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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Aug. 10, 1895. 



The "Hollywood Championship" at live birds, under the manage- 

 ment of J. 8. Hoey, manager, of Hollywood, West End, N. J., is an- 

 nounced for Aug. 20, at 11 A. M., on the Hollywood Shooting grounds. 

 The conditions governing are: 100 live birds, $100 entrance, 30yds. 

 rise; entries to close on Tuesday, Aug. 13: five entries to fill; 50* to 

 the first, .SO* to the second, 10* to the third, with 10* to the club; post 

 entries, $150, will be received up to noon on the day of the contest. 

 Up to Aug. 5 Mr. Hoey had received three entries. 



Fred Hoey arrived in this city on Sunday, August 4, after an' 

 extended tour through Europe. He has tested the. quality of the birds 

 at the Gun Club, London; at Monaco, Paris. Rome and Aix-les-Bains, 

 and has brought back with him a high opinion of those birds as flyers. 

 On the whole, his trip may be described as a most successful one, 

 Hoey having shown the Europeans that there are Americans who can 

 shoot live birds. It is said that he contemplates a return to the 

 Monaco grounds in 1896. 



A curious coincidence occurred in a sweep shoot at Dexter Park, 

 L. I., on the afternoon of July 30: The sweep had six entries and six 

 different brands of nitro powder were used. The contestants and 

 their powders were: L. H. Pcborteineier, E. C; M. Herrington, W. A.; 

 J. H. Richmond, Walsrode; Dr. G. V. Hudson, American Wood; 

 W. E. Hogan, Schultze, and J. H. Voss, DuPont's Smobel#ss. 

 _ A recent issue of the Pittsburg, Pa., Dispatch contains some par- 

 ticulars of a team match that was to be decided, according to the 

 above authority, on Aug. 8. The race was stated to be for five-men 

 teams from clubs in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, 50 targets 

 per man. A trophy was to be donated by the Herron Hill Gun Club, 

 of Pittsburg, under whose auspices the shoot was to be held. 



H. M. Federhen, Jr., Secretary of the Boston, Mass., Shooting Asso" 

 ciation, has issued a programme of an all-day shoot of the Association 

 at Wellington, Mass., on Friday next, Aug. 1G. On this date one of 

 the programme events will be the five-men team championship con- 

 test for 1 ho Shooting and Fishing trophy. Besides a team for the 

 home club, teams for Worcester, Mass., and other clubs will compete. 



A notice is given elsewhere of the Interstate Association's pro- 

 gramme for the Charlotte, N. C, shoot on Aug. 27-29. There will be 

 quite a delegation of shooters from this part of the country, who will 

 journey to Charlotte for the sake of showing their appreciation of the 

 sportsmanlike qualities of the promoter of that tournament— Col. J. 

 T. Anthony. 



Capt. Money has been showing the English trap-shooters that we 

 know how to break targets over here. The Captain held up his- end 

 with the boys, winning quite his share of the purses. The club he 

 shot with was the West Kent Gun Club, of Eltham. 



The organisation of the Cook County Trap-Shooters 1 League will be 

 a good thing for trap-shooting in Chicago. The example of the Chi- 

 cago trap-shooters might be followed in several localities with much 

 resultant benefit to the sport. 



That was quite a team race last Saturday afternoon at Chicago. 

 Teams of 18 men from the Eureka and Garfield Gun Clubs, of 

 Chicago, Bis., met, each team shooting at 450 targets. The Eurekas 

 won by 6 targets— 370 to 364. 



Next week will be a very quiet one in the trap-shooting world, judg- 

 ing from our list of fixtures. The Pennsylvania State shoot at 

 Holmesburg Junction is the main attraction for the week following. 



Long races are becoming much more popular as the degree of ex- 

 pertness of shooters increases; 25 and 50- target races will be much 

 more common next year than they were this season. 



We understand that the Climax Gun Club, of Plainfield, N. J., will in 

 all probability give a two day's tournament toward the latter part of 

 September; first day— targets, second day— live birds. 



The Boiling Springs Gun Club, of Rutherford, N. J , realized quite a 

 little sum at their shoot on August 3, held for the benefit of the cyclone 

 sufferers at Cherry BUI, N. J. 



