Aug. 23, 1902.1 
FOREST AKf) ^tftgAM. 
First Saturday of each month for a year, Eurnside. — Contest for 
e Troisdorf live-bird and target medals; 10 live tirds^ 25 targets; 
len to all. First contest, March 1. 
CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 
Interstate Park, pueens, L. I.— Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 
J. R. li. Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed 
ooting grounds always ready for matches, club shoots or private 
actice. Cafe and hotel accommodations. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for 
tblicafion in these columns, also any news notes they 
ay care to have published. Mail all such matter to 
orest and Stream Publishing Company, S46 Broadway, 
ew York. Forest and Stream goes to press on Tues- 
ly of each week. 
Two days of target shooting and one of live-bird shooting are 
ovided by the programme of the West Branch Rod and Gun 
ub for its second annual fall tournament at Williamsport, Pa., 
pt. 16-18. The target programme each day has ten events, 10, 
20 and 25 targets; handicaps 14 to 20yds. Shooting com- 
mces at 9 o'clock. Targets 2 cents. Magautrap will throw 
gets. Rose system will govern moneys. Manufacturers' agents 
ly shoot for targets only. From each target shot at one- 
arter cent will be deducted for high guns. Refreshments and 
(ded shells can be obtained on the grounds. Guns and shells 
nt by express to Mr. B. S. Piatt will be delivered on the 
ounds free. Handicaps changed at the discretion of the nian- 
ement. The live-bird programme has six events, 7 birds, ?5 
trance; 10 birds, $6; 15 birds, $10; 10 birds, %o, and two.^ miss- 
d-outs, $2 entrance. Moneys governed by the Rose system, 
tios 7, 5, 3 and 2. Handicaps, 26 to 32yds. The secretary is 
r. H. A. Dimick, 344 Pine street. 
There are eleven events on the programme of the Dover, N. H., 
ortsmen's Association's tournament, to be held on Sept. 1. 
ght are at 15 and three at 20 targets. Shooting commences at 
o'clock. Fifteen dollars subdivided in sums of $5, $4, $3, $2, to 
i four highest scores; handicap, at 100 targets, to be the limit 
i shot for in actual contest in a squad of five shooters. This 
test to begin with event No. 1. Five dollars to him who makes 
highest score shooting the entire programme, namely, 180 targets, 
booby prize to the shooter making the lowest score. The club 
1 furnish free to contestants a good lunch — coffee, lemonade, 
. Targets, 1^ cents each. Shells for sale on the grounds. A 
'dial invitation is extended to every one, here and elsewhere, 
e officers of the Association are: President, Mr. N. C. Went- 
rth ; Vice-President, C. E. Mitchell; Treasurer, Eugene Smart; 
retary, D. W. Hallam. 
Jlsewhere in our trap columns this week Mr. C. F. Lambert, 
Icerning the Haverhill Gun Club and the Interstate tournament 
Aug. 27-28, with an added third day, Aug. 29, gives some iinal 
ormation. The medal to be given to any one expressing dis- 
isfaction is sure to be won by some one or other, for, though 
;rything be ever so perfect, there are always people who have 
certain misfortune of character which distorts externals and 
kes the good seem bad to themselves. The idea of such a medal 
good, and we further make bold to suggest that a standard 
dal be made for use at all tournaments. In our opinion, an 
;ellent material for such standard medal would be a piece of 
skin of I'.ie Mephitis mephitica, with a cochon rampant roughly 
ivm thereon. There are three or four men who would make 
ilose contest for the ownership of a medal of this kind. 
'he Magic City Gun Club, of Muncie, Ind., has issued the pro- 
mnie for its annual fall tournament, Sept. 1. It provides twelve 
;nts at 10, 15, 20 and 25 targets, entrance based on 10 cents per 
get. There is a total of 190 targets for ,?19. The shoot is 
ictly for amateurs. All known 90 per cent, men will be barred 
m the^ purses. Manufacturers' agents will be permitted to dis- 
y their wares. Targets 2 cents. Shooting commences at 9 
lock. Dinner served. Guns and shells shipped care of the 
jtain, Mr. Claude Stevens, will be delivered on the grounds 
The programme, beside the information it contains, is 
asing to gaze upon, it being artistic botli from a mechanical 
I pictorial point of view. 
