Aua. 4, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



107 



In the East Tennessee Valley. 



Thostb people who are imbued with, the idea that the life of a 

 newspaper man is one of unalloyed pleasure Bhould have accom- 

 panied the writer on his trip from New York to the tournament 

 Sf the Johnson City (TenD.) Gun Club. Leaving the Metropolis 

 on TuesdEV. .luly 26, when the mercury was making frantic 

 efforts to rlimb through the top of the tube, haviner to choose 

 between the evils of sweltering with closed windows or smother- 

 iiDg with them open was by no means a pleasant experience. On 

 Tuesday nieht it was so intolerably close as to preclude any pos- 

 sibillTy of Bleeping. Wednesday was hotter even than Tuesday, 

 the thermometer in Washington markieg 05 degrees. All along 

 theliue from Shenandoah Junction to Johnson City the dust 

 rofe in clouds, and owirg To the numerous twisting and turn- 

 ing of the track it was irnpossible to find "a shady side" of a car 

 for auy length of time. On Wednesday evening there was a very 

 heavy shower, lasting for an hour or more, hut after this had 

 passed away the heat was as intense as before. The route has 

 been so often described that it is unnecessary to say more than 

 khat if there is any section of the country which offers more 

 aiversifled attractions in the way of scenery than does the East 

 Tennessee Valley the writer would like to see it. 



Arriving at .Johnson City the writer f oimd at the Hotel Carnagie 

 „ goodly number of sportsmen all tqulpped snd eager for th« 

 battle at the traps. There was William Tell Mitchell, the well- 

 known live pigeon and target expert, held shot, dog breeder, 

 [rain er and handler and all around good fellow, vyho had trav- 

 eled from Lynch Station, Va., just for fun; "BUly" Wagner, 

 Washing on's most expert target breaker, who is shooting a 

 champion's race this season, and worrying all the boys; Dr. S. \V. 

 Khea, raavor of Tennessee, Bristol one of the best shots and most 

 pofinlar sportsmen in the State, and one who would "rather shoot 

 I I esi;" J.J King and Dr. W. H. Hicks, fellow-townsmen of 

 I- Rhea, and both good shots; R E L. Gilman, the slim- 

 , auburn-haired youth from Greensboro, N. C, which town 

 1 5 will give a cracking good shoot on Aug. 23 and 24; Arthur 

 Ju Brav. Parker Bros.' popttlar Southern salesman, who 

 s m-vriads of friends by his genial manner, bright conversa- 

 and habit of putting in a good word for every gun in the 

 ink't regardless of makej J. W. Todd, J. S. Carson and G- A. 

 Inwall, all the wav from Charlotte, N. C, which town Howell 

 av:: is possessed of a club of "shooters" everv one of whom ptits 

 LuYull time during a •ournament; J. L. Fonda, of Cincinnati. O., 

 'vho looks after the Western and Southern intert^sts of the Clark 

 'hr°ad Co., of Newgrk, N. J.; S. P. Mwis, another of Bristol's 

 ntbusiasts; and last but not least we come to the bright gala.sy 

 f expert enthusiasts from the Knoxville Gun Club, Roger H. 

 nd S'immer A"an Gilder; Chas. B. Ross, the "youth with the 

 ) ^t]hiu-n complexion," who carries a horseshoe for luck; Thomas 

 !, Eldridge, F. Morris, Alderman .John W. Connor, the Mead 

 I Tothers, Arthur E. and Frank S., and A. F. Smith. They are the 

 iriKht luminaries of the shooting world in their section, and while 

 he V [ire always willing to do a lion's share of the work in running 

 i avaament they also do what is better still— shoot in every 

 i from start to finish, and never utter a complaint if nnfor- 

 r enough to be shut out of a pot. 

 Johnson City is situated in one of the most fertile agricultural 

 iHxd rich mineral regions of ihc E ist Tennessee Valley, a,nd is 



SECEETAKY .J. A. HARTNER. 



Baltimore Gua Club. 



Eurrounded by remarkably fine scenery. The town proper has a 

 typical Southern aspect wl*-h its rambling hnildings, but on the 

 outskirts some fine modern buildings of stone and brick. The 

 Hotel Carnagie, which stands on a rise of ground about a mile 

 ^om the city proper is a model building, costing about $90 OPU. 

