May 9, 1896.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
387 
The Joplin Tournament, 
Joplin, Mo., April 30.— The special car that left Omaha, Neb., for 
Joplin on Saturday morning, April 35, contained a delegation to the 
Joplin tournament that was both large and influential. Among the 
I number on the car were: Tom Marshall, of Keithsburg, III., with Mrs. 
and Miss Maud Marshall; Milt and Mrs. M. F. Lindsley, Rolla Heikes, 
Fred Gilbert, C. W. Budd, Charlie Grimm, A. D. Linderman, W. G. 
i Sergeant, 8. A. Tucker. Col, A. G. Courtney, T. R. Kinmouth, G. M. 
» Walden, C. A. Young and B. F. Wilson, agent of K. C. , P. & G. R. R. 
j at Joplin. Airy Lon Hardt joined the party at Atchison. 
•, ; We arrived in KansaB City about 6 P. M., and stopped there all night. 
At Kansas City occurred the only thing that marred the pleasure of 
I the trip: All guns and baggage were left in the oar over night, as 
i everybody imagined they would be safe. Mrs. Lindsley was uneasy 
i about her gun and wanted Milt to take it along; this, however, was 
I not done, Mrs. Lindsley being assured that the guns, etc., would be 
i perfectly safe. During the night, however, some one broke into the 
fear and stole both Milt's and Mrs. Lindsley's guns, the two guns being 
■all that was taken. Wanda felt extremely badly on the loss of her 
Ipet weapon. 
I We left Kansas City on Sunday morning in lovely weather, a heavy 
Irainstorm during the night having laid the dust. Oar trip to Joplin 
Iwas consequently a delightful one. Reaching Joplin at 6:80 P. M , we 
I were met by a delegation headed by Mayor E. D. Porter, who, besides 
I being chief executive of the city, is president of the local gun club. 
■The Keystone Hotel was headquarters for shooters, and Manager G. 
J H. Ruddy made things pleasant for us. 
PRELIMINARY WORK. 
On Monday, April 27, some preliminary work was done in the way of 
j practice. The weather was extremely sultry and everybody com- 
I plained of the heat. In the sweeps shot on this day Fred Gilbert car- 
Iried off the honors. 
I Shooters kept arriving all day on Monday and all Monday night. 
I By the time the shoot opened there were nearly three score shooters 
Ion hand. In addition to those already mentioned as coming to Joplin 
I in the special car, the following were in evidence: F. 8. Parmalee, J. 
I A. R. Elliott. Dave Elliott; G. D. Parker and J. W. Bryant, Rogers, 
I Ark.; G. W. and W. C. Beck. Pittsburg. Kan.; J. W. Sexton, L«aven- 
I worth, Kan.; F. E. Rogers, Hiawatha, Kan.; 0. F. Ellis, George Harris 
I' and B. H. Blockson, Eureka Springs, Ark.; T. J. Lisle, Aurora, Mo. ; 
IE. L. Fay, J. W. Jones and G. P. Hostinger, Springfield, Mo.; Herbert 
■ Taylor, St. Louis, Mo. ; E. D. Bike, W. S. McDonald and Charles Tippy, 
I Dayton, O.; A. D. Linderman, Adams, Neb.; G. D. Chitwood, Carl 
I Junction, Mo. ; Joe Clinkenbeard, Lamar, Mo. ; C. M. Sumner, Hugh 
■Leeman, J. W. Carney and J. L. Horn, Galena, Kan.; Dr. L. E. Day, 
{ Nevada, Mo. ; W. H. Allen, Pleasant Hill, Mo. ; Dr. D. W. King. C. H. 
b Calhoun and W. W. Mclihany, Weir City. Kan.; T. F. Norton, Kansas 
■ City, Mo.; O. J. Pease, Rose Hill, Kan.; Ben Best, Columbus, Kan ; J. 
