March 4, S9©S.I 
As above indicated, -a number of the members stayed m 
Trentcn over night, and were entertained the following 
day by the Trenton Canoe Club members, who, in the 
course of the morning, escorted their guests to Park 
Island, and a most enjoyable time was had walking home 
on the ice. 
A meeting of the Executive Committee was held before 
the dinner, and the plans decided upon for the spring 
camp, notice of which will be sent in time to each 
member. ' 
A. C. A. Membership. 
NEW MEMBERS PROPOSED. , 
Atlantic Division— W. Chapin Thompson, West Phila- 
delphia; Wm. G. Jones, Jr., New York city; George E. 
Taylor, New York city; James E. Taylor, New York city. 
Atlantic Division— Irwin N. M. Cubberly, Trenton, N. J. 
Central Division — Geo. Douglas Miller, Albany, N. Y. 
Central Division — Edward J. Fonda, Rochester, N. Y. 
Eastern Division— Ratcliffe G. E. Hicks, Providence, 
R. I. 
NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
Atlantic Division — 4876. Frederick Gilkyson, Trenton, 
N. J.; 4877. Frederic R. Brace, Jr., Trenton, N. J.; 
4878. Hudson C. Burr, Plainfield, N. J.; 4879. Paul L. 
Cort, Trenton, N. J.; 4880. Alfred L. Belfield, Philadel- 
phia, Pa. 
Atlantic Division— 4884. W. Chapin Thompson, W. 
Philadelphia, Pa.; 4886. William G. Jones, Jr., New York 
city; 4887. George E. Taylor, _ New York city; 4888. 
James E. Taylor, New York city. 
Central Division— 4873. Evans S. Kellogg, Schenectady, 
N. Y. 
Central Division— 4881. Howard Baetjer, Pittsburg, 
Pa.; 4882. Henry M. Laithe, Pittsburg, Pa.; 4883. David 
Y. Swaty, Pittsburg, Pa. ; 4885. George Douglas Miller, 
Albany, N. Y. 
Eastern Division — 4872. Ralph F. Reynolds. Somerville, 
Mass.; 4874. Benjamin C. Lane, Boston, Mass.; 4875. 
Frank J. Wilson, Boston, Mass. 
NEW LIFE MEMBERS. 
2896. William W. Crosby, Woburn, Mass. ; Life Mem- 
bership No. 34. 
947. William R. Huntington, Rome, N. Y.; Life Mem- 
bership No. 35. 
February 18,' 2987. Frank S. Thorn, of Central Divi- 
sion, Life Membership No. 36 ; February 18, 1089. Walter 
U. Lawson, of Eastern Division, Life Membership No. 
37 ; February 18, 1945. Henry C. Allen, of Atlantic Divi- 
sion, Life Membership No. 38; February 23, 982. Henry 
C. Ward, of Atlantic Division, Life Membership No. 39. 
Ftstof es. ; ' ' ' ' 
March 1-9.— New York.— Zettler annual gallery tournament. 
Ashevi le Rifle Club. 
AsHEViLLE, N. C, Feb. 18.— Our club was organized in Septem- 
ber, 1904. At present we have a membership of thirty-two. So 
far this winter, we have not missed having a shoot each week. 
Our range is 200yds. Standard American target, Sin. hullseye; 
8, 9 and 10 count as bullseyes; 3 to 7 are outer rings. Offhand 
shooting, any sights and any make of rifle. 
Double shoot of Feb. 14, 19C5, ten rounds: 
First shoot: 
T M McCanless................. 
W H Wright 
Chas. I Bard 
Dr. S W Battle 
Chas. X Badger. 
Dr. D E Sevier 
J A Perry 
Dr. J T Sevier 
J E Stevens 
G H Lambert 
Second shoot: 
J M McCanless 
Chas. I Bard 
Dr. S W Battle 
Dr. D E Sevier 
J E Stevens 
Chas. L Badger 
Dr. J T Sevier 
W H Wright 
J A Perry 
The officers are as follows: 
Vice-President, Dr. C. P. Ambler; Captain, J. M. McCanless. 
Chas. L. Badger, Sec'y- 
West Sonera (O.) Rif'e Clob. 
