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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[MabcS 20, 1890, 



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THE U. S. CARTRIDGE CO.'S SHOOT, 



\From Our Own Representative.] 



,ES MOINES, la., March 7,— We arrived at this thrifty and 

 . pretty little city at midnight Thursday. Snow was still fall- 

 ing at that hour, and on the following morning the white covering 

 was several inches deep. The temperature rose, however, and 

 thaw set in, and the day became, mild and pleasant. The boys 

 we) e taken in hand here hy the big-hearted Des Moines fraiennl v, 

 and the morning passed swiftly. Unusual interest attached to 

 the visit of the lolanthe here bv reason of the fact that this is 

 Charlie Budd's home; for here, as well as everywhere else, Charlie 

 Budd is known and respected as no other one shooter of America 

 is known, and is a prophet full of honor in his own rountry. At 

 once upon our arrival Charlie hurried off to his home and family, 

 and we saw little of him till shooting time next day. His friends, 

 however, thronged the car, and were obliged to approve of the 

 treatment accorded their Western captaia during his travels. 

 Being residents of a red hot prohibition city, they looked with 

 curiosity at the decauter of ruby color which is kept on the 

 Iolant he's sideboard against a case of sickness, and many of the 

 Des Moinites produced physician's prescriptions advising the use 

 ' of Sptx. f1„ and freely off-red Robert, the head porter, a premium 

 on druggists' prices if he would fill the same. There being no 

 necessity for a premium, as many of the prescriptions were filled 

 as eame to band, and a peaceful smile suffused itself temporarily 

 over that portion of Des Moines adjoining the Rock Island depot. 



The shooting to-day was at the baseball park, down near the 

 creek bottoms, and the grounds were very good indeed for shoot- 

 ing purposes, barring the glare arising from the while coat of 

 snow, it became rather chilly in the late afternoon, but in spite 

 of the wintery day a very fair crowd came out, numbering be- 

 tween 4.00 and 500 probably. The race began early, since it was 

 announced that a team of live Des Moines gentlemen would shoot 

 against the score tnadftby the Eastern team in the regular cham- 

 pionship race. Thus tnte day was of more than ordinary interest 

 to our boys as well as to the spectators. Of course, the local men 

 got beaten— that has been the ease in every event of the nature 

 shoe during the trip; but the way they led out rather scared our 

 folks at first, although in the long race the heavier averages of 

 the touring shooters began to tell and won the victory with much 



t0 To^dav the East and West shot for the sis yearly subscriptions 

 to Forest and Stream offered by this paper, and these were 

 secured hy the denizens of the effete East, who seem to have a 

 mortgage "on evr-rvthing of the sort that comes up. This puts the 

 East rive matches ahead. In toe total number of birds shot at 

 (3,800) by the Eastern team. 3,855 have been broken, giving a team 

 average' of K5- 6 S8 . Out of the same number the West have broken 

 3 242 at an average of 85" sa . There is a difference of only 13 birds 

 between the two teams, and these 1« enwr the five victories of 

 the East. That is certainly pretty close shooting. There was 

 only 4 birds difference to-day. " . 



Captain McMurchy put in his substitute, Mi . Fred Quiinby, to 

 shoot in W. S. Perry's place to-day. It was Fred's misfortune to 

 strike another blinding, glaring day, but his score beats many 

 made heretofore on both teams, and he certainly did not beat his 

 team. Budd, of tiie West, seems to be gaining rapidly. He was 

 awav out of sorts when he began this trip. He shot a corking 

 <*ood race for his friends to-day. Slice was on to 'em pretty lair, 

 and RollaHeikes was nearby. Gaboon's 31 was thankfully re- 

 ceived bv the Western team. It is thought he is gaining a little. 

 There is no earthly hope for the West, unless he gains materially 

 and rapidly, for there sre three, men on the Eastern team trotting 

 mighty hig'h in the 90 class, and another following close, while so 

 much cannot be said for the. West. The race to-day belonged to 

 the West, so far as good judgment and carefully weighed indica- 

 tions could tell. Roll a Heikes ought to have got about one more 

 bird, anyhow, and Ruble ought to have got three or four more, 

 on his average, and that would have tied or won the race. 



