Feb. 33, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



17S 



Classification Systems. 



CUZENCA7A, N. Y., Feb. 10. — Mr. Penrose's communication in your 

 valuable I'ai'er is before lue, a'lJ I am vcvy glad to learn that lie thinks 

 m.y division of mouey v.-i)rtlj,v of consideration, for it is the first (save 

 oriel) word \re have ever heard Irom an "expert.'" AVe still think the 

 "Jack Rabbit" mortified system of giviag to every man that wliich his 

 shooting ability entitles liim, the fairest method for the majority; and 

 -when the guarantee or added money is placed with what remains in 

 the "pot" and divided as suggested in the same issue containing his 

 ai'ticle, I cannot see why any man should object to such a division. 

 Yes, shooters go to a shoot to break crockery or kill birds. They also 

 go to have a pleasant time and mingle with each other, talk over the 

 olden times, and ruminate on those in the future. And they can shoot, 

 as he says, horn one hundred to one bundred and fifty times, provid- 

 ing the entries are not too high, and the divisions are on our plan. The 

 people at the New York State shoot shot rapid firing (He calls it Key 

 stone Sy.stem and claims it as original) at five birds "long before any 

 targets'were ever used at the ''meet."' It was not called Keystone nor 

 rapid firing but "liglituiug sijuads." There was no walk around, for 

 live bu-ds don't go exactly- iu the same place as shoot'Crs want targets 

 thrown nowadays, 'f he direction of the targets when thrown accord- 

 ing to the American A.ssociation rules (which he claims as his idea) are 

 enthely wrong, for they ai-e nearly straightaway, the No. 1 trap should 

 throw- a sharp right-quarter crossing the No. 5 not more than 25ft. from 

 it. All the other angles except the straightaway (center trap) should 

 be as sharp, and they should bo low and each trap varied as to speed 

 and height, and no target thrown over forty or forty -five yards. The 

 former is better. Every man should be made to stand directly in 

 front of the trap and kept from edging to one side as they do now. 

 None of these tai'gets should be throNvn out of the reach of a modified 

 choke gun within the hands of a fak'ly quick shot. 



It is very diffieult to make a just and fair handicap for all. In fact, 

 the writer liardly thinks it can be done. And the less handicapping 

 there i.s the blotter it will suit the majority. 



And now fis to liib '•Novelty rule.''' It is a good thing to place the 

 three traps hi the field, as he suggests, and the distance he names is 

 correct. We don't tlunlj any one will have to pubUsh this under 

 "Novelty Rule," for we have an old programme of a shoot here with 

 this same idea, which was held long before the name of "Novelty" 

 was tacked to it. We have also shot at everj"- distance from the trap 

 from 5 to 30yds. (this is not original with us, I mean as to distance). 

 We have also added money to some of the shoots by taking it out of 

 the shooters and donations from thfe citizens; so this is not new -with 

 him, and wUl also tell him that the latter ^vill jjlease the shooters 

 much better than the former. 



Will W. T. MitcheU explain this, the first shoot that struck my vis- 

 ion after reading his article in yom- last? A 15-bird contest, $1.50 en- 

 trance, 28 entries. Also why the next shoot had so few contestants. 

 The -writer Icnows that hundreds stay away from these meets because 

 they cannot get part of their money back. But to the shoot. Heikes 

 and McMurchy 15, Andrews, Glover, Wayper and Sandford.l4. Edmond, 

 Wright and Budd 18, D. Leitch 13. These ten men take the money 

 under this division, aU perfectly right and proper, for they were en- 

 titled to it. But how long will these other eighteen men continue to 

 put up their money under these conditions? Will H. Chuttenden. 



Detroit, Mich., Feb. 18. — Editor Forest and Stream: Noticing in a 

 recent issue of your paper an article upon the handicapping of shoot- 

 ers, signed by H. A. Penrose, in which he claims to be the author and 

 originator of everything pertaining to the handicapping and classifica- 

 tion of shooters, and the framer of nearly all the trap-shooting rules 

 used at the X'fcsent day, I must disagree with Mr. Penrose in every 

 particular. In the first place he states that many of my ideas ema- 

 nated from the headquarters of the Interstate Association, which 

 means himself. I can prove that the handicaps used at the Interstate 

 Association for the past two years, and many of the ideas pertaining 

 to the running of the tournaments, which are claimed b.vMr. Penrose, 

 originated with myself. I have letters in my possession from Mi-. 

