May 12, 1906.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 

History of the Dean Richmond Trophy. 
Ossininc, N. Y., April 28.—It being now but a little 
more than a month to the forty-eighth annual tournament 
of the New York State Sportsman’s Association, to be 
held in Buffalo, June 11 to 15, inclusive, a short history 
of the Dean Richmond trophies would likely be of 
interest to those who expect to attend. the shoot, as well 
as to those shooters who are unfortunate enough not 
to be able to get away from business. 
In 1892 a history of the original Dean Richmond cup 
was printed in the Forest anp StTrREAM, in which 
were presented the scores from the beginning of the 
competition in 1873 to 1877, and including when it was 
finally won by the Forester Club, of Buffalo. When the 
Forester Club went out of existence, Col. Charles E. 
Felton, of Chicago, bought it and still holds it as one of 
his most valued possessions. 
The money which was paid by teams to compete for 
the Dean Richmond trophy during these five years, 
amounting to $1,350, was used to purchase a new trophy, 
to be offered for perpetual competition. This is a beau. 
tiful trophy, in the form of a punch bowl, and is said to 
be even handsomer than the original cup. 
The scores of the winning teams from 1873 to date are 
herewith given. The Association is deeply indebted to 
the Forest AND StrREAm for allowing them access to the 
files of their paper and to Mr. Bernard Waters, trap 
editor, for his courteous attention and never-failing good 
nature, 
_The conditions, from the beginning in 1873, were 2lyds. 
rise, gun below elbow, one barrel, 20 birds, till the 1891 
meet at Rome, when they shot at 12 birds, gun any 
position. 
1878, at Batavia: 
Forester of Buffalo—Newell 20, Hambleton 17, Smith 
15; total 52. : 
1874, at Oswego: 
Forester of Buffalo—Newell 16, Hambleton 16, Smith 
18; total 50. 
1875, at Watertown: 
Central City of Syracuse—Hudson 16, Harmon 16, 
Soule 14; total 46. 
1876, at Genesee: 
Central City of Syracuse—Hudson 16, Soule 20, Man- 
ning 20; total 56. 
1877, at Buffalo: 
Forester of Buffalo—Newell 18, Jones 20, Pierce 14; 
total 52. 
i878, at Buffalo: 
Forester of Buffalo—R. Newell 17, G. Marsh 17, R. 
Jones 19; total 53. 
1879, at Rochester: 
Onondaga—Hudson 18, Davison 17, Luther 18; total 53. 
1880, at Seneca Falls: : 
Fountain of Brooklyn—H. Madison 17, C. W. Wingert 
17, M. B. Baylies 19; total 53. 
1881, at Coney Island: 
Audubon of Buffalo—J. P. Fisher 19, G. Meister 19, 
G. Smith 19; total 57. 
1882, at Niagara Falls: 
Queens County, Buffalo—B. Tolsman. 18, 
Hawkins i4, Oehwrig 16; total 48. 
1883.—No tournament. 
Meeting held at Niagara Falls, at which it was re- 
ported that very few pigeons migrated that -year. 
1884, at Buffalo: 
Genesee County, Irondequoit—A. H. Evershed 19, 
J. Sherry 16, G. W. Crouch 20; total 55. 
1885, at Syracuse: 
Audubon of Buffalo—Fisher 19, Scheibert 19, Downs 
19; total 57. (. 
1886, at Rochester: 
Audubon of Buffalo—A. Downs 17, W. Scheibert 19, 
Q. Besser, Jr., 19; total 55. 
1887, at Utica: 
Audubon of Buffalo—A. Downs 18; Scheibert 17, 
Besser, Jr., 15; total 50. 
1888, at Auburn: 
Onondaga of Syracuse—McMurchy 19, 
Hudson 19; total 57. 
1889, at Albany: 
Queen City of Buffalo—J. H. Koch 19, F. D. Kelsey 
TsmOu besser, ji., 18; total 5b. 
1890, at Lyons: 
Queen City of Buffalo—J. Koch 18, G. Besser 16, 
F. D. Kelsey 19; total 53. 
1891, at Rome: 
Unicn of Buffalo—Andrews 12, Kelsey 12, Koch 12; 
total 36. 
1892, at Syracuse: 
Union of East Aurora—Andrews 15, Koch 15, Kelsey 
15; total 465. 
1893, at Rochester: 
New York County of New York City—G. E. Greiff 15, 
J. Richmond 13, L. Schortemeier 12; total 40. 
1894, at Utica: 
New Utrecht, of Brooklyn and Oneida County of 
Utica shot off tie. Won by first-mentioned—42 each. 
1895 at Saratoga: 
New Utrecht, of Brooklyn, and Cobweb of New York 
City, shot off tie. Won by. New Utrecht—39 each. 
1896, at Buffalo: 
Whitestown and Fountain shoot off tie. Won by the 
Whitestown—41 each. 
1897, at Auburn: 
Onondaga, of Syracuse—Mowry 14, Arno 14, Marvin 
15; total 43. 
1898, at Rochester: 
Syracuse Gun Club—Courtney 20, Mosher 19, Mc- 
Murchy 19; total 58. 
1899, at Buffalo: 
Tie on 42 between Audubon and Oneida County won 
by Audubon, on shoot-off. 
1900, at Utica: 
Gates 19, Mayhew 19, Fulford 20; total 58. 
1901, at Interstate Park, L. I.: 
New Utrecht, of N. Y. City—Tie on 56 -between 
Emerald and Jeannette of New York. Won by 
Emerald. 
1902, at Rochester: 
Fulton Gin Club—McMurchy 48, R. Hunter 45, G. 
Lewis 44; total 137. 
Ig iy 
Luther 19, 

