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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[June 18, 1891. 



SEVENTEE NTH ILLIN OIS STATE. 



Ohicaqo,!!! , June 8 — The man who fired the first gTin In the 

 first tournament of the lUinoiB State Sportsmon's Association, 

 even though he h d been a seventh son of a teveutti pon. horn 

 with the veil and gifted with the power of second sight, could 

 never have prophesied larael'* enough to eover ihe actual dimen- 

 sions of this ih^ seventeenth annual recurrence of that interest- 

 ing iixture. Not even las*' yt^ar, successful as the State shoot was 

 then, wairanted the success of this Uertainlv nothing in tfie 

 record nf rh> year at the trap uneventful it has "been in the 

 matter of great lournamentts, gave any prmnisp of a shoot like 

 this. The reason for th1«, harring the insufficient facts nf plenty 

 of money prizes and plenty of hard hu tling < f the aiilpst sort by 

 a strong executive committee, is not ju-t at press-^nt wpparent, 

 but th's plain ff-ct is onvimis That he first dav of the Illinois 

 seventeenth annual tournament showed a sho >t far and away the 

 best iliat has been hela in the Uai'eri States at any time within 

 the past year, or within a titne much further hock than that in 

 tlies'' da^s of w an'ng atteurl an < es a' tournaments. This much 

 can be said, and is said by men outside of the reach of local pre- 

 judice. It might not He well to say too mucii about Chicago, lest 

 it cause envy in alien bosoms, but i' is nevertheless the ca«e that 

 the happv club men of this city are to-day shaking eaeh other by 

 the hnnd and giv ng vent to such expressions as that "there is but 

 one city in the world that can dve a good shoot," or '•Chicago 

 leads the world at every station." We will be fore d to givp the 

 big and vital city credit for dividing the record when the record 

 was already broken, but af'er that let us b« courtenus as w<^ll as 

 last and say a word of praise for the exe cutive committee, Messrs. 

 Price, Bnrton, Don Id, T^ichols and Edbrooke, for the officers, 

 "Messrs. Rowe, Hoffman. Marshall and Sh^pard, for the Au-'ution 

 Clab as ho t in general for the vear. and for everybody who has 

 pulled a wire or rolled a stone hereto. These, aided by Chicago 

 and by the rare faculty of the American shooter to know a good 

 thing when he sees it, have hejpKd Chice.go make a tournament 

 ■Wl'ioh is a corker, a screamer, a boney and a bird. 



There is some small f mptatlon to grow incoherent over aU 

 this, but we hold the documents. Tn"e Illmois ouriament is 

 always measured b the great Board of Trade dia'nond ba^ige 

 sboot. Illinois men will compare one > ear wnh another only by 

 contrasting the entry in this shoot with that of the o'her year, 

 L^si June th entry in the Board of Tr^de contest was 78. ve-y 

 much larger than th<itof the ^ ear before, which was 65, if my 

 memorv si rves m-^. This je r the entry in 'he great sboot crept 

 easih up to 78 and passed it with a rush. "It will go 90." said the 

 confident; ana i w-^r t 100 almost within the moment. It crept on 

 beyond tha*. 110 11.5 120. ana finally towsvd ev'^ning, when the 

 last sqnad was called up, it stoppe'' at 121. If any other State 

 shoot is going to put a claw mark higher up the tree tv.an that 

 -we shall be obliged to euess at it oulvfeeoU. The L C. Smith 

 cup race at targ"48 is another regul.-ir event ff this tournament 

 which is of great intere t. This year it was about a third larger 

 than it was last, tbe entry being cU-sed at 77. 



The fl ittering programme for the open to all tournament 

 br'-usht in an exceptiona'ly laree attendance from other States. 

