FOREST AND St REAM. 



[Feb. i6, 18%. 



Facts About the World's Fair Shoot. 



OnirAco, 111., I^'cli. II.- Tlicri Ici.s 1. i n i i 

 diSOUASioil iu Mlc ni.-|l.l.<T .,1 l.hc VV<irlir: m; !i 



liufctinj; sm.-li n si i. on il,;-; f<.,.(. )i,u<' '> n •• ■ 



RUf.ri-'-eHf.i(His .'1, W!i.;; I<'ii-I,li (■li<i,>-;-ti i , , ' 



ANIl S-ri.M'lAM llMVr, ilcsri ilx'.l Ml. ■ , li ■! n,l I;-; < il' / i 

 aUon <,r l.lic VVorl.i's H'.-mi- 'Vr:t:,, „ ,l,..|-,s^ A , • . 



tllr S(a^■.■ <.r 1.1,'- , . i ' / ■ 



Sthkam wok till- .mlv |>:-,. ■ 1. 1 !■ ivc ,ui ;u 



-mi.'.eliiiK. Ill ••ill lis pr.'. i. I,: I . i ,,n l.liis ni;iM 



llRK iK^t.'ll |iriilii|ll,. .■H.Tiir:.i,l.r, u 1 1 1 il.i •, I ;i;iil trull 

 This was il« <liil v U. I li.- n|«.r|..siii.'ri ■ .r Aln.-riivi : 

 TJlis WIIS I.Ik- .illlv .-lis.! i.r .-viTV ..tli.M- sji.-iri.iML' 

 th(.> sporl, lil." tr;i|-.vii,Hi[,iiiL\ I', .i- all Hi i, n . M li. ■ ■ 



OVelll; <jr llliirc illl|HU'l:ilH-r I.Iliii :inv i : i:, 



of l.rnp-sllrHil.iii-. This ilul » av,-is s.. ;.>! i 



Mini, to (l('|'iii-l fn .III i(. iiu.-ulii. riilii in l li.- . ;- i i.,, 

 uiaiisliiji .-r Mil' ciiiiiil.i-y. 



A\'i' I'liiiii "11 ■'l iiris misforttmes, aj)d one pfii 

 painT'.s |Miini;ilis[ ir 1 1 1 istalrftS, but sn serious was 



tenial anil iiiiit'-'l -i.-l ion hi this in.'i.l I.im' that. I- 



upon :i (lov'ialiiiH :':.■■< > 



I\nr wK.li ail ino. .■ : . v 

 d(:>via,l.ioii; (Mil- v.-f: i, . . , • 



.it* pervei'sioii ;i.ii ' !■■.■: - - 



tlio worst HOWS] ' ' ■ . ' 

 doiiiR this, ill l; ! I ■ ■ > 



I -ii ion and much 

 • ivi-fs methods of 

 I oat of these 



-:■ ih- Ml,, Foi,,ns-I- 

 I: i<-;':al orKa.iii>v 

 I. II Mil, issiio of 

 hi.-h n-|iri;Ki,rifc- 

 oii li'iin.ics'i'ANn 

 <■ i-o|iiii-(, iiC that 



i,l'>-.'l' i\.M) K'rUIOAM 



olits by another 

 I'l-i'ssitv for fra- 

 ,.-i|ioreo|-ilil look 



I hi' u: ,\;,:kv AM' Sthkam for .lari. T.I 

 .-u-.-nrali' n-iiiii-l I.r tho last in.-i-ti 

 -li.rs hair 'I'l-aii SIkkiIoi-.s^ Assoo.iatii 



Tla; 



mull,' 

 3 nl' thr 



S|i. 



. ^1 uoiifaiiu.'d a report in some essential re- 

 oinmu of far worse than inaeonrati.' 



wild, S.I iiiir 



interests ol' 

 wlio iiKM- lia.ve setai it 

 Ivuow what to thinic 

 eiit tlirough a liberal 

 bC'-Kins: 



"A sex-ere eolil iirm 

 thitse interested in i li.- I 

 eiation .>ii Thin 

 havehe.'ii nioie 

 furiushed by on 

 have lieen able ( 

 ue.nt orgaiiizat 



oT the piipei 



liv Mil- eiiil 



wide of till- faei.s, and ycf 

 W'lirl.rs l-'.i.ii- Sho.il, that tl 



Tbi^ 

 -itb,-il ^ 



'oimnent 



i of llie roiiiil.ry 

 alysis of it ill order that tliey ma.y 

 le facts. Tlieso will be most appar- 

 t i om the editorial in question. It 



• I'l 



i-iif ;||. ( h. 



-;.l,-i,y 



.■il an illi 

 r thr- a.et. ami I ho injury tlie,\- 



,el iiii:.' I 



..- might 

 [leruia- 

 ? do- 



ing the ]iro,iect by their injiidieious haste and i'isur]iatioii of au- 

 thority." 



