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Fixtures. 
March 31-April 5.— Blue River Park, Kansas City Mo.-Grand 
American Handicap at live birds. Ed Banks, Sec'y, 318 Broadway, 
N AprU°-.-Dover, N. H.-Fast Day shoot of the Dover Sports- 
men's Association. J. B. Stevens, Sec'y-, ; 
April 8-11.— Olathe, Kan.— Kansas State Sportsmen's Association s 
annual tournament. , , n 
April 10.— Marietta, O.— One-day. target tournament ot the Co- 
lumbian Gun Club. Chas. Bailey, Sec'y. - 
April 12— Ossining. N. Y. — Cup shoot of the Ossimng Gun Club. 
C G. Blandford, Capt. , „ , 
A|riU5-lJ.- Asheville, N. C— Target tournament given by Col. 
E April 15-17.— St Joseph, Mo.— Missouri State Amateur Shooting 
Association's annual tournament. F. B. Cunningham, Sec y. 
April 16-18.— Peru, Ind.— Peru Gun Club's sixth annual amateur 
tournament; two days at targets for amateurs; one day at live 
birds open to all. Frank Dunbar, Sec'y. _ .... 
April 19— Haverhill, Mass.— Patriots' Day shoot of the Haverhill 
G Xpru 1U 22.— Olean, N. Y. — Third annual tournament of the Olean 
Gun Club. B. D. Nobles, Sec'y 
April 22-25.— Omaha, Neb— Nebraska State shoot. H. 5. Mc- 
Donald. Sec'y. , , . . /- 
April 26.-Ossining, N. Y.-Cup shoot of the Ossining Gun 
Club. C. G. Blandford, Capt. - , „ 
April 29-30.— Greenville, O.— Annual tournament of the Greenville 
Gun Club. H. A. McCaughey, Sec'y. 
April 30.— Wellington, Mass.— Third annual team shoot ot the 
Boston Gun Club. Horace C. Kirkwood, Sec'y. . 
May 6-9.— Interstate Park, L. 1.— Interstate Association s Grand 
American Handicap at Targets. Edward Banks, Secy; Llmer J_ 
Shaner, Manager. . . _ 
May 7-8.— Crawfordsville Ind.— larcet tournament of the Craw- 
fordsville Gun Club; $400 guaranteed. Mac. Stillwell, Secy. _ 
May 13-14.— Enid, Oklahoma Territory.— Oklahoma lerntenal 
Sportsmen's Association tournament. - . 
May 13-16— Oil City, Pa— Annual meeting of the Pennsy vama 
State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the Oil City 
Gun Club. F. S. Bates, Cor. Sec'y. . 
May 14-16.— Charleston, S. C— The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Charleston-Palmetto Gun Club. 
W May ll.^Sherblooke? 0 ?.' Q.— Sherbrooke Gun Club's inanimate 
target tournament. C. H. Foss, Sec'y. 
May 20-22.— Ottumwa, la.— Iowa State Sportsmen s tournament. 
May 20-22.— Elwood, Ind— Annual tournament of the Zoo Rod 
and Gun Club, of Elwood, Ind. 
May 20-22.— Wheeling, W. Va.— Fifth annual tournament of the 
West Virginia State Sportsmen's Association; added money and 
prizes. John B. Garden, Sec'y, Wheeling, W. Va. 
May 20-23.- , — . —.—New Jersey State Sportsmen s As- 
sociation. , 
May 21-22.— Baltimore, Md.— Maryland county shoot for amateurs. 
May 21-23.— Springfield, S. D.— South Dakota State Sportsmen's 
Association tournament. 
May 26-31— Lincoln, Neb.— Grand Interstate tournament; three 
days shooting; three days golf; three days tennis. H. C. Young, 
May 30.— Schenectady, N. Y: — Spring tournament of the Schenec- 
tady Gun Club. E. L. Aiken, Sec'y. 
May 30.— Ossining, N. Y.— Holiday shoot of the Westchester 
County Trapshooters' League. J. Curry Barlow. Sec'y. 
May 30.— Auburn, Me.— Annual tournament of the Auburn Gun 
Club. L. A. Barker, Sec'y. 
