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FORESt AKD STREIAM. 
tI>EC. 8, 1900. 
Jan. 15-18:— Hamilton, Ont— Hamilton Gun Club's eleventh 
annual tournament; live birds and targets ; open to all. H. 
Graham, Sec'y. ■ ^ . , , 
Jan. 15-19— Hamilton. Ont.— Hamilton Gun Club s _ eleventh 
annual tournament; live birds and targets; Open to all. H. 
Graham, Sec'y. ' • 
April 9-12.— Baltimore, Md.— Eighth annual spring tournament 
of the Baltimore Shooting Association;, tv/o days targets, .flOO per 
day added; two days" live birds, $500 guaranteed. H. P. Collms, 
April 16-18.— Leavenworth, Kan.— Annual tournament of t-he 
Kansas State Sportsmen's Association. ' 
May 7-10.— Tournament of the New Jersey State Sportsmen s 
Association. C. W. Feigenspan, Sec'y. 
May 7-10.— Lincoln, Neb. — Twenty-fifth annual tournament of the 
Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the 
Lincoln Gun Club. W. D. Bain, Sec'y. 
June 5-7.— Circleville, O.— Under auspices of the Pickaway Rod 
and Gun Club, annual tournament of the Ohio Trapshooters' 
League. G. R. Haswell, Sec'y. 
June —.—Columbus, Wis.— Tournament of the Trapshooters' 
League of Wisconsin. First week in June. 
CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 
Dec. 5. — Shoot-off of the winners of the November events, with 
$20 in gold to the winner. 
Dec. 11. — Live-bird shoot under the management of John 
Wright. - . . . ■ . 
Interstate Park, pueens, L — Two miles beyond 'Jamaica, on 
L 1. R. R. Trams direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
shooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
practice. Cafe and hotel accommodations. 
Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest took place June 20, 1900. 
Interstate Park, L. I. — Fountain Gun Club's regular monthly 
shoots, the third "Thursday of October, November and December. 
Interstate Park, Queens. — ^Weekly shoot .©f the New Utrecht Gun 
Club— Saturdays. 
1901. 
April 1-5.— Interstate Park, Queens, L. I., N. Y.— The Tiiter- 
state Association's ninth annual Grand American Handicap Tour- 
nament at live birds. 
June — . — Interstate Park, L. I. — Forty-third annual tournament 
of the New York State Association for thr protection of Fish and 
Game. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
In the absence of the editor of this department all coMptUnicatiOns 
intended for fnhlication sthould be addressed ifit.^e-Fot^tandStreavi 
Publishing Coni'fany . 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 
these columns^ also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties 
on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Mail, 
all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company., 346 Broad- 
way., New York, 
, The Idc'al North Carolina papers published the sad information 
that the well-known trapshooter Mr, Geo. F. Nesbitt, of Kingston; 
Pa., accidentally shot himself in the head, causing instant death, 
while shooting quail three miles from Mebane, N. C, on Nov. 26. 
He had arrived at that place on the preceding Friday, and contem- 
plated shooting there some weeks. He was alone tvhen the acci- 
dent occurred, and when found his dogs were guarding the body. 
He had achieved distinction as a successful trap shot by winning 
the target championship of Pennsylvania a few years ago, and by,, 
skillful and successful competition at the Carteret Gun Club's 
and other live-bird events. Personally he was an affable, refined 
gentleman, and most pleasingly companionable. He was a member 
of the Luzerne County Bar, but, having a liberal fortune, he, 
devoted most of his time to travel, and field and trapshootmg. 
There will be, an all-day target shoot at the Hudson Gun Club 
grounds, Jersey City, N. J., on Dec. 16. Refreshments will be 
served gratis to shooters, and shells will be for sale on the grounds.' 
On the same day a two-men team race will be shot, at 100 targets. 
