854 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



June 9, 1898,] 



ThellSouth Side Tournament. 



Milwaukee, Wis., June 2,— The tournament of the South Side 

 Gun Club commenced this rooming. The weather was damp and 

 fogey making the targets difficult to see and straight scores hard 

 to make. Among the shooters in attendance outside of Milwau- 

 kee sportsmen were S. A. Tucker of Parker gun fame, E. D. 

 Bingham and Chas. Richards of Chicago, E. Heller of Sheboy- 

 gan, G. W. Sperbeck an<l R. Godfrey of Whitewater, 3. C. Land 

 of Waukeshea, H. H. McKinney of Janesville, I. H. Davis of 

 Dixon, 111. The management did all that could be expected to 

 make visiting sportsmen comfortable, and although the weather 

 was very disagreeable every one seemed to enjoy themselves, and 

 when the last shoot for the day was coniDleted and the boys done 

 figuring up their winnings a start was made for hotels -to eDjoy 

 a good square meal. No losers to-day. The scores: 



Twenty bluerocks, entrance S3: 

 Bingham. 11111111101110111111-18 Soerbeck. 01111110111111111011-17 



Lewis lOlimillll] 1111111— If) Meunier.. 11111111011111011110—17 



Anderson.11101111100111111111-17 Seefeld . .01110011101111111111-16 

 Heller . . . .11111111111111111111-20 Mayer. . . . 10000101 111101110011-12 

 Michael.. .11111110101011111001-15 S tan nard. 111011111110101 11111— 17 

 Dieter. . . .1111111110111110)110-17 Kinney. . .10111110111011111011—16 



Davis 110111000011111 1011 1-14 Merriil. . . .111111 11111] 1 111011 1-19 



Lynds 11110111111111101111-16 Godfry . . .11111001111110111110-16 



Schmidt. 01 01 11 1 011111 1 1 1 111 1 —1 7' Bosworth. 1100Ulll011lim0010-13 

 Str'ssbVrlllOllimillllOmO— 17 Okersha'rlOllllllOlOOllllllOl— 15 



Land 110100001 10011 101 010-10 Budd . .. .10111011111111010111— 16 



Friese 1111111110001 1 11 1111—17 



Twelve bluerocks, entrance $1.50: 



Tucker 9 Hiller 10 



Schmidt 12 Okershauser 10 



Dieter ... U Hirschbuehl 9 



Stanuard 10 



Seefeld 11 



Meunier 8 _ 



Godfry 9 Budd 9 



Sperbeck ... . , .10 



Bosworth 8 



Friese 9 



Lynds 9 



Merriil 9 



Strassburger 7 



Lewis 11 



00 01 01 10 10- 9 

 11 10 11 11 10-16 

 10 11 00 10 11—13 

 10 11 11 11 10-17 

 10 00 10 10 10-12 

 10 10 11 11 10-16 

 10 11 11 11 11-16 

 10 00 11 10 11—14 

 10 01 00 00 00— 8 



Friese 8 



Godfry 8 



Malcolm 6 



P Lewis 9 



Lewis ... 



Sand 6 



Michael 10 



Anderson 7 



Bingham 9 



Ten singles, entrance $i: 



Dieter 9 Dewis 8 W Okershauser... . 8 



Lynds 8 Lewis 9 Stannard 6 



Bingham 8 Mayer 7 Seefeld ..10 



Tucker 4 Schmidt 7 Hansen 0 



Bosworth .....10 Friese 8 Sperheck 7 



Heller 9 Anderson 5 Godfrey 10 



Richards 6 Land 5 Malcolm...... 8 



Michael 7 Podump 10 P Lewis 4 



Strassburger 6 Meisner 9 S Meunier 4 



Merrill 8 Hiwchbush 6 Budd 9 



Ten singles and 5 pairs, entrance $2: 



Bingham 10U1U111 10 11 10 10 10-15 



Dieter 1111110110 10 10 10 10 10—13 



Duis 1111011000 00 10 10 01 11-11 



Merrill 1101010111 11 10 10 11 00-13 



Bosworth. 0110001110 " 



Lynds 1011111110 



Michael 1111100101 



Lewis 0111111111 



Heller HH 011011 



Schmidt 1111111101 



Anderson 1111100011 



Meixner 1111001111 



Land 0100110111 _. 



