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Little Falls Gun Club. 
Little Falls, New Jersey, February 7, 1914. 
The Little Falls Gun Club received an invitation to 
visit the traps of the Ridgewood Country Club at 
Ridgewood, N. J., and did so, last Saturday about 
twenty taking the trip. The weather was so bad during 
the morning that it looked as though there was no 
chance of holding the match but it cleared off about 
noon and the afternoon was bright but there was such 
a heavy wind that it was impossible to make good 
scores, many of the targets being blown back and 
landing near the traps. 
There were only four Ridgewood shooters who would 
go on their team so the Little Falls Club picked .our 
men and were able to win the match by 54 birds. The 
first string of twenty-five gave the following: Little 
Falls, 70; Ridgewood. 45- Second string. Little Falls, 
82; Ridgewood, 54- Total, Little Falls, 153; Ridgewood, 
99. 
Next Saturday, February 14th, the Little Falls Gun 
Club will hold their second shoot in the Telegraphic 
Match. 
Event 
I 
2 
3 
Targets 
25 
25 
25 
H. S. Sindle .. 
23 
S. G. Francisco 
17 
8 
10 
Ed. Tacobus ... 
23 
18 
T. H. Francisco 
19 
12 
15 
Sant Comly .... 
15 
19 
Wm. Kussmaul 
13 
II 
14 
Cleve Speer ... 
l6 
19 
F. M. Sindle . 
l6 
Arthur Bunn . 
II 
16 
Ed. Smith _ 
17 
l6 
P. H. Doremus 
17 
C. Cannizzaro . 
13 
l6 
Ed Klotz . 
14 
14 
Arthur Strange 
13 
Ward Witty ... 
12 
8 
Harry White .. 
12 
Bayle Hopkins 
l6 
E. M. Bull ... 
l6 
Tos. Smith _ 
Tames Madden 
“Jack” . 
Total . 
2 
4 
25 
11 
Match 
5 59 Targets. 
Little Ridge- 
25 Falls, wood. 
.. 38 -• 
38 
42 
19 35 
20 
11 
15 
7 
3 
10 
19 
34 
27 
19 
99 
Hercules Target Event. 
The season’s opening shoot of the Hercules Gun Club, 
Temple. Pa., will be held on Saturday, March 14. Pro¬ 
gram consists of 100 targets entrance $7.50—with a special 
of 10 pairs of doubles at 75 cents entrance. 
This will be a splendid race, so let the early bird 
catch the worm. 
Reading, Pa. 
“LUDDY.” 
Highlands—Meadow Spring. 
Contrary to the general expectation of a majority of 
the members of the contesting clubs. Highland won its 
league shoot from Meadow Spring yesterday afternoon 
at Edge Hill by the comfortable score of 424 to 397. 
It takes some shooting to beat Highland on their own 
grounds, and, though the West Philadelphians sent a 
good squad, they were unequal to the task and dis¬ 
played with few exceptions decidedly poor form. Some 
blamed the wind and others the speed of the targets 
but sifted down it will be generally found that the 
man behind was more to blame than anything else, 
though the targets were a trifle low because of the 
brisk breeze that blew across the traps. But High¬ 
land was out to win. to drag Meadow Spring down 
from its exalted perch, and, much to their own sur¬ 
prise, with many of their crack shots missing, they 
shot-up to and beyond form and set a gait the West 
Philadelphians were unable to follow. Fourteen of the 
home squad made scores of 40 or better, and it took 
do to qualify for the team. To the contrary, Meadow 
Spring only had four shooters in the 40 class, and they 
were compelled to take in four 37’s to qualify. 
Harry Sloan, the star of the West Philadelphia team, 
bagged the high-gun honors of the day by breaking 46. 
getting 22 the first time at the traps and 24 the sec¬ 
ond time. 
There is some dispute about his total on the second 
trap, and it is likely that the matter will be brought 
to the attention of the directors of the Philadelphia 
Trapshooters’ League for settlement should there be a 
close race for the leading honors of the season. About 
the eighteenth bird the referee declared that it was 
dead, and it was so recorded on the score sheet. 
A Highland man made the claim that the tar¬ 
get was not broken. The referee had declared it dead 
and instead of promptly stopping the shoot and thresh¬ 
ing the matter out right there be allowed the shoot to 
go on, claiming that standing around in the keen wind 
would tend to discomfort the other shooters. 
He said that the matter could be settled after the 
squad had shot. This was done and the sheet allowed 
that Sloan had broken 25 straight, but on the way 
from the stand to the office some one had changed it. 
and when received it showed that Sloan had been given 
credit for 24. 