The editor of tlie American Meld evidently believes that he has a 

 personal resenablanee to the late deceased Pai.sy Iieau. He may look 



like Daisy in the faee. but the 



■eseniblanee oea.ses I hen-. There are 

 lim, .-i.ri.l ivlio 1-1,-i.me him not to 

 this oil V ami ol her i-ities who 

 polls the st.riiif^. The.se facts 

 .-h prompted such a parag-ra.ph 

 ill lilierate insult to the ihteih"- 



many -who l.-n.iu- liiin and do 

 praise. Tlu-re .•o-r nian,\- ,n-c 

 will not daiiei- u li.-n I a-. Ni.-l 

 eould not deier i In- sn I ili im ■ e 

 as tliaf (piofod. II. wonl inl. 



fhe.",',li|.i.i- of ihi- ''I'lo'.r,,-'" 

 Woiilil |,i-i,li;dilv h.-ive .i^iii 

 ill an I'lilia-prisi- nf this U 

 colleeiioii of nii'ii siieli .-is 

 tial. The editor of the 

 wiiich is not shared by tl 

 age. Such an insult bi ii 

 pass, but it Vieeomes m 

 which are now em-i i-nM^ 

 uien of Chicai^o .-e-, imsirn 

 "illegal permaneni, m-Lvi. 

 Vint (Illlv sti-ps to a laua.l i 

 lioi- i-aii (.lie III- sIkuvii or 

 tioii of aiifh.-ii-ih mil- ,-u 

 aeliiHi of ihe im-i-fiim- 

 .formal, im-rolv a.i I v is. .rN', 

 ent. .11- hml hr i.hs.-rve.l 

 eoiilil nut have fallen iat 

 ooutinues: 



"The cliief factors in the luovemejit might consider it a brilliant 

 coup d'etat, but we eaiinot indorse the wisdoni of it an^' more than -we 



ean se,> thai it was, as oiuMif Ihos . 



be eli-i-|.'.| llh.Mi anil l lim e piil, it, : 

 diliii^' hn.siiiess, f.n- n, \n.-is .as r. 

 pei-milteil, :uul om- Hiai .-onl.:! noi, Imi linp.-.l,. pru-ress. 



"The idea ol » l-d of men \o(i.e.' M |.r,-.Ml.-iii. Hire.' vine presiiieiUs, a 

 secretary anda. t.r.'.-isiir.-r I',, I ,■.,.! iir a smi i,i \,h.ise .-ommissioners 

 permission has Ih-i-h unly jnsi -i.-inn'.l in i.ibiain sniisoripiions for 

 stock ak'Kl'eKatit 

 such snbjeeis. 



"Not a dollar b.-nl been subcrlbed, not a stock book bad been pre- 

 s were voted foi- who have no ownership in 



(• were i nel iiilhli-. anil i'le,.-i,n(l by men who 



slu-.l ;\nien(-,-ni a-^il^lll i hat lie n nis the machine 

 ^(-l ili..- fm- I ho stock', and 

 L-|-ili.|m-t. 111.- i-nlni-pi-is.-, 

 ;- l.lioRc t.hev i.lnsiri- sliall 



Ml. l-'ir/,l 





Mil- iii.'.-tiin-:, (.liin,!<s 



lul'-rrc'ii' 

 fhosn wl 



.( / h. a. - h 







('-/'Vaa/'has !i.' 



■i-N .a-eiire for himself 



o.-^e. \n lioi 



1 111- illSldtS ill 1 



is aMeinptod iiatron- 







1 .s.iiild lie allowed to 





hhi.-iV''!s('i^Viui'ti! 



■li v.itli aeeusatioiis 









fly'f.-ilsn 



As a matter . 



if' faef,'l l'ier,-- w-a.s no 







lan. Ill .ir.,'ani;'ation. 



tnii hi'ii 





: III. il na-al done. 







: a nil ■•tisnrpa- 

 . :n' III Inn-ily. TllO 



■ii.s Mini- 







iiierel\ 1 



-nfa.i.u r. i ■ 





III- sl.-ili 

 1) .so alis 



nerifs of In:, 

 n-da p(asit,.,n ,: 



liial assiimnil, ' .He 



est iiersistent that officers should 



sharp le.i;al trick .jnsI ilied for expe- 

 iil: an ille-al act as .-ould liave been 



i,Ui.iLl must ajipear hKlicrous to those iufoi-med on 



pared even, and yel old 

 the company, ami th 

 did not own a dolk i 

 "It is a well-esii 

 who pays for it, ami 

 tberelo't ^ ' 



shoiilil 111- all-i«.-it iJie |irivili-L',e of ,-lii Hisin;-; (Imsn 

 maua.tj'c their affairs." 



