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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 7, 1888. 



ELECTRICAL TRAP PULLING. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



With the approach of warm weather the sportsmen of the 

 Missouri Valley have closed the spring campaign against the 

 migratory geeso and the swift flighted plover: held outfits aud 

 {%-drani cartridges are laid aside, and the mem Tiers of the various 

 gun clubs are gathering again in friend I y competition at the trap, 

 renewing the pleasant associations and spirit of comradeship that 

 heighten with touch of gold so many hours of a sportsman's life. 

 The Bismarck (run Club has awakened from its long winter sleep, 

 and on its finely located grounds the booming of guns, the flying 

 of shattered targets, and the crowd of members and spectators 

 at 1 the shooting stand, tell of the healthy interest in outdoor 

 sports that exists strongly among us. 



I Last Friday the club held its second weekly contest. It decided 

 to try the "walking shooting" suggested in a late issue of the 

 Forest and Stream, and this novel innovation was voted a great 

 success. It was very much enjoyed and warmly endorsed, and 

 will hereafter be a permanent feature in the club's weekly meet- 

 ings. The interest in the change was much increased by a new 

 and excellent device for springing the traps, an invention of the 

 Tortile brain and practical knowledge of a member of the club, a 

 •practical electrician Mr. G. E. Fletcher. 



This invention consists of an arrangement for springing the 

 traps by electricity, and is certainly the best practical improve- 

 ment made in the appurtenances of trap shooting since the adop- 

 tion of the. artificial target. It consists of a battery, connecting 

 -wires and a series of buttons. The attendants set the traps in the 

 nsual way, and the connecting wires run to a point behind the 

 shooter, where the operator sits at a small key board. The ap- 

 paratus is exceedingly simple, requiring a battery of only one cell 

 to operate it. The trap selected is sprung by a touch upon its 

 corresponding button, as one wouid press a call bell. The current 

 releases the trap by acting upon a mechanism as simple as the 

 "battery. The action is quick, noiseless and very sure. In using 

 double traps, two wires and one button only are required. In 

 ■using more than one trap singly, one more wire is required than 

 the number of traps in use. For instance, if the shooting is from 

 fiye traps, the device requires six wires and five buttons. 



Mr. Fletcher has applied for letters patent, covering the idea 

 of discharging traps by electricity. To say that the last meet 

 was enjoyable, hardly expresses it. The novelty and interest of 

 the "walking shooring" were stimulating, and with the silent 

 discharge of the trap, the flight of the inanimate target proved 

 to the surprise and satisfaction of the shooter to be as close an 

 Imitation of a bird rising from the field as it seems possible to in- 

 vent. There was no jerking of strings, no movement of cords to 



five! the shooter any warning or hint to take advantage of. As 

 e advanced with facilities all alert, silently and without warn- 

 ing the target rose from the ground and sailed away like a swift 

 and noisloss bird; and the look of eager expectancy, the pause, 

 the quick raising of the guu, the steady poise for a moment, and 

 then the sharp report, and the success or failure of the shot made 

 up a tableau vivant that quickened the blood and stirred the en- 

 thusiasm of the groups that clustered near the gun racks, ab- 

 sorbed with interest m the result. We owe you thanks, Mr. 

 Editor, for your excellent suggestion, and hereafter the shooting 

 ol our club will be done walking." 



J. G. Rapeljb, President Birmarck Gun Club. 

 Bismarck, Dakota. 



MINNEAPOLIS, May 15. —The most successful gun tournament 

 ever given in the Northwest closed late this afternoon, after a 

 day of great enjoyment to the participants. The weather was 

 -very favorable, and some excellent shooting was done. The out- 

 side marksmen were very successful, and return to their re- 

 spective homes with move money and prizes than fell to the local 

 shooters. There were 39 eufries in the first event, a shoot at 7 

 live birds. The score was: .!. G. Smith 7, Bsck 4, Rubv 4, Skinner 



6, Blakely 5, Balsam 5, Daily G, Ruble 6, Chan tier 6, Burke 6, 

 Anderson 5, M. F. Kennedy G, Scriver f>, Vallie 6, Forbes 1, Cutler 

 4, Hanson 5, Tabor 0, Dyer 5, Holt 7, lvruger 7. Van Sauii 5, Durant 



7, Koch 6. J. G. Smith, Bruges, Holt and Durant divide first, 

 Vallie aud Koch divide second and Balsam third. 



