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WESTERN TRAPS. 



-Tbk following letter received by the Western office of Forest a^^ 



Temple, Chicago. 



"Now that the trap-shooting season is fully opened up I thought I 

 would submit to you a plan on the much-talked-of subaect, the chvision 

 of purses, something tlrnt wUl help out the young shooter at the cliib 

 Shoots and tournaments, and at . the same time Sold down ti e cra^^^ 

 shots. The idea, in a few words, is pay them_ all al ke for^^;^at they 

 break. For instance, take a shoot of ten entries. ^\ e TT^'^ay, bef oi e 

 commencing to shoo^, that the six highest scores take the pot (all ties 

 counting as one score. The following example will more closely define 



%birdsr£.25 entrance. Score: A T^'T^ks 20, B break^ 



18, D breaks 17, E breaks 16, F breaks 14, G breaks 14, H breaks 13, 1 



'''■felJsi.M.'lScost of birds, IM, P.oO. t<>tal $20. This was to go 

 to the six highest scores. They broke llT targets. Now pay each con- 

 testant aeeoFding to his score, and it is 17 cents for each target broken. 



A, 20Xir cents, gets J-^-*^ 



B, 18X17 cents, gets 



C, 18X17 cents, gets ^."5 



D, 17X17 cents, gets 



E, 16X17 cents, gets ^- 'o 



F, 14X17 cents, gets f -°^ 



0, 14X17 cents, gets • 



$19.85 



"The odd money goes toward the birds. This accrues by paying 

 even money to the contestants. This practicaUy does away with the 

 dividing of moneys, and, while it does not pay the high score fellows 

 asmuch money as the old plan, it pays them well enough and encour- 

 ages the young shooter, as he will say, 'I saved my bacon, anyway, 

 and thus does not get discouraged, but comes again and again. ^\ hy 

 Because he knows he has a fair aud reasonable show, and is not pay- 

 tog^ufcontl^uallyas he was under the old 40, 30, 20 and 10^ way 

 when he had but a meager show to get anything back and if he did it 

 was on a divide with somebody. This plan will work at any number 

 of targets and all kinds of purses. It is simply: Divide the purse 

 after taking out cost of birds by the sum total of the broken targets 

 of the nuniber of scores you wish it to be divided among. It wdl pay 

 them all the same amount per target for what they have broken. 



"The 'top notches may say 'Why, we ought to have more money 

 for our skill ' Yes, but what this system is for is to help the young 

 shooter- srive him a chance to learn to shoot. The average shooter is 

 tired of being a 'sucker^ at the tournaments throughout the country. 

 If you don't think this is so, look over the scores ot our tournaments 

 tafing place throughout the country, and you will find more profes- 

 sionals than you did two years ago by an average of ten to one. Some 

 thing should be done to help the young shooter. This is my plan. Let 

 us hear from others " 



The handbook and programme of the 19th annual convention and 

 tournament of the Illinois States Sportsmen's Association is beauti- 

 fully gotten up- an artistic production of the printer's art. It is 

 elegantly illustrated with cuts of the different buildings of the World's 

 Columbian Exposition, and a birds-eye view of the World's Fan- 

 grounds also is presented. Rules governing live bird and inanimate 

 Sying targets are given in full. In all, 48 pages of matter are pre- 

 sented. W. L. Shepard, sec-treas., 164 La Salle street, Clncago. 



The international Columbia prize shooting, from June 1 to Sept. 1, 

 in the park of the Chicago Trap-Shooters' Association has a pro- 



§ramme which shows a variety of events. The Bullseye Target C4in. 

 uUseyein 121n. circular black) 600ft., King Target (25^10. ringtarget), 

 Ist, $150 and King medal, value $50; Columbia Target (Ssp^in. ring 

 target) Stich Target (9in. bullseye circular black, 1st, ^250. People's 

 Target,' Man Target, Standard Target and Team Target. The events 

 have a multitude of cash prizes, varying from S500 to first, to $1 for the 

 smaller ones. Address A. Boese, 49 La Salle street, Chicago. 



B. Waters. 



The Tournament at Putney. 



The first tournament of the Putney (Vt.) Rod and Gun Club was 

 held May 25 and 26, and, although the attendance was not so large as 

 expected, still was a fairly successful shoot. The weather was all 

 that could be desired, Excepting a strong wind the first day that was 

 directly behind the targets, and made their flight very swift and un- 

 even. The grounds are completely surrounded by trees, making a 

 dark' green back ground, which also helped to keep the scores down. 