All of the abovij would lie true if so mucli of it \m i 

 false. Asaniatterof fact, there was no pn-ti ns. 

 or a company election of any kind. As shnwn , 

 Ktream reiiort the ne(?e.s.sity tor an .acconnnodat i. ■ 

 stock was aiipai-i-ut. It conl'd not be sold all ovm- tfic 

 iiud naturally an .-i.ri-oniniodii.tion holder's Vdte 

 and more sale \\ lii-u :4iiided liy the seii.si^ of a i 

 Chicago spm-tsinaiisl'iip has had no ulo.-i of uol 

 and does not want to do so. Uw.-mt 

 iean sportsmansbiii, to falo- luild of it 

 sportsmanship, the sort wiii ' 



stays home and kii-ks. thi 

 to put the matter in snchlc-al sliai 

 could become lei;al slui-klioldrrs in 

 Association, before the World's l-'ai 

 dOiK.'. The shiHd.ers of Ame 

 of tbc stock of this 



.-ill till-' 



,\t tlli^ 

 It and u-o 

 pit or XV is 

 ■ lhat Ihi 

 1(1 World' 



. I all;. .shit, -Iv 

 .'• al In. -lion 

 hr I'l lis ^ I'l |\MI 



liai-in- i.f the 

 untrv at ouee, 

 voidd be nu'ire nsefni 

 ■etiny like Ibis. The 

 ilinu this eorpora.tiiMi 

 -(omtrv. all tlie .Vmer- 

 niei-lin:;- the t'liieau'n 

 the sort Mtat 



1 (h 



iilea\ 



:\11 



,-a 



'frap Shooters' 



lout telliii.u- I hall t 

 lei-t tlie nltimatL- oliir.-i 



- it was 

 ' ma iority 

 The first 

 ■II known, 



officers need not be peraiaiient ones, but I hey d 



respeetad and trusted, else this company r-ann. .i i-inmiiand iii.^ in-e- 

 liminaryrespect throughout the country. ' All tli.ir (in- sp.irtsinansliip 

 of OhiCii.iJO offered Wfl.s its advice. It never !M-esumed to dictate to 

 the sportsmanship of America. Yet it i-epresents many men, not one 

 misguided man. These facts ivere accurately sot forth in the Forisst 

 .\NTi Stream report, and even the American Field report has the f ol- , 

 lowing: 



•'Mr, Donald and Mr. Hough took isr n h h ;;r,>e with Mr. Low, 

 saying that while the action of the . n .s not strictly in ac- 



coVilance with the law, this work hud in! i i facilitate matters 



and tp some de,f;-ree express the desir,- . - f ili..s,. pin sent for olTieers of 

 the Association, mostof ^vholn W(nild douluK'ss bni'.nne sl,H'kliol,loi-s 

 in the Association, and that, when tlie stock was sul.iseribed th,, stuek- 

 .holders could then accept or i-c,ject the ol'licers chosen at tins 

 meeting." 



As a matter of fact, nwther Mi'. Donald nor Mr. Hough ever stixted 

 that the action wn,s not iu accordance with the law, but to the con- 

 trary hislsted and explained that theactiou was informal and not fluid, 

 and would be let;-al only when in due form rafilied by a meeting of the 

 sroekhiiUlers after the placing of the stock. '1 be rest of the above 

 pai-aLrraidi is accnrate, as I believe the reportei' intended all of his re- 

 port to III- aic,-m ate. The eiUtor could have had no such intention, for 

 lie e:.-.os on lo sa.v: 



■•After ilie election (Y) Mr. ^\'ol^red N. -Low arrived, and we have 

 every reason lo beUeve I'ortnnatel.v. as he no doubt pcevented other 

 foolish and illog.'jJ thhigs fr.mi liein- done." " -■ + "He pointed out t hat 

 the election of oftioer.s and e\ erv other act of the meetin;.;- was illegal, 

 but his i-eiuarks were not receive.,! kindly, and a. bold attempt was 

 uiade lo Justify the high-handed seizure ot' the oiiices." 



This is aec-ufate all but theinacouracies, and true except where false. 

 IMr. l.ow exiilaiiied, in his usually clear. icKat M ay, that all action of 

 this meel iug \viis null, void, absolutely of no weight. Ho then ad- 

 mitted c!itegorieall,y that the expression of opinion voiced at this meet- 

 ing would be legal, valid and binding, if legjUly ratified latei^ by a 

 mfi.)ority vote of tho stock. Mr, Low t'lien dict<\t.od the form of pleiige 

 for'stoelc to which gontlomou srdiscribed theh* names, as stated ex- 

 clusively iu FoKKST AND Stiieam. I confess an inability to see a rea- 

 sonable' explanation why the editor of the-t»Kt)-)(-(!,i h'ii-iJ sh .uld fly 

 into a wild fight with a windmiU. Much of what he infers might be 

 true if it rested on premises of fact, but it does not so rest, and his 

 premises ivs assumed make the worst mm svquiiur ever seen in aji 

 editorial utterance. To more fully realize this it w ill ser\'e to read 

 furthei^: 



"The gentlemen who have undertakeai to run the machine juust un- 

 derstand that it is not a club affair nor a local affair. It is a national 

 attair, Chicago cannot cixrry it through alone. The S30,000 neeessai'V 

 lias to Vie raised fi'oui the sportsmen of America, and iliey must be al- 

 lowed their inalienable right to have a voice in the mana.a;enient of it. 

