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FOREST AND STREAM, 
[Sept. 8, 1894. 
The Soo Gun Club. 
"Away up North," where old Lake Superior's waters kiss their final 
farewell to its rugged shores and go tumbling over the rocks into the 
beautiful St. Mary's River, a few lovers of the gun a short time since 
formed themselves into an organization and called it the Soo Gun 
Club. 
This year the club held its first annual tournament. The boys were 
very green at the business, of course, but they were up to snuff on 
one thing, and raised the "added money" among themselves and a few 
liberal citizens of the town before the shoot. 
The attendance was not large, but the affair was a success in every 
particular. No kicking was heard, and everybody seemed not only 
satisfied, but pleased with the manner in which the thing was run. 
This was due, no doubt, to the able management of John Parker, of 
Detroit, who chaperoned the Soo boys in this, their maiden effort. 
The genial Rolla Heikes, whom everybody likes, headed the list. 
He is the champion of the world with the shotgun, and after the 
regular events he gave the bystanders an exhibition of his skill. 
Upson and Young both did good shooting, and what they don't know 
about shooting can't be learned in a day. Hobart was with the crack 
shots, but was not shooting in his usual good form. We also met 
Mr. C. A. Damon, a thorough gentlemen, who knows his gun and is 
always on hand to show off its work. 
J. W. Nelson, of Duluth, took a run down to see what the Soo was 
doing in the way of shooting, and incidentally mentioned that Duluth 
would be heard from soon. Mr. Mack of St. Paul, always came up 
smiling, though facing the best shots in the country. And the jolly 
Johnny Parker, with his little 12-gauge barker, was on hand to se'e 
that everything went "straight," but he started out quite wrong, for 
the birds were flying strong, and when he wanted ten he got but eight. 
But, for all that, we "didn't do a thing to Jack." 
Everything seemed to be favorable for the shoot. The weather of 
course, was fine, as it generally is up here in summer. The grounds 
are pleasantly located on the banks of the river, which made a good 
background for the targets. One of the shooters remarked: "I don't 
know of a better place for a midsummer shoot anywhere in the coun- 
try. Everybody wants to come to a place like this in summer, anyhow, 
and you can come on the new Northwest from Buffalo, Cleveland or 
Detroit as quickly as you can come by rail. " 
"Yes," Baid another, "and there is some pleasure in coming to a 
place like this. Next year I am coming a week ahead to take in some 
of your big trout fishing and fresh air to brace me up for the shoot." 
And they were not alone. Everybody was loud in praise of the 
pleasant weather, the invigorating atmosphere and the lovely river, 
with its hundredB of islands, its clear and sparkling water, its roaring 
roaring rapids and its pretty lakes and bays. Most of the visitors 
shot the rapids before going home. 
At the traps, however, t hey were more successful, and some very 
good scores were made. The closing event was the most exciting of 
all; $75 added money greased the pot, and everybody started in with 
a determination to do or die. Most of them died. Heikes and Upson 
tied for first with 48 each to their credit. Parker had shot his string 
and had a cinch on third at least with 45. Dave Aitken, a Soo 
amateur, who, by the way, has figured in only one tournament 
previous to this, was at the bat, with 47 killed out of 49. 
"He's going to tie Heikes and Upson for first," someone remarked: 
Dave looked around pleasantly and remarked, "Where's the money, 
in 47?" 
"Yes," was the reply. 
"Pull," said the shooter, and as the "live bird" sailed peacefully to 
its resting place on the river bank one of the spectators was heard to 
remark that it was an awfully hard bird, anyway. 
Following will be found the score3 in the different events: 
The First Day's Scores. 