 Penrose stating that my handicaps are good, and would be adopted by 

 the Interstate Association. I have managed many successful tourna- 

 ments before I ever sai\' Mr. Penrose, and the popularity of the tour- 

 naments 1 gave in Detroit is what attracted him there. He claims to be 

 the author of the rules adopted by the American Shooting Associa- 

 tion, now universaUy used, which is a false assertion. The rules of 

 the above Association were framed by the advisory board, composed 

 of the following wefi known gentlemen: S. A. Tucker, H. McMurchj-. 

 Ed. Taylor, Al. Handle, E. L. Mills, W. F. Quhnby, E. B. Organ, C. W. 

 Dinuck, Maj. J. M. Taylor. He calls the rapid flriag system, "Key- 

 stone rapid fu'ing system," and has claimed the originahty of it, also. 

 It is well know n, particularly by the shooters of the West, that this 

 style of shooiing was used at St. Paul and MinneajioUs long before 

 Mr. Peni ose w as known to the trap-shooting fraternity. There is cer- 

 tainly not much originality in the system he claims to have copy- 

 righted and has submitted to the Interstate Association for the coming 

 year. The form of classification that he submits has been used by 

 the C!levelaud Target Co. in their tournaments years ago. I wish the 

 •association which he represents aU due success with his system, 



John Parker. 



CLEVEL.ANn, 0.,Feb. 11. — Editor Forest and Stream: As there is a 

 great deal of discussion going on at present in regard to difi'erent 

 methods of handicapping, and as the "jack rahhit" and other systems 

 based on it are having many advocates because they protect the 50 

 and 00 iier cent, shooters, I would like to have some one enhghten me 

 as to iust how and where that class of shooters is benefited. 



Will you or some of the advocates of the system figure out for me 

 and possibly others who are ignorant as to just how the system works, 

 what it will cohL a IjO per cent, man to attend a tournament that has 15 

 10 bii'd races at .§1 each entry fee, with targets extra at 3 cents each or 

 $1.30 total entry for each shoot, figm-ing that there are 20 entries in 

 each shoot, and that in five of the races he made two 7s. one 8, one 9 

 and one 10, and that in each of these shoots he was aU alone in his 

 hole, and that in the other SO races his scores were 6 and lower, so as 

 to make his average 60 per cent. 



Money to be divided 40, 30, 30 and 10 per cent., and the other shooters 

 present to average 80 per cent., which is not high undei- the rapid fli'e 

 system. 



Now, supposing the same shooter goes to an ordinary shoot with no 

 handicap and enters 15 races with 20 entries at $1 entry for each race 

 withitargets out of the entry, and makes the same scores and gets into 

 the same holes all alone, how wiU he come ouf? 



He pays out S15 entrance fee in aU, and would receive as follows: 



There being 20 entries at 70 cents each net after targets ai-e deducted 

 the total amount to he divided for each shoot would be $14. 



For his 10 straight he would get 40 pei- cent, or S5.60; his nine would 

 pay 30 per cent, or $4.20, his eight would pay 20 per cent, or $2.80, and 

 his two sevens 10 per cent, or |1.40 each, or S2.80, or a total of ,$15.40. 



If targets were chai-ged extra as in the jack rabbit system it would 

 cost him p.oO more entrance but he would receive $0.60 more win- 

 nings. 



Now, Mr. Jack Rahhit, do not say that I am assuming an impossible 

 ease, as it is not, and at any rate I .give you the henefit of just the 

 same scores as I take. 



My idea is that under the jack rabbit or Cruttenden system the poor 

 shot has to pay just as dearly for his fun as under the ordinary way 

 and that there is not the possibility alwaj-^s before him that perhaps if 

 he does make a straight and happens to be alone that he will win 

 enough to make him even on half a dozen shoots. 



The jack rabbit system eUminates this possibihty to a gi'eat extent, 

 and in doing so takes away the incentive to keep trying for a good 

 score. Tom'naments are not designed for the purpose of iiracticiug 

 target shooting, but for the purpose of showing your fellow trap shots 

 the result of the practicing you have been doing on your own club 

 grounds, and unless you have found that as a result of aforesaid prac- 

 ticing you can brealc better than 60 per cent., you had better stay 

 away from tournaments no matter what system it is run under, unless 

 you can figure it out that the experience you will obtain from watch- 

 ing the shootmg of men better than you are is worth aU that it will 

 cost you. 



