Oct. 14, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



381 



0 W Budd 833311112011—11 Batcheller .121133112000— 9 



L Willard 111112311282—13 R Ai'mstrong. 232321332200—10 



A Willey 211021101112—10 A F Deleoroix 103012020113— 8 



Thomas. L. Willard and O. Kleinman drew pro rata. Grimm and 

 Robinson shot tie out in first shoot following morning winning. Second 

 tie shot similarly, Parmaiee, Collenberger and Harriss dividing it. 

 Third and fourth dividing. 



THE TARGETS. 



No. 1. 10 singles, 5 unknown traps, known angles, $2 entry: 

 Eager 6, Kimball 4, F. S. Mead 7, Parmelee 7, Budd 9. A. E. Meqd 7, 

 Alkire 8, Courtney 8, Lewis 6, Antboney 6, Lockwood 8, W. M. Thomas 

 6, Heikes 8, Batcheller 7, Young 8, White 9, Money 4, Robinson 7, 

 G. Kleinman 7, N. A. Kleinman 8. 



No. 2, 15 singles, 5 imknown traps, known angles, 82 entry: Eager 

 10, Budd 14, Courtney 8, Heikes 12. L. Willard 13, Lockwood 13, G. 

 Kleinman 12, Alkire 12, Anthoney 13, W. M. Thomas 9, Batcheller 12, 

 Parmelee 11, B. White 13, F. S. Mead 14, E. A. Mead 10, Young 13, 

 Grimm 12. McMurchy 13, Robinson 11, Money 8, Krisher 10, A. Klein- 

 man 9, Norton 1 1 . 



No. 3, 9 singles and 3 pairs^3 traps, unknown angles, $3 entry; 

 Grimm 14, F. S. Mead 9, Anthony 14, Eager 9, Lockwood 10, A. E. 

 Mead 8, Courtney 13, Alkire 12, G. Kleinman 11, Parmelee 13, Young 



15, McMurchy 13, Budd 13. Heikes 13, Kirslier 6, Money 13, Thomas 12, 

 Norton 11. 



No. 4, 25 singles, 5 unknown traps, ,'85 entry: L. Willard SO, Budd 25, 

 Parmelee "22, Eager 20, G Kleinman 16, Harris 20, Grimm 24, Mc- 

 Murchy 18, Anthony 20, Heikes 18, Young 30, Frank 15, Alkire 18, 

 Money withdrew. 



Tiiesday, Second Day, Oct. S. 



The climate kept up its reputation also and put up a bard game- 

 Rain fell much of the day and the air was chilly and raw. Neverthe- 

 less it became apparent to-day that the tournament was to be a suc- 

 cess. With 42 entries at targets and 35 at the live bird traps, the 

 showing could mean only one thing. The numerical feature was not 

 the most notable one, however. It was the class and the grade of the 

 Shooters, John Watson admitted that he had never had on his grounds 

 such an aggregation of expert shots, and added that he never expected 

 to see such anotber. From East and West alike they seem to have 

 come, and each section contributes of its best. Eager and Dickey, of 

 Massachusetts, Alkire and Young and Pumphrey of Ohio, Robinson of 

 California, Budd and Grim from Iowa, Elliott from Missouri, Parmalee 

 from Nebraska, the Kleinmans, Heikes, Rexroat and others from Ilii- 

 nois, McMurchy and Courtney of the gun trade, Capt. Money and Geo. 

 Work from New York, Mr. Welsh from Philadelphia, etc., etc. AVhere 

 does one find a greater lot of experts, profe^ssiouals, high grade ama- 

 teurs and generally hot ones all around, whether it be in targets or 

 live birds? The entire East and West championship teams are here in 

 training for their final go next Saturday, all carrying chips, and the 

 Westerners confidently declaring that the Eastern boys will have to 

 -walk back home. G. F. Hall, the "Unknown" who is to shoot Bogardus, 

 participated in the live bird festivities t.o-day. Indeed, when one looks 

 over the list of names, he feels that there must be a dearth of shoot- 

 ing talent just now everywhere except at Chicago. It is indeed a 

 gathering of the shooting clans, the like of which we have not seen 

 recently, and it warrants a clear title in John Watson's announcement 

 of a "World's tournament." It is i^robable that there has not ever 

 been any shoot for years back so hot a class of shooters as went into 

 the 35 entry shoot here to-day. A study of names will convince the 

 most skeptical of this. 



