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If you -w^ant your shoot to be aanounced here send a 
notice like the following: 
Fixtures* 
March 9. — Guttenburg, N. J. — Second annual three-man team 
championship; 10 birds per man; $15 per team. Gus Greiff, Mgr., 
255 W. 111th street, New York. 
March 12.— Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club all-day merchandise 
shoot. Stanley Brampton, Sec'y. 
March 22-25. — Crawfordsville, Ind., Gun Club's tournament. 
April 6-7. — Bristol, Tenn. — The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Bristol Gun Club. S. W. Rhea, 
Sec'y 
April 18-22.— Kansas City, Mo.— J. F. Schmelzer & Son's Arms 
Co. fourth Interstate midwinter shooting tournament; targets and 
live birds. 
April 19.— Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club Patriots' Day 
tournament. C. L. Kites, Sec'y. 
April 20-21. — Rensselaer (Ind.) Gun Club amateur tournament. 
Everette Brown, Mgr., Pleasant Grove, Ind. 
April 21.--Easton, Pa.— The Independent Gun, Rifle and Pistol 
Club's first annual target tournament. Edw. F. Markley, Se«'y. 
April 26-27.— Pittsburg, Pa.— Herron Hill Gun Club tournament. 
?100 added. Louis Lautenslager, Mgr. 
April 27-28. — Americus, Ga. — The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Americus Gun Club. H. S. Mc- 
Cleskey, Sec'y. 
May 3-4. — Wabash, Ind., Gun Club tournament. 
May 4-5. — Nashville, Tenn. — The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Cumberland Park Driving Club. 
Charles Eastman, Sec'y. 
May 11-13. — Spirit Lake, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen's Association 
tournament. J. Burmister, Sec'y. 
May 12-13. — Wilmington, Del. — Wawaset Gun Club annual spring 
tournament. W. W. Foord, Sec'y. 
May 16-21. — York, Pa. — Tournament of Pennsylvania State Sports- 
men's Association, under auspices of York City Gun Club. N. 
M. McSlierry, Sec'y. 
. May 17-18. — Dallas, Tex. — The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Dallas Gun Club. E. A. Mosely, 
Sec'y. 
May 19-20.— Oklahoma City, O. T. — Territorial Sportsmen's As- 
sociation's fifth annual tournament. J. C. Clark, Sec'y. 
May 23-24.— Vicksburg, Miss., Gun Club two-day target tourna- 
ment. 
May 24-25.— Marshalltown, la.. Gun Club two-day target tourna- 
ment. 
May 24-25. — Mt. Sterling, Ky. — Kentucky Trapshooters' League 
tournament. Frank Pragoff, .Sec'y, Louisville, Ky. 
June 7-9.— Sioux City, la. — Soo Gun Club's tenth annual amateur 
tournament; added money. W. F. Duncan, Sec'y. 
June 8-10.— Huntington, W. Va.— West Virginia State shoot. F. • 
H. Merrick, Sec'y. 
June 14-17. — Warm Springs, Ga. — Target and live-bird tourna- 
ment. Chas. L. Davis, Mgr. 
June 21-24. — Indianapolis, Ind. — The Interstate Association's fifth 
Grand American Handicap at targets. One thousand dollars added 
to the purses. Elmer E. Shaner, Secretary-Manager, 219 Coltart 
Square, Pittsburg, Pa. 
June 27-July 2. — French Lick Springs, Ind. — Tournament of the 
National Gun Club. $500 added money. John M. Lilly, Pres., 
Indianapolis. 
July 4^6. — Winona, Minn. — The Interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Winona Sportsmen's Club. Os- 
wald Leicht, Sec'y. 
July 19-(22. — Cincinnati, O., Gun Club annual handicap. 
Aug. 10-12. — Brantford, Ont. — Dominion of Canada Trapshoot- 
ing and Game Protective Association's fourth annual tournament, 
A. B. Cutcliffe. Sec'y. 
Aug. 15-20.— Buffalo, N. Y.— New York State shoot. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
May 23 and 24 have been fixed upon for a two-day's target 
tournament by the Vicksburg, Miss., Gun Club, which is a 
member of the Mississippi Valley Trapshooters' and Game Pro- 
tective Association. 
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The Montclair Golf Club and the Montclair Gun Club engaged 
in competition on Feb. 22 at Montclair, N. J., the former being 
a six-man team contest, 25 targets per man. The Gun Club ad- 
ministered second place to the Golf Club by a score of 81 to 69. 
