April 10, 1800.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



287 



ond, W. S. Perry, Jones, Tee Kay and Strong third, Tinker 

 fourth. . j 



Seventh event, 7 clay birds, 3 unknown angles. 34 entries: 

 Ruble and Yerrington first, Jones, Wheeler and Wolstencroft 

 second, Stanton, Oahoon and W. S. Perry third, Green and Tinker 



Eighth event, 20 bluerocks. Keystone system, 30 entries: Wol* 

 Btencrort, first, Whcelor, Roxton and Cakoon second, Heikes third, 

 Bond fourth. _ .., „ , 



Ninth event, 5 pairs bluerocks, 37 entries: Heikes nrst. 

 Wheeler, Roxton. Bradstreet and Jones second. Ruble third, 

 Eager fourth. , 



Tenth event. 10 straightaway Keystones. Hurbngham rules. 88 

 entries: Lindsley first , W. S. Perry, Wolstencroft and Warren 

 second, Heikes third. Yerrington fourth. 



Extra event 1, 6 bluerocks, 3 unknown angles, IS ontries: San- 

 born first, Wheeler aud Yerrington second, Stanton and Oowee 

 third. Brooks and Bradstreet fourth. 



Extra event 2, 6 clay birds, 0 unknown angles, 15 entries: Eager 

 first, Roxton, Brooks and Sanborn second, Dan.Yerrington, Cowoe 

 and Stanton third. Dickey fourth. 



Extra event 3,6 blueroeks,5 unknown angles, 5 traps 5yds. apart, 

 14 entries: Roxton, Stanton and Sanborn first, Bradstreet, Yer- 

 rington and Wheeler second, Brooks and Dickey third, Dodge and 

 Clark fourth. . .„ .•; 



Extra event 1, 5 hluerocks, 3 unknown angles, 15 entries: W. K. 

 Perry, Wheeler and Ruble first, Liudsley. Jones, Stanton and 

 Sanborn second, Eager and Roxton third. Tucker and Lang 

 fourth. -■ . . x . 



Extra event 5. delay pigeons. 3 unknown angles, It entries: 

 Eager and Wheeler first. Davis, Yerrington and Stanton second, 

 Oowee and Dodge third. Brooks fourth. 



Extra event No. 6, at 5 bluerocks, 5 angles, 15 entries: Brooks 

 first, Sanborn and Dan second. Dodge and Davis third, Oowee 

 fourth. , 



Extra event 7, 0 bluerocks, 3 angles, 16 entries: Wheeler and 

 Bradstreet first, Eager, Sanborn and Yerrington second, Roxton, 

 Dickey and Stanton third, Dan and Brooks fourth. 



Extra event 8, 5 hluerocks, 5 angles. Sfi entries: Lindsley first. 

 Sanborn, Heikes, Ruhle and Wolstencroft second, Stanton third, 

 Strong fourth. 



Extra event 9, fi clay-pigeons, 3 unknown angles, 28 entries: 

 Bradstreet and Stone first, Lindsley and W. S. Perry second, Brad- 

 bury and Wolstencroft third, Jones fourth. 



Extra event 10, 6 bluerocks, 3 angles, 29 entries: Stanton, 

 Wheeler and .femes first, W. S. Perry, Lindsley and Bradbury 

 second, Roxton, Strong and Ruble third, Dodge, W. E. Perry and 

 Purdy. 



Extra event 11, 6 bluerocks, 3 unknown angles, 15 entries: W. 

 E. Perry, Wheeler and Ruble first, Lindsley, Jones, Stanton and 

 Sanborn second, Eager and Roxton third. Tucker and Lang 



Extra event 12, fi Kevstone targets, Hurlinnham rule, straight- 

 away, 16 entries: Heikes first, Eager and Porter second, Cowee 

 third, Stone fourth. 



Extra event 13, 6 bluerocks, 3 unknown angles, 16 entries: 

 Stanton and W. E. Perry first, Stone second, Roxton and Porter 

 third, Cowee fourth. 



Extra event 14, 5 pair bluerocks, hi entries: Heikes first, Wheeler 

 and Jones second, Wolstencroft third. Stone fourth. 



THE U. S. CARTRIDGE CO.'S TOUR. 



