Jan. 8 , 1910 .] 
H&ddonfield Gun Club. 
H addon field, N. J., Jan l.-The h a J?? U ^ n Year’s 
of the HaJdonfield (iun Clu ^. weather conditions 
Day. Under anything l> k e normal weatner ion 
?n U cLfa h nd 8 n t°h W e zero, the 
“Ssrir is? 
too difficult of access ^^Xod^ous as this was. Those 
out on an occasion so unpropitiou^as ™ mensely 
who did come out enjoyed f members wer e present, 
Quite a number ot tn J youngest were ap« 
an'd to encourage them two teaims. Messrs. Harry 
pointed captains of the supper - souths selected. Both 
Chew and Chas. Cozens were the.youths seiec ^ fe?t 
are good shots and ve y - , f or tbe defeat of his 
choice and that large Selection of the members present, 
team; he had the last Jr 1 ®?* not fi re fifty shots a year, 
and he chose a man wh ° d 9® finished and Chew’s team 
Wh en ^ he . n lf C 1 k targets an out-of-town member made 
hfs d appearance /o completejhe even number of^a 
Slits^Cozens learned win, and it did win by 3 
targets. 
The shooting was 
FOREST AND STREAM 
Bedell. Scores are arranged in the 9 rder th ? t 1 k p 
were drawn. The handicaps were misses as breaks. 
H. T. 
H. T. 
W S Smith. 8 65 
A Bedell . 6 47 
Pres Wood . 5 45 
W H Johnston. | 4h 
J Von Lengerke.... 5 40 
R B Lawrence . 6 40 
L T Lyon .10 45 
Le Boutillier.12 45 
„ A T“ Clark.7 45 
A L Burns . £ 44 
A L Washburn. o 43 
D Brandreth . o 43 
N J Tuttle. 8 43 
W H Hyland.12 43 
T F Hahn. 15 41 
T T Hyland... f 41 
C G Blandford. 5 41 
G B Hubbell. § 39 
Wm Fisher . 8 40 
S A Kipp.13 38 
T S Fanning........ 0 si 
Capt F Brandreth... 5 ofi 
H M Carpenter.... 20 36 
W F Wagner. 20 35 
Pt | 
•b partVick"::::::::: s 30 
T C Barlow... " 28 
H N Hubbell.15 19 
G H Eldndge . 20 28 
T P Sousa. 5 2 b 
Jt Ballard . 0 i8 
C. G. B. 
North Caldwell—P*»saic County. 
difficult; the sun shone directly in g^ThiJ'wls’the^econd’leg offa series of fiye^shoots. 
the ^"^BoiTy^lcoTeV^ sValghTwas^Httle \«i c^gro^nds^a^ClifSn, t of J^ 15 
ing. Capt. Ho- L y wrence W as one target behind him, c Tfie g Passaic County ground is located^on t 
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Some Problems of the Shotgun. 
S “.Shd«S KhexUited this defect in . 
;i r r^d h tg°,'U%n<i 
carried out by your staff, and. als° Mr.^v mo j nent of 
Z&tlVFXi Se devils of ,he actu.l 
ment of this pair of barre . . tb s hot decidedly low. 
dom from lateral deviation, but both snot a ^ 
I repeatedly proved this with target w lpng as j 
clay birds; in the look high (especially with the 
concentrated my mind t aliening at a “saucer in 
first barrel) all went well.but ab |££ r g under it with the 
the ordinary ^ ay Vi n J e ® 1p t , rl v satisfied myself was the case, 
first barrel, which I to y “tishea my the deva . 
as V coniinoing th. .««, -,dl»« 'J' 
ti „„ frequently resnlted^in^ a M A coc^vtdion, 
me 
much strain on Cozen’s “““ " “in Philadelphia, 
r'V- Z' “."have contended P with the champion 
^’ighlanders a^Edge Hill. Pa. ^ 
had the gun oeen e ' Koin g clean over it. 
