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D. Kelly . 
C. Overbeck - 
T. M. Foucar ... 
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T. Sanford . 
C. J. Koch . 
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Ossining Gun Club 
Ossining, N. Y., October 26, 1914. 
There will be a big shoot on Thanksgiving Day at 
Ossining Gun Club. Ossining Gun Club will hold regu¬ 
lar shoots the second and fourth Saturdays of each 
month at which visitors are always welcome. Shoot¬ 
ing starts at 2:30 P. M. 
CHAS. G. BLANDFORD, 
RULES OF TRAP SHOOTING, 
Hatches and Sweepstakes, 
Adopted by the New York Sportsmen’s Club. 
JUDGES. 
1. All Matches or Sweepstakes to be under the direc¬ 
tion of two Judges, to be appointed by the parties in¬ 
terested from Members of the club, and, in the event 
of any difference of opinion between them, they are to 
choose a Referee, whose decision shall be final. 
TRAPS. 
2. Ground traps are to be used, unless otherwise 
agreed upon by the parties interested. 
3. In shooting with two traps, the choice of either 
must be decided by lot. 
4. In double bird shooting, two traps must be used, 
unless otherwise agreed upon, placed six feet apart, and 
the lines so attached that both traps may be pulled to¬ 
gether. 
GUNS. 
5. The use of single or double barrelled guns to be 
specified at the time of making a match or entering a 
sweepstake. 
SHOT. 
6. The weight of shot not to exceed one and a half 
ounces, either for single or double birds. 
7. Any person or persons using a greater weight of 
shot than this, unless an increase of it shall have been 
specified or agreed upon, loses his claim in the result 
of the match or sweepstakes, as the case may be. 
RISE. 
8. The rise for single birds to be twenty-one yards, 
and for double birds eighteen yards. 
BOUNDARIES. 
9. The boundary for single birds to be eighty yards, 
and for double birds one hundred yards; the distances 
being measured from the trap. 
10. If a bird is once out of bounds it is missed. 
SCORING. 
11. When a person is at the score and ready to shoot, 
he is to call pull, and should the trap be sprung with¬ 
out his having given the word, he may take the bird 
or birds, or not; but if he shoots, the birds will be 
charged to him. 
12. The party at the score must not leave it to shoot. 
13. The party shooting is to be at the score within 
the expiration of five minutes from the last shot; but 
in the event of any delay beyond his control, he may 
claim fifteen minutes once in the course of a match or 
sweepstakes. 
14. When a party is at the score no one will be per¬ 
mitted to go in front of him to put a bird up, in the 
event of its not rising readily. 
15. The party at the score must hold the butt of his 
gun below his elbow until the bird or birds rise. 
RISING OF BIRDS. 
16. If the trap or traps are sprung and the bird or 
birds do not rise in a reasonable time, either of the 
judges may declare no bird, but if they do not say no 
bird, the party at the score must wait for the bird or 
birds to rise. 
17. In double bird shooting, should one bird only fly, 
it is to be charged to the party shooting, whether he 
may have shot or not. 
18. Should two birds be killed with one barrel, they 
are to be credited to the party shooting. 
19. If a bird or birds walk away from the trap, the 
judges may declare no bird. 
20. A bird must be on the wing when shot at. 
MISSING FIRE. 
21. In case of a percussion cap, or primer, as the 
case may be, fails to explode, the bird or birds are not 
to be charged to the party shooting; but if the cap or 
primer explodes without igniting a charge, or if, after 
his giving the word to pull, his gun proves not to have 
been cocked, or not to have been properly loaded, and 
it fails to fire, he will be held to have missed. 
BALKING. 
22. If in the opinion of the judges the party at the 
score is balked, or in any manner obstructed by his op¬ 
ponent, or any other person other than his own back¬ 
ers, he may be allowed to trap another bird, in accord¬ 
ance with the decision of the judges. 
23. In single bird shooting, when more than one 
rises at a time, either of the judges may call no bird, 
if he or they think proper; but if the party at the score 
has shot at a bird, it will be charged to him. 