 Among the vi.'^itors present were Mr. Ames of New London, Conn., 

 who likes to sell Parker guns and Keystone targets to all who desire 

 flrst class goods. Mr. Warren of the Hub Target Co., Messrs. Bolt, 

 Blamey Whitcomb and Winchester of Holyoke, who are always 

 ready to shoot, also several from Townsend, Vt. Others that were 

 expected failed to show up. but the few who came had a good tmie. 

 Hub targets were used, in expert bluerock traps. Nos. 2, 4 and 7 were 

 at 5 singles, 1. 3, fi, 12. IS, 14 at 10 singles, 5 at 15 singles and 8 at 20 

 singles with glO, added money, 6 and 11 at 5 pairs, and No. 10 at 6 

 singles and 2 pair. 



Mrst Day. 



1 2 S U 1 3 S I, 



W E Ayer 9 5 5 4 Warren 6 4 8 5 



A J Ay er 9 2 7 2 Evans :i 2 2 



Crosby 8 4 8 3 



Blamey 8 4 7 5 



Whitcomb 8 4 6 3 



Ames 7 2 7 5 



Bolt (5 2 7 3 



Robertson 6 4 5 2 



5 6 



Ames 12 6 



Blamey H 5 



WE Ayer 8 4 



Warren 13 4 



Whitcomb 4 



Willard 1 



7 5 6 



3 Bolt 12 5 



2 Crosby 10 » 



3 Howard l^ ■ 



4 Per by g • 



3 Robertson 8 . 



A J Ayer 7 



No. 8, 20 singles, SIO added. Ames 14. Blamey 16, F. E. Robertson 

 13, W. E. Ayer 15, A. J. Ayer 8, Warren 10. Winchester 9, F. M Robert- 

 son 10, Howard 16, Crosby 13, Perby 11 Bolt 12, Whitcomb 12. 



9 10 11 n I 10 11 12 



Warren 9 689 A J Ayer 3 7 ^ • 



Ames 7 7 5 5 Crosby 6 ^ ^ 



Blamey 8 7 2 5 Bolt 7 fa 6 . 



Whitcomb 7 6 7 4 Winchester 3 . . , 



WE Ayer 7 6 8 8 F M Robertson 5 5 . . 



Robertson 4 7 3 6 Howard 8 . . . 



IS lU 



F E Robertson 0111011011— 7 



Ames 0000111111— 6 



Warren.!" ! .'. 1111111111—10 



Crosby 1111000110— 6 



WE Ayer!" 1111111111—10 



Blamey OOOOlllllO— 5 



Second Day. 



The second day was less windy, and scores ran slightly larger. 

 No new arrivals were noted, and about 10 o'clock the fun began. N os. 

 1 and 5 were 7 singles; No. 3, 5 singles; No. 8, 6 singles; Nos. 2, 10, 11, 

 12, r . „ „ . . , 

 and 

 out 



1111001110— 7 

 1110001111— 7 

 1011111111— 9 

 1111111111—10 

 1111101010— 7 



These were the best scores for the greater part of the events. 



1 S S 12 



Ames 3 10 



Whitcomb 5 8 



WE Ayer 5 10 2 



Prouty 1 . 1 



Perley 2 . 4 



Willard 3 3 3 



Bolt 6 . 5 



Blamey 5 9 4 



Robertson 5 6 



Crosby..,. 5 8 



Warren 4 8 



Stowell 



W. E. A. 



Warren 6 



Evans 3 



Willard 4 



Howard 3 



StovveU. 2 



Perby 2 



Winchester 



F M Robertson 



A Day's Shoot at Lyons. 



A PLEASANT shoot took placB at the Spencer sportsmen's grounds on 

 May 25, all the shooting bemg at bluerock targets. Events Nos. 3 and 

 7 were at 15 singles, event No. 10 at 10 singles and 5 pairs, and all the 

 others at 10 singles. Among those present were Col. A. G. Courtney, 

 Earrj' Svhitney and Chas. Mowry. The scores: 



Extra sweep", 10 bu-ds: Courtney 9, Borst 5, Wort 8, C. W. 7, Mowry 



8, Gavitt 6. 



Extra sweep, 10 birds: Courtney 9, C. W. 8, Worth 8, Mowry 10, 

 Gavitt 6, Borst 7. 



Extra sweep, 10 birds: Van Ostrand 8, Hunt 4, Tassel 9, Worth 6, 

 Mowry 10. Courtney 8, C. W. 6, Borst 9, Gavitt 7. 



Extra sweep, 10 birds: MowTy 5, Courtney 8, C. W. 6, Gavitt 5, 

 Whitney 10, Van Ostrand 7, Tassel 9, Kilhck 3, Parshall 4. 