The opening day at Elkwood Park, N. J., is to be Aug. 15, when> a 

 special programme is offered, as per a note that appears elsewhere in 

 these columns. 



The Home City Gun Club, of Springfield, O., announces that it will 

 hold its second monthly tournament (professionals barred) on Tues- 

 day, Aug. 27. 



On July 27 the Menominee (Mich.) Gun Club defeated the Green 

 Bay team in a match at 30 bluerocks per man by the score of 186-164. 



It looks as if one was going to meet the regular old Interstate crowd 

 at Charlotte: Heikes, Van Dyke, DuBray, XL M. C. Thomas, etc. 



A gun club will be organized shortly at Faribault, Minn. The club 

 is expected to start with a good membership, 



The Sherburne, N. V., Gun Club will hold a two-days' tournament 

 on Aug. 29-30. ' 



Ralph Trimble, of Covington, Ky., showed his quality at the Lafay- 

 ette, Ind., shoot, reported elsewhere. Edward Basks. 



Albert Lea Gun Club. 



Albert Lea, Minn., July 25 —Scores given below were made at the 

 annual tournament of the Albert Lea Gun Club, which was held yes- 

 terday and to-day under the management of W. H. Fay. Some of the 

 best shots in the State were in attendance, and the tournament was a 

 complete success in every respect. As will be seen by. the scores 

 some excellent shooting was done, Duke in the last three events on 

 .the first day breaking 48 out of 50. Scores; 



Events: 



Targets: 



Mitchell 7 7 12 



Howard 8 13 13 11 13 9 12 13 ii 15 '9 U 13 *9 



Emery 9 13 14 9 18 8 13 14 14 18 9 14 14 12 



Orewood 6 . , 9 . . . . 6 12 10 



Laughlin 8 11 5 9 7 4 " 8 7 ~7 " " 



Burke 7 14 14 13 16 9 7 13 12 16 10 14 15 12 



JO-. 9 11 11 13 14 8 11 12 11 19 10 13 11 13 



Holt 8 12 15 13 19 10 13 13 14 19 10 15 13 12 



7 13 11 13 14 8 14 13 15 20 10 13 9 12 



£ e «lt 7 14 12 14 16 10 11 14 14 18 7 12 13 8 



Mo r? an 9 13 11 .. 8 13 11 .... 9 10 . 8 



Selbig 8 11 12 .. 15 5 11 7 . . . . 8 10 13 11 



Swenson 7 6 . . 12 . . 6 . . . 12 h 



J rue - y • 9 15 « 13 17 9 15 13 10 17 9 is 13 13 



Schuyler 7 7 9 . . 12 11 



Skinner , 12 9 " 



Chamberlaiu 9 ,. 



Willard 10 5 " '7 ii " 



Bierbauer 13 11 io 7 10 ii ii .'. 9 ii ii ' * 



Ward ,; 14 12 16 9 10 14 13 . . 8 9 10 12 



SSfe:«v;«v.v.v::;:: ^ :: ? u ! 6 9 13 6 13 •• 8 11 J2 13 



Seulpaugb 12 i.3 ii "7 'h 12 1*2 17 S 12 ii i6 



i» rd , 11 18 7 13 11 14 16 12 14 12 



Wade , 14 18 8 13 11 



Chute 10 15 9 10 13 13 18 



Jensen ^7 11 5 8 'fi '7 



:: :: :: .. :: :: :: :: 13 ! 4 :: $ -» iS 



WESTERN TRAPS. 



1 S 3 U 5 6 7 ' S 9 10 11 12 IS 1U 

 10 15 15 15 20 10 15 15 15 20 10 15 15 



15 



True, Jr.... 12 



Nos. l to 10 were . shot on Wednesday, July 24;' Nos.'il'to 14 'on 

 Thursday, July 25. W. G. Chamberlain. 



Syracuse Gun Club. 



o^k ,^' Si Y \ Jul y25.-At the medal shoot of the Syracuse Gun 

 Club held to-day George Mann and D. Lefever tied for the class A 

 medal. On the shoot off at 15 targets Mann won easily, scoring 14 to 

 Uncle Dan's 11. Hunter won the medal in class B. Scores- 

 Class A. 



Mann (46) 11110111111111 111011101111111001 11111111 JUlu 



Lefever (45) 111111111111101111110110111111111110111111113 



wuiard (50) iiioiiiioirioioiioiimonioooimiiiiioiioiiiiiii. 



