OOT. 2Q, 1895,] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



3 71 



The President's Cup at, Carteret. 



The second contest for the president's cup at the Carteret Club 

 took place on Wednesday last, Oct. 16. Six members entered (or the 

 cup race, their names being: J. Seaver Page, George Work. J. P. 

 Knapp, L. T. Duryea, W. H. Stafford and W. H. Meade. As Knapp 

 and Duryea each had four wins to their credit, the contest was full of 

 interest to the others, another win on the part of either of the two 

 meaning the ownership of the cup. One of the conditions of the race 

 is that any one having four wins shall shoot thereafter in all cup con- 

 tests from the 32yds. mark. This condition accounts for Duryea and 

 Knapp giving George Work a yard. 



The afternoon was a lovely one, a bright sun making it very pleas- 

 ant out of doors where the wind didn't strike one. The birds were a 

 Rood lot, and carried shot in a most remarkable way, while Phil 

 Lumbreyer's "starters" sent the birds off from the trap in a manner 

 that is very seldom seen. Notwithstanding the bright sun, the light 

 at the Carteret grounds, which overlook the wateis of Newark Bay, 

 was rather puzzling, especially when a bird rose quickly against the 

 water background. This, together with the good quality of the birds, 

 accounted for the comparatively low scores made. As far as shot- 

 carrying qualities were concerned the birds which were drawn by 

 Page, Duryea and Knapp in the 10th round (the shooters going to the 

 score in that order) were wonders, each bird only just managing to 

 get over the boundary after being centered with both barrels, the 

 wings being untouched. 



Work shot well and scored a win after dropping his 4th bird. When 

 Duryea lost his 5th bird, an easy left-quartering incomer, and also his 

 10th, it looked as if Knapp, wno was straight up to that time, had 

 more than a good chance of carrying off the cup. He quickly 

 changed the aspect of affairs, losing his 10th and 12th birdB in rapid 

 "suction," as the boys would say. That Work could not afford to 

 drop a bird is shown by the score, Page, Knapp and Duryea being 

 right after him with scores of 18 out of 20. The result of this day's 

 contest gives Work three wins. Duryea will be away when the next 

 two contests, those in November, take place. If he is to have another 

 chance for the cup somebody will have to prevent Work from taking 

 two straight, or Knapp from scoring a single victory. 



It is seldom, no matter how hard the birds are, or no matter how 

 poor the light is, that such low scores are made at Carteret. The 

 records show that out of a total of 237 birds shot at, only 186 were 

 scored, an average of a fraction over 78 per cent. In the cup shoot, 

 168 were shot and 30 of them lost. A feature of that race was the fre- 

 quency with which Nos. 2 and 3 traps were pulled. No. 2 was pulled 

 42 times, 12 out of the 42 birds escaping, two-fifths of the lost birds in 

 this race leaving No. 2 trap. 

 The way the traps fell to each shooter was as follows: 



No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. Total. 



Work 



Duryea 



Knapp. . , 



Page 



Butler. 

 Edey . . 

 Meade.. 



The scores in detail, which follow, tell the rest of the story. 

 President's cup race, 20 live birds per man, handicap rise, 50yds. 

 boundary: 



Trap score type— Copy rightliS9s, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 



51532512541311423154 

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 George Work (31) 2220222222212222222 2—19 



131225 34352544233235 

 L T Duryea (32) 211201212»212221212 1—18 



43524242142333431144 

 <-THe"rt<-TW,» % TTT^^M" 

 J P Knapp (32) 222222222*202222222 2-18 



3232 5334433444125334 



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.. 20l221222»122222222 2-18 

 525343421522111212 

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 .. 102012 2 12121111110W —15 



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8 



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3 



5 



20 



8 



5 



6 



3 



4 



20 



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4 



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7 



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20 



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8 



6 



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5 



5 



2 



2 



4 



18 



4 



6 



2 



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15 



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14 



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7 



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14 



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48 



88 



27 



27 



168 



Mcllhany Won the Championship. 



Weir City, Kan., Oct. 17.— The initial contest for the trophy em- 

 blematic of the live-bird championship of Kansas, donated by the 

 Business Men's Gun Club of this enterprising little city, was brought 

 to a close to-day. 



It was not until the club had received the assurance of nearly all the 

 shooters in the State, pledging themselves to participate in the con- 

 test, and urging upon them to hold a shoot of this kind, that the club 

 decided to pull off so important an event. Once having decided to 

 hold the shoot, it set about making preparations for the same. Every- 

 thing possible was done to make the shoot attractive, so as to bring 

 out as large an attendance as possible. 



THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. 



After having received the assurance of at least thirty entries t he 

 club purchased an elegant trophy in the shape of a solid gold watch 

 charm, nearly the size of a half dollar. On one side of it, in the center, 

 is a pigeon embossed in gold; around the edg" on a raised gold band 

 are eight diamonds. The other side bears the inscription, "Live Bird 

 Championship, State of Kansas," on the outer rim. In the center is a 

 monogram in raised letters composed of the initials of the Business 

 Men's Gun Club. The trophy is both artistic and unique in design, 

 something that the club as well as the winner may be proud of. Its 

 actual cost was $100 65. 



That the birds should be of the best, the club engaged the services 

 of Elliott Bros., of Kansas City, to provide the same. Mr. K. 8. Elliott 

 was on the ground with an ample supply of first-class pigeons, the 

 trapping of which he personally supervised. The arrangements were 

 modern, and such as are found only at up-to-date shooting parks. A 

 Bet of target traps were also running and a programme had been 

 arranged for them, but the entries in these events were very light; 

 once the championship contest had begun all interest centered in it. 



LIST OP THE VISITORS. 



The attendance was not what the club merited; otherwise the shoot 

 was a success. The weather was perfect, everything being in favor 

 of the birds, which were as fine a lot as ever were trapped. These 

 were charged for at the moderate rate of 18 cents apiece. 



The visiting shooters in attendance were J. W. Sexton, Leaven- 

 worth, Kan.; B. O. Running, Atchison, Kan,: Geo. Stevenson and G. 

 B. Hall, Waterville, Kan.; E. W. Hoffman, C. M. Sumner, J. L. Horn 

 and H. T. Leeman, Galena, Kan.; J. M. Hershey, Osage City, Kan.; 

 Ben Best, Columbus, Kan. ; James Stevenson, Bonita, Kan. ; Y. R. Kin- 

 mouth and W. Q. Sergeant, Joplin, Mo.; W. L. Haskell, Atchison, Kan. 



THE BIG EVENT. 



The big race did not begin until 3 P. M. on the first day, and it was 

 about that time on the second day before it was finished. There were 

 only thirteen entries, eleven of whom finished. Despite the small 

 number of entries, the race could not have been more interesting if 

 three times that number had participated. Taking the quality of the 

 birds into consideration, and the favorable wind, the shooting was 

 nothing short of remarkable. Only 15 birds was shot by each contest- 

 ant on the first day. At that time Mcllhany and Sexton were the 

 ones who had scored straight, while Hershey and Stevenson had each 

 lost one. At the 25th round Mcllhany and Sexton were still straight, 



J S Page (30). 



WH Stafford (26).. 



♦Hart (25).. 



*CMChapin(30).. 



*H A Butler (28). 



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 14531152123315 

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2223223421241 

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421352 5 3 512483 



*W S Edey (28) 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 • 2 w 



32135533522111 

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 WHMeade (28) 2 222003l010110w 



* Did not shoot for the cup. 



The following sweeps, 5 birds, $5, were also shot off: 



No. 1. 



Work (31) 2 2 2 2 2-5 



Knapp (31) . 2 2 2 -3 



Chapln (30) 1 1 • 2 -3 



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Page (30) 2 2 2 • -8 



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Stafford (26) 



Duryea (31) 



Edey (28) 



Meade (28) 



Butler (28) 



Hart (25) 



In the first sweep Work won first money with 5 straight. The ties 

 on three out of four were shot off in the cup shoot, Knapp winning. 

 The second sweep, which followed the shoot for the president's cup, 

 resulted in a very popular win, Staff ord shooting out all the cracks 

 and takin g first money with a clean score of 5 one-barrel kills. Includ- 

 ing his last 7 birds in the cup shoot, this made a record of 11 one-oar- 

 rel kills out of 12 birds shot at. 



The sweep was a peculiar one. Work, Knapp, Duryea and Page had 

 iust brought the cup contest to a close with some very good shooting, 

 their i-esplctive last runs being: 16, 8. 10 and 10. The first round of 

 the sweep saw six out of the 10 entries score cyphers, the four above 

 named being among the number. At the end of the third round there 

 was but one straight-Stafford. The latter went to the score for his 

 fourth bird with a joke on hia lips: "Now watch Stafford fall down 1" 

 But he didn't; he drew a good fast driver, which he dropped in good 

 time There was a lot of chaff going on, and when he went to the 

 score for his last bird he joined in, saying: "Here's where Stafford 

 falls in a fit 1" Instead of a fit he scored his bird and won the pot 

 amid generous applause. 



