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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 23, 1896. 
Amateurs and Experts. 
Topes a, Kan,, May 9. — Editor Forest and Stream: If you will 
kindly give space to a new kicker I should like to advance a few ideas, 
some perhaps new, others not so much so, touching the condition and 
the probable, as well as the possible, future of trap-shooting. There 
is not another sport in so demoralized a condition, and to find the 
reason, and then the remedy if one exists, ahould be the aim of every 
true lover of the sport. Trap-shooting will never be recognized as one 
of the legitimate sports until a properly authorized body takes mat- 
ter-> in charge and formulates rules and regulations which shall con- 
trol absolutely every public shoot given, accurately define the ama- 
teur and espert, and so brand the prof esRional that there will be no 
mistaking him. It may be claimed that there is no difficulty now In 
determing who is the professional, which is not true; but even if it 
were, ai'e there not many men now shooting who under the present 
construction of professionalism are not such, yet are equally as good 
shots as the best of the so-caller! professionals, and whose work at the 
traps is equally as deadly to the dollar of the genuine amateur. These 
professionals and experts are winning 90 cents out of every dollar shot 
for at the traps to-day, and whose money are they winning? Not a 
cent from men of their own class, for they are all winners and not 
losers. It is the money of the 60 to 80 per cent man, the feeder, who 
from love of ti e sport and the delight of exercising the eye and nerve 
at the flying target contributes of his wealth to the greedy gun of the 
insatiable expert. Don't let us hear anything more of the stale and 
untruthful assertion that it is the gentlemanly paid expert who really 
makes a successful shoot. How many are there of them at the aver- 
age big tournaments? About a dozen or fifteen, as a rule.; 
In fact, at the three bis shoots recently given at Atchison, 
Omaha and Joplin the list would not reach twenty, while the 
number of entries in some of the events at Atchison passed 
the 100 mark. Now these few men won about all of the purse* and 
added money, and contributed by their entry fees about one-fifth of 
the purses and not a cent to the added money. Can it be sensibly 
claimed that with the large amount of added money, merchandise 
prizes, etc., the entry list would not have been so large if these sports- 
men for profit had been excluded? Look at the Joplin shoot, with 
$1,000 or over added money ; will any defender of the present system, 
or rather lack of system, presume to say that the entry list Would not 
have been twice as long if there had been any possible show for the 
man who gets a livelihood from a legitimate business and is willing to 
forego profits in bis pleasures? And right here I want to head off the 
fellow with the old and impudpnt advice to the low percentage man 
to "go out behind the barn and practice,'' for it is well known that in 
the great majority of cases practice, such as is within the possibilities 
of the average man, will not make him a 90 per cent, shooter any 
more than any amount of work will enable a 2:20 horse to go in 2:05, 
It is a fact that but few men wKh any amount of practice can ever 
reich 90 per cent, or upward; a considerably larger number can go 80 
or a little over, and below these comes the great crowd of 65 to 80 per 
ceDt. men, every one of whom, under present conditions, must either 
make up his mind to be robbed if he shoots at all, or else stay out en- 
tirely and keep his money, but lose his sport. It is a bad system which 
enables a handful of men to deny to another body, a hundred times 
greater in numbers, the right of representation at the traps. 
Relief has been sought in handicaps, and many ingenious and brain 
racking systems have been devised to delude the svicker into the 
belief that he was getting a run for his money, but none have sufficed 
for the very simple reason that no system of handicapping will ever 
equalize the low and the high percentage men and keep them both 
shooting. Your expert will not go against a game which comes any- 
where near putting him on a level with other shooters, and any 
handicap which does the genuine amateur any good bars the expert 
entirely; for he, like any other good business man, will quickly desert 
a trade which doesn't pay, and the fact that he makes a business of a 
sport cuts no figure in the matter, for must he not live ? 