On the. East, McMurchv shot finely, and so did his three regu- 

 lar men. It should he borne in mind that when the beautiful 

 Clabrough & Golcher trophy (won at San Francisco by the East- 

 ern team) was presented, it was stipulated by the donors that it 

 should be owned individually by the shooter of the winning team 

 who made the best average in the four shoots next following. These 

 shoots were Sacramento. Salt Lake City, Denver and Omaha, and 

 on these four shoots YVolstencroft and Whitney were a tie. It 

 was decided to shoot off this tie in the next four regular shoots, of 

 which, therefore, Des Moines would be the first. It will he re- 

 membered that McMurchy did not shoot at Denver, ho one shoot, 

 was due him, and he counted ou Des Moiues shoot as his fourth . 

 If he had made 38 instead of 37 he would also have been in the 

 tie. As it is he now falls out. Wolstencroft and Whitney have, 

 then, three races to shoot, and Wolstencroft is one bird ahead for 



th Mr r iMm*ck refereed to-day; Mr. A. C. Miller, of Des Moines, 

 pulled. Following is the score, regular race. 30 single bluerocks 

 and 5 pairs: * ~ ' * . ' 



Eastern Team. 



H McMurchy. .011111111111111111111111111111 1) 10 10 11 11-37 

 W \V lstencrof t U 111111111111 11 1 11111 11110111 11 11 11 11 10-38 

 WE Perry. 111111111011111111111110111111 11 11 11 11 01—37 

 W F Quiinby... 000 1 0 1 1 1. 0001 1 1 1 1111011 1010011 10 10 11 11 10-25 

 HB Whitney.. .111111111111111111111111111111 11 11 10 10 10- 37-174, 

 Western Team. 



c wBudd miiiiiimiiiimiioiimii] 11 11 10 n n-38 



J A Ruble .10110aillUOllOllllll01011.nl 11 1110 10 10-31 

 RO Heikes... " llioillllllllioilllllllllimi 10 11 10 10 10-34 



CE Gaboon lmimO.nniomiilMUllnllO II 10 n 10 10-31 



JR Stice 11111111111 1111111011 111111101 11 11 10 1110-36-170 



Des Mo'ne* TV am. 



J E Hastings 110111111111111111101111111111 11 10 11 11 11-37 



Will Burnett.. .llimiillimillllllOOlllllll 10 01 11 11 10-35 



C L Smith 1111 U 1110111 111 IKUOIUIOHII 11 11 10 01 00-32 



Dan Harris . . ,.1001U10110100100im 11 llllll 01 00 01 11 10-27 

 TYearnshaw.... 111101 lllllinOlOOOilllOlllOll 10 10 00 10 00-2(1—157 

 In the evening the members of the traveling party were the 

 o-uests of the Des Moines Gun Club, who had prepared at the 

 Kirkwood House an elegant and tasteful banquet, which was 

 served at 8 o'clock. The appointments were admirable in every 

 regard, and the occasion pleasant in the extreme. The menu was 

 solieartily appreciated by the boys that they beg to have it ap- 

 pended, and It U given below: 



Comiilimentam Banquet tendered U. S. Cartridae. Co. by Des Moines 

 Qun Club. 

 Blue Points. 

 Celery. 



Tomato, aux Croutons. Consomme, a la Royal. 



Lettuce. Olives. 

 Baked Lake Trout, Herb Sauce. 

 Chicken, Ovster Sauce. Ox Tongue, Sauce Tomat. 



Baked Mashed Potatoes. Spinach. 0 

 Horseradish. Pickles. Beets. Chow Chow. 



Roast Beef. Leg ot Lamb, Ham, Wine Sauce. 



French Peas. Brown Sweet Potatoes. 

 Prairie Chicken, Currant -Telly. 

 Asparagus. 

 Punch, a la Roman. 

 Chicken Salad. „ „ T ^ Shrimp Salad. 



Vanilla Ice Cream. * 

 Fancy Cake. Biscuit, a. la Napoleon. 



Crackers and Cheese. 

 Oranges. Bananas. Apples. 

 Coffee. 



Following the cigars, Mr. Nelson Royal, chairman of the board, 

 made a felicitous til tie speech of welcome and called upon Mr. 

 W L Reed, of Des Moines, to further bis purpr.se therein, which 



It was late when the party finally adjourned, and far past mid- 

 night when the lolanthe finally became quiet. Before this the 

 hoys had bade farewell to the hearty aud courteous sportsmen of 

 Des Moines, for the start was to be made be "ore business hours on 

 the folio wing morning. 



