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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[April 10, 1890. 



Bollo's banjo, and be surely does get more music fromittban any 

 man since tbe late Mr. Orpheus. 



A little sleep and tbe time had come 'for some good byes. 

 McMurcby, Budd and Stice took the early train for the West. 

 Harvey starts almost immediately on his 'spring business trip 

 through the West, and will cover almost identically the same 

 route as that just traversed. May he find pleasant recollec tions 

 along the way, especially at Yuma and at San Francisco. Charlie 

 Budd goes back to Des Moines for a little rest. Charlie is not in 

 the best of shape, and needs a good, quiet rest. He meditates a 

 snipe hunt in northern Iowa. Stice goes direct to Omaha. 



On Thursday, Fast Day, the Wellington club gave an admirable 

 little tournament at their well equipped grounds. Several mem- 

 bers of the teams were on hand. Wolstcncrof t pulled out $34 

 ahead of the game, and Heikes 882. Ruble, Cahoon, W. E. Perry 

 W. S. Perry were also steady shooters. A late train was taken 

 and a rush made for the Old Colony t rain, which was to bear some 

 of the party to the New York boat. W. E. Perry had gone out to 

 his home in Boston suburbs. W. S. Perry took an evening train 

 for Worcester. Tucker and Quimby remained at Boston for a 

 day or so, and Rollo also changed his mind suddenly and deter- 

 mined not to go till the next morning. The others bade good bye 

 to these and to Frank Mason of the Forest and Stream, who 

 had been in Boston during the stop there, and has been included 

 in all of tbe above doings and happenings. 



Most of the above party had paid their adieus to Mr. Dimick at 

 the B. & M. depot, but the tarryers at Boston will doubtless see 

 him later. 



On Board Steamer Providence, near Point Judith, 10:30 P. M.~ 

 Our party now includes Capt. Cranmer. on his way back to his 

 home in New York, Mr. Wolstenr-ioft, Mr. Heikes, Mr. Cahoon. 

 "Tee Kay" and the writer. The sea is smooth, and there is a 

 pleasant moon. "Boys," says the Captain to us, "may you always 

 go through life on a smooth sea and under pleasant sky." We 

 have passed the whistling buoy near "Point Jude." The sound is 

 mournful. Cooney remarked to the Captain (who is commander 

 of a coast vessel), that he thought we had "passed a little 

 tug back there." Then everybody laughed. Cooney is getting 

 too gay. He has just got the writer to try to light the electric 

 light in his stateroom wi th a match. There is a big three-master 

 off our port bow. She looks shadowy, like a thing of the past. 



JVete York, April h, 10 A.. 3f.— The diminishing thread of this 

 story is snapped. The boat party took breakfast together. Capt. 

 Cranmer goes to bis home near here. Rollo Heikes is the guest of 

 "Tee Kay" at Plainfield, N. .T., for a while, and then will visit 

 Wolstencroft at Philadelphia. The latter spends part of the day 

 here, and so does Cahoon, both then leaving for home. The writer 

 has bidden them all good- by and is alone and lonesome, but hoping 

 for the paper and for himself to meet all these hearty gentlemen 

 and every member of the party some time in the future. N>r 

 should there be forgotten the many friends along the late rou Le 

 who have been of such cheerful and valuable assistance. Tub 

 credit for this trip belongs to the U. S. Cartridge Co., but the 

 pleasure belongs to all who met the generous sportsmen of 

 America, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. From ocean to ocean, 

 north or south, in the mountains or on the plains, they are the 

 same, generous, hospitable, kind; a class distinct from others, but 

 with no distinctions in itself, in these lies the hope of every such 

 enterprise as this worthy one just ended, and the full confidence 

 of tbe journal's chronicling worthy sports and worthy enterprises. 



Below is given a brief summary of the statistics of the trip, in- 

 cluding averages, totals, etc., etc. The targets of the guns used 

 by the shooters of the teams, their loads, etc., will be noted with 

 interest. 



The Iolanthe traveled rather more than 10,000 miles wit hout, any 

 accident beyond one broken spring. The rent of the car was 

 understood to be $45 per day. The total outlay of the trip must 

 have been between $15,000 and §30,000. Shoots were held in 32 

 towns. The original schedule included about 42 towns. The 

 count of towns actually shot is as above. The public will not be 

 interested in the fact, that Dayton shoot was counted out, but will 

 very natually include that in the series, as it should be. The 

 individual averages were made up with Dayton shoot included. 