•If there be any solution to this problem other than an entire sepa- 
ration of the expert and amateur it is yet to be discovered. The only 
way to keep the sheep from the goats is by a dividing fence, and no 
theoretical barrier will do it. But says some one, "You are going to 
penalize a man merely because he excels, and are putting a premium 
on mediocrity." I am not; let the strong contest with the strong, and 
keep them away from the weaklings lest the flock be destroyed. The 
fact that a few men possess superior skill gives them no right to 
monopolize the entire shooting field and force the low percentage 
man to either pay them a royalty for the right to shoot or not shoot 
at all. Big purses of added money have temporarily kept up the 
entry lists, but men are beginning to find out that in contesting under 
conditions where they are bound to lose the size of the purse makes 
no difference, and even big added money will not much longer prove 
effective bait. The days of large gatherings of trap-shooters are 
rapidly reaching a close, if the present style of conducting such 
meetings is continued, and the cause is not far to seek. The propo- 
sition is simple and the conclusion inevitable. There must be sharp 
classification based on known records of individual shooters, and men 
of widely differing percentages must be kept apart, or we shall see a 
sport, unexcelled as a means of recreation aad pastime by gentlemen, 
destroyed by mercenaries, and brought into disrepute, troin which 
recovery will be impossible. A. J. Hawker. 
John F. Weiler Gun Club. 
Allkntown, Pa., May 5— The John F. Weiler Gun Club held their 
regular monthly sho t at their new grounds at the Duck Farm Hotel, 
Griesemersville. The attendance was large and the scores were a de 
cided improvement over those of recent events. The work of Sohindel 
Weiler, the 14 year-old son of Judge Weiler, and the youngest mem- 
ber of the club, was remarkable, as tbe scores indicate. The gold 
medal was won by Porter and Hoke secured the silver trophy. The 
live-bird events were vpry interesting. The scores folio w : 
No. 1, club shoot, gold medal, 25 targets: 
Porter 1111111101111110111111111—23 
Rehrig , 1111111111111111110011111-23 
Hoke 111111010m011111110im-21 
8 Weiler .1011110111111011101111111-21 
A Acker 0111101111001111011110110—18 
Kramlich 0111011011101011111111001—18 
Miller . . . . 1000110110011111101011010-15 
Hell 0010011011011011011110010-14 
Shantz 1111101100001010010011000—12 
Grim , 0100011000110100111001001— li 
Mohr 011 0010000101 1001 10000101-10 
Erdman 1000010010110000001000110— 8 
No. 2, silver medal, 25 targets: 
Hoke 1111111111001111001111100—19 
Kramlich lOOOlllOOlOllOlilllllOlOl— 16 
Miller , 0111101101010011001110010-14 
Greasemer 10 1 00001 1 0101 1011 11000110— 13 
A Weiler 1000001000000100100010010— 6 
H Acker 0000010000101000100010000— 5 
No. 3. No. 1. No. 5. 
Rehrig 11111112122—11 
A Acker 11222022111—10 
Heil 12122012111-10 ' 
Kramlich 11210112111—10 
Porter 11101221212—10 
S Weiler 11220012111— 9 
A Weiler 21112101020—8 
J Weiler 22111010110— 8 121000101—5 1122121112—10 
Greasemer 00221010111— 7 210102210—6 
Mohr 02022002020— 5 
Gillette 10222222 i2— 9 
E. A. Mertz, Sec'y. 
Bradley vs. Hibbard. 
Lahchmont, N. Y., May 13.— An interesting 100-bird match was shot 
here to-day between Bradley, who stood at 30yds., and Hibbard, who 
shot from the 27yds. mark. Despite this handicap Bradley won, but 
he did not have an easy time by any mAans; for had he missed his last 
bird the score would have been a tie at 76. The race was close and ex- 
citing throughout. The scores follow: 
Bradley (30.) 22300211 221001201 11 102111— 1 9 
12120101 12101 1 11 10 11 20 1 22-20 
1211121201100112102012100-18 
„„, , „ 1111111012022021022222201— 20— 77 
Hibbard (20 1212022001221011101110211—19 
0201010122200251110121101—17 
1222202112210122002212221—21 
„ 2201201112121020111121010-19—76 
Referee— Harry Enos. 
Burnside Gun Club. 
