater 18 .. .— .. 
Storr 23 47 3—50 
Malone 22 43 4-^7 
Hood 24 48 2—50 
Fulford 23 45 2-47 
Hammond 21 .. . — .. 
Allison 23 45 4-^9 
Grffith 24 45 2-47 
Slade 19 37 5—42 
Hopkins 22 48 4—50 
Ruble 24 ...—.. 
Ward 23 41 4^5 
Foxie 44 5—49 
McMurchy 50 0—50 
Denny 45 5 — 50 
Deremo 39 7—46 
Poole 40 7—47 
Wheeler 43 4—47 
Fairburn 43 4—47 
Willey 43 5—48 
Brigden 40 7-47 
W H Brown .... 44 4—48 
Pumpelly 45 4—49 
L Bennett 36 5—41 
Du Pont 46 3—49 
Audubon 
Gold Dust. Handicap. 
Targets: 25 50 
F E Mallory. ... 23 46 2—48 
S T Mallory 17 .. .— - ■ 
Dade 24 46 3-49 
J T MaUory 17 .. .— . • 
L E Mallory.... 23 .. .— . ■ 
Heikes 23 50 0-50 
Sweeney '20 44 4-^S 
Carr .........v.. 21 47 4-50 
Tuttle .... 20 47 4—50 
Kelsev 24 47 2-49 
Reinecke 19 47 4-50 
Lodge 17 38 7^5 
Kennedy 18 44 5-49 
Glover 25 45 2-47 
Howe 22 46 4-60 
Trego 21 46 3-49 
Bessemer 22 46 5—50 
Stine 24 46 4—50 
Fairbairn 17 39 7-37 
ESC 24 45 5—50 
Morfey 22 47 3-50 
Meyer 24 49 2—50 
McCord 22 47 4—50 
Whitney 23 48 2—50 
Bartlett 21 46 3-49 
Remsen 18 40 3-^3 
Shorty 22 ...—.. 
Fanning ...25 47 1-48 
Hawkins 23 48 2-50 
Courtney 21 45 4—49 
Rike 24 47 2-49 
Fleming 23 43 3-46 
Powers ......... 23 49 1—50 
Leroy 24 49 1—50 
Apgar 23 42 3^5 
Apperson 24 47 2-49 
J R Hull 21 44 3-47 
Gates 22 48 4—50 
Swiveller ....... 23 42 4—46 
Leuschner 22 48 6—50 
The Dean Richmond Trophy. 
This was the State event, the only one of the programme, and 
was shot off at 15 live birds, $20 entrance per tearn, birds extra. 
60 per cent, of purse and trophy going to first team, 40 per cent, 
to second. Two clubs tied for first on a score of 42 — the Audubon 
Gun Club and the Onondaga County Shooting Association. They 
agreed to divide the money, but shot off for the trophy on 5 birds. 
They tied again, the, score being 13 each. On the second tie the 
Audubons killed straight, while the Oneidas lost two birds. The 
Audubons thus won the trophy. 
There were eight teams in this contest, three men to each team. 
Mr. T. W. Morfey refereed the first 15 birds. Mr. L. H. Schorte- 
meier refereed the shoot-off. There was a dense crowd spread far 
and deep on eacli side witnessing this contest, and the applause 
which greeted the victors bore testimony to the great interest 
felt in the event. 
The birds were a very poor lot as a whole, many sitting when 
the trap was pulled or dawdling away on the wing in the most 
indifferent manner. Occasionally a good bird was trapped, but 
such was the exception. Nevertheless, there were a number of good 
kills made, which evoked great applause. Many of the long shots, 
however, were due more to the slow time of the shooter than the 
swiftness of the birds. With the better shooters, the birds were 
rarely hard for the reason that such shooters never permitted the 
birds to get far enough from the trap to become hard. 
