Forest and Stream. 



Supplement No. 6 Trap Tournaments. 



THE TRAP. 



Score* for publication should be made out on tlie printed blanks 

 prepared by the Forest and Stream, and furnished gratis to club 

 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 duo notice in our column of fixtures. 



FIXTURES. 



Aug. 13,14, 15.— Second Tournament of the American Shooting 

 Association, Boston, Mass. 



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

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

 electric apparatus. 



Sept. 17, 18, 19, 20.— Central Illinois Sportsmen's Association's 

 eleventh annual tournament, Jersevville, 111. 



Oct. 8, 9, 10, 11.— Middlesex Gun Club Tournament, DnnelleD, 

 N. J. W. F. Force, Secretary, Plainfield, N. J. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION SHOOT. 



CINCINNATI, O., June 11.— A large portion of the earlier fes- 

 tivities of the much talked of tournament of the American 

 Shooting Association began yesterday evening, when the sleeper 

 "Mirage" rolled out of Chicago over the Kankakee line. Mr. C. E. 

 Willard, of the advisory board of the Association, bad conspired 

 with Mr. J. O. Tucker, general northwestern passenger agent, Mr. 

 C. S. Burton, city ticket agent, and Mr. EL W. McOinniff, city 

 passenger agent, and the result was a very pleasant, little excur- 

 sion party, which has proved to-day to constitute a very material 

 portion of the attendance from the West. On this' ear were 

 Messrs. C. W. Budd. fresh from his Chicago victories, and carry- 

 ing a carpetsack full of boodle; .T. R. Stice, as big and good- 

 natured as ever; S. A. Tucker, of the Parker people; H. A. Pen- 

 rose, from Keystonetown; J. A. Ruble, of Albert Lea; Frank S. 

 Parmalee, of the Collins Gon Co., Omaha; Chas. E. Willard, 

 long with the Blatchford Cartridge Co., and bearing his 

 diamond badge honors blushing thick upon Mm; J. E. Miller, 

 late of the Western Arms and Cartridge Co.: E. S. Rice, general 

 agent of the Dupont Powder Co.; F. H. Lord, of the St. P., M. & 

 K. V. R.R.: C. E. Strawn, of Jacksonville: H. J. Cassadv, of 

 Hibbard. Spencer, Bartlett & Co.: H. W. Jennev, president of the 

 Jenney & Graham Gun Co. of Chicago; Henry Smith, of the same 

 city; Geo. I. Maillet, clerk of the Circuit Court at Crown Point, 

 Ind.; A. T. Coffin and W. C. Nicholson, also of Crown Point Club, 

 and Frank Mosher, of Oilman, 111. It might be expected that a 

 combination of such explosive, volatile, projectile and detonative 

 ingredients as the above would bo more or less noisv. and such 

 was indeed the case. Besides the fun there was also a good deal 

 of bard sense talked about guns and ammunition, and "especially 

 about shooting tournaments in general, the latter much mingled 

 with speculation upon the success of the coming most interesting 

 experiment of the Association. 



Arrived at Cincinnati, it was discovered that shooters had been 

 dropping in for a day or so. The genial president of the Associa- 

 tion, Mr. Charles W. Dimick, was on hand, and so was the general 

 manager, well-known and popular Major Taylor. Of the advisory 

 board there were present Messrs. H. W. McMurchy, of Syracuse, 

 Mr. Edwin Taylor. Mr. Al. Bandle, of Cincinnati, Messrs. Willard 

 and Tucker, as above named, and Mr. O. E. Albee, of Hartford. 

 Among the other shooters were Messrs. Sherman and Vincent, of 

 Guildford, Ind.; Rollo O. Heikes and Walter Keenan, of Dayton, 

 O.; Paul North and C. C. Hebbard, of Cleveland; C. W. McPhee, 

 of BulletsvUle, Ky.; E. S Be.nscot.ten, of Huron, O.; Fred Kimble, 

 of Peoria, 111.; Al. Spangler, an old Cincinnati boy, and last, but 

 not littlest, a whole show by himself. Tee Kay, which the same is 

 Tom H. Keller, of Plainfield, N. J. Yet other shooters were 

 noticed when the grounds were reached and when the eninew 

 began to till up. 