 It juust be run on sU^ioUy business principles, and not in a slipshod 



manner, that it may be a credit to the sportsmen of America and ac- 

 complish the object which brought it into life. 



'•tajH of the most important factors to siu-.cess is a good start. 

 Tliere)oi-e Jet those j^'entlemcn who were eleettnl ('?) step down and 

 li-.i'. thn assmaafion iiid.r.-umncled by Ibcir ilkegal course. If the 

 :^ h I I . iliink them Mm pri ipi-r men for the positions they pre- 

 II"' in I 'lold, l.ho.y will eloi.-.t thein to thorn, and le.gally. Being 



I ' l>-.-l,!'(i we must (ii.M.-.Jiue, as under no circmnstaneos could 



the lirst |ilaee we eould not givi-i the time 

 /. /''/(•/,( occn|iyiu,[j: all of onr tinui, a.nd in the 

 ■ in a, iiosition u here we (;aii commaad and de- 

 -ests of the association be contributed to. 



necessai 

 next, pkn 

 niand iili.i 

 This Win 

 i, al 



id lit-, amusing- if the writisr of it ^ ... . ... 



lilt it. As a niattei' of fact, no one has 



hysterically in 



-,_ , bet^u elected, and 



"ewls to step out, for no one has stepped iu. The Association 

 i.as n.ai fieeii traiiiiimliid. The editor of the Arnerican Meld can by 

 iiiiyiiin. a stiiiii-ii-iit aiiiiinnt .if st(ii-k and calling a meeting elect him- 

 si.lt pr..si.;i,.|it ot till- i-i.mpaii>, hut he is in a trifle of a hurry about 

 rfsigiiing Ins p.. .situ. II as I iiird vice-president, for he has not yet been 

 elected third v(.- ,, :-..!e„i., and maybe never will be. All that is 

 t-stablished is n i ; i n d a meeting of Chicago sportsmen, of the 

 sort not tronPI. 1 1 , ., , . i i,, the throat or by a (wldness of the heart, 

 ■i"''l"' a si.rt 11 in -h i-.i: , i.-.-. ,11,1, a,iid di-s'S its h(:st to help a good event 

 '' " 'I' 'i i' ha.t 111 lisiipi.i.i '' I jnion of thh-d vice.-iii-esident 

 "'I'l' Dr. Mi.-liiii.-in "' > I ' u jad. 'idiere is no '•niachine" 



I'-'i-n-'nl sue ha.:-; a.tt,.mipt,|.i i., , - , i , . . ., ., T),is is im lend a national 



.-diair, a.ml n. .(. .'m-liib affa.ir, ii,,r a, local .alTair .i..i .i. ' as b<'(-..n sought 

 luniaki- it truly iiidiioii.'i.l, and Miat a.s rapiili'' .. . ...r-. TjCt jue go 



lin-tli.-.r and sa.y tlmli if this is not a lo,-a] ali.i: . m ss is it a per- 



■-"iinl nn-.nr N.;. one man can swing nor own it. IN o one man can 

 1 1 1 1 11 1 1; it. The support of the editor of the ^7?ierican i^ieM 

 n I I I i n welcome, but it cannot make nor break this affau-. 

 ,1 an do that by its support or lack of support. Yet the 

 n r\ paper was in honor pledged for an enterprise Uke 



-Il n i.nial affair. There should be no cliques now, no 



a I I I J ' jealou.sies, no bitternesses. The manor paper 



' n II r, ali/cs this and lives up to it. The man or paper is 



n I I a gets this for more than a moment. An apology is due 



I i l l r of the American Meld, not only to the sportsmanship 



.'I 1 ai ana a i a 1 1 to the sportsmanslup of America, and the longer that 

 ai.iology is w itilihcld the greater the damage to him who withholds it. 

 Kditors do not ina.k:e the sportsmanship of America. It is the sports- 

 manslup of Aiiieri(.-a which makes the editors. 



The task of writing this comment is an unwelcome one, for it is dif- 

 licult under such nmisual circumstances to be sufficiently reserved to 

 avoid the unweleoiiio etiargo of personal bias. Therefore I must do- 

 iline an expression of jinrsonid beUef as to thw real causes which 



f till. 



