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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[July 9, 1904. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
Montclair Gun Club. 
Montclair, N. J., July 4. — The Verona Gun Club paid a visit 
to the Montclair Gun Club to-day and shot a match, ten men on a 
side, 25 targets, unknown traps, unknown angles, loser to pay for 
the birds. The match resulted in a victory for the Montclair 
Club. Scores 180 to 162. 
Event No. 3, 25-target match, prize a handsome field glass, the 
gift of Messrs. Schoverling, Daly & Gales, was won by Mr. 
Hamilton, of the visiting team, with a score of 23. 
In the contest for the Parker gun, Mr. Kendall broke 46 out of 
a possible 50;this gives him two scores of 47 each and- one of 46. 
Events : 
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Events : 
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17 6 20 
17 9 .. 
19 8 .. 
21 8 15 
18 6 22 
21 7 15 
16 10 .. 
Kendall 
24 7 IT 
18 8 23 
14 5 .. 
20 7 21 
11 3 .. 
10 7 .. 
Fitch 
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10 4 9 
16 8 22 
20 4 19 
14 6 20 
14 4 .. 
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22 9 .. 
Edward Winslow, 
Sec'y- 
Jeannette Gun Club. 
New York. — The Jeannette Gun Club held their regular shoot 
at Hudson County Driving Park, on July 1. The regular May 
shoot had not been finished on account of scarcity of birds in 
that month, and the sharpshooters' rifle festival had delayed the 
June shoot until to-day. The birds were very fast, with a stiff 
wind blowing, as the scores will attest. President Ehlen was 
here, there and everywhere to make the final contest a success. 
The occasion was graced by one of our oldest ex-presidents, 
Capt. Disch, who is" very near his allotted time, three-score years 
and ten, and he shot at the last bird, a fast one, and killed it in 
elegant style. The bird will be mounted by the club and pre- 
sented to the old-timer. 
Lots of excitement attended the team shoot, as owing to failing 
eyesight and dusk, President Ehlen had failed to score his first 
four birds. He had to kill to win for his side on the last bird. He 
was equal to the occasion, and down came the bird when near the 
boundary, fully 65yds. from the shooter, with the first barrel. Then 
Bedlam broke loose, and some of the boys are shouting yet. 
Schortemeier won in Class A, Brunie won Class B in the shoot- 
off, Gerdes won Class C. 
June. May. 
F Ehlen, 28 i .1100122000— 5 1001100102— 5 
C Meyer, 30 .2*10021121— 7 1110221210—8 
T P Rottman, 25 000*122111— 6 
T H Schortemeier, 32 *20212*220— 6 : 1222112211—10 
C Interman, 28 *112220121— 8 
H Pape, 28 1221102200— 7 2111101121— 9 
C Steffens, 30 2212*01121— 8 100111*121— 7 
J Mohrman, 28 20*1100*10— 4 2221211122—10 
C Meyerdiercks, 28 012*111021-7 2112201111— 9 
J Vagts, 28 22121*2111- 9 
T H Kroger. 30 2121112021— 9 1012111112— 9 
"N Brunie, 28 .*010001011— 4 1111222112—10 
F Gerdes, 25 202101*122— 7 0211120212— 8 
D Mohrman, 28 021112101*— 7 
*P Sweeney 22*1102121— 8 
W Sanders, 28 .... .1*00201011 -5 1111010101- 7 
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Challenge medal contest, Mohrman won: 
C Meyer, 30 121020221101120—11 012* 
J Mohrman, 28 211011101021101-11 0111 
Team contest, seven men on a side, 5 birds per man: 
Kroeger 5, Schorty 4, Interman 4, Rohlfs 4, H. Pape 4, W. 
Sanders 3, Ehlen 1; total 25. 
Steffens 5, C. Meyer 2, J. Mohrman 1, D. Mohrman 5, W. 
Brunie 4, Meyerdiercks 4, Gerdes 3; total 24. 
Capt. Disch, 28yds., 1. The last bird. 
Hell Gate Gun Club. 
The Hell Gate Gun Club held their regular live bird contest at 
Outwater's on June 28. Though quite a wind helped the birds out 
when the first squad of five men were shooting, it died out later in 
the day. The birds had been fed too much, and were slow m get- 
ting away, therefore the scores were superior to the general 
average of the club. 
