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.GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP, ELKWOOD PARK, 1896. 
1. G. W. CoulBton. 2. James Hood. 3. O. R. Dickey (winner). 4. J. G. Messner (winner in 1895). 5. W. C. Price. 6. Fred Gilbert (winner of Du Pont trophy at Baltimore, 
1895). 7. Elkwood Inn, 8. Ernest P. Thomas. 9. George Cubberly. 10. Neaf Apgar. 11. T. J. Eley. 18. B. W. Olaridge. 13. Fen Cooper. 
The Washington Gun Club, of Conshohocken, Pa., has elected the 
following list of officers for the season of 1896: President, Jame3 C. 
Carter; Secretary, H. M. Johnson; Corresponding; Secretary, Geo. H. 
Kniebel; Captain, Thomas Smith; Assistant Captain, S. L. Carter; 
Treasurer, F. B. Righter; Trustees: F. B. Bighter, S. L. Carter ana 
Joseph Ruth. 
Miss Margaret Kirkwood (the "Misskay" of the Boston Gun Club) 
was a visitor to the New York Sportsmen's Exposition. Mi3skay is an 
excellent shot at targets, singles or doubles, known or unknown 
angles. She has few, if any, superiors of her own sex in that branch 
of sport. 
The annual meeting and election of officers of the Hineham (MaBS.) 
Gun Club was held on Saturday evening, March SI The following 
officers were elected: President, Dr. Samuel H. Spalding; Secretary, 
Ernest E, Lincoln; Treasurer, Gus O. Henderson; Executive Commit- 
tee, Thomas Howe, David Breen, Jr., and William Allison. 
The North Shore Gun Club, of Port Richmond, Staten Island, N. Y., 
held its annual meeting recently and elected the following offisers: 
President, George B. Seafood; Vice-Presidents, J. R, Dickson and J. 
A Howard; Secretary, L. A. Scofleld; Treasurer, Henry Sea wood 
W. L. Davis, of the Worcester (Mass.) Sportsmen's Club, finished 
the afternoon's practice shoot on March 24 with a run of 65 straight; 
25 were at unknown angles and 10 expert rules. 
The Neponset (111.) Gun Club claims May 19-20 as the dates for its 
semi-annual tournament. E. H. Miller, secretary of the club, will 
furnish all needed information. 
A gun club has been organized at Sandy Hill, N. Y., quite recently. 
The club will soon be in working order for target smashing, a com- 
mittee having been appointed to procure traps and targets aB soon as 
possible. 
W. P. Rayland, of Rome, N. Y , writes us as follows: "The Rome 
Gun Olub desires the assistance of its friends, hoping to secure the 
1897 State shoot for Rome." Rayland carries considerable influence 
with New York State shooters and will doubtless have a strong dele- 
gation to back him up at the meeting of 1896, to be held in Buffalo, 
June 8-13, 
Those who saw Du Bray go into ecstasies over the victory of the 
Parker gun in the Grand American Handicap of 1896 will be glad to 
learn that his temperature was normal on the morning of March 30. 
He was, however, still repeating "First and second with 102 competi- 
tors!" 
The third competition of the New Jersey Trap-Shootera' League 
will be held on the grounds of the South Side Gun Club, Newark, N. 
J., on Tuesday. April 21. Sweepstakes at 10 A. M. ; league team race 
at 2 P. M. 
At the last monthly live-bird shoot for the club cup donated by the 
West S'de Gun Club, of Topeka, Kan., the cup was won by J. C. Clark 
with the score of 14 out of 15 live birds. The birds were a good lot, 
but a driving snowstorm from the east bothered them a good deal. 
Forest and Stream's tournament squad pads are just what you 
need when you want to run a tournament as it should be run. Taey 
save time, and time is money when it comes to throwing as many tar- 
gets as possible. Send for sample and prices. 
Our correspondents will readily appreciate the troubles that 
threaten to engulf the editor of these columns when they read the 
account of the Grand American Handicap, note the space it take3 up, 
and realize the amount of good matter that must be reposing in the 
pigeonholes of Mr flasfc, 
The E. C. Tournament. 