 Directly opposite this are the depots— pa'ssenger and frplght— of 

 the "Three Os" road, these being built of brown stone. This road 

 When completed is expected to orove a boon to the citv, opening 

 up an entirely'new country. The population of the city is 5,000, 

 hut it is steadily growing, the trend bping toward the section 

 Where the above hotel and depots are located. During 1S90 there 

 were 63 buildings erected, and since that time there have been 

 mi dwellings put up. Its altitude is 1 650ft. above sea level, the 

 average temperature being about 56 in the spring. (4 in summpr; 

 i)7 m fall and 39 in winter, an annual mean of about 36.50. The 

 Roan Mountain, 6,394ft. in height, is 33 miles east of the city and 

 on the summit of this is the Cloudland Hotel, the highest human 

 habitation east of the Rocky Mountains. Nnrth of the Hotel 

 Carnngie is an immense steel plant, which while representine an 

 outlay of $130,000, has stood idle for a year awaiting the comple- 

 tion of the -'Tnree C.s" road. With its natural facilities aided by 

 Northern capital the town has a great future in store. One of its 

 premier attractinns will be a public, park comprising 60,000 acres, 

 contributed by individuals and corporations. 



The shooting grounds of the Johnson Citv Gun Club are situated 

 abnut a mile from the Hotel Carnaeie, and are reached by a fluelv 

 equipped electric road run by a Thomson-Houston plant. Cars 

 Tun every twenty minutes to and from the grounds. About a 

 quarter of a mile beyond the shooting grounds is a fine little sheet 

 of water known as Lake Watausee, which is surrounded by a 

 heavy woodland, affording a cool retreat. On Tuesday and Fri- 

 day evenings of each week the Johnson City Brass Band gives 

 concerts in the pavilion at this lake. The shooters all went out to 

 enjoy the mu.sic on last Friday evening. 



When the shoot opened on Thursday morning there were about 

 twenty-five shooters present for the initial event. The Incal men 

 were conspicuous by their absence, Messrs. H. L. Williams and R. 

 Burrow being the only club members to shoot through the pro- 

 gramme. The weather was intensely hot, there being scarcely a 

 breath of air untU near evening. The shooting wa« at blnerock 

 targets, thrown from expert traps by North's electric pull, and 

 trom start to finish these worked well. It was expected that the 

 attraction of $500 added money, with additional valuable prizes of 

 merchandise, wotild draw at least half a hundred shooters, but 

 about oue-third of this number failed to materialize. For one 

 tbmg I can vouch, and that is, that just so long as clubs, no mat- 

 ter where situated, state in their programmes that the nhnoxious 



expert" rule will be enforced, just so long will the "spenders"' 

 remain at home, saving money by so doing. I was informed by 

 members of the home club that had the Northern shooters ap- 

 peared they would have been shown the same consideration pre- 

 viously accorded them at Knoxvillp; but after the shoot was 

 opened was rather a late hour to make any such announcement, 

 particularly when the shooting world had been told that the pi-o- 

 gramme would be carried out as printed. The club that imposes 

 tbe • esnert" rule on a shooter commits an injustice to the shooter 

 and injures its own prospects as well. 



use woodland, the ground sloping upward to 



! rem the traps, made the shonting rather difflcnlt, so that the 

 'J6 were not up to the usual standard. The first event was 

 :-oiK tnr vi Li traps and known angles, the sliding scale being 

 avents. One set of five traps were used, and 

 -.tfady use all day. The shooters were served 

 1 1 1 . 'ii; lunch at the restaurant on the grounds, To 



the right of the Une of traps was a grand stand which aftorded 

 them shade between events, an entrance fee of ten cents was 

 charged to this, shooters and all being ohMged to "see the captain." 

 The club has a neat club house about 15X80 and between this and 

 the restaurant was a shed under whibh were seats and loading 

 tables. To the left of the score line w°8 the rashler's offi-^e and 

 to the left r'f this the scoring' stand. The hustling was done by 

 H. L. Williams and Robert Bnrl-ow, who were ably assisted >y 

 Summer and Roger Van Gilder, and Frank and Arthur Mr ad of 



PBESIDBNT B. '"C. 'HALIi. 