{From Our Own Representative.] 



tVT EW HAVEN, Conn., March 31.— Wo were awakened yesterday 

 JlN morning by the mild, sweet fragrance of the wooden nutmeg, 

 whose odors were wafted through the casement upon tho f>almy 

 air. The Western inhabitants of the car descended and gazed 

 with curiosity upon the scene around them, for now indeed we 

 were arrived at a land of elegance and culture. Crowds of young 

 men, nil of whom wore spectacles and carried canes, gathered 

 about "Cooney," Ruble and Stice as they started out for a morn- 

 ing walk, and" remarked, "Them's cowboys, ain't thoyl My! look 

 out or they'll shoot!'' Many other remarks of like nature were 

 heard, in the quaint. New England patois, which in many ways 

 resembles the language of the countries through which we have 

 passed on the tour. 



Heavy sr.ow fell on Sunday, but melted rapidly. To-day the 

 weather was very respectable, and it was one of the few days of 

 recent date when the shoot was a comfortable pastime. Early 

 yesterday and all day through and nearly all of to-day, the car 

 was crowded svith visitors. The ladies of the party, who now in- 

 clude al*o Mrs. Quimby and Miss Dimick, wbo have heen with 

 the car from New York, here met friends and have had a very de- 

 lightful time. 



As usual, most of the details of the visit were taken charge of 

 by the hospitable sportsmen of the city, the New Haven Gun Club 

 furnishing' guides, counsellors aud friends to all the party. Con- 

 veyancea called at 1 P. M. to-day, and the shooters were taken 

 out to a very pleasant, park, which furnished the scene of oper- 

 ations for tho day. The drive was a very pleasant one. The party 

 passed the buildings of ancient Yale college, where football and 

 other accomplishments are reputed to be taught with a success 

 not attained elsewhere. In a fine little old common, grown up 

 with grand elm trees, we noticed three small churches, said to 

 have been there ah urhc eanrfito. about 1700. They are in good re- 

 pair, and indeed don't look as though they bad seen much use. 

 Perhaps they will come into play on Past Day, Thursday next. 

 This Fast Dav business is new to the Westerners, and they hope 

 it wiU not. become a general custom. It seems that the Governor 

 of New England does not like to look upon the reckless hilarity of 

 Thanksgiving Day, so he gets even by proclaiming a day of total 

 abstinence, Nearly all the men in New England, since they can't 

 get anything to eat at home on that day, go out to the club grounds 

 and have a shoot. In this way this has become the greatest shoot- 

 ing day of the year, and by evening of that day nearly everyhody 

 can see shooting stars. 



It was announced that a local team of ten men would contend 

 for the honors with the combined East and West teams. They 

 did so, but, as usual, were defeated, though they shot a very good 

 race. If these bronzed veterans can now defeat the Boston team 

 they will have made the circuit without sustaining a defeat as a 

 team. No other team of ten will ever do the same, or do so much 

 as this team already has. Score: 



Eastern Team. 



H McMurchy. . ..011111011111111101111111111111 10 10 10 10 11-33 



W Wolstencroft 111111111111111111111111011111 10 10 11 11 11-37 



W F Quimby . . . 101011100111101111111111101001 01 00 11 10 00-26 



W S Perry llllllOinilllinmillllllOlll 10 11 10 10 10-33 



H B Whitney... 111101111111010011110111001101 11 01 10 10 11-29-158 

 Western Team. 



C W Budd OOllinilllllUllllOllOllllOU 11 01 10 10 11-32 



J A Ruhle 11111111111111110 1111011111101 11 11 00 11 01-34 



R O Heikes 111111111111111011111111111111 11 11 11 10 11—38 



C E Cahoon 011111111010111101111111111111 11 11 00 00 10-32 



j r stice loimiiimmiiiim ommo u 11 oo 11 11-34-170 



Joint team total 388 



New Haven Team. 



C E Longdon . . ..010111111111110111111111111111 10 10 01 11 11-34 



J B Savage 101011111111111111111111111001 11 10 10 10 10-32 



J H Quinton 111111111H 1111011111111111101 10 11 11 10 10-35 



Geo Saunders... .111011111111011111111111111111 10 11 10 00 10-33 



W F Staith llOlOlODOlOlOluOUUlllOlllOOO 10 11 11 01 00—23 



HH Bates 111111111111101011011111111111 11 11 10 11 10-34 



F A Sherman 111111111111111111101111111111 11 01 10 10 10-35 



C B Bristol. . . .011110101111111110011111010011 11 10 11 11 00-29 



e w Whitiock..ioiimuimoiimooimmm 10 10 io oi 01-30 



Geo Hill 110101110010011100011101101101 11 00 00 11 10-23-308 



Mr. Dimick referee. 



