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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 2, 1889. 



THE TRAP, 



Scores for publication should be made out on the printed blanks 

 prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished praxis to clxCb 

 secretaries. Correspondents who favor us with club scores are par- 

 ticularly requested to write on one side of the paper only. 



Secretaries of clubs and managers of tournaments are requested 

 to keep us advised of the dates of their shoots, so that we may 

 give due notice in our column of fixtures. 



FIXTURES. 



May 7, 8.— Two days' trap-shooting tournament held at Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa. Guaranteed purses of $200 offerer]. For programmes 

 of tournament, Elmer E. Shaner, 123 Diamond Market, Pittsburgh, 

 Pa. 



May 7, 8, 9.— Williamsport Rifle and Gun Club's tournament, 

 Williamsport, Pa. 



May 14, 15, Ohio Trap Shooter's League tournament, Cleve- 

 land, O. 



May 14, 15, 16, 17.— Iowa State Sportsman's Association's annual 

 tournament, Des Moines, la. A. C. Miller, Secretary, Des Moines, 

 la. 



May 16, 17.— Glean Sportsmen's Association tournament. Olean, 

 N. Y. 



May 21. 22, 21.— Minneapolis Gun Club tournament, Minneapolis, 

 Minn. James Pye. Secretary. 



May 29, 30. 31. - -.South Side Gun Club tournament, Milwaukee, 

 Wis. C. W. Milbraith, Secretary. 



May.— Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association's fifteenth an- 

 nual tournamont, Norfolk. B. B. Locke, Secretary. 



June.— Annual tournament Sportsmen's Association of the 

 Northwest, Tacoma, Washington Territory. 



June.— Ninth annual tournament Southern Illinois Sports- 

 men's Association, Belleville. C. P. Richards, Secretary. 



June. — Kansas City tournament. 



June 3, 4, 5. 6, 7.— New York Stare Association for the Protection 

 of Fish and Game tournament, Albany, N. Y. Horace B. Derby, 

 Secretary, Albany, N. Y. 



June 6, 7 8.— Southern Illinois Sportsmen's Association's ninth 

 annual tournament, Belleville, 111. 



June 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.— First tournament of the American Shoot- 

 ing Association, at Cincinnati, 0, 



June 18, 19, 20, 21.— Illinois State Sportsmen's Association's 

 tournament. Grand Crossing, 111. 



Aug. 20, 21, 22, 23.— Second annual tournament of the Keystone 

 Manufacturing Co., of Corry, Pa. Traps will bo pulled by'a new 

 electric apparatus. 



Sept. 17, IS, 19, 20.— Central Illinois Sportsmen's Association's 

 eleventh annual tournament, Jerseyville, 111. * 



MORE ABOUT THE LOYD SYSTEM. 



CHICAGO, April 2.— In the comment on the Lovd. system Riven 

 in an earlier article under the head "Have We Found It?" it 

 was stated that in the present article further examples would be 

 given to test the working of the system under wider conditions, 

 especially in t he case of distributing the money when the number 

 of shooters in any one tie was less than the number of monevs in 

 the class. It will be easier to understand this by means of an 

 example, which may be worked out as follows: 



BLACKBIRD MATCH. 



Twenty-four birds, $5 entry, 100 entries: 



300x$5=$500 : §500— $48 (cost of birds)=$452=Pot-money. 



Divide pot-money into 10 moneys (whicn will give so 'many 



chances to win that it may be called a fair return for the heavy 



entrance, fee of $5). We will then have 10 moneys of §45.20 each' 



each of which will be divided into per cents as below: 



( (1).. $18.08= 40 per cent. 



a 4 r on } W- ■ 13.56=30 per cent. 

 845.A) -s (3) 9.04=00 per eent 



f (4). . 4.52=10 per cent. 

 The scores for place will be as many as the number of moneys. 

 Let us suppose that the ties stand as below: 



No. birds killed. No. shooters killing. 



24 2 



83 4 



22 , 3 



21 5 



30 7 



19 3 



18 10 



17 11 



16 9 



15 6 



One pot of $45.20 belongs to any four shooters killing 2-1 straight. 

 It happens that only two shooters broke 34 straight. What dis- 

 position shall be made of the money? It may be seen that first 

 money is $18.08: and that is thought to be enough for first money; 

 also, $13.56 should content a winner for second money, when lie 

 has bought 40 chances to win something with his $5, instead of 

 only three chances to win. Therefore, into the box put two halls, 

 numbered 1 and 2. The drawer of No. 1 wins $18.08, of No. 2 $13.5ti. 