No. 1, 15 singles, entrance $2: 
Hei kes 11110110001 11 01— 10 
Raymond 111101111111111—14 
Upson 110111110010110—10 
Parker 000000111010011— 6 
Hdbart 011110101101110—10 
Young 11001 1001 111101— 10 
Graham' 111111000001111- 
Thomas 001100010011011- 
Walton OOUOlllOn 0010- 
Martyn 01101010100001 1- 
Aitken 001111011101001- 
Bellair 101011110110100- 
■10 
■ 7 
- 8 
• 8 
No. 2, 20 singles, entrance $2.50, $10 added by club: 
Graham.. MllllllllOlllllll Ill- 
Thomas. ...10101000010010000111 
Walton. . . ,101)0111011111011110 
Martyn. . . .01011110000010101001 
Aitken 11111111111111111011- 
Royce 01110111000011110010 
Graham 111111111001111- 
Aitken 111111111011111- 
Martyn 101010110010110- 
Walton UllOlllOlOlllO- 
Nelson 101110100010100- 
Royce 110101101100101- 
Heikes. .. ..11111101111111111U1—19 
Raymond.. 01111111011111111111— 18 
Upson 11111111111101110101—17 
Parker . . . .10011111001111111010— 14 
Hobart. . . . 11111101110100111111— lft 
Young . . . .11111111U11111111 11-20 
No. 8, 15 singles, entrance $2: 
Heikes 111111111111111—15 
Raymond ...... .111011011 110110— 11 
Upson lilllllllllllOl— 14 
Parker 101111111111110—13 
Hobart 111011111110101—12 
Young 111111111111111—15 
No. 4, 25 singles, entrance $3, $15 added by club: 
Heikes ...llOllOllllllllllllllUOll- 
Raymond loiiiiiiiiiiiinoooiiiioi- 
Upson 1011111110111111011111110 
Parker .• 1111111101011011111111111 
Hobart 1101111111101000010100111 
Young 1111111111110111111100111 
Damon 1111011101111101110111111- 
Graham 1111111111111111111111111 
Aitken 0111111111101111011110111 
Walton 1110111101101101111111001- 
Mack 1111101011101111001110111- 
Martyn 1001110111001100111011111 
No? 5, 6 pairs, entrance $2: 
Heikes 10 11 10 10 11 10— 8 
Raymond 10 10 10 11 11 10— 8 
Upson 10 11 CI 11 10 00— 7 
Hobart 11 01 11 10 10 11— 9 
Young 10 10 11 II 10 10— 8 
-19 
No. 6, 20 birds, entrance $3, £15 added by club: 
Graham 10 11 11 10 11 11- 
Aitken 11 00 10 11 10 10 
Mack 10 10 10 11 11 10 
Walton... 11 11 10 01 11 00 
Damon 11 11 00 11 10 11 
-15 
- 9 
-19 
-11 
-13 
-14 
- 8 
-11 
- 7 
- 9 
-22 
-20 
-21 
-22 
-16 
-22 
-21 
-25 
-21 
-19 
-19 
-17 
-10 
-7 
Heikes.'. . . .11111111111111111111-20 
Raymond.. 11001001111111111011— 15 
Upson 111111011111111 11111— 19 
Rarker . . . .11111111111111111111— 20 
Hobart. . . .11111011100111111111— 17 
Young 11111111101111111111—19 
No. 7, 20 birds, entrance $2, $10 added by club: 
Graham.... 11111011111111111111- 
Aitken 10010111100101111111- 
Mack 11111010001111000111- 
Walton. . . .11010111111100111001- 
Damon. . . .01110011111010111111- 
Martyn. . . . 11001101000001110110- 
Heikes 11111111111111111101—19 
Raymond.. 11111111011111111011—18 
Upson 10111111111111111111—19 
Parker . . . .11011111111011111111— 18 
Hobart. . . .00111110001111011111-14 
Young 10111101110111111111- 17 
No. 8, 15 birds, entrance $150, $10 added by club: 
Mack 110110011011 1101 1 101- 
Martyn.... 10111111111111101111- 
Grabam... .11110111111010111111- 
Damon. . . , 11010111110111101101- 
Walton.. . .11111101101111011110- 
Aitken lllllillOlllllllllll- 
— 9 
•19 
■14 
■13 
-14 
-15 
-10 
-14 
-18 
-17 
■15 
-16 
-19 
Heikes 101111111111111—14 
Raymond 111111010111111-13 
Upson 111111111111111-15 
Parker 1011 101 1011 1011— 1 1 
Hobart 100101101001010— 7 
Young. lOOUOlllli 1111— 12 
Graham 111111111111111- 15 
No. 9. 20 birds, entrance $3, $15 added by club: 
Damon 100110011110111- 
Aitken 111111111111111- 
Mack 001011111111001- 
Nelson., . . 110111110011111- 
Martyn 101100111101101- 
Walton 11 1 1 101 1 01 01000- 
10 
15 
10 
12 
■10 
9 
Graham ... 11111111111111001111- 
Aitken 11001111 111111011110- 
Damon, , . .11101010011000101111- 
Mack 00111101111101011011- 
Hursley. ...11100000001110010111- 
-18 
-16 
12 
•14 
-10 
Heikes.. . . .11011111110111111111—18 
Raymond. .01111111111111110101—17 
Upson 11111111111111111111-20 
Parker . . . .11111111101111111111—18 
Hobart. . . .11111100000111101011— 13 
Young . . . .11111111111110111111— 19 
No. 10, 25 birds, entrance $3, $25 added by club: 
Heikes , 1111111111111011111111111—24 
Raymond..,. 1111111111111111111111111-25 
Upson 1111111111110111111111111-24 
Parker 0001111111111110111011111-20 
Hobart .0001101110110011111111011-17 
Young 0111111111111110111111111-23 
Graham 1111111111111110010011111—21 
Aitken 1001000111111111111101111-19 
Mack 1000111111000111111111010-16 
The Second Day's Scores. 