The sensational ' shot of the event was Glover's Utli, a lubberly 
dark bird, which flew about as fast as could a wheelbarrow if it 
had wings. He missed it clear with his first barrel, though it 
rose slowly; then he held his fire, and, waiting till the bird la- 
boriously and slowly flew overhead toward him, missed it neatly 
and widely, to the great hilarity of the multitude. Courtney's 
2d, 7th. 9th and 10th were fairly good birds. Gates' 9, 10 and H 
were all good, two of which were missed. McCartney's 4th and 
5th were good ones. Dalley's 1st and 4th were his hardest, although 
his 9th, a miss, was not at all easy. Kirkover had a swift second 
bird, and a good quartering incomer in the 11th. Heinhold's birds 
were all quite easy. Cooper's 4th, 6th and 9th were his hard ones. 
Meyer caught a corker in the 6th, and it almost got out of bounds, 
though hard hit. Mosher had a straight score till his last, a ?iot 
Btraightaway. Dr. Kilburn's 4th and 5th were his hardest. 
Emond's two misses were on swift birds. Morris was favored with 
easy ones. Burkhardt shot in quick time, and an uphill race, 
having missed his tjrst, Reinecke drew easy ones,. SgS's last b\r(3 
was -a hot left incomer, atld was missed. Byer had easy ones. 
McMurchy shot as a man who would, not he denied what he 
wanted. .FuUord had several hot ones, but he negotiated them 
very neatly, according to their , needs. Stacy's averaged very 
easy, but he showed he could shoot better ones if they chose to 
appear. Papworth's first was about the hardest one he had, and he 
treated it to a goose egg. Kelsey shot in good form, though los- 
ing his first, McCarney's three misses were on good birds. A 
circling incomer tangled Foxie in the first, and was the only one 
he failed to register correctly. Glover was not in his usual good 
form. 
The wind blew from the shooters to the traps, about a 7 o'clock 
wind, thougli it was so mild it had little if any effect on the birds. 
■The sky was cloudy when the race began, but the sun broke forth 
in the fifth round, in the ninth round it became cloudy again. 
The details are all set forth in the scores, which follow: 
Trap score type— Copyright, /Spp, by PorMt and Stream Pub. Co. 
Syracuse Gun Club. 
122461152582248 
A G Courtney 1 2012102111012 1-12 
G A Mosher. 
845111152582248 
\S \ \ K!' T N^"^ / "V T 
.222222212221221- 
■14 
5518452454S1428 
H McMurchy 22222212 s! 2128 1—15—41 
Oneida County Shooting Association. 
245553153284584 
H L oates 2 22 2 2 2 *2022221 2—12 
242524421135185 
Kdburn. , 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2—15 
252125442641313 
E D Fulford , 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1—15-42 
Cazenovia Gun Club. 
325543551421288 
W McCarthy , , , , ..Va" o~0 1 V^'l'l V 2'2'o^^— 12 
645543282281254 
F Emond 1 2121022121021 2—18 
512214182225452 
R Stacy 2 2 2 2 222 2 222221 1—15-40 
Baldwinsville Shotgun and Rifle Club. 
28651238 2 443184 
Dalley 0 0222 2 1'*012 2 22 2—11 
531184435123812 
W Morris.. 2 *121222122102 2-13 
126522811881415 
Papworth 0 112112 2 221121 1—14—88 
Audubon Gun Club. 
544 2 11353824154 
H D Kirkover 2 2 2 2 U 2 2 * 2 2 2 2 2 2 2—14 
515141241144855 
C S Burkhardt 0 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2—14 
2 51444126553183 
F D Kelsey 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2—14 ■ 
Peoria Gun Club. 
14854453212125 2 
42 
F C Heinold 2 2122221212112 0—14 
238458232112555 
+-?->H/^->\->»i'-»\< — >4,T 
F Reinecke 1 2 20*1221222 2 1 2—13 
551253 2 22322454 
E N McCarney 1 a012011il2202 1-12—39 
Bison Gun Club. 
214315358522285 
Cooper .1 1 1 0 1 * 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2—18 
888. 
Foxie. 
Meyer. 
Byer. 