'or its second annual amateur tournament, Sept. 2 and 3, 
Tiffin, O., Gun Club has twelve events on the programme 
h day, eight at 15 and four at 20 targets, $1.50 and $2 entrance, 
ere are five cash prizes to the first five high guns shooting 
ough the programme, to wit: First, $20; second, $15; third, 
fourth, $10; fifth, $8. To low gun, ,$5; and $5 to high gun of 
per cent, contestants and manufacturers' agents. Targets 
:ents. Rose system, ratios 7, 5,' 3, and 2, will govern. All 90 
cent, shooters and manufacturers' agents are barred from the 
'ses. Shoot rain or shine. Competition begins at 9 o'clock, 
mnds open for practice on Sept. 1. Bluerocks and magautrap. 
nch served on grounds. The secretary, Mr. L. D. Arndt will 
lish all necessary information on application. 
[r. Paul Franke, of Kansas City, Mo., as secretary of the 
isouri State Game and Fish Protective Association, has isstied 
ird, on which is set forth the main features of the' programme 
the twenty-fifth annual tournament, Sept. 17 to 20. There will 
51,100 in guarr-nteed purses, and $700 added in cash and valu- 
: prizes. Sep'. 17 and 18, live birds only, the main events of 
ch will be the Missouri team shoot, Missouri State champion- 
» shoot, Interstate championship shoot, and Hazard Powder 
apany trophy event. Sept. 19 and 20, targets; ten 15 and five 
arget events each day. Distance handicap and Rose system, 
e birds from two sets of traps. Targets from two sets of traps, 
grammes wil. be ready for distribution on Sept. 1. 
n Wednesday of last week the Cape May Gun Club team de- 
ed a team of Philadelphia shooters by a score of 73 to 67. The 
nbers and their scores were: Cape May— Bar 16, Dando 17, 
ning 22, Harvey IS; total 73. Philadelphia— Allison 14, Park 
itevenson 19, Mrs. Park IS; total 67. The programme provided 
:ral 10-bird sweepstakes arid a 50-bird club handicap, R. J. 
ning, of Pittsburg, won the club handicap with a score' of 
R, Wister Harvey, of Philadelphia, was second, and Mrs. Will- 
Park took the third prize. 
sewhere in our trap columns this week Mr. W. B. Darton, of 
:land. Me., has accepted Mr. C. M. Stark's challenge, as pub- 
;d in Foukst and Stheam of Aug. 2, under the caption "'To 
Maine Trapshooters." The conditions were 100 bluerock lar- 
per man, 16yds. rise, magautrap, American rules, both m.;n up, 
a side; the match to take place on the grounds of the (_ou- 
, N. P.. Gun Club. A further condition was that the acceptor 
t I ave oeen a legal resident of Maine during six months prior 
le match, and that paid experts were barred. 
n events, alternately 15 and 20 targets, $1.30 and .$2.40 entrance, 
on the programme of the Bristol, Conn., Gun Club for its 
nament, to be held on Sept. 10. To the two high guns, $3 
\Z respectively. A Bristol sheepbake, served on the grounds 
special event. Traps ready at 9:30. Rose system, 5, 4, 3 and 
Targets, 2 cents. Any one may enter for targets only. Guns 
shells shipped to Mr. H. J. Alills, Bristol, will be delivered 
ihe grounds free. Loaded shells will be obtainable on the 
nds. Mr. E. M. Dailey is the secretary. 
the Interstate tournament, given for the Brunswick Me 
Club, last week, Messrs. E. C. Griffith afid Mr Neaf Apo-ar' 
men of mighty fame in shotgun annals, lied for high average 
an exceedingly close race. Mr. Griffith was one target ahead 
•'o.S^'"' ,°M ^''^ ^'r* A"^; 3 total of ISO to 179 
01 iW, while on the second day Mr. Apgar led Mr Grif- 
jy one target, 191 to 190. The totals for the two days there- 
Twere 370 out of 400, .925 per cent. ^ 
Mr, Elmer E. Shaner, manager of the Interstate Association, 
was a visitor in New York on Friday and Saturday of la^t week. 
