April 21, 1900.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
The Old Long Island Rules. 
JUDGES. 
1. All matches or sweepstakes to be under the direction of two 
udges, to be appointed by the parties interested, from members 
if the club; they are to choose a referee, whose decision shall lae 
TRAPS. 
2. Ground traps are to be used, H and T, and pulled over be- 
ween the bird and the shooter, as usual. _ ^ . , ^ i, 
3. In shooting with two traps the choice of either must be 
lecided by toss, head or tail, and the next shooter to shoot the 
emaining bird. In all cases, as far as practicable, the birds are to 
lavc the wind, and the shooter to stand with his back to the sun. 
Hit in no case shall he be compelled to face the sun. . In case ol 
lispute upon these ponts, the location of the trap or traps is to 
)e decided by the referee. , i j „i„„„a 
4. In double bird shooting, four traps must be used, piace(l 
1ft. apart, and the lines so attached that both traps may be pulled 
•ogether; two traps on the left to be T traps, and two traps on 
he right to be H traps. Choice to be tossed for as usual, and Uie 
lext gun to take the remaining trap. -j- , ^ ^, i-„,„ 
5. The use of single-barreled guns to be specified at the time ot 
naking a match or entering a sweepstake; if not, double guns in. 
ill cases, 
SHOT. 
fi. The weight of shot not to exceed l%oz. r ^ . 
7 Any person or persons using a greater weight' of shot than 
his unless an increase of it shall have been specified or agreed 
'ipon. loses his claim in the result of the match or sweepstakes,^ as 
;he case may be. Any party charging the shooter with using 
more shot than is specified, must deposit .?5' with the referee. 
Should it prove not to' be the case, the shooter is entitled to the ^o. 
RISE. 
!. The rise for single birds to be 21yds., and for double birds 
BOUNDARIES. 
9 The boundary for single birds to be 80yds., and for double 
■>irds, 100yds.; the distances being measured from the trap, but lor 
double birds equal distance between the two traps. 
10. If a bird is once out of bounds it is missed. 
SCORING. 
11 When a person is at the score and ready to shootj he is^ to 
call "Pull," and should the trap be sprung without his having 
•?ivcn the word, he may take the bird or birds or not; but if he 
shoots, the bird or birds shall be scored to him. 
12 The party at the score must not leave it to shoot. 
13 The party shooting is to be at the score within the expira- 
tion of five minutes from the last shot; but m the event of any de- 
lay beyond his control, he may claim 15 minutes once in the 
course of a match or sweepstakes. , , 
14 When a party is at the score no one will be permitted to go 
in front of him to put up a bird in the event of it not rising readily. 
15 The shooter at the score must hold the whole of the butt 
of the gun below his elbow until the bird or birds are on the 
wing A. bird killed with a gun held in any other manner shall 
not be scored to the shooter. On the repetition of the offense 
the bird shall be scored a missed bird. 
RISING OF BIRDS. 
16. If the trap or traps are sprung, and the bird or birds do not 
■rise in a reasonable time, the referee may declare "no bird ; but 
if he does not say "no bird," the party at the score must wait for 
the bird or birds to rise. , , • j r a v • <- 
17 In double bird shooting, should one bird only fly, it is to 
be scored to party shooting, whether he may have shot or not, 
then a single bird put in to complete the pair. 
' 18. Should two birds be killed with one barrel, they are to be 
credited to party shooting. , , ^, j • 
19. If a bird or birds walk away from the trap three yards m 
any direction, the referee may declare "no bird." . 
20. A bird intentionally shot at on the ground to be a missed 
MISFIRE. 
21 In case a percussion cap, or primer, as the case may be, fails 
'to explode, the bird or birds are not to be scored to the parly 
shooting, but if, after his giving the word to pull, his gun proves, 
not to have been cocked, or not to have been properly loaded, and 
it fails to fire, he will be held to have missed. 
BALKING. 
22 If in the opinion of the referee the party at the score is 
balked or in any manner obstructed by his opponent, or any other 
person', other than his own backers, he may be allowed to trap 
another bird in accordance with the decision of the referee. 
23 In single bird shooting, when more than one rises at a 
time the referee may call "no bird" if he thinks proper; but if 
the party at the score has shot at a bird, it will be scored to him. 
24 If a bird or birds should fly toward parties within the 
bounds in such manner that to shoot at them would involve the 
wounding of any of the parties referred to, the referee may oe- 
^^'25 If" a 'bird in its flight is shot at by another party than the 
one at the score, and is recovered within the bounds, the referee 
to decide if the bird was missed by the party at the score. 
