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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 2, 1896. 
Western Traps. 
THE COOK COUNTY LEAGUE, 
Chtcugo, HI., April 25.— Pleasant weather and a fine attendance 
marked the initial shoot of the Bummer series of the Cook County- 
League, the central organization of the Chicago trap-shooting clubs. 
Should interest be sustained, as there seems no reason to doubt it will 
be there will be high cause for congratulation upon the idea of this 
union of the target clubs into one friendly body for competitive and 
social purposes, and there should be much benefit derived from the 
combination by all concerned in the sport of trap-shooting in this 
citv 
This first shoot was held at the grounds of the Garfield Gun Club, 
which proved ample to accommodate comfortably all present. By the 
middle of the afternoon the grounds presented a goodly and well-filled 
appearance to those passing by upon the electric railway, and Indeed 
sweepstake shooting began there at shortly after 10 A. M. and was 
kept up all day. At the sweep scores the records show that some 85 
men shot at 85 targets each during the afternoon, this quite aside 
from the League event 
In the regular League contest there were six clubs represented — 
Eureka, Garfield, Cicero, Calumet Heights, Douglas and Garden City. 
Under the conditions each club may enter three teams if it wishes to 
do so, there being three classes, A, B and C, as earlier described in 
ihese columns. Of the clubs represented to-day only one, Eureka 
Club, had a team on hand for each class. Garfield Club had two 
teams, A and B; Calumet Heights had two, B and O; Cicero Club had 
alBo two teams, B and C; Garden City had one team, B class, and 
Douglas Gun Club one, C class. This made eleven teams to shoot in 
all and it might have been well had the shooting begun at an earlier 
hour than 2.30 P. M , as the day was well spent by the time the final 
scores were in. Eddie Bingham referred the shooting very satisfac- 
torily, and the scoring was done by Mr. E. B. Knott, the League sec- 
The conclusion of the first contest shows Eureka Club ahead in the 
race for the principal trophy, the Musaey A class medal. The same club 
leads in B class for the Montgomery Ward Co. medal, but in C class loses 
to Douglas Club, which had but the one class represented ; this in spite 
of the fact that Dr. Miller, one of the'Eureka C men, made the A class 
showiog of 23 out of his 25 birds. It is, however, too early to begin 
any predicting, and the best wish of all is for a close finish at the end 
of the season. The shoot for the month of MBy falls for Eureka 
^The^League has secured a great many special and merchandise 
prizes, the Disposition of which has not yet been fully agreed upon,* 
but which will be distributed equitably and lavishly later on, moat of 
these depending on season averages. A special prize of a drum of 
Du Pont powder was offered by Mr. E. S. Rice, agent, to-day for the 
lowest men in the respective clubs, such low men to shoot off at 5 
birds. Dr. Meek, Weed, W. A. Jones and 8. Palmer shot off thus, and 
Weed, of Cicero, won with 3 out of his 5. The following are the scores 
of the League events: For the Cook County League Club classified 
championships, six-men teams, at 25 targets per man: 
Patterson llllOlillllllllllllOlllOO — 21 
Goodrich 1111111111011001011111011-20 
H Carson.! 1110111111111111001101011— 20 
Steck 1111111011111011011111111—22 
Bingham 1110111101110111111011110—20 
F P Stannard 1101111111111101111111111—23—126 
Garfield 
Dr Rhaw 1111111101111111111111111—24 
W Palmer 1110011110111111111110111—21 
Dr Hodson 1110011010011011101111101—17 
M L Bowers 1110010010111100110111111-17 
TP Hicks ' 1101110110111111111111111—22 
O von Lengerke 1111111100111111011111111—22—123 
Class B— Eureka. 
JW Lewis 1111111011110101100100101—17 
Buck 1110111001100110001111111—17 
Dr Carson." 0111101001111110100111111—18 
D ering " 1111111100101001111110101—18 
Glover 1111111111011111111011111—23 
Shepha'rd - .0111111000101011111111011—18—110 
Garfield. 
n r jieek 1110001100011001001110000—12 
A Fehrman". 0111111110111101010101111-19 
8 Palmer 0011110010110011000010110—12 
DrLiddv 1111011100101110101001101 18 
R Kuss 101 1001101110010110111111—17 
CP Richards 1011101110011111111111001—19 - 97 
Cicero, 
EE Fox 0111110010010111111011000-15 
M J Low'r'ey 0111111110100111011110110—18 
E B Knott 0001011001011111001010001—12 
F J Cooper 0000111000011111110010001—18 
Cheesman "' 1010111001111101111001110-17 
Kettlestrin'gs. 0111000101110111001110111—16 -90 
Calumet HeightB. 
