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D ..tchess Coat ty Cbainpionship. 
Dutchess county championship: Scores taken from first 100 
targets shot at in regular events: Traver 91, Adriance 76, Perkins 
71, 'lallman 90, Sin th 71, Marshall 70. 
Ten-man team ma'ch, for silver cup, 25 targets per man. Scores 
taken from first 25 shot at in events 4 and 5: 
Poughkeepsie. 
Traver 
Adr.ance 
1 erk.ns ................. 
llans 
Marshall ................ 
Smith 20 
'1 allnian 24 
1 ompkms 21 
DuBois 17 
.22 
.16 
.15 
.19 
.17 
Ossining. 
Burns .....23 
liiandford 21 
DjCkman 20 
lly.and 20 
Clark 17 
hcdell 23 
i'.ariow 15 
llubbell 21 
1 r Shaw 20 
Fiahtr 16—196 I'aylor 22—193 
Cut of the 4,o80 targets thrown, 3,373 were broken, which is 
ntarly a 72 per cent, average for the whole shoot. 
\\ iih but two e-Kceplions, all work was done by paid help. 
Everybody was "on the job" and there was no intermission worth 
nicniion.ng for the who.e six hours. 
■ Jlarry \ alentme, of Albany, interested many of the boys with 
patterns made with a combination concgnirator and spreader of 
his own invention. 
The day was an ideal one for the game. The, trap worked well, 
and good. scores were the result. 
Iscariy every one preocnt had a good word to say for the 
grounds, and in every instance pronounced the background 
ptrlcct. 
'1 he clerical work was efficiently handled by Secretary A. J. 
Duliois, and Mr. C. A. Coutan. Ihese gentlemen volunteered 
their services to ihe club. 
■ Capt. 1 raver was a busy man. When not shooting, he was 
here, there and everywhere, always looking for an opportunity 
to make it piCasant for some one, and at the same time keep 
business runn.ng. 
No boys were employed at this shoot. Boys can never satisfac- 
torily do men's work. 
Capt. \\ ahbtrg made many new friends among those that had 
.never previously had the pleasure of his acquaintance. 
E. D. Fulford had a tine exhibition of his firm's products, and 
when not shooting was kept busy expla.n.ng various points in 
their make-up. 
Geo. K. Cinn and J. H. Briggs distributed some good adver- 
tising matter among the boys. 
H. E. W inans was a busy man. When another man was needed to 
fill up a squad he would fill in. When not shooting he was as- 
sisting the squad hustler, helping the trade representatives dis- 
tribute their advertising matter, etc. Ed, however, was never 
too . busy to sell a box of shells when asked for. 
The honors for longest runs in the professional class were 
even, with Elliott and Glover, each having 46 to his credit. 
John W. Hoflman, the well-known live-bird shot from "over in 
Jersey," was present, and was well up in the money. 
J. Q. Adams led the amateurs in longest number of consecu- 
ti\e breaks, rnaking a run of 43. J. B. Sanders was next in this 
class with 33 to his credit. 
IVeaf Apgar, J. V\ .' Hoffman, S. S. Adams came up from New 
York on T hursday and took part in the regular practice shoot 
of the club. They made many friends, and Mr. Apgar gave sev- 
eral of the boys much valuable information. 
Jack Fanning's ability to make friends is certainly "infallible." 
Out of the 650 targets that the five professionals shot at, 581 
were broken. Out of the same number, the five best amateurs 
broke 558. 
Snaniweh. 
Ripley (Ohio) Gun CIt b. 
The attendance at the holiday shoot of the Ripley Gun Club 
was riot what had been expected, and some change was made 
in the programme. Four events at 10, three at 15 and one at 
20 targets, a total of 105 targets, instead of 140 targets, were 
shot. Entrance 10 cents per target; money divided 50, 30 and 20 
per cent. 
