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IN NEW JERSEY. 
Trenton Shooting Association. 
Trenton, N. J., July 20. — ^The Saturday matinee was greatly en- 
joyed by those participating. The weather was all that could be 
desired. Good scores were the rule and not the exception, and 
consequently every one was happy. 
Some ladies did us the honor to call, and were pleased with the 
experience. A number of ladies have visited the grounds at 
different times, and their visits have always been appreciated, and 
to encourage the attendance it is proposed that a date will be set 
apart for them to visit the grounds during the club meets, and be 
made a permanent fixture, as "ladies' day." 
The day's high average was made bv'Secretary Thomas, 89 2-!5; 
Widmann, 86; J. R. Taylor, 82; J. E. Thropp, SI. 
In the team matches Hingeley and Thropp distinguished them- 
selves by breaking 24 and 23 out of the 25. 
Interest in the new cup to be offered at the regular monthly 
meeting Aug. 14 continues to increase, and the" indications point 
to a large entry list. 
The Comp-Widmann match for the county championship trophy 
is also set for the same date, and a big crowd will no doubt be 
on hand to witness the shooting. 
The scores follow: 
Events: 
Targets : 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
15 10 25 10 15 25 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 15 10 25 10 15 25 
Howard 6 12 8 12 . . 
Hingelev 21 6 10 16 
Thropp " 21 7 14 19 
Trueman 6 10 . . 
Daly 9 19 
Thomas 14 8 21 9 15 25 
Wilkes 11 6 IS 8 10 18 
7 R Taylor 7 8 23 9 14 20 
Widmann 9 9 22 8 12 24 
Maddock 6 9 17 .... 22 
Bundy 6 7 12 
Event 8, team race, 25 targets: 
Team No. 1— Widmann 22, Taylor 22, Wilkes 17, Maddock 19, 
Howard 17; total 98. 
Team No. 2— Thomas '21, Thropp 21, Hingeley 20, Daly 16, True- 
man 16; total 94. 
Team race, same conditions: 
Team No. 1— Widmann 22, Taylor 19, Wilkes 19, Maddock 20, 
Howard 16; total 96. 
Team No. 2— Thomas 21, Thropp 23. Hingeley 24, Daly U, True- 
man 10; total 89. 
The Trenton Shooting Association, at a meeting held recently, 
arranged the conditions that will govern the clay target champion- 
ship cup for the city of Trenton, as well as arrange a programme 
for the coming big shoot of Aug. 14. 
The city championship event will give the local cracks all sorts 
of opportunity to get together frequently, and hold first-class 
events without challenges and other cause of blocking many 
matches. 
The cup conditions will practically make it possible for a meeting 
of all the crack shots in this city at least once a month. 
Secretary Thomas is so well pleased with the prospects that he 
looks forward to having the greatest clay target event ever held 
between local shooters. 
Conditions of the Cup. 
This trophy will be known as the Trenton Shooting Association 
perpetual open championship cup for the city of Trenton, at targets. 
Condition No. 1. — Twenty-five targets, unknown angles; entrance 
cost of targets. 
Condition No. 2. — ^AU contests for the cup shall be shot on the 
grounds and under the auspices of the Trenton Shooting Asso- 
ciation. 
Condition No. 3.— The cup will be offered -for open competition 
the fourth Saturday in each of the several months of each year. 
Condition No. 4. — The winner will hold same for the time he 
wins it until it is again contested for the succeeding month. 
Condition No. 5. — The holder will give some satisfactory guar- 
antee for the safe keeping of the cup and its production when 
required. 
Condition No. 6. — All members of the Trenton Shooting Asso- 
ciation, and also all bona fide residents of the city of Trenton, will 
be eligible to contest. 
Big Day's Eve^its. 
The programme that will be shot Aug. 14 will- have the four- 
cornered match between Clarence Jaques, J. R. Farlee, William 
Vanarsdale and Charles Cole, as well as the Comp-Widmann and 
challenge shoots. 
