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The Bergen Beach, L. I., Gun Club has issued the 
programme of its third Cosmopolitan amateur champion¬ 
ship, fixed to be held on Columbus Day, Oct. 12. Com¬ 
petition will begin at 9:30 o’clock. Three sets of expert 
traps will be used. Added money, $75, and several 
trophies for competition. Conditions of championship, 
16yds., 100 targets, $2.50 entrance, high guns. To first 
sterling silver trophy donated by Capt. H. W. Dreyer 
and $25 in gold; second, third and fourth respectively, 
trophy and $5 in gold; fifth to eleventh inclusive, $5 
each. Optional sweep, $5. If time permits, two 25- 
target events will also be shot; entrance $2.50, class 
shooting, 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent. On Nov. 9 and 
Dec. 11, beginning at 11 o’clock, there will be a continu¬ 
ation of contests for the Vanderveer trophies, open to 
members only, Class A, 18 to 19yds.; Class B, 17yds.; 
Class C, 16yds.; best total of two out of three to win; 
50 targets, entrance $1. On New Year’s Day, begin¬ 
ning at 10 o’clock, the seventh annual merchandise con¬ 
test will be held. 
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The St. Paul Pioneer Press comments on two families 
of shooters as follows: “There is little prospect of 
bringing the Dewey boys, of Fergus Falls, and the 
Graham brothers, of Chicago, together in a match for 
the brotherhood championship of the world this fall. It 
had been proposed that the ten men meet on the 
grounds of the St. Paul Rod and Gun Club in a match 
at 100 birds per man, 500 for each team, no man to be 
handicapped, even though one of the Graham boys is a 
professional. The rod and gun club doubtless would be 
willing to put up a neat medal for the winners of such a 
unique contest if the match were to be shot on the 
club’s grounds, for it would be the first time in the 
history of trapshooting where each squad would be com¬ 
posed of five brothers, each of whom is a crack shot. 
Thomas Agern, of Fergus Falls, writes that it will be 
almost impossible for the Dewey boys to come to St. 
Paul this fall for various reasons, chief among which 
are that they have not finished their fall work on the 
farm, and when that is finished, two of them will be out 
after big game. As for the Graham boys, they do not 
appear to be over-anxious to meet the Minnesota far¬ 
mers at the traps, although it was only last summer that 
they were touted up in a sporting magazine as being 
willing to meet any five brothers in the world at the 
traps. If they meet the Dewey boys we can guarantee 
them a hot run for their money. So long as it is prac¬ 
tically impossible to get these men together this fall, it 
might be a good plan for the Rod and Gun Club to try 
to get them to meet when the club holds the regular 
tournament in the spring. There is no doubt that such 
a contest would be a great attraction.” 
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Under date of Sept. 15, on a letter head bearing “An 
Bord des Dampfers,” the trap editor received the fol¬ 
lowing from Capt. Albert W. Money, which will be of 
special interest to all trapshooters, and especially to those 
who were active in showing their appreciation and 
affection for him in the farewell arrangements in New 
York: “On the list furnished me of the subscribers to 
the testimonial presented to me on Aug. 28, I find your 
name as one' of those who have paid me this great, and, 
as I think, quite undeserved honor, and I thank you 
with all my heart. It is a climax to the great kindness 
I have met with since I came to New York in 1890; and 
while it would never have entered into my head for one 
moment that any one could think of such a thing, much 
less that seventy-four people, scattered all over the 
continent, would wish at such short notice, to show 
that they felt so friendly disposed toward me, yet now 
that it is done, I feel so proud of it, that for the rest 
of my life, I shall, I am afraid, have a swelled head. 
1 have all my life loved shooters and shooting, and this 
feeling has been much intensified since I came to 
America and realized what a splendid, generous, open- 
hearted set of men the shooters there were; and this is 
just where the great honor they have done me comes 
in, in that I have been able to win the regard of such 
a set of men, so that they have by this testimonial made 
me, as it were, a life member of the great confederation 
of the shooters of America—at least, that is the way I 
look at it. Now that I have decided to return shortly 
to ‘God’s Country 1 and settle down for the rest of my 
life there. I hope I shall yet for some years to come, 
have health and strength to spend a good deal of my 
time, both in shooting game and at the traps, and so 
continue to meet those whom of all people I care most 
for.” 
Bernard Waters. 
Hell Gate Gun Club. 
Teh 4:10 P. M. train from the metropolis carried five 
members of the above-named club, Messrs. Lange, 
Kreeb, Bandendistel, Belden and Schortemeier, to the 
club’s shooting grounds, on Sept. 20. The weather was 
threatening, with an east wind, and conditions for the 
morrow were doubtful. Luckily, however, the storm held 
off and the succeeding day was devoted to the third 
and final series of contests for 1909. 
