June 18, 1894.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



627 



Elliott and Heikes. 



Dayton, 0.— J. A. R. Elliott of Kansas City, and Rolla O. Heikes of 

 this place, shot a 100-live-bird match May 28 in as pretty a shooting 

 ground as traps were ever set in. 



Conditions were 100 pigeons each man, $100 a side, Association rules. 

 Elliott won easily by the score 96 to 90. 



Ferd. Van Dyke of Dayton, N. J., was chosen referee, and the 

 Forest asd Stream representative was made score keeper. Credit for 

 the admirable ground arrangements should be given S. S. Troup and 

 Dolph Sander. There were nearly 1,000 people on the grounds when 

 Elliott won the toss and stepped to the firing point for the first bird, 

 which he killed with first shot. 



Elliott lS22223122312222122Sill'2121112222211213323110131112 



22212221112121121223211212112111122121012122202202 -96 



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01211212111211122111111121111101111112121212221112-90 



Elliott used a 12 Greener, "lbs. 2oz , Winchester Leader shells, E. C. 

 powder, l^oz. No. 7 chilled shot. He started off with a run of 43 

 kills, then lost an old red straightaway, scored another run of 44, his 

 eighty-ninthj black right-outgoing, died out of bounds. His ninety- 

 sixth, a left-incomer, died out of bounds. He lost the ninety-ninth, 

 left-outgoing, black old bird, carried the shot over the fence. 



Heikes shot his Winchester repeater, U. M. C. Trap shell, 3>i5drs. 

 wood powder, l^oz. No. 7 chilled shot. His best run was 29. Or the 

 10 scored lot 7 died out of bounds. Not a bird was missed by either 

 man in the match, which lasted two hours and twenty minutes. The 

 sun was so hot the last half of the match that the birds were lazy. 



There will probably be a.purse offered to bring Elliott here again to 

 shoot against Heikes again, 50 artificial targets and 50 live birds each 

 man, for a purse of $200. Arrangements are also under way to have 

 Bogardus here Sept. 1 next to shoot Phil. Wentz of this place 100 live 

 birds each, under Bogardus rules, gun below elbow until the bird is on 

 the wing, and any bird that drops within 10yds. of the trap to be 

 scored lost. Brown. 



Wood Powder Gun Club. 



Okangeville. Md., June 7.— No. 1, 10- Keystone target, 5 traps, entry 

 $1, A. S. A. rules: 



Kimble 1001011101— 6 Stableford , . .0001001101— 4 



Dr Fry 1111111011— 9 Kates 1111011101— 8 



Hartner llOlllllll— 9 Dr Smith 1111111110- 9 



Williams 1101100101— 6 



No. 2, 10 standard Keystone targets: 



Dr Frey 1111111111-10 Stableford 1000110111— 6 



Hartner 1111111111—10 Williams 1111110111— 9 



Kates 0111111101- 8 Kimble 1101110110- 7 



No. 3, 25 singles: 



Dr Frey 1111111011011011111111111-22 



Williams 1101111011110111110010111—19 



Hartner 1111101111111111111111111—24 



Kates 1011011111111001110111111—21 



Stableford OllQDlOOlOlOlOOiOOOOllOll— 10 



Dr Smith 1111111110111111111110111—23 



J. A. H. 



A New Smokeless. 



Chicago, 111., June 4.— At the Illinois State shoot I saw a few shells 

 loaded with a powder which is certainly a new thing for the American 

 shooter. It has not yet even a name, and the firm who will manu- 

 facture it will no doubt be surprised to see this mention in print, for 

 they have been conducting their experiments in secret, and will prob- 

 ably not announce any name for the powder for a week or two yet. 

 The powder is a German invention, which has been bought by Laflin 

 & Rand, the well-known powder manufacturers. They will claim for 

 it that it is not a nitro powder, but that it is freer from smoke than 

 any nitro. I cut open a shell loaded with it. The powder is of a 

 purplish blue color, with grain larger than E. C, and as confined in 

 the shell felt spongy to the touch. I fired a couple of loads of it, and 

 the recoil was that of a good stiff E. C. load. There seemed to be no 

 perceptible smoke, so far as the shooter could tell. Messrs. Laflin & 

 Rand will no doubt tell the remainder of this story later on. I suggest 

 they name their powder the Forest and Stream powder. Then it 

 will always be ahead. E. Hough. 



