432 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 13, 1889. 



over their victory. It was a narrow one, however, as the Elm 

 City Gun Club pressed them very hard and onh' fell one bird be- 

 low the winning score. 



Contest No. C, $317 in prizes, class shooting, race for team 

 championship on inanimate targets for Mew York State, four 

 members to a team, $10 per team, $2.50 per mau; each club can 

 enter one or more teams. 20 singles per man, 80 per team, tios 

 shot off on 12 single kingbirds per team. First, championsliip 

 trophy, bronze French mantel clock, value $80, second $80, third 

 $60, fourth $50, fifth *3U, six I h $26, seventh 22; total $347: 

 G-reenbush Gun Club, of Greenbush. 



VV Q Parr 10110111011101110100-14 



A P Cady 111101 1KU11 1 1000100—13 



L G Williams 110in0011110noil(X)-13 



E E Williams 00010011 1101 011 11100-11— 51 



Auburn Gun Club, of Auburn. 



HD Whitney 11011111111111111111-19 



.1 J Carr ninnmiom 111 111-18 



H V Kipp 11111 11111 nilll 1010-18 



,T E Brigden 11111111111111011111—19-74 



Queen City Club, of Buffalo. 



F D Kelsey 11101111111111111111—19 



J Koch llllllinilillllllll-20 



E Andrews 11111101111011111111-18 



O Besser, Jr . 11111111111011111111-19-76 



Rome Gun Club, of Rome. 



Til Stryker . 001 1 11 01 1 10011101 11 1— 14 



WR Huntington 11111101111011101111-17 



W P Ray land 0011 1 1 1 1 01 1 1 01 1 11 1 11-16 



W B Kingsley 1101lllliniHlllin-l9-56 



Elm Grove Gun Club, of Albany. 



C E Gove . . .1101 11 1101011 101111 1 -16 



L P Schutt 1111101101 mil 1 1111-18 



II Gardner 11111111111110111111-19 



J Porter 10111111111111101111—18-71 



Oneida Sportsmen's Association, of Utica. 



A G Hunter 11111111111111111111—30 



C M Felton - 11111101111111111111-19 



W H Beck with.. 11111111111011111111-19 



W C Harris 111111 1101101 1111101—1 7—75 



Saratoga Gun Club, of Saratoga Springs. 



HI- Livingston 11111111111111111111-20 



J M Ramsdcll 11111111011011111111-18 



W A Coster 101111 11 101101 1 1 1001— 15 



W H Borkes 11011001111111011001-14—67 



Trojan Gnn Club, of Trov. N. Y. 



W F Lord 1 1 1 1 11 1 11111 1111 1011 — 1 9 



A Paul 11111011111111111111—1(1 



J II Patten 11111111111011111101-18 



S Goggin 01111110111111111010—10—72 



Onondaga Sportsmen's (Hub, of Svracuse. 



E Hudson 11111111111111111111—20 



H MeMurchy 11111111111111111111-20 



M C Smith 11111111110111111111-19 



Geo C Luther lll1Il0ll0lllllUlll-i8-77 



Northern Wayne Gun Club, of Williamson. 



J E Coolidge 11011111111111111111-19 



W Hadley 1111 1111111111111110-19 



WSGavItt 01111011(01111101111— Hi 



P M Keel 11101 1 1 11 11011 0111 10— 16— 70 



Onondaga Sportsmen's Association, Second Team, of Svracuse. 



.1 T Elliott 11111111110111101111-18 



F M Eames 1101 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -18 



D Lefever... 01111111 1110U111 111—18 



W E Hookway OUllll 1101101 111111-17-71 



Trojan Gun Club, Second Team, of Troy. 



John T Belts 1111101 lllllw. 



Gus Buesser HIlOllOvv. 



J H Cunningham OOdOOll lllllw. 



A Dunn 111001 w. 



Tin's was won by the Onondaga Sportsmen's Club with a score 

 of 77 out of 80, beating the Queen City Gun Club one bird, with 

 the Oneida Sportsmen's Association a close third with 75 out of 

 80. 