'Tt was you sporting newspai>er men that made this shoot," said 

 Jolin Watson to-day. "I never expected to see any such an attendance. 



1 would have been satisfied with an average entry of 18 or 30. As to 

 the class of the shooters, I never saw anything like it." 



The day's scores follow: 



THE LIVE BIRDS. 



Preliminary contest, 5 live birds, $3, two moneys, 60 and 40 per cent. : 

 Bennett 5. Armstrong 5, Jack 3, Elliott 4, Walport 3, Grimm 5, Money 



4, Cook 3, Hall 4, Parmelee 5. Collenberger 5, Loomis 5, Harris 4. Budd 



5, Reeves .5, G. Kleinman 4, B. White 5, Climax .3, Barrett 4, W. Jones 4, 

 Heikes .5, Eager 3, Dickey 4, Desmond 4, Robinson 4, F. 8. Mead 5, A. 

 E. Mead 5, Rogers 5. In the ties on 5 Collenberger. White and Heikes 

 drew pro rata, and in shoot-off for balance Parmalee and jVrmstrong 

 divided. 



No. 3, 10 live birds, S7.50, 50, 30 and 20 per cent.: Grimm 10, Bennett 



9, Armstrong 10, G. Kleinman 10, Harris 10, Collenbei-ger 10, Jack w, 

 Parmalee 10, L. Willard 9, Reeves w. McMm'chy 10, Sedam 9, Money 0, 

 Lansing w, Elliott 10, Walport 9, F. 8. Mead 9, Loomis 7, Robinson 9, 

 Barrett 9, A. E. Mead 7, Dickey 8, Heikes 10. White 10, Cotter 10, Mer- 

 rill 8, Rogers 9, Lindsley 8, Budd 9, Nason 8, Desmond w, Batcheller 10, 

 Young 8, Barton 9, Rex 9. In the ties on 10, Collenberger, McMurchy, 

 Heikes, White, Cotter and Batcheller drew pro rata, and in shoot-otT 

 Armstrong, G. Kleinman, Parmalee and Elliott divided balance. In 

 ties on 9 willard, Sedam, Walport, F. S. Mead, Barrett, Rodgers and 

 Barton drew pro rata, and in shoot-olF Biidd, Robinson and Rex 

 divided the balance. In the ties on 8, Dickey, Merrill, Lindsey, Nason 

 and Young divided. 



Not having time to shoot tho regular No. 4 event of the programme, 

 a straight freeze-out was shot instead, the entrance being S5. At 

 live birds the following named took part: Penrose, Work, Armstrong, 

 Grim, McMurchy, Sedam, Money, Parmalee, G. Kleinman, ElUott, 

 Robin.son, Bennett, Heikes, Harris, Collenberger, Delecroix, Jock, 

 Budd and Rex. Aft<?r shooting 16 birds each the following divided 

 $51.75, darkness preventing further shooting: Armstrong, McMurchy, 

 Parmalee, Robinson, Collenberger and Rex. 



THE TARGETS. 



No. 1, the opening event, a 10 bird sweep, at 5 unknown traps, §1.50 

 entrance, had 36 entries. Parmalee, Norton and Budd were the only 

 three going straight. 



No, 2. 15 singles, 5 unknown traps. $3 entrance, 42 entries: Grim 12, 

 Budd 13, Barrett 10, McMurchy 12, Young 13, Climax 13, Wm. Thomas 



6, G. Kleinman 10, Leroy 13, Eager 11, Walk 14, Heikes 12, Lansing 11, 

 Woodberry 8, Loomis 10, Dickey 11. Anthony 12, Courtney 9, Parma- 

 lee 18, Rogers 13, Walpert 13, L. Willard 10, W. Jones 9, A. Kleinman 



13. Norton 11. Read 10, Robinson 9, Lockwood 7, Shorty 13, G. T. Hall 

 Alkire 11, Desmal 10, A E. Mead 11, Barton 10, Wheeler 8. T. A. G. 6, 

 A. W. Reeves 7, Sedam 11, batcheller 13, Brelsford 9, B. White 12. 



No. 3. 9 singles and 3 pairs, 3 traps, $3 entrance 33 entries: Eager 



10, Barrett 8, Parmalee 13, Lansing 13, Anthony 8, CUmax 13, Grim 14, 

 Courtney 11, Loomis 9, Leroy 12, McMurchy 13. Woodberry 8, Heikes 



14, Walpert 11, Alkire 13, O. R. Dickey 13, Barton 12, Shorty 14, Budd 

 14, Mason 11, Young 14, Thomas 11, Rogers 13. Money 12. Brelsford 13, 

 Delecroix 6, G. Kleinman 9, Smith 13. Walt 13, Rex 14, Harris 1.5, Hol- 

 lenberg 11, Bennett 10, Norton 10. 