He was en route to Pittsburg from Brunswick, Me-, where he had 
been managing an Interstate tournament. His outing at Slip- 
pery Rock, Pa., ended just before his departure for Brunswick, 
and the benefits derived from it were pleasingly in evidence in the 
way of elastic step, clear eyes and glorious tan. Mr. Shaner has 
recently taken up fishing as an art, over which he is enthusiastic. 
The team races held at the shoot of the Auburn, Me-, Gun 
CluB were of more than usual interest. In the five-man race be- 
tween teams from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island 
and Maine, 100 targets per man, Massachusetts won with a score 
of 447. Maine was next with 436. In the ten-man race between 
Massachusetts and Maine, the latter team won with a score of 
839 to 822, The two latter are thus leg and leg. 
The shooters who have personally been within the immediate 
zone of influence of the Haverhill Gun Club management, are 
earnest in their praise of the good preliminary work done for the 
forthcoming Interstate tournament. Everything indicates perfect 
success. The energy, skill and methods are exemplars for others 
to copy. 
The Sistersville, W. Va., Gun Club announces a fall amateur 
target tournament, to be held on Oct. 21 and 22. There wil] be 
added money and prizes. Mr. Jos. Y. McNaught is president. 
Mr. Ed. O. Bower is the secretary. 
At the tournament of the Olean, N. Y., Gun Club, Aug. 12 and 
13, Mr. B. D. Nobles, of Olean, won the Olean challenge trophy, 
with the excellent score of 94 out of 100 targets. 
Mr. E. O. Bower, of Sistersville, W. Va., won the club roedal 
at the shoot of the SistersvtlJe Gun Club, Aug. 16, with a score 
of 22, from the 18yd. mark. 
Bernard Waters. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
Jackson Gun Club. 
Paterson, N. J., Aug. 17. — At the shoot of the Jackson Gun Club, 
■given in honor of those gentlemen calling themselves the Wan- 
derers, they brought with them as their guest Mr. Peter P. Van 
Vleet, of Memphis, Tenn., who shot in two events with a strange 
gun, which seemed to handicap him, but otherwise he enjoyed 
himself during the afternoon conversing with the different members 
and watching the shooting, which was continuous all the after- 
noon, upward of 3,000 targets being shot at from about 2 o'clock 
until quitting time. 
The Wanderers did not arrive until about 2:30 o'clock, and 
everything was in readiness for them except getting their names 
on the score pad. 
Every one of the Paterson shooters constituted himself a com- 
mittee of entertainment, and everything began to move along 
nicely. Mr. George Hopper took charge of the squad hustling, and 
he did his work in great shape, keepnig one event ahead all the 
afternoon. Alderman Chris.' Wright did the refereeing; e.x-Game 
Warden AVm; Stalter did the scoring; Wm. Dutcher looked after 
the cash and paid off in record time. Mr. Arthur Crooks looked 
after the magautrap, which he always does, and he kept the 
machine at its best work all the afternoon. Mr. Crooks is our 
ground keeper, and he has a pride in keeping it in first-class 
shape. He is an expert in handling live birds. 
There will be many good birds produced at our grounds this 
fall for those who wish to come this way for a day's shooting. We 
hope that we will have the pleasure of again entertaining those 
pleasant gentlemen, the Wanderers, who strive to see who can 
furnish the most pleasure for his fellow shooter. Our entertain- 
ment committee was headed by Garry Hopper, and he was 
backed up by Ed W. Morgan and Capt. John Powers — a committee 
hard to beat when it comes to look after the comfort of its visitors. 
Everybody was well pleased at the reception he got here, and the 
way things were run, and thanked the Paterson boys for doing all 
the work. It was the first time since organization that some of 
them did not have to do something, and at this shoot all they had 
to do was keep shooting and enjoying themselves. 
There were several straight scores and plenty close up during 
the afternoon. Banks, Reeves and Brigham had straight scores. 
The Paterson boys' "scores suffered on account of other work 
which they undertook for the pleasure of their visitors. Event 9 
each of the shooters shot a strange gun. Some of them dropped 
down quite some below their average. 