 On the above basis the Eastern team won 16 matches, the Western 

 13. There were three ties— Austin, Texas: Toledo, O. and New 

 York. 



Total number of birds broken by Eastern team, 5,»48j total bv 

 Western team, 5,440. The West thus led in the totals by 04 birds. 

 The number of birds shot at by each team was 6,400. Each man 

 who shot in every race shot at 1,280 birds in all. Following are 

 the individual totals and averages: 



Eastern Team. 

 Shot at. 



H McMurehy 1,200 



W H Wolstencroft 1.200 



W E Perry 1,200 



H B Whitney 1.240 



WS Perry 1,200 



Western Team. 



C W Budd 1,280 



3 A Ruble 1,280 



R O Heikes 1,280 



C E Cahoon 1,200 



J R Stice 1,240 i, iou 



The order of average for both teams is therefore as follows: 

 First, Stice: second, Wolstencroft: third, Whitney; fourth, Mc- 

 Murehy; fifth, Heikes; sixth, Budd; seventh, Ruble; eighth, W. E. 

 Perry; ninth, Cahoon; tenth, W. S Perry. 



There were absent from matches at di fferen t times through physi- 

 oa] debility, on the Eastern team, McMurcby twice, W. E. Perry 

 twice, Whitney once; on the Western team, no absentees from 

 that cause. , . m , m , 



The Eastern team won the series. The Western team wou 

 greatest total and first average. It may be asked whether the 

 matches were hippodromes, since the West came in suspiciously 

 strone- at the close. The answer is emphatically no. The boys 

 shot their best throughout. 



There is no special significance in the victory of I he Eastern 

 team. They just won races enough to win the series, that is all. 

 Their victory is not due to any special conditions of guns, loads or 

 members. The teams were about alike in main regards. 



The loss of the Western team is due to no special cause. Ca- 

 hoon has received blame for shooting below his old average and 

 so for losing the race. Yet we should observe that Cahoon beat 

 his running mate 18 birds. Cahoon beat W 7 . S. Perry in 14 races 

 and was beaten by him in 9 races, the others being ties. How 

 shall we then saddle the blame upon this member of the Western 

 team? Tbe truth is, that the victories of the East were usually 

 won in the doubles, and by a margin of two or three birds or the 

 like. The East never did give the West such tremendous beat- 

 ings as it received from the Wej-rt, As therefore, it was first one 

 Western man and then another who dropped a little and lost a 

 day, it is only fair to say that any one man of the Western team 

 might by picking up a little have won the series for his team. 

 There were three men on the Eastern team who shot very regu- 

 larly, and four who shot fairly together. On the Western team 

 there was but one very regular shooter, the rest being more spas- 

 modic. 



The Western team made the highest score, 191, at Denver. The 

 two teams tied on the lowest score, 132, at Claremont, N. J. 



There were seven 40 straights made; Wolstencroft 2, WTiitney 3, 

 Heikes 2, Stice 1. On several occasions Budd, Wolstencroft and 

 others made 39, losing the last bird. 



A study of the scores will show that there is not any special 

 significance in the winning of the first average, although the con- 

 ditions of the two main contestants therefore were different. 

 Wolstencroft shot a Greener gun and Schultze powder; Stice shot 

 a Parker gun and American wood powder. Wolstencroft won in 

 the greatest number of races where he met Stice. The latter 

 never headed Wolstencroft from Dayton till Philadelphia. Wol- 

 stencroft left Cleveland 6 birds ahead of Slice, and skipped two 

 shoots, going on to Philadelphia. It is doubtful whether he in- 

 tended then to go on East of Philadelphia, but his friends insisted 

 upon his doing so. Meantime, for some unknown reason, the 

 "Pittsburg" race was shot at Harrisburg. The conditions were 

 good, and Stice put up two 38 scores while Wolstencroft was 

 absent. At Philadelphia, under the same conditions, Stice beat 

 Wolstencroft so much as to lead him one bird. At New York, the 

 weather being so extremely unfavorable, that out of twenty of 

 the best trap shots in the country only two, and one of them 

 Wolstencroft, made so high a score as 30 out of 40, Stice announced 

 bis intention of not shooting, as he had already shot two races 

 more than Wolstencroft. He therefore started for New Haven, 

 and was back again in the evening by the time the boys had re- 

 turned from th* shoot. Had he shot in the high wind of Clare- 

 mont day, it is fair to suppose that he would have been close 

 around 30, one side or the other. At New Haven, where Stice 

 changed his ni'nd and .shot, Wolstencroft beat him three birds. 