First event, 10 kingbirds 5 traps. $1, 4 moneys: 



J J Carr 1111111111-10 Brigden 1111111110- 9 



Andrews 1111111111—10 Smith 1011111011— 8 



Kelsey .....111U11111— 10 E Williams 1101011111— 8 



Whitnev 1111111111-10 Hadley 1011101111— 8 



Schutt 1111111111-10 A Ryan 1011111110- 8 



Porter 0111111111— S Goggins 1011011110- 7 



Tolsma 0111111111— 9 Cady 0011010111— 6 



Besser, Jr 1111110111— 9 Selkirk 0101100111— 6 



L Williams 1101111111— 9 W Pctrr 1001110100— 5 



Gardner 1110111111- 9 G Porter 0001110000— 3 



First div., second shot off and won by Brigden, third shot out 

 and won by Hadley, fourth won by Goggin alone. 



Contest No. 7, Dean Richmond Trophy, value $1,000, to be held 

 by the winning club each year in trust, to be accounted for to the 

 State Association to be shot for by three members of a club be- 

 longing to the Association, such members to be residents of the 

 county in which the club is located. 20 single live birds to each 

 • contestant, entrance fee, $30 per team, entrance money to go to 

 the club making the highest score in this contest; Messrs. II. B. 

 H bituey and W. C. Hadley were the judges, and VVm. Sigler the 

 referee: 



Queen City Gun Club of Buffalo. 



J H Koch WlllllllUlllllllll— 19 



FD Kelsey 111.10111111111101111-18 



O Besser, Jr 11110111110111111111-18-55 



Elm Grove Gun Club of Albanv. 



W G Paddock 11111111111101111111-19 



C L Gove 1101101immilll!l-18 



T H Greer Ill 10 11 1101 11 11011 1 1—17— 54 



Onondaga Sportsmen's Club, of Syracuse. 



MeMurchy 11111111111111111111-20 



E Hudson 11101111)11101111111-18 



Geo C Luther 00001 10 11 11 011000110-10 - 48 



Trojan Gun Club, of Troy. 



C W Campbell 1101111 1 1 lloOl 111111—17 



SGogtcins muloilOimOlllllO-15 



G Buesser 10 1 1 01 11 1 1 1 1001011 -13-45 



Oneida County Sportsmen's Asssoiation, of Utica. 



FA Elliott .10111101101111100110-14 



W C Han is 111111001 1 1011100110 — 14 



W H Beckwith 0011101 101001 i 1 10011—12—40 









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This event closed the day's work and the tournament of 1889 

 was over; guns were hurriedly packed up and preparations made 

 for an early departure, to meet again at Lyons in 1890. 



Fkank Mason. 



EVANSV1LLE, Ind., June 7.-The Leisure Club match dwindled 

 down into a blood-thirsty struggle between Mr. Henry Halwes, 

 who held the club medal, and Mr. F. M. Gilbert. Mr. Halwes was 

 handicapped by distance, having won the medal at the last shoot. 

 The high wind madi the birds hard to hit, and the left qoarterer 

 had a way of "ducking" when the wind caught it that made it 

 very uncertain to "find" with a gun. The match was regulation, 

 15 singles and 5 pair doubles: 



Halwes 111111111110111 10 11 10 11 01-21 



Gilbert 111111111111111 10 10 11 11 11-23 



After this they shot a second match, 7 rounds of the 3 traps, 

 pulled indiscriminately, making 21 birds each. Of these Gilbert 

 broke 20, and Halwes 19, Considering the wind, the shooting was 

 pretty fair indeed f 



SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. 



BELLEVILLE, 111., June 8.-The eighth annual tournament of 

 the Southern Illinois State Sportsmen's Association was 

 held June. 6, 7 and 8. The weather was favorable with the excep- 

 tion of tb« last day, when It rained almost continuously and in- 

 terfered very much with the shoot. For three years more the 

 tournaments of the association are to be held iu this citv. The 

 officers for the year are: A. B. Fleischbein, President; W. E. 

 Craig, of CoultersvUle, and .1. W. Baker, of Bunker Hill, Vice- 

 Presidents; C. F. Krebs, Treasurer, and C. P. Richards, of Coulters- 

 vUle, Secretary. The scores in detail are as follows: 

 First Day, Thursday, June (i. 