■ P. Easton, Monroeville, O.; John J. Sumpter, Jr. (the only Arkansas 
■Traveler), Hot Springs, Ark.; C. F. Reust, Frankfort, Kan.; George 
, Peterson, Coon Rapids, la.; Hall, Water ville, Kan., etc. 
EVERYTHING WiCLL ARRANGED. 
The tournament was held on the club grounds, which are located 
i about one mile from the center of the city, though within its limits. 
a They are easy of access, electric cars running within about 100yds. of 
I them. When I arrived on the grounds I was immediately struck by 
■the complete manner in which everything was arranged. Manager 
■Huntley had worked incessantly for ten days prior to the shoot to 
■have everything . In order, and had succeeded admirably. Not only 
•were the arrangements complete, but his corps of assistants were 
I about the best drilled I have ever seen. From the referees and scorer 
■ down to the trappers every one understood his business and attended 
• to it strictly. The refereeing of Mr. Murphy on the lower set of traps 
J was absolutely impartial, and he received many a well-deserved com- 
Ipliment. The cashier's department was well taken care of, heing 
lunder the personal supervision of Mr. Tim Molloy. This department 
• was conducted on a par with the rest of the shoot. The culinary de- 
I partment was also well taken care of, being also in charge of a mem- 
iber of the club, Mr. Taylor Cox, who knew what he was about and 
I who looked after the boys well. In addition to seeing to it that the 
• shooters got all they wanted at reasonable prices, the club kept open 
I house, welcoming its guests in a most hospitable manner. 
I There were three sets of traps in position, all empires, and of course 
1 the same kind of targets were used. There were, however, but two of 
■the three sets used, as the attendance was hardly what the club had 
I a right to expect with the inducements that were offered. A very 
I novel feature here was an arrangement for signaling tithe shooter 
a that the trap was ready after it had failed to go or the target had been 
t broken by it. This consisted of a little bell placed in front of the score 
I just opposite No. 3 trap, connected with a battery and with a wire 
I running to each trap. When the boy reloaded he touched the button 
and set the bell ringing, thus telling the shooter that everything was 
ready. This did away with the yelling to the trapper and added much . 
to the pleasure of the shoot. Taking everything into consideration, 
this was a little the best conducted shoo.t I have ever attended. The 
members of the club may well feel elated over the success of their 
maiden effort. It is too bad that the attendance was not large. 
THE WEATHER AGAINST TEEM. 
The weather on the first day was about as bad as could be imagined. 
The warm, sultry air of Monday was changed to cold, blustery 
weather; overcoats were in demand and the big fire in the club house 
was well patronized. The wind blew an awful gale, while heavy 
ji showers at intervals drenched everything and drove everybody under 
(shelter. With such conditions it is hardly to be wjndered at that the 
I targets took all sorts of flights and that averages were knocked sky 
) high. Fred Gilbert's average of 93.1 was something most remarkable, 
jFred beating Rolla Heikes by 10 targets. 
On Wednesday the weather was a repetition of that of Tuesday, but 
Ion this occasion Rolla beat Gilbert by 7 targets, leaving Gilbert 3 in 
■the lead for the $50 cash given for first average. The E. C. cup shot 
Ifor on this day is referred to elsewhere. 
I The third and last day of the shoot opened favorably, being bright 
land clear. It soon clouded up. however, with plenty of wind blowing. 
■Fred Gilbert developed a most remarkable streak, losing only 4 tar- 
Igets out of 150 shot at, winding up the day with an average of 97.7 per 
Icent. Sexton and Sergeant also struck their gaits, both men doing 
psome splendid shooting. Sexton broke 152 out of 160, Sergeant break- 
ling 151 out of the same number. Gilbert's work on this day gave him 
la cinch on first money in the averages. The following table gives the 
GENERAL AVERAGES 
lof those who shot through the entire programme: 
Shot Shot 
Broke. Av. at. Broke. Av. 
at. 
