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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[March U, 1896. 
Repeating Shotguns and Balks. 
In our issue of March 7 the question of balks in repeating shotguns 
was very fully discussed. A case for a referee to decide was stated, 
and we were also asked to give our opinion on the point. The point 
raised was this: "A shooter enters in a live-bird event and uses a re- 
peating shotgun; he fires his first cartridge, but is prevented from 
firing his second cartridge by the brass head of the first cartridge 
breaking away from the paper, lodging in the mechanism, and thus 
causing a non-ejectment of the paper case. The bird escapes over the 
boundary. What should the referee decide in such a case?" 
Our opinion, as stated in that issue, was that the shooter was balked 
by the accident to the paper case, just as much as if there had been a 
missfire with the second cartridge in a double gun, and that he was 
therefore entitled tn another bird under the conditions governing 
such a missfire. We quoted a letter from Mr. John S, Hoey, whose 
opinion was favorable to our view of the case. We also gave a letter 
from Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, who took precisely the opposite view to 
that held by Mr. Hoey. We did our best to answer Mr. Shaner's 
arguments in as full a manner as the importance of the question in- 
volved warranted. „ . „ „„ . . 
That the discussion attracted some attention on the part of the trap- 
shooting world is shown by the receipt of the following letters. The 
first is signed Blue Rock, a nomme deplume that is sufficiently well 
known to be but a slight diBguise; the second is from Mr. Will. H. 
Cruttenden, the "Crutly" of the New York State shoots. 
Blue Rock says: "With reference to the question of repeating shot- 
guns and balks raised in Forest and Stream of this week, I have be- 
fore me (l)the latest copy of Hurlingbam rules;(2) Carteret Club rules; 
(3) A. S. A. rules, revised 1893; (4) Interstate Association rules. Ihave 
several others, but these are, I think, sufficiently representative to go 
upoD. In every one of (hem. although there is nothing which applies 
directly to the case in poiDt, the intention of the framers of these 
rulos is so clearly seen to be that a shooter is not to be penalized for 
a fault in his gun or ammunition, which he has had no opportunity of 
remedying, that I cannot understand how any other view of the case 
can be taken. 
"The Hurlingham rule, No. 12, reads: 'If the Bhooter * * * does 
not shoot at the bird, or bis gun is not properly loaded, or does not go 
off, owing toMs own negligence, that bird is to be scored lost.' Why are 
those words which I have underlined put in if it is not to guard a 
shooter from an accident to his gun or ammunition which h« could 
not prevent? In these rules (Hurlingham rules) nothing else applies 
except perhaps Nos. 4 and 5 on missfires. 
"The Carteret rules, rule No. 5, read: 'A missfire is no shot, 
provided the referee decides the shooter not responsible for any de- 
fect in the ammunition or gun.' 1 What can be plainer? 
"American Snooting Association rules: In these rules there is noth- 
ing on live-bird shooting that applies except indirectly. Rule 16 
reads: 'If a gun is not cocked, or the safety not properly adjusted, 
and the bird escape, it shall be scored a lost bird. 1 Here are men- 
tioned two things which would be the fault of the shooter, and for 
which therefore he should suffer. But Rule 19 on tareret shooting says: 
The shooter shall be allowed another target for the following rea- 
sons: * * * (&) For any defect in the gun or lead causing a miss- 
fire.' That is plain enough, and if it is the rule for targets, why not 
for lire birds? 
"Lastly, the Interstate Association rules, Rule 16, say: 'If the 
shooter advances to the mark, and orders the trap to be pulled, and 
does not shoot at the bird, or his pun is not properly loaded, or does 
not go off, owing to his oivn negligence, that bird is to be scored 
lost.' Therefore if anything happens, which is not his own negligence, 
to prevent his gun going off, he should get another bird. 
"In this last rul», Interstate Association rule No. 16, is an expression 
which might give rise to much trouble/and which should be expunged, 
viz., 'Or his gun is not properly loaded. * * *' Under this rule a 
man might say, 'My gun Equibbed off,' or, 'I had no shot in that 
cartridge,' and claim another bird. 
"Repeatmg shotguns have been found much fault with on account 
of the action sometimes failing. I do not use one and don't expect to, 
but I like fair play. If you handicap a man who is using a repeater 
by saying that it must be a lost bird if his gun does not work, you 
should, on the other hand, give him the advantage of using all six 
shots whenever it does work.'''' 