Glover 
851342255514585 
..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 a 2 2 2 iJ 2 2 0—14 
5 1 5 4 2 8 561842535 
. .0 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 
2 2 2 2 2- 
-14—41 
Rochester Rod and Gun Club, 
24245 2 2418 2 4443 
JT^ .^i i t \ N-^/^ ^ 
1 1 2 11 2 02111112 a-14 
622451555535323 
^ T <-^->< — K-H ^ \-*-( — 
1 1122111 1 11021 1—14 
12 5 1S4445552854 
-> <-N Sx /I Si 1 1 '\ N ^ 1^ 's 
, 1 2 *22222020112 2-12- 
Thc Shoot-Off. 
40 
The shoot-ofl" for the trophy evoked the most intense interest 
and excitement. When Kirkover finished straight the applause 
was tumultuous, almost equal to the applause of the winning team 
when the last shot was fired. 
The Syracuse Gun Club and the Bison Gun Club divided second 
money. The scores: 
Audubon Gun Club. 
Second Tie. 
Third 'lie. 
H D Kiikov er. . 
5 2 5 4 4 
2 2 2 2 2—5 
4 4 15 5 
< — ^ 
2 2 2 2 2-5 
1 5 3 2 1 
0 2 a 2 2 -4 
4 3 15 2 
2 2 2 2 2— B 
24554 28521 
.,..2 2 2 " 2— 4-13 2 2 2 2 2—5 15 
Oneida County ^hooting Association. 
35454 52553 
, 0 2 2 1 2—4 2 2 2 2 2-5 
2 2 8 8 1 
2 2 0 2 2-4 
5 4 5 4 5 
— > 
2 0 11 2-4 
5 2 15 1 
2 2 2 2 1-5 
-13 
2 12 13 
2 110 1—4-13 
Guns, powders and shells used in the Dean Richmond trophy 
contest were as foUo\«'s: 
Gates used a Greener gun, Schultze powder and trap shells. 
Fulford used a Remington gun, Schultze powder and trap shells. 
Kilbourne used a Francotte gun, Cchultze powder and trap shells. 
Courtney used a Remington gun, Schultze powder and trap shells. 
McMurchy used a Smith gun, Schultze powder and trap shells. 
Mosher used a Syracuse gun, Du Pont powder and smokeless 
shells, ■ ' , 
Myer used a Smith gun, E. C. powder and trap shells. 
Byer used a Parker gun, Gold Dust powder and trap shells. 
Glover used a Parkei- gun, Schultze powder and trap shells. 
Foxie used a Smith gun, Du Pont powder and smokeless shells. 
Cooper used a Lefevre gun, Du Pont powder and smokeless 
^'saa^'used a, Smith g«P, Laflin & Rand powder and trap sheUs. 
Kirkover used a Parker gun, Du Pont powder and trap shells. 
Kelsey used a Smith gun, Schultze powder and trap shells. 
C. S. B. used a Parker gun, Du Pont powder and trap shells. 
Emond used a Smith gun, Du Pont powder and trap shells. 
McCarthy used a Colt gun, Du Pont powder and trap shells. 
Stacey used a Francotte gun, Du Pont powder and trap sliells. 
Heinold used a Greener gun, Du Pont powder and trap shells. 
McCarney used a Parker gun, Du Pont powder and trap shells. 
Reinecke used a Syracuse gun, Du Pont powder and trap shells. 
Papworth used a Lefevre gun, Du Pont powder and smokeless 
shells. 
Dalley used a Greener gun, Du Pont powder and smokeless 
shells, 
Morris used a Lefevre gun, Du Pont powder and smokeless 
shells. 
Guns, Powders and Shells. 
Only an approximate mention of the number of each kind of 
guns, powders and shells used can be given, although one, man 
occupied himself diligently in gathering the information here- 
with given : 
Guns: Smith, 39; Parjcer, 32; Lefevre, 16; Winchester, 12; Rem- 
ington, 9; Greener, S; Francotte, 7; Baker, 4; BurgesSj 2;, i^echtel, 
1; Scott. 1; Purdey, 1; Syracuse, 1. 
