Dec. 8, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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CHICAGO TRAPS. 



Chicago, 111., Nov. 26 —Chicago is fuller of good shooters to- 

 nightrhan at any time for month?, thf rpflex work of Milwankpe 

 Fhoot havinir pauspd here a while, pofsibly for a few days. Thf re 

 arepresen' now Blf-ssrs. Budfi, Elliott, Parmalee. Liodsley, Mc- 

 Murchy, Tucker, Sanford, Rexroat, Bennett, Aokerman a.a<^ 

 Ri^ad, all from out of town. Dick Merrill may be over from 

 Milwaukee early in the week. Therp is a gt neral i^haking up of 

 tliB local talent, and bpfore many hours pass there may he 

 rnzors flying in the air, tbouBrti t>ie pTohability is that nothing 

 more serious than sweepstakes will result. 



Winston did not come on from 8t. Louis, and toth Brewer 

 and Fulford left towu la=t Wednesday. Fulford does not want 

 to shoot Winston. He says it "wouldn't, be worth while." A 

 {rood many here think it wouldn't be worth while, either— not 

 for Fnlf'-rd. Brewer, of course, is cballenginK a plenty, and just 

 now is hegping Dr. Carver to step on his Prince Albert for a 

 thou'^and. Dr Carver probably will not— not in a thousand. All 

 of which will leave a f orner free for the wind to sigh tbrougb. 



The Atwater-Mnssey race has been postponed, Mr. Atwater 

 haying: a sick child at his home. 



The sweeps of the pxperts next week will probably take the 

 form of ' star sweeps'" or miss and outs, privilege of re-entry for 

 second or third time, 



AMERICAN MA-SUrACTDBEHS' ASSOCIATION. 



Mr. Harvey McMurchy, of the Hunter Arms Oo , one of the 

 iremhers of the new shootine body, the American Manufactur- 

 ers' AESociation, hands me here the recently issued prospectus 

 which was referred to in tbe Forest aud g-raEAM's report of the 

 inauRural mcelinK two weeks ago. The prospectns offers inter- 

 esticR reading to the shooter, for instance, when it says that the 

 object of the Asscciation is "not to see how many targets we can 

 throw in a day, but how many shooters we can get toeether, and 

 how pleasant a time we can give thetii. We show the shooters a 

 full line of America!] makers' goods in gnns. ammunition, tar- 

 gt't.B and s-porting goods, and thett give the shooters $100 a day to 

 come and look at them." 



TbB American AssociH (ion will give, it is .^inuaunced. ton ex- 

 positions and tournaments, each of two days, beginning next 

 February and ending next December, at points not yet decided. 

 It will add .$200 cash to the purse.? of each tournament. It will 

 cbarge tlireo cents on all targets thrown, leave the choice of tat- 

 gets 10 thelooal club and pay one cent each for all targets thrown, 

 the fund so created to go toward improving the local grounds. 



Fullpr details will doubtless be found elsewhere in these oo!- 

 umns. even comment here must be brief. The project seems to 

 be well received bere. Certainly the American is a fortunate 

 and highly pampeTfd individual. This is the third organization 

 within five years whose purposes have been similar, and which 

 bave all sought to foster and build up the sport of trap-shooting. 

 The American Shooting Association failed. Will the later asso- 

 ciation fail, will this one faijy It is to be hoped not. I believe 

 that that association will succeed which can evolve gome sure 

 and equitable way of separating 'he men who shoot for sport 

 from Itiose who shoot for money. Under the best handicapping 

 system yet found it is questionable whether this has successfully 

 been drue. Further remedies may be offered in abundance, hut 

 which of them is the one for this new as.sociation to take up for 

 serious consideration? In these trouiilous and im certain timp=. 1 

 cannot help turning back to the advice of Mr. Tucker at the Mil- 

 waukee shoot: "Bar any man caught dropping for place, and do 

 it fearlessly." 



Jxist how such a course wonld work is a question. It would 

 probably at an early day cut off the attendance of many valuable 

 target smashers, and target smashers are practically the heavy 

 buyers of targets and of ammunition. If it did not bar tbem, it 

 might gradually crowd them together into the one or two upper 

 moneys, and so leave one or two lower moneys for the men who 

 shoot for sport. In a ten-bird sweep there is not two birds differ- 

 ence in gait between a dozen of the men who shot at Milwaukee, 

 hut you cannot tell their gait from their score card, for they drop 

 In to cover the fattest money in sight. A sharp and nervy com- 

 mittee conld have nailed much of the place-shooring, and it could 

 always', anywhere. 



