Aug. 8, 1895.] 



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Trap at Washington, D. C. 



Baltimore, Md., July SO. — The Maryland and District of Columbia 

 Trap-Shooters 1 League held its second tournament to-day in the city 

 of Washington on the grounds Cor rather over the waters) of the Capi- 

 tal City Gun Club. In the language of the immortal CtBsar, the out-of- 

 town; visitors can say, ''We came, we shot, we sweltered." why it is 

 necessary for a shooting match to be held in such close proximity to 

 the sulphur regions (inferring that they were not far distant, judging 

 from the superabundance of high temperature) is a problem I have 

 not yet been able to solve. Surely, however, not because it is "Smoke- 

 less." 



Washington, at its best in summer, is conducive to cooling drinks; 

 at its worst, and that is over in southern Georgetown on the flats 

 (where mosquitoes grow so big that a visitor shot one, mistaking it for 

 a snipe) — at its worst, the effects are such that nothing short of a 

 Keely Cure will enable one to again properly take one's nourishment. 

 It is a strange though kindly providence, however, which, notwith- 

 standing the conditions, enables the human frame to accommodate 

 itself to its environments; and while the Washington shooters are, aB 

 a rule, a cadaverous-looking lot, they are an awfully unsafe crowd to 

 place your money against when shooting on their own, or. In fact, on 

 any grounds. There were about thirty shooters in attendance, most 

 of whom participated in the majority of the events. 



There is not much sky around Washington, except above it and 

 that's a long way off, and when you come to throw targets from 'the 

 middle of a marsh, with trees 1n every direction, targets have to be 

 thrown at an angle of about 90° if it is intended that they shall have 

 the sky as a background. The trappers, in order to even things up, 

 applied the same mathematical calculations to t he quartering birds, 

 and the way in which they whizzed by the end of the screen at direct 

 right angles and started toward Baltimore generally guaranteed them 

 an unimpedel flight had they but the staying power to make the dis- 

 tance. Shooting began about 10:30 A. M. and continued until 6:33 P. 

 M., with but a slight interruption of fifteen minutes at noon, when the 

 cravings of one's inner consciousness were appeased. 



The club team race was the center of interest ; there were four teams 

 present, representing the Capital City Gun Club, of Washington ; the 

 Standard Gun Club, the Baltimore Shooting Association, and the 

 Green Spring Valley Gun Club, of Baltimore. The Capital City boys 

 got a little the best of the contest and seem now to have a pretty 

 strong cinch on firBt place, having made the highest averages at each 

 of the league tournaments which have taken place. The day, barring 

 the uncanny heat, was a most enj jyable one and everyone went home 

 pleased, with the exception perhaps of the ones who failed to laud. 

 They were rather quiet and reflective. How hard it comes, but oh, 

 how easy it goes, at a §1.50 and $2 entrance. 



The next league shoot will be held on the grounds of the Standard 

 Gun Club, Baltimore, on Wednesday, Aug. 7. All shooters, whether 

 ' members of clubs or not, are invited to be present at these tourna- 

 ments. The following are the scores: 



No. 1, 10 targets, $1: Wagner 9, Bond 8, Gulick 6, Eldridge 8, Arnold 



7, McKnew 9, Hood 7, Rothwell 9, Thomas 7, Heiskell 5, White 8 Ma- 

 lone 9, Matttngly 9, Smith 7, Buckbee 8, Hamilton 7, Hartner 10, Dixon 



8, Randall 7, Hawkins 7, Gant 8, Bird 9, Lupus 7, Penrose 8 



No. 2, 15 targets, $1.50: Wagner 14, Arnold 14. Heiskell 9, White 11, 

 McKnew 10, Thomas 8, Band 15, Hawkins 13, Claridge 14, Penrose 13, ' 

 Malone 18, Hood 9, Rothwell 13, Mattingly 12, Dixon 8, Randall 11, 

 Bird 11, Gent 12, Hamilton 10, Lupus 13, Smith 18, Lee 12, Hartner 13. 



