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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Oct. 25, 1888* 



Extra event No. 1, at 9 single blnerocks, SI entrance; four 

 moneys: 



Brantingham 7 Mc Murehy 8 



C Smith 7 Penrose 8 



Apgar 7 J E Miller 9 



Maning 5 Ashburn 5 



Tee Kay 6 Dart.. 6 



Alice 8 Wheeler 8 



Barnes 8 Mitchell 7 



Lindsley 7 Woolsey g 



Yerrington 7 Peacock.. 8 



Carter 9 Wild 8 



Bowdish 8 McAlpin 6 



Budd 9 Sigler • .. 7 



Albee 9 EI) Miller 7 



First div.; second shot off and div. by Alice, Barnes, McMurchy, 

 Penrose and Wheeler; third shot off and div. by Brahtingham. 

 Apgar, Yerrington, Mitchell, Sigler and E. D. Miller; fourth shot 

 off and won by Woolsey. 



Extra sweep No. 2, at 5 pairs bluerocks, SI entrance, four 



Peacock 10 10 11 11 10-7 Sigler 10 10 11 10 11- 7 



C Smith 10 10 11 11 10-7 Mitchell 01 11 11 11 11- 9 



McMurchv 01 11 10 10 11—7 Alice 11 11 11 11 10-10 



Penrose..' U 10 11 11 11—9 Manning 11 01 01 10 10- 



Carter 10 10 10 10 11—6 Bowdish 11 11 10 11 11— 9 



Barnes 01 10 10 10 10—5 Davidson 11 11 11 11 11-10 



Budd 11 11 11 10 11-9 Wild 11 11 11 11 11-10 



Albee 10 01 11 10 It— 7 E D Miller 01 11 11 11 10— 8 



Wheeler 11 11 10 10 11-8 Dart 11 11 01 11 10 - 8 



J E Miller 10 11 11 01 11—8 



First, second and fourth div,, third shot off and div. hy J. E. 

 Miller and E. D. Miller. 



Extra sweep No. 3, at 10 single Ligowsky clay-birds, entrance $1, 

 four moneys: 



O Smith 6 Penrose 8 



Carter 9 Barnts 8 



J E Miller 6 Lindsley 8 



Ashburn 5 ED Miller 8 



Albee 8 Yerrington 10 



Budd 10 Wheeler 10 



Peacock 7 Davidson 6 



Woolsey 6 Brantingham 9 



Sigler 9 Mitchell 7 



Alice 8 Wild 7 



Bowdish 10 McMurchy 9 



Dart 7 



First, second and third div., fourth shot off and won by Wild. 



Extra sweep No. 1 at 5 pairs bluerocks, $1 entrance, four 

 moneys: 



Wheeler 11 11 11 10 11—9 Manitz 11 11 00 11 10-7 



Car'er 11 10 Jl 11 11 --9 ED Miller 10 01 10 10 11 — 6 



Penrose 10 11 11 11 01-8 J E Miller 00 11 10 11 10-0 



Wild U 10 11 11 10-8 Albee 10 01 11 00 10-5 



Peacock 11 11 11 11 00-8 Sunderman 10 10 01 00 10-4 



Mitchell 10 10 11 10 11-7 Sigler 10 10 01 10 00-4 



Da vison 11 11 10 01 01-7 Bowdish 00 10 01 01 00-3 



Ties div. 



Extra sweep No. 5 at 9 Keystone targets, $1 entrance, three 

 moneys: 



AVheeler 9 Collins 7 



Carter 9 Manitz 7 



E D Miller 9 Penrose 7 



Mitchell 8 Tee Kay 7 



Bowdish .' 8 McAlpin 7 



Alice 8 Apgar 6 



Budd 8 Sunderman 5 



Wild ...7 



First and second div., third shot off and div. by Wild and Col- 

 lins. 



Extra sweep No. at 12 Kevstone targets, $1 entrance, 4 moneys: 



McMurchy 12 Heritage 10 



J E Miller 12 Wheeler 9 



Alice 12 Budd 9 



Carter 11 Lindsley 9 



Mitchell 11 Tee Kay 9 



Yerrington 11 Sunderman 9 



Luther 10 E D Miller 9 



Peacock 10 Manitz 9 



Barnes 10 Penrose 9 



Biggetts 10 Collins 8 



McAlpin ..10 Sigler 7 



Wild 10 



First and second div., third shot off and div. by Wild and 

 Luther, fourth shot off and won by Wheeler. 



Tttursday. 