Sergeant system, between Messrs. Feigenspan and Piercy, of the 
East Side Gun Club, of Newark; Messrs. Schortemeier and 
Dudley, of the Hudson Gun Club; and Messrs. Schoverling and 
Schubel, of the Ernerald Gun Club, of New York. The Hudson 
Gun Club Vi'ould like to hear from a few more two-men teams, 
say from the Fultons, Oceanics or some other club in the vicinity 
of New York. A good time for everybody is promised. A. A. 
Schoverling is assistant secretary. 
The Medicus Gun Club will hold an open live-bird shoot at 
Interstate Park, Queens, L. I., on Dec. 6, at 1 P. M. The first 
event on the programme is the Eagle handicap, at 10 birds, $5 
entrance, birds included. The prize in this event will J?e a sterling 
silver-mounted umbrella, and the prize, and money will be divided 
by the Eagle system, whereby a bird killed from No. 1 trap 
counts 1 point, from No. 2 trap 2 points, etc., the greatest number 
of points to win. The other event is the Jack Rabbit handicap, 15 
birds, $7.50 entrance, birds included, for a gold-mounted silk 
umbrella, prize to be awarded by tlie Eagle system, and money 
divided by the Rose system. 
Charlie Floyd, of this city, who is better known to trapshooters 
as "Dudley," is at present "rather down in the mouth. The cause 
of the depression is not any ill luck at the traps, nor any temporary 
lack of skill in handling the- shotgun; little things like that would 
not bother him much, nor cause him any loss of sleep. The truth 
of the matter is Charlie has lost his old Irish setter Corbett, which 
died of diphtheria on Election Day. Corbett was eight years old, 
having been born on the day that his namesake defeated Sullivan. 
His death took place on the date that marked another memorable 
fight according to Charlie's way of reckoning— the day that Mc- 
Kinley defeated Bryan. 
S. H. Vandegrift, "Sandy McPherson," of the Herron Hill 
Gun Club, of Pittsburg, Pa., was in the city last week, and was 
lookfhg around the gun stores for a light-weight gun to use on 
quail. Mr. Vandegrift has not been enjoying the best of health 
of late, although his looks do not show it; he is therefore anxious 
to get a gun that he can carry without inconvenience to himself, 
but with trouble in it for the' quail. "McPherson" has his eye on 
the Grand American Handicap at live birds the first week of next 
April. 
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Till s is Guy Burnside's week at Galesburg, 111. Late last week 
Mr. Burnside wrote that his target and live-bird tournament showed 
every sign of being a thorough success, as shells were turning up 
m goodly quantities; among them several cases bearing the names 
of well-known experts at the trap, such as R. O. Heikes, W. R. 
Crosby, etc. Next week the scene will be changed to Burnside 
Park, Chicago, John Watson's bailiwick, where the bovs will find 
■••Uncle John" supplied with his usual good lot of flyers. 
The U. M. C. advertisement in the Forest and Stream of 
Nov. 24 gives Mr. R, A. Welch the honor of winning the cham- 
pionship of Kentucky. This important match, was, however, won 
by J. p, Ward, of Paris, Ky. Mr. Welch, on the other hand, is 
the holder of the Dupont trophy cup, won at Baltimore, Oct. 24, 
and defended at Interstate Park, Nov. 19, by killing 99 out of 100 
selected live birds. Both gentlemen used U. M. C. Trap shells 
in their respective matcbes. ' 
The East Side Gun Club, of Newark, is going to make a day of 
It at targets on Thursday of next week, Dec. 13. In the afternoon 
the match between George H. Piercy, holder, and C. W. Feigen- 
span. challenger, for the E C cup and the individual championship 
of New Jersey at targets, will be the chief feature on the pro- 
gramme. As Thursday is the regular date for the monthlv club 
shoot of the East Side Gun Club its members and friends are 
likely to turn out in good force. 