Stannard 0101111011 00 10 10 10 10-11 



Hirsehbuli 1011111001 00 11 01 11 11-14 



Okershauser llODHlll 11 10 00 11 10-15 



Friese 1110010111 11 10 01 11 10—14 



Mavor . 1101000100 00 00 01 01 00— 6 



Siierbeck 1111010101 10 01 11 01 11—14 



Budd 1111001111 11 11 11 11 11-18 



Twelve bluerocks, entrance $1.50: 



DiRter ...10 Podunk ...10 



Duis 8 Heller 8 



Schmidt 11 Merrill 13 



Meixner 7 Okershauser 9 _ 



Lswis 10 Tucker 9 Seefeld 12 



Billings 7 Stannard 10 Lynds 9 



Michaels ....7 Herachbusb 9 Sperbeck 11 



Bosworth 11 Bingham 12 Budd 13 



The Second Day. 

 The weather to-day was very disagreeable. It commenced rain- 

 ing early in the morning and continued all day, but the shoot 

 went on just the same. Every one seemed to think the rain was 

 needed and went to the score without a murmur. Rubber coats 

 were in good demand and those who did not own one borrowed 

 from their friends. Tucker went to Oskosh this morning but will 

 return to-night and the bovs all hope he may bring some more 

 weather with him. The F. P. Stannard Gun Co. had a nice tent 

 putupoD the ground, and Mr. Stannard, assisted by the genial 

 Dick Merrill, was kept busy entertaining their many friends by 

 offering them easy chairs and fine cigars. Budd is the only ex- 

 pert that has shown up so far and the amateurs are making it 

 very interesting for him. 



On returning to the hotel we found a gentleman by the name 

 of Quitnby, from New York, wanting to shoot somebody a match, 

 ana it seems strange to your correspondent that he has never 

 been able to make a match to his own satisfaction— one that he 

 could win. In justice to Mr. Quimby I will say as an entertainer 

 he has but few tquals; genial, broad views and kind-hearted, but 

 at the finish one generally finds he has paid well for all he has re- 

 ceived. 

 Ten live birds, entrance $5: 



Budd 1221221211—10 Duis....... 2200211201-7 



Buvuhaio. . ;.!:;":'!)! 'J f, a o.A K'.yy . . , .in,\.i2tf2lii 



Biugham 1110212101- 8 Lewis 2122222112-10 



Bosworth 0221220002— 6 Sparbeck 



Michael 1011222202- H Meunier 2222201110— 8 



Merrill 2211020212- 8 Schmidt 



Dieter 1122222212-10 Scofield 0222022021— 7 



Stannard 2002221222- 8 Friese 12021222 - 



Chapman 1122223112—10 Conant 1021001222— 7 



McKinney 220021O210- 6 Meixner 201:2220222 - 8 



Special race, for Lefever gun and mounted duck. 25 singles: 



Merrill 1111111111111111111111111-25 



Dieter. 111110111101111101111111 1—22 



Bingham. 1101111011111111111111111—23 



Duis 111101101111011111111 1 1)1-32 



Miller 11 1 1111111110111101111111-23 



Stannard 11111011101111111111111 ) L— 23 



Burnham 0011101100011011011101110-15 



Bosworth 111011111101110111 1101010— It) 



Budd 111111111111111111 1 1 1 1101-24 



Meixner - 1110101110111011111111010-19 



Brown .0000001001111111010010111—13 



Lewis llllllllllllliOJimuill-24 



Schmidt lllllli 111101 111111110111-23 



Friese 0111001011111010 111011011-17 



Merrill won gun on a straight, score. Budd and Lewis tied for 

 duck, Budd buying Lewis out and taking duck. 



The Third Day. 