The official programme as arranged by the board of directors 
for the day is as follows: Events Kos. 1 to 5, optional sweeps; 
No. 6, medal shoot; No. 7, Comp-Widmann match for Trenton 
.Shooting Association $50 silver trophy for the championship of 
Mercer county; No. 8, first contest for the Trenton Snooting As- 
sociation silver loving cup for the championship of the city; No. 
9. four-cornered match shoot, $10 a side, between Vanarsdale, Cole, 
Farlee and Jaques; No. 10, optional sweeps. 
The directors admitted C. C. Brokaw and W. H. Rickey to 
associate membership and received the applications of William A. 
Poland, Howard Heath, Adam Exton and W. P. Conard. 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
Gar&eld Gun Qub. 
Chicago, July 27. — The following scores were made on our 
grounds to-day on the occasion of the sixth trophy shoot of the 
second series of the Garfield Gim Club. 
P. McGowan, C. P. Richards and S. E. Young tied for Class A 
medal on 21. W. A. Jones won Class B medal on 20. C. H. 
Kehl and C. Kissack tied for Class C medal on 13. 
The day was an extremely uncomfortable one for shooting, being 
very hot and a strong scorching south wind blew directly across 
the traps, making the .shooting very difficult, as the scores testify. 
Notwithstanding the bad weather conditions, twenty-three shoot- 
ers participated in the tiophy event, and several others in side 
events, during the afternoon. 
Dr Meek 1010110000000110111110010—13 
N H Ford 1111111011011111110011100—19 
J D Pollard.... 1001111001110101011111010-16 
\V T Johnson 0101011111110100011001101—15 
A McGowan 0101111111101111001100101—17 
P McGowan 1110110101111111111101111—21 
C P Richards nUllllOUllOllOliOllUl— 21 
A D Dorman OlllllllOllOUllOlOlllOlO-^18 
H N Delano 0111010101110110111111111—19 
A Marshall 1100011000111110111110111—17 
J Monigan 0101100101100110000010111—12 
W Drinkwater 0010000101000100011111011—11 
T A Hagerty 0100000010010101011010101—10 
S E Young CtOllllOmilllOlUllimi— 21 
C H Kehl 1011011010110111000000101—13 
B Warder 0100110100000111010110001—11 
T Eaton 1111010111100111110111010—18 
Kissack V- .1000011100011110011101001—13 
T L Smedes OllllOOlOllOllOllllllllirj— 18 
A. Hellman 1110110111010111111111111—20 
S Leecer 1001110001010011110001001—12 
F G Barnard 1111010111000000110010111—14 
W A Jones 1011110111101111100111111—20 
O T Barnard 0000000110000000111101100— 8 
Sweepstakes: 
Targets : 15 
Dr Meek 4 
F'ord 9 
Pollard 9 
Johnson -13 
P McGowan 7 
A jSIcGowan 11 
Richards 11 
Dorman 8 
Delanej' 4 
Marshall 7 
Monigan . . . , , 7 
W Drinkwater ^..n, 1 
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Kehl 7 
Dorman 11 
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T Eaton 6 
Kissack 4 
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Chicago Gun Club. 
Chicago, July 27.— The scores made at the Chicago Gun Club's 
weekly shoot to-day are appended. In the weekly event, at 25 
targets, Mr. Ed Steck won by a clean score. He broke them 
admirably. A strong wind was blowing across the traps. Mr. 
Steck only missed a few in the whole day. Dr. Morton captured 
the handicap trophy in the same event. Dr. Car^*n won the 
monthly trophy on a fine score of 14 out of 15 at 21yds. rise. 
A. E. Rupel, of the Grand Crossing Club, also broke 14 from the 
18yd. mark : , 
Weekly handicap, 25 targets, handicap in birds: 
Broke. Hdcp. Total. 