The tie for the $25 cash prize offered by Forest AND Stream for 

 the winning team at New York shoot was shot off in New Haven 

 shoot, and this £25 Charlie Budd dropped into his flour sack.where 

 it falls in company with all the other actual cash put up on the 

 entire circuit, the Western team having won all such prizes. 



The. Western team, by its victory to-day, cut down the lead of 

 the East to five races, and materially added to its own wide lead 

 in totals of birds broken. The East -has not won a race since 

 Cleveland. To-day the West again brought up the old talk of 

 shooting off the. ties, and again the Eastern team fell stiff. "An- 

 other week, and we'd beat you out of your clothes," says Charlie. 

 Certainly, another week like the last and the West would win 

 everything. All of which is a pleasant termination of what 

 looked like a hopeless contest. The Western boys have showed 

 themselves clear grit, and they shaR not be dismissed without 

 great credit. 



To-night a pleasant banquet was offered the tourists by tbe New 

 Haven Gun Club, at tbe comfortable hostlery of Mr. David Cowell. 

 The party assembled at about 8:30 aud dallied at table till ap- 

 proaching midnight. There were present for New Haven: Messrs. 

 W. H. Fulton, E. W. Wbitloek, Frank Cowell, Geo. H. Sanders, E. 

 S. Cobb, T. J. Beck, H. D. Folsom, J. H. Gould, E. O. Warner. M. 

 He Clark, Ed, Russell, L. W. Widiuan, J, B, Savage, H. S. Bates, 



C. E. Longdon, E. Woods, W. H. Hazel and O. B. Bristol. Besides 

 the teams, there were also present Capt. Cranmer and Mr. Linds- 

 ley, of New York, who are on the oar to Boston. The evening 

 was a very delightful one, indeed; and the New Haven boys are 

 to he complimented highly upon their success as entertainers. A 

 brief address of welcome was made by Mr. Bates, president of the 

 club and chairman of the evening, and responses were made by 

 Mr. Dimick, Mr. Quimby, Capt. McMurchy and Capt. Budd. The 

 time passed rapidly, and all too soon the hour arrived when the 

 >arty was forced to break up and when once more adieus must 

 jo made to new-found, soon-lost and but-long-to-be-rememhered 

 friends. 



The Iolanthe leaves soon after midnight for Boston. This Is the 

 last night the boys will spend on the cars. 



Boston, Mass., April 8.— On Tuesday morning, April 1, the 

 Iolanthe had readied her final port. An early breakfast was 

 taken and i he car was soon thereafter filled with Boston sports- 

 men. The Iolanthe lay in a depot which receives a great deal of 

 surlmrban traffic, and as the passengers of the morning trains 

 passed hy they gazed with curiosity at the car and its lithographed 

 coal of arms, as well as with amazement and terror at the brouzed 

 and forbidding faces of the wild creatures that inhabited the car. 

 These sturdy Goths soon spread their legions over the city, carry- 

 ing mingled fright and admiration to all feminine bearts. 



The sportsmen of Boston, mainly those of that vigorous model 

 of shooting club?, the Wellington Gun Club, had planned a fit- 

 tingly elaborate reception for the party upon this, its final and 

 triumphant advent, and the boys were early confronted with an 

 army of hospitable friends and a whole list of things desirable to 

 do. 'Mr. Dimick wished to take the party through the city in a 

 tally-ho, but the boys begged for a day of rest instead, and this 

 was given them. In the evening the Boston men swooped down 

 aod carried off the teams and their next friends, including the 

 ladies of Mrs. Dimick's party, to a pleasant entertainment of 

 light opera by the McOaull opera company. Four of the choicest 

 boxes were filled to overflowing and the party doubtless attracted 

 attention. Some wicked man had beyond doubt told tales out of 

 school to the actors of that night, else wise there would not have 

 occurred that series of bombshells which that inimitable comedian, 

 Mr. De Wolf Hopper, saw fit to drop into the proscenium boxes. 

