FOREST AND STREAM. 
New London, la.. Tournament. 
New London, la., June IS.— The New London Gun Club's three- 
day handicap tournament closed to-day. 
Tlie programme was liberal and the attendance should have 
been double what it was. 
Dr. C. E. Cook spared no pains nor work to make all in at- 
tendance enjoy their visit in New London. 
The grounds are as fine as any in the State. A good substantial 
club house has just been completed. A large sini-shade was put 
up ju.st . east of the club house, which gave the spectators pro- 
lection from the sun and a good view of the shooting from both 
sets of traps. The programme called for eight 15 and four 20 
target events each day, with Jo added to each event. Money was 
divided 40, 30, ^0 and 10 per cejit., beside a 50-target handicap 
eiich day divided Rose system, five moneys. A cup went to high 
man. In the regular events the sliding handicap was used, limit 
.14 to 22yds. Thus, each contestant when making a straight score 
shall be obliged to .itep back 1yd. Should he score straight in next 
event he shall still further handicap himself 1yd. Should he, 
after having made straight score, fail in next event, he shall step 
up 1yd., but at no time can he exceed his 3yd. limit. 
A gold watch was given to first high average, and silver 
trophies to second, third and fourth high guns. To low man 
shooting entire programme, $60. A gold watch for longest run 
in regular events. A silver trophy to one making most consecu- 
tive misses in any event. A Schmelzer trophy to winner of 
invitation handicap; a gold watch to winner of grand target 
handicap, and a trophy to winner of sympathy handicap. 
Marshall, Burmister and Burnside were the handicap committee. 
Budd won high average, Gilbert second average. Long run 
and sympathy handicap, Budd, Gilbert, Klein, Kirby, Nichols and 
Marshall made 90 per cent. Budd and Gilbert withdrew, leaving 
the other four to shoot off at 25 targets, and Klein won with 23. 
John Burmister won first money and the cup in the invitation 
handicap. Burnside won the SO per cent, cup in shoot-off, secur- 
ing 25 straight. T. B. Nichols won fourth average, a nice trophy. 
Elliott won cup given for most consecutive misses. Dr. C. E. 
Cook won low average. Ellett, Burnside, Hale and Dr. Andrews 
tied on 47 in the grand target handicap, and in the shoot-off at 
25 targets Burnside made a straight score and won the cup. 
The New London Gun Club will hold another tournament 
Oct. 23 and 24. The programme will be a liberal one, and a 
good attendance assured. Dr. and Mrs. Cook entertained a num- 
ber of visiting spoi-tsnien at their home during the week, and 
the Doctor spent some time each day showing his guests how 
the game of croquet was played. Owing to a number of the 
shooters wanting to make an early train home the last six 
events on third day's programine were not shot. 
June 16, First Day, 
Events: 
Targets : 
Gilbert, 19 
Klein, 17. 
Budd, 17 . 
Burnside, 
Kirby, 17 
Lord, 17 
17 
1 
15 
13 
13 
15 
13 
13 
15 
Wallace, 16 15 
Nichols. 16 12 
Koss, 16 14 
Miller, 16 10 
Ellett, 16 15 
Cook, 16 14 
Dove, 15 11 
Foley, 15 13 
Cool, 15 7 
Whteler, 16 13 
Marshal], 17 i.. ...... 13 
Biu"mister, 15 11 
Ceng, 15 
2 3 
15 20 
14 19 
10 20 
15 19 
12 IS 
13 19 
13 14 
9 15 
12 18 
14 17 
11 15 
14 16 
10 IS 
10 17 
13 17 
12 16 
11 18 
12 19 
15 19 
.. 12 
4 5 
15 15 
15 12 
15 12 
15 14 
14 12 
14 13. 
11 12 
12 11 
13 12 
12 11 
10 13 
14 15 
13 15 
11 9 
13 11 
13 11 
14 .. 
15 13 
13 13 
14 10 
6 7 8 
20 15 15 
17 14 12 
18 12 15 
19 13 13 
19 14 13 
15 13 12 
15 11 12 
15 13 15 
19 14 14 
17 12 12 
14 11 12 
17 13 14 
20 15 12 
15 15 13 
17 13 12 
16 13 13 
19 14 . . 
18 15 14 
19 14 12 
17 11 8 
9 10 
20 15 
20 15 
20 14 
20 13 
18 15 
18 14 
16 11 
17 13 
16 13 
18 13 
16 15 
14 15 
15 12 
18 14 
20 14 
17 12 
11 12 
15 20 
13 20 
15 19 
14 19 
12 16 
12 17 
14 16 
14 16 
12 19 
14 18 
13 15 
11 19 
12 19 
12 18 
13 17 
14 19 
14 13 13 18 
17 10 13 18 
18 13 14 17 
Broke. 
