Mat 26, 1892.] 



FOREST AND STREAM, 



SIS. 



Dr. Carver will Defend the Title. 



Kansas City, Mo., May 16 —Editor Forest and Stream: In tbe 

 last issue of Forest and Stream, I see there is a proposition 

 from a Mr. Elliott, in which he says: "I will shoot Dr. Carver for 

 one thousand, five thousand or a. million." Can there be anything 

 more disgusting on the face of the earth than the great bluffs so 

 often made by men such as Elliott and a few others who have 

 nothing to recommend them to the shooting world but bluff= and 

 bad defeats. What has Elliott ever done that he c«n risk $5,000 to 

 shoot with me? Elliott would not bet $5,000, he is alive to-day. 

 I will be prepared to shoot any man in the world in November or 

 early winter as soon as the birds are good— no owls for me. Then 

 let the boys come wii h their five thousands. 



Dr. W. F. Carter, Champion Shot of the World. 



Chicago and Western Traps. 



Chicago, III., May 17.— A.n early look at the programme of the 

 llliuois State Sportsmen's Association convention and tourna- 

 ment for this year discloses it to be all the earlier prediction of 

 these columns claimed for it. Mr. Knox, who had the programme 

 in charge, is much to be congratulated upon his taste and energy. 

 The froht cover page is a work of art. A valuable and unique 

 feature is tbe plate published by arrangement wUh Forest and 

 Stream, showing in group 52 shooters prom'nent at the trap or 

 in the field and resident in Chicago or Illinois. This plate is 

 under Forest and Stream copyright. The make-up of the pro- 

 gramme is artistic throughout, and puts in evidence the advanced 

 taste of the day in such matters. 



The fifteenth annual of this powerful body of shooters will 

 begin Monday, June 6. and last throughout the week. The con- 

 vention will be held Tuesday evening at the Palmer Souse. The 

 great Board of Trade badge contest adds six prizes, from $109 

 down, to the capital prize. The L. C. Smith cup has $364 added. 

 Tbe club team championship race, teams of four, has a cup worth 

 $100, and three cash prizes, $65, $60 and $50. With exception of 

 the three events above, tbe tournament is open to the world. 



American Association rules will govern the live-bird shooting 

 in the open shoots, except l%pz. shot limit, shooter not to put ran 

 to shoulder till he calls pull; 10-gauge guns at 30yds., all other 

 gauge 0 , 81bs. and under, have Vzvd. allowance per gauge. A bird 

 must show shot marks, and must be gathered within 3 minutes. 

 In the State shoots tbe Illinois State rules will govern. The King 

 automatics, 5 ground traps, will be used. Bluerocks will be the 

 targets. This tournament could be held nowhere else than at 

 Watson's Park, Burnsid 0 . 



Mr. F. H. LoTd, general passenger agent of the Chicago, St. Paul 

 and Kansas City Railway, is just in from Des Moines. He says 

 he can hardly understand where the Des Moines men are going to 

 hold their State tournament next week, as their grounds are all 

 under water. Mr. Lord thinks he will be able to be at Des Moines 

 for one day next week, and will beg the privilege of firing a gun 

 just once to see if he can make a noise with it. He bemoans the 

 fact that he has not had any shooting lately. 



The patients who have returned from the much boomed and 



mueh-expected-of Grand Island shoot out in Nebraska are now 

 slowly recovering. They say there was a string to it. 



The twelfth annual tournament of the Minneapolis Gun 

 Club, Minnesota, falls on June 1, 2 and 3, and will be a pleasant 

 8ffair if it doesn't rain. . „ 



Messrs. 'Von Lengerke & Antoine, of this city, put before the 

 shooters this week a tasty catalogue, with an artistic front covr 

 by the young Chicago artist Mr. F. E Coppernoll, tbe main de- 

 sign after Mr. Wells's fine piece, "Coming In." 



Kansas Shots. 



Kansas City, May 17.— The O. K. Gun Club held its regular 

 monthly medal shoot this afternoon and twenty-one members 

 were on hand to contest for the trophv. The birds were only a 

 fair lot, and but for the poor work of Thomson and Kreeger the 

 average shooting would have been high class. Thomson lost 

 seven out of ten and Kreeger four, but the average was over 82 

 per cent. Bob Mize and Fred Maegley tied on ten straight for the 

 medal and in the shoot "ff at five birds Mize won the trnphv: 



J B Porter 2202102222- 8 W V Rieger 2101111212— 9 



J R Elliott 212102 122— 9 F Maegley 1112111111—10 



Ed Hickman 1211220222- 9 R D Mize 2122222121-10 



D Hughes 221210U21- 9 O Cogswell 1112222120- 9 



J K Guinotte 1112011212- 9 ft 1 J Smith 2121012112- 9 



D S Gordon 1220112122— 9 J Thomson 2000002100— 3 



J A Bolem 2012121211— 9 R Kreeger 2002210201- 6 



W K Everingham. .1201100221— 7 J L Porter 2121222120- 9 



W Brvant 0211121010 - 7 Dr J P Jackson . . . .1102022102— 7 



G B Orr 1011122110- 8 W S Halliwell 0202221121- 8 



W K Stark 1122022111- 9 



Another new club was organized here yesterday which is com- 

 posed of trap shooters in business at the stock yards and will be 

 known as the Stockyards Club. It starts out with a membership 

 of thirty and its first officers are T. J. Gilliam, President, and 

 Ben Baldwin Secretary and Treasurer. The club will hold its 

 first shoot on May 30, Decoration Day. 



Another match will be arranged between Irwin, ot Cofteyvule, 

 and Elwell. of Ossawatomie for the championship of Kansas and 

 the race, 100 birds for $250 or possibly $500 a side, will be shot in 

 Kansas City the latter part of June. Whitfield. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



Timber Physics.— Part I. Preliminary Report Compiled, by 

 B. E. Fernow, Chief of Forestry Division, Washington: U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, Forestry Division. 1892. 



A Window on Thrums.— By J. M. Barrle. Cassell Publishing 

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 "Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-tales," giving a table of center, ts 

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