No. 4, 35 singles, 5 unknown traps, S5 entry, 28 entries; Lansing 18, 

 Heikes 21, Smith 22, Barton 20, Grimm 18, Loomis 15. McMurchy 30, 

 Young 21, Leroy 15, Anthony 20, Eager 23, Shorty 18, Bennett 18, 

 Dicker 21, Barrett 18, Climax 19, Money 17, Budd 23, Brelsford 19, 

 Parmelee 20, Rogers 19, Harris 20, Bob White 19, Wheeled 11 Norton 



16, Courtney 21, Thomas 17, Alkire 19. 



Wednesday, Third Day, Oct. U. 

 The great Chicago climate shuffled the cards again, and to the 

 surprise of every one dealt out an elegant day for the shooters. The 

 Sky was clear, and the temperature higher than for some days past. 

 A four o'cloclc wind blew across the score, but it was neither a cold 

 wind nor a strong wind, and could claim no kinship to the genuine 

 Lake Breeze of Chicago. It was not a good, regular Burnside day, 

 but a sort of New Jersey day, with a peach orchard in the background, 

 and a squirrel cracking nuts in the front ground. The pigeons pro- 

 vided were thought to lie good, but owing to the New Jersey weather 

 they turned out only fair to medium. The J. Watson garne was not 

 nearly so hard as it often is. Yet out of the aggregation of talent 

 here, there were only a very few who made the scores which they 

 should have made, the Easterners especially being in poor form, and 

 leaving scores wJiich ought to indicate screaming hot birds and a 

 gale of wind. 



The crowd of spectators in the afternoon was the largest seen here 

 for a long time. The character of the shooting attendance was never 

 better at any event in the West. You could not swing a cat around, 

 if you had a cat, and felt disposed to use it in that way without 

 hitting a noted or noteworthy lover of the gun, and it would be the 

 toss of a copper, if you had a copper and cared to toss it, whether 

 said lover was from the West or the East. 



Miss Annie Oakley came over and shot a few practice birds and a 

 few targets early in the morning, before professional duties called her 

 back to the Wild West. Miss Oakley, by the way, fired the first gun 

 in the tournament on Monday morning. 



Mr. Armin Tenner, who has been for the past three weeks conduct- 

 ing, at Watson's Park, the most thorough, the most scientific and ex- 

 haustive tests of powders probably ever inaugurated in this country, 

 was here for a part of the day. He leaves for New York to-night, and 

 in a week or so will publish in Forest .^nd SxREAii a full report of the 

 teat, which will be a long and interesting document. Mr. Tenner told 

 me the names of the two powders which rimked highest, it being a 

 near thing between them, hut asked that all mention be deferred until 

 his report. "It is an odd thing," said Mi'. Tenner, "what a difference 

 there is in the action of powders here and in the old country. The cli- 

 mate surely makc-s a difference. I find, for instance, that black pow- 

 der is altogether stranger here than in the old countr.v, very notice- 

 ably so. Indeed, t.here were several discoveries in these tests for me. 

 After we have the American testing house well established I think we 

 shall have two branches to it, one in New York and one in Chicago." 



Mr. M. F. Lindsley, of the American wood powder, accompanied by 

 Mrs. Lindsley, watched the afternoon's sport with interest. 



Mr, Edgar Murphy, Mr. Yale Dolan and Mr. J. Seavor Page, in- 

 creased the New York contingent worthily to-day. They did not yon- 



clude a four-men team. East and West shoot, at 100 birds the man, as 

 was suggested, but talk of this may be taken up later. 



Capt. A. H. Bogardus was on hand to-day, and out of the corner of 

 his eye sized up the husky "unknown." G. T. Hall, of Sangamon 

 county, HI., who is to shoot him the croquet race a week from next 

 Saturday. 



Col. Maximus Lucius Crooker, one of the early fathers and legal 

 lights in the history of the Illinois Association, watched the sport and 

 toid stories in the sunlight. 



Tee Kay, the Climax mandarin, was in the midst of things, and so 

 also was H. A. Penrose, of the U. M. C. shell. The gentlemen of 

 yesterday's record were again present almost to a man, and there 

 were other visitors in abundance, to say nothing of one of the most 

 representative gatherings of Chicago" shooters called out since last 

 winter. All in all it was a notable shooting assemblage. 



