64 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



[Jan. 19, 1893. 



Leoiiiici ' Tlowdid BTamgmi L Masei Vi ^-ii I mli, TI U(n>«. 

 aJKl Frank (. 'iilms. 



Till; I'ovc-ji r (iun Ohil), of- Davpniioi't, la., liolcl itn iUinual inef'tmg' 

 on Jan- <!. viiien the followme offiret'K wpi-p eteoted; (!. M-. Leonard. 

 President: .1. "W. Howai-d. Vice-Presirtpnt: J. F. Kror, Seci-et-ai'r: C, M. 

 Leonard, ,T. \V. Howiml. Q. Branle'aii. L. Mason. Fred ViHh. H. Goos 

 and Frank (;ulins. Iiirecl oi-s, 



ThB Jsomorvdlf iN. .1.) (;nii fllnb lifh) itn annual nH-rtmi;- on .Ian. .'i 

 and eleiited oflicers as follows: PresidenU J£. R. Toorhw«: Vtce-Presl- 

 dent <^Ho SlIimuI smuIh^ L 1 ])i I h\ Tinq nipi luuliSUnit'- 

 Gaptani. W. D. Bilts: Dtiw-I r,i s. Wni, Rockfltellow and Richnrd Knabe 



*Ihe .South SirtH (+nii ( Mnli of .Mihv:rnk,-i- r-leraed the foliowint' oiheei-s 

 on Jan. -1: Prpsidpnt. Wm. (\ Holfz; w,-ivtary. (J. "W. Milbavth: trea.?^ 

 lirer, Hpnrv ■^tanp'^olil. tter ilie nipetnis' Ihe menibers were served 

 WJth a lianijnet liy ( :ok Brand. 



La,s(. week we stated thai tliprenmon shoot of the Lssex Qnii (:luh 

 would Ite. held at Mai-ion i.n .hm. )!k Too late for coi'rection we a.scer^ 

 tained that the date h.'id lieen i:-lianc'ed to .Ian. Vi. 



The AVest Side (^nn chdi. nf .\VMarl., Ts. ,r., has elected 0. Meesel 

 PjL-M I lln ^ \i iiu Bnoh Sect et an I 



Gersi 1 r-,. Mnd Willi:-im i!i';--r-' ' M,i'r:.ii 



I I'll, tlie vdunu I ,:, l<,ssex and Newark Gnn 



clulis r,.i II ,1 i-MM-k With ( npt V, ill ■ i Mt'ii i . lit .Tersev City, .shooting 

 qu.ail ni till- Yieinitv ot Norfolk A a. 



The North End Bhootitic ClnK of Indianapolis. .Ind., has eleeied the 

 toUowui^- ollieers tor t he ensinrig six months: J. A. Martin. President: 



G. E. k ield. \ lee-P.if.sideal : H. 8. Humphrey, Secretary Treasurer: .L 

 M. Butlnr. Field Cantaiii. 



The inuepemienee i.iin Club. <)1 Independent- Iowa, annouuces a 

 toin-nanicnr tor Ma\' ,J and ;3. when there will lie added money f(>i- 

 every purse. 



The West End Ouii. Club ot Albany will liold an all-day touniameiit 

 on Fell- aa. Targets wdl be used and there will be a pniae tor the high- 

 est average. 



The Cauaioliane (.N. \ .jGiin Club .s first touruaiueiit for iSOiJ will be 

 one ot the regular league serie.s. and wdl take place on. Memorial day, 

 May 30. 



The JanesviUe (111. ) Sboolnig C'lub ha.s elected the tollowiug oiticei'K! 

 Presideut. C. C. McLean: SeiM-etary, H. M. McKiiniey: Treasurer. 0. 



H. Bates. 



The Vfivth Ambov (}uii Club has elected tht> tollowiug du'eotors, 

 Spencer Daytfln. L. G Jenaeii. B. Frank Henry. H. Dayton g.na Lewis 

 Morns. 



The Caiiou City (Col.) Gun Club held a shoot 011 .Ian. a. felie cluh 

 medal b(\uig won liy W. L. Lester, who broke 31 om ot targets. 



ITarrv Kanibow. Old F;itlier Tirne Thurman. he ot (+erma,ntown> Pa., 

 has lieen iilavina- havoe with the (lua.il on t.ho Broadwater, \ a. 



K. I). It'idford w,-ip m t.iwn last week and on Satllrdav he did some 

 practji'.e shootme at .lohii hi b s Newart: aronnds. 



TheHiahtand (^uii (inb, ot Des ^Joines, hiwa. will hold a lire bird 

 and tarsj'et tournament on Feb. 21 and -ii. 



The Kansas i;ua i Alo, i (iun ( lub will hold its medal slioot and 

 annual meeting, on Jan. -ii:). 



A number ot .lersevnieii u ill attend the ■Otli?a roUrnanient on 

 Feb. L'1-2;i, 



John Krb will put up a line lot ot Ivirda bn- th<^ OasvK.^r-Willev match 

 dn Jan. 



