Nov. 2, 1395. J 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



393 



No. 2, same: Barker and Mott 9, Asbbrook 8, Money and Coldron 7. 

 Wilson 5. 



No. 3, miss-and-out, 85: G, W. Johnson and Jim Jones 8, Wilson 8, 

 Money 7, Mott and Ashbrook 3, Barker 2. 



No. 4, same: Heiskell, Money and Fulford 9, Mott 8, Aahbrook 6, 

 Jim Jones 5, J. W. Johnson and Barker 3, Edwards, Cockey and Burk- 

 hardt 2, Corning 1. 



THE DTJPON T HANDICAP CHAMPION. 



Thursday and Friday, Oct. 24 and 25, were almost wholly taken up 

 with the big event of the shoot— the DuPont Smokeless Powder Cham- 

 pionship Handicap. This event was at 25 live birds, $25 entrance, 

 $1,000 and a very fine trophy being guaranteed for this event. The 

 only condition imposed on the shooters was the use of DuPont's 

 Smokeless, the other rules governing the contest being the A. 8. A. 

 rules. 



The weather again was perfect on both days, that is, from a 

 spectator's point of view. The sun shone brightly all day long, mak- 

 ing the temperature very agreeable. On Friday the breeze came up 

 pretty strongly during the morning, but it finally died away to noth- 

 ing. 



Misses came fast quite early in the game, and by the close of the 

 day, although only eleven rounds had been completed, there were 

 only twelve men in with straight scores. The names of these for- 

 tunate individuals were: Upson, Porterfleld, Willey, Coe, Wagner, 

 Brewer, Hay ward, Gilbert, Clark, Cooper, Melot and Schmeck. Three 

 other shooters had retired, their names being Gibbs, Rice and E. D. 

 Fulford. This left forty-eight of the fifty-one starters in the race at 

 the end of the first day. The total number of entries was fifty-three, 

 there being two who paid forfeit— Bland Ballard, of Louisville, Ky., 

 and B. B. Cook, of Davenport, la, 



• The handicap committee, which consisted of Jacob Pentz, Chair- 

 man, H. P. Collins, Kelso, J, H. Gulick, W. L. Shepard, Dr. 8. J. Fort 

 and Edward Banks, met on the evening of Wednesday in the parlor of 

 the Carrolton Hotel and apportioned the handicaps for thirty-three 

 entries already received. In addition to that number the handicaps of 

 A. H. King, A. L, Ivins and A. Woodruff were held over till the morn- 

 ing. A number of shooters entered at the last moment, among the 

 number being Class, Timmons and Brewer. The latter was shooting 

 in such excellent shape that the maximum penalty of 33yds. seemed 

 no bar to making him a hot favorite in the pools, As the score will 

 show he went straight up to the last bird of his 25, lcsing a tricky one 

 from No. 2 trap that looked like a duffer, but which went off fast 

 enough when once started to carry the shot out of bounds. 



ALL INTERESTS POOLED. 



During the hours that intervened between 6 P. M. on Thursday and 

 10 A. M. on Friday, an agreement was come to between the twelve 

 straight men to divide up the money equally, shooting out for the 

 trophy and the honor of wearing the title of DuPont Smokeless 

 Powder Handicap Champion. As there was $1,295 in the purse, this 

 meant over $100 apiece to each of the twelve, supposing that theie 

 should be four straights, thus shutting out the 24s. As it happened, 

 there were but two straights, Gilbert and Hay ward, who shot off for 

 the cup at 5 birds each, Hayward missing his second bird, while 

 Gilbert went straight and won the trophy. 



King, of Pittsburg, who had missed his first bird in the race, was 

 thus let in for a try at third and fourth moneys, as he had killed 

 straight after his first error. His opponents were Brewer, Coe and 

 Wagner. When an offer waB made to split up the two moneys 

 between the four, King agreed, the four shooting out for place. There 

 was nothing to be gained by either shooter, so far as money went, in 

 rolling up a big score; on the contrary, it cost money to keep on 

 shooting. Jack Brewer thought so evidently, as he deliberately 

 missed his second bird in the first shoot-off at 5 birds. To get the 

 thing over, Wagner shot into the ground on his fifth bird, the bird 

 being lucky enough to be liberated just when Billy did not want him. 