Cyclone, the retrieving pointer puppy, was in it all day and at every 

 station, winning more applause than anybody else. Cyclone seems to 

 have one eye on the grand stand, but he has the other on the bird, 

 which is always a good thing in grand stand work, 



AU of this crowd and even more belonged here, for they were to 

 witness one of the most genuine sporting events at the trap which it 

 has been possible for some time to see, an event in which the only 

 thing to protect the shooter's money was the shooter's own skill; in 

 which, in short, the shooter would really have to shoot and not make 

 signs. The only thing wrong about this shoot was that it ought to 

 have been one money, instead of three, as the entry brought it out. 

 Perhaps in that case it would not have had so large an entry, but 

 those who did go in would have been worthy of the Grand Prix de 

 Burnside, which trophy, let us hope, will at length be established 

 when there shall have arrived a day when one shoot is shot to a 

 finish. Our shooting to-day is much unfinished. But we will let it go 

 at that. As it is, it is hkely that several hearts got throatwise to-day 

 as the fateful marks accumulated on the blackboard, and many a 

 heart will be broken ere the red sun sinlcs to-mori-ow in the weeds back 

 of Watson's Park. 



Shooting did not begin in this chief event until 11 A. M., the time till 

 then being put in at small freeze-outs. After the talking' and the hesi- 

 tation was all over, and the money all up, it was discovered that there 

 were just twelve starters, and all sorts of propositions prevailed as to 

 who would win. At dark to-night each man had shot at 50 birds. 



Before the shooting began there was some talk among the Eastern 

 men to the effect that an Eastern man would win. Some money was 

 placed that a score of 95 would be made, but this found very ready 

 takers. The .Western favorites were Budd and Parmalee. Budd is 

 always a favorite, and Parmalee has shot so well lately that it seemed 

 no one could beat him. Budd was known to be in bad health for the 

 past few weeks, but this was not considered to injure his chances 

 fatally in just this kind of a race. Geo. Kleinman was not thought to 

 be in good health and good form enough to be a prime factor. Mc- 

 Murchy openly avowed he was only donating. Mr. Crittenden Robin- 

 sou had not shot here long enough for the Chicago men to learn just 

 how good he is. though he was in the estimate, Elliott had some ad- 

 mirers of course, but was not called a certainty bv any in such a 

 competition, as indeed who could be? Welsh, of Philadelphia, was 

 mentioned well by those who had seen his work here the past two days 

 Grim, Bennett and Ruble, the remaining ones, were possibilities, not 

 first money men, in the average slate. 



But pigeon shooting is full of uncertainties, and at the end of the 

 first 50 to-night all the shooters were in bad order, and new guesses 

 had to be made all around. Grim "had nerve to sell," as one by- 

 stander remarked, and scored 47 out of .50. McMurchy shot in form 

 such as he had in '85 and '80, and did brilliant work on his 47 scored. 

 Robinson, whose carefulness and judgment make him resemble George 

 Kleinman more than other shooter that ever shot here, tied the top 

 score of 47. Money and Work, the New York men, seemed to go 

 hopelessly to pieces, and their friend from Philadelphia, while stead- 

 ier, was stiU 3 birds back of the front rank, scoruig 44. Bennett came 

 out strong, and scored 46, and so did George Kleinman. Ruble killed 

 44. The dark horse cavalry were prominent at the 50 hole. Budd had 

 showed himself in bad condition, getting only 41, and Parmalee, who 

 was at the start the safest man against the field, sagged down by rea- 

 son of a splitting headache, and only scored 45. 



The prettiest autl most remarkable feature nf the entire shooting 

 was the performance of Elliott. In his first 7 birds Jim lost the last 

 5 straight, and it really seemed too bad. Rolla Heikes stepped up to 

 him and asked him to change his cases and take some of his, Heikes's, 

 load, in the U. M. C. trap cases. Elliott was shooting 3K>drs. of Amer- 

 ican wood powder, in Belgian cases. Heikes gave him a Toad of .3i4drs. 

 of the same powder in the U. M. C. cases. Now. let no man say' what 

 was the reason, but certain it is that Elliott, puzzled and "almost 

 despairing, took up the change, and from that time on was another 

 man. Out of his next 11 birds he killed 10 with the first barrel and 

 lost one dead out. Then, shooting in elegant style, he killed his next 

 37 straight, not missing another bird all the afternoon. This beautiful 

 uphill run brought him up to 46, right next to the first flight, and left 

 him as dangerous a customer as any in the race, all chance for which 

 he seemed to have lost entirely. Grim's longest run was 43. 



