Aug. 25, 1894.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
17S 
JACK PARKER'S JOKE SHOOT. 
A Goose Fable. 
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 16.— History recounts that once upon a time 
that quaint and well-known shooter, Frank Parmalee, in comTanr 
with three friends, was secreted in a goose pit on the Platte Rivur. 
Each man was armed after his fancy, one with a 16-gauge, one with a 
12, Parmalee himself with a 16lbs. 8-gauge. A solitary goose appeared 
on the horizon, and it became apparent finally that it was headed 
directly for the decoys. 
"W-w-we won't do a thing to him!" murmured Frank, and all the 
others chuckled in assent. The goose sailed straight on. setting his 
wings for a close draw. Parmalee could hardly keep from laughing 
outright at the thought of the surprise the poor goose was going to 
have. He crouched close, and whispered to the others, "Oh, no I 
W-w-w-w, we, we, w-w-won't do a t-thing t-to him!" And the goose 
kept on comiDg in. At the proper moment each man delivered his 
fire, from the 16-bore up to the 8-bore not a feather was touched, and 
with a calm ha-onk the goose winged his way placidly across the 
river. Parmalee stood looking after the vanishing bird for some time, 
and at length turned to his silent companion with a sad smile on his 
face. 
"W-w-w-w- we, we d-d-didn't, we did we didn't do a th-th-tbing to 
him, neither, n-n-now did we, boys!" 
Moral. 
When Jack Parker announced that he intended to throw away all 
attempts to handicap shooters at his shoot, and let all the shooters 
shoot against the management, giving each ten-straight score a large, 
crisp, new $5 note, and each fifteen straight ten large Bilver plunks of 
the realm, all the shooters of the land smiled generousl v. Tee-Kay 
Keller said, "Don't you do it. Jack. Don't start that. If you do I'll 
have to quit my job and follow your shoots. Ill break you." At 
Memphis, last week, McMurchy shook his head. "I'm afraid Jack 
won't make that go," said he. "He's a nice fellow and I'm sorry he's 
announced any such programme, because it will break him, sure." 
All the others of the gang at Memphis thought the same. They were 
sorry for Jack— so sorry that when they thought of it they 'would 
break out in a pleasant grin, and say: 
"We won't do a thing to him." 
And they didn't. Now did they, boys? 
The Conditions. 
Jack Parker published and delivered broadcast the conditions under 
which the Bhoot was to be held, and the shooters all knew them when 
they came here. His programme read: 
"First. Why should we use only one barrel in inanimate target 
shooting, when 99 per cent of the shooters use a double gun? 
"Second. Why should we know where the target is coming from 
and where it is going, so we can stand with our gun glued to our 
shoulder, and pointed over the top of the screen where the target 
starts from? Trap shooting takes the place of game shooting during 
the close season, and we are supposed to emulate field shooting as 
near as possible; do we, by shooting as above? 
"Third and last. Why shoot against one another? There has been 
no handicap devised yet which thoroughly equalizes shooters; the 
$1,000 added money given away at several of tne large tournaments 
the last year or two has not helped matters much, as there are just as 
many losers as before. 
"Now, I propose to try and revolutionize the present style of inani- 
mate target shooting at this tournament, and whether it will be a 
success or not, remains to be seen. All the 10 and 15 bird races shall 
be shot at 15yds. rise, unknown traps and angles, use of both barrels, 
second barrel break to count same as first, four men in a squad, No. 1 
2 and 3 men standing in the center 6ft. apart, No. 4 man backing up 
No. 1 man, and will pay as follows: 
"Ten-bird races— Every man^breaking 10'straight receives $5; 9 out of 
10, S3; 8 out of 10, $3; 7 out of 10, 81; 6 out of 10, $1. 
"Fifteen-bird races— Every man breaking 15'straight receives $10; 14 
out of 15, $7; 13 out of 15, $5; 12 out of 15, S3; 11 out of 15, $2: 10 out 
of 15, 81-50. 