Manager Shaner intends to show up .in this cij^ abQ.ut Tuesday 
of next week, so as to have a day or two sightseeing prior to at- 
tending the annual meeting of the Interstate Associatimi, which 
will be held on Thursday, Dfec." lo.~ Mr. Shaffer's ahhuaf" report ' 
will this year be of special interest, the two Grand American 
Handicaps (.at live birds and targets) being subjects full of interest 
and suitable for criticism at th« hands of such an expert as the 
manager of the Association. ' 
John Wright's live-bird tournament at Interstate Park, Tues- 
day of next week, Dec. 11, is the main attraction for that week 
at New York city's headrjuarters for trapshooters. The pro- 
gramme is a popular one, judging from the comments on it to be 
heard around Sporting Goods Row; the attendance therefore should 
be correspondingly sati.sfactory.. 
The Hamilton Glm Club is putting forth every ei¥ort to make its 
eleventh annual tournament on Jan. 15-19 at Hamilton, Can., the 
mo.st successful shoot in the history of the club. The programme 
will be made up of li'\'B-bird and target events, and $1,200 in gold 
will be added. Programmes will be ready for distribution shortly. 
. John J. Hallowell shot a race recently with AV. Schulcr, of the 
Cincinnati Gun Club, at 50 live Ijirds per man, and John lost the 
match by 1 bird, scoring 46 to Mr. Schuler's 47. It was no dis- 
grace to lose the race, as he was conceding 3yds. to his op- 
ponent, standing at 33yds., as against 30yds. 
The Mount Kisco Rod and Gun Club announces a target tourna- 
ment at Mount -Kisco, N. Y., on Dec. 12. There are twelve events 
on the programme, and extra events will be shot if time per- 
mits. Shooting will begin at 10 A. M. Paid representatives may 
shoot for targets only. 
On ITdw. 3 the Interstate Parfc Association invited (he members 
of the G. A. H. committee to serve on a committee to devise 
handicaps for the contests at Interstate Park, other than regular 
contests, and receiving a favorable response, Dec. 15, at Inter- 
state Park, is fixed upon for the meeting. 
The Baltimore Shooting Association claims April 9-12, 1901., as 
dates for its eighth annual spring tournament at Baltimore, Md. 
Two days will be devoted to target shooting, with $100 added to 
each day's events, and two days to live birds, with $500 guaranteed. 
Mr. PI. P. Collins is secretary. 
J. S. Fanning took in the holiday shoot at the grounds of the 
Sing Sing Gun Club. The shoot was at both live birds and 
targets, but rain marred the day's sport. On Saturday he went 
to Philadelphia, and shot on the Keystone Gun Club's grounds at 
Holmesburg Junction. 
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On Dec. 8 the South Elizabeth Gun Club will shoot a six-men 
team race at targets with the Forester . Gun Club on the latter's 
grounds at Newark, N. J. There willj also be a handicap mer- 
chandise event, and shooters are invited!; to attend and take part 
irt the shooting!.-' 
Harold Money- is keeping up his winning gait "£>n live birds. 
On ThanksgivingjDay he won the holiday.^cup at the Carteret Club, 
scoring 34 straight from the 30yd. mark.^ The runner up was J. 
B. Daniels, also 30yds., who scored .33 before losing a bird. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
Trenton Shooting Association. 
Trenton, N. J., Nov. 29. — A large crowd witnessed the Thanks- 
giving Day shooting of the Trenton Shooting Association. The 
shooters had a pleasant day's sport, and kept the magautrap 
working until darkness put an end to the sport. Owing to the 
length of the turkey portion of the programme it was necessarj' 
to withdraw the Winchester gun event, which will be shot at a 
later date. It will be noticed that Secretary Thomas won three 
of the four turkeys. It was gently intimated to him that if he 
won the fourth a riot 'would be the conseqvience, so to oblige the 
crowd he gracefullj' dropped three goose eggs where they would 
do the most good, and thus saved his skin. In the shoot-ofi of 
event No. 8, miss-and-out, Widmann scored 35 and Elbert 34. 
