Nov. 9/1895.] 



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SNAP SHOTS AT THE DU PONT HANDICAP. 



W.h Shepard. 

 W. G. Clark. 

 J. O'H. Denny. 

 W. Hepler. 



O. I.Melot 

 Fred Gilbert, 

 C. M. Grimm. 

 Fen. Cooper. 



X. W. Budd. 

 C. Mae tester. 

 B. W. Clarldge. 

 G. Corning, Jr. ^ 



Eddie Blnghara. 

 Aaron Woodruff. 

 A. L. Ivins. 

 VV. T. Jackson. 



The San Antonio Shoot. 



San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 1.— The sacred precincts of the swamp at 

 Lakeview were invaded by a number of enthusiastic trap-shots on the 

 27th of October, and for three days thereafter the crack of the shot- 

 gun made the water hens recede to deeper cover. When Rolla Heikes 

 and Jimmy Elliott came on the scene with their deadly pump guns all 

 the feathered webfoots and semi-webfoots sank out of sight in the 

 murky depths. But one unlucky flock of redheads, being of an in- 

 quisitive turn of mind, carelessly swam to the San Antonio Gun Club's 

 side of the pretty lake to feed on the succulent seeds that abound on 

 the banks. The readers of Forest and Stream should have seen that 

 Kansas City man collapse like a jack-knife and make a sneak, drag- 

 ging his gun after him. Jimmy never made such a shot in his life. 

 Three times the Winchester spoke, and three luckless ducks dropped 

 out of the flock; there is no telling how many more might have suc- 

 cumbed had not the multitude fallen on the gunner and swiped him. 

 That same evening the epicuran pair and their friends discussed the 

 toothsome birds, and made pleasant remarks about the curious coun- 

 try where one could shoot inanimate targets and at the same time try 

 a hand at the webfoots. John Ellis, who has become one of the devo- 

 tees wbo worship at the shrine of the pump gun, also had a fit of 

 shooting out of his turn; but John's game was a hawk which mistook 

 the black targets for live things, and came down from the clouds to 

 take a square meal. 



The visiting shooters consisted of Harvey McMurchy, representing 

 the Smith gun; Rolla O. Heikes, of Dayton, O., and J. A. R. Elliott, of 

 the Winchester Repeating Arms Co.; H. G.Wheeler, of Marlboro, 

 Mass. ; C. A. Damon, the Burgess gun man; J. Maxey, of Pueblo, Col. ; 

 John Ellis, W. F. Stewart and G. B. Hutobings, of Galveston, Tex.; E. 

 Foy, of Paris; J. W. Morris, of Wichita Falls; W. G. Sergeant, T. R. 

 Kinmouth, of Joplin, Mo.; L.W. Hoffman, of Galena, Kan,; T. J. Liles, 

 of Aurora, Mo. ; K. M. Moore, of Farmersville. Tex. ; W. H. Wheeler, of 

 Hempstead, Tex.; Miles and Wallace Miller, of Austin, Tex. Mr. J. E. 

 Richards, representing Abbey & Imbrie, and J. Hildredth, in the 

 interest of the Winchester Arms Co., were also among the visitors, 

 but they did not shoot. Messrs. Haney and Dupuy, of Houston, Tex., 

 came on the third day, the latter gentleman shooting under the name 

 of Smith. 



The flight of the targets was erratic, as the wind came directly 

 against the flight and in the face of the shooters, making it hard on 

 the eyes. The live birds were a fair lot. The wind also kept them 

 back and made easy birds out of a great many that might have proved 

 hard ones. 



The tournament was held under the American Shooting Association 

 rules, revised by C. W. Dimick. They were not, however, adhered to 

 as strictly as they should have been. In the s yeepstake No. 2 at 7 live 

 pigeons, one of the San Antonio shooters shot at a bird with the first 

 barrel and neglected to give it 1 he second. As the bird reached the 

 ground the referee announced "dead bird." The shooter lefc the 

 stand and the bird, more scared than hurt, proceeded to place as 

 much Texas ozone between itself and its enemy as the swiftness of its 

 pinions and the velocity of the wind would permit. It did not take it 

 long to be out of bounds and then it was different. Veith (the shooter) 

 claimed the bird on the ground that the referee's decision must go. 



So it should. But then the rules state positively that a bird must be 

 retrieved before it can be scored. Hence the referee in a live-bird 

 contest should not announce his decision until the bird is in his hands 

 and he is satisfied by the shot marks thereon that the shooter is en- 

 titled to the bird. The bird was finally allowed the shooter and he 

 was made happy. The management, however, reversed the decision 

 of the referee that same night and should be credited with doing the 

 right thing. 



