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New York City Cup. 
Wilmington, Del., Jan. 26. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
It was with considerable pleasure that I read in your 
issue of this date the extract from the minutes of the 
annual meeting of the N. Y. S. A. for the Protection of 
F. and G., held at. Buffalo, on June 5, 1S99. Surely the 
discovery of the typewritten report of the minutes of 
that meeting was timely, in so far as same relates to the 
New York City Trophy, donated to the Association at that 
meeting. And equally surely never was a handsome and 
i costly trophy (it cost about $125) accepted in such a 
cavalier manner and given so little consideration after it 
j had been accepted. I am uncertain as to whether the 
I conditions of what you term “the deed of gift” have 
1 ever been lived up to fully by any club holding the 
State shoot. I do know for a fact that they have been 
entirel- ignored at times. 
I Perhaps before going into the matter further, it might 
; be well to make a plain statement showing the_ reason for 
I the donation of the trophy to the Association. As I 
was the originator of the movement to donate the trophy, 
purchased same from the funds supplied, and drew_ up 
the conditions to which the names of the committee 
1 were signed, and as my memory of the circumstances 
I connected with the case is still quite fresh and clear, I 
may possibly be excused for “buttin’ in,” being now a 
| non-resident of the Empire State. 
Prior to 1899, to the best of my knowledge and belief, 
j the State Association never had a trophy emblematic of 
i the individual championship of the State at targets. The 
i shooter making the high average in all the State events 
i was generally considered to have won that honor, an 
; empty one, save for a certain feeling of cpntent that went 
with it. In 1897, at Auburn, Messrs. J. J. Carr, F. D. 
Kelsey and myself tied for first honors after four days 
of strenuous competition. Messrs. Parker Bros, had 
generously donated a gun to go to the high average win- 
! ner, and we shot off for it, with a result pleasing to the 
undersigned, but only obtained by the narrowest of 
margins. In 1898 the State shoot was held at Rochester, 
and Mr. Sim Glover and myself tied for high average, 
but there being no trophy to shoot off for, and high 
average money being divided class shooting, there was 
no shoct-off of the tie. We discussed the matter pretty 
} thoroughly afterward, and the result was the birth of the 
idea of “the New York City Trophy,” an emblem to be 
1 held by the man making the highest average on a certain 
stipulated minimum number of targets—not less than 
, one hundred per day, for each target day of the annual 
■ tournament of the State Association.” At that time 
j there was one live bird day on the programme, hence 
the reference to “target days.” It never was intended 
i that the trophy should be other than a championship 
I trophy, and as such the competition was necessarily 
I limited to but few of the members of the Association. 
It was to mark the winning of the “State championship 
| at targets,” and the donors to the trophy fund under- 
I stood that point. 
I Unfortunately, I was prevented from attending the 
annual meeting at which the trophy was presented, but 
remember clearly my disappointment when I learned, 
upon my arrival in Buffalo on the morning of June 6, 
the day after the meeting, of the manner in which the 
donation had been received. Read in the light of the 
present day, the record of the discussion, which followed 
the presentation of the trophy and the conditions giv- 
erning it,” looks very much like a case of “cold feet.” 
The clause in the conditions making it imperative that 
the club holding any of the shoots between the,dates of 
1899 and 1908, inclusive, “shall donate to the winner of 
the trophy a prize of not less value than $25 to com¬ 
memorate his win of the State championship” may have 
been the stumbling block. But was that an unfair con¬ 
dition to impose? Clubs holding the N. Y. State shoots 
were in the habit of making hundreds of dollars out of 
the participants in that 'shoot, and were not asked by 
the donors of the New York City Trophy to set aside 
more than $25, out of which to purchase for the winner 
of the State championship a souvenir of his win of 
that title. He only held the New York City Trophy for 
the term of one year—that is, until the next State shoot, 
and then had nothing to show for his successful fight for 
first honors in what was a really hot competition. Here 
in little Delaware the club holding the State shoot gives 
the winner of the State championship a silver cup to 
hold against all residents of the State, and also a five 
dollar gold piece, with which to purchase a memento of 
his success. Yet these clubs hold their shoots on the 
principle of giving back to losers who shoot through 
the programme all their entrance money, exclusive of 
the price of targets at 2 cents each. 
