Makch 20, 1890.] 



FOREST AND STREAM, 



177 



nati 8b, chilled. Mr. Wolstencroft loads his own Schultze shells 

 always, and uses on the powder odc 12-gauge card and two 11- 

 gauge hlaok edge. He seats the wads lightly, using no pressure, 

 and declares he can load his shells with his finger lor a rammer, 

 ThiBis theloa'i with which he has done all his target shooting 

 oil the tour. He usually shoots 3}4drs. No. 7s in left barrel at live 

 birds. 



, W. E. Perry: Left barrel (used first) shells loaded by Selby 

 Smeltine & Lead Co., of San Francisco, idrs, of Scbultze, with 

 10-gauge card and three 9-cauge black-tdge. powder not rammed 

 but loaded lisht, lJ4^z. Selby No. 8 chilled. Eight barrel, 4drs. 

 American Rifle Cartridge, No. 4 grain, three 9-gauge black-edge 

 wads, W£ No. 7 Tatbam chilled. 



W. S. l J ern : Right barrel, 3}£drs. Schultze, 3 black-edge No. 11 

 wads, powder loaded light and not rammed, 1J£ No. 7 Tatharn soft. 

 Left barrel. 3V6 Laflin & Rand FFFG. card and 3 black-edge No. 

 11, No. 7 Tat ham soft. 



H. B. Whitney: Right barrel, Selby load, same as that of W. B. 

 Perry's first barrel Left 'barrel, 4Mdrs. L. & R. FFP'O, one 10- 

 gauge card, three 9-gauge pink-edge, lMoz. No. 7 Tatharn soft. 



WEST. 



C. W. Bndd: Right barrel, S^drs. American Wood, "12-bore 

 Trap, 1 ' one 12-gauge, card and three 11 -gauge black-edge, powder 

 loaded loose and not rammed hard,l}^oz. No. 7 Chicago chilled. 

 Mr. Rudd uses this load also in Irs left barrel, and it was this load 

 that Mr. McMurchy used in his right barrel. 



J. R. Stice: Bight and left barrels same, shells loaded by M. F. 

 Lindsay, of the American Wood Powder Co., 3,^drs. "12-bore 

 Trap," one 12-gauge card and three 11-gauge black-edge, l>6oz. 

 Tatharn Trap No. 7, chilled. (Pressure on powder is not known.) 



R. O. Heikes: Right barrel, seo right barrel load of W. S. Perry, 

 who shot shells loaded bv Mr. Heikes. Left, barrel, 3>4drs. Laflin 

 & Rand, I^oz. No. 7 New York soft. 



J. A. Ruble: Right barrel, Skidrs. American wood, "12-bore 

 trap," one 13-gauge card, three li-gauge black edge wads, 1% No, 7 

 Chicago sott. Mr, Ruble uses heavy pressure on the wood pow- 

 der. Left barrel, 3^jdrs. FFF Laflin & Rand, card and two black 

 edge, 1% No. 7 Chicago soft. 



S. A. Tucker: Right barrel, Selby load, same as first barrel 

 load described for W. E. Perry, Left barrel, 4kt FFG Dupont, one 

 card 10-gauge, three black edge !)-gauge. lJ4oz. No. 7 Chicago soft. 



In the above race the different styles of snooting were to be ob- 

 served. The Kansas Citv team is hard after the "'quick second" 

 business. This is of ten "very taking "grand stand" work, and it 

 takes rhe birds it' the second happens to he pointed right. Mr. 

 Riley did pretty work at this, but on three different birds miss<-d 

 alt< get her with his second. On his last bird he also went "spat - 

 6pttt!" but right wh«-n he needed his second he wasn't on, and the 

 bird went off. Elliott shot very nicely, and kept up The big repu- 

 tation he has lately been makiug. Karl Guinuotte used his second 

 so much because, probabb , he was hot under the collar. He cer- 

 tainly did not need it so much. The quick second seems to be the 

 Kansas City theory. The East and West teams were much more 

 deliberate, but equally good. Heikes grassed a big slate-colored 

 bird, probably the swiftest bird that was trapped, with a 45yd, 

 second on the right quarter. McMurchv caught a screamer with 

 his second at nearly 50jds., after everybody had bid it good-by. 