J. V. Day was high gun with 99 breaks, or 94.2 per cent. W. 
G. Green second with 97, or 92.3 per cent. The scores: 
Events: 12345678 Shot 
Targets: 10 10 15 10 15 20 15 10 at. Broke 
J V Day 9 10 13 10 13 19 15 10 105 99 ' 
W G Green 9 8 15 10 13 18 14 10 105 97 
E T K rk 7 7 10 9' 11 17 12 ., 95 73 
Dan Shafer 8 8 13 7 12 16 12 7 105 83 
T S Wilson 6 7 9 5 10 13 11 6 105 67 
T J Donald... .. 5 10 5 11 17 11 9 95 68 
Pittinger . . . . 10 9 6 45 25 
, , r JtONASA. 
An Expert Twenty-five Years. 
The Baltimore Sup ol Jan. 2 contains the following account of a 
conspicuous autl esteeiucd expert, Capu James JV. iVi.aioiie, of 
Baltimore. 
Capt. James R. Malone, of the Baltimore Shooting Association, 
with ihe last of 19ud, closed his twenty-niih consecutive year of 
irapshootmg. Vear alter year Capiaui ivxajone has been tound 
in me iront rank of shooters, anu is to-aay shooting m as good 
form as he has ever done, and mat is saying a great deal. Pos- 
sioiy the year ll»ud lias oeea lue moot succcaaiui one in his 
career, ijurmg it ue won trie championoliips in Oolli iive-uird and 
target slioois. In one lie capiuicu a go»a meuai given by tiie 
La.Liiuure buoolaig Association lor llie u.gjucsl average at target 
shuoiiiig. luis, 11 must be unueraloou, was won in i^.ass A of 
tue Ciuo, wUiCii reprcstnis tlie ocsl sUois— Known as oliooiers of 
80 per cciiL. and up— men wiio can ue dcpeiiucd upon to ureak 
tills percentage in xuu targets sllol at. 
'Itie iive-Uird cuaiiipiousmp cup, the trophy of the well-known 
Maryland handicap, at live pigeons, was captured on Oct. 16, 
autr snooting on a tie wiin li.. XJ. Fudord, ol Utica, I\. V., 
ana 1:.. in. Storr, ol l^aitimore. lie aiso won the liuaier Arms 
Co. t)aage. ilus conieoi required tlirte shoots, lie Droke 48 
out 01 UK, targets m eacn ol iin.,se evcuts iroia lUe 20yd. marK. At 
the Ocean cay sHoot last August lie shut against l.ewis Coul- 
bourn, 01 Sausuury, Md., and j. iVi, HawKaio, ol Bauaiiore, lor 
the Ocean Cay iivc-uau cup on a score ol zu siraigut Kias. Alien 
Ai.essrs. iVxaioiie and liawivins reared, and tiie cay went to j.VJ.r. 
CouiDourn. 
Maioue made his first appearance as a trapshooter at the 
grouaas ot iiie Oid Three-JVxiIe Ftouse, on the jtAooKstown road, 
bcpi. i2, I6i». lie then won a saver pacaer in a xu-oird race, 
in wliicn mere were over tweray entries, inciudtng VViiaain 
Vv aguer, E. iviiUs and Senator iViCcubo.n, ot Vv asliinsjlv^n; Frank 
K.eu.y, William xneies, Oiayion vv crisdcr, rrcd Keii, Ixeiiry i-agie, 
I'erry Ivnigla, Vv . Auey, jvaeph AiKaioon, C Xvedmoaa, meiiik 
Deiiay, Ocoige Vveoo, iNicaoias Ivitieiiubuse, H. Fltiacin, Capt. 
Geoige Kusseil, Josepa Haisiead and otncrs. Oi liiuse lueii- 
tioueu, many iiave joaied me great majority. Vviinaai vvagaer 
is auout me oniy one wlio ever slioots in mesC days, ihey vvere 
au prominent sliooiers auout the year l6ia. liiis maica was 
reltreed by John A. vv iiaar, who shoots oniy occasionally at tae 
traps in inese days. Tae iropliy was won in mis Contest auer 
shooting ott a tie with Clayton vv ertsner and the late f reder.ck 
Ivea, at miss-and-oul. 'Ihe original tie was on 14 kiaed out ot la. 