G Marshall 1100011101101110101001111-16 
WMetcalf ' 1010111111101100100001001-14 
R A Turtle" 1111111001111011110111101—20 
SM Booth' ' 1011101111111 U0100110100— 17 
G C Laniphere.' 1110100111111011111111100-19 
F S Lewis. 110100100101l0u0l00ul0110-ll— 97 
Garden City. 
W S Cutler 1110111011111100100110000-15 
R W Rexford OOlOllOUlOOllll'HnOlOOlO -13 
O C Kemp 0111110111111111111101110-21 
J H Am berg 1100011111101111111111111-21 
Knowles 1001101011000100111111011-15 
Drake 1001100111111011110111011—18—103 
Class C— Eureka. 
Thacker 1110101010101110001111001—15 
Geo Arrey , 0111101111101100111101111—19 
Miller . 1111111111011110111111111—23 
Buck'" . 1100111000011110000011111—16 
W A Jones 1010010110001110101010100-12 
J L Jones 0101100101111010011100011—14-100 
Calumet Heights. 
C D Wescott 1111110111110111010101101-19 
Dans 0000100110111000011011000—10 
A P Harper. . . '. 0001100001001101000001100— 8 
H Greeley 01001 1100101 101101 1 1011 1 1—16 
Whitman lOOlllOOOOlOOOOOOOOOOOOOO— 5— 58 
Only five men shot. 
Cicero. 
Matthews , 1110101100001000111110101 14 
Barnard 0011010100111111001101100—14 
Weed 0100100111001010000110011— 11 
Lawler 1001111111101111011110111—20 
Goether 01110101 10010111011110111—18 
W Cheesman 1010111111110011010110001—16 - 93 
Douglas. 
D Carter 1111111111011111111111111-24 
J Murphy 1111011111111110101011011-20 
P L Petrie 1111111100110100000101111—16 
Molony 1111110101111010110111000-17 
B Barco 1110011111111010111101111—20 
M J Eichs 1111110110011110111111111—21—118 
DOUGLAS GUN CLUB TROPHY CONTESTS. 
The Douglas Gun Club will shoot for trophies A and B'.&t the club's 
grounds, Jackson and West Fifty-second streets, according to the 
following schedule: May 2, 13, 30; June 6, 17; July 11, 22; August 1, 12, 
22: Sept. 12,23; Oct. 3. 
Shoots for trophies at 25 birds a man. Each member must partici- 
pate in at least eight of the fourteen shoots. Trophy A is valued at 
§25 and Trophy B at $20. Ladies' day will be on Aug. 1. 
ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION MATTERS, 
The executive committee of the Illinois State Association thinks 
they are certain to have a great shoot next June, and predict some 
record breaking entries. The special prize of a Cashmere gun valued 
at $300 will be offered in a 20-bird $20 contest, live birds, open only to 
members of the State Association, though open to the world so far as 
the sweep only is concerned. It is thought best to restrict the gun 
contest to the Association members in the hope of awakening greater 
Association interest among outside clubs, and the latter should be 
represented in force. In the same contest there will be a second prize 
of either an L. C. Smith $100 gun or a bicycle of like value, besides 
other merchandise attractions of merit and value. No doubt we shall 
see a big attendance at the old Chicago annual. E. Hough. 
1206 Boyoe Building, Chicago. 
49 straight. Altogether it was the best exhibition of trap-shooting 
that we have had in Worcester for some time. 
The scores in the 3-men team races for team badges were as below, 
the No. 2 teams of the Worcester Sportsmen's Club and the Boston 
Shooting Association making scores of 27 out of 30: 
Worcester Sportsmen's Club, team No. 2: A. W. Walls 10, R. C. 
Walls 8, V. D. Kenerson 9-27. 
Boston Shooting Association, team No. 2: Bennett 10, Sanborn 9, 
Sawyer 8-27. 
Boston Shooting Association, team No. 1: O. R. Dickey 9, B. Leroy 
9, Puck 8-26. 
