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iy, tgo6. 
Mr. G. J. McGraw, secretary of the Minneapolis Gun Club, 
writes under date of Feb. 6, that the following are the officers 
of the Minneapolis Gun Club for the year 1900: S. S. Johnston, 
President; W. P. Shaituck, Vice-President; N. P. Nelson, Treas- 
urer; G. J. McGraw, Secretary; L. Hays, Assistant Secretary; E. 
W. Ensign, Captain; F. W, Ramaley, Assistant Captain. 
The daily press recounts that Mr. George P. Work, of New York, 
well known in the amateur trapshoting world, is dying of con- 
sumption at a health resort in Davos Platz, Switzerland. In re- 
sponse to a cable summons, sonte of his relatives sailed last week 
on the steamship St. Paul. ■ • • 
Mr. C. W. Feigenspan, the holder of the Greater New York and 
vicinity championship trophy, informs us that the contest for it 
between himself and Mr. J. S. S. Remsen will take place on the 
grounds of the South Side Gun Club, Newark, commencing at 2:30 
o'clock, Feb. 28. 
Mr. Herbert B. Dressel won tlie Hopkins medal on Monday of 
this week. It was a very close race between him and Mr. George 
Paterson, the club secretary. They tied on 72 out of a possible 
90, and in the shoot-off, Mr. Dressel won by one target. 
The Hudson Gun Club has every prospect of a most successful 
shoot on Feb. 22. There are two sets of traps, and if there is 
a large attendance there are facilities sufficient to provide an 
abundance of shooting for all. 
On Feb. 9 the Ridgewood Gun Club, of Brooklyn, elected 
officers as follows: President, Ignatz Martin; Secretary, Anton 
Newberger; Treasurer, John Weltz; Field Captain, J. J. Bermel. 
We acknowledge with thanks a kind invitation to be present at 
a live-bird shoot given by the Burnside Gun Club, of Burnside, La., 
25 pigeons for a silver cup being the main event. 
Friday of this week, at Smith' Brothers' grounds, Messrs. Piercy 
and Feigenspan will contest for the E C cup, emblematic of the 
championship of New Jersey. 
Mr. J. A. IL Elliott has challenged Mr. Fred Gilbert to contest 
for the E C cup, emblematic of the target championship of 
America. 
n 
The second win for the February cup, offered by the Crescent 
Athletic Club, was scored last Saturday by Mr. Grant Notman. 
Bernard Waters. 
Boston Gun Club* 
Wellington, Mass., Feb. 9.— A great day and a nice crowd of 
shooters kept things moving at Wellington the fifth Wednesday 
in Prize series, so that before dark thirteen events and an extra 
or two had succumbed to the inevitable. 
Though the elements were favorable no meteoric scores ap- 
peared, the magautrap throwing a good sensible target, that fur- 
nished real practice for the shooters. Mr. Spencer, a popular and 
regular attendant, one week ago, astonished the crowd with a 
large 20 on singles in the match, and a small 4 on the pairs; this 
week merely to even up he paid particular attention to his pairs 
and went to pieces on the singles, owing to a late arrival placing 
his last half of score first. Surely, as he says, his "methods can- 
not be termed grasping." 
But there is very little grasping to be observed where the events 
are shot for fun and fun alone, with perhaps two or three re- 
served for prizes, just to steady the interest. The sweep system, 
touching, as it does, a shooter's pocket-book, oftentimes brings to 
the surface slight eccentricities or peculiarities far better left un- 
disturbed, whereas with no money hinging on the result, it re- 
solves itself into good-natured rivalry that stands the test of 
seeing somebody else break a couple more without causing averse 
sentiments or feelings. 
Scores follow: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Targets 10 10 5p 10 10 10 5p 10 10 10 5p 10 10 
Gordon, 17 9768977967898 
Miskay, 18. 6978986 10 79'*.. 9 
Sheeld, 15 7 4 3 10 6 7 6 8 7 8 4 7 5 
Miller, 16 9 5 4 6 7 5 6 5 7 6 1.. .. 
Baker, 16 6 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 9 7 8 9 
Michaels. 16 7 6 2 6 7 7 6 8 7 8 6,. .. 
