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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 29, 1891. 



BULLDOG CLUB, 



Editor Forest and Stream: 

 New members to the BuIMor Club are coming in slowly. 



Six new members have been added in the past few days, 

 but they should come in more rapidly than that. Quite a 

 few are inquiring, and saying that they will join before our 

 charter membership closes Feb. 9, but it is liable to slip their 

 memory, and when Feb. 9 has passed and they find that they 

 have m'issed the chance to joiiiwith us as a charter member 

 for $10 dues, and they remember that after that date they are 

 required to pay $15 initiation fee, in addition to the $10 dues, 

 they will be sorry that they did not come in a week before 

 rather than miss connections by a day. 



Remember, |778 is offered at the New York show, in the 

 way of cups, medals and cash. Remember, "members only" 

 of the Bulldog Club compete for cups and medals offered by 

 the club at the New York show, or any other show, so ,1oin 

 us at once, and be sure and fill up bulldog entries at New 

 York at the same time. We will issue a special "souvenir" 

 catalogue at New York, giving full particulars of each and 

 every entry of bulldogs owned by the club. 



Members' dogs inserted in this "souvenir" will have their 

 full pedigree jarinted out, and one page allotted to each entry. 

 Entries for this "souvenir" cost nothing, provided you are 

 a member of the B. D, C, as only members' entries will be 

 admitted. Understand, this "souvenir" has nothing to do 

 with the W. K. C.'s catalogue. Entines for the New York 

 show must be made in proper form to Mr. Mortimer, and 



rfif course they go into the W, K. C.'s official catalogue. 



TChe Bulldog Club's "souvenir" is a private affair of the Bull- 

 dog Club, and is for "metubers only." Don't delay, but 

 join with us, all you who in the slightest way are inter- 

 ested in that good old breed— the bulldog— no matter 

 whether .you are an owner or not. We want 50 members by 

 Feb. 9, and .50 bulldogs entered and shown at New York. It 

 is possible and not asking much, so why not? 



Chas. D. Cu&le, Sec'y. 



BAIiTIMOBB, Mrl., Jan. S6. 



GORDON SETTER FIELD TRIALS.— New York, Jan. 

 26— Editor Forest and Stream: There was considerable 

 discussion at the meeting of the executive committee of the 

 Gordon Setter Club on the 10th inst. upon the subject of 

 bench shows and field trials, the result being the election of 

 a committee of three to be known as the Bench Show and 

 Field Trials Committee, as published. Part of the duties of 

 the committee will be to confer with the Irish Setter Club, 

 with a view of arriving at some concert of action in arrang- 

 ing for next autumn's field trials, obtaining a judge, grounds, 

 etc. As a meeting of the Irish Setter Clnb is called for at 

 the New York dog show next month, and subscriptions are 

 being made by Irish setter men for field trial purposes, it is 

 hoped that much practical good may result from this timely 

 agitation of the subject, and that clubs may have formulated 

 some good plan by the time the show is opened. If we all 

 pull together there must lie success. Subscriptions from 

 Gordon setter men are promised also for their field trial f und- 

 The Gordon Setter Club's special prizes at Madison Square 

 Garden amount to $65 in money, making, with those offered 

 by the Westminster Kennel Club, $280 in cash; in addition 

 to which there is the American Field's silver vase valued 

 at $100, to be competed for by Gordons owned by members of 

 the Gordon Setter Club six months before the opening of 

 the show, Feb. 24 next. These inducements ought to draw 

 out a large exhibit of Gordons. Let every lover of that beau- 

 tiful setter send his best animals, and after the show do his 

 best to make the coming Gordon Setter Field Trials a tri- 

 umph.— Mbmbkp. OF THE GOKDON SETTER CLTJB. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



KENNEL MANAGEMENT. 



There is no charge for answering: questions under 

 this head; we are always glad to give advice on the 

 care and management of dogs; and we shall make 

 this a special feature. 



