Dec. 6, 1902.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
If yoo want yoaf «hoot to be anaounced here leod a 
notice Uke the following: 
Fixtures* 
Dec. 25.— Dover, N. J.— Holiday live-bird shoot of the Dover 
Gun Club. Bull shoot the special event. , ^ . , , 
Dec. 25.— Interstate Park, L. I.— John S. Wright's target tourna- 
ment, sweepstakes, etc. „„,.,,, ^ 1. t 
Dec. 25.— Interstate Park, L. I.-John S. Wright's target shoot. 
Hell Gate Gun Club's shoot, fourth Tuesday of each month (July 
and December excepted), at Cutwater's Riverside grounds, Paterson 
Plank Road. Carlstadt, N. J. , ^ c ^ a 
Chicago, IlL— Garfield Gun Club's target shoot, every Saturday 
afternoon. Grounds, West Monroe street and Fifty-second avenue. 
Dr. T. W. Meek, Sec'y. , , ., /t 
Hell Gate Annex shoot, second Friday of each month (January 
and Tuly excepted) , at Dexter Park, Brooklyn. ^ ^ , , 
Brooklyn Gun Club's shoot, Saturdays, at Enfield street, near 
Libertv avenue, Brooklyn. Visitors welcome. j ^ ^ 
South Side Gun Club's shoot, Saturdays, South Broad street, 
Newark, N. J., near Lehigh Valley coal depot. , • j t, a- 
Cutwater's grounds, Carlstadt, N. J., Saturdays, hve-bird handi- 
''^Interstate Park, Queens. L. I.— Two miles beyond Jamaica, on 
L. I. R. R. Trains direct to grounds. Completely appointed shoot- 
ing grounds alwavs readv for matches, club shoots or private 6 
ing grounds always ready for target matches, club shoots or private 
practice, ^„„„ 
^ 1903. 
Jan. 1.— Interstate Park, L. I.— New Year's Day target tourna- 
"jan. 1.— Interstate Park, L. I.— Interstate Park target tourna- 
"*Feb 9-14 —Detroit, Mich.— Open tournament under the auspices 
of the Tri-State Automobile and Sporting Goods ^ Association. 
Targets and live birds. John Parker, manager; b. G. Lewis, 
Secretary-Treasurer. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
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day OF EACH WEEK. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
Smitli and VUet— Timmins and Hathaway. 
Lakewood, N. J.. Nov. 28.— To-day a closely contested two- 
man team match ' was shot between Mr. James Smith and Dr. 
Vliet, of Hackettstown, on the one side, against Messrs James 
limmins and Steve Hathaway, of Morristown, on the other, 25 
birds each, .f50 a side, The team tied on 40, and in the shoot-off 
at 7 birds, tied again on 2. Mr. T. W. Morfey was referee. The 
scores I 
Vliet ■ . .122001021021000122112012(^—16 
Smith 2202122112211212212212U1— 21— 40 
TimminV > 2202200222222020202202222—18 
Hathaway 22210^1210111012222221111-22-^0 
Shoot-off at 7 birds: „ 
Timmins 2222f)2(>-5 Vliet 1012222-6 
Hathaway 2122121—7-12 Smith 2021122—6—12 
North River Gun Qtib, 
Edgewater, N. J.— There was a good shoot of the North River 
Gun Club on Nov. 29. There was a small attendance, owing to 
the fact that most of the boys were off quail shooting. The prize 
was won by Morrison, with Eickboff a very close second. Mor- 
rison had just returned from a four-days' duck shoot, and prob- 
ably that is why he killed straight. The only one that did not 
shout up to his" form was poor Cathcart, who explained that iie 
had just been duck shooting, and the targets looked too small. 