 Mr. Hopper spoke right out in meeting, betraying a familiarity 

 with the doings of the Iolanthe party which was at least remark- 

 able. "They say McMurchy is fond of white- horso girls," re- 

 marked he casually, as he stroked Miss Annie Myers's hair. "I 

 am informed that Cahoon recommends a diet of bunch grass," 

 said he; and a little later nearly prostrated Mrs. Quimby by 

 ejaculating, in a cold, hard tone of voice, "Oh, dear; I am as 

 demoralized as Parson Quimby was at 'Frisco!" Ruble, who was 

 momentarily expecting some allusion to " an elegant pair of 

 sevens," broke out into a cold perspiration which bespangled his 

 brow like stars upou the night. 



Wednesday was the day of the final race. The great local in- 

 terest taken in what was really a Boston enterprise, was shown 

 clearly by the goodly crowd that assembled at Wellington Club 

 grounds. * There were about 600 persons an hand, including many 

 Jadies. Among others present were Messrs. Paul Butler of 

 Lowell, And v Litchfield of New York, E. W. Yerrington of Con- 

 necticut, E. M. Gay of Wilton, N. H., A. M. Dodge of Gardiner. 

 Mass., Robt. Perry of Brunswick, Me., J. F. Houghton of Hudson, 

 Mass., Walter Cowan of West Roxbury, Col. C. A. R. Dimond ot 

 the Ui S. Cartridge Company, Lowell, Willis Farrington of 

 Lowell, Capt. Cramer of New Jersey, Ezra Burton of Lancaster, 

 Mass., M. F. Lindsley of New York, Dr. Jarvis of Claremont, N. 

 H., Elisha Knowles of Worcester, J. F. Hutchinson of Lexington, 

 Charles Bradbury of Boston, C. G. Strong and W. A. Cady of New 

 London, E. Shumway of Boston, James Russell of LoweU, C. E. 

 Lord of Boston, Lewis and Frank Eddy of Boston, Dr. Gerrish of 

 Exeter, N. H., Dr. C. G. Weld of Brookline, an enthusiastic lover 

 of the sport, Dr. Baker of Columbus avenue, T. W. Merrill of 

 Cambridge, F. E. Peabody of Kidder, Peabody & Company, C. D. 

 Brickley of Boston and A. F. Cooper of Exeter, N. H. The as- 

 semblage was preeminently a well-dressed and respectable one, 

 and it would have been well for those ignorant of aU the bearings 

 of trap-shooting to have witnessed this cloud of witnesses. 



It was a trifle after 2 P. M. when the fusillade of sweep shooting 

 was stopped aud the first gun fired in the last race of the series. 

 The two teams were up to this point victorious. They had 

 achieved success after success and had established an unbroken 

 record for team shooting, such as this country will not again see 

 equalled. One after another the strongest clubs of the entire 

 country, including many of the most expert shooters of the conn- 

 try, had gone down before them. They had heard of the Welling- 

 ton Club. Should they meet here alike their Wellington and 

 their Waterloo? 



It must be confessed that defeat seemed nothing short o£ prob- 

 able. The men were nearly worn out. It is impossible to gather 

 from any account of tbe trip an idea of the physical strain under 

 which the men of these two teams have done their work. Late 

 hours, irregular meals, continuous festivities, constant travel— 

 these are the factors which readers should bear first in mind, and 

 it is these that makes the record of these men really remarkable 

 and really wonderful. Now, tired, worn out nearly, some of them 

 far from fit, they were to meet a team of men whose shooting has 

 always been practically of the same class as theirs. What would 

 our little phalanx do? Back to back the Old Guard stood and 

 issued its ultimatum, "The Guard dies, it never surrenders." 



Mr. Dimick named in advance for his team Messrs. Budd, 

 Heikes, Stice, Wolstencroft and Whitney. The Wellington Club 

 named Messrs. Eager, Stanton, Barrett, Wheeler and Dickey. A 

 team of old gentlemen, each over 50 years of age, begged the 

 privilege of shooting in friendly contest. Mr. S. A, Tucker 

 refered. The following is the score, ; at 30 singles and 5 pairs of 

 bluerocks: 



Eastern Team. 



H McMurchy.. .111111111111111111111111011111 11 01 10 11 11—37 

 WlWolstencroftimillllOlllllllllOllOlllllll 11 11 11 11 10-36 



W E Perry llllOllllOlllOlOHllOlOlOlUOl 10 10 10 10 11-28 



W S Perry 111010110111111101111000011111 10 11 00 11 10-29 



H B Whitney,. ,001111111111111111011111111111 00 11 01 11 11-34-104 

 ^VssttGi'n Tgeiih 



C W Budd 111100111011111101111101111111 10 11 11 10 11-33 



J A Ruble lOlOinilOllllOlllllimiOllll 10 11 10 11 11-34 



R O Heikes 111111111111111111111111111111 00 11 10 10 11—36 



C E Cahoon 111011111111011110111111011111 00 10 11 11 11-33 



j r stice ltiiiiiii liiimiumiinim 11 10 01 10 11-37-173 



Wellington Club Team. 