Walters 1001100011110010111111011—16 7 23 
Dr Morton 1111011011111111100110111—20 6 25 
Steck 1111111111111111111111111—25 0 25 
R B Mack llOUlllllOllllllllllOllO— 21 2 23 
Dr Carson 1110111111101101100111111—20 0 20 
*Horn 1001000010011100011111011—13 0 13 
Bowles 1110011011111111111001001—18 6 24 
A W Morton 1100101100111011111110101—17 5 22 
Weart 1000010111100110101101101—14 7 21 
Dr Burcky 0010000101100000100000101— 7 15 22 
A E Rupel... UOimOlllllll —13 0 13 
Monthly shoot, 15 targets, handicap: 
Walters, 16 , 110111111011111—13 
*Horn, 16. ....... ■. 110011110011111—11 
Dr Burcky, 16 lOOOnOOOOlOlOOl-- 4 
Dr Morton, 18 101100101110001— 8 
R B Mack, 18 100011110110111—10 
Bowles, 18 ■ OlllOUlOlOmi— 11 
A W Morton, 18 101111111110001—11 
*Rupel, 18 ..:..:..: 111011111111111—14 
Ed Steck, 20 100111111111111—13 
Dr Carson, 21 111111011111111—14 
Dr. Carson v,'ins monthly trophy at 21yds. rise. Rupel, visitor, 
tied his score at 18yds. 
*Visitors. 
Team race, 15 targets per man, five men per team: 
First Team. 
Walters 111111111110110—13 
Steck 111111111111111—15 
Dr Morton 101011011010010— 8 
Rupel 111110111111111—14 
Horn 100111111110111—12—62 
Second Team. 
Bowles .110111011110011—11 
Dr Carson 100111111111111—13 
Mack 101111111101111—13 
A W Morton 101101011011110—10 
Cop lOllllllimill— 13— 60 
Targets: 10 10 * Targets: 10 10 * 
Walters 5 9 5 ' 
Bowles 5 7 .. 
Steck .'. . 10 10 . . 
R B Mack \ 6 .. .. 
Horn 3 3 6 
Weart 8 .. .. 
*Five pairs. 
A W Morton 7 
Dr Morton 5 3 
Bowles, Jr...... 4 .. 
Barclay 3 
Rupel 7 
Cop 9 
Nonpareil Gun Club. 
Chicago, 111., July 27.— The Nonpareil Gun Club's shoot ot-day 
resulted in the following scores: 
Leffingwell 200222*11201021—10 
Dr Shaw 122222201222222—14 
Head v.w..-^- 222211122202220—13 
Stephens 200110211111102—11 
Barto 022222222222222—14 
Scott 222222220022222—13 
Mevrick ;^ 122202022000022— 9 
Palmer , 202222222212222—14 
C S Graham r.' 222222221222022—14 
J R Graham ; 2222200222222*1—12 
Ties on 14: 
Dr Shaw * Palmer 120 
Barto 22222 C S Graham 22220 
Practice: 
Leff 222201010122002—12 Lamberton . . . .1102»1201111122— 12 
Miss-and-outs; 
No. 1. No. 2. 
Head 20 20 
Scott 0 0 
.Stephens 112 1211221 
Barto 222 111212* 
Scott 220 
.Shaw 2121221 
Palmer 0 
Meyrick 2222* 
Dunn 0 
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Boston G«n Qub. 
Boston, July 17. — The last shoot of the Boston Gun Club's 
summer series for 1901 was held on their Wellington grounds to- 
day, and though the rain put a stop to the sport for a short time 
and made things look dubious for the afternoon, twelve shooters 
seemed to reap full advantage of the afternoon's pleasures. Be- 
tween drops thirteen events were run off, much to the con- 
sternation of the trapper, who had just discovered a leak in the 
trap house roof. 
The prize match brought forth the usual amount of interest, and 
v.as finally won by a representative of the Watertown Gun Club, 
who made his initial performance on the club grounds one of the 
best. Fmnk was not much outdone, however, coming in 1 target 
in the rear, with Lane ne.xt with 1 target lead over Barry. 
The series which ended to-day was one of universal interest, 
nine shooters finishing the necessary five shoots. Woodruff was 
the final leader, shooting throughout in old-time form, which means 
very few misses on the score card. Horace was next with 2 
targets less, just scratching in the five scores, and not availing 
of the chance to throw out any poor scores. Frank with 99 was 
in third place, closely followed by Barry with 97, who had the 
honor of making the highest individual score in the five counting 
ones. Barry was fifth with 94, pushed hard by Spencer with 93. 