TIES. 
26 In case of a tie it must be shot off the same day if 
practicable to do so, unless the purse or prizes are divided by 
agreement; and if not it must be decided the first ensuing fitting 
''^27. In tbe decision of ties Oiree shots will be required— three 
singles or three pairs, as the match may have been. 
RECOVERY OF BIRDS. 
2S. The party shooting must gather his birds, or delegate some 
one person to do so. , ■ 1 j 1 
29. The party recovering a bird must use his hands alone. 
30. ' If a bird' alights on a tree, or upon any place impracticable 
to be conveniently recovered, the party shooting will be allowed 
five minutes for the bird to fall or change its resting place; if it 
is not recovered in that time it will be held to be a missed bird. 
STAKES. 
31 A party failing to deposit the full stake at the time agreed 
upon, will forfeit any previous deposit he may have made. 
Catchpole Gtta Club. 
WoLCOTT, N. v., April 12. — To-day the following scores were 
made at the shoot of the Catchpole Gun Club: 
\Va d sworth 1111111111110111011111111—23 
WadsuortU 1111110111111011111110111-22 
111101110111111 —13 
p„,.,ipr 1011001100110111100001111—15 
lOlOOOlOlllllUOlllllllll— 19 
UOOOOlllOOllOl — s 
Five pairs doubles: 
Wadsworth • 11 11 U U 1? 
iFowler ^--i'Vk^V-^^ 
E. A. W., bec'y. 
'Twas tm-Acddcnt. 
3>Jewark N J April tl.—Ediiar Forest and Stream: I have just 
Ibeen reading your last issue of Forest and Stream 
I notice vou sav that Mmgo (.Mr. Flick) and W. S. Canon were 
heavily handicapped, etc., and that it was by accident. I write to 
■ay that I cannot agree with you fully in that statement. Whde 
I cannot speak for Mingo, I can say for myself that I have never 
thought of my lost arm as an accident, and I will try to con- 
^nnce you that it was not caused in the way your article would 
1 lost that valuable member in front of Fort Sumter, S. C, 
\ug 13 1862 while in the U. S. Army, and I have learned that 
'"ol Martin, of BKtffton, S. C, was one of the men behind the guns 
on the othCT side, and he is man enough to come and say so. 
I do nor see where the accidental part comes in. as the Colonel 
eels satisfied that if we had known each other then as now. our 
landicaps would have been ^he B^me, and no accident would have 
leen thouj^hr o{. _ VV S. Canon. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
Ffeefaold Guo Club. 
Freehold N. J., April 14.— The weather was delightfully pleas- 
ant, but tlie attendance was not so large m number as was ex- 
pected. In the sweepstake events the magautrap was used. 
Events : 
Targets : 
Widm'ann' ... 885 
Height 7 6 8 
C Von Len- 
gerke 7 10 9 
Brantinghani. 9 7 9 
Muldoon ... 7 6 
R_ Ellis 10 .. 
Bissett 8 .. 
Vanderveer. . 6 6 5 
Schanck .... 4 4 9 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
9 8 
9 10 
7 9 
Events 
Targets: 
Laird .... 
Burtis fi 
Bennett 6 
Daiiser 
Woolley 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
7 6 8 8 
6 5 
4 
S W B Ellis 
S 
7 
8 7 
6 7 
9 10 
6 8 
6 B 
7 
Hanec ^ ^ 
Van Doren " | 
Snyder | 
Bordav ^ 
Team shoot, 100 targets, handicap; alternate 25; 50 magautrap, 
'50 unknown: 
Burtis, 15 17 20 16 19— 87 
Danser, 17 15 17 11 17— 77 
Bissett, 6 ■. 25 22 19 20— 92 
Brantingham, 5. . 23 23 22 19— 92 
Woolley, 17 15 17 13 13— 78 
Von Lengerke, 5.23 22 22 21— 88 
ElHs, 12 17 ... 24 19— 88 
Vanderveer, 14.. 15 1712 17— 80 
Height, 14 21 16 22 24- 97 
Bennett, 10 18 IS 5 17- 77 
Widmann, 10.... 20 20 23 25-100 
Muldoon 18 9 22 16 IS— 83 
Schanck," 13 2 12 11 16- 73 
Laird, 13 24 17 19 19- 88 
Ninth "Ward Gun Club. 
