Jan. 24, 1903.] 
FOREST* AND STREAM, 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries are invited to send th-eir scores for 
publication in these columns, also any news notes they 
may care to have published. Mail all such matter to 
Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, 
New York. Forest and Stream goes to press on Tues- 
day OF EACH WEEK. 
The Eastern team clianipioiisTiitt at live birds, contested iat Gut- 
tenberg, N. J., on Thursday of last week, had the rcraarlcably large 
number of fifteen entries, three men to a team. The conditions 
were 10 birds, 2Syds. rise, ?17.50 entrance, birds extra, three monej's, 
50, 30 and 20 per cent, to first, second and third. Each member of 
the winning team received a silver loving cup in addition, Mr. 
Gus Greiff making the presentatioxi of them to the members of 
the winning team soon after the contest finished. First prize and 
honors were captured by the Jack.son Gim Club's team No. 1, 
whose members were Capt. A. W. Money, A. Bimn and Garry 
Hopper, the former two scoring 10, and tlie latter losing 1 dead 
out, thus leaving the good total of 29 out of 30. The Jeannette 
team was next with 28. The members of it were Chas. Steffens, 
G. E. Loeble and Gus E. Grciflf, the latter killing straight. Third 
was divided between the East Side Gun Club team and the Brook- 
lyn Gun Club team No. 2, each scoring 2f). 
An invitation shoot at live birds will be given by the Forest 
City Gun Club of Savannah, Ga., on Feb. 3 and 4. There are five 
events each day, a summary of wliich is as follows: Fridav — 
Nos. 1 and .5, 10 birds, .$10, 30yds.; No. 2, 10 birds, .$10, cup 
added, 25 to 30yds.: No. 3. same as No. 2, excepting cup; No. 4, 
Forest City cup, 20 birds, $20, 25 to Slyds. Second day— No. 1, 
10 birds, $10, 30yds.; No. 2, 10 birds, $10, iOyds.; Nos. 3 and 5, miss- 
and-out, ,$5, 25 to .31yds; No. 4, Sunny South cup, 20 birds, $20, 
25 to .31yds. Carteret rules will govern. Shooting commences 
at 10 o'clock. Birds extra in each event. Boundary 30yds. High 
guns, 60 and 40 per cent. Ties decided miss-and'-out. Twenty- 
seven and twenty-eight-yard men allowed one no-bird. Twenty- 
five and twenty-six-yard men allowed one miss as a kill. 
The Boston Gun Club, of AVellington, Mass., has issued a card 
of information concerning its prize liandicap series for 1903. The 
first contest will be held on Jan. 21, and continue every Wednes- 
day until the completion of the series. May 6, 1903. There are 
nine useful prizes. The conditions are: Etitrance free; open to 
all shooters; distance handicap; seven best scores ovit of the six- 
teen to count. Score each day to be made on 30 targets from 
magautrap. A special prize, the B. G. C. gold badge, to the 
shooter making the longest run of consecutive breaks at handicap 
distance. Targets IY2 cents. All shooting under B. G. C. rules. 
The Winchester Gun Club, of Detroit, Mich., have issued a 
programme of its shoots for 1903. Beginning Jan. 10, regular 
shoots, including the club medal and handicap events, will be 
held every other Saturday afternoon. The third annual tourna- 
ment, open to all, will be held on Decoration Day. The club 
grounds are situated near Woodward and JDavieson avenues. 
Highland Park. Visiting shooters are always welcome. 
Elsewhere in our trap columns we present the preliminary war 
cry of the Sunday Call, of Newark, for hostile action against the 
sport of pigeon shooting at the traps in the State of New Jersey. 
It bears the marks of resolute determination to abolish trapshoot- 
ing. Only by the most energetic and united opposition on the 
part of the trapshooters and their adherents is there any hope to 
preserve trapshooting withm the realm of things which are legal 
in New Jersey. 
Concerning the great annual Pennsylvania trapshooting event. 
Mr. V. V. Dorp, secretary of the Florists' Gun Club, writes us as 
follows: "Please announce our claim of May 19 to 22 for the 
thirteenth annual tournament of the Pennsylvania State Sports- 
men's Association, under the auspices of the Florists' Gun Club 
of Philadelphia. Many valuable prizes. Programmes late]-, A. 