May 30-31.— Altoona, Pa.— Altoona Rod and Gun Club s tenth 
annual tournament. George G. Zeth, Sec'y, Altoona, Pa. 
May 30-31.— Union City, Ind.— Spring tournament of the Parent 
Grove Gun Club. O. E. Fouts, Sec'y. . - 
June 3-5.— Cleveland, O— Tournament of the Ohio Trapshooters 
League, under the auspices of the Cleveland Gun Co. 
June 4-6— Memphis,, Tenn.— The. Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment under the auspices of the Memphis Gun Club. 
July 8-10.— Pine Bluff, Ark.— Twelfth annual meeting and tour- 
nament of the Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association. Targets. 
Added money $300. Rose system. Paul R. Litzke, Sec y. 
June 9-13.— Rochester, N. Y.— Forty-fourth annual tournament of 
the New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and 
G J™ne 10-11.— Sioux City, la.— Eighth annual amateur tournament 
of the Soo Gun Club. W. F. Duncan, Sec'y. 
June 10-11.— Muncie, Ind.— Indiana Trapshooters League s annual 
t0 Junt m i2-l5.— Denver, Colo.— Grand Western Bluerock Handicap 
tournament. Frank H. Mayer, Tournament Manager. 
June 17-20.— Warm Springs, Ga.— Annual Interstate tournament. 
June 18-19.— Belief ontaine, O— Silver Lake Gun Club's annual 
tournament; Geo. E. Maison, Sec'y. . . , 
June 25-26.— Raleigh, N. C— The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Raleigh Gun Club. Jas. I. John- 
S °June eC 29 / .— San Francisco, Cal— Live-bird shoot of the Union 
Gun Club. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Mr C. G. Blandford, captain of the Ossining Gun Club, writes 
us as follows: "Two cups have been given to the club by a mem- 
ber to be shot for; one on April 12 and the other on April 26. 
These are fine cups, and the members should turn out in good 
force The conditions are: 25 clay birds, handicaps misses and 
breaks, $1 entrance. Shooting on each day to start at 2 P. M. 
Shooters may make post entries at any time up to 3:30 P. M. by 
paying 50 cents in addition to the regular entrance fee." 
The Wurtz-Dundas cup match of the University of Pennsylvania 
Gun Club, held on the grounds of the Clearview Gun Club, at 
Darby, resulted in a victory for Parish, who made the excellent 
winning score of 23 out of 25. The scores were as follows: Wurtz- 
Dundas cup, 25 birds, unknown angles: Parish 23 Fisher 22, 
Taten 19, Farwel 17, Lowdon 22, Weaver 20, Harley 18, Adams 15, 
Vaughn 14. A cup contest at 10 pairs resulted as follows: Parish 
15, Lowdon 20, Tatem 12, Vaughn 16, Harley 14, Weaver 10. 
There was a five-man team match between attaches of the firms 
of Messrs. Schoverling, Daly & Gales and Messrs. Von Lengerke 
& Detmold, on the grounds of the Richmond Gun Club, Staten 
Island, N. Y., on March 22. The former team won by a score of 
197 to 187, about an 80 per cent, performance. Each man shot at 50 
targets. A return match will be shot on the grounds of the 
Carlstadt (N. J.) Gun Club in the near future. 
On March 22, on the grounds of the Cincinnati Gun Club, two 
races at 100 targets were shot, one between Messrs. Squier and 
Phellis, the former winning by a score of 93 to 80. The second 
between Messrs. Gambell, Ahlers and Heyl, in which Mr. Gambell 
won by a score of 91, his competitors scoring 90 and 84 in the 
order mentioned. 
Mr. Thos. Sawdon, of Toronto, Canada, writes us as follows: 
"In your latest issue you have me credited with making a good 
score at the traps. Now, I don't object to the scores as stated, 
which are practically correct. But the statement that the shoot- 
ing was done with the Parker gun is erroneous. I use the L. C. 
Smith gun exclusively." 
