352 FOREST AND STREAM. [Aug. 27, 1910. 
Phenomenal Scores 
Made with PETERS Loaded Shells 
Mr. J. S. Day, of Midland, Texas, attended a series of Texas tournaments from August 8 to 18, and 
broke all amateur records. His scores follow: 
August 8 - 9 , Midland, Texas. .* . 484 ex 500 
“ 10 - 11 , Big Springs, Texas. 442 ex 450 > 
“ 12 - 13 , Cisco, Texas. 395 ex 400 
“ 15 - 16 , Gorman, Texas. 398 ex 400 
“ 17 - 18 , Walnut Springs, Texas. 379 ex 400 
Total. 2116 ex 2150 
From this it will be seen that Mr. Day averaged 98.4% on 2150 targets and 99.16% on his last 
1200 targets. 
He used PETERS regular factory loads, not special , but bought from 
Texas dealers—the same quality goods anyone can buy, anywhere. 
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Ysrk: 98 Chambers St. T. H. KELLER. Manager New Orleans: 321 Magazine St. P. R. LITZKE, Manager 
San Francisco: 608-612 Howard Street. J. S. FRENCH, Manager 
Bryden Gun Club. 
Allentown. Pa. — At the semi-annual meeting of the 
Hoyden Gun Club, Catasauqua, Pa., held last week, the 
following officers were elected: President, G. E. Brown, 
Vice-President. Jos. Sattelle; Secretary, Harry Osmun; 
Treasurer.. Harry Styers; Captain, Geo. Silfies. 
President G. E. Brown is now serving his third term, 
and too much credit cannot be given him for the success 
of the Bryden. His dog Jip seldom misses a shoot, and is 
proud of his superior being in the chair. 
Harry Osmun is the newly elected secretary, and pros¬ 
perity is on his shoulders. 
The honor of treasurer has been conferred on Harry 
Styers, a very enthusiastic member, and we wish mm 
success. Harry is always on the job for the interest of 
the club. 
George Silfies retains the captainship for the third term, 
a mighty good fellow, too. You know, “Slim” keeps the 
boys on the move. 
The club will hold a clam bake at the club house Sat¬ 
urday evening, Aug. 27 at 7:30 P. M. All members are 
cordially invited to be present. Various .invitations have 
been extended to close friends of the members. John L. 
Englert will serve as toast-master. Mr. Heffner will 
have charge of the menu. 
Bi-monthly shoot will fall on Saturday. Sept. 3, 1910. 
All lovers of the gun are cordially invited to our grounds. 
A. K. Ludwig. 
Registered Tournaments. 
Pittsburg, Pa.—The tournaments registered with the 
Interstate Association during the week ending Aug. 20, 
are as follows: 
Sept. 26-28. — Greenville (Miss.) G. C. E. L. Sharkey. Sec. 
Sept. 29-30.—Sikeston (Mo.) G. C. \V. H. Tanner, Sec’y. 
Oct. 3-4. — Wheeling, W. Va.—Big Game R. and G. C. 
H. G. Fredrichs, Sec’y. 
Oct. 1. — Princeton (Mo.) G. C. Dr. E. W. Stacy, Sec’y. 
Oct. ,6-7.—Pleasant Hill, Mo.—Afro-American T. S. L. 
ninth grand Afro-American handicap. T. H. Cohron, 
Sec'y. 
Oct. 12. — Delaware Water Gap (Pa.) G. C. Jos) H. 
Graves, Capt. 
Oct. 12.'—Pittsfield, Mass. — Berkshire G. C. John Ranse- 
housen, Sec'y. 
Nov. 30-Dec. 1.—Rising Sun (Md.) G. C. H. L. Worth¬ 
ington, Mgr. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Sec’y-Mgr. 
Cincinnati (0.) Gun Club. 
The tournament committee' met on Aug. 19 and de¬ 
cided to held a tournament in September. The shoot will 
last two days. We will say to the shooters, amateur and 
professional, that they could not visit Cincinnati at a 
better time for enjoyment, and will assure them of a 
warm welcome. The committee should make a pro¬ 
gram, not too long each day, so that visitors may have 
a chance to do something besides work hard on the 
firing line all day; also make it a money-back shoot each 
day. 
On Aug. 26 two members showed up at the club's 
grounds, Randall breaking two 24s, total 48 out of 50, and 
Dr. Bird getting 22, 20, total 42. The members have got 
to, do better in attending if they ever want to make the 
club even a near success. 
'Rifle Range and Gallery 
Pertaining to Rifle Shooting. 
Washington, D. C.—Attention has been called to an 
error in the history of the famous Wimbledon cup, which 
is shot for annually under the auspices of the National 
Rifle Association of America. In a story giving a sketch 
of how this cup was presented to the National Rifle As¬ 
sociation of America by the National Rifle Association of 
Great Britain, it was stated that the cup was presented to 
the Association by Major Henry Fulton, of England. 