must have resulted in ®ej :Pa ® , g ° f f h is gun suited me 
As the original stock an dec j de d on rather drastic 
second icg u. ^ - r _ tor field work - .. ----- 
be shot at the Passaic County Gun 
the old race ^„ b „reech fde^^^^esT'fW^Tat^gJbouV 13in. from 
admirably for field work -l rVY'U'j'to supporting these 
measures for the new p -A too rib uppermost, I, by 
at breech and muzzle, w ith P a K 0 ut 13in. from 
ocated on the old race means of a screw press (operating , took a de- 
gr^ra-ta=- 
tar J5 et -_.JW 1 H, of commanding .a team was too the ^ ’ shooting ho use. Everybody is welcome many thousands of shots J{ and days, the improved 
successful, both at the targei^ ^ both cases . xhe ex . 
elevation being at once pp necessary to screw these 
cessive curve to which >t perceptible set 
barrels down before tl y and bottom ribs 
resulted, as I expected, in the top a^ ^ 1 
slightly giving way ini a plac ker and re-soldered 
ward had stripped off by a d I had this 
on, so. that th „ e 7 ® re a n °^ r P an d a half ago at .ypur ex- 
perimental^g^ound'g 1 wVn you were kindly assisting me 
.hoc tube. a. .be 
time. , . nntin . i ow will often occur in pro. 
Another cause of shooting lo w w hich I can 
portion to the in ^f ease £ 0 f g t h e stock at the “hand, 
only attribute to th ^ sp ” | figavy 12 -bore chambered for 
! Sic“ ?• Sanded » shoo.,, up » 
Chew’s Team. 
H Chew . 20 
f Peacock . 
L Z Lawrence.24 
Shreve .. L 
A C Stofford .21 
Gaskill . 
M Manning . ' .... 
R Holloway .10—144 
Chas Cozens 
Fred Holloway 
Ld Webster .. 
G H Tule . 
Bennett 
14 
25 
22 
21 
17 
J Bennett . r‘ 
J Dungan . j” 
C Garrett . 19 
E Tomlinson ..•••• lb—44< 
W A. Shreve. 
our snoots. 
Events; m 
Targets; o 
L Stager . 
E Morgan . 
Geo Fisher . 
H Beckler . -7 
S Francesco . 
Jas Mathews .j 
H Francesco . 
Chas Hudson .A 
Km Kussmaul . 
F Brown . 
Manhasset Bay Gun Club. 
, t T The weeklv shoot held on 
Port Washington, L. L—ine " eeK ‘- v 
A Doty . 
H Sindle 
G A Hopper. 
C Fisher . 
Wm S Colfax, Jr. 
10 
Tom 9 fiad verv good conditions. 
J Sweepstake, 25 targets, handicap; won by Foster^ ^ ^Fmncesco 
0 25 B G Loomis. 1 24 A Fisher 
T W Alker . 6 25 H L Hoyt, Jr. 0 23 
J W Aixer . 1 25 E P Alker. % 
F Long . g 25 C M Gould. 1 
C A Foster 
W Alker. 
Long ... 
I .» » 
9 
3 
4 
5 
6 
10 
15 
15 
15 
10 
7 
14 
10 
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8 
io 
13 
5 
11 
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7 
9 
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‘9 
S 
8 
i3 
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7 
14 
12 
9 
9 
.. 
11 
6 
11 
10 
13 
7 
7 
8 
14 
12 
14 
6 
15 
13 
14 
13 
14 
io 
10 
13 
9 
7 
10 
5 
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7 
■5 
23 
19 
R Bock . 
Team shoot. 50 targets per man: Club. 