Georgetown. Ky., wJl have a bitr Doiirnatuerit 111 Irebriiary. 



C. I[. TOWNSl.-.Nl). 



WESTERN TRAPS. 



OmcAoiJ, III,. Jan. l-l, -A slight rijiple n( interest was ereated here 

 by the publishing in a local paper ot the rliaH' H-'i "i In . 1 Mrn-r to 

 shoot Brewer. Budd or anybodyel.se on ea.rth. J i . I : , 1 1 " .nt 

 not shooting till next suinmer did mA evol;. . j 1 . iln' 



Budd I" i 1 Iif-d . I li 1 ^ iTm.l I 11 1 . I Ii lu ilo u 



shoi-" '-'"I I riirir :'i' ii: - .'M n , i ! I, ar\'er to sl.iorit hmi a 



mati-i I ■ ■ .1 I ■ . ' I II Febniar>-, Should the 



latfj'i' I-, is.,'i!. -iviiv ii ■ , - . i. ■! iieeter! here. 



Mr. I'.udd. iiiiil'ri !■ I, ,,, Iriencls. said. nts.. tliar 



while he would Hi' ■ ■ :i 1 1. es. elialleu.L-v hi i , I el 



tord, he would aeet. ' . ■.. ' ii -ij;c to shoot a luaieti or 



matches at Chicago, or p.issibix i. jiiafh ai 1 'Hsllouies or l.»aveuport. 

 on the Auierioan or Jllituus biate l:i..iiiiiilary. Mr, budd lias no use tor 

 the .\nierie.anized ••IlLirhngham boundary, which realh'. as seen m 

 recent apjihcatiou. is 110 boundary at all and lea\ es iirji lire least 

 clmn<'e on earth to estimate a recoj'd. Should anything eoiiie out ot 

 this there will he anotlier ludiieement tor the Chicago boys to shake 

 off the apathy which this cold winter seems to hare induced. 



THIS IS PRETTY raii io. 



Ordinarily it ilocs noi iiav to iioiiee aiioiiviiioiis lettei's. for they are 

 iisuallv the, work' ot cowards and sent for no good purpose. M har. I 

 write I wite oyer my oAYu name and address, and anyone who does 

 that cannot sei a lair tra.de out ot an anonymous letter writer, T l.r 

 week I haye a letter, boweyer. which strikes me as being iirefty si'>> 

 It's a iioor doctor wdio can t take his own medieme. 1 can take nmr-. 

 for I know ii IS liariiiless. My only misgiyuigs are liecaiise I tear i lu' 

 upace e iMon- I bail the news value, of t he matter wai'rants. but here is 

 the letl,er: 



AViuuss BAKKii. Jan. 5. ifeiW. 



Mr. K. llimtih. Vhico(lii: 

 Dear Rir 1 am a. regular reedoi- of the F(jrh.st and I:sti{kaji and am 



always interested m the trap scores. 



I was aipedin awhile age. aboiire a shoot en luiuied tulferd and 1 

 lowed he \vas a aouil shoi. bur \ ou was i-itmg that he was such a pore 

 shot th.ai lie cold not hurt a pej-soiis teahns it he shot at them londmi 

 Shotniff kules. 



al.so, Tliat he cidtl not hil a teiiee or else it u as that he culd not hit 

 the ground if he M of ;i, fence all so that he onld not sliiiie wel null: to 

 make iwi witli a led jicncii and agiu that he euld not lut a sule ot a barn 

 if he was shut up msidr and alt t he winders closed also: some more, 

 that he culd not beat au\- lio.ly— no. Not eyen a drum. 



Kow- what I want to no--is thees facts true. I was reedin that he 

 beet Jim ehot an I loud tha.t ehot was a drum or what;'— is that sor 



I thot I wood rite to you and fine out l or J. thot tulfe.rit was iiuite a, 

 good shuter. ,So let me no as I no you would not tel a he jNo, not 

 eveu a bull hed Koskorshoors lish he a konstand reeder. 



A. b. bHrTEa. 



T hope that this "A. S. S.."'?yhoeverheniaybe. will accept my thank-s 

 for a good laugh which he has atlorded me. But lot lis ihiuk this 

 thuig over a httle, I think Fulford is --quite a good shooter, too. 

 "We all think so. out here, but we do not think tie is the best m the 

 woi-ld and we are not sure that he is so a wt Lilly much better than he 

 was last year, although we are wdliug to admit that he may be in 

 better form than when he shot here. Cliarlie Budd does not. flunk Mr. 

 Fnlt'ord IS any more dangerous than he was before. He told me yes- 

 terday that be believed V'ulford m his first match here shot about as 

 good a race as he ever did. Mr. Budtl told uie he doubled now whether 

 Mr Fulford -lyas better tliau an 80 man on good birtls and a .oUyds. 

 boundary This «-as private, and 1 am liardly clear 111 m\^ mmd about 

 -using it tor that reason, but it certamlv is the expression ot an actual 

 helief. There are others liere also who stil) believe the same way. 