B. Cartledge, corresponding secretary, 1514 Chestnut street, Phil- 
adelphia." 
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In the activities of the trapshooting world, a match between 
Messrs. L. Z. Lawrence and Charles E. Leek, the latter of Wins- 
low Junction, Camden county, N. J., is among the possibilities of 
the future. This has been under consideration since September, 
and the principals so far have agreed on 100 targets and 100 live 
birds per man, and Waterford, N. J., as the place. A stake of 
$500 to $1,000 a side is contemplated. 
The programme of the regular weekly shoot, to be held at In- 
terstate Park, Queens, L. I., Jan. 24, has six events, of which two 
are at 15 targets, 75 cents; one at 20, $1; two at 25, $1.50 and a 
handicap at 100 targets, $4 entrance. Moneys divided Rose system. 
Handicaps 16 to 21yds. Targets, 2 cents, included in entrance. 
Those who so wish may shoot for targets only. Shooting com- 
mences on arrival, of 1 o'clock train. 
The ten-man team shoot between the Baltimore Shooting Asso- 
ciation and the Keystone Shooting League, 25 live birds per man, 
took place on the grounds of the latter organization on a day 
of last week, and resulted in a tie, each team scoring 211 out of 
a possible 250. A return matdi is fixed to take place on Jan. 29, 
at Baltimore. 
Mr. John S. Coggeshall, secretary of the Aquidneck Gun Club, 
Newport, R. I., was a visitor at the Eastern team championship 
contest at live birds at Guttenberg, N. J., on Jan. 15. He con- 
templated a visit in New York of several days' duration, and par- 
ticipation in some of the club shoots of New York gun clubs be- 
fore his departure. 
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May 12-15 are the dates fixed upon for the fifth Grand American 
Handicap at targets, at Interstate Park, Queens, L. I. This 
great event will have $1,000 added to the purses. The address of 
the secretary-manager, Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, is No, 111 Fourth 
avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. Programmes containing full information 
will be ready on April 6. 
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Mr. C. G. Blandford, the energetic captain of the Ossining 
Gun Club, sets forth the programme for his club's shoot this 
week, which is of exceptional interest. He also mentions that 
the prize in event 6 of the shoot fixed to take place on Feb. 23 
instead of a silver cup will be a pair of antlers, which were pre- 
sented by Mr. H. W. Bissing. 
Mr. A. A. Schoverling, corresponding secretary of the Fulton 
Gun Club, of Brooklyn, L. I., announces the next shoot of the 
club will be held on Jan. 25. An important club meeting will be 
held on the club grounds on that day. Special matches also will 
be a part of the programme. Shooting will' commence at 1 o'clock. 
The two-man team race at the shoot of the Brooklyn, L. I., 
Gun Club, on Saturday of last week, between Messrs. ICrugg and 
Baron on side and C. Banta and J. S. Wright on the other, 50 
targets per man, resulted in a victory for the latter team, the 
scores being 75 to 68. 
Mr. F. B. Cunningham, secretary -manager, St. Joseph, Mo., 
under date of Jan. 12, writes us as follows: "Please announce 
change of our dates for the Missouri State Game and Fish Pro- 
tective Association shooting tournament to April 7, 8, 9 and 10, 
iBstead of dates sent you." 
The final shoot for the Dupont trophy was shot at St. Louis 
Park, St. Lours, Mo., on Jan. 11. Mr, W, D. Kenyon came out 
victorious. Four had tied on 24, and the finish, the shoot-off, was 
miss-and-out, Mr. Kenyon winning in the fifth round. 
Mr. John S. Wright, manager of the Brooklyn Gun Club, in- 
forms us that his club will hold a shoot on Lincoln's Birthday, 
Feb. 12, comijieijciaig; a.t i p'clock. The particulars will be pub- 
lished later. 
The Kenton, Ohio, Ciun Club, through its secretary-treasurer, 
announces a shoot for May 21 and 22, The programme will be 
ready for distribution in ample time for tire information of shoot- 
ers. 