In the shoot-ort Maione killed 0 straight, Vv ertsner dropping his 
third and is.ell his sixth. Tins tropiiy is to-day the one most 
prized by Captain Maione, since it was the hrsi lie ever won with 
his gun. 
Among the events which Captain Maione shot in was that of 
March 17, 189?, when he won iiie State championship live-tard 
cup, given by the Baltimore Shooting Association, 'ine cup w as- 
shot lor during the season, and was won lour times eacn oy 
Maione and Charies Macaiesler. 'Ihe pair shot the lie 011 at oO' 
birds, Maione killing 4o and Macalesttr 42. It was tae hrst time 
Macaiesler was ever beaten in an inuividual matcn. On INov. 20 
of the same year Maione won the Siaie championship cup at 
Monumental Shooting Park. In this event iViaione kiaed 20 
straight. Ihe cup is 22in. tall, is of pltcher-like lorm and is 
vaiucd at $250. 
April 16, lyuO, Maione was runner-up in the Grand American 
Handicap at Interstate Park, E. 1. 'lliere were lu8 contestants. 
Maione killed 69 straight. 'Ihe race was won by H. D. Bates, of 
Canada, whose record, 60, stood unbeaten until 1902, when Mr. 
Hiraciiy, at Kansas Ciiy, made a straight kill of 86. 
Among the prizes which Captain ivi.alone values very highly 
is a pearl scaripm, given by tlie late Jacob Peniz, of iNew iork, 
to the Baltimore bhooting Association. It was shot for once each 
month at 10 birds eacn snoot tor a term of six months. Each 
man counted his best five scores. In five of the six shoots Maione 
killed 10 straight. 
Captain Maione for the last fifteen years has been a prominent 
promoter of the trapshootmg sport in Maryland, and has ably- 
managed many big tournaments in team and individual shooting, 
'Ihose who have tried this work have found that the handling of 
the birds and gun is easy in comparison to the handling of the 
shooters; but Maione has proved equally as successlul with each 
end of the game. 
Captain Maione learned to shoot by "bushwhacking" when he' 
was eighteen years old, on the Liberty road. A crowd of shoot- 
ers would go out from the city, and Maione would be there with 
an old muzzleloader, and the birds that got away from the regular 
shooters generally fell to his gun. Mr. Malone's regular business 
is that of a dairyman, and he took up sports as a diversion, and 
for the benefit of the outdoor exercise. He has never been em- 
ployed by any company interested in selling shooters' supplies. 
The nearest he has ever come to it has been the using of one 
maker's shells as a regular thing, but not for pay. 
Captain Maione has also, been well known as a baseball player. 
He began to play when seventeen or eighteen years old, and was 
associated with many of the prominent players of the '70s. 
Captain Maione has been captain of the club for many years. 
In 1S97 he, Claridge, Macaiesler, Bond, Ducker and Hawkins 
went to Chicago and shot for the DuPont trophy, and Claridge 
won from 105 shooters. In the following year Captain Maione 
took the "Oyster squad" to Buffalo, N. Y., and shot in the 
New York State shoot th«re. 'Ihere were forty-seven squads 
shooting. The Baltimore squad, consisting of Maione, Fox, 
Waters, Hawkins, Storr and' Supers, finished second to the 
Cleveland squad, which won. 
In 1899 Captain Maione took the Big Six to Interstate Park: 
and the work done there added to the fame of the B. S. A. 
There were over 200 .<-hooters in this tourney, and the Big Six 
made the best showing of any squad from any one city. 
Scranton Rod and Gua Club. 
ScRANTON, Pa.— The Scranton Rod and Gun Club shot the fol- 
lowing programme at their Capotise avenue grounds on Jan. 1: 
In events 1, (25 cents), 8 (75 cents), and 5, (70 cents entrance),, 
four moneys, divided by the Equitable system. Events 2 (90 cents> 
and 4 ($1.10) entrance), Jack Rabbit system. "The following are the 
scores made: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 10 15 20 10 20 
A A Brown....... 7 9 15 6 10 
Geo Curts ........ 8 9 8 4 11 
B Griffin 8 10 17 .. .. 