 There will lie no way of chaneiug this belief except to have Mr. Fulford 

 come right here and ou the same grounds where he shot last year, on the 

 50yds- liouudary. and cm birds unquestional ib' good, defeat rhe man who 

 defeated him. and do it and unimstakahlv, it Mr. Fultoi-d comes out 

 here and does this. I -^vaiit to be the farst to shake his hand and lioiior 

 him for both a pluclvv man and a good shooter. I want to do this onl.\' 

 provided he comes here quietly and not with the vain-glorious talk 

 with which he occupied the time preceding the matches here fast -ix iu- 

 ter Fulford was guyed here on account of that talk, not on account 

 of his defeat, and by all means not on a.ci.M_iunf of his being an Eastern 

 shooter. N o shooters are so welcome h(.'re as Eastern shooters, but 

 they must come in the We.stern spirit ot simplicity and quiet deter- 

 jiunation before tliev can get the best Western welcome. Should Mr. 

 Fulford come here and repeat his defeat of last ^^ear. T think he would 

 he pitied, should lie preface that defeat as he chd last year, I fear he 

 would be guved again. Some unfeelint;- man or other would be sure to 

 say that Fulford couldn ti go over b5 with a borse and w agon, Cii- some 

 thing else real mean. We would like to see Imii come, and don r pro 

 pose to be very seriously scared very I ar in advauee of tlie last birds 

 in the list mat. h M n bi thi- 1 hi< vo is 1 bi_„ei inluMil jilicr thin 

 some folks think. I stiould hare fio lie beti.md my city m a. spirit ot 

 pluckiness. hut T shonlil tiate most of all to he bebmd I ha) city m a. 

 .spu-it of fairness than which it has no more drstma-uislmig character- 

 istic. 



It is late in the day ot news to discuss the Fulford-Elliott matches 

 now, but my anonymous letter man evidentlv needs tti review a tew 

 facts. It is true that Fulford defeated Elliott decisively, and that 

 Elliott has defeated Budd. and that .Fulford lias beaten Lrcu er. l.;rit 

 it;is also true that Budd has beaten fioth Brewer and E ullord. These 

 things all trade around. There is no actual champion, and t hereiie\ ei- 

 will be- for more than an evanescent period. But as to the -r^-ords 

 of this latest series, they are not records at all, because Ihev we>-f u-.J 

 made on boundaries, fhuikma' shooters should not liedecened lu 

 them- Mr. Milt Lindslo\-. ot ^cw Vork. in a lettei- t-o Mr. Rolki Heikes, 

 of this city, said ho did not think the records of the Fulford-Llhott 



series meant more than 8^ or 8;:! out ot the 100; on the 50yds. boundary, 

 I fhlB I qtiote from meruor\^ ot Mr: Heikes s statement: ) Speaking aS 

 to Mr. Fttltord, the proof of his skill most valued here is the fact that 

 "he Icilled lOO straight at Watson's Park.'' yet he acttially Idlled only 

 94 inside the oOvd.s. botlndarv; and tliiS he did iij prattiee. and not ih A 

 close matcli y ith a, strong shooter: "Wlieil we begin to hgilre on these 

 UihiKH, I canacai see ally c.ause for a preliminary blue tUnk m Ohicagd 

 111 eade Mr. Fulford and Ml: Bildd shoiJld again ioin issiles here. We 

 don t know who ia the best mail. Ililt we want the besf man to wiiii 

 As to our data in the late series, (hey are neai'ly worthless: .Such 

 matches may not be wron-j and ihey may not deceive all the public, 

 bat the.y certamh- arc ncu concbisix e for the purposes ot comparison 

 Avith the data m usi- here or in thn average shooting locality of the 

 country, A reputation or a record so made is a very hollow thing. 

 All ot which I hope my I rieiid Mr. A. S, s. and all other members ot 

 the Shuter lamily will permit me respectfully to subrmti 

 A riisstm.i* •m\u race. 

 Captain A. Anson haying renhirked that he Coilld ]iiek A man to 

 shoot with him and beat the eombhied si^ores of Rolla Relkes and 

 Eddie HiiiE-ham, the latter have Signiiied tlieir wjlhnt.oiess to shoot, 

 pi-ovitlcd Captain Anson s man should prove to it, ! ,. p. lulford. Mr. 

 Ileikes does not think Mr. Fidford's score wm.' ' : ^ ' jiiest of the 

 tour. Both Helices and Bingham are now , shoe n ' , : 1 1 well, and 

 a race such a« that suggested would be an iin , n im , i-vcnt it coii- 

 ctiidod. 



Mil. i5i:-LioTT's cms Hiirnbo lu'i 

 tu a.flre at the Jaceard -jeweh'v .store* In Kansas City, i' ridav evening. 