' Thus doing away with all necessity of a handicap, as'the shooting of 
the expert does not hurt the interest of the amateur; everybody is 
shoot ing against the management. It also does away with all pooling, 
combinations and dropping for place, which has been the bane of 
shooting tournaments for years. 
"Other rules and conditions: 
"All the guaranteed purses shall be shot at 16yds. rise, one barrel, 
known traps and angles (except known experts shall shoot at un- 
known angles, known traps), and shall be divided 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 
per cent. 
"The team and individual championship raceB shall be shot at 16yds 
rise, everybody shooting at known traps and angles." 
The above conditions are plain, though the premises on which they 
are based are by no means correct. For instance, trap-shooting is by 
no means intended to take the place of field-shooting and can not 
emulate it, because field shooting is a clean amateur sport whereas 
modern tournament shooting is a corrupt professional sport. In the 
attempt to do away with the universally practiced system of drop- 
ping and pooling, which makes this sport dangerous and undesirable 
forT;he amateur shooting for pleasure, Jack Parker's idea was well 
enough. There was only one thing he forgot and that is that the 
shooters are wedded to the old ways. They want nothing but a sure 
thing game and they won't have it. They will go into a game so long 
as it is easy and sure, but when it turns against them they are not 
game. They pull out at once. The risk, the skill, the pleasure of a 
keen competition do not interest them. It is the money alone that 
draws them. So long as they win it all, very well. When they be »in 
to lose it is quite a different story. So long as it had been Jack 
Parker losing, the boys would have been sorry, but they "wouldn't 
have done a thing to him." 
The actual result of this latest attempt to equalize the shooter?, to 
mix oil and water, to fix it up so that the paid professional shooter 
can continue unsuspected in his laudable avocation of shooting in 
with the unpaid amateur shooter and continue pleasantly to take all 
his money in a sure-thing game— this last attempt at the impossible 
resulted in just this way. The amateur, the young and inexperienced 
shooter liked it. A few of the really good shots did well at it, as see 
the scores. Jack Parker made money at it— 859 in about four hours. 
Then there arose a wild howl from one or two Cleveland shooters 
who couldn't bear to see Jack Parker with all the money. Others 
joined in. At noon of the first day, it having been clearly established 
that they really weren't going to do anything to Jack, some of the 
shooters said the conditions would have to be fixed to suit them or 
they would get into their carriage and be pushed home. As he would 
lose money holding a shoot without shooters, of course Jack was 
forced to accede to the demands and drop his honest and well-intended 
plan to be square to ail men who cared to come and pass a day at 
traps. Not to appear ungenerous or disposed to take the shooters' 
money too easily, he offered to put up the entire 859 he 
had won to be shot for again in purses under easier conditions. 
Some of the better class shooters would not hear to this, I am glad to 
say. The whole thing had been such a good joke that they were will- 
ing to pay for it. So at 1 o'clock of the first day the attempt of Jack 
Parker to elevate the trap was lying in ruins. By afternoon the old 
system was in swing, and everybody was happy. The amateur, the 
man who put up his own money, the young shooter, the man who 
wanted to learn to shoot, the man who wanted a day's fun out of 
doors, were all swiftly receiving the usual rebuke. The known and 
secret manufacturers' agents, the professionals, the rounders, the 
business shooters, were busy sawing wood, induced thereto by the 
medals, the diamonds, the guarantees, the added funds, the average 
moneys and the "plunder" obtained from citizens interested or not 
interested in the modern artificial system of tournament shooting In 
other words, the tournament fell into the regular routine, lost its 
features, lost its news, lost its interest, thus being far below the big 
Memphis shoot of last week in point of intrinsic merit, though as a 
shoot it was carefully and of course skillfully conducted with Jack 
Parker at its head. 
