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FOREST AND STREAM. 
Ttap at Cincinnati 
Cincinnati. O., Dec. 23.— The final, contest for the Mosby- 
Sullivan-Gravion medal was shot to-day. The scoies were: 
Trimble, 3.". • 1111111111111111111111111—25 
1111111111111111111111111—25—50 
IMaynard 7 1111111111111110111111111—24 
11 1111 oooioniiiin 001111— 19— 50 
Jay Bee 12 - 1111111111111110111111011—23 
- lOllOllllllOlllOlOinuiO— 19— 50 
Wanda 17 0100100000001111111010111—13 
1111011110111011001100001—16—46 
First tie : 
Maynard, S 1111111111111011011111110—25 
Trimble 1 11111111111)1111111111111—25 
Jay Bee', 6.... 1011011111111111111110101—25 
Second tie: 
Trimble. 1 1111111111111111011111111—25 
Maynard , ?. 1111111101111111101111011-25 
Jay Bee, 6 - - 1111100111101 0nilll01111--25 
Third tie: 
Trimb le. 1 OUUltllOllllOll 10111111— 22 
Maynard, 3 1101011110111101111111111—24- 
Jay" Bee, 6 1100111111110111011101111-25 
Trimble made a run ot 109, and as any one who has been to 
the Cincinnati Gun Club's grounds can testify, they are not 
"easy." He is certainly in great form. 
The medal goes back to the club to be shot for another year, as 
the conditions state in case of a tie it should revert to the club. 
Maynard, Trimble. Squiers and Wanda had each won it twice, and 
on the final shoot Jay Bee (Mosby), one of the donors, won it, 
therby making the others tie. 
Rober tsoa vs. Nye. 
The conditions at the match between Robertson and Nye were 
JOO live birds, $100, loser to ^lay for the birds. Interstate rules 
governed: 0220022222222220222222222—21 
2222222022022222222022222—22 
222222222202222222222*222—23 
2222202222222222222202222—23—89 
Kobertson 20222022022222222222*2222-21 
otooerison 21222222222222222222222*0—23 
2222222222220222222222222—24 
2222*22222222222222*22222—23—91 
The birds M'ere very fasU There was not a particle of wind 
The weather was clear and moderate. The match started at 1:40 
and ended at 3:10. Referee, Mr. A. Gambell. Retriever, Mr. 
A. Gambeir.=! Colonel. ^, ,^ ^ i t ■ 
This was Robertson's maiden match. Nye (Joe Coyle, JLexmg- 
ton Ky.) needs no introduction. Roberton is vice-president of 
the' club (Mr. Max Fleischman). 
binge mid <§dlUrg. 
The Hilton Trophy. 
Savannah, 'Dec. 2S.— Editor Forest and Stream: I inclose you a 
copy of the Georgia team's side of the story in regai'd to its protest 
against the award of the Hilton trophy to the New Jersey team. 
I shall be very glad to have yoit pubUsh the article, if you are 
willing to give us that much space in your paper. 
We have been condemned— unheard— by a number of the North- 
ern papers, and we are now asking that our side of the story be 
heard. We are prepared to accept defeat gracefully when fairly 
beaten, but not when defratided by such glaring fraud as prac- 
ticed by the markers in this case. 
Wm. W. W"ili.iamson, Captain Georgia State Team. 
In view of the publicity given in September by several Northern 
papers to the protest of the Georgia team against the award of the 
Hilton trophy to the New Jersey team, and the criticisms which 
reflected upon the conduct of the Georgia team, we, the members 
of the teams from Georgia who shot at Sea Girt, feel constrained 
(after remaining silent till the investigation of the protest should 
have been held) to make a dispassionate statement of the facts re- 
lating to this unfortunate dispute, believing that the American 
spirit of fair play invites in the public prints an explanation of our 
grievance. 
The Hilton trophy match is ccto^dered the most important match 
of the various rifie contests shot at Sea Girt, and consists of 7 
shots at each range of 200, 500 and 600yds. When the score at 
500yds. was nearly finislied, and when Georgia was leading, a 
member of the Georgia team, looking through a powerful telescope, 
saw that a shot in the New Jersey target, No. 8, which hit in the 
4-ring, had been signaled to the firing line as a bullseye, and he 
called attention to this error, but withsut effect. Before finishing 
at 500yds., Georgia still leading, the request was made by Col. 