Mr, Will H. Cruttenden, writing from Syracuse, N. Y., says: "I 
never shot a repeal ing shotgun, but I have seen live-bird shooting for 
thirty-seven years, and have done a little of it myself. While there 
may be no rule governing the case in point, justice to the shooter 
would enable me to decide in the same way as Mr. Hoey. Does the 
tearing off of the brass or the splitting of the paper case prove that 
it was the gun's fault? The fact that the ammunition companies 
claim that their shells are all good proves nothing, for I have seen 
several faulty ones. No one can make all his goods absolutely per- 
fect. It is true that some shooters put a live-bird load in a t heap 
shell, strictly against the advice of the ammunition companies. 
"But I ask you, in all sincerity, how many persons will shoot in the 
Grand American Handicap who will use poor guns and poor ammu- 
nition? Fair pley is a jewel, and a rare one, but it is not so rare as in 
the olden days Of pigeon-shooting, when aU was fair, as in love or war. 
I think, were such a thing to happen, and it be put to the vote among 
the shooting sportsmen, not a single 'neigh 1 would be heard." 
It has been suggested to us that our article, which appeared in 
Forest and Stream of March 7, was a special plea for a certain class 
of guns— to wit, repeating shotguns. To any one who is of that opin- 
ion we would suggest that he read over carefully the article referred 
to, feeling assured that a calm and dispassionate digestion of the mat- 
ter contained therein will entirely change his opinion on that point. 
Our article was not a plea for any gun, butfor aKguns — single, double 
or repeating — and we so stated specifically. 
This question', as we take it, is of real interest, and both sides should 
be heard. If the rules, as it is claimed, only apply to double guns, it 
is high lime that a class of guns that has become a recognized factor 
in our trap-shooting tournaments snould be considered. Forest and- 
Stream's columns are always open to legitimate argument upon a 
question that is of interest to its readers. Both sides on this question 
are entitled to, and shall receive, an impartial hearing. We shall be 
glad to receive any communications that bear upon the subject at 
issue. 
Our Magautrap. 
The above title does not refer to any infernal machine; it is merely 
the name, evolved in all probability by the brain of Paul North, ap- 
plied to a new departure in machines designed for target throwing. 
A reference to the bluerock space in our advertising columns will tell 
just what the "Magautrap" is and what it can do. 
The invention is an automatic trap, designed and patented by Mr. 
A. M. Jenkins, of Norristown, Pa. Of Mr. Jenkins, Paul North says: 
"He commenced target shooting two or three years ago and immedi- 
ately saw the need of an automatic self-feeding trap, with the result 
as shown in the cut. This trap is a substantial, well-built machine, 
and one trap and one trapper is designed to take the place of five traps 
and trappers under the present system. As the trap has a capacity 
of throwing 100 to 150 targets per minute, you can see that it is 
always ready and can easily take the place of five traps." 
At the time of writing we have only had a talk with one person who 
has seen this machine work— Elmer Shaner. Mr, Shaner says that 
when he saw. the air filled with "whole flocks of targets" he was 
rendered speechless. Anything that can render Elmer Shaner speech- 
less must be w ell worth seeing. Come to the Sportsmen's Exposition 
next week and look at it. 
Joplin Gun Club. 
Joplin, Mo., March 2.— The following scores were 
bars of the Joplin Gun Club at the last club shoot, 
20 targets, unknown angles: 
Events: 1234=5678 
ED Porter ; 16 15 17 19 16 13 18 15 
C W Green 16 16 13 18 30 16 18 18 
J A Cragan 20 18 17 20 19 16 17 19 
B F Wilson 18 18 20 16 17 19 18 17 
G K Davidson 17 19 16 16 12 14 18 17 
Jason Frye..., 16 18 19 17 14 17 16 14 
H J Leeman 19 17 20 18 19 19 16 20 
C Sumner 19 20 18 17 16 20 19 19 
Sergeant 17 19 16 14 12 16 17 13 
made by the mem- 
all events being at 
9 10H 
14 20 17 
17 14 12 
16 17 20 
20 18 17 
19 16 15 
15 19 16 
19 20 16 
15 18 19 
15 16 14 
IS 13 14 
15 18 18 
11 19 16 
14 19 17 
19 16 15 
15 16 17 
18 16 17 
17 18 19 
14 20 16 
16 15 19 
Fhiladelphians Win at Reading. 