 There remain to be carried on down to the lower shooters the 

 third and fourth pots of $9.04 and $4.52. We will call these t wo 

 sums credit moneys, and mark them thus: 



Credit .'(3).. $9. 04. 

 Ciedit..- )(4) 4 53 _ 



It is seen that there are four ties on 23; that is, there is a use 

 already for each pot of the money, $45.20, which belongs to t he 23 

 class. Therefore, put into the box four balls, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 

 and let these four shooters draw. No. 1 draws $18.08; No. 2, $13.5(1; 

 No. 3, $9.04; No. 4, $4.52. Nobody is left to whom we mav give our 

 loose credit money. It therefore goes on further down. 



In the 23 class we find three shooters. We put in the box balls 

 1, 2. 3, which draw $18.08, $13.56, $9.04. We therefore have left to 

 add to our credit money $4.52. The latter now stands: 

 1(3).. $9. 04. 

 Credit..^ (4).. 4.52. 



1(4).. 4.52. 



In the 21 class we have five shooters tying. We have, there- 

 fore, a chance to use one of our credit moneys. In using these 

 we always begin at the top. The ties in 21 may then be said to 

 win the following amounts: 



f(l).. $18.08. 

 I (2).. 13.56. 

 31 class...-! (3).. 9.04. 



(4).. 4.52. 

 1(5).. 9.04. 



The amount each man wins is determined by lot as before. It 

 will be seen that wehave now wiped out one of our credit moneys, 

 which now stands thus: 



Credit. i 4>32i 



In the 20 class there are seen to be seven ties. Balls 1, 2, 3, 4 will 

 win $18.08, $13.56, $9.04, $4.52. We then have left three shooters; 

 among these we have our two creditlmonevs to divide. The one 

 who draws a blank gets nothing; the two who draw balls 5 and 6 

 win $4.52 each. Our credits are now wiped out for the time. 



In the 19 class, however, we find only three shooters. When 

 these have drawn balls 1, 2 and 3, there remains pot (4), of $4.52, 

 which, therefore, is to be passed on as a credit money. 



In the 18 class there are ten ties; quito enough to use up the four 

 pots and the additional credit of $4.52, still leaving five men dis- 

 consolate. 



The ties on 17, 16 and 15 are decided by lot. In case of any class 

 holding more shooters than pots, the result is decided at once by 

 lot. In case of the number of tie shooters being less than the 

 number of pots, the pots thus left undrawn are passed on down as 

 above illustrated. The fewer the men in the upper ties the bet- 

 ter for the men in the lower ties. The system is devised in favor 

 of the men in the lower ties. The carrying on lower of the un- 

 drawn moneys in any potis, as maybe seen by theabove example, 

 a thing so simple that no mistake can possibly be made. It may- 

 be well, however, to tabulate the whole matter as below: 



Winnings. 



Birds. Ties. , • , 



24 2 $18.08 $13.56 



23 4 18.08 13.56 $9.04 $4.52 



23 3 18.08 13.56 9.04 



21 5 18.08 13.56 9.04 4.52 9.04 



30 7 18.08 13.56 9.04 4.52 4.52 4.52 



19 3 18.08 13.56 9.04 



18 10 18.08 13.56 9.04 4.52 4.52 



17 11 18.08 13.56 9 04 4.52 



16 9... 18.08 13.56 9.04 4.53 



15 6 18.08 13.56 9.04 4.52 



In adding up the shooters who got into ties for place, we find 

 that i|0 men got place on merit. Of these, 40 won money greater 

 or nearly equal to their entrance fee; only 20, therefore, were 

 j.lirnecl under by the dice. Out of theso 30, the very great 



majority would have won absolutely nothing under any other 

 system. Lnder this system they stood a chance to win, and still 

 stand a chance with next, match. As for the 40 shooters below 

 15, they have not yet learned to shoot well enough to win, but 

 they would be much further from winning under "any other sys- 

 tem than they are under this. The man who shot 14 in this 

 match may shoot 15 in the next, and so. by adding one bird, win 

 back all or three times his entrance money; whereas under the 

 old system of first, second and third moneys, he would have to 

 add perhaps a dozen or two to his score to come in on the final 

 shooting off of the ties, and stand any chance to win against the 

 professionals who make tie shooting a scientific business. Nor is 

 he hampered by any past misdeeds on the home club grounds, 

 and thus bound down m a class arbitrarily established. He can 

 make his own class and establish his own rating in each shoot. 