The weather to-day was quite pleasant and the scores were 

 somewhat better than yesterday. Rolla Heikes and John Ruble, 

 of Chicago, were on hand this morning, and Rolla, as usual, com- 

 menced to make some straights, with Ruble a close follower. Ed 

 Bingham returned to Chicago this morning to load shells and 

 arrange his affairs to put in a good week at the Illinois State 

 shoot. Ed is a brother of the noted duck shot Ira Bingham, of 

 Koshkonong Lake, Wis. This lake has been for many years 

 especially noted for its good canvasback shooting, and is the hunt- 

 ing ground of "Gloan," a name that many of the readers of the 

 Forest and Stream will recognize. I understand the different 

 gun clubs of MilwauKee will combine and give a grand live-bird 

 shoot some time during the month of October. A guarantee of 

 $1,000 is to be given as an inducement for shooters to attend. 

 This large guarantee of money will have a tendency to bring to- 

 gether the representative shots of the country, and the Milwau- 

 kee sportsmen will use every effort to make the shoot a great sac- 

 cess. To-night the boys are all leaving for home, and are well 

 pleased at the treatment received from the South Side Gun Club 

 and will be on hand at their next annual tournament. 



Ten live birds, entrance $6: 



Budd 2031111101— 8 Okershauser ..1020022002— 5 



Heikes 2111211012—9 Lewis - 0122110222- 8 



Merrill 2032112201— 3 Schmidt 1010120222— 7 



Burnham. 0203003110- 5 Clelland 0122212022- 8 



Deiter. 1111211222—10 Duis 2211201212— 9 



Friese 2311031220 - 8 Campbell 0202010111- 6 



Mien ael 2013213102- 8 Meixner 2321012222- 9 



Chapman 1102111221- 9 White 2301112111—9 



Land 2011200221- 7 



Ties on 8 shot off— Budd and Michael won. 



Team shoot, entrance $8 per team: 



Jolly Gun Club Team. South Side G, C. Team No. 1. 



Meunier .1001111101—7 Deiter Ullllllll-10 



Schmidt 0111011111-8 Stannard 1111 111 Ul— 10 



Carmiehael 1111101011-8 Merrill 11U111H1— 30 



Meixner OOUOllUl-7— 30 Lewis HlUUlOl- 9-39 



Bay View National G. C. South Side G. C. Tpam No. 2.1 



W Okershauser,. 1011011111— 8 Friese 1100110000— 4 



Morrison 0100101011-5 Burnham 0100111 111- 7 



Hirschbuel 1111101111—9 R>'chtpr 1100011110— 6 



Okershauser OUIUOOU— 7— 29 Seefeld 0011110111— 7—24 



Fifteen targets, entrance $1.50: 



Deiter 10 Burnham 10 Duis 10 



Merrill 14 Meunier -10 Hirschbuel 13 



LewiB 13 Seefeld 14 Okershauser 12 



Schmidt 13 White 13 Ladwig 10 



Stannard 13 Michael 12 Stuth 10 



Friese 13 Quimby 11 Budd 11 



Strassburger 8 Land 8 Heikes 15 



Meixner 11 Heller 13 



Five pairs bluerocks, entrance $1: 



Lewis 6 Schmidt 4 Hirschbuehl 7 



Friese 6 Meixner 5 Okershauser 5 



Burnham 3 Deiter ..7 Stannard 7 



Duis.... 5 Land 6 White 6 



Heikes 8 Merrill 8 Budd.... 8 



C. W. Budd, 



You Must Go to Syracuse. 



The State shoot has never attracted more attention than dur- 

 ing the present year, and the outlook seems to be that next week's 

 contests at Syracuse will be the most hotly contested and will 

 draw the heaviest list of entries of any like affair on record. The 

 programme, a draft of which is given below, is an eminently 

 attractive one, and shows careful thought on the part of the com- 

 mittee. 



Good judgment has been shown in the provision made for non- 

 residents, who are justly barred from taking part in the State 

 events. The chances are that the "non-resident" traps will be 

 kept in constant use, it being understood of course that the events 

 on these are open to the world. 