Reading, Pa., March 5.— A series of three team races has been ar 
ranged between the Keystone Shooting League of Philadelphia and 
the Independent Gun (Jlub of Reading. The first race was shot to-dav 
the teams consisting of 13 men, although the original conditions called 
for 25 men a aide; as, however, the Keystones only brought 13 men 
Reading met them on equal terms. Tbe result was a victory for the 
Philadelphians by 42 targets, as shown by the scores given below 
Keystone, of Philadelphia: George French 21, Bert Miller 23 John 
Thurman 16, G. Anderson 22, G. Huber 18, Ed Davis 23, W. Devoe 19 
Harry Ridge 21, Harry Landis 21, Joseph Learning 20, D. Loneenecker 
17. Wm. Peters 19, Harry Thurman 25 Total-265 Keener 
IndependentGun Club: HarryColdren 21, George Ritter 18, Francis 
Yost 21, John Henry 16, Harry Wertz 16, Brooke Harrison 17, Georae 
Kuersten 17, Harry Schrader 14, Warren Brown 15, Heber Jones 16 ' 
Henry Eppinger 17. Henry Graul 21, John Shaaber 14. Total-223, ' 
The Ottumwa; Tournament. 
Ottumwa, la., Feb. 25.— Below is an account of our tournament, 
which was held yesterday and to-day: 
Warm up, 10 singles, entrance free: Budd 3, Grimm 7, Gilbert 8, 
Parmalee 10, Van Eman 9, Marshall 1. 
The conditions of this match were "low score to wear the leather 
trophy," and as there were a good many wooden targets among the 
pick-ups, it is possible that Budd and Marshall got some of them. 
The first day's Scores are given in tabulated form below: 
Mrst Day's Scores. 
Events: 1 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 13 14 
Targets: SO SO SO SO SO 15 15 IS SO SO 15 15 SO 15 
Budd 17 15 19 18 18 13 15 13 46 20 13 14 15 14 
Grimm 20 16 19 19 20 .. .. 13 47 20 13 13 20 14 
Gilbert 16 16 19 18 16 13 13 13 47 15 14 11 16 11 
Parmalee 18 14 19 19 14 14 15 14 44 19 15 12 20 10 
Van Eman 16 13 11 17 16 11 10 10 40 17 11 7 17 13 
Crissman 14 15 12.. . 15 10 . . 14 . . 10 . . 
Marshall 15 13 14 15 46 17 12 12 19 11 
Hedrick 12 .... 37 
Seibert , 36 14 10 
Arnold 41 13 
Clark ,.,,.«.,,..,,......,..., ■ i ., .. .. ,. 1^ ,. ,, .. 
Lowe 9 
Erbacher 8 8 
Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 13 were at unknown angles; Nos. 3, 4 
and 12, reversed order; No. 14, expert rules. 
Two miss-and-outs at live birds, $2 entrance, were also shot off 
during the day. The first resulted thus: Budd and Seibert 4, Gilbert 
3, Johnson 2, Marshall, Grimm and Parmalee 1, Crissman, Van Eman 
and Erbacher 0. 
No. 2 resulted as follows: Marshall and Gilbert 10, Budd 9, Seibert 7, 
Van Eman 4, Parmalee and Grimm 0. 
Second Day's Scores. 
Events: 1334 567 89 
Targets: 15 SO SO SO SO SO 60 SO SO 
Budd 11 
Gilbert 10 
Grimm 9 
Van Eman 9 
Marshall 18 
Parmalee 16 
Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 were at unknown angles; Nos. 3 and 9 at re 
verse order. 
The general averages made during the shoot were 
19 17 17 18 15 42 44 
16 16 18 16 18 42 44 
16 17 17 17 19 42 37 
14 15 18 20 17 
18 19 13 18 45 47 15 
19 19 20 17 49 46 17 
18 
17 
17 
46 14 
Per 
Per 
Shot at. Broke. 
cent. 
Shot at. Broke. 
cent. 
Parmalee. . . 500 
450 
90 
Hedrick . . 
.. 65 
49 
75 
485 
87U 
Crisman . . 
.. 140 
99 
70 
Grimm . ... 485 
424 
87j| 
Clark 
20 
15 
75 
Marshall. ... 420 
367 
83^ 
60 
70 
Gilbert 515 
435 
84^ 
, 20 
9 
45 
Van Eman.. 515 
410 
80 
Erbacher. 
.. 35 
19 
55 
Arnold 70 
54 
77 
The highest average in all money events was made by Parmalee, of 
Omaha, and that was only 90 per cent. One member of our local ciub, 
A. W. JENKINS. 
Inventor of the Magautrap. 