 Vlw Anif>,ru.<in F i.Hd cliamiiionShip Clip, the personal proiierty ot Mr, 

 .1; A . R, Lihott, was di^st roved by fire.. T his is seen 111 the despatches 

 of Satllrda^' morning. E. llocrm. 



1T5 MONROB fSTRKKT. L lllCagO. 



The World's fair Trap Shooting' Association* 



CiHtOAGo. III., .lau. M The name of Jt will be "The Wjorld's Fair 



Trap Shooting Association: It is Incorporated under the laws ot the 

 State of Illinois, capital stock }^:^O.Oil(l, The capital stock has at this 

 date all been placed li^- ai:tual or acconlmodation subscription, and on 

 the legal t-en days notice a meeting of these original holders will be 

 held and officers .-viid directors elected. The stock will then be re- 

 transferred or ))Ut in shape tor the opening of public subscription 

 bfM.k« -dl i.v^-r f t. . ,:,intrv, Bdrtks will doubtless be placed at the 

 olfh ' ,11 STREAM, tltc .ialcrfo/i f"(c/(7 and iierliaps ot 



aiKri i,. , . ... I ..ijiers. and then the frame- work ot the much 



moo-I ll , rill ,-: l':in- .-dioot will have been esfabli.shed, W e are going 

 to have a W orld s Fair .Shoots and it is ec/lns- to be a good one. the best 

 one ever seen 111 Amelca, 



liROVrDEU. MuWE\'rR. 



This is, however, provided that tin- -^,1 m 1: 1 .-rs 

 hohl mdlic-lp lb 111 plo\llKl^llH^ \ ,1 

 The shoot is not a I 'Incatro enteria-ise. r , r 1 1 . 

 found biesf to have the ai'tive maiiaL'eineiif a t ■ 

 IS an .\merican one. and one 111 A\ hich all An 

 shriuld talce active interest. It is not likely tlra 

 upon iheir mvestrnent m this matter as one lor 

 hardly be a losing nivestment. there will be 1 



the monevm it at ( hicago next season, tint none of these will be the 

 World s Fair shoot, that wdl not he run tor money, but for the honor 

 of .•American sportsmanship. 1 iii I he, liasr^. and with a careful man- 

 agement, the shooters ot Amen. ; n :irrord not to sapi:)ort the 

 enterprise with their inites. Tlr < - 1 ii ise much, they may i^ani 

 much, and they certainly should On at. t n 'V can to make a success out 

 of so worthy an enterprise. The croolis 111 the way have now all lieen 

 smoothed out. The plans are made, and all is ready noiv tor simple 

 action. Ten dollars, please. It may be that the stock cau be re-sold by 

 the company, and ottered to the ]iiiblic at one-tenth ot jiar. In that 

 case, even the shooter with only »1 can take a hand lU the World s 

 Fan- shoot. 



THCRSn.W'S MKETING. 



!<»•■ hi 111 l;c<t Thursday tor the purpose of 



i i ■.>.:! I o permanent organization. The 

 I II I, I 1. si.-iic iiciaise tor incorporation duly at 

 j.a:ii \ lit state ot Illinois, .\frer cx]ilaintng that 

 luldiailx- act teurativeh'. and tliat its action would 



I. 1 ";.:i. will take 

 t 11 stoi k 

 I 1. - It may be 

 Ihe shoot 

 I 1; o-shooters 

 d leiskiok 

 . I 1 11 MUJ-li It can 

 j.iarks run for 



,\n ndorrna! im 

 |n-elnmnar\' aclio 

 coiunussioners r.- 

 hand from the Sr 

 the present bod\' ( 

 be legal onh- atle 



IV Ik 



1 Ml \'< 



hems; 



Id 



ratilied by the majority 

 nnveil (bat. in or.ter 



tin 



if the stock 

 and t 

 to th 



ril tr 



, RicharOs 111 



dle^ 



uCi-hl Ihl: 

 ,Mr, 111 



Ml 

 actic 



the meeting was mu 

 the stock was to be pUi 

 no boartl could he ei 

 This would ]ierluips iiit 

 held. If tlie stock was 

 holders w.iulil saluf' th 

 (b.-m t 



1 111 



11 tiidgnient, sun 

 ot one or t\ 

 pleased. 



■ed III acttial 1 

 sUL't;estioiis 1 



I I he 



a it > 



- Dip mill 



« lil.un-. a hint 



Ulr, J.ow. attornev he 

 tliat the action of those 

 ratihed later at. a legal nu-clmft 

 were then thrown ojien. :.iiiii ihi- 

 Shooting Association was snl.i:- 

 amoimts: P. B. Organ li.i sli;iri' 

 10 shares. John .1. Kleilunaii I sli 

 ham 111 .shares, 1<,. I lough m sliar 

 sh lit 1 P Bis-.dl ! sh lies ( 

 shares. K. Merrill, of .Milwauke 

 N. Low 10 shares, t . A 

 Price I share. Cliarles 

 1 )n ballot. It \N a,s ton 

 ( Irgaii should be chose 

 First Vice-President 

 ve. Tl 

 it liei 



joiii. a St .■iiid that Its 



1 mice more that the action of 

 r hnal. fait as .siiggesrive. If 

 »i- ttie country no ofhcers and 

 ; all sold up to the full $;tO.OOO. 