H Eager HllllOOlOlllOllUlllllOlllllO 11 11 01 10 10-31 



A Stanton 111111101011101111111111111011 11 11 11 11 10-35 



C O Barrett. ...111111111111111011101111101111 11 10 11 11 10-35 

 H W Wheeler.. 11101 1101111110111111111111111 11 11 11 11 01-86 



O R Dickey 11111 lllllimilOllllllimill 10 10 10 11 11—36-173 



Fifty- Years' Class Team. 



Nichols 101101111001001111111100101111 11 10 10 10 10-27 



Yerrington 111110110111101011011011101011 10 10 10 11 10-28 



Gore 111111111101001111011101000111 10 10 10 10 10—27 



Warren 011011101111011110011110101001 11 10 10 11 11-28 



Sanborn 001101011111101111111101011111 11 00 10 01 00-27-137 



The race was hot. Two men of the picked team dropped a little. 

 Charlie Budd was hardly able to stand, his right knee being ter- 

 ribly inflamed with rheumatism. He shot pluckily, but not at his 

 best. Whitney lost a bird or two. The enemy was smashing 

 things. The event was to be the matter of a bird or two. The 

 East and West forgot their rivalry, and pressed in about the 

 score book, which showed a fateful array of straighthnarks. The 

 Wellington men did great work in the doubles, shooting with 

 clock-work regularity. Mr. Dickey broke his last two pair in 

 great style, and before the call of "both dead!" had died on the 

 air a dozen announcements filled the air. "Won! lost! tie! ' was 

 exclaimed. But the score read Wellington, 173; the U. S. picked 

 team, 176. Once more the champions had proved their title. 

 Their last battle had been fought and to the last victory had been 

 theirs. 



Further consultation of the scores will show that the Western 

 team of itself tied the score of the Wellington team. Once more 

 the West gave the Eastern boys an unmistakable beating, and 

 this time on their own territory, and even more than that, when 

 the East had out its full and regular team. If Captain Budd 

 could be pleased with anything short of victory in the series, lie 

 should have been happy, and he was. His men had won or tied 

 every race from Cleveland east, and had grown stronger to the 

 last. Another week and they would have been winners of the 

 series. The West had shown the justice of the prophecy that it 

 was the safer team to back in a fight to a finish. Further com- 

 ment on this is reserved for the summaries. 



About the strongest finisher on the two teams has been Rollo 

 Heikes. Strong as a horse, and of a temper nothing can disturb, 

 he has grown strong on this trip, and has been shooting his best 

 at the last. His would have been top score to-day but for his 

 error in judgment on his first pair. He shot the left quarterer 

 first, and the straightaway, falling low down on a black back- 

 ground, was lost to his sight for a fatal instant. He could have 

 broken both had he reversed his order. Stice beat Heikes one 

 bird and by this won the special prize, which, witb rare tact and 

 courtesy, the Wellington Club had ottered to the individual of the 

 Western team making the highest score. Thi6 was a beautiful 

 solid silver pitcher, of a value of neaxly $100. Mr. Dimick, in an- 



nouncing this offer before the contest, remarked, "This is for tho 

 West; they won't allow the East in it." Not quite so felicitous, 

 that, as the first Idea of the donor or prime mover in this presen- 

 tation, who not only offered the prize to the strangers a.udto the 

 defeated, but even insisted on his own identify being concealed. 

 As it transpired, the East had a 37 and the West had one. Cap- 

 tain McMurchy of tho East shot a clean and careful race, and de- 

 served the applause he received. WoLstencroft was simply bril- 

 liant, and, as usual, caught the multitude with his phenomenal 

 rapidity of shooting. The unkindest thing of the day was done 

 by "Cooney," who mercilessly knocked out four birds more than 

 his fiaik Achates, Mr. W. S. Perry. Not so unkind he, however, as 

 Tee Kay, who insisted upon going on record to the effect that 

 Mr. Perry was a worse-ter (Worcester) shot than Cooney! If any- 

 body has any worse pun than that, he would better keep it chained 

 up of nights. 