It would be a novel thing to see a shoot conducted not in a rush- 

 ing, hullabulloo, money-making, business way, but in a quiet, 

 careful, experimenting way, so that some spnrt might be possible 

 in it. Suppose the American Manufacturers' Association gave a 

 shoot of this kind, and just tried a few experiments, and didn't 

 try to make the last dollar in sight, and didn't allow the shooters 

 to do just what they pleased to get hold of this same last dollar— 

 1 wonder what the result would be? They will make their own 

 plans, very possibly clinging to much of the old doctrine which 1 

 confess to me seems very well worth discarding, especially in the 

 I'ght of the pRSt. Certainly they have a complicated isrobiem 

 before them. Everyone knows that tournament shooting is what 

 calls heavily for guns, ammunition and targets, and every one 

 knows also that tournament sbootine is not in a healthy condition 

 to-day, because it does not appeal to the sport-loving public, a far 

 larger and more desirable class than which is usually most 

 strongly represented at tournaments to-day. Be all these things 

 as they may. shooters should be glad to see the new association 

 formed, as being a body of men wl'O can widely settle these ques- 

 tions if any one can, and men who will be just and fair to all in so 

 far as lies within their power. Already an interesting feature of 

 next year's circuit is assured. 



a?aE WOHLD'S PAIR SHOOT. 



It occurs to me that the open tournament of next summer's 

 Illinois State Association shoot, wbich will really be the World's 

 Fair shoot, might lie turned ov^r, on some equitable basis to be 

 determined, to the American Manufacturers' Association. We 

 are looking for a stock company to take hold of that shoot and 

 run It in a wide and representative American fashion. Why can- 

 not ibis association broaden its purposes enough for this? It could 

 make money. It could reach the shooters. It could teach its 

 principles. It could show its goods. It could pay the Illinois As- 

 eoeialion a per cent, for its support. It could do a good stroke of 

 •i)Usines8 for itself and for the Illinois body at the same time, and 

 Bplve a question which, already far too long delayed here, is grow- 

 intr morw urgent and more knotty every day. 



Nov. SO —Yesterday and the day before have been high times at 

 "Watson's Park. Not content with the pigeon game of last wepk 

 at Milwaukee, a crowd of the hardest shooters who met there— 

 indeed, numbering among them many of the very best shots of 

 the Western country—drifted into Chicago for a little further 

 mu'nal entertainment. The result was a very nice little two 

 days' tournament, and several very narrow escaoes from matches 

 involving great deeds upon the feathery field. It was noped that 

 some of the foreigners would get tangled up to the extent of a 

 few pool races, hut they fought shy of each otaer; only two Chi- 

 cago men appeared to do battle for their country. Much dieap- 

 pointment was felt by the local talent, who all wished the visitors 

 to see some of the much-talked-of good birds, and to give them a 

 taste of real shooting. The birds were called a "good lot" by the 

 trap reporter of an esteemed contemporary published here (who 

 was not on the grounds) but they were really very far indeed 

 from being a good lot, and were only about a tournament average 

 lot. This was not the fault of the birds, but of the weather, which 

 was dull, muggy, foa-gy and dark, with no wind fit all, both yester- 

 day and Monday. The birds flew very dully, whereat John Wat- 

 son said bad words in his whiskers. The sport of the two days 

 was about the poorest ever seen on the grounus so far as the birds 

 were concerned, and it would be hard to pick nastier days. 



Palling of some pool matches, Mr. Fulford. Mr. Elliott and Mr. 

 Winston nil being somewhere else at the critical juncture, getting 

 into form for more junctures just like this one, It was hoped that 

 some of tbe cracks would shoot to finish and show us a little sport 

 in the star sweeps. Did they do i'"? Not in a thousand years. 

 Thev shot down to where a few had a little money in sight, and 

 theu the wink and secret talk took place as usual, and so did the 

 •divide. They are all afraid to go against the combine. Talk about 

 the Standard Oil Company, It isn't a marker for a monopoly 

 alongside of the great American trap-shooting cinch contingent. 