f tlm 



prompted the writing 

 give instead the belief 

 with whom I have spol. i'ii 

 plain case of ,iealousy and 

 Aiuericaii FicJd wishi-d t 

 Trap Shootei-s' Ass,.,.-i.-iti<ji 

 meeting did nnl sn si-li-el 

 selected his tiim- n :-; y ar 

 have been alto. a . I: i i n 

 pauer to bretik . . . i n a 

 will seek lo iisa 

 As to Ilia '.am 

 this is ll.i ' na 



kable editorial in question, and wUl 

 CI S of Chicago and other localities 

 jpinion seems general that it was a 

 iitia.-. It is thought that the etlitor of the 

 lie chosen president of the AVoi-ld's Fair 

 and was offended that even a preUmiuai^y 

 -ii -ei liim. It is thought that had he been so 

 11 1 to the "Ule.gahty" of this meeting would 

 n I nt. It is thought that he seeks to use Ids 

 n a lion not tickling to his vanit.y, and that he 

 111 1 1 n i Id up action more gratif jdng to himself, 

 is 1 cannot say. But in my heart I believe that 

 ty, for egotism, for seeldng offices or declining 



lies, a II II. 1.1 good hard work, for united and cordial and con- 



teil good bard work by the sportsmen of this country, from one 

 'an to the other. (The report of the ^wert caw J^ieZd fads to state 

 a t wa.sthe fact oh t his latter bead as regards the int-eution of the 

 la iiiL'- in ((uestion. As e.xcl usivelj^ stated in Forest and Stkeam, it 

 ■n I III ;i|i|)ointaii auxiliary eomniittce, of men practically vice- 

 I i .miiiieiit inen chosen from all the different States and 

 li.i should be asked to aid in placing the Stock of this 

 a I I in cfating an interest in the World's Fair shoot. This 



1-1 i-nt out from the report to further the false impres- 

 I I a siiniaiioii \i as local and not national iu its pla.ns. The 

 n-i 1 .1 I n siinh asiiersi.in is iqiparent after the facts are known). 



.L iiave heard a murmur or so from weak sisters th.at "the 

 nonseu.s,!. If it dies 

 ;s, not Vieeanse it has 

 :l. Yet it is true that 

 ei\-.lioi-ii. it was weak. 

 i-L- it a. row to strt^ngth 

 -i-i- I., amd to protect 

 . I II any tiling manly, 

 ill. ai stiekiug for 

 I n a SI, on recortl 

 n-. ". 'diloi- of file 



.'.ha; 



^Vorld■s Fair shoot bad heeii killed." That 

 now it will lie because it bad inherent Avealc 

 li(a3n hurt l-iy one who shmild have he.-n its fri 



projwr. w.-i« bill in .'ni infant si.ar, 



11 



It 



(i.ml self snpjioi 1. As ineii am 

 it and to liv'.lp it, to aid it and < 

 anything dignified, anything 

 personal reason to aim a lilo 

 doubly and hero tinnnstakal 

 American Field, did all be coi 



own bun in the impossible r.- a i a I i . I I 



think this child wdl die, for its , a i : i , i , n n . ., . 



this country well re]n-ns. 's 1 1 - ' n, i i .i , n . .. . ri.i-s 



fair, its mother is tin -i. .i a ' n -is," -i. , :i,,, oppori. 



FoRKST AXD Stream will i ■ a .. • : .n •••• ., i , . but 

 will, I am sure, be glad o. l eiM.rt iis m-',','>. ami iuh ,,i ihi-i.ao' its imlicy. 

 Ill KuKiasr .'\Nn .Stubam the facta wdl be given iis they occur, untwisted, 

 plain, roliabU.y E. HOCGH. 



1 fa MoMuoK Stiieet, Clucago. 



The Shoot Will Go On. 



■frap^ 



■I ill. 'i i's gained from conversations with 



ar of the Illinois State Sporlsman's 



I. a I i.'.ho have snfiscrilu'd sl,i,-k In the 

 ■I S' ,Vssa,aiatioii enable i-i, i.> -.tn i hat pro- 

 grammes for the Illinois State shoot will soon lie in i l , I - hands, 

 and also to achl, posifixcly and iineijuivocally. th . .' i.ifthe 

 World's Fair Ti*ap Shooters' Associatiou will f>e e.-irn.-.l . a i. as larigin- 

 ally announced. In a short t ime the .stock will havi- lir.-n jilacedandso 

 soon as that sliail lia\ i: been dime the due ten days' notice will be 

 served and a meeting called, at which an ek.^ctii m of obii.-.ors will be had. 

 T'bese will jiroliably be practically the ones named at tlic ]ir,;'liminarv 

 meeting. The World's Fair shoot will then lie in practical working 

 ordi^r, and its stoi-k -will be placed on sale for the shooters of the 

 country, who can later elect whom tliev pleasie. It is needless to sav 

 that tn'er\' future step in the alTairs of this (■o!npatl^•, as has bean cvcrV 

 step ill the past, wUI lie alisohitely legal and In moral in aiul orn-n to tlm 

 woi-ld and abo\ e the slightest re(iro;icli of Just crit icism. K. Hough. 



CuiCAao, III,, Feb. 13.— The foUowmg is a duplicate copy of a letter 

 to-day sent, for publication to the ethtor of the American Field by Mr. 

 F. C. Donald, chairman of tbc executive committee of the Illinois Asso- 

 ciatiiiii, and prominent amoii-' fliose unjustly criticised b.y that impcr 

 fia- their piwt iu the World's Fair shoot matters, mentioned elsewdteriA. 



