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FOREST AND STREAM. 



fJuNE 15, 1898 



Brooklyn, E. D., Schuetzen Corps. 



The annual summer festival and prize slioot of Brof W}';^^, E. 

 Corps, Capt. Chas. Heinbockel, was held in tlie Gk-.ndale Schuet/en 

 Park, Lone Island, on June 7 and 8. , «i,nr,tin- 'uiupk 



The festival initself was a success, but the 1' Y;' ,tdth^^^^ 

 was a failure in more ways than one. Only el'^^^'^, ''J™' f ' j^^^,^ 

 scores for the fifteen prizes oiJered by the corps. Ue^ e ib a t?^]' J^^ ^'f 

 ing park with one of the best appointed shooting l^^^^es and the hn^^^^^ 

 ralge of its size in or about New York. A cash Programme oi l^^^^^^^ 

 prizes of sufficient magnitude to draw tof f "^"^^ the r^e bhu^^^^^^^^^ 

 of the vicinity. But with all these tavorable co^^l'"^'^'?^, 9^^^^ 

 men qualified on the programme What .s the c^.e ut h s eondition 

 of affau-s5 The detection of crooked shooting at the dose or b, sL oot 

 fortunately brought to the surface <me princ.i-.al cause of Ji'? Je,. me 



Its mscovery or wrong uuiuk if ':,"".^=""x;"-r",'';' Vi,^" rifi,^ =hr„iiinir 

 tion as having the most beneficial eftect upon tl^'^^ .'\'''f,.^"' .° 

 interests in general. Many of our large shootmg societ es o t . . t d 

 with the same disease; but unfortunately it is very seiJoia that the 



•"'r^Xked'ttlf f^^"'^ m:'^^^ a success. Delegations from 



all thrn^^cimi ^ ooi i.. - a ooklyn visited the park on the 



oi!, ^^^I'J^lfr ^n>p H^^^^^^^^ ; '1 by shooting at the. wooden 



S t^Uir of w^^^^^ - WolKono o^f the prominent 



mlmi^rs Thl cro^^mg cereu,ouies were carried out in the usual 

 ZK, and tUs was foUowfd hy feasting, dancing and social i"tercoi.rse 

 The competition for the thi eo medals open to the P^Wic was fan Ij 

 well contested, and at the close of the sl^oot were '^t'lbuted as 

 follows: First to Ignatz Marten, second to L. Graue, third to Fred 



^Hze target 3 shots, possible 75, 15 prizes: G. W. Plaisted 70, F. C. 

 Bosst^, Rlamann %9,0eh. Krauss 68, J. Young 66 Ignatz Marten 

 65, T. Lloyd 65, Wm. Vorback 58, L. Graue 58, A. Mahnken 5b, 

 Wm. ilorney 22. 



Crooked Work on the Range. 



During the annual festival of the Brooklyn (E. D.) Scliuetzeu Corps 

 at the Glendale Park, D. I., last Thursday, June 8, an incident occurred 

 that was of a most unpleasant nature. A shooter attempted to have 

 a ticket recorded that he had not shot. In other words, with the aid 

 of a pliable warner and his punch a winning score of 71 points was 

 made to order. By good luck tlie attention of some of the competing 

 riflemen had been called to this ambitious seeker for shooting honors 

 and to the accommodating wai-ner, and a close watch was kept upon 

 the pair until the clo.se of the shoot. When the attempt was made to 

 have the ticket recorded by the secretary it was challenged Vi itli 

 the aid of the warner an attempt was made to carry the recording ot 

 the ticket through, and it would have been successful but lor the 

 active and persistent work of Geb Krauss, the vice-president of the 

 Zettler Rifle Club, who was one of the witnesses of the entire trans- 

 action, m-. Krauss's cross questioning of the shooter was the equal 

 of Ben Butler's when in his best form, and after he had done with 

 his witness tlie shooter felt constrained to tear up the ticket of his 

 own accord. The representative of Forest and Stream was also a 

 witness of the whole uiatter and at the time felt much compassion for 

 the shooter, who was young in years and shooting experience. Later 

 in the evening, however, after the young man had had time to canvas 

 the incident in his own mind, he confided to a friend, within the hear- 

 ing of a reliable witness, that he would get square with Krauss for 

 his action in the matter. This young man has begun his shooting 

 career verj' im£ortunatel.y and should mend his ways. He and such 

 as he should be looked after by all honest shooters. 