It was like a thousand other shoots. I submit that the above com- 
ment on these thousands of ahoots, held in this the greatest of ail 
trap-shooting years, may be felt unwelcome, but cannot be called un- 
fair. I believe the time will come when such comment must be taken 
much more seriously, and the questions under it studied much more 
seriously. Then it will be found that the comment was made in the 
best sort of friendship, not with the first trace of harsh criticism or 
the first trace of an enmity which would be highly foolish Tne real 
question is, what plan is best for trap-shooting? Will even the 
unique American love of gambling and love of being humbugged 
keep forever alive a sport entirely artificial and unfair? Fix it so we 
can gamble, and have a square game, with a proper per cent, to the 
dealer, so he can keep up tbe game, and I see no reason why this game 
should not live and grow unspeakably, but until we come nearer to 
that I am plenty scared for the future of trap-shooting, even if we do 
have three or four or five boom years of it. 
Well, never mind. We wiU let it go at that. But wasn't it a good 
joke, how they didn't do a thing to Jack Parker? 
The Programme. 
The programme I offer entire at this place, merely to show the 
extent of tne merchandise prize system. I call attention to the gold- 
headed umbrella of Mr. Genicke, also to the stiff hat of Mr. Weiss 
This reminds me of a shoot I once attended where one citizen ' 'donated' ' 
two loaves of bread, and another a bottle of "black liniment " I do 
not deny that liniment, bread, a stiff hat and a gold-headed umbrella 
are all articles which possess merit and usefulness, and the shooter 
who has shown an inability to get liniment, bread, a stiff hat, a gold- 
headed umbrella in any other way, should have liniment, bread, a stiff 
hat and a gold-headed umbrella given to him, through the manage- 
ment. The items follow. But wasn't it a joke how they were going 
to do something to Jack? 
First day. Tuesday, Aug. 14, commencing 9 A. M.— Events 1 and 2, 10 
bluerocks, £1.50 entrance; No. 3, 15 bluerocks, 83.50; No. 4, 20 blue- 
rocks, 8100 guaranteed purse, $3.60; No. 5, 10 bluerocks, $1.50; No. 6, 
15 bluerocks, $2 50. Team championship race, for two-man team; 
championship of United States and Canada. Any two men of the 
United States or any two men from Canada to comprise team, 25 tar- 
gets to a man. No. 7. 25 bluerocks, 75 cents; first pri/.e, two elegant 
diamond buttons, emblematic of team championship, to become prop- 
erty of winners; second, I2^lbs. of American wood powder, donated 
by American Wood Powder Co.; third, 500 nitro powder shells, by 
Cruttenden & Card; fourth, 500 nitro powder shells, by Peters Car- 
tridge Co ; fifth, 500 Quick Shot shells, by Peters Cartridge Co. ; sixth, 
lOIbs. of American E. C , by American E O. Powder Co.; seventh, one 
case of Joe White's best, by Jos. White; eighth, 6lbs. American E. C , 
by American E. C. Powder Co.; ninth, one box cigars, by Frank 
Girardot; tenth, 100 loaded nitro shells, by H. M. Levengston. No. 8, 
10 bluerocks, 81.50; No. 9, 15 bluerocks, 82.50; No. 10, 10 bluerocks, 
81.50. 
Second day, Wednesday, Aug. 15, commencing 9 A. M,, live hird day. 
—First event, 5 live birds, $5 entrance, 60 and 40£; No. 2, 7 birds, $7, 
50, 30 and 20,3; No. 3, 10 birds, $10, 40, 30, 20 and 10%. International 
race for international medal, value $150, emblematic of the interna- 
tional live bird championship of the United States and Canada; open 
to the world; 825 sweep in connection with medal race. No. 4, 25 
birds; entrance for medal, price of birds; entrance for sweep, $25 d.nd 
birds. No. 5, miss and out, $2. 
Third day, Thursday, Aus. 16, commencing at 9 A. M.— Events 1 and 
2, 10 bluerocks, entrance $1 5C; No. 3, 15 bluerocks, $2.50; No. 4, 15 
bluerocks, $2 50. Chamberlin Cartridge and Target Company's guar- 
anteed purse of $100; No. 5, 20 bluerocks, $3.60; No. 6, 10 bluerocks, 
$1.50; No. 7, 15 bluerocks, $2.50, guaranteed purse $100; No. 8, 20 blue- 
rockB, $3 60; Nos. 9 and 10, 10 bluerocks, $1.50 each. 
