Sept. 21, 1895.] 



FOHEST AND STREAM. 



261 



The Baltimore Tournament. 



Our Baltimore correspondent writes us in regard to the trophy that 

 will be given by the DuPont Smokeless Powder Company at the big 

 live-bird tournament that will be held in Baltimore, Md., commencing 

 Oct. 22, as follows: 



"The cup is of solid silver, weighing HOoz., and is 15in. high, resting 

 upon an onyx pedestal, the entire trophy standing 55in. high. The 

 pedestal forms a gun rack, holding four guns, which are grouped 

 around the cup, the whole making a most imposing appearance. The 

 trophy was designed by Messrs. Hennegan, Bates & Co., of this 

 city. 



"The holder of the trophy will have to hold himBelf at all times in 

 readiness to defend it, as under conditions governing winner of same 

 he is open to challenge by auy shooter in the world who is a member 

 of a recognized gun club. The challenger must deposit $100 as against 

 the trophy, $25 forfeit being required when challenge is made, to be 

 deposited with either American ■field, Chicago; Forest and Stream, 

 New York; Shooting and Fishing, New York, or Messrs. DuPont & 

 Co., Wilmington, Del.; and the balance, $75, on the day of match, the 

 holder of trophy naming the date upon which match is to be shot, and 

 which must be within sixty days of receipt of challenge; number of 

 birds to be shot at, if in excess of 25, and place where shoot is to be 

 held, holder of trophy putting up same on clay or match against the 

 $1C0 deposited by the challenger. 



"If challenger fails to appear on date set for match, his $26 deposited 

 is forfeited; it holder of trophy fails to appear, hd forfeits trophy and 

 championship, unless either contestant should be sick, or there be 

 other good and valid excuse for their non-appea <mc-». In case 

 weather is unfavorable on date set for match, match t. be shot on 

 first favorable day thereafter. 



"At the second annual tournament to be given next ? r y Messrs. 

 DuPont & Co., the trophy will be redeemed from thr I er of same 

 for $100 cash. It has not yet been determined hoiv i> » u j times the 

 trophy must be won to make it the absolute property ol tne champion. 



"All contestants in this champ, on.-hip event will be confiued to the 

 use of DuPont smokeless powder exclusively, ad other powders being 

 burred in this single event. There will be an ample supply of machine 

 and band loaded shells on the grounds, loaded with DuPont smokeless 

 powder; there will also be a complete loading apparatus on the 

 grounds, and shooters can have their shells loaded with DuPont 

 smokeless, for this event, under their own supervision and according 

 to their own directions. In addition to the trophy, the champion will 

 receive between $1,500 and $2,000 in cash, $1,000 being guaranteed by 

 Messrs. DuPont & Co., and all entrance moneys above that amount 

 being added to the purse. There will be no admission charged to the 

 grounds, consequently shooters in the amateur class can compete in 

 these events without fear of jeopardizing their amateur standing. 



"The tournament will be held on the grounds of the Baltimore 

 Shooting Association, three sets of King's improved live-bird traps 

 being used for the general events; the championship event will be 

 shot from the center set of traps, commenr ing Thursday morning, 

 Oct. 24, at 10 o'clock, and continuing until finished. This event, it is 

 anticipated, will require about three days to shoot out. 



"Any individual wishing to enter for the championship event can do 

 so by forwarding his name, together with $10 forfeit, to the DuPont 

 Smokeless Powder Tournament Committee, 22 S. Calvert street, Balti- 

 more, Md. On receipt of his entrance record will be made of same in 

 books of committee, and he will be furnished certificate covering 

 receipt of $10 forfeit and giving his handicap distance. The balance 

 of his entrance fee, $15, can be paid at any time prior to the firing of 

 the twentieth gun in the championship event, on the morning of Oct. 

 24, 1895." 



St. Paul Shoot. 



THE HUSKY TWrNS. 