Richards, 16 7355745768756 
Tozier, 16...'. 7 6 7 9 4 2 2 4 3 5 4 4 6 
Horace, 18 8 6 5 .. 4 6 6 7.. 9 6.... 
Woodruff, 17 7 8 7 8 8 9 6 8 7 
Spencer, IS 6.. 8 6 9 7 9 8 4.. .. 
Parker, 16 8 8 8 4 .. 8 
Extra. 10 unknown : Gordon 9, Richards 8, Baker 7. 
Extra, 5 pairs: Baker 7, Miller 5. 
All events from magautrap, unknown angles. 
Fifth contest. Prize match, 30 targets— 20 singles and 5 pairs- 
distance handicap: , 
Baker, 16 11111110111011101111—17 11 11 10 01 11— 8—25 
Spencer, 18 01111011110101111001—14 11 11 10 11 11— 9—23 
Miskay, 18 11111101110101111111—17 10 10 10 11 10— 6—23 
Gordon, 17. 11111111011011011011-16 10 11 11 00 11— 7-23 
Woodruff, 17. ...... . .01011111101111101101-15 11 10 10 11 10- 7—22 
Michaels, 16 11001111011111001101—14 01 10 10 11 10— 6—20 
Sheffield, IB OlOlOllOllOlOOllllU— 13 10 01 10 11 01— 6—19 
Miller, 16 ....11101110011110100001—12 01 01 11 01 01— 6—18 
Richards, 16 10100111111001011000—11 00 11 10 11 00— 5—16 
Horace, 18 10000100111111011000—10 01 01 11 01 01— 6—16 
Tozier, 16 OlOOOllOM 0010100000— 6 00 00 01 00 10— 2— 8 
Squad team match, 20 targets each shooter— 10 singles and 5 
pairs: 
Squad Two. 
Woodruff . , 1011111111 01 11 00 11 01—15 
Michae s 1111111010 10 11 00 01 11—14 
Richards . , 1011101111 11 01 11 01 10—15 
Tozier 1111001000 10 01 10 00 10— 9 
barker 1111101110 11 10 10 00 00—12 
Horace .0111111111 00 10 11 11 01—15—80 
Squad One. 
Gordon lOlllOmO 10 11 11 10 11—15 
Miskay 1101111111 10 10 00 11 11—1.5 
Sheffield 1111011110 00 11 00 10 10—12 
Miller 1100111100 00 00 10 00 00— 7 
Baker . . , lllOlimi 10 10 11 10 11—16 
Spencer 0111101111 10 10 00 10 10—12—77 
Southern Notes hy an Amateuf. 
Columbia, S. C, Feb. i.— Editor Forest and Stream: Accompanied 
by his good wife, your scribe boarded the Pennsylania 1:36 train 
on Thursday afternoon last bound south for a month's business 
trip, . Our first stopping place was Richmond, which we reached 
that evening m time for a good dinner at the palatial Jefferson. 
When we started from Balto the mercury was hovering some- 
where around about the zero mark, and we thought we would be 
getting away from cold weather, but it appears we were to a slight 
degree following in the footsteps of the great apostle of the 16 
to 1 theory, viz., we were simply "fleeing from the ills that we then 
possessed, to those we knew not of," for when we reached Rich- 
mond and stepped out of the train we found the weather, if any- 
thing, colder than further north, and this very much to our sur- 
prise. 
Friday morning I dropped in to see our old friend Tignor and 
■ascertain what the prospect was for a small shoot at live birds, 
but found that Mr. W. A. Hammond had left the day before for 
a day or two of work down the river after ducks, and Harper 
Dean, Sr., the Nestor of the Richmond shooters, could not be 
reached, and owing to the extreme cold weather, and being unable 
to get a crowd together, was per force compelled to forego the 
anticipated pleasure with the Richmond boys. 
During my short visit to friend Tignor I again had the pleasure 
of shaking hands with Mr. Lynch, one of the active Richmond 
shooters, and whom I had not seen since the Interstate tourna- 
ment in 1897. 
The Richmond boys have made application for the Interstate this 
season, and are greatly in hopes of securing one of the dates. They 
bave recently formed a live-bird club, and shoot on the second 
Thtirsday of each month, I hope to be able to visit them again 
during their March meeting. 