En Route, Iowa, March 8,— We pulled out of Des Moines at 

 6:30 A. M., and are now speeding through a snow-clad landscape 

 toward Kansas City to meet on Monday next the victorious 

 h'gmns returning from Chicago with the laurels of that bard- 

 foughten field. The bovs are not scared yet, and Kansas City will 

 see a shooting ma ;ch if she beats the U. S. teams. Charley Budd 

 remains bebutu with his family for a day, but will join the party 

 at Kansas City Monday, at which time also will dawn upon us 

 Mr. Tucker-, who left the car at Omaha on Thursday and went on 

 to Davenport, which is his home, spending a few days with his 

 family, 



Kansas City. March 8, 9:30 P. M— We are at the gala city of the 

 West, and the boys have scattered for a stroll. There has come 

 to the car from the express office a box from Omaha, which con- 

 tains a stuffed wildcat, adult, and wearing a pleasant smile. This 

 is a present to Mr. Dimick from some Omaha friend, whose name 

 at this writing is unknown. At 9 o'clock to-morrow morning 

 there will be a reception committee at the car to begiu the hostil- 

 ities at this city. . 



March 9 — At 9 o'clock in the morning the lolanthe was invaded 

 by a friendly army of Kansas City shooters, whose names include 

 those of the' victorious team just back from Chicago. The latter 

 had not yet been home, but stepped from their train and hunted 

 up the car of the tourists. The following gentlemen were present: 

 Messrs. D. Underwood, J. E. Riley, J. K. Guinotte, J. A. R. Elliott, 

 ,T, H. McGee, Jas. Whitfield, Louis Kunz, Ed Cadman, W. B. 

 Cosby, Ed Hickman, A. E. Thomas, Geo. B. Orr, L. H. Vories, Jos. 

 Underwood, Sam I'nderwood, N. H. Vincent, C. J. Schmelzer, W. 

 T. Irwin, J. B. Porter, F. J. Smith, Ed Chouteau, F. M. Holloway, 

 Fred Allan, Ed Bingham, J. P. Callahan, Geo. YoumauB, W. B. 

 Twitchell, Frank H. Kurnp, W. Anderson, C. F. Holmes, G. R. 

 Lockridge, F. Barrett, Col. J. T. Crisp, Geo. Schraeder. 



Speeches of welcome were responded to by Mr. Dimick, who 

 said that if he could now only beat Kansas City and Chicago he 

 would be willing to walk back to Boston. The members ot the 

 teams were then presented with beautiful souvenirs in the form 

 of tastefully lithographed programmes, inscribed upon the front 

 "Welcome to 1 he East and West Champions." The programme 

 was indited as follows within: 



First page: "The sportsmen of Kansas City would be pleased to 

 received the East and West Champions as their guests at their 

 car at 9 o'clock Monday morning, for a drive and sight seeing, re- 

 turning at 12 o'clock M." Second page: "Monday evening, the 

 Committee desire to meet you again, as a body, at 7:30 P. M., to 

 attend a performance to be given at the Coaies' Opera House." 

 Third page: "Tuesday, P. M.. a live bird contest between the 

 Champions aud ten representative trap shots of Kansas City has 

 been arranged for 1 P. M.; conditions 15 live birds per man for a 

 handsome silver trophy, offered by J. F. Schmelzer & Sons." 

 Fourth page: "Should this programme interfere in any way with 

 arrangements previously made by you, the committee would 

 cheerfully change the hours to suit your convenience. Fratern- 

 ally yours, The Committee, D. Underwood, Chairman. Louis 

 Kunz, Independent Gun Club; Nat H. Vincent, Forester Gun Club; 

 Chas J. Schmelzer, Sixteen-Gauge Gun Club; Ed. Cadman, Gate 

 City Gun Club; W. J. Baehr. Belt Line Gun Club; K. C. Gun Club; 

 W. B. Cosbv, Metropolitan Gun Club: J. J. Thompson, O. K, Gun 

 Club; T. R.*Hayt-s, Wyandotte Gun Club; Oscar Cogswell, Inde- 

 pendence Gun Club; A. E Ashbrook, South Side Gun Club; Lill 

 Scott, Blue Valley Gun Club." 