Shoot for trophy, 25 targets, $10 added money: 
Eickhoff lllllimillllllUOllllll— 24 
Gillerlain" ' " 1011111101110111011111110—20 
W.^^'ie- man llOlllOOllOOllllOlllOniO— 17 
Morrison 1111111111111111111111111—25 
Cathcart ." 1000000000010000000000000— 3 
V trapshooti»ng tournament will be given in connection with 
the Detroit Automobile and Sportsmen's show, to be held at 
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 9 to 14, inclusive. Concerning it Mr. b. tr. 
Lewis, the secretary, writes us as follows: It will be held 
under the auspices of the Tri-State Automobile and Sporting 
Goods Association, at the Rusch House grounds. There will be 
at lea'^t S500 added money. This amount has already been pledged, 
and we hope to make it $1,000. At any rate, the shoot \yill be 
of sufficient importance to attract the best talent in this line 
throughout the country. Mr. John Parker is at work arranging 
details, and will have other parties associated with him in the 
arrangement of this shoot. The high gun system of dividing prizes 
will prevail, and we will inaugurate the Great Western Handicap, 
25 birds, S25. In addition to the added money m this event, there 
will be a valuable trophy, which will become the personal property 
of the winner. The International trophy, 15 birds, $15 entrance, 
will be at live birds and targets. The handicap on targets will 
range from 16 to 21yds. On live birds, 26 to 32yds. 
>? 
The Thanksgiving Day shoot of the Ossining Gun Club was a 
pleasant gathering of choice spirits. Several special events were 
a part of the programme. Ossining and Poughkeepsie shot a four- 
man team match for the Inter-county cup, and Poughkeepsie m 
due form scored a win, and is now ready for further trouble. 1 he 
medal contest, at 50 targets, for the championship of \\est- 
chcster countv was won by Mr. A. Bedell, with the excellent 
score of 47, Mr. E. Ball pressing him closely with a score of 4b. 
The prize cup donated by Mr. F. Brandreth for those ^vho had 
never previously won a trophy, was captured by Mr. R. Kromer, 
Jr with a score of 25, his handicap of 3 being just sufficient to 
make the maximum when added to the 22 which he broke.. Mr. 
I T Skelly was one of the visitors, and was one of the three 
high averages, as follows: C. G. Blandford, 899 per cent.; R. 
Kromer, 889; J. T. Skelly, 879. 
At the open tournament of the Delaware County Club, held at 
Alanoa Pa Nov. 27, the six-man team match was of special in- 
terest. There were the Clearview, the Westchester, the Country 
<"lub teams, and the Florists' had teams Nos. 1 and 2. Ihe 
Florists' No. 1 won with 127 out of a possible 150. There was a 
large attendance of shooters, and everything is auspicious for a 
successful future. ^ , 
Nov. 2S, at Ledgewood, N. J., a closely contested two-man team 
match took place between Messrs. Timmins and Hathaway on one 
side, and Mr. Smith and Dr. Vliet on the other, 25 live birds, 
per man, $50 a side. The result was a tie on 40; and m the shoot- 
off at 7 birds they tied again on 12. Mr. T. W. Morfey acted as 
referee. . ., 
It 
The Dover, N. J., Gun Club has made arrangements for an open 
Christmas Day live-bird" shoot on the baseball grounds. A special 
feature w-ill be a bull shoot. The contestants in this event shoot 
at a two-inch block, and the one who sticks a shot nearest the 
center of it wins the bull. The competition is open to all. The 
programme will be out in a few days. 
Mr. Wm. Dutcher, of Paterson, N. J., writes us that the 
Jackson Park Gun Club will hold open live-bird shoots on Dec. 
6 and 13, commencing at 12" sharp. Every one is welcome. Take 
Singac cars at City Hall direct to grounds. On Dec. 13 the return 
match between Bunn and Lenone, 25 birds, $25 a side will take 
place. 
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Fanning, of the Laflin & Rand Powder 
Co., will leave New York for California on Dec. 10, for a long 
visit with his parents and friends, whom he has not seen since 
1899, the year in which he made his last visit. Mr. Fanning re- 
cently returned from a long trip of ten weeks, the greater part of 
w'hich was' made in Canada. 