Mine host Schaefer, of the Duck Farm Hotel, was 
prepared, and all the arrangements passed off without a 
hitch. . , . , . 
The birds were a mediocre lot, as can be expected in 
September, but occasionally a screamer taxed the judg¬ 
ment of the man at the score. ., 
President Voss started the ball at 8:45 A. M. on the 
21st, and the first twelve men negotiated their quota of 
30 birds each, in four hours, with the assistance of the 
trappers and the pointer, Belle. Three hundred and sixty 
birds in 240 minutes is going some at that. 
Mr. Meckel came on a late train and shot up. 
The attendance was the lowest in the history of the 
club, but we were all glad to see an old member who 
resigned a few years ago, Mr. Emil Steffens, with- us 
for the day. Mr. Steffens is now located at Center 
Moriches, on Long Island, and his love for the gun 
and rod induced him to sell out his taxidermist supply 
business and locate on the Great South Bay, where he 
totes out parties in his motor boats to the fishing and 
shooting grounds. Shooting Adam Dietzel’s gun, he 
scored 26. „ f . x1 
Apropos Mr. Dietzel is about as fine a performer with 
the twin tubes as I ever saw—a natural shot, always in 
beautiful time. His business does not allow him to be 
with us at all the occasions of our club shoots and his 
health is not of the best; but he is at or near the top 
every time he shows up. His 2d, 15th, 20th and -7th 
were excellent stops. 
Col. Voss lost his 8th, a twisting driver; hts 13th, not 
a very fast one, but towering; his 23d, marked with a 
star, which would elude any marksman, and his 28th, a 
towering incomer, also marked with a star. His 2d, 10th 
and 14th were negotiated with rare judgment. 
Mr. Rose Hill Bandendistel was away off form, los¬ 
ing 10 of his quota. As he stated, though he did not 
stop them, he “made them fly like the d-. His 
6th and 23d were good efforts. _ . , 
Charley Lang, the joker of the club, started off with 
two goose eggs. He said he didn’t mind it, as there 
were more at the Duck Farm adjacent, but there was 
nothing the matter with his 4th, 24th and 27th birds, 
except they were hit in the middle. He had two 
asterisks in his record, as also has John Kreeb, our 
patriarch. John’s 7th and 23d were good kills 
Shorty stopned a few good ones in a bunch on the 
first round, the 5th. 8th. 9th and 10th, then the 19th, a 
twisting outgoer, with the first barrel. He flinched on 
the 17th bird, a slow left-quarterer, and never touched a 
feather 
Messrs. Belden and Wellbrock hit the 90 per cent, 
pike with three 9s in a row. The former’s 10th, 13th, 
17th, 20th, 21st, 27th and 30th. Belden shoots a 
quick and snappy first barrel, but not sure, so that the 
seconds he requires are generally of a grand stand_ order. 
Wellbrock had some fast ones, particularly in his 
third section—his 5th, 10th, a crackerjack; 23d, 25th, 27th 
and 29th, were cleverly scored. 
Our financial secretary, John Schlicht, performed in 
uncertain form, losing his first three birds in the last 
section, when he girded up his loins and slapped into 
the next three, a very fast trio. His 12th was a long 
second, and he has two stars in his score. 
Mr. Sproessig, our latest member, did well in the 
September and October sections, but fell down in the 
third ten. 
Mr. Schaefer called the club to dinner, and the 
chicken, veal and “fixin’s” served as they are only 
served in Lehigh county, well cooked and plenty of 
it, disappeared in proper time. 
Back to the traps again for a couple of 10-btrd sweeps. 
Mr. Meckel arrived about this time, and he shot up his 
score in the club shoot, getting 27 and 2 stars in his 
score. His first 10 counted for the sweep, and as he got 
them all, he dispassionately annexed first money for that 
event. 
September shoot: 
J H Voss, 30..2112112012-9 
R Bandendistel, 28 .1011100111— 7 
John Kreeb, 28 .2111021101— 8 
C Lange, 28 .0022120101- 6 
L H Schortemeier, 30 ...1111221212—10 
J Selg, 26 ..0100202101—5 
Arthur Belden, 28 .1111012221— 9 
T Schlicht, 28 .011111221*— 8 
A Dietzel, 30 .1222111122-10 
Emil Steffens, 28 .0112101121— 8 
C II Sproessig, 28 ...1012202211—8 
T F Wellbrock, 30 .1212101212- 9 
E A Meckel, 28 .1122122212—10 
October shoot: 
J H Voss, 30 . 
R Bandendistel, 28 ... 
J Kreeb, 28 . 
C Lange. 28 . 
L II Schortemeier, 30 
Jo Selg, 26 . 
