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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[May 22, 1890. 



CHICAGO TRAP. 



CHICAGO, 111., May 16.— The Illinois State Sportsmen's Associ- 

 ation begins its annual great shoot at this City J une 3, a week 

 from next Tuesday, and continues it throughout the week. Every- 

 thing points to a successful and profitable meeting, and the date 

 is awaited with great Interest. There will be at least one novel 

 feature at this tournament, and that is the return, or the experi- 

 mental return, to the old H. and T. plunge trap system. There 

 has been much talk lately over the mournful spectacle common 

 under the ground trap rules, of a shooter standing with gun at 

 shoulder waiting for a weak bird to be napped or clodded into 

 flying. The plunge trap plan, equally faulty in some respects, is 

 now demanded as an alternative at least. How the shooters will 

 fancy this remains to be seen. 



Owing to unavoidable delays, the regular programme of the 

 shoot, which has been always printed by Mr. A. W . Knox of this 

 city, has been this year very seriously delayed, and will not be out 

 until the first of next week, only one week before the opening of 

 the shoot. It has been impossible, therefore, to publish at any 

 earlier date any definite news as to the prizes, etc., to be offered 

 for competition. From to-day's advance proof sheets of the pro- 

 gramme, which will be a very tasty one, it may he seen that the 

 inducements for a big attendance will not be wanting. Follow- 

 ing are the prizes of the two most important State shoots: 



Shoot No. 1.— For the Board of Trade diamond badge, emblem- 

 atic of the individual championship of the State, the winner of 

 the badge this year to receive The proceeds of next year's tourna- 

 ment; II) live birds, entrance $10: First prize.. the diamond badge, 

 value $500; second prize,- cash $75 and merchandise $78. total 8448. 

 Third prize, cash 850, merchandise $13, total $93. Fourth prize, 

 cash $35. merchandise S35, total $70. 



Shoot No. 2— For the L. C. Smith cup, emblematic of the indi- 

 vidual State championship at inanimate targets, the winner of 

 the cup this year to receive fiO per cent, and the club of which he 

 is a member 40 per cent, of the contest at next year's tournament, 

 the winner to execute bonds in the sum of $500 to guarantee the 



E reduction of the cup next year; 20 Keystone targets, entrance $5. 

 llinois State rules. First prize, t he L. O. Smith cup, value $500; 

 second, cash $70, merchandise $88, total $98; third, cash 850, mer- 

 chandise $20, total $76; fourth, cash $35, merchandiee $7.50, total 

 843.50. v . - 



Shoot No. 3— The club team championship, open to teams of 

 four men from any club members of the State Association, 10 live 

 hirds. entrance price of birds only. First prize, one diamond stud, 

 donated by the Association, value $100, and four cash prizes of 

 $15 to each member of the winning team, donated by the Illinois 

 State Sportsmen's Association; second, cash $50, revolver $15; 

 third, cash $30, boots $G; fourth, cash $25, shells $4. 



The open tournament prizes; free for all shooters, no State 

 barred, are also strong, there being one purse of $250 guaranteed 

 by the gun club of Chicago. It is hoped that the outside boys 

 will come in numbers, for it will be fully worth their while. 

 There, is a long list of specials.'footing up about $350, including 

 two diamond badges, and the cash prizes amount to abou' $550. 

 The convention wili be held at the Sherman House, Tuesday, 

 June 3, at 8 o'clock. The tournament will be held at Watson's 

 Park, Grand Crossing, 111., commencing at 9 o'clock A. M. Tues- 

 dav, June 3, and continuing throughout the week. 



The Illinois State rules and old Illinois State plunge trap rules 

 of 1876 will be followed in the live bird contests. The Keystone 

 system will be largely represented iu the target shoots. It is 

 rather conspicuous that the new American rules are not printed 

 or mentioned in the programme. 



Although the programme, is out late, it is to be hoped that the 

 seventh annual will be among the best of the Illinois State shoots, 

 and certainly no outside shooter need hesitate to come. The 

 proof sheets do not name the date of the Open Tournament, but 

 it begins with shoot No. 6, probably on the third day, Thursday, 

 but there will be any quantity of sweeps all the. time, and doubt- 

 less the programme will not be very rigidly followed, as to order 

 of events. 