The six-man team contest between the Mechanicsburg and 
Cincinnati gun clubs, at Mechanicsburg, O., Nov. 25, was won by 
the former club, by a score of 457 to 437. Each man shot at 50 
targets. Messrs. (jambell and Dreihs, of the Cincinnati team, 
scored 44 each, and were high men on their team". 
The Poughkeepsie Gun Club will hold an inter-county shoot 
and tournament on New Year's Day. Six events will be shot off, 
including a 100-bird race, $10 entrance, open to the world. For 
further particulars address the captain, Max Condit, 296 Church 
street, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 
At the Thanksgiving Day shoot of the Bound Brook, N. J., 
Gun Club, Hooey won the first contest of a handicap series, the 
prize of which is a silver loving cup. Mr. W. Hooey shot as a 
scratch man. The club will hold its next shoot on Dec. 6. 
*S 
Mr. H. S. Mitchell, of the Mitchell Manufacturing Company, 
London, O., after about a week's visit in New York, departed for 
his home on last Sunday. He, beside attending to important 
business matters, made many new friends. 
Beknarb Waters. 
East Side Gun Club. 
Newark, N. J., Nov. 27.— The East Side Gun Club held a good 
shoot to-day on Smith Brothers' grounds. The club event at 20 
birds resulted in a tie for first between Messrs. Koegel and 
Schortemeier. The first 10 birds of this were shot as a separate 
event for the Troisdorf medal, and the scores of it were as fol- 
lows: Koegel 9, Hassenger S, Schortemeier 9, Fessenden 8, Col- 
quitt 9, and the guests made scores as follows: Pape 9, Duston 
9, Hawes 7. The most wins by a contestant in ten shoots cap- 
tures the medal. The club event had three moneys, divided by 
the Rose system. The scores: 
H C Koegel, 29 212*2222212122211212-19 
W Ha.ssinger, 29 12.012201122221221012—17 
*IT Pape, 27 2220212111*222010222—16 
L H Schortemeier, 29 11212112011111112121—19 
*T S Duston, 29 222*1111221211212001—17 
*"A Hawes. 26 12120201011011022012—14 
H P Fessenden, 29 201222112021*2222222—17 
L Colquitt, 29 22222211202222222022—18 
*Guests. 
Five birds, $2, two monevs. Rose system. 
J W Knevels 22022—4 L H Schortemeier 21U1— 5 
L Colquitt 22222—5 H C Koegel 21122—5 
W Hassenger 11212—5 
Hell Gate Gun Club. 
Carlstadt, N. J., Nov. 25.— The Hell Gate Gun Club held its 
November shoot at Cutwater's, to-day. There was a good at- 
tendance. The birds were a good lot. The weather was un- 
pleasant. The scores follow: 
15 10 10 10 10 10 25 
15 10 
.. 4 
11 .. 
14 .. 
.. 9 
6 
.. 1 
.. 1 
.. 1 
18 
S 
IS 
.16 
22 
10 
.. .. 4 
6 .... 20 
'9 '7 '8 18 
Sweepstakes, $1 entrance: 
Targets: 10 25 25 
Eickhoff 10 20 22 
Vosselman 4 14 . . 
Gillerlain 18 19 
Morrison 23 
Hexamer 
Truax • 
Herrington 
Dr Combs 
O'Callaghan 
Richter 0 
Scales • • • ■ • 1 
Morrison • 
Morrison, 5 pairs, broke straight. 
Jas. R. Merrill, Sec y. 
Bound Brook Gun Club. 
Bound Brook, N. J., Nov. 28.— The following is a record of 
yesterday's shoot of the Bound Brook Gun Club, which we shall 
be pleased to see in your esteemed paper. Mr. W. i\L Hooey 
won the first shoot in a series of handicaps for the silver loving 
cup of the Bound Brook Gun Club at their grounds on Thanks- 
giving Day. The weather conditions were favorable for good 
shooting. „ , 
Target trophy, 50 targets, handicap allowance added: 
Hdcp. Brk. Total. Hdcp. Brk. Total. 