 And if he finally lose by the turn of the tie, let him remember 

 tnat he stood also a chance of missing his very first bird in a tie 

 shoot-off, even though he might then run ten straight. So he will 

 nave chance weighed against chance, and skill weighed against 

 commensurate skill; not chance and moderate skill pitted against 

 chance and a skill ackuowledgedly superior. Can anything be 

 more fair than this? 



It. is thought that at any tournament there should be a scorer 

 and a cashier, or, bet ter yet, a scorer, a book-keeper and a cashier. 

 1 he scorer should do nothing but score, the book-keeper can figure 

 the amounts due each man after the drawing of the lots, the 

 cashier can pay the due-checks issued to the several winners by 

 the book-keeper. Thus much time and contusion may be saved, 

 and a match begun, paid out and wiped off the board in a prompt, 

 accurate and satisfactory manner. 



There is yet another matter which Mr. Loyd suggests by way of 

 expediting the conduct of a match where the number of entries is 

 large. This is the arrangement of the traps. I am not aware that 

 in this there is anything especially new, but it all goes very well 

 with the rest of the system, and adds to the general smoothness, 

 the appended diagram will show the idea: 



Traps. 



\ I / 

 NT. 



9 birds @ $1.50. 



„ O . 

 Score. 



V 



The traps are seen to he so arranged that the shooter need not 

 be troubled by the. light at any time of the day usually devoted to 

 shooting, since out of the four batteries three can always be 

 chosen where the sun is not in the shooter's eyes. 



Under a system of traps as above, it is Mr. Lovd's suggestion 

 that the shooters be divided into squads of 5. This willobviate 

 all figuring for place among shooters who would like to know 

 how much they "ought to make." It wilt always permit the rapid 

 carrying on of two or three matches at the same time. Thus a 

 shooter might enter a 9-birds match at $1 entrv, in a 9-birdsTnatch 

 at $1.50 entry, and in a 12-birds match at $2 entry. He steps to 

 battery No. 1 with his squad. In a moment the book-keeper has 

 their 4r> shots recorded, and thev are out of match No. 1. At once 

 they step over to No. 2 battery, and that book-keeper soon has 

 their record there. While still warm, and without any tedious 

 wait, they pass to No. 3 battery. At their heels follows the second 

 squad. The report of the gun is incessant. The scores fill out 

 rapidly. The system is applied; the tics are not' shot out; the 

 book-keeper calls out the names of those who are to throw dice for 

 winners. Their checks are passed to them, and they stand aside 

 for the next class. No error is possible under the simple rules 

 given above. The men get their money at once, and the beginner 

 at the trap carries away something to induce, him to go into the 

 next match. Two or three matches are shot where onlv one 

 would be or could be under the old way. There is no waiting for 

 long-winded ties. All is action, and general action. Two or three 

 shooters shoot where only one shot before. Two or three targets 

 are broken (and therefore sold) where only one was before. Two 

 or three shells and loads of ammunition are used (and therefore 

 sold) to one before. The professional shooter steps back into line 

 and dresses to the amateur shooter who steps forward into line. 

 They are all in line. The amateur has more chance, and the pro- 

 fessional less, than before. It is the amateur who upholds sport 

 not the professional. It is the amateur, patient but. overloaded as 

 he is, who is upholding trap-shooting to-day, and not the profes- 

 sional. Sport was made for the amateur, and ceases to be genuine 

 sport when others enter it. This is the system of the amateur. I 

 trust it may bring to Mr. Loyd the credit which to me at least it 

 seems he deserves. E. Hough, 



OMAHA TOURNAMENT. 



OMAHA, Neb.. April 16.— The Hardin tournament commenced 

 this morning at the new grounds on the Iowa side of the 

 river. They are admirably chosen, being on a meadow about a 

 quarter of a mile from the bridge, with a splendid background. 