 Dr. Miller is on tr^im Amand«, O., Mr. J. E Pumnhrey from 

 Columhus. O., and Mr. F',ul Xortt'. from CJeveland, the latter 

 bringing with him 'he latest bluecoek trap, sprung by electrieiiv, 

 and with a rot ting ba^e. «hich permits a i hange of angles at 

 every shot. » pr ti\ contrivar^ce, which w 11 be in p^aci ^al u e at 

 Milwaukee rits' week. A few moons ago, w'len everybody was 

 running to the mono'-nv of f'C rap 'I Hre 3> stem, th'- journal 

 was in a vacce or oopular sentimen which rai ed t e cr'' agi'nst 

 the rwechaijicf 1 nature of suco prr': now mechan^'cal skill is 

 bronghtro bear m keep pa e with a sendment which lias run 

 ahead of manufacturer and journal alike. The press, and tirst 

 and most of all Forest and Stream, deserves the credit for the 

 growing tasie for skill, leadinebS and marksmarly qualities in 

 inanimate shotting. There will ue no bars h' re. however, ae-ainst 

 the professionals. Charlie Rudd is on from lo-^a, RoUa Heikes is 

 of coursp snooting here. Tucker, MeMurchy and Courtney "re all 

 expected in, and Daer, Powers, Ca mcro-s aod many other high 

 grades are all mingling freely with the newer ones. Jim Elliott 

 is on from Kansas City, others from that, city are hoped for. 

 Mes-rs. Merrill and Clements are over from Alilwaukee. and in- 

 deed every State of is immediate portion of 'he West is repre- 

 senitd to gi eater or less exttnt. From I be S'ate clubs outside of 

 Cliicago the delegati ns are both uum>-rous and i^trong. From 

 Keithstiurg Cub are present Mayor Tom Marshall, one of our 

 State sportsmen of the best sort, with his associates Messrs. O. H. 

 Lloyd, E Ueterline. L. Cburchill. Ed Elliott atid Frank Black. 

 Mr. Tom Laflin, another of th" pillars, is up from Geneseo, with 

 Messrs. Harbongb, Reese. White. Barr, Boo h and Jaques. 

 From Jacksonville come Messrs. Strawn, T'^ylor, Baker and 

 Duer. Indeed from all the itliuo's clubs belonging to the Associ- 

 ation the representation is very flattering, as will appear more 

 fully n the record of the club t^am shoot. 



The grounds at Watson's Park, at Burnside Station, never 

 looked so well The clttb te"ts starved to fill out tbe array of 

 buildings, notably among them the Fort Dearborn Club lent on 

 thf txtreme left the inviting Audubon Clni- tent, and the hospit- 

 able edifice of the Gun Clnb, where the regular r'ireshments of 

 earlv custom are offered without money and without price. John 

 Watson i" the king of live bird bandhrs, as to-day's trapping 

 would show, but he never rose a grade in popularity ouicker than 

 he did this week when he announced that nad put in the Kinc 

 electrical traps. These traps worked nicely to-day, less flushing 

 with the rig ropes being necessary after the big brass balls had 

 rolled m upon the b'rds than would have been under the old 

 gronno trap and si are-rope plan. The birds were up to a good 

 average for this y^-ar, which is not of the best in live bird annals. 

 They were not squabs or culls, hue good healthy, strong birds. 



Btiside the center of inttrest at the live bird score, there were 

 two sets . f traps of five and three respectively, where the lovers 

 of inanimate things shot off events and ties. Ike Watson. J hn 

 Watson's son, presided ov r the cash and scores here, and did 

 ab-tut three m^n's work. Great as the Illinois State shoot is. it is 

 not Kreat in system. The scoring arrangements were not well 

 perfected, and the press accommodations, as usual, were of the 

 meager, skinny and cold- looded sort. The press, however, is 

 about able to take care of itself. 



The referee for the live bird contests was Mr. H. J. Edwards, 

 now "f Spmk county, Dakota, but once a Chicago shooter. Mr. 

 Edwards is an old-timer, with the frosts of several Octobers on 

 his head, and age, experience and character ahke brought him 

 and his decisions a perfect respect. The rules shot were the 

 Illinois State ruhs This association is conservative, and it 

 always had an id a it knew enough to make a few rules for itself. 



A 1 hough shootintf weot on stcadilv all day on the Board of 

 Trade badge sboot. that event was only atiout half finished this 

 evening. Tne scores will therefore be given later in corrected 

 form. The shooting was doup ^n oan^os, 5 birds down per mi.u. 



THE TABGET8. 