Ten Peoria blackbirds were sent up for the second event of the 

 •day in singles and 3 pairs. Seven men killed 10 straight birds. 

 The score, was: Skinner 10, Daily 10, Chan tier 9, Balsam 8, Cooper 

 9, Newton 10, Holt 9, Jewell 0, Tuttle 9, \ T an Saun 9, Forbes 7, 

 Anderson 10, Smith 9, Raines 5, Blakeley C, Late 5, Vallie G, Burke 

 9, Krueger 9, Hanson 10, Dunn 9, Paulson G, Wallace 7, Larson 5, 

 Hanna 8, M. F. Kennedy 8, Marshall 8, Noreen 10, Ensign 7, 

 Ahlstrom 0, Westerson 3, Hadfield 5, Cook 5, Tabor 7, Ed. Morse 9. 

 Dalton 7, Whitcomb 5, Dyer 6, Turner 6, Lawrence 7, Gordon 5, 

 Williams 5, Nicholson L G. Morse 0, Ruble 10, Eli 8. Ruby 6, Grant 

 *, Pye5, Gossman G, L. F. Kennedy 8, Shott 7, Cutter 7, Durant 9, 

 Boardman 7, Steele 9. Noreen won first. Van Saun and Ed. 

 Morae divided second, Forbes won third and Ahlstrom fourth. 



The marksmen got nerved up for the last regular event on the 

 programme. It was a shoot at 9 singles and 3 pairs. Balsam and 

 Tabor succeeded in hitting 15 straight birds. The score was: 

 Hanson 14, "Noreen 14, Anderson 13, Skinner 10, Ed. Morse 11, Van 

 Saun 14, Daly 10. Balsam 15, Turner 11, Newton 14, Jewell 13, Dal- 

 ton 13, Marshall 7, Williams 13, Forbes 9, Paulson 9, M. F. Muudv 

 13, Cooper 13, Larson 13, Nason 7, Gordon 13, Ingalls 9. Latz 9. 

 Cutler 7, Schuler 9, Highhouse 8, Chantler 13, Blakelv 13, Pve 10, 

 Wallace 10, Kruger 11, Rose 9, Tabor 15, Smith 11, Lawrence 11. 

 Whitcomb 8, Dyer 10, Cook 9, Vallie 10, Ensign 14, Dunn 8. Ruble 

 13, Ahlstrom 13, Geo. Morse. 10, Goosman 8, Tuttle 13, Holt 13, 

 "Durant 12, Burke 13, Hanna 13. Westerson 13, L. F. Kennedy 13, 

 Ramrod 10, Thomas 10. Balsam and Tabor divided; Hansen, No- 

 reen, Van Saun, Newton and Ensign divided second money; 

 Ruble, Tuttle, Holt, Burke and Hanna divided third mono^; 

 'Cooper won fourth, and Turner and Lawrence divided fifth 

 money. 



The most interesting feature of the tournament was the last 

 ^feature of the day— a shoot with a possible of 100 blackbirds. In 

 many instances the prizes were divided, and in others the ties 

 were shot off. Below is given the order of the averages, with the 

 number of birds broken out of the possible 100: 



Van Saun 87 Krueger & E Morse 73 



Newton & Hanson 86 Gordon 72 



Balsam & Ruble 85 Whitcomb 71 



Chantler & Skinner 84 Pye & Cutter 70 



Holt & Westerson 83 Turner 67 



Tabor & Daly 83 L F Kennedy, Wallace & Wil- 



M F Kennedy, Jewell, Ensign liams ._. 66 



& Noreen 81 



Burke, Dalton, Dunn & Han- 

 na 80 



Vallie 79 



Blakely 78 



Smith 75 



Lawrence & Paulson 65 



Marshall '. 64 



Elliott 63 



Cook 61 



Shott 59 



Latz & Goosman 58 



Forbes 74 Schuler 54 



Cooper shot off with Van Saun for first prize, and Tuttle , An- 

 derson and Durant shot off with Blakely, who won the priz e for 

 tenth best average. Ahlstrom and Dyer shot off their ties with 

 Forbes, who secured twelfth place in the average shoot. 