The Onondaga Sporting Club is possessed of facilities for cater- 

 ing to an immense throng of shooteTS, and the chances are that 

 the events will all fill to overflowing. The club house, an excel- 

 lent picture of which recently appeared in Forest and Stream, 

 is one of the largest and most attractive in the State, and the 

 grounds, situated as they are near the waters of Onondaga Lake, 

 will well repay a visit, even from a non-contestant. Boating, 

 bathing and fine fishing may be enjoyed by those who do not care 

 to put in full time at the traps. 



Maple Bay is only fifteen minutes' ride from Syracuse via the 

 D. L. & W. road, and special trains will be run for the accommo- 

 dation of the shooters. Those who wish to enjoy a drive from the 

 city to the grounds may do so, there being a fine road leading 

 along the lake shore. 



All the roads leading into Syracuse have made a reduction in 

 rates equal to a fare and one-third for the round trip. Event 

 No. 1, at 20 kingbirds, $5 entry, to take place on Tuesday, will be 

 a big one, there being no less than 88 prizes. In event No. 2, un- 

 der the same conditions and on the same day, there will be 95 

 prizes. On Wednesday there will be two regular events at 20 

 singles each, $3 entry, beside a number of extra sweeps. Thurs- 

 day's events will be two at 20 singles each, $3 entry, on the regu- 

 lar programme and a long list of extra sweeps. The opening 

 event on Friday will be New York State championship team race, 

 four men per team, 20 singles per man, $10 entry per team, ties to 

 be shot off at 12 singles per man. There will be five money prizes 

 beside a silver pitcher and tray, these to go to the winning team. 

 Clubs may enter as many teams as they choose. Shoot No. 2 on 

 this day will be at 20 singles and fi pairs for the Lefever Arms 

 Company's diamond medal, entrance $3. 



Then will come the big event of the meeting, the team contest 

 for the famous Dean Richmond trophy, valued at $1,150. The con- 

 ditions are 3 men to a team, 15 live birds per man, entry $20 per 

 team. The winning team will hold the trophy for one year and 

 will also receive 60 per cent, of the entrance money, the remain- 

 ing 40 per cent, to go to the second best team. 



Saturday will be devoted to live bird shooting, the events to be 

 as follows: No. 1, 5 birds, $5; No. 2, 7 birds, $7; No. 3, 10 birds. 

 $7.50 (gun below the elbow until bird is on the wing in this event); 

 No. 4, 7 birds, $7; Mo. 5, 5 birds, $5 (position of gun same as in No. 

 3). There will be ten prizes for the Dest averages in the regular 

 kingbird target events. In event No. 3 on Tuesday, first prize 

 will be-$100 in gold, donated by the proprietor of the Vanderbilt 

 House. 



All live bird events on Saturday, June 18, will be open to the 

 world . 



The annual convention will be held on Monday evening in Y. 

 M. C. A. Hall, 345 South Warren street, at 8 o'clock, when the 

 new constitution and by-laws will be acted upon. All delegates 

 and members are requested to wear their club badges. 



Lynchburg on its New Grounds. 



Lynchburg, Va*— •Editor Forest and Stream: The Lynchburg 

 Gun Club held a formal opening of their grounds on the 17th. 

 This club was organized June 7. 1887, and commenced shooting on 

 the old baseball grounds. The property changing hands, the club 

 went to the fairgrounds, and were driven from there by the ruth- 

 less hand of the destroying and devastating land agent. Being 

 out of house and home, but having lots of ammunition, they last 

 year reorganized and bought and inclosed fourteen acres of 

 ground adjoining Rivermount Park. Finding some more Schultz 

 powder left in the can, the first of the present year saw improve- 

 ments going on. A large and handsome club house, steel trap 

 screens, granite score plates and new-fangled pulls make theirs 

 the best equipped, as well as the best located, gun club grounds 

 in the State. Back of the club house the bowling alley, billiard 

 hall and ladies pavillion will soon be under construction. The 

 opening was quite an enjoyable affair, a great many ladies being 

 present, who seemed to enjoy the shooting equally as much as 

 they did the refreshments; everybody had a good time. On the 

 Fourth of July a great time is expected. Many invitations will 

 be issued and quite a gathering of shooting cranks from all over 

 the State is looked for. A right royal welcome will be extended 

 the visitors. 