May 17.— The old plunge trap vs. ground trap discussion, is 

 about to be quietly set aside by the Lake George Sportsmen's As- 

 sociation. The Lake George bnys are about to move their club 

 from the sandhill country, south of Chicago, up into the beauti- 

 ful lake region of Wisconsin, and will locate near Lake Villa. 

 The trap grounds there will have a sharp natural hollowin them. 

 In this a trench 6ft. deep and 35ft. long is to he dug. During a 

 shoot all the birds are taken into the trench. The trappers walk 

 up and down the trench, out of sight, and at the word "pull" 

 liberate the birds by hand. This, it is thought, will insure prompt 

 flight and yet not a regular height, such as is offered by the 

 plunge trap. 



The Lake George Club bad a shoot early in this month which 

 certainly deserves mention, sinee it was the lirst of the kind in 

 this country for a number of years. It was a shoot at wild 

 pigeons. Between 200 aud 300 of the wild birds were on hand aud 

 they, with hardlv an exception, flew promptly and swiftly from 

 the trap. These birds were, I am most credibly informed, ob- 

 tained Iroui Ohio, although I also heard they came from Wis- 

 consin. 



Following are a. couple of scores shot down at Mak-saw-ba 

 Club, May 11: For the W. L. Shepard suit of hunting clothes, 15 

 live birds: 



Wat=on Ill 101012211212— 13 Waldron 211022220202022-11 



Organ 220231 200821 222-12 Lei ter 221 11 1 020112] 02-12 



Mussey 202222221121102-13 Holden 122222212111202—14 



Sha p 0:0100020210212— 8 



Holden won the suit this time. 



The Letter medal, 20 Peorias: 

 Watson... Ill 1 11 01 101 1 01 101 1 1 0 —15 Waldron, .11001000011X111101010- 9 



Organ 01110111101101010001-13 Holden . . ..0011 lOlOiiifMOUOOOl— 6 



Mussey... 11 1 1 11001 1 1 10001 11 11— 1 5 Wiggins. .110000101101010UUO-11 



Sharp 00111000110011011111-12 Brown.... 1101001011010101 1.100-11 



Haskell. . .omO111011Hul01111-15 



There were three ties on 15, Watson, Mussey and Haskell. 

 These shot at 6. and Watson fell out; at 6 more, Mussey fell out 

 with 5 and Haskell won the medal to keep. According to prece- 

 dent in that club, it will now be about the correct thing for Mr. 

 Haskell to present the club with a medal for competition. 



E. Hough. 



OHIO TRAP SHOOTERS. 



TOLEDO, O., May 13.— The annual tournament of the Ohio Trap 

 Shooters' League opened on the grounds of the Toledo Gun 

 Club this morning. Delegates were present from Cleveland, Co- 

 lumbus, Cincinnati and other cities. The tournament will con- 

 tinue three days, and consists of thirty-seven events in all. One- 

 half are open to all comers and half confined to members of the 

 league. A downpour of rain the entire day limited the attend- 

 ance, hut the shoot continued notwithstanding the storm. On 

 Thursday the L. C. Smith $500 trophy, representing the cham- 

 pionship of Ohio, will be contested. Following are the scores: 



Event No. 1, 10 bluerocks. entrance $1.50: Dean 7, Tavlor 8, 

 Carter 9, Monroe 5, Edwards 8, Aphley 7, Sawyer 7. Bowser 

 7, Demuth 5. Rummell 7, Spross 9, Profan 5, Paul 8, Bellamy 6, 

 Scl ultz 5, Benscotten 8, Langdon 6, Osborne 9, Jackson 4. Dean, 

 Ashley, Sawyer, Bowser, Ruinmell shot off tie on 5 birds; Ashley, 

 Bowser and Rummell again tied and div. prize. 



Event No. 2, 20 bluerocks, entrance $2.50: Edwards 16, Carter 14, 

 Benscotten 17, Monroe 14, Bowser 17, Dernuth 13, Jager 18, Parker 

 17, Paul 17, Courtney 15, Wendt 16, Dean 14, Sawyer 15, Rummell 

 16, Ashley 10. Spross 16. Bellamy 16, Taylor 17 - Jager first, Bowser, 

 Parker and Paul shot off tie and div. second money. 