Peoria blackbirds were u-.ed. Tue shooting began early and 

 was kept np till Inte. Ttie following are thescorfs of the day: 



Sixth programme contest, 15 Peoria blackbirds. $5: 

 J L Wilcox... OimOOllimil VZ J Pariington.. 101111111111111-14 

 W s Duer. .. .llllilllOlllUl— 14 JE Fumptuev.llOIillllllllll— 12 

 CM Powers. ..mOilllllllllO-13 J E Heemans..l011 11011111011—12 



JWTaylor ...101101111110110-11 FBl icU 1101 110 HI 10 111— I'i 



A J Ativater...l0110milillll— 13 T Marshall. ...llllllllllliOll— 14 



R E t<>aitkl in.. 11111111010 1111- 13 English 100111101111111—12 



W J Baker. . . . 11 IhtlOll 101111—12 J A Rut-le lUllllllllim— l-''^ 



TCop 111111111111111-15 C E WiUard... 111111011111001—12 



R O iJeikes. ..111111111111111—15 A G Flickengei 1111111111111 11-15 



FMosher 111011111111110-13 ' 



AD fa ncross 111111111101110-13 

 K E D^ f^rline. 111111111111111— 1." 



Hufnlooher 011101000 10 11 11— 9 J E HenuinglOlllllll 10 00 10-10 

 E Deterline. 101011111 001111-11 J P Htcks.... 110000101 11 10 00 -7 

 J W Taylor..l01llllll 10 10 lU-11 T Panner. . ..lOiOlOllO 11 11 01 -10 



W G Pay sonlllll 1110 11 11 10-13 Cop lOOllOlli 11 10 11-11 



H Bahcock. 001111111 10 00 01 - 9 P F Stone.. .111110111 10 10 10 -11 

 J PrtrtingtonlUlOllll 11 11 11-14 Fahnestock. 111101111 10 11 10-13 



Mosher 111011101 11 11 11-13 



Hiidd and Wuc x div. hr'u, $73.40; Duer, Bli:(ck, Heikes and 

 Partintrton d v. secop'"', f£4.30. Ties on 13 shot, and Payson, C. E. 

 Willaid Csirncrnss and Kn iwles div. thir^l, f 35 10. Ties on 13 

 sho', and M^^rsbpll. Schick. Engl<<nd, Ruae and Fahnestock div. 

 fourth. S17. 55. Fifty-one entries in this shoot. 

 Ninth programme cont^-it, 12 Peoria WacKbirds, SI: 