 At Boston Stice came out ahead one bird. Supposing Stice had 

 shot, at Claremont, as every one wished him to do, and bad tied 

 Wolst.eDcroft's score, the public may then see how very close 

 would have been the averages, and what a pretty contest of skill, 

 man against man, it would have been right up to the end. It was 

 no question of guns. Stice shot too good a gun to need fear to 

 Shoot it at Claremont or anywhere else. The public was inter- 



Broke. 

 1,057 



l.oai 



1,019 

 1,099 



1,109 

 1,089 

 1,134 

 904 

 1,13(5 



Average. 



90 u ia 

 84 V, 

 S8»V, 

 73 V 



87 13 ! 



ested in the contest, and would have been gladder had each man 

 skipped no shoot at all, but had done his sportsmanlike best, win 

 or lose. That was all the fun there was in it, and all the signi- 

 ficance there was to it. The public likes good shooting immensely 

 more than good figuring, but it is duty that the public, close 

 watcher as it is of both the shooting and the figuring, should be 

 in possession of all the facts, so that it may be fair in its judg- 

 ment. It may be said that Stice had a right to shoot onlv as 

 many races as Wolstencroft. Let the public study about that 

 and decide. It may be said that Stice could have won anyhow. 

 That is it. He robbed himself and his gun of an absolute privilege 

 when he failed to shoot, at Claremont, win or lose, when his op- 

 ponent was on the ground ready to meet him. He robbed himself 

 and his gun of the chance for the glory of an unreserved and un- 

 qualified victory. That was a mistake. It will not please the 

 public so much as if be had won cleanly, clearly, fearlesslv, shoot- 

 ing hts best, win or lose. That was the only way to do in a race 

 like this, and to point out what excuses or justifications there 

 were for doing otherwise adds no significance to the winning in 

 the eyes of the sportsmen of America, who best of all like good 

 and plucky shooting. The facts have now been given. 



The styles of Slice and Wolstencroft at the trap are very differ- 

 ent. Stice is deliberate, steady, cool, erect, graceful and strong 

 looking as he scores. He extends his left arm well and has not 

 far to go to find his bird, but shoots deliberately. Wolstencroft 

 is erect, nervy-looking and quick as a cat. He shoots his birds 

 yards and yards closer in than Stice, and it is indeed simply 

 marvelous how he can get on them so quickly. He needs steady 

 regular pulling, for he hardly calls "pull" before he shoots. There 

 is no shooter in America who comnares with him in quickness 

 and brilliancy. His race is so risky and difficult that it almost 

 puts one in suspense to see him shoot, and the relief nearly always 

 comes in the form of involuntary applause. 



Whitney, the gritty and good-natured "boy wonder," shot the 

 biggest gun of the party. He shoots his birds just before the top 

 of the flight, and is a good one. For "Harvey," "Roll," "Charlie," 

 there is no need to say anything. All the boys know these boys. 



WINNINGS OF THE TEAMS. 



At Dayton, O., $25 in gold by the Heikes Hand Protector Co.; by 

 the West. 



At Cincinnati, 5 silver cups, by Bandle Arms Co. and L, & R. 

 Powder Co.; by the East. 



At St. Louis, 5 silver shaving mugs, by the E. C.Meacham Arms 

 Co.; by the West. 



At Memphis, 5 silver match-safes, by Mr. Dimick; by the East. 



At New Orleans, 5 silver match-safes, bv Mr. Dimick; by the 

 West. 



At San Francisco, the beautiful Clabrough & Goelcher bluerock 

 tankard trophy; by the East; won individually by Whitney. 



At San Francisco, 6 elegant gold key-rings, by the Selby Smelt- 

 ing & Lead Co.; by the East. 