North Caldwell GunOub. E P |f* a r g C a n - 35 
3in. brass cases, wIll V“ " * f sho t beyond 114oz., so 
l%oz„ but with every increa *® This gU n is of such ex¬ 
it shoots proportionately lowen h^^ the action that 
cellent quality, and P 6 ^ 1 y place at the hand of the 
I feel the spring must taxe pi* 
-is ar ,wrs. p a«a^ th ' 
f IS 
F Long ... „ 
H L Hoyt, Jr. 0 -3 
C A Foster. u 
C M Gould. 4 2b 
H Funke . ° f, 
J W Alker. 6 24 
E P Alker. 4 
Yearly prize, 25 targets; wonb^Hoyt:. ! 
J W Alker .. 6 23 
H L Hoyt, Jr. 0 23 
B G Loomis. 2 
Shoot-off: 
? I » 
L Stager 
Geo Fisher . 38 
S Francesco .30 
H Francesco .. 
Wm Kussmaul ... 38 • 
L Young . 44 
H Sindle .35 
C Fisher . 47—317 
F Long ... „ 
B G Loomis. 2 
C A Foster. 0 23 
F Long . 1 23 
H Beckler . 38 
Tas Matthews . 33 
Chas Hudson .3» 
F Brown . 43 
A Doty .4^ 
J A Hopper....33 
Wm Colfax, Jr- 45—308 
Uncle Hank, Capt. 
true with 114 oz., 
charge was used. 
large was u»cu. . .. tr : a i s may elucidate all this, 
But perhaps your !urt “ r * r a at y dea ] of instructive 
for there is certainly room fora great ^ than 
experiment in this r ® spe , ’ otinK offhand, a mechanical 
possible to ascertain by ^ 5 k ° e °’"cessaty with some form 
P est appearing to.me to be necessa y wou , d rec 0 , d in 
cL/rSion'SCdiagram Sf “.pring" »ith vatymg loads. 
-Benton in Field (London). 
'C A Foster...... 
Total for day s shoot. 
0 24 
H L Hoyt, Jr. 
C A Foster.... 
F Long . 
E A Sierck.... 
B G Loomis... 
H Funke - 
E P Alker .... 
J W Alker .... 
C M Gould.... 
Broke. Per C’t. 
Hillside Rod and Gun Club. 
•nt v ion 1_Twelve members partici- 
pal’d™ 1 ™; Ni. YealVoa, shoot with the following 
results: 
Ossining Gun Club. 
E L Bell .... 
H Ashmore .. 
H Conklin .. • 
T H Foster.. 
H Funke .... 
G Gerke - 
W Hart . 
F R Long... 
A Peck . 
H Keppel ... 
W A Thomas 
H Vance 
Shot at. 
. 165 
. 75 
. 155 
. 175 
. 100 
. 85 
. 50 
. 175 
. 90 
. 155 
. 80 
. 175 
Broke. 
Per C’t 
149 
90 
43 
53 
102 
66 
154 
88 
78 
78 
54 
63 
31 
61 
154 
SS 
60 
66 
S3 
53 
38 
47 
150 
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<-N TV v Tan 1 —The sixth annual president’s 
conditions prevailed, and ev .® ry . 0 Ossining Gun 
Col. Brandreth, the president of the Ussin | as 
Club for the sixth, term, gathered togetnw Qutside of 
fine a bunch of prizes one value of the prizes 
a New York State shoot. ^ VM^. hewiidering assort- 
reacbe f c 1 .?£?J^ a ~ U Sfd C Sher articles valued by sports- 
ment of silver ware and other 
who shot got a prise, 'he,cashier,^. D. 
I»h» fh'HP IT^wV: k eity;' Inline Von Lea- 
JSke.ll CteSSTfc.I.l A.' V Burns, M.maroneck, and 
to attend the shoo, 
men. 