Th eBishop of Hereford's bill, which aimed to abolish pigeon 
shooting, coursing, stag hunting, etc., in England, to which 
reference was made in our columns last week, was withdrawn by 
the Bishop, after the second reading, there being so much adverse 
criticism \o it that it had no chance of favorable consideration. 
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The G, A. H. entry of Mr. Harvey McMurchy, of the Hunters 
Arms Company, whose skill with the shotgun is exceeded only 
by his popularity, has been received by Mr. Edward Banks, the 
secretary of the Interstate Association. This, we believe, is Mr. 
McMurchy's first participation in this great event. 
There was a statement In some of the daily papers, to the effect 
that Messrs. Morfey and Van Allen had definitely arranged to 
shoot a match to test the matter in respect to whether pigeon 
shooting is cruel or not. No such match has been dehniteiy 
arranged. 
The target programme at the Limited Gun Club's tournament 
last week was not completed on either of the two days, but, as it 
stood, Mr. Fred Gilbert was high man. He also won the Grand 
Central handicap. He tied with J. E. Hick with a straight score 
of 25, and won in the shoot-off. 
Mr. Mac Stillwell, secretary of the Crawfordsville (Ind.) Gun 
Club writes us as follows: "Since writing you in regard to our 
live-bird tournament, to be held May 7 and 8, "we find we will be 
unable to procure enough pigeons, therefore have decided to have 
a target tournament instead." 
At Rockaway Park, L. L, the Oceanic Rod and Gun Club will 
hold its second March shoot. Trains leave East Thirty-fourth 
street and Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn, about 9 and 11 o clock A.M. 
Targets, $150 per hundred. Mr. J. H. W. Fleming (Johnnie 
Jones), Sec'y. 
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Mr. W. Fred Quimby, of St. Louis, was a visitor in New York 
on Saturday of last week, but his tarry was brief, for he sped 
Westward to Chicago and other cities, transacting business as he 
journeyed to the Grand American Handicap at Kansas City, 
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We acknowledge the receipt of a membership ticket of the 
Crawfordsville, Ind., Gun Club, sent to us by the club, secretary, 
Mr. Mac Stillwell, and extend our thanks for the honor con- 
ferred. 
The next shoot of the Richmond Gun Club will be held on the 
club grounds, Silver Lake, Staten Island. 
The Olean (N. Y.) Gun Club, through its secretary, Mr. B D. 
Nobles, informs us that its third annual tournament will be held 
here on April 22. 
On Saturday of this week, the New York party en route to 
the G. A. H., via the West Shore R. R., start at 2:40. 
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With the post entries, added to the 452 received, the total entries 
to the G. A. H,, will not be far short of the 500 mark. 
Bernard Waters. 
The Single-Trigger Shotgun. 
New York.— Editor Forest and Stream: In reviewing the de- 
velopment of the modern double-barrel breechloading shotgun, 
nothing has puzzled inventive genius more than a practical, perfect 
single-trigger device, and no improvement since the days of flint locks 
can show up so many rank failures and disappointments as the 
single-trigger idea. On no other single improvement has so much 
money been expended without satisfactory results as on single- 
trigger experiments. ..... . 
Although well nigh perfect work is being done by experts with 
the modern two-trigger breechloader, it is an undeniable fact that 
a perfect single trigger would prove one of the greatest of all 
recent improvements in a double-barrel shotgun, and the hundreds 
of patents and hundreds of thousands of dollars' spent m the at- 
tempts to put a perfect single trigger on the market, and the years 
of hard work and ever-repeated attempts after costly failures, show 
that the manufacturers, as well as the sportsmen, are wide awake 
as to the importance ot a perfect single trigger. 
The merit of a single trigger for a double barrel gun is self- 
evident. Every practical shooter knows the importance of a perfectly 
fitting gun, a difference in the length of a stock, of as little as ^m. 
is often noticed and insisted upon, and every amateur will do 
better with a proper length of stock than otherwise. A quarter of 
an inch, more or less, difference in length of stock is often fatal 
for best work. Still when shooting a double-barrel two-trigger 
gun, we continually shorten or lengthen our stock about an inch 
as the case may be, beside having to fully release our grip on the 
gun shooting right and left barrel, which all accounts to a great 
extent for the often comparatively poor work of the second barrel 
as well as other undesirable features, such as unpleasant punish- 
ment on account of recoil of gun, etc. 