Brooks, acting team captain of Georgia, to Gen. Van Valen, acting 
executive officer of the New Jersey Rifle Association, that team 
representatives he put in thp pits, but the request was refused 
upon the plea that snch a desire should have been expressed before 
the match began, notwithstanding the fact that Rule V. of the 
Association's rules governing the matches reads as follows: "Dur- 
ing the progress of the matches and competition no one except the 
officers on duty, the markers and one representative of each team, 
to insure fairness, will .be permitted in the targ-et pit, without the 
special permission of the executive officer." The executive officer 
having decUned to aeced'S to the- wishes \>i Col. Brooks, the latter 
was powerless to gain his point, as HvtlA II. provides, "The ex- 
ecutive officer shall have control of the matches, and his decision 
shall be final." 
When the shooting was in progress at 600yds., the telephone 
man communicating with the pit was heard tp ask of the markers, 
when a miss had been registered for New Jersey, "Billy, what is 
the matter with our boys now?" What a significant question this 
becomes when considered with other circumstances hereafter re- 
lated. Before this question over the telephone the first six New 
Jersey men averaged 2S 1-3 per man, or about 4 to each shot; 
the last four of their men,' after the above use of the telephone, 
made twenty-foiir bullseyes and fOur 4s out of twenty-eight sliots. or 
an average of 34 out of the possible 35 per man. It is here worthy 
of note that these four men who were doing such phenomenal 
shooting were handicapped by a failing light in the late afternoon, 
on the most difficult of the three ranges of the match, and that 
they had previously ^ the easiest of all ranges, 500yds., averaged 
cnly SlVz per man. 
■ The Georgia pud District of Columbia teams have won this 
■match for the last three years, and the abilities of the two teams 
are recognized by alt experts, yet the total number of bullseyes 
made by these two teams was .57, while New Jersev alone was 
signaled 54 bullseyes. 
Immediately after this match was completed -a»fl' the markers in 
the pits were informed tir -telsphone that it was over, one of the 
Georgians shot on the We'iF -Jersey No. 8 target, ^and this shot, 
signaled a 3, became a prominent earmark by which this No. 8 
target was subsequently identified. 
There being much curiosity among the Georgia men as to how 
ihs phenomenal shooting of New Jersey had been accomplished, 
and^ there having been many indidents peculiar enough to 
excite speoularion, it was not to be wondered at that two of the 
Georgia men sh&uJd determine to visit the 600yd. pit and look 
at the No. 8 target. Upon inspection they discovered an unpatched 
3, but not knowins of the above-mentioned shot made by the 
Georgian on this target after the match, they returned to report 
their discovery. Upon receipt of this statement, seven of the 
Georgia team proceeded to the pit for further investigation. A 
number of pasters were found in the top of the target, but cover- 
ing no bullet holes. The conclusions to be drawn are: (1) Misses 
v/ere marked as hits; (2) the misses made were by Overshooting 
and the markers signaled high hits to induce lower firing. The 
Georgia men returned to their camp for the purpose of obtaining 
stronger lights and obtaining the presence of disinterested wit- 
nesses of another team. With tiiree officers of the Washington 
team they returned to the pit and examined the target under their 
supervision with the fellowing results: 
One frame contained in the bullseye 57 pasters, but only 26 
bullet holes. 
The other frame had in the bull.seye 54 pasters, but only 19 
bullet holes. 
Several pasters in the 4-ring had no bullet holes under them. 
There were also 8 holes in the bullseye not covered with pasters 
about ,30 of an inch, as if made with a lead pencil, while the 
weapon used in this match was the .45-70 Springfield Rifle, not the 
new smokeless gun of small caliber. The markers had signaled 
for New Jersey, and that team had been credited with 54 bullseyes, 
while only 45 bullet holes appeared in the two bullseyes of No. 8 
target. Later, however, it was ascertained that another team had 
sliot on this target in a previous match and that team had been 
scored 20 ,bullseyes; therefore, deducting the 20 bullseyes from the 
total of actual bullseyes in this target there would remain only 
25 for New Jersey, and as Georgia made 35 bullseyes and Wash- 
ington 22, it would seem that 25 bullseyes was an excellent allow- 
ance for New Jersey. The number of bulseyes made by New 
Jersey surpasses the record, and although there is no adverse 
deduction to be drawn solely from this link in the evidence, it 
becomes convincing, when the chain as a whple is considered, tliat 
there was an egregious blunder, if not a permeditated wrong. 