I learned during my short visit that Mr. A. W. du Bray of the 
irarker gun, had recently visited Richmond in his firm's interest, 
and ot course talked guns and shooting. It appears the Lieuten- 
ant did not take much time to rest after his return from his long 
Western trip, before he was again among the trade. He is evi- 
dently a firm believer in the old saying, "that by persistent keeping 
at It you will win m the long run," and I guess he is about right, 
as he is a ways on the go, and generally places his firm's goods to 
a good advantage. 
My business calling me elsewhere, I had to cut short my visit 
with Mr. Tignor promising to return, but was prevented from 
doing so m the afternoon. My wife and I spent a most delightful 
hour s time m a visit to the Valentine Museum. This is one of 
Richmond s most recent and valuable acquisitions, and is stored 
with articles of interest and study for the lover of art, and the 
archKological student. The museum represents the work of several 
years collection in the principle European and Continental cities 
of a wealthy Virginia gentleman by the name of Valentine, and his 
sons, and your space will not admit of an extended and lengthy 
description of this very rare and beautiful collection. The museum 
has only been open for about two years, therefore it is but little 
known to those outside of Richmond. The collection among other 
things contains the largest piece of tapestry work ever brought 
to this country, we are told. It measures 15 by 22ft., and repre- 
sents "The Sacrifice m the Temple," by Francois Van den Hecke. 
early in the seventeenth century, while another piece by Jean 
Raes, also made in the seventeenth century, measures 12 by 17ft. 
Time slipped by so rapidly, that we were utterly unable to com- 
plete our inspection before dark, so we were forced to withdraw, 
promising ourselves the pleasure of another visit at an early date. 
To our brother sportsmen who may be visiting Richmond and have 
a few spare hours, and desire to enjoy it to a good advantage, bv 
all means don't fail to visit the Valentine Museum. 
We left Richmond on Friday night, the 2d inst, for Charlotte, 
being due there at 8 o'clock the next morning, but owing to a 
wreck some time during the night we did not arrive until noon, 
just four hours late. It being Saturday, and we having only one- 
half of the day left for regular work, we were unable to see as 
many of the followers of the scattergun as we desired, but we had 
a pleasant handshake for a moment with Col. J. T. Anthony. 
But who is there among the fraternity that does not know the 
Colonel? If there is an such, he certainly does not read a live 
Sporting journal like Forest and Stream, or else has never at- 
tended any of the large tournaments for the past ten or fifteen 
years. 
We had a few minutes'_ pleasant talk with our old acquaintance 
John W. Todd, the lightning calculator and manipulator of figures, 
and were gratified to see he was recovering so nicely from his last 
severe illness. Col. B. W. Sperry, formerly of Macon, Ga., but for 
the past three years located in Charlotte, where he was in charge 
of the Central Hotel, has recently disposed of his interest to his 
former partner, Mr. R. L. Lucas, and moved to Jacksonville, Fla., 
and on Feb. 2 he opened up the New Duval House, and we wish 
him every success. Visiting sportsmen to Jacksonville will find 
in mine host .Sperry a pleasant and accommodating landlord, to 
whom the only open-sesam.e required is to tell him you are a 
shooter, and you will at once be made to feel at home. Host 
Lucas, of the Central, is also of the fraternity, being a great lover 
of the dog and field shooting, as -well as a member of the Char- 
lotte Gun Club. 
Matters pertaining to trapshooting at Charlotte are particularly 
quiet at present, but the boys expect to grease up the magautrap 
and begin the making of clay pigeon sausage about April 1. 
What a transition in the weather we experienced this (Sunday) 
morning at Charlotte, from that of two days previous at Rich- 
mond, when we were visited by a very heavy warm rain storm, 
which lasted for an hour or more, and was still raining hard when 
we pulled out for this point. Pryor. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
Ridgefield Guq Clab. 