Balt.lniore_Smi",Club. 



the Knoxville contingent. All of these Knoxville people are 

 master-hands at working the "hustle-act," and they made their 

 work tell from the moment they took hold. Had it not been for 

 their assistance the programme would not have been completed 

 before dark. 



The shoo'iug, as I have said, was extremely d'fflcult on account 

 of the dark foreground, and none of the m«n were able to pull out 

 good averages, Wagner being high with 89.41, breaking 153 out of 

 the 170 Tareets shot at. The next high man was Mayor Rhea, who 

 brokp 144; Sommer Van Gilder getting 113 and W. T. Mitchell 141. 

 All of these men are good for 90 per cent, or better under reason- 

 able conditions, but here they did not seem able to do their u=ual 

 good work. The table of averages given will show that the poor 

 showing was not on account of any "fluking" by an Individual, 

 but that it obtained with all hands. 



The asterisk (*) preceding a score denotes that the score was 

 made shootins from known trap, at unknown angles. 



The club added $155 to the purses on this day. The events were 

 as follows- No. 1 ■ 15 singles, $3 entry; No. 2, 15 singles, $3 entry, 



1 Ari'A-LN .J , A. XLLl A R 



Baltimore Gun Club. 



$20 added: Nos. 

 |35 added; Nos. 



Connor., . 

 R Van Gilder. . 



Eldridge 



Mitchell 



Martin 



Williams.. .... 



Rhea 



Burrow 



Du Bray... 



Smith 



Wagner 



F S Mead 



S Van Gilder... 



Oarson 



Gilmer 



Fonda 



Ross 



Morris , . 



Wolfe 



Todd . 



Howell 



A E Mead 



Hicks 



King 



Winston 



Cos 



Boring 



Stover . . 



J R Burrows 



Scott 



Hal•^.... . 

 W^ofiord , 



. 3, 5 and 9 same as No. J 

 4 and 8, 20 singles each, 



1 a s 4 0 



11 *Ib' *10 13 10 



12 *9 *11 *U *11 



12 11 J3 16 13 



14 *14 ni 17 12 



12 fi 1^! 17 13 



.......U 13 -8 15 9 



13 -13 *15 *1(3 *J3 



11 9 U 13 11 



13 *io '11 nv *10 



10 *n «13 *13 *12 



14 *13 •113 *lti *15 



8 n 15 *19 11 



10 13 14 *15 14 



10 14 *8 13 11 



11 11 10 16 14 



13 11 10 15 10 



13 11 9 14 IS 



..13 10 S 15 12 



10 9 7 15 9 



9 1.3 *13 13 10 



...13 



9 10 16 13 



13 10 16 13 



8 1.3 9 .. 



9 9 9 6 

 4 



No. 0, 25 singles, $3 

 $3 entry, $20 added: 

 0 7 S 9 10 Ac 

 *19 *11 *16 11 *14 

 *17 *15 *19 *10 *13 

 17 13 13 14 *1S 

 ■'20 13 *1S *]3 *11 



17 11 16 11 *11 

 19 13 16 U 11 



*31 *14 *14 *11 *14 



18 12 13 8 .. 

 *17 *11 *17 *14 *]0 

 *19 *12 *19 *11 *8 

 *32 *15 *18 *14 *13 



19 12 14 .. .. 

 *20 13 *18 15 *13 



15 .. 11 a .. 

 *19 11 10 11 11 



17 13 n 10 12 

 12 .. IS 7 

 23 *13 15 10 13 

 19 .S 11 7 9 

 23 *9 14 11 14 

 14 .. 14 9 .. 



18 13 *i4 13 *11 



16 6 17 10 13 



17 6 15 .. .. 

 .. 7 13 G .. 



en t ry, 



eragcti. 



75.88 



7411 



79.41 



83 94 



75.39 



74.11 



84.70 



78.33 



89 41 



72.94 

 74.11 



79.41 

 03.35 



6 



10 



. . - 10 



.. .. 9 



3 .. 



13 17 11 



"10 , . , . 