No. 3, 20 targets, $2: 

 Wagner.. ..11101101111101111111-17 Malone ... .11111110110111111101— 17 



Arnold 11110111 1011 10011101 — 15 Penrose.... 011 11 11 1000110011100-12 



Heiskell. ..11101110110100100000— 10 Bird 01111110110111000100-12 



White 01111011111111111111-18 Randall.... 1 1001 10011 1101111111 — 15 



McKnew... 01011111110010001111— IS Hartner.... 0101101111 1001111111— 15 



Thomas.. ..01010111110110001111—13 Hood 1011101110r.l011111ll-i6 



Lee 00110110111111011011—14 Gent 11110111100111001101—14 



Bond 11110011110011111100—14 Dixon 10111010101101100110—12 



Hawkins.. 11100111111111111110-17 Hamilton.. 10111101110111111001— 15 



Claridge... 11011111111101111010— 16 Pruitt 111111111 11 liomill— 19 



Mattingly .11111101111111111111— 19 Wise 10110110111111191110-15 



Rothwell. .01111010111011101101—14 



No. 4, same: 



Wagner.. ..01001111111111011101— 15 Malone.... 11110111001011111110-15 

 Arnold.... 11111111011111111111— 19 Penrose.. ..11111111 111010111101-17 



Heiskell... 00100010011011110101— 10 Dixon 10111111000111111011—15 



White 10011110111101111110—15 Gent 01110111111111111110-17 



McKnew... 11111111111111101111— 19 Lee 11111011001100110111—14 



Thomas.... 101100111001 00011100— 10 Randall.... 01 111001111011111010-14 



Claridge... 11100110111111111111— 17 Hood 11111011110110111110-16 



Mattingly. 11111110110111111101— 17 Wise 11100111111110111111-17 



Bond 01011111101011111011-15 Pruitt 10101101110111111111—16 



Hawkins . .11001111011111111111—17 Smith lllOlOlllOHOOllOlll— 14 



No. 5, 15 birds, $1.50: Wagner 15, Arnold 13, Heiskell 12, White 14, 

 McKnew 13, Thomas 7, Hawkins 14 Bond 13, Bird 12, Rothwell 14, 

 Mattingly 14, Hall 14, Claridge 13, Hartner 14, Penrose 14, Malone 12, 

 McLeod 14, Gent 11, Lupus 12, Dixon 13, Ashford 9, Buckler 14, Smith 



13, Hamilton 10, Pruitt 14, Wise 13, Hood 8, Fristor 10, MeKeldon 14. 

 No. 6, team race, 25 birds per man: 



Capital City Gun Clab 



Wagner 1111101111111111111110111-23 



Arnold 1111111111111101111111100-22 



McKelden 1011111111111110111011111-22 



McLeod 1111110101111111111111111—23 



Pruitt 1111010111111111101111111—22 



Mattingly 1110111111111111111111011-23—135 



Baltimore Shooting Ass'n 



Claridge 0011111101011011111111111—20 



Hall 1111111111111111110110111—23 



Malone 1111 11111 ill 1 11 1 11 1111101—24 



Hartner , 1111111111111111010101111—22 



Penrose 1110111011110111101111101—20 



Hood 0111110111010100110111101—17—126 



Green Spring Va lev. 



White i 1110111101111111011111111-22 



Heiskell 1100101100111000110111110— 15 



Thomas OOlOlHliOlOimiOOlOllll— 17 



Hamilton 1111110101111010101101001 - 17 



Cockey 11110iimomi0i01l01111-20 



Baker 1 1 1 01 001010001 10 0000101 0—1 0—101 



Standard Gun Cub. 



Bond 1111111111111111111111111—25 



Hawkins 1111101111101011111111110-21 



Lupus 0111111011111 '11 11 1111110—52 



Derball 0110111111110101111111111-20 



Buckbee 101111110111 111110111101 1=— 21 



Bonday 1111101111011111101111111—22—132 



No. 7, 15 targets, $1.50: Wagner 15. Arnold 11, Heiikell 9, White 13, 

 McKnew 10, Thomas 12, Barker 10, Cociiey 11, McLeod 12, Pru tt 15, 

 Fristoe 9, Gent 12, Hamilton 13, Claridge 12, Hawkins 14, Hall 14. Bird 



14, Penrose 13, Dixon 8, Bond 12, Wise 11, Broshean 12, Malone 13, 1'at- 

 tingly 12, McKeldon 14, Ashford 4. 