When the E. C. Powder Co. gave notice last fall that it intended 
giving a tournament at targets somewhere in the vicinity of New 
York city, adding $2,000 in cash to the purse3, it was very generally 
predicted that the tournament would in all probability break all rec- 
ords for attendance. There were many reasons why this should be: 
New York is a central paint for a section of the country that con- 
tains more trap-sh"oters to the square mile than any other porti >n of 
the United State ; everybody is glad of an excuse to come to New 
York, and §2,00 1 of added money is an excellent excuse; the popular- 
ity of Capt. A. W. Money and his son, Noel E. Money, was felt to be a 
big drawing card. All things considered, it did look as if the E. C. 
tournament of 1896, the first tournament on "the circuit," would be 
a monster affair. Since that time nothing has occurred to alter that 
opinion ; if anythiee. it has been strengthened. 
The tournament will be held at Quttenburg Park, N. J., one of the 
few places in this country absolutely perfect in all its details for the 
holding of a big tournament. It is very easily reached from New 
York city; ferries run frequently from the foot of Franklin and 
Porty-second streets to the Weehawken depot of the West Shore 
R, R.; it is then only about fifteen minutes by electric car to the park. 
Another way to reach Guttenburg Park is to take either one of three 
other ferries— foot of Barclay, Christopher or Fourteenth streets, 
New York— to theD , L & W. R. R. depot at Hoboken; electric cars 
wilt then land you at the park in from twenty to twenty-five minutes. 
When preparing its programme for this tournament, which is to 
take place May 5-8, the E. C. Co. felt that in view of the hospitality 
which has always been tendered trap-shooters from this section when 
visitmg other portions of the State, it would be doing the right thing 
if it gave the clubs of thid vicinity some chance to return that hospi- 
tality in kind. In response to an invitation from the company the fol- 
lowing gentlemen have signified their willingness to serve as an enter- 
tainment committee: 
T. H. Keller, Climax Gun Club; Col. R. Heber Breintnall, South- 
side Gun Club; Col. Ohas Lenone, Passaic Gun Club; Louis H. Schor- 
temeier. Emerald Gun Club; Harry Folsom, Elizabeth Gun Olub; 
Henry Thurman, Kevstone Shooting League; W. N. Drake, Maple- 
wood Gun Club; E. D. Miller, Union Gun Club; Paul A. Jeanneret, 
BollingSp rings Gun Club; August Sehmitt, New York German Gun 
Club; Wm. L. Davis, Worcester Gun Club; W. C. Gibb, Newburgh Gun 
Club; O. J. Loder, Peekskill Gun Club; Dr. Geo. E. Pool, New Utrecht 
Gun Club; the secretary, Riverside Gun Club, Red Bank, N. J. 
The programme is the same for each day of the tournament, with a 
single exception as stated later: it is therefore only necessary to give 
the first day's list of events: Nos. 1, 2, 3, 7 and 8 are 20 targets, un- 
known angles, $3 entrance, $40 added in each event; these events are 
termed the "regular events." Nos. 4,5 and 6 are the "championship 
events" and are respectively at 25 targets, unknown angles, $3.50 en- 
trance. $R5 added; 25 targets, expert rules, one man up, one shot and 
retire, S3. 50 entrance, $65 added; 15 pairs, $3 50 entrance, 865 added. 
The exception referred to above is in No, 6, which is at 10 pairs on tne 
last two days of the shoot instead of 15 pairs. The total number of 
targets callei for each day is 180 on the first and second days, 170 on 
the third and fourth days; total amount of entrance money each day 
is §25.50, with $395 added to the purses on every day of the tourna- 
ment. 
The "championship events" will carry out the scheme suggested by 
Forest and btream for finding the shooter who is entitled to the honor 
of styling himself the "champion of the world at inanimate targets." 
To gain that title the shooter will have to make the highest aggregate 
score in events Nos. 4, 5 and 6 on each day of the shoot; that means 
that he will have to fire at 100 targets, unknown angles; 100 targets, 
expert rule, one-man up. 5 unknown traps; and at 50 pairs. 