L B Cornell.. 5 12 .. .. ... 
Dayton 6 8 . . 8 12 
H' Langdon.... 6 11 ^2 10 14 
H CuUen 10 13 19 8 17 
J D Mason 6 12 13 10 20 
H Spencer 6 U 13 6 15 
Events: 
Targets : 
J Shotto 
F iM Schaeffer.... 
W Bittenbender. . 
W Jackson 
E Hardenburgh. . . 
T Perry 
T J Snowdon 
J Raine 
1 2 3 4 5 
10 15 20 10 20" 
7 7 13 7 1* 
8 .. 13 4 .. 
7 13 17 6 1*: 
8 8 14 7 . . 
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_ _ Interstate Asscdation* . 
Touf .aitaent Commillec Meeting, 
A MEfeTiiJJG of the tournament committee of the Interstate As- 
sociation was held at 10 A. M., on Jan. 2, in the offices of the 
Laflin & Rand Powder Co., 89 Cedar street. New York city, Mr. 
Irby Bennett in the chair. 
Present: Messrs. Bennett, Banks, Skelly, Keller and Parker. 
Mr. Eugene DuPont was represented by Mr. A. VV. Higgins, by 
proxy. 
The chairman stated that the meeting was called for the purpose 
of considering matters in connection with the holding of the fifth 
Grand American Handicap at targets. 
The minutes of the meeting held Dec. 10, 1903, were read and 
approved. 
Manager Shaner reported that he had made arrangements to 
hold the fifth Grand American Handicap at targets at Indian- 
apolis, Ind., on the grounds of the Indianapolis Gun Club, June 
21 to 24, inclusive, the same terms and conditions to govern as 
those which ruled the four previous Grand American Handicap 
tournaments. This met with the approval of the committee, and 
it was ordered that the report be laid before the stockholders of 
the Association, with a recommendation that same be adopted. 
Some matters of minor importance were then considered, and 
the meeting, on motion, adjourned at 11 A. M. 
Stockha dtsrs' M eting. 
A special meeting of the stockholders was held immediately 
after the close of the tournament committee meeting. Present: 
Winchester Repeating Arms Co., Irby Bennett; American E. C. 
and Schultze Gunpowder Co., Ltd., Edward Banks; Un.on MetaUic 
Cartridge Co., A. C Barrell; Peters Cartridge Co., T. A. Keller; 
Laflin & Rand Powder Co., A. W. Higg.ns; Hazard Powder Co., 
J. T. Skelly; Parker Brothers, W. F. Parker. Rem.ngton Arms 
Co. and E. I. DuPont Co., were represented by proxies. Mr. 
M. Herrington, of Shooting and Fishing, and E.msr E. Shaner, 
secretary-manager of the Association, were also present. Presi- 
dent Bennett was in the chair. 
The secretary read the call for the meeting, signed by the 
President, which stated that the call was issued for the purpose of 
considering the proposed amendment to the by-laws, notice of 
which was dUiy given at the adjourned annual meeting of the 
stockholders, held Dec. 10, 1903. 
It was suggested that the minutes of the adjourned annual meet- 
ing, held Dec. 10, 1903, be read. 'Ihey were accordingly read and 
approved. 
Upon motion of Mr. Higgins, seconded by Mr. Skelly, the 
amendment to Article V. of the by-laws was adopted. 
The action taken by the tournament committee at its meeting 
held Dec. 10, 1903, and at the meeting held this date, was pre- 
sented to the stockholders by the Secreiary, and on motion of 
Mr. Barrell, seconded by Mr. Keller, it was approved. 
There being no further business the meeting, on motion, ad- 
journed. Elmer E. Shaner, Sec'y. 
New York Athletic Club. 