At San Francisco, the grand E. T. Allen live-bird trophy, Cali- 

 fornia vs. the World; by the joint teams; presented by them to 

 Mr. Dimick at Boston banquet. 



At Kansas City, the .1. F. Schmelzer live bird prize, Kansas 

 City vs. United States; by tbe joint teams; presented by them to 

 Mr. Dimick. 



At Chicago, one dozen fine pocket, knives, by the Jenney & 

 Graham Gun Company, Chicago vs. United States; by the joint 

 teams. 



At Philadelphia, $25 in gold, by Wm. H. Wolstencroft* Sons; 

 by the West. 



At New Haven. $25 in gold, by Fobest and Stream, tie from 

 Claremont; won by the Wpst. 



At Boston, the magnificent silver team championship trophy 

 offered by the U. S. Cartridge Company and earlier described. 

 Won on the series by the East. This great trophy will for a time 

 be exhibited m the leading cities of the country. 



At Boston, the beautiful Wellington silver pitcher, for the 

 West, won by Stice. 



A correspondent in Illinois anticipates part of this report by 

 asking details as to traps, loads, etc. To repeat: The traps were 

 three, unscreened, order determined by lot; a broken piece not 

 shot, not to give the shooter the same trap again. The race was 

 shot one man down, alternating teams, three birds per man, rapid 

 firing system not used, angles all known, but traps unknown. 

 The bird were thrown low and hard. 



At Claremont, where is located the Forest and Stream range 

 for its gun tests, the teams were asked to fire a shot or so over the 

 range in order that Forest and Stream might give its readers an 

 idea of the patterns of the guns they were using. Messrs. W. E. 

 Perry and Stice were absent. The others responded. A furious 

 gale was blowing. It is not thought that the patterns are typical, 

 but the boys obligingly did the best they could, and out of the 

 patterns made one has been selected for each gun. Wolstencroft 

 fired only two shots; most of the others tried oftener. The wind 

 made it hard to find the center of the sheet. The most that is 

 claimed for the patterns is that they are interesting. 



At Boston Mr. W. E. Perry and the writer targeted both the 

 Parker and the Smith gun he has used on the trip, 30in. circle, 

 40vds. The day was clear and warm; a stiff wind blew from left 

 to right across the range. These targets are to be added to the 

 others. 



Mr. Stice has said that he will send on a similar target of his gun 

 from Omaha, whither he departed hurriedly Thursday morning. 

 Should this not. be received in time, a fair idea of it may be ob- 

 tained from the target of W. S. Perry, who shot a gun twin to it, 

 as it was generally remarked by those who knew both guns. The 

 preparation of tbe targets, analysis of loads, etc., has been left 

 to the gun department of Fobest and Stream, and the details 

 will duly appear in these columns, it is hoped much to the pleas- 

 ure of the readers who have followed to its close the long story of 

 our itinerant friends, who have made a tour full of significance to 

 the sport of trap-shooting, and one which it is hoped will be re- 

 ceived with the understanding, appreciation and credit it so 

 amply deserves. E. Hough. 



CORRY, Pa., April 3.— The Corry Gun Club held their first 

 weekly shoot, and although the attendance was light the scores 

 were very good, considering that there was no shooting done the 

 entire winter, and part of the time during 'the shoot it rained. 

 Have every indication of a very successful year, as already much 

 enthusiasm is displayed by all the old members and the many 

 new ones iu'the club. At the last meeting of the club it was de- 

 cided to drop the leather medal and in its place give a bronze 

 medal for the third best score, much to the satisfaction of those, 

 who were unfortunate enough to capture it last year. We found 

 our grounds and club house in first-class condition and the bang 

 of guns down the line seemed to bring back old times. Following 

 are the scores, Keystone target. Club shoot: 



Riche Lew 1111001110111111111011011-20 



Nichols 100) 111011 110101 1111L1011-19 



Starbird 0111111111100101110010011-17 



Dunbar 0111100001110000111111001-15 



M Arnold 1111101001111101111111101-20 



Wilson 1100110100101001100011110—13 



Laurie. 1111111111111111011111111-24 



Wetmore 1111111111111111111111111-34 



5 Arnold 0111111111101110111111111—22 



Penrose- lUllllllllOlimilllllll-24 



Hugh Bl vd e 01 110101 1011100001 1111111—18 



Ellis 0111111101010110100001101—14 



Austin 1110111111011111110111111-22 



Howard lllOWlOlOOOlOllllOHOOOl-13 



First sweep: 