In accordance with the above programme the carriages arrived 

 promptly at the appointed hour this morning, aud a delightful 

 ride was taken over tnis young city, whose inhabitants delight in 

 calling it the "Giant of the West." Following is the procession as 



^P^rstfcarriage, Mr. Drury Underwood and Mr. C. J. Schmelzer, 

 with Mr. Dimick and S. A. Tucker: second carriage, Mr. John J. 

 Thomson and W. J. Baehr. with W. E. Perry and J. A. Ruble; 

 third carriage, Mr. Jas. Whitfield (of the Referee) and Mr. W. B. 

 Cosby, with W. H. Wolstencroft and Forest atnd Stream's rep- 

 resentative: fourth carriage, Mr. W. V. Rteger and Mr. b. Kurtz, 

 with Mr. W. F. Quimby and J. R. Stice; fifth carriage, Mr. Ed. 

 Cadman, with C. E. Cahoon and W. S. Perry; sixth carriage, Mr. 

 N. H. Vincent, with R. O. Heikes Mid H. R. Whitney; the seventh 

 carriage was to have been occupfSd by Captains McMurchy and 

 Budd, but 1 he former was confined at home by a severe attack of 

 rheumatism and the latter had not yet arrived from his visit in 

 Des Moines. The order of the drive was from Union depot to 

 Armour's packing house, which was well exploited; thence to 

 Broadway and south on Seventh to Penn street, thence on Tenth 

 to Summit, overlooking the grand scene, presented from the river 

 bluff, thence to Jefferson, Fourteenth ant Broadway, east on 

 Fourteenth to Main, south to Fifteenth, east to Frost avenue, 

 south to Springfield, thence to Ninth and west to Grand avenue, 

 thence south to Eleventh, thence ou Main north to Fourth, west 

 bo Wyandotte and then back to the lolanthe; total distance, 11 

 miles," 3 furlongs and 6 links, as per the field notes. 



After a hurried lunch, the boys took the green car to Elliott's 

 Park, nearly floundering in the fathomless mud. which hedges 

 that shtewaikless neighborhood on a rainy day. The attendance 

 was very fair, ifl view of the abominable weather, about 200 being 

 preseni . The weather remained cloudy, but no rain fell. 



The scores to-day are high for the most part, but much of this 

 is due to the fact that the birds were thrown very high. This 

 was a necessity from the nature of the ground, which slopes very 

 sharply back and to the left of the traps. What with the high 

 angle i erratic pulling and careless trapping, the flight of lite 

 oirds was picturesque and exciting at times to an extent which 

 w >uld have caused a copy of the new American rules to blush 



W McMurcny is again down with the rheumatism, and Mr. Quimby 

 fcookhiaplaee. Fred is not in practice, and it is hardly fair to 

 ask him to shoot full scores under the circumstances. The WtSt 

 snowed the East under to-day. Budd dusted his last double hard 

 enough, many thought, to give him his 40 straight. Stice did no 

 better on his seventh double, but a vigorous kick in time saved 

 him his bird and his 40 straight. Holla Heikes— "our Rollo," the 

 boys call him now— got his 40 all right. "Cooney the Fox" wasn't 

 in it On the East nothing extra was done. Wolstencroft to-night 

 leads Whitney one bird with the two shoots to go on the Clabrough 

 & Golcher trophy. Mr. Dimick referee, regular race, 30 single 

 bluerocks and 5 pairs. Score: 



Eastern Team. 

 Singles. Doubles. 

 W F Ouimby... 100fd0001l()01100000lCj000001111 11 00 10 11 10—17 

 W WolstencroftimilinilllllllllUllOlllHl 11 10 11 10 11-37 



WE Perry 010111101111111111111111111111 11 1110 10 11-35 



W SPerrv lUOUOJ 111110111111111001 11 11 11 10 10 11 01-33 



h b Whitney- • .liiniiiiimiimiiiinoiioii n oi n h n-37-158 



Western Team. 



c WBudd miiumiiimmiiimiiiii 11 u 11 u 10-39 



j a Ruble . ...liiiiiimiiimoiiiiiiimm 10111011-11 37 



R O Deikes 111111111111111111111111111111 11 11 11 H 11-40 



O V Oanoou lKKinilOOmillllOllOlu.UIOiO 01 It 10 11 10—28 

 JRStice . lllTlUllllimiimillUlUll 1111111111-40-184 

 The lead of the East is poW cut down to four races. The West 

 is far ahead in number of birds smashed. 