Fourth day, Friday, Aug 17, commencing at 9 A. M. — Events 1 and 
2, 10 bluerocks. entrance $1.50 each; No. 3," 15 bluerocks, $2 50; No 4, 
20 bluerocks, $3 60, guaranteed purse $100; No. 5, 10 bluerocks, §1.50; 
No. 6. 15 bluerocks, $2.50; No. 7, individual international target cham- 
pionship, United States and Canada, for a diamond trophy, to be the 
property of the winner, 50 bluerocks, $1.50: First prize, diamond 
trophy; second, Wilkesbarre gun, donated by Wilkesbarre Gun Co. ; 
third, fancy Colt repeating rifle, donated by Colt's Patent Fire Arms 
Co.; fourth, Devine fishing rod, donate J by Fred D. Devine; fifth, 91 bs. 
E. C. powder, donated by American E. C. Powder Co.; sixth, e^lbs. 
Wood powder, donated by American Wood Powder Co.; seventh, 
same; eighth, gold-headed silk umbrella, donated by Wm. Genicke; 
ninth, .22cal, rifle, donated by Hodgson & Howard; tenth, stiff hat, 
donated by L. F. Weiss: eleventh. 200 nitro powder shells, donated by 
H, M. Levengston; twelfth, same. Event No. 8, 10 bluerocks. 81.50; 
No. 9, 15 bluerocks, $2.50; No. 10, 10 bluerocks, $1.50. 
The Grounds. 
The island where the grounds are located is well known." It was 
named after old man Deschreeshoska, who used to live here before 
the war. The convenience to the hotel is a great feature. There 
could not be a pleasanter place or pleasanter arrangements for a 
shoot. Everything is easy and convenient. The hotel is good and we 
have it upon the word of no less an authority than Col. W. R. 
Hobart that while the lobsters of Lake Michigan are passing large and 
fat, and the yellow-leg chickens of Memphis fair to look upon, tbe 
frogs' legs furnished by the descendants of old man Deschreeshoska, 
who runs this hotel, surpass all previous gastronomic attractions 
whatsoever. In tbe middle of the big blue Detroit River, the island 
is always cool. The weather the first day was beautiful. The second 
day was so unpleasantly cold that the men just up from sweltering 
Memphis hastened to fish out their ducking s weaters and overcoats. 
In Attendance. 
Well known urines are on the register of the hotel, G. Harry Mar- 
lin, of the Marlin Repeating Arms Co. ; C. E. Willard, of the Colts 
Pftent Firearms Mfg. Co.; H. McMurchy, of the Hunter Arms Co ; 
Will X. Park, of the Wilkesbarre Gun Co.; Rollo Heikes, of the 
Winchester Repeating Firearms Co.; Geo. W. Collins, of the Fletcher 
Hardware Co., all mingled with the giddy throng and upheld the sun 
trade. Paul North was of course on band from the Bluerock city 
Almost everybody reptesented the ammunition trade. Forest and 
Stream represented the newspaper trade. It is the only newspaper 
in the sporting news business nowadays. There are more copies of 
Forest and Stream read in Michigan and Canada than of any two 
other sporting papers. Forest and Stream has a bar'l. It can set 
news. s 
But wasn't it a joke about they were going to do something to Jack 
Parker? ° 
Tuesday, First Day, Aug. Ik. 
As soon as the first boat had gotten down from the city the fun 
began at the traps and of course lasted till dark. The event of the 
day was the two-man team race for the target championship of the 
United States and Canada. It was won by Heikes and Young by a 
score of 47 out of a possible 50. Heikes broke 24, missing his 7th 
Young, his partner, got 23, missing Ms 20th and 23d. The only other 
man besides Heikes to secure 24 was J Klein, of Detroit, who broke 21 
straight, but his partner fell down. The contest was taken part in by 
21 teams The nearest competitors to the medal winners were three 
44s— Fry and Penberthy, Fulford and McMurchy, Kelsey and Hobart 
Scores: 
No. 1, 10 singles, $1.50: Hobart 4, Grimm 4, Fulford 7. Van Dvke 6 
McMurchy 7, Brewer 7, Graham 7, Merrill 8, Penberthy 7, Frv 4 Red- 
wing 3, Wayper 7, Holt 9, Heikes 6, Willard 6, Martin 7, North 2,Thomas 
6, Young 6, Upson G, Tippy 4. 