 Ruble also got a long driver with his second. Ruble's first barrel 

 is of no apparent use to him. Whitney lost his bird, a walker, 

 through bad judgment in nol calling for another bird. Stice lost 

 his by not shooting ii severely enough in its anatomy. Wolsten- 

 croft snapped at his first bird, and it went off very serenely. 

 Budd is shooting live birds something ihe way he used to and 

 that is enough to say about Charlie. Tucker shot a remarkably 

 clean, swift gait, quite different from his work on targets. W. S. 

 Perry had not shoe live birds for years, hut proved fears for him 

 groundless. His style of shooting is much better for live birdB 

 than for targets. 



The victory tc-day added another to the beautiful trophies now 

 on hoard the Iolanthe. Messrs. ,T. F. Schmelzer & Sons, sporting 



put in a good deal of time at figuring of averages, some results of 

 which mav he seen below in the table of individual averages, 

 which includes twenty shoots, counting Kansas City: 



1. Wolstencroft, average 92% per cent. 



2. Stice, 11 93 " 



3. V\hitney, " 90« 38 B 



1. McMurchy. " ..,90 s , a " 



5. Heikes, " 88Vg " 



6. Budd, Y 88 



7. W. E. Perry, " '.....86% ** 



8. Ruble, 11 8tUi " 



9. Cahoon, " 74 3 « 8B " k 



10. W, S.Perry, " 72 8 s l " 



Wolstencroft is only 5 birds ahead of Stice. Stice is top man on 

 the doubles. Heikes is only 1 bird ahead of Budd. 



It may be interesting to note that in two live-bird races, Cali- 

 fornia and Kansas City, nine men, namely. Rudd, McMurchy, 

 Wolstencroft, Mice, W. E. Perry, Heikes, Ruble, Whitney and 

 Tucker, have only lost 13 bjrds out of 125 they shot at. That is 

 very etroug team shooting indeed. 



A t rifle further in the way of statistics has developed the fol- 

 lowing facts as to the age and weight of the different members 

 of this party, and the appended table maybe of interest to the 

 curious: 



E astern Team. 



Western Team. 





Age, 



Weight, 





Age, 



Weight, 





years. 



pounds. 





* years. 

 36 



pounds. 





38 



183 



Budd.. . 



187 



Wolstencroft 



.. 27 



159 



Stice . . 



37 



209 



W E Perry... 



38 



185 



Heikes .. 



33 



130 



W S Perry 



.. 40 



155 



Cahoon . . 



41 



m 



Whitney 



.. 21 



150 



Ruble .... 



30 



220 



Quimby 



. 38 



178 



Tucker. 



42 



209 





202 



1010 





219 



1195 



Thus it will be seen that the Western team is older and heavier 

 than the Eastern. It may be seen also that Mr. Dimick is carry- 

 ing along 2,205ibs.— more than a ton— of live stock on this trip. 

 Mr. Dimick himself is 31 years old and weighs 2001bs. ordinarily. 

 Since yesterday he weighs a little over 1,300. 



Further statistics show us that the man with the largest foot 

 is either Tucker or Jim Stice. Th<* hungriest man is either Ruble 

 or Mitchell, the property man. The widest man (or the one that 

 knows the most) is either Tucker, W. 8. Perry or Mitchell. Mr. 

 Horace Briggs, of San Francisco, said during our visit to that city 

 that no man on earth ever did or could know as much as Mitchell 

 lookid as if he knew. The fattest man is Tucker and the leanest 

 W.S.Perry. The Grossest man didn't come along, and thebest- 

 natured man is everybody, as hear as can be determined. 



Miioifxota, 6 P. M.*-Mr. Dimick is just in receipt of the fol- 

 lowing telegram from St. Paul, which cUy we are now approach- 

 ing: "Mr. F. D. Ponsonby, president St. Paul Gun Club, says hiB 

 club desires to entertain your party at the theater to-night, and 

 will you he pleased to join them. If so. get through with your 

 supper before reaching here. Answer.— E. A. Whitaker." 



It seems the party is going to have some more of that continual 

 round of pleasure. 



