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FOREST AND STREAM 



[Sept. 18, 1890. 



Shoot No. 8. programme, 7 live b'rds, entrance $5, 15 entries: 



Jack,... 2 IPSO 6 Bandle .1011211—6 



McDonald 0110101—4 Cro«hv 1212121—7 



Spen er , 2222221—7 Williams 0120320— i 



Budd.... 1112111— 7 Noith 1 11 1 01 1 — fi 



McMurchy , . . ....11 111 fl.- 7 Alkire 111PI1 7 



Smith... ,..1111222—7 Stroble 1103300-4 



Heikes 1221111—7 Ruble 3li]2l0-i: 



Latshaw 1111211—7 



Spencer. Budd, McMurchy. Smith, Heikes, Latshaw, Crosby 

 and AIM re Mv. first; Jack. Bandle and North div. second; Mc- 

 Donald, Williams and S'roble d'v. third. 



In this shoot occurred an 'ncident which should well be noticed, 

 as characteristic of what tournament methods mav be. with men 

 of a certain class. North had missed his fifth bird, and when 

 Bubie. stepped to the score he turned and called back to North. 

 "If I miss tnis bird yon and I'll be in a good bole together. Let's 

 stand in together on it. Paul." North very promptly told him to 

 go ahead and boe his own row, as he would not "stand in" with 

 him u-der any circumstances. Ruble killed his bird. Ar the 

 next and last round, however he saw there, was still a hotter 

 "divide" m the 6 hole than in the 7. He, therefore stepped to the 

 score witn. only one f-hell in his guu, waited till his bird was 50vi3s, 

 away ano deliberately sh t behind it. This action was s<> rank 

 that it drew down otuspoken contempt on him. Where there is 

 25 cents up, however John Ruble don't mind a little contempt". 

 He clamored for a divide on second money. "No you don't, " Faid 

 Bandle and North, "we'll snoot you out now, or s'ioot the pot up 

 ce or the other. We won't divide with you." There were now 

 in this tie Jaeii. North, Bundle and Ruble. E.ich killed his bird 

 till it came to Ruble, who got nervous, clipp-d the tail of a. weak 

 hopper, missed it again with second, and left she score, rpd 

 as a turkey's neck, amid yells and screams of laughter. I do 

 not know whether it, is fashionable or not to rep-rt such 

 things as these, but while I do continue t 0 report shooting tour- 

 naments I shall continue to show up such methods and such men, 

 and in the end perhaps do something toward either changing- or 

 driving out ihe one and the other from such gat hf rings-. Any 

 decent paper loves good sport, square shooiing and square men. A 

 performance like the above is not, merely funny. It is disgrace- 

 ful. If tournaments should continue to be openly marked with 

 such blot-, it would be time for the bulk of us to hunt other com- 

 pany. The time will com» when such circuit workers will work 

 less for "pi tee," or will find few places where they will be allowed 

 to work at all. 



Let ns have another incident that happened to-dav: Benscotten, 



— - • f ■ • IUC "I1VJ UIUU L 



go where he expect' d it. Of course it is beneath the dignity of a 

 toomament shooter to take a bird that is 6in. out of li»e He 

 might miss it. Benscotten thought it was No. 2 trap t at had 

 gone off and wanted another bird. At this Ruble lifted up his 

 voice and wailed, and the bird was scored lost, which he wanted 

 pretty bad. And then M Murcby, who was still in the tie, srepppd 

 up and shot them both out! This was pretty rich, and the bojs 

 enjoy d it largely. 



Such is a tournament to-day. Chivalrous, isn't it? 



Thursday. Third Day, Sept. 11. 



The boys were slow in getting together. It was about. 11 o'clock 

 when the shooting began. Tb« day was cold and cloudy, and not 

 unpleasant, only alight spnukle of rain falling in the eveuine. 