In our last issue we gave the score of the Duryea-Furgueson match, 

 shot at Woodlawn Park, L. I., on Oct. 12. It will be remembered that 

 Durvea killed 96 out of his 100. Furgueson retiring at the end of the 

 60th round with the privileze of shooting up should he have any show 

 of winning; he had dropped 8 out of 60, Vv hile Duryea had only dropped 

 3 Thii is the way the New York Sun of Oct. 13 graphically told the 

 storv "Trap-shooters saw a fine exhibition of skill at New Utrecht 

 Park yesterday in the match for $250 a side between L. T. Davenport 

 and J S Furgueson. Although the rain made the sighting poor, the 

 wares were very high, Davenport grassing all but 4 in the first 60, 

 and Furgueson stopping 8 from the same number. Then the New 

 TTtreoht shot withdrew, the Larchmont man breaking his gun out to 

 the end and making the excellent score of 96 killed in the century." 



CHAMPION W. W. M ILHANY. 



and it became evident that the race would narrow down to the two, as 

 their nearest competitor, Stevenson, was three birds behind. Not un- 

 til the 30th round did either of the leaders fail to score. Then Mcll- 

 hany lost a hard driver from No. 5 trap that quartered 

 a little to the right. This bird was hit hard with both 

 barrels, but flew out of bounds. Sexton had similar 

 luck on his 31st bird and the leaders were tied again; 

 but only for a little while, as Sexton's 33d bird beat him out 

 with the loss of a few feathers. He followed this up by slobbering 

 an easy incomer that got over the dead line. This put Mcllhany two 

 ahead. He was shooting in capital form, his time being excellent. 

 His fast birds he was killing close to the trap, while on his slow birds 

 and those which had an incoming tendency he was cool and deliber- 

 ate. Just when every one expected him to run out without losing 

 any more he lost his 47th bird. The next one was nicely killed, but 

 his 49tb, although knocked down in bounds, got out after Mac had 

 expended all his strategy in attempting to retrieve it. When this bird 

 got away a groan went up from the crowd, whose sympathies were 

 all with the home man, as Sexton was again tied with him. After his 

 little bad streak previously mentioned, he settled down and was doing 

 just as brilliant work as Mcllhany. Fate was against him, however, 

 tor he lost his final bird. This was as hard a bird as ever left a trap 

 and one of the kind that generally escapes. 



As Sexton preceded McBhany, it was only necessary for him to kill 

 bis last bird to win the trophy. He drew one from No. 1 trap that 

 was equally as hard as the one that threw Sexton down. This bird 

 . towered and then quartered slightly to the right, escaping the first 

 barrel; it was knocked down with the second, falling close to the 

 boundary, being retrieved by Mr. Robert Elliott in a skillful manner. 

 When the suspense was over, a great shout went up from the crowd 

 (among whom were a large number ladies) ; Mcllhany being declared 

 the winner with the fine score of 47. 



Sexton of course finished second with 46, which is a very creditable 

 score, for he tells me that altogether he had not shot at as many as 50 

 pigeons previous to this shoot. Hoffman was third with 45, he missed 

 his 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th birds, and then killed out; his 29th, however, 

 died out of bounds. Hoffman is also a new shooter, who began shoot- 

 ing at the trap less than three months ago. Hershey, the veteran live- 

 bird Bhot of Kansas, finished fourth with 44. Hall, another new 

 beginner from Waterville, was fifth with 43. Stevenson and Running, 

 also new men at the trap, being next with 42. 



Dr. King and Goddard had a hat bet on their respective scores. This 

 was, however, changed to a year's subscription to Forest and Stream 

 when Goddard won, as he had just bought a new hat and was not tak- 

 ing the paper, while the reverse was the case with the Doctor. The 

 latter was not shooting in good form from the fact that he is a very 

 busy man, being twice called away from the Bcore to attend a sick 

 patient. 



Mcllhany 's win was a very popular one and justly so, as it was prin- 

 cipally through his efforts that, the coutest was brought about. He is 

 one of Weir City's representative citizens and has done much to popu- 

 larize the sport in Kansas. Not only is he a good shot, but he can 

 also write interestingly on the subject. Another reason why the 

 majority wanted him to win was that he virtually managed the shoot 

 ana was shooting under a strain all the time. 