Event No. 3, 15 singles: Jackson 8, Johnson 10, Dean 9, Carter 15, 

 Davton 12, Profan 4, Sawyer 12, Bellamy 9, Langdon 11, Munroe 

 10, Edwards 14, Paul 13, Benscotten 12, Osborne 13, Spross 14, Tav- 

 lor 14. Carter first, Edwards, Spross and Taylor div. second. 



Event No. 4, 10 singles : Rummell 8, Dean 7, Carter 6, Courtney 

 5, Parker 10, Jager 8. Ben^cotton 8, Wendt 6, Bowser 8, Sawyer 7, 

 Adams 7, Shultz 6, Close 3, Munroe 5, Paul 9. Edwards S, Taylor 9, 

 Demuth 7, Dayton 7, Johnston ;8, Profan 5, Spross 9, Bellamy 8, 

 Osborne 9, Short z 7. Parker first; Paul, Taylor and Spross 

 divided second on a tie shoot off. 



Event 5-10 clays: Rummell 7. Sawyer 7, Taylor 7, Edwards 4. 

 Munroe 6, Carter 5, Johnston 3, Bowser 6, Deau 6, Dayton 6, Pro- 

 fan 3, Benscotten 7, Spross 8, Bellamy 5, Paul 4. Osborne 6, Lang- 

 don 4, Shortz 6. Demuth 4. Spross first. Rummell takes second 

 on shoot off of tie. 



Event 6—20 clays: Jager 10, Parker 17. Courtney 11, Spross 14, 

 Wendt 11, Osborne 15, Rushmoore 10, Taylor 12. Davton 11, Rum- 

 mell 8, Sawyer 9, Dean 16, Carter 16, Munroe 10, Bowser 12, 

 Bellamy 11, Shortz 14, Edwards 13. Parker first; Dean and Carter 

 divided second. 



Event 7— 15 clays : Carter 9, Beuscotten 8. Dayton 9, Rushmoore 

 5, Rummell 8, Sawyer 3, Dean 10, Bellamy 7, Paul 10, Osborne 13, 

 Bowser 10, Munroe 11, Spross II, Taylor 6, Johnston 5, Edwards §, 

 Shortz 10. Osborne first; Munroe and Spross divided second. 



Event S -10 clays : Parker 6, Jager 7, Courtney 6, Wendt 9, Day- 

 ton 7, Adams 7, Carter 9, Bellamy 5, Rummell ' 8, Sawyer 7, Mun- 

 roe 5, Edwards 6. Dean 5, Osborne 6. Paul 6. Benscotten 3. Bowser 

 9, Spross 6, Shortz 7. Carter, Wendt and Bowser divided first; 

 Rummell second. 



To-night. the annual election of officers was held at the Burnett 

 House., PresjdenT-F, C. Pamm, Fincllay; vice-president— L, 



Bowser, Cygnet; secretary and treasurer, Ed. Taylor. Cincinnati. 

 The next meet will be at Findlay the second Tuesday in May, 

 1891. 



~ Toledo, May 1L— The second day of the annual tournament of the 

 Trap Shooters' League of Ohio was a success, and the fine weather 

 drew out a large attendance. Following is the record of the chief 

 events: 



Event 1, 10 Keystones, League! George 8, Carter 10, Edwards 9, 

 Johnson 6, June 9, Marshal 8, Bowser 3. Heikes 9, Shultz 9, Clair 9, 

 Paul 8, Shultz. Jr., 10, Dayton 8, Demuth 8, Bellamy 8. Spross 9, 

 Shortz 9, Benscotten 8. Carter and Shultz divided first. Shoot-off 

 gave Heikes and Dayton second and third money. 



Event 2, 10 singles and 3 pairs to all; Paul 10, Carter 11, Jager 9, 

 Bowser 13, Davton 12, Spross 12. Rummell 10, Shortz 9, Benscotten 

 14, Todd 7, June. 13. Gfeofae 12. Wendt 12. Jager 11, Doherty 8, Bow- 

 ser 11, Dayton 11, Shultz 10, Heikes 10, Edwards 14, Paul 12, Carter 

 11, Parker 14, Courtney 10. Benscotten first, 12, 11 and 10 divided 

 money. 



Event 3, 15 singles, League: June. It', Dayton 10, bneed 8, Todd 7, 

 Profan 6, Huff man 10, Benscotten 12, Heikes 14, Rummell 13, Ed- 

 wards 14, Clair 9, Shultz 10, Spross 11, Geore-e 13, East 10, Paul IS, 

 Marshall 12, Bellamy 9, Sauford 11, West 12, Shortz 8, Mnnro« 0. 