Powders: Du Pont, 59; Schultze, 29; E. C, 14; Hazard, 11; 
L. & R., 9; Kings, 6; Gold Dust, 4; Troisdorf, 1; Oriental, 1; 
Walsrode, 1. 
Shells: U. M. C, 101; Winchester, 37; Peters, 6; U. S,, 1. 
Side Lights. 
The Baltimore Shooting Association was represented by seven 
members, who wore black blouses, on the breast of which in 
orange letters was the legend, "Baltimore S. A." The oriole colors 
were well to the front from start to finish. On the first day the 
squad members, Messrs. Hood, Waters, Hawkins, Malone, Storr 
and Fox, finished first in the amateur teams, averaging .915 for the 
whole squad. In the eighth event they broke 95 out of 100; in 
the ninth event, 94 out of 100. On the second day, fourth event, 
15 targets, they broke 73 out of 75 and on the third day, in the 
first event, they broke 72 out of 75. Hood Waters' average on 
the first day, .968, was a great percentage; on this day he broke 
54 straight. The squad's average for the three days was ,901. 
Much credit is due to Captain Malone's efforts in organizing the 
squad and in inaintaining the interest to a degree which brought 
it into competition. This was Mr. Storr's first tournament of 
importance, and Fox's first sliooting over a magautrap. The squad 
used Schultze in U. M. C. shell. 
The West Virginia squad also gave a good account of itself. 
In it were Messrs. F. E. Mallory, S. T. Mallory and J. F. Mal- 
lory, of Parkershurg; L. E. Mallory, Jr., of Bradford, Pa., and E. 
O. Bower, of Sistersville, W. Va. They were the first squad in the 
order of shooting. On the first day the squad broke a fraction 
over 90 per cent,, and the same on the second day out of the 850 
targets shot at. On the third day they broke a fraction over 87 
per cent., a most excellent showing as a whole. 
There were several tents pitched on the shooting grounds, the 
largest of which was that of the Audubon Gun Club, which cov- 
ered a liberal space, affording seats for the spectators and a good 
place for a display of the manufacturers' goods. There also was 
the Canadian tent, the West Virginia tent, the Ohio tent, the 
Rochester tent, the Du Pont and Hazard tents, in wliich were 
large supplies of ammunition, and the refreshment tent, presided 
over by Mrs. Garbe and several verj"- pretty waitresses. Could the 
Spaniards have seen those tents before the war began and heard 
the rapid firing of the line of squads, they would have indeed 
considered that life was worth living and that there should not be 
any war. 
On Thursday evening Mr. W. L. Colville, known well to readers 
of sporting literature as Dick Swiveller, gave a most charming 
dinner to a circle of friends at the Hotel Iroquois, Buffalo. They 
were Messrs. A. C. Paterson, W. K. Park, J. J. Hallowell, J. S. 
S. Remsen, A. G. Courtney, H. Kirkover, B. H Norton, Rolla O. 
Heikes and B. Waters, An ordinary was reserved for the exclu- 
sive use of the party. The dinner in its arrangements was the 
work of a master mind, and was only equaled by the appreciation 
of the guests. Mr. Colville expressed the extreme pleasure he 
felt in a few appropriate remarks and the dinner proceeded with 
great success amid an enthusiastic discussion of explosives, ve- 
locities, penetration, recoil, and this, that and the other thing 
concerning shooting. 
At the coffee stage Mr. Colville gravely assured his guests that 
he had given great thought to the subjects under consideration, 
and knowing what would be the topics of discussion, he had pre- 
pared a short paper which would settle every debatable point for 
all time, and all would then be res adjudicata, etc. The group 
was deeply interested, and every face was turned to him with that 
look which one sees on the faces of people who are looking at the 
camera as the photographer is about to press the button. With- 
out any change in his serious countenance, Mr. Colville read as 
follows: 
"The examination of the different theories regarding the age of 
man is a subject of interest. Nature is an inexplicable, eternal 
mystery which baffles the strenuous efforts of mighty intellects 
to learn the open secret which tempts the inquisitive understand- 
ing of man. Her veil is forever closed against the meager intelli- 
gence of humanity. However dexterously we may snatch facts 
and laws from her, we are unable to fathom the depths of the 
inner meanings of nature. The naturalist, Pliny, jumped into the 
crater of Vesuvius to no useful eft'ect. 