 Shoot No. 1, 5 blueroelis; entrance $1: 



Chas Krebs 10100—2 J Baker , . .01011—3 



W Crosby 01110- 3 J Victor 11111-5 



W D Craig 11111-5 Simpson 10000-1 



G Crosby 11100-3 C P Richards .11111-5 



B Baldwin 10010—2 E Spencer 11001-3 



P Labadie 11111—5 T Bauer 11111—5 



W Baldwin 00111-3 N Crosby 11101—4 



A Reuss 11101-4 E Robley 11001—3 



Craig, Richards and Bauer lirst, Reuss and N. Crosby second, 

 W. Crosby third. 

 No. 2, 10 bluerocks, entrance $1: 



Baner 0111111111— !1 N Crosby 0110100101— 5 



Labadie 0010111001- 5 West 1111110111— 9 



Victor 1011110110— 7 Mack 1001011010— 5 



Spencer 1111111111—10 Simpson 1101010100— 5 



Craig 0110001111— 6 Dr Spencer 0110011111— 7 



G Crosby 1111011111-9 WJ Baker 1111111111—10 



R Baldwin 0100010101— 4 E Robley 1111111101— 9 



C Krebs 1110011100- 6 J Jarvis 1111101111— 9 



W Crosby llOlllltll— 9 A G Fleichbeiu U011001H— 7 



Pike 0110101111— f CP Richards 1111111111—10 



Reuss 01UU11H— 9 M Heim 10111000U- 6 



W Baldwin 1110111U0- 8 Brown 1010101100— 5 



E. Spencer, Baker and Richa ds first, Bauer, G. Crosby, W. 

 Crosby, Reuss, Robley, West and Jarvis second, W. Baldwin 

 third. 



No. 3, 10 Bandle birds, entrance $1.50: 



Bauer 1000010111- 5 Jarvis 0100110010- 4 



Labadie 000010 1 000- 2 W Baldwin IOIOU'011- 7 



E Spencer 1001010111— 6 Bakor . . .1110001110— 6 



Dr Spencer 01(10101111— 6 Brown 0001110100— 4 



Victor 0111111110— 8 Krebs 111.1010011— 7 



Reuss 1111111110— 9 G Crosby 1101011110— 7 



West 1000001011— 4 W Crosby 1111111111—10 



Craig 1101010111— 7 Fleichbeiu 0011001011— 5 



Pike 01001 1 1 ICO — 5 Robley 1 100110100- 5 



B Baldwin 1111011000- 6 Mack 0000001101- 3 



MHeim 0100110010— 4 



W. Crosby first, Reeves second and Victor third. 



No. 4, 15 bluerocks, entrance $1: 



Reuss 1101111010110GO— 9 Baker 111111110111111—14 



West 001001101111011- 9 M Heim 110100101111101-10 



Craig 111111010111101-12 G Crosby 011111111111101-13 



Krebs Ill 111 11 101 1 111-1 1 Richards 110110110111111-12 



Jarvis 1111101111 10010-1 1 Simpson 1 11 111100111100— 11 



W Crosby 111101111111111-14 W Baldwin... .0101(10111111111— 11 



Victor 111111100111110-1.2 B Baldwin 10)010(111111111—11 



N Crosby 0101111 11101111 — 13 Fleichbeiu 100011010011111— 9 



Ties on 14 div. first, G. Crosby second, ties on 12 div. third. 



No. 5, 10 Bandle birds, entrance $1: 



Heim 10000 lllOl— 5 Reuss 0111111111— 9 



Krebs 1110010110— 6 B Baldwin 1111111001- 8 



West 1110010111— 7 Ed Spencer 1010111111— 8 



Labadie 0100011011— 5 G Crosby 1110110111- 8 



Bauer 0001011110- 5 Craig 1101100110- 6 



Dr Spencer 1111101111— 9 Mack 0011010100— 3 



W Baldwin 0111000111— 6 Jarvis 1111101110- 8 



W Crosby 1111111101— 9 Roe 0101010000— 3 



Roy 1111011011— 8 Baker 1111100110— 8 



Victor 1111111111-10 Robley 0101011100- 5 



N Crosby 1001101111-7 



Victor first, ties on 9 divided second, E. Spencer and Jarvis 

 third. 