Tarlor 1 1111101111 1— U .Tenner 011101011111— 9 



JSWilc 'X 110011011101—8 Schick 111111111111—13 



R R Wadswor h .0001111110010 - 5 John Davis lllOlllOllU 10 



R 0 Heikes lllliUOllll— 11 W G Payson 111111110111—11 



R E Franklin ...111111111111—12 J P SUeier OOlUOllllU- 9 



Fl'ckinger lllllUlOIll 11 R R Miller 111111110111—11 



G Kleinman 111101111111—11 J H Robbins OllOOIlOlOOl— 6 



Merrill liniOllOlIO'- 9 



Hal] 1111111010 1—10 



Atwarer 111011111111-11 



Adams 111001 101001— 7 



B S'ecfe oniimioii— 9 



L Willard OlOOlOlllllI— 8 



C W Budd 111111111111-12 



W D Price 101011110101— 8 



Cop OlOlOlOOllll- 7 



Parmer OlllOUitlllO- 8 



Hicks lOOOOOllOOlO- 4 



StrawH Olllllllllll-U 



Clement 0111001 110 10- 7 



JC lllllllOllU-ll 



G W Rex Ill 10111111— 11 



F A Pla e 111010:01110— 8 



JAR Elliott lUHlilllll— 12 



Uunge 11101 lliOlll— 10 



England Oil '11111 101— 10 



Cairncross llHU 00111—10 



Knowles IIIIUOIIIIO-IO 



Hale .110111111001— 9 



Duer 111111111111—12 



C E Wiiia-d UllUOlllll-ll 



WE Phillips -..111111111111-13 

 L M Hamline ...111111111111-12 



J P Card 110111001103- 5 



Torkington OlloOllOlOOl— 5 



Mosher 111111111101-11 



Rumsey OIllllllOlOl— 9 



Bl«ck Ill 1 11110111-11 



D J Forrier IIIOIIIOIIOI- 9 



C A Wooster IP 111111111-13 



Jim Einn lOllOlOllOlO- 7 



Powers 111111111101 -11 



Gardner Ul I 111 1 00 1 1-10 



Partington 110111111111-11 



Runstein lOOllOllllll- 9 



Ruhlp 111111111111-13 



H Babcock 111011111111-11 



MeGough lOlllOlolOU- 8 



Wolf llllOUllOUt- 9 



Booth 110111110111-10 



A W Reeves 111101111 10-10 



AE Peasley UlllllOllll-U 



Herman 1101011 11101- 9 



Pumnbrey 111111101111-11 WJ Baker 011011011011- , 



* " • " O Williams lOOOllllOloi— 7 



A T Loyd 011111111001— 9 



O B Dicks llllllllUIl-13 



G Kl-inman...lllllllh)111101— 13 

 H Bah.ook....lHil0110111'01— 12 

 A E Veasley... 101111011111011— 12 



Cop, Heike", Ueterline and Ruhle div. first, g43.70. Duer, Part- 

 ingion, Pumphrey and Marshall div. second, $32 80. Ties on 13 

 shot off. and Eranklin and Geo. Kleinman div. tuird. $21 80. Ties 

 on 13 shot off, and Black and C. E. Willard div. lourth, $10.90, 

 after breaking 20 straight each. 



Seventh programme contest, 15 Peoria blackbirds, 9 singles and 

 3 pi.irs, 



0 R Dix 010000010 10 11 10- 6 



W S Duer....nillliOl 11 11 11-14 



P Black llllllill 10 1111 14 



Geo Rex lllUOIll 10 11 10-12 



T Marshall. .111111011 1011 \{l—l> 



C S Willard. llimni 10 10 11—13 

 J Kleinman. 0010 11101 00 10 11— 7 

 A Ruuge.... nil 11111 1010 01—12 

 M J Eich. . . .111010101 00 10 11— 9 

 Fleming 1111)1011 1011 10-12 



J F SctiicU.. llllllill 1001 10—13 PumPurev... llllllill 10 1110-13 



E MG rdn rOllbl 111 10 0010— 9 R FraDk'i-!..lllll0111 0111 iO-12 



AH lu ktT.e. inimill 10 10 00 11 A Rabeo(-k.. 11011111' 10 hi 111- 11 



WEPbill;p 100111111 1(11110 11 W Dllyori..lliDlini 11 11 10-T^ 



R 0 Heikf-.. 111111111 11 10 11— 14 J h" Davis. .111110111 1010 11— 12 



A J Atwati=r]101IOllO 10 11 11—11 To- kuigton .1111 lai 10 1010-1? 



S Booth 100110 10 10 11 (XI— 8 JRn*i1e 111110011 01 10 00- 9 



GKl inmm.ll '110111 001011-11 

 A E P- asb ■ .111110111 1 1 00 11-13 

 Enela,.d ....llllllill 01 10 .0-12 

 J L Wilcox llllinil 111111-15 

 E \r old... lOaiOllO 00 11 11-10 

 J M Powers .llllllill 11 10 10-13 



C WBiida... llllllill 1111 11 l.n 

 Geo Beck....lhOillll 1110 00-10 

 R R Wilier.. llOlllill 10 10 00-10 

 Cairncross.. llllllill 11 10 10-13 

 C DK' owlesOUliOUl 11 1] 11 -13 

 W A Hale... IIHI 1110 10 11 11—13 



M J Eich 111111111111—13 



H Fahnestock.... OOUllOhllll— 8 



Guy Scott 111111110111—11 



Marshall 111111111111-13 



Entries 69. All ties on 13 drew out $4 bpf ore shoot-otT. After 

 breaking 14 birds strnight m the tie Elliott, Duer and Budd div. 

 remaining first, $36 90. Ties on 11 shot off. Heikes, Flickinger. J. 

 C. Scott, Babcock and Black div. second, S49.70. Ties on 10 shot 

 off hnd Runge. England, Cairncross and A. W. Reeves div. 

 ti ird, 131.00. Ties on 9 shot off and Loyd won fourth alone, 

 $10.35, with 6 straight. All ties are shot at 5 birds down per man. 