St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn., March 13.— The teams were 

 handsomely entertained last night in the theater party planned 

 by the St. Paul Gun Club and announced in the message of yes- 

 terday. Festivities of one sort and another were prolonged until 

 late in the dark, and some of the party having friends here whom 

 they wished to visit, this morning found the party somewhat 

 scattered. Later in the morning the boys began to make their 

 way out to the shooting grounds, and by uoon the Iolanthe was 

 left over to the tender mercies of the Pullman car cleaners, who 



goods dealers of Kansas City, had prepared an elegan t prize for 

 the win- ers of this race, in the form of an elaborately finished 

 oxydized silver cigar case, 10 <14io. in size and lOin. high. The 

 lids of this case bear two setter dogs moulded in silver, one in 

 the position of retrieving and the other upon a point. (A dailv 

 paper des-ribed the latter dog as a "pointer," and said it was 

 "gazing at its companion with ill-disguised envy"). The inscrip- 

 tion upon the top is: 



PRESENTED BY 



J. F. SCHMELZKR & SONS. 

 March Uth, 1S90— Kansas City, Mo. 



Upon the opposite lid is the following: 



KANSAS CITV 

 U. S. CARTRIDGE CO. TEAM. 



The frame of the case is surrounded by a ric-bly-ehaaed freize 

 of floral and sporting design. The entire trophy is elaborate and 

 worthy of the donors. A cut has been duly forwarded to Forest 

 and Stream. w T hich will show the trophy better than description. 

 To-nignt after dinner, by request of Captains Budd and McMur- 

 chy, Rev. Fred Quimby presented this trophy in toe name of the 

 team to Mr. Dimick, making a neat speech, to which the latter 

 replied by saying that when he and these teams parted, it would 

 be to meet again. 



This race was full of interest, and scanty as space is in the itin- 

 erary of so long a tonr, it would be pleasant to describe it more 

 fully if one dared. But as we had to leave Kansas City and all 

 its royal good fellows, good-by to them and their hard-fought 

 battle. Forest and Stream should not do thip without acknowl- 

 edging many courtesies, professional and otherwise, extended to 

 it by Mr. James Whitfield, editor of that vigorous young sister 

 journal, the Referee. Mr. Whitfield assisted largely in the plan- 

 ning and execution of the organized hospitality of this ratty. 



At 9:15 we reached Cameron Junction, Mo., and were there 

 boarded by Mr. "Yank" Watson, President of the Missouri State 

 Fish and Game Protective Association Mr. Watson congratu- 

 lated the boy" heartily on their victory, but it must be confessed 

 he looked a little sad as he gazed at th<- beautiful trophy they 

 were taking out of Missouri. with them. But that is just the way 

 it will be with any other trophies put up. There is a mascot on 

 the Iolanthe, and it's no are to shoot against luck. 



Just wh»t the mascot is no one knows. It may be the remains 

 of our beloved Tex, now re-stuffed and looking much better: it 

 may be the big eat, which we now know was sent on bv Mr. Evans, 

 of Salt Lake City, being one he killed in the city limits; or it may 

 be the new pet, "Nellie Coon," who now rules the car. Whatever 

 it is, let all local teams beware of it. 



En Route, Iowa, March If.— The boys are beginning to quiet 

 down from the hign old tl me of last night. To-day, hy request, 

 Mr. ftubn sang his ctleorated song, "Castles in the Air," Then 

 the wicked crowd all got up and went out into the other end of 

 the car. They don't seem to more than half appreciate each other, 

 gQmettmee, on this car, Barring more serious work, the gang has 



have a way of swooping down once in a while and secreting a fel- 

 10" s valiSH aod overshoes in unknown corners of the car. 



" be grounds to-day were wisely selected in the commodious 

 little park at, Hamline. a little station half way between these two 

 sister cities. These grounds are, as we understand it, retlly con- 

 trolled by a private individual, but are used bv the gun club. 

 Ibey are just at the door of the depot building, are high and dry, 

 well fenced, and are provided with a comfortable clubhouse 

 wherein a good stove made a merry and much needed warmth, 

 the arrangement of the traps is very good indeed. They are a 

 set ot six traps, screened entirely, and with the trappers' pits so 

 arranged that the trappers are practically under ground. As the 

 traps can thus be kept constantlj filhd.the shooting is very rapid, 

 t he race to-day was fairly walked through, and was the quickest 

 shot yet on the trip, and about the most comfortable, so far as 

 provision against the weather is concerned. 



A goodly little crowd had gathered at the grounds long before 

 noon, and some lively sweepstakes were shot by the bovs of St. 