St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 13.— This is State Fair week for the big State 

 of Minnesota, and apparently all the population and all the products 

 of the State are centered here at the heart of the commonwealth. 

 The fair does not belong either to St. Paul or Minneapolis, but to the 

 State, and both the Husky Twins unite in their pride at, the affair. 

 The fair grounds are located just half-way between the two cities, at 

 Hamline, and are easy accessible by electric car. Some idea of the 

 importance of the occasion may be gained Dy the fact that the daily 

 attendance ran up to 38,000 on an average The week is a gala one. 

 The farmers have seen the abundant harvests of the year gathered or 

 assured, and now they meet for a resting spell. The brown, calm 

 faces of the crowd show the sort of men who made the great North- 

 west. They go about their pleasures as about their work— dead in 

 earnest and bound to get there. The two twins are holding open 

 house for them. The days are a round of hospitality, the nights a 

 succession of blazing street pageants whose size and elaborateness 

 would do high credit to many a city far older or bigger in numbers. 

 It is festival week, and the Northwest is in full flower for it. No 

 better time could be chosen to see the twin cities, or to see the won- 

 derful country of the Northwest, where the wizard of progress has 

 been making such changes in the last ten years. 



No better time could be chosen either for the holding of a shooting 

 tournament, and the gentlemen who have had in charge the affairs of 

 the present shoot are to be congratulated alike on their foresight and 

 their executive ability, which combined have brought off a very suc- 

 cessful and pleasant affair. 



The tournament grounds are those used by the St. Paul Gun Club. 

 They lie on a high, flat-topped hill, from which the whole city of 

 houses, pavilions, tents and booths of the fair can be seen laid out in 

 panorama. There is a fine club house, and the arrangements of the 

 grounds are perfect, the convenience of all appliances being nicely 

 adapted to practical Bhooting comfort. One battery of traps serves 

 for the regular events, For the unknown angles a battery of three 

 traps is used, and this battery is worthy of note and imitation. The 

 traps are sunk in pits whose covers are just barely above the ground, 

 so that the bird is seen to rise not from behind a high barrier, but as 

 though it started directly from the ground. This arrangement, was 

 new to all present and it was very much liked. A trial of it will show 

 that it does not give a shooter much more chance to make high scores, / 

 hut it does give him more sport. 



vVhen the shooters tired of the sport they could go about the 

 grounds, nearly a mile in extent, and watch the various entertain- 

 ments of a great modern fair. The. vast grand stand was always full 

 of people watching the horse or bicycle races, or the exhibitions of 

 Dr. Carver, or the feats of the one-legged bicyclist who rides down 

 60ft. of stairway. The boxing kangaroo was there, and the two small- 

 est people in the world, and the calf with two heads, and the largest 

 ox in the world, and a herd of elk and de^r, and a lot of things one 

 does not see every day, unless he goes to fairs or the like. One could 

 have choice of fifty kinds of lunches, with forty-eight kinds of pie 

 and thirty-six sorts of coffee, at the different tents, and he could see 

 meantime more patent gates, and steam threshers, and hay- balers, 

 and corn buskers, and straw-stoves, and things of that sort than he 

 ever knew were in the whole world before. And he could get Jersey 

 cream, and muskmelons, and peanuts, and then some pie. It was lots 

 of fun. and one could learn a lot of things to amuse and teach him, 

 and could incidentally get a notion of how the great empire of the 

 Northwest has been won out of the wide prairies. And he could al- 

 ways go back and get a chance to try to beat somebody shooting, 

 though he couldn't always do it, perhaps, for these Northwesterners 

 surely do snoot a red-hot gait. 