The clubjshoot every Tuesday and shoot only inanimate targets, 

 and shoot all the known rules, angles, traps and targets I send 

 you the only regular scores shot during the afternoon of the 

 opening day. The shooting is away below their average, caused, 

 I suppose, by the general surroundings, lemonade, etc. The club 

 numbers 37 memhers. The officers for the ensuing year are: 

 President, R. S.Terry: Vice-President, W. L. Moorman; First 

 Captain, W. W. Dornin: Secretary, H. L. Cheatham: Treasurer, 

 F. F. Nelson*; Second Captain, J. M. Cleland. 



Here we have the scores. Team shoot, 15 bluerocks each man, 

 5 traps: 



10 



Langhorne... 



. 2 



Withers, ., 



10 



13 



D Christian.. 



. 9 





,. 4 



15 











. 8 

 12 





, 7 



Clark 



9 







F Christian.. 



.. 5 



Moorman 

 Terry 



Taylor 13—69 Owen 4—39 Averett 2—89 



For Silverthorn medal, 9 singles and 3 pairs: 



Cleland 13 Stmther 9 D Christian 7 



Owen 7 Smith 8 Clark 10 



Nelson 12 F Christian 6 Hamner 9 



Dornin 12 Withers, 6 Taylor, 



Moorman 8 Miller — 8 Averett 3 



Terry 9 Claytor 11 



Ties on 12 won by Dornin. 



The club had its weekly shoot May 24. The attendance was 

 not large and three events only were shot as follows, 9 singles and 

 3 pairs bluerocks: Dornin 10, Terry 12, Nelson 10, Cleland 9, Lile 

 5, Moorman 12, Durphey 6, Smith 4, Stearns 11. 



Match at 10 bluerocks. 5 traps, rapid-fire: Terry 5, Taylor 8, 

 Nelson 9. Moormen 9, Hamner 5, Cleland 6, Lile 4, Durphey 4, 

 Hamlet 9, Stearns 7, Smith 8, Griffin 2. 



Match at 10 bluerocks, 5 traps, unknown angles: Taylor 4, 

 Cleland 6, Moorman 6, Griffin 2, Ford 2, Dorwin 8. Terry 4, Nelson 

 Hamlet 4. D. 



Rochester vs. Honeoye Falls. 



Honeote Falls, N. Y., May 27.— Inclosed find scores of the 

 first match of a series of three between the Rochester Rod and 

 Gun Club and the Honeoye Falls Gun Club, shot on the grounds 

 of the Honeoye Club, on May 26. 25 kingbirds per man, 12 men per 

 team, 5 traps, rapid firing, American Association rules: 

 Honeoye Falls Team. Rochester Team. 



Tenny 23 St John 24 



Lockington 21 Richmond 25 



Hyde 24 Hadley 34 



Bailey 22 McVean 22 



McKenzie ..22 J Ressinger 23 



Starr 19 Norton 23 



Martin 22 Meyers .25 



Hannon 31 Walzer 24 



Gregg i 21 C Smith 23 



Wilkinson 24 Stewart ..25 



Welter 22 Newton 24 



Benham .23—265 Hicks 24—285 



The Statement was Correct. 



Chicago, May 29— Editor Forest and Stream: Under the head of 

 ' Sport at the National Capital," in your issue of the 20th insf 

 your correspondent, C. H. Townsend, for whom I have the high- 

 est regard, in giving a very elaborate and well-written account 

 of contests at the trap in a late tournament at Washington, D. C, 

 held under the auspices of the Capital City Gun Club, of (hat 

 city, generously acknowledges the "royal" way guests were enter- 

 tained, presents the scores made, extols the excellent shooting 

 of several contestants and commends everything save the ruling 

 out, of a New Jersey team, which is elaborately but delicately un- 

 favorably criticised, and you illustrate his report by presenting 

 to your readers half-tone portraits of two estimable-looking 

 cleaD-faced, genial and gentlemanly-looking sportsmen, the 



use the words of the reporter, 'Young Harrv Happers 

 showed himself to be a master hand in the use of the gun, and 

 had he not intentionally lost several birds in order to get into 

 money divisions, his average would have been close to ninety- 

 four per cent." 