Feb. 12.— The Ridgefield Gun Club, of Ridgefield, N. J., held a 
live-bird shoot to-day, the first held in seven months. Shooting 
commenced about 11 o'clock, and continued till the middle of the 
afternoon, when, the birds being all used, it ended. A lot of birds, 
which were engaged, were not delivered, so that the shooting was 
thereby ended earlier than was intended, but every one had a good 
time, nevertheless. Th birds were a fairly good lot, and the shoot- 
ing averaged of a high order. The star performance was that of 
Mr. Frank Hall, who did not miss a bird. He shot with admirable 
precision, and his score catne from his good shooting, without any 
element of luck in it. 
The club's shoots are private, but occasionally the members favor 
a friend now and then with an invitation to participate in them, and 
such an invitation is to be appreciated as something of a special 
privilege, for there goes with it a breadth of welcome and friendly 
consideration, whether in or out of the competition, that is most 
pleasing. There was not a word of discontent, not a word ques- 
tioning any decision of the referee, not a word of any kind other 
tlian what was jileasant. A palatable, substantial lunch, of which 
a fine turkey, nicely roasted, was the main piece, with delicious 
hot coffee, was an event in itself. 
All the three main events were high guns. In No. 1, the entrance 
was $2, birds extra; No. 2 was 15 birds, |10, birds included; No. 3 
was the same as No. 1, and No. 4 was a miss-and-out. The scores: 
No. 1. 
Sloan, 26 mi— 4 
Goessen, 28 11220—4 
C Von Lengerke, 29.... 20222— 4 
Gladwin, 28 21111—5 
Richter, 26 21012-^ 
Waters, 28 11222—5 
Mackay, 27 22122—5 
Hall, 29 22211-5 
Griffiths, 29 12222—5 
Banta, 28 
No. 2. 
1! 1222222122*10— 12 
120*21220222111—12 
2201*222222*221—12 
211221011122*02—12 
2222221*2102221—13 
221221221212112—15 
201202020112222—11 
222221222122122—15 
21211'^222122221— 14 
No: 3. 
m*2r-i 
12222—5 
11112—5 
01010—2 
12222—5 
222*2—4 
No. 
20 - 
0 -o 
1* —1 
0 -0 
112—3 
222—3 
220—2 
Championsllip of New Jersey. 
Newark, N. J., Feb. 8.— The contest between Mr. George H. 
Piercy, of Jersey City, and Mr. J. J. Fleming, of Newark, the 
former the holder of the E C cup, emblematic of the championship 
of New Jersey, took place on the grounds of Smith Brothers, 
Newark, to-day. The steady rain of the forenoisn was followed 
by a fog in the afternoon, which greatly obscured vision, and 
therefore the targets were difficult to see. 
Mr. F. Ferment was judge for Mr. Piercy. Mr. F. E. Sinnock 
filled a like office for Mr. Fleming, and Capt. A. W. Money was 
referee. The scores follow: 
G H Piercy milllllllOOllllllllllOl 
lllOllllllOlOllOlimillO— 42 
T J Fleming luilllOllllllUOlOOOlllU 
mouiiiiouiiiioiiimi— 41 
Hudson Gun Club. 
Jersey City, Feb. 12. — The pleasant weather brought a good num- 
ber of members of the Hudson Gun Club out on this date. The 
only drawback to the day was the scarcity of tai-gets, which gave 
out shortly after 2 o'clock. 
The main event of the day was three 25-bIrd events for two 
prizes, which were donated by Mr. Schortemeier. The first prize 
is a handsome cup, while the second is two boxes of fine cigars. 
These prizes are only for Class B men, and are to be shot for at 
75 targets on the first shooting day of each month. The generosity 
and good feeling shown by Mr. Schortemeier toward the members 
of this club is fully appreciated. 
The shoot arranged for Feb. 22 promises to be a success. The 
club intends to use two sets of traps on that day, providing there 
is a demand for them. The price of targets to non-members will be 
1% cents. Summary: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets : 15 15 25 25 25 
Dudley 14 14 20 22 24 
Shorty ,. 14 14 24 25 24 
Banta 9 15 18 20 18 
Schields 10 11 18 23 17 
Schoverling 10 10 23 22 24 
Hansman 9 8 14 14 14 
Van Dyne 10 13 17 18 21 
Scheubel 9 14 20 16 19 
Black 8 11 *7 16 12 
Nagle 12 12 *9 16 15 
Jensen 10 10 9 
O'Brien ....„,. 19 20 22 
Fairmont 23 17 20 
Bock 14 .. 18 
Heritage 10 .. 18 .. 