The shoot was purely amateur in its lines and it was a good one of 

 its kind. The sliding handicap drive of first to go back 2yds. was used 

 successfully. Bluerock target traps were used. Purses were divided 

 4th, 3d, 2d and 1st, with abundant merchandise prizes for the lower 

 holes. Dropping for place was billed to bar the offender from division 

 of purses, but no dropping was seen or suspected, Known profes- 

 sionals were barred out of average money. There was a ' daily 

 refund" of b% of the sweep money taken in each day. The names of 

 all professional shooters were put in a hat and the first five names 

 drawn out divided their refund equally. It amounted to $3 to $5 daily 

 for the fortunate. Shooting was at 16yds. and the handicap put the 

 shooter back over 18yds., so this was not severe. 



Amateur shooters were present from Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota, 

 among them Clint. Smith, of Fargo, JM. D,; Messrs. H. B. Jewell, of 

 Wabasha; Ed Bird, of Fairmont; Joe Dodge, J. W. Nelson, of Du- 

 luth; S. N. Gruner, of Hastings; J. McCroden, of Lake City; 

 Ben Powell, of Mankato; A. G. Bierbauer and Saulspaugu, 

 also of Mankato; Tom Paine, of Glencoe; T. J. Graham, 

 of Rosedaie; the two Thielmans and Mr. Hill, of St. Cloud; 

 H. W. Jones, of Atwater; Geo. E. Trent, of Wadena, and J. H. Block, 

 of St, Peter. All the above-mentioned towns are in Minnesota, but 

 there was also a good delegation from the local twin cities; Messrs. 

 John Marshall, Juie Joyslin, W. P. Shattuck, etc., of Minneapolis; 

 Messrs. Fred Stolz, J. C. Highhous, Herman Heisbey ("Duke"), W. F. 

 Kennedy, John Poster, F. T. Ponsonby, P. L. Wann, B. F. Schurmeier, 

 (J. W. Baldwin, R. H. Baldwin, H. F. Lawrence and others, of St. Paul. 

 Dr. Li. W. Lyon, Mr. F. D, Ponsonby, and Mr. F. Schurmeier, or St. 

 Paul, made up the Executive Committee, all hustlers, and Mr. John P. 

 Burkhard, of the sporting goods firm of Wm. R. Burkhard, managed 

 the shoot most efficiently. Mr. John Brooks, long known in the 

 wholesale trade, was of assistance. The scoring and card work was 

 done well and acceptably. Iowa sent up one of |her best shots, Fred 

 Gilbert, of Sphit Lake. The trade was represented by S. A. Tucker, 

 of the Parker gun ; W. H. Skinner, of the W.-A. powder, and Capt. 

 Damon, of the Burgess gun. 



Tne weather for the first two days was singularly and oppressively 

 hoc. A change set in, and Thursday was pleasant, Friday almost 

 shiveringly cold. Following are the scores. The first day was held 

 only as preliminary and was not included in the daily averages, 



First and 

 Events: l 2 



Targets: 15 20 



McBale 12 10 



Murphy 11 17 



Howard 13 .. 



Graham 14 19 



Brann 8 10 



Baldwin, Jr 8 12 



Hub 14 17 



Maxwell 10 .. 



Mack 7 7 



Taber 11 12 



Proctor 13 18 



W A James 13 16 



Thielman 11 15 



Highhouse 13 



Burke 15 17 



Skinoer 13 17 



George 10 10 



Beardsley , 5 



Emery 13 16 



Gilbert 15 16 



Sachem ,. 13 15 



Maine 8 15 



Saul., 8 16 



Patch 8 10 



Wallace 10 18 



La n son 11 17 



Holt 11 19 



Baldwin, Sr 13 18 



Glazier 7 .. 



Ddke 14 17 



JC 18 



Farwell 19 



Johns 



Hoyt 



Aber 



Wilson 



Morgan 



Stone 



Kichards .. .. 



Kennedy 



Powell 



Bierbauer 



Keed 



OB 



Quill 



Hamlin , , 



Marshall 



Wild Rice • 



Weiland 



Rudd 



Cat 



St Cloud 



Pettitt 



Hill 



Greene. 



Pabst 



Alleu 



Novotney. , 



Madison 



Roberts 



Second Da 

 S k 6*6 

 15 20 15 20 

 .. 15 14 .. 