This was a double event to-day, the club shooting for the months 
of August and September, and will probably finish out the year 
in another State, after the law goes in effect on July 4 in New 
Tersey, thus driving out of the State several hundred thousand 
dollars per year, and the abolishing of a wholesome sport. An- 
other effect of this law— which, of course, was not considered— is 
the lesser demand there will be for fine guns. A shooter at the 
trap wants the best his money can buy. A sportsman who shoots 
in the field needs but a cylinder bore gun, be it a low grade arm of 
American manufacture or a cheap Belgian rattletrap. The artisans 
of our countrv who help make a fine gun will probably have less 
work in the 'future. And all because a few misguided fanatics 
can influence legislation to take the bread and butter out of the 
mouths of those farmer boys who make a few dollars occasionally 
by raising that barnyard fowl, the pigeon raised for shooting pur- 
poses. 
Dr. Davis, 26 
T A Belden, 28 
P Garms, 28 
C Weber, 28 
C Gardella, 
T Schlicht, 28 . 
"N G Wilson, 2 
T Shappert, 26 
J Selg, 26 
T Hughes, 26 . 
E A Meckel, £ 
T P Dannefelser, 28. 
"R Baudendistel, 28.. . 
T Kreeb, 28 
J Wellbrock 
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L. H. Schortemeier. 
North Rivet Gun Club. 
Edgewater, N. J., June 25.— The scores made at the shoot of the 
North River Gun Club to-day were as follows: 
Events: 123456789 10 
Targets: 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 25 
Piercy 10 14 14 13 13 13 12 14 25 
Richter 11 11 10 11. 11 5 . . 11 
Truax 12 12 14 12 14 13 .. 13 19 
Eickhoff 7 5 12 10 13 11 10 .. 11 17 
Merrill 11 12 9 6 11 10 .. 11 .. 
Staples 10 11 9 12 9 10 
Leasenfeld 4 8 10 10 9 11 
Schramm 9 9 10 11 
Collins : 4 10 7 5 .. 4 .. 
Jas. R. Merrill, Sec'y. 
WESTERN TRAP. 
It would appear that ail the gun clubs of south Minnesota 
were afraid of the Lakefield boys, as it has been over a year 
since any challenge has been issued for the elegant Peters trophy, 
which t-hey have held all that time. But there came a change at 
last, and the Fairmount boys, a three-man team, got out courage 
and went after them, and though scares were low, the good 
shooting of Church won out for the challengers. Shooting at 50 
targets, Church, for the Fairmonts made 44, Bird 38, Hick 36; 
total 118, . For Lakefield, Morrison made 42, Palmer 39, and 
Bisping 35; total 116. 
The fourth tournament for the season for the Missouri League 
of Trapshooters will be held at Richmond, Mo., July 14. 
It has been decided by the shooters and the board of direc- 
tors of the Winnipeg, Man., Industrial Exhibition Association 
that a thorough, up-to-date shooting tournament will be held 
during the exhibition week. This will be welcomed by the ex- 
treme Northwest trapshots. The shoots of the past have been 
good ones. The programme will be liberal, and good cash addi- 
tions will be made. Many traveling representatives will attend, 
as a number of these good scatter gun men will be at Grand 
Forks, N. D., in attendance at the Interstate tournament the 
latter part of July. . 
Frank L. Carter, of Butte, seems to be entitled to the claim 
of all-round shot of Montana. His scores with pistol, rifle, long 
and short range, and then his shotgun record, such as 60 doubles, 
unknown angles, places him at the top all the many good Mon- 
tana shots. • • : • : • , , ' - 
The Blue Label Gun Club, of Sioux City, la., have a . challenge 
brewing, and soon the Journal Gun Club will hear from it. 
Much interest is being worked up for the Duluth, Minn., tour- 
nament, to be held July 20 and 21. This is in the circuit of 
shoots, and many traveling men are expected to participate. 
In Canada and at some points in the West the subject is. 
being discussed as to a return to the old position of gun below 
the elbow" for trapshooting. 
Articles of incorporation of the Corner Rod and Gun Club 
have been recorded, which will enable the Ft. Wayne; Ind., Club 
to purchase a large tract of land and fix up a splendid shooting 
Park ....... 
The Houghton, Mich., Gun and Rod Club has looked well to 
the future by obtaining and planting in the streams large con- 
signments of fish fry. _ , , 
At a recent meeting of the Gainesville Gun and Rod Club a set 
of rules was adopted governing the fish catch in the clubs lake. 
Only five bass or perch can be taken by any member on same 
day, and on but three days of each week can fishing be m- 
dU Wmiam" Clayton will surely be enabled to run the chartered 
car to Denver on the occasion of the Western Handicap, as his 
crowd is assured. „ . ' , , , - j t r- 
The Beaumont, Texas, Gun Club has been reorganized. J. F. 