The next day the matter was reported to Gen. Spencer, execu- 
tive officer, but team captain for New Jersey the day of the 
match, who promised an early investigation, but the day passed 
wijjiout Jtf Upon a repetition of the request that evening. Gen. 
Spencer sent wox-d to the Georgia team captain that he would 
see him about 9 o'clock. At the appointed, hour Col'. Brooks 
reoorted to Gen. Spencer, with his witnesses of the Georgia and 
Washington teams, but Gen. Spencer announced that he could 
not hold an investigation unless a formal protest was filed. Hence 
the formal protest which Georgia filed. The next day Gen. 
Spenced requested, and was promptly given, the names of our men 
visiting the pits, but later he declined to entertain the protest 
upon the ground that we had violated Rule V. (given above) in 
visiting the pits. As these visits were not "during the progress 
of the matches," it is impossible to understand how tliere was 
even a technical breach of the rule. 
The next surprise was a notice from the jj'ew jersey Rifle As- 
sociation, addressed to Col. Brooks, of the debarring from the 
range in future contests three men of the Georgia team. A reply 
was sent inclosing an appeal to the executive committee from the 
decision of the executive officer, and demanding the evidence 
upon which the med had been convicted in the ex parte pro- 
ceedings, an explicit .statement of the regulations the condemned 
men had violated, and finally that these men be heard and that 
they be confronted with the witnesses against them. After much 
delay, a hearing was fixed for Nov. 15. in New York. We notified 
the Association of our intention to appear with our witnesses, and 
requested that it should produce at the investigation target No. 8, 
which of course would mean the two wooden frames as well as the 
paper targets covering them. 
We informed the Associated Press of the proposed iiivestigation 
and expressed a desire that its fepresentatives be present; but 
they were refused admission. 
This hearing was before Gov. Vorhees and Gen. Meaney, of the 
New Jersey Association, the other member of the committee. 
Col. Kuser, being absent owing to sickness. 
It is impossible to make a detailed statement of the e\nldence, 
and only the most important features of the investigation will be 
mentioned. 
The targets were brought, but they were without the wooden 
frames, and much of the evidence bore on condition of the wooden 
frames. A large amount of the evidence adduced by New Jersey 
in affidavits was for the purpose of proving that one of the frames 
of No. 8 target had been changed after the match, but Tor what 
purpose and by whom was never attempted to be shown. 
The alleged substituted target had in it the unpatched bullet 
hole in the 3-ring, made by the Georgian immediately after the 
niatch. It was, however, admitted by Gen. G. E. P, Howard, 
counsel for the New Jersey team, that nothing in the evidence 
warranted the presumption that the Georgia men were in any 
way connected with the alleged substitution of the tai'get. 
New Jersey introduced the following affidavit: 
"Sea Girt, Sept, 16, 1899.— I, William A. N. Morton, armorer of 
the New Jei-sey Rifle range at Sea Girt, do solemnly swear that 1 
made a iiersonal examination of the two targets which were shot 
upon by the New Jersey rifle team during the Hilton trophy match 
Sept. 7, and for the purpose of identifying them I have called 
them respectivelj' targets 1 and 2, and as a result of said examina- 
tion I find that on target 1 there were two 2s, fifteen 3s, twenty-nine 
4s, twenty-seven 5s, and on target 2 there were five 2s, ten 3s, thirty- 
tliree 4s, and twenty 5s. There were also on target 2 four punc- 
tures in the 4-ring, which I am not positive as to whether they were 
made by a bullet or not. Target No. 1 was a new target, and 
target No. 2 had evidently seen much service, and was quite 
dilapidated. W. A. N. Morton." 
"Sworn and subscribed to tefore me at Sea Girt this sixteenth 
day of September, A. D. 1899 Walter Kipp, ■ 
"Master-in-Chancery of New Jersey." 
From which it will be seen that there were but 141 hits in the two 
targets in evidence. From this Gen. Spencer contended that one 
of the targets had been changed. 
The finding of the committee who heard the protest was as fol- 
tews :. 
"In 'view of the conflicting nature of the testimony before us, 
and with a full recognition of the good faith and honorable motives 
of both sides to this investigation, we cannot entertain the pro- 
test against the awarding of the Hilton trophy prize to the New 
Jersey team in September last at Sea Girt, and in view of the 
sensational and unpleasant statements which have been made in 
the press by private individuals, we make this decision without 
going into the reasons. 