 14 18 13 16 



ia ig io is 



14 20 12 17 



12 15 10 .. 

 10 16 11 16 

 14 12 18 20 

 13 



13 4 6 .. 



10 15 10 15 



11 16 14 .. 

 10 .. 9 .. 



14 18 14 15 



7 8 

 20 25 



.9 to ii is ism is 



15 20 15 20 15 20 25 

 13 12 11 17 12 .. .. 

 12 16 12 



18 20 : 



11 



18 24 15 18 15 18 18 17 23 



!! 9 ii is is ia "o if 



17 23 14 18 18 13 IS 14 21 



16 17 



17 18 



10 13 9 17 11 15 11 

 14 18 12 14 11 13 .. 



18 20 9 15 12 18 12 14 20 



. . 19 14 17 

 11 16 10 



20 24 

 19 .. 



11 



14 13 18 II 



15 17 15 i8 

 14 19 14 



8 9 .. 13 



10 17 9 15 



12 18 8 14 

 14 17 13 16 



13 13 12 14 



11 18 14 

 11 11 12 19 18 20 



12 19 15 IS 14 15 21 

 14 12 12 19 13 14 16 

 12 14 9 12 10 18 17 



i 18 24 

 18 19 

 » .. .. 

 i 17 22 

 U7 .. 

 I 18 19 

 I 12 17 



11 17 11 19 14 17 17 



12 19 14 18 15 17 19 

 10 



11 12 10 16 13 14 18 



12 . . 13 14 IS 15 17 



11 18 .. 19 12 15 .. 



12 17 y la 11 12 16 



13 17 13 16 12 16 20 

 12 19 14 17 14 14 18 



13 15 10 16 

 15 17 14 16 

 13 13 8 17 



12 19 14 16 

 6 



13 18 13 15 

 ., 15 13 11 

 .. .. 8 .. 

 .. .. 11 10 

 13 



14 20 

 20 21 



16 23 



17 21 



13 20 11 18 IS 14 21 

 13 18 12 17 13 16 22 



12 19 14 19 11 14 22 



13 19 14 18 12 18 23 



17 , 

 9 .. 

 13 14 

 13 19 

 11 



13 16 13 18 13 10 19 



11 8 ,., .. 



13 18 



... 10 15 



. 10 16 14 15 

 . 8 13 . . 18 

 . 11 16 14 16 

 , 14 15 13 17 

 12 18 14 19 

 , 15 18 12 19 

 . 12 19 14 .. 

 . 11 16 15 16 

 . 10 15 13 14 



,10 



.12 



. 13 12 12 15 

 . 11 .. 9 .. 

 . 11 17 11 15 

 . ., 17 .. .. 

 . .. 16 7 ,, 



6 ( i 



17 



13 15 22 



12 11 23 



13 15 18 



11 .. .. 



12 17 18 



14 16 20 



ii 14 is 



11 15 16 



12 .. .. 



13 .. .. 

 6 11 .. 



12 15 .. 

 10 14 23 



Barnes. 



Catamaras 15 . . 



Hiel 18 



*No. 6 and 14 were at 10 singles aud 5 pairs. Nos. 1 and 8 were shot 

 on the first day; Nos. 9 and 15 on the second day. 



TJiursday, Third Day. 