(Gilbert . ... 4S0 445 
iHeikes 480 436 
Sexton .....480 416 
iParmalee 480 412 
McDonald 480 411 
(Sergeant 480 403 
K3rimm 480 401 
TOaston...., 480 396 
[Linderman. 480 395 
ffiUiott 480 393 
Dalhoun ,.430 390 
Av. 
93.7 
90.8 
86.6 
85.8 
85.6 
83.9 
83.5 
82.5 
82,2 
81.8 
81.2 
THE OWL SHOOT 
Young 480 389 81 
Marshall 480 382 79 5 
Rogers 480 377 78.5 
Budd 480 376 78.3 
Tippy 4R0 374 77.9 
Erhardt 480 359 71 7 
Sumpter 480 346 72.1 
Sumner 480 345 71.8 
Kinmouth 480 332 69 1 
Rike 450 325 67.7 
I The last event on the programme was the O wl trophy team contest. 
Conditions of this event were: Three-men teams; every man to be 
pltgible must be a member of a regularly organized gun club of Kau- 
nas or Missouri, but all members of teams need not be members of 
same club. The trophy is a stuffed owl, its intrinsic value increasing 
B5 per annum. This year it was worth $55 to the winning team, 
junder the conditions of the race each man shoots at 30 targets— 10 
known angles, 10 unknown angles and 10 unknown traps and angles 
poplin team No. 1 captured the trophy with the score of ?6 out of 90 
us below: 
lergeant . 
Einmouth 
3ox. 
Joplin Team No. 1. 
Un- 
Known known Ex- 
angles, angles, perts. 
.8 
9 
..8 
Horn 
Allen... 
Sumner 
Galena. 
Un- 
known Ex- 
angles, perts. 
10 7—26 
Known 
angles. 
9 
7 
7 
10 
8 
Scratch Team. 
iexton.. 9 9 
firhardt 9 H 
iogers 6 8 
Weir City. 
Mhoun 8 8 
flcllhany 9 8 
jeeman ......5 6 
10- 
7-25 
9-25 
76 
Joplin No. 2. 
10—28 Beck 8 7 
7— 24 A Dixon 6 ti 
9-23 C Dixon G 7 
75 
Scratch Team. 
10—26 Murray 6 5 
8— 25 Querton 5 6 
8—19 Price 6 5 
,0 
■24 
-20 
70 
8- 23 
9— 23 
6-19 
65 
6—17 
3—14 
2—13 
44 
The story of the shoot so far as relates to the scores in the pro- 
gramme events is best told by the tables given below: 
FIRST DAY'8 SCORES. 
There were 57 shooters on the grounds to-day, but of that number 
>nly 29 shot through the entire programme. Fred Gilbert led with 
he very high average 93.1. No one was near him, Heikes baing sec- 
3 with 86.8, a remarkably low average for him. Scores; 
Events: 
13345678 
Gilbert 20 
Heikes 14 
Grimm..., 17 
Easton 20 
8ergeant 18 
Sexton , 17 
Parmalee 12 
McDonald 15 
Linderman 17 
Young 17 
Elliott 18 
Calhoun 16 
Rogers , 15 
Liles 13 
Tippy 15 
Rike 17 
Sumner 13 
Marshall. 10 
Jones , 12 
Erhardt 13 
Reust,.. , 12 
Budd 11 
Sumpter 13 
Bryant 17 
Kinmouth 14 
Lindsley 12 
Leeman. 10 
Best 9 
Fay.., 11 
Wilson 13 
Carney 9 
Cox 14 
Peterson 14 
O Dixon 12 
Parks 9 
Morton, 10 
Cragin 10 
Ellis 12 
Harris 6 
Morgan 9 
A Dixon 11 
Tucker 15 
Courtney. 14 
W O Beck 8 
Molloy 11 
Taylor 9 
Bloxson 8 
Thornton , 
W Q Beck 
Black well 
Allen 
Hall 
Stevenson 
Stein bach 
Horn 
Rchmerhorn 
Abbott 
18 17 18 
17 17 20 
18 16 15 
14 15 18 
17 13 16 
16 16 18 
19 18 14 
17 14 19 
13 16 16 
18 13 16 
18 17 15 
18 13 16 
12 16 16 
13 16 17 
17 16 15 
14 10 11 
13 20 15 
14 18 13 
18 18 20 
13 15 16 
13 15 15 
16 14 13 
14 9 15 
17 11 14 
13 10 14 
16 12 10 
9 10 9 
9 10 15 
14 11 10 
14 9 15 
18 8 .. 