"We will also state as to the suspension of the three members 
of the Georgia team, after a careful investigation of all the facts, 
we feel that we ought to grant them a reinstatement. We feel 
satisfied from their statem.ents that their visits to the pits at that 
time were not for a wrong purpose, but merely to satisfy them- 
selves as to certain facts that they thought they would find there. 
"We will also state that in the minds of the executive committee, 
Col. Brooks wa." justified, under all the circumstances, in lodging 
his protest. We feel that he would have been recreant to his 
duty if he had not done so, and such action on his part was not 
considered by the committee as in any way implying a reflection 
upon their method of conduct of the rifle meeting." 
At the investigation Gen. Spencer contended that target No. 8 
had also been shot upon by Troop B, of Atlanta, in the regimental 
match; that Jersey had fired at least twelve sighting shots upon it 
and Troop B some. That the scores of Jersey show 81 and Troop 
B 59 hits; tdtal 140, regardless of the sighting shots. 
Upon returning home the scores of the Jersey team in Hilton 
trophy match and Troop B m regimental match were analyzed. 
The odd numbered men of a team always shoot on one frame of a 
target and the even numbered men on the other frame, as re- 
quired by Rule 26: "In all competitions the competitors will 
place themselves at the firing point by twos, and will fire al- 
ternately, the odd numbers of each pair being on the right and 
firing first," and following result was obtained: 
No. 
1 
Jer 
Odd Men. 
0 2 3 4 5 
sey. 
No. 
2 
Even Men. 
0 2 3 4 5 
112 3 
3......... 
1 .. 3 1 2 
4 
6 
112.. 3 
7 
3 4 
10; I 
12. 
1 6 
11 
1 
3 12 26—41 
Troop B. 
1 2 4 3 2 
2 4 6 28— 
115 3 
3 
1 5 ¥ 
4 
3 4 2 
5 
S 2 
fi 
AH 
I 1 3 17 9-30 ± 413 11-29 
From this it will be seen that the odd men of Jersey made 26 
bulls, even men of Jersey made 28 bulls; odd men of Troop B 
made 9 bulls, and even men of Troop B made 11 bulls. 
Consolidate any two scores of Jersey and Troop B and the 
sm.allest number of bullseyes credited is 35 on one frame. Mor- 
ton's affidavit shows the largest number of bullet holes in either 
bullseye is 27. Therefore Jersey was credited with at least S bulls- 
eyes on the frame admitted to be shot upon which were never 
made, and 19 oil the fram.e disputed. 
Take these 19 and 8 bulls from the number credited her by 
the marker, 54 bulls; less wrongly signaled, 27 bulls; proper score, 
27 bulls; Washington made 22 bulls, Georgia ni,ade 35 JjtiHi}. Wihifih 
would further prove the score. ' 
Is anything further needed to prove the gross fraud practiced 
by the marker in the pit? We leave the answer to the judgment 
of a fair-minded public. 
William W. Williamson, Capt. Ga. State Team, Capt. Ga.'Vols., 
Retired. • 
Geo. T. Cann, Col Ins. Gen. Rifle Practice, Ga. Vols. 
J. C. Pastell, Capt. and Ins. Rifle Practice, 1st Reg. Cay., G. V. 
J. F. Brooks, Vice-Capt. Ga. State Team, Lieut.-Col. 1st Heg. 
Inf., G. V. 
Thomas Hunter, Capt. and Coln'y 1st Reg. Cav., G. V. 
W. G. Harrison, Capt. and Adjt. 1st Reg. Cav., G. V. 
C. H. Koneman, Capt. Co. F, 1st Reg. Inf., G. V. 
F. C. Wilson, 1st Lieut Co. C, 1st Bat. Inf., G. V. 
F. W, Garden, Sergt. Co,' A, 1st Bat. Inf., G. V. 
R. P. Constantine, Sergt. 1st Reg. Cav., G. V. 
H. E. Wilson. 
W. G. Austin. 
E. (3» A. Mercer. 
.F. C. Battey, Pvt. 1st Bat. Inf., G. V, 
Wm. W. Gordon, Jr., 2d Lieut. 1st Reg. Cav., G. V. 
Henry Blun, Jr.. 2d Lieut. Co. D, 1st Bat. Inf,, G. V. 
J. M. Dreyer, Sergt. Co. D, 1st Bat, Inf., G. V. 
G. E. Quantock, Corp. 1st Reg. Cav., G. V. 
R. C. Fetzer, Jr. 
Ered Myers, Jr. 