Swain, Jr., also Seed. Atuer. tJ jeJ were four left for 
voice—came in for one a ere members except the fol- 
Lmcoln Day t Sb ?°r n l brandreth: Robert B. Lawrence, 
J - - s -- F “-’! , - p - e ' apd 
gerke, of Orange, JN. J 
"Vm. H. Hyland, of C 
a„ J d“w\Cnoril“r“n»rfejT made 
itiaf’effort S'.SISlSaS.i"gll.d the? concinded that 
■SssUMMi^sa 
This Club win have a ™ at | at *r da v aftornoon, and at 
KrCwlshiSlonSan 29, SiHake 
matches with the Manhasset Bay Y^acht Se( ,, y _ 
place. ___ 
Columbus Gun Club. 
n Tan 1 The Pandle Gun Club Boys 
Columbus. O., Jan 1 ^ Qn grounds. 
came over New Tear s u ^ It livens things up to 
Acinic over i\cw j. '-ui 
g Very glad to havethemvvilhus. A fine “lot of fellows 
get some new men at the J Fap “ ften Then there were 
fhey were. Hope to have^them^n^^l^ ^ put up 
S? E 0f Smith e won r thrTe and'capt.’ C. C. Carson got one 
b y breaking straight. 
Our all-day shoot promises to be a good one. ^ 
Shot at. Broke 
J H Smith. 85 to 
C C Cassey. 50 43 
H E Smith. 75 71 
Wh Weatherholt 60 4o 
F C Kingsbury.. 85 w 
J T Wells. |5 76 
Wm Weiman.... 50 30 
F P Hall. 60 48 
Wm Schultz .... 75 *>i 
G F Deitz. 50 
C W Snyder. 
C E Burke . 
J Keefe . 60 
G Kramm . |0 
C Schull . 50 
F Atwood ...... 30 
G D Nunemaker 40 
J Day . 25 
Salem County Rod and Gun Club. 
Saa.M. N. J-, T“- D ;Uri»7g« h 7"wd ll "sSoolS d , 
weather on Christmas Day, a *a 8 & driving sn0 wstorm 
gathered at the club housie, a:n scores _ Wa lton 
they faced the trap and made vey 8 uh a stralght score 
Stewart captured the fount P the gun case . The 
in the first event. H G. liart In event 4 for 
club cup wasawa T„ d m nton Stewart and Walter Tice 
the 141b. turkey, out P Q f 20 In the shoot-off Compton 
on a score ot lo °H p ,° l 
won out by a target. rb ® sc a or { e oun tain pen; Stewart 10, 
Event 1, 10 t a r, g fi tS ’Fithian 7 W. Bradway 2, House 5, 
Snelbaker 8 , Hall 6 F' th '|« o <’ ^ g. S ooy 6 , Bossier 6 , 
Compton 7, Hart 9, C. y ' 0 q Bradway 7. 
Schubert 8 , Snelbaker i, Glaspey > „ t g Snelbaker 
Event 2,'10 targets, prize gurincase- J ar ‘ te 9 ; art g, C 
8, Schubert 6 , Compton 8 H g gooy c Sooy g, 
Bradway 7, Hall 7 C. rad ^ ay 6 , Snelbaker 9. 
(Tlasoey 7, Fithian 8 , W. tsraaway w, ^ 23, Hart 
Event 3, 25 targets, prize clu ^ Glaspey 18„ 
20, Compton 19, Schubert 21 Bradway 11, Hall 22, 
g ,, & 1 wly H f»““ 1 SolylTw: Tice 29, V Cn.pen 22. 
W. Crispen 19, A. Lawrence ■ U rkey : Compton 15, 
£! k gdg l £*£ 
fhooloff , oTffe! 3 5 C . r »'tg P e 7 n .'. Comp.o„ 4, Stewat. 3, W. 
Tice 2. ... -.o ; n ches of snow on the g r0P ^d 
Winter months with IS t or t i, e members of the 
is by no means a dull „ tlI 9 e rl . While the Weather 
Salem County Rod and Gun Club. VV gp the 
Man has practically P u t a stpp i to socia l features, 
members are devoting thenau^ hou$e on the evening 
of h Dec m 20 was C a grand success. The 3 Some 
orth^VemberY wAes" attended to the culinary depart¬ 
ment. 
The Forest and Stream may b d e ° b r 'to'Supply y° u 
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