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Excellent Shooting. 
The accompanying diagrams show the actual shooting done with 
new Peters .30-40 U. S. Government smokeless ammunition 
the recent Sea Girt meeting. 
Diagram No. 1 shows the shooting of this ammunition in the 
ew Jersey trophy match at 500 and 600yds. There are 10 shots, 
I of which are bullseyes ; 1 to 5 were fired at 500yds. ; 6 to 10 
600yds. Diagram No. 2 was shot in the Gen. E. P. Meany 
atch. All shots but one were bullseyes; 1 to 7 inclusive were 
ed at 500yds. ; 8 to 14 at 600yds. 
Diagram 1. 
Diagram 2. 
Presque Isle Rifle Club. 
Eeie, Pa.— The club shot the first 
r a prize, a fine rifle, donated by 
pt. 19, and the remaining half was 
nning. Each shooter was given a 
n's average. The full scores: 
A Parker 84 
D Allen 76 
Sullivan 65 
Mount 73 
Stidham ' 74 
F Almeda 68 
C Long 72 
Bacon , 71 
half of a match of 100 shots 
the Stevens Arms Co., on 
shot oft" on the 26th, Parker 
handicap, based on his sea- 
83 79 78 77 
71 66 65 64 
63 68 62 59 
69 69 66 65 
74 71 70 68 
67 66 64 63 
71 70 68 66 
69 69 65 65 
73 70 69 69 65—753 
62 58 55 61 . .—736 
58 56 52 52 49—728 
64 61 61 59 57—715 
67 66 67 66 58—711 
66 57 55 53 50—708 
65 65 65 52 . .—702 
65 64 59 58 53—698 
Cabia Blanco. 
lurcs. 
Oct. 7. — Sheepshead Bay, L. 1. — Three-man team race for target 
ampionslup; three-man teams of the East. 
Oct. 8-9. — Dalton, Ohio, Gun Club's filth annual tournament. 
. Santmyer, Mgr. 
Oct. 8-9.— Clinton, Ont., Gun Club's thirteenth live-bird and 
rget tournament; $300 guaranteed. J. E. Cantelon, Sec'y. 
Oct. 8-10.— St. Joseph, iVlo. — Thirteenth annual tournament of 
e Missouri State Amateur Shooting Association. F. B. Cun- 
nghani, Mgr. 
Oct. 9-10.— Harrisburg, Pa., Shooting Association's seventeenth 
nual tournament. A. H. Roberts, Sec'y. 
Oct. 9-10. — Tournament of the Olney, II!., Gun Club; prizes 
d added money. J. VV. Marks, Jr., Sec'y. 
Oct. 9-10 — Sixteenth annual fall tournament of the Harrisburg, 
I., Shooting Association. A. H. Roberts, Sec'y. 
Oct. 11.— Brooklyn, L. 1. — Opening all-day shoot of the Fulton 
in Club. 
Oct. 13. — Muncie, Ind. — Fall tournament of the Magic City Gun 
ub. 
Oct. 13-14.— Olean, N. Y., Gun Club fall tournament. B. D. 
Dbles, Sec'y. 
Dot. 13-15.— Omaha, Neb., Gun Club's twelfth annual tournament. 
. D. Townsend, Sec'y. 
Oct. 14-15.— Baltimore, Md. — Ninth annual tournament of the 
lltimore, Md., Shooting Association; targets and live birds; 
30 added; open to all. J. R. Malone, 2671 Penn avenue. 
3ct. 14-17.— West Baden, Ind., Gun Club tournament; $500 added. 
iin L. Winston, Mgr. 
Oct. 15.— Batavia, N. Y.— Holland Gun Club annual fall touma- 
ent. 
Oct. 20— Mt. Sterling, III., Gun Club's eightli annual target 
urnament. J. Breidenbend, Sec'y. 
Dct. 20-22.— Paducah, Ky., Gun Club tournament. W. A. Davis, 
cy. 
Jet. 23-24,— New London, la.. Gun Club tournament. Dr. C. E. 
ok, Sec'y. 
Dct. 23-25. — St. Louis, Mo. — Combination live-bird and target 
oot at Du Pont Shooting Park. Open to all. Special event, 50 
•"-bird handicap. Alec D. Mermod, Mgr. 