15 17 14 
15 12 15 
10 .. .. 
12 13 11 
13 5 15 
17 15 16 
.. 11 .. 
10 .. 
14 10 
18 19 
19 17 
17 16 
18 15 
18 17 
16 18 
19 19 
14 18 
15 16 
14 15 
15 14 
13 18 
16 19 
17 15 
15 9 
14 18 
14 13 
11 16 
12 16 
15 15 
14 15 
13 12 
10 15 
12 14 
10 15 
10 15 
15 10 
13 10 
9 14 
14 .. 
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12 .. 
12 
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7 
13 
9 
17 
20 19 
16 19 
18 18 
16 18 
19 15 
13 18 
13 17 
16 18 
16 19 
18 17 
18 11 
14 17 
16 19 
16 14 
13 19 
13 18 
14 12 
15 16 
16 16 
15 18 
18 13 
18 13 
11 16 
7 11 
13 14 
10 12 
17 14 
5 10 
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16 .. 17 12 
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55 
SECOND DAT, APRIL 29. 
Notwithstanding the fact that the weather continued very unfavor- 
able, the entry lisc ran a trifle higher than yesterday, 61 being the 
number of shooters that took part in the programme events, aa 
against 57 yesterday. Heikes led in to-day's averages with a percent- 
age of 91.8, Fred Gilbert being nearest to him with 87.5. Scores fol- 
low: 
Events: 
Heikes 
Gilbert 
McDonald 
Parmalee , 
Budd 
Grimm 
Sexton 
JAR Elliott.. 
Hall 
Tucker 
Stevenson 
Calhoun 
L'nderman,,,, 
Cuurtney,...., 
Erhardt....... 
Allen 
Marshall 
E is ton 
Tippy 
Sumpter 
Young 
Sergeant 
Dave Elliott... 
Kinmouth 
Rogers 
Samner 
Cox 
Rike 
Peterson 
Leeman 
Norton 
Lindsley. ...... 
Jones., , 
Liles . . , . ; 
Greene 
Chitwood 
WCBeck 
Wilson 
Chinkerbrand . 
Day 
O Dixon 
Cragin 
Fay 
Best 
Molloy ........ 
Bryant 
Parks 
Harris, 
Pease 
Dixon , 
W J Beck 
Praim.. 
Porter 
Davidson 
Taylor 
Robinson 
Horn 
Redell 
Ritter , 
Henderson.... 
Wetherill 
13 3 45678 
20 18 18 
16 17 20 
15 14 18 
. 16 15 18 
13 19 17 
15 20 17 
17 16 16 
15 16 16 
18 15 16 
14 15 14 
, 12 14 15 
, 15 14 16 
17 12 16 
, 13 16 19 
17 16 15 
17 18 15 
16 14 11 
16 13 15 
13 13 18 
12 14 id 
10 14 17 
13 13 15 
17 15 10 
10 14 16 
17 12 8 
16 9 8 
14 15 10 
11 i3 10 
12 15 10 
11 12 16 
12 14 14 
15 12 13 
16 15 H 
11 7 12 
12 9 11 
11 .. .. 
13 
7 
9 .. 
8 15 .. 
14 U .. 
11 13 10 
10 14 9 
15 16 8 
10 .. .. 