Van Eman, made a run of 55 in the last event, which was, however, 
split up into two 50-target matches instead of one 100 match. Van 
missed his 9th target and then did not puncture the sky until his 66th, 
which was a slow straightaway. 
The management regrets it was unable to secure a larger attendance, 
but although the weather was good at the time, it had been very cold 
stormy and threatening. I am still at a loss as to what means can be 
used to secure a crowd of shooters; times are hard and the boys are 
hanging on to their money pretty close. But more than this it seems 
that the sight of any man, be he only a semi-expert, who has chanced 
to have made a good score or two in his lifetime, scares amateurs 
nearly out of their boots. 
I hope we may be able to get up a shoot some time in the near 
future that will attract such an attendance as our efforts and accom- 
modations would warrant, in which case I will send a you a report of 
same. J. W. Hedrick. 
A Close Race at Indianapolis. 
Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 22.— The scores given below show that the 
Garden City Gun Club, of Chicago, defeated the Limited Gun Club 
Feb. 22. Conditions: Teams of 10 men, each man shooting at 25 tar- 
gets, unknown angles. They cannot do it again: 
Garden City Gun Club. 
Antoine .1111111111110111111111011-23 
Hutchinson. 0110101111111101110111111—20 
Bissell 1111111101111111101111111-23 
Hill 1011111111101011011011111—21 
Kurz 1011111111010110010111111—20 
Cutler 1011001111111111111110111—20 
Groll 1111110100011011011111111—19 
Ford 1101111010100110011111111-17 
Carraher 1111111110111011101111011—21 
Rexford 1011111111101101110101111—20—204 
Limited Gun Club. 
Britton Ill 11111111111111 11111 101-24 
Robinson ,. 1111111111111111011110111—22 mm 
Twtewiler 1110011110111311111111111—21 — ' 
Comstock 1101111101101111011111111—21 
Cooper 1110111101011110111011111—20 
Parry 1111011111111011110011010-19 
Moore minillllll011110101010-19 
Townsend 0110111111111111110111011—19 
Grube 1111001011110101100111111—18 
Weldhack 0101110101101110111011101—17—200 
Royal Robinson. 
Baltimore Shooting Association. 
Baltimore, Md., Feb. 29.— There was some good shooting to-day at 
the grounds of the Baltimore Shooting Association. Hawkins did the 
best work, scoring 50 out of 53 shot at, a remarkably high percentage 
on any class of birds. Dr. Bill came next with 4 lost birds out of a 
total of 46 shot at. Burk followed him closely with 33 out of 37, 
Thomas being 4th with 30 out of 33. As a result of the afternoon's 
shooting, 273 birds were scored out of 307 shot at, a general average 
of 88.9 per cent. Below are the totals: 
Shot at. Scored. Shot at. Scored. 
Hawkins 53 50 Whistler 11 lo 
DrBill 46 42 Bonday 10 9 
Burk 37 33 Malone 9 8 
Thomas 33 30 Claridge 10 8 
McComas 24 22 Bird... 12 9 
Simon 27 23 Edwards,,,, 9 7 
Macalester ,,,, 26 22 
Boston Gun Club. 
Boston, Feb. 26.— The attendance at Wellington to-day, the occasion 
of the Boston Gun Club's eighth serial prize shoot, evidenced slightly 
that some of its regular devotees had not fully overcome their trap- 
shooting efforts of Washington's Birthday on the different grounds 
surrounding Boston. The B. G C, held no shoot on the holiday, the 
grounds being used by the West Medford Shooting Club. The ten who 
did put in an appearance were well repaid, for the afternoon was a 
perfect one, and only as the sun disappeared behind the club house 
and the chilly air became more noticeable did the trappers gain a re- 
spite from constant loading. An innovation of the afternoon, and one 
much enjoyed, was Event 12, 5 unknown, battery position— i. e., the 
shooter lying prone on the platform, with slight head-rest and gun in 
hand, calling pull and shooting from sitting posture, as in a blind or 
boat. With one exception, it was the initial attempt of aU the partici- 
pants, and as such their scores were creditable. This, the eighth 
shoot, marked the conclusion of half of the series, the six best scores 
of the whole number, which is fifteen, composing prize total, Even 
thus early six have put in the necessary number, while fourteen shoot- 
ers have entered four and over. As improved scores are made the low 
ones are discarded and the totals revised. The gold badge, which is 
first prize, has been received, and is an exceedingly neat affair. The 
scores: 
Events: 
Targets: 
1 8 S h 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 IS 13 1U 15 16 
10 10 5 6 5 6 10 5 6 10 10 5 10 10 10 10 
Gordon (17) 7 7 4 3 4 3 10 4 3 10 8 3 7 4 4 7 
Avery (16) 75312282365 3 64.. 5 
Miskay (17) 85534484378.. 969.. 