No. 2, 10 singles. $1 50: Thomas 1, North 5, Tippy 9, Willard 5 Mar- 
tin 5, Redwing 4, Young 7, Grimm 6, Hobart 4, Van Dyke 8, Fulford 4 
McMurchy 8, Merrill 8, Brewer 4, Graham 4, Wayper 3, Penberthy 8' 
Molt i, Heikps /. ' 
No. 3, 15 singles, 81.50: Fulford 11, Van Dyke 5, Grimm 7, Brewer 8,' 
Graham 8, McMurchy 12, Merrill 7, Penberthy 8, Heikes 13, Holt 8 
Hobart 5, Wayper 7, Young 9, Willard 8, Martin 7, Thomas 9, Tippy 
(withdrew) 4. JLi vyi 
No. 4, 20 singles, $3.60, guaranteed purse of $100: Grimm 13, Van 
Dyke 18, Brewer 16, Upson 20, Graham 19, Heikes 17, Fulford 19 
Hobart 16, Penberthy 17, McMurchy 18, Holt 17, North 16, Merrill 17 
Young 20, Redwing 15, Fleischer 12, Willard 15, Parker 17, Easton 38 
Kelsey 17, Wayper .10, Wbite 18, Spross 16, W. S. King 19 Tippy 16 
Thomas 13, Rich 17, Martin 13, CicottelO, Gerton 13, Lewis 14 I H 
King 15. ' " 
i,, 1 ^?' 5 ' J° singles ' $ ! - 50: Drewer 5. Grimm 6, Tippy 7, Fulford 5 
McMurchy 4, Van Dyke 5, Penberthy 8, Graham 7, Merrill 5. Heikes 8' 
Holt 7, Hobart 5, Martin 7. Willard 6, Young 7, Thomas 3, Rich l' 
Weichers 4, Kelsey 7, Sanc'yes 1. White 5, Spross 7, Parker (j, Easton 6 
No. 6, 15 singles, $2.50: lucMurchy 14, Grabam 11, Fulford 13 Van 
Dyke 15, Heikes 14, Lewis 11, A. H. King 12, Spross 13, Brewer 13 W 
S. Ku>g 11, Grimm 15, Upson 13, Merrill 13, Holt 10, North 14, Hobart 
12, Young 13, Redwing 12, Fleischer 12, Cicotte 11, Penberthy n 
Martin 10, Thomas 12 Tippy 10, Easton 14, Rich 12, Parker 14, White 
12, Kelsey 11, Gerton 12, Johnson 9. 
fcj 25 singles, 75 cents, two-man championship team of America- 
^'^l 4 '^?^^, 3 - 471 Brewer 22, Van Dyke 20-42; Grimm21 Met 
rill 22-43; Rich 15, Fleiseber 16-31; White 17. Easton 17-34: Wayper 21 
Donaldson 20-42; Holt 16, Spross 23-39: Redwing 20, Upson 23^ Fry 
Penberthy 21-44; Willard 22, Martin 13-35; W. S. King 12. Lewis 17-29 • 
A. H. King 14, Thomas 22-36; Fulford 22, McMurch? 22-44: Park 18 
Gerton 14-32; North 21, Tippy 17-38; Graham 20, Parker 21-41; Kelsey 
21 Hobart 23-44; Payson 22, Brown 14-36; Cicotte 14, Smith 19-33- 
Klem 24, Ford 17-41; Forrest 19, Purser 19-38. 