All this will be done away with when shooting a single-trigger 
gun. _ _ ..i.. , 
What constitutes a perfect single trigger? In my opinion several 
requirements are absolutely necessary for' any single trigger to 
become popular enough to come into general use. 
F; rs t,— A trigger mechanism which is easily reversible from 
right and left to left and right. , „,,,.„ , 
Second.— Which is absolutely proof against doubling ; that is, 
firing both barrels simultaneously through either fault of the 
mechanism, difference in recoil of cartridges, peculiarity of shooter 
in holding his gun or involuntary pull, caused by the recoil of the 
first fired cartridge. • 
Third.— A mechanism which allows of as smooth, easy and light 
a pull-off, devoid of all drag of the trigger, as the two trigger 
Fourth.— A simple, strong and purely mechanically positive 
device which can be cheaply constructed, easily understood, and 
which is not dependent upon any recoil of the gun. 
In looking over the gradual development of the single trigger, 
the first attempts did not allow of shifting from right and left to 
left and right. Again, thousands of single-trigger guns have been 
put upon the market, and a good many are in use to-day, mostly 
in England, which are not proof against "doubling" and may be 
"doubled" by so-called tricks pretty regularly. 
Still others have such shortcomings as a hard, stiff or creepy 
pull-off, while the one or two single triggers which have been 
tried and can fairly lay claim to not having the first three objec- 
tions, are so complicated as to make them possible on the highest 
grades of guns only. The finest and most expensive workmanship 
only would admit of their construction, the cost of which would 
equal that of the cost of our most popular guns. 
The above history of the single trigger development during the 
last eight or ten years is correct, and is well known to all close 
observers of the many different actions patented, found correct 
theoretically, manufactured, practically tried and soon found 
wanting. Nearly every important European manufacturer has had 
his fingers burned on one or more single-trigger mechanisms, as 
theory and practice seemed bound to run counter and riot with 
each other. 
I plead guilty; I was one of the burnt ones, and was one of 
the most disgusted of the single-trigger tReorists, and was perfectly 
willing to let others go ahead and do the experimenting. Many 
other practical shooters and men in the business did likewise. 
My faith in the absolute practicability of a single trigger began 
to return only when I saw Mr. Charles Francotte, a leading ex- 
pert, among the practical gun makers of Europe, give his un- 
qualified indorsement and praise for the improved Bittiner and 
Jaeger single trigger, an American invention. The Bittiner and 
Jaeger idea has stood all practical tests, and is taking like wild- 
fire in Germany, France, England and Belgium, dozens of the 
leading gun makers having adopted the-same under royalties, and 
a considerable percentage of orders for finer guns are coming in 
with the B. & J. single trigger. 
The following description of the B. & J. single trigger will give 
your readers an idea of its simple mechanical construction: 
A lever, "D," (see Figs. 1, 2 and 4) is attached to the right sear 
- hq i. xiiis lever "D" has on the forward end a stud (D 2 ) and 
on the rear end an extension (D 1 ), which goes through and pro- 
trudes on the inner side of the sear arm (C 1 ). The left sear C 
has a shoulder lug (C 2 , Fig. 4). 
Fig. 1 shows the lock mechanism when cocked and set to pull 
right-hand lock first. Upon pulling the trigger the sear of the 
right lock is pressed upward, lifting the sear point out of the 
cock notch and relieving the hammer. The sear |then goes down 
by the force of the sear spring, and the lever D jumps tinder the 
shoulder lug C 2 of the left sear (C) by the force of the lever 
spring D J . 
The right barrel has now been discharged, and upon again pull- 
ing the trigger both sears, the right one free and the left sear set 
in cock notch of hammer, are lifted and the left barrel is dis- 
charged. 
To reverse the lock action from right and left to left and right, 
it is only necessary to shift the button E 1 in trigger E by pressing 
same in from right side to the left side of trigger. This brings the 
sear lifting pin E 2 from under the right to under the left sear "C," 
and upon pulling the trigger the left lock will be discharged first 
and next the right lock. . 