Scores : 
Events: 123456789 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
Widmann 888.. 799 10 9 
Van 8 9 6 9 
Cole 5^9 8657876 
Comp :. '8 6 7 7 5 6 7 10 7 
Messier / 667776878 
Mickle 7 8 S .. 7 8 8 8 .. 
Elbert 7 S .. 8 9 8 10 10 
Thropp .. 63755676 
Thomas 8 8 .. 10 10 10 7 .. 
.Sinclair '7 7 .... 8 7 .. 
Sprague 6 8 8 .. 9 4 .. .. 
H Cole 4 ' 6 .. 
Lutes 7 8 7 6 7 .. 
Hall ; 5 7 6 3' 7 5 
C McDermott ' 3 .. .. 3 .. 
W McDermott 2 .. .. 3 .. .. 
Dr Ginnellv 5 7 7 2 7 .. 
Dr Coatcs" 7 8 6 6 7 6 
Stewart 9-9 9 3 ,. 8 
Worthington 6 4 4 3 .. .. 
M iller 5 5 . . . . 7 . . 
Warner 9 9 .. 6 7 7 
Hughs , 7 '.. 7 9 7 5 
Arend 6 .. « 
Van Arsdale : 6 9 8 9 .. 
Millerson 3 
Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 8 were turkey shoots. 
Sesquihora Gun Club. 
Phillipsburg, N. J., Nov. 29. — Five members of the Sesquihora 
(an hour and a half) Gun Club faced the traps tor their first live- 
bird .shoot of the season. Thanksgiving Day afternoon. The birds 
were a lively lot, and flew fairly well, but owing to damp weather 
and light rain they were hard to sight. In spite of this, C. E. 
Vough, better known as; Col. Vough, the veteran, and pi-esident 
of the club, had his eyes open. Conditions, 10 live bu'ds, 30yds. 
rise. Score: 
Gipp 0020110002— 5 Person 1120221110— 8 
Vough 1111211211—10 Duckworth 1111200021— 7 
S wen gel 0001220221— 6 
F. W. Duckworth;, Sec'y. 
Forester Gun Ckib. 
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Newark, N. J., Nov. 29.— The Forester Gun Club held a holiday 
shoot on its grounds here to-day. After the live-bird ^y.ent 'tlie 
shooters sat down 'to a luncheon served gratis by the 'clui-.,:-T)ien 
followed the target events for poultrj^ all handicaps;^ .TerVf^l, of 
the South Side Gun Club, won two turkeys; Klirt'gj'T:gi,,the,'S&uth 
Elizabeth Gun Club, 'won one .Jurkfiy, and-P;;::ElMii;ffig. won a'/pair 
of chickens. This was one o|-^4^.tayt«^t Xi]b^ o ^ . y ^v .^aver!^d- ^n-^ 
some time, and we hope to eqUsvl- jt 'On-CfecistinaB-.-Bay; The live- 
bird event was shot at 10 A. M. '"Tlie'^conarf!6''il^S^ece 6' bWds',' $2 ' 
entrance, 27yds. rise^ 50yds. boundary. The birds wfej-e all' .good 
■flyers. Mr. Asa Whitehead was referee. Nos. 5, 8, 13 and IS^ei^e 
the turkey and chicken events. The scores: _ 
Live-bird event: 
■►Tigh 201111—5 
Winans 210121—5 
Hayes 220222—5 
Belcher 220211—5 
J J Fleming 012110-4 
Jewell .ooieeo^i' 
'"Wheaton OOO^IO- 2 
D Fleming HI'-'. -^3 
Backus 121 ' --^3 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 10 10 15 15 15 15 10 
•8 4 ... ... 
6 5 7 8 6 9 9 11 9 
8 9 
9 8 
7 10 
4 .. 
8 U 
.. 12 
7 8 
8 6 
11 7 10 9 
4 
13 8 
*Gtiests. 