The following scores were made on Feb. 18 in the twenty-shot 
match of the club; shot in strings of four shots, 100yds., off-hand, 
open sights, 4in. center, value 12, possible 240. T. Garreth, of 
Eupliemia, O,, was high man with 217. C. W. Matthews second 
with 210. 
The five county rifle match will be held at Eaton, O., on March 
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Englewood O. Rifle A5S'>ciation, 
Cincinnati, O. — The medal shoot of the Englewood Rifle 
Association was held on Feb. 22, and was won by H. Kerr, of 
Butler Township, with 27 out of a possible 40. Joe Hoover, the 
winner of the previous contest, fell off in an unaccountable 
manner. Several special matches for money prizes were shot. 
Medal contest, 100yds. offhand, and rifle, four shots, 40 possible, 
Standard American target, lS4in. center: Kerr 27, Liber 20, 
Iddings 16, Mast 15, Fetters 15, Heck 4, Hoover 0; Mayer 0. 
Specials, ICOyds, offhand, three shots, possible 30, money prizes: 
No. 1— Liber 22, Fetters 19, Mast 15, Hoover 12, Heck 10, 
Iddings 9. 
No. 2— Iddings 23, Liber 20, Kerr 16, Fetters 11, Mast 11, 
Heck 11, Hoover 6. 
No. 3— Fetters 24, Kerr 19, Mast 13, Liber 11, Iddings 11, 
Hoover 5. 
No. 4— Kerr 19, Iddings 19, Fetters 16, Liber 15, Mast 14, 
Hoovar 7. 
No. 5— Iddings 22, Mast 17, Liber 14, Kerr 9. 
Italian Rifle Qub* 
The scores follow for the weekly practice shoot at headquarters, 
159 W. 23d street. New York City, all shooting on the regular 
twenty- five i^in. ring target: Selvaggi 242, Alferi 240, Reali 237, 
De Felice 237, Borroni 235, Muzio 234, Rosotti 228, Cassetti 221, 
De Stefaoo m. 
Zettlcf Rifle Club. 
The weekly practice shoot brought twelve members in com- 
petition for high scores Tuesday, leb. 21. All shooting offhand 
on the regular twenty-five %,in. ring target: 
L C Buss 242 247 2i5 243 248 
L P Hansen 242 244 243 248 242 
A Hubolek 245 246 242 243 240 
C Zettler, Tr 244 246 243 239 243 
O Smith , 241 241 237 244 244 
G Schlicht , 240 240 242 242 242 
H C Zettler 238 243 240 242 240 
H Fenwirth 237 235 240 235 237 
C G Zettler 237 241 240 236 228 
B Zettler 236 232 236 233 235 
A Begerow 230 236 232 240 238 
G J Bernius 233 236 223 223 229 
Cincinnati Rifle Association. 
Cincinnati, O. — The following scores were made in regular 
competition by members of the Cincinnati Rifle Association at 
Four Mile House, Reading road, Feb. 12. Conditions, 200yds. 
offhand at the 25-ring target. Payne won the championship for 
the day with a score of 225. Odell was high on the honor target, 
with 67 points. The scores: 
Payne 225 218 217 211 209 
Hasenzahl 223 221 217 212 211 
Nestler 216 215 213 213 211 
Odell 215 215 215 212 210 
Hofer 214 207 204 200 194 
Independent New York Schuetzen Corps. 
The follow 
street, Feb. 
ring target, 
fine total of 
Gute, 246, 24' 
A. Begerow, 
238, 239; F. 
Behrens, 225, 
Eusner, 194, 
ing scores were recorded at lieadquarters, 159 W. 23d 
23. All shooting on the regular twenty-five i4in. 
R. Gute was leading man, with the exceptionally 
493 out of a possible 500 for his twenty shots.: R. 
7; Gus Zimmermann, 244, 245; G. Ludwig, 243, 243; 
238, 243: L. C. Hamerstein, 239, 239; T. A. Young, 
Liegibel, 236, 237; J. Facklamm, 234, 236; H. J. 
221; F. C. Halbe, 218, 221; A. Bodler, 193, 208; B. 
206: J. Bittscher, 195, 204. 
Lady Zettler Rifle Clufa. 
Saturday evening, Feb. 18, was ladies night at the Zettler Clug. 