No. 8, 20 targets, 32: 

 Wagner.. .11111111101111111111—19 Barker..,. 10111111001110011111— 15 

 Arnold . . . .11111111111110011111— 18 Ooekey . . . .011011111101011 1 nil— 16 

 Heiskell... 101 lOOUOiOllOlllliO— 13 Claridge. . .1101111011 HiooilOi 1—15 



White 11101111100100011110-13 Hawkins . .100111101111111 1 11.0 — 16 



McKnew ..10001111111111110111—16 Pruitt 110111110111101111:0—16 



Thomas.. ..11101101110101010011— 13 Heiskell. . .011110110011111110(0— 13 

 McLeod.. ..1101110! 111111111101— 17 Hamilton.. lOlllllllloioiOilK 1— 15 



Fristoe.... 1001001101111111 111 1—14 Baker lllllOOOlllOlOlKTOO— 11 



Hood 01111101101111101110—15 Penrose... .100111011011011. 1111— 15 



No. 9. 20 targets, $2: 



Mattingly.. 11110111111111011111 — 18 White 01 011 1 101O101 11 K 111—14 



Gent 11011110011110110111-15 McKnew. ..0110110101011110)000-11 



Malone . . . .11111011111110111101-17 Thomas. ...llOlOllllllllllO 010—15 



Bird 10100101111110001011-12 Coekey. .. .11111011011110101100— 14 



Wise 01011001001011101011—11 Brashean . .011101011111001 11011—13 



Dixon 11H0100100111011110—13 Barker ... .lOlOlOllOtllOll'l illl— 14 



Wagner... .1111 1101 111101111111—18 Claridge. . .111111111111111 11110-19 



Arnold.... 0111 11 11 10101 1110111—16 Pruitt 1011111111 1111! 11101—18 



Hamilton. .10110010111111111111-16 Penrose. . . .1011111011111111111 — IS 



No. 10, 15 targets, SI 50: Wagner 15, Arnold 13, Hamilton 10. White 



12, Thomas 13, Pruitt 14, Penrose 11, Mattingly 11, Coekey 11. 1 rasbear 

 10, Wise 13, Hawkins 14, Malone 14, McKelden 12, Claridge 10, Thomas 



13. Stanley. 



Vernon Rod and Gun Club. 



Brooklyn, N. Y., J uly 27.— The regular Saturday shoot of the Vernon 

 Rod and Gun Club was held this afternoon, under very inauspicious 

 conditions as regards the weather. The wind blew a gale all the time, 

 while driving rain and heavy, dark clouds made it difficult to get on to 

 the erratic flights or the blue rocks. Woods's average of 83 per cent, 

 was exceptionally good. The scores were: 



Events: 12 3 4 5 6 789 10 



Woods 8 7 10 8 . . 7 . . 8 22 9 



Edwards 7 8 4 7 . . 6 . . 6 15 7 



Welles 4 9 8 7 .. 8 .. 9 17 . . 



Gray 1 1 . . . , 3 . . 5 3 . . . . 



Thompson 8 7.. ., 0.. 7 7 13.. 



Allen 4 5.... 5 . . 4 



Dr. Little 6 8 6 7 9 7 18 9 



Bnrham 6 3 5 3 4 



Bishop 9 8.. 7 .. 7 16 8 



Oaterhart. 0.. 5 7.. 5 



Lahey 4 .. 2 



Ail events were at 10 targets, except No. 9, which was 25 targets, 



The Question of "Proper Angles." 



The team races at the New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League tourna- 

 ments are shot at known traps, unknown angles. Prior to 1895 the 

 races have been shot at known traps and known angles. This year, 

 however, at the annual meeting, the delegates by a very narrow 

 margin, the casting vote of the chairman, we believe, decided to 

 change the conditions to unkaown angles. This decision, imposing as 

 it did more severe conditions upon young and more inexperienced 

 clubs, resulted in the secession of one club and caused considerable 

 dissatisfaction in one or two other instances. 



Forest and Stream has twice called attention to what it believed to 

 be the inevitable results of such a change— dissatisfaction with the 

 manner in which the targets were thrown. A third case occurred at 

 the last tournament, the one held on Thursday, July 25, on the 

 grounds of the Union Hill Gun Club. In this case it was the flight of 

 a target, refused by a shooter, that caused the trouble, not the general 

 way in which the targets were thrown— everyoody was served alike. 

 Two or three of the trappers, however, took advantage of the traps 

 having no "stops" on them, and flung the targets up and down the 

 screen, the angles being very acute at times. 