184 
183 
189 
176 
178 
160 
165 
174 
172 
155 
177 
175 
163 
173 
163 
i77 
174 
Fifty- target handicap, Gilbert, 19yds., 37; Klein, 17yds., 43, 
Budd, 17yds., 27; Burnside, 17yds., 43; Kirby, 17yds., 42; Lord, 
17yds., 35; Ross, 16yds., 41; Miller, 16yds., 33; Cook, 16yds., 33; 
Dove, 15yds., 42; Cool, 15yds., 38;Marshall, 17yds., 41; Burmister, 
15yds., 44. 
June M, Second Day, 
Events: 123456789 10 11 12 
• Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 Broke. 
Gilbert 13 14 20 15 15 18 14 15 17 13 14 20 188 
Klein 15 12 20 14 13 19 14 14 20 15 13 19 188 
Budd 12 15 18 15 14 19 13 12 19 15 14 19 185 
Cook 13 11 17 12 12 15 14 13 12 12 11 15 157 
Kirby 14 15 18 14 14 18 12 15 18 15 14 18 185 
Nichols 14 15 19 15 13 IS 14 14 20 15 13 16 186 
Ross 13 14 18 13 15 20 12 12 19 13 15 19 183 
Miller 11 13 18 14 13 16 9 13 16 11 14 18 166 
Ellett 14 11 17 
Burnside 14 13 19 14 15 10 13 13 17 14 14 18 180 
Dove 13 13 19 15 15 18 12 15 18 11 13 18 ISO 
Marshall 12 14 17 14 14 17 15 13 19 15 13 19 182 
Burmister 11 13 16 14 11 10 15 15 18 10 14 16 16S 
Wolfe 13 12 18 13 9 17 12 15 18 12 13 18 170 
Hale 12 14 17 14 12 18 12 15 16 13 15 18 176 
McBride 13 12 14 14 11 10 15 12 16 14 13 17 169 
Coole 13 13 19 14 11 IS 15 12 15 14 14 20 178 
Mahanah 10 9 14 15 13 16 
Smith 10 12 18 11 10 14 
Wyman . . . . 10 12 18 11 10 14 
Fifty-target handicap: Gilbert 45, Klein 42, Budd 44, Cook 44, 
Kirby 39, Ross 43, Miller 40, Ellett 47,Dove 45, Marshall 42, Bur- 
mister 45, Wolfe 44, Hale 47, Mahanah 36, Smith 35, Wyman 35, 
Andrews 47. 
June I8t Third Day. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 
Gilbert 13 15 19 15 15 19 
Klein 15 14 18 15 14 19 
Budd 13 15 19 13 15 20 
Burnside 13 11 19 14 14 20 
Kirby 12 13 19 14 14 18 
Marshall 13 13 18 14 14 20 
Burmister 12 13 16 13 10 18 
Rambo 14 14 18 13 13 18 
Miller 13 15 20 11 15 19 
Ross 12 14 18 13 14 17 
Dove 14 12 19 13 14 17 
Ellett 11 11 18 14 15 19 
Nichols 14 15 20 13 15 17 
McBride 15 11 16 12 14 14 
Hitch 11 10 17 13 11 17 
Cook 13 14 15 10 12 17 
Fifty-target handicap: Gilbert 50, Klein 46, Budd 47, Burnside 
48, Marshall 49, Burmister 44, Ross 42, Dove 45, Cook 48. 
Broke. 
96 
95 
95 
91 
90 
92 
82 
90 
93 
89 
88 
88 
94 
82 
79 
82 
Averages, 
Budd 189 1S5 
Gilbert 184 188 
Klein 183 188 
Nichols 174 186 
Kirby 178 185 
Marshall 177 182 
Burnside 176 180 
Ross ..172 183 
Dove 163 180 
Burmister 174 168 
Miller 155 166 
Cook 175 157 
1st day. 2d day. 3d day. Total. 
469 
468 
466 
454 
453 
451 
447 
443 
432 
424 
414 
413 
Hawkeye. 
95 
96 
95 
94 
90 
92 
91 
88 
89 
82 
93 
81 
West Chester Gun Club. 
West Chester, Pa., June 18.— The West Chester Gun Club held, 
as previously advertised, its opening shoot on its new grounds, 
which proved a success. It was 11 A. M. when the ball was set 
rolling, and the crack of the guns did not cease until 0 P. M. 