Then some one suggested "Cbimmy"' Elliott for referee, and the 

 Kansas City crack agreed to serve provided some one else was selected 

 to referee while he (Jimmie) was shooting. Then came something 

 funny. There is always something funny after Jim and Noel Money 

 or Tom Divine, anyhow. Jim came to the score and his referee put 

 both eyes on the sportsman from the Kaw Valley. Jim's bird hopped 

 up, saw him and changed its mind, hopped back, and as its red legs 

 touched terra firma that terrible gun fairly blew him into smithereens. 

 "Dead bird!" sang out the referee. "No bird!" roared Jim; "Elliott 

 shoots another bird!" And so he did amid the plaudits of the popu- 

 lace. Jim faced the audience, made a regular after-making-a-home- 

 run bow and killed out his 7 straight. 



Rolla Heikes came in for the lion's share of the money as usual, 

 closely followed by H. G. Wheeler, of Massachusetts; J. A- R Elliott, 

 Dupuy, McMurchy, Sargeant, the Miller brothers, Damon and Hoff- 

 man. Of the local shooters Piety and McCormack led. 



Of the local shooters tweoty-tbree entered some of the shoots, but 

 only three shot through the entire target events on the programme: 

 Messrs. Piety, McCormack and G. A. Chabot. The last two named 

 shot clean through, live birds and all, and shot very well, considering 

 their experience at the trap. 



Targets shot at: First day, 4,160; second day, 3,525; third 'day, 7,125; 

 fourth day, 530; total, 15,340. 



The following are some more interesting figures: 



Number of live birds used, 1.0S8. 



Number of ducks killed, 6— Jim Elliott, McMurchy 3. 



Number of doves killed, 1— McMurchy. 



Number of hawks killed, 1— John Ellis. 



Pigeons shot by bushwhacking, 1— Jim Elliott. 



A condensed table of the powders used shows 21 men shootiDg E. O, 

 16 Du Pont, 2 Walsrode, 2 Schultze, 1 Blue Ribbon. 



The table showing the scores and averages made each day are as 

 follows: 



First Day. 



Events: 12345678 



Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 15 Shot at. Broke. Av. 



13 14 12 13 13 12 13 14 



120 



104 



86.6 



14 10 10 14 H 12 9 15 



120 



95 



79.1 





90 



70 



84.4 



14 14 13 8 11 12 11 14 



120 



97 



80.8 



12 9 12 9 12 7 12 11 



120 



84 



70 



9 12 13 12 12 10 13 14 



120 



95 



79.1 



IS 13 12 13 15 12 11 11 



120 



100 



83.3 



13 10 12 7 13 12 14 14 



120 



95 



79.1 



.. .. 11 14 15 14 14 15 



90 



83 



92.2 



12 13 15 10 13 15 15 15 



120 



108 



90 



105 



61 



50.8 



120 



91 



75 8 



120 



105 



87 5 



120 



£8 



73.3 



30 



24 



80 



120 



88 



73 3 



120 



93 



77.5 



45 



84 



75 5 



105 



73 



60 .'8 



30 



24 



80 



120 



87 



72.5 



15 



12 



80 



120 



93 



77.5 



120 



76 



63.3 



120 



86 



71.6 



45 



25 



55.5 



50 



38 



63.3 



15 



4 



26.6 



45 



35 



77.7 



90 



70 



77.7 



75 



50 



66.6 



Events: 12345678 



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



WL Simpson 10 5 13 6 10 8 9 



G A Chabot 12 12 11 15 11 9 10 11 



Liles 13 14 15 44 13 12 11 18 



W F Stewart 9 14 12 10 12 10 11 10 



FKelley 12 12 .. 



Whitworth 14 11 12 8 13 9 12 13 



Hoffman 13 10 12 13 13 10 10 12 



Jno Epp 13 .. 10 .. 11 



Maxey 10 12 . . 8 13 11 7 12 



Vollbrecnt 12 13 . . 



Peter Shields 11 12 11 7 13 10 9 14 



France ,, 12 



Black 11 12 13 10 9 13 14 11 



E Stevens 8 9 9 9 13 7 10 11 



H E Vernon 10 9 11 11 10 12 10 13 



Hummel 12 5 8 



SVeitb 10 .. 8 7 .. 13 .. .. 



WA Coon 4 



Pancoast 11 12 .. 12 



Schryver.... 10 11 13 11 13 12 



Scott 8 11 12 10 9 



Second Day. 