Lewis 8 M Arnold 6 H Arnold 8 



Nichols... .6 Penrose 10 Laurie 7 



Dunbar 6 Austin 7 Ellis 5 



Boehner... 5 Wetmore 7 Wilson 1 



Second sweep: 



Lewis 9 Penrose 10 H Arnold 9 



Nichols 4 Austin 7 Laurie 9 



Boehner 5 Wetmore J Starbird 5 



M Arnold 5 



Third sweep: 



H Arnold 19 Lewis. 19 Penrose 23 



M Arnold 22 Howard 15 



FAST DAY SHOOT. April 3. -The Jamaica Plains Gun Club 

 held an all day shoot to-day at Clarendon Hills, Mass. There 

 were many gunners present, including members of the Portland 

 Gun Club. The leaders were as follows: Six clay-pigeons, Booth- 

 by, Richards and Thanisch; 6 bluerocks, Barrett; 6 clay- pigeons, 

 Woodruff, Ensign and Alley; 6 bluerocks, Boothby, Richards, 

 Woodruff and Shaw; 3 pairs bluerocks, Barrett; 6 clay-pigeon, 

 Richards and Ingersol; 6 straightaway hluerocks, Dow, Barrett, 

 Johnson and Woodruff; 6 clay -pigeons, Cilley, Woodruff and En- 

 sign; 6 clay-pigeons, Johnson; 6 bluerocks, W T oodruff and Barrett; 



6 clay-pigeons. Nicholas, Shaw and JohnsoD; 6 bluerocks, Barrett 

 and Nichols; 3 pairs clay-pigeons. Woodruff; 3 pairs bluerocks, 

 Nichols: 6 " 

 and Fobbt . 

 Team match ... 



Ensign 10, Shaw 14, Barrett 13, total 70; Jamaica Plain. Ingersol 

 16, Booth bv 11, Johnson 13, Cobb 10, Herbert 13, total 65: Portland, 

 A. L. Dow' 13, Richards 15, Thornton 12, F. A. Dow 18, Todd 15, 

 total 73. Six clay-Picons, Fobb and Sha w, 



11 11 11 11 11—40 



11 11 01 11 10-34 



10 10 11 10 10-31 



11 11 11 10 01-34 



10 11 00 11 11-36 

 (XI 11 11 11 11-32 



11 10 11 11 00—35 

 11 10 01 11-33 



10 40 11 11 11-33 



11 11 10 10 11-33 



00 11 00 11 10—35 



II 11 11 01 11-30 



10 10 11 11 10-31 



10 10 10 10 10-37 



11 



NEW HAVEN GUN CLUB. 



NEW HAVEN, April 4.-The New Haven Gun Club held an all 

 day tournament Good Friday, which was well attended 

 despite the rainy weather. When the average Connecticut 

 shooter gets ready to shoot he is bound to get rid of those shells, 

 rain or shine. Among the out-of-town shooters present was 

 Browfl and Avery of Meriden, Hill of Yalesville, Connosr of New 

 London, Yerrington of Norwich. Mr. Yerrington only shot in a 

 few of the events, as he did not want to get wet and did not want 

 any pneumonia or old monia. Mr. Ceo. Saunders, with his Spen - 

 cer and Climax shells, broke 40 straight in the cup contest, good 

 bard birds thrown from a traps, 30 singles and 5 pairs. Herewith 

 find scores- 

 Extra event, 10 Keystones, 50 cents entrance: Bates and Whit- 

 ney first, Sherman and Avery second, Clark and Potter third. 

 Smith and Woods fourth. 



Extra event, 6 straightaways, 28yds , 65 cents entrance: Bates 

 first, Yerrington second. Weidman third, Sherman fourth. 



First, event, 10 Keystones. $1 entrance; Sherman and Whitney 

 first, Avery, Woods and Savage second, Albee and Hazel third, 

 Smith, Bates and Potter fourth. 