The main interest of the day centered in the State championship 

 shoot, carrying with it the State diamond badge and ■ he total of next 

 year's entry. This is the greatest Minnesota shooting contest. The 

 badge has been in competition for about twelve years, the holder for 

 the past year being Mr. John Burkhard, who made a gallant though 

 losing fight for it again to-day. The conditions for this contest are 

 very good aud well calculated to bring out the shooting ability of the 

 winner, being at 50 targets, 26 singles and 12 pairs, thougn the angles 

 are known. The contest to-day was very pretty, the issue being In 

 doubt late in the game, aad finding decision only in the doubles, which 

 were thrown low and hard. Jewell, of Wabasha, closed the singles 

 with a chance to win, but the left quarterer in the doubles was coo 

 much for him. The young phenomenon, Duke, held out well and shot 

 prettily, but Jones, Schurmeier, McKay and Trent passed him. Tom 

 Paine, an oid-timer and a beautiful snot, was liked on form well along, 

 but could not stand the pace. McKay (of Minneapolis; was Chen 

 thought a winner, as ha was shooting in great shapa, but Trenc clung 

 hard to both birds in tne doubles and was out witu two birds to spare 

 over his nearest competitor. The finish was waUsbed with the utmost 

 interest. Mr. Trent shot a Parker, $150 list, and his load was S. S. 

 powder, in Blue Rival shells, primed. This event was not decided 

 until nearly dusk in the evening, and the shooting at the doubles was 

 at that hour a very difficult proposition. Following are the scores of 

 the day: 



Events: 13 3 4 5 Events: 13 3 4 5 



Targets: 15 20 20 25 SO* Targets: IS 20 20 So SO* 



JO 13 15 18 21 16 Sachem 15 14 19 17 16 



Gilbert 12 13 19 22 18 Tuomas 14 15 17 20 17 



Bierbauer.... 14 13 16 . . .. Shell 4 11 



Hamlin 14 15 20 17 13 Saul 8 8 14 12 11 



Baldwin, Sr 13 14 18 18 15 Paten 8 12 



Rudd 12 .. 16 .. 10 Duke 13 18 17 21 14 



Daly 12 15 16 19 15 Kilby .. 12 



Thielman 11 14 8 14 . . Stokes . . 12 13 18 17 



Bauman 13 .. 12 .. 13 AR 14 14 .. .. 



Wilson 12 13 16 .. 17 Powell 13 19 20 14 



Farwell 14 16 19 24 14 Tucker 20 18 22 14 



Newton 7 11 McHale 18 ., 14 



Maine 12 13 Whitcomb , 20 14 



Kast 8 .. 7 .. 11 N D 18 .. 



Lamsbn 12 13 Chancier ly 15 



Quill 10 10 18 21 15 R-chler 19 15 



Graham . v 15 16 18 23 16 Fux 18 



Burke 14 17 17 21 19 Wold 13 



Hub 14 19 19 24 17 Ponjay la 



Nicholson 10 15 17 17 13 Boeing 12 



Skinner 11 .. 17 .. 16 Sandstone 10 



OB 12 15 16 .. .. Muir 12 



Hill 15 16 14 16 13 Jensen 10 



JoneB 12 13 19 20 16 Kennedy 16 



The diamond badge, emblematic of the individual championship of 

 the State, open to Minnesota shooters only, was also shoe for on this 

 day. The contest is at 26 singles and 12 pairs, known angles, entrance 

 $6. The badge is shot for each year, the besc score taking the badge 

 and the purse of the ensuing year. Scores were as follows: G. E. 

 Trent 45, F. E. McKay, A. F. Snuler and H. W. Jones 43, F. P. Burk- 

 hard and B. F. Schurmeier 42, H. 0. Hirschy 41, M. F. Kennedy, J. O. 

 Joslyn and John Pfister 39, J. O. Higfihous, Joun H. Block, E. S. Hill, 

 H. B. Jewell and H. C. Lawrence 38, A. G. Bierbauer, L. Thielman and 

 John Nicholson 37, Joseph Dodge and F. A. Ricbter, r. M. Paine and 

 T. L. Wann 35, Ben Powell, Fred Whitcomb aud John Marshall 34, G. 

 M. Baldwin and W. Thielman 31. 



G. E. Trent, of Wadena, Mian., won the championship and the dia- 

 mond badge. 



Friday, Fourth Day. 



The attendance lightening somewhat, as might be expected, the 

 programme was finished in good season in the afternoon, so that all 

 moneys were paid and ail business settled in time for the shooters to 

 leave by the evening trains. 