.\ two days' target tournament has been arnanged for Feb. 18 
and 19 by Mr, Alfred Griesemer, proprietor of the Duck Farm 
Hotel, at Alleniowii, Pa., at which place it will be held. 
The Springfield, Mass., Gun Club, through its secretary, ,Mr. 
C. L. Kites, announces a spring tournament to be held on April 
19, Patriot's Day. 
Bernard W.mers. 
Anti-Pfgfeon Shootingf Sentiment. 
That our trapshooting readers may be informed of the con- 
templated action of the New Jersey Legislature against pigeon 
shooting, we publish in full the following taken from the Sunday 
Call, of Newark, N. J., bearing date Jan, 18: 
To-morrow night Assemblyman Edgar Williams, of Orange, will 
introduce into the lower house of the Legislature a bill to abolish 
in this State the shooting of pigeons from traps. It will prob- 
ably be referred to the Committee on Game and Fisheries, of 
which Assemblyman Brown, of this city, is chairman. As chair- 
man of the same committee last year he reported the bill favor- 
ably, and he will doubtless do so again. 
The Assembly passed it last March by a vote of 43 to 7, and 
then Senator Lee, of Atlantic county, strangled it iti his com- 
niittee, so that the Senate had no chance to vote on it. What fate 
it will have in the Senate this year remains to be seen. Mr. Will- 
iams introduces the bill early, so that there may be time to fight 
it through both houses, if possible. 
It is probable that there will be a hard-fought contest over the 
bill. The trapshooters have prepared to oppose it. Last spring 
■the Carteret Gun Club was organized, and it has held many shoots 
on its grounds at W estfield. it is said to be composed mainly of 
New York men. Trapshooting was abolished in New York last 
M'inter, and it was said then that bird butchers would make this 
State their slaughter ground thereafter. This has come to pass. 
Only last week fifteen teams, representing clubs in the Eastern 
States, competed for the championship of the East as pigeon shoot- 
ers at Guttenberg. 
The Carteret Gun Club has issued a little tract of eleven pages 
called "The Rights of Sportsmen Involved in the Shooting of 
Pigeons from Traps." Here is one of the arguments put forth 
in defense of the so-called sport: "Practice with the gun under 
laws specially enacted for the encouragement of such practice, 
that men may be of service to the State in time of war; the skill 
acquired in pigeon shooting by the users of the gun; the creation 
of a large and cheap supply of wholesome food; the profiting of 
the farmers, who raise that food; must all these be given up on 
account of a few wounded pigeons?" 
It has commonly been supposed that the State provided rifle 
ranges at Sea Girt and in national guard armories to train men in 
marksmanship. If it is right to cause suffering to pigeons in 
order that men may be fitted for the array, why not go further, 
and let them shoot at sheep and cattle in the meadows? This 
would also result in the "creation of a large and cheap supply of 
wholesome food," and what matters if "a "few wounded" animals 
wander off into bogs and thickets to die lingering deaths, as do 
the pigeons? 
The plea is made also that the abolishment of pigeon shooting 
will "touch the pocket of the man who sells guns." It is ex- 
plained that "already dealers in these articles are complaining 
of their diminished sales in States where pigeon shoot- 
ing has ceased, some of them reporting a falling off of 50 per 
cent, in the sale of such goods," and the fear is expressed that 
"the stopping of pigeon shooting and the consequent stoppage of 
the making of the pigeon gun will undoubtedly open the way 
to the using of cheap and dangerous shotguns." 
The pamphlet is full of the veriest balderdash in defense of 
trapshooting. It would not merit notice but for the fact that it 
shows the humane people of the State that they must stir them- 
selves if the5' hope to place New Jersey witli New England, New 
York, Delaware and the other States that have made trapshooting 
unlawful. Accompanying the Carteret Gun Club's tract is a 
petition to the Legislature against the passage of the Williams 
bill. 
On the other hand, the New Jersey Society for t!ie Prevention 
of Cruelty to Animals will send out this week ati appeal to the 
journalists of the State to support Mr. Williams' bill. This reads 
in part, as follows: 
"Trapshooting is condemned by humane persons, not because 
the birds are killed — for they are usually bred to be killed, like 
poultry, , sheep and cattle — but for the re'ason that many of them 
are not killed speedily. Poultry, sheep and cattle are killed in- 
stantly, and there are no escapes. But official reports of trapshoot- 
ing matches, even when expert marksmen fire the guns, show that 
from five to twenty per cent, of the pigeons escape out of bounds. 