' t. 26-31.— French Lick Springs, Ind. — First grand tournament 
ilie National Gun Club; $500 added. John M. Lilly, Pres. 
1904. 
Ian. 12-15.— Hamilton, Ont., Gun Club tournament. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
>Jr J. S. Wright announces that the Brooklyn Gun Club, of 
;ich he is the manager, will hold a prize shoot on Oct. 12. 
Mr. C. M. Meyer, one of the best shots of the New York 
etic Club, starts on a Southern cruise in his yacht in the near 
tn 3 contest at 100 targets, Mr. Howard George, of Philadelphia, 
■feated Mr. AnUiony Felix, on the grounds of the Delaware 
3unty Country Club, Oct. 3, by a score of S3 to 79. 
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At the annual live-bird shoot of the Hilltop Gun Club, near 
BSterlitz, Ky., Mr. C. W.. PheUis killed 50 birds straight in the 
vn event. His nearest opponents were Mr. R. O. Heikes, of 
on, O., 48; Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, la., 47, and H. C. 
xschy, of Minneapolis, 44. 
The return match between Harrisburg and Lykens, Pa., teams 
was shot at Harrisburg, on Oct. 3. There were thirty men on a 
side, 25 targets per man. The scores were: Harrisburg 559; 
Lykens, 414. 
At the shoot of the Meadow Springs Gun Club, Philadelphia, 
Pa., Oct. 3, a five-man team match was shot, 25 targets per man. 
The winning team, whose members were G. Smith, Hansel, 
Pepper, Street and Wright, scored 90, while the losing team- 
Sharp, J. Smith, Alexander, Martin and Short — scored 76. 
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The secretary, Mr. J. Breidenbend, informs us that "the eighth 
annual target tournament of the Mt. Sterling Gun Club will be 
held Oct. 20. The programme will consist of four ten, eight 15 
and two 20-target events; $1, $1.50 and $2 entrance respectively. 
No one will be barred; everybody is welcome." 
Mr. Harry J. Lyons, of Louisville, tied with Messrs. J. T. 
Page, Elkton, Ky. ; Alfred Clay, Austerlitz, Ky., and Jake D. 
Gay, of Pine Grove, Ky., on 25 straight, in the Kentucky cham- 
pignship contest. There were nineteen contestants. In the shoot- 
off at 10 birds, Messrs. Lyons and Clay killed straight. 
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The Fulton Gun Club, of Brooklyn, L. I., desires that shooters 
keep their opening event in mind. The date is Oct. 11. Shooting 
commences at 11 o'clock A. M., and there are prize events and 
sweepst.ukes. Take car to Crescent street. Kings County "L," 
Brooklyn. The grounds are situated on the Old Mill road. 
The opening shoot o£ the New York Athletic Club's fall season 
took place at Travers Island on Oct. 3. The main event of the 
shoot was a handicap at 100 targets, which was won by Mr. H. 
Walker, with a full score of 100. Mr. C. M. Meyer was second 
with 98; Mr. Gus Greiff, shooting from scratch, broke 87. 
The Lehigh Rod and Gun Club, o£ Bethlehem, and the Easton 
Rod and Gun Club, of Easton, Pa., shot a tsii-.nan team return 
contest at Easton, on Oct. 3. The scores were : Lenigii lljj, i.u- 
dependent 195. Mr. J. Matirer, of the Easton team, made the 
high score of the event, 25 straight. Mr. D. S. Daudt was high 
man on the Bethlehem team, 24. 
Mr. W. M. Thomas, the popular ballistic expert of the U. M. 
C. Co., v/itnesscd the presentation of the Palma trophy to the 
American rifle team in Madison Square Garden on Monday even- 
ing, this event being a feature of the Old Guard Fair. He was 
. specially interested, having been in England with the team when 
it was engaged in its memorable contest. 
Mr. G. G. Williamson, of Muncie, Ind., famous as a skillful 
trapshooter, a successful field trial contestant and a most com- 
panionable gentleman, was a visitor in New York on Saturday 
last week. He had been enjoying some field shooting in New 
Hampshire, besides making some friendly visits in the East. 
At Lexington, Ky., Sept. 25 and 26, in the professional class, on 
the secoiad day at targets, Mr. Wm. H. Heer was highest average, 
with 190 out of 200. Mr. Fred Gilbert was second, with 187; Mr. 