Events : 
Targets: 
Hayes . '.; . v. . . . " 
.Belcher 3 
Wlieaton 6 
Whitehead 9 
Ripley 7 
Jewell 9 
Tigh 5 
D .Fleming 8 
T Fleming . , 10 
Tarlton 4 
Winans .. .. )6 
Dawson 
Kling 
Mayer 5 7 
Terrell .. 11 7 .. .. 
Lippincott 11 .. ..11 
Goodcliffe , 4 S 
Blake 1 
Jedull ;. .. '. 4 
"Backus >..... 7 10 .. 9 
Parker 2 .. .. 4 
Brant 4 
Paul' 5 
Colquitt 9 .. 13 8 
Shaller 8 9 .. 
Koenig -.. , .. .. 4 
Wills .. V. 0 
John J. Fleming, Sec'y 
16 
10 
9 810 11 
9 15 9 9 . . 9 13 15 
.. 5 11 
12 13 
11 1-2 
Shooting at Singac. 
Singac, N. J., Nov. 29. — The largest crowd seen here for some 
time came out to Bunn's shooting grounds this afternoon to 
witness the shooting. The principal event was the three-men team 
match at 15 birds per man, $30 a side. Considerable money 
changed hands on the result, and there was much good-natured 
bantering by the friends of both teams. The birds were of good 
quality, with some first-class flyers sprinkled in here and there. 
After the live birds gave out there was shot a 25-target event for 
a gold medal, which was won by Klotze by 1 bird. Chris Wright 
turned up late, artd couldn't resist the temptation to shoot, so 
he borrowed gun after gun until he finished 25 targets. The scores: 
Team race: 
Rhodes ..022100000220010—6 
E Weaver 220222200202000— 8 
A Bunn 002122002222022—10—24 
!■) Weaver , : 110020020220200— 7 
C Van Winkle ;.; 122222200222222—13 
Klotze , 222102200222002—10—30 
No. 2, 5 birds, $3, 30yds. rise: 
Francisco 01220—3 
E Weaver 00111—3 
Hopper 22111—5 
Morgan 00012—2 
Stalter 02102—3 
Klotze ..02212—4 
No. 3, shoot for gold medal : 
Stalter ., lOOlUOlllOOlOlBlUOllOll- 16 
Klotze ....... ... OlllllllllOOlimuilllOl— 21 
Morgan 1011111111111111101100101—20 
Bunn 1111011001111110101011111—19 
Van Winkle ; 1111111110101101111100111—20 
Practice, for birds, strange guns: 
Wright 0111111101000111111010111-18 
Referee, Wm. Dutcher. 
Hudson Gun Club. 
Jersey City, N. J., Dec. 2.— The Hudson Gun Club held its 
regular weekly club shoot to-day. Event No. 6 -^vas the club .shoot 
at 25 targets, Sergeant system, arid was won by Dudley with 23 
breaks. The next shoot will be held on Dec. 16, and all shooters 
are welcome. Scores: ii 
Events : 
Targets : 
Dudley I.... 8 
G Hughes ..t..:'. 2 5 7 
Fee 9 7 11 
Van Dyne 5 .. 9 
F Schoverling 3 6 7 
Duke ..il.... 7 11 
123456789 10 
10 10 15 10 10 25 15 10 15 10 
9 13 9 8 23 14 8 11 8 
7 
7 
5 16 .. 
7 17 .. 
6 18 . . 
5 16 11 
19 12 
Shorty J, 9 10 17 13 
19 
20 
18 
8 10 
9 13 
7 10 10 
Heritage ..\ 4 6 
J Hughes ..i; 6 6 
Dr Bill 9 
Bock '■..I'. 
Banta ..X 
Nagle „,.,„...„...,..!. 13 9 
Whitley :..L.. 13 2 
Brewer J..L 7 9 .. .. 