 1 aul and Minneapolis and those of the teams, the visitors hold- 

 ing their own very well and getting into several first and second 

 moneys. At a trifle before 1 o'clock a bountiful lunch with plenty 

 of good hot coffee was spread upon the club house tables by the 

 gentlemen of the club, and was duly enjoyed. The regular shoot 

 of the day was then called by Captains McMurchy and Budd, 

 Mt. Dimick being at the time absent in an argument with a rail- 

 road, company. Mr. J. H. Block, a well-known local shooter 



remembered by the writer as a participant in the Iowa State shoot 

 last June. Mr. L. Harrison, president of the Minneapolis Gun 

 Club, an old and present, admirer of Forest and Stream, and a 

 valued assistant in this region, together with Mr. T. L. Wann, 

 secretary of the -t. Paul Gun Club, have placed this paper and its 

 representative under obligations here. Numbers of shooters of 

 prominence m the State were on hand, and the gathering was 

 such a hearty and cheerful one as are not found anywhere but on 

 this trip. The meetings chronicled on this tour are larger than 

 those ot our best tournaments, and thev are socially far more 

 cordial and pleasant. When we say that, we go very far into the 

 reasons why this tour is worthy of the best commendation of the 

 sporting public. It is a generous project: it has been generously 

 received, and it is worthy of generous praise. 



The weather to-day was keen, with some little gustv and erratic 

 wind that made 'he birds very treacherous. A little snow squall 

 tried its hand about the middle of the shoot, but it didn't anioimi 

 to much, ihere was some ice but no snow on the ground. These 

 polar people up here live on snowballs and can't sleep unless they 

 go to bed on ice. Ihev say it has been a warm winter here— the 

 thermometer never went lower than 23° below! To the tender 

 exotics, fresh from Californian balm, the. air seemed a trifle brisk, 

 but they tell me that this is about, fair average Fourth of July 

 weather here. 



Following is the score, regular race, 30 single bluerocks and 5 

 pairs, snot from three traps, Association rules: 

 IT „, Eastern Team. 



8r¥r C ¥F clly - •01011111111111001111)1011110111 10 10 10 11 11-30 

 W Wolstencroft 111101111111111111101011110011 10 11 11 U 11-34 

 WE Perry 111111111111111111011110111110 10 11 11 10 01-34 



w |Pew iiiniommoimioioiiionu 10 n n 10 11-33 



Western Team. 



C W Budd 111111101111101 illOllllIllllll 10 11 11 10 11-35 



J A Ruble. . . . . ,11111111111111 LU 1 1.11101011001 00 11 10 11 10-33 



R O Heikes 1111111111111111 11111101101011 10 10 10 10 10-32 



CE Cahoon... JlllllHllllUlllUQIlllOOlOlQO 10 01 10 11 10-29 



J R Stice JlllllllIlOUOlOllllllllllllll 01 11 10 10 10-33-161 



The least said about this score the better. It is probable that by 

 this time readers of Forest and Stream have given up all at- 

 tempts at predicting, prophesying and explaining anything in re- 

 gard to these matches. You can't tell much about it. The only 

 thing to be said for anyoody to-day is for McMurchy, who is a 

 sick man and still afflicted with rheumatism. Wolstencroft and 

 Whitney are a tie to-night for the Clabrough & Golcher trophy. 

 Stice fell down to 33 and we never speak as we pass by now. A 

 few more such breaks as to-day's work and the whole ear will be 

 iu mourning. The East is again five races ahead. 



We pull out at 6:31) this evening for Milwaukee. At this writing 

 the car is crowded with visitors. Many very pleasant acquaint- 

 anceships have been formed here and now comes the constant 

 regret of saying good-by to them. If only the Iolanthe were big 

 enough to take them all along. We would have half of shooting 

 America at Boston a couple of weeks from now. 



These two cities— practically only one in features and in inter- 

 ests, and without doubt bound to be municipally one in no remote 

 future— are one of the unique features in the civilization of thi° 

 country. They have shown to the world how much the tremen- 

 dous latent powers of the West can do, and how quickly that can 

 be done. Their rapid development has brought wealth and energy- 

 hero In abundance, and where those factors are present we always 

 find what is known, for want of a better phrase, a "good sporting 

 town." These two cities are of high rank in all genuiae sports- 

 manlike features, and are full of gentlemen'who are sportsmen 

 in the highest sense of the word. Tnere is no better proof of this 

 than lies in the hold Forest and Stream has on these communi- 

 ties. The old paper is very generally known and admired here, 

 and it is common knowledge that Forest ant? Stream finds its 

 readers among the very best. 