OTTAWA, May 38.— The St. Hubert's Gun Club are elated at the 

 stand they were able to make duriiig the week with the crack 

 shots from Toronto and Montreal. The club are determined that 

 i at the next attempt they will do still better, and intend sending a 

 strong contingent to Montreal on Dominion Day to contest in all 

 ' open events. Shooting will be kept up right along, and on Satur- 

 day the following was the result: 



First sweep, at 10 birds each, 18yds., 5 traps: 



Dr A Martin 1011111111-9 E White 1111000111-7 



Dr Horsey 1111111110-9 R Dalton 0111000001— i 



G White.. 0111111011-8 J Deslauriers 0110001001-4 



B Thompson 1111011011-8 R Stevens 0100110010 -4 



AThroop 1101010H1-7 



Martin first, G. White secoud, Throop third, Dalton fourth. 

 Second sweep, same conditions: 



JDeslauriers. . . 1011111111-9 A Throop 0100100011-4 



BThompson 1110101111-8 R Dalton 1000000000-1 



Dr Martin 0111100010-5 



Third sweep, same conditions: 



G White . miOllin-9 AThroop 0111010110-6 



^r Horsev U10111001-7 E White 0110110100-5 



J Deslauriers 0111100111-3 R Dalton 1110010001—5 



Horsey second. 



Fourth sweep, same conditions: 



G White.:. . . . 0111110111-8 E White 0101011101-6 



AThroop U01100I11-7 R Dalton 0111100101-5 



J Deslauriers 0011011111-7 



The following scores were made at the weekly shoot of the 

 Peterboro Gun Club, At 10 Peoria blackbirds, screened drop, 



R"Tivey Se . : 1101101111-8 J D Collins 1101110111-8 



H Caleutt 1010100101-5 HWKent 011U11100-7 



Judge Weller 0011100011-5 HReil OH0001101-5 



NEW YORK SUBURBAN SHOOTING GROUND.— There will 



CLEVELAND, O., May 30. -The Kirkland Gun Club held it an- 

 nual Decoration Day shooting tournament on the club range. No 

 definite programme had been announced previous to the shoot, 

 yet the turnout of clay-bird shots were fair. Sweepstake No. 1, 

 9 single blue rocks at 18yds. Entrance,$l: Jones 8, Prechtel 8, 

 Datum 3, Frosty 7, Reach 5, Lamont 3, Towns 6, Sail 4, Peters 4, 

 White 4, Roof 8, Willlard 4. First money, Jones; second, Frosty, 

 third money, Towns. 



Sweepstake No. 3, 9 single blue rocks at 18vds. Entrance, $1: 

 Jones 6, Prechtel 8, Roof B, Peters 5, Damm 6, Cook 3, White 6, 

 Willard 3, Sail 7, Frosty 6, McGuire 5, Towns 5, Roach 5, Williams 

 3, Myers 6. Lamont 3. First money, Prechtel and Roof; second 

 money, Sail; third money. Frosty. 



Sweepstake No. 3, 9 single blue rocks at 18yds. Entrance $3: 

 Jones 8, Prechtel 8, Roof 9, Towns 4, Frosty 7, White 5, Peters 7, 

 P. Sail 7, Roach 8, Lamont 3, Damon 6, Meyers 5, Willard 3, Mc- 

 Guire 4. First money, Roof; second money, Jones and Prechtel; 

 third money, Sail. 



LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 39. The members of the Lafayette 

 Gun Club have discovered that English sparrows make cheap and 

 excellent targets, aside from their erratic disposition. But this 

 objection can be largely overcome by practice and a heavy charge 

 of shot. The club had to-day several hundred of these birds and 

 gave a sweepstake shoot. Dr. Smith and Mr. Graham also 

 attempted to shoot off their tie. The attendance was good, the 

 weather nice and the birds more erratic than ever. Shooting 

 began at 3 o'clock and the sparrows were trapped at 31yds., 

 boundary anywhere within the park and both barrels allowed. 

 Smith and Graham were handicapped at SSyds. and Graham was 

 additionally handicapped by his No. 13 gun. In second sweep- 

 stake same conditions were observed except that no one was 

 handicapped as to distance. 



First Sweepstake. 