In that lime there were used 3,770 targets. The average entrance 
was about twenty-seven. The highest in any event was forty-four. 
Fisher, of Philadelphia, had high score; Sanford, of the same 
place, next, with Bennett, of the home ckib, third. 
We had visitors from Atlantic City, Pittsbiu-g, Oxford, Wyo- 
ming, Del., and from nearly all the nearby places, and to them 
all we extend our thanks, for it is the shooters who stay that 
make a successful event. The programme provided a total of 
135 targets. Appended find scores: 
Events: 1234567 8 9 10 
Targets: 10 15 10 15 10 15 20 10 20 10 
Fisher 10 13 8 15 9 13 18 8 16 9 
l<idge 5 11 9 10 6 12 16 7 15 9 
Sanford 9 13 S 11 10 16 18 8 15 10 
Bennett 7 13 9 12 9 13 15 10 17 8 
Harrison 9 12 8 11 8 11 17 9 14 8 
\\ ynn 13 10 13 14 7 11 S 
Wicnman 14 9 13 8 11 16 9 .. 5 
lorpy 10 13 10 13 18 9 10 7 
McClure 5 4 8 9 10 2 7.. 
Capt Smith 9 15 7 14 17 8 16 10 
Johnson 9 11 10 13 16 2 3.. 
Stevens .. 8 8 8 13 14 8 11 .. 
Mink 13 10 13 10 14 18 9 14 9 
H Jolinscn 7 12 9 13 13 7 15 . . 
Evans 9 12 7 12 14 
Mullcr 10 11 19 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
Gill 8 13 7 14 
Bull 4 8 5 10 
Lee 9 11 
Roberts 8 11 
Register 7 12 
Mack 7 13 
Eachus 9 13 
Ferguson S 13 
Holland 6 6 
Sellers 8 11 
Haines 9 8 . . 
Peters 14 .. .. 
Hoopes 10 . . . . 
Smith 8 14 
Howard 12 
Hoar , 11 
Cardwell 10 
Bird 13 
Plarvey 14 
Ba'dvyin 
18 
9 8.. 
8 .. 17 
9 16 
6 .. 
.. 17 
7 11 
10 10 7 
8 14 10 
6 11 4 
9 .. .. 
7 13 7 . . 
.. 13 .. .. 13 .. .. 
6 14 8 13 12 10 U 
8 . . 9 10 
.. 9 
.. 6 
ii 's 
8 .. .. 
9 .. 14 
10 10 17 
4 10 13 
6 13 17 
10 13 .. 
7 14 15 
6 .. 
7 
13 
6 14 
6 .. 
6 
9 .. 
2 
7 
4 8 .. 
McCorkle 
6 .. 
8 .. 
J Plolland 
6 .. 
7 .. 
13 .. 
5 
6 .. 
4 
Broke. 
119 
106 
116 
113 
107 
76 
85 
90 
45 
90 
64 
70 
110 
76 
54 
73 
75 
44 
67 
57 
76 
78 
31 
56 
38 
93 
36 
14 
24 
45 
56 
38 
66 
36 
79 
16 
8 
32 
28 
25 
35 
6 
22 
4 
12 
39 
17 
14 
12 
18 
13 
5 
4 
F. H. Eachus, Sec'y. 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
Fulton Gun Club, 
Brooklyn, N. Y., June 21.— Event No. 13 was of special interest. 
It was the team race between teams of the Fulton Gun Club 
and the North River Gun Club, 25 targets per man, six men to 
a team. The home team won with a score of 121 to 106. The 
scores follow: 
Events: 1 
Targets : 15 
Schorty 13 
Dudley 13 
Wells 10 
Reynolds 11 
Glover 13 
A Schovcrling 11 
Davis 11 
Goetter 13 
Morrison 12 
Hearne 9 
Edwards 12 
Allison 
Merrill • .. 
Sitzler ................. .. 
Vosselman 
Musser 
Schneider 
Gray 
May 
Fessenden 
Clifton 
2 
15 
15 
11 
3 4 5 
15 15 15 
11 13 14 
12 .. 15 
10 11 12 
9 13 12 
13 . . . . 
14 
9 
10 
14 
12 
13 
.. 12 
.. 5 
.. 13 
.. 12 
.. 14 
.. 15 
10 13 
10 10 
3 4 
6 8 
13 11 
13 15 
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 
15 15 15 15 15 15 
14 13 11 14 14 11 .. 
.. 12 .. 
.. 12 16 
11 10 .. 11 .. 10 .. 
i4 12 io '9 io 12 
10 11 9 6 11 9 . . 
10 11 .. 10 12 13 .. 