24 % If a bird or birds shall fly toward the parties 
within the bounds in such a manner that to shoot at 
them would involve the wounding of any of the parties 
referred to, the judges, or either of them, may decide 
no bird. 
25. If a bird in its flight is shot at by another 
party than the one at the score, and is recovered within 
the bounds, the judges are to decide if the bird was 
missed by the party at the score. 
26. If at any time it should so occur that different 
and opposing orders should be given by the judges to 
a party at the score, he is to arrest his fire; and any 
bird shot at by him after such orders shall not be 
allowed him if recovered, or charged to him if missed. 
TIES. 
27. In case of a tie, it must be shot off the same day, 
if practicable to do so, unless the purse or prizes are 
divided by agreement; and if not, it must be decided 
the first ensuing fitting day. 
28. In the decision of ties, three shots will be re¬ 
quired both for double and single birds, except other¬ 
wise agreed upon. 
RECOVERING OF BIRDS. 
29. The party shooting must gather his birds in¬ 
dividually, if required to do so by his opponent. 
.30. The party recovering a bird must use his hands 
alone. 
31. If a bird alights in a tree, or upon any place 
impracticable to be conveniently recovered, the party 
shooting will be allowed fifteen minutes for the bird 
to fall or change his resting place; if he is not re¬ 
covered in that time it will be held to be a missed bird. 
STAKES. 
. 32. A party failing to deposit the full stake at the 
time agreed upon, will forfeit any previous deposit he 
may have made. 
Approved Nov. 1, 1861. 
CHAS. H. HASWELL, President. 
Thomas Jones, Secretary.- 
White Plains Gun Club. 
At the annual meeting of the White Plains Gun 
Club, held at Gedney Farms, White Plains, N. Y , 
October 24th, the following officers were elected, and 
committees were appointed: President Guy Ward, Vice- 
President Frank F. Rodgers, Secretary Thos. A. Davis, 
Treasurer T. H. Lawrence, Field Captain H. O. Allyn. 
Board of Governors: E. I. Schieffelin, chairman; Dr. 
G. H. Martin, Dr. C. F. Healy, Dr. A. W. Currie, T. L. 
DeNyse, A. D. Scovil. Membership Committee: T. L. 
DeNyse, chairman; Dr. G. II. Martin, H. O. Allyn. 
The members have every reason to congratulate them¬ 
selves on the present prosperous condition of the club. 
An elaborate program for the coming season is being 
arranged, the commencing date being Saturday, Novem¬ 
ber 7th. There will be no shoot at the club on Satur¬ 
day, October 31st as, on that date the club has been 
invited to attend the opening shoot of the New York 
Athletic Club at Travers Island. The program to be 
arranged for the coming season will consist of about 
21 shoots ending June 26th. There will be two shoots 
a month on Saturdays, with a mid-week shoot to be 
held once a month. Dates for the coming season and 
further particulars will appear weekly in your paper. 
THOS. A. DAVIS, Secretary. 
Birmingham Gun Club. 
Birmingham, Ala., October 24, 1914. 
The contest for the Byrd Trophy, shot for the first 
time to-day, resulted in a tie between H. C. Ryding 
and E. M. Cornwell each making the splendid score 
of 94 out of 100 in the regular shoot. They were fol¬ 
lowed by John Warren with 92. I. C. Deloney, of 
Margrett, Ala., paid a visit and broke 90. 
After the regular events were over Messrs. Ryding 
and Cornwell were called to the score to shoot off the 
tie at 25 targets. Ryding continued his good work 
breaking 25 straight, while Cornwell went out with 19. 
There will be a second contest for the Byrd Trophy 
October 31. 