The above describes the mechanical trigger and lock-shifting 
mechanism, which, in itself, is mechanically complete and correc^ 
but not practical without additional safeguards against doubling. 
To render "doubling" or a simultaneous discharge of both bar- 
rels impossible, a weight or counterbalance, F, has been attached 
to the rear of the trigger, which acts like a "timer" or block, and 
which is in most striking contrast, mechanically speaking, to the 
many most complicated and often wholly unreliable patented de- 
vices for preventing doubling in single-trigger guns. ... 
The counterbalance or "timer" is mechanical simplicity in itself, 
is inexpensive and absolute in its functions. 
Upon pressing the trigger, the first time and discharging the 
first barrel, the counterbalance F is forced downward upon or 
toward the trigger plate. Upon releasing the trigger, the counter- 
balance is raised again to a position slightly more elevated than 
before the first pull of the trigger, thus allowing the sear to make 
its downward movement and the stud or extension. D 1 , on lever 
D to slip under or over the lug C, as the case may be, and couple 
or connect the other sear. . 
The under-bolt or breech-bolt, by means of a projection. A, tig. 
2, presses against the extension D 2 of the lever D when the gun 
is being opened, and places both sears in a normal position as in 
Fig. 1. 
The above mechanism is easily applied to most hammerless 
leck constructions, 
For hammer guns the B. & J. single trigger is still more simple. 
The transposer is done away with, and instead of the rear projec- 
tion on breech-bolt A, Fig. 2, we have a stud "A," Fig. 6, on the 
tumbler. 
In cocking the gun the stud "A" slips under the lever D, Fig. 6, 
so that the stud D 1 on the forward end of lever D is pressed in 
the groove C l of the sear C. 
Upon pressing the trigger and releasing the right hammer, the 
tumbler is forced upward, releasing the sear C and the lever D, 
and the action thereafter corresponds with that of the hammerless 
The left barrel may be fired continuously without firing the right 
by cocking the left hammer only. In this wise the stud D will 
always slip under the shoulders of the left sear, and the pressing 
of the trigger will lift both sears. When both hammers are cocked 
the gun will shoot right and left. When only either right or left 
hammer is cocked it will fire the respective barrel continuously. 
The counterbalance of timer F performs the same functions of 
preventing a possibility of doubling or firing both barrels invol- 
untarily, as in the hammerless gun. 
I predict that American sportsmen and gun makers will not be 
far behind their European cousins in recognizing the practical 
advantages of a simple, sound, purely mechanical, cheap and thor- 
oughly reliable single trigger for double-barrel guns. 
Justus von Lengerke. 
Missouri State Amateur Shooting Association. 
A GREAT TRAPSHOOTlNli CIRCUIT FOR THS W*ST. 
St. Joseph, Mo., March 21. — It has doubtless been a long time, 
if ever in the history of the West, that trapshooting has reached 
such a degree of popularity as it enjoys at present. No sooner 
was it announced that the Grand American Handicap would be 
held in Kansas City this season than trapshooters of the middle 
West began to arrange a circuit to follow immediately after the 
G. A. H. 
Arrangements were soon consummated, and the following splenr 
did circuit was arranged, consisting of three State shoots as fol- 
lows: Kansas State shoot at Olathe, April 8, 9, 10 and 11; Mis- 
souri State shoot at St. Joseph, April 14, 15 and 16; Nebraska 
State shoot at Omaha, April 22, 23. 24 and 25. 
The Kansas State shoot has for years been one of the best held 
in the West, and this one promises to eclipse all former events. 
The management will add $400 in cash to the events and for average 
money. i 
Following the Olathe shoot will be the Missouri State shoot at 
St. Joseph, which is only sixty-three miles from Kansas City. The 
first two days will be at targets, and the third day at live birds; 
$400 will be added to the events and for average money. This 
shoot will take place on the grounds of the Metropolitan Gun Club, 
without doubt one of the finest shooting grounds in the West. 
The management will make every effort to please the shooters and 
see that they have a good time' while in the city. 