Edward Banks. 
Montclair Gun Club. 
Montclair, N. J., Jan. 26.— Five events were run off 
this afternoon, five members being present and par¬ 
ticipating. Event 1, at 25 targets, was for practice. Event 
2, at 50 targets,.'was the second contest for the Reming¬ 
ton trophy," Boxall being high man with a score of 42 
to his credit. Event 3, at 25 targets, was also won by 
Events 4 and 5 were for prac- 
Boxall, with a score of 23. 
tice only. Scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 25 50 25 10 10 
Batten . 14 35 22 8 7 
Boxall . 14 42 23 6 8 
Winslow _17 3S 17 7 .. 
Events: 
Targets: 
Crane 
Hughes ... 
1 2 3 4 5 
25 50 25 10 10 
.... 18 4 7 
. 2 6 
Edward Winslow, Sec’y. 
Leigh Gun Club. 
The following shoot took place Jan. 20 on the grounds 
of the Leigh Gun Club. Scores: 
Shot at. Brk. 
N Markham . 35 24 
H Kemper . 35 15 
Shot at. Brk. 
T Ryan . 38 30 
H Philsom . 38 31 
J. J. Ryan. 
At Point Breeze. 
Philadelphia, Jan. 22.—There was a large attendance 
at the handicap held at the Point Breeze track to-day, 
several famous shots from the eastern part of the State 
being in attendance. The birds were good and the 
weather was favorable for trapshooting. Eighteen con¬ 
testants participated. In a 25-bird match, $50 a side, 
W Bollman, of Lebanon, defeated H. S. Young, ot 
Philadelphia, by a score of 25 to 21. The scores: 
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on^ . 9 . 9 . 1 222*22222222_14 
Traffoi d, c0 .2 9 1 9 **"2222222—13 
Heinz Vs .111210222121222—14 
Kershaw 30 . 222222222222220—14 
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Iamb ’30 222222101120222-13 
CWerdale '30. .222222222222222—15 
Staley 30 " a .'....222222202220222-13 
Clarke 30 . 22*211211202222-13 
Pechin’ 9 9 " .001202222210210-10 
Florists’ Gun Club. 
Wissinoming, Pa., Jan. 22.—There was a good attend¬ 
ance at the second shoot of the series of the 1-lorists 
Gun Club to-day. The main event, the club handicap, 
was at 50 targets. Landis scored 46 from the 19yd: mark. 
Frank scored 42 and was second. Thomas, 41, was third. 
The scores:. 
Club handicap 
shoot, 50 targets: 
Yards. 
Broke. 
Total. 
Yards. 
Broke. 
Landis . 
.19 
22 
19 
24 
46 
Frank . 
.19 
19 
18 
23 
42 
Thomas . 
.16 
22 
16 
19 
41 
Bell . 
.19 
20 
IS 
20 
40 
Clark ..*.... 
.16 
17 
17 
17 
34 
Westcott . 
.16 
18 
17 
16 
34 
Anderson . 
.18 
18 
17 
15 
33 
Massey . 
.16 . 
20 
16 
15 
16 
13 
15 
33 
31 
Morgan . 
.16 
17 
17 
14 
31 
Leonard . 
. 17 
15 
16 
12 
27 
Bovd . 
.19 
13 
15 
6 
19 
The scores 
in the 50-target 
event were as follows: 
36 
Landis . 
.44 
Bell . 
Smith .V 
.42 
Clark . 
35 
Anderson ... 
.41 
Massey . 
Boyd . 
.33 
Westcott - 
.46 
Frank . 
.•..39 
John . 
31 
Morgan . 
.36 
Thomas . 
..21 