The incident occurred when the first team was shooting— the Union, 

 of Springfield "Uncle Billy" Sigler, one of the best shots in the 

 league, and probably without a peer of his own age at targets, drew 

 an extreme left-quarterer from no. 3; it went right down the screen 

 and low at that. He refused it. Another target was allowed and 

 again he refused to shoor, the target taking the same flight exactly. 

 His third target, almost a straightaway, was pulverized. There waa 

 a good deal of kicking at the scoring of a dead bird to Sigler, but we 

 believe that the decision was absolutely correct,- as the two previous 

 targets were certainly outsidi the limits prescribed by the American 

 Shooting Association rules— the rules by which the New Jersey Trap- 

 Shooters' League contests are governed. Sec. 12 of the League's by- 

 laws says: '-The shooting rules of the League shall be those of the 

 American Shooting Association, revised edition, with the exception 

 that amount of shot shall not exceed lJ4oz." (The last reservation 

 appears to be unnecessary, as neither of the revised editions permits 

 more than Ikioz. of shot.) 



Rule 13 of' the A. S. A. trap-shooting rules, revised 1830, and rul* 7 

 of the A. S. A. trap shooting rule*, revised by C. W. Dimick, lt>93, 

 govern the point above stated, each using precisely the same wording. 

 After prescribing the adjusting of the traps. and the proper flight of 

 each target, Section 3 states: ' After the 'traps are set for their 

 angles, if the target for any reason shall take a different course, it 

 shall be considered a fair target, provided the trap has not been 

 changed." In the instance above cited, the contest was at unknown 

 angles, therefore the trap had been changed. No set of A. S. A. rules, 

 revised or unrevised, tackles contests either at unknown angles or 

 under expert, rules; therefore, by implication, we must presume that 

 all angles in unknown angle events should be within the limits pre- 

 scribed in the rule above mentioned. Hence we think tdat the 

 referee's decision on Sigler's target was correct. A .protest was 

 lodged against it being scored "dead," not from any vindictive feeling, 

 but simply for the sake of having this question of what is, and what is 

 not, a proper angle defined so far as the team contests of the New 

 Jersey Trap-Shooters' Laague are concerned. 



Section 3 above quoted will, we think, be a surprise to many shootei s 

 who have been under the impression that, when shooting at known 

 angles, they could properly refuse a target that takes a wrong flight 

 through some fault of the trap, or error of the trapper — .such as put- ' 

 ting the target, in the carrier without, pushing it up solidly, etc. This 

 section says positively that, provided the trap has not been charged, 

 such a target is a fair target. 



Both books of A. S. A. rules quoted from above also contain a sec- 

 tion that is surely clerically incorrect: Section 1 of Rule 20 of the 1890 

 revision, and Section 1, Rule 19 of Dimick's revision, define the rea- 

 sons for which a shooter shall be allowed another target. Section 2 of 

 these rules states how such other targets shall be thrown as follows: 

 "When the shooting is at known angles he shall have another target 

 from thesame trap; but if the shooting is at unknown angles he shall 

 have another target from an unknown trap, to be decided by the indi- 

 cator, except it be the last trap, when tbe shooter has the right to 

 know which trap is to be sprung. In this case he shall have another 

 target from the same trap." The evident intention must have been 

 to make the words in italics read "known traps" and "unknown 

 traps." (The italics in all cases are ours.) It is unnecessary to state 

 that, as far as we know, such has always been the interpretation of 

 this rule. An effort is being made by tbe recently organized Ameri- 

 can Trap Shooters' League to provide clubs with an up-to-date and 

 perfected set of rules that shall clear up as far as possible all am- 

 biguities in the sets ot rules now in general use, and wuieh shall also 

 decide many other moot points not touched by thase same rules. 

 Such a book of rules, it must be conceded, the trap-shooting fraternity 

 stands much in need of. These last remarks apply not only to target- 

 shooting, but also to live-bird shooting. 



Council Bluffs [Gun Club. 



Council Bluffs, Ia„ July 20.— A few members of the Council Bluffs 

 Gun Cub held a live-bird shoot at the club's grounds to-day. The 

 conditions were: 30yds. rise, 80yds. boundary. Tne birds were a cap- 

 ital lot, only two requiring the use of scare ropes. Following ia the 

 score: 



No. 1. No. 2. 