To-night the pleasant little theatre party was carried out as oer 

 proo-ramme. It is worthy of record tuat this is the only city offer- 

 in^tlie tourists a regular printed programme of entertainment, 

 orBuch other features as those already named. 



To-morrow our folks will join issues with the triumphant team 

 from the Chicago battle. This is the event of the trip. The 

 shoot will be at Mr. Elliott's sidehill, the same grounds ihat. Hob 

 White bathed with his perspiration on tbe day when Elliott gave 

 him 25 dead and won the 100 birl race. If the teams shoot t heir 

 California gait to-morrow they will win. It is doubtful if 130 out of 

 150 is made by either team. So much for a guess. 



En Route, Wisconsin. March 11, 8 P. M— We are leaving Kansas 

 City and are on the way to St. Paul. 

 There is no roof on the lolanthe now. Things are pulled wide 



now clasp hands and whoop it up over the victory achieved against 

 the common foe. All race lines are obliterated, and only one in- 

 cident has occurred to mar the bliss of perfect. harmony. Capt. 

 Budd thought Johnnie Ruble ought to kiss Jimmie Stice. to show 

 that they were perfect, friends again, but Johnnie said he'd die 

 first, and Jimmie said he'd kill bim if he did, so the penalty was 

 commuted to shaking hands. 



Until this shoot, the two teams had been successful in every 

 contest offered them by local shooters, whether in individual or 

 team races, and whether at targets or live birds. They had done 

 this under Mr. Dimick's offer at certain towns to pay ajstated 

 sum for a score equal to that of the man or men he would name. 

 The great California match was a friendly race, and it was known 

 that the Kansas City match was to be shot in just the same way. 

 But even after winning in the California contest, the teams, con- 

 fident as they were in themselves, had a very wholesome respect 

 and perhaps a little fear for the Kansas City boys, whom they 

 knew to be in constant practice at live-bird shooting, while they 

 themselves had had really little or no practice during the tour, 

 and while a few of them did not claim to be live-bird shots at. all. 

 This respect was much increased when the result of the great 

 Kansas City-Chicago match was learned, and such was the fame 

 of the Kansas City team that some of our boys felt that all they 

 could do would be to take their defeat gracefully and cut down 

 the odds as closely as possible. It was even suggested that the 

 least Kansas City could do would be to exchange race for race, 

 and shoot a team at the regular target race of the championship 

 teams. Very well. Kansas City didn't shoot the target race. 

 She shot a live-bird race, choosing her own conditions through- 

 out, and even making it a 10-biid race instead of 15, which latter 

 would have thrown a larger per cent, in favor of the visitors, who 

 were strangers to the peculiarities of grounds with which the 

 Kansas City shooters were familiar. On her own terms and on 

 her own grounds the U. S. Cartridge Co.'s teams beat Kansas City 

 fair and square, and left her no loophole of escape. 



Mr. Hickman, one of the team that won against Chicago, was 

 shot on the team to-dav, and the Kansas City folks said a word or 

 two about this. But even supposing Mr. Hickman had killed his 

 ten straight, the race would have been lost by three birds. Mr. 

 Hickman did not lose the race for Kansas City. It was the steady, 

 workmanlike shooting of the U. S. teams that lost the race for 

 her, and other explanations would not be in ord*er if offered. 

 They were not offered, however. Kansas City took her defeat 

 with the best of grace, and her team gave three hearty cheers for 

 the victors, which were returned with equal heartiness by the 

 visitors, already so much her debtors in the way of hospitality 

 and continuous courtesy extended throughout the two days' stay 

 at the great Gate City. Just what it was that gave the victory to 

 the (J. S. teams would be hard to say. The race was shot in two 

 squads, aud in the first, squad the Kansas City men had if any- 

 thing the better of it in the birds. In the last squad it was just 

 the other way. It was not all luck, therefore. Upon t he other 

 hand it would be folly to think chat these two teams have all the 

 shooting ability in the country, and in a return match under the 

 same conditions Kansas City might give them a beating. But 

 there is something in the fellowship, the inter-confidence, the 

 esprit de corps of these two teams that make them very hard to 

 beat. They can be relied upon to be quick and steady, and to 

 shoot their best coolly clear to the end of any sort of a match. 