C. F. Dreihs was third, with 176; Mr. T. Marshall was 174; Mr. 
H. C. Hirschy was 164; Mr. H. Waters was 169; Col. J. T. 
Anthony was 165. 
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The fall shooting season of the Crescent Athletic Club began 
on Oct. 3, on their beautiful grounds at Bay Ridge. Mr. L. M. 
Palmer, Jr., presented two valuable cups for class shooting con- 
tests. The chairman of the shooting committee presented a trophy 
for handicap contests, and Mr. Chas. Sykes presented a cup for 
team competition. The club will hold its regular shoots for the 
monthly cups, the three best scores of each contestant each 
month to count. Also the club will offer a cup for the highest 
scratch average made during the season, and one for the highest 
handicap average. Mr. T. W. Stake has donated a cup to be 
known as the Holiday cup, to be contested for on the six legal 
holidays of the season. The allowance system of handicapping 
will be retained. 
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The preliminaiy programme of the first grand tournament of 
the National Gun Club, of Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 26-31, will have 
$500 added, donated by the French Lick Hotel Co. Of this, $10 
is applied to each of the thirty target events, and each event is at 
20 targets. Also to each of the five 20-sparrow events, $10. A 
silver loving cup to the winner in the 100-target contest, which con- 
sists of the tenth event on the first day, and the ninth and tenth 
events on the second and third days respectively; entrance op- 
tional, $10. To the five high guns shooting through the three 
days, $15, $12, $10, $8 and $5. To each of the five sparrow events 
$10 will be added. The five 20-sparrow events will constitute a 
champion sparrow race, entrance, optional, $10; high guns; a 
silver loving cup will be the reward of the winner. Except in five 
events, which are high guns, the moneys will be governed by the 
Rose system, 7, 5, 3 and 2. The entries in each of the five 20- 
sparrovv events is $6. There is also something hinted concerning 
pigeon shooting and taking pigeon loads accordingly. The com- 
plete programme will be issued in the near future. All guns and 
shells should be shipped, by express, prepaid, and marked "Mr. 
T. Taggart, French Lick Springs Hotel Co., French Lick, Ind." 
All requests for programmes, information or rooms should be 
addressed to National Gun Club, P. O. Box 463, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Ber:<aui) Waters. 
New York Athletic Club. 
Oct. 3.— On their grounds at Travers Island, the New York 
Atl letic Club held their opening shoot of the fall season. Evo.t 
2 was at 100 targets, handicap allowance added as breaks. Mr. H. 
Walker was first with 100, Mr. C. M. Meyer was second with 98, 
and Mr. Gus Greiff, shooting from scratch, was third with 87. 
In a~^TOatch at 25 targets between Messrs. C. M. Meyer and Gus 
Greiff, each broke 19 and tied. The scores: 
1 2 
12 3 4 
5 100 25 25 
Events : 
Targets : 
W Elias, 30 2 69 9 
Greiff, 0.. 4 87 23 21 
A Rasines, 45 1 SO .. .. 
F W Perkins.... 2 81 7 .. 
Events : 
Targets: 5 100 25 25 
J Hill, 45 0 61 .. . 
H Walker, 25.... 3 100 19 
C M Meyer, 20... 3 98 19 19 
S Hall 9 
Cincinnati Gun Qub. 
Cincinnati-, O., Oct. 3.— Maynard was high man, scoring 85 out 
of a possible 100 in the Parker gun shoot, Norris and Medico 
being second and (bird respectively. The following is a list of 
the contestants and the scores they made: 
B. Total. 
Gambell, 10 75 85 
Steinman, 20 59 79 
Ackley. 30 48 78 
*Gross 81 81 
♦Stone 36 36 
B. Total. 
85 100 
100 
72 
Maynard, 18 
Norris, 30 v 
Medico, 12 78 90 
See, 10 79 89 
Jay Bee, 25 62 87 
Jack, 25 61 86 
•Visitors. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
Berea Gun Club. 
Bere;a, O., Sept. 24. — The second annual tournament of the 
Berea Gun^ Club was held to-day on the club's new grounds, 
south of Berea village. The shooting commenced at 9 o'clock 
and, continued until late in the afternoon.. The affair, proved a 
success in every particular. Marksmen from all parts of northern 
Ohio participated in the shoot. 