Miss M. Zimmermann, daughter of the famous marksman, Gus 
Zimmerman, secured a full score of 250 for ten shots on the 
regular twenty-five i4in. ring target. All shooting from muzzle 
rest on regular target at 75ft.: Miss M. Zimmermann, 247, 250; 
Miss K. Zimmermann, 244, 246; Miss Ludwig, 245, 246; Mrs. 
H. Fenwirth, 242, 247; Mrs. F. Liegibel, 248, 240; Miss B. 
Ludwig, 240. 245; Miss H. Schen, 237, 238; Mrs, B. Zettler, 236, 230. 
■ — #- — 
Fixtwfes* 
March 6-7.— Indianapolis, Ind., Gun Club two-day amateur shoot. 
Jas. W. Bell, Sec'y. 
March 7.— Shrewsbury, Pa., Gun Club target shoot. W. H. Myers, 
Sec'y. 
March 11.— Lakewood, N. J.— All-day shoot of the Mullerite Gun 
Club. A. A. Schoverling, Sec'y. 
March 14-16. — Des Moines, la. — Iowa State Sportsmen's Associa- 
tion tournament. 
March 20-25.— Kansas City, Mo.— Dickey Bird Gun Club, six-day 
tournament. 
March 28.— Mullerite Gun Club shoot on grounds of Bound 
Brook, N. J., Gun Club. 
March 28-29.— Kansas City, Mo.— Missouri and Kansas League of 
trapshooters' first tournament, at Schmelzer's Shooting Park. 
Dr. C- B. Clapp, Sec'y, Moberly Mo. 
April 4.— Bethlehem, Pa., Rod and Gun Club all-day target shoot. 
Howard F. Koch, Sec'y. 
April 5-6. — Augusta, Ga. — The Interstate Association's tournament, 
under the auspices of the Augusta Gun Club. Chas. C. Need- 
ham," Sec'y. 
April 8.— Richmond Valley, S. I.— Ninth all-day shoot of the 
Mullerite Gr>n Club, on grounds of Aquehonga Gun Club. 
A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. 
April 12-13.— Spring tournament of Delaware Trapshooters' League, 
on grounds of Wilmington Gun Club. H. J. Stidman, Sec'y, 
Wilmington. 
April 18-20.— Waco, Tex.— Texas State Sportsmen's Association 
tournament. 
April 19.— Springfield, Mass., Shooting Club annual tournament. 
C. L. Kites, Sec'y. 
April 22.— Easton, Pa.— Independent Gun Club second annual 
tournament. Jacob Pleiss, Cor. Sec'y. 
April 26-27.— Scottdale Pa., Gun Club shoot. 
May 2-5.— Pittsburg, Pa. — Tournament of the Pennsylvania State 
Sportsmen's Association, under auspices of the Herron Hill 
Gun Club; $1,000 added to purses. Louis Lautenstager, Sec'y. 
May 2-6.— Kansas City, Mo.— Missouri State Game and Fish Pro- 
tective Association tournament. 
May 4-5.— Waterloo, la.. Gun Club spring tournament. E. M. 
Storm, Sec'y. 
May 9-10.— Olean, N. Y., Gun Club annual tournament. B. D. 
Nobles, Sec'y. 
May_ 9-12.— Hastings, Neb.— Nebraska State Sportsmen's Associa- 
tion's twenty-ninth annual tournament. Geo. L. Carter, Sec'y, 
Lincoln, Neb. 
May 11-12.— Wilmington, Del.— Wawaset Gun Club third annual 
spring tournament. W. M. Foord, Sec'y. 
May 14-16.— Des Moines, la.— Iowa State Sportsmen's Association 
tournament. 
May 16-18.— Herrington, Kans.— Kansas State Sportsmen's Asso- 
ciation tournament. 
May 16-18.— Parkersburg,^ W. Va.— W'est Virginia State Sports- 
men's Association ninth annual meeting and tournament; 
$600 added money and prizes. F. E. Mallory, Sec'y. 
May 17-18.— Auburn, N. Y., Gun Club two-day tournament. Knox 
& Knapp, Mgrs. 
May 17-18. — Owensboro, Ky. — The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Daviess County Gun Club. 
James Lewis, Sec'y. 
May 17-19.— Stanley Gun Club of Toronto (Incorporated), Can., 
annual tournament. Alexander Dey, Sec'y, 178 Mill street, 
Toronto. 
May 23-25. — Lincoln. — Illinois State Sportsmen's Association tour- 
nament. 