Burnside, La — On Saturday, May 9, the Burnside Gun Club held its 
regular weekly shoot, eight 10-target events being the programme for 
the afternoon. The following scores were made: 
Events: 13345678 Events: 1334 5678 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
Dr Miles... 10 10 8 9 9 9 9 10 Dalferes 6 6 7 8. 5 10 
Breaux 9 .. .. 8 5 .. 7 7 Boote 7 8 9 8 8 9 
DrBringier .. 8 6 6 6 5 ., ,, Mire 4 7 9 6 8 
Tucker,.., .. 6 6 9 8 5 7 9 Stuart 3 8, 9 10 
Gentry 7 8 5 8 8 7 9 Brown , , 8 4, 4 4 
W. P. M.i Jr, 
On Long 1 Island. 
PARKWAY ROD AND GUN CLUB. 
May IS —The Parkway Rod and Gun Club held its monthly shoot a fc 
Dexter Park to-day. Nine members turned otit to take part in the 
shooting, Scores: 
Club shoot, 7 live birds, Clans A.— Helgans 6, Botty 5, Short 5, 
Thompson 5. Class B.— Selover 7, Bramwell 7, Wye 7, Woolley 6. 
Clase C— Matthews 5. 
Event No. 1 , Sweep, 3 live birds: Woolley 3, Short 3, Thompson 3, 
Matthew3 3, Bramwell 2, Helgans 2. 
No. 2, same; Bramwell 2, Botty 2, Helgans 2, Matthews 2, Thomp- 
son 2, Woolley 0. 
No. 3, same: Thompson 3, Botty 3, Woolley 3, Helgans 2, Bramwell 
2, Wye 2, Selover 2, Matthews 2 
No. 4, same: F. Thompson 3, Woolley 3, Botty S, Selover 2, J. 
Thompson 2, Van Slclen 1, Bramwell 1. 
ENTERPRISE ROD AND GUN CLUB. 
May IS.— Tbe Enterprise Rod and Gun Club's final shoot of the sea- 
son, held at North Reach to-day, was well attended The club shoot 
was won by Geo. E. Samuels, who had to shoot off for this honor with 
V. Bolton, H. L. MacTammany and L. I, Richard, all of whom tied 
at 6 birds. After the club shoot some sweeps were shot. The 
scores: 
No. 1, club shoot. 7 live birds: 8amuels (28) 6, MacTammany (28) 6, 
Bolton (26; 6, Longman (2") 5, Harper (17) 5, Dillon (25) 4, Nelson (26) 
4, Henderson (27) 4, Schwartz (26) 3, Br o ley (28) 2. 
No. 2, shoot off, miss-and-out: Stmuels 4, MacTammany 3, Bol- 
ton 3 
No. 3. miss-and-out: Samuels 4, Schwartz 4, MacTammany 3, Hen- 
nessey 3, Dillon 2, Longman 2, Henderson 1, Briodey 0, Nelson 0. 
No; 4. same: Schwartz 5, Dillon 4, Bolton 4, Briodey 3, Longman 3, 
Harper 2, Henderson 1, MacTammany 1, Hennessey 0, Nelson 0. 
No. 5, same: Schwartz 5, Bolton 5, Hennessey 4, Harper 4, MacTam- 
many 3, Dillon 3, Henderson 2, Longman 3, Briodey 1, Nelson 0. 
No. 6. same: Samuels 6, Nelson 4, Schwartz 4, Briodey 3, Nelson 4, 
MacTammany 3, Henderson 2, Bolton 2, Hennessey 2, Longman 2, Har- 
per 1, Henderson G 
EXCELSIOR ROD AND GUN r\LUB. 
May 14 —The final shoot of the season was held here to-day. The 
shooting was close and interesting throughout, three men— Richards, 
Heimberger and Horton— tying for first place in the club shoot, which 
was finally won by Richards, The sweeps were also closely contested, 
the money being we'l distributed. Scores: 
Club shoot, 7 live birds, A. S A. rules: Richards (2?) 6, Heimberger 
(27) 6, Horton (27) 6, Ohauncey (25) 5, Hendersoa (26) 4, B. G. William9 
(27) 4, Deegan (27) 5, D J. Kingsland (28) 5, S. R. Williams (27) 4, Arch- 
er (26) 3, D. G Kingsland (26) 4, Seegull (28) 4. Wilson (27) 4, O'Dell (26) 
3, Jackson (26) 1. 