No. 1, 15 targets, entrance $2, $15 added by club: 
Heikes 110011101111111—12 Young 111001100111111—11 
Raymond 110110010000110- 7 Graham 111101111111111—14 
Upson 110111111111111 — 14 Damon 101110001111111—11 
Parker 110101111111000-10 Mack 110110101000110— 8 
No. 2, 15 targets, entrance $2, $10 added by club: 
Heikes 110111111111111—14 Graham 010111111011111—12 
Raymond 110101011111111—12 Mack llOllllOlOOlOlO— 9 
Upson 110011111111111—13 Aitken 011111111010011—11 
Parker 111110111110110—12 Damon 111111111111010—13 
Young 111111111111111—15 
No. 8, 20 targets, entrance $2, $10 added by club: 
Heikes ...,11111111111111111111— 20 Graham. . .11101111111111110111— 18 
Raymond.. 11110111110111101111— 1" Mack 11111001001110111100—13 
Upson 11111111111111111111—20 Aitken 11110111111011100111—16 
Parker . . . .10110111011111111110— 16 Damon. . . .01111001111110100100—12 
Young . . . .11101111111111111111— 19 
No. 4, 20 targets, entrance $2, $10 added by the club: 
Heikes . . . .00111111111111111101— 17 Young . . . .11111101101111111110— 17 
Raymond.. 11011111111111111111— 19 Damon. . . .lOlOllOlliOlllOOllll— 14 
Epson, , , ,11111111111101111111-19 Mack ,10111110111110111111-16 
Parker . . . .11011111111111111110-^18 Hobart. . .,010101001 10110111011—12 
Graham. . .11111011111011111111— 18 Aitken 11001111111011111111—17 
No. 5, 25 targets, entrance $3: 
Heikes 1111 111111 1 lllllillllllll-25 
Raymond , lllimoill illlimilllll— 23 
Upson .llllllllllllUlllllllllOl— 24 
Parker , ..OllllOlUOOllOOllOlUUOl— 17 
Joung ...llllllllliltlllll-11111110^24 
Graham. , „.•;., .1111111111111011101111111—23 
Mack 0110111111011100111000011—16 
Damon 1010111111111001011111011—19 
No. 6, 20 singles, entrance $2.50, $10 added by the club: 
Heikes .... 1 11 1 101111111 1101111-18 Young .... 10111111111011111110-17 
Raymond.. 11101100111011011111—15 Damon. .. .11010111111110011011—15 
Upson 11111111111101111111-19 Aitken..... 11011111111111111111-19 
Parker . . . .11111111111111101110-18 Mack. . . . . ; 11110101110100111101— 14 
Graham. . .11111111111111111010-18 
No. 7, 20 targets, entrance $2: 
Heikes . . . .11011111 111111111111-19 Young . . . . 11111111110111011111—18 
Raymond. .11101111110111111011— 17 Mack." 11110110101110110110—14 
Upson 10111U1111101111111— 18 Damon. . . . 11010010010001111011-11 
Parker ....01111011111111111101-17 Aitken 11111111111111111011—19 
Graham.. .11111111111111111111— 20 Hobart. .. .11100111011011111110— 15 
No, 8, 20 targets, entrance $2.50, $10 added by club: 
Heikes . . . .11111110110110111111-17 Young 11101111011111001111—16 
Rayrnond.. 11011101111011110011— 15 Mack. . . . ...11100001001011000100— 8 
Upson . ,. .11011011111111111111— 18 Damon . . . .00110110110011111101—13 
Parker . , . .11110110110111111111— 17 Aitken 11111101100111011111-16 
Graham ...11111110111011111111— 18 i 
No. 9, 20 birds, entrance $2: 
Heikes .....11101111111011111111—18 Young 11101111111101111111-18 
Raymond. .11011111011111111111— 18 Aitken 11111111111111111101—19 
Upson 01101110111111111111—17 Hobart. . . . 10111110011001111110-14 
Parker ....11101111011111111011— 17 Mack 10110001001101111011—12 
Graham ...11111111111111111101—19 Damon ....11111001101101110100—13 
No. 10, 50 birds, entrance $3 50. $75 added by club: 
Heikes 11111111111110111111111011111111111111111111111111—48 
Raymond 11111111111001110001110011011101111010111100111111—87 
Upson -.11101111111111111111101111111111111111111111111111—48 
Parker lllOlllilllllllllllllllllOllllllllllOOllllllOlllll— 45 
Graham 11011110111111111111111111111011011111101111111110-44 
Young 11111111111111111111001111110011101111110111110111—42 
Aitken 11111111111111111111111111111111101111111111111010—47 
Mack 11101111001010111001010110000010100111111101111110—31 
Omaia .,11110001100011010011011111101111011001100011100111-31 
Hobart 11100100111111111011110111011111111111111110111011-41 
Martyr 01000110100111011110111000100001000111101111111100-28 
Damon 10111110111111111101111001011111011110011101111011-89 
After the regular events, Harry Heichbold, an expert pencil pusher 
for the Soo Neivs, gave an interesting exhibition of expert shooting 
under unusually difficult conditions, to wit: 10 birds straightaway, 
shooter to kneel immediately behind the trap, muzzle rest, shooter's 
body held in place by that accomplished instructor, Jack Parker. 