Beresheim. 1 1 • 1 1 1 1 1— 7 121112111 1—10 



Kingsberry 2 2222121a 1—10 22221*201 1— 8 



Highsmith •1020011 1— 5 001011121 1—7 



Duncan 011112110 1—8 



Harding 1 o 1 2 1 a • 1 0— C 



Pyper 02221200 0— 5 12111 2 212 0—9 



Stubbs 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1—9 



West 2 1 2 1 2 1 • 1 1 1— 9 



Grahim i 01111212 2—9 111111111 1—10 



Palmer 1012222«»a— 7 



Charles Matthai, fccorer. 



Brunswick Gun Club. 



New Brukswick, N. J , July 27.— Fourteen members of the Brune- 

 w ok Gun Cub took part in the club's monthly shoot this afternoon. 

 R M. Pettit headed the list with 24 out of 25, missing his seventh 

 target; Stevens scored 23, tieing Van Dyke for second place; Hoag- 

 land with 22, and Blish and Nicholson with 21 each. All shot wed. 

 Tne conditions of the club shoot are: 25 targets per man, unknown 

 aigl<>8. Score: 



R M Pettit 1111110111111111111111111—24 



H K Stevens ...1111111101111101111111111—23 



FVan Dyke 1 111 lllllllll 101 mil 1110— 23 



I Hoagland 1101111111101111111111101—22 



J A Bush lllllllllllOoOliOllllllll— 21 



R C Nicholas lllllllllllOllllOJ 10101 11 — 21 



E Reynolds 0101 11 1 11 1 11 1010001 11 ill 1 — 19 



M Allen 101 01 1011 101001 1 1 101 111 11— 1 8 



C Oakley 1110100011011101101111110—17 



Dr H Iredell lllllOOlOlllOlOllOlOOIlll— 17 



H B Smith 011011100I10U11001101101-16 



J S VoorheeB lOlOllllOOOOOOlllOOlllOOO— 12 



G W Strong,... 0101011011110110111001010—15 



J Parsons 0000010001000101 000000000— 4 



Worcester Gun Club. 



The Worcester (Mass.) Gun Club is bent, on keeping up the interest 

 of its members in trap-shooting. The Forehand Arms Company's 

 trophy contests do a great deal to promote friendly rivalry among the 

 members, and in addition to these contests the club is now starting in 

 on a second series oi prize shoots similar to those which have just 

 been concluded. The manner in which these prize shoots are con- 

 ducted, their conditions, and the awarding of the prizes, will be inter- 

 esting as well as instructive to other gun clubs who may wish to adopt 

 similar methods of drawing out their members and increasing a 

 healthy interest in trap-shooting. The following clipping from the 

 Worcester (Mass.) Spy tells the whole of the story: 



"The series was 10 weeks at 30 targets each week, making 300 tar- 

 gets shot at, and the 8 best scores out of 10 were counted, that it 

 might not be absolutely necessary for a member to attend every shoot 

 in order to get a prize, and in the eight weeks 240 birds were shot at. 

 The poorer shooters were given a number of "dead" birds to bring 

 taem up to 80 per cent., the average standing of the best shooters, 



who, to keep up their average, were obliged to break 24 targets out of 

 the 30 shot at, and were handicapped by the number of birds given 

 those who could not shoot so well. That this handicap was a good 

 one is shown by the totals, where a dozen or more men are bunched 

 together with only 20 targets difference between the highest and the 

 lowest, and that the system was satisfactory is shown by the harmony 

 and friendly rivalry which prevailed among the shooters. The handi- 

 cap proved, unintentionally to the committee, to be more difficult for 

 the older than for the younger shooters, and the more experienced 

 marksmen had to shoot the best they could all the time, while some of 

 those who have been ranked as poor shooters went above their aver- 

 age. 



"Of the 210 targets in eight weeks, Jay Snell got eight full scores, 

 and won the first prize, a 8100 Lovell Diamond bicycle, given by the 

 Lovell Arms and Cycle Company. John B. Tougas came next with 

 235, and has the second prize, a $35 gold watch, given by A. B. F. 