15 15 13 
8 .. .. 
9 .. .. 
14 12 
11 .. .. 
13 
18 20 
16 18 
16 17 
19 16 
15 16 
17 17 
16 15 
17 17 
14 15 
17 13 
15 18 
15 16 
16 17 
16 17 
14 18 
15 14 
15 14 
15 16 
15 19 
17 16 
14 17 
16 15 
14 13 
9 16 
15 11 
18 14 
10 12 
15 14 
17 17 
11 14 
.. 17 
8 13 
11 13 
II 
16 19 18 
17 18 18 
19 18 19 
14 19 19 
18 17 19 
15 15 17 
17 17 18 
16 19 15 
16 19 17 
16 12 18 
19 17 18 
16 18 16 
19 13 15 
14 15 15 
14 13 17 
18 16 14 
19 19 16 
17 16 16 
14 16 14 
16 15 18 
14 17 17 
16 15 16 
15 18 14 
16 20 14 
14 16 19 
15 17 14 
17 14 18 
13 15 16 
15 16 '15 
15 13 14 
12 13 14 
14 15 13 
16 14 18 
.. ., 17 
10 
12 
9 .. .. 11 .. 
.. 8 .. .. 13 
14 14 12 . . 
. . 12 13 5 14 
... .. 11 .. 15 
8 
. . 13 10 10 14 
. . 13 18 15 14 
6 
16 16 15 16 13 
. 14 
11 13 14 .. 
6 .. 7 7 
. . 14 15 13 
.... 7 6 
13 
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Shot at. 
160 
169 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
16D 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
140 
160 
160 
80 
80 
20 
40 
40 
40 
80 
80 
120 
140 
100 
40 
140 
100 
40 
140 
20 
40 
20 
20 
20 
60 
60 
61 
40 
20 
20 
20 
Broke. 
147 
140 
136 
136 
134 
133 
132 
131 
130 
129 
128 
126 
125 
125 
124 
124 
124 
124 
122 
121 
120 
119 
116 
115 
112 
110 
110 
109 
117 
106 
98 
103 
119 
47 
43 
11 
25 
17 
12 
43 
49 
74 
77 
65 
18 
90 
68 
15 
102 
11 
27 
6 
9 
8 
38 
20 
42 
13 
13 
13 
8 
Per 
cent. 
91.8 
87.5 
85. 
85 
83.7 
83.1 
82.5 
81.7 
81.2 
80.6 
80 
78.7 
7S.1 
78.1 
77.5 
77.5 
77.5 
77.5 
76.2 
75.6 
75 
74.3 
72.5 
71.8 
70 
68.7 
68.7 
68.1 
73.1 
66.2 
68.5 
61.8 
74.3 
58.7 
58.7 
55 
62.5 
42.5 
30 
53.7 
60.1 
61.6 
55 
65 
45 
64.2 
68 
37.5 
72.8 
55 
67.5 
30 
45 
40 
63.3 
33.3 
70 
32.5 
65 
65 
40 
THE K. C. CUP CONTEST. 
The competition for the silver cup presented by the American E C 
Powder Company excited considerable interest. When the time came 
for the event this afternoon there were fully 400 speatators gathered 
in rear of the scores where it was to be decided. There was much 
speculation as to what would be the winning score, 45 being looked 
upon as an outside figure considering the gale that had been raging 
for the past two days, and playing havoc with the averages. How- 
ever, just before the first shot in the E. C contest was fired there 
came a lull, the gale moderating to a gentle breeze, which blew' softly 
while the race was on. Scores improved in consequence, some ex- 
ceedingly high figures being touched. 
The conditions were: 50 targets, unknown angles, $10 entrance 
$275 guaranteed, 6 moneys divided as follows: Cup and $100 to win- 
ner, $75 to second, $50 to third, $25 to fourth, $15 to fifth and $10 to 
sixth. To fill the guarantee the club had to add $25 and throw the 
targets for nothing, 
CHARLIE BUDD WITH 50 STRAIGHT. 