 The, length of the races prevented the running off of many, only 

 five matches being shot. Nothing of special interest transpired 

 Score: 



Shoot No. 1, programme at, 15 bluerocks, $2 entrance, 24 entrie°- 



Bandle 11X11 111 11 11 111-13 Bndd 1U1111 lOllllll 14 



McMurchy.... 1111 11111U111-15 McDonald 111111110111111-14 



North 1 1 11111111111 11— 15 Stevenson 111100110111 111— 12 



Heikes 111110111111111 14 Smoke HlOlOlOlUOOll- f) 



Crosby 0101 1011110 111-11 Hayes 10111111 1HM11— 13 



Kershaw llttlOlllllOOOll-W Marshall 101110111110110-11 



Merrick 100101010110101-8 MR 11110)1111110;)! - I" 



Smith 111111 11010111— 13 Nessler 010000111011101— 8 



Richardson... .111111110111111— 14 Jack 11011110111 Oil— 12 



AlUire HUnillUO 01—15 Murpbv 101001010101100- 7 



Frank 011011101101100- 9 Vincent llilOllllllllll-U 



Sp ncer lOlllUUlOllll— 13 Benscotten . 11111111111 1111—15 



McMurchy, Nor hand B nscotten div. first, Heiltes, Richard- 

 son, Budd, McDonald and Vincent div second Smi h won third 



Snoot No 2, extra, at 10 "lu rocks, SI entrance, 21 enf ri^s- 



North 1111111111—10 Ruble 1111111111—10 



Smith 10 ilOll 111— 8 Budd 1111111110-9 



Kershaw J 011 10 000- 5 Heikes 1111101111— 9 



Alkire llimitOL— 9 Bandle. 01 11011110— 7 



Jack lllOilllll- 9 Richardson 1011110101— 7 



Smoke 1101111111— 9 Bourne 100 O^OOOO— 1 



Vincent 1011110111— 8 Dupv 0010 01001—4 



Hajes 1111101111— 9 McDonald UlllOOlll— 8 



Brigden 10101011.0— 6 McMurchy HlllbOlll— 8 



Benscotten 1111111111—10 Stevenson OOllOiOOni- i 



John 1100111000 - 5 



North. Benscot'en and Ruble div. first, Alkire. Budd and Heikes 

 div. second, McDonald and McMurchv won third. 



Shoot No. 3. programme, 15 bluerocks, entrance $2. 18 entries* 



Heikes 111111111111111—15 Richardson. . . HllOlOOHlOlll— 11 



North 11111111110111—14 Smoke UlllOOlll 11101—18 



McDonald .. . .00) 1 11111111111-13 Vincent llOlillllHiOOl-12 



Bandle 11111 1111 1 11011-14 Jack 111101111110010-11 



McMurchy ....111111011011111-13 Budd 111111111111111-15 



Benscotten. . . . 11111111111110—14 Stevenson 10111 111101 1 ;0l— 12 



Kershaw 1100001001 II LOO- 7 Rrigden 110111111111101-13 



Smith lUOllllULOOO-ll Hayps 011101(11111010—11 



AlKire 111111011101111—13 Ruble 111111111101111-14 



He ; kes a^d Bndd div. first. North, Bandle and Benscotten won 

 second. McDonald and McMurchy won third. 



Shoot. No. 4, programme guarantee, 20 single bluerocks, entrance 

 So, $100 guaranteed: 



Banule.... 11 111111100111101111-17 North... .11111111111111111111-20 



R ttble 11111 1111 111 1 1111111-20 Willie .... 001 11111000010110011—11 



Smith.. .. 1 illliOIllllOriOlli-17 Jack Ill 11101 UlOllllllOl-17 



K-rshaw.. 01101111111011011101-15 R D 110011 1101 11111 11111-17 



McDooalnlll 111111111111111 11-20 Smoke. .. .00111111111001110100—13 

 Benscot'n 11111111111111111011-19 Hayes . . .OlimiOlllCOlllOOll 14 

 Soenoer... 11010111111110111111—17 Bngden .. 01101 ill 1 1 1111111 1 II —18 

 Crosby ...11011011011111111111 17 Taylor. .. .UllllOilOoOOimill— 15 

 Richard'nOlOOllllll 110111 1011 -15 Albert. ... 0101111111 1111011111 -17 

 M'Murch) 1111 Hill 11101111 111-19 Murphy. . .00101111111111111101—16 

 Heikes.... Ill 11 1 1011 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 111— 19 Bohemian 10010 -100111 iOol 1000- 9 



