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New York State Sportsmen’s Association, 
Osstntnc, N. Y., April 5.—The amendments to the 
constitution and by-laws of the New York State Sports- 
man’s Association, herewith, are to be submitted at 
Buffalo, on June 11, which is one day prior to the tourna- 
ment. The proposing of these amendments has been 
decided upon only after considerable correspondence with 
the secretary of the Infallible Club, Mr. McLeod, who 
finds that the success of the 1906 tournament, and also 
the success of succeeding tournaments, depends largely 
upon their adoption. Manufacturers who have donated 
valuable prizes, and taken space in the programmes 
naturally desire to have their shooting representatives 
present. The adoption of these amendments requires a 
two-third vote of the delegates present at the meeting. 
If you wish all success to the new Association, please 
see that your delegates are properly equipped with 
authority to represent your club. This tournament prom- 
ises to be a record-breaker, and if your club has not as 
yet ES the Association, your attention is called to 
the enclosed marked copy of the constitution and by- 
laws: 
Amendment to Section 11, Article IV. 
Any person that is a member of this Keeccaven or a 
bonafide member of a club or association that is also a 
member of this Association, will be eligible to compete 
for any prize offered by this Association, providing he 
shall have been a member of said club or association and 
a resident of the State of New York for one month prior 
to fixed date of any State shoot. _ 
Manufacturers’ agents and professionals shall be barred 
from competing in any State event, except for targets 
only. 
Amendment to Section 4, Article IV.: 
The club initiation membership fee shall be $5, pay- 
able at time of application for membership. The annual 
dues of each club shall be $2, payable as call for same 
shall be made by the treasurer. The individual dues shall 
be 50 cents, but payable only when the individual attends 
a State shoot, and are to be paid with the first entrance 
in any event. 
Amendment to Section 1, Article XI.: 
The Interstate Association rules shall govern except 
their special rules. 
All divisions of purses, except in trophy events, shall 
be in five moneys, Rose system; five- four, three, two, 
one. No event shall be for less than 20 targets. Price of 
targets shall be 2 cents each. 
Targets to be thrown 45 to 50 yards, and the Tourna- 
ment Committee must enforce this provision for distance 
at all times. 
No person other than a bonafide resident of the State 
of New York shall be allowed to participate in the 
division of any purse in any State event. 
Manufacturers’ agents and professionals may compete 
for targets only in all events. 
Amendment to Section 6, Article XIII., 
New York City cup: 
NEW YORK CITY CUP 
This cup to represent the individual championship of 
the State of New York. 
CONDITIONS. 
The shooter making the highest average in all State 
events, except team or trophy events, shall receive this 
cup, to be held by him under a $200 bond, said bond to 
be furnished by him and in favor of the New York 
State Sportsman’s Association, and forwarded to the 
treasurer of said Association, who upon receipt of same 
shall deliver the cup. The cup to be held by winner 
until two weeks previous to the next State shoot. He 
shall at that time forward it by express to the club or 
Association under whose management the next State 
shoot is to be held. 
The treasurer shall release and return bond upon de- 
livery of cup to said club or Association. 
G. BLANDFORD, M. R. BincHam, 
Secretary. President. 
regarding 
Arkansas Championship. 
LittLe Rock, Ark., ha 6.—John M. Pemberton, of 
Ashvale, and W. B. Powell, of English, met here to-day 
in a 25 live-bird match to dispute the possession of the 
Peters Cartridge Co. live-bird championship trophy, of 
which the former is the holder. The conditions were 
ideal, and everything was favorable to good scores, 
though the birds were strong and active, despite the 
lack of wind. However, neither of the contestants shot 
up to their usual form, and the scores were very 
mediocre, though in justice to Powell it must be stated 
that he was badly handicapped by a defective gun. This 
had recently been worked on, and when he attempted 
to use it, the trigger-pull was found so light that both 
barrels would go off simultaneously. An effort to cor- 
rect this resulted in the other extreme, and he was forced 
to go into the match with a pull of more than seven 
pounds. ‘This doubtless disconcerted him somewhat, and 
his loss of three birds in succession in the early part 
of the Canes must be attributed to this. This robbed 
the match of all interest, though at the fifteenth round 
he was only one behind, but two misses immediately after 
this settled the affair, and Pemberton won out by 21 to 
19. Two of Pemberton’s misses occurred on rather 
easy birds, which he usually disposes in easy fashion, 
but evidently he was out of form. 