The winner was Charlie Budd, of Des Moines, la , who broke 50 
straight. Charlie's gun was a Parker, while he shot E. C. powder in a 
rapid shell. There was no question about any of his breaks ; he sim- 
ply pounded each target into dust. Fred Gilbert and Charlie Young 
divided second with 48 each. Heikes, McDonald, Grimm and Sumpter 
broke 47 and divided third money. The scores below show how the 
other moneys were divided. Only 7 out of 25 entries failed to get 
a place. Cox is a one-armed shooter, a member of the local club- 
his landing in sixth place with 44 out of 59 was exceedingly popular" 
Scores: 
0. W. Budd 50, Fred Gilbert and C. A. Young 48, Heikes, Grimm Mc- 
Donald and Sumpter 47, J. A. R. Elliott, Rike and Kinmouth 46, G W 
Sergeant, Linderman, Sexton and Hall 45, F. S. Parmalee, J. P. Easton' 
Tippy and Cox 44, Calhoun and Marshall 43, Rogers 42. Cragin, Steven- 
son and Sumner 37, Horn 36. 
THIRD DAT, APRIL 80. 
The list of entries fell off sadly to-day, only 38 shooters taking part 
in the regular programme events. Scores follow: 
Events: 1234S678 
Gilbert 19 20 20 19 19 19 20 20 
Sexton 20 20 18 20 20 19 18 17 
Heikes 20 19 17 19 20 18 17 20 
Marshall 19 17 17 18 19 19 19 17 
Parmalee 13 20 18 19 20 18 19 18 
McDonald 19 19 19 18 15 20 19 18 
L'nderman 17 18 19 18 15 19 20 16 
Mclihany 18 15 18 18 20 18 18 16 
Young 18 20 19 17 18 15 17 17 
R°g ers 19 18 18 18 17 19 16 16 
Calhoun. 20 16 17 17 16 19 16 18 
Easton ]6 17 15 20 16 17 18 19 
Budd 18 16 17 17 20 19 16 14 
Elliott 17 18 19 16 19 16 14 18 
Tippy 17 17 18 16 17 15 16 17 
Grimm 18 19 14 13 17 19 15 18 
R'ke 18 15 13 15 19 20 16 15 
Sumpter 18 13 16 17 18 16 14 15 
Sumner 13 12 14 18 16 17 14 17 
Kinmouth 10 14 16 9 16 16 20 14 
Erhardt 17 15 15 16 15 11 14 12 
Cox 16 16 16 17 18 15 15 18 
Sergeant 18 19 19 18 20 18 20 19 
Courtney 15 16 17 18 20 17 18 17 
Dave Elliott 14 14 11 16 12 16 .. .. 
Al'en 19 15 18 16 17 18 17 . 
Leeman 17 15 12 20 17 .. 18 19 
WCBeck 14 15 17 17 13 
Cragin 14 11 16 12 
Lindsley 15 15 13 15 16 11 7 
8 King 14 10 10 
Best 18 16 15 13 
Molloy 11 . . . . 15 . . 12 . . is 
p Dixon 12 
Steinbach 11 13 14 16 12 12 
Price , 12 
Thornton.... \. 15 12 „ 
A Dixon 17 " 
Paul R. Litzkk. 
Per 
Shot at. 
Broke. 
cent. 
160 
156 
97.7 
160 
152 
95 
160 
150 
93.7 
160 
145 
90.6 
160 
145 
90 6 
160 
144 
90 
160 
142 
88 7 
160 
141 
88.1 
160 
141 
8^.1 
160 
141 
t8!l 
160 
139 
86^8 
160 
138 
86.2 
160 
137 
85! 6 
160 
131" 
856 
160 
133 
83 .'l 
160 
133 
83.1 
160 
131 
81 .7 
160 
122 
76.2 
160 
121 
1h3 
160 
115 
71 .8 
160 
115 
71.8 
160 
181 
81 .7 
160 
151 
94.3 
160 
188 
862 
120 
83 
Q7~.5 
140 
118 
84.2 
140 
116 
82.8 
100 
76 
76 
66.2 
80 
53 
140 . 