Johns (15) 10 641.... 743774437 
Sheffield (15) 65345825672.. .. 8 
Williams (15) 8 4 3 3.... 6 3 3 6.. 8.... 8 
Horace (16) 7 3 2 3.... 7 4 4 8 5 2 
Burr (17) 3 2 2.. 4 
Sewall (15) 4 4 2 6 9 5 2 8 2 6., 
Spencer (17) 7 4 3 8 10 4 9 5 8 8 
The events were varied as follows: Nos. 1, 7, 10, 13, 14 and 15, known 
angles (No. 14 at 23yds.); Nos. 2, 11 and 16 at known reverse; Nos. 3, 5, 
8 and 12 at unknown traps (the latter battery position) ; Nos. 4. 6 and 
9 at pairs; Nos. 7, 8 and 9 composed the prize match, 21 targets. 10 
known, 5 unknown and 3 pairs, and totals follow: Gordon 17. Sheffield 
15, Miskay 15, Horace 15, Johns 14, Spencer 14, Avery 13, Sewall 12, 
Williams 12. Four straight 10s were made, two by Gordon, one each 
by Johns and Spencer. 
March U. — The weather to-day was so temppstuous as to prevent all 
but six reaching tbe Boston Gun Club grounds at Wellington, and 
when no word but blizzard will truthfully describe the raging snow- 
storm of the afternoon, it is to be wondered that the attendance was 
not represented by a large zero. Those who did brave the elements, 
however, by no means regret the experience or the numerous misses 
contained in the scores, which are worthy of mention as being made 
under conditions never before equaled on the grounds: 
Events: 1 S S U 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 IS 13 1U 15 16 17 
Targets: 10 10 5 6 10 5 6 10 5 10 10 5 6 10 10 10 10 
Sheffield (15) 25127125466416578 
Gordon (17) 854282452253..... 
Miskay (17) 8614915837552 10 8 7 6 
Williams (15) 5.. 3 2 3 2 2 5.. 3 7 4.. .. 
Horace (16) 6.. 4621 434533782" 
Parker (17) 8 3 3 4 6 7 
Nos. 4, 7 and 13 were pairs, Nos. 3 and 6 unknown angles. No. 8 re- 
versed angles, and balance of events were known angles. Events 5, 6 
arid 7 composed prize scores, and totals were as follows: 21 targets, 
10 known, 5 unknown and 3 pairs: Miskay 15, Gordon 14, Parker 14, 
Sheffield 10, Horace 9, Williams 7. 
Trap Around Pittsburg. 
Pittsburg, Pa,, Feb. 24.— The target shoot held by the North Side 
Gun Club on Washington's .Birthday was a thorough success. The 
weather was perfect and the consequence was that there was quite a 
large gathering of sportsmen on the club's grounds in Allegheny. A 
good account of the day's proceedings is given in the Pittsburg Leader 
of yesterday's date: 
"There were in all seven events, six regular and one extra— that for 
the much coveted possession of Old|Hoss's gun, won from its owner by 
Elmer Shaner, on the result of the city election held on Tuesday, Feb. 
18. The provisions of this event were particularly peculiar. Each 
man who put up hisjquarter was entitled to get in on the shoot, and 
get a chance for the gun. The names of all the entries were placed in 
a hat and well shaken, then taken along an equal number of slips 
from a second hat, one of which had the words Old Hobs written on 
it. 'Twas here the exciting incident of the day took place. "When 
Fagan, who was doing the drawing, pulled the slip containing Old 
Hoss's name from the hat he opened it and read the words aloud. Old 
Hobs thought the slip was the magic one every person was after in 
the other hat, and with a yell that would have done justice to a Kick 
apoo Indian he began a weird ghost dance, exclaiming between gasps 
for breath: 'I knew I could win it back. You can't get the best of 
me, even if I do get the worst end of a bet,' His joy was exceedingly 
short-lived, for Fagan soon announced that Old Hoss had drawn a 
blank. How the crowd did guy him ! It is safe to say the genial 
shooter will not hear the last of this for some time to come. The gun 
was won by Sam Shaner, to whom Old Hoss made all sorts of over- 
tures for a purchase, but Shaner refused to make a deal, saying that 
he would have to keep up the record of the family. 'Elmer won it on 
a bet and put it up here for me to win. Now fate has decreed that the 
gun should stay in our family, and if I should sell it I will be tempting 
fate.' At last accounts Old Hoss was trying to console himself for the 
loss of his hunting piece." 