Strawn... .111111 011 11010010H-15 Frank 1110 1111 1 1 1 01 1 1 1010— 10 



Vincent. ..0111101111111111111 1— 1« Sunman ..(MOIHWlTOOOOllOOOl- 7 

 Budd 11111111111101110110-17 Alkire... 1111110100il0niul00-13 



Ruble, Mouonald and North itiv. first, $40. Benscotten, Mc- 

 Murchv and Heikes div. second, $30. Vincent and Brigden div. 

 third, $20. Crosby, Budd and Albert div. fourth, $10. 



A a usual, tne live bird race was made the last, event of the dav. 

 The birds to-d^y were in much better order and flew far more 

 promptly. They were nor, hard birds in any sense of the word. 

 The only man ever known to call Cincinnati birds good ones is 

 "Wick," and he was never outside of Cincinnati, Score: 



Shoot No. 5, programme, 7 live birds, entrance $(5.50, $100 guar- 

 anteed, 25 entries: 



Budd 2212111—7 Gunman 0112101-5 



Bandle 1122211— 7 Spencer 111221 L — 7 



Heikes 1021111—6 Strawn 0112100—4 



McMurchy 1121111-7 M' Donald 2112l20-o 



BenscoUen 2101112—6 North. lllollO— 5 



Murphy 2122111-7 Willie 1110011-5 



Kn-s ha w 1221001- 5 Stone 1020201- 4 



Frank OOoOlSl— 3 Crosby 2111112-7 



Bohemian 1111011-6 Vincent 2011112— o 



Jack lllinjO 5 Latshaw 1S11221— 7 



Smoke lo ll?2— 6 Richardson 1021112-6 



Hayes 001-121—5 Ruble 1112111—7 



Sm th 0022111-5 



o denotes fell dead out of bounds; 2 denotes use of second barrel. 



Budd. Bandle. McMurchy, Murphy, Spencer, Crosby, Latshaw 

 and Ruble div. first, $40; Heikes and Bohemian won second, $30; 

 Smith, North and Willie div. third, $20; Strawn and Stone aiv. 

 fourth, $10. 



In i his last race the unfortunate 6 men had to shoot out. One 

 by one they fell out. until only Heikes and "Bohemian" were left 

 in it, and they divided. "Bohemian'' shot a very plucky tie and 

 in good form. It took 12 birds to decMe the tie to this point. 

 Smith, North and Willie had to get 5 straight to decide in their tie. 



There are no daily averages in this tournament. The manage- 

 ment announce in their programme: "All of our guaranteed 

 matches last year over-filled so well, we think it advisable to 

 make 8 moneys of surplus ties this year." This money was to 

 have been divided as follows: For best averages in all guaranteed 

 matches, first 20 per cent., second 18 per cent., third 16 per cent., 

 fourth 14 per cent., fifth 12 per cent., s'xtb 10 per cent., seventh 6 

 percent., eighth 4 per cent. It is now almost certain, however, 

 that the surplus will be so small as to leave next to nothing in the 

 above division. To-day 25 entries wa6 top notch, and this is the 

 nig-hest entry at the shoot. 



Friday, Fourth Day, Sept. 1$. 



The day was cool, the sky being slightly overcast. No rain fell 

 and it was a good shooting day. The attendance, however, showed 

 no increase, 24 entries being high mark. Almost no Cincinnati 

 shooters have participated in this year's shoot, and the country 

 C"ntmg»nt has oeen very light. The reasons for thisare apparent, 

 as a bove indicated. Nothing of special interest transpired to-'iav. 