 Doherty 10, Hamilton 8, Carter 11, Johnson 13, Bowser 11. Four- 

 teen, 13 and 12 divided first, second and third money. 



Event 4, 25 singles to all: Adams 12, Heikes 18, Smith 15, Jager 

 14, Hamilton 8, Huffman 14, Edwards 1?, Spross 15, Benscotten It, 

 Rakestraw 13, Paul 17, George 17. Doherty 13, Courtney 10, Wendt 

 16, Sanford 13, East 13, June 13. Bowser 16, Parker 17. Carter 14, D. 

 Schultz 15, Rummell It, Todd 10. Shoot-off gave Edwards first, 

 Parker second, Bowser third, Schultz fourth. 



Event 5, "League,'' 10 singles and 3 pairs: Profan 8, Shortz 13, 

 West 0, Benscotten 13, Gibbs 9, Mouroe 9, Clair 9 Rapp 9, Rudolph 

 10, Sanford 10, Koonz 9, Jones 10. Schultz 12, June 9, Spross 13, 

 George 14, Bellamy 12, Huffman 7, Heikes 16, East 12, Sawyer 15, 

 Dean 11, Rakestraw 11. Paul 10, Carter 11, Hamilton 8, Bowser 14, 

 Rummell 10, Johnson 7, Edwards 12. Shoot off gave Heikes first. 

 Sawyer second. Bowser third, Benscotten fourth, East fifth and 

 Rakestraw sixth money. 



Event 6, open to all, 15 singles: Stewart 10. George 13, Quale 6, 

 Garfield 5, Swiveller 8. Radbone 1, West 8, Edwards 11, Courtney 

 8, Wendt 8, Sanford 10, Schultz 7, Dean 11, Adams 11, Hamilton 6, 

 Benscotten 14, Jager 0, D. Schultz 11, Carter 11, Sawyer 14, Todd 9, 

 Bowser 11. East 9, Parker 15. Rummell 14, Heikes 13, Doherty 8, 

 Spross 13, Huffman 11, Marshall 12. Parker first, Stfwyer second, 

 Heikes third, Marshall fourth. 



Event 7, "League." 20 singles: Todd 9, BeUamylS, Stewart 13, 

 Sanford 16, Carter 14, Shortz 16, Spross 18, Benscotten 19, George 

 19, CtairlO, RobblO, Doherty 10, Johnson 13, Bowser 15, Sawyer 

 14, East 15, Edwards 18, Huffman 12, Rummell 18, Hamilton 12, 

 Heikes 19, Dean 9, Schultz 15, Rudolph 13. Ties divide. 



Event 8, open to all. 10 singles: Swiveller 6, Benscotten 10, Qu^e 

 6, Parker 8. Heikes 9, Courtney 4, Dayton 8, Marshall 6. Hatch»r 9, 

 Hamilton 0, Rummell 8, Carter 5, Schultz 7, Sawyer 8, Adams 8, 

 Stewart 4, East 7, Shortz 7, Hilsendegen 10. Paul 7, Spross 8 Huff- 

 man 8, Doherty 2, Jones 5. Edwards 6, Dean 7, Garfield 6, Todd 8, 

 Bowser 9, George 9, Smith 8, Sanford 6. Benscotten and Hils-m- 

 degeu divided first. On shoot off George won second. 



CLAREMONT SHOOTING ASSOCIATION.-Shooting on Fri- 



day May 23 at live birds and Saturds 

 tournament programme at Claremont ti 

 intended having live bird shooting once e 

 nee! ion with the regular monthly hlurn 

 hut it is found that the demand for I've b 

 we are compelled to have such shoot i' 

 have been upward of one hundred birds 

 by various parties, besides the 400 shot _ 

 and it is the intention of the management to 

 hirds on hand to accommodate such part" 



, May 24 at targets is the 

 eek. At first it was 

 two months in con- 

 iH-day tournament, 

 h otiug is such that 

 very month. Tncre 

 r during thu month, 

 last tournament, 

 ep a supply of 

 ' sire private. 



matches or practice shooting during the week. A programme 

 can he procured at W. F. Quimby & Co.'s, 291 Broadway, N. Y. 

