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Baltusrol Golf Club, 
Newark, N. J., Feb. 22.—F. N. Cowpertliwait was the 
winner of the 25-bird handicap and 25-bird scratch shoots 
with IS and 22 respectively. 
The Sho-rt Hills Gun Club held a 100-bird scratch 
competition in the morning for cuirs presented by Mar¬ 
shall Geer and Sidney H. Browne. Browne was the 
winner with S5. George A. Williams with an average ci 
4-1, won the monthly cup. The scores: 
Handicap race, 25 birds: F. N. Cowpertliwait (3) 18, 
T. C. Watkins (4) IS, .T. F. Hahn (3) 16, Dr. D. W. Gran- 
bery (0) 15, A. Borden (5) 15. 
Scratch shoot, 25 birds: F. N. Cowpertliwait 22, A. 
Borden 17, T. C. Watkins 17, J. F. Hahn 10. 
Short Hills Gun Club, lOO birds, scratch: S. H. 
Browne S5, T. W. Lloyd 78, B. C. Fincke 76, M. Geer 75, 
D. J. Harrison 71, D. Howland 67, W. Byrd 62, C. H. 
Stout 62, N. E. Stout 58, G. Carey 53. 
California Trapshooting Season Commences. 
Now that the quail and duck shooting season is over, 
shotgun experts are turning their attention to trapshoot¬ 
ing, and all of the clubs are arranging schedules. The 
Golden Gate Gun Club held its initial shoot on 
Feb. 23, and will hold regular events on the third Sunday 
of each month at its Alameda grounds. This club has 
just elected officers as follows: President, W. A. Simon- 
ton; Vice-President, Clarence Lancaster; Secretary- 
Treasurer, Russ Henderson. 
The California \ying Club, one of the oldest organ¬ 
izations of its kind in the State, is arranging a program 
for the season, and will shoot again at Stege. The 
newly elected officers of the club are: President, W. W. 
Terrill: Vice-President, A. W. du Bray; Secretary-Treas¬ 
urer, W. A. Simonton; Directors, Tony Prior, J. T. 
Connolly and M R. Sherwood. 
Bergen Beach Gun Club. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 22. —The holiday shoot of the 
Bergen Beach Gun Club to-day was won by H. D. 
Tracv with a full 100 from a draw of 19 scalers. The 
gunners all returned good 
second with 98 from 18. F. 
18. The scores: 
H D Tracy.19 100 
P Mav . 18 98 
F W Kent. 18 96 
H W Dreyer.10 93 
G Remsen . 4 93 
Voorhees . 10 93 
F .Simonson. 1 93 
P J Collins. 16 92 
V I’eague .10 90 
scores. Pat May finished 
W. Kent third with 96 from 
Dr Sauer . 1 90 
A Russell . 16 88 
H Hewens . 7 88 
L Schorty . 4 84 
H D Borgen.10 82 
A V Suydam. 2 82 
E Van Valer. 0 80 
W Schroeder . 10 77 
Rockaway Gun Club. 
Edoemere, L. I., Feb. 22.—To-day saw the opening 
of a new gun club here. Everything is propitious for a 
successful organization. Already the roster includes many 
well-known shooters. The first event was taken by P. 
von Boeckman with 92. handicap was won by Frank 
Chaffee with a full from 9. The scores: 
Trophy shoot. 100 targets, scratch: P. von Boeck¬ 
man 92, Frank Chaffee 85, G. Schenck 74, Louis Jlag- 
nolia 74, William Alilan 72. H. De Groot 70. John Ferrill 
63, C. Block 67, Frank Smith 66, D. McKeever 64, J. 
Murray 64, C. Ellsworth 62. 
Trophy shoot, 50 targets, handicap: Frank Chaffee 
(9) 50, G. Schenck (15) 49, Louis Magnolia (15) 49, 
H De Groot (15) 48, V'. Milan (10) 47, I. Ferrill (15) 47, 
J. ^turray (14) 45, C. Block (8) 44, P. von Boeckman (0) 
44, D. McKeever (12) 42, F. Smith (10) 41, C. Ellsworth 
(15) 41. 
Bensonhursf Y. C. 
Brooklyn, N. V., Feb. 22. — Thirteen Bensonhurst 
t acht Club target exponents spent the afternoon crack¬ 
ing ’rocks to-day. Two events made up the regular pro¬ 
gram. A cup offered by Dr. Atkinson was taken by C. 
Ferguson, Jr., with 24 out of 25. A prize offered bv the 
club was won by T. Reed with 22 out of 25. The scores: 
Dr. Atkinson cup. 25 targets, scratch: C. Ferguson, 
Jr., 24, C. Trenken 18, Dr. Atkinson 17, F. Brown 17, 
W. Mackay 16, A. White 16, Dr. Elliott 16, T. Cop- 
pinger 13, A. Beedle 11, Dr. Webb 10, T. Brono 10, R. 
McKinney 10, W. Morrisy 9. 
Club trophy shoot, 25 targets, scratch: T. Reed 22, C. 
Ferguson, Jr., 21, C. Trenken 21, A. Beedle 20, A. White 
20, Dr. Elliott 17, Dr. Webb 16, T. Bruno 16. Dr. Atkin¬ 
son 15, B. McKinney 15, IV. Kettner 13, F. Brown 12, 
R. Mitchell 9. 
Everett Gun Club. 
Everett, Feb. 22.— Nineteen guns took part in the 
match at 25 targets, in which the six high men shot off 
for the four prizes. Spencer was high gun in the pre¬ 
liminaries, but lost in the shoot-off, Erskine taking first. 
Dr. Stoodley second, Boodge third and Russell fourth. 
The scores: 
Spencer . 7 27 
Russell . 5 2(1 
Dr Stoodley . 3 25 
Bodge . 5 25 
Clark . 10 25 
Erskine . 4 25 
A Talbutt . 4 23 
Gilmore . 6 23 
Reed . 1 22 
Bryant . 3 22 
Hemmenway . 4 22 
(Tsborn . 6 22 
Chase . 3 21 
Kempten . 3 20 
Grant . 5 18 
Sears . 6 18 
Ross . 8 18 
R Talbutt . 6 17 
Drew . 6 14 
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