Second event, 9 Keystones, 3 traps, indicator, 75 cents entrance- 

 Sherman, Parks and Savage first, Avery, Clark and Potter second, 

 Whitney and Allen third. 



Third event, 10 Keystones, $1 eutranee: Sherman and Woods 

 first, Whitney second, Avery and Savage third, Bates fourth. 



Fourth event, 5 pairs, entrance (5 cents: Whitney first. Bates 

 and Potter second, Sherman and Parks third, Clark fourth. 



Fifth event, 15 Keystones, $1 50 entrance, Whitney first, Sher- 

 man, Patter and Bates second, Woods third; Savage and Connor 

 fourth. 



Sixth event, 3 traps indicator, 10 birds, 75 cents entrance: Bax- 

 ter, Smith, Widman and Conner first. Avery second, Albee and 

 W r oods third, Longdon, Yerrington, Hill, Clark and Hazel fourth. 



Seventh event, 30 Keystones, guaranteed $50, ties div.: Sher- 

 man 29, Longdon 28, Widman 28, Connor 28, Willev 38, Yerrington 

 27, Bates 27, Saunders 28, Whitney 27, Avery 26, Potter 24, Savage 

 23, Lewis 23, Woods 22, Smith 21, Moore 21 Hill 11, Clark 13. 



Eighth event, at 10 Keystones, 5 traps indicator, 75 cents en- 

 trance: Yerrington, Whitney, Avery and Savage first, Burbridge, 

 Longdon. Woods and Sherman second, Lewis, Willey and Wid- 

 man third. 



Ninth eventh. State cup championship, 30 singles and 5 pairs, 

 $2.50 entrance: 



Saunders 111111111111111111111111111111 



Savage 11111 OHIO [0] 11XH103 Hill 11 1 1 



Woods.. liiinonmiioinnoiiiioiiio 



W T hitnev 111110110111111111111011111110 



Sherman 11111111111111111111111111101! 



Longdon 111111111000111111011011110111 



Widman Ollllimilll 11111111.111111110 



Willey 1111111111111C1011111110H1001 



Avery 1111011111111111110111011101 lo 



Bates 1 1 1 1.1 1001 111 111110011 111 110111 



Clark 00111101111111010111 withdrew-. 



Burbridge. . .111111111111111111111111111111 



Potter oou looi iimioioiioiniioniii 



Connor 111010111111111111001011111111 



Yerrington i in oi n 101 1 1 1 1 oi 1 1 1 oiooi m i oi 



Saunders won cup, Sherman first money, Widman and Bur- 

 bridge second, Savage and Whitney third, Willey, Avery and 

 Bates fourth. 



Tenth event, 3 men team, 10 birds per man, $3 entrance: 



Whitney. UlllllUO Sherman UU011H1 



Longdon 1011111101—17 Savage -..1111111110— 1s 



Willey 1011111011 Woods 1111111001 



Burbridge 1110111101- h) Widman HllOllOll-lti 



Saunders 1111111111 



Bates 1110111111-19 



Eleventh event, 10 Keystones, $1 entrance: Widman first, Bates, 

 Whitney and Sherman second, Louis third. 



Twelfth event, miss and out, one money: Sherman and Wid- 

 man won.— II. 



CLAREMONT SHOOTING GROUNDS, N. J.» April 5. -The 

 strong wind was a factor in to-day's shoot: hjg scores were impos- 

 sible i although Charlie Johnson averaged 73J4 per cent, and Uncle 

 Billy not far behind with 72^ per cent.), but the boys had plenty 

 of fun. Tatham beat. Hathaway by 3 birds in a 50-bird race and 

 pockets $8.50 against Hathaway's $5 70 in the 70 class of the Le- 

 Fevre trophy pot. Tatham ought to have been a member of the 

 Western championship team, he goes in for the boodle every time, 

 and gets it too; while Hathaway would do for the Eastern team, 

 he is "always there for the tin ware and crockery." From the 

 talk to-day 1 gather tha t a big crowd is expected at th" tourna- 

 ment of April 25 and 20 on these grounds; I hope the amateurs 

 will be given a fair show to win a spare of the prizes. The com- 

 mittee, Messrs. Sigler, Lindsley and Johnson, ought to attend to 

 that, no matter what "professionals" are displeased at concessions 

 to medium shooters. A match was made to-day between Mr. W. 