Still Shaking the Pecan Tree. 



“WINCHESTER “LEADER” 

Victories with Winchester Factory Loaded 
Shells are as plentiful in Texas as pecans. 
To the many conquests of the past made 
with these shells can now be added the 
important ones made at the annual tourna- 
ment of the Texas State Sportsmen’s Asso- 
ciation, held at Austin, April 23-26, where 
Robert Connerly, with a score of 50 straight 
targets, won the coveted Houston Chronicle 
Cup, emblematic of the expert championship 
of Texas, and also high amateur average; 
and C. G. Spencer and Harold Money won 
first and second professional averages, all using 
WINCHESTER 

Factory Loaded Shells 
Mr. Connerly. didn’t miss a target in any of the trophy 
events. Nor is this all to chronicle, for at the Great Bend 
(Kan.) shoot, April 18-20, Ed. O’Brien and E. W. Arnold 
won first and second amateur averages, the former making 
the high score of 562-580; and at the Ft. Wayne (Ind.) 
tournament, April 24-26, first and second amateur aver- 
ages were won by Dennis Upson and Frank G. Fuller, 
all using Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. 
Now, 
shooters, don’t you think it would be well to bear these 
victories in mind when selecting your shells for the 
coming Grand American Handicap? Winchester Factory 
Loaded Shells are 
The Grand American Handicap Winners. 
Gane ete OOO LOO SOOOO ALOUD AS IOE LEMS OEGOO OOS EIE ELLIE 


1903, at Ossining: 
Baldwinsville—Morris 41, 
total 125. 
1904, at Buffalo: 
Hunter G. C. of Fulton—Lewis 23, Chapman 19, 
McMurchy 24; total 66. - 
1905, at Utica: 
High score was made by Schenectady team—Green 
24, Warnick 24, Levingston 23. 
It was called no contest, however, as Levingston, of 
Saratoga, was not a county resident. Cup has been 
left in custody of the treasurer of the Association 
awaiting the results of the 1906 tournament. 
While drawing off the scores, a few notations were 
made, which will be of interest: 
Wild pigeons were used in all the Dean Richmond 
cup contests till the 1886 meet, at Rochester, when tame 
pigeons were’ used. 
In the May 18 issue of ForEsT AND STREAM, a corre- 
spondent protests against live-bird shooting on cruelty 
grounds, also declaring that these matches were de- 
pleting the ranks of migrating pigeons. This statement 
was ably answered in the issue of the 20th by ‘“‘Knowles,” 
and ‘‘En Garde” takes up the cudgel in favor of the 
sport in the issue of the 27th. 
The Dr. R. V. Pierce diamond medal, valued at $850, 
Dalley 41, Marvin 48; 
was won by E. H. Madison, of the Fountain Gun Club, 
in 1879. This medal was shot for each year till 1884, 
when it was finally won by H. B. Whitney, of Phelps, N.Y. 
There were 201 entries at Coney Island in 1881. 
In 1885, at Syracuse, John B. Sage, was appointed a 
committee of one to try and gain the consent of Mr. 
H. A. Richmond to allow clay target shooting for the 
trophy, which was refused. 
At Svracuse in 1892, 15 live birds became the rules for 
the Dean Richmond trophy contest. 
Tlie rule “‘gun in any position’? was started at Rome 
in 1891. The first contest in which targets were used 
was in 1902, at Rochester. 
While this ‘“‘brief history’’ is not as brief as I thought 
it would be when [I started to write it out, yet I think 
many of the old timers are still in commission, and look 
forward to the trap news just as keenly as they did before 
their cares of business in maturer years took them 
away from active enjoyment of their favorite sport. 
Cuas. G. BLANDFORD, 
Sec’y N. Y. Sportsman’s Assn. 
J. O. Ballard, President of the Malone, N. Y., Gun 
Club, announces that the club house and grounds are now 
completed, and that a regular club shoot will be held 
on every Wednesday. 