Fisher is president; Antry Greer secretary. A tournament will 
be held and all Texas shooters will be invited. , • 
The Consolidated Sportsmen's Association, of Grand Rapids, 
Mich., is much elated over the installation of a set of expert 
traps at the club grounds. . - 
The officers of the McQueen Gun Club, of Menominee, Mich., 
are busy sending out programmes of the July 13 and 14 tourna- 
ment A cordial invitation to all, and the walking is good from 
hotel to shooting grounds. Plenty of added money, and then a 
boat ride; and a general good time is assured. 
The Florence, Wis., Gun Club is getting well on in practice, 
and the members feel proud of the scores made by Dr. Hackings. 
He has made one run of 31 straight. 
The date for the fourth shoot to be held by the Missouri League 
of Trapshooters, will be July 28. ... , , , , <. . 
The State championship shoot of Kentucky will be held Sept. 
15 and 16 at Paducah, and the Paducah Gun Club shoot will occur 
on the two days following. : , _ 
The Francisville, Ind., Gun Club announce a shoot for July 14, 
and Everett Brown will be the manager. . . 
The Panama, Mo., shooters are getting anxious about that wine 
set and are turning out very much better than formerly. ; 
The Clarksville, la., Gun Club members are keeping up their 
practice, and are open for team shoots. 
The weekly shoot held by the gun club at Panama Mo, was 
the last contest for the wine set. James, with 85 out of a 100, 
proved the winner. The prize for the next month will be a shav- 
The West Texas Gun Club League will hold their tournament 
It Comanche, Tex., July 14, 15 and 16, three days instead of two. 
There will be $600 added and all shooters are invited. A good time 
is assured for all who attend. ■ 
The cigar makers' Blue Label Club were out June 26 at the 
grounds in Sioux City. Ia., and had a busy hour at the traps 
There were many shoots held throughout the West on the 
Fourth. Reports of same in next issue. 
\t the shoot held by the Palestine, Tex., Gun Club last week 
the record I of the ! club was broken by W. P. Allen, who made 25 
straight, and then 48 out of 50. . 
The Belleville, 111., Gun Club held a meeting to transact busi- 
ne The° n Terre e Haute Ind., Gun Club members, after returning 
from Indianapolis, solved the problem as to why they did not 
make better scores by the excuse that targets were too easy, not 
thrown as hard as they had been accustomed to. 
The members of the Superior, Wis., Gun Club held a shoot 
Monday that was interesting. Shinoe won the Bunker medal with 
2° out of 9 5 Kennedy and Fulton were but one behind. 
When, the circuit of tournaments starts, at Winona, Minn., July 
4, it will be a warm season from that time until Aug. 1. St. Paul 
and Duluth will both have large shoots. R. S. Guptill, the G. A. 
H. winner, and many traveling men will be present. There will 
be $350 added money. 
The Midway Rod and Gun Club, of Memphis, Tenn., will erect 
a $2,500 club house at its home on big Lake Peters Island. The 
officers are P. H. Kelly, President; D. Striehl, Vice-President; 
F. W. Borgoyne, Secretary; J. H. Hudson, Treasurer. 
The Schmelzer Shooting Park at Kansas City, will be used fre- 
quently during the year for tournament purposes. 
The members composing the North Side Gun Club' and those 
of the South Side, in the City of Lacrosse, Wis., will meet on 
Saturday for a friendly contest at targets with a view of awaken- 
ing an interest and for the benefit of practice. 
When Abe Frank reached Memphis he reported that the G. A. 
II. was the greatest ever held in the world. 
During the Winona shoot, which Elmer Shaner will manage, 
there will be a club shoot for the Chronicle cup that Virpqua won 
last year, and has so successfully held ever since. 
The Beaumont, Tex., Gun Club., will hold weekly shoots during 
the remainder of the season. The races will be at 50 targets, with 
an entrance fee of 75 cents. 
Shooting was quiet in the West the past two weeks, as so 
many shooters were off at the G. A. H. — and many of them had 
that tired feeling when they reached home. 
Keep your eye on the Arkansas State shoot. Don't forget that 
only residents of the State can shoot for cash, prizes, etc. 
The Earlington, Ky., Gun Club will hold a tournament on dates 
to be selected between July 10 and 15. Many of the good shots of 
the State will be in attendance, 
The Missouri shooters are waking up. Last week at Memphis 
there were shooters present from Quincy, 111., and Bonaparte, Ia. 
The.Quincy men, Geise and Zimmerman, tied in the team shoots, 
while Page, of Bonaparte, la., made high score for the day. 