Those who came early were the fortunate ones, and 
were enabled to at least start with a good score, for 
alter the sun began to sink the gyroscopic antics of the 
targets made them anything but easy, as the wind had 
considerably freshened. This accounts for so many 
poor scores on the second stand. Hr. Crooks led the 
Highland squad with 22 on each stand and Hibbs and 
Toel Havis displayed exceptional form for their score; 
Mooney and Tom Tansey shot at form, but Harry David 
showed that he was rusty at the game, for he only 
broke 38. With few exceptions, the scores of the 
Meadow Spring bunch were way below their normal 
speed. Dr. Hutton is capable of better than his 49 
and George Gideon’s 37 is very unusual for him. Hewlett 
started off like a house afire by getting 23, but the 
wind knocked his second string into a cocked hat and 
he only got 16. Nevertheless, he made the team with 
ease. Scores: 
HIGHLAND. MEADOW SPRING. 
B. 
B. Tl. 
B. 
B. Tl. 
Crooks . 
22 
22—44 
Sloan . 
22 
24—46 
Hibbs . 
23 
21—44 
23 
20—43 
Davis . 
24 
19—43 
P. T. Ford .. 
24 
18—42 
Mooney . 
22 
21—43 
Hutton . 
21 
19—40 
Drake . 
20 
22—42 
ITewlett . 
23 
16—39 
J. Greenwood .. 
19 
23—42 
Kress . 
22 
16—38 
Houpt . 
23 
19—42 
Henry . 
19 
19—38 
Englart . 
23 
19—42 
Gideon . 
19 
18—37 
Clegg . 
22 
19—41 
Coyle . 
21 
16—37 
Tansey . 
20 
21—41 
Chandler .... 
18 
19—37 
Total . 
....421 
Total . 
••••397 
Scores of gunners 
who failed to qualify 
for 
their re- 
spective teams: 
HIGHLAND. 
MEADOW 
SPRING. 
B. 
B. Tl. 
B. 
B. Tl. 
Perry . 
21 
19—40 
Torpey . 
17 
19 —36 
Stevenson . 
21 
19—40 
Renner . 
19 
17—36 
Fell . 
19 
21—40 
Deiley . 
22 
13—35 
T. Meehan . 
20 
20—40 
Williams .... 
l6 
19—35 
H. G’nwood ... 
21 
17—38 
Gothard . 
20 
15—35 
David . 
17 
21--38 
Marsten . 
18 
17—35 
Hoover . 
17 
21—38 
Keenan . 
16 
18—34 
Tones . 
19 
18-37 
Garrett . 
16 
18 —34 
A. B. Mc’y _ 
17 
20—37 
Hilpot . 
17 
17—34 
F. M’an, Jr. 
19 
16—35 
Mace . 
17 
17—34 
R. G’nwood .. 
20 
14—34 
Pierce . 
20 
13—33 
Freed . 
12 
2 T —33 
MacAlonan . 
14 
15—29 
McCalla . 
17 
14—31 
W oodward . 
13 
15—28 
Sprankle . 
18 
12—30 
Wieher . 
12 
13— 2 5 
Roatclie . 
15 
14—29 
Riegel . 
7 
12 —IQ 
8 
8-15 
Clark . 
13 
13—26 
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Gun Club. 
Chicago, February 
5- 
1914. 
Handi- 
100 
cap. Total. 
25 
25 
A. T. French .. 
. 85 
7 92 
F. B. Shogren . 
75 
16 91 
13 
I, A. Bell . 
30 91 
O. P. Goode . 
. 81 
9 90 
H. C. Wolfe ... 
78 
11 89 
18 
IT C. Kirkwood 
77 
99 
18 
H. A. Newkirk . 
17 
13 
More snow last night and this morning which no 
doubt kept some of the shooters away who had in¬ 
tended to come out to-day. 
Seven shooters were out in spite of the cold. Among 
them were Mr. A. J. French of Watertown, North 
Dakota, who no doubt is used to the weather we had 
as he hung up the high score of the day, breaking a 
total of 85 x 100. Shogren and Bell each get credit 
for a total of 91, with Goode a close second with 90, 
while Wolfe follows with a total of S9. 
Chicago, February 7, 1014. 
Handi- 
100 
cap. 
Total. 
25 
25 
15 
W. A. Davis . 
.... 92 
4 
96 
11 
IT. E. Dickerman - 
.... 88 
6 
94 
H. A. Newkirk . 
.... 65 
28 
93 
C. W. May . 
-••- 95 
l6 
91 
E. B. Shogren . 
•••• 73 
17 
90 
11 
E. A. Nash . 
.... 66 
17 
83 
15 
W. C. Foley . 
. 57 
22 
79 
II 
M Ballou . 
Professionals. 
.... 68 
68 
9 
K O. Berger . 
l6 
19 
H. A. Newkirk . 
19 
16 
C. B. Hadley . 
19 
19 
6 
C. W. May . 
18 
14 
E. M. Barr . 
15 
15 
9 
Davis took first place honors with a total of 96, he 
also having highest net score of 92. 
Dickerman gave him a close race as they were tied 
up to the last twenty, when Dickerman dropped behind 
and furnished another total of 94. 