 The live birds, o ving to the brighter and clearer air. flew much 

 better, but ovei 75 per cent, had to be scared up, very often bv 

 some one's running up within a few feet of the bird. This is a 

 practice which should be discouraged, as it may result in acci 

 dent, as the shooter is always disposed to ta.ke close chances and 

 may not always see the other person iu time as he swings oa the 

 bird. In one case to-dav PauL North was trying to scare a h-rd 

 up for Rolla Heikes. He was close to the bird as it rose. H'ikes 

 failed to S top the bird with his first barrel, and just at the point 

 where he should have used his second, he found himself holding 

 square on North, who had thrown himself on the ground. Heikes 

 held his second, but missed the bird as it got in close to the dead 

 line. Not all shooters might be so careful. If a b'rd will not fly 

 without such inducements, it is poor fun to kill it anyhow. 



The referee in most of the live bird matches of tnis tournament 

 has been the veteran Wm. Hall, ouce a prominent live-bird shot, 

 but now retired on hi* laurels. 



Usually at Al Bandle's '-hoot there are enough shooters on hand 

 at the < nd of the w-eek to make Saturday an attractive day at, 

 live bird events, chiefly i' dividual or team matches. This year 

 the. shooters nearly all go home to-night, so that to-morrow will 

 not be very much of a day. The tournament programme closes 

 with to-day, and the boys disband to-night. Al may have a few 

 live birds on his hands, but it is hoped not many, for no one who 

 knows him wou d care to see him get the worst of it in any way. 

 By the way, Al has a pigeon in his colh ction here which is a freak. 

 It, has two sets of less perfectly distinct. The bindermost pair 

 are doubh d over, slightly deformed and smaller than the others, 

 which are normal in every respect. Tne bird is apparently strong 

 and healthy and will be put in a museum. Following are the 

 scores of to-daj : 



Shoot No. 1, extra, 10 single bluerocks, $1, 8 entries. 2 moneys: 



Vincent 0101111111— 8 Spencer .1110011111— 8 



Smith - 0100101011— 5 North HIlllUll -10 



Richardson 1001110010- 5 Crosby ; 1101111111— 9 



Bandle 1010111011— 7 Strawn OllOlUlOl— 7 



North won first, Crosby won second. 



No. 2, extra, 10 single bluerocks, $1, 8 entries, 2 moneys: 



Bandle . 100H0100I— 6 Smith 1111110111— 9 



Strawn llllllllOl— 9 Vincent, 1111111111— 10 



.North 1110110010— 6 Spencer 1011111111— 9 



Crosby 1110111111— 9 Richardson 1111101111— 9 



Vincent won first, Spencer won second in shoot off. 

 Shoot No. 3, extra, 10 single bluerocks. $1, 23 entries: 



North 1111101111- 9 Heikes 1101111111— 9 



Smitn 1111111111-10 McMurchy 1011111111- 9 



Spencer 1100011111— 7 Jack 1010011111— 7 



Richardson 0111011101— 7 Miller 1111111110— 9 



Albprt 1011111110—8 Bndd HJllllllO— 9 



Crosbv 1111111111—10 MtPhee 1011001H0— 6 



Vincent lollllllll- 9 Bandle 0101101010- 5 



Strawn 0111011011— 7 McDonald 1111111111-10 



R D 1111110110- 



Webb 1111001001— „ 



Benscotten 111)111111-10 



See 1101111111— 



Ross 1 101111 LI— 9 



Brigden 0011111101- 7 



Ruble 1111111110— 9 



Smith, Crosby. McDonald and Benscotten div. first; Ruble,- Mc- 

 Murchy and Budd won second in shoot off; Albert and R. D. won 

 third. 



Shoot No. 4, programme. 15 single, bluerocks $2, 24 entries: 



McDonald 111111111011111—14 McPhee 111111101101111—13 



Jack 101111111110111—13 Richardson.. . ,0111 100001 1 0110— 8 



( ) R 011110111111111 13 



Heikes 111111111111110-14 Crosby 111111111111111—15 



McMurchy 1 11110111111 111— 14 See llOOlOllllllOll— 12 



North 011111111111111—14 Ross lllOlIlOOllillO-ll 



RD 111101111011111-13 



Budd 11 1 11 ill! 11 111 I— 15 



Smith 11110111111011-13 



Vincent. . . ., . ..1111 11111 i0111i-14 

 Strawn llOillllOHOllO-11 



Joe H 001111111101111—12 



Ruble 111111111 1 01 111-14 



Albert llllOllillllllO— 13 



Brigden lOOUllll 11110-11 



Al ister. 100010100000311— 



Spencer 011111111001101 11 Taylor llllllllllij.Hl— 15 



Budd, Crosby and Taylor div. first. In shoot-off McDonald, 

 Heikes and North won second. In shoot-off McPhee won third. 