C. H., ]>Jant3coke, Pa.— I am the owner of a fine setter pru), six 

 months old. She appears to be stunted in her growth, as there 

 are others of the same litter that are as large again. Please let 

 me know through your columns lyhat I can do for her. She eats 

 well hut is very 1 bin. Ans. She probably has Avorms. Fast the 

 bitch for twenty-four hours, after having administered a dessert- 

 spoonful of castor oil, then give half a drachm of areta nut iu a 

 jiU of lard, an hoar afterward repeat the pill and if in half an 

 ^lour or so the worms are not ejected give another spoonful of 

 castor oil. For a week or so after feed soft food, sucli as soups etc, 



M. F. S., Troy, N. Y.— Will you kindly answer the following^ 

 1. What are the symptoms of distemper, shown in a St. Bernard 

 puppy 6 months old? 3. What is the proper trpatment of such 

 disease In such a dog? 3. My dog has been very loggj- for the past 

 week and his bowels have been very loose. He has also lest his 

 appetite. What can be the matter with him? Ans. 1. The symp- 

 toms of distemper are: First a dulness and disinclination to 

 exertion, loss of appetite and shivering. Then every symptom of 

 a common cold is apparent, with watery di.soharges from the eyes 

 and nose, accompanied by sneezing; then a husky rough and 

 fever, the latter becomes higher, nose hot and dry and inside of 

 eyelids become inflamed. If not attended to the discharges from 

 nose and eyes become so tliick that the eyelids are glued together 

 and crusts form round the nostrils, and the breath smells offen- 

 sive. Unless taken in hand these signs of distemper become 

 accentuated and more than likely complications ensue, resulting 

 in death. 2. Directly symptoms of distemper appear, give the 

 dog a small dose of castor oil, then an eight-grain quinine pill, 

 this W'll often moderate the fever, if not give the following every 

 two hours and discontinue when the fever goes down. Dose one 

 teaspoonfn): 



Tr. aconite rad gtt. xxx 



Potass, eliloratis 3 i 



Ammon. mur Z- ss 



Spts. selb. nit 5 ' 



Aqua 5 ij 



Remove the discharge from no&e and eyes hy bainiug with a 

 solution of borax and water. Keep the dog in warm and well- 

 ventilated quarters and feed on nourisbing !^oft food, such as 

 broths, milk and beef tea, made in your own kitchen. A little 

 raw beef chopped up is often eaten when everything else is 

 rejected 3. He may have distemper. Anyhow, give him a two- 

 grain quinine pill twice a day, leed no solid food and report 

 result. 



Motes maat be sent on prepared blanks, which are far> 

 nlshed free on receipt of stamped and addressed envelope 

 of large letter size. Sets of ZOO of any one form, bound for 

 retaining duplicates, are sent for 30 cents. 



BRED. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



English Lady—TM Senator. R,ochelle Kennels' (New Rochelle, 

 N. Y.) black and tan terrier bitch English Lady (Gordon— Ress) to 

 their The Senator (Patrick— Pink), Deo. 35. 



BaUyi'ush— Slavs. W. J. Oomstnck's ( Providence. R. I ) Irish ter- 

 rier hitch Ballyrush to his Mars (Benedict— lerne), Jan. 4. 



Katie Coimo7-—Mars. W. J. Gomstock's (Providence, R. I.) Irish 

 terrier bitch Katie Connor (Benedict— Breda Florence) to his 

 Mars, Nov. 33. 



Thisbe—Sniierlms. C. Wagner's (Brooklyn, N. "i .) St. Bernard 

 bitch Thisbe (Barry— Lucy) to Welz & Zerwick's Superbus (cham- 

 pion Plinltmmon— Lady Onslow), Jan. 23. 



NellU Belton—Tecl Lleivenin. Unrest Kennels' (Croton, N. Y.) 

 English setter bitch Nelhe Belton (Warwick Albert— Princess 

 Belton) to W. B. Peet's Ted Llewellin (champion Druid— Jessie;, 

 Jan. 16. 



LittU Nell— Dick Swiveller. Geo. H. Covert's (OhicagorlU.) Irish 

 setter bitch Little Nell to his champion Hick Swiveller, Dec. 20. 