Worcester Gun Club, team No. 1 : Clason 10, Kinney 8, Hoyle 8—26. 
Worcester Sportsmen's Club, team No. 1: W. L. Davis 9, C. E. Fore- 
hand 9, J. T. Mascroft 7—25. 
Lynn Gun Club: Martin 9, Judklns 8, Alley 6—23. 
Worcester Gun Club, team No. 2: T. Davis 7, Parker 7, Tougas 7 
—23. 
The scores in the sweepstake events were as follows, No. 10 being 
the contest for the individual badge: 
Massachusetts State Shooting Association. 
Worcester, Mass., April 15.— The seventh monthly shoot of the 
Massachusetts State Shooting Association was held to-day on the 
grounds of the Worcester Gun Club, ihe day was a perfect one and 
consequently scores ran high. Quite. a number of the new members 
of the shooting fraternity were in attendance and shot in some of the 
events, making a good showing against such old war horses as Dickey, 
Leroy, Bennett, Davis, Mascroft, Kennerson and Climax. Among the 
new men who distinguished themselves were John Tougas, vice-presi- 
dent of the home club, who broke 19 out of 20 in the individual badge 
race, that being the best score in the event, and Earl Ide, who broke 
North Troy Rod and Gun Club 
North Troy, Vt., April 17.— The North Troy Rod and Gun Club met 
to-day at its grounds for the first time since the organization of the 
club. Many of the members had never shot at bluerocks before to- 
day. Although the scores were not up to professional standard, there 
was plenty of enthusiasm, and every one voted the opening shoot a 
great success and were loud In praise of trap-shooting as a sport. A 
team shoot, 6 men on a team, was gotten up, each man Bhooting at 10 
targets. Dr. Page's team won easily by the score of 38 to 30. Follow- 
ing are the scores: 
Events: 
Targets: 
12345678 9 10 
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 so 
Dickey.,, , 10 10 9 
Leroy 9 8 10 
Forehand..... 9 10 10 
Rule 7 10 9 
Climax 9 10 10 
Bennett.. 6 8 7 
RO Walls 10 9 9 
Kennerson, 9 9 10 
Puck 10 10 9 
OWBurbank 7 8 8 
Davis 10 9 10 
EBBurbank 10 9 8 
Howe 9 
Rule 7 
Sanborn, .............a. ...... 8 
Mason 8 
Snow. 9 
Bucklin.. 8 
Mascroft 10 
Martin ..... 9 
Ide 8 
Fox., , .... ■»••■.•■.■•..•■*■■.. ■(•■■. 9 
Kinney 9 
Tougas 7 
Smith 9 
Goodell 
Hoyle 
A W Walls 
Clason 
Swell 
8 9 10 
9 10 8 
8 8 10 
9 10 6 
9 10 8 
7 10 9 
6 6 7 
10 9 7 
7 8 9 
8 10 9 
7 9 9 
9 9 10 
9 10 6 
7 6 9 
10 
7 
9 
9 8 8 18 
8 10 10 18 
9 10 8 15 
8 8 10 18 
7 9 10 17 
0 7 10 18 
8 6 7 11 
9 9 10 16 
9 7 8 18 
Dr Page's Team. 
Dr Page 1011111111—9 
E F Touschette. ..0111111011— 8 
A Aiken 1011001011—6 
H H Lewis 1100001111—6 
O W Fowler 1111000010—5 
W T Burnap 0001011001—4—38 
Other events were as follows: 
No. 1, 10 targets, unknown angles: Page and Warner 8, Burnap 7, 
E. O. Hadlock 6, Fowler, Ewins and J. W. Jackson 4, Seaver and Dr. 
Horan 3, Wallace 2. 
No. 2, 6 targets, unknown angles: Ewins 5, Page, Warner and Bur- 
nap 3, Lewis 2, Wallace and Aiken 1. C. 0. Fowler, Sec'y. 
Capt Barrow's Team. 
C P Ewins 1100111101—7 
David Wallace. . . .0101111010—6 
C Q Fowler 1000110101—5 
D E Warner 1110101000—5 
C Barrows 0010010011—4 
E T Seaver 0000010011—3—30 
7 7 
7 10 
10 7 
8 10 9 
7 9 8 
8 10 10 
7 9 9 
10 10 
6 .. 
8 ,. 