 The case was so clear that Penrose asked Wagner to shoot at another 

 bird, which he killed with his first barrel. Another round of 5 birds 

 was ordered, with King, Coe and Wagner still left in. King drew a 

 corker that fairly beat him and retired, leaving Coe and Wagner to 

 fight it out. In the third series of 5 Coe lost his fourth bird dead out 

 of bounds, following this loss with a miss of his fifth. Thus Wagner 

 took third place, the young Baltlmorean, who had shot a capital race, 

 being accorded fourth place on the list. 



HAS A MAN THE RIGHT TO MISS A BIRD? 



There is something in this matter that is of rather more than pass- 

 ing interest. This case of pooling of interests is not to be confounded 

 with dropping for place and pooling in class shoots. In "high gun" 

 events, agreements to divide work no injury to shooters who are not 

 included in the pools. Once the destination of the trophy was arrived 

 at by the shoot off between Hayward and Gilbert, there was nothing, 

 practically speaking, to shoot off for. Save for the honor of landing 

 in third or fourth place, the four men above named had no incentive 

 to keep on spending their quarters for birds to shoot at. Whether or 

 not a man has a right to miss a bird in order to bring to an end a con- 

 test that he is unwilling to prolong, providing of course that in so pur- 

 posely missing a bird he does not injure another contestant's chances 

 (as is possible In class shooting), is a question that w e think might be 

 answered in the affirmative, the act of missing a bird under those 

 circumstances being equivalent to a voluntary retirement from the 

 contest. 



GILBERT, THE WINNER. 



Fred Gilbert, the winner of the DuPont Smokeless Handicap Cham- 

 pionship, is a young man of 27 years of age. He was born and raised 

 at Spirit Lake, la., a country town of about 2,000 inhabitants. During 

 the twenty-seven years of his life Gilbert has done a great deal of _ 

 shooting, having hunted for the market during the open season, 

 spending the close season in a general store, where he acts as a clerk, 

 handling groceries and dry goods instead of his Smith gun and U. M. 

 C. Trap shells, loaded with DuPont Smokeless As a trap-shot, par- 

 ticularly at targets, Gilbert has made quite a reputation. At the St. 

 Paul shoot this year he won second average, having to shoot very hard 

 the last day to land where he did. He is a quiet young man, makes no 

 fuss about the honors he has won, claiming that no small amount of 

 the credit of winning the trophy was due to a well-worn rabbit's foot 

 which he carries in his right-hand vest pocket. This being his first 

 experience at live birds in a big tournament, he deserves great com- 

 mendation for the way in which he handled himself, and for the nerve 

 he displayed when it came to a pinch. 



The runner-up, Hayward, was n.ne other than Chas. MacAlester, 

 one of the best known amateurs of this country. His name is also 

 well known in Europe, as he has probably done as much as any other 

 amateur who has left this country to try conclusions with the crack 

 shots of Europe to make American pigeon shooters recognized as an 

 important factor when it comes down to business MacAlester shot 

 throughout the tournament in splendid shape, killing his hard birds as 

 easily as his slow ones. When it came to the shoot-off for the cup it 

 looked as if the odds were in his favor, notwithstanding the fact tiiat 

 he was conceding Gilbert 3yds. When he missed his second bird in 

 the ties it was a surprise to everj body, as the pigeon did not seem to 

 be a hard one. 



Everybody knows Billy Wagner, of Washington, D. C, the third 

 man in the race. Wagner's handicap of 28yds. gave him an excellent 

 chance of winning the trophy, and it seemed at one time as if he was 

 sure of a straight score. The bird he missed, his fourteenth, was a 

 nasty one from No. 1 trap that would have beaten a good many of 

 those who were shooting along with him. Wagner is handicapped 

 very seriously by having to wear very strong glasses, his sight being 

 poor - it was owing to his being unable to cover all fli-e traps with 

 those glasses that that bird from No. 1 got such a start before Wag- 

 ner caught a glimpse of its wings. 