The number of shooters who shot through the programme were 

 about a dozen. The tournament averages tell as follows: First aver- 

 age won by T. J. Graham, of Rosedaie, Mich,, 90j!: $25 cash and a fine 

 watch charm medal, made by Geo. W. Wooley, of Sc. Paul. SecoLd 

 average won by Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, Iowa, 37 3 40 i£: a Lefever 



5un, value $80, by the Lefever Arms Co. Third average, won by H. W. 

 ones, of Atwater, Minn., 87 2 i0 %: a Winchester repeating shotgun, by 

 the Winchester Repeating Ai Co. Fourth average won by John T. 

 Burkhard, of St. Paul, 86> an L C.Smith 10 gauge duck gun, by 

 Uio Hunter Arms Co. Fiu_ average won by C. A. Damon ("Farwell"), 

 of Buffalo, 85 2 10 ^: cash $25. There were five additional prizes in mer- 

 chandise given t,o the lowest average men, grading from the bottom 

 up. There were 11 valuable merchandise prizes added to the purses 

 of the State championship contest of Thursday. The following are 

 tne scores of to-day : 

 Events: 13345 6* 78 Events: 13345 6* 78 

 Targets: 16 20 15 20 15 $0 20 S5 Targets: 15 20 15 20 15 SO 20 25 



JO 11 15 12 17 14 13 19 20 Muir 12 .. 12 16 14 14 16 .. 



Graham. .. 13 20 14 17 14 17 19 24 Wild Rice.. 13 12 13 16 14 



B'ldwin, Srll 14 10 13 10 16 18 20 Skinner.,.. 13 , . 11 . , 18 . . 17 , . 



Burke 13 14 8 16 11 17 20 24 Duke 14 11 12 14 13 16 18 22 



Quill 11 17 18 14 12 11 17 19 Stokes 9 14 18 13 14 12 16 17 



Sachem,,,. 15 15 18 17 14 14 20 20 Tucker,,,, 15 16 12 14 15 , . .. .. 



Hamlin.. .. 14 15 13 15 13 13 14 19 



Gilbert 14 2 1 11 20 13 18 17 24 



Jones 13 17 13 18 15 14 15 24 



Hub 13 14 10 18 12 12 17 21 



Main 11 11 



Reed 13 16 14 15 12 14 19 23 



Thomas 18 14 13 15 . . 



Rankin 12 



Daly 16 16 24 



Richards 10 .. 



Lamson 12 . . 



Patch 15 . 



Farwell. . . . 12 17 13 17 13 15 19 20 Rodgers 12 . . 



Cassidy.... 10 8 • 



*&o. 6 was at 10 singles and 5 pairs. 



NOTES OF THUS 8H00T. 



Mr. 8. A. Tucker was of the opinion that the shoot was held as a 

 special benefit for him and his old coat. Tuck and the coat sold $500 

 of guns, then went out and made 90 straight alone the first shoot 

 they weut into, winning over $20 by it, though ungallantly shooting 

 out a lady, Mrs. Shattuck, who waH the only other shooter in the 

 squad. Then Tuck and the coat went in and got 61 out of the next 65, 

 and continued to make straights and disturbances all the rest of the 

 shoot. "My theory is to stick to one coat, one load and one gun," said 

 he, "and I need not add which gun it ought to be." 



Mr. W. H. Skinner, of the W-A powder, was much interested in the 

 finish of the State championship race, as some of the men well down 

 In the finish were using W-A. Mr. Skinner says, "I will meet you at 

 Atlanta and San Antonio shoots this fall." 



Mr. O. A. Damon, of the Burgess gun, was touching the button on 

 his camera about as fast as the trigger of his Burgess, which is pretty 

 fast. 



G. E Trent, the State badge winner, shot under the name of "Hub " 

 Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, shot like a witch. 



Herman C. Hirschy, of St. Paul, shot under the name of "Duke." 