Sexton shot well through the whole shoot. He made the best aver- 

 age in the target events and on the last day missed but one target. 



The following is the score of the championship contest in detail: 



Live bird championship of the State ot Kansas. Conditions: 50 live 

 birds per man, A. S. A. rules to govern; entrance the price of the 

 birds, optional sweep of $5: 



Trap score type— Copyright, isoi, by Forest and Stream Publishing Cl 

 W WMcIlhany 5545531424441553224245241 



(Parker, Smoke- W^^T^Hr+^T^-^S^rK/N 



less, EC) 1 122111122211122112212112 



3 352543423412444231385341 



Tr^/* T T T"a | W , ~VrV > t.'U'» ^TN^T/^ 

 112 10 12 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 • 2-47 



J W Sexton 5 4 31154323115354412153241 



(Lef ever, Smoke- tf' T H ^ 4 ^ \<- \ r \ \ \ T T / ^ i 



lesB, EC) 122 3 11111221221111. 2 111112 



2243555134415534258411124 

 11113«20»113211212121211 0—46 

 E W Hoffman 4515321222154215235333514 

 (Parker, Smoke- \ W;* N /-V*v+ ?H(TTij"^\^^^^i\->T 

 less, EC) 2 121201000112111122111121 



51454534354234 233325254 3 5 

 T \-V*T/ t \+W+->/"->-» V->-»-»«--f J^-n/ 

 211«18222*22ia 2 211122111 1-45 



J M Hershey 2224441353532544112384234 

 (Greener.Smoke- /* //t^^/^^NN^I^ j"T ?t\.s" 

 less, EC) 122112210211211«11212012« 



34215134355355 3 4532433112 



2 z 1 1 • 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 2 11121111210 2—44 



G R Hall 3132154333385 5 13222432543 



(Lefever.Smoke- V^\/ lt i/H^"\/j"r + T\ T T 1 T TT/r>^\ 

 less, DuPont)..,. 2 01132210122«102111111221 



453143341431532513232 2455 



222111110121.01 11111222 2 2—43 



Geo Stevenson 

 (Lefever, New 

 Nitro, DuPont) 



B O Running 

 (Smith, Smoke- 

 less, E C) 



54314411141515 313 

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 ..2 1221121212.11110 



22155142482545135 

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 1 1 1 2 1 1 • 1 1 2 1 • 1 2 1 



412432242324315 41 

 .0 11102»U211111111 



54343523124314152 

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11011111221111111 



4 14 5 2 5 5 1 

 T^TT^Tw 

 12 2 1112 



112 4 4 2 4 4 



2 2 1 2 1 2 1—42 



5 13 5 5 2 2 5 

 2 1112 11 

 33251555 



2 11110 1-42 



J L Horn 2235 3 84415221254522131142 



(Smith, Smoke- Sr+\^r+X.W*/* < +Xr+\->tT*' ^\\\f /" 

 less, E C). ....... 2 0221021 1220«21ail2220102 



1332313155445351344451523 



TT ?^/^^t/*TX/r*T TTJV>T/ ,, /'V/<T 

 110222212210 211 .0 2 2 1 2 1 1-38 



G H Goddard 233528445451443315111 2 5 14 

 (Parker, Smoke- I ^T/ , \ W \j" ^\r^ — >\ \i \-»*VrV 

 less, DuPont). . ..U01«12120u2122111«l223303 



45215435445252455113 3 2314 

 2222211.01022110 2 2021212 «-37 

 G W King 22231425342133 2 2544185213 



(Smith, Smoke- Sr> r \J~S , TllTr> y *^^S t 'S'\l^r>Tj?>r>r>i 

 less, EC) 11111101«1110021 2 0«102«0 



2235225234322145214443424 

 111 2 222120»1220020«22101 1—33 



B S Abbott 3532351134331431451524254 

 (Parker. Smoke- >Mv< \l T Sf\\ST?> %^7*?> WTrK 

 less, EC) •011111112 01001011202120 



3432842355415541311121851 

 11..121020202221 U01 i • 2 1-30 



H C Calhoun 45445234433 1 532 

 (Greener.Smoke- 



less, E C) 012123«2001021 w. 



Ben Best 545442344248511 

 (Lefeirer,Smoke- ^VT^//^^T/ 

 less, EC) 1 10 1 • 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 w. 