No. 6, 5 live birds, ground traps, entrance $2.50: 



West 11111—5 Fleischbein 110O0-2 



Reuss 11011—4 Bauer 11011—4 



J Simpson 01111—4 Heim 11110—4 



W Crosby Hill— 5 Jarvis 01110—3 



Craie 01011—3 Labadie 10110—3 



G Crosby 01111—4 E Spencer 11101—4 



Krebs 11100-3 Victor 11110—4 



Robley 11101—4 Roy 11111-5 



Three moneys, all ties divided. 



Shoot No. 7, 15 bluerocks, entrance $2, $25 added: 



E Spencer. .. 01 1 11 101 11 11111 -13 Baker 010011011011111—10 



Bauer 111111111011110—13 B Baldwin 111110111111111-14 



Reuss 111111101111111-14 W Croshy Ill 111 1 11 11 1 111—15 



Craft lJlOlllOllimo-12 G Crosby. 



Krebs. 101111101110101-11 Robley. .. 



Labadie 0010001 lit) 1 OKU— 7 W Baldw 



Jarvis 111111111011111—14 N Crosby 



Roy 1111 11111 loll 1 1 — 14 Richards 



Fleischbein.... 0111 lOlOOlOJOOl— 8 Dr Spencer 



1 11 



..11111111 1111 110 — 15 

 .10111.1111100111-12 



...loiimmooiii— 12 



. . 110011 111 1 1 1010—11 



.. nit niioomi 1-13 



111111111 111101— 14 



Victor 011111111111111—14 West 111110110111101—13 



Heim lOlloillloil 101—11 



Three moneys, all ties divided. 

 No. 8, 5 pairs bluerocks: 



Jarvis 10 10 11 11 11— 8 Fleischbein ....01 01 01 11 00- 4 



E Spencer 10 11 11 11 11- 9 Roy 11 11 10 11 11- 9 



Reuss 10 11 11 11 11— 9 Krebs 00 01 11 11 11- 7 



Simpson 00 11 10 10 10— 5 W Baldwin 11 11 11 11 10- 9 



Labadie 11 00 10 01 11- 4 Victor 00 11 11 11 11- 8 



G Crosby 11 11 11 11 11-10 Bauer 11 10 10 01 10— 



West 01 11 11 11 11— 9 Craig 11 00 10 10 10- 5 



Dr Spencer 00 10 I I 11 11— 7 Mack 11 10 11 10 00- 



B Baldwin 00 11 01 00 11- 5 



G. Crosby first, Reuss won second after a shoot-off, tics on 8 

 div. third. 



Second Bay, Friday, June 1. 



No. 8, 10 Bandle. birds, entrance $1: 



Reuss 0110111110—7 B Baldwin... . .1110101110—7 



Bauer 1111 111010- 8 W Baldwin 1111101011— 8 



Green 1101000110- 5 S Baugh 0100111001- 5 



S H McElroy 0000101001— 3 Robley. 1011110111— 8 



J D Smith 1010010001— 4 Krebs 1111101110— 8 



E Spencer llllllOlll— 9 Simpson 1100101010 - 5 



Jarvis .1111100110— 7 W Crosby 1011110110— 7 



C McAninch 1111001111— 8 Dr Spencer 1101011111— 8 



Craig 1111111111—10 Geo Crosby UUIOIOU— 8 



Victor 1111101110- 5 Baker 01111111U— 9 



F Govro - • 1110000110— 5 



Craig first, ties on 9 divided second, on shoot off for third Mc- 

 Aninch won. 



No. 9, 5 pair bluerocks; entrance $2.50: 



Victor 00 11 10 II 11-7 McElroy 10 10 10 10 10-5 



Gooro 11 11 10 01 01-7 W Crosby 10 11 11 10 11 



Craig 11 01 10 11 K)-7 Baker 10 11 01 10 10-6 



E Spencer 11 10 11 11 01-8 Baugh 10 10 11 01 01-6 



Greene 10 II It 10 10-7 McAninch 10 11 11 10 10-7 



Jarvis 11 H 10 11 10-8 Robley 00 00 00 01 10-2 



Reuss 10 10 01 H 11—7 Gardner 10 11 00 10 11—6 



B Baldwin 10 10 01 00 11-5 S Crosby 11 11 11 01 11- 



W Baldwin 10 10 01 10 11-6 



S. Crosby first; ties on 8 divide second; Victor, Gooro and 

 McAninch third. 