Coe the winner of fourth place, is a Baltimorean. He shot a cap- 

 ital race, going straight until the twenty second round, when a good 

 bird from No. 5 trap beat him. He drew as hard birds during the race 

 as anybody, and the manner in which he dropped them proved that 

 in Coe Baltimore will have a good man to represent her in the Grand 

 American Handicap next April, should he come to New York and take 

 part in that great annual event. 



Alec King, of Pittsburg, was fifth. As previously stated, King 

 made a bad miss of his first bird, an incomer, his miss being distinctly 

 attributable to over-carefulness. After this error he steadied down 

 and killed his next 24. In siiooting off the ties he drew some very 

 hard birds, and several of his second-barrel kills called forth consider- 

 able applause from the crowd. 



Brewer, the sixth man, might have finished in a higher hole had he 

 tried to kill his tie birds. As told above, he missed his second bird in 

 the first series of five birds to put an end .to the matter. Everybody 

 who has Been him at the score knows how he can shoot, and. putting 

 all prejudice on one side, he again demonstrated that the 33yds. mark 

 is no bar to him. When he wants the birds he comes pretty close to 

 getting them all. 



" A GOOD CROWD. 



Before closing this necessarily somewhat brief account of a very 

 big event, we must not pass over the attendance of spectators, nor 

 the interest they evincea in all the proceedings. A more orderly or 

 more gentlemanly crowd it has seldom been our pleasure to see at a 

 tournament, whether at live birds or targets. The fair sex too were 

 present in good numbers, particularly on Thursday, the first day of 

 tfie main event. It is very plain that the people interested in shooting 

 in Baltimore have a good future before them if they will only keep 

 things moving now they have gotten a good start. 



Exclusive of the tie birds it took just 900 birds to finish the handi- 

 cap On Tuesday, according to our figures, 1,022 birds were trapped 

 in the different events, while on Wednesday 1,603 birds were trapped. 



On Fiiday several of those who had dropped out of the big race 



started in to shoot extra events. Three $3 miss-and-outs, a 10-blrd 

 race, $10 entrance and a $5 misB-and-out were shot off. The scores 

 were as follows: 



No. 1, miss-and-out, $3: Fulford, Corning and Wellington, 3; Heiskel, 

 2; Money and Daly, 1. 



No. 2, same: Heiskell and Wellington, 6; Fulford and Money, 5, 

 Corning, 4; Grimm, 1; Upson, 0. 



No. S, same: Money and Wellington, 7; Corning, 6; Fulford, 4: Heis- 

 kell, 3; King, 1. 



No. 4, 10 birds, $10, three moneys, class shooting: Upson and 

 Ciaridge, 10; Clark, Fulford, Hayward, Porterfleld and Heiskell, 9; 

 Money, Woodruff and Malone, 8; Denny, Bonday and Dueker, 7; Corn- 

 ing, G; Shaffer, 4. 



No, 5, miss-and-out, $5: Fulford, 12; Money and Corning 11, Ciaridge 

 and Heiskell, 10; Upson, 2. 



The scores in the big event, showing trap, flight of bird and the 

 result of each shot, are given in full below: 



DuPont Smokeless Powder Championship handicap, 25 live birds, 

 $25 entrance, handicaps from 33 to 24yds.: 



Trap score type— Copyright f<six 4 by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 



2445542324254151513343345 

 Fred Gilbert (27), \->4-/ •s.-^/.^h ■V\^-U->H-*v*t H1H 

 Spirit Lake, la. . .« 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2—25 



31535232414122552211155 35 

 CHayward (30), \ / *<^$\s<- / a 4, n \ 1 f $ 



Baltimore, Md. ..2 1122 2222221222222222212 2—25 



5544515552222144332344523 

 W Wagner (28), T T viV f \ \ «7+-»/ ^HrUH-^N^i 



Washington, D. 0. 1 111111121 2 1 10121 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2-24 