Hooey 0 43 43 Schenck 5 28 33 
Dr Roof, 30 
V'n Walk'nb'g, 
R Regan, 26 
Herbert, 28..,. 
P Garms, 30.... 
T H Seig, 26 
L Steke, 28 
A Seibbe, 26 
Col J H Voss, 30.. 
P Whoelfel, 28 
Klenk, 28 
T Schlicht, 28 
X Knodle, 26 
L T Meunch, 28.... 
A Baudendistle, 26, 
♦Guests. 
212122220— SEA I^Ieckel, 28 2220202212— 8 
*011200121— 6 E Steffens, 28 0102222112— S 
0121012120— 7 C W'eber, 28 0120021121— 7 
2112000021— 6 P Albert, 28 010221021*— 6 
0202321110— 7 C Lang, 28 120111221C^- S 
0000022002— 3 H Foster, 28 2222100222— 8 
0002210111— 6 F Trostel. 28 1202201210— 7 
0000012012— 4 T Deady, 28 2110202011— 7 
2102120100— 6 E Doeinck, 30 2022202022— 7 
02011012*0— 5 F Gardella, 26 022002*222— 6 
0122220222— 8 *F Mayser, 28 0021121120— 7 
,2210021121— 8 J Fecken, 26 201*000201—4 
120*20mi— 7 *J R Kane, 26 2022000020— 4 
0222*21222— 8 *\V Thompson, 28.20221000*0— 4 
2020*10221— 6 W A Sands, 28. . ,.*001*222*0— 4 
Anderson 0 38 38 
Jackson 3 35 38 
Dr Bache 5 32 37 
Smith 10 23 33 
Brampton ..... 8 21 29 
Dr Pardee .... 5 20 25 
In addition to this, a turkey and duck shoot added considerable 
snort. The next shoot will take place on Dec. 6. 
Dr. J. H. V. Bache, Pres. 
Carlstadt G«n Club. 
Carlstadt, N. J., Nov. 27.— The Thanksgiving Day 
Carlstadt Gun Club was well attended. Events 10 to 
guns. The highest gun received a chicken. All ti 
off, miss-and-out. 
Events: 123456789 
Targets : 25 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
E B Smith 10 4834956 
W Brightly, 2 16 .. .. 6 .. 5 6 7 
C von Lengerke, 0 8 .. 10 6 10 
W Johnson, 2 4 7 
T Gunpp, 2 1112 .. 4 .. .. 6 5 
H Krug 5 7 7 .. .. 
A Roemer, 3 ■> 
M Rasmus, 2 • 
J Vohs, 2 5 
J de Pauw, 6 • •• ■• 
E McDonald 8 6.. 7 5 2 5 9.. 
Robertson .T 15 4 4 3 3 6 6 .. 
G Frank 10 6 2 6 . . 
W Rasmus, 3 4 7 6 .. .. 
C Niederer, 4 6.. 6 5 8 8 
E B Smith, Sr 7 ., 5 
J Rasmus, 3 4 
shoot of the 
13 were high 
es were shot 
10 11 12 13 14 
10 10 10 10 10 
6 4 9 7 7 
6 
9 
7 
9 
7 
4 
9 7 
9 10 
9 9 
4 10 
7 7 
8 6,. 
Mountainside Gun Ciub. 
West Orange, N. J., Nov. 27.— Event 1 was a turkey shoot, 25 
targets, 50 cents entrance. Messrs. A. Baldwin and M. F. Pratt 
tied on 19. The scores follow: 
A Baldwin 1111110101101110101011111—19 
R Baldwin 1111101011101000110110100-15 
M F Pratt 1111101011110100011111111—19 
H Wethling ' 1110100011000110011101111—15 
F Wrieht 0110010101001110100101101—13 
C Zeigler 0110110101111111111000101—17 
Second prize shoot; first prize, hand protector; second, cleaning 
outfit. 