 He is a boy about 18 years of age apparently, and a mighty clever 

 shot for any age. 



Minnesota has a lady shooter who no doubt is the finest lady amateur . 

 shot in America at the targets or at game. This is Mrs. W. P. Shat- 

 tuck, who paced Mr. Tucker, as above mentioned. Mrs. Shattuck is a 

 member of 1 he Minneapolis Gun Club, and for over half the season 

 was high average in a club of hard shooters. At Duluth she shot 

 through the tournament with an average of 87 per cent. In the field 

 she is a clean, neat shot. As seen at the score here she handles the 

 gun with ease, grace and precision. 



The Minneapolis Gun Club has another lady shooter, Mrs. Johnson, 

 who sometimes makes it interesting for Mrs. Shattuck. The club 

 could well challenge any other to a match between lady members. 



There was health and hope in the keen air of the cloEing days of the 

 tournament, and one finds himself hoping he may be there again next 

 year. 



Appearances at this writing would indicate that the soda water sea- 

 son is nearly over at the Twin Cities. 



The management and the clubs and cities represented should be con- 

 gratulated on the success of the tournament and its satisfactoriness 

 in every way. e. Hough. 



909 Security Building, Chicago. 



Dunellen Again Defeats Plainfield. 



PjLAiNPrELD, N. J., Sept. 14— The Dunellen Gun Club brought over a 

 dozen of its members tuis afternoon to shoot a return match with the 

 Plainfield boys. The previous contest, which took place at Dunellen, 

 resulted in a victory for the home team by a gool majority. To day 

 they made it two straight, winning by the narrow margin of five 

 breaks. The scores stood 213 to 208, close enough to be called an 

 exciting affair. The weather was delightfully cool, but there was 

 tricky wind that played havoc with scores. McCormick, who was none 

 other than Neaf Apgar, shot as a substitute and used a strange gun 

 and ammunition, yet he led the scores as usual with a capital 23. 

 Darby, another Plainfield man, was second with 22; while D. Terry, of 

 the same team, and Grier. of the Dunellens, fcored 21 each. Cramer, 

 Henry and Williams for their respective teams rolled up totals of 20 

 apiece. It was a good afternoon's amusement and the sport was 

 thoroughly enjoyed by all that took part in it. The scores in detail 

 are as follows: 



Match, 12 men to a team, 25 targets per man, unknown angles: 

 Dunellen. 



J GGrier 1010101111110111111111111—21 



Cramer lOOOlllllllllllllOllllOll— 20 



Henry UlllllOlOtlOlOllllOlllil— 20 



Runyon OllOllOOllOlllllllllOllll— 19 



Sisty lllOinOOOllOlllllllllilO— 19 



Laing 1011000110111110111110111—18 



R Manning 1100111111101011011010111—18 



Van Hise 1011011011110111110111001—18 



Gray 1111011011111011100011001-17 



Worden 1 101 1 1 1 001 1 11 1 00111101010—17 



McGovern llOllOOOlllllOOl 101001010-14 



C Gi les 01 01 01 1 01 1 1 1 000 1 1 1 00001 00— 12— 21 3 



PL infield. 



McCormick , 0111111111111111011111111—23 



D Darby 1110111111111011111111101—22 



D Terry 1111111111111101101001111—21 



P Williams 1101111101111110110011111—20 



J Swody lllinilOlOOlOlllllOOlllO-18 



E Edwards 010111101111101001 1110011-17 



McCullough 1011110011101101111011000—16 



J Singer 10101 00101 1 11011111010110—16 



W Squires 101000101 01 1 1 1 1001 11 01111— J 6 



Nicholls 01 01 1 lt-01 0001 1 1 1 0001 1 1001— 13 



Scott 0110110101111011001000100-13 



Van Dyke 0001001 1101 10100110011110- 13—208 



Recent Club Shoots in Chicago. 