Shoot-off, miss-and-out: Richards 5, Horton 4, Heimberger 1. 
No. 1. sweep, miss-and-out: Jackson 4, Williams 4, Archer 4, Rich- 
ards 3, Kingsland 3, Heimberger 2, Seegull 2, O'Dell 1, Williams 1, Wil- 
son 1, Horton 1, Deegan 0 
No. 2, same: O'Dell 5, Jackson 4, Archer 4, Richards 3, Chauocey 3, 
Williams 8, Kingsland 3, Deegan 2, Heimberger 1, Horton 1, Henderson 
1, Wilson 1, cjeegull 0. 
No. 3, 5 birds, 82 entry, three moneys: Richards 5, Seegull 4, Heim- 
berger 4. Chauncey 3, O'Dell 3, Horton 2, Deegan 2, Henderson 1, Wil- 
liams 1, Wilson 1, Jackson 1. 
UNKNOWN GUN CLUB. 
May iU —The Unknown Gun Club held its regular monthly shoot at 
Dexter Park to-day. H. Koebel, Sr., with 6 kills, won tne club shoot 
and first money. Scores: 
Club shoot, 7 live birds, handicap rise, badge and three moneys: 
Knebel (28) 6, Skidmore (25) 5, Rands (28) 5, Vagts (25) 5. Vroome (28) 
5, Brown (28) 5, Flynn (28) 4, Potter (25 4. Timke (25) 4, Voorhees (28) 
3, Smith (25) 3, O'Hara (25) 3, Rankin (23) 2. 
No. 1, sweep, handicap rise, three moneys: Skidmore 3, McClosky 3, 
Rankin 2, Vroome 2, O'Hara 2, Voorhees 2, Sands 1, McGuinness 1. 
No. 2, same: Smith 3, Voorhees 3, McClosky 3, Sands 2, McGuinness 
2, Skidmore 2, 
DOWN TOWN GUN CLUB. 
May 25.— The Down Town Gun Club held its monthly shoot at Ridge- 
wood Park this afternoon. None of the ten men who took part in the 
shooting succeeded in making straight scores in the club competition. 
In the sweepstake which followed the four lowest guns paid for the 
birds. Tbe scores follow: 
Club shoot, 10 live birds: Goetz (28) 9, Joost (25) 9, Zahn (30) 9, Bohl- 
mann (25) 8, Muhs (28) 8, Lang (25) 8, Fagen (26) 8, Steencken (28) 6, 
Muller (25) 6, Schweitzer (23) 4. 
Sweepstake, 3 live birds: Steencken 3, Goetz 3, Zahn 2, B jhlmann 2, 
Joost 2, Muhs 2, Lang 1. 
NEW UTRECHT GUN CLUB. 
May 16.— The New Utrecht Gun Club's shoot was held on Dyke's 
Meadow this afternoon. The shooting was varied and inter- 
esting. Events Nos. 1, 2 and 3 were at known traps and angles; 
Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 7 at known traps, unknown angles; No. 8, battery 
shooting, flat on back until bird is seen. No. 2 was the club shoot, 
and No. 3 for the Hegeman prize. In the shoot-off between O'Brien 
and Jones in No. 3 Jones broke 9 and O'Brien 10, giving O'Brien the 
badge. The scores were as follows: 
Class A. 
Events: 1 2 345678 Events: 13345678 
Targets: 10 25 IS 10 10 10 10 5 Targets: 10 25 15 10 10 10 10 5 
J Gaughen. 9 22 9 7 9 8 5 3 AHegeman .. 18 9 8 9 5 4 4 
D Deacon.. ..20 12 8 8 7 7 2 D Bennett,. 7 17 12 9 5 7.. .. 