No. 10, 7 bluerocks; entrance $1: Craig 5, Bauer 4, McElroy 4, 

 Gcoro5, J. D. Smith 4, Baugh 4, West 6. E. Spencer 7, Jarvis 6, 

 Gardner 5, Franklin 3, Jackson 7, Reuss 5. McAninch 5, W. Crosby 



7, C. Spencer 4, Roblev 6, Dr. Spencer 6, Richards 4. Three mon- 

 eys: all ties were divided. 



No. 11, 10 Paragon birds, entrance $2: Greene 6, Bauer 10, Frank- 

 lin 1, Smith 8, Baugh 8, Victor 10, Bailey 8, McElroy 7, Gooro 8, 

 Craig 8, E. Spencer 7, West 9, Gardner 7, Jackson 8, Reuss 9, Mc- 

 Aninch 8, B. Bald win 8, Jarvis 9, Simpson 7, W Baldwin 9, Rich- 

 ards 9, W. Crosby 10, Dr. Spencer 8, Robley 9, G, Crosby 9, Baker 



8, Krebs 7, Fleischbein 5. Three moneys, all ties were divided. 

 No. 12, 10 Bandle birds, entrance $1: Jackson 9, W. Crosby 8. 



Reuss 8, West 7, Greene 7, Victor 9. Krebs 6, Bauer 7, Gooro 10, 

 Bailey 8, McAninch 5, Craig 8, E. Spencer 9. Gooro first, Jackson 

 second. West third. 



Shoot No. 13, for association championship medal; 5 bluerocks, 

 5 Bandle birds, 5 Paragon and live birds; entrance $3: 



Fleischbein 11011 01011 11100-10 12121—15 



Craig .11101 11001 11101—13 12111—17 



Simpson 11011 OHIO 11100-10 31110-14 



Greene 11110 10000 11110- 9 11110—13 



Baker 11101 11 111 11111—14 21211—19 



Beuss 01101 00010 10011- 7 30211-11 



Baugh 10111 11100 11110-11 



Smith 01001 11111 01100- 9 



McElroy 11100 



Krebs HI 10 



West ....10011 



Victor 001.10 



W Crosby 11111 



W Baldwin 11011 



Gardner 11000 



G Crosby. 

 Richards. 

 Jackson . 



10111. 01011 



11101 01111 



..00101 11111 



0U10 11111-11 

 11111 11010-12 

 1UH-11 

 11111-1! 

 11.1 11- 15 

 11011-12 

 .11011- 8 

 10111-11 

 11101-13 

 11111-12 



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 10010 



12111.-1.6 

 12111-14 

 01111—15 

 22121-17 

 11212-16 

 11120-15 

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 21111-17 

 11301-12 

 22111-lfi 

 2011.1-16 

 OllOl— 19 



Rov 1110011011— 7 



.1 Sieniinskie 1101111001— 7 



G Crosbv 1101011111— 8 



Richards 0111111101- 8 



Baker 1111111111-10 



Bohlev .1111111111-10 



McAninch 1110011111- 8 



Victor UIOIHIIO- 8 



W. Crosby won medal and 50 per cent, of purse; Baker second; 

 ties on 17 divided third, For second lowest score Gardner took a 

 Heikes hand protector, for lowest score Reuss took a fyi keg of 

 powder. 



No. 14, 10 bluerocks, entrance $1: Jackson 10, Bailey 7, Dr. 

 Spencer 8. Baugh 5, Robley 6, West 8, McElroy 4, Victor 9. Gooro 



8, Krebs 10, Craig 7, Richards 6, E. Spencer 6, Bauer 5, McAninch 



9, Greene 6, Brown 5, Baker 8. Three moneys, all ties were div. 



TlHrd Day, Satiwday, June 8. 