 Team shoot. May 17, at 25 single bluemcks : 



Springfield Gun Club. 



Sicklev 23 



Roll 15 



Pudney .18 



Manning ,14 



F Sigler 18 



Tatham 21 



Race 18-127 



N. J. A. C. Gun Club. 



Yirden in 



Compson pi 



Begoney 17 



Pope : 10 



Smith 13 



Vredtnburgh 12 



liunr.erman -. 21—114 



Sweepstakes at in bluerocks. 50c ts. entry, including birds: 



Sigler .... 



Miller 



Johnson 



Thompson 



Collins 



Lindsley 



Roll : 



Simones... 



1 2 S h 



6 7 10 9 



9 7 10 8 



10 9 10 7 



3 0 7 0 



10 9 10 9 6 10 6 8 10 



. 8 9 8 10 9 10 7 9 10 9 



S 7 8 0 10 11 



7 9 9 9 10 10 10 



8 9 8 9 10 9 

 8 9 9 7 .. .. 



B 510 7 



9 8 



5 



Verden.... 4 



9 



Compson - . 6 (i 5 . . . 



Pope 7 .. 8 .. .. , 



H Sigler 7 5 8 3 6 .. 6 .. 



Manning 8 7 7 



Smith -. o 



Rose-...., 1 . 7 ,. 



Tatham - 6 8 6 . . . . 5 . . 5 . 10 



ASickley.. ., 8 5 . 



Hunt - 7 8 6 8 8 9 .. 10 



Lundermann 8 7 10 8 8 . 9 



Evans 9 9 9 10 10 



Vincent 8 8 6 



Wilmerding 5 .. 



CORRY, Pa., May 1.— Corry Gun Club shoot at 25 Keystones, 5 

 Keystone traps: 



Lewis 11101111 11 1 1 11 1 010111111 1-22 



Wetmore 111111111001 lOmomilll— 21 



Blyde 01 1 100] 1 Ull Hill 10111111-21 



Austin 01111111101 Llllomilllll-22 



Laurie 0111100111111010101111111—19 



Ward 1 1 0 1 11 01 1 IOOO 1 111 1] 111000—1 7 



Duubar 101 111 111 100 10901 1101 11110—1 6 



Ellis 0010101 10101 1 1 101 II 0101110-1 4 



Edwards lllOlllOUllOllllOOlOlOOO— 10 



May 8,— The first good weather of our shooting season on a club 

 day was marked by a good attendance; and while we do not want 

 to be classed as "sunshine hunters," it takes good weather to 

 make good scores and have a good attendance. Laurie won the 

 first gold medal, Penrose the second gold medal and Ward the 

 silver medal. Score, conditions as before: 



Claner Ill 111111110011111 1011111— 



Laurie ... .lOlOlllllimoillllOlllli-21 



Austin 1111111011 1101 11111100111-21 



Penrose 01 1101 1 11 1 HI 001 10111111 1 —20 



Lewis . .1011111011 mOUlllllOllO-20 



W Arnold 1110111101 101101 111011101—19 



Ward 10101111111011 11160011111—19 



H Arnold ,10101111001 1110(110111101-18 



Mead 111101111 1100110011000111— 17 



Wetmore .lOlioiooi iOjioliOllliOlrO-16 



Starbird 001111101 1001111100100011-15 



Dunbar 1110001010110011110110011-15 



Berliner 0101111111110101000111000-15 



Marsh 10111101101011100081100 1 1—15 



Nichols lOllOoioiOOlOll 1 110100110-14 



Oliver OOlOlliOOlOOOOO.lllOlilllO-13 



Ellis oioooioomooiioooiioioii -12 



N W Howard 1000111101011000011100001—11 



W Howard OIOOIOOOIOIOJIOIOIOOIOHO-IO 



Swift 0000100010100000000000110- 5 



The club will hold their first monthly shoot on May 27 and 28.— 

 Secret aby. 