Class B 
GEPool... 7 17 11 8 4 .. .. 3 Dr8hepard 7 14 6 
Class C 
J E Jones. . ..19 13 7 9 7 7 1 C Fleet.... 5 15 10 4 4 4 7 2 
Dr O'Brien 8 15 13 7 4 . . 10 2 
VERNON ROD AND GUN CLUB. 
May 16— The regular Saturday shoot of the Vernon Rod and Gun 
Club, of Brooklyn, took place to-day at the Liberty avenue and Enfield 
street grounds. Thirteen events were shot in which ten men took 
part, Remsen doing the best work. All the events were at 10 targets. 
The Bcores: 
Events: 13345678 9 10111313 
F Thompson 659.. 689788567 
Remsen 10 9 8.. 9 9.. .. 8.. 9 9 9 
Skidmore 8 6 6.. 7 6 G 6 8 5 
Me Adam 6658.... 87.. 6886 
Wright , 7 7 5.. 6 5 5 6.. 4 5 4 6 
Coe 5 4 9 4.. .. 5 
Bishop 8.. 646.. 586777 
Osterhout 7.... 6 4 6 6 6.... 
DrLittlefield 9 5 9.... 6 5 7 9 7 
Van Lise 6 
New York State Shoot. 
Thk advance programme of the New York State shoot, to be held 
at Buffa'o, June 8 to 13, 1896, under the auspices of the Buffalo 
Audubon Club, shows a purse of $1,100 added _cash and $3,000 mer- 
chandise prizes. 
New York State events, open only to residents of New York State: 
$450 cash and over $3,000 worth of other prizes added, as follows: 
Tuesday, June 9.— No. 1, 25 singles, entrance $3, $75 added; No. 2, 
same conditions. 
Wednesday, June 10.— No. 3, 25 singles, entrance $5, grand mer- 
chandise; No. 4, 25 singles, entrance $3, $75 added. 
Thursday, June 11.— No. 5, 25 singles, entrance $3, $75 added; No. 6, 
same conditions. 
For ten best averages in above six events, $50 cash and merchandise 
prizes. 
Friday, June 12.— Team shoot, four men to team, 25 birds each, en- 
•tranee $12. First prize, Parker gun; second, cut glass punch bowl; 
$25 cash added; also other prizes. Lefevre medal shoot, miss-and- 
out, merchandise, entrance $1 ; birds included in all above entrance 
moneys. 
Shooters cannot fail to get back more than the entrance in all above 
events, as the added money and merchandise amounts to several 
times cost of birds. 
Saturday, June 13.— The Dean Richmond trophy event at live birds. 
Sweepstake events, open to the world, $650 cash and an equal value 
in prizes added to open events. 
Daily programme of sweepstake events, entrance $2.50 each, birds 
included in all entrance money: No 1, 20 singles. $15 added; No. 2, 20 
singles, $15 added; No. 3, 20 singles; No. 4, 20 singles, $15 added; No. 5, 
20 singles; No. 6, 50 singles (see below) ; No. 7, 20 siogles, $15 added. 
Tuesday, June 9 —Event 6 will be the Gold Dust powder event. Cash 
and 1,000 loaded Gold Dust shells added (divided). Entrance for above 
$2, including birds and shells. Optional sweep, $3 extra. 
Wednesday, June 10— Event 6 will be the E. C, Powder event. Hand- 
some cup and $50 cash added. Entrance $3. 
Thursday, June 11— Event 6 will be the Times event, $125 added, en- 
trance $3. 
Friday, June 12— Event 6 will be the Buffalo Audubon Club event. 
Handicap, open to all, First prize, a new $35 upright piano; aecord 
prize, fine Concord road wagon. There will also be added to this even t 
several other prizes. Entrance, $5 straight. Optional sweep, $5 
extra. 
There will be added $160 cash for general average prizes for those 
competing in all sweepstakes during the four days, divided as follows: 
$35, $30, $25, $20, $15, $10, $10, $10, $5. 