7 .. 
8 8 17 
8 9 17 
8 8 18 
9 8 16 
8 10 18 
8 9 17 
6 7 17 
9 8 14 
7 9 16 
9 13 
9 13 
9 18 
. 14 
6 17 
. 19 
8 5 3 4.. 9 
9 8 8 6 7 17 
10 
10 
10 
Parker 
Carey , 
Whitemore. 
T Davis 
Lincoln 
8 10 10 8 10 17 
8 8 7 . . 5 15 
., .. 2 .. 1 .. 
17 
7 
No notice taken of anonymous communications 
H. H. K., Brooklyn.— The open season on Long Island for snipe and 
rail is July 1 to Dec. 31 ; for meadow hen Dec. 31 to Aug. 16. * 
J. O. 8.— The New York black bass season will open on May 30. The 
woodcock season in New York will open Aug. 16; in Pennsylvania 
July 4. 
D. R., Montreal.— I have some loon skins that I would like to cure. 
How can I get rid of the fat that covers them inside? Ans. Coat the 
skins with whiting mixed to the consistency of paste, and let this re- 
main for twenty-four hours. Afterward remove with pumice stone, 
which will leave the skin perfectly clean. 
M. D., Minturn, Colo.— We are very anxious to know where there 
are good reliable kennels, where we can get Chesapeake Bay retriever 
puppies, to correspond with them regarding this breed of dogs, and 
did not know of any place as reliable as yourselves for obtaining this 
information. There are several parties in this section wanting these 
dogs, and we will have none but those subject to registration. Please 
let me know of at least two, as the probabilities are we will want to 
breed these, so will get them of different strains. Ans.— Address the 
Oak Grove Kennels, Moodus, Conn. 
Michigan Trap-Shooters' League. 
Zeeland, Mich., April 22.— The first meeting of Michigan Trap- 
Shooters 1 League for 1896 was held here yesterday and to-day on the 
grounds of tbe Zeeland Rod and Gun Club. The club had its grounds 
in good shape, while the traps, targets, electric pull and electric bells 
worked very well indeed. We had made preparations for a large at- 
tendance, but the two days of rain prior to the shoot undoubtedly 
kept many shooters away. The wind also blew a perfect gale, caus- 
ing a great many low scores, particularly in the State medal contests. 
Ben. O. Bush, of Kalamazoo, won the expert medal; R. Widdicomb, 
of Grand Rapids, secured the semi-expert medal, while A. Smits, of 
the home club, took the amateur medal. 
Four teams shot for the diamond trophies: Grand Rapids, Pontiac, 
Holland and Zeeland. The Grand Rapids team— Walton, Widdicomb 
and Holcomb— won the event. 
The special cash prizes offered for the best averages on tfce two 
day 8' shoot were disposed of as follows: Ralph Trimble, of Coving- 
ton, Ky., won first; Ben. O. Bush won second; Walton, of Grand 
Rapids, taking third. Ralph Trimble carried off the major part of 
the purses in the sweepstake events. On the second day he was han- 
dicapped, allowing the other contestants an extra target. 
The meeting with one exception, the comparatively small number of 
outside shooters, was a thorough success. Mr. Young, of Grand 
Rapids, acted as referee, giving the best of satisfaction. In fact, the 
shoot ran smoothly from start to finish. The scores in the different 
events are given below: 
FIRST DAY'S SCORES. 
Events: 123456789 10 11 
Targets: 10 15 SO IB 25 15 SO 15 10 10 SB 
Karsten 4 7 13 10 14 6 8 8 5 3 19 
Walton 7 10 12 13 15 10 13 12 9 6 14 
Widdicomb 8 12 13 11 19 7 18 12 5 5 13 
Bush 8 11 15 13 . . 9 15 11 7 6 17 
Holcomb 9 9 16 12 17 12 13 12 5 5 15 
Trimble 10 14 17 14 .. 15 14 12 10 6 16 
Thomas 9 9 18 12 17 12 10 . . 6 . . 13 
Van Eyck 9 10 14 10 19 11 14 10 9 5 13 
A Smith 8 11 15 .... 11 13 8 .. 6 13 
Osmun 9 12 12 13 17 10 11 12 5 6 9 
DaRoo 5 7 .. 10 16 9 .. .. 6 .. 8 
Mokma 5 7 11 8 17 8 14 6 7 3 12 
North 9 11 14 10 17 10 12 11 7 5 15 
No. 5 was the State team race, three men to a team. The team 
totals were: 
Grand Rapids. 