AVhen these "jack rahhit'" systems have been tried at several large 

 tournaments and it has been demonstrated, as I believe it wUl be, that 

 no matter how well a man may shoot he cannot win enou.gh to pay 

 for his cartridges and other expenses, tlien -*\-e will see if the sj-stem 

 bas merit enough to draw a large attendance from a di.stanee, and a 

 tom-uament cannot be large and successful unless it, attracts shooters 

 from aU the surrounding country. 



Make the shooting hai'der and have less of it at tournaments and 

 you will get together more shooters, is my idea. Paul Nokth. 



Anent Light Charges of Powder. 



Editor Forest and Stream : 

 In a recent issue of yom- journal I noticed Mr. Von Lengerke's 



der, i. e., fsiigrs. ,is enout;lj to take a man's breath away, as I would 

 almost undei'take to eat all such birds kiUed under Hm-lingham rules 

 in 100 shots, feathers and all, w-hen not struck in head or wing broken, 

 and such nonsense can only bring reproach on a real good powder 

 unless the strent;tli of same has been materiaU3' increased lately. As I 

 have used this powder off and on since Graham brought over Ids first 

 batch, and know that when properly loaded in requisite quantities it is 

 a first class tu-tiele. but fuid a^-^di-s. as httle as we can rely on for well 

 feathei-ed game arid nyn a much more deadly load for men who shoot 

 on a scientific basis; that is, who wish to kUl every fair shot, when 



gun is properly held, in a reasonable distance, as while a man may 

 make some wonderfm scores ■with SJ^drs. his average day iu and out 

 will he .greater with 3i/,drs. For pigeons I use 3i^drs. well shaken 

 down, which weighs 53grs., or but httle less than 4drs., and can't see 

 how 39grs. wOl perform so weU for Mr. Von Lengerke, while it wiU not 

 for me, even when loaded by his house. As I now have on hand over 

 200 of such shells, left me by gentlemen who became disgusted with 

 their execution and got me to let them have some of my heavier- 

 loaded shells, and in every instance their scores increased over 200 

 jjer cent., and let me digress to remark that the man who goes out 

 after December quail with a feather-weight gun, .39grs. of Schultze 

 and l%oz. shot wfil have a light bag, and if a fair shot, some trouble, 

 owing to the fact that he is a dupe of an ignoramus, as no gun under 

 71bs. will properly handle IJ^oz. shot without undue recoil, as 3i4drs. 

 of Schultze is as httle powder as will drive such charge with the 

 reqmsite penetration. 



I have no interest in the Schultze— wood powder controversy, as by 

 separate trials at target and in the field I have satisfied myself as to 

 their respective differences, and each are good and I use each for 

 certain kinds of work. At targets E. C. and wood give me from 10 to 

 15 per cent, higher average than Schultze, as they explode quicker, 

 hence shot wfu reach the target in less time, which enables me to 

 mtike less allowance. Their respective times of explosion are: E. C. 

 "'looooi wood ''•'looooi ™d Schultze ^'loooo of a second, the latter being 

 sutJlciently quick for live bu-ds or slow thrown targets, but when 

 targets aije thrown 4.5yda. and over you can never teU just how far 

 ahead to hold with Schiiltze. Schultze also has a very sott grain that 

 makes its time of explosion vary from "^loooo to '*iotioo of a second, 

 and as a little dift'erence in pressure will vary each charge it is im- 

 possible to load so as to get uniform resifits from same holding, wliile 

 with E. C. ^1 1,000 and American wood ^^oooo of a second variation you 

 can use less care and get more uniform results. 



In Mr. Von Lengerke's reply to Mr. Lindsey he makes a very ridic- 

 ulous proposition; that is, the same size charges by measure must be 

 used for penetration and then enough of the weaker powder put in to 

 make their velocities equal for pattern, which is hardly fair, as we 

 know 3^di-a. of American wood -will weigh about Sgrs. less than the 

 same measure of Schultze. In other words, you must give Schultze 

 Sgrs. the advantage for penetration and then again assist her for 

 pattern by a reduction of said Sgrs. Truly a wonderfully fair offer. 