After the match a number of miss-and-outs and 5-bird 
sweeps were shot. In these Sonny Dickinson, a youth 
of fifteen years, was the bright particular star, as he 
scored 24 out of 25. 
The conditions of the match were 25 live birds per man, 
Interstate rules, 30yds. rise; challenger must put up $10 
against the medal; winner takes money and medal, and 
loser pays for the birds. The following are the scores in 
the championship contest: 
W B Powell...........2.420¢++ «2200022222222222002202222—19 
J M Pemberton.. 22222222*220222202022222—21 
The scores of thoke Lertic, participated in the sweeps and 
miss-and-outs were as follows: W. B. Powell shot at 36, 
broke 31; Paul R. Litzke, 30, 25; H. L. Fasett, 22, 19; 

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W. B. Miller, 27, 20; S. M. Powell, 25, 13; W. P. Bird, 13, 
11; Sonny Dickson, 26, 24. 
Everybody shot Peters. shells. J. K. Thibault refereed 
the championship match. 
PaAuLy RASLOTzZKE: 
Passaic County League. 
Paterson, N. J., April 5——The teams in the Passaic 
County Trapshooters’ League have finished a very suc- 
cessful season of five months’ continuous Saturday 
afternoon shooting, missing in that time only one day, 
March 3. There was a continuous downpour of rain on 
that date which put shooting out of the question. 
The attendance at most of these shoots has been very 
large; and the shoots have been the means of bringing 
out a large number of new shooters—men who had never 
shot over the traps before this league was formed. 
It was the intention of those who started this league 
to have at least six clubs to enter, three from Passaic 
and three from Bergen county, but after the first meeting, 
which was very enthusiastic, the delegates from Bergen 
county failed to show up again. After considerable cor- 
respondence, the Bergen County clubs concluded that 
they could not get grounds in shape and teams together 
in time to start by Nov. 1. The three clubs from. Passaic 
started on schedule, hoping that some of the other clubs 
would enter as they had promised, but it was left for the 
clubs of Paterson to finish as they had started. 
During these contests there has been a general pro- 
gramme carried out every Saturday afternoon at the 
different club grounds, where the team event was 
scheduled, and where a large number of shooters would 
enter and take part, making each shoot a large one. 
There has been a great deal of ammunition and targets 
consumed during this tournament. Upward of 30,000 or 
more shells and targets have been used. The Dupont 
Powder Co. and the Peters Cartridge Co. both donated 
handsome cups. Several local merchants contributed 
prizes toward the success of our first undertaking. 
Each team will receive a handsome cup, and there will 
be several individual prizes distributed for best averages 
for those taking part in a certain number of contests. 
The Jackson Park Gun Club proved to be an easy 
winner, losing but two shoots out of fourteen. One of 
these shoots was lost on account of the Jacksons having 
out only three men. The Mount Pleasant club finished 
in second place, with the Northside Rod and Gun Club 
a good third. This latter club had considerable hard 
luck in getting out its best shooters. The team stand- 
ings were as follows: 
Won. Lost. Per Cent. 
JACKESONS. Soe ceercck ata iieriss siecle ine © 12 2 857 2-14 
Motint. leasaitts cmrcateciscreetieelcereterels 6 8 .428 8-14 
INorthsides' © 4i.\iec dew eatesies.c cls oe eeieeets 5 10 .800 1-3 
The race for first individual honors was between John 
Doty and B. Clickner, of the Jackson Park Club. Both 
men tried hard to land the prize, but Doty won out by 
a very close margin. 
The following are the averages of those who got 17 or 
better: J. Doty (Jacksons) 205-10; B. Clickner (Jack- 
sons), 203-13; Van Horn (Jacksons), 1711-12; Dunkerly 
(Mt. Pleasants), 1711-14; Beckler (Northsides), 17 3-13; 
Spaeth (Northsides), 17. 
The following tables show just how each man shot 
during the tournament: 
Jackson Park. 
Shot High 
Events. at. Broke. Average. Score. 