Martin. . . 11111—5 Grain 11111—5 



Ingersoll 11111—5 Smith 11101—4 



Behm 01110—3 Graham 11010—3 



Korty 11111—5 Carman 01100—3 



Boyer 11110—4 Levering 10010—3 



Rosa 00110—3 B urroughs 11011—4 



Krauss 10101—3 Wells 10000—1 



Grain and Martin divided first; Smith, Boyer and Burroughs 

 second, and Graham won third. 



Second Sweepstake. 



Martin 00111—3 Everett 11013—4 



Ingersoll 00031—3 Krauss 30131—4 



Korty 11010—3 Rosa 10303—3 



Davis 00112—3 Smith bdOO-3 



Carman 01132-4 Crain 10001—2 



Boyer 10112—4 Wells 10011—3 



Borroughs 00322—3 Graham 00226—3 



Behm 10000—1 Wagner 01000—1 



Carman, Boyer, Krauss and Everett divided first; Davis second, 

 and Smith and Graham divided third. The match between Dr. 

 Smith and Mr. Graham then began. Wesley E. Wells acted as 

 referee and W. S. Crain and Capt. A. O. Behm were judges. The 

 shooting was done at 28yds., Monaco boundary: 



Smith 0011 1 01010110011301 11 Ul— 16 



Graham 00011 1012100101 101111012— 16 



Smith used both barrels once and Graham twice. The tie will 

 be shot off, or an attempt will be made to do so soon. 



NEW HAVEN, Conn., May 30— Between 300 and 300 people, 

 many of whom were ladies, wore in attendance at the grand 

 tournament of the New Haven Gun Club at the club's grounds 

 on West Chapel street to-day. Marksmen representing several 

 gun clubs throughout the State and a few New Yorkers came 

 with their guns and contested for money and glory. The shoot 

 was for sweepstakes, all sweeps being divided into four moneys. 

 There were 10 events, and the shooting was at birds in singles 

 and pairs. The sport commenced at 9:30 A. M. and lasted nearly 

 all day. The winners were: First event— F. Potter first, Seeley 

 second, E. Folsom and Peck third, Ridge fourth. Second event— 

 F. Brown first, Bristol second, N. D. Folsom third, F. Potter 

 fourth. Third event— Bristol, E. Folsom and Woodford first, C. 

 Mitchell second, Longden, Saunders and Ridge third, W. W. 

 Hansom fourth. Fourth event— A. O Traeger first, Dunn and 

 Savage second, Colbert, Savage^and Woodford third, N. D. Folsom 

 fourth. Fifth event— Saunders first, Traeger second. Seelev third, 

 Woodford. Sixth event— Traeger first, Folsom second, Brown 

 third, Clark fourth. Seventh event— This was the event of the 

 day. The shooting was at 5 pairs blue rocks and 10 American 

 clay birds. The puree was a guarantee purse of £50, divided into 

 $15,' 1 13, BID; $8 and fft purses. The winners were: M. Clark first, 

 N. D. Folsom, E. A. Folsom and Seeley second, Gould and Mitchell 

 third. Potter, Barnurn and Ricker fourth. 



LYNN, Mass., May 30.— The trap shooters at Indian Hill range 

 kept the boys at the traps busy all day, the most interesting 

 event being a match of 35 birds— 15 blue rocks and 10 clay pigeons 

 —between J. P. Clark and P. Reneaud. Reneaud won as follows: 



P Reneaud HlOllllll-9 nilllUHlOlOl— 10— 23 



J P Clark 1110011111-8 001011111111100-13—18 



Other scores at blue rocks: 



Reneaud 1111111111—10 FBanty 1010111111— 8 



Paine 11 10110101- 7 B Phillips 11100101 i 0- 6 



Clark 1111100011— 7 G Chandler 1111010101- 7 



Clays 0011101000— 4 



WILKESBARRE, Pa., May 30.— A glass ball shooting match 

 took place to-day at the shooting grounds near the Empire breaker. 