Your correspondent neglects to condemn one of the most offen- 

 sive of all offenses that can occur, and which he says did occur, 

 in a contest at the trap among gentlemen sportsmen— that, of "in- 

 tentionally" losing several birds "in order to get into money divis- 

 ions." The management ruled out a New Jersey team for 

 reasons perhaps sufficient, but failed to immediately discipline 

 the son of the captain of the club for an offense committed where 

 guests were being entertained in "royal" style! 



For reason largely that a few of the many professional shooters 

 have been guilty of like offenses, the whole have been penalized, 

 or, rather, unfavorably classified, and their presence on many 

 shooting grounds is not courted; a severe and unreasonable penalty 

 to such professionals as are not in sympathy with either bunco or 

 three-card-Monte games, methods for obtaining money akin to 

 that of intentionally losing birds for money-making purposes, 

 and not. a whit less offensive to gentlemen sportsmen who visit 

 shooting tournaments for pleasure, either as members of friendly 

 clubs or as guests to be "royally" treated. Perhaps the rules of 

 the entertaining club do not, provide a Bpecial penalty for such 

 gross disrespect of sportsmen's etiquette: but if they do not, if the 

 facts were as stated, the self respect of the members of the club 

 should prompt them to discipline their offending member, if a 

 member, under that unwritten rule among true sportsmen, that 

 uueentlemanly conduct is not to be tolerated. If vour correspon- 

 dent was misinformed, and consequently his statement was incor- 

 rect, that fact should appear In your paper. I hope he was mis- 

 informed, as the features of the offending sportsmen, in "half- 

 tone" certainly would indicate better introduction to sportsmen. 



Chas. E. Felton. 



[If Mr. Felton will point out a plan to stop "dropping" for 

 places, Forest and Stream will do its share toward "squaring" 

 the sport. 



Closter Defeats Hackensack. 



Closter, N. J., May 25, U. S. pigeons: 

 .Closter Team. 



Parsell - .1111111111010101001111111-20 



J Hoffman.... lUOmoOlOUlOlllOOOlOOl-15 



Y - -"-I:, ii"::"i;niU)!llinf:|f'0](;o;triri. [i, 



AKuhn 1101100101110111001111111-17 



Van Val en 0 1 1 0 lOHOlffl 1 llOlllil 001 1—17 



W Lindeman 1010001111001110100111000-13 



G Greiff 0111010111111111111111111-22 



F Popt 1 101 1 1101 1 11 1 11 101 1 1 11 1 1 0-31 



JLindeman 00 1 0000 1001 01 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0001 —14 



G Eichler lllllllllOllllUllOOOlllO-20-174 



Hackensack Team. 



W Cary 1011110010001111000011111-15 



W H lstead 10010010"0011001000000000— 6 



McDonald 1101101100001011100011010-13 



R Yerance OOIOUOOIOIOIOOIOIHOOIOO -11 



Van Blarcom 0000110111010110111101101—15 



JTerhune 0000000) 010110101001^8 



Gloe 1010001011100001105110001-11 



C Wagner lCOOOOOOlllllOlOlOOOlllll— 12 



W Cory llllllXXXMlOfflllOOOOllOOOl- 7 



Van Blarcom 0100001010100111110100100—11—107 



Matches at 10 targets. 50 cents: 



G Greiff 1111101110-8 Van Valen 0101101110-0 



W Lindeman 1011101100—6 J Lindeman 0101000011—4 



Blanvelt, Sr 1101010010—5 Le Roche 0000100010—2 



Post 1100011111-7 Blauvelt, Jr 1101111111-9 



No. 3. No. 3, No. 4. 