The following are the scores made in the ol her live-bird events: 

 No. 1: No. 2: No. 3- 



Sexton 02111-4 2111012- 6 112112211.1— 10 



Running 02111—4 2111122—7 022122220 0— 7 



Hershey 10111-4 2221121-f 101121211.1—9 



G Stevenson 12221—5 220211.-5 120.19111.1— 7 



Kinmouth 12021—4 •100011—3 110112121.1— 9 



Hall 12111-5 01«2122— 5 112212202.1— 9 



I Stevenson 01101-3 111»«00— 3 001101012.2— 6 



Sumner 00111-3 »001110-3 0»1010021.1— 5 



Sargeant 12001-3 1100101— 4 120322121.0— "8 



Mcllhany 21111-5 l.lllll— 6 221101101 2— 8 



Calhoun 01111-4 1021120-5 122212221.0- 9 



Best 10111-4 2121111—7 112111111..- 9 



Leeman... 0011011-4 011212201 •- 7 



Hoffman 1021101-5 022121111.1— 9 



Horn... w 2ll»1«3-5 •10210221.2—7 



Sowers 1112212-7 012011230 2—7 



King 0011202-4 111.11112..- 8 



Goddard 110.10121 •- 6 



Abbott 220012111.1— 8 



Himiltcn 121221211.1—10 



No. 1 was at 5 liv*e birds, $2.50 entrance; No. 2, 7 birds, $3, and No. 3, 



10 birds, $5. Ia No. 3 Sexton won first money alone, as Hamilton was 

 not in the sweep. 



TARGET SCORES. 



The scores made in the target events on both days were as follows: 



First Day. Second Day. 



Events: 183456 12345 



Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 So 15 15 15 15 25 Shot at. Broke. Av. 



Sexton 12 14 14 12 15 23 15 14 15 15 35 185 174 94.16 



Mcllhany ..14 13 14 10 14 38 14 13 14 13 23 , 185 165 89.18 

 Running... .11 14 14 14 15 23 14 14 12 14 23 185 168 90 81 



Hall 11 .. 11 13 11 21 10 11 9 18 .. 145 110 75 84 



Stevenson.. 12 .. 14 14 12 24 12 11 13 12.. 145 124 84 16 

 Sumner.... 11 9 1 5 11 13 18 12 14 12 10 20 185 136 73 51 

 Hoffman .... 14 15 13 12 24 13 14 15 15 25 170 160 94.11 



Calhoun.. ..14 12 15 15 15 21 100 92 92 



Abbott 9 15 9 60 



Sargeant... 10 14 13 13 13 75 63 83.33 



Kinmcuth..ll .. 14 1 3 45 38 84 44 



Best 14 14 .. 13 45 41 91 11 



Horn 14 14 13 45 41 91.11 



Leeman 11 10 12 9 21 t5 63 74.11 



Sowers 11 15 11 78.83 



Morrison 10 15 10 66 66 



King 12 8 17 .. 9 12 11 .. 100 69 69 



Haskell 18 15 18 b6 66 



Paul R. Litzke. 



The Honest Yeomen Do Up the Rochesters. 



North Greece, N. Y., Oct. 17.— The farmers win again. The last of 

 the three matches between the Monitou Beach Rod and Gun Club and 

 the Rochester Rod and Gun Club was shot yesterday on the latter'a 

 grounds, the Manitou Club winning the last two matches. The Roch- 

 ester Club considered themselves the champions of the State and in- 

 vincible, but when they buck against the "Honest Yeoman" from the 

 rural districts, they find skill, pluck and endurance as well as superior 

 marksmanship to contend with which is hard to overcome. 



Manitou Team 



Low den 0111011001 1101 110111—14 



C Skinner 11111101111101101111—17 



A Ricaman OllllOllllllOllillli— 17 



BRickman 11100111111101111111—17 



Byer llOlinilimilllOll— 18 



Wm Brown 11111101111011111110—17 



C Lane lllOll 1U11111111111_19_H9 



Rochester Team. 



Hicks 00101111111110111111-16 



Borst OOmOOllOllllllllll— 15 



Wride 01110111010001111011—13 



Mann 11101110100011100111—13 



Hadley 11111110110111111111-18 



Griffitu 11111111111111101011—18 



Glover 11101111111111111111— 19-112 



John M. Lowden. 



It is stated that the first team of the Emerald Gun Club, of New 

 York city, that will represent that club in ihe Dexter Park shoot the 

 Utter part of this month, will be constituted as follows: L. H. Schorte- 

 meier, Dr. G. V. Hudson, R. Phister, C. W. Floyd and Fletcher Walters . 

 This makes a strong team, and the other clubs will have no easy task 

 in defeating it. 