Last on the list, but not least by any means, comes the Ne- 
braska State shoot at Omaha, which will be second only to the 
G. A. H. There will be $600 added money, and as Omaha has the 
reputation of always giving a good shoot, there is no doubt that 
this one will eclipse all former events. 
The shooters of the West feel that they now have an opportunity 
of showing their Eastern brothers that they can give tournaments 
of the highest order, and you are requested to make arrangements 
to stay with us a month-«and fake in the above tournaments, which, 
we can assure you, will be the best held in the West this season, 
F. B. Cunningham, Sec'y-Treas. 
N, Y. State Shoot. 
Rochester, N. Y., March 21. — I inclose herewith an article, 
reference to our State shoot, from the pen of our old friend, W. C. 
Hadley, who is still with us in spirit, and we hope will soon be 
able to be with us in body. If you can see your way clear to 
publish it in full, we shall be very glad to have you do so; other- 
wise such parts as you think will be of general interest will be 
fully appreciated: 
R. C. Kershner. 
The annual meeting of the New York State Association for the 
Protection of Fish and Game, which will be held in this city under 
the auspices of the Rochester Rod and Gun Club the second week 
in June of this year, will without doubt be one of the largest events 
of the kind witnessed in this State in some years. 
The Rochester Rod and Gun Club have unsurpassed facilities for 
carrying out one of the finest and most attractive programmes ever 
offered in this State. In addition to its beautiful grounds, it has 
secured adjoining ones, which, together with the handsome club 
house, splendid appointment and magnificent scenery, make it one 
of the most delightful shooting grounds in the Stafe. 
The action of the State Legislature in prohibiting live-bird shoot- 
ing has forced the Rochester Rod and Gun Club to'.make an inani- 
mate target contest for the Dean Richmond trophy jlbut no change 
will be made in the rules except so far as they conflict with the 
following: Entrance fee, $10 per team, with targets extra; three 
moneys, 50, 30 and 20 per cent,; class shooting: >50 targets per 
man, or 150 targets per team. Ties to be shot off af~<'25 targets per 
man, or 75 targets per team. 
The rest of the events are not fully decided on, brit will consist 
of the popular free merchandise shoot, State events- and sweep- 
stakes, and will be given in later issues. 
The shoot will be managed by Jack Parker, of Detroit, whose 
experience and popularity is a sufficient guarantee that everything 
will run smoothly. ____________ Had. 
Gaillard Sporting Club. 
Natchez, Miss. — On the 14th inst. Mr. Hood Waters was a 
visitor at a shoot of the Gaillard Shooting Club of Natchez, Miss., 
at which there was an assemblage of good snots, as the. scores 
appended will show: 
Events: 1 2 3:4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
Targets: . ^ 10 15 15 25 10 25 15 10 10 10 
Walton 10 14 14 22 10 18 10 5 7 12 
Baker 7 12 .11 12 7 21 7 4' 6 11 
Devine 8 12 13 22 8 18 9 .. .. 10 
Hillman • 6 10 7 17 6 21 11 6 4 9 
H Waters 10 14 14 24 9 24 15 8 9 13 
Sanford 6 10 12 19 6 18 8 4 5 9 
Session 9 8 8 11 
Shooting at Rtttersville. 
Rittersville, Pa., March 20.— Douglass S. Daudt, of South 
Bethlehem, to-day defeated Francott, of Easton, in a contest at 
this place. The match was for $25, at 25 live birds. Each killed 
16, and then shot off. Daudt won by killing 9 straight. Francott 
missed 2 out of 10. Scores of other matches: 
No. 1, 8 birds: Franklin 6, Hahn 5, Sommers 6, Rehrig 8, 
Mack 5, Daudt 7, Francott 7, Earner 5. Sommers- 6, Shimmel 6, 
Sommers 5, Rehrig 6, Mack 7, Daudt 8,- Francott 6. 
No. 2, 5 birds: Franklin, Francott, Young, Shimmel, Hahn, Brey 
and Rehrig 5 each. Earner 4. Straub 3. 
No. 3, 12 birds: Franklin 12, Mack 11, Fernhel 5, Smith 5, Ben- 
ning 4. The last three did not finish. 