FORT LEWIS, Col., May 10.— The Gun Club of Fort Lewis held 

 regular weekly shoot to-day. Thirty singles and five pairs; 



it . 



blue rocks; American Association rules: 



A. E. Price lOOllOllOlllOOllOmoillOlllOl 



D. Bird 1111100011 101 lOlOluOlOOOOlllll 



T. E. Thompson... 01100010000000 10101 0i>J "10 li 1 1 1 1 



B. L. Moore 11111000100110111011111111 loll 



W. S. Craig 101111111111011101011010111111 



J. W. Weeks 1 1 0 1001 1 1 1 1 101 1 101 1 1 1100101001 



11 00 11 11 10—27 

 11 10 11 11 11—27 

 00 01 11 11 00—14 

 11 01 10 10 01-28 

 00 10 11 11 11—31 

 10 11 11 10 10—27 

 Jim Bi ll, 



OTTAWA, May 15.— Thursday being a Government holiday, the 

 St. Huberts took advantage of it to finish up the competition for 

 places on the teams for the coming tournament on 23d and 24th 

 inst. The first five were as follo ws; A. Throop, Geo. Wbite, Dr. 

 Martin, J. Stewart and W. J. Johnston. The second team were, J, 

 Deslaurier. P. Trudeau, R. Dalton, J. Lemoine and A. Lett, and 

 the third was S. White, T. White. W, P. Lett, Jr., O. Panet and 

 B. Rathwell The last team is subject to change. Three of last 

 year's first team will represent the club this time, the new men 

 being Dr. Martin and J, Stewart. There is every prospect that 

 this year's sport will be a splendid success, a crowd of Western 

 men being already booked. 



ONEIDA, N. Y., May 16.— The Oneida. Gun Club was defeated 

 to-day bv the Rome Gun Club at the Rome Driving Park by the 

 following score, at 25 single kingbirds, American Association 

 rules. After the match the Oneida Club was entertained by the 

 Rome Club: „ 



Rome. 



Retson.... ■ llilllllllllllll00im0U-2l 



Roily 1111100111001011011111011-18 



Houi-k oimimimiooiimmi-22 



Huntington lll01101101111111l0im0l-20 



Su-vker 0011111110101111011110110-18 



Railand' . '. 1101001110111111111111111-21 



Kingsley 1HH 11111111 1111100H111-23-143 



Oneida. 



Maxwell 001 1 0 1. Ill 1 0 1.1. 1 101 100101 01-15 



hevereux 01101 1101001 101010011 1011— 15 



TTefner . ' 1111 1 0lOHOll lOolUlOlOOl— 17 



Marble' ' 100100U111 10111110111010-17 



Er n in we in ' ' 00 1 i 1 0 U 1 1 1 1 1. 1 1111 1 1 01 111 -21 



rfark ' 10C1;:1100010110I1 11000111-14 



Markham'.' ". 1111111111111011101111111-23-122 



Sweepstake at 9 siuglcE, 50 cents entrance: 



Devereux.. 7 Houck 7 Golly 6 



Ma* well . . 9 Hun tington 5 ?, alle y -I 



Markham.,.. ..8 Beasley 8 Marble. 7 



Buel.... 0 Cheney 0 Mott 4 



Srrvker .......... .8 Kingsley..,. 0 W Devereux 4 



Betson .6 R ayland ........... 8 Ernenwein 7 



Ties on 8 won bv Markham, on 0 by Golly. 



LEONIA, N. J., May 17.— The Leonia Gun Club to-day added 

 another victory to their already long list by defeating the Spring 

 Hill Gun Club, of Blauveltville, N. Y. The match was shot on 

 t he grounds of the former club. Teams of 5 men each, 30 Ligow= 

 skies per man, 5 screened traps, American Association rules: 

 Leouias. 



J Beam 00111011111011101 lOlltn 011111-23 



n Banta iimmiiomoionrKKiiomoi-23 



G W Gladwin OllllinilllllOlOllOOOl 1111011-22 



Dr Welch 1 11101010101 1.11 1 .11111 1111 11111—26 



11 r Goeseer iioioioioiiimmm(X)imooi-22-ii6 



Blauveltville. 



C M Hathaway llll010l1lOOHOOl11limiOmO-22 



Geo Piersoc. 110000011011110111111.1101 11101-21 



H BogarfV 110111110101111000011111111110-22 



c Simpson iiimimioiiiooomimoiin-25 



Dr Allen , 01010001 11 11101111 111100000010— 17-107 



The following sweeps kept the boys traveling from one set of 

 trans to the other for the rest of the afternoon. All conditions 

 were the same, 10 birds each, 75 cents entrance, tni-ee moneys. 