Post.. 6 FPost. 10 F Post 8 



JLindeman 9 Blauvelt. Jr .8 G Greiff 8 



G Greiff 9 JLindeman 9 JLindeman 7 



W Lindeman 7 W Lindeman 6 Van Valen 5 



Van Valen 7 G Greiff 7 Parsell 9 



Blauvelt, Jr 7 LeRoohe ...4 Blauvelt, Jr 8 



Blauvelt, Sr 7 Taylor 5 



LeRoche 3 



No. 5: 



W Lindeman 4 JLindeman 8 R Yerance 5 



J Hoffman 5 Taylor 3 G Coe 2 



FPost ...9 Blauvelt, Sr 7 W Halstead 5 



Blauvelt, Jr 0 G Greiff 8 C Wagner 5 



LeRoche 1 W Cory 4 McDonald 5 



The Team Match at Washington. 



IN your issue of May 26 and in the account of the third day of 

 the Washington, D. C, tournament is mention made of a conver- 

 sation between Mr. Gulick, president of the Capital City Gun 

 Club, and Mr. C. H. Townsend regarding the Union Gun Olttb, of 

 New Jersey, and the propriety of handicapping them in the team 

 race. 



Mr. Gulick is quoted assaying: "The Baltimore people have 

 promised to en'er three or four teams provided we make the Jer- 

 seymen shoot under expert rules and the promise has been given." 



Now Mr. Editor there are "Baltimore people" and then there 

 are some more Baltimore people, and as Mr. Townsend oasts a 

 slur at the Baltimore Gun Club later on In his report I ask for 

 space to say that the contingent of the Baltimore Gun Club 

 utterly and entirely deny ever having asked Mr. Gulick or any 

 other member of the Capital City Gun Club to handicap or by 

 another method bar any team from shooting in a race where the 

 Baltimore Gun Club was entered. We have as a club met and 

 vanquished teams equally as good as that of the Union Gun Club, 

 and have been beaten too once in a while, but it is our boast 

 that no rival team can say we did not give them a square race 

 and a°ked no odds. One team went over to Washington with a 

 full understanding that the handicap had nothing to do with the 

 team race and entered the race with that understanding. If any 

 promise was made by the Baltimore Gun Club to enter more than 

 one team, which is highly improbable, it must have been made 

 with the proviso that the entries would be made if the men were 

 present. That week was a very busy week for many of our best 

 shots who were unable to attend the tournament at all. 



I beg to suggest to Mr. Townsend that there was another team 

 present from a Baltimore club, known as the Standard Gun Club, 

 which has absolutely no connection with the Baltimore Gun 

 Club, and as the manager of this team did a lot of kicking and 

 then backed out from shooting at the last, he may have been res- 

 ponsible for Mr. Gulick'B statement. 



Hoping that the above statement will in a measure do away 

 with the idea that the Baltimore Gun Club are "kickers" or 

 "squealers" and also hoping that Mr. Townsend will be present 

 at our tournament in July at Tolchester. Pxcus. 



[Anent the abovej"Picus" makes an error. We did not cast any 

 slur at the Baltimore or any other club, as we had no occasion to 

 do so. In the first place we merely quoted the conversation 

 between Mr. Gulick and myself, and then in paragraph two of 

 the final day's summary we said. "* * * note how nobly the 

 Baltimore's alleged promise was kept." The word "alleged" 

 takes away all slurring. We do not know to whom Mr. Mulick 

 referred in his conversation with us, as he did not mention any 

 names of individuals or clubs.] 



Miantonomie Gun Club. 



Newport, R. I , June 6 —A baseball match and a circus proved 

 too much for our members to resist on Saturday, and only Ave 

 reported for practice. Keystone targets we r e used tor the first 

 time, and as the traps were set to throw as far as possible, the 

 poor scores were thus accounted for. The events were at four 

 targets each and the tot"l3 were: 



Brown 1 1 2 0 3 2 1 1 1 3 1 3 Steele 0 13131211. . . 



Glvnn 3 34333332042 Rose 1 12233311433 



Match at 10 targets for $35. 

 Brown 0110100010- 4 Glynn 1101101010- 6 



So.ui o &>s Bitaov©* 



Rose "... 1100000111— 5 Opensha w OOOOllUOO— i 