There was a little sweepstake shooting yesterday, preliminary 

 to the first day's work to-day. Following are the results: 



Match No. 1, entrance 82: Heikes 9, Tee Kay 3, Spangler 4, 

 Chubb 4, Bandle. S, A. Paul 9, Murphy 9, F. Ferris 7, Alhee 8, Nori b 



8, Vincent8, Benscotten 8, E. Tavlor 7, J. M. Taylor 8, Mrph.^ 8. 

 Murphy. Paul and Heikes first; Bandle, North and J. M, Tavlor 

 second: Ferris and E. Taylor third. 



Match No. 2, 9 Peoria birds, entrance 83: Bandle 9, .1. M. Tay- 

 lor 7, Murphy 7, Heikes 9, A. Chubb 8, E.Taylor 8, Benscotten 8. 

 Ferris 6, Vincent 6, Paul 8, E. Frey 7, Tee Kay 7, North 9. Bandle, 

 Heikes and North first; E. Taylor and Vincent second; Major 

 Taylor and Murphy third. 



Match No. 8, 9 Peorias, entrance 82: Bandle 8, Benscotten 9. 

 Heikes 9, Chubb 2, Paul 9, Vincent 9, E. Taylor 9, North 8, Ferris 



9, J. M. Taylor 7, Murphy 9, Tee Kay 7. Frank and Benscotten and 

 Heikes first money; Bandle and North second; Major Taylor and 

 Tee Kay third. 



Match No. 1, 9 Peorias, entrance $2. one gets money: Tee Kay 

 7, Heikes 8, Paul 9, Bandle 9, Vincent 9, J. M. Taylor 7. Bandl'e 

 won. 



Individual match, $25 a side, at 25 standard single birds. 



Tee Kay 111101101110immill0il0-i9 



Spangler : 01000010010imi0111U1100-16 



First Day, Tuesday, June 11. 



The grounds chosen by the Association to-day are at the old 

 base ball park, and are those leased by Al Bandle for his tourna- 

 ments. They are small and level, covered with a beautiful turf, 

 but lying as they do in a little valley with a heavy background 

 of green trees, they are difficult to shoot on, and a number of 

 complaints about the puzzling background of green have been 

 heard. The grounds are distant about 40 minutes by horse car 

 from the central hotels. The fitting and supplies, traps, tents 

 etc., are under the supervision of Mr. Al Bandle. He supplies all 

 the targets shot and furnishes traps, trappers, etc.; for this he is 

 paid 3 cents per bird by the Association, which is thus relieved of 

 further responsibility There is a very pleasant little city of 

 tents and awnings on the grounds to-day, and the cool and breezy 

 arrangement of the latter was appreciated, for the day is dis- 

 posed to be sultry. 



And now came up the much mooted question of classiS cation. 

 . By 10 o'clock every shooter had his finger on the pulse of the. As- 

 sociation; a little later some few fingers would, perhaps, gladly 

 have been transferred to the Association's throat, for there will 

 always be some shooters who are hunting for a sure thing. To 

 the entire credit of the Association be it said that the manage- 

 ment stood firm and relentlessly attended to the sure -thing men 

 as quickly as they manifested themselves. There was considera- 

 ble growling among the malcontents, but enough has been done 

 even to-night to show that these classifications, while necessarilv 

 not mathematically accurate, are nevertheless practical, feasible 

 and desirable. For instance, one shooter called "Shorts " (Mr. 

 Bacon, from up country) had gotten into the C class (although he 

 during the match, while boasting of his gun, remarked that he 

 had broken 50 straight with it) and won first money, ftiU, with a 

 straight score of 12. The management raised him a notch with- 

 out any ceremony. Mr. Ruble, of B class, unfortunately got to 

 shooting too well and was offered a nice new badge with' a large 

 letter A on it, which came very far indeed from pleasing him. 