 Id's Fair shoot would ever be 

 ir ai-coiiniiodation h.aiids such 

 it ttie present meeting more 

 he \ ( iir-e ot the shooters and 

 inn holiirr:, 'I'lie latter could 

 I Ins tu them 



lodv 



at 



\\i 



Ill's I'-L 



nstli 



!»',ks 

 11 ip 



. W. 1,. SlLt-|. 



Dr. N. He 



iilf 



I to be the 

 President 

 1. t'has, F 

 1 XuePiesahm 

 ; explained tha 

 i-[.-rical help. 



ot , bo I 

 I ila -.toil 

 ■eesti 



B, Die 



-)l' tla 

 Frito 



,\. \V, Ivnox 

 ires, K, Bina- 

 ,\. Drake t 

 arcs, \V, H. Cobb 10 

 , Meyers 1(1 shares, W, 

 mime II) shares, ,1, K, 



Ileikes III sh, 

 , 10 si 

 s, il. I! 



■A shares. L, Ha 

 H\ shares. 



.sense of the merting tliat Mr. K. B. 

 ■ compaii\-: Mr. V. V- Donald, 

 n. Second. ^ ice- President, and 

 . Mr Shepard was the c-hoice for 

 - ftie company \vould flraibtless pro- 

 Mr. \\. P. ]\Lussc\- ivas selected for 

 rd of directors \\'as left to go over to 

 :holdta-s. Should this meeting con- 

 ed, flic Association will at tlie st 



U| J.I 



be s 

 and 



est, ethcr-i' . 1 - II , :■ ■ 

 Ml I )i _ , I 1 



an auxiliary, coimmtree 

 neiit men m each Stat 



In dividual and the nianufacMirer. L poii neither the one nor the other 

 alone rloes t he KiiccesH of this tournament ultimately he, but upon hotli 



.iOihtlv, Let's both realize this. "E. Hough. 



i7'5 MOKKdB S'l'KHftr: (;liicagtt 



A I*dWd^r Trap I'Gsi Preposedi 



'Nniy,' yonK. .Tab ll. — Bf/i'Or Fdrt-'d (hid Strpdin: t noticed ill tlia 

 1 1st 1 ^Ue of voiu villi ilile p ipni ih if nil 1 \ 1 Fllirtt nUiiDill-^ icteti 

 the mark: and givert Schultze |jo^\ d.er his usual --irrod in t he rib.'!, 



Your reporters stated that, at Mr. EUiott s ftrst race with 3Ir. Ful- 

 ford, something was wrong with Mr, Elliott's American wood powder 

 cartridges, as bird aff^r bird w ould keep on and go out, although ap-- 

 parently well lilt: This was noticed by e^^ei-ybodv present, from all 

 reficii'ts, and Mr, Elliott, "against his own pidgmeiit shot schilltze 

 powder in the remaining foilr mafcheFi, riri^ is not. rhe first rime that 

 Mr. Elliott takes exHeptions to Seeing flip triltli in print, tie accu.sed 

 nie .somehow ot being authoi- ot flic reports of his three matches with, 

 and defeats bv Ciipt Brew er sorii.' tw,i vears as'o hi (ule of voitr COU- 

 temiHtidiies t il lil_ evrep 1011- t 1 tlip iiniii n Itilr 1 ]"itei iiide\eiy 

 body present, that Mr. Elliott laid made a mistake m refusing to shaka 

 hands with (^apt: Brewer after his deteat. and also that he had sbOwH 

 bad -judgment in nsins: a cheap grade of sbelb instead ot a Idghef 

 grade: more suitable tor Schiiltze powder: which powder both mefi 

 dsed .at the t mic, , 



Mr, Elliott not only took exi-efil ions to these solicrlv chromcled tactS, 

 but he threatened dire vensi-aiice to me and S.:huU /,e powfler. ot which 

 he had boasted that he coUld beat anv man m the world wii h, it lus ad» 

 yersary would use his new love 111 the powder line. Let me assure Mr, 

 Elhott that L nevertheless, have nothing but the kindliest ot teeUng» 

 for him. .and that he neednotfeel any pangs of conscience, any possiWe 

 harm from his threats having evidently been frozen up between oUr 

 two respective places ot abode. W e all make mistakes, and the next 

 thiui I .shall meet Mr, Elliott, I s'ball sUnllv offer to shake hands and 

 run the risk: 



Both mentiitned (lowders have their tiacl^ers .uni their merHs, and 

 many shooters are watching the success ot oof h ca,ccrly: The success 

 ot one powdi^r over the other ttt the traps is no sure cnteriou, as the 

 skill of the Contestants is certainly an important t,ictor. 