Messrs. H. S. Wells and Albert A. Schoverling sailed on the 
Hamburg-American S. S. Philadelphia, Feb. 20, for England, 
where they will tarry nearly two months. While in that land of 
excellent plum pudding, they will complete their final business 
arrangements for the American agency of a foreign made ppwder. 
The schedule of the remaining regular contests of the Cleve- 
land, O., Gun Club Company for 1904 is as follows: March 5 and 
16; April 2 and 20; May 7 and 18; June 4 and 15; July 2 and 20; 
Aug. 6 and 17; Sept. 3 and 21; Oct. 1 and 19; Nov. 5 and 16; 
Dec. 3 and 21. Committees for 1904 are: House and Grounds, 
R, C. Hopkins, F. W. Judd and F. H. Wallace; Membership, W. 
C. Talmage, W. H. Boardman, F. J. Chappie. In the past year 
the club has erected a club house, manager's house, stable, shoot- 
ing shed and two pits. 
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On Feb. 17 a match was shot at Outwater's shooting grounds, 
near Carlstadt, N. J., the conditions of which were 25 live birds, 
$25 a side. The principals were Mr. Emil Steffens, of New York, 
and Count Lenone, of Paterson, N. J. The scores were 14 to 13, 
in favor of Mr. Steffens. The birds were a specially selected lot, 
and the bets were against any high scores, in view of the fact 
that the birds were so swift and vigorous. A return match has 
been fixed to t^ke place on March 16. The conditions of the first 
match govern, excepting that the contestant making the lowest 
score pays for the birds. 
The daily press recounts the death of Joseph Bennett. He died 
on Feb. 20, at his residence on Second street, in Brooklyn, N. Y. 
He was fifty-six years old. The recountal states that "Mr. Ben- 
nett became a clerk in the American Exchange National Bank in 
1864, rising by successive steps to a position of responsibility and 
confidence. He was noted among his associates for his common 
sense, quick intelligence and genial, kindly nature. In his early life 
Mr. Bennett was one of . the best field shots in this section, being 
one of the team of the Fountain Club when that club won the State 
championship. Mr. Bennett was a member of the Marine and 
Field Club and a trustee of the South Brooklyn Building and 
Loan Association. A widow and eight children survive him." 
Bernard Waters. 
Fifeatms and the Foutth. 
Arguments were heard for and against the use of certain fire- 
arms on July 4, by the Committee on Mercantile Affairs of the 
General Court, Boston, Mass., Feb. 18. Four bills were before the 
committee, and they were described in the Boston Evening Tran- 
script as follows: 
"House 555 is designed to link the prohibition o£ the sal* of air- 
guns to boys under sixteen years of age, with the prohibition of 
the sale of firearms; House 202 is the Emerson Union bill, which 
is designed to prohibit absolutely the granting of licenses for the 
sale of torpedoes, toy pistols, toy cannon, firecrackers and other 
articles containing explosives. Bills 464 and 465 are the bills of 
the Daughters of the American Revolution to stop the use of fire- 
crackers over three inches in length, toy pistols, toy cannon, blank 
cartridges and firecrackers containing dynamite. The first bill, 555, 
was quickly disposed of, the petitioner, Thomas H. Hickey, alone 
appearing upon it. He said he wanted air-guns prohibited because 
his son had lost an eye through the use of such a gun. * * * » 
Samuel J. Elder, representing the United States Cartridge Co., 
the Union Metallic Cartridge Cc, the Peters Cartridge Co., and 
the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., opened his remonstrance 
by providing the members of the committee with an assortment of 
cheap pistols used for firing blank cartridges. The committee re- 
ceived them when assured they were not loaded. Mr. Elder then 
went on to explain how poorly made pistols are dangerous, while 
the committeemen showed that they had had some experience in 
celebrating the Fourth of July by snapping the pistols and look- 
ing into the muzzles. He argued that blank cartridges ought not 
to be prohibited for the reason, that if toy pistols are prohibited, 
blank cartridges will not be dangerous. Moreover, if the boys 
do not have blank cartridges they will get ball cartridges, and loss 
of life is bound to follow. If blank cartridges are legislated 
against there can be no firing of salutes on the Common or by 
yachts in the harbor. Prohibition "on or about the Fourth of 
July" means nothing whatever, as would appear in any court. 
There is an element of pity to be considered, but every boy has 
to take danger into consideration in every sport. The boys 
brought up on our Fourth of July went out in '61 and '98. 