L. C. Smif h Cup Shoot,— Individual State championship at in- 

 nnimate 'argecs, the winner of the cup this ^ ear to receiv* 60 per 

 cent, and the club of which he is a member 40 per cent, of the con- 

 test at next vear'" tournament, tht^ winner to execute a bond in 

 the nm of $500 t guarantee the production of the cupnex' year; 

 20 Peoria hiai k birds, entrance $5. IHinoi- Siatt- rules. First pr'z*^. 

 tcie L. C. Smrh Cnp.VHlue S5l>\ second $134. i>iirC $104. fonrt- $59: 



Friink B ack. Keil'-sHurg Club 11111111111111110101—18 



R R vvudbworth, Chicago Club 111111 illOi 101110 ;0-l6 



G M Caud. e E . anston Club lOh'lOrflllOlOinilOl 12 



R O H-^ikes, Eureka Club lllilinilllllllllll-20 



A G ElickiDger, Blue l.-ltnd Club llllllliinillU 1110—19 



Geo KMnmMn, Ft Dearborn .llllUlllUlOlOOllll— 17 



F E Adams, Evanston UlOllO'lllllllOOOll- 1-^ 



E M Gardner, Pullman 11111101111111101111-18 



J C England. Mt Pulaski llllllllOllOlllUIH- 18 



J L Wilcox, Eureka 11111101011110111111-17 



W E Pm lips. Gnu llllOlOCOOllOlllllOl 13 



O 11 Lloyd, Keithsburg 11111111011111111110—18 



W S Duer. Jack'^ouville lOlimiOlllOnillll-17 



T A Marshall, Keithshnrg lllllllllllllOUUIl— 19 



J F Schick. Mt. Pulaski 11111111111111111111-20 



A Torkinttton. Pullman. 10100010111101010101-12 



.1 Finn, Pullman 01011011101001101100—11 



O WTavlor, Jacksonville lOlllOUlllOlHlUOl- Ifi 



E M Powers, Jacksonville Illllll011llilli(n01-17 



T Wr.lpole Pullman OlOOlOlOOOOlOOOO'iOOO— 4 



F E Cop, Garfield lllOOOOOllulUlCOllO-lO 



R E Franklin, Crescent City 11101111111110101111-17 



R D C irncr >ss Amboy II'IIOIIOOIOIIIIOIII-IH 



C H Wooster. Amboy 11111111111111111101—19 



W Hale, Amboy. ... lllOlulllllllOllllll-17 



R Weadon, Grand Calumet Heignts llOlOllLlllOlOlOOlOO— 12 



J Partington. Audubon 11111011111111111011-18 



VV J Baker, Jacksonville 11001110111101011110-14 



E M Steck, Forester It)01001ll01111110l01-13 



C I) Knowles, Amboy 11100100111110110011-14 



B Btr'ow, Prairie 01111111010111111001—15 



0 Williams. Pullman- 000imill0:il0000OiO- 9 



E RfCHe, Gene'=eo 11010111011011111001—14 



W Daiyn, Pullman liOOmoOlOOlOllOril- 13 



A Babcock. Carmen lOlOHllllUllOimi— 17 



J Evans, Carmen 11010110111111101101-15 



E Babcocb, Carmpn lllOlUKXlllllOililll- 15 



J T a II, Lake George 01111111101111111111-18 



W McConnel, Pullman. lOlOLO 101101(110111-13 



P Mosher, Crescent City lOllllOlllOOlllCOllO-13 



A E Peaslev, Chicago llOllllinilllllllOl-18 



C Sheeth, Pullman mJllllllOlOOUOllI— 13 



H H Fahnestock, Forester 10O311011011111I1111-15 



A W Peek, Crescent City 11111101101110101111—16 



J Dav's. Crescent City 10111100111110111101—15 



D C Robinson, Crf scent City 10011110111111 llOUl —17 



D J Fortier, Crescent City 01101111011111111101—16 



A W Reeves, S >uth Chicago lllllllllioniliiliu-is 



F E Willard, South Chicago 11111111111010101111—18 



Guv Scot', Keithsburg lOiOOlllOOlOlllllllO -13 



S Booth, Grand Calumet Heights 01111111110111101000-15 



WD Price, Forester .. OlIlOlOlllllODOlOOll-lS 



F A Place, Lake George 11001100111011011110-13 



VV G Payson, Chicago Shooting 10111111011111111110-17 



A T Lo-, d. Grand Calumet Heights OOiillllOlllOlllillll— 15 



F A Barr, G^neseo 11111101010001101111-14 



M J Etch, Chicago Shooting Club 11111111111111111111-20 



A F DeSteiger. La Salle 11111111011111111101—18 



J P Sherer, L'^ Salle OlOliMllllllUOllll— 15 



M Wolf, Pullman 110 111001ll00lll'll-15 



A J Atwarer. Eureka llllOllliOOOllllUOO -14 



L Willard, South Chicago 111011111111111001 il 17 



H Bibcock. Carmen 11111111110101111111-18 