 Clays t Banta li, Allen 9. Gladwin 8, Bogart 8, Hathaway 0, Green 

 8 Pierson 4, Welch in, Simpson 8, Goesser /, Richter 8, Wright 5. 

 Clay-: Ban la 9, Beam 9, Goesser 10. Gladwin 10, Wells 5. Green 5, 

 Richter 5, Hathaway 7, Simpson 8, AllenIO, Bogart 7. Bluerocks: 

 Welch 8, Green 6, Gladwin 9, Beam 10, Allen 7. Hathaway 6, Simp- 

 sm 9, Rot-art 9, Richter 8, Banta 9. Bluerocks: Welch 9, Green 7, 

 Gladwin 9, Beam 9, Allen 6, Hathaway 9, Simpsons, Bogart 6, 

 Goesser 8, Richter 8. Banta 9, Cluss 5. Score for the ties: Welch 



18, Gladwin 14. Beam 17, Hathaway 3, Banta 5. This ended a most 

 enjoyable shoot, and it is hoped the two clubs will come together 

 again very soon.— Cap. 



WORCESTER, Mass., May 11— At the regular meet yesterday 

 of the Worcester Sportsmen's Club, at Coal Mine Brook range, 

 the men were greatly troubled by the strong and fitful gusts of 

 wind which caused a zig-zag course of flight of clay-pigeons and 

 bluerocks. The principal event was the fourth of the prize con- 

 tests now in progress; m the contest each man has a possible 25 

 clay-pigeons: G. W.Russell 24, H. D. Jourdan, A. R. Bowdish, 

 each 23, E. B, Burbank 22, E. T. Smith 21. M. D'Ahert,W. L. Davis., 

 each 20, C. H. Howe, G. J. Rugg, H. Coivin. Geo, Sampson. E. E. 

 Hill, E. F. Swan, each 19, M. D. Oilman, W. S, Perry, E. Whit- 

 taker, W. R. Perry, each 18, E. Jewett, V. F. Prentice, W. E, 

 Johnson, C. Forehand, A. G. Larking, each 16, C. H. Parker, A. 



B. F. Kennev, each 15, F. M. Harris. C. Crompton, each 14, E. S. 

 Knowles, A. G. Munroe, each 13, F. Forehand 12, G. R. B. Claftin 

 11, J. A. Fuller 9. W. Brown 7. Other matches: 1. Fifteen clay- 

 pigcons: G. W. Russell first, E. T. Smith. II. D. Jourdan divide 

 second, G. J. Rugg third, C. B. Holden, — Adams divide fourth. 

 2 Ten clay-pigeons: A. R. Bowdish first, II. D. Jourdan, E. B. 

 Burbank, W. L. Davis, G. W. Russell divide, second, E. E. Hfll,W. 

 R. Henry divide lirst, E. T. Smith fourth. 3. Six bluerocks: A. R. 

 Bowdish. W. R. Henry divide first, G. W. Russell, E. S. Knowles, 

 A. B. F. Kennv divide first, C. Forehand, K. T. Smith. G. J. Rugg 

 divide third, W. E. Johnson. W. S. Perry divide fourth. 4. Six 

 bluerocks: E. T. Smith, F. M. Harris divide first, H. D. Jourdan 

 second, M. O. Oilman, G. J. Rugg, R. B. Burbank, A. G. Larking 

 divide third, W. L. Davis fourth. 5. Four pairs of bluerocks: E. 

 T. Smith first, W. S. Perry second, W. L. Davis third, W, R. 

 Henry, — Adams, H. C. Jourdan divide fourth. 6. Ten clay- 

 pigouh*: II. D. Jourdan, A. R. Bowdish, M. D' Albert, W. R, 

 Henry divide first, A. L. Gilman, W. S. Perry, W. E. Johnson 

 divide second, E. T. Smith W. H. Cole divide third, G. W. Rus- 

 sell, W. L. Davis divide fourth. 7. Ten clay-pigeons: C. Fore- 

 hand first, A. B. F. Kenney, E. Whitraker, — Adams divide 

 second, W. R. Henry, H. D. Jourdan divide third, F, M. Harris, 



C. Crompton divide fourth. 



ROCKY MOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION CONVENTION, Denver, 