New York City Scheutzen Corps. 



( The twentieth annual prize shoot and festival of the New York city 

 Schuetzen Corps, Capt. Chris Rehm, was held in Washington Park on 

 Tuesday, June 6. This old corps is in very much the same condition 

 as an old ship whose career has been successful in its day, but whose 

 timber now shows signs of decay. The dry dock, new timbers and a 

 general overhauling fs what this old craft wants to give it a new lease 

 of life. When we look at the programme of the twentieth annual fes- 

 tival and then to those of ten years or more ago, we are brought to a 

 realizing sense of how great a change has been going on in this corps. 

 New blood and a greater ambition for good scores, which applies to 

 tius organization, is in a manner applicable to many of the other 

 shooting societies in and about New York. The scores on the ring- 

 target are appended, thi'ee shots per ticket, two best to count, 15 

 prizes: Otto Wehlein M3, E. Busse i ni, Fred Eoss UO, C. U. Zettler VAi, 

 Geo. Sch-Ucht 134, L. Vogel 139, Eiiuge 1^4, J. Facklam V-i-^, J. Dicker- 

 schied lai, H. Radlotf 112, W. Stt-iiik-opf 111, V. Dittmar 110, A. Hilde,- 

 brandt 108, C. DrestelnG. L. Schulze lUO, 



Man-target, three yliots per tieket, possible 60, two best tickets to 

 count, 10 prizes: Fred Ross 111, R. Busse 111, Geo. SchUcht 108, C. G. 

 Zettler 101, H. Radloff 99, J. Facklam 99, Otto Nehlein 90, L. Vogel 90, 

 J. Diokerscheid 88, C. Eothweiler OS. 



Bullseye target, most red flags: E. Eusse 9, Fred Ross 4, C. G. Zett- 

 ler 3, A. Stolzenberger 2, A. Eanze 2, C. Rothweiler 2, Otto Wehlein 1, 

 H. Miinz 1, E. Hotz 1, A. J. Chi-istian 1. 



Ijutzow Club Prize Shoot. 



The Lutzow Rifle Club, of Jersey City Heights, N. J., held its sum- 

 mer festival and prize shoot at Floral Park, on the llth inst. The 

 weather conditions being favoi'able for outdoor sports, there was a 

 large atteudauce of riilemeu. Delegations of shooters from New 

 York and New Jeraej' Jielped to swell the crowd. Capt. Gus. Zimmer- 

 man, of t he New York Lut/.ow Co. No. 12, was present also. Capt. E. 

 FisUer, of the Jliller Chili, Holioken; E. Busser of the Zettler Club. 

 David Miller of the Miller Club, ami many others. The scores on the 

 prize target are appended, 3 sliot scores, possible 54, 3 best tickets to 

 count, 13 prizes: R. Busse 151, D. Miller lol. J. Tobler 150, Geo. Schlicht 

 1(50, Gus. Zimmerman 149, E. Fisher 148, Giis. Ringler 147, L. Vogel 144, 

 A. (4regor 144, John Dietz 144, F. Zapp 144, G. Plaisted 143. Blost 

 tlags, one prize, John Dietz 6; first flag. A. Riugler; last, R. Busse. 



Greenville Rifle Club. 



The Saturday afternoon outing of the Cj-eenville Eitle Club m Arm- 

 ■bruster's Park on Saturday, June lu, was well patronized by the club 

 members and invited guests. Fred. Ross and Colin Boag made the 

 fine scores of 233 and 331 resiiectively. The scores of the members 

 are appended: 



Fred 0 Ross, .32-40 Sehalk. . 23 25 32 24 35 25 22 24 32 20—232 



Colin Boag, .25-10 (R. P.) Bal 22 20 23 23 24 20 20 23 23 23—221 



M Dorrler, .38-55 Patched Rem 22 10 2U 25 25 25 22 24 31 23—316 



C H Chavant, .:l2-40 Win Lub 23 17 16 24 21 22 18 23 23 30—806 



UWPlaisted, .32-40 Schalk 22 21 16 IS 21 25 23 22 2] 15-204 



FHecking, .:i8-55 Kal. hub 17 20 11 14 2.3 24 22 28 23 19— IflP, 



Geo Purkess. .2.\. lii R. F. Ral 25 17 19 18 22 14 19 23 20 10—193 



Wm H Robiiluux, M -U) Win 24 31 22 21 22 IS 19 14 IT 13^191 



John Hill, .25-10 E. F. Bal 24 11 18 31 16 20 lU 23 2 18-1B8 



Turtle Bay Rifle Club. 