Walton 0111010111 101001010011101—15 
Holcomb 0101111101010111110001111—17 
Widdicomb 1101011111111111101110001—19—51 
Holland. 
Thomas 1111101100011100010111111—17 
De Roo. 1111011001111101100100110—16 
Mokma 0011101110111011110010111—17—50 
Pontiac. 
Osmon 0101010101101011110111111—17 
Webb 0001100001010011100110001—10 
North'.'.'. .'. .1101111011011110011110001— 17— 44 
Zeeland. 
Baert 0010110101011100011101011—14 
Van Evck 1111011111111100101101011—19 
Karsten 1011C011 10001011011100110-14-47 
SECOND day's scores. 
On the second day the main event was No. 6 on the programme, the 
inaividual badge contests. The scores in this event are given as fol- 
lows: „ 
Expert. 
Holcomb lOOOllOlOOOlOw 
Bush 1111110011111110101111111-81 
North! " 1111001010110000111110101-15 
Semi-expert. 
Karsten 1110111110101111101011011—19 
Wa i t on " 1110111011101110111010111—19 
Widdicomb 1110111011001111111111101-20 
Osmun .....' 1000111111111011111110110-19 
Van Evck .'..1111011001111001111111001-18 
Thomas , . .1101101001101001001001100— 12 
Arleth 1000111010101011011110010—18 
Be Roo" 0101110011101011111111111—19 
Baert ' 0001111011000110111100101-14 
Hollev 0011101111001101001010111-15 
A Smith 1111111110101110101111110—20 
Krans " 1010111101011100111001011—16 
DeKruif 1001110100111101011001100—14 
Fisher ' OOIOOIOIIOIOOOOOIOOOOIOOO— 7 
Heasley ! 001001 1111010000101 10001 1—12 
The scores in all the programme events were as below: 
Events: 1 » 3456 789 10 
Targets: 15 to 10 15 15 So 15 SO 10 10 
Karsten 6 14 9 13 12 19 13 15 4 12 
Walton 11 18 9 15 13 19 11 19 7 13 
Widdicomb 18 14 9 14 13 20 12 16 3 14 
Bush 14 19 9 13 15 21 13 14 5 11 
Holcomb 11 16 8 10 13 w 7 .. 4 .. 
Trimble 18 17 8 14 15 .. 10 17 8 15 
Osmun 10 17 9 14 12 19 
North 10 15 10 13 8 15 
Van Eyck 11 11 8 .. 7 18 8 .. 5 8 
De Roo 8 .. 10 9 13 19 9 16 .. .. 
Thomas 6 .. 7 9 10 12 14 
A. DE Kruik 
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Signs of the Times. 
If the present LoDg Island Sound line travel is any indication of 
what is to follow, the traffic via that great highway during the com- 
ing summer season will exceed any thing heretofore known. 
The magnificent Priscilla and Puritan are in commission on the Fall 
River Line for the season, having taken the place of the Plymouth 
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On Monday last the Puritan was called upon to accommodate over 
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son of the year, in fact when the number on board is less than eight 
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The American Medical Congress 
Will convene at Atlanta, Ga., May 5 to 8. This convention will be 
largely attended from the Eastern and New England States. The 
Southern Railway, "Piedmont Air Line," is the direct line from the 
East to Atlanta, making the trip from New York in less than 24 
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Broadway.— Adv. 
Smokeless Ammunition. 
The Union Metallic Cartridge Company has issued under date of 
April 20 a revised price list of smokeless powder metallic cartridges, 
which includes most of the sizes us^d by rifle and revolver shooters. 
The completeness of the list of ammunition now turned out by the 
U. M. C. Co. may be judged from the fact that forty-three different 
cartridges are included. 
Memphis Tournament. 
A special Pullman car 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 5 P. M. Reduced rates 
have been secured. For information apply to J. E. Prindle, New 
York Passenger Agent, 317a Broadway, New York; or L. J. Ellis, 
Eastern Passenger Agent, 317a Broadway, New York. 
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W. H. Mullins, the metal boat man of Salem, O., has furnished 
President Cleveland with an aluminum ducking boat weighing 301ba 
