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THE TOP OF THE SHOOTING WORLD REACHED! 
C. G. Spencer Gets There First With 
W I N 
C. G. SPENCER. 
CHESTER 
Shotgvins and Shotgurv Shells 
565 Straight 
Another World s Record for the Red \A/ Brand. Another parallel reached on the march to 
the pole of shell and gun perfection. Another convincing demonstration if the strong and 
uniform shooting qualities of Winchester Shotguns and Shells, a complished by Mr. Chas. 
G. Spencer at the registered tournament of the Viola, Illinois, Gun Club, Sept. 8th and 9th. 
Mr. Spencer broke the entire program of 400 targets straight; 165 more targets straight in 
practice during the tournament, and stopped shooting without m ssing with an unfinished 
run of 565 targets straight, beating the previous World’s Record of 419, held by Winchester 
Shells, by 146 targets. This wonderful feat was accomplished with a standard grade Win¬ 
chester Shotgun and regular stock loads of Winchester Shells—such as any shooter can buy 
anywhere. I his is convincing proof that you don’t need special guns or special loads to win, 
if you shoot the Red \N Brand, and also that Winchester Guns and Shells not only shoot 
better than ever, but better than all other makes. 
SHOOT RED W GOODS 
They Hold All the World’s Championship Trophies and Records, 
the A mateur and Professional Championships of America, and 
the Highest Yearly Average Ever Recorded. 
Bergen Beach Gun Club. 
Though seldom shooting on a holiday, except the 
annual merchandise contest on New Year’s day, the 
above-named club, at the request of many members, 
called a practice day on Monday, Sept. 6, Labor Day. 
No less that thirty-two members and guests participated 
in the day’s enjoyment. The wind from the south beat 
down the usual difficult targets, and many good scores 
were made, the Class C men excelling their usual 
average. 
A more beautiful September day cannot be imagined 
than this day. Plain Bill Hopkins started the ball, and 
it rolled from 10:30 a. m. until twilight. Toward the end 
Mr. J. D. Clark, one of our best performers, suggested 
a couple of events from the 20yds. mark at 15 targets, 
in which the few remaining participated, which resulted 
as follows: J. D. Clark 13, Dr. O’Brien 10, Bob 
Schneider 9, Dr. Groll 8. 
The second event of this kind was as follows: F. R. 
Long 12, Dr. Groll 6, and W. S. Vanderveer 6, which 
finished the day. 
Several newcomers to the grounds joined the club to¬ 
day, making a total of members in good standing ap¬ 
proximating 160. Jim Richmond, though a member 
since the early part of the year, tried his hand for the 
first time and shot well. It seemed like old times to 
have the Lord Chesterfield of shooters with the boys 
again. By the way, Jim, with Gus Grieff and Schorty, 
brought down the Dean Richmond trophy to New York 
from Rochester in 1893. The contest then was at 
pigeons, and Jim got them all. 
Mr. W. Emmons, of Jersey City, shot a beautiful 
average for one that only tries it occasionally. Kling 
was one of the leaders, and President P. J. May, of 
the Emerald Gun Club, shot at his first targets for 
some months. Sergeant-at-Arms O’Brien averaged over 
90, and Mr. F. R. Long, of Flushing, one of our new 
members, led the cavalcade with 94.4. Clark got 91.1, 
one bad score pulling him from the lead for the day. 
A change of light occurred in this event, and all but 
one in the squad went to pieces. Schorty was one tar 
get shy of 90 per cent. Mr. J. H. Vanderveer shot a 
good gait, but fell behind his last month’s record. Dr. 
O’Brien kept busy all the afternoon and performed 
excellently. Mr. Miller was one of the earliest on hand 
and nearly got a straight in the fourth event. Mr. 
Hanley shot poorly in the last three he contested in. 
He is to be excused, as he had to change from right to 
left shoulder a short while ago, on account of an acci¬ 
dent and his scores therefore are commendable. Mr. J. 
F. Simonson, a Lynbrook, L. I., member, got in a 
straight. Bill Hopkins, Harry Bergen, Jim Richmond, 
W. Emmons, Mr. Potter, Schorty, Mr. Healy, W. 
O’Brien, W. C. Damron and F. R. Long accounted for 
a straight each also, while Kling and May got two and 
Clark smashed out three, a total of 16 straight, while at 
our last regular shoot in August only four straights 
were made altogether. 
Staff to-day: Office, Messrs Harry and Fenwick 
Bergen; referee, Mr. Frank Coleman; compiler of scores. 
Mr. E. W. Reynolds and the secretary. Scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 
Hopkins .. 13 12 14 13 14 14 13 13 15 14 12 14 13. 
L Hanly .. 12 12 12 14 7 10 11. 
Miller .13 13 9 14 13 13 11 10 13 11 10 10 13. 
H Bergen 15 14 12 13 12 14 12 13 11 13 11 13. 
J Richmond.. 12 13 15 10 13 13 13 9 9 12 . 
W Emmons .. 13 11 12 14 12 12 14 15 11 13. 
Kling . 11 15 15 14 11 13 12 11 13 14 14 13 14. 
P May .... 10 12.15 9 12 12 14 13 15 12. 
Potter .... 11 12 15 9 12 13 11. 
Dreyer .... 11 13 9 13 8 14 10 8 12 9 . 
Schorty ... 13 13 14 13 13 14 14 13 14 15 11 14 14 14 13 .. 