No. 4, 20 singles. S3 entry, $20 added: 



*A Smith .00101101011101111101-13 Wolfe IQllllOll 01101110111-15 



*S Van Stover. . . . 01001110000111000111-10 



Gilder.. 11111011111111101100-15 Hicks 11111101110111011101-16 



*Wagner..ll011111011110111011-16 Howell... 010016111100D110ICOO- S 



*Rhpa ...11111101111001111011-16 King 00110101101010010100- !^ 



*Dubray.. 11110101111111111110 -17 Morris. . ..11110101101111011011-15 

 ^Mitchell 11111111111111000111-17 *F Mead.. 01000010011011101001- 9 

 R Van Todd 00100011011101101111—13 



Glider . . OllllOOillOllOlll 011-14 Pon d a olllUllllllllllOlOO-lS 



Martin . . ..11111011111011110111-17 A B MeadllllOOlllOlUiOlllll— 16 



Eldridge. .11111001011111011111-16 Ross 01111011011011110011-11 



Williams.llOlllOnilOlllOlllO-15 Gilmer.. .11101011111101110111-16 

 Connor. ...01011111111001100011-13 Winston..l0010l0010010011001l- 9 

 Carson . 011110011001100011)1-13 Burrows.. 10111000110lll011110-13 



No. 6, 25 singles, |3 entry, $35 added: . , , ^ 



^Mitchell .11110innillll01111111CO-20 



* Wagner 1111111001101111111111111—23 



*Rbpa 1111111111111101111100011-21 



*S Van Gilder 0101111111111101110110111-20 



*Gi]man .1111111111110001110110110-19 



*R Van Gilder Il00l0ll001110111110lll01-ir 



*Oonner ; . ,0010011111011111111111110—19 



*Ross .llOOlOrOOOOlOOllOlllllOOl— 13 



Hicks 0110100111111001001111100-16 



Eldridge ...OOllOOlOllHllllllOlllOlO-lT 



F Mead 11011101 101inill00110111-19 



Carson 1101 1 10110110101101111101-18 



Fonda 1111010101101101110011011-17 



Wolfe 1001111111110111111000111—19 



A Mead 1111101101110111101100101-18 



Martin llOllOOlllOOOliOllOHllll— 17 



King ...1111010101101111001010111-17 



Du Bray IHlllllOOll 1 1 00011 100101-17 



Smith 1101101111011110111001111-19 



Burrow 1010011 11 1101001 1 1 10 11 110-13 



Howell 0100110101111010110100101-14 



Williams lllUOi 101101111010 111 101-19 



Todd 1111111111111111100111111-23 



Morris 1011111111011111111111111-33 



No. 8, 20 .triples. f3 entry, $20 added: 

 *Rhea . . . .11011100K0111011111-14 Carson. . . 11010111000101100101-11 



*nonnor.. 11111101110111100111- 16 Ross 10011110101111011000—12 



*Wagner. 11111011111011111111-18 RVan Gil- 



*Dubr.sy..0111]10nillll011Ul-17 der 11111110x01111110111-17 



*S Van Gil- Morris. ...lllOlllOllllOlUOflll- 15 



der 11111011111101111111-18 A P SmithllOlllUn 1111111111-19 



*Eldridge nOllOlllllll 1010110-15 A Mead. ..10101111101110011110-14 

 *Maitin . . .11110111111110111001-16 Winston . .01011101 111101001101—18 

 ♦Mitcbtll. 11111111111101111011-18 Wolfe ... 10111010010010111100-11 

 Howell.. ..01010111110010111111-14 F Mead... 11 101001011111011011-14 



H art Oil 11 101 11111(011 111-1 7 Gilmer . . . .101111 10! 00 1 00000110-10 



Williams. 11101010111111111011-16 Todd 11011110110001101111-14 



Burrows. .C0000111111101101101-12 Fonda. . . . 00010111010101111011-11 



H cks Omi 1011 1111111 1011-1 7 King 11110111111110110110-15 



The Second Bay 



opened much cooler than Thursday, although It was still warm 

 enough to answer all practice I puipo.ses. There was just hreezs 



DB. S. J. FOKT ("PICUS"). 