Shoot No. 5, programme guarantee, 20 bluerocks, entrance $5, 

 8100 guaranteed, 21 entries: 



Bandle.. .11111111011011110001— 15 Ruble 11111111111111111111-20 



Jack 100,0111111111111110-16 Spencer . .HOiilH 1 11 HOlUllO -17 



Heikes, .11111111111111011111-19 Crosby.. ..OllllOlloilOLllOlOll-14 



Buod imilllllllllllllll— 20 D R HOUlllllOllllOlOlll-15 



M'Murc'y 11110 101 11 1 1111111 il — 18 Strawn.. ..HlOll'lllllluOlOllO— 15 

 M'Donald lllloLllOlllUOllOll— 17 Vincent. . .11111111111111101111—19 

 Smith ....1111011101111 ill 1101-18 McPhee. . .10111 11L111U11101H~16 

 Allist.r...lOO0OOOOOOuOOOOlDlll- 5 Alhert. .. 111111 llliillOlllllO -18 

 Taylor.... 0111111000100010111—12 Brigden, . .1 Hi 001111101 1111110—16 



Benscot'n llOllllllllLlilUlll-lS Joe H OH LI 111110100 J11110 -13 



North U0H1O0101111110111— 15 



Budd and Ruble div. fir-it, $40; Heikes and Vincent div. second, 

 $30; McMurchy, Smith, Ben-col ten and Albert div. third, $20; Mc- 

 Donald and Spencer div. fourth, $10. 



Shoot No. 6, programme guarantee, 7 live birds, $6.50, $100 guar- 

 anteed, 17 entries: 



Band Le 11202o2— 5 North 2olo210-4 



McMurchy 10.2112— 6 Latshaw HoLH2— 6 



Spencer 1222L21— 7 Ruble .1o122i2— 6 



Budd llillll— 7 Benscotten 111112^—7 



Crosby 20212^0-5 McDonald 1021121—6 



Allister 22212o2 - 6 Jack 11 '1212—7 



hichardson 0ol2111— 5 R D 2oll222— 6 



Smith 21ol011-5 Vincent H11211— 7 



Heikes 1120111-6 



o Dead out of bounds. 



Spencer, Budd, Benscotten and Vincent div. first, $40; Ruble and 

 McDonald won second iu shoot-off, §30; Bandle, Crosoy, Richard- 

 son and Smith div. third, $20: North won fourth alone, $10. 



Shoot No. 7, extra, 15 single bluerocks, $2, 18 entries: 



Budd limillllULLl— 15 Willis 101001000010100 - 5 



McDonald 111111111111111—15 Richardson. . ..lOlOlllOO.OlulO— 8 



McMurchy . . . .Ill 1 lilt 1111101— 14 North 000111011010110— 8 



Vincent OUlll UlllOlill — 12 Strawn OlllilllllllilL— 14 



Benscotten... HilllllUlllll— 15 Handle OlllOlOlOliOlll— 10 



Smith 011111 1 0H11H1— 13 Latshaw 101110101111100—10 



Spencer 11111111110 011 -13 Jack 110111111111101-13 



Heikes 11U1LH1L111LL-15 Ruble 1L100L10L1110U-11 



Crosby llltlllllllllll-15 Wick 010*0111001111- 8 



Budd. McDonald, Benscotten, Heikes and Ciosoy div. first, Mc- 

 Murchy and Strawn won second, Smith, Spencer and Jack div. 

 tnird. 



