The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-22
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Experts ut Live Birds and Targets out In
Force.

yosterday's hno weather brought out the trap
shooters in force and tho local grounds wero al
thronged with the followers of the sport. The Jean
nette Gun Club held what will probably be the lasr
pigeon shooting event on the old Guttcnburg race
track. The annual election Of officers was held first
and the following candidates we're successfuli Presi
dent, Frederick II. Ehlen; Wce-PresIdent, Frederick
II. Kastens; Secretary, W. II. Rottmann; Treasurer
O. NJ. Brunnie; Shooting Committee for the year
c. NJ, Brunnio. G. Meyer and j. Lott. IN the club
competition at ten live birds per man, Knstens and
Hainhorst each killed ten straight, and in the shoot
of Hainhorst won In the fifteenth round. Kastons
lost his fifteenth bird, a left quartering driver. In
tho team race that followed the main event, Capt.
Hai3horsts team defeated Rottmann's team. Sum
ned HurlinghGm ruies.F. ii, Ehien. Is yards. 81 n.
f. Rs9 oito8,. Is yard yards ,isH o.; O. p SGPsrmaa a5 y va &ESrs 8: i.
Pane q, ynrdsi 9 IasiishoTn,, - ysrdis, a II.
s sSSSSR' e e yards yards, . !, 8 :. G GSys, 50 g Yards. & 3; J. ! Ham RSf5.
horst; % yards. loi J. YACHT; % yards Z A. 2,
gobiinS. a5 yards. i Ii iRiihSSSo5fft, 10 Yards q I. II.
ksste9S, IS yards; 10. Shoot of Of tie. miss and
out-Hhlnhorst, OF kastens, 4.
Team R%aeo-fiys live p seoHs PEI nan al ;tandine
). L zs 3: s snSPt; h 3; '3SsEss. d f ftamh" q 9. Bohi::
ing. q j.. Boiling, 4, Rinkhof, q Lohden, i. 10
ot S.Pt, !. RTRt t'9sn Tssm-IE I, sS1.ne /. q po. Msyss; 4
Z; Heilshorn. J; Ferguson, /. Total, 27.
The Fulton Gun Club Of Brooklyn held its initial
N"N aaNIH va N'N - ASAhN' AA'eA NH' W.
minus OF tho Kings County Elevated road. The first
event was at ten live birds per man, in which b. y:
Ellsworth and charles schRding killed straight and
divided. Then followed a prize shoot at fifteen tar
gets per man; summaries;
scbadinmss,. ioi B +. nls%orth 10; samuel diies, o;
J oh BlAhe. &; J; L, Baton & g; II: Schncidersi 3;
ford. : William 4. Hunt. 81 j. Beichling, 6; Joseph
Blake. .: A., Wood, o..
Schneider. il Ellsworth, IS; R]eiGhlinir. ia y. i.
Wood. II. S%chading, II; Joseph. Blake 10; W. II.
Hunt In.Inbn R1nLp 10 Earnpal Eilaa o. Clifford "a.
j.,R, barton, " 4. Wood. 3 j. j. Futon. T. -
T Team ,h l'sssmTsn targets rig gSsbpn er nsn; s ,5t e y I. a;, ris' =,
Hunt, 3; Barton, 8; 0sterhaut, .. Total, 45. Team
Ellsworth. I; Joseph Blake. d; Reichling, I. Total. 81.
J.. c. Hopkins won ths honors at the regular
monthly tournament Of the Aqueduet Gun Club.
held near Centreville, yesterday. The main event
was the club shoot at fifteen inanimates per man. all
Prom Known traps and angles. Hopkins missed one
and garntred the prize. summaries:
and angles-L.G Hopkins, ~ Bertram Lsaey, 49,
49nFg i. y Snn ns siSti Gaa, al h Y 5Sha sW n, b,aJ 10; 'S g.
te TSsp H y. acpitn.. t @apisin, Ger Eiisha s@IRthi 70;
Van n; s Efh s.G !. Tot q c g. A. smith, . Abraham
Laney's ~Toam-Bertram Ianey. ]captain, 8; Iris
Tho teams shot another match under the same
conditions, Hopkins's team breaking SO to %.
The shooters Of the Crescent A. @. were out in
force at the Country Club house grounds. Owls
Head. Bay Ridge. yesterday and the honors were
well passed around. Some of the best scores ever
made on On the grounds So wer T,pp put w Z + +: Il: Lott lot cap AZ"
match under expert rules, while J. H. Hallock.