BY Clickner jeaseeles 13 325 263 20 3-13 22 
CGenone, &.tecce 8 200 129 16 1-8 22 
Hy, Wane EHorneaace 12 300 215 17 11-12 22 
i) ee LD.OLY = veterareectterers 10 250 205 20 5-10 24 
Finisindles peace 5 125 90 18 21 
FY organ’ von. 7 175 125 17 6-7 24 
ES Sindle.” jer. 5 125 90 18 20 
WE Doty. veraacders 3 75 57 19 20 
GAY Hoppers... 2 50 34 17 23 
Ce Baxter esta. ce 1 25 12 12 12 
Wat) bassell pene al 25 17 17 17 
Simmonton acne ib 25 10 10 10 
Team average per shoot, 891-14. 
Mount Pleasant. 
OT Dunkerlyo. sac. 14 350 249 17 11-14 22 
F L Van Houten.14 350 106 14 19 
He Weaver tied: sere 3 75 31 101-3 14 
H Van Houten... 5 125 THEE 15 2-5 18 
i WBredder, wcsss 9 225 130 144-9 18 
H Van Houten,Jr. 1 25 13 13 13 
Walt Wilson...... 5 125 59 11 4-5 13 
FIeCockers eee: 6 150 95 16 5-6 20 
‘) WHlusk eter ones 1 25 6 6 6 
E Van Houten... 3 75 45 15 ils) 
AE Mosier mance 6 150 109 18 1-6 23 
JmeRAUp pars. ermente 1 25 6 6 6 
Team average per shoot, 72 8-14. 
Northsides. 
Wi Bantam correcta 7 175 8 12 4-7 18 
AS Howatd ce. seer 11 275 178 16 2-11 23 
CAILEWis, eect 5 125 72 14 2-5 20 
M. Breen), vases en 2 50 28 14 14 
Cyleddistien-nocce al 25 16 16 16 
HH (Beckler Wieaace 13 825 224 17 3-13 21 
JeSpacth aessceere 11 275 187 17 20, 
By) Plantenl Geacers 9 225 157 17 4-9 21 
A Veenstra ...... 11 275 164 14 10-11 19 
M McGuirk ..... 2 50 3 18 1-2 19 
We “Wilson ) 5: isles 1 25 14 14 14 
IEGeliis ene sine ee 1 25 17 ily 17 
PONt OTs creyere wscalciietens 1 25 17 17 17 
Team average per shoot, 73 4-15. 
Thirty-seven men took part in these shoots, and a 
large number of them will get prizes. 
Trap Around Reading. 
READING, Pa., April 4.—A live-bird shoot was held at 
the Spring Valley grounds, which attracted several hun- 
dred persons. Among them were some of the best 
marksmen in this section. The match was between John 
H. Lewis and Harry Weidner on the one side, and 
_powders. 
[APRIL 14, 1906. 

George J. Kuersten and Brooke Harrison on the other. 
The conditions were: Hurlingham rules, 28yds. rise 
and 50yds. boundary. Each man was allowed 25 birds. 
Considerable money was wagered on the result. The 
birds were a strong lot, and when released from the 
traps made away as fast as they could. A number of the 
birds fell just a short distance outside of the boundary. 
This was especially true in the case of Lewis, who_was 
unfortunate enough to lose seven in this way. Kuer- 
sten and Harrison won by a margin of 7. Harrison had 
the highest straight run, 14, hitting everything after his 
eleventh bird, while Kuersten was next, taking the first 
12 straight. 
The scores were as follows: 
IKALENStEN! Te aicitadelan eee. nee are 1111111111110101111010100—19 
Plarrison: # ct cmcmsteenacrpncticcn (011111111011111111111111—22—41 
Weidner ......e..eeeeeeee ee «2L00111111110011111111102—21 
T,CWiSa wae ac apttle siteion as cliaetn 0101110011111110000010100—13—34 
Pottsville, March 31.—Before a crowd of 500 sportsmen 
gathered from all parts of lower Schuylkill, Harry Show- 
ers defeated George J. Goettler, both strong wing shots, 
ef ‘Pottsville, in a live pigeon shooting match. Each 
were assigned 13 birds, the stakes being $150 a side. 
Showers grassed 11 birds to his opponent’s 6, missing 
his first and twelfth birds. Duster. 
The Late Mr. R. W. S. Griffith. 