GUdeUa—iyic'h Siviveller. G. H. Covert's (Chicago, 111.) Irish set- 

 ter bitch Glidelia to liis champion Dick Swiveller, Dec. 15. 



Stella 1 v.— Bed River OUmho. G. H. Covert's (Chicago, 111.) Irish 

 setter bitch Stella IV. to hl» Red River Glencho, Dec. lo. 



JiR— Brant. Dr. Nicol's (Cookstown, Ont.) cocker spaniel bitch 

 Jill (Doctor— Lucy) to C. M. Nelles's champion Brant (Oho II.— 

 Bonita), Jan. 17. 



WHELPS. 



|^°° Prepared Blanks sent free on appltcatlon. 



Lonie. F. P. Comstock's (Providence, R. I.) lilack and tan ter- 

 rier bitch Lonie (champion Beaconsficld— Nelly), Jan. 17, two (one 

 dog), by his Jasper (Sir Edward II.— Llovd's Bose). 



Fof. F. F. Dole's (New Haven, Conn.) bull bitch Vol (Ogracioiis 

 — Volante), Dec. 15, six (three ck)gs), by Mr. Dutton'.s Sheffield 

 Monarch (champion British Monarch- Sheffield Bess); three 

 bitches and one dog since dead. 



Biddy Clare. L. N. Hilsendegen's (Detroit, Mich.) Irish setter 

 hitch Biddy Clare (Elchn, Jr.— Meg). Jan. 14, sixteen (five dogs), by 

 his Dan O'Connell (Sarsfield— Ooe F.). 



LallaRookh. L. N. Hilsendegen's (Detroit, Mich.) Irish setter 

 bitch Lalla Rookh (Eloho, Jr.— Bessie Glencho), Jan. 18, nine (five 

 dogs), by his Dan O'Connell (Sarsfield— Coe F.). 



KUdare Ruby. G. H. Covert's (Chicago, III.) Irish setter bitch 

 Kildare Ruby, Jan. 4, ten (five dogs), by his champion Dick Swiv- 

 eller. 



Ed(/ewood BeUe. F. F. Dole's (New Haven, Conn.) bull-terrier 

 hitch Edgewood Belle (Prince— Nell), Dec. 17, eight (four dogs), by 

 Fred Hinks's Regent (champion Ambition— Qaeen of Spain); four 

 dogs since dead. 



Venom Queen. E. R. Thompson's (Troy, N. Y.) bull-terrier bitch 

 Venom Qaeen (Trentham Baron— Venom), Jan. 1. eight (seven 

 dogs), by F. F. Dole's Hinks (White Sara— Duchess III.). 



White Daisy. R. H. Carnahan's (New Haven, Conn.) bull-terrier 

 bitch VVhite Daisy (Bendigo— Rose), De'^. 37, nine (six dogs), by F. 

 F. Dole's Hinks (Wnite Sam— Duchess III.). 



SALES. 



Prepared Blanks sent free on application. 



Boh Gates, Jr. White and orange. English setter dog, whelped 

 July 5, 1889. by Bob Gate? out of Flo Maclia, by F, Thurlo, New- 

 htiryport, Mass.. to Geo. W. LaBue. New York. 



Blue Bldge Belle. White atid orang« English settpr hitch, 

 whelped .fuly 4, 1889. by Wild Rake out of Miss Nellie (J., by H«rry 

 Walter, Mineral Point, O., to Geo. W. LaRue, New Y'^ork. 



Otto Donner. Black, white and tan English setter dog, whelped 

 Aug. 3, 1886, by Count Noble out of Gladys, hy Geo. W. La Rue, 

 New York, to Dr. H. H. Kane, same place. 



Mikado— Bang's Mollie wlielps. Lemon and white pointers, 

 whelped Sept. 14, 1890, by Bar Harbor Kennels, Bar Harbor, Me., 

 a hitch to Beekman Hemingtou, Morristown, N. J., and a dog to 

 S. M. Tyler, Providence, R. I, 



EMby Swiveller. Red Irish setter bitch, by G. H. C ivert, Chicago, 

 ni., to C. p. Jones, Lathrop, Mo. 