The weekly handica). shoot of the Turtle Bay Rifle f,:lub came off at 

 the headquartei-s of tin- cinij, ! ii'. lOast Fonv-seeond street on Tliur.s- 

 day night. The raon foi- (ii-,t place was vel-y close between Janty.er, 

 Ucha and Walter. The scores arc appended, lO shot scores, 3 scores 

 to count: 



GEJantzer 347 241 248-781 J Kranipert 2.39 237 234—710 



JOchB,Jr .242 238 247—737 H Lmgelbach. . ..232 227 330-689 



H Walter 240 245 239-724 A Frank 229 228 232-089 



C H Plate 237 235 238—710 



Excelsior Rifle Club. 



Jersey City, N. J., June 10.— Below pleiise find scores of yesterday's 

 practice shoot of the Excelsior Rifle Club at Greenville Park- L P 

 Hansen 211, John Speicher 208, C. Ward 196, Wm. Weber 195 No 

 scores werere made in me gallery last Tuesday evening. 



L. P. Hansen 



Harlem Rifle Club. 



„.'[HE-,W^'^o<i«!,sa)res were made at the weekly shoot of the Harlem 

 Rifle Club, on Friday mghc, the 9th iust., 10 shots, possible 2.'50. dis- 

 tance 75ft.; Boy ken 3.16, Busby 241, Weeks 240, Cochran 3:J9 



A NEW-SUBSCRIBER OFFER. 



A bona fide new subscriber sending us g5 ivUl receive for that sum 

 the Forest aot Stream one year (price m and a set of Zimmerman^s 

 famous "Ducking Scenes" Cadvertised on another page, price S5}-a 

 ■$9 value for $5. 



This offer is to new subscribers only. It does not apply to rmeiuah. 



For $3 a bona fde new subscriber for six months wUl receive the 

 Forest and Stream during that time and a copy of Dr. Van Fleet'd 

 handsome work, -Bird Portraits for the Young" (the price of which 



RIFLE NOTES. 



Ignatz Marten, the Brooklyn real estate man with shooting proclivi- 

 ties, is open to shoot a rifle match with any resident of Brooklyn, ror 

 fun or lucre. Who is in? 



Tlie shooting of Colin Boag with his .25-10 rim-lire BaUard and U. M. 

 0. cartridges on the Greenville (N. J.) range last Saturday caused 

 some of the large-bore cranks ro grumble. 



The Columbia Schuetzen Corps. Capt. A. Fisher, of Brooklyn, wll 

 hold its tenth annual festival and prize shoot in issel s Cypress ilius 

 Park on Monday, the 19th inst. The prize list contains 15 cash prizes 

 from :!r25 to $2. A medal target will also be open for compeution. 



The Hild Rifle Club, Capt. Frederick A. Huth, will hold its second 

 annual festival and prize shoot at Cosmopolitan Park, IBOth street, on 

 I he ISth inst. Eight prizes from :gl5 togl will be divided among the 

 winners. 



A delegation of New York riflemen is expected at the shoot of the 

 Hartford Club, at Hartford, Conn., on Satiwday C'Bunker Hill Day ), 

 the 17th in.st. 



The New York Schuetzen Corps, Capt. Hy. Oflferman, will hold its 

 annual festival and bulLseye shoot m the Union Hill Park on Wednes- 

 day the 21st inst, There is a long list of prizes for the best center 

 shot on the Jin. center, also a liberal hst of premiums for the most 

 red flags. 



The Hoboken Schuetzen Corps, Capt. Geo, R. Fredericks, will hold 

 its annual festival and prize shoot in the Union Hill Schuetzen Park 

 on Tuesday, June 20. 



International Columbus Prize Shoot. 