Mr. Wm. Cruttenden will have charge of State events. Mr. John 
Parker will have charge of open events. Some arrangements will be 
made to place the amateur where he will have an equal chance with 
the expert. 
Boston Gun Club's Prize Shoot. 
Boston, Mass., May 13.— The Boston Gun Club's weekly afternoon 
prize shoot took place to-day at Wellington, and the usual coterie of 
enthusiasts alighted from the 2 o'clock train, followed an hour later 
by the duplicate squad. The wind might have been a little less per- 
sistent: otherwise the weather was splendid, and chairs were con- 
veniently planted on the platform directly in the path of the sun's 
warm rays. 
Somebody has asked how we extract so much pure fun and enjoy- 
ment from these meetings, where no money whatever is placed on' the 
sweeps, and the thoughtful and regular Wednesday attendant 
answers from the fact that the fair and just handicap system of dis- 
tance, used without question or dissension at every live-bird shoot, is 
in the first place responsible for much of the pleasant and true blue 
rivalry, and from the fact that all hurry and bustle to use up a large 
amount of powder, a ton of shot, so many shells, so many thousand 
targets, etc., is interdicted and against the rules. The events progress 
leisurely and allow moments for the timely joke or "jolly," the prime 
hunting story or the well-developad fishing yarn. The only scheduled 
shooting is the prize match run in two or three events, as the case may 
be, the balance of programme arranged to suit those present, and a 
glance at our varied card each week is the best evidence that practice 
and not straight scores is the object in view. The 10 cents or 25 cents 
per capita on each event is never requested, much less desired. Birds 
are settled for at the end of shooting, and the handling of the mighty 
dollar is almost forgotten. Scores: 
Events: 
Targets: 
Gordon.... 9 9 7 0 4 2 
Brown 8 8 6 1 4 2 2 
Sheffield 6 7 4 7 3 4 6 
Miskay 7 10 8 6 8 2 2 
1 S S U 5 6 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 lk 15 
10 10 10 7 10 6 6 10 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 
3 
Horace 4 
Sears 
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barrels; Nos. 3 and 10, unknown angles; No. 5, five unknown traps 
and angles; No, 4, miss-and-out; Nos. 6 and 7, pairs; No. 11, reverse 
angles. 
Third contest in merchandise series, 25 targets, 15 known and 10 un- 
known angles, distance handicap: 
Sheffield (15ydo) 110010111110111-11 1111101011—8-19 
Nickols (16) 111111101110110-12 0110101111—7—19 
Williams (15) 011111111110000-10 1111101111-9—19 
Miskay (18) 110111001110111-11 1100101110-6-17 
Pond (15) ; 110101111101111—12 001101001 1—5—17 
Sears (16) ...101101111111111—13 1000000111-4—17 
Hornce (16.) 001110110111011—10 0011101111—7—17 
Bancroft (16) .011111111001111— 12 1000111001-5—17 
Sewall (15) 111100001000101— 7 1111111010-8—15 
Kinnicutt (16) 001110111101011—10 0100101101—5—15 
Gordon (18) 010101011110111—10 1010010100-4—14 
Brown (15) 001100001011010 - 6 1000100000—2- 8 
D. Kirkwood, Sec'y. 
Lynchburg Gun 
Lynchburg, Va., May 12.— Regular shoot 
angles. 
No. 1. 
Nelson 01101111101011010111- 
Terry 11011111111011101111- 
Dornin 11011110111111110111- 
Scott 01101011111011011111- 
Moorman 11011111011111111111- 
Cleland 11111111000100111001- 
No. 2. 
Nelson 11101111010100111111- 
Terry 0101U01110011010001- 
Dornin 11110111111101110111- 
Scott 11111111111111101111- 
Moorman 11110011111111111 110- 
Cleland OllOllilOOOOOOllOlll- 
No. 3. 
Nelson 11111111110101111111- 
Terry 11111111111111111001- 
Dornin 10100011110111111111- 
Scott 10110011111110011111- 
Moorman 111111111011 11101011- 
Oleland 10001001110110010010- 
Nn. 4. 