Representative Barnes, of Weymouth said he had not been in- 
jured with fireworks and firecrackers. 
The hearing was closed. 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
Goose Creek Gun Club. . 
Rackaway, L. I. — The shoot of the Goose Creek Gun Club on 
Feb. '14 had a light attendance. The scores follow: 
Events: 12 3 Events: ■ . 12 3 
Targets: 25 25 Targets: 25 25 
Wohlmacher 15 11 . . Schleyer 13 . . 
Kelk 16 .. .. Rudolph 7 .. 
Steffens 13 17 . . Bovie 19 
Lahey .- 14 .. .. Stachlin 10 
Albert 18 9 .. MayerhoflE 12 
Kreeb 5 . . 
Crescent Athletic Club. 
Bay Ridge, L. I.. Feb. 20.— Mr. L. C. Hopkins made a full 
score for the February cup, and thereby registered his third win 
for it. The scores: 
February cup, 25 targets, handicap: L. C. Hopkins (3) 25, A. G. 
Scuthworth (1) 22, E. H. Lott (1) 20, H. L. O'Brien (4) 24, W. W. 
Marshall (5) 19, Capt. A. W. Money (1) 21, L. M. Palmer (1) 24, 
O. C. Grinnell, Jr., (5) 18, F. B. Stephenson (1) 17. 
Sykes' cup, team shoot, 25 targets: L. C. Hopkins (3) 20, Capt. 
Money (1) 22; total 42. W. W. Marshall (5) 25, A. G. Southworth 
(1) 22; total 47. E. H. Lott (1) 22, H. B. Vanderveer (3) 24; 
total 46. 
Tfophy shoot, 15 targets: W. W. Marshall (3) 12, A. G. South- 
worth (0) 12, F. B. Stephenson (0) 11, E. H. Lott (0) 13, O. C. 
Grinnell (3) 8, L. M. Palmer (0) 11, H. B. Vanderveer (1) 12, L. 
C. Hopkins (1) 14, C. J. McDermott (4) 13, H., L. O'Brien (2) 10, 
G. N-othtan (1) 13, Capt. Money (0) 12. Won by Hopkins. 
Trophy match 15 targets: W. W. Marshall (3) 15, A. G. South- 
worth id) 9, F. B. Stephenson (0) 11, E. H. Lott (0) 12, O. C. 
Grinneir (3) 12, L. M. Palmer (0) 12, H. B. Vanderveer (1) 12, 
L. C. Hopkins (1) 11, C. J. McDermott (4) 13, H. L. O'Brien (2) 
12, Capt. A. W. Money (0) 11, G. Notman (1) 8. Won by Mar- 
shall... 
Trophy match, 15 targets: A. G. Notman (1) 10, H. L. O'Brien 
(2) li, O. C. Grinnell (3) 9, A. G. Southworth (0) 11, L. M. Palmer 
(O; 12, F. B. Stephenson (0) 12, E. H. Lott (0) 10, L. C. Hopkins 
(1) 12, W. Sherer, Jr. (4) 10, W. W. Marshall (3) 14, H. B. 
Vanderveer (1) 13, Capt. Money (0) 12, T. W. Stake (2) 11. 
Palmer trophy, 25 targets: F. B. Stephenson (1) 22, E- H. Lott 
(1) 20, Capt. A. W. Money (1) 25, L. M. Palmer (1) 22. 
Trophy match, 15 targets: G. Notman (1) 11, H. L. O'Brien 
(2) 15, O. C. Grinnell (3) 10, A. G. Southworth (0) 13, C. J. Mc- 
Dermott (4) 13, L. M. Palmer (0) 13, S. C. Hopkins (1) 14, E. H. 
Lott (0) 9, F. B. Stephenson (O).. 12,:- W. Sherer (4) 13, W. W. 
Marshall (3) 11, H. B. Vanderveer' (i> 11, Capt. Money (0) 15, 
T. W. Stake (2) 14. 
Shoot-off: O'Brien 15, Capt. Money 13. 
Team shoot, 10 targets: 
L. M. Palmer 9, F. B. Stephenson 8, A. G. Southworth 8, L. C. 
Hopkins 5, W. W. Marshall 7, H. L. O'Brien. 9, ■ W. Sherer 5; 
total 51. 