 There was infinite squirming and twisting and efforts on the part 

 of certain knights of the gun to show that they couldl shoot, 

 never could shoot, and couldn't learn to shoot. In its comic 

 features all this reminded one much of the mnle race at country 

 fairs, in which the slowest mule wins. In its more serious 

 ftatures it was an affair not in the least to.be laughed 

 at, and one quite enough to provoke a fair-minded 

 man into impatience. More than even this, there were one or 

 two attempts made which, if known publiclv, as they are known 

 fully, should at once disqualify the guilty party from ever shoot- 

 ing in the company of gentlemen, at this or any other shoot. In 

 one instance a B Class man, wealthy enough, too, not to care for 

 an odd dollar or so, laid aside his badge and undertook to shoot in 

 C Class, beiDg prevented only by the warning of a member. In 



two other cases class baderes were traded by shooters, each thus 

 gaining an opportunity to shoot In the class below him. The 

 scorers had no prima facie evidence of a shooter's class except the 

 classification badge showing his letter, A, B or C, pinned upon bis 

 breast. Such petty deceit as exchanging these ha.dgos is on a par 

 with an action which would rule one off from any race track in 

 the world. Are not shooters as much gentlemen as horsemen are, 

 and should they demean themselves for one moment by associ- 

 ation with such tricky characters? These would be harsh words 

 if they were not true. It is due to the prompt and decided stand 

 of the management that these things are. hushed up now and will 

 never again be heard of. it would not be safe to try it any fur- 

 ther. At the close of this shoot the classifications will be pub- 

 Bshed generally, and any one seeking by trickery to evade his due 

 class would also be published and subsequently barred. Open 

 attempts to he classed low, such as were common all the morning, 

 are not. thus serious. They are only funny. 



Very soon, however, everything was running smoothly, and the 

 bOyS were in the middle of as pretty a little tournament as ever 

 was. The talk of the beginning died away or served only to point 

 an occasional joke, and thus to keep things stirred up. The traps- 

 standard, Keystone, bltierock, Ligowsky and Bandle clav-birds— 

 all worked beautifully. Mr. Penrose, in. charge of the Keystone 

 traps, was soon raising his voice in his long, convulsive and de- 

 pairing wail of "L-1-l-lostl" and ever ybody gradually began to 

 feel as if there was a mighty good shooting match on hand. 



Throughout the day the officers of t he day have been to the last 

 degree courteous and painstaking, and there has been an adher- 

 ence to method and system greater than has been apparent at any 

 shoot in the Western circuit. The result is highly nleasing. A 

 tournament, well and regularly run is a far different affair from 

 a loose and slatternly one, as every shooter knows, and to-night 

 those in charge here should be pleased and gratified. 



There are some hasty souls to-night who would call this meet 

 short of pronounced success because of the small attendance. It 

 certainly is not yet what many said it would be, the greatest trap 

 meet ever held in America. It is very far from that indeed. But 

 to-morrow there will be more shooters here, and enough are as- 

 sured to guarantee a practical working success already. At the 

 next shoot, now that the ice has been broken and the experiment 

 fully made, there, will be a rallying around a standard still full 

 high advanced in a truly praiseworthy course, and then the grad- 

 ual growth through which alone can be built up an event which 

 may really be the greatest in the circuit of the American trap. 

 This meet is no failure. The Association is no failure. Let the 

 boys stand by it. It will use them well. 



There are only two criticisms which are just to-night as upon 

 the management of this meet. One is that the squad system of 

 firing at the inanimates traps was not adopted, and all the conse- 

 quent delay of the old "one man up" method was therefore in- 

 flicted on the shooters. This, of course, is something not serious, 

 and easily remediable. If the shoots fill more heavily, squads 

 will probably be organized. 



The second criticism is one which, frankly speaking, was very 

 general among the less considerate, shooters. It is that the man- 

 agement charged 5 cents apiece for targets. This, being 2 cents 

 clear gain on every bird, since Mr. Bandle only charged the Asso- 

 ciation 3 cents, and being also in view of the widespread asser- 

 tion of the Association that it not only did not care to make 

 money, but had 820,008 to spend in keeping even, created a good 

 deal of unfavorable talk, which caused the management to an- 

 nounce this evening that hereafter only 3 cents would be charged. 