Thus it may be seen that even to-day the big World's Fair contest 

 had assumed a condition of interest bordering on the problematical. 

 The entire score follows in to-morrow's report. 



THE TARGETS. 



After a little sweep or so, in which there was only one straight 

 made, that by Heikes in the opening lO bird sweep, some of the shoot- 

 ers concluded that Jchn Watson's target game was too hard for them, 

 and kicked for something they could hit. To acconmiodate this me- 

 chanical contingent the rules wei e suspended and the walk-a heap 

 plan taken up. Rolla Heikes didn't suggest this, but he smiled softly 

 and didn't say nay, but sailed. When he went home to-niKht he wad- 

 dled when he walked, his pockets were so bulged out with easy money. 

 He must have won somewhere between SlOO and $200 to-day. He 

 didn't do a thing to 'em, as the old song says. 



The highest entry of the day was thu'ty-four. Scores: 



Sweep, 20 singles, S3, walkenphast system: Eager 14, Burnett 18, 

 Barton 16, Anthony 16, Climax 18, Courtney 18, Dickey 19, Whyte 12, 

 Young 17, Wm, Dixon 13, Heikes 20, Rogers 18, Veneman 14, Ward 18, 

 Woodberry 15, Crockett 12, Evans 18, Heinold 12, A. E. Mead 1.3, Miller 

 1,5, F. 8. Mead 18. Leroy 18, Hall 17, Harris 18, Curtis 10, Desmal 16. 



No. 3, 9 singles, 13 pairs, three traps, $3; Eager 10, Barton 11, Bar- 

 rett 14, Rogers 13, Heikes 14, Climax 13, Courtney 10, Young 11, L. S. 

 Mead 11. .Miller 10, Ward 8, Anthony 13. Dixon 10, Leroy 8, Whyte 5, 

 Dickev 13, Evans 11, Harris 8, Brelsford 10, Rex 12, Curtis 5, Walpert 

 13. M. J. EicU Id, A. H. Thomas 9, Nason 10. 



Sweep, 35 singles. S5, walkenphast, unknown angles, unlcnown traps: 

 Barton 39, Eager 13, HeikeS 2:i, F. S. Mead 15, Miller 33, Barrett 21, 

 Dickey 30. O. E. Mead 18, Brelsford 17. Bingham 10, Dixon 31, Whyte 

 33, Anthony 31, Leroy 32, Wolfert 17. Xa.sou 15, Rex 23, Courtney 21, 

 Climax 17, Young 3*,', Eigh 19, Harris 31, Ward 19. 



Sweep, 30 singles, qp3, walkenphast, unknown angles, known traps: 

 Whyte 16, Barton 15, Barrett 17, Crocker 13, Heikes 18, Miller 19, Wal- 

 pert 18, Willey 16, Climax 17, Skinner 16, Young 16, Courtney IS, Dixon 

 15, Anthony 16, Brelsford 13, Eager 15, Dickey 15, Rex 19, Eich 15, 

 Leroy 18, Harris 13. Collenberger 17, Bob 17, Conner 8. 



Sweep, same as above; Barton 17, Heikes 18, Conner 15, Miller 15, 

 Bingham 19, Courtney 16, Skinner 16, Barrett 18, Roll 13, Willey 15, 

 Anthony 18, Dixon ll.Whyt* 13 Tee Kay 16, Walpert 17, Rex 18, 

 Vangtler 13, Dickey 15. CUmax 16, Young 18. Eich 18, Leroy 17, Alkire 

 18, Bob 19. Brelsford 10, Park 18, F. S. Mead 13, Collenberger 18, Loomis 

 30, Smith 15. 



Sweep, same as above: Barton 17, Miller 19, Heikes 19, Young 17, 

 Dixon 13. Bingham 17, Anthony 16, Roll 17, Walpert 15, Tee Kay 30, 

 Rex 18, Climax 17, Dickey 16, Alkire 16. Eich 17, Penrose 18. Skinner 14, 

 Com'tney 18, Harris 18, Lindsley 14, Conner 14, Smith 15, Eager 11, 

 Leroy 19, Woodberry 16, Collenberger 18, Whyte 14. Loomis 18, Rush 

 10, Barrett 19, Bob 17. Park 16, Bruff 13, Robbms 17 

 Thursday, Fourth Day, Oct. 5. 