E B Coe (27), 



4411531425 323551143215441 



Baltimore, Md... 1 12122222122222222212021 2—24 



3541555423313132434 5 44351 

 A- H King (29), J, S\T ^i/-4^TI^S-\^\/^^iiHe'\/ 

 Pittsburg, Pa....O 11121211111122222212222 1—24 



2242221342145552125523212 

 J L Brewer (33), / 4-^i^^ 1 /^/\^i;'\\^HT\.f> 

 New York 2 22122222222221222222222 0-24 



1512112554354414453254431 

 IWBudd (28), «_*vjv*f \N^\\tS.?;</\,*H.!?'->4.?T 

 New Jersey 2 22221 2222.2222222220222 2—23 



2234331545233552431141512 

 B W Ciaridge (28), f-T^r^ -\ *V S\ T wT* t / V^/M t 

 Baltimore, Md. ..2 3212211.011133222212121 1—23 



4534451223551213112514122 

 F Cooper (28), ^ i\ f TI-f^-^tNN 4. *V Wr^A^^HN 

 Mahanoy City, Pa.. 2 2221221 2 221202220111211 2—23 



3525133315354553425132221 

 P Daly , Jr (27), T ^ <- \ J" ->-> 4- -T* S N W f\ \"* H ? -> t 

 LongBranch.N J.2 21101211222222122222222 .-23 



5543122255454431544122244 

 JO'HDenny (26), \ Is ^^/V^ T^"V\^HN/ J.r+'v-V- 

 Pittsburg, Pa. ...2 2220222222112222222 2 2 .2 2-23 



2511221225415 5 22541422424 

 O I Melnt (87), \->\, / *->4.TV? / »/i *V ? ^->^t->/ 4- t 

 Reading, Pa 1 221122122222221. 2 2112.2 2—23 



23342252111213 34211224543 

 D M Porterfleld (29) X S*-*-? S\ IN*' 4- 4, i/S/ S, i\/t0.4\? j* ^ 

 Vicksbu'g, Miss. .2 22211 2 221221^2222221220 .-23 



5122154335154314422534255 

 J H Shaffer (27), *"<- T-+\ T/* 4. T \/" ^ 4- <S-*-**-*S<S* 



Pittsburg, Pa.. ..0 2221122111221112222222. 2—23 



23521235441144 5 4435221421 

 DA Upson (29), I Ir+WSSl** i\ t i"^ Hs?/" 



Cleveland, O 2 1222222221122212.21222 1—23 



3451235511514211515 325524 

 / S i T \ ^ 4- ^ ✓ ^ 11 -f-KO-Si <- 1 -MO* ? T I 

 .2 2222222222212222.. 22222 2—23 



Allen Willey (39), 

 Hadlyme, Conn 



H Brewster (28), 

 Harrisburg, Pa. 



W G Clark (30), 

 Altoona, Pa 



5451442555224312123445444 

 ..1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 . 2 1-22 

 522 4-5 425241112 12335 5 15181 

 J ' T ^t"t"^- 1 ' T\T\e"*A."\4. 

 ..1 3 3333222130302222222220 2—22 



4142535234222212523342545 

 Frank Class (31), 4- \ T /" N ^r>T \ \? T ' \ *t / 4- "V /* S T 

 Morristown, N.J. 2221 2 223220 2 22212122.222 0—22 



3544 5 4523313 5343422552254 

 C M Grimm (29), VJ. T^-^ ^?T/*?S\\? T T T^t 



Clear Lake, la.. .22221211.2.2222220222222 2-22 



W T Jackson (26), 3332511435413445314334422 

 Havre de Grace, \TN^ lr>s* -C HI* — >N V * I ^ ? 