 The shooters should bear in mind that all the Association wished 

 in charging 5 cents was to come somewhat nearer to covering the 

 necessary expense. At best the loss would be several hundred 

 dollars. Now it will be. very much more to the Association. 

 Shooters should not want the earth. There is good money held up 

 by the Association, and all that is needed is a good filling iip of the 

 entries. 



In one respect Major Taylor has won the undying gratitude of 

 a deserving class, and placed himself perpetually beneath the 

 sheltering aegis of the press. Instead of the reporters being 

 obliged to scramble and beg for the more or less imperfect records 

 of less well conducted shoots, they were assured by Major Taylor 

 that they need give themselves no concern, as he would hand 

 each the score in full. Where other secretaries would busy them- 

 selves in finding excuses for not doing this, he simply went ahead 

 and did. At ten o'clock to-night he was hard at work in his room, 

 and later had finished not one, but. four copies of the score 

 besides Associated Press matter. A man like this is almost too 

 good for a sinful world. If he ever runs for president he wHl be 

 elected sure. 



Fokest and Stream was the only sporting paper represented on 

 the grounds to-day, and is indeed fast, coming: to be the only one 

 much spoken of at these important shoots. The score: 

 Match No. 1, Class A, on 9 single standards, entrance 82: 



Bandle 101111111-8 6 Coffin 100100110—4 



Heikes 111111011—8 1 North 1U101011— 7 3 



Taylor 111101111—8 Koehler 010110111—6 3 



Jackson 001011111— fi 



Benscotten 10111U11— 8 6 



Robinson 111111111—9 



Albee 111110111—8 6 



Keenan lllimil „ 



Chubb llllimi-9 



WO 101011110-8 3 



Shorty 111111111—1 



Dayton 001111011—6 3 Mosher 1U011101— 7 3 



McMurchy 111111111—9 Stice 111111111—9 



Sprigg 010110110—5 Budd 111111011—8 3 



Paul 111101111—8 1 Hollister 111111111-9 



White 011111111-8 3 Jones 111101000-5 



Parmlee 111110110—7 3 Willard 001111111—7 1 



Moore 101110110-6 3 Vincent , 011011001— S 



Waddell . .101111111- 8 McPhee 111111101—8 6 



Evard 111011091— 6 Sample 111111100—7 3 



Goldrick 001101101-5 



Robinson, McMurchy, Keenan, Chubb, Shorty, Stice and Hollis- 

 ter divided first; Benscotten, Bandle, Albee and McPhee divided 

 second with 6 each on shoot-off; Parmlee, North, Sample and 

 Mosher divided third; Dayton, Moore, Koehler and W. C. divided 

 fourth. 



Match No. 2, Class B, 9 single bluerocks, entrance §2: 



Robinson 000011111—5 W C 111111011—8 3 



Goldrick 011111111-8 3 Holt 111111111-9 



Albee lllllOllt— 8 1 



Jackson 111111001—7 1 



Pumphrey 011111111-8 3 



Strawn 111110111—8 2 



Koehler 110011101—6 3 



Smith 011110111—7 



McPhee 111101110—7 Evard 1011 11101-7 2 



Chubb 101110110-6 H Coffin 111001101-6 



Sample 110110101-6 3 Baker Ulllllll— 9 



Waddel 101111110-7 3 Jones ...100001011-4 



Vincent 101111111-8 3 Wrllard 111111111—9 



Hollister 111111111-9 Cider 110111111—8 3 



Dayton 110111111—8 1 Frank 001111111—7 3 



Moore 101111111—8 3 Ross 110111101-7 2 



Schatzman 110110100 - 5 Mosher 111U0110— 7 3 



White 111111111—9 



Hollister, White, Holt, Willard, Baker ties on first; Goldrick, 

 Pumphrey, Vincent, Moore, W. O, Cider second; Waddel, Frank, 

 Mosher div. third; Chubb, Sample, Koehler div. fourth. 