No. 8, 10 singles, entrance $.50: Grimm 10, Heikes 8, Fulford 8 Van 
Dyke 9 McMurchy 8, Graham 10, brown 10, Upson 8, Hall 8, Young 8 
Merrill 9, Willard 9, Thomas 7, Park 6, Marlin 6, Penberthy 5 W S 
King 7, Redwing 8, Spross 8, A. H. King 3, Hobart 9, Wayper 5 Levis 
I K TogyT leS 8 ' Park6r ? ' F ' etCher 7 ' Schmidt 
mS™^ 6 n^l 6 I^ T ^Ll^T\rl^°J. d l 2 < Van Vy^.lh Heikes 11, 
King 12 Easton 12, Parker 11, Fleischer 13, Cicotte 7, White 13 
No. 10, 10 sir gtes, $1 50: Fulford 9, Van Dyke 6. Grimm 6, Brewer 10 
Young 8, Upsqu 10, Hobart 8, White 7, Kelsey 8, Graham 8 Rich 4 Ci- 
^ tt6 ^l7-?,' ?°~ rth . 5- Holt 9 ' Easton 6, Parker 6, Thoias O? Mc- 
Murchy 8 W 11 jrd 7, Redwing 9, Marlin 8, Tippy 6, Wayper 5 Heikes 9 
Merrdl 6. Lejii 8. W. S Kin| 4,' Penberthy 8, Park 6, Spross 9, A H 
King 5, Ford 5, Schmidt 5, Fleicher 6, Mitchie 4, Gerton 8, Klein 9 
JL DOIlipbOD 0, 
Sweep, 15 singles, entrance $2: Grimm 14, Fulford 13. Graham 11 
Van Dyke 14, Redwing 13, Brewer 11, Upson 14. Easton 13, Spross 15 
Penberthy 11, Heikes 14, Young 14, White 12, Holt 10, Rich 1 L Thomp- 
son 12, Wayper 10, Marlin 8, Willard 10, McMurchy li, Merrill 10 
Sweep 15 singles, entrance $2: Fulford 13, Van Dyke 13, Easton 13 
tew^ssssr 10, 8pross 13: Rich * ^ 10 w l: 
Parker 14, R, Merrill 14, A. H. King 14, Thompson 13, Graham 13, W 
King 12. 
Wednesday, Second Day, Aug. 15. 
The shooting progressed desultorily, as it must when live birds 
targets are shot at the same time, many men being entered at > 
scores at the same time. The wind was good, but tbe live birds flew 
very duff erish lot. They came packed altogether too many in each 
crate, and apparently not fitted up by a term of rest and food. The 
Interest of the day centered in the international champioaship live 
bird contest. The winner of this event in the tournament of 1891 was 
L, T. Duryea, of Glen Cove, L. I.; 1892, Rolla Heikes, of Chicago; 1893, 
A. H. King, of Pittsburgh. Heikes and King were in the present con- 
test. This championship carries with it one of the most beautiful 
medals now in open competition before the shooting public. Three 
wins are required to constitute individual ownership. A sweep was 
started to run with the medal: but all took down their money, the 
requisite number of ten entries not showing. Brewer started the 
trouble in this matter, after missing his first bird, which happened to 
be a screamer. At this Brewer drew down his money and was followed 
by the others. The event went on none the less, and was of such size 
that it could not have been concluded during the day. At Dight there 
were three 6traights left in at night, Parker with 19, Thompson with 
18, and Merrill with 15. Some had finished their scores, but none had 
escaped the d o. b. bird except the three above. The completed scores 
of the day follow. 
No. 1, 5 live birds, $5, two moneys: 
P«rker 01212—4 Fulford 11111-5 
*.Holt 10021—3 Thompson 11011-4 
AH King 11120-4 Merrill 21111—5 
No. 2, 7 live birds, $7, three moneys: 
Upson 1211112—7 Young 1211223—7 
Heikes 0121120—5 *Pa rk 01 1 21 21— 6 
Graham 2112120—6 Parker 1110111—6 
Kelsey 1111110—6 A H King 1101222-6 
W S King 1121100—5 Fulford 1122112—7 
*Holt 1111222—7 Merrill 2112122-7 
Thompson 1112111—7 Grimm 1112102-6 
Van Dyke 1111211—7 McMurcuy '..1121021—7 
No. 3, 10 live birds, 810, four moneys: 
Fulford 2122111222—10 *Easton 2120111111— 9 
A H King 1121122021— 9 Parker 1112212111-10 
WSKing 2211102111— 9 Merrel - . 1221211212-10 
Kelsey 1211211111—10 Grimm ..... 221221 22ny_ 9 
Thompson 1111012112- 9 McMurchy 1221221212—10 
*Redwing 2111212110— 9 Holt 1212102011— 9 
Upson.. .1011111220- 8 Young 2102222200-7 
* Shot for birds only. 