Chicago, III., June 6.— Editor Forest and Stream: The I. C. P. S., 

 arranged by the Chicago Sharpshooters' Association, opened on June 

 4 and will be continued through June, July and August. The shooting 

 days wQl be each Sunday and Monday durmg these three months, and 

 at the end of the third month f August) enough consecutive days wdl 

 be added to enable every shooter present to finish his scores, but the 

 fii'St Sunday in September shall be the closing day of the contest, 

 when also the distriljution of prizes wiU commence. As a memorial 

 of this event a solid gold medal, symboUzing the 400th anniversary 

 of the discovery of America by Columbus will be awarded on the 

 bullseye targets to every participant, and which can be claimed by 

 liim when shooting his first bullseye. Besides these medals a series of 

 cash prizes is set aside for the most number of bullseyes scored out of 

 100 shots on these targets. Rifles of and below .40cal. (lOi-gmm.) and 

 such that shoot more than 20 baUs to the pound are only allowed. 



Intended participation must be made known to the secretary two 

 weeks in advance. This must particularly be observed by larger 

 bodies of shooters, as the number of targets is limited, and a non-ob- 

 servance of this might result in an overcrowding at the targets. 

 Shooters from all parts of the world are allowed to tak'e part. The 

 scores wiU be published from week to week in the Forest akd Stream. 

 The ranges are at Sharpshooters' Park near Chicago (West Pullman). 

 The following shooters took part on the opening day: C.M.Wein- 

 berger. Chicago; F. J. Theiler, Monticello, Wis.; T. B. Clark, Elgin, 

 111.; So's. Hof, Chicago: P. O. Young, San Francisco, Cal. ; Anton 

 Rensch, Toledo, O.; Fr. Toggenburger, Chicago; J. P. Delahunty, 

 Pittston, Pa.; J. H. Theiler, Monticello, Wis.; Aug. Soeldner, Chicago; 

 Wm. Hagen, South Bend, lud.; Ed. Wilhner, Monticello; Frd. Roth, 

 Chicago: Christ. Theiler, Monticello; Geo. L. Rietzhaupt, Chicago; 

 Frd. JengersoU, Chicago; F. ,L Breylinger, Monticello. 



Bullseye target, tiuoft., 4in. ImU in 2in. circiflar black: J. H. Theiler 

 20, D. A. Young 11, Chris Teyler 9, E. Wittner 9. 



Columbia target, 25>4in. ring target, 3 shots: W. Hagen 64, F. O. 

 Young 61, F. H. Thefler 58, T. B. Clark 50. 



King target, 25f^in. ring target, 10 shots, F. Toggenbm-ger 205, F. O. 

 Young 196, T. B. Clark 185, W. Hagen 171. 



Standard target. Sin. black center, divided in 10 cu-cular rings, 5 

 shots: P. F. Young 46, J. H. Theiler 34. 



Man target.^This target represents the upper part of a man's body 

 and is divided into 40 perpendicular lines. The space between the 

 two center lines counts 20. and the others decline from these to the 

 right and left down to 1. Five shots constitute a score: F. Toggen- 

 burger 89. F. O. Young 09, F. H. Theiler 85, F. 0. Breylinger 73. 



People's target, 25Mm. ring: F. Toggenburger G8, F. O. Young 68, F. 

 H. Theiler 68. 



Next Sunday, the 11th, other delegations wiU shoot. 



49 Lasaim Street, Chicago. A. Boese, See'y. 



ComrmmicaMons for pulMcation. relating to business 

 should be addressed to the Forest cmd Stn-eam Pub. Go. If 

 addressed to an individual they will be subject to delay in 

 thai individual's absence. 



All ties divided unless otherwise reported. 

 FIXTURES. 



If you want your shoot to be announced here, 

 send in notice like the following: 



June 20-22.— South Dakota State Sportsmen's Association tourna- 

 ment, at Vermillion, S. D. 



June 21-22. — ^Interstate Manufactui'ers' and Dealers' Association 

 second annual tom-nament, Wapsononock Park, Altoona, Pa. 



June 26-27.— Baltimore Gun C!lub tournament, Tolchester Beach, Md. 



June 27-28. — Oregon State Sportsmen's Association tournament, at 

 Salem, Oregon. 



June 27-29.— Connecticut Trap-Shooters' League annual tournament, 

 New London, Conn. 



June 28-29.— Michigan State League's auxiliary shoot, Mendon, Mich. 