May 25-27.— Montreal, Quebec, Gun Club grand trapshooting 
tournament. D. J. Kearney, Sec'y, 412 St. Paul street, Quebec. 
May 29-31.— Louisville, Ky. — Kentucky Trapshooters' League third 
annual tournament. Frank PragofF, Sec'y. 
May 30.— McKeesport, Pa.— Enterprise Gun Club tournament. 
Geo. W. Mains, Sec'y. 
May 30.— Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club all-day shoot. Dr. J. H. 
V. Bache, Sec'y. 
May 30-31.— Washington, D. C— Analostan Gun Club two-day 
tournament; $200 added. Miles Taylor, Sec'y, 222 F street. 
N. W. 
May 31.-June 1.— Vermillion.— South Dakota State Sportsmen's 
■ Association tournament. 
June 6-8. — Sioux City, la. — Soo Gun Club tournament, 
une 8-9. — Dalton, O., Gun Club annual tournament, Ernest E. 
Scott, Capt. 
June 9. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, 
Sec'y, 
Ju.ne 13-16. — Utica, N. Y. — New York State shoot. James Brown. 
Sec'y. 
June 13-15. — Canton, O., Trapshooters' League tournament. 
June 14-16. — New Jersey State Sportsmen's Association tournament. 
Tune 20-22.— New London, Ta., Gun Club tournament. 
June 27-30. — Indianapolis, Ind. — The Interstate Association's, Grand 
American Handicap target tournament; $1,Ij(jU auaeu m^iiey. 
Elmer E. Shaner. Secy-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. 
July 1. — Sherhrooke, Can., Gun Club annual tournament. C. H. 
Foss, Sec'y. 
July 4. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, 
Sec'y. 
July 4. — South Framingham, Mass.— Second annual team shoot; 
$50 in cash. 
July 6-7.— Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament, 
uly 12-13. — Menominee, Mich. — The Interstate Association's tour- 
naraeot, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. 
. W. W. McQ«eeo' Sec'y. 
July 24-2S.— Erehm's Ocean City, Md.-^Tfirget toutnatnmt, B> 
A. Brehm, Mgr., Baltimore. • 
Aug. 2-4.— Albert Lea, Minn. — The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the avispices of the A.bert Lea Guri Club. 
N, E. Paterson, Sec'y. 
Aug. 16-18.— Ottawa, Can. — Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and 
Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec'y. 
Aug. 16-18. — Kiansas City, Mo.— The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C, C. 
Herman, Stc'y. 
Aug. 22-25. — L-ake Okoboji, la. — Indian annual tournament. 
Aug. 29-31. — Ihe Interstate Association's totirnament, , under the 
auspices of the Colorado Springs, Coio., Gun Club; $1,000 
addtd money. A. J. Lawton, Sec'y. 
Sept. 5-8. — Trinidad, Colo. — Grand \'\ estern Handicap, 
Oct, 11-12. — Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all 
amateurs. W. H. Keed, Sec'y. 
Oct. 12. — Fall tournament of the Delaware Trapshooters' League, 
on grounds of Dover Gun Club. . . 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS- 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for 
publication in these columns, also any news notes they 
may care to have published. Mail all such matter to 
Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, 
Nezv York. Forest and Stream goes to press on Tues- 
day OF EACH WEEK. 
The Crescent Athletic Club, of New York, and the Boston, 
Mass., Athletic Association have arranged to hold a team contest. 
It will probably be held on March 11. 
Mr. Howard F. Koch, Secretary, informs us that the Bethlehem, 
Pa., Rod and Gun Club has fixed on April 4 as the date for an 
all-day target shoot. Programmes will be issued later. 
«? 
The team of the Cleveland, O., Gun Club Company defeated 
the Akron team and thiis established a permanent ownership of the 
ttnphy. This was the Cleveland team's fourth consecutive win. 
•t 
According to daily press accounts, the attempt to repeal the 
New Jersey law prohibiting shooting live birds at the traps, has 
been abandoned owing to the strong public hostility, to such 
attempt. 
' m 
Mr. A. A. Schoverling, Manager, writes us that the ninth all- 
day shoot of the Mullerite Gun Club will be held on the grounas 
of the Aquehonga Gun Club, of Richmond Valley, S. I., on Sat- 
urday, April 8, at 11 A. M. 
m 
The five-man team contest for the State championship, held at 
Wellington, Mass., was won by the Birch Brook team by a score 
of 215 to 204. Birch Brook and Watertown are. now tied on , two 
wins each. The next shoot will be held on March 11. 