E. H. Lott 8, Capt. Money 9, G. Notman 7, H. B. Vanderveer 7, 
C. J. McDermott 5, O. C. Grinnell 8, T. W. Stake 7; total 5L 
On toss of a coin. Palmer's team won. 
Trophy match, 15 targets: H. L. O'Brien (2) 12, T. W. Stake 
(2) 12, L. C. Hopkins (1) 13, O. C. Grinnell, Jr. (3) 11, G. Not- 
man (1) 12, Capt. A. W. Money (0) 12, W. Sherer, Jr. (4) 14. Won 
by W. Sherer, Jr. ^ 
A Southern Squad. 
New Orleans, Feb. 14. — In spite of the excitement occasioned 
by the Mardi Gras, the U. M. C. Southern Squad received a 
warm ovation. The many courtesies extended, by the gun club 
members and other friends of the "old-timers" made it evident 
that it was "up to them to make good." 
Frank Riehl delighted the large crowd by running 86 straight 
just to prove some of the stories that had come out in the news- 
papers as to what he could do. He was high man for the day 
with a score of 98 out of 100. The other men were not far be- 
hind. Each man shot at 100 targets. The scores: Capt. Marshall 
91., R. O. Heikes 95, J. T. Anthony 83, W. H. Heer 94, F. C. 
Riehl 98. 
This is remarkable work; considering the fast rate the men are 
traveling, and also that they are shooting every day. Creole. 
Baton Rouge, Miss., Feb. 16.— The U. M. C. Southern Squad 
gave an exhibition shoot here to-day which was attended by a 
large and enthusiastic crowd. While none of the cracks were at 
all anxious to break any records, they made it very apparent that 
they wer,e far from being raw recruits. Baton Rouge sportsmen 
will be more than glad to entertain the squad whenever it tours 
the South again. In fact, so much enthusiasm was aroused that 
a gun club of about 15 members will soon be organized. The 
score follows: T. A. Marshall 91, R. O. Heikes 94, C. W. Budd 
89, J. t. Anthony 89, F. C. Riehl 94. Nibbs. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
New York German Gun Club. 
Carlstadt; N. J., Feb. 17.— As to the match between Count 
Lenone and Mr. E. Steffens, the score sheet was destroyed by the 
Count, as the scores were too low; but the birds were the best 
1 have ever seen trapped. Mr. Outwater had his money bet on 
the number of kills, namely, that either one would not kill 20 
birds. The score was: Count Lenone 13 out of 25; Emil Steffens 
14 out of 25. 
The. match was made over again, 25 birds, $25, lowest score to 
pay for the birds. The match is to be shot on March 16, the date 
of the next shoot of the New York German Gun Club. The 
scores : . 
Count Lenone 11*0010—3 Lempe, 25.... 00*1200—2 
E Von Kattengell...ffi0*1112*— 4 Zenner, 25 0000000—0 
J Schlicht, 28 ..2012110—5 J P Dannefelser, 28. .. .2*22022— 5 
J H Block, 28..... 0102001— 3 J F Wellbrock, 28 0220*20-3 
E Steffens. 29 **12110— 4 H Meyn, 25.. 2012000—3 
A E Hendricksen, 28. .0222011— 5 P Albert, 28 1100110—4 
P Garms, 28 2110011—5 *Kruger, 30 1102110—5 
Exemer, 25 0010010—2 Ludening, 28 100*120—3 
H Mesloh, 28 ..0021010—3 , 
*Guest. ' ■ ' 
The club shoot is at 10 birds, but as there was a shortage of 
birds, this shoot was, perforce, limited to 7. 
Montclair Gun Club. 
Montclair, N. J., Feb. 20.— Messrs. N. Apgar and J. S. Fanning 
were visitors. The scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 
Apgar 7 10 8 13 10 13 8 12 6 8 6 14 9 13 
Fanning 8 14 10 15 10 14 10 14 9 14 10 14 8 15 
Kendall 6 7 8 10 4 9 8 10 5 8 
Moffett 4 8 5 11 6 11 8 14 9 13 6 11 5 U 
Matthews 8 13 8 12 6 9 6 9.. .. 
Cockefair 9 13 9 11 4 9 8 9 .. .. 
Wheeler 5 13 10 12 7 8 8 10 8 9 .. .. 
Benson * 11 7 9 8 13 
Crane 6 10 6 10 6 8 
Franklin Gun Club. 