As we shoot every c ay now and usually start out earlv the same 

 evening, the time available for writing is necessarily very short, 

 and the reports from now on will be forgiven if made brief. It is 

 sometimes impossible to write to any great extent while the train 

 is in motion at night. The onl.yregret about renorting the trip is 

 the fear tnat something of the constantly occurring interesting 

 events will be lett out, or that sufficient mention and credit may 

 not be given to the unending brotherhood of sportsmen who have 

 made t his trip so memorable to every member of the party. But 

 we must leave the sister cities with this. 



To-night the wicked Eastern men are propounding a toast which 

 runs somewhat as follows: "No East, no West, to-night ! It's all 

 East !" 



Milwaukee, Wis , March lh. -The fast mail over the Milwaukee 

 road rusntd the party into this city early in the morning. Break- 

 fast was ordered tor an early hour, and at 9 o'clock the boys were 

 taken in charge by the reception committee of the Milwaukee 

 sportsmen, rnaoe up largely from the South Side Gun Club the 

 main organ izathm of this city. The first number on tbe pro- 

 gramme was a carriage drive through tbe city, in which toe main 

 points of interest were visited, including some of the mammoth 

 temples of Gamorinus, for which this burg is somewhat celebra- 

 ted. An elaborate lunch was served at midday at the Schlitz 

 hotel, and about this the hosts and guests lingered until a late 

 start for the shooting grounds was necessity led. Mr. Dimick's 

 plans required his presence in Chicago, and therefore took an 

 afternoon train down, leaving the teams to the management of 

 his able lieutenants. The gentlemen of the South Side Club con- 

 veyed the party to the grounds in carriages, and left nothing un- 

 done to insure their comfort. 



The grounds to-day were those of the South Side Club at Na- 

 tional Park, and presided over by the jovial old gentleman Mr 

 F. G. C. Brand, well known to all the attenders of the popular 

 bouth aide tournaments. By 2 P. M. a jolly crowd, nambering 

 perhaps 250 to 300 persons, had gathered, all of whom were °lad to 

 avail themselves of the hardw orking stove in the comfortable and 

 spacious club house. This club house has been illustrated in the 

 forest a.ni) Strram in the course of the report, of the last South 

 bide meet, and among the friends the paper met at that time 

 were to be seen to-day Mr. Holz. Mr. Milbranth, Mr. ManegoM 

 Mr. Meunier, Mr. Fnese, Mr. Stannard and very man v others 

 Wnmoere of shooters were present from adjacent cities, Madison' 

 Waukesha, Jacesville, etc. ° ' 



Tbe traps w- re set directly in front of the club house, and when 

 not called to the score the boys bugged the stove, for the weather 

 was extremely cold, the thermometer ranging well below zero 

 and a driving snow blizsard blowing pari of the time Under 

 such circumstances shooting was an uncomfortable business and 

 mose whose duties kept them out «ra the wind until the close of 

 the match were chilled through and nearly frozen. The trans 

 were screwed down low, the birds leing barely over the lowest, 

 limit ot the rules. Thisma.de ihe work very difficult esneclaJlv 

 in the doubles. The ground in front of the traps was covered with 

 a glare of smooth ice. 



A local team of five gentlemen shot in with the teams in friendly 

 comperition, and Mr. Stannard, who headed the list for that 

 Learn, also shot in a similar manner against the score to be made 

 by Mr. Stice of ihe Western team. The local team failed to equal 

 the score ot either team, but Mr. Stannard made the top score of 

 the shoot, and lor the first time on the trip showed the boys a man 

 wno could tie or beat them at an ^ kind of a shooting game Mr 

 Stannard's score is given at 39, but should really be 38, the referee 

 by mistake giving him the last bird in his doubles, which he did! 