 Soon Monday we had to report another section of tournament 

 instead of a slice of spirited and interesting shooting. Trap 

 shoDiing of to-day has grown to be very tiresome work, except for 

 thosp who have t heir money in the pot. i like that word "pot." 

 It is just right. Trap shooters are the worst pot hunters on earth. 

 They are pot boilers, for sure, these sweeps. Our friend the trap 

 shooter has one eye on the trap and tiie other on the pot, every 

 day. Trap shooting is going to pot, mostly, if the present system 

 holds. 



MONDAY'S STAR SWEEPS. 



The experiment of the star sweeps was tried for novelty and for 

 the purpose of seeing what the result would be as to liuish shoot- 

 ing and value of piu'ses won. The first sweep closed in the 15 

 hole, with the fotu- experts, Budd, Heikes, Parmalee and Sanford, 

 in at the divide. Naturally at the entrance charged no very big 

 winning could be expected, especially when the birds were so 

 easy. The four men left in would probably have shot the money 

 all out before any finish could have been made. Score ; 



Star sweep No. 1, live b'rds, miss and out. SS, $3 re-entry : 



C W Budd 113312223131123 J C Read 333321203120 



R O Heikes 123313111313011 M C Sanford 331222211313333 



Chas Grim 11203I13211S20 F Parmalee 121113122331311 



H McMurchy 1320120 Ted Ackerman . . . .01110 



G Kleinman 2112212200 A L Bennett 0110 



RB Wads worth.. 30133332211120 R Merrill 103112220 



L M Ham lio e 00 M F Lindsley 223203322220 



W P Mussey 0323-223331120 



Messrs- Budd, Heikes, Parmalee and Sanford divided $26.50. 



Star sweep No. 3, same conditions : 



C B Dicks 022120 R B Wadsworth 2331213 



R Merrill n2112-2 F Parmalee 3112111 



Cap Anson S;?11I33 L M Hamline 2023120 



Al.Bsnuptt 20120 C Gr'm 2191111 



A Torkington 0112113 Gu= Kluinman 1123231 



M F r.,indBley 3tl33313 C W Budd 1I12U3 



J C Read 3113100 M C Sanford 3201131 



T^d Ackerman 01310 RO Rpikes 2321321 



H McMurchy. 1123U3 W P Mussey 32132i!3 



It was dark when the score stood as above, and the money was 

 divided tiraong those remainingin. 



■rUESUAY'S ATTBACIIONS. 



Yesterday 's weather was enough to make a pi aiu citizen think 

 of all his misdeeds and resolve to make his will. Neither men nor 

 birds had any ambition, and the impression seemed general that 

 the world had gone to the demnition bow-wows. However, the 

 events of the day were more exciting in their nature, and nnder 

 hetSter skies it wonld have been a great day. The Atwater-Mussey 

 medal was to have been shot to-day. hut was postponed, as an- 

 nounced last week. Instead there was shot the ma^ch between 

 Capt. Anson and J. C. Rf ad, w'hich was agreed upon at Milwau- 

 kee. It may be borne in mind that in the report of the Milwau- 

 kee tournament Mr. Bead was mentioned as having won $Sl 

 alone in one purse of a live bird shoot. At least he stood to take 

 down that much in the 11 hole, though perhaps Mr. G. W. Rex- 

 I'oal, who only got 13, can best say whether Mr. Rend got $81 or 

 $10 50. Mr. Read is an <?>maha plumber, and after his winning in 

 the above shoot ho was called by no other name than that of '-the 

 Plumber." It may have been his supposed great wealth I hat 

 made Cap. Anse tread on his coat, or Cap. Anse may have just 

 objected to Mr. Read's owning $S1, or a moiety thereof. At any 

 rate they negotiated some and we saw the result Tuesday. 



ANSON— READ. 



Match at 50 live birds, S50, American Association rules to govern, 

 except new Illinois bouhdary. (The esteemed cont''mt)'irary 

 above mentioned reports th's matcli as shot under new Illinois 

 mles; but let that pass.) No odds were offered, but the Chicago 

 man was favorite, not a gieat deal of Omaha money beirg in 

 sight, thongh Frank Parmalee confidently assured everybr)dy 

 ihai "tbe Plumber would win in a jog." Both men were scan d a 

 whole lot for 15 birds, but after that, settled down. Read shooting 

 a very steady and cool gait, at times with mnch judgment. The 

 birds ranged from dark Blue Points to New York counts, with a 

 few Chicago selects thrown in to lend variety tn the occasion. 