 It seems to nie the proper way would be to shoot measm-e for meas- 

 ure shaken down by each company's experts for both tests, or to 

 weigh each charge, as each powder is made upon what each company 

 think the correct principle for best results, and what we wish to know 

 which gives the most uniform results and by a series of tests we com- 

 pare different charges and know when to add to or take away a few 

 grains. W. T. Mitchell. 



L^SNCH, Va. 



The Interstate's Live Bird Tournament. 



New London, Conn., Feb. 18. — The Committee on Classification and 

 Tournaments of this Association have now completed arrangements 

 for the Grand American Handicap live bird race and desire to claim 

 April 5, 6 and 7 as the dates for said shoot, which we shall be pleased 

 t-o have you pubUsh in your fist of fixtures. The tournament will be 

 held at Dexter Park, L. I., and the foUowing is a copy of the agree- 

 ment made with Mr. Louis Miller: 



"I hereby agree to reserve my grounds for the dates of April 5, 6 

 and 7 for the Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers' Association to 

 give a five bird tournament. The Association agrees to pay 30 cents a 

 piece for good pigeons, I to get dead birds. I shall furnish traps, 

 trappers, retrievers and aU necessary help to attend to the birds and 

 traps. The Association figures that between 1,500 and 2,000 birds will 

 be needed to run the shoot, but will let me know two weeks before 

 the shoot how- many they wUl guarantee to take and I shall have 500 

 birds in excess thereof. 



"The gate money, which shaU be 50 cents each person, excepting 

 shooters, will he divided equally between the Association and myself, 

 and the expenses to attend to the gate receipts wUl be borne equally 

 by both parties. I agree to have no bar on the grounds, but may 

 have one outside of tJue shooting inclosure and at my hotel. I shaU 

 furnish meals, luncheon, etc., at my hotel and also make arrange- 

 ments with neighboring hotels to take such guests as may wish to 

 remain in the vicinity of the gi-ounds, but will not guarantee hotel 

 accommodations." Louis Miller, 



(Signed) Justus Von Lengerke, 



Chairman Com. Class, and Tour. I. M. & D. A. 



The conditions of the match are: 25 birds, 31yds. boundary from 

 each trap, entrance S2o. $10 forfeit to be paid on entering and the bal- 

 ance to be paid on or before the first day of the tournament. The 

 handicap wiU be from 24 to 32yds., and shooters wiU be handicapped 

 upon entering. The purse will be divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent, and 

 $200 will be added by the Association to the first money. Class shoot- 

 ing will not be allowed, and the event must be shot down to one man 

 for each purse. 



It is the purpose of the Association to hold this tournament annu- 

 ally to determine who is the champion of America and to make it as 

 grand an event as possible. The pm-se for the first year will depend 

 to some extent on the entrance monej', but we are in hopes to be able 

 to have as much added money in a few years for this event as the,y 

 have at the annp.al tournaments in France. 



Entries may be made for this event at the following places: Union 

 Metallic Cartridge Company, :313 Broadway, New York city; Von Len- 

 gerke & Detmold, 8 Murray street, New York city; Forest and Stream 

 Publishing Comiiany, 318 Broadway, New York city; American Field 

 PubUshing Company, 19 Park place, New York city; Jacob Pentz. 

 representative of Shooting and Kshing PubUshing Company, 8 Murray 

 street, New York city. 



As soon as a shooter enters certificate wiU be mailed to him and his 

 name and handicap will be published. An.y one desiring further infor- 

 mation regarding this shoot wfil please communicate with any of the 

 above-named houses or to H. A. Penrose, Sec'y. 



Jeannette Gun Club. 



Althocgh the weather was very cold on Thursday, Feb. 16, the 

 members of the Jeannette Gun Club of New York had a fine day's 

 sport at Dexter Park. Seventeen competed for the three class medals 

 at 10 bu-ds each, class handicap, club rules, bu-d to be killed on the 

 wing; if shot on the ground declared a lost bird. Chris M. Meyer was 

 the only straight scorer with 10, and he took the first class medal. A. 

 J. Christen, the genial secretary of the club, took the .second class 

 medal with 9 and L. Lehring the thu-d with 5. 