Teavers Island.— The shoots of the New York Athletic Club, 
lield Jan. 1 and 2, had two specially interesting events, respectively,, 
the Holiday cup and the Bradiey cup. The scores of the com- 
petition on Jan. 1 fohow: 
Holiday cup, handicap, 50 targets: 
H. 25 25 I '1. II 95 95 T'l 
|;crkins 12 15 19-46 Ellas 18 L 20-50 
lionand 12 21 25— 60 Creiff 4 18 21—43 
Shoot-orf Mo. 1: 
Hdcp. Brk. Tot'l. 
Elias 9 22 25 Borland , 
Shoot-off No. 2: 
Borland 2 2 0 22 Elias .... 
Other events resulted in scores as follows 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Events: 
largets: 25 15 25 15 26 'largets: 
E:iias 15 U 16 8 17 Perkins . 
Hdcp. Brk. Tot'l. 
6 21 25 
18 
21 
1 2 3 4 5 
25 15 25 15 25 
, , - - _ 17 9 8 10 12 
Borland 20 12 15 .. .. Greiff 21 11 20 13 
On Jan. 2 there was a contest for the Bradley cup, 50 ' targets, 
as follows: 
H. 25 25 T'l. H "5 -^5 T'l 
Dr Brown 20 14 12—46 W J Elias... 12 7 16— 35 
JM Borland 8 15 15—38 G Greill 6 16 17—38 
Other events, handicaps, resulted as follows: 
Events: . 12 3 Events: 12 3 
lirown 11 10 12 Elias 16 12 12 
Borland 15 17 10 Greiff 21 21 19 
Baden— Lick Gon CLb. 
West Baden, Ind., Jan. 1.— Owing to a hard rain coming up 
and stopping the shoot, with darkness coming on, Messrs. Bul- 
lard brothers postponed the shoot-off until next Wednesday, club 
day. 
'Ihe conditions were 50 targets, $2.50 entrance, for cup and 
•championship of the country. Scores: 
Braxtan, 18 00110111111110101110100101111110000010110111011111—32 
Bailey, 18 lllllOllUlOOOllOillllOllOllOOUlOllOlllilOimOlOlO— 33 
.L Builard, 16. . . .lllOlllllllllllllllliOOlimillJlillulUlOOlOlOllll— 41 
Bledsoe, 16 10111111111111011011110001111101110110111111111111-41 
Bledsoe, 10 lOOllOOllllllllOllOOlllllOOOllOllllllllOliOlilOOll— 34 
Fisher, 18 lOllOllOCOlOOlOOOlllOCllOlllllOOlOllllOUllOlllCOO— -'S 
Norton, 18 lOllllOllllOlOOOllllimollllllllllOlllOlOllOOllOO— 36 
A. Hasbeen. 
Richmond Gun Club. 
New Brighton, S. 1., Jan. 1.— The Richmond Gun Club held 
its holiday shoot to-day on the club grounds, at Concord, Staten 
Island. Events 17, 18 and 19 were at 3 pairs. Event 20 was at 
4 pairs. The scores follow: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "0 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 25 6 6 6 's 
Schoverlmg. 78986889887899 12 19 2 3 33 
J Keppler.. 8 8 9 8 15-^0 4 2 4 
J Schoen... 4544356334889 11 6 11 323 1 
J J Scheuch 6 3 4 10 6 12 2 2 2 
F J Crystal. 8 9 u ^ ^ ^ .. 
5 7 
10 7 
A. A. ScHovERLiNG, Sec'y. 
Mioeo'a Gun Qub. 
Mineola, L. I. — These scores were made on the grounds of, the 
M. A. C, Dec. 23, of a series of shoots to be he:d between the 
Port ^^'ashingto^ Gun Club and Mineola Athletic Club. 
First match, 25 targets: 
J. D. Mason, '^Vy-Tre^." 
Mineola A. C. 
Ansell ..13 
H Carman 16 
Simonson 16 
F C Willis 17 
S»pman .........17 
Port Washington G. C. 
Cornell 18 
Smull .............17 
Bradley 18 
Hvde .....14 
Rider H 
■Stevens , 22—101 Gildersleeve 13— « 