. . 13 
12 12 11 13 .. 15 .. 
14 10 .. 10 12 10 21 
. . 12 
.. 11 
.. 8 11 15 
'7 v. 
11 11 8 12 .. 10 18 
9 .. 10 9 .. 11 .. 
8 13 11 17 
Event 13, team race: 
Fulton — Schorty 24, Hearne 21, Schneider 21, Reynolds 21, 
Schoverling 18, May 16; total 121. 
North River— Dudley 25, Glover 19, Allison 17, Morrison 10, 
Merrill 16, Vosselman 13; total 106. 
A. A. Schoverling. 
Trap Around Reading, 
Reading, Pa., June 20. — The members of the South End Gun 
Club held their regular monthly target shoot on the club grounds 
to-day, and although it rained hard throughout the afternoon 
fully three hundred people stood in the rain to witness the dif- 
ferent events. The club had as its guests W. F. Crosby and W. 
Fred Quimby, Frank Lawrence, J. R. Hull and E. D. Fulford, 
who all shot in the different events. A high wind from the river 
made the flights of the targets very irregular, and made shooting 
hard, and the bad background made the targets hard to see. 
Crosby made one run of 68 straight. There were representatives 
present from Birdsboro Gun Club, St. Lawrence; Shuler Shooting 
Club, Pottstown; Oakland Gun Club and all the local gun clubs, 
who were all entertained by the members of the South End 
Club. Arthur Fink, the local manager, had charge of the shoot, 
assisted by the club's tournament committee. The scores follow: 
Events: 123456789 10 
Targets: 15 20 25 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Broke. 
Ball 13 15 19 13 12 11 11 
Crosby 14 19 24 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 159 
Hull 14 19 23 14 14 14 
Fulford 14 13 20 15 14 14 15 15 15 
Gerhart 14 16 20 13 14 15 13 13 11 15 144 
Walters 11 16 23 12 14 14 14 14 
Shaaber 13 . . .. 11 13 15 
Miles 10 12 16 12 9 11 11 9 12 13 115 
Farr 13 15 17 13 11 13 15 14 
Eshelman 10 12 23 9 11 12 9 11 10 10 
Smith 13 .... 13 15 
E Adams 5 .. .. 9 13 9 11 8 12 9 
Warrock 10 .... 7 9 
Berg 12 11 
Jones • 10 
Duster. 
Hudson Gun Club. 
Jersey City, N. J., June 14.~This was the regular semi-monthly 
shoot. Drizzling rain most of the day. Nothing seems to stop 
members from shooting. The club is booming; the interest of 
old-time members being aroused. Will have an all-day shoot in 
the near future; notice will be given. Next shoot June 28. 
Everybody welcome. Take Turnpike trolley car from Jersey City. 
Time from ferry, twenty-five minutes. 
Events: 123456789 
targets: 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 
Piercy 13 13 13 14 14 13 15 13 
Edwards , 10 11 12 12 10 14 12 13 9 
Peaisall n 12 10 11 14 
Jenkins 5 0 7 6 
(Mhes 11 10 0 9 8 6 8 .. .. 
Hansman 10 13 9 9 8 10 10 8 .. 
H Pearsall n n n 10 9 
Van Valkenberg 12 12 12 10 11 9 10 9 
Reynolds 9 15 12 10 9 
h^'^^"^ • 10 .. 8 .. 
O Bnen 
Franklin Gun Club. 
Franklin Furnace, Pa., June 13.— The following scores were 
made at the shoot of the Franklin Gun Club to-day: W. 
Stephens 9, J. Williams 9, H. Pope 11, W. Pope 7, A. Wright 11, 
H. Corner 10, C. Ramage 4, E. Black 8, F. Suthren 12, F. Kish- 
paugh 11, C. Pollard 0, Alf. Wright 4. 
Ossining Gun Qub, 
OssTNiNG, N. Y., June 20.— There was very little shooting on 
the grounds of the Ossining Gun Club to-day. The threatening 
weather kept many away, and those who took a chance at the ele- 
ments had their choice between a good soaking at the regular 
16yd. stand and a waste of good ammunition from the 22yd. 
m.ark, under the protection of the club house veranda. The latter 
was preferable, so a series of small sweeps were shot, divided in 
two moneys. 
E. F. Ball negotiated 10 straight in one event, which put him 
head and shoulders ahead of all but A. Bedell, who got 9 in the 
same event. W. Root and A. V. Gallougly, of New York city, 
were visitors to-day, trying their hand for the first time at the 
clay saucers. They do not want, their scores published; so we 
will place them ^s "also rans." The best J. Hyland could do in 
the rain from the 16yd. mark was 8 out of 10 to C. Blandford's 9 
out of the same number. 