June 38-29.— Summei- tournament of the Peekslrill Gun Club, Peeks- 

 kiU, N. Y"". H. B. Wygant, President, Peekskfll, N. Y. 



June 38-29.— Schuylkill County Association tom-nament, at Mahanoy 

 City, Pa. F. W. Cooper, Manager. 



DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 



The open to the world tournament of the PeekskiU Gun Club, to be 

 held on June 28 and 29, promises to be a successful affair. The'shoot- 

 ing will be at bluerocks targets, from expert traps, shooting to begin 

 at 9 A. M. Ties wfll be divided. The Eagle Hotel will be the shooters' 

 headquarters and Boniface Gorgon promises to treat the boys well. 

 On the first day there will be six 10-target events, $1 entry; two 15- 

 target events, .si. 50 entry, and two 20-target events, 83 entry. Second 

 day, five 10-target events, b^l entry; two 15-target events, SI. 50 entry: 

 one 20-target event, entry; one 20-ttirget event, $2..50 entry; one35- 

 targot event, ?2 entry, anil a contest for teams of any three men, 15 

 targets iier man, .^1 entry per team; twelve or more entries 5 moneys, 

 under twelve entries 4 monej's. Targets, 2 cents each, deducted from 

 the ijurses. 



The known trap and known angle system of target shooting is 

 rapidly going out of favor, and before long all events at tournaments 

 wfll be shot from unknown angles. And the habit of making enti-ies 

 on the basis of 10 cents a target and running six out of ten events at 

 10 targets each is another method that is losing friends. After the 

 price of targets are dedmjted tlie pots are hardly worth the winning. 

 And there are too many chances for ties in these little sweeps. The 

 tournament of the future wiU ^irobably be with aU events at 13 to 20 

 targets and the entry fees fi-ora $:i to .-iS for each event. With entries 

 like these a man can see a put alter winning it. 



The match between teams of eight men each from the Newark 

 (N. J.) and Clifton (Siateu Lslaud) gun clubs, wfll be aft interesting 

 affair. It will take place ou the grounds near Wm. Niinley's Atlantic 

 Hotel, South Reacli. The conditions will be 10 live I'irds per man, gun 

 below the elbow until bird is on the wmg, 25yds. rise, r, gi-ound traps, 

 use of both barrels allowed. The bird must be on the wing when the 

 second as well as the first barrel is fired. These rules can be cla.ssod 

 as "back numbers," but the Newarkers are wUling to try them for 

 the sake of the novelty. 



AVinston-Salem, N. C, a thriving town of about 18,000 population 

 has no gun club and no trap-shooters. A good field for mis^ir.nary 

 work! The to wn has plenty of sportsmen who are fond of Geld sports, 

 but forsome uiiknoTMi r eason trap-shooting has never secured a hold 

 there. It is in sucti places as this, that the two big associations should 

 hold their tournaments, instead of going to large cities where every 

 man, womau and chfld is familar with tJje sport. 



Wapsononock Park ou tfiL- Allej,'UeDy ^fountains, near Altoona Pa 

 wfll catch a bi.g crowd of sightseers as well as shooters next Wednes- 

 day and Thur.sday, when llie attraction will be the sfioot of the Altoona 

 Gun Club, assisted by the Interstate Manufacturers' and Dealers" Asso- 

 ciation. Each one of the dozen subscribers to the Association will 

 have a tent on the ground, and this will impart a picturesqueness to 

 tne scene. 



The June shoot of the New Jersey Trap-Shooters' League will be 

 held on Saturday, on the finely equipped grounds of the Passaic City 

 Rod and Gun Club. There will be a fine programme of open events, 

 begmning at 8:30 A. M. and continuing until dark. The t«am race for 

 teams of 5 men each at 25 targets per man will be started promptly at 

 2 P. M. 



The annual tournament of the Connecticut State League, to be held 

 at New London, on June 27, 28 and 29, wUl attract a big attendance. 

 The New London Gun Club grounds, near the Keystone target factory, 

 are second to none in the country in regard to appointment and loca- 

 tion, and give a perfect foreground. 



The annual tom-nament of the South Dakota State Sportsmen's As- 

 sociation will be held at Vermillion, on Tuesday, Wednesday and 

 Thurday of next week, and as there are no other important shoots to 

 be held West on the same dates it should receive liberal patronage, as 

 the programme deserves. 