The Jackson Park Club expect to make some improvements 
around the grounds by cutting down some small trees about 100yds. 
away and otherwise fix up everything around the grounds as soon 
as possible. Garry Hopper left last Tuesday for Bryant's Pond, in 
Maine for a three weeks' vacation. Dutcher. 
MiddletowQ Tournament. 
Middletown, N. J., Aug. 12.— Tliere was a good attendance of 
shooters at the tournament of the Middletown Gun Club, held 
here to-day. In the sweepstake event there was one money for 
every three entries. 
In the five-man team contest for the Wallkill trophy, the War- 
wick Gun Club- was victor, with a score of 91. The scores follow: 
Events:- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 10 15 20 10 15 10 Targets: 10 15 20 10 15 10 
Welles 7 13 17 10 10 8 Whvte 6 9 14 6 6 .. 
C M Wood 9 10 16 8 .. .. O Edsall 5 8 10 .. .. .. 
McManus 3 10 Clearwater 5 8 12 6 . . . . 
Ogden 9 12 15 10.... P Duff 7 9 13 5 11.. 
Van Seekle 4 4 10 5 S 6 Predmore 9 
Wilcox 6 10 11 Musbach 10 12 7 10 8 
Cox 8 11 17 Godfrey 15 . . 
T D Wood 6 9 12 .. .. 6 Thomas 5 8 4 
tedsall 8 11 16 S . . . . Ward 3 . . 
C B Smith.... 9 6 10 6 .. .. Van Sickle 2 . 
Lines 7 11 14 7 .. .. M Wood ..15 8 
Davis 6 10 12 Hunt 7 
W D Steele... 6 8 11 3.. .. Rogers 7 8.. .. 
Blandford 8 11 Martin 6 . . 11 . . . " 
Cohn 7 7 14 Lyon 6 9 14 . 
Coleman 7 11 B S Smith....... 7 6 .'. 
Barlow 3 10 Brown 8 12 14 7 12 9 
J M Steele 7 9 16 10 9 7 Walling 8 1115 8 
Watts 47 14 668 
Cup, AValkill rhallrncc trophy, 23 targets, five-man teams: 
W'lTwicIc Gun Club. 
Rogers 1101111011001111101111000—17 
< >gden 1101110110011110111110110—18 
Walling 0101010011001011111111111—17 
Lines 1111111101010111101111111—21 
Edsall .1111101111101011011101001—18—91 
jMiddletown Gun Club. 
J V, Wood . .1111111000100010101001101—14 
Davis , ..1011001011011111111111100-18 
G R Smith 1110111001001001110101111—16 
1 ' f & 110011 1001100010111110101—15 
V crnon 1101111000111111111111111—21—84 
Wallkill Gun Club, Middletown, N. Y, 
C 5f Wood 0111011011001011111111111—19 
Musbach 0001100000111110110110110—13 
,T!r"wn ..0111110001101110111111110— 18 
^y'-^'te A 1111001011011011111111001-18 
W D Sleele. = 1010011010111101100010011—14—82 
Oeckcriowti Gim Club, Sussex, N. T. 
\Vi:c;x 1010101101101010011101101—15 
Co:k 1101111101101101111111111—21 
Cal- r , . .■ — ^ 1101100010001111001101111—15 
M cMau ua .. : , . .lllOOlOOlllOOOOlUOOOilOl— 13 
Hunt lOlOlOllOlOimillOOllOlO-16-80 
The Westwood'Gun Club. 
WestWQod, N. J., Aug. 17.-^Don't forget the clam bake and all- 
day shaot of the Westwood Gun Club, Aug. 23. 
Don't forget thai Westwood is on the line of the Newjersey & 
New "i'Ork Railroad, only twenty miles from New York, and that 
you can get a tram fiom the foot of Chamber street, Erie Denot. 
at 8 A. M 9:50 A. M 11 A. M.. 12:30 P. M., 1:15 P. ii., pf jS!; 
Don't forget that it ot;') takes fifty minutes to get there, 
Don't forget that the fare i? only 90 cents for the round trip — 
excursion ticket 
Don't forget that every day adds now attractiops to the oc- 
casion. 