Gmty (50) llllllllOOtllllOllOlOOUOllllllOOlllOIlllllOllllll— 



Class B. 



Hunter (48) llOllllllllOlinOlllllllOllllllOlllllOllllllllli _ 42 



Morris (43) 111110111101111111111111111011101110111101 Z|? 



F Lefever (43) 110101110111010111110110111111001011110011 _st 



Blizzard (45) 111011011110011101011011010101100110111110011 -30 



Cook County Trap-Shooters' League. 



ol £?^! Q ^W''i Alie - 5 ; _ ?f! ec i a ' to Forest and Stream: The trap- 

 shooters of Cook county, III., formed a permanent organization to- 

 night under the title of Cook County Trap-Shooters' League. The 

 officers elected were: President, R. S. Mott; Vice President. E E 

 Fox: Secretary, W. F. DeWolf ; Treasurer, Dr. C. W. Carson- Govern! 

 ing Committee, E. B. Knott and C B. Richards 1 uovern - 



«n?«^ D r„ Wil tJ? °9T d m °A th 'y sho °ts 'or trophies. The first shoot 

 will be held Aug. 30-31 > under the management of Chas. Grubbs, of 

 Montgomery W ard & Co The first annual tournament of the League 

 will be held during Thanksgiving week. 6 

 , J he ,7> eague ? composed of 25 clubs, with a total membership of 

 000. Its organization should be a great help to target-shooting in this 

 oib y- E. Hough 



THE DROPFBR DROPPED ON AGAIN. 



Chicago, 111., July 31.— It has always been my belief that the prac- 

 tice of crooked shooting was something to belaid partly at the door 

 of weak-minded managements as well as crooked-minded shooters, 

 and I have thought that a few examples made of crooked shooters 

 would be worth pages of resolutions in programmes. Following hard 

 upon the Chamberlin shoot, in which two shooters were disqualified 

 for dishonest shooting, comes word of the second case on record 

 where dropping has been punished. I am indebted to the Tribune, of 

 Chicago, for the following report of the Princeton, 11). , tournament, 

 which briefly states the incident referred to as below: 



"The eighth annual tournament of the Princeton Gun Club July 30 

 was attended by seventy marksmen from various towns of the State 

 in addition to local teams. Many of the contestants materially low- 

 ered their records. Winship, of Putnam, after breaking 28 birds in 

 the single 30 shoot, was ruled out, the referee claiming he had been 

 induced to miss the next bird for the sake of capturing a full second 

 money." 



The above is all the news at hand of the occurrence, and I do not 

 know of Winship personally. It seems to show, however, that there 

 is one more management which is not disposed to hearken any longer 

 to the old-time query: "How are you going to prove it?" Any man- 

 agement or any shooter who knows much about the tournament 

 game can see it and know it in at least some of its most flagrant forms 

 Very often it is only a question really of "How can you help seeing 

 g* After a while we shall hear more of managements who believe 

 their own eyes and who are not scared about acting on such testi- 

 mony. 



It appears that Princeton shoot must have bewi a good one. In 

 many events there were over forty entries. The scores: 



Team shoot: Sheffield 100, Neponset 99, Princeton 95, Kewanee 91, 

 out of a possible 120. 



Championship gold medal: Studley, of Neponset, won, score 80 out 

 of a possible 30; Bacon, of Henry, second, score 29. 



Fifteen singles: J. F. Wagner, of Princeton, won, score 15; Studley, 

 of Neponset, and Alexander, of Sheffield, tied for second. 



Twelve singles: The following broke 12 each, dividing the first prize: 

 Brown, of Princeton; Kopp, of Kewanee; Wagner and Stewart, of 

 Princeton, and Winship, of Putnam. 



Twenty singles: The following broke 19 and divided: Parchen, of 

 Ohio; Bacon, of Henry; D. Word, of Henry; Huckins, of Neponset, and 

 Brown, of Princeton. 



Fourteen singles: Studley, of Neponset, won, scoring 14. 



Ten singles: Winship and Alexander tied, scoring 10 each. 



Twelve singles: Snow, of Neponset, won, scoring 12. 