'The members of the Newark (N. J.) Gun Club should turn out in 

 force in future at the club shoots to be field on the second Thursday 

 of each month. The new system of classifying the members accord- 

 ing to points, gives every man a good chance for the prizes. There 

 wul be several trophies to shoot for during the year. 



Isn't it about time for the New Jersey State Sportsmen's Associ- 

 ation to let itself be heard from? Last year and the year before Presi- 

 dent Heritage stated that the Association would hold fall tournaments, 

 but nothing more was heard of it. 



The Knoxville Gun Club are out with the statement that in May, 

 1894, they will hold their thirteenth grand tournament and will again 

 add SI, 000 in solid cash to the purses. Think of this, ye expert and 

 amateur, and save up yom* odd pennies for a trip to Knoxville in 

 1894. 



The Essex Gun Club, of Newark, N. J., holds its semi-annual reunion 

 shoot on Al. Heritage's Marion grounds to-day, beginning at 10 A. M. 

 The shooting is only for members or those introduced by a member. 



Jack Halstead, of Peeksknll, was in town last week booming up the 

 PeekskiU shoot. He called 'at our office along with "Tee Kay" Keller, 

 but unfortunately we were out. Much obliged for the picture. 



Still the cry is "birds are scarce and high priced." Where are all 

 the enterprising Americans with capital to invest? Let some one 

 estabhsh a "pigeon farm" and they can coin money. 



An open to all sweep at 20 live birds, S20 entry, will be shot at 

 Paterson the latter part of this month. Thos. W. Morfey will be the 

 prime mover. 



The Harrisburg Shooting Association are booming the arrangements 

 for the Pennsylvania State shoot to be held under theu- auspices in 

 August. 



The New Jersey State shoot at Passaic on Saturday will attract 

 teams from eight or more clubs, and there will be big fields of entries 

 in the open sweeps. 



Send for a pad of our hapdy score sheets; ruled for twenty-sis 

 scores of twenty -five shots each. They can't be beat. 



Open sweepstakes at Uve birds at Rochester on Saturday. 



C. H. TOWNSEND. 



THE 



ILLINOIS STATE TOURNAMENT 



AND WORLD'S FAIR SHOOT. 



QThe Live Birds Reported by Mr, Hough, the Targets by Mr. Waters.^ 



JOHN WATSO-V'S FUENCH. 



Chicago, 111., June 6.— At 5 A. M. of Monday, June 0, which is to-day, 

 there was a great cackling and commotion among the fowls which for 

 some time have inhabited the barns near the fence of John Watson's 

 Park at Burnside. There \vas hurrying to and fro and much feathered 

 grief and agony. John Watson, accompanied by several members of 

 his family, had arrived beciraes and made a determined onslaught 

 upon the barnyard population. Armed with a large ax, sharp on both 

 sides, John entered the hen fold and smote right and left with deter- 

 mined zeal until chickens' heads lay Imee-deeii all over the premises. 



"If my memory serves roe right, and the programme for 1893 doesn't 

 lie." said he to himself in grim soliloquy, "this is the beginning of the 

 World's Fair shoot, and we've got to make preparations. I don't want 

 none of them Turks or Cu-cassians coming here making a kick because 

 there aint plenty of delicatessen for lunch. Excuse my French, but 

 we've all got to shake out a kink or two tins week. We don't get a 

 World's Fan- shoot every summer, and for one, I'm going to talk 

 French to the visitors, because more of 'em understand that language. 

 We're going to have a cold chop this morning, and warm chicken this 

 noon, that's what we're going to have at Watson's Park.'' And with 

 this he touched off a few more Leghorn heads. 



The fruits of this early morning raid were apparent to-day when 

 a goodly number of shooters sat down at the long table in the flag- 

 decorated new dining hall which John Watson had built specially for 

 the occasion. There was warm chicken and hot coffee, and a great 

 many other things grateful to a husky man's heart, and there were 

 plenty of husky men to get away with the same. It was not necessary, 

 however, for John Watson to speak French, for nearly all the repre- 

 sentatives of Ii-eland, Germany, Omaha and Milwaukee understood 

 United States well enough to get along, and the Turks, Circassians, 

 etc., were not on hand. They are expected later in the week, and it is 

 hoped they will corne, as not only Mr. Watson but a great many 

 others have been spending a great deal of time over ou the Midway 

 Plaisance, getting acquauited with foreign tongues. 