Secaucus, N. J.— The Ninth Ward Gun Club, of New York, held 
its first shoot here to-day, April 13. on the grounds of the Hack- 
ensack River Shooting Association. Only one event, at 10 birds 
for a gold medal, was shot. All stood at 28yds.; 
R G Francis 1111011111—9 D Pepper 0111111111—9 
W H Foulke 0101011011—6 F Stabel 0110001110—5 
F Lowndes 1111111101-9 
F Gippert 0110101111—7 
C Frank 1100101111—7 
H Sch melke 1001100111—6 
H Hehncke 0001000110—3 
First tie: 
R G Francis 111-3 F Lowndes 101—2 
D Pepper 111—3 
Second tie: 
R G Francis 111—3 D Pepper 101—2 
Fofester Gun Ciuh Totifnament* 
Newark, N. J.— The first day was splendid for target shooting. 
Our first annual two-day tournament, twenty-five events, started 
off rapid-fire system, but through a mishap, in one of our traps 
breaking, we had to change to Sergeant system, which continued 
both daj's. Chas. Fleming was official scorer. 
5 6 
9 11 
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 
5 7 
8 13 7 12 
Events: 1 2 
S Koch 7 11 
E G Koenig 5 5 
Shultz 4 6 
Million 8 8 
J T Fleming 9 13 
Br Bill 8 13 9 12 
H Smith 4 4 
Beveridge 13 
Weller 4 8 
C Von Lengerke 15 
Lynch 8 
Heinish 1 
First day's scores continued: 
Events : 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 
9 9 
's io 
4 7 
8 7 
4 
9 .. 
8 14 
"8 ii 
s 
Or 
H 
Bill 
12 13 13 . . 
14 14 14 .. . 
8 6 
. 9 
Beveridge 14 14 12 15 
Weller 0 7 6 .. 
•C Von Lengerke : . 12 10 9 
Lynch 6 7 9 
Heinish 9 & .. 
9 10 
.. 6 
7 6 6 7 
Saturday, April J4. 
The day was very windy, and it made hard shooting. Most 
interesting was a match at 50 targets between two new shooters 
for price of targets, as follows: Keeler 17, Weller 23. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 
Neigcrt 3 4 4 ,5 5 2 6. 
J J Fleming 8 9 9 8 .8 12 14 7 12 8 8.... 9 
A Whitehead 7 5 . 
Decker 5 4 5 2 5 
4 
G 
7 3.. 
3 3 5 
5 .. .. 
6 2 5 
T H Cumming-s 4 10 9 7 7 7 
Stanton 3 4 9 7 10 4 
Weller 4 3 6 1 1 2 
Herrington .10 -8 -7 13 7 
Kugler 1 7 4 9 5 
W^ampool 3.. .. 6 5 
H Smith 4.... 6 1 
C Smith 8 9 .. 10 5 
Ripley 4.. .. 4 6 6.. 
Engle 12 6 .. .. 5 8 .. .. 
Dawson 7 5.. .. 4 4.. .. 
D Fleming 9 6.... 6 4 6 5 
G Backus 8 
J. J. Fleming, Sec'y- 
Buffalo Audubon Gun Club. 
BuFFAi-O, N. Y., April 7. — In the club shoot of the Audubon 
Gun Club to-day Mr. E. F. Hammond took first honors in Class 
A, but first he had to shoot oft" for the badge with Dr. Carroll 
on a tie of 23 out of 25. Thereby he won the fifth monthly cup 
offered by the club for once-a-month competition. E. C. Burk- 
hardt finished second in this race, with 23 out of 25. According 
to the conditions of the handicap, Flammond shot at 26 birds. 
The day was ideal for trapshooting. A large crowd of specta- 
tors were present. J. B. Hull, representing the Parker Gun, was 
a guest of the club. 
The Audubon Club has- decided to hold an all-day shoot on 
Decoration Day. The final contest for the Clinton Bid'well trophy 
will be a feature. Other particulars will be announced later. 
Scores: ' 
Targets; 15 15 * t25 
G P Arthur 8 8 . . 14 
Jacobs 6 . . 18 18 
Leuschner 10 11 15 22 
Hubbell , 11 16 .. 
Targets: 15 15 * t25 
E C Burkhardt 12 11 23 22 
T B Hull 13 12 21 21 
■Simon 12 7 15 IS 
Capt Ward 9 S . . 15 
E Reinecke 10 10 17 21 
F Scrub .P. 13 6 . . . . 
Heintz 10 8 18 16 
A P Poole 11 10 .. 20 
E F Ham-mond 12 12 24 23 
*Cup. tBadge, 
Shoot-off of tie for badge: E. F, 
Garbe .. 7 
E S Carroll.... 22 23 
W R Eaton.. 17 11 
Norris 15 . . 