Md 1220211122122111232011.2 2—32 



4331145133553344554342453 

 A Woodruff (30), ^i-^TH^H^? Wr>i^\\ SW^S Iss 

 Etizabttn, SI.J..212232111.2333332223..2 3 2—22 



4233321332433351553 

 J E Schmeck (28), ^^t-lfSSl tWWT 



Reading, Pa 23322222222.2202220 —16 



215412413245424543 

 CEBoodiy (26), t.-»-»->->/ l, ^r + T-»^"V\T lS\T 

 Baltimore, Md... 221122121 103111200 —15 



34452413332543215 

 C T Bodifield (25), ,S*-\Sr*->Si-*J-^>S'X\ % 

 Cleveland, 02111221211021110 —14 



1113152441125535 



ALIviDS(31), 



Sea Bright, N. J.. 2202222222222330 —14 



224534 3 255543241 

 G Burrcughes (26)„x e\f<;* T TNi^-P*^!'*,* 

 Chase's, Md. 12002012133211 3 



52532554232135 

 H Wellington (29), ^<-j"^t 4. ^ \^TH T/^ 

 Harrisburg, Pa.. 2022222 2 2222. 



5225511444343 

 GCorning,Jr (26), l-?X/*/ A -<»\S i W»>SSi'><K 

 Auburn, NY.. ..22222.2022110 



54435312 8144 



WLShepard (26), 

 Chicago, III 2 121.2 22322U0 



4535525 2 3434 

 L F Gemmett (26),<-<-\<-"\ 4- ^ \ t ?^ 

 Fort Madison, Ia.l 21.21102211 



443252153 3 2 

 H Edwards (26), ^-^T 4 <s*^ >h\ 

 Philadelphia,Pa..2 2 3 2.211223 



32144145223 

 T S Mott (30), -n^/s^T *"4A\T 

 Philadelphia,Pa..l 32222022^2 



52453412543 

 Y Ashbrooke (29), /> *V / V-> 



PhiUdelphia,Pa..<! 2102121203 



511552523 3 8 

 RBond (26), 1 $ T/ 



Baltimore, Md. ..2 1213113.30 



24443351131 

 E Browne (2'), «-T 4- \/ l \TV->T'*i 

 Burton, Tex 2 2120110211 



111543 3 1454 



WB Ccckey (26), 

 Baltimore, Md., .1 1231001122 



3 4 3 2 4 13 1115 

 J M Green (26), \SS-*-^^\\^ 

 Washington, DC20.23222221 



23 3 14432135 

 J M Hawkins (27), < — ^V^t^ ? 

 Baltimore, Md,,. 2 2231. 32120 

 51115411413 

 H M John son 025), -> ^ ^ \ \ -»/i J. VT 

 Pittsburg, Pa 1 2 • • 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 



-12 

 -11 

 -10 

 -10 

 -10 

 -10 

 -1 



42513352543 

 Jim Jones (29), w^/* t^4-^ 



Philadelphia, Pa. .2 0022122222 —9 



1 3 2 3 1 5 4 1 1 2 S 

 Oapt Money.handdi- *V i > \<-"s\ T 



c'p(29),Oakland,NJ.O 2022112121 — 9 



44241544145 

 W G Taylor (27), i\ 

 Columbia, Pa .. ..1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 - 9 



1554335153 5 

 Jas Timmons (28), ^\4--+\ii^^. ? \ 

 Morristown, N J.. 101211 11 120 -9 



„ 31443132442 

 OE Verges (27) W->/*<-^T *t<- 



Lowell, O . 11 2 2230121 — 9 



45225154425 

 J B Barker (28), \i t^/i 1— 

 Philadelphia, Pa.l 2.1221012. —8 



2412 3 5254 3 2 

 E Bingham (28), ^->? /-^T^^./ , 



Chicago, III 2 222.022202 —8 



25423153828 

 ECBurkhardt(26) ^4, \T*VT 



Buffalo, NY 2 1122.20022 _ g 



4 2 318 5 15 1 

 E D Fulford (32), t^ 1 3» ^ T * t /* ^ 

 Utica, NY 2 2 . 2 2 2 2 . — 6 



4128535451 

 T H Gibbs (25), ^^u^/Tx S/<s 

 Columbia, SO... 2 22.2. 101 _q 



4 4 2 3 3 3 

 ES Rice (21). /-»\TT1 



Chicago, 111 1 3 2 . _ 3 



Ties for cup shot off at 5 birds: 