The sweepstake shoots that foUowed were very lively. The first 

 -ndth 8, entries at $1 was won by J. Vagts. The second at $5 entrance 

 was divided between Chas. and Chris. M. Meyer, the latter took the 

 third alone. The scores: 



C F Offerman 0210202021—6 C Steftens 21.20201010— 6 



C M Brunes 0000101011—4 A J Christen 1111112021— 9 



CLoeble 1011111300—7 J Kroeger 1102111102— 8 



H Otter 1123101010—7 C Mohrman 0100201010— 4 



L Lehring 1010200013-5 C Meyer 000211100.3— 5 



J Vagts , 2101101000—5 J Bohling 1000021100— 4 



C Doscher 2101001000—4 C Sauer 0031101001— 5 



C Disch 3000002001—3 C M Meyer 1131111112-10 



HHoop 1001021010—5 



Sweepstake shoots, miss and out, first §1 entrance, second and third 

 $5 entrance: 



Chas Meyer 120 1211 0 



H Otter 0 



Chris M Meyer 1320 3123 1 



JHKoegel 10 



PLiehmyer 133132110 10 0 



A J Chester 10 



J Vagts 221321111 



C Steffens 0 



{North Side Gun Club. 



The members of the North Side Gun Cluh of Long Island turned 

 out in good style at the Queens County Driving Park, Maspeth, L. I., 

 on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Eleven competed for the best averages to 

 count for the' annual prizes at 7 birds each, cluh handicap, unknown 

 traps, modified Hm'lingham rides. Four tied with 7 straight, and the 

 same number with 6 for the second. The scores: 



Chas Meyer 3101111—6 J N Meyer 212010.2—5 



M C Manning 3111221—7 O Bow-en 1220110—5 



ADm-yea 1112102—6 HHeyer 1313111—7 



C M Meyer 2231112—7 J Grau 0121311—6 



G Siems 2131111—7 W R Smith 22Q2323-6 



J Tiernan 2301120—5 



The Utica— Syracuse Dates. 



Utica, N.Y., Feb. 'li.—Editor Forest and Stream: In your last issue, 

 in commenting on the clashing of dates at tournaments, you say that 

 we might have avoided a clash -svith Syracuse. If SjTacuse claimed a 

 date for their shoot jjrior to Jan. 10, 1893, then we were in error: but 

 we certainly did not know when we sent out our preliminary notices of 

 shoot that Syracuse had claimed that date. If it had been pubUshed 

 we were not aware of it, and did not learn of it until our advertising 

 was all done. When we learned of it, we wrote at once to Syracuse, 

 but it seems we were not in season to effect a change of dates. We are 

 very sorry to have any misunderstanding -with the Syracuse Gun Club. 



HiiNBT L. Gates. 



Notes from Delaware. 



Wilmington, Feb. 6.— TheWilnungtonRodand Gun Club will shortly 

 start to make arran.gements for its annual spring shooting tourna- 

 ment, which they expect to hold in April. The club is seriously con- 

 sidering using the "Jack Rabbit''' system, as it meets with the 

 appi-oval of most of the members. The club tliinks it wiU also meet 

 vrith the approval of the visiting marksmen. If the "Jack Rabbit" 

 system is employed the members say that they can get more local 

 shots to take part in the tournaments than if they used the old sys- 

 tem, that of dividing the purses into three or four moneys. The club 

 has not yet decided on the dates but will probably choose three days 

 in April this week. 



Harry Hartlove and Da-vid Wilson will shortly shoot Charles Bilder- 

 back and Alfred Stout a match at 25 hluerocks for $50 a side. 



"Jersey" DeCray is trying to arrange a live bu-d match with either 

 Harry Hartlove or Charles Bilderback. 



Harry Hartlove has returned from a gunning trip to Pennsylvania. 



A shooting match at 10 live birds took place last Friday at Chester 

 between Cross and Jelib and Williams and Evans, all members of the 

 Chester Gun Club. The latter pair won by a score of 17 to 14. The 

 individual scores were: Cross 6, Jsbb 8, AVilliams 10, Evans 7. After 

 the match several sweepstake events took place, in which shots from 

 this city, Chester, West Chester, Media and other places took part. 



The jJlace where the famous battle of the Brandywine, near Chadd's 

 Ford, was fought during the Revolution, was the scene of an interest- 

 ing and exciting shooting match last Thursday for a Uve deer, which 

 was brought from North Carolina. Shots were present from Chester, 

 West Chester, Wilmington, Media, Hamorton and other places. Fifty 

 men entered in the contest for the deer and the sport was very spirited 

 at times. Live birds were used, the rules being miss and out. After 

 six rounds had been shot the contest narrowed down to Samuel Steel 

 and Howard Kife, both of Hamorton. The men tied on the seventh 

 round and they then decided to shoot off the match in^the near future. 