Hammond 24, E. S. Carroll 22, 
■Worcester Sfortsmen's Olub. 
Worcester, Mass., April 14. — The Worcester Sportsmen's Club 
opened the shooting season in Worcester yesterday, and twelve 
shooters were at the traps, and although the weather was any- 
thing but agreeable, an east wind and rain storm prevailing, shot 
from 2 o'clock till dark. Some brilliant shooting was done, 
Dwight Sawin. a voting shooter from Gardner, in tliree successive 
events — two 15-bird events and a 25-bird event, 55 in all — only missed 
one bird. 
M. H. Coffin gave us a good exhibition of nerve in a mixed 
race with G. S. McLellan, of 4 singles and 3 pairs. They each 
broke S, sh'ot the tie and each broke 8 again. In the next tie 
Coffin broke 10 and Mac missed 1. 
C. W. Doten, a new man at the traps this spring, after shooting 
less than SOO targets broke 8 out of 10 in one event. 
A large number of the old contingent of Worcester shooters 
have given up trapshooting, and we will have a good many new 
ones this season. At our next shoot, April 27, should the weather 
be fair and warm, we will have a good attendance of beginners. 
I should like to tell you something of the shooting of one 
"Williams, but as he is very sensitive I will defer till after the 
2Ttb, Look out for 3 90 per cent, th?p, ,X W> WiM,i.s. 
2 3456789 
10 5p 10 10 10 op 10 10 
7 6 4 6 7 9 10 8 
7 7 
8 7 
8 8 
6 8 6 
6 9 10 
8 10 10 
8 6 10 
6 8 7 
7 6 7 
4 7 5 
8 8 10 "10 7 8 10 8 
7 10 8 10 9 89 8 
4 2 4 7 
10 11 
5p 15 
6 9 
5 11 
8 .. 
8 13 
12 13 14 
15 10 10 
12'.. .. 
.. 6 .. 
Boston Gtin Club* 
Wellington, Mass.— Fifteen shooters, almost as many hundred 
targets, and a fine day formed the concomitants for an afternoon 
shoot at Wellington, April 11, Boston Gun Club grounds. The 
different events moved along with vim and dash, each one thor- 
oughly enjoyed by the participants. 
" In the Prize match several excellent scores were made, Leonard's 
27 heading the list. With a new gun, Mr. Leonard is fast re- 
gaining his good form of years ago. Mr. Baker replaced a 23 with 
his 25 of to-day, which ^ives him the necessary total to tie witli 
Leroy — i. e., 150. Mr. Spencer is a factor in the race for first 
prize, witii a total of 48, his 26 to-day striking out a former 22. 
But two more shoots remain in series, and the interest is great 
as to what they will bring forth. 
Scores: 
Events: 1 
Targets: 10 
Gordon, 17 9 
iVliskay, 18 ." 10 
Woodruff, 17... 8 
Sheffield, 16 9 
Benton, 14 8 
Baker, 16 10 
Leonard, 16 9 
Randall, 16 ...^ 6 
"X-'ayson, 16 7 
Williams, 16 7 
Poor, 16 
Spencer, 18 
Bryant, 16 
Burnett, 16 , 
Andres, 16......... .. 
All events unknown angles from magautrap. 
Merchandise match, 30 targets — 20 singles 
handicap : 
Leonard, 16 11111111111111111011—19 
Spencer, 18 11111111111111111111—20 
Baker, 16 1111 11111111 1011 001 1—17 
Sheffield, 16 11001111111111011011—16 
Gordon, 17 10100011111101100111—13 
Woodruff. 17 11111101011010011111—15 
Payson, 16 1 1110110101011100111— 14 
Mi.skay, 18 01111011110110110011—14 
Poor, 16 01110100000000110101— 8 
7 8 
9 7 
7 7 6 7 
8 13 
3 13 
7 .. 
12 "10 10 
.. 6 .. 
..S3 
4 6 5 3 
8 9 10 10 
4 5 4 5 
7 4 5 5 
7 
9 
6 S 
6 13 
-.8 7 
and 5 pairs — distance 
00 11 H 11 11— g— ■27 
10 10 11 10 10—6—26 
10 11 11 11 01—8—25 
11 01 II 10 11— S— 21 
11 11 11 11 10-9-22 
01 11 01 11 00—6-21 
11 00 11 10 10—6—3) 
10 01 10 10 11—6—20 
10 10 10 01 11—6-14 
Trap Afound Reading;. 