A Baldwin . . . .111110101110101—11 
R Baldwin .. .101111101011111—12 
M R Bald win. 010101101100110— 8 
M F Pratt.... 011001110111111— 11 
C Zeigler ....011111100101101—10 
G Zeigler ....110011101110110—10 
Twenty-five-bird sweepstakes: 
A Baldvvin 1110101110111101111001000-16 
H Wethling 1111011100110110001001110—15 
F Wricrht .• loiooooomooooiooioooolo— 9 
G Zeiffler 1110111111101111111111101—22 
R Baldwin 1110011111011100100001001—14 
M R Baldwin 11011111001001111111010101—17 
M F Pratt 1110110111001011111110101—18 
Slater 0001000110100100101111100-11 
Trap at Singac. 
Paterson, N. J., Nov. 29. — The invitation shoot held at Bunn's 
Hotel, Singac, on Thanksgiving Day, was quite a successful 
shoot. It brought together some of Paterson's best shooters, and 
a few from the outside. The competition was exciting throughout. 
In the afternoon Bun furnished the very best of country birds, 
and had them in great shape. 
Capt. A. W. Money spent the afternoon with the boys. He got 
away with the 15 birds, C. Morgan and Klotz missing their last 
bird. Morgan hit his hard with both charges, but couldn't stop 
it. Klotz's bird got away. The scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 Events: 12 3 4 
Birds: 5 15 7 7 Birds: 5 15 7 7 
Lenone, 28 2 8 4 5 Powers, 28 5 
Bowker, 28 4 Geo Hopper, 28 3 
Christy, 2S 3 9 6 5 Money, 30 13 6 5 
Klotz, 28 3 12 4 6 Johnson, 30 10 7 7 
Roberts, 27 3 Morgan, 29 12 6 5 
Morgan, 28 4 Connors, 25 3 .. 
G A Hopper, 28 5 Bunn, 28 5 6 
Gun below elbow: 
Christy, 21 11011-^4 10101—3 OOlOl— 2— 9 
Money, 21 10010—2 11111—5 10101—3—10 
Nov. 29. — In the match at Bunn's Hotel between Count Lenone 
and Arthur Bunn at 25 birds, $25, Lenone withdrew on the ISth 
round, as he could not win. Something wrong with his load. 
He hit them, but could not stop them. Scores will tell the rest: 
Lenone. 28 000*022U010001*OOOw 
To Make an Old Gun Shoot "Well. 
[From Col. Peter Hawker's "Instructions to Young Shooters," 
1838.] 
This may be done if the barrel be of sufiicient substance, of 
tolerably good iron, and perfectly sound, first by boring it* (as be- 
fore mentioned), so as to have friction downward, and this grad- 
ually relieved forward; secondly, by putting in a chamber plug; 
and thirdly, by giving extra strength to the mainspring of the lock. 
This recipe may not only be worth the observation of those who 
cannot afford a new gun, but useful to officers on ser\'ice, who 
from not wishing to increase their baggage when constantly en- 
gaged, tak^ no gun with them, and are perhaps after a summer's 
campaign stationed in winter quarters, where they have plenty of 
leisure and the finest shooting, though wdth no other fowling- 
piece than a regimental musket. This was the case on the old ex- 
pedition to New Orleans in the country near which place the wild- 
fowl were innumerable. 
A regimental armourer (even if he had the means) might not be 
perfectly master of the boring; and if he was, where on sem'ice 
would he get a lathe? But the perforated plug and the strengthen- 
ing of the mainspring would very much accelerate the firing of a 
musket; and some of these barrels, if properly loaded, often make 
a very effectual substitute for a duck gun; and particularly if eased 
a little at the muzzle by the hard working of sandpaper. (This, by 
the way, would be very near the right bore for a detonator.) 