 They were a mixed lot of flyers, and therefore hard to gauge. 

 Three birds in the 100 were flagged. Once in awhile a screamer 

 wonld go out. Anson had V^e worst of these by far for 30 birds, 

 and as be is not especially quick with his first some of them got 

 very high and hard before he stopped them. At these difficult 

 shots he seemed perfectly at home, and made some cracking kills. 

 His load was a Roman candle containing S^drs. of Schultze pnw- 

 der. a handful of wads and a tin cupful of shot, yet his gun (the 

 old heavy-muzzled Greener once owned by Jim Elliott, held the 

 load together admirably and did fine work. Anson lost his twenty- 

 ninth bird in a singular way. It was a hicrh left-quarterer, shot 

 through the head, and Anson's handler called to Biilv, the trap- 

 per boy who does the retrieving skillfully, to go after the bird 

 fast. The hoy, doubtless asrainst his judgment, obeyed, and the 

 bird got up and flew out. It was not needed, however. 



At the 30 turn the men were tied, and Chicago men looked dubi- 

 ous, because the Plumber was proving pretty bandy and iooked 

 dangermtsly sophistifated for a man shoeing his first match. At 

 23 Read missed, but Anse came back to him at 27. and the plot 

 thickened. Anse missed his twenty-ninth, and the Plumber al- 

 l-^wed he would mark down the price of plumbing in Omaha. At 

 thp thirty-third bird, however, the luck of tbe birds turned, as it 

 usually does in a race of any length, and Read began to draw 

 some hard twisters, which made for the deep field. Of these bo 

 missed 3 straight, and 1 out of i, and 5 out of 10, and 7 out of 20, 

 the douffhty haseball general continuing to go after the birds 

 about the same as before, or more so, and going out with a string 

 of 44 at his belt and a smile which would have served very well 

 for a sunset on a dark day. Your Uncle Adrian is this kind of a 

 pigeon shooter: he will shoot up to his gait all the time, and will 

 not have any waves of trouble in his chest during the match, 

 though he doesn't claim to be a champion nor nothin'. It i^i now 

 very likely that your Uncle Adrian will bB pestering some of the 

 Cnicago boys for matches before long. It is aiso i^robable that 

 the price of plumbing will have to go un now in Omaha. Mr. 

 Read has changed hi" mind about that. Mr. Read has now shot 

 one pigeon match, hut I would not advise any stranger to pick 

 him up for an easy one. by any means. John Watson refereed this 

 and the other shooting, of conrse. Score: 



Trap score type— Copyright, /son, by Forest and Stream Publi^hhn) Co. 



J C Read 12011123012331o3111131022 



il330003033031H 32 10 0 2-39 



Capt A C Anson. .2 1103130011121 2 1311111312 



30303211131111331313110 3 1-44 

 At once after the above race a live bird sweep was opened, on 

 the same principle of those of yesterday, star sweep, miss and out, 

 $3, $3 re-entry. Score: 



Ed Bingham ...... 2233220333— 9 R Stevens •2332322101— 9 



G W Heikes 1120011332— 8 T Ackerman 0112232021— 8 



C Grim 2330303313- 8 R O Heikes 1120313320— R 



C WBudd 3311333231—10 W George 0331122033— 8 



R Merrill 3332101131— 9 W P Mus.sey 3200233322— ,S 



F Parmalee 1311311131—10 J C Read .333332320?— 9 



R B Wadsworth... 3233312223— 10 A L Bennett 3l0il'n210- 7 



M Lindsley 0220013S23— 7 MC Sanford 133132122;'-10 



H McMurchy 2310111111— 9 A Torkington 2201210201- 7 



AO Anson 1131111331—10 Ben Price 2121823'.'03— 9 



A E Thomas 3333323333-10 



Ties div. money as follow: First, 5 men, $63; second, 6 men, 

 $47.35; third, 6 men, $31.25; fourth, 3 men, $15.7.5. 



A BED HOT TARGET RACE. 



On Monday evening there was some talk of getting up a big tar- 

 get sweep at 100 targets, $35 or $10 entry, all the cracks to go in. 