The contest was over, and soon the people had forsaken the spot 

 where, the battle was fought. Arrived in the city, hurried prepa- 

 rations were made for the. banquet at the Revere House tendered 

 by the sportsmen of Boston. This was the closing courtesy of the 

 trip, and as it was, in fact, the reception of Boston to the Boston 

 enterprise, now arrived at its successful issue, it will be Heen that 

 the occasion was of far more importance that this hurried writing 

 can display. 



The Revere is, we may imagine, at least as fine a, hotel as Boston 

 has. Certainly it had slighted no detail of perfect preparation 

 here. The great room set apart for the occasion was brilliant, 

 with light and the' long double table was a model of prandial 

 decoration. Let us evade the responsibilities of further descrip- 

 tion by offering in full the elaborate carte of the evening, which, 

 shorn of its tasty pictorial frontispiece and the fine lithograph of 

 the old Iolanthe and her crow, read as follows: 



COMPLIMENT AY BANQUET 



TO THE 



United States Cartridge Co.'s Eastern and Western 

 TRAP-SHOOTING TEAMS, 



BY THE THAT SHOTS OF BOSTON. 



REVERE HOUSE, April m, mi). 

 ENTERTAINMENT AND DINNER COMMITTEE. 



C. B. Sanborn, 



Ghas. Bradbury, 



Geo. D. Pushee. 



RECEPTION COMMITTEE. 

 W.P.Robinson, J. R. Hanmer, A. W. Gore, 



H. C. Warren, H. F. Amsden, C. O. Barrett, 



O. R. Dickey, W. K. Allen. A. L. Tribble, 



R. F. Schafer, E. F. Kneil, H. A. Barker, 



T. N. Frye, H. W. Eager. 



MENU. 

 Blue Points, Deep Shell. 

 Mock Turtle, Consomme, Spring. 



Baked Chicken Halibut, a la Bordelaise, 

 Potato Duchess, Cucumbers. 

 Fillet of Beef Larded, Mushroom Sauce. 



Philadelphia Capon, Cranberry Sauce. 

 Potatoes. String Beans, French Peas. 



Chicken Cutlets, Sauce Supreme. 



Orange Fritters, Sauce Carmel. 

 Champagne Punch. 

 Roast Quail on Toast. 

 Jelly, Dressed Lettuce. 



Macaroon Pudding, 

 Charlotte Russe, Frozen Pudding, 



Water Ices. 

 Ice Cream, Assorted Cake, 

 Bananas, Oranges, Apples, 



Nuts, Raisins, Figs. 



Coffee. 



A sheet of paper was passed about the table at the close of the 

 evening, and the signatures secured ran in the following order; 



J. R. Hanmer. 

 Charles H. Cilloy, 

 J. J. McNutt, Jr., 

 Dr. M. A. Baker, 

 Frank B. Richards, 

 T. H. Keller, 

 J. N. Taylor, 

 Roll a O. Heikes, 

 H. B. Whitney, 



E. Hough, 

 W. E. Perry, 



F. E. Peabody, 

 James Mitchell. 

 A. W, Gove, 



H. B. Plumer, 

 Edward Shumway. 



George"!). Pushee, " Wm. P. Robinson, 

 H. O. Warren, J. R. Stice, 



G. Woodruff, C. W, Budd, 

 C. O. Barrett, C. W. Dimick, 

 Dr. A. T. Davison, C. H. Gerrish, 

 E. J. Boyle, H. W. Enger, 

 C. H. Olmsted, W. Fred Quimby, 

 Henrv F. Amsden, H. McMurchy, 

 T. G. Stanton. C.B.Sanborn, 

 W. H. Allen, M. L. Lindsley, 

 John A. Ruble, H. L. Cranmer, 



H. K. Porter, Fran k Mason , 

 Frank Cowee, S. A. Tucker, 

 E. W. Yerrington, O. R. Dickey, 

 W. a Cady, C. E. Cahoon, 

 Frank Cronin, O. D. Whitney, 

 H. G. Wheeler, A. L. Tribble, 



Among the above are many of the most prominent sportsmen Of 

 the Boston clubs and of the East. Such a gathering, in such a 

 manner, for any such purpose, is not upon record in all our sport- 

 ing annals. 



Mr, Dimick, president of the Wellington Club and head of the 

 enterprise, sought hero to be honored, sat at the head of the table; 

 at his left Mr. Gerrish, chairman and toastman of the evening, 

 the duties of which office the latter discharged admirably. Mr. 