 Col., May 13.— Editor Forest and Stream: It is my pleasure to in- 

 form you that, commencing with June 17 and lasting four days, 

 the Rocky Mountain Sportsmen's Association, embracing Colora- 

 do, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico, will hold their second an- 

 nual tournament at Cheyenne, Wyoming. Starting last year 

 with a membership of only six clubs, the " Association " now has 

 over twenty clubs on its list; and it is expected that there will be 

 not less than two hundred guns in the rack at the Cheyenne 

 tournament. The citizens and sportsmen of Cheyenne, with 

 their accustomed liberality, have raised a purse of $1,200, actual 

 cash prizes, to be added to the entries in each shoot, in addition 

 to which there will be. some $500 value in special prizes to be con- 

 tested for. There will bo eleven live bird contests, and twenty- 

 six inanimate target contests; six set of traps will be running 

 continuously.— C. M. Hampson, Pres. 



TORONTO, May 15.— The West Toronto Gnu, Dog Sports and 

 Angling Club had a very pleasant, day's fun on this afternoon, 

 t he occasion being the initial shoot on their new grounds, corner 

 Bithurst and St. Clair avenue, which is a model field for trap- 

 shooters. First shoot, at 15 birds, 4 prizes: F. Oben 13, T. Boswell 

 13, G. SpiBer 7, R. A. McCready 7, H. Habart 7, F. Habart 5, C. 

 Burgess 4. Second shoot, at 5 birds: Oben first 



Mau 17.— W. McDowall's new shooting grounds, on Greenwoods 

 avenue, were formally opened this afternoon by two shoots at 20 

 birds each, for substantial prizes donated by Mr. McDowall: en- 

 trance free. The new grounds are easy of success, and were de- 

 clared by those present to be the best for their purpose in the 

 city or vicinity. First shoot, at 20 birds: Taylor first, Conroy 

 second, Draisy third. Second shoot, at 20 birds, 5 prizes: Sawdon 

 won first, Draisy second, McDowall third, Conroy fourth, Henry 

 fifth. 



At the Stanley Gun Club shoot, on McDowall's grounds, Mr. 

 Emond won the cup, and he and Mr. Sawdon, Jr , having each 

 won it twice, shot off for its final possession, Sawdon winning. 



PHILADELPHIA, May 17.— A large number of spectators were 

 present this afternoon to witness a shooting match between the 

 Pencoyd and Roxborough Guu Clubs, on the latter's grounds at 

 Shawmont, Roxborough winning by the score of 142 to 91. Rich- 

 ard Gilmore was judge for Roxborough and Joseph G.Rich for 

 Pencoyd. Joseph Hopkins acted as referee. Following the regu- 

 lar match a sweepstake was made up between William H. French 

 of Roxborough and Joseph Taggart of Pencoyd, the former win- 

 ning by breaking 10 straight to the latter's 9. The Roxborough 

 club has won five of the eight matches in which its members have 

 participated. The officers are: President, Richard Gilmore: 

 Secretary, George Blundin; Treasurer, Frank Hoagland; Captain, 

 John G. Heft. 



May 17.— The members of the Frankford Gun Club engaged in a 

 friendly shoot at bluerocks this afternoon. The high winds that 

 prevailed rendered good shooting very difficult, several of the 

 bluerocks being carried over the 60yds, distance line by the wind. 

 Five traps were used and Association rules governed. The score: 

 Ed. Dawson 24, Harry Loughead 18, Thos. Ridings 17. David Mvcrs 



19, John Kerr 33, Frank Hay 18, William Howe 14. 



An American flag was raised over the Boerckel Gun Club's new 

 club house this afternoon, with appropriate ceremonies, followed 

 by a practice shoot from the new Keystone traps. The members 

 of the club are not accustomed to shooting at other than glass ball 

 targets, which no doubt accounts for the poor scores that were 

 made. The scores follow, 15 birds: John Sisom 3, Samuel King 2, 

 W. E. Brough 6, Joseph Sisom 12, Edward Penn 5, John Tomlin- 

 son 6, Geo. Lefferts 4, J. McCay 1, William Pack 10. Jacob Krew- 

 son 2, Frank McMullen 7, Henry Stone 6, William Candy 5, Chns. 

 Lefferts 5. 



FREEHOLD, N. J., May 16.— A match at clay-pigeons, between 

 teams from the Dayton Gun Club and the Freehold Gun and 

 Rifle Club, came off yesterday on the grounds of the latter, auq 

 ..resulted in a victory for the home club by the score of 145 to 131, 