 Kinney. Charles H, Goodell got 234, winning the third prize, a $35 

 silver tea service, given by Nelson H. Davis. Charles A. Parker had 

 233, with which he took the fourth prize, a banquet lamp, given by O 

 S. Kendall & Co. Thomas H. Davis is fifth with 232, and wins a silver 

 ice pitcher, given by the Clark Sawyer Company. The sixth prize is a 

 silver watch, valued at $-.10. given by A. B. F. Kinney, and was won by 

 Frank A. Caswell, with a score of 226. The seventh prize is a $10 gun 

 case, given by A. B. F. Kinney, and was won by Frederick Bucklin 

 with a score of 223. C. Henry Colvin made a score of 220, and wins a 

 pair of custom trousers, given by Davis & Co. This prize has seemed 

 for the last few weeks likely to go to John Mascroft, of Sutton, who 

 would not have required less than 10yds. for the pattern, and Messrs. 

 Davis & Co. should do a good job for 'Harvey,' and feel under lasting 

 obligations to him for helping them out. 



"The gun club intended to send the largest man they had and get 

 the most they could for the present, but the severe storm interfered, 

 and lightning struck where it did. Samuel Randall scored 219, and 

 has his choice in a year's subscription to the daily papers. Estabrook 

 takes tenth prize with a score of 213, and wins his cboice of sporting 

 papers, one year's subscription. John T. Mascroft and Earl W. Ide 

 are tied with 210 for the eleventh prize, a $0 silk umbrella given by 

 the George H. Corbett Company. Caspar Mifflin Brown scored 208, 

 and gets twplfth prize, an alligator hand-bag, given by S E. Hanson. 

 Erford A. Holmes comes thirteenth with 204, and wins a pair of $4 

 shoes, given by George C. Hunt & Co. Charles E. Forehand's score 

 was 203, and he wins a hat, given by Edward B Olapp. William H 

 Farnsworth is fifteenth with a score of 163, and wins the barred owl 

 given by Charles K. Reed." 



West Newburgh Gun and Rifle Association. 



Newbdrgh, N. Y., July 25 —Our regular Thursday shnot to-day was 

 well attended. Lunch consisted of roast pigeon, pickled sweetbreads, 

 etc., Steward Gidney getting there in fine shape, as usual. The fea- 

 ture of the day was the shooting of Taggart, Wood and Higginson. 

 Taggart at live birds killed his 10 straight with one barrel only; his 

 total for the afternoon was 24 out of 25, 16 of them one-barrel kills 



Io the prize shoot, Wood won a heat for the first prize— ten-dollar 

 gold piece; Higginson won a heat for the second prize— five-dollar gold 

 piece. Scores: 



Prize shoot, 25 targets— 10 known angles, 3 pairs and 9 unknown 

 angles— handicap of misses as breaks: 



Wood (5) 1111111111 111110 111111010-27 



Higginson (0) 1111111111 10 1110 llloiiin_2a 



Taylor (0) 1100101111 11 11 11 011011111-20 



Likely (3) 1001111010 01 11 11 011001111-20 



Gibbs (4) 1011010111 00 00 00 111111111—20 



Taggart (4) OKOOllOll 11 10 10 111101001—19 



Uhadwick(lO) 0100000110 10 11 10 100001000—19 



Kissam (3; 1001011101 10 10 00 010111111—18 



Stansborough (3) 0000111110 10 10 10 100010011—15 



No. 2, 15 targeis. unknown angles Higeinson, Likely and Taylor 13, 

 Wood 11. Kissam 9. Gibbs 3, Chadwick 6 ' 



No. 3, 10 live birds: 



Taggart 1-111111111-10 Wood 1220102211— 8 



Taylor 1212121211—10 Stansborough 22122»2w — 6 



Higginson 2» .'22 2 2221— 9 



Other live-bird scores shot during the day were: Taggart 14 out of 

 15, Higginson 9 out 10, Taylor 4 out of 5, Likely 8 out of 10, Gibbs 2 out 

 of 5 - David Brown. 



A Press Team Race. 



About 10:30 A. M. on Saturday morning last, July 27, the trap editor 

 of Forest and Stream walked into the store of Von Lengerke & Det- 

 mold. Be found Major J. M. Taylor, of the American Field, and Mr. 