C. S. Richmond, Pvt. 1st Bat. Inf., G. V. 
Thos. G. Philpot, Pvt. 1st Reg. Inf., G. V. 
Rifle at Shell Moond. 
San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 11. — There was a large attendance 
of riflemen at Shell Mound range yesterday. Weather conditions 
were very fair, no wind, but a tricky light. One more shoot will 
decide the ownership of numerous medals and prizes which have 
been competed for throughout tlie year. Competition has been 
exceedingly keen for the Bushnell trophy, valued at $100. Con- 
ditions, two 10-shot scores allowed per month, or 24 scores in all; 
best 10 scores to win; entrance $1 per score; 25-ring target, 200yds. 
At present Dr. L. O. Rodgers leads by 11 rings in a total of 2218, 
F, P. Schuster having to his credit 2207 rings. Messrs. Faktor, 
McLaughlin and Utschig are close up. D. W. McLaughlin did 
good work yesterday in Golden Gate Club medal shoot. Only 
two lO-shot scores allowed. He made 226 and 228. 
Dr. Rodgers also recorded the highest medal score of the year 
in the Germania medal shoot. Conditions, one entry per motith, 
score 20 shots, 25-ring target, best 7 scores out of the twelve al- 
lowed, to count for medal. Dr. Rodgers' score yesterday was 
451. The contest for this medal closed yesterday, the Doctor 
winning with lollowing 7 scores, which, I believe, breaks the 
former record: 
434, 436, 437, 438, 442, 444, 451—3082; average, 440 2-7 rings. 
Scores of the day: 
San Francisco Schuetzen Verein, monthly medal shoot — Cham- 
pion class, John Utschig, 442; first class, John Gefken, 406; second 
class, John D. Heise, final, 402; third class, D. Salfield, 421; best 
first shot, John Beuttler, 25; best last shot, Henry Stelling, 25. 
Germania Schuetzen Club, monthly medal shoot — First champion 
class, L. O. Rodgers, 451; second champion class. R. Stettin, 291; 
first class, Henry Stelling, 403; second class, John D. Heise. 401; 
third class, John Beuttler, 327; best first shot, F. P, Schuster, 25; 
best last shot, R. Stettin, 23. 
Competition shoot for cash prizes: D. W. McLaughlin 72, F. P. 
Schuster 71, D. B. Faktor 71, L. O. Rodgers 71, Nicholas 
Ahrens 69. 
Golden Gate Rifle and Pistol Club monthly medal and class 
shoot rifle class— D. W. McLaughHn, 228, 226; A. B. Dorrell, 223, 
212; j. Kullman, 214, 179; F. B. Belknap, 216, 191; C. M. Hender- 
son 206, 193; E. Wanne. 203, 194; J. E. Bridges, 200; E. N. Moore, 
207; G. Tamm_eyer 198, 194; J. E. Gorman, 20L 
Pistol score— A. B. Dorrell, 91, 75; C. Roberts, 88, 79; MaJ. 
Tomkins, 79, 72; J. F. Bridges, 85; C. M. Henderson, 81^ 81; J. 
Kullman 57; F. W. Belknap 75; Dr. L. O. Rodgers 91; J. E. 
Gorman 93. 
Norddeutscher Schuetzen Club, monthly bullseye shoot — D. Sal- 
field SO, Henry Huppert 316, Otto Lemcke 275, John Gefken 325, 
H. Huber 329, F. Thode 435, D. Schinkel, Jr., 442, J. Lankenau 
564, John De Wit 624, Edv.^ard Stehn 700, L. N. Ritzau 959, F. P. 
Schuster 964, William Morcken 1091, J. Woebcke 1095. 
Turkey shoot— John De Wit 71, F. P. Schuster 68, H. Helberg 62, 
Otto Lemcke 61. A Mocker 62, John D. Heise 60, Frank Rust 
56, H. Stelling 56, D. Schinkel, Jr., 56, Frank Koch 54, D, Salfield 
50. O. Schinkel 50, H. Huber 46. Roeel. 
The San Jose Rifle Club, of San Jose, Cal.. recently elected 
officers as follows: President, George Keffel; Vice-President, W. 
B. Roberts; Secretary, A. E. Weber; Captain, F. Schumacher; 
Lieutenants, M. Schmidt and N. W. Neimas; Sergeant-at-Arms, 
Judge Diechers. 
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