Twenty-five singles: Huckins won, scoring 25; Baker and Studlev 

 second, scoring 24 each. 



Five doubles: Huckins won, scoring 9. 



EDDIE MANAGES. 



™ Ed i iie . 5, ,n S fla . m : of toe band-loaded shell department of Montgomery 

 Ward & Co., will m a couple of days put a few hundred weight of 

 \ellow Label' shells in his carpetbag and start for Lake Geneva, 

 wis., where the Lake Geneva Gun Club have a two days' shoot, Aug. 

 2 and 3, which Eddie is to manage. Montgomery Ward & Co. give a 

 fine gun case for best daily average the second day. An attractive 

 little programme is offered and the event will of course be smooth 

 and pleasant. Targets thrown at 2 cents. 



CARRIES A CHIP. 



The Garfield Gun Club, of Chicago, carries a large, fat chip on its 

 shoulder. Aside from the team contest with the Eureka Gun Club 

 noted elsewhere, it is after Eureka about the State championship at 

 targets, and wants to shoot a race, 5 men teams, at 50 singles and 25 

 pairs, for the silver cup now held by the Eureka men. 



GOOD TIMBER. 



i Tb . e otber day Charlie Grubbs (also of Montgomery Ward & Co.'B 

 loading department, by the way) was trundling merrily down Madison 

 street on his little bicycle, when a big horse, driven by some gay 

 ?^, ema ^ Te ^ Te i up , and P,_ lun g ed . throwing one forefoot across the 

 frame of Mr Grubbs's machine. The weight of the horse's front lees 

 came on Mr. Grubbs and the machine jointly. The latter bucked and 

 sprung, throwing its rider, but escaping with only slight injury. Mr. 

 Grubbs carries a big black spot where the hoof hit him, but is not 

 complaining any. It would seem that both he and the wheel are 

 made of good timber. 



BIESS ITS HEART. 



I am credibly informed that a while ago a Chicago paper known as 

 the hame Dealer's Friend accused some English and American sport- 

 , £f- pap ? rsol L Deat,n g I* in getting out tabulated trap reports. The 

 Friend is understood to holler, "I saw it first." Bless its heart. For- 

 est and Stream was the first paper to boil scores, the first to run 

 news fresh (as it always does), the first to tabulate scores, the first to 

 give daily tournament averages, the first to see the value of getting in 

 all the events and getting them quickly though briefly, the first (and 

 °£ y * pa E er 2 t0 . ge ^ out graphic trap type for live-bird reporting-in 

 short, the first to do the sort of thinking which has made it univers- 

 ally recognized as the first trap paper of this or any other country, 

 it Forest and .stream were beaten, I don't know whether it would 

 w ,1?. °L no \ : Probably not, but we can't tell for sure until it is beaten, 

 and that looks a long way off. 



EUREKA — GARFIELD. 



t?!?^ 00 '^' « u & 3, ~ The ,. team J ace thia afternoon between the 

 Eureka and Garfield gun clubs, both of Chicago, turned out to be one 

 of the pleasantest affairs of the season. The weather was delightful, 

 the Eureka Club grounds were never In better order, and the mem- 

 bers of both clubs turned out in force, each man resolved to do bis 

 best. It was thought at first that it would be difficult to fill club 

 teams of 18 men each, but there were enough good men on hand for 

 each club, with plenty to spare. The utmost jollity and good feeling 

 prevailed, and the only thing to mar the pleasure is the thought that 

 GarfleFd gro^da AUg ' ^ return maton wiU 06 shot at 



These two clubs. Eureka and Garfield, are the two most important 

 target clubs in Chicago, if not in Illinois, the gun club of Pekin, III 

 being next m annual number of targets thrown. Both clubs are made 

 up of high class amateurs, numbers of professional and business men 

 being found in each Garfield Club includes six physicians on the 

 roster, and talks of changing its name to the "Garfield Medical Asso 

 ciation. Between the two organizations there has in™ h««n fWonrii, 



s ii ' 7, — ti T . . — "e — fa .»i u^Luo »u i,uo utuueiu itieuicai Asso- 

 ciation. Between the two organizations there has long been friendly 

 rivalry. Last year there were two team races, both of which were 

 won by Garfield Club Affairs were partially evened up to-day by the 

 winning of the Eurekas. Now comes the return race of 1895 and 

 some time before snow flies the two clubs will shoot a race for the 

 btate championship and the Shooting and Fishing silver trophy, 

 the conditions of this will be 5-men teams, 50 targets, 30 singles and 

 1U pftirs. 