Charles A.. sykes. Grant hoffman and Hegeman
Twe4ty-hys Clay BIRDS Expert EulfsTThom.s "
Grant hoffman. lGi Garrett W. Cropsey. ld; Ias-
TWENTY-FIVE Targets, Known Ansles-Haloek, 10;
R@smgs: T.; CFEogsey, y; stake. Is. ru.r.~.sv.
clay birds -Jere Lott, handicap 4. is. j, II. Hallock,
handicap 4, 70; Team tos4l: A.. d ': !. AessmSna'
Team Total 40 +. !. stepRsasop. hqndt"ap I, 10;
E. T.. Lott Gdr Ga a tos !; E 20; Team esP m s9ial ks 49, Own ,ps,.,
sykes, 10; No!n9n. IS; Hailock' 49, L. Lott 10;
S' coati.s i5r III tie Jsislnget, SUPPLEMENTARY targets
sykes, handicap 6, 49, -Nctmep, handicap ., y; Hal
REsnisoa. Esad:f,sp !, Is; JSye' ISSt; h]Aa&tss6 3, IS;
nT%s9ty;a;yf birjs, ES.Ea Ans1,.IE9tman e!
TwentyfSc TsTFst,., Known Angles-Yotman.
hh sndisats D. j. 81 So n isSSs' h'3ES sndERcspi 11.133l;;fRPfH2 ffo's.,
handicap! 49, Jere Lott. hlndlcap 4. ~ Stephen
SOP. handicap 4. 10; Hatlock. handicap I, rs.
An oldtime gathering Of the members Of the New
Utrecht Rod and Gun Club was present at the Wood
lawn Park grounds. All events were at clay birds.
unknown traps aud angles, Sergeant system. all
standing at sixteen yards. The scores; Nav I'm.
known Traps and angle = Gore =; %9ssSten9' han4;-
handicap 9, 81: [. q. Bennett, handicap 4, 10; Donley
bsh5 IN n "a 80; 2 J. J. r OBJ t'f hsnddisaS a. :. i y; br. il.
l.. o BIter. handicap .. II; Warren II. Thompson.
Gu 1dyo@Hipstitton-Twenty.ay yard. per man
withdrew: kasch. handicap q; 23; Bennett, handi-
ThSm nj SON p handioap :. 81 S. ]: Tf3Splitz.- h]andiosp
i i 5,t {Ti.hdFsT v F f. I +; /; 9Bri Sasa Rsn5is 8, a. );
John L. ~Gaughen. handicap 4. 49, {. c. Fleet. handi-
Match for tho New Utrecht Rod ard Gun Clubs
Challenge Plate Thirty singles and ten pairs per
end s pairs; Frederick a. Thompson, challenger.
broke o slngles and o pairs p., p.
Thompson. 81 Deacon. I; Sostrand. 81 Frost. g.
nett, i, T$oipiitt,; i RR;s5; a 4 TBB S@aPP IS
", 4 Thomson, t5i M9rtiinsr ian pruhf' ~ H.
The Brooklyn Gun Club members held forth at
the Union Course, and Manager Wright and his as
siStants were kept busy in completing the events
before ~darkress set III. Several hundred targets
were thrown; The shooteF : were we're al a. tn9 sixteen
Tsg Targets, K h5G n T WagSs ana "a 3 MiIiSen' t;
D%G Ciab Shoot %; AG at JFtiftsen Bird; Per MinsS%oSode, IL;
butcher. $; Wright, y Pat9Tson, p,-. Watch.
8; DR.. Kemble, 3.
PuI.ApELrHIA, Jan. 2l.-The Keystone Shooting
League held a special event at Holmesburg Junction
to-day. The principal contest was a l5o-bird match
between L. d. Fulforl of Utica and Kollo Hcikcs Of
ccgssi"naiiy missed easy birds. but their shooting
was fairly good. Heikes won by a score of l2o to
1913. The other results werei
Neutrality-suspicious. BIRDS; $1.6o entrancc-Ful-
ford. 10: Waiter Stevenson. II; j. J; HRllGwell. -;
II, Hcikes. IA. +. s. Remsen, -; william Pack, Is:
j. Tanning, rs; f. Taylor, II; Duke. ~: c. Dudley,
II; j. Burton. II; O. Anderson. II; 4. - Clrtlctge,
IL l. W. Budd, II: II. Ridge. II; W. ii, NOlsten-
croft, II; A. Ross, III Capt. Money, u; B. Waters.
II. ii /. Lands, iOi Il. Banks. TO- II. Thurman. .;
sweeprtakes-2 BIRDS $50 cntrance-Ridgc 1Ni
Usikes, 10; Pack, 10, Itrmsen. Is; Halluwell, 10;
lands, rs. Wolstencroft. IL; Burton, II; CARTRIDGE.
II; Banks, 1T3 Stevenson. II; Didley. 10, flaming,
ib; Money. 10; Budd, ~.
President Mariners Trophies for Chess
Players.
President Martinez of the Manhattan Chess
Club has given to the New York State Chess
Association a handsome silver cup. to be pre-
scented to the winner of the championship tour
uament on Washington'S Birthday IL this city.