 No. 15, 10 bluerocks: 



Jackson 1111101010- 7 



Krebs 1110110100- 6 



E Spencer 01U011H1— 8 



Craig 0111111101- 8 



Govro 1111011111— 9 



N Crosby 0101111101— [ 



Bauer 1100111011— 7 



W Crosby 1011111111— 9 



Three, moneys, all ties were div. 

 No. 16, team contest, 10 Bandle birds each man: 

 Shilo Valley Gun Club. 



WOrosbv 1011111111—9 Rov 0111111101—8 



Krebs 1011110010- 6 Victor 1111110010— 7—30 



Bunker Hill (HI.) Gun Club. 



Govro OlllOinit— 8 Woods 0111111110— 8 



Bauer 1111101011- 8 Baker 1.111101010- 7-31 



Independent Gun Club, of Belleville. 



Craig 1111110111— 9 G Crosby 1111001010— 6 



E Spencer 11U111111— 10 Richards 0011110111— 7-33 



Picked Team No. 1. 



McAninch 1011111101— 8 West 1111111100- 8 



Dr Spencer 10U0I11U- 8 C Soencer 0100101111— 6—30 



Picked Team No. 2. 



N Crosby 1110111101— 8 B Baldwin 1100010111— 6 



W Baldwin 1101100101- 6 Robley 1111110001— 7—27 



Independent Club first, Bunker Hill second, Picked Team No. 1 

 third. 



Shoot No. 17, 10 Bandle birds: J. Sieminskie 9, Bauer 5, Gooro 



7, B. Baldwin 8, E. Spencer 9, W. Crosbv S, West 10, Victor 8, Craig 



8. Richards 7, N. Crosby 8, Krebs 9, G. Crosbv 10, W. Baldwin 8, 

 Roy 8. McAninch 10, Robley 7, Dr. Spencer 10. Ties on 10 and 9 

 div., B. Baldwin, W. Crosby, Victor and W. Baldwin third. 



Shoot No. 18, 10 Bandle birds: West 8, Rov 8, Bauer 9, W. Bald- 

 in 7, N. Croshy 10, Victor 10, Krebs 7, B. Baldwin 9, Craig 8, 

 Woods 6, G. Crosby 6, W. Crosby 9, E. Spencer 9. Three moneys, 

 all ties were. div. 



Shoot No. 19, 15 Bandle birds, $25 added: West 11, Krebs 12, 

 Craig 14, B. Baldwin 13, Reuss 13, N. Crosby 11, Victor 11, Richards 

 11, W. Crosby 13, G. Crosby 13, W. Baldwin 11. Craig first. Baker 

 lecond, West third. Unsbr Fritz. 



BREWER ON BRITISH SHOOTERS. 



JOHN L. BREWER, the famous American trap expert, and 

 who has had a recent experience on the English trap ranges, 

 talks vigorously to the able gun editor of the PhUadelphia Item. 

 He says some very sharp things about his treatment in England, 

 and brings back some interesting notes of how matters are con- 

 ducted by the trap shooters abroad. He says: 



Each State can produce a champion that ought to beat the best 

 man England can produce, if allowed to meet on equal terms, 

 And this is just where the English trap shots are cute. They 

 know that if an American visits England he must be a first-class 

 man, or he would not travel such a distance. The mere announce- 

 ment that, he is an American puts a handicap on him, and this 

 handicap is increased until he has little or no show to win. This 

 is a high compliment to the skill of American trap shots, but it is 

 not fair play. Every man ought to have a chance for his n oney, 

 but in a country like England, where personal feeling is developed 

 to a frightful degree by personal pride, outsiders must be beaten, 

 and if they cannot be beaten on their merits, they must be pre- 

 vented from winning by excessive handicapping or other severe 

 conditions. I should like to have used an American etin while in 

 England, but it is probable that if I had done so. I might have 

 been asked to withdraw. If there is any article that is ridiculed 

 more heartily throughout England than the American gun, I 

 failed to hear of it. Manufacturers laugh at it. aud the people 

 ;enerally speak of it contemptuously as a "club"— that is, out of 

 lalance, awkward, unfinished, and like a club. 

 You will see that I did not care to raise feeling against me, so 

 I said little or nothing about the American gun. I am inclined 

 to the opinion, however, that tho time is coming, when the. 