Shoot No. 8, extra., 20 single bluero-ks. $5 entry. 12 entries: 

 Heikes... 11111111111111U111L 20 M'MurchyllllUOOUlllLllllll-18 

 McDonalcnilllOlllOOlOl 111110-15 Spencer . .lllllHllOllllllOOll— 17 



Budd ltll 1111111 101111111-19 North 1111 1111L1111 111 1111— 20 



Smith. . . .llOllllOOKiLlll 1 1011 — 15 Vincent. ..1111100L111111111101— 17 

 Bandle. . ..11111011111001001111—15 Crosby. . . 1111111L111011001100— 15 

 Benscot'n HOlilllOliOllllllll— 17 



Heikes and Norm div. tir-t. Budd won second. McMurchy won 

 third. Benscotten, Spencer and Jack div. fourth. 



Shoot No. 9, extra, 15 single bluerocks, entrance $2, 12 entries: 



McDonald... .111111111111011-14 Heikes 111010100001100-7 



Vincent 1 1 1100 1 11001111-11 Jack HollOlOllOllll- 11 



Bandle HlOOlllllLlill- 13 Mason OuOOlllOlOOllil- 8 



Smith lllllOlOlOlllOl— 11 Miller 1011001 lluM-d- 9 



Budd HllllllllLllO-14 North HOllll 0111 01 12 



Stra-vn 10111110H11101-12 McMurcny. . . .lHlllilllillOl-14 



McDonald, Buad and McMurchy div. first. Bandle won second. 

 Strain and North div. third. 



Shoot No 10. extra 20 single bluerocks, entrance $3. 6 entries 



Heikes.... 1111110111111001110-16 Budd llllllllllllllJlllll— 20 



M- DonaldlllllllOiUOllllOllO -16 North 11110111111111111110-18 



Bandle. ..11111111100111111011-17 M'Murehj HllOlilllllllHHH-19 



Budd won first. McMurchy wou second. North won third. 



Shoot No. 11, extra, 5 single bluerocks, entrance 50 cents: 



Bandle 00000- 0 Budd 10010-2 



Vincent, 10110-3 McMurchy 01100—2 



McDonald IOlOI-3 North 10011-3 



Heikes 11101—4 



One money, Heikes won. 



Shoot No. 12, same conditions as above: 



Bandle 10100-2 McDonald 00001-1 



Vi nee nt , .0 1001-3 Benscotten 11011 -4 



Heikes .01011—3 



Two moneys. Benscotten won first; Heikes second. 



It was now dusk. Ruble had stopped trying to show Al Bandle 

 that he ought to award at least a little surplus money for aver- 

 ages, and had departed for the street car, where he doubtless tried 



to persuade the conductor that he was under ten vears of age' 

 and therefore entitled to a 3-cent fare. Al had paid out the last 

 purse and shaken hands with group after group of the hoys as 

 they started home. Thf sixth annual was over, for it is prohable 

 that only a few local shots will come out to-morrow. It would not 

 be honest to report this shoot as a big and booming success, for it 

 has not been. When Al Bandle can't give a shoot thf*tisabig 

 success something is wrong, aDd it isn't wrong with hira. There- 

 fore it may be repeated that it is time to look the state of affairs 

 squarely in the face, and to see if something cannot be done to 

 better it. 



It may be interesting to present a novel bit of news, bearing 

 upon the amounts of winning by some of tbe shooters. Billy 

 Crosby shot all ths week. He is usually held a very good shot. 

 He lost $95 here this week. Paul North quit just $20 ahead of the 

 game, bui from this his hotel and Traveling expenses must be de- 

 ducted. Charlie Rudd made about $40, Scott and McDonald about 

 $25. and Rolla Heikes $50 or more. VVhen Spencer went into the 

 last live bird match he had just 60 cents left after paying his $6.50 

 entrance monev. He won about $8. enough to get him home. A 

 gentleman from South Bend, Ind., was not so fortunate. He had 

 to borrow money of Rolla Heikes to get home- Roll wins their 

 money, and l.hen sends them back af'er a new supplv. 