Baltimore Gun. Club. 



enough to make the targets take slightly erratic flights and to 

 temper the edges of the sun's rays. The work began promptly at 

 9 o'clock, the attendance being about the same as on the opening 

 day. About 10:30 there came up a shower and at noon there was 

 another, the weather being delightful »f ter this. On the previous 

 evening it had been stated that the club members were complain- 

 ing of the short attendance and that tbey were inclined to cut 

 down the shoot to two days, as otherwise they would be sure 

 losers. This brouerht forth expressions of indignation from every 

 one of the men. many of whom had traveled long distances in 

 ordpr to take part fn the sport, the main attraction being the an- 

 ponnf ement that $500 would be added to the purses "by the Johnson 

 City Gun Club." This announcement should in honor have bound 

 the club to run a three-days' shoot according to the programme 

 no matter if onlv half a dozen men entered the even's. It was 

 finally decided that the pi ogramme should be continued for the 

 full three days, but the members also decided to cut down the 

 added money just one-half on the second day. Instead of 8135, guar- 

 anteed on honor, only $77.50 wa^^ added to tbe purses. It was natur- 

 ally supposed that the club was sure of $500 whe n it guaranteed 

 to "add" that amount, but it transpired that the club had been 

 unable to secure that amount and conseouently it adopted the 

 suicidal course of violating its promise", a procedure which 

 will tend to keep shoo'ers away from future events run under its 

 management. With fifteen members on its roll there was no good 

 reason for the breaking of a promise of this kind, as anm rata as- 

 sessment on its members would have been merely a nominal sum. 

 The cut-down was made, however, despite the weU-found^d pro- 

 tests of those who had the interests of the club at heart. On Fri- 

 day evening the club members held a conference and came to 

 their senses, announcing that on Saturday the programme would 

 be carried through as published. This was a most sensible con- 

 clusion and it is to be regretted that they did not look far enough 

 ahead to keep their promise on the second day. 



The shooting on the opening day was extremely difficult The 

 targets, however, were thrown in conformity with the rules as to 

 height and distance. As on the previous day no one reached 90 

 per cent.., Wagner again leading the van with 88 83, breaking 151 

 out of 1(0 tai;gets. Harry Williams was his nearest opponent with 

 144 breaks. Todd scoring 143. The events and amounts added 

 were as tnllows: Nos. 1, 7 and 10, 15 singles, $3 entrv; Nos 3 3 5 

 and 9, 15 singles, $3 entry. SIO added; Nos. 4 and 8, 20 single? $10 

 added; No. 6, 25 singles, 817.50 added. BeloAy is a table of scores 

 and averages: 



Rhea 



Wagner 



Cox 



Burrows ., 



V orris 



Hicks 



Fonda... 



Gilmer 



Martin 



Connor 



FS Mead., 



Ross 



Todd 



StOA-er , . , 



i 





a' 







6 





3 



.9 



10 



11 



13 



12 



17 



9 



15 



13 



19 



11 



13 



13 



13 



13 



IB 



13 



19 



14 



17 



10 



12 



13 



8 



11 



17 



11 



13 



13 



19 



15 



14 



12 



13 



13 



18 



11 



20 



13 



18 



13 



10 



15 

 7 



13 



13 

 7 



15 



13 



33 



15 



20 



13 



IS 



13 



13 



13 



is 



io 



•2Z 



9 



ir 



ii 



ii 



9 



13 



10 



15 



11 



19 



8 





11 



8 



14 



13 



11 



21 



14 



16 



11 



IS 



11 



13 



13 



14 



11 



20 



10 



17 



10 



9 





13 



14 



13 



15 



11 



20 



13 



13 



11 



9 



9 



13 



13 



9 



19 



13 



13 



11 



13 



9 



13 



13 



14 



15 



19 



13 



15 



13 



11 



13 



14 



13 



13 



15 



19 



10 



13 



15 



11 



13 



13 



13 



16 



13 



23 



13 



16 



13 



12 



8 



10 



10 



13 



12 



24 



13 



15 



13 



11 

 9 



11 



13 



14 



13 



11 



20 



10 



16 



10 



9 





13 



9 



14 



18 



30 



11 



17 





18 



13 



13 



16 



7 



16 



12 



17 



6 



■fi 



14 



9 



13 



16 



13 



33 



13 



IS 



12 



14 



12 



7 







13 



13 







77.05 

 81.17 

 77.64 

 82.35 

 88.83 



80.00 



?r'64 



73.94 

 77,05 

 68.82 

 79.41 

 78,82 

 83,35 

 75.29 

 75.29 



84, II 