C V L 20 20 
♦Shot 15. 
Shot at. Broke. 
105 
94 
105 
101 
105 
80 
105 
79 
105 
89 
105 
59 
105 
79 
105 : 
-78 
90 
64 
90 
: 64 
75 
29 
75 
61 
75 
SO 
50 
32 
40 
28 
BO 
Jauks Hughes. 
Sooth Side Gun Club. 
Newark, N. J., Feb. 10,-Scores made by South Side Gun Club: 
Targets : lo 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 op 5p 10 
>?"eff , 9989898868 10 ^86 
G-ardner 5 7 g g g 9 9 
g™th 8658995 9 646 ....' 
Sinnock. 910 7 8 10 10 8 7 9 
Engle - 10 9 7 8 9 8 7 8 8 
- 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 4 3 
F^'-"" 6 5 7 8 .. .: , 
C. W. Feigenspan, 
Arkansas and the Soutli. 
St. Louis Doings— Busch Trophy. 
t^Ii Paul. Mo., Feb. 7.— The concluding chapter in the history 
V n'^n .trophy, can be written to-day, as John J. Surapter 
and H. C Griesideick met and settled the permanent ownership 
in a 2o-bird contest at Dupont Park This resulted in a win for the 
good-natured German, who displayed the same steadv, consistent 
lorm shown by him m all these contests. His only miss occurred 
on an incomer, but aside from this he showed good nerve and 
ample ability, 
, ^P"^!?'^"'.' ^9* lu'te up to his standard, as he scored 23, and 
both ot his lost birds were dead out of bounds. However, both 
ot these losses occurred early in the race, so that one might say 
Griesideick got a running start, as a lead of 2 in a 25 bird contest 
is iimie an advantage. 
The trophy which now becomes the property of Mr. Conrades. is 
\ ' artistic in design and workmanship, being 
studded with a beautiful diamond. This medal was donated to thi 
St. Louis shooters for competition by Mr. A. A. Busch, a prom- 
inent and wealthy brewer of the Mound City, who is distinguished 
for his liberality and generosity. 
The conditions of competition prescribed that the trophy be put 
up in open competition, and the winner of it be subject to chal- 
Jenge. I he contests were all handicap affairs, and fherefore the 
medal possesses no championship significance. To retain it uer- 
manently it must be won six times. 
Prior to the initial contest a committee fixed the distance from 
which all probable contestants were to shoot from, and each of 
them was compelled to start in at this, and was further forcad to 
go back 1yd. after every bar of 5. Should they succeed in killing 
straight after once going back they could not advance, though at 
the beginning of each contest they started at the allotted mark. 
None of the contestants could be forced beyond the 33yd. mark 
The inaugural contest took place July 22 last, and here Griesi- 
deick first gamed possession of it. In due course of time he de- 
feated Dennig, Dr. Smith, Kling and Conrades. Then he and 
Sumpter shot a tie, each scoring 49 out of 50. In the shoot-off 
Sumpter won by 25 to 24. Sumpter then beat S. A. Thompson, 
Crawford, W. S. Thompson and Mermod. 
This gave each of these five wins, and it was decided to have 
them settle the ownership in the contest of to-day. 
In order to score these six wins Griesideick was compeUed to 
shoot at 275 birds Of this number he scored 261, and has an 
average of .949. Sumpter, on the otken hsaid, shot at 225 and 
scored 210, averaging .933. ■ 
_ Notw-ithstanding that Griesideick won the trophy, and that he 
nas a better average than Sumpter, he has no advantage over the 
latter m the contests that occurred between them. Their first con- 
test required 7o birds each to decide, and was won by Sumpter on 
a score of 74 to 73. To-day Griesideick won by 24 to 23. Thus 
It will be seen that they shot at 100 birds each and each scored 9T. 
ihe scores: 
Gri esideick 2111222222222221222012222—24 
Sumpter 1121*222*2222222222222222—23 
Ambitious. 