Last Sunday was a busy day at the Kansas City Blue River 
Shooting Park. George Stockwell shot for the Jones trophy and 
scored 82 to P. Frank's 73 out of 100 targets. In an open shoot 
for same trophy at 50 targets, John Greninger won with 48. The 
final shoot for this trophy will be held this month, all the pre- 
vious winners coming together for a final disposition. 
The first shoot held by the Beaumont, Tex., G un Club brought 
out as winner James K. Tooke, whose score of 46 out of 50 blue- 
rocks was very good. 
Shooters at Houston, Tex., that have enthusiasm are out for the 
open air, having pitched tents at Sylvan Beach. The name 
chosen will be Open Game Club. There will be a prize shoot and 
same will be open to all, whether members or otherwise. The 
charter members are F. Fendly, F. Backenstein, B. Douglas, G. 
Crousk, M. Danley, P. Gallagher, P. Riley and A. Van Ropper. 
Shooting for the Hunter Arms Co. trophy at Duluth, the high 
score went to Warren, with 24 out of 25. Wilson won the Day 
medal. Bob on the second trial, won the Ponton & White trophy. 
The third annual tournament of the Northern Gun Club was 
held at Antigo, Wis., June 29. The high score was made by Heer, 
146; Le Compte 139, Lord 129. High amateur, Paul Brown, of 
Rhinelander, 129; A. Molle, Antigo, 129-; Bennett, Ironwood, 128! 
The Hoffman House cup went to Molle. 
The regular shoot of the Bridge City Gun Club, of Logansport, 
Ind., found Whitesell at the front, as at 50 targets he made 41. 
He Knew. — "You must visit our new country club," said the 
suburbanite. "The grounds are beautiful; the golf links superb. 
You won't find such scenery elsewhere. On entering, the 
grounds the first thing that strikes your eye" ■ "I know," in- 
terrupted the city man, "A golf ball." — Philadelphia Press. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
Those "Newspaper Laws." 
An important ruling in regard to what are known as "news- 
paper laws" has been made. These so-called laws provide that 
subscribers to newspapers are liable for the price thereof unless 
they give express notice to discontinue, or when they give 
notice to discontinue without paying arrearages, or when 
they refuse to take papers from the office, and that the 
publisher of a newspaper can have any one arrested for fraud 
who takes a paper and refuses to pay for it, and that it is. an 
unlawful' act to allow a subscription account to run on for six 
months or a year and a half and then tell the postmaster to mark 
it- "refused" or send the editor a notice to discontinue the paper. 
The Post Office Department has time and again informed parties 
making inquiries, and the public generally, that there are no such 
laws. The ruling now made is to the effect that a publisher 
who makes a demand for payment of the subscription price of 
his paper through the mails, accompanied by a threat of enforcing 
such pretended laws in case the demand is not complied with, may 
be prosecuted for attempting to obtain money under false pre- 
tenses, provided he knows that such so-called laws have no ex- 
istence as laws, or decisions of the courts. 
Concerning Proctor's. 
"The Magic Kettle" has proved a most sensational attraction atj 
Proctor's Twenty- third Street Theatre, where it will remain for a 
longer run. There is something peculiarly appealing at the pres- 
ent time in the thought of the intense cold created by the contents 
in the mystic kettle, which freezes everything plunged into the 
boiling liquid within, and not the least attractive feature of the 
performance is the distribution of ice cream, made in sight of the 
audience in a chafing dish. In securing the Magic Kettle, Mr. 
Proctor has shown his customary enterprise, and is making appeal 
to his audiences with the very newest idea in magic, which will 
crowd the house for some weeks to come; but the Magic Kettle is 
but a single feature of the excellent vaudeville show one may 
always count upon seeing at this charming theatre. More than 
ever at the present time has it become a rendezvous of the visitors 
to the shopping district. They here find an opportunity to rest 
and refresh themselves before proceeding uptown or to the ferries. 
The wildfowler knows very well that without good decoys he is 
not likely to get good shooting. How often have we all of us 
seen cunning ducks, headed straight to the decoys, suddenly be- 
come suspicious and flare or veer, not to be called back by any 
means. The decoys manufactured by W. J. Mason, of Detroit, 
Mich., have made their way among duck shooters by merit. We 
have seen them and they are lifelike and good. Persons intend- 
ing to enlarge their stock of decoys should write him for a cata- 
logue. 
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Inquire of your dealer or send for full descriptions. 
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for shooting under the Sergeant System. The cover bears the title 
" My Trap Scores," and the pages, in number and form, are arranged 
to make a complete record of the shooter's doings at the traps. The 
pages are ruled to make a record of the place, date, weather condi- 
tions, number of traps, number of shooters, gun and load used, events, 
etc. The score sheets are ruled for 25 targets. Bound in leather. 
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