A few prizes will be offered to the club members next Satur- 
day to enliven the sport. The grounds looked lonely after the 
big shoot last week. There are still some pasters and placards 
left as reminders, but the headquarters flag is flying in Buffalo 
for 1904. C. G. B. 
Chesapeake Gun Club, 
Newport News, Va., June 17.— Live bird and target events 
were shot at the Chesapeake Gun Club shoot to-d.^.y. The day 
was perfect for the sport. Some good scores were made. 
In the live-bird shoot Mr. P. J. Gallagher, of the Portsmouth 
Gun Club, killed 15 straight. Pie was closely followed by Mr. E. 
C. Gunther, of the Norfolk Club, who killed 13 out of 15. 
In the target shoot Mr. Thomas F. Stearnes easily led, break- 
ing 71 out of 75 birds. The scores made in the two shoots follow: 
Events: 12 3 Events: 12 3 
Birds: 5 5 5 
H Westacott 2 2 3 
F F Allen 4 3 
G B James 4 
Birds: 5 5 5 
P J Gallagher 5 5 5 
E C Gunther 4 5 4 
B B Semmes 3 3 4 
T F Stearnes 243 
Events: 12 3 Events: 12 3 
Targets: 25 25 25 Targets: 25 25 25 
■ T F Stearnes 24 25 22 P J Gallagher 20 19 20 
G B James 23 20 .. EC Gunther 24 20 .. 
B B Semmes 21 17 24 H Westacott 20 21 .. 
G. B. J. 
Winchester Gun Club, 
Detroit, Mich.— Like the day after the Derby, the shoot after 
the Decoration Day tournament was poorly attended. The 
weather was too wet for any out-door game, although the rain 
held off at the right time, and those present had an enjoyable 
shoot. Following are. the scores, the fourth event being the 
postponed club event of Decoration Day, cut out of the tourna- 
ment programme, as a purely club affair, to save time. Shiell 
was high in this with 23. The fifth event was the handicap, and 
the sixth the club event of this shoot, in which Hitchcock was 
high with 23. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets : 10 15 10 25 25 25 Targets : 10 15 10 25 25 25 
Shiell, 18 10 7 23 20 18 Hitchcock, IS... 7 13 .. 16 19 23 
Brodie, 18 8 10 8 21 15 18 Leggett, 16 7 5.. 14 15 14 
Ford, 18 18 17 IS 
D. A. H. 
Rochester Rod and Gun Club. 
Rochester, N. Y., June IS.— The scores made at the shoot of 
the Rochester Rod and Gun Club yesterday are appended. The 
rules and conditions of the new trophy have not yet been formu- 
lated. Mr. Adkin has been shooting less than six months and 
has developed into a wonderful shot. Yesterday, in addition to the 
regular event, he made two other 25-target straight scores. The 
handicap committee have been cutting a bird at a time from his 
allowance, until to-day he was only allowed 26 targets. He broke 
straight to-day, and hereafter will have to shoot at scratch, which 
is 25 targets. 
Next Wednesday a special handicap contest will begin for a 
valuable trophy donated by Messrs. Adkin and Clark. The scores: 
Mosher (28) 21, Stone (28) 18, Newton (26) 20, Adkin (26) 26, 
Weller (28) 17, Gardner (29) 23, Cosman (25) 17. 
Dover Sportsmen's Association. 
Dover, N. H., June 20.— We had our Saturday's practice shoot. 
While the day was not as favorable as we should have desired, 
yet the scores made by the contestants were unusually good, 
considering the conditions. Mr. Aldritch, from New Bedford, was 
our only visitor, and although out of practice, he did very well. 
Corson made the bcot average, 86 per cent., but some of the 
others were not far behind. On the Fourth of Jvily, when our 
next good shoot takes place, I hope to give you a detailed report. 
p. W. Hallam, Sec'y. 
Cincinnati Gun Club. 
Cincinnati, June 13.— A strong wind had a harmful effect on 
the scores in the handicap contest for the Troisdorf medal shoot 
held by the Cincinnati Gun Club to-day. The scores: 
Medico, 18yds., 40; Falk, 17yds., 40; Faran, 16yds., 40; Linn, 
16yds., 38; Ahlers, 20yds., 37; Captain, 16yds., 36; Randall, 16yds., 
35; Gambell, 20yds:, 31; Block, 18yds., 30; Corry, 17yds., 29; Wil- 
liams, 19yds.. 29; Guess, 16yds., 29. 