This was the first day at live birds, and many old-time pigeon 

 shooters were on hand. The birds wore an exceptional lot. of a 

 kind rarely seen at tournaments; very few of them required put- 

 ting up. Most of them were strong flyers and started for the 

 woods at a rapid pace as soon as the trap was sprung. Many 

 beautiful stops wore made, but many more birds, though hard 

 hit, managed to get over the fence, only to fall from the frying 

 pan into the fire, for on the outside were about fifty scouts, and 

 almost as many shots were fired at a fugitive, so that few escaped. 

 Once in a while an exceptionally strong flyer would be liberated, 

 duck or swerve out of reach of both barrels, then tower high and 

 escape the murderous gang outside, whose fusilade sounded like 

 an infantry engagement. At such times the crowd would give a 

 rousing cheer for the lucky bird. Weather clear and beautiful, 

 with a moderate breeze from northwest, blowing right across the 

 traps. 



Event No. 17, at 10 live birds, tournament rules, $10 entrance, 

 $1(10 guaranteed, open to all, handicap rises: 



Budd (30yds) 1112112] 11-10 Carter (30). 112210ol22— 8 



Brewer (30) 2222222222-10 E I) Miller (30) 2121120o21— 8 



S G Smith (28) 2211111111—10 Lee (28) 0111111011- 8 



Sigler (31) 1111122212-10 J Smith (30) 1110132210- 8 



Class (30) 1122111211-10 F Kleintz (30) 21ol 132001— 7 



Penrose (30) 1211021111- !) McMurchy (30) ....1111112000—7 



Peacock (30) 0121121222— 9 Forest (29). 1121100100- 6 



Wheeler (29) .0121221111— 9 Wild (29) 0110101120-0 



Williams (29) 0121222121- 9 Bowdish (29) 1002002011—5 



C Smith (30) 1022211222- 9 Hugh Leddy (27). . .0012011001— 5 



Quinlan (30) 22222110o2— 8 



AH ties div. 



Event No. 18, at 7 live birds, tournament rules, entrance $5, $75 

 guaranteed, open to all, handicap rises: 



McMurchv (30) 1111112-7 J H Force (28) 1201112—6 



Penrose (30) 1121111-7 Kleinz (30) 0121222-6 



Brewer (30) 1222122—7 Manitz (30) .1111210-6 



Wheeler (29) 2111222-7 Terry (29) 1111101-0 



Williams (29) 2121121—7 S G Smith (28) , . .0121101 - 5 



Quinlan (30) 1211222- 7 Class (30) 8002312 -5 



E D Miller (30; .2112111-7 Lee (28) 1010111-5 



Budd (30) 0112113—6 Leddy (27) 2001221-5 



Peacock (30) 0211211-0 C Smith (30) 0201323-5 



Carter (30). 1120212—6 J D Voorhees (29) 1100111-5 



Bowdish (29) ..1111110-6 Green (28) 0020111-4 



Sigler (3D 0122211-6 Winans (29) 2001011-4 



Luther (30) 0021.112-6 Wild (29) 0102020-3 



J Smith (30) 1121120- 6 La wrence (29) 20000w. 



Ties on 7 div. first. Ties on 6 shot off: 



....211-3 J Smith 111-3 



220-2 



Klein/, 211—3 



Manitz , 111-3 



Budd 



Peacock 121—3 J_H Force 



Carter 100-1 



Bowdish 111—3 



Sigler 12x-2 Terry 211-3 



Luther 000-0 



All who killed 3 straight div. Ties on 5: 



SG Smith 1111-4 Leddy 1110-3 



Class 1111-4 C Smith 3112-4 



Lee 1000— 1 J D Voorhees 0000-0 



Those who killed 4 div. third. Fourth div. 



Event No. 18 at 10 single live birds instead of 5 pairs, tourna- 

 ment rules, entrance $10, $100 guaranteed, open to all, handicap 

 rise: 



Budd (30) 2211211110— 9 Manitz (30) 1100220111— 7 



McMurchv (30) 2101120001- 6 Glass (30) 



Brewer (30) 2211102222- 9 Leddy (27; 2221012210- 8 



Kleintz (30) 1212210220- 8 Snedeker (27) 2000220111- 6 



Carter (30) 2112222110- 9 S G Smith (23) 0231011101- 7 



Luther (30) 012110oll3— 7 Green (28) 1010110010-5 



Peacock (80) 2ol2011311— ■ 



Sigler (31) 0011101011- 6 Williams (29) 2212111001- 8 



C Smith (30) 1221111110- 8 Miller (30)..., 1122121211-10 



Penrose (30) 1110212221— 9 Quinlan (30) 1213221221-10 



Wild (29) 0011120112— 6 D Terry (39) 2102212200- 7 



Wheeler (29) 212C222121- 9 Forest (29) 0212101110-7 



First, second and third div., fourth shot off and won by D. 