Shields J..1 13 6 .. .. 
Ai. A. Schoverling, Ass't Sec'y. 
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Gloucester Giin Club. 
Gloucester City, N. J., Nov. 29.-^The Thanksgiving Day shoot 
of the Gloucester City Gun Club v?ai' held to-day, the results being 
as follows: i 
Match, 10 birds, $25' a '.side, 21yds. rise, 50yds. boundary: J. 
McOuaid 9, B. Martell .8. .i . 
Miss-and-out, $2 entrance: L. Groves 2, J. Hewlings 1, G. 
Horrieff 0. 
Match, 5 birds: E. Foster 2, G. Horneff 2. Ties: Foster 2, 
Horneff 1. 
The Kansas City — Omaha Series. 
Omaha, Nebt, Dec. 1. — ^The third intercity shoot for the team 
championship of the Mississippi Valley between teams of ten men 
from Kansas City and Omaha respectively was completed this 
evening, and the ten wing .shots from Elliottville walked ofl' with 
the honors after one of the most remarkable pigeon-shooting 
matches on record, winning by a narrow margin of 4 birds on an 
aggregate score of 455 to 4.51. The match was ten men on a side, 50 
birds to the man, and besides being stubbornly contested, brake 
all individual and team records for contests of this character, 
Botli teams beat all former records for team;? of ten, and the 
Kansas City men made an average of 91 per cent, out of a possible 
500 birds. Another record-breaker was the performances of Jim 
Elliott, Walter Allen and Clint Cockrill, all of whom grassed 
their 50 straight, a f^at never before done by any individual shooter 
m these intercity races. The race between Jim Elliott and Dan 
Bray was a grand one, and was shot in 31 minutes, which is 
probably the time record for a 100-bird contest. It was a pretty 
struggle, too, as Elliott was in great form, centering his Birds 
and killing them so cleanly that it would have discouraged any- 
body but the "one-eyed iceman," as Bray is familiarly known. 
Bray shot well, hitting all of his birds hard, but was unluclcy 
enough to lose 3 dead out of bounds. 
The shoot commenced Friday morning with Clint Cockrill and 
Billy Hardin at the score, and the Kansas City man, Cockrill, set 
his rival a merry clip, killing his 50 straight. The pace was too 
fast for Hardin, who was clearly out of form, and at the end he 
was 11 birds behind. : 
C. Cockrill, Kansas City 2122221221221212121222222—25 
2222222121222222222122222—25—50 
W Hardin, Omaha 120122212111222**11112221—22 
21*21101101101101**111011—17—39 
W. A. Smith, of Kj)|iisas City, and Gus Bersheim, of Omaha, 
were the next pair to'iface the traps, and the Omaha man beat 
his opponent and cut down, the lead of the visitors by 3 birds. 
Smith ia.a new man at, the ruatch game, and his score of 10 was 
not surprising to the students, of the sport: 
J Bersheim, Omaha . . . . , 0222022122220211211221011—21 
■ 212*222021222220122222222—22—43 
W-G Smitii, Kansas City 0212202222121002222z22221— 21 
_ 222022*222211222202200220—19—10 
Dick Kimbaii and F. N. Coekrih, two old rivals, were the third 
- pair to tHeetv. and the latter shot in bad form, scoring only 41, 
while Kimbalf -grassed 47. This was very gratifying to the Omaha 
contrngent,"a'i 'it reduced the Kansas City lead to 2 birds: 
.F N- .Cockriii„-.'Kansas City 022012*122220222222222122—21 
- i 222222222*22220211*12'*220— 20— 41 
R- ICimball,/ Omaha 2222222*22222122*22222212—23 
/ 121222222222222212*222222—24—47 
Tom Norton, of Kansas City, was drawn against George Loomis, 
of Omaha', and the latter won by a score of 46 to 42, which gave 
Omaha the lead by 2 birds. Norton is a clever shot, and it is only 