 They won't "go to pieces" if the odds are against them. In the 

 last squad of Kansas City's team there was just the first suspicion 

 of demoralization after the lead had increased to three birds, and 

 the visitors were found to have come out the better in the little 

 flurry of exchanging misses, which took place in the second half 

 of the race. 



But it ill becomes any one on this ear to say the first word of 

 criticism, or indeed of analysis, about the shooting of the Kansas 

 City team. They shot a screaming hot race, and the plain truth 

 is that their opponents are almighty glad they are out of it. 

 Nearly every man on the teams is saying to-night that luck is 

 with this crowd, and it was never so lucky as it was to-day. Mr. 

 Dimick is certainly to be congratulated on his luck and on his 

 teams. There will never be another team got up which will win 

 the victories these men have won on a circuit taking in the whole 

 country in this way. 



Most Western readers of Forest ajtd Stream know the nature 

 of the grounds at Elliott's Park. They lie on a sharp sidehill. 

 The traps and club house lie pretty well down toward the foot of 

 the hill. The pigeon coops and sheds are directly on top of the 

 hill, and many of the birds make for the coops either direct or on 

 a quick curve, offering a very rapidly rising shot. Between the 

 gate and the terminus of the cable line there lies, in weather such 

 as has lately prevailed there, a vast and bottomless abyss, a 

 morass of tne most abominaolc and absolutely boundless and 

 beastly mud that ever lay out on the face of earth. If Mr. Elliott 

 would build a suspension bridge, establish a line of balloons, or 

 even supply adventurers in that country with serviceable life 

 preservers he would confer a boon upon suffering humanity that 

 would deserve to be spelled with a big B. No one knows how 

 many persons were lost beneath the surface of that treacherous 

 sea, but couuting only those who got across, and didu't save a half 

 dollar by peeking over the fence from the opposite hill, there 

 must have been 500 or 600 pt-ople within the gates at 1:30, at about 

 which time the match began. The spectators were favored after 

 all by the weather, for no rain fell from the cloudy sky, and the 

 dav was a good one for shooting. 



Mr. R. B. Organ, of Chicago, who was in to^vn on his way to 

 California, where he and his wife will make a short visit, was at 

 once pounced upon for a referee, and fulfilled the duties of that 

 position as no one else could have done better, embellishing his 

 decisions with that rich flow of language which has made him 

 famous. The match was shot under the revised American rules, 

 mutual agreement having been made in advance in regard to the 

 construction of Rule 25, on the gathering of birds. There was not 

 the slightest demur or objection of any sort. The match was one 

 between gentlemen, and nothing marred its pleasantness in any 

 way. 



Tue birds were above an average lot, and were on the whole a 

 harder lot than those shot in the California match, lu the last 

 few birds of the first squad there were a few weak and slow ones, 

 but there were not many. The last 100 were nearly all prompt 

 starters and had very few duffers among them. 



The match was of interest in one regard especially; it was oue 

 of American guns against English, aud of American ammunition 

 a "ainst English. With one exception— that of Mr. Riley, who 

 usually shoots a Greener— all the guns used by the Kansas City 

 men were Greeners. (On the night before, at the opera, Mr, 

 Tucker was observed to be talking earnestly with Mr. Kiley, and 

 as he had him bound with the balef hi spell of his glittering 

 eye it is thought that he sold Mr. Riley that Parker gun right 

 there, in spite of the couuter attractions of a soulful ballet and of 



snoke briefly and well, and the chair then called upon Mr. W. 

 Fred Quimby, who is generally known to be carried along as the 

 great silver-iongned spellbinder of the gang. Mr. Quimby con- 

 vulsed bis audience as usual, and then sat, down in Jim Slice's 

 lap mussing up the corner of Jim's pink silk handkerchief, 

 which he always leaves sticking out of his pocket on Sunday oc- 

 casions like this. Mr. Chan. Smith (better known as the grape- 

 vine of the club) was then asked to respond to the toast, "The 

 Coon " (A very fine specimen of pet raccoon waa presented to 

 Mr Dimick here by Mr. Smith, and has been duly installed aa 

 the' successor of poor Tex in the mascot business.) Mr. Smith 

 thought the coon ought to be given to the Western team, as it 

 might change their lu<-k to have a mascot of that sort. Dr. M. 