The rigid arm biuerock trap had iis first prominent test here, 

 and was used exclusively throughout the shoot. It seemed prac- 

 tical, although not so regular a thrower as the old trap. It, did 

 not seem to break the birds in delivery often enough to delay 

 matters to any extent, and the boys who kicked on its oc- 

 caloual quarterers are those who are us-^d to having the bird 

 thrown into the samx hole everv time. As stated earlier, tbis 

 irregularity ought to be held a merit. Anything on eartn for a 

 little novelty in trap-shooting. 



; From here the boys scatter a good d»al. McMurchy goes South 

 to Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. He will shoot qual in Missis- 

 sippi this fall. Budd gies at once to Iowa, and will start. Monday 

 next onago.jd big chicken hunt about 115 miles north of Des 

 Moines, his home. Benscotten and Charlie Strawn will hunt 

 chickens next week near the latter's home at Jacksonville 111. 

 Rolla Heikes will «hoot quail tn nort, western Ohio this fall. O-ood 

 luck to tnem all. They are an awful set of robbers, but a pretty 

 decent set of fellows after all. Tuey will all be at Al's shoot next 

 year, and let us hope that something will have happened bv that 

 time. E. Hough. 



ST. LOUIS, Mo , Sept. 13.— The Oak Hill Gun Club turned the 

 tables c n the Comptons in the second team match of the series of 

 three. The day was unfavorable for the shoot and small scores 

 were made; 20 biuerock targets per man, A. S. A. rules; 



Oak .Hills. Comptons. 



C Thorp 17 Miltenberger 14 



Schaefer 15 Soeffei 15 



Thompson ........13 Alexander 9 



Soeham . 9 Mohr 16 



G Thorp 18 Mackwitz 12 



Henshaw 16 Fox 14 



W Twist... 16-104 G Rawlings 15—95 



Ou Sept. 26, 27 and 28 tbe southern Illinois Sportsmen's Associa- 

 tion will hold its tenth annual tournament at Belleville. The 

 affair promises to be successful because there is an army of trap- 

 shooters in the Territory from which to draw upon for a crowd. 

 Inanimate targets will be used exclusively for all events and A 

 S. A. rules will govern. 



CANUCK. 



ALTHOUGH descended from an ancient and honorable family 

 of boats, the modern decked canoe and its accompaniment, 

 tbe double bladed paddle, are of quite modern origin, their 

 first general introduction to boalnj men dating back hardly 

 twenty-five years. The birthplace of the decked canoe and modern 

 canoeing was in England, under the kindly ministrations of Capt. 

 John MacGregor and Mr. W. Baben-Powell, the sport being im- 

 ported into Amer ca about five years later. In the t wo great nations 

 on either side of the. Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, in 

 which the canoe has since been so thoroughly naturalized, it found 

 on its first arrival a widely different state of affairs. In the United 

 States the canoe family was practically unknown save by a few 

 hunters and fishermen, chietlv on the Northern borders; to the men 

 who have since established canoeing in its modern sense, the crui- 

 sers, campers, paddlers and canoe sailors, the new craft came with 

 all the charm of novelty added to a wide range of adaptability for 

 all sorts of pleasure afloat. Its excellent sailing qualities, even in 

 its first crude form, at once attraced attention; and as one im- 

 provement afier another was rapidly made, the canoe in the course 

 of years developed into a really serviceable sailing era 't, though 

 at the expense perhaps of general utility and especially of paddling 

 qualities. It. was too far removed from the light rowing boat on 

 the one hand and tbe catboat on the other to meet with much op- 

 position from either, and after some early prejudice against it was 

 ou grown it entered on a car er of increasing prosperity. 