Beside the new dining hall for the shooters, which adds another to 

 the httle village of buildings now at the park, John Watson had made 

 several other improvements about the grounds. He had rigged up 

 an extra set of traps just outside the gates, where the L. C. Smith cup 

 contest war. shot, and had left the covered battery at the old stand, 

 facing south. Back of the live bu-d score he had made a httle raised 

 gallery for the reporters, inclosing it with wire netting, to keep the 

 cows out. It did not.keep the cJowd out, however. For the secretary 

 and official scorer suitable and well arranged apartments of a similar 

 nature were provided, which enabled them to work without confusion. 

 All that could be done in a simple way for the convenience of the man- 

 agement and of the shooters was done, but no elaborate preparations 

 had been made and it was well there had not, for no great crowd will 

 he on hand. This is and will be, just a good, square, honest, old-fash- 

 ioned, mediaeval tournament, the Icind Chicago always gives, and with 

 the usual Chicago accompaniments .of a good time, hard shooting 

 and a square deal all aroimd. The attendance, so far as can be pre- 

 dicted to-day, will be just about the average attendance of other years, 

 not much more and not, much less. The shoot may last one week, or 

 two, perhaps three. No one can tell, until time shall have shown what 

 may be the effect of announcing a considerable open shoot at Chicago 

 at this date. But the shoot will not be very large. 



CAUSES OF LIGHT ATTBUnANCE. 



We have all easily fallen into the beUef that World's Fau- year must 

 necessarily be a great one for all sorts of sporting events, especially at 

 Chicago. 'Really this belief is not grounded upon the best of reasons, 

 and it is very jirobable that quite the contrary of it wiU be found 

 more near the truth. It costs money to attend a shoot, and it costs yet 

 more money to see the fair. The average shooter is not a milllonau'e, 

 aucl as he can attend shoots any year, and can only attend the Woi ld's 

 Fair this year, he is likely to discriminate in favor of the Fair, and go 

 to that instead of the shoot. Indeed, many of the visiting shooters, 

 now present announce that they intend to take in the Fair while here, 

 and say that they will shorten their time of shooting ou that account. 

 Once within the gates of the big show, it will be strange if the liiile 

 show exercises the same fascination for them as of old. They will 

 forsake the traps earlier, rather than stay at them longer. lii this 

 way the Fair rqay be seen to be an injm-y rather than a help to a 

 sporting event liKq this. In addition to these facts it should be borne 

 in mind that a financial panic is threatened for this part of the 

 country. To-day rumors came do wu that serious runs were taking 

 place on Chicago hanks. Three banks were rejiorted suspended, with 

 others hai-d pressed. This kept many shooters uneasy. 



The only thing which could have made this tom-nament a great and 

 conspicuous success- and this could certainly have been done in spito 

 of the presence of the Fair — would have been a great purse of money. 

 It is money that draws the shooters, and if you hang uy, enough of it 

 you can draw them from all over the world. Had the World s Fair 

 Trap-Shooters' Association gone on, and had it .jlfei-i;.! S:jo,ou0, S:iO,000, 

 or Sl0,000 of prizes, we should have to-day a eosnioiiolitan gathermg 

 of shooters indeed, and not merely an assemblage of fannliai- faces — 

 for such, though riiany shooters are here from jjiany «■ ci ions of this 

 country, the meeting of to-day really is. The sIk Miters .ure shooting 

 for small money and wifJi little zeal. The shOLit is a good one com- 

 pared to those of othei- years, but it is a poor one compared with what 

 It should have been. 



THE DODO BUltES, 



The celebrated Illinois dodo rules prevailed, by which 10 and 12j 

 gauges stood at the same score. The dodo rule.s show up in great 

 shape at a "^^'orld's Fair shoot. They are great rules. Loot- in the 

 report of the cou\ enliou and see how nicely they woi k 



THE CHICAGO llAnD BIRD REJtAISS. 



- Above all jealousies and fault findings, above all envy, contumel 

 and backbiting, as well as above all criticism and comparison, ther 

 remains serene and unrtitlled, amid the wreck of matter and 

 crash of worlds, one central figure which nothing can muss up. The 

 Chicago hard bird remains, justly famous and utterly unimpeachable , 