 Jacob Pentz, of Shooting and Fishing, already in possession. The 

 lesult of the meeting of "three of a kind," as Carl Von Lengerke put 

 it, was the following: 



While we were talking together Carl said: "Why don't you three 

 each choose a team and shoot a race for the honor of your papers 

 calling the teams by your paper's name?" After discussing the ques- 

 tion, we came to the conclusion that we might all happen to want the 

 same shooter, which would complicate matters. It was then agreed 

 that if possible we would promote a tournament at which the Forest 

 and Stream's, A merican Field's and Shooling and Fishimfs teams 

 should be a special feature. Although the idea is yet in embryo, the 

 scheme for chosing the teams may be as follows: The three above- 

 named representatives of the sportsmen's press shall meet and to- 

 gether select (say) 36 names of prominent shooters who live within 

 easy reach of New York. Dates for the tournament (probably early 

 in October) will be chosen and the 36 shooters will be written to, ask- 

 ing them to attend and take part in the team race. (The number of 

 shooters is not limited to 36, but that number at least will be in- 

 cluded.) 



To do away with the difficulty of choosing the teams, the names of 

 all the shooters will be placed in a hat and the representatives of the 

 papers named will then draw their teams. All conditions are as yet 

 only in the rough, but we believe that such a race wil not only attract 

 shooters, but will make a good nucleus for a rattling tournament. It 

 will certainly add to the interest already excited in trap-shooting. 



Canadian Trap Scores. 



Hamilton, Can., July 28.— To-day was the occasion of the shoot at 

 Brantford for the Big Four prizes. The attendance was good, the 

 weather delightful and the tournament an entire success. In the 

 team race there were six entries: 3 from Toronto, 2 from the Gait 

 Gun Club and 1 from the Mallard Gun Club, of Hamilton. The Mal- 

 lard Gun Club's team won the race with 90 out of 100, No 1 team of 

 the Stanley Gun Club, of Toronto, being a good second with a total of 

 88. The following were the scores in this match, each man shooting 

 at 20 targets: * 



Mallard Gun Club Hamilton: Cliff 19, Smyth 18, Clyne 18, Marshall 

 18, Patterson 17-90. • 



Stanley Gun Club, Toronto, No. 1: Wilton 19, Lucas 19, Gordon 18, 

 George 16, Casey 16-88. 



Gait Gun Club, No. 1: Wayper 20, Smith 19, Thompson 18. Wheeler 

 15, Campbell 12-84. 



Stanley No. 2: McDowall 19, McCleary 19. Rice IG.TippettlO Mus- 

 son 13-83. ' 



Gait No. 2: Patrick 18, Draisey 18, R. C. Patrick 17, Gress 14, Tre- 

 main 14—81. 



Victoria Gun Club, Toronto: Crew 19, Burgess 16, Myler 16 Enoch 

 14, Beatty 14-79. ' 



WESTERN TRAPS. 



Chicago, 111., July 27.— My attention is asked to the fact that In the 

 report of Cleveland shoot a "world's record" waa claimed for the 

 squad which broke 116 out of 120 targets. This is well meant, but not 

 quite correct, as reference to the types will show that the report said 

 "This broke the squad record," meaning of course the squad record 

 for that shoot only. With Mr. Waddell's DuPont Smokeless pictures 

 all about as they were, one could not well have forgotten, even had he 

 wished to do so, the fact that the squad record of all shoots, so far as 

 we know at date, was broken by the six men who ran 119 out of 120 at 

 the Cincinnati DuPont tournament, which was duly shown in the re- 

 port for that shoot and elsewhere. This would not affect the Cleve- 

 land squad record, nor its mention as news. It is also pointed out that 

 in the (exclusive) Forest and Stream report of the Nebraska State 

 shoot a "world's record" was claimed for 83 out of 90. I find no men- 

 tion in that report (or the Cleveland report) of this being claimed for 

 any powder. The term "world's record" is one that is often heard in 

 a newspaper office, but I don't think Forest and Stream is likely to 

 use it to the detriment of any of its friends. It couldn't afford to and 

 doesn't want to, I thiuk one may make bold to say. Forest and 

 Stream is about as big and square as they make 'em. 



raneak.ee county gun club. 



They used to shoot ducks alone the Kankakee, but now they shoot 

 targets. On Aug. 7, 8 and 9 the Kankakee Gun Club will give a nice 

 little tournament, with £300 added to induce the attendance of those 

 who used to shoot ducks and now shoot targets, or those who still 

 shoot both, or those who don't shoot either very much. All will be 

 welcome. Kankakee is only sixty miles from Chicago and is a nrettv 

 place at this season. y * 



Aug. 3 is the day set for the juvenile live-bird race at Watson's 

 Park, Burnside; also for the GarfwId-Eurt-ka club race at the Eureka 

 grounds; should the latter race go through as planned, there should 

 be interest in each event. e Houqh 