The greatest climate on earth took another turn out of the wheel 

 and let go another New Jersey day, a sort of sweet cider and hickory 

 nuts sort of a day, when a fellow thinks he don't need to lay in his fall 

 stovepipes for the sitting-room just yet. The wind was a trifle 

 stronger, but still from right to left across the traps. The birds— well, 

 now, don't let's talk about the bir<ls. They made John Watson swear, 

 and I can't bear to liear a man swear. 



Time was, aud will be again, when John Watson's birds w-ere so 

 tough they fought each other after their heads and wings were cut 

 off and they were packed for shipment to market. They were such 

 hot birds they made the icebox smoke, and indeed, often set it afire, 

 when they were thrown into it. But that is in the winter season. 

 This fall the birds are moulting late, and it seems hard to get good 

 flyers, though all the birds trapped were old enough to vote and fat 

 enough for aldermen. Yesterday the birds disappointed John Wat- 

 son, and he determined to get a lot of corkers for to-day, so he sat up 

 all night catching the best bu-ds he had in his coops, excepting none 

 but the high roosters. 



If you put a lot of piteous in a big coop, the strongest ones will always 

 roost the highest, ana the weakest ones the lowest down. The cock 

 pigeon of the lot will roost on a nail higher up than the highest roost, 

 if he can find one. Last night John Watson and his boys took step 

 ladders, and caught only the strong birds at the top of the big coops. 

 I know this, because, to save time- and be on the grounds, I slept 

 down at the park a couple of nights, in Ike Watson's house, and rigtit 

 next to .he room where Mrs. Ike Watson had eighty-seven pies set out 

 to cool for the next day's lunch for the boys. She had eightj^-seven 

 when she left them, when the sun was low, but as in the fight at 

 Hohenlinden. there was. "Oh, what a difference in the morning." 

 Well, as I was saying when interrupted, the boys told me this mornmg 

 they had been catching good pigeons and nolhinf(but good pigeons, 



and the whole park contingent allowed as how there would be trouble 

 in the last twenty especially. Much to the disappointment of John 

 Watson, the birds did not prove so very fast as a whole. There were 

 about half of them very good, among these some hghtning ones, as 

 fast as any one would see; but as to the other half you could in can- 

 dor oniy call them a mixed lot of flyers. Probably half a dozen or 

 more had to be flogged. It was not much like a day in winter on 

 these same grounds. 



This was the only thing which detracted from the quality of the 

 big event. The shooting was good but gritty, each and all of them; 

 but Charlie Grim made a score of 96. Everybody would just as soon 

 see Charlie Grim do this as anybody else, but to make a score of over 

 95 is kind of tough on the reputation of the grounds, and CharUe 

 mustn't let it occur again, probably won't. He did it to-day, and did 

 it clearly handsomely, shooting in perfect time. As things stood, he 

 couldn't have been beaten to-da.y, for he only missed one bird out of 

 his last 50, and stopped some just as hard as you ever saw. That was 

 a finish for you, and no wonder everybody applauded when he grassed 

 his last one in rapid style. 



SOME SURPRISES. 



The last half of the race had nearly as many surprises as the first 

 half. EUiott continued in his elegant long run in which he so magnifi- 

 cently recovered ground lost early in the race. He ran 49 straight 

 before he let down, losing a twisting incomer which fell dead in the 

 scoring stand. Then he ran 32 and lost another dead out, and from 

 there killed straight, landing second in the race after all, with 92 

 scored. After drawing his shells he killed every bird he shot at. He 

 shot a magnificent race, though Grim doggedly held on to his big 

 lead, and walked out with 4 to spare over the Kansas City crack. 



Br'er Gawge Kleinman was in it, and shot a better race than his 

 state of health seemed to warrant. An inch more of luck he might 

 have been second, but the fates of pigeon shooting wouldn't let it be 

 so, and his steady and even work only netted him 91, and third and 

 last money. 



Frank Parmalee was not in his usual shape. He was off, for some 

 reason, and only got 88, which he ought to beat under these con- 

 ditions. 



Charlie Budd was right peart again to-day, and ran .35 straight at 

 one stage, losing a high twister over and back, but he couldn't 

 close tlie gap. He could have closed it, if he and Frank Parmalee 

 hadn't done the 3Iidway so thoroughly night before last. Last night 

 Charhe was a good boy and went to bed. He shot much more like 

 himself to-day, and was not perturbed an j'how. "This ain't the first 

 S135 I ever lost," said he, "nor maybe it ain't the last.'' 