The conditions to-day were 25 singles per man, every man expected 

 to do his duty. Some of them did and some of them didn't. The 

 squads were shot in sandwich fashion, first a Eureka man, then a 

 Garfield at the score. This allowed a checking up on results at the 

 e .*.£ f each squad, and much of the time the excitement was high. 

 At the end of the first squad Eureka felt glum, but gathered heart 

 later, in spite of the tact that some of its best men, like Charlie Wil- 

 !? r , d ,' , Edd . ie . Bingham and Big Adams were not in the firing line. Gar- 

 field kept hammering at the targets pretty steadily, and at the end of 

 the fourth squad, or 24 men out of the 36, the score was love-all, or 

 210 scored for each club. Then each club told what it was going to do 

 in the last squad, for which each had saved its gait. But it was in 

 squad No o that the race was won and lost, Eureka going ahead there 

 5 birds. In the last squad Garfield put up the veteran Abe Kleinman, 

 the expert Capt. Skinner and the reliable Henry Tefft. Eureka pro- 

 duced O d Hoss Stannard, the merry Oswald von Lengerke and the 



eady old-timer Atwater (who had not shot a gun for two years, but 

 vrnetheless took to it kindly). The Eureka men managed to gain 



t ' Ii obird m this squad round and went out winner by 6 birds 



'''' f !^ wa ?. on I y one straight made, that by M. C. Patterson, of the 

 0» -Felds, admitted before the shoot to be the best looking man on 

 the ^rounds, and after the shoot to be both the best looking and the 

 best shot. Mr. Patterson had backed his score against that to be 

 made by Mr. Stannard and much interest followed the shooting of the 

 latter, but though he shot coolly and pluckily as usual, he could only 

 make 24. J 



The shooters met at 12:30 at Von Lengerke and Antoine's store and 

 proceeded to the grounds at seventy-ninth and Vincennes avenue al- 

 most en masse. Eureka grounds were packed with a lively crowd- 

 increased on the outskirts by a large number of admirers of the 

 national game, who watched with noisy approbations the efforts of 

 two rival scratch nines who share the Eureka grounds, sub-leasing 

 from that club. Mr. Peter Warnimont refereed the races verv ablv 

 and satisfactorily, and Messrs. Carson and DeWolf scored Mr De- 

 Wolf is secretary of the Eureka Club. A number of ladies w*re pres- 

 ent and also some interested spectators, among these Mr Oari h of 

 Galesburg, a shooter of enthusiasm. 1 



Before the race a practice sweep at 10 birds took place with general 

 entry, and after the main event was concluded sweeps at 15 birds 

 were shot until dark. On the whole it was one of the most enjoyable 

 little afternoons in every way that one has seen for a long time and 

 the onty wonder is that such events are not held oftener thev are so 

 pleasant. There was plenty of fun, Messrs. Patterson and Von Len- 

 gerke contributing well in their Dago and monkey specialty which 

 never failed to convulse the spectators. Following are the scores of 

 the event: 



Eureka. 



Morgan .'.1101111111111111111111111-24 



Stannard 1111111111111101111111111-24 



Ferguson 1111111111101111111101111-23 



Frothmgham 1111111110111011111111111-23 



» uc * 1101111111101111111101111-22 



Dr Carson 1011011111111101111111111-22 



Goodrich .1110111101111011111111111-83 



bmethels 11111111 11101! 11110011111— 22 



H Carson.. 11701 1101111101110131111 1— 21 



Von Lengerke 1lllli0imimi000llliil-2l 



Atwater 0101011111111311111111010—20 



£3*85 00111101111111101111111)0-20 



£? Wo11 1111111001011101101111111-20 



<f' over 1111110110110110111110101-19 



Pff* 1 1 1 1 001 1 1 0111 101 1 1 011 1 1 10-19 



~ lre y--- 1110011100111001110110111 — 17 



gr Morton 0110010001101010111111111—16 



PnuI 'P s 1101110110111001100110010-15 -370 



Garfield. 