 ■ 1 hope they'll get that race up," sa'd Rolla Heikes. "Mv wife 

 don't like the piano we've eot and I want to get a new one." "If 

 they get that race up," said Eddie Bingham," my good girl has a 

 cinch on a diamond ring." "This means another Des Moines lot 

 on my farm," said Charlie Budd. And they all watited it to go, 

 because they all thought they could get about 99 or 100 tirsrets out 

 of 10 unknown traps, P. North electric piano, only three (visible) 

 moneys in the purse. This target race was shot to-day, and you 

 never saw such a disgusted lot .if shooters. The old mechanical, 

 ridiculous, rapid-fire, known-angle system was never more fully 

 bi ought in evidence. It became evident that a lot of great shots 

 can't shoot unless you hold a target up for them on a stick. At 

 wing shooting, real shooting, such as they had to-day, thev were 

 not in it. Eddie Bingham's best girl will have to wear a tin ring 

 for a while vet. and Rilla Heike's wife will have to struggle along 

 witb the old piano, Frank Parmalee, of Omaha, won first with a 

 score of 73 out of 100, carrying Charlie Budd let down in tbe 

 darkish finishing time of ev^euing and wou second with only 69, 

 $35. Dickie Merrill, a slim young man in brown clothes and a 

 delicate mustache, from Milwaukee, won third, $16.80, with a 

 total of 68. Now, there was another shooting event, and cold as 

 it w.as, the target score had a constant line of .spectators, watch- 

 ing the experts trying to shoot a red-hot shooting game. This 

 was not tournament shooting, but it was a whole lot belter. Mr. 

 Watson sends in the scores later. 



BENNETT— jrUSSET. 



Mr. A. L. Bennett is one of the firm who bought out Jim Elliott's 

 Kansas City shooting park. Mr. Bennett was bei Milvowkee with 

 the hoys, and at that time he wore the dirtiest and raggedest 

 sweater ever was, and had, moreover, a shirt with 150 shot holes 

 in it, where an enterprising Kansan had patterned a 10- 

 gauge on him. At present Mr. Bennett wears a brand-new 

 sweater, and the price of birds at his pirk will remain the s.ame. 

 Billy Mussey says. "I was glad to see all the boys that came here 

 this week except Bennett, I think I'll hav^ to mark up the price 

 ot standing room lu the hall a sbade," I'nu see, Billy Mussey 

 figured that nobody with a back full of shot and a fall-down 

 sweater like that could shoot a little bit. anyhow, especially if he 

 came from Kansas City. So he looked sassy around the meek 

 Kansas City man, who looked some sa«sy in reply, and the result 

 was they had to ask John Watson for 35 birds apiece j ust to show 

 there was no coldness. It is now thought that the ragged sweater 

 was only a blind, and that Mr. Bennett could shoot better than he 



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looked like, all along. "I couldn't verv well heat him if be 

 wonldn't miss one," said Billy, ruefully, "or if so, how could I?" 

 Because Mr. Bennett not only killed his first and last bird, but he 

 killed them all between, and did it as if it was easy and as if he 

 liked it and was used to doing it. 



This race was shot the last thine in the evening, and it was 

 nearly da'k when the last gun was fired. The air was murkv and 

 heavy, and the birds would hardly fly at all. The esteemed con- 

 tempoarv, who wa'^n't there, says, "The birds, like those of the 

 Anaon— Read race, WPi e good, some of them taxing the skill of the 

 shooters to the utmost to stop th- m within bounds." That is a 

 trood sentence to pad with, but it isn't so. The birds c^uld hardly 

 be soared out of bounds, so late was it, and £o dully and heavy the 

 weather. Mr. Mussey 's style, both barrels about at once, most of 

 his birds killed practically at the trap, is better at fast birds then 

 at the slow sort, and had the birds been really good, it is hardly 

 likelv that a straight 25 would have been made bv either man. or 

 would be by any man. On the birds as they actually flew, with a 

 mojority of slow starters, incomers and hoverers, Mr. Bennett 

 sho a perfect race, and was lull of judgment and generalship till 

 it struck out behind his ears, Mr. Mus.sey shot about his gait, or 

 at a gait of 88 to the lOQ. He has usually averaged about 86 on good 

 fast birds here, but as he feelinsly remarks, it's discouragino; to 

 shoot with a fellow who won't ever miss a bird at all. Mr. Ben- 

 nett was so disgustinglv confident that he was going to win this 

 race that he went and got his new sweater before the race was 

 shot, and wore it all the time he was shooting The conditions 

 were not good for a pretty match, tho background being such that 

 a bird showed only dimly in the failing light. The men did not 

 dawdle, but slashed through the shooting in rap'd a»vle, as they 

 nofded to do to finish before dark. Score, 35 birds, $35, new Illi- 

 nois rules. 