 There were 50 entries for the contest, and some fine shooting was 

 witnessed by 1,500 people from all parts of the county. The first 

 prize, which was a breechloading doublebarrcl gun, was won by 

 Dr. C. S. Beck, Jr. He broke 10 out of 11 balls. Morgan R. Mor- 

 gan did the same, and they shot the tie off, Beck breaking 5 balls 

 and Morgan 3 out of 5. The second prize was a douhlebarrel mnz- 

 zleloader. It was won by Wm. W. Jones, of Rolling Mill Hill. 

 The third prize, a muzzleloading doublebarreled gun, was won by 

 Robt. Jones. 



TOLEDO, May 30.— The Toledo Gun Club held their regular 

 shoot to-day at the grounds on Detroit avenue. The shooting was 

 at blue rock birds, governed by Chamberlin rules. Following are 

 the. scores: Badge shoot at 35 singles: 

 Class A. 



Osbom : 1011110111111111011101111-21 



Acklin 1111111110111111111011111-33 



Rushmor e 11 1101001010101 1 1 11001011-16 



Thatcher lllOllOlimjlllOOlllOUllO— 17 



Class B. 



Pamell 0010100111010001011111110—14 



Longdon 01101 1 1100000100001111010—13 



Forbes 1111010100111001 1 11011011—17 



Brown 00011011111111 11 001101111—18 



Hatcher 1001100110111100101110100-14 



Class O. 



Monroe 100010000100000010 10U01- 8 



Rakestraw 1101001101100011011001101—14 



Oone 1011000011010111 11001U01— 15 



Thomas (10101111 lOOuOOltOlOHOlOl— 13 



Carter 0110011001110011111010010-14 



Knierim . .'• 1U0U 1011111100100111 001— 17 



Rike 0111110001 OOlOlOOOlOlOCOl-ll 



Acklin won Class A badge; Brown won Class B badge; Knierim 

 won Class C badge. 



CLEVELAND, O., May 30,— The eighth annual Decoration Day 

 shooting tournament of the Cleveland Gun Club was held on the 

 club range bevond the Blue RockSprings. Numerous invitations 

 had been sent out, and as a result many clay-pigeon shots were 

 on hand to take part in the matches. The executive committee 

 made the following classification, assigning the experts to Class 

 A- T. G. Cathan, 0. A. Calhoun, H. Phare, E. Benscotten, Paul 

 Nortb, Roberts, Auld, D. C. Powers and J. J. White. The plan 

 worked well, and many entered who would not have done sounder 



S, at 1:30 o'clock. 



programme, consisting of six matches, was shot off and two sweep- 

 stakes were arranged aud shot also. The shooting was uniformly 

 good, as the following scores show, and the purses about equally 

 distributed: „ „ 



Match No. 1, 9 single standard targets; entrance $1.2p: Haycox 



8, E. Benscotten 9, W. 11. Bassett 8, .Paul JNortn o, J. Jion o, 

 Wei iugton 4, Fred Wallace 5, A. B. Chandler 6, A. Paul 6, J. Sher- 

 man 7. Class A— First, Haycox, Cathan and Benscotten; second, 

 Phare and Bassett; third, Drake and Sherman. Class B— First, 

 Chandler- second, Wallace and Brockwav. 



Match No. 3, ten single Peoria blackbirds. Entrance p.oO. 1. 

 G. Cathan 9, T. B. Haycox 5, W. Benden 7, H. J. Martin 4, D. 

 Keys 7, W. Roberts 8, D. Auld 10, L. O, Jones 5, W. H. Bassett 7, 

 Paul North 7, H. Phare 9, S. Brockway 5, C. A. Calhoun 9, J. J. 

 White 9, G.Drake 5, E. Benscotten 9, G. Brockway, Jr. 7, S. 

 Brown 6, J. E. Jones 7, J. Sherman 8, A. B. Chandler 7, A. Paul B, 

 J. Holt 6, Q. Wellington 8, W. H. Tamblyu 6, D. C. Powers 8, 

 Class A— First, Auld; second, Calhoun; third. Powers. Class B— 



1 First, Chandler; second, Brown and W. H. Tamblyn. 



I Match No. 3, nine single- blue rocks. Entrance, SI .35. O.Cal- 



houn 8, Paul North 6, W. Tamblyn 8, W. H. Bassett 7, D. Auld 7, 

 W. Bender 7, G. Brown 7, H. Phare 7, W. Roberts 9, L. O. Jones 5, 

 E. Benscotten 8, T. G. Cathan 8, D. C. Powers 4, J. Holt 4, T. B. 

 Haycox 6. J. Sherman 8, H. J. Martin 9, A. B. Chandler 6, W BeU 



6, A. Paul 6, F. A. Tamblyn 6, Fred Wallace 9, Q. Wellington 4, 

 L. J. White 8, G. Drake 4, D. Keys 3. Class A— First, Roberts, 

 Martin and Wallace; second, Cathan and Calhoun; third, Bender 

 and Phare. Class B— First, A. Paul; second, L. O. Jones. 