No. 4, 25 live birds, international championship (unfinished): A. H. 
King 15-1. Heikes 4-1, McMurchy 13-2,:Parker 19,Thompson 18, FuKord 
13-1, Brewer 1-1 (quit),W. S King 10-4, Holt 12-2, Merrill 15, Van Dyke 
15-1, Upson 14-1, Redwing 17-1, Young 14-1. Spross 12-3, Grimm 13-2, 
Wayper 5-2, Butler 13-2, Levis 14-1, North 8-2, Warde 10-3. Penberthy 
23-2, Graham 13-2, Easton 6-1, Weise 21-4, Walton 10-5, Marker 13-2, 
• Tippy 13-2, Avery 18-2, Morris 9-3. 
Tne $25 medal sweeps: 
First sweep, 15 singles, $2: Northmore 6, Easton 11, Graham 6, Val- 
lade 9, Ppross 7, Chauvin 11, Kelsey 12, Heikes 15, Brewer 8, Walton 10, 
Gerton 8, Fulford 10, Redwing 11, Purser 11, Holt 6, North 9, White 9, 
Merrill 13, Young 12, Thomas 9, Hobart 12, W. S. King 9. 
Second sweep, 15 singles, $2: Fulford 14, Northmore 11, Brewer 10, 
Heikes 14, Spross 12, Gorton 9, Vallade 8, Hobart 8, White 14, Kelsey 5, 
Wayper 11, Thomas 8, Easton 13, Avery 4. Purser 13, Ford 10. 
Third sweep, 15 singles. 82: Brewer 10, Heikes 12, Fulford 10, Spross 
11, Northmore 12, Kelsey 12, Avery C. Walton 14, Marks 8, Wayper 9 
DeWolf 7, Hobart 8, Dock 10, White 12, Thomas 7, Purser 12. Easton 15 
Redwing 11. 
Fourth sweep, 15 singles, $2: Fulford 15, Heikes 13, Kelsey 14, 
Upson 14. ' 
Third Day, Thursday, Aug. 16. 
The weather was overcast and cold in the morning, but by afternoon 
had become very pleasant. This was the banner day of the shoot 
Large numbers of spectators from the hotel and the excursion boats 
crowded about the shooting stands all day, and the interest waslively 
throughout. Nothing marred the evenness of a very well conducted 
shoot, except the disreputable practice of "bushwhacking" behind the 
score. An occasional bird would escape from the traps and come 
back over the crowd toward the trees, and there was always a num- 
ber of guns waiting for it, some shooters doing this sort of thing who 
should know better. Loaded guns were common, and I saw one man, 
more or less intoxicated, who had two loaded guns and was waiting 
for a shot. All this was close behind or in among the line of shooters 
and spectators, and although no accidents happened that fact was 
due to good luck. Parker did all he could at times to stop this, but it 
needed more absolute measures. Jack Brewer is especially careless 
with a gun in matters of this kind, and when he gets to shooting a 
half dozen shots at one object, or flourishing a loaded and full maga- 
zine Winchester behind the crowd he ought to be called down, at this 
or any other shoot. Shooters are all just alike, and the well-known 
rule about loaded guns anywhere but at the score applies to all alike 
and should be enforced for all alike. 
; During the day Mr. W. M. Thomas, of the U. M. C. Co., set up his 
elegant box of samples of loads, loading and loading ingredients on 
the grounds. Ferd Van Dyke's Winchester sample case was also in 
evidence and Billy Hobart was there also. 