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Extra sweep No. 1, at 12 Keystone targets, .$2 entrance 4 moneys: 



Carter 12 J E Miller 10 



McMnrchy 12 Luther 9 



Budd 12 C Smith 9 



E D Miller U Teehay 9 



Collins 11 Wheeler 8 



Sigler 11 Bowdish 7 



Praccch 10 Stevens 6 



First, second and third div., fourth shot off and div. by C. 

 Smith and Luther. 



Extra sweep No. 2, at 12 Keystones, $1 entrance; four moneys: 



Wheeler 12 J E Miller 9 



Budd 12 Bowdish 9 



Penrose 11 Apgar 9 



Carter 11 J H Force 9 



Yerrington 11 Collins 8 



McMurchy. 11 Tee Kay 8 



E D Miller .10 J Smith 8 



Sigler .10 Lawrence 5 



Peacock ... ...9 



All ties div. except for fourth which was shot off and div. by 

 Apgar and Bowdish. 



Extra sweep No. 3, at 12 Keystones. $1 entrance; four moneys: 



McMurchy 12 A'pgar 9 



Peacock 12 E D Miller 8 



Budd 11 Yerrington 8 



Collins 10 Tee Kay 8 



Wheeler 10 Bowdish 7 



Luther 9 Stevens 7 



J E Miller 9 



First, second and third div.; fourth shot off and won by Apgar. 



Friday. 



This was the big day with a sweepstake event for a $400 guar- 

 anteed purse. This" event was the first on the programme, but 

 as many shooters had not arrived, an extra sweep as 7 live birds 

 was shot. The big sweep was started at about 11 o'clock and fin- 

 ished about 4:30 P. M.. Considerable excitement was manifested 

 during the progress of the event, and when John L. Brewer won 

 first money with a straight score, he was congratulated by all 

 the contestants. Up to the 18th bird Frank Class, of Pine Brook, 

 N. J., was a tie with Brewer, but this bird was a teaser; when the 

 trap was sprung it did not fly at once, but when started it was a 

 goer and twisted clear of both barrels. Class finished his score 

 straight after this miss and took second money. We have com- 

 piled a complete record of the guns and various loads used by all 

 the contestants, which will no doubt be appreciated by our 

 readers. 



Extra sweep at 7 live birds, %'■> entrance, handicap rises, 3 moneys: 



Budd (30) 1211101-6 Peacock (30) 2131l20'-8 



Wild (28) 2221110-6 S G Smith (28) 1111111-7 



Brewer (30) 0222221-6 Kleintz (30) 1111122-7 



Wh eeler (30) 2211222-7 Carter (30) 1212310-15 



Class (30) 1111100-5 J E Miller (29) 1121211-7 



McMurchy (30) 211112.1-7 E D Miller (30) 0111111-6 



Penrose (30) 0121121-6 C Smith (30) 2111110-6 



Luther (30) 1211111-7 



First div., second shot off and div. by Budd, Penrose, Carter 

 and E. D. Miller, Class wins fourth. 



Event No. 20, at 25 live birds, sweepstakes open to the world, 

 entrance $25 and the birds, $400 guaranteed, money divided 40 

 27}£, llii, 10 and 5 per cent. 



Brewer (30) 1121122122222121222321121—25 



Budd (30) 1211102011111012222221112-22 



McMurchy (30) Illoll0111100111112011121— 20 



Luther (30) - 



Wheeler (30) 2201122231220111122221222-23 



Wild (28) 3202ol03222320U103!2l0222-19 



Penrose (30) 1112101020011112211m 122— 21 



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Peacock (30) 2121121102111132210321122—23 



Carter (30) ' 



Mitchell (30) 0021212110012221112ol2121-20 



Davenport (29) „ 1120212211110210212201112-21 



C Smith (30) * 12 i ! -20 



J K Miller (30) 21120222121121111 01 21 o21 1-22 



W illiams (29) U01221832102l22gll0l0121-21 



Quinlan (30) 021o010w. 



Klein z (30) 1022221222222212101111221—23 



ED Miller (30) 101131112! Kol— 32 



Brewer with a straight score won first money, $180; Frank Class 

 with 24 won second, $133.75; the 23 men divided $78.75; the 22 men 

 divided $45; and the 21 men $22.50. o denotes dead out of bounds. 



Extra sweep, at 5 live birds at 32vds., $2 entrance; three monevs 



Forest 23101—4 Squires 11111 —5 



Geddes 23102-4 Tee Kay 11111-5 



S Smith 21111-5 D Terry 11111-5 



Lindsley 13100—3 



Ties on 5: 



S G Smith 111—3 Tee Kav 110—3 



Squires 110—3 D Terry 111—3 



S. G. Smith and Terry div. first; second div.; third won by 

 Lindsley. 