And above all, don't fotget lo .set aside this date for vqur own 
Jiersoiin! enjoyment. E. L. Guis-entn, 'Scc'y. 
Eric Gun Club. 
Carlstadt, N. J., Aug. 13.— Members of the Erie Gun Club met at 
Cutwater's place lo-day. In the club event, Plate killed straight. 
l''ollowing are the scores: 
C Plate, 28 1002122-5 R Mohrman. 28 ........ 2110100-4 
F Greff, 28 1202020—4 W Meader, 27... 0201210—4 
H Dohrman, 28 022*220—4 C W Luhissen, 2'7 2iJ2()100— 3 
Three sweeps, 3 birds each, three moneys, club handicap: 
Plate 111—3 122—3 121—3 
Creff 210—2 201—2 102—2 
Dohrman 001—1 101—2 222—3 
Mohrmann 121—3 "'11—2 121—3 
Meader 200—1 211—3 *00— 0 
Luhissen *00— 0 200—1 00*— 0 
North River Gan Club. 
Edgewater, N. J., Aug. 10.— There was a rallying of shooters to 
the grounds of the North River Gun Club, the like of which is 
not a common occurrence about New Y'ork. About 40 shooters 
participated. Shooting continued till dark. A feature of the event 
was a visit f*om the Wanderers, which evolved into a friendly 
visit, the monetary features having been abandoned. The scores 
follow: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 15 Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 15 
Engle 11 11 .. 13 13 11 Voss 11 10 13 S 11 .. 
Keystone ...... 9 14 14 10 14 14 Schneider 5 12 12 14 12 12 
Fred -. 6 9 8 Dannefelser ... 10 8 7 8 4 .. 
Reeves 13 14 9 13 12 12 Merten 11 11 .. 11 10 7 
Cathcart 9 8.. 8.. .. Pope 10 9 .. 14 13 10 
Gardiner 12 13 13 11 12 13 Hvland 11 13 .. 10 12 8 
Skelly 14 13 .. 10 15 14 Slkples 11 11 .. 11 13 14 
Money 12 8 10 10 12 13 Meckel 9 8 10 8 6 
Dudley 13 13 13 11 14 14 Heritage 10 . . 8 8 . . 
Goetter 8 8 . . 7 13 15 Eickhoff 13 . . 9 6 11 
Glover 13 11 .. 11 15 12 Monahan 11 .. 10 11 10 
King 9 11 13 12 12 .. Beach 9 6 9 12 .. 
F Truax 11 12 12 10 11 13 Hexamer S 12 7 9 ,. 
Hawes 7 7 9 8 4 6 Wagner 6 2 .. 
Morrison 7 12 .. 12 7 11 C Truax 11 ,. .. 
Stevens S 14 .. 12 15 13 Morris ., , 4 ., 5 
Allison 6 .. .. 8 10 7 Radel 12 13 
Van Buskirk... 11 9 .. 5 .. 8 Ackerman 5 9 . 
Merrill 8 11 7 12 13 13 Rape, Jr 4 
Welles nil 12 13 13 13 
Team match, nine men ott a side, 25 targets per man: 
Team No. 1— Gardiner 22, Skelly 23, Keystone 24. Dudley 25, 
Welles 20, Reeves 19, Hyland 19, E:cI<hoff 10, Merrill' 17— total 179. 
Team No. 2— Morrison 21, Stevens 22 Money 23, Glover 21 F 
Truax 19, Engle 22, Schneider 17, Harrington 17, C. Truax' 13; 
total 175. 
Baltimore bhoot rg A.s. c a;ion. 
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 16.— Tc-day at the third weekly August 
shoot of the Baltimore Shooting Association G, E Edwards Ed- 
ward Jones. J. H. Roberts and Dr. H. E. Lupus, with their al- 
lowances in handicap, made clean scores. The race has now he- 
come a very pretty one, as the leaders are all bunched so closely 
that the winners will be uncertain until the very last. 