Lane was seventh with a good margin over Williams and Benton, 
who occupied eighth and ninth respectively. 
Scores follow. All shooting handicap distance and unknown 
angles: 
Targets: 10 10 op 15 10 5p 10 10 5p 10 10 10 10 
Frank, 18 8 3 5 13 10 7 
Barry, 16 10 4 7 10 8 7 
Lane, 16 6 4 9 10 8 8 
Fairbanks, 16 8 5 6 13 .. 8 .. 
Atwood, 16 7 5 7 10 .. 5 .. 
Williams, 16 7 3 5 
Banks, 14 3 3 4 
Philbrook, 16 5 5 8 
Elwell, 16 -.754 
Retwood, 14... 9 
Fredericks, 14 5 . . . . 5 
Henry, 16 7 . . . . 
Prize match, 25 unknown— 15 singles and 5 pairs — distance handi- 
cap : 
Fairbanks, 16 .millOlOllllll 
Frank, 18 lllimillOOlll 
Barry 16 IHHIOUIIOOOO 
Lane. 16 111110011100101 
Atwood, 16 iioimmooiio 
, Winners of summer series, 1901, five best scores out of ten to 
count; distance handicap: 
Woodruff 22 21 21 21 19—104 
Horace 23 23 21 19 17—102 
Frank , ....21 20 20 20 18— 99 
Ford v.... 24 20 19 19 15— 97 
Barry ......21 21 IS 17 17.- S4 
Spencer 22 19 18 17 17-93 
Lane 19 19 18 17 17—90 
Williams 20 19 17 15 2—73 
Bentoa 12 13 H 7 S- 45 
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11 10 11 00 11—20 
11 10 10 10 11—17 
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10 00 10 10 11—16 
"Why the American Team Won. 
DuNBARTON, N. H., July 24.— Mr. Banks has answered the abov« 
to a certain extent. I say they won because we Americans in- 
variably win, whether in war, friendly international contests a< 
shooting, yacht racing or other sports. We do not rely entirel^ 
on what we have done in the past. That is a matter of history. 
(We have good cause,' however, to be proud of our record.) 
What we can do now is what counts. The American team won; 
because they were composed of the material that cannot be beaten- 
(or at least very rarely). 
In an elaborately, illustrated work on guns and gun making a 
prominent English gun maker describes our American-made shot- 
guns as "a conglomeration of wood and iron, illy fitted and worse 
balanced. The shooting of one (said to be a full choke) was found 
to be much inferior to a well made English cylinder bore." Yet 
anent the recent match an English paper speaks of the American 
guns, as used by our team, as being extraordinary close shooters, 
putting the whol^ load of l%oz. of shot in a Win. circle at 40yds. 
Whoever saw such a close shooting gun of any make? I will 
venture to say none of our team ever did or ever will. 
All honor to our team, although they only did what we felt 
sure they would. I know some of them personally. Budd and 
I were sort of partners oftentimes at tournaments in the past. I 
do not think he has forgotten me any more than I have him. 
There is one thing, however, the omission of which I blame 
the American team. Why in the world did you not (after winning' 
the match you went so far to shoot) propose the following: 
One hundred targets each, for any stake your opponents would 
name? You would have won it most assuredly. The foreign team , 
to use the American guns and ammunition, use of one barrel, 
l^oz. of shot. Our men the English guns, both barrels, l^^oz. 
of shot? I think this would have settled the question of the 
advantage of one barrel with its load as against two with their 
load. 
It is true a close, hard shooting gun is needed to score the 
elusive, well trapped target. The very best shooting gun ever 
made will not do it alone. The man behind the gun must do 
his part. Otherwise the combination is a dead failure. 
The American team had the guns, the ammunition and the men, 
and that is why they won. C. M. Stark. 
Maple City vs. Milan Gun Club. 