909 Security Building, Chicago. 



Among Southern Trapmen. 



The fourth of the series of contests for the silver water service by 

 members of the Charlotte (N. C.) Gun Club made a change in the 

 standing of some of the contestants, allowing Carson to take second 

 place from Anthony. The scores were: Carson 44, Todd 42, Stokes 

 42, Anthony 39, Dodge 87. The men then rood as follows on breaks: 

 Todd 220, Carson 315, Anthony 212, Stokes 204, Dodge 201. 



Putney Rod and Gun. 



Putney, Vt., June 7.— The following scores were made at the weekly 

 shoot of the Putney Rod and Gun Club. The afternoon was cloudy 

 and a fitful breeze from the northwest blew across the traps, making 

 the flight of the targets very erratic, which accounts for some of the 

 poor scores made. In addition to our local members Mr. Henry War-, 

 ren of the Boston Target Co. was with us. He is a member of our 

 club. Mr. Warren was badly handicapped by not having his gun with 

 him. The one he used did not hang to suit him. Fishing thus far has 

 been rather poor, but the reports about squirrels and ruffed grouse 

 lead us to thiak that the shooting next fall will be the best for several 

 years. Nos. 1 and 2 at 5 birds, Nos. 3 and 4 miss and out: 



No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. 



Warren ; 01010-2 00010—1 1111 110 



W E Ayer 00111—3 11011—4 0 111111 



B Robertson 11000-2 10011—3 10 0 



Willard 11110- 4 01001-2 .... 11110 



Frank Robertson 01111—4 10110—3 1110 10 



A J Ayer 11011-4 10100-2 110 111110 



Team match, 20 birds per man, $5 per team: 

 W E Ayer..llll0111U1011101110-16 A J Ayer. .11111011100110110111—14 

 Warren.. . .00010011001101011001— 9 Willard. . . .11001010101111110011—13 

 FRoberts-nl 1 1 01Q01 01 001 1 000001— 9 BRoberts'nOOlOOl 11110000101011—10 

 Stowell. . . .01111010001010000101— 9 Bailey 00111100000000000000— 4 



43 41 

 Three-man teams, 8 birds each, also 10 singles: 



W E Ayer 01111111-7 1011110101—7 



Willard 11111001-6 1101001001-5 



F Robertson 10011001—4—17 0101000000 - 2 



A J Ayer'. 11110011—6 1110011111—8 



Warren 10111000—4 0100011010-4 



B Robertson 10111011—6—16 0010110100-4 



W. E. A. 



Missoula Rod and Gun Club. 



Missoula, Mont. , June 3.— Fifteen singles, known traps and angles, 

 16 and 18yds. rise, as usual, were the conditions of to day's medal 

 shoot of the Missoula Rod and Gun Club. Champion Bob Rogers, who 

 for a couple of weeks has been detained at Wallace, Idaho, by rail- 

 road washouts, came in yesterday by means of a railroad bicycle 

 which he had the pleasure of pumping for about eighty miles. In con- 

 sequence of the effects of the unusuai exertion required to accom- 

 plish the trip he was not in the best form to-day and made his poorest 

 score for this season. Harry Stephens, one of the neatest handlers 

 of the double gun in the Northwest, and who has been shooting out 

 of form all season, fell back into line to-day and carried off the gold 

 medal with but a single miss. T. S. Jones retained the silver medal 

 with a score of 10. Scores follow: 



Class A 



A Harrity 111110111111101—13 Lieut Devol 100011101011100— 8 



J P Menard 011111101111010-11 W P Bray ton. . .101000011111010— 8 



R Rogers 110011111110011—11 H A Stephens. ..111111111011111— 14 



0* class B. 