The average for high gun was won by Quayle, of the Berea 
club, breaking 88 out of a possible 90, the last 64 straight. 
Events: 123456789 10 11 12 
Targets : 10 10 15 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 
Quayie 9 
Davis 6 
Jack 9 
J I C* . i . , .,. .^jv.-. 8 
Grant ...i-.i....!,..,....,. 10 
Johns 10 
Stilson 9 
Barber 8 
Snow 9 
Cliff .; 7 
W ehner 5 
Burton 7 
Call 9 
Brown 7 
Clafiiin 9 
Bailey g 
Ferestein 6 
Mack 7 
Ledgett 5 
8 12 9 13 12 14 14 15 15 15 15 
7 12 9 11 14 10 8 10 10 15 13 
8 14 10 11 13 15 12 15 12 14 12 
6 11 9 14 14 12 12 8 11 14 14 
8 10 S 10 10 10 13 13 9 15 12 
7 11 9 14 13 13 13 11 14 12 14 
7 14 9 10 10 12 12 13 11 9 12 
9 12 9 11 12 12 11 15 13 14 13 
10 14 9 13 13 14 14 li 14 13 14 
9 14 7 10 13 11 13 13 9 12 10 
10 11 7 13 9 12 13 12 12 12 12 
10 12 10 12 13 12 11 11 14 11 11 
8 12 12 13 13 13 11 12 
6 13 11 13 10 11 14 U 10 
4 9 7 8 7 9 11 U 13 
9 11 13 U 11 10 14 14 14 
10 14 
6 13 
5 11 
8 12 
.. 6 
5 13 8 9 12 10 .... 
^ - - 8 10 .... 10 .. 13 9 
Sm") ■ 7 .. 9 .. 12 .. 14 .. 14 13 .. 
W VV F 11 11 12 15 11 13 14 
Sapphold 13 10 12 14 14 13 11 
^^e'^s 4 5 11 9 9 14 9 11 10 13 11 8 
Blanchard 5 .. 5 .. 12 .. 8 .. 11 9 .. 
Hiilier 6 .. 7 y _ 9 g _ 
Ivnowlton 13 7 _ 
|^ar.sh 6 .. .. 6 .. 9 
Hopkins ^ j£ 
' .. .'. 'S ii 13 13 
High averages: Quayle, 151; Snow, 148; Jack, 145; Johns, 141; 
Barber, 139; Call, 135, Bailey, 135; Burton, 134; J. I. C, 133; 
Grant, 128; Stilson, 128; Cliff, 128; Wehner, 128; Brown, 125; 
Davis, 125; Claftlin, 104. 
J. F. Beswick, Sec'y-Treas. 
Hudson Gun Club, 
Jersey City, N. J., Oct. 4.— These scores were made at the last 
shoot of the Hudson Gun Club. The day was tine; the traps 
were good, and good scores were made, except Schorty's, who 
was shooting a new gun. The scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 15 25 25 Z6 26 25 
Dudley 14 Zi: Uli z2 i;u 22 
Broke. 
151 
125 
145 
133 
128- 
141 
128 
139 
148 
128 
128 
134 
135 
125 
104 
135 
12 
64 
55 
69 
87 
87 
114 
50 
36 
29 
21 
18 
45 
I'lercy 10 19 ^4 23 24 22 
Edwards .. 20 20 21 22 ;i2 
V an Uyne 17 20 15 20 17 
Scliorty 14 16 22 la 16 19 
Malcomb 12 10 lu 11 
Gilie 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
15 25 25 25 25 26 
. . 13 lo 
. . 18 12 
.. 8 6.. 
Events : 
'1 argets : 
Untereiner . 
Sauer 
Berger 
Uirouout 10 10 
Munsey .. 11 10 10 11 .. 
^ ^ Heaaaen 16 10 U 14 13 
12 15 15 15 ..jj^Pearsall 12 U 10 .. 
Hughes. 
Jackson Park Gun Club. 