Events: 12345678 



Targets: 15 15 15 SO SO SO 25 15 £ 



A Piety 10 9 9 16 19 16 18 14 



J M McCormack 12 14 10 14 17 14 18 13 



Miles Miller 11 13 9 14 17 16 17 10 



McMurchy 10 14 12 IP 19 16 21 15 



W H Wheeler 11 12 12 18 18 15 20 11 



K M Moore 1.3 12 13 16 15 17 15 9 



R Heikes 13 14 14 17 19 20 23 14 



Jno Ellis 18 10 11 16 15 18 12 12 



JAR Elliott 10 12 8 10 20 18 22 13 



Sargeant 11 14 14 16 18 18 17 13 



Kenmouth 7 13 13 18 17 14 23 13 



W Miller 10 12 13 18 18 15 18 12 



C A Damon 9 14 12 15 17 15 18 11 



WL Simpson 886966 11 9 



Foy 10 11 9 14 13 13 17 12 



G A Chabot 7 7 7 15 16 14 20 12 



Liles 11 10 11 16 14 19 10 11 



Morris 9 10 11 16 17 15 17 18 



W F Stewart 9 15 14 16 16 16 17 14 



Jones 10 10 1 12 9 16 12 7 



Fred Kelley 11 11 11 8 15 12 19 10 



AThiele 12 12 13 12 16 19 21 11 



Whitworth 11 13 10 11 16 16 16 13 



Hoffman 10 13 14 17 16 16 12 13 



Parker 5 10 8 6 ...... .. 



John Epp , 9 10 7 10 



Maxey 11 7 11 14 16 .. .. 



Scudder 10 . . 18 11 



Wm Vollbrecht 17 11 18 .. 



Foster 16 16 13 9 



Peter Shields 1515 9 



J F France 12 10 .. 



Black 14 16 



Third Pay. 



Events: 12345678 



Targets: 15 15 15 SO SO SO 25 SO £ 



W H Wheeler 11 13 12 11 13 15 20 17 



M Miller 14 14 13 18 17 18 19 16 



Moore 11 13 10 17 17 14 24 17 



Piety 12 13 14 15 18 17 16 19 



McCormack 14 11 13 17 17 1 5 23 16 



McMurchy 10 15 12 17 19 14 21 17 



Smith 10 12 12 17 17 16 21 19 



Chabot 13 13 8 13 10 16 17 Vi 



Jones 3 8 6 8 7 11 13 15 



Stewart 10 14 13 15 17 15 19 18 



Damon 11 15 11 18 18 17 20- 19 



H G Whteler 13 15 14 17 16 19 25 19 



Heikes 15 15 14 17 19 19 24 20 



Ellis 10 13 9 17 18 18 20 14 



Elliott 14 13 15 16 19 13 23 18 



Sargeant 10 14 14 17 19 19 23 18 



Kinmouth 12 14 13 16 18 16 19 19 



W Miller 10 13 13 18 17 18 22 18 



Simpson 7 10 10 15 13 11 9 13 



Kelley 11 12 9 17 16 15 14 11 



Hoffman 13 15 12 15 16 13 20 18 



Whitworth 10 13 12 14 15 19 .. 18 



Liles 8 13 11 11 19 11 14 15 



Thiele 13 11 6 13 18 12 14 17 



Haney .. 6 11 12 13 16 18 ... 16 



Parker 9 9 8 10 15 14 15 13 



Foy 6 



Schryver 14 14 14 i0 18 



Foster 16 16 .. 14 



Scott ,, 10 .. .. 



Dyer 10 .. .. 



Shields 16 



France 17 



Fourth Day. 



Following were the scores made on live birds in programme events: 



12 3 



otat. Broke. 



Av. 



145 



111 



75.8 



145 



112 



77.2 



145 



107 



73.7 



145 



126 



86.9 



145 



118 



81.3 



145 



110 



75.8 



145 



134 



98.4 



145 



102 



70.3 



145 



113 



71 



145 



121 



as. 4 



145 



111 



75.8 



145 



116 



80 



145 



111 



75.8 



145 



63 



43.4 



145 



99 



68.2 



145 



98 



67.7 



145 



102 



70.3 



145 



108 



74.4 

 80.6 



«5 



117 



115 



77 



53.1 



145 



97 



66.8 



145 



116 



80 



145 



106 



73.1 



145 



111 



75.8 



65 



29 



44.6 



65 



36 



55.3 



90 



59 



65.5 



60 



45 



75 



65 



46 



70.7 



80 



54" 



67.5 



60 



39 



65 



45 



22 



48.8 



45 



30 



66.6 



ot at. 