Out of the 150 targets shot at this month Lupus', Malone, Bibb'e 
and Edwards have each made 146, Chew and Jones each have 144, 
and Roberts has 139. This showing speaks well for the average^ 
system of handicapping which is now being used. 
The directors ot the Association have decided to give an open 
shoot on Thursday, Aug. 28, in which a number of prizes will be 
donated by the club in a 100-bird race, handicapping to he the 
average system. The scores: 
Targets : 
10 15 10 15 23 
50 
Ch^w 8 14 9 11 .. 7 48 
l^dwards s 10 S It 19 50 
.^"b'^J'ts 6 13 U .. 19 50 
fhomas 0 9 5 8 18 . . .. 
fcnes 6 9 6 .... 17 50 
7 S 6 10 15 .. ,. 
Jlen!'/ 5 8 5 . 
I^hjl'^ S 9 7 10 20 ., .. 
Middle 5 11 18 9 
Lupus 9 4 
Malone. 
5 49 
By the new average handicap system every shooter handicaps 
himselt and all are placed on an equal footing. The committee 
takes the scores of each member who has shot in at least three 
club events during the season. If A has an average of 93 per cent ' 
which js high, he will be scratch, and the ba.sis of the others' ' 
handicap. 
Now B has an average of 84, C, 78, and D. 70. The object is to 
place b, C and D m a position by extra bird allowance so that if 
they break their average per cent, of their allowance they will all 
score 93 per cent., so as to tie the scratch man. 
In other words B's average is 84; by allowing his 11 extra birds 
he will mamtam his club average (84 out of his 100) and with 84 
per cent, of the 11 extra birds he will score 93 per cent. C with 
78 per cent., would get an allowance of 20, so if he will 'break 
78 per cent, of his 120 targets he will score 93 per cent D with 
P?'' "?V' will get 33 extra birds, and by breaking 70 per cent. 
01 his 133 he will score 93 per cent. 
Every shooter can score a possible 100 and no more in a 100-bird " 
race, or 50 m a 50-bird race, and if there are any ties they will be 
shot off at 25 targets with a proportionate handicap allowance. It 
will thus be seen that every shooter, by simply holding his aver- 
age, can tie the scratch man. - 
Birch Brook Gun Club. 
The regular shoot of the Birch Brook Gun Club was held Aug 
16, with but nme shooters present. The day seemed a good one 
lor shooting, but the scores were low. Dudley led in merchandise 
and medal events. There was quite a little amusement created ia 
a race between Emery and Riley. Emery was the challenger. 
Kiley IS just getting over a spell of sickness, and during the shoot- 
ing his left barrel became useless, and he thought that a good reason 
tor his deleat. Emery used a pump gun, and as that kind does, 
not give out, especially a Winchester, he was only handicapped by 
having to run occasionally for a rod to push out an empty shelf 
as his shells were reloaded. New ones do not act that way, ' 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Targets: 30 50 10 10 25 10 10 10 10 20 10 10 10 
Hebbard 21 33 8 8 . . 8 6 8 6 12 10 9 8 
Riley 16 10 7 6 8 6 . 
Emery 7 9 15 5 7 8 7 12 5 9 "7 
Rowe 18 33 7 8 . . 8 8 4 5 17 
Rand 17 28 6 6 
Dudley 23 37 
Straw 22 32 7 6 .. 8-.. .. 's 10 "s " "" 
^arry .. 8 9 8 'o "e 
Derry 3 4 5.. 6 6 6 
No. 1 was merchandise event; No. 2, medal; No. 5 was a match 
Henry Rood, Sec'y. 
Sistersville Gun Club, 
Sistersville, W. Va. Aug. 18.— The following scores were made 
on the grounds of the Sistersville Gun Club this afternoon, event 
No. 2, at 25 targets, being for the club medal, handicap by dis- 
tance.. Mr. Ed. O. Bower at 18yds„ carried of? the honors by 
breaking 22. Other scores follow: ^ 
^''^''T- 1 2 3 4 Total 
r,}^'r^^^i'- 25 25 25 25 Broke. 
J^^n^^u^^; • 13 18 .. .. . ; 
k ^ • 19 18 21 22 80 
Reynolds .., 8 13 16 .. .;" 
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