Geo. Work withdrew at 50, not appearing on the grounds to-day. 

 W. Money kept on in his wild career of crime, and w^ent out with 

 probably the lowest score he has made for a long time— 70 out of the 

 hundred. Mr. "Armstrong" (R. Welch) of Philadelphia, a very nervy 

 and very good shot, too, held on to the end, and tied plenty "of good 

 people. McMurchy ran out of shells, and had to change his" load this 

 morning. It changed his luck also, and he fell out of it, though his 

 work was clean and brilliant to the end. Can it be that Mr. McMurchy 

 has had things up his sleeve? He did not always shoot hke a yoimg 

 colt in a timothy patch, if so be that colts go in for firearms and 

 timothy also. 



Mr. Robinson was a surprise, too. He went wrong in his last 30 

 string but one. xle lost 4 out of 5, 7 out of 11, and 13 out of the 20. 

 Then, perversely, he gathered and ran the remaining 35 straight, 

 though it was then too late. Bennett of Kansas City shot a workman- 

 like race, and certainly drew as hard birds as anybody, but he could 

 not get over the 90 line. Ruble lost three hot ones, otie right after the 

 other, his stomach sagging perceptibly at each. This left him no 

 hope, and he only accumulated 86. 



cyclone's performance. 

 The pointer dog. Cyclone, deserves a collar with a diamond In it . 

 He proved a retriever of wonderful judgment, and his sneak on a dan- 

 gerous bird was as well tuned and careful as any man's. He caught 

 Birds no man could have caught, and was the idol of the day. He 

 caught Ruble's 51st bird on the fly and saved it for him. Ruble's 59th 

 he missed, but saved another for the same shooter later. On Mr. 

 Welch's 68th bird Cyclone made a great sneak aud at last got it, but 

 spying another cripple near by which had flown in, he caught that 

 also, and then tried to bring them both in at once, which was too big 

 a problem for his bright doggy brain. Cyclone is The greatest grand 

 stand dog in the business, and he certainly does liven up a match a 

 great deal. - 



GOT HIS. 



Just as George Kleinman was stepping to the score on his 87th bird, 

 a flock of golden plover appeared in the distance. Several shooters 

 began to call them, and they drew in over the grounds, passing: a 

 trifle higher but directly over the score. At once all eleven of the 

 shooters arose and poured a volley at the flock, while back of us at 

 the target score a similar scene was enacted. One lonesome little 

 plover, frightened at the noise, succumbed and was later picked up 

 dead As it fell there was a roar from about twenty voices, "I got 

 mine !" This was quite a fif elike incident. 



A great assemblage. 

 During the early hours of morning the boys put up Milt Lindsley's 

 American wood powder teepee, in which that affable genius held open 

 court. Shooters are built criss-cross and different from other folks. 

 Now, Milt Lindsley carries cigars in a gun case. "Why, I can't pack 

 a sideboard around with me," he said, when he was queried as to this, 

 Mr. Lindsley always has a good word for the trap editor of Forest 

 A>rD Stream, and there are many here who join in the hope that Mr. 

 Townsend's health wilfTSpidly grow better. 



It was a great assemblage, considering it as only a gathering of ■ 

 shooters resident outside of this city, and not mentioning the repre- 

 sentative congregation of Chicago men. Any list of the visitors would 

 be incomplete. I have already named a few. There were present to- 

 day, perhaps among many others, the following: 



Walter Huff, Macon, Ga.; H.G.Wheeler, Marlboro, Mass.; H. H. 

 Eager, Marlboro, Mass. ; J. E. Burns. Lowell, Mass.; O. R. Dickey, 

 Boston, Mass.; C. O. Barrett. Boston Mass,; Leroy Hoodward, Brock- 

 ton, Mass. ; E. L. Gilmer, Greensboro, N . C. ; Col ,1. T. Anthony, Char- 

 lotte, Nor. Car.; W. P. Perley. (Barton) Columbus, O.; F. D. Alkire, 

 Woodlyn. O. ; C. A. Young, Sprmgfield, O.; J. E. Pumphrey, Colum- 

 bus, O. ; R. Van Gilder, Knoxville, Tenn. ; John Connor, Kuoxville, 

 Tenn.; Meade Bros., Knoxville. Tenn.; Dr. R. B. Miller, Mattoon, III.; 

 D. Bacon. Miamisburg, O.; J. T. Parks, Brook. Ind.: Geo. Rogers, 

 Lincoln, Neb. ; I. W. Batcheller, St. Joseph, Mo. ; G. M. Rexroat. 