5 
6 
8 5 8 
7 8 8 
5 4 
6 9 
Reading, Pa., April IS.— The target shoot held to-day on the 
South End Club's grounds proved to be a success.- The following 
scores were made: 
Events: 123456789 10 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
Sigman 4 4 
Wilson 3453356414 
W^illiams 2 3 6 4 4 
F Yost 8 7 8 7 7 
Matz 8 10 9 5 7 
Bertolet 4 9 
H:ill 3 5 2 2 5 
Capt Essick 7 7 5 7 2 
Dietrich 5 5 9 6 8 
Buck 5 2 3 4 1 
Jones 9 5 7 6 7 
Shultz 6 5 5 7 4 
Eshelman 3 9 4 6 6 
Miles 5 7 3 3.. 
Spatz 5 7 8 6 6 6 
Enos 3 4 6 6 
A live-bird shoot was held under the auspices of the Schuylkill 
Gun Club to-day on their grounds, near Milmont, each man 
shooting at 10 live birds, handicaps 27 to 30yds., Hurlingham rules, 
pOyds. boundary. Scores: 
Bright, 28..... 21*1010012—6 Hain, 28 2122*2222*-8 
Houston, 27 1210100101— 6 Fritz, 27 12121**12*— 7 
H N K, 28........:._._.111*121121— 9 Auman, 27 00120*1212-6 
Gerber, 27 ......1012111201—8 
Keim, 30 1210111210—8 
Referee, Chas. Pomperenke, of Milmont. Scorer, Geo. Clark. 
Duster. 
CbarlottesTille Gun Club. 
Charlottesville, Va., April 12.— The scores made by the 
Charlottesville Gun Club at our regular weekly shoot to-day follow: 
l-oyd 1100000111011101111011101 -16" 
Johnson 0100111011001001000010110—11 
I'lnk 0110110101111110111011111—19 
George ". 1110111011101110111110101—19 
Kohen 0000010101010000000100100— 6 
Peyton 1100001100011101010011010—12 
Wal ker 10] 0000101001100101110011—12 
ij-eller 0111000101010000001000110— 9 
Bruff y 1101111111110111111111110—22 
Pupont 1111111010011101010010111—17 
Pomdexter 0001010001101000011101000— 9 
^chaefer 1100010011101011110001011—14 
H T Nelson, Sr 0100010100100111101100100—11 
H 1 Nelson, Jr 1111010100001000101101100—12 
Snow IIIIOIOIOIOIIIIIIIUOIIOI— 19 
Second event: 
George 0100111101110110101100111-1 6 
Schaef er 1010101010010010000011101—11 
Nelson , Sr 0111111011000110101011110—16 
Link 1000100011011100111111001—14 
.Johnson 1011101100011111100110101—16 
Snow 0111011111110000011111110—17 
D. R. Snow, Sec'y. 
Interstate Park Assoctarion. 
The monthly target tournament of the Medicus Gun Club will 
be held at Interstate Park, Queens, L. I., April 26, 1900. Shooting 
at 10 A. M. sharp. Rose system, four monevs, open to all. 
Targets included in entrance money. First, second and seventh 
events, 10 targets, entrance S5 cents; third event, 20 targets en- 
trance $1.25; fourth and fifth events, 15 targets, entrance ?1; sixth 
event, 10 pairs, entrance $1; eighth event, 10 targets, entrance 
$1.25. 
Ninth event, Medicus challenge plate, value $.50. for two-men 
teams, 100 singles per man. Any club in good standing can enter 
one or more teams. Entrance $5 per team. Three wins not con- 
secutive, take the plate. AH contests to be held at Interstate 
Park at monthly shoots of the Medicus Gun Club 
Trap at Messioa Sprmgs. 
Syracuse, N Y., April 14.— Below find the scores of two 
matches shot off this afternoon at Messina Springs N Y The 
birds were a fast lot, and hard to find in the heavy wind that 
blew across the traps. 
Mr. De-^-alon is a new man at the traps, and a little slow. Six 
of his birds that were killed in the air were so far out that Ihe s-ale 
carried them out of bounds. He used 3drs. Robin Hood smokeless 
powder and li^oz. No. 71/2 chilled shot in U. M. C. Co. Smokeless 
shells. Conditions, 20 birds, 2Syds. rise, 50 yds. boundary: 
L'^fe^'" 110111101200*1111011-14 
D eval on ...... , 1*1*11110*111**11*11—13 
Twenty-five "birds, same conditions: 
1001201222222202122002210-1 s 
Holden 2022001220222222222222201-20 
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