A Ki.-inman.Fr Dearborn lOlHllUllllllOim-lS 



L M Hamlint., Chicago Gun Club 01111111101101111111-17 



J R Kie.d.-r, L. S 'll" 10011111110111111111-17 



E I Reeves. South Chicasro 01111101 1011 1 110 HI ID 



P F Stone, Chicaeo Gun Club 11111111110111111111-19 



F Tolland. Li Salle lOtillWlllllOUlKWl— 14 



RC White, Genseo 11111111111111111111—20 



C B Dicks. Audubon 11111011111011011111-17 



C E Strawn, Ja ksonville Oil lllllllllllllllll— 1^ 



E E Deterline, Kuthsburg llllOllllO' 1111101011—15 



C E Willard, Chicago Gun Club lllinilOUllllOllU— 18 



ATnomas, Ft Dearoorn lOUilUlOOllOllOl 1—15 



J H Rabbins, Prairie 11111110111101101101-16 



Four men were tied straight, Messrs. Heikes Schick, Eicn and 

 Wiiite. These agreed to divide the money, viz., 60 p r cent of the 

 proceeds of next year's shoot, and the tie was suot down for the 

 cup. Much interest was evinced in this tie. To the surprise of 

 nearly all, Heikes missed his first tie bird. Schick repeated that 

 p^rf'irmance and joined Heikes on the same beu'^.h. Eich courte- 

 ously went them one better, mis-ing two oat of his five tie birds. 

 R. G. White, of Geneseo Club, remained in, and h» broke h's live 

 straight withunconcern. winning tbe cup. White shot a IG-gauge 

 Ithaca gun, and seemed to be finding and smashing the birds by 

 insticct. He is not a particularly graceful shot, loaning fai for- 

 ward at the score in the awkward old style, but he gfis iher- just 

 tiie same. Thus the Smith cup again leaves Caioago. Black, last 

 ypai-'s winner, is for' unate this j ear, taking for himself and club 

 $285, 60 pT crnt., or $321 being his indiviilu >1 w'nnings. T e men 

 In tbe 19 hole divided tue money, takinii $30 each and s>iot oat f"r 

 the merchandise pr zes, Stone winning second with "23 out of 35 

 tie birds, beating Fl'ckiogei's 21, M^irst-all, Wooster nnd Strawn 

 faliina; out at the 5 notch. The lii-s on 18 divided the mouey and 

 t 'I n shot out for thr mere andi-e. E M. Gardntr, of the Puilni»n 

 Gu" Clnb wiiUini? third on 19 out >'f 21 tie birdj., Tneiie-onl7 

 8'.otat5tie birds, eight m- n then remaining in, viz , Gt o. Kli^ir.- 

 man, W. Hal^, D. C. Rob nson, \V. G. Payson. L. W' Hard, J. R. 

 Kinder, C. B. Dicks a id R. E. Franklin. Thesf thf^n drew out So 

 each by agreement, a d shot down for the remainder of cash and 

 merchan-'i^p. W. H. Hale, of the Amboy Club, winning with 10 

 straight In the ties. 



Tuesday, Second Day, June 9. 



The 8:20 train in the morning brought out a crowd of .shooters, 

 and from then till event "g tlie snooting was incessant. The 

 weather was warm, but pleasant, a li^ht rain in the aftern'ion 

 detracting but little from Ihe comtort of all. The spectators 

 were numTOUs. and some new f'lces appeared among the «hoot. 

 ers, Harry McMurchy was on hand, and S. A. Tucker al^o, while 

 much to the surorise of his friends, that well known rou-der "Tee 

 Kay," of New York, appeared uiwn thn scene. Mr. C W. Parent 

 came up from Marshall, Mo., and saluted many frl-nt's. Mr. 

 Parent says that they are organizing a new Stare Association in 

 Missouri, a State amateur league, nhose first tournament will be 

 held m August. 



Tbe tar et traps filled a larare score l^st early in the morning, 

 and at noon, when the hungry and thirsty shooters sottsht the 

 tough lunch counter run bv seven Brhioptan cil'Z"ns, or st.-olled 

 uniler tbe hospitable roof of the Gnu Club, Audubon, Evan^tou or 

 Ft. Dearborn tents for a hue and a sup, the guns wrc still going 

 on this first shoot. Then came a lit'le lull at inanimares, not 

 fn^mlack of shooters, but for some one to manage the shoeing. 