 not . reak. Nothing should be said in the least derogatory to 

 Mr. Stannard s shooting, however, for it was well nigli perfect 

 and equal to nearly twice the same score under favorable 

 conditions. The result of tins little interesting episode was re- 

 ceived with .tumultuous delight, by the Milwaukee bovs, who 

 thereupon wished to back their man against anyone man of the 

 Learns. There are five or six men, or may be ten, on the teams 

 who would probably accommodate the Milwaukee bny« in a mut- 

 ter of that sort, no matter who the shooter was, under oidinarv 

 circumstances. It, was too cold and too late this evening to think 

 of further shooting, it being by this tim- s mewhat at'Ter 4 P M 

 * Mr. A. W. Fnese acted as referee, Mr. Quimby and Mr Tucker 

 alternating at ^the pulting-stand in periods of semi-frozeness 

 bcore, 30 siugle bluerocks and 5 pairs: 



Eastern Team. 



HMcMui-chy... .101011011111111011111101111111 n 11 11 n ii— as 

 W Wolstencroft 101101111111011111111111010111 11 10 10 11 10-32 



W E Perry HI 11111111011101110001111111) 00 11 11 10 10-^4 



WS Perry 111101111101110111011011101001 11 10 00 n pi-is 



HB Whitney... 1111111110111111011] nil nono 11 11 11 fjj ii_.g_i 6 4 

 » Western Team. 



c w Budd liiioiimiiiimimuiiiiiioi n 10 10 10 10-32 



J A Ruble lUOllOlllllllIlllllOOllllllOO 10 U on in in-'-q 



R O HeiKes.. .. .lilt 1111 lllHUlllllllllOOllll 11 U 10 11 ]0-~« 



CE Cahoon lloiOlllOllllOOlOOillilimill 10 il 10 10 11-30 



JR Stice OlllllUlllllllOliiilllimill 01 10 10 10 11-84-ltiI 



MilwauKee Team. 

 F P Stannard.. .lllllllllliUllllinnillimi u n in i l ii—ao 

 Geo L Deiter. ...110101111111111100111100111101 H 00 11 10 10-29 

 Ed F Richter...10011110010100ll011010illlllll 11 01 10 11 01—27 

 H F Burden. . . .101101101110100011111110111110 00 11 00 10 10-^5 

 Geo Anderson.. lOlllllOllOllllOlllOllOlllOlll l() 10 11 10 11-30-150 



Immediately upon the conclusion of the shoot, the half-frozen 

 crowd adjourned to the hotel at the top of the hill, where at 

 about 8 o'clock in the evening, an elaborate and elegant banquet 

 was spread, given in honor or the teams by their hosts and enter- 

 tamers, the gentlemen of the South Side Club. Toasts, speeches 

 and all the other good things of like occasions were enjoyed and 

 the festivities were prolonged until a late hour. In this, as in all 

 other examples of their careful courtesy here, the members of 

 this large and large-hearted organization are to be congratulated 

 heartily upon their success as entertainers They have done the 

 right thing in the right place every time, and thanks a re due them 

 from each and every man of the teams. 



In view of the royal welcome accorded the bovs here, it is to be 

 regretted that tney gave no better an exhibition; but, after all the 

 only wonder is that they shot as well as they did, for the hours 

 they have kept lately would kill a horse. It is useless to go into 

 the details of the race, or to explain why or bow the East ro-day 

 increased its lead to six matches. As usual, the West shot better 

 in the singles than m the doubles. The East in the doubles cut 

 down a lead of three birds ana went out three ahead. The Welt 

 has been very often beaten in this same way. 



When Wolstencroft and Whitney went "into the shoot to-dav 

 they were tied on the ownership of the beautiful Clahrough & 

 (ioleher trophy, of which mention has from time to time been 

 made. As will be seen by the score, Whitney came out ahead by 

 three birds, ' Woolsen," for some reason or other, happening to 

 strike a bad streak, and tne "Little Cuss," as Wnitnev is com- 

 monly and familiarly called by the gang, happening to be a little 

 better favored of the fickle goddess. 



P '.l f -7T T ^. T1 ?: me <? tms . car 0U K ht l » bfi changed to "High- 

 old-authe. The boys nave just got m and they and their friends 

 are raising Cain. Jim Stice has gone to bed, but it looks as if he 

 would have to get up and play the fiddle. Everything goes. At 

 m ia the moynlng fb^ fagt mail takes m do wo. to OhTclgo, We 