It was quite cold to-day, the thermometer registering 
13 above zero, which, with a strong wind blowing from 
the west, made it rather fresh on the firing line, but a 
good fire in the clubhouse gave them all a good op¬ 
portunity to warm up. 
Chicago, February 8, 1914. 
Handi- 
100 
cap. 
Total. 
R. 
Chisholm . 
. 80 
15 
95 
P. 
Miller . 
. 83 
11 
99 
B. 
L. Kimmerer . 
.83 
8 
91 
II. 
Chisholm . 
.51 
36 
87 
S. 
W. Doran . 
26 
85 
H. 
C. Wolfe . 
15 
84 
C. 
R. Seelig . 
16 
84 
0 . 
F. Seelig . 
28 
84 
S. 
Wolfe . 
With the mercury hovering around the zero mark, this 
was the coldest day we have had so far this year, never¬ 
theless nine shooters came out and eight of them shot 
the regular program of one hundred targets. S. Wolfe, 
the oldest son of Mr. H. C. Wolfe, had his first try¬ 
out at breaking targets and his score of eight out of 
twenty was splendid for a beginner. 
R. Chisholm, one of our new members won first 
place honors for the day with a total of 95. 
Miller and Kimmerer each broke 83 for the high net 
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scores of the day, Miller’s handicap giving him a total 
of 94, while Kimmerer’s total was 91. 
Let us have a good attendance next Sunday. Febru¬ 
ary 15th, when we shoot our second telegraphic match. 
WILLIAM F. MERKLE, Superintendent. 
Washington’s Pistols. 
An unusual sale was held in New York City which 
included an extensive and varied collection of rare edged 
weapons of the sixteenth century, ethnological spears, 
clubs, axes, etc., but also relics of George Washington. 
The silver mounted pistols that Washington carried 
through the Revolutionary War and used for some time 
after that brought $4,000, selling to Edward H. Litch¬ 
field of 44 Wall street. They are flintlocked and have 
“Gen. G. Washington” engraved on a silver band. 
They were presented by him to his secretary, Bartholo¬ 
mew Dandridge. In 1804 they were sold by the Dan- 
dridge estate for 6 pounds and 3 shillings to Col. P. 
G Marsteller, one of the six colonels selected as Wash¬ 
ington’s pallbearers. In 1903 they were sold with the 
Marsteller estate and the original bill of sale is in the 
court will book at Alexandria, Va. 
Washington’s military medicine chest, which also 
came from the Marsteller family, sold to the Rev. W. 
H. Burke for $400, buying for the Valley Forge, Pa., 
Museum of Natural History. The Revolutionary battle 
flag carried by Light Horse Harry Lee went to H. 
Martin for $375. 
S. Scott bought Inventor Forsythe’s model magazine 
percussion pistol, patented 1805, for $97.5- and a pair of 
early cartridge breechloading pistols for $75. H. B. 
Harmor of Philadelphia gave $130 for a Colt-Walker, 
the first military revolver adopted by the United States 
Government, and the same price for a Colt-Walker 
in which the Government had made a slight change. 
Mr. Harmor also paid $110 for a pair of double bar¬ 
relled pistols given to a war correspondent by Gen. 
De Wet, the Boer General, and $75 for an ancient 
cianequin crossbow. 
T. Offerman paid $75 for a pair of English naval 
officer’s flintlock double barrelled pistols in teakwood 
case; $85 for a pair of ancient Italian sanphaunce 
pistols, $140 for a pair of ancient win el lock Dagg 
pistols and $105 for a pair of sixteenth century Euro¬ 
pean pistols. Mr. Ross gave $115 for un ancient King’s 
u ; heel lock gun. and Mr. Pugsley paid $100 for a 
Ferguson breechloading rifled musket. A German 
flintlock fowling piece, to T. Offerman for $26; a Colt 
percussion revolving rifle, to R. N. Flint for $16; 
another with smaller barrel, to E. Pugsley for $15; a 
Colt revoving rifle, 44 calibre, to W. E._ Tones for $17; 
a Colt dragoon revolver, six shots, to John H. Meeks 
for $23; and a double barrelled flintlock overcoat pocket 
pistol, to V. T. Hammer for $21. 
Pennsylvania Challenge Trophy. 
The annual twenty live bird race for the Pennsyl¬ 
vania State Challenge Trophy will be held on Satur¬ 
day, February 21, 1914, under the auspices of the Har¬ 
risburg Sportsman’s Association under the personal 
supervision of Karl Stewart, G. W. Uepler and Fred- 
W. Dinger. 
The race will be on twenty live birds, entrance $12. 
John G. Martin of Harrisburg, Pa. won this trophy 
last year and defended it during the year. Thirty- 
three gamesters participated last year; fifty or more 
shooters are expected this year. Programs may be 
bad by addressing Harrv Dill, Market Square, Harris- 
burg ’ ' Pa - ' “LUDDY.” 