 The piunding soon became prettv regular, however, a d a very 

 good day was run off at th^ targets, though the heavy entries 

 mafie the number of events very limited. 



The Kteat Board of Trade shoot continued to be the focus ot 

 attention, as it well deserve'l. This is the large'^t live bird antTjr 

 at ground traps of which any record can be obtained. At no 

 previous year since the plunge traps and wild birds has there 

 been so large an entry In the State tournament here, and there 

 never was so genuine an enthusiasm in shooting matters. 



So large a shoot is necessarily cumbersome, and each contestant 

 had a great deal of ^-a'cbing and waiting and a very little shoot- 

 ing, there being bur 10 birds per man. This shoot held the boards 

 till 3 P. M. before the entry was shot through, and the first tie 

 men were called to the score. The birds were regular and good. 

 The King traps worked to perfecuon, and nearly all the annoymg 

 old business of fl ipp'ng and scaring was done away with. The 

 utmost good nature reigned everywhere. The Bo.ard of Trnde 

 shoot this year was simply a magnificent event. Mr. Anderson, 

 the winner of last year, will receive as his per cent, of the entry 

 nearly $700, The score: 



First contest, for the Board of Trade diamond badge, emblpm- 

 atic of the individual championship of the Statp, the wiu' cr of 

 the badge 'his year to receive the proceeds of next year's touma- 

 menr, 10 live birds, entrance $10. First prize, riiamond badge, 

 value §500; second, value $210; third, value gl26; fourth, vaiUe 

 886 50: 



M K Anderson, LaSalle 2121111010- 8 



R B Organ, Chieago 1322122122-10 



A Kleinman. Fort Dearborn 1211111231—10 



O H Porter, Grand Calumet Heights 011H3WOw. 



H E' lers, Prairie 11-'2133001— 8 



J E Price, Audubon 2210.121201— 8 



Geo Airey, Fort Dearborn 112121 012— 9 



J L Wilcox Eureka 1]2122:.'20?— 9 



A J Atwater, Eureka :-':?03221:-.22— 9 



W J Edbrooke, Lake County 2:0i.'2i'XC— 7 



K Schotz, Prairie 2;J]ll2iJij:;l- 8 



W S Dufr, Jacksonville 11211111U0— 8 



O M powers, Jacksonville 1111111102— » 



f WTavlor, Jacksonville 12012221^'- 9 



R E Franklin. Cres< <-nt Cry 0-^11211201- 8 



F MosUer, CresceQ" City lOKllDOOw. 



A ^ DeSteiger,"!,- SdUe 002221:223—8 



J P Sherer, La S.alie 2l2UtOHl- 9 



F Toland, Li Salle 1111120110— 8 



REGitis, L-!. Sulle lllOlllllI— 9 



J R Davis, Crescent City.- 2l0110i')lll— 7 



J Kinder, La Salle 0l021110-'0- 6 



J Reese Geneseo ]3ir.'3331l-10 



N Lewis, Forester Il01122t9l- 8 



T Laflin, Geneseo 1123'12313-il0 



J Finn, Lake C<mnty 2'221221 i3— 9 



H H Fahnestock, Forester 2011111101— 8 



A Torkington, Pullman .li212lU1012 - 7 



E M Gardner, Pullman 2123201133— 9 



A G Flickinger, Blue island .1310U.222I2- 8 



A Pri -e, Forester 1311202101— 8 



C 0 Williams, Iforester 20-'2111102— 8 



A W R-evi'B, South Chicago 0211111122- 9 



W J Baker, Jacksonville 1223221121— 10 



W Harbaugn, Geneseo 3122022231— 9 



Ge - Kli inman. Ft. Dearborn 1012111113- 9 



R O Heikes, Eureka Illlil3021- 9 



C Burmeister, North End 1121011102— 8 



C S Wilcox, Audub -n OOOOOw 



CRDieks, Audubon 1022222222—9 



W E Phillips, Gun Club 2200111202— 7 



Geo B-'ck, Evan~tou 3312122121-10 



R M Candee, Evanston 2tl0100 v 



H Jeffrison, Evansion 1031110330— T 



FA Barr. Evanston ....0211321313—9 



A D C lirncross, Amboy 3313131213—10 



C H Wooster, Amboy 122111211— 10 



C Keifer, Amboy 1111211031— 9 



W H Hale. Amboy 0:;2iii.200i- 1 



F E Adams. Evanston Prairie 11 M 1 11131— 10 



G W Franklin, Evanaton 1111311111—10 



T Marshall, Ktithsburg 0211122012- 8 



J F Schick, Mt Pulaski 2132211221-10 



Ike PurtingtoD, Chicago 2111021112- 



F Place IIOOOIIIC 11 10 10- 9 C H WoosterlHlHlll 10 10 11-13 



Th's closed the shooting of the day. The weather was perfect. ' A Babcock, Carmen 