Extra sweep, 10 birds: Van Ostrand 9, W'hitney 10, Courtney 8, 

 KiUick 9, Mowry 7, C. W. 6, Tassel 10, Gavitt 4. 



No 1, 10 birds: Worth 5, C. W. 8, Van Ostrand 9, Borst 5, Mowry 7, 

 Courtney 8, Hunt 5, Gavitt 6, Tassel 9. 



No. 2, 10 birds: Worth 6, Mowry 9, C. W. 6, Van Ostrand 10, Gavitt 

 7, Courtney 8, Borst 6, Putnam 5, Tassel 6, Hunt 6, Van Camp 3, Kil- 

 lick 7. 



No. 3, 15 bii'ds: Worth 8, Mowry 15, Courtney 14, Putnam 7, Van 

 Camp 4, Van Ostrand 13, Borst 12, Tassel 10, Killick 7, Chamberlain 10, 

 C. W. 10, Hunt 7, Gavitt 10. 



No. 4, 10 birds: AVorth 3, Mowry 10, Courtney 9, Killick 7, Chamber- 

 lain 6, Borst 6, Parshall 6, Van Ostrand 8, C. W. 5, Tassel 7, Hunt 5, 

 Whitney 9. 



No. 5, 10 birds; Mowry 10, Borst 7, C. W. 5, Killick 8, Worth 4, 

 Com-tney 9, Hunt 6, Gavitt 5, Van Ostrand 7, Tassel 6, Whitney 10. 



No. 6, 10 bu-ds: Mowry 9, Kilhck 6, Van Ostrand 6, Courtney 10, 

 Worth 4, Whitney 8, Tassel 7, Parshall 6, Hunt 6, Gavittt 5, Borst 4, 

 C. W. 3. 



No. 7, 15 birds: Worth 11, Mowry 15, Killick 12, Courtney 14, C. W. 



9, Tassel 11, Borst 10, Hunt 8, Whitney 13, Van Ostrand 12, Gavitt 11, 

 Parshall 9. 



No. 8, 10 birds: Worth 2, Mowry 9, Courtney 10, WTiitney 9, Hunt 6, 

 Killick 6, Tassel 8, Parshall 5, Van Ostrand 6, Borst 4, C W. 7, Gavitt 6. 



No. 9, 10 birds: Worth 6, Mowry 9, Tassel 6, Van Ostrand 9, Court- 

 ney 10, Whitney 8, Hunt 6, Pai-shall 3, Gavitt 7, Killick 6, C. M^. 4. 



No. 10. 10 singles, 5 pair doubles: WhicneylO. Mowry 15, Courtney 

 14, Worth 7, Gavitt 11, Van Ostrand 13, Tassel 13! 



Altoona vs. Johnstown. 



Altooka, Pa., May 19. — I send you a few scores made at our last club 

 shoot on Wednesday, May 17. Johnstown sent 16 men over here with 

 the avowed purpose ot laying us out. and succeeded admirably, beat- 

 ing us just 12 targets in a race of 25 targets per man. The weather 

 was awful, and to that we must attribute our poor scores, as the wind 

 sent the left-quarterers up into the skies and the right-quarterers were 

 terrors, flying low and with the wind. Altoona took the average 

 moneys for the four best averages made by those who shot in every 

 programme event. Owing to the large number of entries, it was im- 

 possible to get through the programme, three events being left out. It 

 took 800 targets for the team match. Altogether wo threw just 3,020 

 targets during the day, which was good work, as we were delayed at 

 the start, only getting to business at 10:30 and quitting at 6. 



Shaner was here the night before, stopping off on his way to Passaic, 

 N. J., so as to get the programme for the tournament in June into 



some sort of shape. As a club, we want everybody to come here on 

 those days— June 21 and 22. We will do our best to make things pleas- 

 ant for all that get here. 

 Team race, 25 targets, rapid firing: 



Altoona.l 



W E Bell 1111111111101101111111011-22 



Sands 1101011111011011010111010—17 



Parker 1111011000111110000000100—12 



Bender 0000101001111011110111011-15 



Clark OllOlllOinillllllllOini— 21 



•'Doc" 0010100110101111111100111—16 



"Shanny" 1110010011001111100111101—16 



Killits 1110001111110110011001000-14 



Levengood 01 1100010100010001 1 101 101—12 



Stolzenberger 1100000000010101011011100—10 



Banks 1111011001101110001110011—16 



G T Bell 0011110110100101101100100-13 



"Kotty" 1000000111001101111111001—14 



Bookwalter llllOOOOl 0110110111110110— 16 



Cole 0011000001110101100010001—10 



Hennigan 0100001110100110001001000— 9—288 



.Johnstown. 