W P Mussey 3 23232333o 0 3333320322223 0-81 



. . , ■HH<-H«^'^*->^/i/<-e'i«?'/^/-^^im^'^4.Hi*- 

 A L Bennett... ..3 32231131121111111211332 1-25 



We had witli us in this little extempore shooting festival 

 Messrs. Budd, Lindslev, Parmalee, Grim, McMu-chy. Tucker, 

 Sanford, Morrill, Rpad. A.ckerman. etc., all well known enough 

 in the West. Mr. G. W. La Rue, of N^w York, was also among 

 the visiting shooters. These w^re met by such local men as Oeo. 

 Kleinman, Rolla Heikes. Eddie Ringham. W. P. Mussey, Andy 

 Thomas, A. C. Anson. R. B. Organ, eti- The result was a very 

 hot class of shooters and a very enjoyable aft'air. 



John Watson will eive a four days' tournament of this same 

 soit, at live birds and targets, Christmas week, and a great many 

 of these same men will be here. They will see a harder pigeon 

 game then, and let us hope that we will see more finish events, 

 more matches, and above all, more shooting at unknown angles 

 on targets. 



To-night the boys scatter after another week of pleasure to- 

 eether. This is really the end of the Milwaukee tournament. 

 Mr. Tucker goes down the line of his Mississippi t^wns from here. 

 Mr. Lindsley goes to St. Louis to-day, and so does Mr. McMurchy, 

 Messss. Budd, Parmalee, Reid and Ackerman left last night. 

 Mr. Bennett could not stay to-day and that 100-biril race with his 

 yesterday's opponent, as he was invited to do. and also left last 

 night. Mr. Rpad says he will bp back at John Watson's Christ- 

 mas shoot, and will then shoot Cap. Anson a lOii-bird race, if the 

 latter is willing. To which the captain responded with a radiant, 

 cheerful smile. 



Our friend Jack VVinston missed some fun, but asks to be re- 

 membered in the fo'lowing postal card: 



" St. Lodis, Nov. 36— Was in training, but have gone out. Now 

 here is what I will do (in St. Louis) on ten days,' notice. Will 

 .'^hoot RolIHeikes 100 blue rocks National rule', electric pulls, for 

 $100. Will match Crosby aeainst Heikes, same race and amount. 

 Will shoot Geo. Kleinman KX) pieeons, Hurlingham, London Gun 

 Club or Monaco boundary, for $100. or will match Crosby on same 

 terms. Will you allow us our expenses to come to your v'llage ?" 



Roll Heikes will hardly go to St. Lou's. Of course, a home-and- 

 homema'ch might he shot at some half-way point, 8U"hasAmboy, 

 but as nobody here knows where St, Louis is, all that is doubifii]. 

 Naturally Chicago shooters are mainly interested in matches that 

 are to he shot in Chu ago. We don't l^now anything about St. 

 Louis. But if a St. Louis man should come up here about uexi. 

 Christmas, he might have a good time and maybe a match, 

 though those latter are mighty uncertain things, it seems like. 



Mr. Cooney Gaboon, of Freeport. 111., will receive his trap 

 sboorine^friends at the tournament of the Freeport Gun Clu'j, Dro. 

 8 and 9. the same beiuff the diamond badge tournampnt, partici- 

 pated in by Freeport, R/^cHford and Am boy gun r-lubs, Mr. Oahoi.n 

 being resident manager. The badge is worth S1.50, tbe race at ,50 

 targets. $3 entrance. Live bird and target events will fill up tbe 

 remainder of the days, rapid fire, four moneys, winners of 

 first money in one match to be handicapped in the match follow- 

 ing. A pleasant little shoot will be had if the weather prove 

 favorable. E. Hoitgh. 