To make a test of the powders oitly: which would >ie mteresimg tO 

 thousands ot sportsmen, and make an interesting addition to the Fort- 

 EST AND Stream trials. I am willing to make Mr, Elhott the follo\viTlg 

 proposition, anil give Imn a chance to shOw his newly acqdired Faith 

 m American wood fMM\aler. 

 I propose t(v lijive lllll pu-ked I 



pio ,1. 

 Scl 



fro 



it the fasi 



r Mr. Elhott, if h. 

 1.111 to shoot at fjO: 

 . all t.o shoot at o:-b 

 h tl !■ I M hmin itn the . h 

 -Ele 



hirdsshrlt at with .Smericaii wood 

 near' New TOrlc eity. ami Intl with 



wishes, to slifiot at. Bi. and he ma,y 

 I will then select t«-o more men tO 

 iK 11-,^ ^ith 1 b, im,l^i% ot nxliS 

 nt ot luck as luiich as possible. 1 



lid be williiisc to use Elev C;ises. Mr. Elliott having used some of thltS 

 make in his match, hut would prefer any ot those made by the U, M, 

 C Co with their new No. H primer: Fifty shells to be loaded with 

 i3;^drs. of Schultze powder, .itl with ydrs,, ,51.1 wit h :3t:l and .511 with 3^ 

 drs. of Schidtze powder. Ihe same number and kinds ot shells to be 

 loaded with same .ammmts bv measure of American « 1 'od poA\ del . 13 

 bore Trap, or, if Jlr. EUiott prefers the po\\-,tci- to lie weigtied, th^ 

 charges to be l^flgrs,, 42grs.. t.'^trrs. and .iltrrs. respectively. Mr. Elliott 



claniis that he did well by r 



Fiilfri 



on 



ho 



Hd ),lr: 



ot s, hidt/ 

 ■an wool 



duicrent piac-.. and 1 

 ters . One or morn guns to 1 

 the latter to favor either one 

 which powder is m their -^oiie 

 from each sidn to keep talb' 

 Elliott may load ■ 

 do so. in preselioe ot tioth side 

 Waddhig and shell 

 of No. r chilled shot to 111 



atch by one lanl onlv. when Mr 

 id vcfls M-tidrs. 1 and Mr. Elliott 

 I', but ;Mr. l'.;lliott fails t 

 tant no aiivaiittu;e in this r 

 1 fo III. bought 111 the open market at .'i o 

 nt uiitirriki-n 

 loters. To I 



^t ot (iiM- 



III,. re ditr^ 





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suit the . 



la 



liowder I 



jr ar.othei 



tl 



and th. 



leteler i 



111 



v. and r 



1 kK 11 





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tiiLe 0 



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will do tl 





oimmtt 



itate 

 spect. 

 more 

 itauis- 

 event 

 laiow 

 •1 one 

 All 



iiebodv to 

 ^ hiill/e 

 tnd l^OK. 



I will bet Mr, Elliolt 

 powder will ^ 

 ,\ I le 

 ,f hh-,1 



wo. id 



niiniVi.-r 



hmi >.-ii.ii I 



I,, be alike asiiear a.s).o: 

 ■ used Ihroiichoiit. 



any , il lu-i- man. s:.'.".ii fo .fiiio ttiat the Schultze 

 iin ls ;md kill them cleaner than the American 

 )<■ it Mr. i:llioit likes more money, 1 wdl. double the 

 ;o be iwed b.r tile test and other conditions, and bet 

 siiiii till- saiiLi- wa\ and 111 event of his acceptance of the 

 laid I ;ii lit ,.: iiiiii iSiiiii i.-.p.aisi'H lo come to New Vork. 



■I iiiMCiiiifoi him, and, If lie pruferH, .twill substitute "h, 

 ( ' ■ ■ I 1 1. , i ■ ii. Si'iiibl , III', ,iii.diom 



I ,,,-,11 I ,, i,;m :iii rx|,(ai.ses. Tile lest to conip Oft before February 15, 

 while birds are at their best. 

 I inclose niy check for SS.'iU to bind my proposition. 