 Thornton, Mr. B, Taylor and Mr. A. J. Zwart all added happy re- 

 marks, and Forest and Stkeam was called upon to declare 

 whether or not the teams were always as sober as they had been 

 in Des Moines. In this connection it should be said publicly that 

 the conduct of this menagerie is really remarkably praiseworthy. 

 Poker chips are not legal tench t on the car; nothing stronger 

 than the Youth's Companion is allowed >o be read, and Mr. 

 Dimick has even established a '.'swear box," into which every 



S&i'to&'S AlSwtt SwaSB 1 S?¥ ftp* www w wm^mmnm 



opeu, and we are running under no limit but the blue sky. If 

 anvbody on this car wants anything, and it isn't on the car, the 

 iv&iv is stopped and Mr. Dimick sends out for it. 



Kansas City beat Chicago. Kansas City was hunting for the 

 East and West teams. She had something about a shooting match 

 on her mind. She rapped at the door of the lolanthe and in- 

 quired, "Are the gentlemen of the East and West teams in?" 



But^K^nea^City wasn't in it. One more victim is added to the 

 list of those whose vaulting ambition hath o'er leaped itself, and 

 the scalp of Kansas City dangles in the smoke of the wigwam of 



1 ft ^s hard to write connectedly at present on account of the cir- 

 cus on board the car, which surpasses anything yet known on the 

 trip. This mob, if less bloodtoirsty than those of ine French 

 revolution, is quite as democratic and as noisy, and seems ani- 

 mated by the same motto of liberty, f raternity and equality, "No 

 kaat. no Westl 1 ' is the cry to-night, and those who late were seek- 



Ky uu, 



the shoot it became impossible to get a table of the loads used by 

 the Kansas City team, but it is very near correct to sav that they 

 all shot Schultze powder, in both barrels, and that their shells 

 were a special lot ordered from VonLeugerke & Detmold, Of New 

 York. The full tables of loads for the (J. S. team is given below 

 the score. It goes without, saying that they all used the Climax 

 shell of the U. S. Company, and it will be seen that they all shot 

 American guns with one exception. Score, 10 live birds per man, 

 new Ame r ican rules. Referee, R. B. Organ; official scorer, For- 

 est and Stream. 



Kansas City Team. 



JAR Elliott (12ga. Greener) 1311313112-10 



J B Porter UOga. Greener) 031111311a— 9 



J K Guinnotte (13ga. Greener) 3332323232- 10 



J E Riley (12ga. Parker) 122233112o— 9 



Ed Chouteau (12ga. Greener) 1212212132—10 



E D Bingham (lStja. Greener) 1120132012— 8 



W Auderson (12ga. Greener) • OlOlUlSol— 7 



A Thomas (12ga. Greener) 1122222022— 9 



Ed Hickman (12ga. Greener; 2ol0012013— 0 



W B Twitchell (13ga. Greener) 211320212o- 8-86 



U. S. Cartridge Co. Team. 



C W Budd (12ga. L C Smith) 1211213131 -10 



R O Heikes (12ga. Lefever) . 2131313221-10 



J ARuble(12ga. Lefever) 3122322212—10 



V E Perry ( lOga. L C Smith) ai?2012: 1- 9 



8 A Tucker <10ga. Parker) 1211113211-10 



W S Perry (12ga. Parker) 120o213113— 8 



W H Wolsieii.~ r.it' (13ga. Greener) 01220L1221- 8 



H McMurchy (I2ga. L C Smith) 1112211211—10 



H R Whitney lOga L C Smith) l>.ltlb=l2- 9 r 



J R Slice (lOga. Parker) 3l2l2112lo- 9-93 



o Dead out of bounds. 



Mr. Budd captaiuea the East and Wost team; Mr. J. H. McGee, 

 not shooting, captained Kansas City. 



Following are the loads and the methods of loading employed 

 by the members of the East and West team: 



EAST. 



H.MoMurchv, right barrel, 3>4drs. American wood (12-bore trap), 

 lWojs. No. 7 Chicago shot, chilled. Wadding, one 12-gauge catd 

 and three ll-gauge black edge on powder, 12-gauge card on ahot, 

 Left barrel, 'Mdis. Laflin & Rand FFFG, ljfioz. No. 7, chilled. 



W. H. Wolstencroft, both barrels, 8dr«, Schultao, lyfioa. O(aoja« 