George C. Whiteman's short-haired coUie Beauty, winner of ten first 

 prizes, has a fine litter of eight puppies that are doing nicely. 



Frank R. CarsweU is .getting some of his fine long haired prize-win- 

 ning colhes into shape for the spring bench shows, among whom will 

 be Nellie and Major Jum. He has also several flue pups. 



George C. Whiteman has lost two fine short-haii-ed collies, Fanny 

 and NeUie W. They strayed away or were stolen. 



P. Goslin of this city has a fine Irish setter named Pat which he will 

 exhibit at the bench shows this season. 



WilUam K. Crosby, who lately returned from abroad, brought with 

 him a fine Irish setter that may appear at some of the bench shows 

 this coming season. J, Alber T. Curhby. 



lo-w^a Scores. 



Fort Dodge, Feb. 15.— Inclosed find scores made to-day at live birds. 

 Fh'st shoot was a match at 25 Uve birds per man, from 5 ground traps, 

 50yds. boundary, between E. Green and E. King against C. A. Bryant 

 and A. J. Reynolds, Bryant and Reynolds to aUow Green and King 

 their first six birds each scored dead. The birds were an Al lot, ready 

 to stai't like lightning as soon as the trap fell. This quality of the 

 birds and a stiff wind blowing across the ti aps and outward, made the 

 boys hustle. The number of birds dead out of bounds proves their 

 capacity as lead carriers. Green caught extremely hard birds in his 

 7th and lOth, which carried out two loads w^ell placed. His 18th, 20th, 

 23d and 24th, which last two were fine first-barrel kills, were also hard 

 birds. Bryant's 8d and 10th dead just outside; 12th another scorcher, 

 which carried both loads too far to count. His loth, 16th and 24th 

 were hard right-quartering drivers, the 34th heing dropped 40yds. from 

 the trap. King's hardest birds were his 7th, 12th and iSth, both good 

 kills, and his 18th and 21st. His 18th bird was a hard ch'iving right- 

 quarterer, missed clean with the first, hut killed stone dead with the 

 second. Reynolds lost his 6th and 7th dead out of bounds. His 8th 

 was a long, hard kiU with the second harrel. while his 10th and 12th 

 were just simply too fast for the shot and heat them out. At his 13th 

 bird he caught on, and killed straight out: 



E R Green 111111200»113001101010110— 16 



E L Kuig , 1111110030132110120.21101— 18— 34 



C A Bryant 1111221 11«2«2]222«0121310— 20 



A J Reynolds 11111««310«011111211111H— 20— 40 



FoUowing the match was a 5-bird sweep, $5 entrance: 



Green 10110—3 Harrmgton 12001—3 



King 01110—3 Pray... 12100—3 



Reynolds , 01231—4 Tappan OOOOO— 0 



Bryant 20«01— 3 



Ties on 8 for second, miss-and-out, 80yds.: Green 9, King 0, Pray 1 1, 

 Harrington 1 1, divided. 



American Manufacturers' Association. 



At a meeting of the board of directors held at the Astor House, New 

 York, Feb. 17, the following gentlemen were present: H. McMurchy, 

 Hunter Arms Co., M. F. Lindsley, American AVood Powder Co., and 

 T. H. KeUer, United States Cartridge Co. A number of agreements 

 and checks for first assessment were reported and on motion of 

 Mr. Lindsley the name of the organization was changed to the Man- 

 ufacturers' Ti-ap Shooting Association as being more appropriate to its 

 intentions. The board aclopted a combination hancUeap of the plans 

 submitted to them by Messrs. Jesse Pumphrey, Paul North and John 

 Parker, embracing some of;the points in each, and the prize of $50 ad- 

 vertised in the sportsmen's papers wiU be divided among those gentle- 

 men. The manager, Mr. John Parker, reported that he had ordered 

 the exhibition tent and trap screens. The dates selected and places 

 for holding the tournaments were Savannah. Ga., March 38 and 29. 