 F. Evans and C, M. Hathaway at 40 birds, 30 singles and 5 pairs, 

 to be shot August 13 or 19 on these grounds, stake not yet decided 

 on. Both these men are able to take care of themselves, and a 

 close score will be the result. Below are the scores, 5 iraps, Key- 

 stone rules, 10 birds, 25 cents entry: 



1 S iS U 5 a 7 S 



Sigler , 8 8 5 8 8 (i $ h 



Johnson 8 9 B 10 10 9 § 6 



Tatham 4 7 7 8 8 6 7 4 



Lyons 3 0 7 4 4 6 3 7 



Hathaway 5 a 7 8 7 6 6 fj 



Simpson 7 5 6 6 5 6 5 9 



Raulett 5 7 5 5 7 7 6 6 



Nixon 33443 5 44 



A match at 30 singles and 5 pairs each resulted as follows: Sig- 

 les 37, Johnson 19. Tatham 22, Simpson 33, Hathaway 25, Lyons 14, 

 Raulett 32.— Ad Vance. 



CLEVELAND, April 3.-Even the clouds wept this afternoon 

 at the wretched scores made by the crack shots of the country m 

 trying for the county badge. The leak in the heavens may have 

 had something to do with the poor shooting, at that, and perhaps 

 the tale of woe is a mutual affair to be placed conjointly upon the 

 3ky above and humanity beneath. The end of i he fight lay be- 

 tween Mr. Calhoun and Mr. June. June not only stands for 

 summer, but in this case for a gentleman who is very well known 

 in the city and who disguised his name under that poetical /mm 

 de- fusil for luck. Luck was with him, aided by some excellent 

 shooting, and he hit his 44 birds with such exquisite accuracy that 

 there wasn't enough left of them to melt up for a clay pipe. Tne 

 following is the arithmetical exhibit of tie fhoot: 



Prechtel 38 Day 23 June 44 



Sheldon 33 Elworthy 35 Knight 32 



Weaver 37 Tamblyn 34 Mills 38 



Upson 37 Holt. 30 Alexaneer 34 



North 32 Calhoun. .41 Williams 39 



Baker 26 Bender 18 Rudolph. ....33 



Silsby 26 



ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 4.— The dates for the holding of the 

 American Shooting Association shoot are now but a little over a 

 month off, and all parties who contemplate participating, if not 

 already classiOed, should attend to it immediately. If not class- 

 ified, parties will not be allowed to take part in the tournament, 

 which will unquestionably be the biggest affair of its kind ever 

 held in this city or vicinity. Three days will be given up to tar- 

 gets, the fourth or last will be at live birds exclusively, and there 

 is to be a cash guarantee of SI 000 distributed among the various 

 shoots on the programme. It will take place at Compton avenue 

 Park, May 14, 15, 16 and 17.— Unseii Fritz. 



EUREKA, S. Dak., April 1.— Score of the first practice shoat of 

 the Eureka Gun Club. As the weather was cold and windy ther« 

 was not a very large attendance and some did not stay t) the 

 glass ball shoot. Jt being the first shoot for the club and trap- 

 shooting new to us all I think it a very good score, 10 bluerocks, 

 21yds. rise: 



Boutcher 0110101101—6 Burgee 0010110101—5 



Knickerbocker 0300111111—6 Pratt 1001110011— B 



Horton 1011111101-8 Bach 100111011-6 



Wilson 1111010011 -7 Johnson 11 10001 101-0 



Ten glass balls, 18yds. rise: 



Burger 0011101100-5 Broteher 1101001U01—H 



Horton... 011U1U11-9 Bach 001110)110 r, 



Hopkins .lOOOfXXXMO— 1 



DAYTON, Ohio, April 8.— A live-pigeon team match, Adolph 

 Sander and S. S. Troup against Thomas B. Hannah and George 

 Makley, 2-5 birds to each man. 5 ground traps. 12-gauge gu* s, 

 American Association rules, William Iratchett, referee, resulted 

 in triumph for Sander and Troup by 5 bird=. Score: 



Sander - 02221011021220112211211111-20 



Troup HOt00l'i12U21O2lOt2lQMO-l6-36 



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