Mr. II. L. Bridgman, of the Brooklyn Standard Union, 
who takes an active interest in rifle practice and other 
out-door sports, as well as in Arctic explorations, caught 
what he thought was an error, and communicated with 
.General George W. Wingate, of New York, popularly 
known as the “Father of Rifle Practice.” Gen. Wingate 
replied as follows: 
“Major Henry Fulton was a native American and a 
member of the first international rifle team of the United 
States, of which I was captain. When that team went 
abroad there was no match at Wimbledon in which it was 
entitled to compete as a team. The British National 
Rifle Association presented the cup known as the Wim¬ 
bledon cup, to be shot for first by the American team at 
Wimbledon and afterward to be brought back to this 
country and competed for annually under the auspices of 
the National Rifle Association of America. Major Ful¬ 
ton shot for it at Wimbledon and won it, and since that 
time it has been competed for at the matches of the 
National Rifle Association of America. Major Fulton 
was the man who made the highest score in the first in¬ 
ternational match which broke all previous records. He 
died a number of years ago.” 
Now that the great national matches at Camp Perry 
are a thing of the past, the eyes of the shooting world 
are turned upon Sea Girt, N. J., where the matches of 
the New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania State 
rifle associations will be held, beginning Sept. 1 and 
lasting until Sept. 10. 
These three State rifle associations, which have com¬ 
bined their meetings for the past several years, always 
offer an attractive program, and the matches this year will 
be participated in by as many if not more teams than 
ever before. Every rifleman is familiar with the beauties 
of the Sea Girt range. It is now the oldest national 
guard range in the country, and hundreds of thousands of 
dollars have been expended upon it by the State of New 
Jersey to make it the most beautiful range in the United 
States. It extends almost due east and west, which is 
rather a disadvantage, as the targets are on the brink of 
the ocean, and in the early morning hours the shooters 
must face the sun. But this condition does not last 
long, and during the remainder of the day the light is 
excellent. Although the equipment of targets is not as 
large as that at Camp Perry, where the National matches 
have been held, there are nevertheless abundance of tar¬ 
gets for a meeting such as that of the t|iree States men¬ 
tioned, and the State of New Jersey has plenty of .equip¬ 
ment in the form of tents and bedding for all competitors. 
Although the “season” is supposed to end on the Jersey 
Coast with L^bor Day, which this year falls on Sept. 5, 
every one kno vs that the coast is at its best in the early 
part of September, when the air is cool and bracing, and 
yet the water is warm enough for bathing. 
Nearly every contestant at Sea Girt finds time during 
the day to take an invigorating bath in the ocean. Most 
of them prefer the early morning hours before the shoot¬ 
ing begins, and go into the matches awakened and thor¬ 
oughly freshened by their morning plunge. In addition, 
there are numerous cool fresh-water shower baths in dif¬ 
ferent parts of the grounds which are in constant use. 
The nearness of Sea Girt to- such famous New Jersey 
resorts as Asbury Park, Long Branch, Belmar Spring 
Lake and numerous others, running all the way up to 
Seabright and Atlantic Highlands, enables visitors to 
reach the range very easily, and every day during the 
matches hundreds of ladies lend their presence to make 
the scene interesting and agreeable. The officers are at 
pains to add to the enjoyment of these visitors and many 
small lunchefon and dinner parties are given at the beau¬ 
tiful Sea Girt club house on the edge of the reservation. 
There are also' more formal dinner parties. Brig.-Gen. 
Bird W. Spencer has for several years entertained the 
Association of International American Riflemen, of which 
he is president, which is composed of members of rifle 
teams that have represented America in international 
matches. The riflemen have been coming to Sea Girt for 
these matches, and for those of the National Rifle As¬ 
sociation, and of those of the National Board for Pro¬ 
motion of Rifle Practice for the past twenty years or 
more, and many of them have friends and acquaintances 
at the various resorts up and down the coast, the renew 
ing of which adds an incentive to them to visit Sea Girt 
for the matches. 
As for many years past, the executive officer and post 
commandant during the coming tournament will be Brig.- 
Gen. Bird W. Spencer, Inspector-General of Rifle Prac¬ 
tice of New Jersey, and Mayor of Passaic. He will be 
assisted by Col. Chas. A. Reid, for New Jersey; Lieut.- 
Col. N. B. Thurston, for New York, and Major E. 
Claude Goddard, for Pennsylvania. The revolver and 
pistol range will be in charge of Lieut. R. H. Sayre, 
N. G. N. Y.; Lieut. Claude E. Lanterman, N. G. N. J.; 
and Mr. Thomas Keller, of the Old Guard, of New York 
city. Major Winfield S. Price, N. G. N. J.. will again 
be post adjutant, and Lieut.-Col. David M. Flynn, N. G. 
N. J., and Capt. Wm. H. Palmer, N. G. N. Y., will be 
the statistical officers. The post quartermaster will be 
Capt. Clarence H. Sleight. N. G. N. J., and the post 
surgeon, Lieut.-Col. W. G. Schauffler, N. G. N. J. 
The more important matches of the tournament in¬ 
clude the Dryden trophy match for teams of eight, which 
will be shot Sept. 9. This will afford the contestants 
ample opportunity for practice in the preceding matches. 
The Dryden trophy was presented by ex-Senator John F. 
Dryden. New Jersey, and is regarded as one of the 
handsomest trophies in the United States. The compe¬ 
tition for it is always very keen. The interstate regi¬ 
mental team match for the Briggs trophy will be shot on 
Sept. 2. The contestants will fire the same as in the 
Dryden match—200, 600 and 1000 yards—but the Briggs 
trophy is for teams of six. The Columbia trophy match 
for teams of six, representing regiments or similar or¬ 
ganizations, is the first match on the program Sept. 1. 
This trophy was presented by the District of Columbia 
National Guard to the National Guard of New Jersey. 