Miss Swiveller. Bed Irish setter hitch, hy G. H, Covert, Chicago, 

 Hl.i to G. C. Hamilton, Athens, Ga. 



Master Swiveller. Red Irish setter dog, by H. Cotert, CJhicago, 

 IlL. to J. C. Clone, Los AJigeles, Oal, 



Swivellette. Red Irish setter hitch, hy G. H. Covert, Chicago, 

 111., to C. M. Acklen, Washington, D. C. 



Count Swiveller and Princess Bijyal. Red Irish setter dog and 

 hitch, by G. H. Covert, Chicago,lll.,toO.M. Rounds, San Antonio, 

 Tex. 



Princess S^viven€r and Geen Royal. Red Irish setter hitches, hy 

 G. H. Covert, Chicago, 111., to Thos. M. MrKee. Jf annette, Pa. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



BOSTON, Jan. 24.— The regular weekly shoot of the Massachu- 

 setts Rifle Association was held at its range to-day, with a large 

 attendance of riflemen. The conditiors were good, with a light 6 

 to 9 o'clock wind. Good scores were made in most of the matches. 

 Following are to-day's scores, distance 20O.yds , Standard Ameri- 

 can target, re-entries allowed each week: 



All-Comers' Rest Match. 



T Warren 106 M T Day 103 D Martin i>S 



A H Ballard 106 A B Loring lOa J French 87 



DO Lyman 105 A N Mann 9» JBHobbs.., 82 



W Peters 105 IB Thomas 95 



All-Comers' Off-Hand Mateh. 



W Charles' 81 A Sharp 69 D Martin 65 



BO Sydney 78 T B Smith 69 F G Molmes 64 



Pistol Match— 5o Yds. 



W Charles 83 A N Mann 76 MTDay 73 



OM Howard 83 S C Sydney 75 H Joseph 67 



O D Gray 78 AG Stevens 75 



NEW YORK PISTOL CLUB, Jan. 24.-The New Y'ork Pistol 

 and Revolver Cluh's weekly meetings at their headquarters, 12 

 St. Marks place, are always well attended, and this evening was 

 no exr-eption to the rule. The scores: Six shots on the Zettler 

 amateur target, possible oO points, 40ft. distance: A. Stein, .44ca]., 

 57. H. Of hi, .38ch1., 34; B. Walther. .44cal., 54; G.E. Jantz'-r. .38cal., 

 53;J. Walz, .33cal. pistoL 53: F. Hecking, .38cal., 51;V. B.Daly, 

 .44cal.. 51. 



NEW YORK RIFE CLUB. Jan. 23.— The membership of the 

 New Y'"orli Rifle Club and the work done by the members on long 

 and short ranee are increasing slowly but surely, and the clnb 

 will soon be in a position to give some of the crack organizations 

 in this city and in New England a hard tussle in a team race. At 

 tlie regular gallery shoot of the club on their range at 12 St. Marks 

 place this evening, 63 entries were made. The result showed that 

 the allotment of handicaps hy the executive committee gives the 

 experts and the beginners a very even chance. The 25-ring target 

 reduced for 100ft. distance was used. The handicaps and hest 

 scores of each man were: Dr. E. Chadbourn receiA^ed 7 points, 

 342; T. J. Dolan, scratch. 388; J. M. Herrington, 1 pomt, 336; J. 

 Duane, 6 ooints, 2*35; V. B. Daly, 7 points, 335: J. DannefeLer, 13 

 points, 234; T. J. Loyd, 5 points, 333: N. O'Donnell, 8 points. 330; Dr. 

 Cantrell, 15 points, 3.39; Major Shorkley, 7 points, 323; Mr. Chaplin, 

 15 points, 330. 



EXIT BALLARD.— The Marlin Co., for sometime past makers 

 of the Ballard rifle, announce that the making of this rifle is to 

 be discontinued, and that orders for parts will be taken subject to 

 the articles called for heing in stock. 