 Match No. 3, Class C. 9 single Keystones, entrance 82: 



Chubb 011111111-8 Baker 001111111— 7 9 



Holt..,.. 001101001-4 Shorty 110111101-7 3 



Goldrick 011011110—6 Krebs 010111111—7 1 



Jackson 111110011-7 9 Schatzman 011100111-6 



Strawn Ulllllll— 9 Maynard 111001001—5 



Dayton 101111011—7 3 Mosher 111110101 -7 2 



Koehler 001111111-7 3 HSmith 101001111-6 



Strawn won first; Chubb won second; Baker, Shortv and Jack- 

 son div. third.' 

 Match No. 4, Cla c s A. at 12 single clay birds: 



McMurchy 110101111111-10 North 000100111110 - 6 



Taylor 101000011011- 6 Albee 111101101001- 8 



Bandle llllOlllOilO- 9 Moore 110001011101— 7 



Stice 111111011111-11 



Budd lUOOiOlim- 9 



Keenan 11110111100- 9 



Heikes 011111111111-11 



Waddel 101110110011— 8 2 



W O 000010011011- 5 



McPhee 111111011 111-H 



Jackson 101101001010— 6 



Benscotten.. . .111101111101-10 



Mills 111 111 w. 



White ...1010! 1 110110- 8 : 



Paul. 111011000100- 6 



Vincent 000011.101100- 5 



Mosher 11001)0111111— 8 6 



Willard 111011010111— 9 



Ross .110111110111—10 



Hollister .ninoninoi-- 9 



Shorty 111011111110-10 



Shaller 111010011110— 8 1 Merrick 101010110111— 8 2 



Robinson (MOOOOOOlOl— 3 Goldrick 110100111111— 9 



Parmlee 111111111100—10 Sample 01001101U11- 8 S 



Coffin 11101111010(1- 8 4 Murphy HI 110000001- 6 



Everest OOOlOlOOOOnO— 3 Koehler (00110011111— 8 3 



Slice, Heikes and McPhee divided first, McMurchv. Parmlee, 

 Benscotten, Ross and Shorty divided second, Bandle, Budd, 

 Keenan, Goldrick, Willard and Hollister divided third, Mosher 

 fourth money. 

 Match No. 5, Class B, at 12 single Licrowskys: 



Cider.... 111111010110 - 9 Boone 11001 1110101- 8 2 



A B 011101111110- 9 3 Ross 1101 1 1101001— 8 3 



Chubb 111111001111—10 Pumphrey 1111.11110111-11 



Heir 101110011011- 8 1 



Bemis 011111100010— 7 



Goldrick.. 101101011101— 8 3 



Vincent 100111111001— 8 



Spangler 101011100101— 6 



Sample 1111111111.01—11 



n ~ m ~ ninmfinioi1 _ ? 



Coffin 111001001011— 7 



Holt 11 111 1 110101 — 10 



Dayton 11 1 1 lOIOl'l 1 1 — !' 3 



Jackson 111011011001— 8 



Strawn 111110111111—11 



Merrick 111010101111- 9 3 



Albee 001101 001001— 5 



Robinson.- . .011101101.111— 9 3 



Pine 101011101011— 8 1 



T K llfWfJlOlllll— 8 



Willard 001 01010 till- 7 



Hollister .001101111111— 9 3 



Willie 111010000010— 5 



Waddell .111111111011-11 



Moore..-. 110110110110— 8 3 



McPhee. 110111111111— H 



Mustin .110001111111- 9 



Baker 101111111111—11 



Evard 101101111101- 9 3 Shorty 111011111111-11 



W C 110111111101-10 Mosher 111011111110-10 



Waddell, McPhee, Baker. Pumphrey, Semple, Strawn and 

 Shortv divide first; Chubb, W.C., Holt and Mosher divide second; 

 A. B., Robinson, Hollister, Evard, Dayton and Merrick divide 

 third; Monre, Ross and Goldsmith divide fourth. 