IKe i-'urungrou, uuicaBo -4iin«iiis— a 



,1 C England. Mt Pulaski 212liaill0- 9 



Ed Price, Forester 0131120212— 8 



N Rowe, Audubon , 2211310100- 7 



RC Wotte, Geneseo 2222003201— 7 



E M Steck, Forester 1212101222— 9 



A B-Jdwin, NT-rih End llOiiOllll- 8 



A Stafford, P'airie 10210 0213— 7 



S Palrner, Garfield 1001101112- 8 



G T Farmer, Cumberland 102021^:202— 7 



F Cop. Garfield 2MI11201- 8 



I P Hicks, G.irfield 0133212i00- 7 



B Rarto. Prairie 131l'.;20010 - 7 



V Hofmann, Prairie 1011210202— 7 



E 1 Reeves, Foresier 1002213000- b 



0 H Lloyd, Keithsburg 1217021021— 8 



H W Loved ay, Ft Dearborn 1101122232— 9 



E P Jaques, Geneipo lU2l223i3-10 



R J Pnrvi«, Evanston 0111123112- 9 



F Dilg, Evanston 0..'31202011— T 



C S Bur on. Gun Club 1010li22?l— » 



F E Willard South Chicago 0231021113— 8 



J Gardner. Cumberland 011032^*030- fi 



L C W'llard, South Chicago 0202023111— 7 



A E Thomas, Fr Dearomn 211ir20i2l— 9 



T B Blanchard, Evunston OIOJO.2320— 6 



A W Adams, Guu CI ib 20al210130— 7 



S Booth, Grand Calumet Heights 1122112031— 9 



j J Smith, Evansion 1212008111— 8 



WD Price, Forester 10u03illl3— 7 



W S Bond. Lake County 1110121131- 9 



M J E-ch, Chicago Shooting Club 1122111112—10 



F A Place. Lake Geoige 1020110321— 7 



1 J T Hall. Lake George 212012131 1— 9 



J P Card, Gun Club U03310101— 7 



R A Turtle, L^Re George 1112011121 - 9 



W G Bayson. Chicago IIU'110220— 8 



A T Lo d. Grand Calumet Heights 0311310221— 8 



W R Fleming, Grand Calumet Heights 0221223121— 9 



G W Peterson. Evanston 2111010103- 7 



C E Willard. Gun Club 0111121323— 9 



N Ford, Lake Co. 2121001010— 6 



Geo Hoffman, Prairie 2122222223—10 



H Babcock, Carmen 113 '221120- 9 



W P Mussey, Ft. Dearborn 3212210112— 9 



S E Young, Grand Calumet Heights I11ll22ill— 10 



L M Hamline, Gun Club 2122111001— 8 



V Braham, West Chicago. 1122.'02i20— 8 



J Church. West Cbicago 0::20214302— 7 



W W McFarland. Ft. Dsarborn 22121 12-'22— 10 



CKem, Audubon 10122?0000— 5 



E Mar^h, South Chicago 1113210022- 8 



C B Feltoa. Audubon 1H2210022- 8 



P F Sione, Gnn Club 311i2?2122— 10 



W N Lowe,Cuuibelland 3100011122— 7 



J F Hastings Lake Co 22102i 1210— 8 



TStaug. Auflnhoo 00120310w. 



G Mosher, Forester -- 0iill3w. 



I P Watson Pullman 2:2i.2>m— 9 



E E D terline, Kei-hsbutg 1211111010— 8 



F C Donald, Gun Club 0-302J11203— 7 



W L Shep rd, Audubon 2i 12002223— 8 



A D B 101 b. Genes- o ... 1113122013- 9 



F Bl ck, Keithsburg .021H122U— 9 



J Evan. Carmen 0S02221010— 6 



All present seemed saiisfied in every way. 



. .OOlOOow. 



i C Beck, Evanelon 11210^2001— »• 