Home sweet home match, at 5 live birds, $2 entrance; three 

 moneys: 



C Smith 33111-5 Tee Kay 03101—3 



Carter 13211—5 McMurchy 11311—5 



Peacock 02111—4 Williams 22011—5 



Budd 12210—4 



Ties on 5 shot off and div. by McMurchy and Carter. Ties on 

 4 shot off and won by Budd. Tee Kay wins third. 



Frank Mason. 



THE ST. LOUIS TRAP SEASON. 



ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 18. -Editor Forest ami Stream: The curtain 

 will soon be rung down on the most active trap-shooting sea- 

 son this city has ever known. From early spring up to the present 

 time matters trap-shooting have been quite lively. Many hun- 

 dred pounds of powder and shot have been consumed in pursuance 

 of the sport, and many thousands of inanimate targets have been 

 smashed by the shooters. One interesting feature of the past sea- 

 son has been the team matches which were inaugurated first by 

 the Empire Gun Club of this city, and the Indian Lake Gun Club 

 of East St. Louis. The above two clubs shot three different team 

 contests at inanimate targets, in which the Empire's team proved 

 themselyes the most expert with the shotgun. Following closely 

 upon these matches the Western Gun Club and the Riverside 

 Gun Club, both of this city, had a set-to, each team composed of 

 ten men, and each man on a team shot at twenty clay-birds. The 

 Westerns w T on the contest easily, and were anxious for the River- 

 sides to try the affair over, but it wisely concluded it had enough 

 and retired with defeat on its hands. The most interesting con- 

 test of the season was the team matches between the St,' Louis 

 and Excelsior Gun Clubs. They were shot at live birds and the 

 exhibition of shooting given by the gentlemen of the teams in the 

 first match was a burlesque that was quite amusing to witness. 

 Men who had stood at the trap and shot at thousands of live 

 pigeons, to let as many get away as they did, was something that 

 no one would have believed unless witnessed personally. 



The birds were a remarkably fine lot, still that ten crack shots 

 of the St. Louis Gun Club, which claims to be one of the strongest 

 in this country, should score only 65 out of 100, was something the 

 members could not explain when questioned regarding it. It was 

 a clear case of rattle, but. none of tlie gentlemen who were on tne 

 St. Louis team would acknowledge it. But it was a fact never- 

 theless, and it was quite noticeable to the observant spectator. 

 Withal that the St. Louis team made the poor score it did, it won 

 the race. The Excelsiors scoring only56otrtof the 100 its 1 en 

 trusty men shot at. The second match, whicJ took place a week 

 ago was again won by the St. Louis Gun Club. The winning- 

 score was much larger than the one that won the previous one. 

 That the score was larger was not accounted for by any improve- 

 ment in the shooting on the part of the contestants, but because 

 the birds used were an indifferent lot. No such birds were 

 trapped as for the former match. The St. Louis scored 88 to the 

 Excelsiors 75. The teams were composed of ten men, each man 

 shot at ten live pigeons, and English rules governed the match. 



Next in order of importance in the team match business comes 

 the contest between the Compton Hill and Carondelet gun clubs. 

 Through some *nisunderstanding a challenge appeared in one of 

 the daily papers published in the city, wherein the last-mentioned 

 club wished to get on, as the term goes, a ten team match wilh 

 any gun club in this city or within a radius of forty miles of this 

 city, at either live birds or inanimate targets for $50 a side. 

 Members ol the Compton Hill Gun Club vvho were first to see the 

 challenge, dropped all business and began a vigilant search for 

 other members of the club to call their attention to the above 

 referred to challenge. Blood was "biling" in the veins of the 

 Coinptons, and they were eager for the fray. A committee w r as 

 a ppointed which called at the office of the paper which published 

 the unauthorized challenge. When the editor was seen regard- 

 ing it, he innocently acknowledged that he had no authority to 

 accept a challenge on behalf of the Carondelet Club, as there was 

 no forfeit accompanying it, consequently nothing could be done 

 just then. The Compton, lest it should place it in a bad light be- 

 fore the country, determined to see if there was any so-called 

 grit, and to ascertain if it really meant business, and with that 

 end in view called upon the editor of another morning paper and 

 gave him authority to publish a challenge to the Carondelet Gun 

 Club, at the same time posting a forfeit of $10 for a match of ten 

 men a side, each man to shoot at twenty Peoria blackbirds, for 

 $50 a side. 



Several days passed and no response was had to the challenge, 

 aud the Compton Hill Club thinking, and rightly so, that the 

 Carondelet Gun Club were not very anxious to shoot, nohow, 

 withdrew the $10 forfeit and supposed the whole matter was at 

 an end. But it was not to be so; the fire that had been kindled 

 had not died out, but was only smoldering on account of lack of 

 draft. The next day, after an announcement had appeared that 