But they do not all get away unhurt. Many of them are found 
in the neighborhood of the shooting grounds, disemboweled or 
with legs blown off, and in otlier states of horrible mutilation. 
When poor marksmen engage in the so-called sport, the number 
of birds that escape wounded is still larger. 
"Trapshooting is mean, and therefore unmanly. The birds are 
often confined for several days in small boxes, and frequently 
crowded so closely together that some of them are suffocated or 
trampled to death. Those that survive are then placed in the 
traps, and suddenly find themselves released. More or less 
dazed by the reports of the guns about them, they rise on wings 
W'eakened by the long confinement. At this moment the sports- 
man, who has been standing a few yards away, with his gun 
ready, discharges it at the poor creature. We say that beside 
being crriel, the so-called sport is mean and unworthy of com- 
parison with shooting in the field, 
"Under the general act against cruelty, trapshooting was held 
by the courts of New Jersey to be unlawful. In 1889 men who 
wanted to slaughter pigeons at the traps succeeded in having the 
statute amended so that trapshooting was legalized. It is now 
proposed to rmdo what these men accomplished fourteen years ago. 
"We respectfully appeal to the journalists of New Jersey to use 
their influence, as so many did last winter, for the passage of the 
act which shall abolish this abhorrent pastime in our State, and 
place us, in respect to it, in line with the humane people of New 
England, New York and other parts of the country." 
St. Louis Trap News. 
The final^ contest for the Dupont trophy was decided on Jan. 
11, at the St. Louis Park. It had been in the field for nearly a 
j'ear, and those who had in the semi-monthly shoots made ten 
perfect scores met to decide the question of ownership a week 
ago. At that time four men tied on 24, the finals being post- 
poned for lack of birds. When they met yesterday the weather 
A'as bitterly cold, and a heavy snow covered the ground, H. B, 
Spencer forfeited his chance by non-attendance, and among the 
remaining iliree, the miss-and-out proved but a brief aft'air, W. D. 
Kenyon winning on the fifth roimd. 
Following this event a 10-bird race was shot"' for birds and a 
small prize, and then three miss-and-outs were shot, each at 5 
birds. Scores: 
Dupont trophy finals, 30yds. rise: 
Kenyon .....22122 O'Trigger *210 
■Jonah 12220 
Ten-bird prize' shoot, SOydsL rise: 
Dr Clark 1020102222— 7 O'Niel *2222-122*2— 8 
0'Triggei''...-i.V.,. 11**220122— 1 Piehl .21*2212212— 9 
Orvis • . , . . .0220222222— S Sultan .". .0112210202— 7 
Kenyon f,{. .1222220112^ 3 ' Jonah '. . . .11122*2222— 9 
Sims :...."122321'2222-il0 ' Weber" ... ,.1022011*10— 6 
First miss:and-.out : Weber 5, O'Niel 5, Riehl. 5, Kenyon .5, Dr. 
Clark 3, Simfe 2, Jonah 0, Oirvis 1. ' 
Second miss-and-out:. Weber 5, O'Niel 5, Riehl 5, Sultan 5, 
Jonah 2, Ors'is 1, O^Trigger 1,. Sims 0. 
Third miss-and-out: Weber 5, Riehl 5, Orvis 5, Sims 5, O'Niel 4, 
Sultan ly Jonah 0. , . .. , Kiuxobk. 
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Patty — ^Barnham Tournament, 
LtNDEN, la., Jan. 14. — Seventeen shooters took part in Patty 
and Burnham's tournament to-day. The programme had tew 
target and five live-bird events. The weather was pleasant, bu'l! 
a strong wind made the shooting difficult, and but few straight 
scores were made. Event 14 was for medal representing cham- 
pionship of Dallas and Guthrie counties. Mr. Patty, of Linden, 
broke 24 out of a possible 25 targets, and won the medal without 
a tie. (Dwing to medal event being open only to shooters residing 
in Dallas and Guthrie countries, the scores in this event were 
not counted in the average. Budd won high average by a small 
percentage over Patty and Burnham. 