Match No. 4, nine single standard birds. Entrance, $1.25. T. G. 

 Cathan 7, Paul North 8, D. Auld 8, W. Sweetman 6, Benscotten 9, 

 W. H. Tamblyn 7, L. D. Jones 7. W. Roberts 7, Allen 7, J. J. White 



7, P. C. Powers 9, H. J. Martin 7, W. H. Bassett 8. C. A. Calhoun 7, 

 H. Phare 7, D. Keys 7, Bonnor 7, Brown 7, J. Held 5, J. E. Jones 6. 

 Haycox 0, L. Sislbv 5,W. K. Purrav 1, Chandler ft, A. Paul 8, F. 

 A. Tamhlvn 7. Holt 5, Wherry 6, W. Bell 6, Drake 5, Wellington 5, 

 M. Silsby 7, Fred. Wallace 8, K. D. Bishop 5, H. A. Bishop 7. 

 Class A— First, Benscotten and Powers; second, Bassett and 

 Paul; third, J. J. White. Class B— First, Sw-eetman, Jones, 

 Haycox, Tamblyn, Wherry and Bell; second, Held, Seilsby, Holt, 

 Drake, Wellington and K. D. Bishop. 



Match No. 5, 10 single Peoria blackbirds, entrance $1.50: D. C. 

 Powers 8, W. Boll 7, Benscotten 9, W. H. Bassett 6, W. Tamblyn 8, 

 W. Roberts 8, H. J. Martin 8, Brockway 3, D. Auld 9, T. G. Cathan 

 10, Havcox 7, Sweetman 5, L. O. Jones 7, C. A. Calhoun 9, J. J. 

 White 8, H. Phare 9, Brown 0, Brockway, Jr. 6, Paul North 6, El- 

 ford 1, D. Keys 7, J. Sherman 7, J. E. Jones 7, R. Allen 8, M. Silsby 

 7. Class A— Cathan first; Benscotten, Auld and Calhoun second; 

 Roberts third. Class B— O. S. Jones first; Bassett and Brockway 

 second. 



Match No. 6, 9 single blue rocks, entrance J1.35: L. O. Jones 4, 

 J. J. White 7, D. Andrews 7, M. Silsby 5, D. Keys 8, T. G. Cathan 

 9, H. J. Martin 9, G. Brown 6, K. D. Bishop 5, W. Bell 6, C. A. Cal- 

 houn 7, W. Roberts 7, D. C. Powers 9, E. Benscotten 8. Paul North 

 9, J. Holt 0, A. B. Chandler 5, R, Paid 7, W. H. Tamblyn 4, W. H. 

 Bassett 6, T. B. Haycox 6, H. A. Bishop 6. Class A— Powers, 

 North and Cathan first; Keys and Benscotten second; Calhoun 

 third. Class B— Haycox, Bassett, Holt, Brown, Bell and H. A. 

 Bishop first; M. Silsby and K, D. Bishop second. 



Sweep No. 3, 5 pairs of standard birds, entrance $1.50: 



Paul North 10 11 11 10 10— 7 Brown . . .10 11 00 10 11— 6 



H J Martin 10 10 11 11 11- 8 W Roberts 11 10 11 10 11- 8 



W Bell 01 10 10 00 11- 5 J Holt 10 11 01 10 11— 7 



D Andrews 11 11 11 11 11-10 H A Bishop... 11 10 11 10 11- 8 



W H Bassett... 10 11 11 10 10- 7 DC Powers.... 11 11 11 10 11— 9 

 K D Bishop 11 11 10 11 11- 7 



Class A— D. Andrews first; Powers, K. D. Bishop and Benscot- 

 ten second; H. J. Martin, W. Roberts and H. A. Bishop third. 