CONLIN'S EXPERTS.— The rest rifle match that has been 

 going on at Oonlin's gallery, corner of Broadway and Thirty-first 

 street, was ended on Jan. 23. Jt was for five gold badges, distance 

 100ft., any .22cal. rifle, expert targets used, the three best scores to 

 count, made in ten days' time. To give au idea of how close the 

 shooting was a silver half-dime will cover all of the winner's 

 shots. Tlio match was very closely contested; there were 30 en- 

 tries. The following are the five best that were made, possi ble 70: 



G L AA^lliams 68 68 67—203 G E Jantzer 64 65 67—196 



J E Elliott 66 66 66—198 O M Donley .66 65 63—194 



J BBurt 66 05 65-196 



A new match will commence Jan. 38 and end Feb. 7, 7 bullseyes, 

 rest shooting with rifle for elegant gold badge. 



THE TRAP. 



BR'ER GAWGE AND MR. ELLIOTT. 



Chicago, Dl., Jan. 34.— Once more It has been pretty well dem- 

 onstrated that there can't any Kansas City airship sail into this 

 place a nd carry off a great big bluff. Bre'r Gawge Kleinman has 

 again administered a severe rebuke to one Mr. Elliott, of Kansas 

 City. 



Early in the week, as was announced duly, Mr. Elliott arrived 

 in Chicago. He wanted to shoot a match and he wanted to shoot! 

 it right away. He didn't want to wait a minute. He had made 

 no previous announcement of his coming, hut he wanted to shoot 

 a match right off, and if one couldn't he concluded he was going 

 home that evening. This method of procedure was a trifle unique 

 in the eyes of serious men, but it had this advantage: If Mr.Elliotfc 

 could not get a match inside of 24 hours he could go back to his 

 Kansas City friends and say to them: 'Wou see these men, Georg© 

 and Abe Kleinman, beat me hefore when I was out of form, but 

 when I am in good shape I can't get on a match with either of- 

 them. They're dead scared of me. It's too had I can't get a 

 decent race to shoot when I want to. But I had to come back 

 without one." " 



Now that is just what Chicago ought to have done with Jim 

 Elliott, '-■be ought to have let him go back and wait awhile. Abe 

 Kleinman declined to shoot. "I ain't jumpln' to .shoot matches 

 every time you boys call on me," said Abe. "l don't have to shoot 

 Jim Elliott every time he asks me to. Let him go get a record 

 first, and then send up word about two days ahead of time. 



I may think of it. The Kleinman family is running itself, and 

 it ain't no regular match box with the lid wide open and a sign 

 one.' I've been in jail for two weeks, over therein a jury 

 . I don't want to shoot Jim Elliott, and i ain't going to— not 



Scores for publication slwuld be made out on the printed blanks 

 prepared by the Voreel and Stream, and furnished gratis to club 

 secretaries. Correspo7idents who favor us with club scores are pa/r- 

 iicularly requested to wr^ite on one side of the paper 07ily. 



FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here 

 send in notice like the following: 



Feb. 17-20.— Annual Winter Tournament Davenport (la.) Gun 

 Club. Live birds and inanimates. Address J. F. Kray, Sec'y. 



March 34 26.— Detroit Gun Club Tournament, with Inter-State 

 Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association. 



April 28-30.— New London (or New Haven) Tnter-State Associa- 



^^May 5-6.— Algona (la.) Gim Club Tournament. Open to all. 

 John G. Smith. Sec'.v. 

 May 19-21.— Washinarton (D. C.) Inter-State Association. 



TOURNAMENT DATES.— New Y''ork, Jan. 31.— We would like 

 to claim dates in fixtures for the Detroit (ion Cluh tournament, 

 assisted by the Inter-State Manufacturers and Dealers' Associa- 

 tion, ;c4tli. 35th and 26th of March. Dates for elt her New London 

 or New Haven toui-nament, assisted by the Inter-State Manufat- 

 turers and Dealers' Association, 38th, 29th and 30lh of April. 

 Dates for Washington, D. C, tournament, assisted hy the Inter- 

 State Manufacturers and Dealers' Association, 19th, 20th, and 31st 

 of May.— Standard KEys'xoNE TabgetCo , H.A.Penrose, Pres. 