At the shoot held on the Point Breeze Track, Philadel- 
phia, Feb. 25, in a 10-bird event, the weekly prize shoot, Messrs. 
Brown and Richards tied on a full score. In the 15-bird event 
Murphv scored 14 alone. ■ 
The Philadelphia Record recounts briefly the following tragedy: 
"Mt. Carmel, Pa., Feb. 22. — In a live-bird shooting match here to-'day 
Dick Lovell killed 3 out of 7 birds, while Charles Keihl killed^but 
1. The match was for $50 a side." 
At the shoot of the Florida Gun Club, at Palm Beach, Feb.':25, 
in the contest for the Mortimer cup. Air. J. S. S. Remsen,- of 
New York, was high, with a straight score. He shot from --the 
32-yard mark. There were fourteen contestants. 
F. W. M., the shooting name used by F. W. Mathews, was 
associated with several wins at the poultry shoot of the Allan 
Magowan Shooting Association, Feb. 18. He won seven of the 
nine chickens which were offered as prizes. 
In the contest of the Philadelphia Trapshooters' League, Feb. 
25, the following named clubs contested: The Florists' defeated 
the Hillside, 1S8 to 141; Meadow Springs defeated the S. S. White, 
178 to 168; Media defeated Narberth, 211 to 179; North Camdeti/de- 
feated Highland, 166 to 159. '-^ 
The programme of the Indianapolis, Ind., Gun Club spring 
tournament for cimateurs, March 6 and 7, provides like event^; for 
each day, namely: Ten events, each at 20 targets; $2 entrance. 
Four moneys, each equal. Oqjy manufacturers' agents may shoot 
for targets only. Ship shells to Indianapolis Gun Club, 121 West 
\'\'^ashington St. 
The target shoot of the Shrewsbury, Pa., Gun Club, M"arch 7, 
has thirteen events on the programme, of which one is at 10, 'two 
are at 20 and the remainder at 15. Entrance 50 cents, $1 and $1.20. 
Totals, 200 targets, $12.60 entrance. Tower shooting, if time per- 
mits. Added money, two high guns, $3 and $2. Low gun, $1. 
Mr. W. H. Myers is the secretary, 
m 
In a four-man team contest, Feb. 25, at Travers Island, between 
teams of the New Yorth Athletic Club and the Larchmont Yacht 
Club, the former won. Each man shot at 25 targets. The scores 
were: N. Y. A. C. : D. J. Bradley 20, T. J. McCahill 20, C. E. T. 
Foster 16, F. W. Perkins 13; total 72. L. Y. C: W; D. Rose 16, 
J. A. Pisani 18, J. R. Collins 10. David Raib, Jr., 18; total 62. 
Mr. E. W. Reynolds, cashier and manager, informs us that a 
grand winter target tournament of the North River Gun Club 
will be held at Edgewater, N. J., Thursday, March 30- at 10 A. M. 
Programme consists of 150 targets, $11 entrance. A five-man 
team race, $10 per team, 50 targets per man, $5 for each team en- 
tered to be divided 50, 30 and 20; Rose system of division in 
other events. 
n 
The twenty-eighth annual tournament of the Iowa State Sports- 
man Association, to be held at Des Moines, la., March 14-16, has 
a like programme for each day, twelve events at 15 and 20 targets, 
$1.50 and $2 entrance. On the second day there also will be the 
Ottumwa diamond badge handicap event, 50 targets, $5 entrance; 
16 to 22yds. Also on third day the Smith cup, event 6, additional 
entrance $1.50. The championship event for Iowa amateurs, LO 
targets, .$5, money divided into four equal parts, and a cup valued 
at $50 to the winner. Averages, not high guns. First,^ second 
and third, choice of Remington, Parker or Winchester; value $40. 
Twenty-one prizes in all, in value from $40 to $5, most of which 
is cash. Shooting will begin at 9 o'clock. Targets, 2 cents. Ship 
guns and ammunition prepaid care Hopkins Bros. Co. Practice, 
March 13. Association meeting on March 15. Messrs. B«dd and 
Whitney, managers. 