"The laws of Kepler and Newton are not sufficient to illumi- 
nate the smallest fraction of the darkness of the human intellect. 
But after all, in spite of our intellectual weakness, we know some 
eternal facts of nature from which the scientists deduce, or rather 
see, laws and theories. The scanty knowledge tempts us to pro- 
ceed further into the realm of the known. 
"Thus, the human fjeing strives to understand the great truths 
underlying the fieterogeneous and ever-changing phases of nature. 
There is great pleasure in the attempt and the consequent fail- 
ure. But like an unfortunate child, the intellect of man, backed 
by his divine nature, again attempts and discovers many facts 
which are efficacious in the construction of laws and canons. 
"If external nature is a mystery, the human race that at present 
reigns supreme over the original creatures of the world is still 
more inscrutable — the life, the consciousness, the nature of man — 
mysteries of the mystery. The strange but scientific blending of 
the organized character of man and his unearthly nature tran- 
scends human power of reasoning and imagination, and he is left 
to grope in the darkness of semi-intelligence surrounding theories, 
the facts that are veiled by his opaque understanding. The many 
minds of many man, divergent as they are, yet at times will 
come together in cohesive agreement on some point and subject. 
A fair illustration of this is presented to us in the present gen- 
eration, where it is agreed that the insidious effects of the 
ithisorious and ignowadon should be guarded against. Beware 
of these germs, which, entering the blood corpuscles and find- 
ing lodgment at the base of the brain at the apex of the spine, 
will surely work their way to the index finger and thus throw 
the nerve centers from equilibrium, and a consequent distraction 
of range-finding, resulting sometimes in partial dementiaj the 
only remedy for which so far known to science is the liberal 
administration of a powder the name of which it is useless to 
mention, so time-honored and efficacious has it become. This 
powder administered in 37 to 42 grain doses, made up in U. M. C. 
and W. R. A capsules, will be found to relieve overanxiety, 
fluttering of the heart at exciting moments, preservation of the 
shoulder muscles, a general lessening of worry and perturbation 
of spirit. It brings carefulness and contentment, sweetens the 
temper and prevents to a superlative degree what is vulgarly 
called 'kicking.' 
"Inclosing these brief remarks, gentlemen, I beg to thank you 
for your close attention to the details of an event that has been 
the cause of bringing together so many brainy and representative 
men of the country. It is seldom in the course of mundane 
affairs that such occasions occur; it is therefore with more than 
passing satisfaction that I am enabled to congratulate you and 
the country at large on the final and happy termination of an 
event that has caused such widespread comment and interest, 
particularly so at a time when the country, having let loose the 
dogs of war against the old effete monarchy whose throne should 
have been relegated to the woodshed a century ago, and taught 
that country a wholesome respect for the Stars and Stripes. 
"May it be my pleasm-e when the year has passed and has been 
added to the eternal cycle of years, and Father Time cuts one 
more notch in the stick to meet you all again under the same de- 
lightful auspices." 
This closed the paper. Turning to his guests with a merry twin- 
kle in his eye, Mr. Colville perceived that his guests had caught 
the purport of his kindly satire, and that the average discussion 
of these abstruse subjects ended in a greater confusion of the 
subject than when they began. New enthusiasm was given to the 
discussion, but in a short time the party adjourned to the theatre, 
on the invitation of Mr, Norton, after which the party Wended 
their ways to their respective hotels; and thus ended an evening 
of charming good fellowship and delightful entertainment. 
Ijjt.. tl J u BiENAna Watbm, 