When however a year or so later the first decked canoes found 

 their way to Canada they met with a very different and less cor- 

 dial reception. Tbe canoe was by no means the stranger that it 

 was south of ti.e St. Lawrence, but in tbe form of a light open craft 

 with a single blade parid'e it had been for years in almost univer- 

 sal use for cruising, camping, racing and hunting. It is no wonder 

 that the native craft cast a j- alous eye on its foreign cousin, and 

 the latter had a hard course to pattdle for a long time. The open 

 Canadian canoe, with the light single blade that had always been 

 its inseparable adjunct, was so admirably adapted to natural con- 

 ditions and the prevailing tastes that the. majority were blind to 

 the merits of the aecked craft with the double blade, and though 

 in time the decked sailing canoe became very popular wherever 

 suitahie wate> was found, and the double blade, by dint of sturdy 

 work at the A. C. A. meets proved that for speed it was superior 

 to its forest rival; the developement of the. sailing canoe has not 

 been as rapid nor as compl t • as in the States. 



Thus it has happened tnat after many years of racing the Cana- 

 dians have taken the lead in the paddlimr races and their neighoors 

 have carriea off the sailing trophies. There have been some go.od 

 Canadian sailors in fast boats, and some very fast American pad- 

 dlers, and in the combined races the Canadians have won at times, 

 butt he gi eat sailing prizes of the Meets have nearly all eoneto the 

 United States, just as the paddling prizes have gone to Canada. 

 This year and last have howi ver proved notable exceptions in that 

 the principal sailing pi ize, the A. C. A. Tiophy,has not only gone to 

 the non h side of the St. Lawrence, but has been won twice in suc- 

 cession by the same man and in the same cauoe; something which 

 has never beeu done before. The lines of the winning boat, Can- 

 uck, are given with this article, the sail plan and the detailed des- 

 cription being left for a future issue. 



Ir will readily be seen that Canuck is of very different, model 

 from any of tn« famous canoes whose lines nave, been puhlisued at 

 times in the Fobest and Stream, Vesper, Notus, Snake, Fly, 

 Guenn, Vagabon J, Sea Bf-e and miuy others; pernaps the nearest 

 resemblance, though a purely acciden'al one, is to the canoe pub- 

 lished in our issue ot Jan. 16, 1890. As distinguished from the Cana- 

 dian canoe on the one hand and the various British models on the 

 other, she is of distinctively American model, oeing fitted, rigged 

 and sailed after the fashion of the States, but at the. same time she 

 is a. copy of none. As to design, she is the result of some sui cess- 

 ful collaboration, between her owner, Mr. Ford Jones, of Brock- 

 vilce, on the St. Lawrence River, and her builder, Michel Sauve, 

 of the same place; though just how much i f the creJit is due to 

 each we cannot say. Good as the boat is, a large share of her suc- 

 cess is due to the very skilful handling of Mr. Jones, who may be 

 put down as one of the best sailors on the St. Lawrence River or 

 in the American Canoe As^oi iation 



Mr. Jones joined the A. C. A. in 1885, sailing at the meet in the 

 canoe Irex in mat year, and again in 1886. In 1887 he was much 

 better boated in a new Sauve canoe, Ramona, with large standing 

 sails, coming in second to Pecowsio outOL 34 starters in the limited 

 rac> , third in the man overboard race, and fifth in the trophy. In 

 1887 Mr. Jones saded Ramona at Lake George, winning the man- 

 euvering race and the 1 mited sailing. Last year he brought to 

 the meet the new Canuck, sailing her without a sliding seat, as he 

 bad the others, and winning the A. C. A. trophy, as well as second 

 pi ee in the unlimited sailing. This vear he sailed with a sliding 

 s -t, bung stih, more successful, winning the trophy, 1 he unlimit-d, 

 second place in the sailing upset, and toird place in the Pecowsic 

 cup race. Added to this record, Mr. Jones in Canuck made the 

 best attempt yet for the New York C. C. International cup; it being, 

 in the opinion of most who witnessed the races a matter of wind 

 and weather between himaud the defender. 



Mr. Jones is a young Canadian, a graduate of Trinity College, 

 Toronto, in 1889, and now a law student. He has spent his li'e be- 

 side the St. Lawrence and has done a great deal of sailing in the 

 St. Lawrence skiffs, but in his canoeing he has been at a disadvan- 

 tage front oeing obliged to sail alone, with no good men ag Inst 

 him to try his boats by, as the Brockville C C. was only organized 

 last year. He neve* enters a paddling or combined race, devoting 