ALGONA, 111., Jan. 21.— The Algona Gun Club will hold a shoot- 

 ing tournament May 5 and 6, targets and live birds, open to alL— 

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unless he gets me mad." Abe added the last rather reflectively, 

 and pounded down the wads in the shells he was loading with a 

 ,su=picious amount of energy. "George shan't shoot him, either," 

 he said a moment later. "George is sick and not fit to shoot. 

 Besides, I don't like the principle of this thing. We ain't cham- 

 pions, but we got a right to make the silver cup champions go get 

 a record before we beat 'em anymore. .Tim hasn't beat anybody 

 since we lieat him. All he has done was to go down home and go 

 into training and practice all the time. Y'hu fellows that talk 

 match ought to know that you are hotting against the other man's 

 game. George shan't shoot him, and I won't. Not unless I get 

 mad." 



And George said he wouldn't shoot him. But the first thing 

 Abe heard was that George had agreed to shoot Elliott, 1(X) birds, 

 $300 a side. Thus, doubling his het, Mr. Elliott stood a chance to 

 save his original losses. And thus he had to stay over till Friday 

 and had to stioot the match. The matter was not of George Klein- 

 man's making or seeking, hut was concluded by friends who 

 hacked him and who felt sure he could win. 



Three years ago George Kleinman was a physical giant, a man 

 of large frame, robust and heavy. He has had a heart trouble for 

 over two years, and to-day one who had only seen him then would 

 not know him. He is gaunt, thin and slender-looking. Yesterday 

 he stood in the cold wind looking pinched and blue, and almost 

 had a chill while he was shooting. As the race drew to a close 

 and it became certain that he would win, his more intimate 

 friends passed among the crowd and whispered, "Boys, be careful 

 and don't pick George up on your shoulders if he wins, for you 

 might hurt him." That is the kind of a man who beat Jim Elliott 

 a little while ago, and beat him again yesterday, who, many of his 

 friends think, can beat him at any station this side of the river 

 Jordan. 



So far as could be judged hy his looks, Mr. Elliott was in perfect 

 health and condition. It is to he presumed he thought himself in 

 form, or be would not have come up from Kansas City. At any 

 rate, he shot a game and nervy race, aad showed himself a shooter 

 all the way through. He stood to win the race, and ough t by het- 

 ticg judgment to have had tbe favor in odds of SlOO to $90. To-day, 

 however. It would oe unwise to lay such odds on him, or perhaps 

 even to callit oven. His record is gone, as against these twomen. 

 They have beaten him three times straight. He is not a cham- 

 pion. His title by virtue of a certain cup he holds is simply a hit- 

 ter emptiness and significant of nothing but the unworthiness 

 possible in such so-called championships. One winning now 

 would not make him equal, even should the Chicago boys adopt 

 the poll' y of giving him another chance to retrieve his honor, 

 which they will hardly do. But while certain prejudice in favor 

 of George Kleinman, from a respect for his modesty and unpre- 

 I entiousness, and contrasted with that arrogance of success 

 which led jVIr. Elliot to think himself the invincitjle champion of 

 America, and this to the extent of saying to George and Abe 

 Kleinman: "Why, on hard birds I outclass you boys 7 or 8 birds in 

 the 100." I none the less think that no writei', through local or 

 other prejudice, ought to jump on a defeated man. Mr. Elliott 

 has the sympathy of many here. His defeats here are in a way of 

 more value to him than twice as many victories. He is learning 

 something, and is likely to gain more respect here than he ever 

 ha d before. He has many quali tities to make him a popular man. 

 About three more defeats and he will be a rattling good fellow. 

 There are plenty of people who can't stand too much prosperity, 

 and it's no disgrace to be one of those for a while, if you fall out 

 of it in time. Meanwhile, do not let any innocent think Jim 

 Elliott is not a pigeon shot, for he is. On Kansas City grounds 

 he could probably beat George Kleinman to-morrow. He could 

 not heat Abe Kleinman there. He could beat Charles Budd 

 there, but not in Chicago, on hard winter birds. There is much 

 talk to-day here about who is actually the best pigeon shot of 

 America. Barring Carver and perhaps Bogardus, it is very prob- 

 able that, in a series of 100-bird races, enough to properly test the 

 men, Abraham Kieinman would show himself the best pigeon 

 shooter for money in the coutry. This is quite aside from the 

 "championship" business, however. 



