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Win the onuing OF OctoDcr anu tne hpptONcu
Of cold weather the rifle shooters OF this city
will discontinue outdoor contests and connne
their practice TO gallery matches on the many
we'll. appointed short ranges in tnis city. Some
OF tho New York organizations have already
begun their winter practice, willie others are
only waiting to finish their summer comIe-
titions on tho long ranges before starting In
for the indoor shoots The few events which
will definitely end shooting on the 200-yard
ranges arc the shoot of the Bulls Head Rifle
Club the lOO.shot match at Newark, tho shoot
OF the Marion Binc Club on THANKSGIVING Day.
and few desultory private ma'chcs
Tho Bull's Head Rine Club. OF which tho re-
doutabc Gus Zimmerman is captan, Will
hold its seventh annual prize shoot at Wash
inRton Park on Moadny, not ~, Tho pro-
Gramme consists OF threo numbers shooting
on the target ot honor, open TO mombers only;
shooting on tho twenty .ilve-rinG TARGET, 400
yards, open to all, with nineteen prizos, aEGre-
eating fl34; and shooting on tho bulfs-eye
target, with ten prizes, aCZroRAtnR sec, AMI
nvo extra premiums OF t27. Tho Bulls Head
Club will begin its gallery competition at the
headquarters, Twcnty-iourth street and Third
avenue, In the second week OF November.
The proposed l00-shot match NJ the Newark
Shooting Park on election day will be n lifting
end to a very interesting outdoor season. Be-
sides all the strong mon in the Newark Shoot
ing Society. tho New York Rifle Club. the IInr-
lem Rifle Club, and, as q matter OF fact, tho
Zottler Rifle Club will be represented. Tho
more entries there are to this contest the moro
enjoyable tho contest will be.
Al. the Jersey City and New York Clubs who.
with the exception OF the Marion Riae Club. do
hut little long range shooting. nre making ac-
tive preparations Tor the winter season. The
Inter state Gallery League was duly. organ
ceisior Rife Club in Jersey City. Two clubs
from that town, the Excesiors and Hudsons,
from NsT4 I s Es GSr GFG 0n5
Turtle Bay life Clubs. compose the league SO
lar; It is yrHpoTeed to saoTt h"ne-and,homs ne &
| trophy and II proper schedule will be drawn
up. As ,here is no doubt that othor o,yysgraniza-
burRh Shooting Society. the g. A. T., lsire
team. the Empire hiiie Club. and possibly the
% TO sS sSTRe M sbaEc ts s
inc Hudson Ride Club Of Jersey City with
shoot ton on oct, q and IS The team chsmpion'
gallery on on Nov. 5 and the following evenings.
Among those who have signihed their lnten-
@ to Sre n the enSs NeM tRS
ferent Newark rife clubs, the Miller Rifle Club
OF Hoboken, and all the rife associatlons Of
Jersey City. II the Zettler Rifle Club does not
enter. the race will be most interesting. but II
the Zettlers send ore or more teams the result
u
champions will not have alkover.
=, The Zettlers; like the majority OF the clubs In
spSe iITX rn %ha @ Gy RaNe & re fna
team contest best two out OF three matches.
The first match is to take PLACE on Nov. 1s at
second at the Our own gallery 1856 Springfield
avenue. Newark, on Jan. 40, 1891. and the
Tho Tess Of ten Cn
s@s pn fSs fTs eoF Rs caS
lac m n
sIsting OF Mossrs. 0ehI. Dorrler, and thinner
mann. to make tinal arrangements with the
ooTIhe There remains only, ono day more for the
2OO-yard shoot Of the Zcttler kttio Club at Cy-
gra@me gram % viii 10 into tot orce' % TIE club nI has p p
propriated 800 for prizes in their gallery, sea
son shoot under the following condition.:
November. ard be continued weekly until the
last Tuesday in April; no marksman will be
one evening: the best twenty targets OF each
man will count at the end Of the season.
M and T tie 0 facgiie. u for T shooting
have been greatly improved. This was all the
more M necessary as few somTpanies T nth, n the
schau. the Manhattan Schue zen bund. and
simi ar ORGANIZATIONS will hold semi-monthly
Oi next year n great team match will come of
AT the gallery, over seventy-fve companies,
participate. 10 Judge from the reports re-
ceived so far the majority OF the organizations
asked have concluded to send representative
teams. and the proposed match promises
therefore to become an assure! success.
Besides the match with the Lettler Rifle
tg on ani hands Mex the Abs o
The first trial Xll take place ut the Albg gal
AlbiG rife shooters, who practice at the short
range during the entire year. will bring their
1890 competition TO a close 10 Christmas week:
the mem bers put the experience gained on The
short range to test last week on hunting
ssed Of ss Horod g. AbR s se69R SoR
raft, and Fritz simon, Their hunting ground
returned after ten days' aDscace with iour
deer and two bears as tho rcsulis OF an inter-
esting trip. Besides some small game, they
shot ak deer-fQur bucks and two does-and
AT Conlins gallery. in Thirty; first street and
broadway. pistol shooting wifi be the loading
feature OF the winter season, and many good
matches with the smaller arm will be shot
there. the place being Elm espectally vel adnpied %
Tho Harlem. formerly the Barry, Rife Club
prae Ssh shoot % this Is yeaT % They viii conine them
selves to weekly practice. and open the sum
2On.yari range in tho early spring.
The Empire Rifle Club have started out carly
9ars S
York RIins Club viii also shoot there this win
panics composing the German American So
shoots. new feature in this gallery will 10
pistol practice by private club. the neces-
sarv arrangements having been completed.
The Turtle Bay Rifle Club. like the Empires.
have begun early and shot three matches this
fall The prizes put up for the "a ll-seasop com
iers are at l46 East Forty second street.
A movement Ia on foot u get up a gallery
Srhuetzon Corps. The Now York Schuetzen
Corps intends T. start practice curly. SO as to
be able to select q strong team, and II 10 ex-
pected that the Central, tho City. and possibly
The Independents will d. the samo before long.