Holsinger 0111001010010110111111011—16 



Baumgardner 0001001101101010000101111—18 



Bard 1111010001110111000111010-15 



Snook 1111001100111100111111111—19 



Young 1110100100110001000110000—10 



Shields 1110111001011100111111011-18 



Walker 0100011010110111111010111—16 



Burggraff 1011111110111111010011100—17 



Nickel 0111101111000111101010111—17 



Cooper 000011110000110100010001 1—10 



Horner 0111011101110001011 001110— 15 



Condon 0110111111111111010000110—17 



Staffer . . . 0111101111011111111000101—18 



Rhodes 0100110111 1 1001001010101 1—14 



Copeland 0100110111110010010101011—14 



Singerfetter 1110110101110101111001011-17-245 



Seven sweepstakes follo wed. E. B. 



Atlantic Rod and Gun Club. 



On account of the race meeting at Gravesend the attendance of 

 members of the Atlantic Rod and Gun Club at the West End grounds, 

 Conev Island, on Thursday, May 24, v/as very small. Only 10 entered 

 in the regular club shoot for the two cups donated by Judge R. New- 

 ton and K. Sutherland and extra prizes. The veteran Tom Buckley 

 won the first cup and prize with 9 out of 10. A. A. Hegeman had a 

 good race with C. Furguesen, Jr., for the second cup and prize and 

 finally won it with 9 to 8. He also captured first money in the sweep- 

 stake shoots. Score. 



J B Voorhees . ,.. . . .11001 11100—6 C Hubbell 121000101 '.i-fa 



T Buckley 1121222-201—9 C Furguesen, Jr 211110021 1—8 



R J Sutherland 0121()1121'2— 7 A Benson 01002012(10-4 



A A Hegeman 122102.110-8 R Armstrong 0200-300000-2 



I McKane 010222*2223—8 A Schmitt 10002210~'2- 6 



Ties for second money won by A. A. Hegeman with 9. 



Sweepstakes, No 1 : Voorhees 4, Sutherland 2, Hegeman 5, Hubbell 

 1, Furguesen 4, Schmitt 3. , .^^ . 



No. 2: Buckley 4, Hegeman 5, Hubbell 5, Furgueson 5, Schmitt 4, 

 Sykes 4. 



Frankfort's First Firing. 



Frankfort. N. Y., May 20.— To-day the Frankfort Game and Fish 

 Protective Association have been able for the first time this season to 

 hold a shoot on their grounds, which was largely attended to see a 

 long standing match at kingbirds, 18yds., between Messrs. L. E. Nipe 

 and Herbert Steele for a wager: 



H Steele .11110110111111111111111111111111111111011111111111 



lOlllOllOlllllllOOOOllllOlOOlOllOlOllllllllllOlOOO— 80 



L E Nipe iniillllllllOlllllllllllOllOlUOllOllllOlllllllll 



liniOlllllllllllOlllllOlOlllOllllOllOllOllllllllO— 84 



C. M. R. 



The Bed Hook Gun Club. 



The following scores were made by members of the Red Hook (N. J.) 

 Gun Club during April and May, the conditions being 25 bluerock 

 targets per man, thrown from bluerock traps, unknown angles, Amer- 

 ican Association rules: April 13, Geo. H. Cramer 19. John W. Bain 21, 

 R J Carroll April 29, Cramer 18, Carroll 21, H. L. Cookmgham 

 19. May 11, Cramer 21, H. L. Cookingham 15, Carroll 22. May 25, 

 Cramer 19, Carro U 21. 



^mwer^ to ^arres^and^nts. 



No notice taken of anonymous comnauuications. 



A H R., who asks April 27 about Magalloway River and Connecticiit 

 Lakes, can obtain the desired information by writmg Albert C. Wal- 

 lace, Colebrook, N. H., who is a guide to those places.— E. E. L. 

 ' J G S Brooklyn.— Being in possession of a porcupine, I would like 

 to know h) what their food consists of; (2) if they can sue as well in 

 the dayhght as in the night; (3) if they will breed in confinement, and 

 r4) what age they attain. Aus. 1 . Vegetable— the leaves and bark of 

 trees- in confinement they will eat bread, vegetables and fruit. 2. 

 They avoid the bright sunshine and prefer the forest shade, being 

 crepuscular in habit. 3 and 4. W^e do not know. 



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