Nelson . .11010010101111111111- 
Terry 00011111110111101111- 
Dornin llllllllllOlllllllll- 
Scott 11011111110111011010- 
Moorman ,.,.11101010111111111101- 
Cleland 0010001 11 1 1 10101 1011- 
Club. 
to-day, 20 targets, unknown 
No. 5. 
-14 11111100111111100110—14 
-17 10101101011101010011—18 
-17 10110111111111111111—18 
-15 11110101110111101101-15 
-18 11111111111011111110—18 
-13 01111010100010111100—10 
No. 6. 
-15 11111111111071111111—19 
-11 10010011101110100111-12 
-17 11111111111100010111—16 
-19 11111000011111111101—15 
-17 11111000011111111111— 17 
-11 
No. 7. 
-18 11100110110011100011-13 
-18 10000010010000000100— 4 
-15 11111111111111010101—17 
-15 00111001110100012111—12 
-17 11100110111110011100—13 
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Darton Defeats Chisholm. 
Portland, Me., May 16.— Inclosed find scores of a match shot here 
to-day between W. B. Darton and H. A. Chisholm, for the champion- 
ship of Portland and a small stake. The match was at 100 targets; 
first 25, expert rules; second 25, known traps, unknown angles; third 
25, known traps, reverse angles; fourth 25, Keystone rules. 
There was a fair attendance of members of the club and friends. 
Bluerock targets were used and the new electric pulls, which worked 
finely. Cliff Randall was referee, D. Randall trap-puller, and Mr. Wal- 
dron scofer. Walter Rich coached Chisholm and Herbert acted for 
Darton. The low scores are due to Chisholm's developing a bad case of 
rattles, while Darton had but recently recovered from a severe illneBs. 
There is quite an interest in trap-shooting here at present, and the new 
club house and electric pulls are highly praised. Scores: 
W B Darton 1111001111010111100111011—18 
0011111111111111010100000—16 
1101101111111111111011111—22 
1111111000111111011111111—21—77 
H A Chisholm , .0111110111011111110111101—20 
1010100110000001110110000—10 
0101111111101101111110101—19 
1101101110111001110011111—18—67 
The Drummer. 
Omaha Gun Club's Weekly Shoot. 
Omaha, Neb., May 11.— Inclosed herewith find scores of the Omaha 
Gun Club's regular weekly shoot, held May 9. Scores: 
Marsh 1110110111111111111111001—21 
Dickey 0111101111111110111111001—20 
Salisbury 1110111111001111011111110—20 
Blake , 1001111000111111111111011—19 
McFarlane , 1111111011011101100111110-19 
Whitmer lOllllllllliOOllOlOHlllO— 19 
Carmichael , 1110110110110011111010110—17 
Kenyon 1101110101111001001111011—17 
Montmoreney 00111 10011 111 1 001 001 1 1 110—16 
Peters 11 1101101100111 1C001 11010— 16 
Johannes 1 101101 1 00111 01 1 1 00001 110—15 
Bryant. . , 1110100000110101111111000—14 
Reynolds , 0011010101011110100000001—10 
Coleman , 1101100101000101000000000— 8 
W. D. Kenvon, Sec'y. 
Missoula Rod and Gun Club. 
Missoula, Mont., May 11.— The medal shoot of the Missoula Rod 
and Gun Club resulted in the following scores being made. The 
medals were won by Searles and Graham, the gold by the former and 
the silver by the latter. The shooting was at 20 targets, unknown 
angles. Scores: 
Ol&ss .A. 
C ASearleslllOlllOllllllllllll— 18 Thompson.llOllOlllOllllOlllll— 16 
W BraytonlllllOllOlUOlOlllll— 16 WCave.,., 01101111001111101001—13 
J M Evans 11110111111110011101— 16 T E Evans. 00011011111110100111— 13 
J P MenardlllllllOllllOlOlllOl— 16 F H Woody 10111000001101011111— 18 
RERogerslllllllOllOOlllllllO-16 
Class B 
W Graham. 11100001011010011 110— 11 F AUlnson 01101110110000110100-10 
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