 Greensboro, N. C, in AprU, and others which wfil be announced. It 

 was decided to give an individual ti-ophy for the championship of each 

 State in which tournaments are held, open to residents only. The 

 handicap and programme wfil be published as soon as prepai-ed. All 

 communications were requested to he addressed to AV. F. Quhnhy, 

 Treasui-er, Mannfacturers, Trap Shooting Association, P. O. Box 1016, 

 N. Y. city. T. H. Keller, Acting Secretary. 



For the Diamond at Garfield. 



Chicago, Feb. 11. — The fourth contest for the diamond took place 

 to-day. A finer day has not been seen in this latitude for many a long 

 week. The shoot still develops many surprises, and the contestants 

 who are in it are drawing closer and closer in their percentage of birds 

 killed. The featm-e of the day was the fine work done by young Wm. 

 Palmer, who lost his first bird and then kUled straight, scoring 19 out 

 of 20 birds shot at; then scored 8 birds straight in two miss-and-out 

 sweeps, making a run of 27 straight kills. This also gives him a good 

 fighting chance for the cUamond. Live birds, Illinois State rules, a un- 

 kno'wn king traps: 



Brown 2230^1311222«312133— 16 Flemmiug, 12302322022233210213— 17 



Cop 21S312«321.-30303-3'323— 16 W Palmer .011212111111112-31223— 19 



Ackerman.l»001232311812320S13— 16 O'Neil 03112.3301113-2020231— 15 



Baird 021 02212122302220220—1 5 O'Brien .... 2210212s202211102212— 17 



S Palmer. .21221.11111123.01302-16 Field 20.210123202-21231123— 16 



Blue Bird. .1122-30] 1310203311003-15 Young. . . . .221011003233200001»0— 11 

 Eseman . . .11113130110111123313—18 



Miss-and-out, 5 king traps, five birds, ^irst match: S. Palmer 

 4, Eseman 9. Flemming 2, AV. Palmer 4, Cop 3, O'Brien 1, Blue Bu-d 0, 

 Ackerman 3, Young 2, Ajnold 4, Richards 3, O'Nefi 2, Money 3. 



Second match: Flemming 0, S. Palmer 3, W. Palmer 4, Blue Bird 3 

 Eseman 2, Ackerman 0, Young 0, Richards 4, Cop 3. G. H. B. ' 



The Emerald Gun Club. 



The members of the Emerald Gun C!lub had a good day's outing at 

 Dexter Park on AVednesday, Feb. 15. Twenty members competed 

 under the club rules at 10 bfids each, class handicap, for the two gold 

 medals. G. L. Schortemeier w^on the Class A medal with 10 straight 

 and N. Maesel the one in Class B -svith 9. The birds were a good lo£ 

 and the shooting was above the usual average. The scores: 

 G L Schortemeier... .12112112-21— 10 P Fitzgerald. ..... . 0201122010— 6 



L C Gehrmg 112-2011211— 9 H Thau '2010301021— 6 



N Maesel 1111221201— 9 Dr Leveridge !! 30301 02-.i01— 5 



L F RusseU 1110212221— 9 J Woelfel 2002102010— 5 



EDoeinck 3212201022 - 8 C Maesel 0101210010-5 



Drlvlein 201-2210012—7 TKeUer 2001201020—5 



T PurceU 2102101201— 7 E Klein '""0100301020—4 



J Maesel 2221201010— 7 Dr Hudson. ... '. ' " " 0-.>00120200— 4 



JHVoss 2021021021— 7 J Moore 2001010300—4 



PButz •,;2G01,'3201O— 0 AVHogan 0200120030—4 



Watson's Pai-k. 



BuBNSiDE, IU., Feb. 11.— The foUowing is the score made here to-day 

 by Ed. Bmgham and Geo. Beck vs. Eolla Heikes and Scott McDonald 

 50 bluerock targets from five unknown expert traps, electric puU- ' 



Bingham 37 Heikes so 



Beck , , .28—65 McDonald :33— 69 



Twenty targets each for cost of tai-gets and repeat: Forthinsrton 

 16, 11; Bingham, 15, 14: Heikes, 13, 17. ""^gcon, 



Bingham and Beck vs. Heikes and McDonald. 30 Uve hirds each new 

 riinois rules, for cost of birds: ' 



Bingham. ..2-20032113-20121022133—16 HeUies 2122301321111212311^—19 



Beck 10110123112210011112—16 McDonald .220211210^)3213133-17 



33 



In a shoot for birds at 35 Forthington Idlled 19. 



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