Targets: 10 15 15 15 10 10 10 15 15 Broke. 
Events: 12 3 456789 
Budd 7 14 12 13 8 10 5 13 13 
C Harkens S 12 13 13 8 7 10 7 S 
J Harkens ......< 7 10 9 6 .. ,. 2 .. 
Patty 8 13 14 13 9 10 6 11 10 
Burnham 9 14 13 13 7 8 7 11 12 
Black 3 10 8 8 5 3 7 .. 11 
B Shaffer 5 
Petticord 8 .... 10 7 .. 
Campbell 10 10 10 9 7 6 8 9 10 
Hans 8 9 6 4.. 7 
Rosenberg 10 11 4 5 .. .. .. 9 ... 
J Shaffer ..i..,,.... 7 7 12 
Knapp 1 
Jones 6 
J Knapp 1 
Binns 6 6 
Goodwni 5 
Event 10, 5 birds, $2,50, three moneys, 50, 30, 20 per cent.: 
Black 02101—3 C Harkens 12022-4 
Budd 11102—4 Binns 10102—3 
Patty 00112—3 Goodwin 11001—3 
Burnham 22221—5 
Event 11, 10 live birds, entrance $5, divided, 50, 30, 20 per cent,: 
Black , 1200122011— 7 J Harkens 0221101022—7 
C Harkens 2222200122— 8 Patty 1211011112— 9 
Burnham 2222120011— 8 Budd , 1011112111— 9 
J Shaffer 0122000212— 0 
Event 12, 5 birds, $2.50 entrance, three moneys: 
C PTarkens ..,,21012—4 Black 10111—4 
Burnham 11112—5 Budd 21112—5 
Goodwin 11001—3 Patty .....01202—3 
Binns 10212—4 
Event 13, 7 birds, entrance divided SO, 30 and 20 per cent, : 
Black ....1001011—4 Tones 0111110—5 
Budd 1101011—5 J Harkens 1011222—6 
C Harkens 1101111—6 J C Knapp 0111202-5 
Burnham 1110111—6 Patty 1121112—7 
B Shaffer 1001100—3 J Shaffer 0121222— e 
Miss-and-out, entrance $1, Budd won: 
C Harkens 1120 Patty 0 
Burnham 2110 Uuaa 1111 
Black 10 
Championship medal of Dallas and Guthrie counties, 25 tar- 
gets: Jones 6, Campbell 23, Binns 16, Knapp 8, Burnham 17, 
Goodwin U, Ch,Ts. Harkens 22, Smith 9, Petticord 14, J. Shaffer 
17, D. Knapp 11. Rosenberg 17, H. Petticord 18, B. Shaffer 9, 
Black 18, Patty 24. Hawkeye. 
Bonesteel Gon Cljfa. 
BosESTEEL, S. D., Jan. 10. — Some of my good friends amongf 
the sporting papers have been asking for a resume of the shoot- 
ing season of 1902 at this place, and I take this opportunity to 
say that while the Bonesteel Gun Club lias only a membership of 
fourteen, we have shot during the season a total of 9,770 targets— 
a pretty good showing for a town of 300' inhabitants who have 
been unusually- busy building railroads and selling town lots and 
farms, etc. 
We have also had time to run off two or three small tourna- 
ments, which added very much to the interest in the sport, and 
also had four contests for the individual championship trophy 
donated by the Peters Cartridge Co. to the Bonesteel Gun Club, 
representing the championship of Gregory county. 
This trophy was first put up in open competition on the occasion 
of the first annual of the Bonesteel Gun Club, on July 22, and was 
won by Carl Porter, of Fairfax, after shooting" off a tie with 
Spatz and Orion Porter, and a second tie with Orion Porter. 
T. J. Thompson soon got the championship bee in his bonnet, 
challenged Porter, and was defeated by the score of 46 to 42 on 
the Fairfax Gun Club grounds, Aug. 15. 