Chicago, III, Sept. 7.— There are some matters of private history in 

 relatlun to the recent contests betwpen the Eureka and the Garfield 

 gun clubs of this city that we feel like seeing made public. This, and 

 the further one if a review of the season's work thus far, are the ex- 

 cuses for this article. 



The first match shot was one with the Garflelds, and consisted of a 

 team of eighteen men from each club. It was shot on the Eureka's 

 grounds Aug. 3. under smiling skies, and in the presence of a large 

 audience of several hundreds, many of which were of the fair sex. 

 The Eurekas shot an 83 per cent, gait and won by 6 points, score 370 

 to 364; conditions, 25 targets, unknown angles, squads of six mer, 

 composed of three from each club. 



The second was the "cup race," for the cup emblematic of the State 

 championship of Illinois, the winner to hold for one year; five-men 

 teams, 30 singles, unknown angles, and 10 pairs, a total of 50 birds per 

 man. This time the Garflelds were the only competitors, and thougn 

 they felt certain of being the winners, they lost to the Eurekas, the 

 score of the latter club being, I think, the highest one ever made in 

 the competition for these cups— 199 to Garflelds' 188. Immediately on 

 the close of this contest the captain of Garfield team issued a verbal 

 challenge for another race for the same trophy as soon as the Eureka s 

 chose. As Garfields were unwilling, as losing club, to pay for the targets 

 shot at by both clubs, and as a matter of fact only tendered the money 

 for their own targets, Eurekas felt like availing themselves of the 

 "conditions" attached to the cup; but if Garfields should proffer $25 

 as a wager against said trophy, they would undoubtedly be accommo- 

 dated quickly with another race. This cup was won by the Eurekas 

 when first offered, and has been held by them ever since. The Gar- 

 flelds have challenged for it each year, but have never been able to 

 take it away. 



The third victory was the fifteen-men team race between the same 

 clubs, which was shot on the Garfield's grounds and over their own 

 traps, "Here we shall certainly score a win," the Garfield men said 

 especially when they saw the large attendance of ladies present to in- 

 spire and applaud them on to victory. But when the battle was over 

 Eureka had scored her largest victory of the year, having 15 points 

 to the good. 



Then as if to clinch matters and show that the Eurekas were of that 

 stern stuff of which shooters are made, they just walked away with a 

 victory in the first contest of Cook County Trap-Shooters' League 

 held on Aug. 31 on Cicero's grounds. We are not puffed up at all. °We 

 as shooters know the ups and downs of shooting, as well as of life 

 and we also know that some men, as well as some shooters, win 

 oftener than others. w. f. d. 



Bay side Gun Club. 



Kevport, N. J., Sept. 4.— The members of the Bayside Gun Club 

 held their tlrbt monthly shoot to-day, twenty-three members contest 

 ing for the badge. 



The officers of the club are: President, Dr. G. G. Hoagland- Vice 

 President, Dr. O. O. Bogardus; Secretary, D. W. Walling- Treasurer 

 O. Ackerson. The club numbers fifty-four members to date Its 

 grounds are very pleasantly located on the outskirts of the town' and 

 command a fine view of Raritan Bay. ' 



The shoot was at 25 bluerocks per man, five expert traps, known 

 angles, unknown traps, with a brisk wind blowing across the traDs 

 which in a measure accounts for the low scores: Thos ComDton 15' 

 Joseph Vigne 14, Wm. H. Perrine 14, O. C. Bogardus 13. Wm H Watik 

 12, Daniel W. Walling 12, C. Ackerson 12, James T. Walling 11 Wilson 

 Walling 10, Josiah Crammer 10, Joseph R. Walling 9, Herbert 'stryker 

 9, Jacoh W. Aumack 9, Mark Brower 8, Abram Morris, Jr 7 Peter M 

 Force 7, Luke Stoddard 6, Charles Loster 6, Geo. M, Walling 6. H E 

 Ackewon, Jr., 6, Wm. Werner 4, w», Van Mater 7, Cha S , Covert 7.' 



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