K. HoroH. 



"Chicago, Feb. 18.— Pr. N. Bowe, Publisher Avirrican Field: Dear 

 SiH — In reviewing a recent issue of the Amcricitu A'o /ii, I tind iu its 

 editorial columns a drastic and imjust arraignment of the transactions 

 of a meeting of Chicago siiortsmeu, held on Tbtirsday cveiiiiic:. .tan, V^, 

 18ii-,', at the club room, Sherman House, Chicago, ff'aving taken some 

 little time to ,.lis|ia.ssiouatcly and iu all fairness refleot u|ion your 

 attempted a.spi.'rsitui of the motives aetnarim 



thes 

 aotcrs 



dclibc 



rl 



ya their cUlir- 

 ailioiis, know- 

 ■i-fsion of the 

 l edection the 

 ainutes of the 



■l-'lts 



1 youl- insidi. 

 and sportsmen -and Aviioni \ . i . i i , . 

 .}>int., seek to hold up to the enasia . a a. 

 I- journal -T respectfully eomm.'ia i I ..i -.a 

 iii.-iiti lif I'acts, as may- bo attested b.y il 

 J i\itli certain conclusions held by rli'ij writer: 

 p,-eniises from which yon evolve a libelous syllogism are 

 e,r .ZXM'/e, misleading and wholly nujust. as is in its vitaU,y relevant 

 part the report of the meeting in (.(ucstion as j iresented in the ^iHit'ri- 

 caii Field couctirreutly with ,a our editorial diatribe. 



•■Second — Had yon shown ynnir friends flm consideration of first 

 knowing that y(.iiir report of the meetin.g w as lumarhKal and truthful, 

 or fiad y'oii teiuporarily repi cssi.'d yoiii- com nmaii-inns ainhilinn to in- 

 dulge in editorial dictum regardless of possilile misri-pi-i'smitatiim and 

 ^vrollgflll injury of tlie feelings and reputation of tli,- sportsmen jiar- 

 ticipa'tiiii;- in the flehberations— all of whom y ou personally know as 

 friends and honorable men— you might have learned that the under- 

 Staaidiugs and coUiiiderations discursed. agreed ui.ion, preceding and 

 underlying the action of the meeting. ari_' jnstiii(.>d by c(-immon usage 

 and consent, a.nd by precedents estahlishcd l.iy meii of probity and 

 businefis intelligence and atford not the slightest basis fiir youi-" inde- 

 fcnsioTe charges of lawdessness, dishonesty, stupidity ami itch for 

 office, 



"Tliird- Journalism has its abuses as well as its uses; flagrant pros- 

 titution tif its i.irivileges and ].iroprieties is well exemplified by your 

 mali,!iuam. aver.ments. Tlnaiigii in-egiiaut with arrogant conceit that 

 lieople not ciinciding hi the opinions of tJie editor of the ADierican 

 l''icld lack iu honesty, iutelligeta-n arid sincerity, 1 nevertheless believe 

 I clearl.v discern and could detimlcly indicate, if so iueliiicd, the source 

 of the animus incitiujj and pervading your iminitiiiitnis. That your 

 mteuded shafts wdll taU harmless among tlie friends and acquaiut- 

 auces of the gentlemen assailci.l is patent to every right-thiukiug per- 

 son acquainted with the facts. 



Fourth— in y-oiir inconsiderate liaste to demean the motives of 5'our 

 frteads you luii^ousciously tipdy a disposition 'to rule or ruin.' and re- 

 coll the aphorism of the bird stupidly fotihng it« own nest. You will 

 probably be enabled, to some extent, controlling as you do the ool- 

 uxuns of a.widdy ou^culated sportsmen's journal, to msten disci"© 



upon and destroy confidence in those who, without wish, expectation 

 or prospect of pecuniary profit, have evinced wUlinguess to accept oi 

 the thanldess responsibilities and to give of their time and their means, 

 in the hope of successfully consummating the pi o.ject, the success ofi 

 which would, perforce, without the assistance you declare you have; 

 no time for, give added influence and dollars to the American Field. 



".Fifth— Your sensational citations of lawlessness are insensate 

 twaddle, an ignm fahoiis intended to I'eflect the light of verity upon 

 an untenable hypothesis. The meeting simply exercised the inaUena- 

 ble right of citizens to assemble and delibei-ate in a peaceful and' 

 proper manner, and it did not, as you labor to have it appear, act un- 

 der the restrictions or seek to exercise the privileges conferred by the 

 incorporate laws of Illinois, for the reason tliat such a franchise has" 

 not issued for the purposes of the business discussed and acted upon 

 by the meeting. 



"Sixth, your conclusion that localization of the active management 

 antagonized the intended, scope, prospectus and interests of the pro- 

 ject IS scarcely worthy of contravention. From inception to finish, 

 unremitting, aggi-essive effort and constant attention on the part of 

 the manji^einent will alone carry the tourney to a successfid issue. 