Scores were made as follows: 
Shot At Broke 
H. C. Ryding . 100 94 
E. M. Cornwell . 100 94 
T. K. Warren . ,100 92 
F. G. Byrd . 100 91 
I. C. Delony . 100 91 
Dr. Mort. Jordan . 100 82 
Mrs. O. L. Garl . 100 82 
T. F. Randolph . 100 79 
Mr. Oliver . 100 68 
Dr. Sellers . 75 66 
Mr. Smith . 100 59 
O. L. Garl . 50 38 
Mr. Toulman . 75 31 
W. M. Evans . 25 20 
Long runs of the day were made by E. M. Corn- 
well, 59 straight; J. K. Warren, 55; H. C. Ryding, 40. 
O. L. GARL, Secretary. 
Notes from the Game Preserves. 
Judging from the numerous inquiries which reach us 
from time to time, it is very evident that plenty of 
room exists for a good and reliable work on the etiquette 
of shooting. So many young sportsmen now graduate 
in the shooting school, and when invited to join a 
narty for the first occasion discover themselves hope¬ 
lessly at sea as regards what they should and should 
not do. Such a state of indecision is hardly conducive 
to that coolness so necessary to good shooting and con¬ 
sequent enjoyment, and if a novice becomes conscious 
that he has unwittingly offended he cannot avoid suffer¬ 
ing considerably. We feel sure he would greatly ap¬ 
preciate a handy little work, to which he could refer 
when in doubt, with a certainty that he would be 
guided aright. It will be interesting to relate a few 
of the puzzling inquiries addressed to us. 
Only last season a novice was lamenting that an in¬ 
vite to shoot seldom carried any intimation of the num¬ 
ber of cartridges likely to be required, and he had an 
idea that it might be bad form to turn up with a big 
surplus. He feared that his having to cart a big lot 
back would convey an idea that, on coming, he had ex¬ 
pected a good deal more shooting than had fallen to his 
share, and his host might feel that his guest had been 
His wings didn’t even flutter as he came 
down. Never saw a duck drop so dead. 
That far reaching, hard hitting 
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disappointed. _ This young shot evidently possessed a 
sensitive desire to please which foretells 'that he is 
likely to become a very much appreciated guest, and 
may console himself with the reflection that it is very 
unsatisfactory to run out of cartridges and perhaps have 
to borrow where there are few to spare. Who is to tell 
that he is not going to another shoot, and carries suffi¬ 
cient ammunition for the two events? 
Another had been invited to a shoot the headquarters 
of which were a convenient hotel, the host residing at a 
considerable distance. He wondered if he ought in all 
justice to pay his own hotel bill. This is a somewhat 
delicate matter to decide, and our advice was that the 
inquirer should be guided by his knowledge of his 
host’s means. We believe that if a host felt unable to 
settle his guests’ hotel bills he would state so at the 
time of sending out invitations, and, whatever occurred, 
a guest should be studious not to run up the account 
by indulging in a lot of extras. Any of these required 
he might well pay for himself. 
Yet another tyro was in doubt whether it would be 
regarded as bad form to take a pair of guns to a shoot 
where he had received information that only one was to 
be used. To this we felt able to give a decided reply. 
Any sportsman would be acting perfectly right in taking 
both his guns, for many a man possesses a pair and 
never shoots except with one. The other is brought in 
case of accident to one, which is always liable to occur; 
without it the sportsman would be unprovided for such 
an emergency. The presence of two guns where only 
one is permissible cannot be considered a hint to one’s 
host that he is old-fashioned, or of a wish to use both. 
We long ago learned the wisdom of having a spare gun 
available, especially at a distance from home. 
Many appear to be in a quandary as to whether they 
are warranted in taking a dog when invited out to shoot, 
and we say, “Decidedly not, unless permission is asked.” 
Your host may have plenty of reliable dogs, and no ac¬ 
commodation for those of his guests. If a guest is 
aware that he possesses a very useful dog, he will not 
go wrong by offering its services to his host, and should 
be guided by the reply. However, never forget that a 
shooting party to which you are invited is never the 
place to finish the education of . a partially broken 
youngster. Such a dog may cause much annoyance and 
loss of sport to others present, and in that case' you 
will be made to feel sorry you brought it. However 
good a worker a dog may be, it should never be taken 
if of a quarrelsome disposition, as that tendency on its 
part may give rise to trouble. 