T S Jones 101100011011111—10 F P Kern 1000001 11010000— 5 



F Comee 110000011011010 - 7 F H Woody 100001011011011— 8 



This week's team shoot was at 15 singles, unknown singles, J. P. 

 Menard captaining one team of six and H. A. Stephens the other. 

 Score of Menard's team was 53 and Stephens's 50. W. C. 



Eaton Gun Club. 



Eaton, O., June 4. — The Eaton Gun Club held its regular monthly 

 shoot this afternoon, after a lay off of two months on account of not 

 having suitable grounds to shoot on. There were seventeen shooters 

 present out of a club of twenty -five members. On account of not hav- 

 ing had any practice the score is not to the usual standing. Twenty- 

 five bluerocks, 5 traps: 



E A Deem 16 C B Cokef air 4 A A Churchill 18 



W H Bucke 12 S C Hunt 15 F P Filbert 15 



R Appleby 10 W Deem 20 C Brewer 7 



Fred Filbert 12 C F Churchill 10 J Longnecker 14 



M Dickey 10 C S Shields 8 C 0 Holt 17 



W H Hathaway 10 C Sliver 15 



Eaton Gun Club. 



Belfast Gun Club. 



The first annual tournament of the Belfast (Me.) Gun Club will be 

 held June 20 and 21. The programme calls for a generous prize list 

 and the shooting will be open to all. 



Paterson Gun Club. 



Willard Park, Jnne 5.— Event No. 1, 5-bird sweepstake, Hurling- 

 ham rules, entry $3: * 



Morfey (30yds) 20220-3 Hopper (28) 01210-3 



Smith (29) , 21121—5 Morgan (28) 11221—5 



E George (28) 22220 -4 Wright (29) 21220-4 



No. 2, club shoot, 10 birds: 



^T\'^.s' , 'rT.s , l\ \\/"T^\->J-^ 

 Morfey (30). .2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 0-9 Morgan (28). 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 2 1—9 



t ^^?'?7 , t'^^t/ , \/Tw< — ><-\->i/ 



Wright (29). 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 1—5 Wolffe (28). .,1 2 • 1 1 1 1 0 1 2-8 

 Smith(29)...l 22200102 1-7 E George(28)l 2 2 2 1 2 1 . 0 1-8 



Hopper (28). .1 1 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 1—9 



No. 3. sweepstake, miss and out: Morfey 6, Wright 0, Smith 7, Hop- 

 per 6, Morgan 2, E. George 2, Bunn 0. 



No. 4, same conditions: Morfey 20, Wright 0, Hopper 20, Morgan 1, 

 E. George 1. 



No. 5, handicap sweepstake, entry $3, 5 birds, Hurlingham rules: 

 Morfey 5, Wright 5, E. George 5, Morgan 4. 



No. 6, miss and out: Morfey 3, Wright 3, E. George 2. 



Weather fine, birds a mixed lot, some extra fast ones. Boyle failed 

 to come to score. The shooting of Hopper was grand for a young 

 shooter, as you will note in score sheets. He tied Morfey in club 

 shoot aod also in the miss and out sweeps that followed. In third 

 sweep Hopper and Morfey tied for second money and carried it over 

 to fourth sweep, where they both shot at and killed 20 each, only giv- 

 ing up when shells ran out. Dutchy. 



Emerald Gun Club. 



New York, June 8.— The Emerald Gun Club will hold their first 

 annual tournament on Oct. 22,23 and 24, at targets and live birds at 

 Louis Miller's Dexter Park and claim the above dates. 



Geo, V. Hudson, M.D., Rec. Sec'y. 



Knoxville in 1895. 



Knoxville, Tenn. , June 5.— The Knoxville Gun Club will hold its 

 fourteenth annual tournament May, 1895, and add $1,500 spot cash to 

 the purses. S. Van Gilder, Capt. 



West Newburgh Gun and Rifle Association. 



Newburgh, N. Y.— We intend to hold our tournament on Oct/3, 

 and 5, the last day to be devoted entirely to live birds. 



* Wm. C. Gibb, Sec'y. 



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 the spot one wishes to fish beforehand by "ground baiting." We do 

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