 Necessarily the executive staff and board of control, upon whom wiU^ 

 devolve all of the labor and responsibility, must bo upon the ground,i- 

 tiiat the.y may readily confer, determine and promptly act as occasion 

 demands. Every factor active in the evolution of the groat 'W'orld's 

 Columbian Exposition is, or has become, as an iuevitafile condition of 

 responsible oHlcial relation, a citizen of Chicago, yet we hear no im- 

 peachment of its professed amplitude or of its declared international 

 character, as conveyed by its comprehensive title. Had .you felt the 

 disposition to commend as well as condemn, you might have referred 

 to the action of this meeting in providing for the appointment of an 

 unlimited auxihary committee, with the object of creating interest and 

 giving fraternal representation in every quarter of the globe. 



"Seventh — He who ess.ays as an oracle, he he editor, layman, sports- 

 man or what not, to show to the world theTincorapeteney and asiniuity 

 of his fellows, should not trust wholly to his individual estimate of the 

 eternal fitness of things. Your labored impUcation of incompetency 

 and bungling on the part of the meeting in not electing its oflicera 

 from its board of directors is to moderately in telhgent people a wholly' 

 gratiutous and ludicrous draft upon yom- storehouse of Icnowledge.. 

 The procedure which you intlicate as a prime necessity is neither one 

 ordained by common usage nor is it made maudatory'by the particu- 

 lar acts of the State of Illinois, which you would have your readers 

 infer we were thus antagonizing. 



"Eighth — Possibly the action of this meeting which you condemn in. 

 unmeasured terms, was not wise or exjiedii.iut; to this extent I admit: 

 aud commend the right and propriety of jiroper and Avholesome criti- 

 cism. Considering your knowledge of the standing, character and in- 

 telligence gleaned from years of intimate acquaintanceship with the! 

 gentlemen responsible for its enactments, I disclaim and ehallengei 

 your right to the e.v parte conclusions and the damaging assertions 

 heralded by your editorial, The enactments of the meeting embodied 

 the sense of a fair representation of Chicago sportsmen manifesting 

 sufficient interest in its purposes to respond to the call of the chaii"-; 

 Dian. I, for one, still beheve the action taken uuder the qualifyhig; 

 circumstances — made subject as it was to the appr(jval and eouflfnm- 

 tiiDu of those subsequently becoming shar( dio Id I ' ' ' 

 ate act— to be tenable aud expedient, and a 

 vancing and expediting the preliminary reqnin 

 and under no reasonable interpretation of the 

 construed as a subject for by peret- ileal revie^v. 



"The foregoing in general allusion and n-fi 

 upon the intelligence and ijroiiriety of the acl ii a 



"As an active participant in its delibi^-ratii 

 was evidently tlic purpose of your article to di 

 have to say to you inihvitlually that for ten 

 been a reader aud supporter of your paper. I lia\' 



ider the iucorpor- 

 cr inetbod of ad-^ 

 ts of the project, 

 • could it tau-ly be 



all of your attack 



.he. llK.iCtUlg. 



I'iK .sc personnel if. 

 ta-iiigly involve, I 

 . (■h-d yi.'ai-s I have 

 ri^speeted you as- 



its editor and pubhslier, and as a gentleinan and spiarlsmau, a'nd ac-. 

 cepted as 6oviajt/de and sincere , your profes.sion of fraternal esteem^ 

 and frientlsiuii. I have never asked or received the slightest favorf 

 from your bauds, individually or through the columns ot your iour-. 

 nal. I ha\ e, since our acquaiutance began, had the pleasm'e of cneeJ"- 



fully^ and cordially 

 stautial coi.irte 

 ent, with inter 

 to toster and s 

 the pniresr an. 

 cing ami , i i - 



unreasn i- 



self-sa.'i'i I I. 



'■H..ldii'- i-.i 

 ah fiiii.' " 

 <aentlv .a 



iiionding to j-our requests for \ aJnable and sub-' 

 "1 ' I 'liiaial relations or otherw-ise, past and pres- 

 ' 1' a ! is the presumei^l purii.;ise of your jom'nal 

 I I 1. .dwa.vs unsought and accepted oidy with 

 a a .l a sincere desire to add my mite toward advan^ 

 i I be interests of the craft. In the light of yom' 

 a re httle satisfaction may flow from well meauiug,i 



a s. I need but add, in cianclusion. that I have foP 

 I I he etiiies and policy of tfie Aiiierienii I^Ueld as re- 

 : '....■11 as of the ungracioiis frlentlsliip of its editor 



a'"l]ii'' 1 lind iu iriy dofinition cif cliarily is. a.-iliiation for 



I • 1 1 ishly cultivates or simulates a f ricm i - i • > o.. gain 

 -I I - aioident to the relation, a.uil who, with. , ■ a n, con- 

 ad i a .i >i- a hearing, wOl, when bis vanities, ,-,i i an In-,'- ar .self- 

 a.l. aiiL-nint a t may be better pandered to or si-rvnd, i ai lilc-ly ciust off 

 and villify relations iqioii which honorable nioii aud s|iortsmiMi placea 

 higher and more endiu-iug estimate; hence, yon have tlic frank, un- 



equivocal declarations of this open lettei-. Yours truly 

 tSigned) 



F. C, Donald." 



Connecticut Trap Intei'ests. 