A pleasant little surprise for the management was offered by Mr 
L. Gitschalk, a Detroit citizen, who in return for a little programme 
courtesy had manufactured three beautiful gold and diamond medals 
for competition. A special event was arranged by which these 
medals were offered in a three-men team championship contest, for 
the championship of Detroit and Windsor, and of counties Wayne 
Monroe and Oakland. Parker, Klein and Renwick made the Detroit 
team which won the event. 
The scores did not run high and straights were not numerous 
Toward evening Heikes hit his old swing and won out $60 in a couple 
of hours, getting straights alone and a good place or two in other 
events. At 4 o'clock he said he had won enough to go fishing so he 
quit shooting and went fishing for fun. 
The main event of the entire shoot was concluded in the morning 
the international live-bird championship race. The tall, slim, blonde 
youth from Milvowka known as Dickie Merrill won the great badge 
for 1894. Dickie has been East at the seasha'w this summer and 
came back with collars even a shade higher and with trousers bear- 
ing an even more alarming crease. He talks foreign idiom, speaks of 
golfing, tennis and such things, and shakes hands high up. But he 
has not forgotten how to shoot. The night before the finish he had 
lo straight. It was my misfortune to be obliged to occupy tbe same 
room with him at the crowded hotel, and I can testify to his abound- 
ing cheerfulness and exuberance of spirits. He woke me up at 4 
o clock in the morning by a series of imitations of fowls, quacking 
like a mallard, laughing like the loon, purring like a bluebill and doing 
divers other tilings of the sort to indicate his content with life, all of 
which were well calculated to disturb the innocent slumbers of a 
newspaper man trying to help out his complexion by a beauty-sleep 
in the morning. The man wbo beats Dick will nave to get up early in ' 
the morning, I can affirm. After his morning crow he went out and 
killed the other 10 straight. Jack Parker trotted him so close a heat 
that they had to go the tie, where Jack dropped two to Dick's one 
the latter winning with tne fine showing of 34 killed out of 35 total 
It was a very popular first and second. 
I should say, to avoid misunderstanding as to the readjusted con- 
ditions of the tournament, after the original platform was overthrown 
by the Cleveland kick, that the shooters were classified as at Memphis 
experts and amateurs, the experts shooting unknown angles the 
amateurs known angles. In the afternoon of to-day there were 
several shooters from Canadian towns near by, most of whom went 
to the amateur score. 
In the evening the islard of old man Deschreeshoska was at its best 
The hotel was brilliantly lighted and the grounds were' well filled 
with fair women and brave men. The great river with its continual 
caravan of craft of all sorts was a pretty sight with its thousand 
dancing lights. Item, one moon. Item, several stars. The crew of 
the yacht Josephine, otherwise known as the American Wood Powder 
Orcnestra and Quartette, made plenty of good melody for the boys 
until so late that even the winners of the day wanted to go to sleep 
Following are the scores of the day: 
No. 4, International championship, 25 live birds: 
Mernl I 211 1 21 1 11 1 221 2221 2221 1 21 2-25 
£ arke J- 1 - 1211111alll21121Hlai2211-25 
Van Dyke 3111210im:^2l-J;.'2211]211-24 
Upson 1 1212122021 1111 11^1212111—24 
Thompson , 1121211111111211112101111-24 
Fulford 1310111211112212111121111— 24 
Redwing 2112122110211121111112111-24 
A. H King 2122221222211102012121112-23 
Devis 1111212220112111222201122-23 
Pemberthy 1211122111111221111111110—23 
Holt ... 1101202211112120211211211—22 
McMurchy 1110111121111101111110122—22 
iOUng 1212221212202221201122022—22 
Grimm . , 1LU221011221020111211211— 22 
Butler 1lllllllll5lll0l22202i;2ll-22 
"Weise 221 1121112121210210011101— 21 
The score in the tie was as follows: 
R Merrill 1112221012—9 John Parker 1201222201-8 
Following are the scores of those who started in the above event 
but who did not shoot it out: Walton 10 killed, lost 5, Marks 13-ij 