ThiB schedule makes 300 targets at the different styles of shooting 
most generally recognized in the gun. dubs of the United States. A 
SfiYer cup, value, poq, wi» be gjyen to WW thftt makes; the 
"grand aggregate" in these events. This cup will be a challenge 
trophy to be held under certain conditions that are fully set forth in 
the programme. The company wishes it to be fully understood that 
it bars nobody and no powder (except black powder) in any event shot 
durins the four days of its tournament. 
An important feature in these "championship events'" is defined in 
the following notes in the programme: "Of the net purse in Events 4, 
5, 6, in each day's programme, 10 per cent, will be taken to create a 
championship fund. The challenge trophy (a silver cup, value $300) 
and 25 per cent of this fund to go to the shooter scoring the highest 
aggregate number of breaks in the above events. Fifty per cent, of 
the balance to be divided equally between the next four high guns, 
the remaining 50 per cent, of the balance being divided equally be- 
tween the next six high guns." This fund will act efficiently as a suit- 
able balm for disappointed shooters who have shot well up in the 
race. 
Of course there is also an "average money fund." This amounts to 
$150 and will be divided as follows among those shooting in every pro- 
gramme event during the entire four days: First $20, second $20, 
third $20, fourth $20, fifth $15, sixth $15, seventh $10, eighth $10, ninth 
$10, tenth $10. 
Hotel headquarters will be the Bartholdi Hotel, Broadway and 
Twenty-third street, New York city, where a special low rate has been 
made for shooters. All purses at this tournament will be divided in 
5 moneys— 30, 25 20, 15 and 10 per cent. Under the head of "general 
information" comes the statement, "Black powder and 10-gauge guns 
birred." Under the same head comes the following: 
"Four sets of traps will be run continuously during the whole tour- 
nament: two sets of empire trap3 and targets under the supervision 
of C C. Hebbard, and two sets of blue rock traps and targets under 
the supervision of Paul North. Traps will be ready for practice on 
Monday, May 4. W. Fred Quimby, 294 Broadway, New York, cordially 
invites all sportsmen to make his office their headquarters during the 
tournament. Shells sent by express to Mr. Quimby's address will be 
delivered to the shooting grounds. 
"The management of the tournament will be in the hands of Elmer 
E Shaner, Pittsburg, Pa., assisted by John Parker, Detroit, Mich, W. 
R Hobart, of the Elizabeth Gan Club, will officiate as cashier, and W. 
M. Parker, of the same club, will be the assistant cashier. 
"Mamphis tournament. — A special Pullman ear will leave for the 
Memphis tournament via the Royal Blue and Shenandoah Valley 
Route from foot of Liberty street. New York city, on Saturday, May 
9, at 3:30 P. M. Reduced rates have been secured." 
Boston Shooting Association. 
Boston, March 25. — The above club held its weekly shoot to-day 
under very unfavorable conditions, the wind blowing a perfect gale 
and making terrible slaughter with the scores. The merchandise 
match gave the following results: Gordon first. Spencer second, 
Sewell third,Williams fourth, Chester fifth, Sheffield and Horace sixth, 
Lewis and MorBe seventh. Scores: 
Events: 1 2 S U 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 IS 13 lk 15 16 17 }S 
Targets: 5 6 10 5 6 10 5 10 10 5 6 10 10 6 10 10 10 5 
Gordon 258147469228549483 
Sheffield 2 0 5 1 2 6 0 5 3 2 2 
8ewell 226.. 48136285669882 
Morse 0 2 4.. 1 5 0 5 2 1.. .. . . 
Chester 324216 3 581054326 '4 'g 
Horace 3 5 4 2 1 .. .. 3 .. 3 4 
Lewis 5 3 0 0 3 5 3 4 7 5*2 
Williams 5 5 4 1 4 4 1 3... 0 
Spencer 2 6 3 3 8 8 3 8 6 9 2 
Events Nos. 6, 8, 9, 13, 15, 17 at regular angles; Nos. 3, 12, 16 at re- 
versed angles- Nos. 1, 7, 10, 18, unknown; N08, ?, 5, 1J. 14, double; N, 0 ' 
4, Nttwy shooting, ■ ' ; ' 