The proper charge for them would be about two tobacco pipes full 
of powder, and the same measure of large shot; but, as this had 
better be regulated by the degree with which they are felt in firing, 
I shall lay down a rule, which, by the w'ay (with a very trifling 
alteration, according to circumstances), may be applied to all duck 
guns, and most other guns, that are fired with a flint lock. 
Load with powder and shot by equal measure in as large a 
quantity as can be fired with ease to the shoulder, putting your 
wadding strong on the former and light on the latter. 
As this alteration is all inwardly, it carinot aft'ect the appearance 
of the musket; and (omitting the boring) it would, if kept clean, be 
all the better for her Majesty's service. The perforation of the 
plug, however, should not be too small; and particularly in cases 
where it may become necessary to use it with cartridge powder. 
Before concluding the observations on improving common guns, 
it may not be amiss to mention the follov/ing circumstances: An 
eld fisherman in the country where I was residing had killed more 
wildfowl than any other man on the river, with a gun which he 
had picked up for thirty shillings. A few seasons previously to his 
death, he gave up shooting, and I bought this gun from the re- 
ported excellence of the barrel, which fully answered my expecta- 
tions. Finding, however, that the plug and touch-hole were rather 
too much worn to be safe, I had them '^'oth replaced by the same 
country maker who put a new stock and lock. The barrel after- 
ward shot so slow and weak that it was perfectly useless, on which 
I sent it to be altered by Mr. John Manton, who very civilly under- 
took the job; and by putting in a common touch-hole, made this 
gun shoot so admirably well that it was not till I had received five 
best fini.shed duck giins from London that I could get one to 
equal it. .... 
We are often laughed at for our expenditure m guns, when an 
old game-keeper will sometimes beat them all with a "piece" that 
has scarcely a choice, whether to prefer firing, or being fired at with 
it. I admit that if his barrel happens to be well bored, his main- 
spring strong, £nd his touch-hole and chamber plug well put in, 
there will perhaps be very little difference in the killing, between 
his "piece" and the best gun that ever came out of London. But 
if vic consider that the excellence of a lock and soundness of a 
barrel, although not absolutely requisite in killing, are indispensa- 
bly necessary for the safety of our persons; and that, although prac- 
tice may bring a man to point accurately with a broomstick, yet 
we must allow the advantage, not to say the comfort and neatness, 
of having our guns turned out in a proper and workmanlike 
manner. 
* In a stout barrel, even the deep flaws may be easily got rid of 
by means of making it red hot, and beating them in before you fresh 
bore it. ^_ 
Mechanicsburg — Cincinnati. 
Mechanicsburg, Nov. 25.— The Mechanicsburg and Cincinnati 
gun clubs contested for the Phellis trophy, emblematic of the six- 
man team championship of the state, at the former club's grounds 
to-day. The Cincinnati team were beaten in a most decisive man- 
ner. Gambell and Dreihs were the only ones on the team to 
shoot up to their averages. 
The conditions for high scores were bad, the weather being raw 
and cold, with a heavy wind blowing across the traps. Under the 
circumstances, the scores made by the winning team were very 
good. Mr. V. Phellis had the honor of making the high score, 
and under most unfavorable conditions, his gun giving him con- 
siderable trouble from the very commencement. _ 
Mr. Harris Kirby refereed to the entire satisfaction of both 
teams. The scores: 
Mechanicsburg Team— V. Phellis 45, Guy 44, Phil 43, Patrick 
43. Shaul 42, Martin 40; total 457. 
Cincinnati Team— Gambell 44. Dreihs 44, Coleman 40, Ahlers 38, 
Van Ness 36, Medico 35; total 437. Art. 
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At Brownsholme Hall, an old mansion in Lancashire, Eng- 
land, is shown a dog gauge, an ancient relic of the forest laws, 
consisting of a ring of a certain size through which every dog 
on the estate, except those belonging to the lord of the manor 
must be able to pass. This, of course, compelled the farmers 
and others, to possess, only smalJ-sized dogs, which could not 
injure the game. 
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