Broke. Av 



150 



112 



74.6 

 86 



150 



129 



150 



123 



82 



150 



124 



83.6 



150 



126 



84 



150 



125 



83.3 



150 



124 



82.6 



150 



102 



68 



150 



71 



47.3 



150 



121 



80.6 

 86 



150 



129 



150 



138 



92 



150 



143 



95.3 



150 



119 



79.3 



150 



131 



87.3 



150 



134 



89.3 



150 



127 



84.6 

 86 



150 



129 



150 



88 



58.6 



150 



105 



70 



150 



122 



81.8 



130 



101 



77,6 

 68 



150 



102 



150 



104 



69,3 



125 



92 



73.6 



150 



93 



73.7- 



15 



6 



40 



105 



80 



76.1 



60 



46 



76.6 



20 



10 



50 



20 



10 



50 



20 



16 



80 



20 



17 



85 



Events: 



1 



2 3 



Events: 



Birds: 





6 SO 



Birds: 





8 



5 80 









5 19 



M Miller 





7 



4 15 







, 8 



5 20 



6 15 

 5 15 



Whitworth 



Chabot 



.. 4 



8 



Thiele 





7 



4 18 





Elliott 



7 



6 20 





Smith 





5,18 









6 19 







, 8 



6 19 





W Miller 



8 

 8 



6 19 

 6 18 



Shields 



6 4 19 

 8 3 16 



7 6 18 

 4 6 10* 

 7 5 12 



GENERAL AVERAGES. 



The following table gives the general averages of the shooters n 

 the target events, and also shows the guns and powders used: 



Shot at. Broke. Av. Powder. Gauge. Gun, 



Piety 415 339 81.6 E.G. 12 Greener. 



McCormack 415 333 80.2 Du Pont. 12 Wesl ley Richards. 



M Miller 385 312 81 Du Pont. 12 Greener, 



McMurchy 415 348 83.6 E C. 12 Smith. 



WH Wheeler 415 314 75.6 E.G. 13 Colt. 



J Ellis 415 316 75.9 Schultze. 12 Winchester. 



Sargeant 415 355 85,5 E. C. 12 Winchester. 



Kenmouth 415 333 80.2 E C. 13 Winchester, 



W Miller 385 328 80,5 E. C. 



12 iGreener and 

 } Winchester. 



13 Burgess. 

 16 Scott. 



Damon 415 348 80.3 Du Pont. 



Simpson 400 212 50.3 Du Pont. 



Foy 160 105 65.6 



Chabot 415 291 69.9 Walsrode. 16 Kessler. 



Liles 415 309 74.8 Du Pont. 12 Smith, 



Morris , 145 108 74.4 



Stewart 415 326 73.7 Blue Ribbon. 12 Lefever. 



Jones 295 148 50.2 



Kelley 325 226 69.5 Du Pont. 16 Parker & Kessler 



Thiele ,....295 220 71.1 Du Pont. 12 Smith. 



Whitworth 395 295 73.9 Du Pont. 12 Smith. 



Hoffman . t , 415 326 78.5 E.G. 12 Parker. 



Dyer 20 10 50 E. C. 



Foster 140 100 71.4 Du Pont. 



Haney 125 92 73.6 E. O. 



Kpp 110 70 68.5 Du Pont. 12 Smith. 



Maxey 195 132 66.7 E C. 12 Smith. 



Scudder 60 45 75 Du Pont. 13 Smith 



Vollbrecht 95 70 73.4 Du Pont. 12 Smith 



Shields 200 142 70 Du Pont. 12 Smith 



France 80 51 63.7 Du Pont. 12 Smith 



Black 165 123 73.3 E. C. 12 Smith 



Stevens 120 76 63.3 E. C. 13 Winchester 



Vernon 120 86 71.6 E. C. 20 Kessler. ' 



Hummel 45 25 55.5 Walsrode. 16 Kessler 



Veith 60 38 63.3 Du Pont. 12 Smith 



Coon 15 4 26.6 Schultze. 12 Smith 



Pancoast 45 35 77.7 Du Pont. 12 Smith 



Schryver 195 150 76.9 E. C. 10 Greener 



Scott 95 60 63.1 E. C. 12 Smith 



Moore , 295 233 79.3 E.G. 12 Smith 



Heikes 295 277 93.9 E. C. 13 Winchester 



Elliott 295 244 82.7 E. C. 12 Winchester' 



Parker 216 122 56.4 E. C. 16 Parker. ' 



HG Wheeler 150 138 92 E C. 12 Parker 



Smith 150 124 82.6 E. C. 13 Parker. 



Texas Field, 