But about Bre'r Gawge and Mr. Elliott. Fokust and Stkeam 

 and everybody else had been making so much fun of Bre'r Gawge's 

 Prize Machine gun that he grew afraid of it. On Thnrsday he 

 got hold of a new L3-gauge Greener, belonging to Roll Organ. 

 This gun had never had a shot fired through it. George used it in 

 several little sweeps, and killed 37 out of 39 with it. It svas rather 

 closer than his old gun. The latter had begun to shoot open, and 

 George couldn't get the bulges .around the muzzle pounded hack 

 to suit him. He concluded to shoot the Greener, which fitted him 

 pretty well in the race. Would any other man have gone into 

 such a race with a gun he had shot once heforei* This alone was 

 a risky business, as events in the match showed clearly. Mr. El- 

 liott shot his 12-gauge Greener, using the New Y'orli load. George 

 used .Schnltze shells of Abe's loading, 73^ chilled Tatham in the 

 right, soft Chicago 7s in the left. 



The attendance at the grounds at Watson's Park, Burnside, 

 was the largest seen for years, and much larger than that brought 

 out by any State tournament. There were about 400 people on 

 hand,' the seats and sheds being packed full. An element from 

 Pullman and neighboring work people towns was on hand, and 

 from this occasional cheers were heard when Mr. Elliott missed a 

 bird. The Chicago men did their hest to stop this disgusting 

 feature. Next time a half-dollar entrance fee should be charged 

 to out out this rabble. The race was a gentleman's affair, how- 

 ever, no open betting heing tolerated, and ail the gentlemen 

 present remembering clearly that the visitor was quite alone in 

 the enemy's territory. No one was up from Kansas City. Con- 

 siderable money was wagered, and Mr. Elliott had supporters in 

 the crowd to the extent of a good many hundred dollars, among 

 these being several Chicago men. 



The day was cold. The birds were good and strong, the great 

 hulk of them prompt starters axd many^ of them exceedingly 

 fast. There is some talk that Elliott was favored hy the birds. 

 There always is such foolish talk, and there always will be men 

 who think they can look at a detailed score and figure out just 

 what each man ought to have done. I don't believe in such stuff 

 for a minute. In the score appended the direction of each bird 

 has been given carefully, but no such score can faithfully repro- 

 duce a race, because it cannot describe the quality of each bird. 

 Two birds may he marked "D," for "driver." but one may be very 

 fast and one very slow, so that the proper credit of the kill is 

 quite lost. The public is wisest which believes that these two 

 men shot at birds on the average practically equal. Brilliant and 

 phenomenal kills were nearly equally distrihu ted. (Jeorge Klein- 

 man saved two birds hardly a toot inaide the line. Elliott lost 

 two just over. He aleo lost an incomer, dead just across the line, 

 which he failed to gather through sheer carelessness. Had these 

 three instances been different in rhe tide of pure luck, not skill, 

 Elliott would have won. Thus may he seen the exciting nature of 

 this match, and its fairness, and its evenness. We must look 

 away from the detailed score, careful and ac urate as it is. Geo. 

 Kieinman can win more races than J. A. R. Elliott, because he 

 has the better theory of shooting at the trap. In this race he used 

 his second quicker than he was ever known to before, but he 

 never fired it in the air. Elliott's style is due to make him lose, 

 sooner or later. A model in position and brilliancy, he still has 

 that foolish Eastern "bang hang" notion too deeply settled in his 

 head. A close observation showed that Elliott lost the effect of 

 his second nine times in the 100 birds, hy shooting where there 

 wasn't any bird. This was on his 9ih, 10th, 11th, 16th, 20th, 29th, 

 53d, 74th and 83d. It is true that of these nine birds his first har- 

 ' rel stopped all but one, but suppose a bird had recovered and gone 

 out, as may well happen? You do not see this "bang-bang" 

 theory in the Kleinman shooting. Used to careful shooting on 