 Dimick was called upon amid applause, and spoke at length, giv- 

 ing a general recountal of the progress and success of the trip. 

 This was not purely a form of private advertising, said he, but 

 one whose intention was to encourage shooting at the trap all 

 over the country. He had reason to think that the main purposes 

 of the tour had been well accomplished. He had record of the 

 format'on of new trap clubs, and of the very probable establish- 

 ment of one or more lnter-Stat e leagues, somewhat on the plan of 

 base ball leagues. He thought that team shooting would he 

 greatly increased, and recommended league races of teams be- 

 tween Boston, New Haven and other points. Mr. Dimick spoke 

 proudly and warmly of the two teams, complimenting both cap- 

 tains and men for their part in what be believed was a record not 

 to be equalled. 



Mr.W. Fred Quimby spoke happily at some length. He begged 

 to present to Mr. Dimick, in tbe name of the two teams, the 

 magnificent E. T. Allen trophy won by the joint team in the 

 great California live-bird race. 



Mr. E. J. Boyle made a brief and touching appeal to sports- 

 men's sympathies, and his well-chosen remarks were received 

 with the applause they merited. The tone of the evening, while 

 cheerful, was not purely merry. The hint of parting was in the 

 air. 



At 11 o'clock the guests bade their noble entertainers farewell. 

 At midnight a meeting of the Iolanthe party was called at the 

 Quincy House for the purpose of organizing an association look- 

 ing toward the preservation of the memories of the long tour and 

 toward future reunions of the party. Mr. Quimby was called to 

 the chair; temporary secretary, E. Hough. It was moved by Mr. 

 Tucker and seconded by Mr. McMurchy that an organization to 

 be called "The Iolanthe" be formed; purposes, "goodfellowship." 

 Carried in form. Upon due form Mr. H. McMurchy was elected 

 President of said organization, Mr. C. W. Budd, Vice-President, 

 and Mr. W. F. Quimby Secretary and Treasurer, the vote for the 

 latter office being made unanimous on motion of another nom- 

 inee. Mr. McMurchy then took the chair. It was moved by Mr. 

 Tucker aud seconded by Mr. Budd that the membership be limited 

 to 25. Mr. Heikes was opposed to so large a membership. Mr, 

 Hough was strongly in favor of including the two other papers, 

 it having been part of the first plan that they should be repre- 

 sented on the tour. This idea was opposed and the motion was 

 Tost. Mr. Quimby moved the memoership be 15. Mr. Heikes 

 seconded. This was carried. The membership was named to in- 

 clude Mr. C. W. Dimick, the captains, members and substitutes 

 of t he teams, Mr. Thos. H. Keller, advance agent, and Mr. E. 

 Hough, of Forest and Stueam. It was moved and seconded that 

 the admission fee be $2 and the annual dues S5. Carried and all 

 fees paid. It was moved by Mr. Tucker and seconded by Mr. 

 Budd that the first meeting be at Dayton, O., Jan. 26, 1891. Car- 

 ried. It was moved by Mr. Dimick that the teams then shoot the 

 old team race, the losingteam to pay for the suppers. Lost. It 

 was then moved by Mr. Dimick that the race be shot, gate money 

 charged and tho proceeds placed in the treasury. Carried. Mr. 

 Dimick said his company would be glad to furnish the annual 

 dinner. Mr. Heikes said the Dayton Gun Club would contend for 

 that honor. Upon due motion the president, vice-president, sec- 

 retary and R. O. Heikes, of Dayton, were chosen for a committee 

 on management. Upon due motion a committee was chosen to 

 draft resolutions of thanks to the U. S. Cartridge ;Co,, said com- 

 mittee composed of Messrs. McMurchy, Quimby and one other. 

 The meeting then adjourned. So the long tour, though ended, 

 will be lived over yet again. May the Iolantbes flourish! 



A number of the. boys at the adjournment of the above meeting 

 went over to the banquet of the Studio Club, an organization in- 

 cluding the leading actors of Boston, whose invitation bad been 

 extended through press relations. Thence, yet later, a few of tbe 

 same number gathered in Rollo Heikes's room and made him play 

 the banjoand guitar until nearly 4 o'clock in the morning. Not 

 all of Dp Wolf Hopper's gibes can destroy the faith of the hoys ia 