Patterson 1111111111111111111111111-25 



k kmDer OlUlllllllllDlllllllllll— 28 



g ro . wn 1111111111111101001111111-22 



^, lc . ks ......0111111101111111111011111-22 



Kleinman 1111111111111110111111100-22 1 



Dr Liddy 1111111110111311101101111—23 



Mott , ni liioiiiiiiioiiioii nii-aa 



W Palmer lllHUllOlllllililllllOO-23 



Coppernol 0111101110111311111111001—20 



Richards 1011010011111011111111111-20 



Bowers.; 1110011011111011111001111-19 



Hodson 0110010110111111101111111-19 



™t 0001111111111001111111110-19 



Fehrman 1110011001110011101111111—18 



bi Palmer 1111111110110111111000100-18 



gOOWnS 0110111110100110111101111-18 



Dr Shaw 1010111111011110111100101—18 



Y 0«ng , 0000001011101111110111011-15-361 



JUVENILE CHAMPIONSHIP. 



The juvenile championship shoot at live birds, set for this afternoon 

 at Watson s Park, did not materialize, only master Alfred Bisson ap- 

 pearing. Master Charlie Burr, of Michigan, wished time to practice a 

 little. Master Clarence Long, of Lafayette, Ind., did not respond. 

 MaBter Guy McDonald, of Chicago, did not appear. Master Bisson 

 says he is willing to shoot any or all these at a later date if they wil 

 set it. 



RECOVERED HIS GUN. 



Mr. De Wolf, hon. sec. of the Eureka Club, had the experience 

 last month of having a bright and obliging female domestic, who tried 

 to make home pleasant so far as good cooking and sweet manners 

 would suffice. Unfortunately, the said domestic had a sweetheart, 

 and the sweetheart was what the wicked policemen call a crook. The 

 domestic one day handed her sweetheart a lot of Mr. and Mrs. Be 

 Wolf 8 personal effects, including Mr. De Wolfs new shotgun. The 

 sweetheart "soaked" the gun, as the policemen say, at a pawnbroker's 

 shop. Mr. De Wolf made what they call a "squeal," and a gentleman 

 known, as I understand, as a "fly cop," took tnecase in hand, arrested 

 the nice domestic and her sweetheart, and last week recovered for Mr. 

 De Wolf his gun, as good as new. Over this he was to-dav rejoicing 

 very much. This is the only instance on record where a Chicago de- 

 tective ever detected anything. e. Hough 



909 Security Building, Chicago. 



The Question of "Proper Angles." 



Cazenovia, N. Y., Aug. 1.— Editor Forest and Stream: Noticing 

 your article in the last number of Forest and Stream, on "proper 

 angles," reminds me of many sucb instances where the shooter onqht 

 to call for another target, but does not do so for the reason that 

 some other participant has accepted and broken one thrown in a like 

 manner There is no more unfair way of shooting than at known 

 traps, unknown angles. I have attended a great many "meets" since 

 this system was adopted, and at every one this throwing of targets at 

 angles against all rules has always been done. It is often laid to the 

 home club or the management, yet in almost every instance it is the 

 trapper's fault. He gets tired of hearing, "Dead," "Dead," and 

 makes up his mind that it is about time that some one of the shooters 

 dropped a target. Lock your traps, do everything you can, coax, 

 scold and d— etc. ; it is all the same to him. He soon learns to put 

 the '.-thrower" a little ahead of the arm, the target upon one edg" of 

 the roll, etc., etc. Why, when we had our company's Bhoot here, we 

 had to take the boys out of the factory before we could break it up 

 Then all went smoothly. 



It would be all right if every one should get the same rasper that 

 his neighbor did— but he doesn't. You must make shooting difficult 

 by difference of angles, elevation and speed, but serve all alike. At 

 the Saratoga tournament the distance from No. 5 trap of set 2 was 

 55yds. from No. 1 of set 1, and yet I saw target after target from 

 that No. 5 go over the above-mentioned No. 1, 80ft. in the air. When 

 I tiB remembered that both these sets were parallel, do you wonder 

 that many did not shoot. Traps in reversed order is far fairer for all, 

 and I wonder it is not used in preference to known traps, unknown 

 angles. _ Will H. Cruttbnden. 