Franklin Furnace, N. J., Feb. 20.— At the shoot of the Franklin 
Gun Club to-day, shooting at 28 targets, John Williams broke 11, 
and Ander Wright broke 20. Fred Southerd broke 17 out of 
30. Frank Kishpaugh broke 13 out of 25. Alf Wright broke 11 
out of 17. Will Stephens broke 4 out of 12. Elmer Black broke 
2 out of 11. Frank Kishpaugh, Sec'y. 
Pougfikeepsie Gun Qub. 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Feb. 18.— Eight men faced the score at the 
weekly shoot of this club to-day, As usual, the cup event was the 
principal one of the day. In the preliminary events several 
straight scores were made. The temperature, however, was such 
as to forbid steady shooting, the cold being very intense. In the 
cup event, while Smith was high gun, Winans carried off the 
honors by defeating Smith in event 5, which answered as a 
shoot-off of their tie in the cup event proper. 
This cup must be won six times to acquire ownership, and as 
Smith had already scored four wins to his nearest competitor's 
two, to have won it to-day would have made somewhat of a cinch 
for him, and, with this in mind, perhaps, it added to Pat's un- 
steadiness in the shoot-off. 
Capt. Traver won the shoot-off of his tie with T. Rhoades, car- 
ried over from last week. Scores follow: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets : 10 10 10 25 25 25 25 Targets : 10 10 10 25 25 25 25 
J Rhoades... 9 8 5 11 16 .. .. Traver .. 10 20 .. 19 20 
Winans 5 10 6 21 19.... Nesbit ....12.. .... 
T Rhoades... 8 6 6 14 20 .. .. Cheney .. 12 .. .. .. 
Marshall .... 2 8 9 19 18 15 16 *Marshall 10 
Smith 9 7 10 22 17 19 .. 
*Re-entry. ' 
Traver cup, being the result of event 4, with handicaps added: 
:3rk. Hdcp. Tct'i. Brk. Hdcp. Tot'l. 
J Rhoades 11 5 . 16 Traver 20 3 23 
Winans 21 6 25 Smith 22 4 25 
T Rhoades 14 8 20 Nesbit 12 7 19 
Marshall 19 4 23 Cheney 12 7 19 
Snaniweh. 
New York Athletic Club. 
Travers Island, Feb. 20. — The regular club shoot of the New 
York Athletic Club took place to-day. Mr. King, who had w(^n 
the Elias trophy a week ago, was again victorious and won for 
good. The main event, Elias trophy, 50 targets, handicap, follows: 
3rk. Hdcp. Tot'l. Brk. Hdcp. T(.t'l. 
Strippler .,23 18 41 Miller 21 0 21 
King 25 18 43 Kidd 28 0 28 
Greiff 32 5 37 
Sweepstakes, at 25 targets: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 0 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Strippler 12 10 5 10 12 8 Greiff 19 .... 16 10 .. 
Miller 15 13 16 11 10 16 Kidd 17 
King 11 .. .. 13 12 .. 
Feb. 22. — Mr. F. Perkins surprised the other members with his 
good shooting. He had won the holiday cup before, and again 
captured it to-day. This trophy has to be won three times to 
become the property of a contestant. There was a very small 
attendance on account of the rainy morning, but the few on hand 
had an enjoyable afternoon. The main event, holiday cup, 50 
targets, handicap, had scores as follows: 
Brk. Hdcp. Tofl. Brk. Hdcp. Tot'l. 
Greiff 37 7 44 Perkins 34 lo 49 
Elias 27 11 38 
Sweepstakes: 
Events: 123456789 10 11 12 
Targets : . 25 25 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 
Elias 15 17 6 16 12 10 12 12 12 15 15 U 
Greiff 18 21 10 15 16 16 13 13 14 14 14 15 
Perkins 11 19 8 14 13 10 11 12 12 7 15 13 
Independent Gun» Rifle and Pistol Qub. 
Easton, Pa., Feb. 16.— At the weekly practice shoot of the In- 
dependent Gun, Rifle and Pistol Club, of this city, the following 
scores were made: 
Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. 
H Brunner 100 67 J Young 50 21 
O Skeds 100 71 LA Francisco 100 41 
R Young 50 25 
At this time we are pleased to state that in our scores last sent 
you of our monthly shoot, the score of J. E. Frederick should have 
been 161 breaks out of 190, instead of 140 out of 190. 
More interest is now already being taken by the members of 
the club than ever before, in their first tournament, and we all 
are looking forward to this event with great prospects of a very 
successful tournament. E. F. MARKLEY,Sec'y. 
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