NoRWALK, O., July 24.— The second and deciding match at live 
birds between the Maple City and Milan gun 'clubs was shot to- 
day, the Maple City boys winning by 3 birds. The birds were a - 
much better lot than were used last week, many of them getting 
over the fence and out. Purcell is the only shooter improving on 
his score of last week. His record for the two shoots is a 90 
per cent. clip. 
The Maple City boys are much elated over this double victory, 
and another series of matches will no doubt be arranged soon. 
The scores: 
Norwalk. 
Trap score type— Copyright, 1901, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 
451141 2 243121285244 25'4 146 
Gallup 2 1102i2 2'2 121002122u21212 2—21 
Reily, 
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-20 
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46144312125384882421 15864 
.♦022220201 2 2 2 20 1 **1122201- IT -58 
Milan. 
4411843132513315845441834 
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Purcell 1 12l2ii20 2 l2212 12I112 2 122 0—23 
5254333333138548525854584 
Lundy 0 2 11 2 12*00*0l022201il2ll 1— IT 
Streck. 
1484524321244445444858 3 81 
. 2 *00022000 2 220S!11 2 01 -Z 21* 1—15-56 
Geo. F. Titos. 
America vs. America. 
Cleveland, O., July 26.— Editor Forest and Stream: Previous 
to the departure of the American team for England, during their i 
absence, and since their return home, there has been considerable 1 
talk in regard to the possibility of selecting another team of ten ' 
men to defeat the ten men that composed the team. 
While I am not authorized in any way by the members of the : 
American team to speak for them, I feel that a match of this sort i 
would be acceptable to the team, and that any ten men in the 1 
United States wishing to try conclusions with them could be 
accommodated. 
Such a match would be interesting, and if it could be brought 
about to be shot in Cleveland I will be pleased to furnish the 
grounds and trap the targets for the match free of charge to the 
contesting teams. 
The match will be the best two in three or three in five, ten men ■ 
on a team, 100 targets per man, and 18yds. rise, use of one barrel I 
for both teams. 
In view of the fact that Mr. Chan. Powers one of the strongest 
members of the American team, is seriously ill in London, and Mr. 
Richard Merrill is with him, the right to select two men in their 
places would of course be only a reasonable demand on the part of I 
the American team. 
The match could undoubtedly be made for .$500 to |l,00O a side. 
Such a match would create the utmost interest throughout the 
country, and I sincerely hope that it can be brought about. 
Paol North. 
Winchester Rod and Gun Club. 
Winchester, N. H., July 26.— The regular shoot to-day had the 
appended scores. Nelson made a record of 95 out of a possible 
100, which we shall class as the amateur record of the State until 
proved to the contrary. The conditions were perfect: 
Events: 123456789 10 
Targets: 
Nelson 10 9 9 10 10 
Curtis 8 7 4 5 6 
Lesure 10 8 6 7 6 
Burbank 9 9 7 6 8 
Peirce 4 4 3 
Pettingelle 6 5 6 
Gordon 8 9 
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
10 9 10 
F. D, Lesuee, Sec'y. 
Hudson Gun Club. 
Jersey City, N. J., July 29.— Following are the scores of the 
Hudson Gun Club's shoot: 
10 15 15 10 15 10 15 15 10 10 15 10 
Targets : 
Schorty 10 15 15 10 14 10 11 
C Henry 8 10 
Duke 11 .. 
Han.'^nian 8 1112 
foncs 6 5 6 
Duston 6 9 13 
T L H 4 8 6 
Wild 6 7 2 
Van Dvne 91211 
Perrv ' 5 7 .. 
7 10 
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Osslning Gun Club. 
5 6 7 8 9 
OssiNiNG, N. Y., July 29. — Herewith please find scores of the 
Ossiuing Gun Club, made at the regular weekly shoot, Saturday, 
July 29. All events were at 10 singles, except No. 5, which was at 
5 pairs : 
Events: 12 3 4 
C F Brusie 4 7 8.. 
C G Blandford.; 1 8 7 9 6 
S A Macbeth 3 4 3 5 
T C Barlow 7 6 
J Doubleday 6 
S Mullen , .. 
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