 American gun will make its way not onlv in England, but on the 

 Continent. English makers will not turn out a good gun unless 

 they get a big stiff price for it. American makers not only turn 

 out a good serviceable gun at a moderate price, but they guaran- 

 tee its shooting qualities. Those are poiuts that are bound to 

 have effect, and if the English were not bound Land and foot to 

 their prejudices, and so easily deceived into believing everything 

 they are told by interested parties, the people as a whole might 

 be struck with a regular American gtvu cyclone. I am positive in 

 my opinion that the English high grade guns are the best and 

 only first-class guns made, and that American makers cannot 

 approach such guns anymore than a pig can fly to the North 

 Pole; but there is also no doubt in my mind that Americans can 

 turn out a good gun at a much lower price than Euglish makers, 

 and hence can undersell them in their own market. Of course 

 the profit on a high grade gun is proportionately high, but when 

 an Englishman is sure of getting the best results, he never hesi- 

 tates to pay liberally. 



You ask me about the most important event in which I took 

 part. That is ra ther a bard question to answer, as I took part in 

 a large number of equally important events, while I was con- 

 stantly shooting to break records and to test tho killing range of 

 my gun. Probably the most important event in which 1 was a 

 part winner was an open-to-all shoot at best bluerocks for £300, 

 equal to almost $1,500 of our money. In this big event I was 

 placed at 35yds., while the next re'- rest handicap was 29yds. You 

 will see that I conceded 6yds. or 18ft. to my opponents, very much 

 more than any handieapper in an American event would "dare to 

 penalize a contestant. I was assured that I was allowed to com- 

 pete at 35yds, just to show that English trap-shots were not afraid 

 of me. You can bet a toothpick that I smiled, and that I also 

 detetmined to get a share of the pot, as Englishmen call the stake 

 money. When a fellow is roasted over a pot he might as well 

 tuml'le in, and I fell in by killing 15 straight, and won one-rhird 

 of the money, or $500. I used a Purdey hammerless, 811s. weight, 

 32in. barrels, both full choke. This gnn has an extra set of barrels, 

 71bs., 30iu., full choke, as a relief in a long shoot . 



It may be interesting to know something about this gun. It was 

 shot by me in a rough or unfinished state for four months, at the 

 end of which time it was turned over to Purdey to be completed. 

 It was built specially for trap shooting, and I will back it. against 

 any gun iu the world. I never saw a. gun to equal it for hard 

 shooting at long range. When I first got i.bis gun, I was so well 

 satisfied with it, that I said it ought to kill 60 out of 100 best blue- 

 rocks, at 35yds. rise. This bit of boast was at once snapped up by 

 an English sportsmen, who laid £100 to £50 on the birds. 



I finally agreed to make the attempt. All previous attempts 

 had been to kill only 50 out of 100, and every attempt had been a 

 failure, the men who backed the birds being heavy winners. The 

 birds in my race were specially picked out of a, choice lot, and 

 were all ring-tried; that is, each bird was put through a ring, the 

 size of the ring being a standard for the very best birds, such as 

 were noted for speed and courage. The boundary of this race 

 was 60yds. from the traps, and the wind was with the birds. The 

 betting was £5 to £1 on the birds, and there were net rnanv 

 takers. I was so confident that I would accomplish the feat that 

 I put up all the money I had on it, and the walking was not very 

 good, either. It never is in England. Well, 1 killed 41 out of the 

 first 50, and still the betting was against me. 1 closed the race on 

 the 81st bird, haviug killed 19 out of 31, and scored a win- Final 

 score: Killed 00, missed 21. I thus established a new world's re- 

 cord at the distance and on the number of birds. I never shot in 

 better form or with more confidence, and although I did not win 

 much money, 1 did something to make my countrymeu feel proud 

 of me. In this race my loading was as foUows: In each barrel 

 4 drams Schultze wood powder, ].J4oz. Newcastle chilled shot; 

 Eley's improved paper shell, with specially strong primer. The 

 kills were in nearly every case made with the first barrel, 

 although the second was occasionaUy used as a precaution, 

 rather than a necessity. 

 In all English pigeon shooting matches the birds always have 