Paterson, N. J., Oct. 3.— The Jackson Park Gun Club, famous 
for its gatherings of good sportsmen and good competition, held 
a live-bird shoot on its grounds to-day. The renowned trap- 
shooter, Capt. A. W. Money, was in excellent form, and took 
the first event at 5 birds with a straight score. In the second 
he was tied with three others with 8 out of 10. In the last event, 
at 10 birds, he tied with two others with a score of 9. The scores: 
First event, 5 live birds: 
Lenone, 28 00011—2 
Money, 30 12122—5 
Powers, 28 ..OauuO — 1 
Barry, 28 IZWV — 2 
Second event, 10 birds: 
Lenone, 28 01^11i0112— 8 
Money, 30 22liUi:2i20— 8 
Powers, 28, 2,lZ()ZZZZv'A — 8 
Barry, 28 .0U^'2Ui!0O2— 4 
Third event, 10 birds: 
Money, 30 21ul±11122— 9 
Lenone, 28 ..; Ililll2il*a— 8 
Morgan, 29 22*21—4 
Stalter, 2a ..MZOil — 2 
Van Horn, 28 H*12 — 4 
Morgan, 29 *212222220— 8 
Stalier, 2S .ZWAlZlZZO— 7 
Van ±lorn, 28 l»''2l2oiUl — 6 
Brown, 2t> 212^1UUi!02— 7 
Morgan, 29 2212*11221— 9 
Powers, 28 2111212-12- 9 
Ihe ten live bird match at Rodgers on Saturday aitei-noon be- 
tween Robert Radcliile, of the Jackson Park Gun Club, and an 
unknown, resulted in a victory for Radcliffie by a score of fl to 6. 
Ihe scores:. 
Radcliffe 1121012121— 9 Unknown 2122020002— 6 
Lehigh— Independent Team Contest. 
Bethlehem, Pa., Oct. 5.— Herewith are the scores of the re- 
turn bluerock match between the Independent Gun Club, of 
Easton, and the Lehigh Rod and Gun Club, of Bethlehem. - Ten 
men shot on a side, on Oct. 3, at Easton. It resulted in a victory 
for the Bethlehem team by the score of 196 to 195. 
The Bethlehemites say they cannot find words to express their 
admiration of the manner in which they were treated by their 
opponents. They had a team to meet the boys at the car and 
bring them back,, and after the shoot they entertained the team 
with a fine supper. 
The high score for the day was made by J. Maurer, 25 straight, 
for the Easton team, and D. S. Daudt, 24, for the Bethlehemites. 
Lehigh Rod and Gun Club, of Bethlehem. 
Miller 0111011011010110100011001—14 
Kramhch 1111111000111111111101111—21 
Hahn 1111111111101111111111100—22 
Hankey lOllUlOllOlllOlllllillll— 21 
Koch llOlOlllllOlllOlllOUllll— 21 
Smith llllllllOulOulllOOiOilllfr-17 
Bell : 1111101011111111111111101—22 
Ritter 1111011111011110011101001—18 
Allam 1011111110011100101101010—16 
Daudt , . .-. 1111111111111011111111111—24^190 
Independent Gun Club, of Easton. ■':>~i': ■ 
Fredrick 1111110100101111111111101—20 • 
Snyder 0110110111101111011111111—20 
Elliott 1001000101100110010100110—11 
W H Maurer UlllllllllOllllllllllOll— 23 
H Miller ; 01111100111111 11111110101—20 
Hausma n 1111111101111110010011101—19 
Brunner 1100111101100111111011001-17 
Sommers IIIIIIIIIIOIIIIIOIO61OIII— 20 ' 
Markley 1111011100101111011111111—20 
J E Maurer lllllllimilllllllllllll— 25— 19&. 
H. F. Koch, Sec'y. 
Albemarle Gun Club. 
Richmond, Va., Sept. 26. — The Albemarle Gun Club held its 
club shoot to-day. The club medal was won by Mr. James 
Hayes. 1 
The scores were, 25 targets: Boschen 12, Clay 6, Martin 11, 
Hayes 18, , J. Gary, Sr., 15, Hoschen 15, Clay 5, Farmer 12, J. 
Gary, Jr., 10, Peters 16, Glasgow U. ■ 
Thursday's shoot resulted as follows: A. W. Browning 13,' 
Peters 15, Thompson 15, Edwards 13, H. F. Browning 22, Clay 10, 
Witt 10, Frazier 9, C. Farmer 16, E. Landrum 16. 