The latest from St. Louis is to the effect that John J. Sumpter 
aspires to the possession of the Republic cup and that he con- 
templates challenging the i>resent holder, J. A. R. Elliott. This 
pair will meet at the Hot Springs tournament; and if Mr, Elliott 
will consent to have the match take place in St. Louis the chal- 
lenge will be forthcoming. Of late Elliott has shown no partiality 
as to shooting grounds, so that it is very likely he will agree to 
this. Sumpter is some pumpkins with the gun, and a win from 
him would mean an additional plume for Jim's headgear, to say 
nothing of the long green that goes with it. 
Omaha. Neb., Feb. 3.— Only a half dozen members of the 
Omaha Gun Club were on hand to contest for the club honors. 
r '^r J- ^^^'■^ h'^h ^^'^ '"^ th«= events, which calls 
tor 25 birds. Each of them accounted for 23. On the whole though 
Kimball got the honor, as >e killed 19 straight in practice makinK 
42 out of 44. «- . o 
Omaha Gun Club scores: 
Kimball . . .2222112222222112222022220—23 
Fogg . 122212221222122ni011112a-23 
Loomis •, 122222222112120220022221*— 21 
Lewis 21120*0222222222222022222-21 
Parmelee 221202212*222222222122'*00— 20 
Watson 222012202*022202122211022—19 
Omaha, Neb., Feb, 4.— Ten members graced the Dupont Gun 
Club shoot, and nearly all of them put up good scores, among 
which four, Kimball, Grant, Plumber and Smead, showed perfect 
scores. The weather was fine and the birds ordinary. The scores: 
Kimball 222222222222222—15 
Plumber 111212122222212—15 
Grant , . , . „ 222222221222112—15 
Smead . 112221212112211—15 
Curtis 221212021222221—14 
J C Bishop , 201111122221211—14 
fownsend , 121112210221221—14 
Crabill 110212212212222—14 
C W Bishop.. , 122111102012111—13 
Parmelee 22122*2112220*1—12 
Seeking Engagement. 
Mr. H. C. Curtis, manager of the shooting park in Omaha, was 
telling me that the Dupont Gun Club, of that citv, was anxious to 
shoot a ten-men target team race, with any club in the West, 
Kansas City preferred, and St. Louis not barred. The race to be 
100 targets per man. This club now has two engagements of this 
kind. The first is with the Valley, Neb., Club, and will take place 
on Washington's Birthday. The other is with Greenwood, la.. 
Club, and is also to occur this month, though no day has been 
set yet. 
Sioux City, la., and Lincoln, Neb., both good-sized cities, and 
nearby, with strong and active clubs, should be able to enter- 
tain the Omaha shooters in a game of this kind. 
Texas State Sportsmen's Association. 
Mr. V. C. Dargan, secretary of the Lone Star State organizanon, 
was telling the other day that their annual event would be held 
at Dallas this year, some time in April, most likely, though no 
definite dates have been fixed. He thought that his organization 
would have some attractions to offer, and the sportsmen of this 
section who are interested in this kind of sport would do well 
to bear this event in mind. 
Mr. Dargan also reports the North Texas Gun CItib League in 
unusvial active and flourishing condition. 
Paul R. Litzke. 
Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 9. 
Boston Shooting Association. 
Wellington, Mass., Feb. 10.— The Boston Shooting Association 
held the first sweepstake shoot of the season on their grounds at 
Wellington, Mass.. to-day, and will hold shoots on each Saturday 
afternoon until further notice. Following are scores made Feb. 10 r 
Events: 12345678 9 10 11 12 
Targets: 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 5 10 10 
Le Roy 7 6 8 6 6 7 10 9 8 6 9 5 
Griffith 6 7 7 7 6 8 9 9 8 7 8 10 
Baker , 6585 9 4SS76t8 8 
Strood 7 6 7 6 S 5 8 6 6 5 ,. .. 
Farmer 6 2 7 2 8 5 4 6 7 4 ^8 8 
. Dickey 10 8 9 9 9 7 9 8 9 9 lO . . 
Miller 6 5 7 5 5 
Puck 7 6 9 7 8 6 8 8 
Bond .................................. ........ 6 5 10 6 6.. .... 
Andres .. ........ ......33434 .. 
Pattersoix ....... 5 6 .t 