Thk Connecticut Shooting Association held a meeting at Hote, 

 Heublein. Hartford, on Monday afternoon. The association wat 

 formed at Willimantic last December and was to encourage clut 

 shooting in the State. The meettn.g caiuc to ordi^r with Joel 'W,! 

 Webb, of 'Willimantic, in the chair and Allen Willey secretar.v. Dele- 

 gates were present from the Colt CUub, of Hartford, the Bristol 

 WiUimo.ntie, Moodus, Hadlyme, Bridgeport and New London ,?!nb8. 

 The chief chill in the State, New Hay'en, was not reiiresented. Th< 

 meeting bad been called to decide on the course to fie taken by tht 

 Connecticut clubs during 1893 and to arrantre matters pertaining" to t 

 shooting league and shoots on the various club grounds. 



About the first thing suggested was a i|uestion by 3Ir, Clinton, o' 

 New London, inquiring whether the organization w;is a leaKUe or ar 

 association. Cn debating and ans-n ering this question it nt onoe ap 

 peared that 3Xr, (!'lhUori was present in the interest of an assoeiatiou 

 and that the object of an association was to gdve an annual State 

 shoot, aud that the New Loudon Club wanted that shoot and \^■antec 



in .Tune, 



After some debate the matter of an association was tabled, to b< 

 taken itp later, and C. E, Longdon of New Haven, A. F, Rockwell o' 

 Bi-istol, n. L. I'algarton of wniimantie, W^ ]\[, Thomas of Bridgeport, 

 31, Y. t'oolc I.f Hartford. F. 0. Fowler of IMoodns. and .T. W. fliuton oil 

 New London, ',vcrc a.iipointi-d a comiiiittca to arrange all matters per' 

 taining to a Slate league of clubs, and report witliiu one week. Thej 

 later in the afternoon prepared a schedule and made other ai'range 

 meuts. 



The matter of a State association was then taken up aud voted on 

 and it was decided to form such an orgimization, and to give Ne\' 

 London tbc privileri'c of holding the first shoot. F. .\, Hath of Bristol 

 George Strong of Ke^v Lt.mdon and Allen \\'ill,r-y of Hartford wer, 

 chosen to draft the rules and h v la-.-, s as- the assi'ioiatton and to nam* 

 tho place tmd date for the sin ■ ' an lal to all business connectev 

 with the State shoot. Coma a alsa. appointed to solic^ 



prizes and to classify aud ha n a . as. i. tc. 



The committee elected the f. .11. nv inn- , .iric -rs: W. M. Thiimas, Brest 

 dent; .H, L, Bd-arton, .Maiucier: F. C. Fowl,.]-, S.ai-retai-v and Tresis 

 urer: G. Lecrenier, Assistant Set-retary, i'lu.-y dccideil to bold th- 

 first league shoot ill -March on the grounds of the Bark City Club, o. 

 Bridgeport. 



Atlantic Rod and Gun Club. 



Tmj semi-montldy slioot of tlie Atlantic B,.id and Gun Club was hel 

 at the West End grounds, Coney Island, on Thursda.y. Feb. 9. Tb 

 principal contest ^vas for the two cups ghei) by .fudges Newton am 

 Sutlierland for the two best aggregate scores of the year. C. K. Moi 

 ris won the first witli 10 aui.i took nrst money. G. Morris and B 

 Kuebel, Jr., di% idcd second, aud five with S each divided thh-d. ThJ 

 scores: 



C E M,_irris 3nijan2-3— 10 H Eabter IIIOIB-'IOI-- 



F Goodale 010022(1202— 5 T McKanp •2-2120U-M'.22— 



CHubbell 1101211011— 8 H Kronlka 12101101-22— 



J B Yoorhees 2112001110— 7 H Knebel, Jr -S^ao-^i-J-^OS— 



T L Miu-phy 2010111201— 7 D Monsees aSd-^tWOns— 



IMcKane 1111120201—6 J Hughes ouKionoiao— 



G Morris 1111122120 - 9 C Mohi-man Of.J'.iUiOOlO- 



Acme Gun Club. 



Only three members of the Acme truu Club were present at Dexod 

 Park on Tuesdaj", Feb. 7 to compete for the annual prize.s at the ge< 

 ond monthly shoot. The weather was unfavorable to good scor$^ 

 The i-esult of the shoot: 



Pfaender. ..(XlOlOllllOlOllOOlOOl— 10 Euler llOOOnilUOnOlOlllO— •; 



Yorbach . . .1 01 OOlll 111001 tOOOOO— 10 

 Four sweepstakes at bluei-ocks followed. 



Hurlingham Rules. 



Rules of the Hm'lingham Gun Club and the Gun Club CLomlou } 

 blue and gold, vest pocket size. New edition, price i25 cents. ' 