4 3452 22232 

 \->->-> SS ^ X-> 



Gilbert 2 2 2 2 2—5 Hayward 2 2 2 2—4 



Tits on 24 for third and fourth moneys shot off as follows: 



45134 21512 58315 



^H>T-» S/V4-4- ^li\ 

 Wagner 112 11—5 11213-5 11211-5 



52315 44434 12514 



\-\\s^ <-N^H\ V*^\\ 

 Coe 2 2 2 2 2-5 1 1 1 2 2-5 2 2 2 .-3 



14 14 4 1 



King 2 2 2 1 1—5 —0 



1 2 



Brewer 2 —1 



Gilbert takes first place and the cup; Hay ward wins second place* 

 Wagner third and Coe fourth. 



HIT OR MISS. 



The Western contingent under the leadership of E. S. Rice was 

 decidedly in evidence at the traps. It is generally understood, how- 

 ever, that their best records were made on board an oyster boat on 

 Friday afternoon. The way Shepard put it was thus: "In Chicago 

 we go into a restaurant and- order and eat what we are told are 

 oysters, and pay about 40 cents for the privilege of tasting a few of 

 them. Here in Baltimore we go on board a boat and find a man 

 who is only too glad to open oysters for us as long as we can eat them 

 and be charged nothing for them!" "Yes," said Gilbert, "and Eddie 

 eats about a bushel of them." 



Fulford's patent telephone-pole-hole-digger (we think that's the 

 right name) attracted a lot of attention at this shoot. The mechanical 

 ingenuity displayed in the working model was the subject of much 

 favorable comment. 



Upson's last words: "I can kill easy birds, but when I get a hard 

 one, it gets away." Look at his scores and see how few hard ones 

 must have fallen to his lot. 



We wonder if Charlie Grimm has more like Gilbert out West With 

 Grimm at 29, Bingham at 28 and Gilbert at 27yds , the Western men 

 could find no fault with their handicaps. 



Photographer Bendann made a series of excellent photographs dur- 

 ing the shoot. His list of subjects was unusually varied, while all the 

 photos were clear and distinct. The plates are 10X12 and the price of 

 each single photo is $1 ; three for $2.50. Mr. Bendann's address is 205 

 N. Carey street. 



A canvass of 47 of the 51 guns used by the shooters in the big event 

 showed that there were 15 Smiths, 11 Greeners, 6 Parkers, 5 Lefevers 

 4 Francottes, 2 Scotts, and 1 each of Whitmore, Remington, Purdey 

 and Boss. Jim Denny 's single-trigger Boss attracted lots of attention 

 being the first seen at a tournament in this country. ' 



About the eighth round of the handicap Penrose told every shooter 

 to hand him two shells, as he wanted to "examine the wadding." The 

 following is a list of the shells used: 23 Smokeless, 19 Trap, 1 V. L & 

 D. Special, 1 Leader, 1 Nitro, 2 Smokeless and Trap, 1 Leader and Blue 

 Rival, 1 Trap and Nitro, 1 Trap and Rapid, 1 Smokeless and Leader 



Eddie Bingham says: "Tell Hough about Gilbert's rabbit's foot and 

 what it did for him. If we'd known about it before, every one of us 

 from the West would have come provided with one. Yes, some of us 

 in Chicago do believe in rabbits' feet after all." 



Elmer E. Shaner paid a visit to Baltimore and enjoyed— as a specta- 

 tor — the shooting and the unlimited flow of chaff. It was a new thine 

 for Elmer to have nothing to do at a shoot, and he enjoyed it accord- 

 ingly. 