 Match No. 6, Class C, on 12 single standards. 28 entries: 



Frank 110111111010— 9 Andrews 101001001111— 7 



Boone 011100001 101— 6 Jackson 1111 00001 Oil— 6 



Willis 110111H1101— 10 Coffin 001111000101— 6 



Chubb 110111011111—10 Mosher 111110011111-10 



Dayton HlOOlOllOOl— 7 Holt Hill 1 111 101-11 



Spangler 110111111111—11 Ned 01 HilllllOOO— 7 



Bill : 101011101110-8 Baker 011111111111-11 



Modoc 100111111111-10 Smith 101010010101- 6 



Goldrich 001111001111- 8 Shorty..- 11.1 Ulllllll— IB 



Reef 001010111101- 7 Fey 101011111031- 8 



Koehler 011111001111— 9 Oscar 011010110101- 7 



T K 111111010111—10 



Shorty first, Spangler, Holt and Baker divide second, Willis, 

 Chubb, Modoc, T. K and Mosher divide third, Frank and Koehler 

 divide fourth. 

 Match No. 7, Class A, 10 single Keystones, entrance 82: 



Tavlor... 1011110101— 7 5 



Willard 0111111111—9 



Hollister 1111111111-10 I 



Paul 1111111111-10 7 



Evard 1100011111- 7 3 



Keenan 1011111111— 9 



Pumphrey 11H111101- 9 Parmlee 1111111110-8 1 



Heikes 1111111111-10" 



Benscotten 1111111111-10 



Randle 1101111111- 9 



Goldrick 1101111000- 6 



McMurchy 1110110111—8 . 



North 1011101101- 7 1 



Robinson 0111000100 - 4 



Chubb 1011101111- 8 



Vincent 1111100111— 8 



Stice 1111111111-10 



Murphy 1110011111— 8 



W C 1111111111-10 2 



3 Koehler 1100111111- 8 



2 Holt 1011101111— 8 5 



7 Budd 1111111111-10 10 



Budd shot out and won first, Bandle shot out and won second, 

 Holt shot out and won third, Taylor shot out and won fourth. 

 Match No. 8, Class B. on 10 single Peoria blackbirds: 



Goldrick 1111101111- 



Jackson 1101111001- 7 



Pumphrey lllllUlll-10 



Chubb Ill 11 11011- 9 4 



Robinson 1111111111-10 



Albee UUllllll-10 



McPhee 1111111101- 9 4 



W C 1011111111- 9 6 



Cider 1111011111— 9 6 



Sample 1001111111— 8 3 



Waddel 1111111110— 9 5 



Moore 11 11 1 11 til— 10 



Boone 1011100110— 6 



Vincent. 1111111111—10 



Coffin 1111111111-10 



Jones 1111101110- S 



Hebbard 1100111 01— 7 



Evard 1111.111111-10 



HOUifcra ...1111111111-10 



Hollister 1101101111— 8 3. 



Frank 1011111110— 8 3 



Spangler 1010111011- 7 



Strawn 1111111010- 8 2 



White 0111111111- 9 6 



Holt HlOUllll- !) I! 



T K H1H00I11— 8 3 



Mosher 1111011111— 9 2 



Dayton Ulllllll 1—10 



Koehler 000011 1 w. 



Ned 1111101111— 9 



A B 1111111110- 9 6 



Pumphrey, Robinson, Albee, Moore, Vincent, Coffin, Evard, 

 Willard and Dayton div. first, W. C, Cider, White, Holt, Ned and 

 A. B. div. second. Sample, Hollister. Frank and T. K. div. third, 

 Jackson, Hebbard and Spangler div. fourth. 