A Belden, 28 . 
J Schlicht, 28 . 
A Dietzel, 30 . 
E Steffens, 28 . 
C H Sproessig, 28.... 
T F Wellbrock, 30 ... 
E A Meckel, 28 . 
November shoot: 
Voss, 30 . 
Bandendistel, 28 . 
Kreeb, 28 . 
Lange, 28 . 
Schortemeier, 30 . 
Selg, 26 . 
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Belden, 28 . 2212202222-9 
Schlicht, 28 . 0002212222-7 
Dietzel, 30 .1221212221-10 
Steffens, 28 . 0112222110-8 
Sproessig, 28 . 2000110121— 6 
Wellbrock, 30 . 2112202212-9 
Meckel, 28 . 2121*22211- 9 
Totals of the three shoots follow: Voss 26, Banden¬ 
distel 20, Kreeb 21, Lange 22, Schortemeier 29, Selg 17, 
Belden 27, Schlicht 23, Dietzel, 28, Steffens 26, Sproessig 
23, Wellbrock 27, Meckel 27. 
The two sweepstake events were $5 entrance, 10 birds, 
class shooting, three moneys in first event, two in the 
second. In the first event, Meckel took first; Well¬ 
brock, Schorty, Lange and Voss took second, while 
Sproessig, Steffens and Dietzel took third. 
In the second event Schorty was first, Sproessig and 
Meckel seconds. Scores: 
First sweep at club handicap, $5 entrance, three 
Wellbrock, 30 . 
Sproessig, 28 . 
Schorty, 30 . 
E Steffens, 28 . 
Lange, 28 . 
Voss, 30 .. 
Dietzel, 30 . 
Belden, 28 . 
Schlicht, 28 ... 
Meckel, 28 . 
Selg, 26 ... 
Bandendistel, 28 . 
Kreeb, 28 . 
Last three named shot for birds only. 
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Second sweep, same conditions: 
Sproessig, 28 . 
Schorty, 30 . 
Belden, 28 . 
Meckel, 28 . 
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L. H. Schortemeier acted as scorer and shooting- 
master. 
Manhatta. 
Hudson Gun Club. 
Jersey City, Sept. 26.— Appended find scores of the: 
regular bi-monthly shoot of the Hudson Gun Club, held 
to-day. There were seventeen shooters that took part in 
the day’s programme, and some very good scores were 
made by several of them. . . 
The day was ideal for trapshooting, with no sun to 
bother and a nice clear sky background, the targets 
looked as big as balloons over the guns, making the 
shooting comparatively easy to what we have been used 
to. 
The Du Pont trophy contest was finished to-day and 
proved to be very interesting throughout, and was won■ 
by Henry Pape, who shot very consistently in the 
several events for it, scoring 458 out of 500 targets shot* 
at* T H Kelley was the runner-up with 455 scored, and 
John Pape was a close third, he scoring 452. 
High gun for the day was won by Kelley with SS per 
cent., with Mr. R. J. Held, who was a visitor for the 
first time at the grounds, the runner-up and second 
high with 86 per cent.; Mr. Franchot, who was also a 
visitor from the Far West, his home being m Oklahoma, 
tried his hand at the traps in the East, and after shoot¬ 
ing a couple of strings, settled down to business, and 
striking his gait snuffed out 68 of the next 75 shot at. 
We shoot again on Oct. 10, just time enough to get 
ready for the game season, and if you wish to get ac¬ 
quainted with vour gun just bring it along and try it 
at targets at the Hudson’s traps. Everybody is welcome. 
Shoot starts at 10 A. M. 
Events: 
Targets: 
R J Held. 
Dr Groll 
Smith 
Jackson 
B Beach 
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Sec’y. 
Bryden Gun Club. 
Allentown, Pa., Sept. 25.—The boys came out afte 
their work to-day at Catasauqua, Pa., and each on 
A monthly ^shoot will be held on Saturday, Oct. f, 
when a good attendance is expected. , . 
After the shoot the boys elected the fol'ow'ng <>l 
fleers to serve a term of six months: President, Grar. 
ville Brown; Vice-President, Harry Stires; Secretary 
Augustus Girard, Jr.; Treasurer, Joseph Troxel, Fiel. 
Captain. George .Silfice. The boys are all new at th 
traps, and are doing well. Scores: 
S Graffen . 18 
C Wilson . 21 
T Haines . Jj 
C Frederick . 1" 
W Fahler . It 
G Brown . I® 
F, Tones . 12 
G ’Silfice . 17 
A Girard . 
T Howells . 
T Evans . 
P Miller . 
P Rutman . 
II Frederick . 
J Smidja . 
C Croller .. 
A. K. Ludwig. 