 The day was pleasant, and fine scores were made. Among those 

 present from abroad were Chas. W. Budd, Des Moines, la • Geo 

 Hughes, Fonda, la.; J. J. Lesch, W. V. Cane. E. Hairgrave and 



Schuneman and R. H. Larkin. Cheycnue, Wvo.: T. A. Lewis 'st' 

 Louis; Rollo Heikes, Dayton, O.; T. R. Masscv. J. Van Dusen and 

 S. J. King. Logan. The shooting began promptly at 9:30 with a 

 sweepstake shoot at 15 standard targets, 3 traps, 18yds., $2 en- 

 t ranee. Following is the score: 



Budd 011111111111111—14 Atty 011111011111111—13 



Hughes 001103101111001- 8 Nicholi imil'OJlOOllI- 



Ketchem 111111101111011-13 Orabill 111131111111331-15 



Hardin 111111111111011-14 Parmalee 111111111111111-15 



Hairgrave 1111110111 1 0101-12 Fleck 110111011100111-11 



Crabill. of Clarinda, la., and Parmelee, of Omaha, divided first 

 money, $28.50; Budd and Hardin second, SlS.25; Ketchem and 

 Atty third, $12.50; and Hairgrave and Nicholi fourth, $9.25. 



Second event, 8 live pigeons, modified English rules, 30yds. rise 

 80yds. boundary, $7 entrance, 4 moneys: 



Hughes 11111111—8 Reynard 11111110—7 



Budd 11111111-8 Nicholi 11111011-7 



Elliott 11111111-8 Ellis 11111101-7 



Smith 11111111-8 Fleck 01011111—6 



Hardin 01111111—7 Hairgrave lOOilloi— 5 



Parmalee 11111011—7 Crabill 01110101—5 



Schuneman 1111 1011— 7 Ketchem 11010011—5 



Pawnee 11011111—7 Cave 10011011—5 



Westbrooke 11110111-7 Kennedy 01101011—5 



Hughes, Elliot t, Budd and Smith divided first, $50; Hardin won 

 second in the shoot off, $48.50; Fleck third, $20, and Crabill fourth 

 in shoot off, $18.50. 



Third event, 10 single sparrows, 3' traps. National rules, 80yds. 

 boundary, both barrels, $7 entrance: 



Hughes 1101110011—8 Pawnee 1111111110—9 



Smith 1100011011—6 Fleck 11111011 10— 8 



Budd 0001111011-6 Schuneman 1001010010-4 



Heikes 1011110111—8 Reynard 1101100011—6 



Parmalee 01111111 11—9 Ketchem 1101110010—6 



E His 1 1 01 01011 1-7 Hardin 1011100101—6 



Elliott 1001011111—7 



Parmalee and Pawnee divided first, $37.40; Heikes and Fleck 

 second, $27.20: Ellis third on shoot off, $22; Budd and Hardin fourth 

 on shoot off, $16. 



Fourth event, 6 single and 3 pair standard targets, 18 and 15yds. 

 rise, entrance $4, four moneys: 



Parmalee 111111 1110 01—10 Elliott 111111 10 1110-10 



Ellis 111111 10 10 11-10 Crabill 010111 11 10 10- 9 



Budd... 111111 1110 11-11 Kennedy 101111 10 10 11-9 



Heikes 111101 11 10 10- 9 Hardin 001111 11 01 11- 9 



Fleck 011111 00 01 11- 8 Jack . ....111111 10 1111-11 



Harrison 001011 01 10 10— 6 Mumma 110101 01 10 10— 7 



Shields 110111 10 11 11-10 Nicholi 101111 10 U 11-10 



Ketchem 101111 10 11 11—10 



Budd and Jack divided first, $30.40; second, Ketchem, on shoots 

 off. 828.60; third, Heikes, after shooting off, 812,50; fourth,, Fleck, 

 $8.fi0i 1 



Fifth event, special shoot, 12 single standard targets, entrance 

 $5, four moneys: 



SS8as.Tr. ■;:;;:oiJgiif fcg * e - ncdy vmsm- 9 



Shields -.100001110001— 5 



Harrison .110011 11101) — 9 



Brewer 111011111100— 9 



Mumma 011111111001— 9 



Parmalee 111111111111-12 



Westbrooke 101 1001 1 1013— 8 



Ellis 011011011111- 9 



Jack 



Smith 



Elliott 



Schuneman. 



Atty 



Ketchem. . . . 

 Hardin 



100010011111- 7 

 ....110111110101— 9 

 — 11011111)011—10 



111011111011-10 



.. ..110111111100- 9 



111101111011-10 



....111111111110-11 



Budd and Parmalee first, $40; Heikes and Hardin second, $30; 

 Ellis. Ketchem and Schuneman third, $22; Brewer, fourth, $15. 