.les'iTs Voir LssdnaiKii:. 



iCheck for 8:350 received.- En. | 



hose names are kno 

 re r!i,j haitiF'st possible giiarantei> of an hon- 



c manaiii.-nicnf, 



t l it tliH pi elimmary meeting, will announce 

 It the next meeting. He tvill select promi- 

 _ of the Union, who will he practiealh' \-ice- 



presidents and local leaders ot the mo\'emeiit toAvartls placing its 

 stoidi among the shooters of the land. In t-\vo weeks from this date 

 it is very likely that the shooters all over tlie coiiiifr\- will have a clear 

 idea and working interest m the greatest torirn.aioeut ever lield in 

 America Thus, the matter has evolved itself trom t!ie hands of the 

 Illinois State Association. The Ilhiiois Association will have no con- 

 nection -vvh.atever with the World's Fair shoot. The Illinois Associa- 

 tion wUl hold its shoot m .lune at Burnside. The A\ orld s Fair shoot 

 will probably be held in Octolier. possibly at A\ aslimgton park, ^ylthm 

 :in easy ride from tpwn. In tlie fall the Ijirds wall be better and more 

 aliimdailt. 



THE KIKST SCBCIRIBBR. 



Ibidoubfedlv the honor ot being the hrst subscriber to the stock ot 

 the World's Fair Trap Shooting Association belongs to Mr. C. M. Hor- 

 tetter c'l )ld Hoss " nt pittsbnrE. Pa., who got his mtormaiiou on the 

 imitter throueh the columns ot 1 onnsT ,-v:.-d stream. In a letter bear- 

 iut;- date of Jan. 1 3Ir. llostttter v. rote me as follows: 



•'I have ]iist read your comnmnii-ation m Forest asd Strkasi ot 

 bill jandapproM- of the ■( :oluinbiini sportsmen\s Association and 

 hereby send as part paN'meiit on hve shares of slock at $1 per 

 share, or as part payment cm one slia,re tit stock at i}i5 per share, or as 

 part payment on one, ;share ot stocl: at ."fclO per share, as the stock ot 

 the company may lie divided. I believe that money talks the loudest. 

 First come first served: o-ive me hrst stock. Yours truly. 



■■f. M, HosTETTKR ( -Qld Hoss''). 



".i-JO W ood Stkekt. Pitcsbiiri'. la, 



Mr Hostetter's letter was read at the meeting ot Thursday evening, 



all T 



all 



iflaii 



01,1 



rtihcaie i\o. 1 issued to 

 ill; Kis Spr.i will be handed in due 

 latter shall have been tormally 

 Mr. Hostetter, and let them be 



and I shall be pleased to dc 

 liirn when matters shall he so t 

 ooiirse to thi-< seiM-elary whei 

 elected- Let the other shooter 

 sun- this company is no Cbicag 

 What should properlv he the 

 ironioiitor rhicatto, and is lin ! • 

 trom the ylevcland Ciirtridge m . • 

 to Mr Organ, which letter was - ' ■ n 



Ni tu nv 1 ' oiinl 1 I the ]iui 1 

 m.ars Association, we write to state rl 

 s( 1 iIh h I no «( lib ot --locl in tli 1 

 any tune to tto all 111 our pow-er to maki 

 •Hclievmg thai 111 the liands ot the s 

 h-mplated tournament will be the lai ui 

 ti-iily. 



iHl Ct^VELJuNn ('AaTBiPUE iNU lARC.FI ( O pi l t'4l L NoHIH 



Nothing Gottld be oioer than tSiese two lettorji. They represent the 



icnptioii of st ock aiso comes 

 erable amoimt. Ihis came 

 0. m a letter dated -Tan. 0. 

 iieetiiit;. It said: 

 lira; a. Wairld's Fair Sports- 

 pleaised 10 sub. 

 1 staivl ready at 



N- ill hi 



rfsmen 



. 1 ( hi. 1,0 th 

 en. we remain, ^ 



Mr. J. H. Worden to the Public. 



Habrwuiim?. Pa.. Jan. lut -./•,>/ 1 /or V-'rest 'nul .slnnw: I leel it a 

 duty I owe to the spm-tsmeii ot I he State to ex|ilaiii tlirougli your eoL 

 limns my position lu the maich arranged through in.-) self m behfdl of 

 li'niford and Brewer and I'lius. S, Daiido on belialt ot the RivertonOun 



Through iimiiial corri'spondence with Mr, Itando and during the 



iriilbjrd-Flliot t contests. AI1-. fiaiido wrote me that bo was extremely 

 aiivioiis lo :iwakoii mo.-o of Jiii liil cr.-st amoiiy' l,hoir iiif-iubprs m trap 

 s]i,,,.|iii:-. :iiii| waiucd lo know it il couldn I be arrai i.f,v. I lo hare Ful- 

 ford and Klliolt shoMta trieiidh' iiiab-h with two of I Im-m- m.-mb.a-s :tor 

 :i Kinall f.iirsH. sav 'Bf>ii earh. Ihc^', the Itivi-rlon I -hib. to hear all the 