92 
65.7 
60 
34 
56.6 
80 
62 
77.5 
89 
51 
63.7 
20 
12 
60 
120 
78 
65 
20 
12 
60 
40 
27 
67.5 
20 
17- 
85 
On Long- Island. 
NEW UTRECHT GUN CLUB. 
■April 25.— There was not a large attendance at the New Utrecht Gun 
Cluo's live bird grounds, Woodlawn, L. I., this afternoon. Nine 
shooters was the sum total that took part in th« events, although the 
c ub shoot and the E. C. cup contest were scheduled for to-day. The 
c » u 1 A Sn . ( i2 t ^ 1,as i ^? n b y Cornelius Furgueson, Jr., after a tie on 9 but 
of 10 with Capt. Money and W. G. Clark; on the shoot-off Furgueson 
won by killing 5 straight. In the E. C. cup contest Capt. Money was 
? n u??' * F - 8 y kes not bein g entered in the sweep, but shooting at 
10 birds for practice. Several miss-and-out events were also shot off 
during the day. Scores follow: 
Club shoot. Tie. No. 1. No. 2 >t .*No. 3. 
CFurgueson, JrfA, 30) 2101111212— 9 22223-5 2222222- 7 2220- 8 ^332-4 
Capt Money (A, 809. ...0112111112-9 21120—4 2222220-6 2122-Jj24l0-8 
• Clark CA, 30) 2122220212-9 0 -0 2222222-7 01 -1 -210 -2 
TWMorley CA, 80J.... 1112222020 8 1* — 1 1211— 4 2ll2— 4 
Jones (A, 28) 2««20w .... 
E. C. Cup No. 4. 
Capt Money (A A) 2122202121— 9 220 —2 
T W Morfey (AA) 12122.2022- 8 222221210-8 
C Furgueson, Jr. (AA) 0222022222— 8 222111122—9 
J N Meyer (B) 2221202202— 8 
C M Meyer (A) 202220.222— 7 ' " * 
*W F Sykes (A) 2222112222—10 
♦Frost (C) 2202201.02— 6 
W G Clark 
Nfi. 5. 
20 -1 
212222-6 
121122-6 
* Not in the sweep. Capt. Money won the cup. 
222212222-9 222220—5 
No. 6. 
Morfey 21122-5 
Money 120 —2 
Furgueson 22222—5 
CM Meyer 22222 -5 
J N Meyer 22. —2 
8. 
No. 9. 
220-2 
10 -1 
112—3 
222—3 
No. 10. 
12210—4 
21112-5 
21121-5 
220 —2 
NO 11. 
112—8 
220-2 
10 -1 
No. 7. No. 
121222111—9 20 —1 
122111111-9 11.-2 
112211120 -8 112—3 
2220 —3 221—3 
222222222 -9 210—2 
Shooters who missed their first birds in the miss-and-outs in the 
first round were allowed to re-enter. Under these conditions Clark 
re entered in No. 1; Money in No. 5; Money and Furgueson in No. 6: 
Money and C. M. Meyer in No. 7; J. N. Meyer in No. 8, and Morfey in 
VERNON GUN CLUB. 