Then Johnny Spatz, of the Bonesteel Gun Club, thought he 
would take a fall out of Mr. Porter, and he shied his castor into 
the ring, and the race came off on the Fairfax Gun Club grounds 
on the afternoon of Aug. 26, and Porter was again the victor by 
the very good score of 46 to 42. 
Johnny came home a sadder and wiser man, and after looking 
glum for a few days Leach suggested that he and Spatz shoot a 
200-bird race, and the winner would challenge for the trophy. This 
was done, and Spatz won by one bird, and accordingly challenged 
Porter, and the race was shot on the grounds of the Fairfax 
Gun Club on Oct. 29, Spatz winning easily by a score of 41 to 37 
in a screaming gale of wind. This ended the fun for the season, 
so far as the trophy was concerned, and Spatz still holds it. 
Following are the ten best scores of the members who shot 
that many strings of 25 each during the season: 
Per Cent. 
Spatz 23 23 22 22 23 24 22 24 24 23 .920 
lAicas 14 17 17 17 16 15 15 18 16 15 .640 
Leach 22 22 21 22 21 24 22 22 23 23 . 888 
Thompson 19 22 17 17 15 17 16 15 14 15 . 692 
McFayden 18 13 16 12 10 17 16 14 13 18 .685 
C Law 18 U 17 16 16 19 .647 
In justice to Messrs. Thompson, McFayden, Lucas and Law, it 
might be well to say that they shot comparatively few targets as 
compared by the two leaders, and their chances for making good 
strings was correspondingly small. 
The Bonesteel Gun Club purposes to give a large tournament 
durmg the commg season, that will be of such proportions as to 
attract lovers of the sport from all over the shooting world. 
Leach, 
Ossining Gun Club. 
OssiKiNG, N. Y„ Jan. 17.— Herewith find scores of the Ossin- 
m_g Gun Club, made Saturday, Jan. 17, To-day's shoot was sort 
ot a side issue, as the boys had got wind of the big treat pre- 
pared for next Saturday, the programme for which is herewith 
appended. Shooting to begin at 2 P, M, sharp. First cup, 25 
birds, handicap, "gun down." Second cup, 10 pairs, all scratch. 
Third cup, 25 birds, handicap, club rules. Fourth cup, special 
handicap. Consolation cup, offered by the president of the club; 
handicaps to be based on' best previous scores in prize competi- 
tions. All ties to be decided in one of three ways, optional to 
the man in the tie nearest scratch. Members should make a 
special effort to be present on the 24th, as this will be a banner 
clu'o day. 
In the programme of the shoot we are to hold on Feb, 23, we 
mention as a special prize in event No, 6, a silver cup. This we 
will change to a pair of .antlers presented by Mr. H. W. Bissing. 
Scores to-day: 
Events: 1 2 Events: 1 2 
Targets : 25, 10 Targets : 25 10 
Hans , 18 8 AVFisher 9 
C Blandford 23 9 
These scores were made with Blandford's gun. The others, not 
intending to shoot, failed to bring their shooting irons. Bedell 
and Edgcrs were also present, but would not shoot with a strange 
g«"- C. G. B. 
Peters Annual Re-union Tournament. 
CiNCiKNATi, O.— From Jan. 12 to 16, inclusive, were days of 
reunion of the salesmen of the Peters Cartridge Company at Cin- 
cinnati, Each of the days had its special programme. Mon- 
day the salesmen assembled. Tuesday afternoon was devoted to 
a theater. W ednesday the factory and dinner at King's Mills in 
the forenoon; banquet in the afternoon. Thursday, a smoker 
Friday, luncheon at the Cincinnati Gun Club, and shoot. 
The. men .were divided into, thirteen-man teams, 25 targets per 
m?n, and the result was very close, 248 to 247. "The scores follow- 
Peters 24, French 21, Apgar 23, Parker 12, Storr 24, Miller 20' 
Lemcke 20, Osborn 20 Reid 23, Keller, Jr., 14. Myers 12, Gross 
21, Frohnger 14; total 248. 
T Keller 20, Wade 23 Bartlett 18 See 21, Kirby 21, Kauffman 
17, Spencer 24, Mackie Zl, King 9, Bates 21,, Litzke 13, Tut^tle 1^, 
High tower 22; total 247, r , -vie a*. 