 Class B— Bassett aud Holt first; Brown second. 



Sweepstake No. 1, 5 pairs of standard birds, entrance $1.50: 



D C Powers.... 10 10 11 11 11— 8 Bassett 11 10 n 11 11— 9 



W Bell 00 10 11 10 11— 6 S Wherry 10 11 00 10 10- 5 



E Benscotten... 11 11 U 10 11— 9 PaulNorth 11 10 11 11 11— 9 



D Auld 10 10 11 11 11— 8 H J Martin 00 10 00 01 01- 3 



W Roberts 01 11 01 10 10- 6 H Phare 00 10 11 11 00- 5 



T G Cathan. , ..U It 11 11 11-10 K D Bishop 10 11 11 01 1(1- 7 



H A Bishop.. .10 10 11 10 01- 6 H Elford 00 10 00 00 10 - 3 



J Holt 10 10 00 11 00- 4 W Tamblyn. .. .11 10 00 11 00— 5 



D Andrews 10 11 00 11 11- 7 Brown 10 10 10 10 11- 6 



Class A— Cathan first; Benscotten, Bassett and North second; 

 Powers and Auld third. Class B— K. D. Bishop and Andrews 

 first; Bell, H. A. Bishop and Brown second. 



MILWAUKEE, May 29.— Local and outside marksmen assem- 

 bled at National Park to-day to take part in the third annual shoot 

 of the South Side Gun Club, and they made things lively for the 

 imitation birds that were sprung into the air. While the attend- 

 ance was not so large as expected, there were some very clever 

 marksmen on hand. 



The first contest was with Peoria birds, 18yds. rise, entrance fee 

 $1, and the stakes made into three purses. Several ties necessi- 

 tated a division among highest scorers. The result was: W. C. 

 Hottz 1, M. M. Anderson 3, Fred Erh, Jr., 6. R. H. Mertz 4, E, C. 

 Sherman 5, F. Brill 3, B. Anderson 6, Bowe 5, Seefeldt. G, Milbraith 

 6, 1. H. Hansen 3, Geo. Anderson 5, Cahoon 6, Penrose 6, Tiehorne 

 4, Brann 5, Schlcetthauer 3. 



The contest for 10 Peoria single birds, 18yds. rise, $2 entrance 

 fee, resulted as follows, the stakes being divided into three prizes: 

 H. A. Penrose took first, R. H. Mertz second, Calhonnd aud Dieter 

 divided the third prize. The score: Fred Erb, Jr., 9, Penrose 10, 

 Rherman 8, Bass 9, Mertz 9, Schhetthauer 4, G. Anderson 8, Bowe 

 0, M. M. Anderson 9, J. Brill 7, Fauerback 7, Meir 9, G. Ffehmann 

 G, Budd 9, Manegold 6, Ormsby 9, Cahoon 7, Dieter 8, Dingy 8, Mil- 

 braith 7, Howe 7, Calhoun 8, Brand 9, Anderson 9, Foster 5, 

 Young 6. 



The next contest was for 4 single and 3 pair blue rocks, with an 

 18vds. rise for the singles and 15yds. for the doubles. The entrance 

 fee was placed at $8. Erb took first money, Budd, Calhoun and 

 Penrose divided second, and Mertz, Dieter and Brand divided the 

 third. The score: 



11 10 11-8 Dieter H10 10 11 10-6 



111100—7 Manegold 1001 00 00 11-4 



11 11 10-8 Brand 1111 10 10 10—7 



11 01 11—9 Holtz 0100 10 10 10-4 



00 1111—8 Sherman 1110 00 10 01-5 



10 00 01 -G Dingy 0011 01 10 Oi-5 



The third match of the programme was for 7 live birds, entrance 

 fee 35. The birds had a 30yds. rise. The first prize was divided 

 among C. M. Budd, Fred Erb, Geo. Anderson, Franklyn, R. G. 

 Mertz and H. G. Penrose. The second among Chas. Doiter, C. O. 