Simonson . 13 11 10 12 11 15 11 12. 
Aspell . 6 6 8 6 5. 
Healy .10 12 13 12 15. 
O’Brien.13 13 14 13 14 13 15. 
Vanderveer.13 12 12 13 12 14 11 13 13 14 
Woehlckens . 3 6 5 6 8 .... 
Thoben .11 12 12 12 13 12. 
Clark . 9 15 14 14 15 14 15 13 14. 
J Braband . 6 2 5 11 5 . 
D O’Brien.11 10 12 12 12 14 14 11 13 11 10 12 
Damron .13 11 14 13 12 11 9 10 11 11 12 11 15 13 
F R Long.14 14 11 15 14 14. 
Schneider .12.If 10 11 11 12 12 14 12 
T Short. 10 10 8 9 13 .... 
W Groll. 11 13 7 9 11 10 .. 
G Osterhout. 9 5 11 12. 
Doing . 10 4 3 6 6 . 
Reynolds . 7 14 13.13 10 11. 
Vanderveer .. .. 
R Morgan .. ., 
. .. 10 10. 
10 .. 
A Kessler. 
12 .. 
Shot 
Shot 
at. 
BrV. 
at. 
Brk. 
W Hopkins. 
195 
171 
A Woehlckens 
75 
28 
L Hanly . 
105 
78 
Thoben . 
90 
72 
Miller . 
195 
153 
I D Clark. 
135 
123 
H Bergen . 
180 
153 
T Braband . 
75 
29 
J H Richmond 
150 
119 
Dr S O’Brien... 
180 
142 
\V Emmons .... 
150 
127 
Damron . 
210 
166 
Kling . 
195 
170 
F R Long . 
90 
85 
P May . 
150 
124 
R Schneider ... 
135 
105 
105 
83 
75 
50 
Dreyer . 
150 
107 
W L Groll . 
90 
61 
Schorty . 
225 
202 
G Osterhout ... 
60 
37 
J F Simonson.. 
120 
95 
Doing . 
75 
29 
I Aspell . 
75 
31 
E Reynolds .... 
90 
68 
Healy . 
75 
62 
W T Vanderveer 
45 
33 
W O’Brien .... 
105 
95 
R Morgan . 
45 
30 
J H Vanderveer 150 
127 
A Kessler . 
15 
12 
Sept. 11.—There was a strong northeast wind which 
blew toward the firing line from the traps, making diffi¬ 
cult shooting betimes. There w'ere some excellent 
scores nevertheless. Each event was at 25 targets. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
T H Vanderveer . 22 20 21 19 23 21 21 
S Glover . 23 25 24 22 . 
W E Skidmore . 15 21 18 18.. 
A Griffith . 14 14 14 19 16 15 .. 
A V Suydam . 20 20 19 19 21 .. 
W G Damron . 21 23 22 20 
R Morgan . 13 14 19 
H Bergen . 21 24 20 
Manhatta. 
Highland Gun Club. 
Roxbuky, Mass., Sept. 11.—Herewith are the totals 
cf the contestants at our first tournament, which was a 
success. We are very much indebted to those who 
helped to make it so. The morning was very wet, and 
it looked as if it would rain all day. It kept a great 
many of the shooters aw'ay. 
The programme of 150 targets had totals as follows: 
Professionals. 
o 
.136 
G H Darton. 
... 125 
A 
Sibley . 
.... 138 
T S Fanning. 
... 144 
G 
M Wheeler _ 
.... 113 
Amateurs. 
R 
D Hodsdon. 
.... 123 
A Blake . 
... Ill 
\Y 
F Clarke. 
.... 128 
T A Frazer. 
... 108 
H 
Langstroth ..... 
.... 134 
H L Edgarton. 
... 130 
R 
N Burnes.. 
.... 123 
C F Tordan. 
... 135 
Di 
- T Curtie . 
.... 82 
C F Marden. 
... 134 
T 
Lander . 
.... 102 
F Gay . 
... 83 
H 
Frazer . 
.... lit- 
E Gay . 
... 109 
D 
Munro . 
.... 77 
W Moddick . 
... 76 
James A. Frazer. Asst. Sec’y. 
Butler Rod and Gun Club. 
Sept. 6. —At the Labor Day shoot of the Butler, Pa., 
Rod and Gun Club a large number of visitors were enter¬ 
tained. A number of ladies were present. C. Miller 
scored 181 out of a possible 200, and of the last 125 
he scored 123, and from the 25th to the 185th shot he 
made 145 out of the 150 shots. Totals follow: 
Shot at. 
Broke 
Shot at. 
Broke 
R Stoops . 
125 
114 
T McMarlin ... 
. 100 
62 
C Miller . 
200 
181 
H Graves . 
. 123 
79 
T Stoops . 
150 
129 
L Spangler .... 
. 75 
23 
D Young . 
125 
104 
W H Pape. 
. 150 
125 
M Davis . 
100 
61 
H Gillispie .... 
. 100 
53 
G Elliott . 
125 
108 
G Plazlett . 
75 
21 
W R Ashbaugh. 
75 
40 
Dr Hazlett .... 
. 25 
9 
S Purvis . 
125 
69 
C* H Douglass.. 
. 50 
29 
T Powell . 
25 
15 
Dr Campbell .. 
. 50 
19 
Dr St Clair. 
50 
28 
J A Heineman.. 
, 25 
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