Sixth event for the first day was at 7 live pigeons, 26vds. rise 

 one barrel, American rules, $10 entrance, 4 moneys: 



Heikes 1111111-7 Fleck 1011110-5 



glhs 011 1110-5 Benjamin .1101111 -6 



Budd 1010111-5 Kennedy 1011111-6 



Hughes 1111110-6 Schuneman. . 1111001-5 



ig>J*!» 1011011—5 Snyder 0111111-6 



Westbrook 1111100-5 Mumma 1110010—4 



Parmalee 1110111-6 Jack 1110111-6 



Shields 0110011-4 Hardin mil 11 ' 



Musselman 1000111—4 Field 1111111—7 



Paw-nee .. ... .. ...1110111-6 Reynard 1111001-5 



ileikes, Hardin and Field divided first money, $90; Hughes see- 

 on? on shoot-off, $70.50; Schuneman and Reynolds third, $50.10; 

 Shields and Mumma fourth, $40.35. 



April 17.— The second day broke damp, rainv and gloomy, and 



11111-5 



11101-4 



Jack.. 11101-4 Nicholi 



Mulford 10111—4 Morgan 



Gwm 00111-3 



Nicholi first money. Ties on 4 divided second. 



Second event same as above, entrance $3: 



SpWfe 11111-5 Budd 00111-3 



Hardin 11111-5 Harrison 00111-3 



Schuneman 11111—5 Hughes 11111-5 



^ichrni 01111-4 Mulfrrd 11-11-5 



fflr»m ■ 11111-5 Pawnee ffiH-i 



Wellington 01111—4 Fleck 01011—4 



Parinaloe 10H1—4 Jack ' Hill— 5 



Ellis 11111—5 



n Fi .V st im°Sf y snotaway in birds; second divided by Parmalee and 



Third event, 15 single standard targets, 3 traps, 18yds. rise, $8 

 entrance, three moneys: 



Hardin 11 11 11 111111101-14 Parmalee 1101 111 1 111 1 1 11 - 1 4 



Qtofoffl 311111111111311-15 Harrison 001013110101110- 8 



Budd 111111111111111-15 



Crabill and Budd first money, $28; Hardin and Parmalee second 

 money, $18.50; Harrison third money, $10.25. 



Fourth event, 6 singles and 3 pairs standards, $5 entrance, three 

 moneys: 



Parmalee 111110 11 11 10—10 Elliott 111111 11 11 00-10 



Ellis 111111 11 01 10-10 Ketchem 100001 01 11 11- 7 



Budd 111111 11 11 10-11 Hughes 111110 01 01 11- 9 



Heikes 111110 11 01 10— 9 Crabill 111110 11 01 10— 9 



Fleck 10U11 00 01 11- 8 Jack 111111 11 01 10-10 



Harrison ....001011 0110 10—6 Nicholi 110111 010111—9 



Shields 111011 00 11 11- 9 Hardin 111111 11 01 10-10 



Budd first money. .$30; Parmalee and Hardin second, $15.50; Nich- 

 oli third, $9.50. 



Fifth event. 10 English sparrows, 28yds. rise, both barrels, $5 

 entrance, 3 moneys: 



Ellis 3001100101— 5 Pawnee 01111011U— 8 



Heikes 1110111111- 9 Budd 1111111111-10 



Hughes .0110110111- 7 Fleck. 0110011011- 6 



Parmalee. lOOllMMll— 5 Reynard HOOimiO— 7 



Field 0010110011- 5 Smith 0111011101— 7 



Hardin 1110031110- 6 



Budd first, $20; Heikes second, $16; Pawnee third, $12.50. 



Second event, 7 live birds, 30yds., modified English rules, 50 cents 

 entrance, 4 moneys: 



Budd 1111111—7 Ellis 11U111— 7 



Hughes milll-7 Field llUOll-6 



Fleck.. 1111111-? Hardin 1111101-6 



Heikes 1111111-7 Smith 1111101-6 



Harrison 1111111—7 Pawnee 1111100—5 



McGreer 1111111—7 Westbrooke 0111010—4 



Parmalee Ill 1 111— 7 Hoffmayer 0111000-3 



Ties on 7 divided first, $35.50; ties on 6 divided second, $27; Pawnee 

 third, $18.80; Westbrooke fourth, $9.40. 