 Cahoon, Robt. Stewart and J. B. Howe, The third was divided 

 among Jos. Ormsby, W. C. Holtz, C. M. Milbrath, M. M. Ander- 

 son, H. Seefeldt, Blanchard and C. Meunier. The fourth among 

 J. H. Hanson, J. E. Brand, J. Strassburger and C. Alster. 



A supplementary match was shot with Keystone birds, by 30 

 marksmen. An entrance fee of $1 was charged. Erb and Mertz 

 tied. Anderson, Budd, Cahoon and Alster divided second honor; 

 Dieter, Brant, Pickles and Penrose divided the third prize, while 

 the fourth was divided among Messrs. Blanchard, Anderson, 

 Sherman, Ormsbv, Strassburger and Milbrath. 



May SO. —The second day of the South Side Gun Club's tourna- 

 ment opened under a fair sky, and the marksmen congratulated 

 themselves on having a notably fine day. By noon, however, 

 clouds obscured the sun and the grand team shoot of the after- 

 noon was contested in a drizzling rain. The shooting took place 

 in front of the club's headquarters, a very tasty building which 

 faces the east upon an open stretch of some six acres, excellently 

 adapted to trap shooting. 



The result of the first contesfl at 10 bluerocks, 18yds. rise was 

 as foUows: Fred Erb. Jr. 8, E. C. Sherwin 7, G. L. Dieter 8, C. H. 

 Penrose 9, C. W. Budd 8, G. W. Harris 8, R. H. Mertz 10, H. Rich- 

 ards 6, E. Dingev 7, Ed Richter 4, M. M. Anderson 7, E. Hirsch- 

 buchl2, C. E. Cahoon 9, L. Fauerbach 3, W. Ockershauser 5, G. 

 W. Franklin 9, Wm. Bass 7, F. C. G. Brand 5, A. C. Mayer 9. The 

 The first money went to R. H. Mertz, the second and third divided 

 on aocount of a tie. _ m . . 



The next match was at 5 pairs of Peoria blackbirds. The traps 

 were placed 15yds. off and an entrance fee of $3 was exacted. 



$8.75 and 84.35 respectively were divided among the ties. 



After dinner 4 traps were set for the team shoot. It was half- 

 past 6 o'clock before the seven rounds of the team shoot were con- 

 qrddsd, and the announcement was made that the Chicago team 

 had won the four medals. Following is the score: 



Lake Citv Gun Club, Madison, Wis. 



A H Chamberlin 1111111-7 Wm Bass 0010000-1 



Louis Fauerbac h 1111110-6 A C Meyer 0110101—4—18 



Team 1, S. S. Gun Club, Milwaukee. 



J as Ormsby 1011001-4 H Bos worth 1000000-1 



E F Richter 1111000-4 Edw Richards 1111111-7-16 



Stock Yard Team, Milwaukee. 



Edward Vose 001U01-4 VEKarn 0°lj°l°-f , D 



John Dickens HlllOl-6 Thos Draught 0111110-5-18 



National G un Club, Bay View. 



F Van Ells 1011111— 6 E Hirschbuehl 1101110—5 



W Ockershauser 0011001-3 W Ockershauser. . . .1100101—4-18 



Jolly Gun Club, Milwaukee. 



Stenh Meunier .1110111—6 J Schmidt 1U1U1.— 7 



C Alfter. . . . 0011110-4 Frank ZaaS 0101010-3-20 



Team 3, S. S. Gun Club, Milwaukee. 



FCG Brand 1000111—4 Robt Stewart 01U011— 5 



R Pickhardt 01U100-4 H Seef eld UH011-6-19 



Team 3, S. S. Gun Club, Milwaukee. 



ThosHauson 1011111-6 C W Milbrath UipOlO-l 



H Ma uigold 1111001-5 G Fuhrman 0010101-3—18 



Team 4. S. S. Gun Club, Milwaukee. 



Robt Tabbert 0100101-3 J Strassburger l^P 00- ^ ,„ 



John Meunier 0000111-3 Chas Tricker 0011011—4—13 



Chicago Gun Club. 



Sam'l Dinger 1111101-6 H A Foss ULH11-7 . 



RB Wadswdrth 1101101-5 J Hutchinson 11U010-5— 33 



The medals which were presented to the Chicago team are of 

 gold, and consist of a bar with a pendant^ shield and suspended 



Penrose 1101 



Mertz 1110 



Budd 1101 



Erb 1111 



Calhoun 1111 



Ormsby 1111 