The scores made were as follows, Elmer Sbaner having an easy vic- 
tory in the 50-target event: (All events were at unknown angles with 
the exception of No. 6, which was at 6 pairs ) 
Events: 1 3 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 1 3 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 15 10 15 15 50 12 10 Targets: 15 10 15 15 60 13 10 
Old Hobs 11 8 7 9 38 7 3 Ivory 4. 3 
Cleveland 8 8 11 18.. 6 7 Johnson 8 3" " 
McClaren 3 2 .... 19 .. 5 Whiting U 8 38 
P Kelsey 10 9 14 12 40 7 6 E Shaner 12 10 45 '5 '<3 
Schirmer 6 4 .. ..24 3 .. Jim Crow 11 11 85 8 
Cochran 11 5 9 9 .. .. 7 S Shaner 86 " s 
Cutler 5 6 9 13 36 7 8 Martin ,32" 
Zeumer 7 5 12 10 . . 7 8 Lawrence , 27 . \ \ ' 
Oornman..... 1 3 .1 1 Gully sg '(j 'y 
McAleer 7 6 9 7 .. .. 4 Fagan 8 
Jones 6 6 .. Sanders "3 
Ward 4 Swartwood 3 
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 29.— Some good "shooting was done this after- 
noon at a private live-bird shoot in the East End. The birds were an 
extra good lot and kept the shooters guessing all the time. The King 
brothers, Alex and Will, did the best work of the day. Will beating out 
his brother by one bird, scoring 27 to 28 out of 30. Alex was in great 
form in the first two 10-bird sweeps, winning both with 10 straight 
Will King dividing the honors with him in the second sweep. The 
s cores made were: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3, 
AH King 2312212122—10 2222222222-10 2002102202-6 
McPherson 1212020112— 8 2212100002- 6 0221212002 -7 
W S King 1111222110— 9 1212212111—10 1101212110-8 
Bessemer 021200222 — 6 0032*00000— 8 2020332222—8 
Cleveland 120000110 — 4 0022022001— 5 1002022120-6 
Wilson 011210010 — 5 2202101230— 7 1012211101—8 
Newman 001000001 — 2 2222222101— 9 1000112102—6 
McWhorter 203220100 — 5 2121111201— 9 1100011212—7 
McKee 211120030 — 6 2221112020— 8 112103i:2'30-8 
Cunningham 0000020111— 4 0101003000—3 
Messner 2012102212—8 
The Huntingdon Gun Club. 
Huntingdon, Pa. , Feb. 23.— Some of our enthusiastic shooters have 
been making phenomenal scores every day this winter— behind the 
stove in brother Crites's store. There was the captain, who was going 
to make a national reputation for the gun he shoots; Ikey and Elmer 
whose guns would take up wear in any direction with aid of a screw- 
driver; W. K., U. S. and Harry all had great guns— if they did not lose 
their monkey wrenches; the chief, who claimed he had the greatest gun 
on earth. AU these men had broken 100 straight behind the stove 
This kind of talk came to an end to-day, the boys agreeing to face the 
traps. The mercury was hovering about zero, and the wind blew a 
gale, making good scores impossible. 
House, of the Altoona, Pa., Rod and Gun Club, and Thompson of 
Carlisle, Pa., were welcome visitors and participated in the events 
shot. Scores: 
Events: 1 3 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 1 3 3 4 5 (3 7 
WDe Forest.. 7 7 8 7 9 7.. HUCorbin.. 7 5 
GS Williams. 4 5 L Leister. ... 7 7 5 
US Houck... 6 8 5 6 6 9 15 J Greet berg. . 7 8 7 "7* '4 "fi i<i 
EW Stewart.. 6 9 7 7 8 .. .. Thompson: . i , 5 
T J House.... 4 5 7 5 8 8 15 Orites 5 7 '5 'b " 
F Mobus 3 5 .. Kline k" 
J A Fleming. , 9 7 6 " 