 Match No. 10, Class A, on 6 Dair hluerocks: 



Robinson... 11 10 00 11 01 01— 7 



Heikes 00 10 11 11 11 11— 9 4 



Benscotten 10 11 00 10 10 00— 5 



Bandle 10 11 11 11 10 10— 9 1 



Stice .10 11 11 11 11 11-11 



McMurchy 11 U 11 11 11 10-11 



Albee 10 11 00 11 10 01- 7 



Miller. .. .11 01 11 10 10 10- 8 1 

 Parmlee... 11 01 10 10 11 10- 8 1 



Paul 10 11 10 10 11 11— 9 2 



Moore 10 11 11 11 11 11-11 



W C 11 16 11 11 11 10-10 



Budd ,10 11 11 11 11 11—11 



Evard 10 01 01 01 11 11— 8 1 



North 00 11 10 10 11 11— 8 2 



Coffin 10 11 10 U 11 10- 9 1 



McPhee... .10 01 11 11 10 11— 9 1 

 Sample .11 01 01 01 10 11- 9 I 

 Vincent ...11 11 11 (JO .11 10— 9 4 

 Willard... .10 10 11 11 11 11—10 

 Shorty ... .11 U 10 10 10 11— 9 3 



White CO 11 10 10 11 00- 6 



Pumphrcy.il 10 10 11 11 11—10 

 Hollister... 11 10 11 11 11 11—11 



Dayton 10 01 01 11 11 11— 9 1 Mosher 10 11 00 10 01 10— 6 



Nod 10 10 11 10 11 10— 8 1 Cider 11 01 10 11 00 11— 8 1 



Holt 10 11 11 00 10 10- 7 



Stice, McMurchy, Moore. Budd and Hollister divided first; W. 

 C, Willard and Pumphrey divided second; Heikes, Paul and Vin- 

 cent third; North fourth. 



A few sweepstakes were then shot, of which summaries are 

 given below: 



Sweep No. 1, 40 entries at 9 standards: First money Parmalee, 

 second divided by Hollister, Dayton and A. B.; third divided by 

 Merrick, Taylor, Pumphrey and Frank. 



Sweep No. 2, 19 entries at 6 bluerocks: First divided by Ross, 

 Goldrick and Dayton; second won by Pumphrev; third divided by 

 Maynard and Baker. 



Sweep No. 3, 6 bluerocks, one money: Money divided by Bill, 

 Chubb and Merrick. 



Wednesday, Second Day, June is. 

 The weather was delightful throughout the day. The attend- 

 ance held its own well, although a few shooters were forced to 

 leave for their homes in the evening. The live bird match tilled 

 well, but as a. specimen of sport it was simply a farce, for the birds 

 were the rankest lot of squabs and duffers that any one ev>r had 

 nerve enough to trap. In so short a race as 7 birds there were, of 

 course, long lists of ties. The ties on 4 were shot out at inani- 

 mates, lies on 7 were not decided until late in the evening. 

 Everything passed pleasantly. It is a jolly crowd that is here. 

 One or two of the shooters who declared they were going home 

 unless they got back into Class C, are still lingering patiently 

 about, like Mary's little lamb. Much of the earlier kick was 

 made to test the management, and when the latter is found firm 

 the objection will gradually die away. A number of notables 

 were out at the grounds to-day, among others Messrs, Goodheart, 

 Rice and Ligowsky, of the Ligowsky Clay-Pigeon Co. Agents for 

 the leading target, powder and ammunition companies are abund- 

 ant. The score: 



Match No. 1, Class A, on 9 single Bandle clay birds, entrance 82: 



Bandle 111110111-8 3 Sample 011101001—5 



Heikes 111111100-7 2 WO 100011001-4 



Benscotten 100110111-6 3 Moore 101110111— 7 2 



Parmlee...- 011111111-8 White 011111011-7 3 



McMurchy 011110101-6 Piney 101001101—5 



Albee 010110111-6 3 Strawn 011101101-6 8 



Holt 000101010-3 Mer ri ck 111011110—7 



Robinson.... 111101101-7 North 101111001-6 



Kimball 111101111-8 3 Taylor 111011111-8 3 



Budd 111111111—9 Evard 001111111-7 



McPhee 011111111—8 1 Pumphrey 011011010-5 



Stice 011111011-7 Paul 111111111-9 



Vincent 010111101—6 



Budd and Paul div; first, Bandle, Kimball and Taylor div- 