April ^ 25.-The regular Saturday afternoon shoot of the Vernon Gun 
Uut>, of Brooklyn, N. Y., was held this afternoon on the club's target 
grounds, Liberty avenue and Enfield street, Brooklyn. There was a 
good attendance of members present, while several guests helped to 
make the shoot one of the best in point of numbers ever held by this 
c ub. A new departure has been made by the club in arranging a 
club shoot for prizes at the end of the year. Each man is handi- 
capped by his previous record as shown by the score book: his per- 
centage is figured out, and he is then allowed 25 targets, plus the 
proportionate number of targets it would take (figuring as above) to 
enable him to make 25 straight. No matter what number of targets a 
man ehpots at his percentage is figured at the end of the year upon 
o ™ n 01 !? , tar e etB P er 8h0 °t Scores in this event were as follows • 
H 8 Welles (31) 1111110111111011111110011111011 _| 6 
Bishop (36) 111101111111101111100111010101101001 -26 
T Baron (81) 0011111101111110101111101011110 -23 
A A Hegeman (32) 11011111101001101111100101110111 -23 
Thornton (33) 011101111110011010111010100111011 -22 
John Wright (40) 1010010011100110001110001001100011101110 -20 
F A Thompson (31) 1101111010100001111010010001111 -18 
Dr Littlefield (32) 10101001001110010101100110111001 —17 
£ llen 10001100010000010001000001000101010100000-11 
!2 ?Sff° n - V 1011111011101110111111111 -21 
If S Edwards 1111101111111110011101011 _20 
♦Redbird 0101111111011110111100111 _io 
♦Guests. 
Scores in the sweepstakes were as follows: 
Events: 
Targets: 
A A Hegeman , 7 
Thornton , t , 5 
Dr Allen 2 
g^Pg^i 10 
Redbird , 6 
E A Thomp 3 on .......;,„ 6 
Edwards 7 
.TGaughen ....!.!!.'! 8 
D Deacon 7 
P. A . dam s 7 
Skidmore 6 
Dr Little. , 10 
Osterhout. 6 
Baron , , • (3 
Wright " " 8 
Bishop ... ? ..T..' .. 
23456 7 89 10 
10 10 10 10 10 10 IB 15 10 10 
6 7 5 7.. 
8 
5 
a 
8 
4 
9 
7 
8 
4 5 
8 .. 
6 8 
5 .. 
6 8 
6 5 
6 5 
5 .. 
7 
4 
10 
7 
7 
3 
8 
9 
7 
7 
9 
7 
7 
8 
S 
4 
5 
4 
7 
5 
6 
7 
8 
6 11 
5 .. 
8 4 6.. 
12 16 7 10 
11 
. 13 10 
9 12 7 
9 6 8 
HELL GATE GUN CLUB. 
April SS - -The regular shoot of the Hell Gate Gun Club was well 
attended to-day, thirty-two members taking part in the club event 
which was at 10 live birds per man, all at 28yds. rise, the scores count- 
ing in the yearly averages for prizes. Those who made clean scores 
were Eugene Doeinck and Gus Nowak. The scores were as follows- 
E Doeinck 10 C Lang 7 
G Nowak 10 A Kiecheie. ......... .7 
J Schlicht., 9 M Frost 
S JHeld 8 RRegan 
E Steffens 
EMetz 
L C Muench 
H W Voss . . 
J Newman .. 
J H Voss . . . 
E Peterson. , 
8 JKreb. v . 
8 J Dannefelaer 
8 PWoelfel 
8 A Knodel 
7 CRieger 
7 HKohla ;.'""'5 
7 HBloch 5 
F WRichter - 0 
H Forster 5 
J Selim A 
O Weber 4 
J Linck \ 4 
AKreuter .,.,,4 
J Himmelsbach 3 
LSteutzle.. .......... '3 
A Marquandt. . , "3 
PGeipel ;;,'2 
Uxbridge Gun Club. 
Uxbridqe, Mass., April 25.-The first target shoot of the Uxbridee 
Gun Club took place to-day on the fair grounds. Those present shit 
from the 14yds. mark. Almost everybody was strange w the busi- 
ness of smashing targets, hence the low percentages made The 
numbers in brackets after each man's name show the number of 
targets he shot at. The percentages were as follows- uumoer 01 