 Vhginia, III.; G. M. Loomis, Omaha, Neb.; W. K. Park, of the Wilker- 

 Barre, Gun Co., Wilks-Barre. Pa.; Paul Weise. Detroit, Mich.; John 

 Parker. Detroit, Mich. ; C. W.Walton, Grand Rapids, Mich.; J. N. 

 Dixon, Muskegon. Mich ; Wm. Dixon, Muskegon, Mich.; Thos. Roller, 

 (TeeKayj Plainfleld, N. J.; C. E. Thomas, Bridgeport, Conn.; A. G. 

 Courtney, Syracuse, N. Y. ; C. H Dimick, Boston, Mass.; J. Reiger, 

 Kansas City, Mo. H. McMurchy, Syracuse, N. Y,; R, E. Welsh, Phila- 

 delphia, Pa.; C Robinson, San Francisco, Cal, ; C, W. Budd, Des 

 Moines, la.; Chas. Grim, Cedar Lake, la.; M. F. Lindsley & Wife, West 

 Hodok-n, N. Y.; G. Spring, Dayton. O.: Geo. Suydam, Denver, Colo.; 

 D. C. Braden, Beaver Falls, Pa.; A. W. Gore, Cambridge, Mass.; A, J. 

 Walpert, Peoria, 111. 



After all, there may be individuals who care to see the scores of this 

 big shoot. For those who care more for scores than they do for pure 

 EngUsh undeflled, I would suggest a jump direct over all the fine print, 

 which is only used to flU up with, anyhow. Indeed, I would advise 

 anybody to look at the Forest ano Stream score of this big race, or 

 any other big race, because you can't find such a score anywhere else 

 on earth. It you are chained to business aud can't get away, read the 

 Forest and Stream north, northwest aud by north, south and by 

 southwest graphic trap scores. This will do just as well, and in some 

 respects a great deal better than if you were there yourself. It doesn't 

 cost so much, for one thing, and you can get a better idea of a shoot 

 from it. Any trap-shooter who is privileged to read one of the Fokbst 

 A.ND Stream scores of a big e?eut like this, and also the glowing pen 

 picture which goes with it without extra charge, that man may go 

 home aud step on the baby ia pure thoughtlessness and exuberance of 

 spirits, but he won't lick his wife, and be won't Idck if she invites her 

 folks in to dinner Thus the Forest and Stream trap reports may be 

 seen to exert a great moral influence in the land. Score: 



THE targets. 



John Watson and I have about given up our attempt to elevate the 

 trap. It can't be did. Out of 39 shooters at the target score, 27 

 wanted to shoot the walkenfast system. John Watson sighed and 

 shrugged his shoulders, and may be swOre a little softly, but he let it 

 go as they wished. They left it angles unknown, however, which is 

 an improvement over the old known angle, cast iron style of so-called 

 marksmanship. After a hard day's work, the target shooting gentle- 

 men accomplished certain results, which are set down below. 



The first sweep of consequence was at 10 angles and had 28 entries. 

 It was shut at 5 unknown traps and there was not a straight. 



Sweep, 15 singles, $2, sprintmg system, but unknown angles: Dickey 

 13, Rex 13, Heikes 14, Walk 11, Barton 13, Young 14, Barrett 11, Tee 

 Kay 13, Leroy 11, CUmax 11, Walpert 13, Loomis 11, Anthony 7, Rogers 

 15, Dixon 11, Wheeler 11, Alkire 10, Connei- 7, Miller 14, W. M. Thomas 

 10, Shorty 15, Courtney 10, Jones 10. 



No. 3 programme contest, 9 singles and 3 pairs, 83: Dickey 11, Bar- 

 rett 13, Barton 8, Jliller 13, Alkire 1.5. Rex 14, Anthony 12, Chmax 0, 

 Dixon 11, Walpert 13, Heikes 15, Leroy 14, Loomis 10, W. M. Thomas II, 

 Young 15, Wheeler 10, Courtney 11, Walk 13, Money 10. Conner 10, 

 Shorty 11, Brooks 9. 



Sweep, 30 singles, S3, sprinting system, unknown angles: Dickey 18, 

 Barton 15, Loomis 17, Anthony 19, Heikes 18, Tee Kay 18, Miller 17, 