Ir is with the deepest sorrow and regret that we have 
to announce the sudden death at Alexandria last Wednes- 
day, of Mr. R. W. S. Griffith, the pioneer of smokeless 
The history of these powders for . sporting 
firearms is so intertwined with the records of Mr. Grif- 
fith’s own life that in speaking of one, the other is bound 
to be included. With no great scientific training, but 
with a mind eminently suited for scientific investigation, 
Mr. Griffith took charge of the Schultze gunpowder 
works in the New Forest at a time when the products of 
the compary gave no indication of the great future that 
layin front. With characteristic energy and thorough- 
ness of method Mr. Griffith set to work to find out the 
weak spots in the wood powder which he was asked to 
maiufacture, and he very soon saw his way clear to 
initiate radical changes, which gave us substantially the 
same powder that we all use to-day. It would be im- 
possible in a brief account of this kind to state with 
adequate fullness the extraordinary number of special 
processes and manipulations by which the unreliable first 
samples of Schultze were converted into something char- 
acterized by stability and efficiency. Being a pioneer, 
unassisted and unfettered by past traditions, Mr. Grif- 
fifth himself established the traditions which we regard 
to-day as the foundations of the theory and practice of 
smokeless powders. We have said that Mr. Griffith 
started making Schultze without any great scientific 
knowledge. He was a very young man at the time, and 
it is, therefore, all the more to his credit that he grew up 
with his business, and became a scientist of the highest 
order, intensely practical at the same time. It is pleas- 
ing for us to know that the last letter which we received 
from him, discussing and advising on our most recent 
work, showed that no one was more alive than himself to 
the need for constant endeavors to extend the scope and 
practical application of the methods of research estab- 
lished by himself.—Field (London). 
Ossining Gun Club. 
Ossinine, N. Y., April 7.—While there were not many 
out to-day at the regular bi-monthly shoot of the Ossining 
Gun Club, those who shot kept the pot a-boiling for a 
couple of hours. The figures after names indicate the 
distance handicap in event No. 7, for the Kiskora cup. 
Blandford got a win with the good score of 24 out of 
25, with Traver chasing him all the way. Scores for the 
cup are as follows, three wins being necessary for per- 
manent ownership: J. T. Hyland two; C. G. Blandford 
anes W. H. Coleman one; A. Traver one; E. H. Moulton, 
r., one. 
Next shoot for the cup, April 21. 
Event 11 consisted of a number of miss-and-outs. 
The boys are talking about the New York State shoot. 
From present indications, the O. G. C. will be repre- 
sented by a squad: 
Events: 1: 2° “4255 CriesaaetoOn ty 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 15 25 15 15 10 100 
i ToWeashburn, 118i ceases 8 8 7 8 913 17 2 M1 16 62 
AO Tiraven, (20) Uasemonsurecectas 9 9 7-9 29 Te°2a da la 10". 
J fT Bylands 20st 6.6 6) Se SB Rsiease 38 
©. G Blandtord)-20. ae cacac ements LOT Aga ay rs 
W H Coleman, 20.. APE ser oc ie Li: ae 
West Shore Gun Club. 
Kineston, N. Y., April 5.—The averages made for 
Saye by the members of the West Shore Gun Club are as 
ollows: 
Per 
Shot at. Broke. Cent. 
WS: CSmithini civ. <ccsrracecsestieeea 228 91 1-5 
JA “aie WOhn Songs. Anse ce tnaeaemeetee 300 247 82 1-3 
J. Mi Schaeiteriracecvnderacsenente 250 196 78 2-5 
EVUIMe™ cileaices ociemeionetene chen 300 244 81 1-3 
TE “Shortenisneesmeoelsenentosnikeneee 200 140 70 
INE Oivd) f.c.tosieiincsinonecccnteee 325 260 80 
WG OR reerac.:.c case we ncSece cle xiestnee 200 igs 65 1-2 
FP POtnSOr sas cere oe c encelererctorem mmtate 275 193 70 1-5 
Bo By Wawrence vis oc. dcseetancteee 200 114 57 
Rec ROP att © cowie: ccc cisleideloee con eimeeaee! 134 59 1-2 
Wr {Ge aMinard hic ser cine ctaereieeitot 150 95 63 1-3 
At a meeting held at Hotel Ulster, Wednesday even- 
ing, the following officers were elected for 1906: A. H. 
Cook, Jr., President; B. Lawrence, Vice-President; 
Ww. S. Smith, Secretary; AS DS Johnson, Treasurer: 
L. Short, Captain. A. Johnson, L. Freer and James 
Austin, Directors. New members elected were L. E. 
Sexton, active; H. Minard, Springtown, N. Y., 
honorary. 
The first shoot of 1906 will be held Saturday, April 14. 
W. S. Smit, Sec’y. 