Wellington, of Harrisburg, Pa., was a new arrival at the grounds on 

 the morning of the first day of the championship handicap. His fel- 

 low citizen, Harry A. Dill (Henry), was not so fortunate, being delayed 

 by the wreck at Newport, not reaching the grounds until about 4 P 

 M. on the same day, too late to enter the event. Wellington shot 

 well in the sweeps on the last day, having a mortgage on the $3 miss- 

 and-outs. 



It is unwise just now to say anything to Bill Clark about music 

 the band on his soft hat having caused him to lose his twenty -fourtli 

 bird. 



E. C Hal), a member of the Baltimore Shooting Association, was 

 always on hand during the shoot, and worked as hard as anybody for 

 its success. Hall is a good shot himself, particularly at tai gets- but 

 on this occasion he devoted himself to the best interests of his club 



The local press did a great deal to help on the shoot, devoting lots 

 of space to it. The scores were given correctly and in an interesting 

 manner, hut the descriptive work showed at times an amusing ignor- 

 ance of the subject. The following, apropos of Brewer's well-known 

 lightning second barrel, is worth reading: "Brewer makes a good 

 living shobtipg for a New York powder concern. * * * He is rapid 

 on his second barrel, and a favorite trick of his is to purposely give a 

 glance shot with his first barrel and then bring his bird to ground with 

 his second," 



The following item from a local daily of the 24th is rather puzzling- 

 "Xo-day will probably decide who |s the champion live-bird shot of the 

 world, if all those who have entered are on their mettle, but it the size 

 cf the event has affected their nerves it may take two days to de- 

 termine the question." The size of the event affecting the nerves and 

 prolonging the event is something new. 



Alexis 1. DuPont, of the firm of E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co 

 was an interesu d spectator during the whole of the tournament en- 

 joying his four days at Bnltimore as much as anybody, and makine 

 lots of friends for himself and the powder manufactured by the com- 

 pany he represented. 



H P. Collins says that it's no joke to act as cashier at a tournament* 

 he comforts himoelf by reflecting that it is not every body who can 

 fill the cffice and come out only $10 or so behind each day ! 



Phil Daly, Jr., disguised himself on the second day of the handlcaD 

 by shaving off his moustache. Anybody that didn't notice the chanee 

 in his appearance was no loEger his friend. 8 



It was a great shoot, and the trophy was won by a good shot who 

 thoroughly deserves all the honor coming to him. 



By kind invitation of Mr. Alexis I. DuPont, the Western shooters 

 were afforded an opportunity on Saturday, Oct. 26, of seeing how du 

 Pont's Smokeless was made. The visiting party to the companv's 

 nitro po« der works (v, hich by the way are in New Jersey and totallv 

 distinct from the blsck powder works) was composed of E S Rir-e 

 W. L. Shepard, Eddie bmgham, Charlie Grimm, Fred Gilbert' D M 

 Porterfleld, C. F. Lewis, of the American Bield. and Edward Banks' 

 of Forsst and Stream. The party was escorted to Wilmington D«l 

 by Messis. A. I. DuPont andH. P. Collins. At Wilmington Mr Francis 

 I. DuPont met the visitors and took them on board the tug Emilv 

 which in about halt an hour landed them at the works. Reinforppri 

 by Mr. Pierre L DuPont, the party then made a tour of the works «™i 

 witnessed the process of turning "old stockings" (as Gilbert descrih^d 

 the mateiial) into DuPont's Smokeless. After enjoying an expelled 

 lunch prepared forihe party in the laboratory, Captain Denny and the 

 tug Emily landed the visitors in Wilmington in time for them to catch 

 the 3.05 train on the P. R. R. for Philadelphia, where they were e»in* tn 

 seethe U. P.-Lafayetle football gtme. This trip to Chicago u Bafeffioito 

 and Wilmington was Gilbert's first real|trip away from home ^to? 