175 Monroe Street. Chicago. 



Targets at Walnut Hill, 



Walnut HiTjI,, Mas=., Nov. 30.— B^low are results of to-day's 

 trap contests shot herp; 



Gold com match, 30 targets. 5 trap«, Keystone system, and 10 

 targets from 5 traps, unknown angles: Barrett 27, Hosmer 2.5, Gale 

 34. Climax 33, Smith 33, Bl^ck 21, Snow 18. Nichols 1.3, Tyler 10. 



Five targets. K^vstone system: Barrett 5, first; Rule 3, second; 

 Climax, Gale and Snow 2, third. 



Five bluerocks. unknown anglef : Barrett 4, first, Gale and Cli- 

 max 3, second; Rule 2. third. 



Ten targpt'^, Keystone system: Gale 9, first; Barrett, Climax 

 and Hosmer 8, second; Black and Smith 7, third. 



Ten bluerocks, 5 traps, unknown angles: Barrett and Hosmer 

 10, first; Smith -8, second; Gale and Climax 7, tnird. 



Ten targets, Keystonp system: B iirett 9, first; Climax and Gale 

 8, second; Hosmer and Smith 7, third. 



Five bluerocks. Keystone system: Barrett and Gale 5. first; Cli- 

 max. Rule and Snow 4, second 



Five targets. Keystone system; Snow 5, first, Barrett, Climax, 

 Smith ar d Snow 4. second. 



Five targets. Keystone system: Barrett and Climax 5, flrsi; Gale 

 4, second; Snow 3, third. 



Five targets, unknown angles: Barrett, Climax and Snow 4, 

 first; Gale and Smith 3, seconri. 



Three pair targets: RuIp 5, first; Climax 4, second; Gale 3, third. 



Ten targets. Keystone system: Hosmer 9, first, Smith 8, second; 

 Climax and Barrett 7, third. 



Five targets. Keystore svstem : Barrett 5, first, Gale and Nichols 

 4, second; Hosmer 3, third. 



Crescent Gun Club. 



The members of the Crescent Gun Club held their last compe- 

 tit ion for the annual priz ', a Parkpr haromerles gun valued at 

 $100. at Dexter Park, L. I . on Thursday, Dec. 1. C; Simmonds 

 was the only slraiebt scorer with seven, ard took the first extra 

 money. Walter Oilman won the gun with a total of 47 for his 

 best seven scores of tl e year. J. Vagts was a good second with 45 

 for the same number of scores, the Crescents are rapidly in- 

 creasing their membersi ip and will b« able to have a strong team 

 for next year's shoo's. The ecotee : 



Last monthly shoot of the season for the bam merless Parker 

 gun: 



C Simmonds 1111131—7 L Hopkins 1100002-3 



P J ones 10311 12—6 J Siegmau 1011122— fi 



G Elberborst 1331002-5 W Oilman 33010il— 5 



J Vagts . .1313101-6 J Collier 1010222-5 



Sweepstakes: 



No.l. No. 3. No. L No 2. 



C Simmonds 11012— 4 112—3 LHopkifS 22010-3 OCO— 0 



J Jones mil- .5 111—3 J Siegman 31222-5 320—2 



O Elberborst 13011-4 lOO-l W GiJman 0211H 100-1 



J Vagts 10100-3 110-3 J Collier 20021-3 000-0 



Richfield Gun Club. 



Richfield Springs, N Y., Dec. 3, 1893— Tbe first shoot for the 

 Annan cups by the Richfield Gun Club took place this afternoon, 

 the attendance was light ; only nine members contesting. Follow- 

 ing is the f core : 



E Canly..lllllinillinil0111-19 W Smitb.OlominolOnOlllll— 15 

 Borland . 00131011111111111111—17 P^rkl am 01101110111110010101—13 

 C Conrad. IllllOtlllllOllllllll— 17 F Mui gir.lOOOOU UllliniOlOU- 13 

 M Barker 01111110111111101111-17 C Good ale OOOOIOIOOOOOOIIOOOOO— 4 

 .1 Peckhamin 11001110111111110-16 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



J. H. P., Laurens, N. Y.— Can vou give me the ribbit law of this 

 State in the question column. The gray rabbits are troublesome 

 here. Ans. There is no protection for them in the law except on 

 Long Island. 