In substance we indorse all that Mr. Cruttenden has said in his above 

 communication. But the doing away with unknown angles would, in 

 our estimation, do away with a very important portion of inani- 

 mate target shooting. In known traps, unknown angles, and in un- 

 known traps, known angles, we approach more nearly to field shoot- 

 ing than in any system hitherto devised and generally practised at 

 tournaments. In both there is a great element of luck. Trap-shooters 

 who are also fond of shooting quail or ruffed grouse will bear us out 

 in this. _ Who does not remember a time when he has had quail after 

 quail rise to him, even in brush, in an accommodating manner / A 

 tew minutes afterward he gets one of those "raspers" that Mr. OrUt- 

 tenden refers to. That's the empty shell not accounted for; and that's 

 very often the cipher on the blackboard. As a matter of sport, we 

 approve more highly of unknown angles and the expert system than 

 of any other system, even traps in reversed order, where all the con - 

 ditions are known. There would be very little sport in going up to 

 one's dog's point in a patch of ragweed if one knew exactly what line 

 of flight the quail would take when flushed. 



And it's so in target shooting. This very element of luck, the uncer 

 tainty as to what one is going to get in the way of an angle, is just 

 what has made unknown angles a popular sport in sweepstake shoot- 

 Ing, In a long race, say 100 targets, we think luck Is generally pretty 

 fairly distributed. But where angles are changed every time, and in a 

 10 or 15-target event, it not infrequently happens that one shooter 

 draws a succession of easy ones, while the man behind him conse- 

 quently draws a succession of quarterers. The present way of doing 

 things— i. e.y making the trappers change the angle every time— is 

 altogether wrong. Suppose No. 1 draws a right-quarterer, it is 99 

 chances to 1 that the pivot man will get a straightaway or a left-quar- 

 terer. Instruct your trappers to change the angles frequently, not 

 et'er# time, seems to us the better plan. 



Our only objection to unknown angles la In a team race, such as 

 those of the New Jersey State League: five men team races, 25 tar- 

 gets per man, unknown angles. Oh these contests, nine in number, 

 each of the nine clubs that compose that organization giving one of 

 the tournaments, depends what is known aa the State club champion 

 ship; at least, such it is conceded to be. Under such conditions, 

 Forest and Stream predicted last February, and later developments 

 have proved the correctness of that prediction, that there would be 

 danger of dissatisfaction with the manner in which the targets were 

 thrown., We think Mr. Cruttenden s theory for "raspers" is more 

 than plausible, but we can't expect everybody, on the spur of the 

 moment, to agree with us. 



Opening of Elkwood Park. 



Phil Daly, Jr., of Long Branch, N. J,, writing under date of Aug. 1, 

 Bays: "I wish to claim Thursday, Aug. 15, as the date on which we 

 will hold, at Elkwood Park, Long Branch, N. J., a 100-target handicap 

 race, §10 entrance. Other sweeps will also be shot. Shooting oo dp 

 mences on the arrival of the 12.10 train on the p. R. R. The handicap- 

 pers will be: Major J. M. Taylor, Jacob Pentis and Edward Banks. 

 Entries, accompanied by $2 forfeit, should be sent to T. H Keller 

 P. O. Box 92, New York city." 



Elkwood Park is a new place so far as trap-shooting is concerned, 

 but it possesses every requisite to make it one of the best equipped 

 shooting grounds in the country. Phil Daly, Jr., is the moving spirit 

 in the new undertaking, and it is rJalj's desire to see the Grand 

 American Handicap of 1806 brought off at Elkwood, where the 

 shooters will be well looked after and everything done to make the 

 greatest live bird event of the year an unqualified success. 



In our figures on the standing of the leaders in tho present serie3 of 

 New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League contests we inadvertertly over- 

 looked the average of the Elizabeth representative, Aaron wj^ftiff. 

 who has shot in five contests, scoring 16, 19, 19, 20 and 24, a toTal of 

 98 out of 125, making his percentage 78.4, equal to that of Qeoffrov 

 and Warren Smith. That the Elizabeth team is one likely to give 

 trouble to the other teams may be gathered from the following aver- 

 ages of the Ave regular representatives of that club: —Williams 85 6. 

 Hebbard84.8, Parker 83 3, Astfalk 81, and Woodruff 78.4. These totals 

 give a team average of 82.6. 