 ccpoiises I iiiado theproposilioii loM^-.^srs. f ulford ami FlIioM, At 

 tlrsl yir. Fiih'ord said 110, when Mi . tJliofI :^aid ol course il Mr. .I*\d- 

 h,rd would not go tliat seltt-d it. A\ liPii Mr, f iillonl .said. --^\ ell, Jim, 

 it yoii wam lo uo |ui|l:<o with \, .11 and. will l;ill all 1 can. and it -we 

 w-iu vou shall have the purse." It was tliKii a-rred that Mr. Elliott go 

 home with his hrotlier tor a visit and Air f- iillor,! to b rica, I to ar- 

 riuige matters and fix date with Mr. Da.id... Tla- lollowiiig rnornmg 

 Mr- Elliott called me uii on the te|H|>lione trom his hotel and said It 

 would be impossible for hmi to uo I,. Ptuii-toii at llns nine but that I 

 should .sav to Air. Dan do at some oilier tune he would oe pleased to 

 bring another Western boy with bun and shoot them a friendly con- 

 test- which advice I commuuicatcd to Air, Daudo. at the same time ad- 

 vising Fulford that Elhott would not go to Riverton. 



In the course of a few days I received a letter from .Air. Fidtord, re- 

 qnestine- me. to arrange a match for he and J no. L. brewer, on similar 

 conditions as t lie ime meiitK.ncd tor he and f.lholtwuh the kiverton 

 Gun Club. I iiiimediatelv communicated his reiiuest to Air. Darido, 

 receiving m reply to the same the tollowm.i;: 



■'-1 H WoKui'.N. E.sq.— \oiir lavor at hand: 1 am very miu.-li pleaded 

 with its contents, we would niucli rather have Fulford and Brewer— 

 we will pav -ill expenses, cartridges, birds. R. E. tare, etc., and give 

 fhem a purse of if-"'ti each: will this be eiiou,eh .■■ I ihmk it should be 

 for a frieaitly shoot of course we know they will beat us and so it 

 w oii't be a "fake.'' we want it understood the purse w.juld oid.\- go if 

 they lie.-it our team, we would shoot liHj birds per man, .-,Oyds. bound- 

 ary Riverton (JiiTi Club rules: after the shoot tfiere would lie sweeps 

 and they could 110 doubt get a good show at them. On receipt ot this 

 iwe til.' telegraph at mv e.\.pense and hiid out trom each one what 

 dates will suit so 1 can report to the club on Saturday night at its 

 aiinind meeting Tlianklng you tor your iroiible 111 the mattter, 1 am 

 yerv truly. ' S. Dajjdo,- 



I immediately on receipt ot this wired Fulloi d at t tica to call me on 

 the long distaiK-e telephone, which he did and I ri ad to him veibatmi 

 the above coiiimunication, WTieii lie requested me b. communicate to, 

 Dantlo the following: "Offer acceptea. w e to be allowed the u.se ot 

 ItJoz, shot and every man stand at the same mai K. 



I fUd so, at same time fixuiK as the date tor tJie match, featurday, .Jan. 

 14 Everything ran alone' smoothly. Air. Lamlo issuing his mvitations 

 to club members to come^and see the race on tlie above date. Jan. 13 

 at 11 A. 31. I received the toUowing telegram: 



".I H. WouDKN. H.arrisbnrg, Pa,: Notily I >aiulo matcli is o.fC. Will 

 not take chance to get beat tor bare expenses. Understood paid fifty 

 and expenses, win or lose. FTtiiiroBD,' 



On receipt ol this I sent the toUowing: 



"E II Fci.ipoau Utica. N, Y.: Have shipped birds and all arrange- 

 ments made: gone too far: can t retreat. You put me 111 a hole if you 

 don't shoot, .Ml voiir friends going from here. Answer on phone. 



■•.1. H. WoiiOliN. 



In answer came the toUowmg: 



■Cttcv \' V - .Ian )-'.— I leave bn Nmv Vork now. .Accept no 

 terms vvhatever from Daiido: he must think we want, to shout very 

 liad to take a chance to be laughed at and walk home for iiothitig. 



"Fm.FORD. 



Of course there was nothing left for hie to So but write. Mr. Dando 

 as follows: . 



Tnos S- D.\N-DO- Iain extremely sorry to inform yoii that, Alr. E. 1>. 

 Fulford, the man who poses as --champion wmg :-.hot ot the ITmtcd 

 States '■ who has. according to one of our sbooiinsr periodicals oi recent 

 date an --unbounded" or -unknown, or some otiier imaccountable 

 "mountaiii of wealth m the State of T exas, who bhroii.L'h iny instru- 

 mentality sou^lif tor tdmseir and Oapt. .h.Iin i,. Brewer a friendly 

 .-.-.-iiibitioii match with two of vour club iin--mhers. the .same being 

 ■iccepted by yon in bnbilt of your club as per conditions named to 

 v,„,r leti-s- I,. i,ic iiiio,-. itiic of .1,111. which was accepted b.y Mr. 

 I ,,11-^. 1 I I i_ I , 111. m the moi mng of Tan h rhiecting 

 iiic to comuiiiuicate said acceptance to you, which T did by mail on 

 the evening of ijame day, pammg Saturday, Jan, it. as the day for 