Seventh event, 12 single standard targets, 18yds. rise, entrance 

 $3, 4 moneys: 



Crabill 111111011101-10 Parmalee 111001110111- 9 



Ellis 101110111111-10 Reynard 111111010111-10 



Harrison 110110000100— 5 Nicholi 110011101111—9 



Heikes 011101111111-10 Jack 101010000000-3 



Fleck 011010011101- 7 Pawnee 110110101001- 7 



Hardin 1 11 1 11 1 11 110 — 11 Schuneman 111111011101—10 



Budd 111011111111-11 Nason 011010111011- 8 



Field 11 1100011 101- 8 



Heikes and Hardin first. $28.50: Heikes, Reynard and Schune- 

 man divided second, $19; Parmelee and Nicholi third, $14; and 

 Field and Nason fourth, $7.50. 



April 18- First event, 7 live pigeons, modi lied English rules 

 30yds., use both barrels, $7 entrance, four moneys: 



Budd 1111101-6 Crabill 1 100111-5 



Farrall 1111111-7 Beard 1011110-5 



Smith 1111110-6 



Nason 0101110-4 



Ellis 1111111—7 



Parmalee 1111111-7 



Hughes 1111111-7 



Dean 1111111-7 



Heikes 1110111-7 



First, money ah shot away in ties: Smith won second, $15 40- 

 Crabill and Beard divided third, $10.25, and Nason won fourth' 

 $7.50. 



Following this came a private match between Prince and Gris- 

 wold. 10 live birds, 30yds. , English rules, $20 a side: 

 Prince 0013111111—8 Griswold 0111111111-9 



The event of the day was the shoot at 50 single standards, open 

 to Nebraska only, for the championship badge, donated by Max 

 Meyer & Bro.: 



Welling 38 Kennedy 44 



Ketchem 41 Beard "'42 



Shields 35 Pawnee "40 



Karll 36 Harrison ] 38 



Parmalee 47 Brewer 4c 



Hardin 43 Nason "'sg 



Parmalee won badge. 



Third event, 10 English sparrows, 30yds. rise, both barrels, $5 

 entrance, four moneys: 



Heikes 1111110111— 9 Parmalee 1111111111—10 



Ellis 11 10111 010- 7 Hughes 111111 Hll-10 



Budd 1111111111-10 Nason 1010101111- 7 



Shields 0011101111- 7 Farrall .1111110111- 9 



Pawnee lllimill— 10 Crabill 1101111101— 8 



Smith 1111111110— 9 



Budd, Pawnee, Parmalle and Hughes divided first, $38.50; 

 Heikes, Smith and Farrall divided second, $23.50; Crabill third 

 $15.40; Nason, Ellis and Shields, $7.60. There were a few other- 

 events shot, but of not enough importance for publication. This 

 practically closed the tournament. Skinseh. 



MASSACHUSETTS RIFE ASSOCIATION.-On Wednesday- 

 May 1, and succeeding alternate Wednesdays, viz.: May 35 and 

 29, June 12 and 26, July 10 and 24, Aug. 7 and 21, Sept. 4 and 18 

 Oct. 2, 16 and 30, Nov. 13 and 27, Dec. 11 and 25. The Massachu : 

 set ts Ritle Association will in addition to the regular practice 

 and sweepstake, matches offer for competition of all shotgun, 

 shooters, the prizes named below, on the following conditions- 

 Competitions, 18, entrance 25 ceuts each day, score to consist of 

 15 clay-pigeons from 5 traps, and 15 standard targets, sweepstakes 

 optional. Prizes to be won on the aggregate of each competitor's 

 best scores as follows: First prize on 16 scores, second on 15, third 

 on 14, fourth on 13, fifth on 12, sixth on 11, seventh on 10 eighth 

 on 9, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth on 8 

 fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth on 7. After the first prize 

 has been awarded competitors in the 16-score class will stand on 

 their first 15 scores as actually made, as competitors in the 15- 

 score class, thus becoming eligible for the second prize, and so on 

 down the list. Ties to be shot off at 4 clay-pigeons and 5 stand- 

 ard targets. Competitors to have choice of prizes in the order of 

 the ranking of their scores. First prize is a Parker 10-gauge 

 hammerless gun, fine Damascus barrels, extra fine shootin°- 

 (made expressly for this match), valued at $100, and other prizes 

 valued at $175. All theabove competitions will take place at 

 Walnut Hill range, and will come off at the designated time- re- 

 gardless of weather. Class shooting in all matches. Shooting to 

 begin at 9:80 A. M. The gold coin and Merchandise match will 

 be shot at 13;80 P, M. Birds, m cent* each j» no^membflfB, W **? 