Harry made a clean score. Here it is: 
000 000000 0—10 goose eggs. 
Next year the club will hold another shoot, earlier in August, if 
possible, and have good reasons to anticipate a large attendance and 
an even more successful event. J. A. France 
Weir City's Business Men's Gun Club. 
Weir City, Kan., Aug. 24.— The tournament of the Business Men's 
Gun Club, given last Wednesday, was a great success and was well 
attended. The Galena delegation was a little late in arriving on the 
grounds, as they waited until Thursday to come up; but after arriving 
the club scared up what shooters it could find in town and held an- 
other tournament for their benefit. The number of shooters on Wed- 
nesday ran up to 23 in one event, and several events contained 20 or 
more entries. 
The visitors present on Wednesday were A. H. Pie*y, Topeka; 
Messrs. Fay, Class and Jones, from Springfield. Mo.; Lile and McRae, 
from Aurora, Mo. ; Best and Timberlake, Columbus; Price, Allison, 
Morton and Gibson, from Scammon; Thornton, from Webb City; 
Henry and George Pierce and Charles Mathews, Chicopee; A. Dixon, 
Joplin. The local shooters participating were Mcllhany, Calhoun, 
Morrison, Holmes, Kirk, Ayers, McKim and Abbott. 
The regular programme consisted of eight 20-bird races, with $10 
added to No. 3, $15 "added to No. 6, and $25 added to No. 8 There were 
also several extra events shot which were not on the programme. One 
of these was a rather unique race between Ben Price, of Scammon, 
and Mcllhany, of Weir. Price challenged any man on the grounds to 
shoot one shell from each of twenty strange guns for $5 a side, and 
Mcllhany accepted it. The guns were furnished by the shooters pres- 
ent, and the match was won by Mcllhany by a margin of two birds. 
' Two tents were arranged for the convenience of the shoots. One of 
them, a large canopy top tent, was donated for the occasion by Mr. 
Horace Hayden, and offered ample shade for the shooters, while the 
other contained the gun cases. 
Mcllhany, Calhoun, Piety and Class were probably the largest win- 
ners the first day, though many others got in for good money and the 
shooting throughout was very good. i 
On the second day Mcllhany won the best money with 67 out of 70, 
while Piety was a close second. 
The Galena boys expect to give a good shoot in the near future, 
which will probably be well attended by the Weir boys. Scammon 
gives a shoot on Sept. 3 (Labor Day) and a very nice programme is 
already prepared. 
Below are the scores for the two days: 
Wednesday. 
No. 1, 20 singles, S3: Fay 15, Jones 15, Thornton 15, Piety 20, Class 
18, Liles 17, Mcllhany 19, G. Pierce 15, Calhoun 17, McRae 10, Ayers 12. 
No. 2, 20 singles, $2: Fay 15, Mcllhany 17, Liles 14, Jones 18, Piety 
15, ThorntofilB, Calhoun 18, Class 19, H. Pierce 17, Morton 8, Morrison 
13, Price 12, G. Pierce 17, Mathews 10, Timberlake 16, Allison 17, Best 
14, Kirk 9. 
No. 3, 20 singles, $2, $10 added to the purse: 
Piety. .. ...,11111011111111111101— 18 B Pierce. . .10111110110111111111— 1 
Allison .... 010010111 110011 1 1 110 
Morton, . . ,11011011001100001001— 10 
Ayers. . . . ..00100101000100011110— 8 
Best .11001010010100110111--11 
McBrin. . . .10111010101011110111—14 
H Pierce.. .01111111111011111110— 17 
Morrison. ..11111110110011111111— 17 
Timberl'ke lllOOlllOlOlUOllOOl— 13 
McUhany.. 11111101111111111111—19 
Calhoun. . .11111111111101101111—18 
Class llllllllOllllllllOll— 18 
Liles 10111111111011010110-15 
Jones 11101111110101101111—16 
Thornton . .1 1 101 1 1 1 1 1 1 101011100—15 
McRae 11101111101000011010—12 
G Prince. ..11110111111110101101— 16 
Fay 10110111011111011111—16 
No. 4, ',20 singles, $2: Piety 17, Mcllhany IS, Calhoun 18, Class 15, 
Best 14, Morrison 10, Jones 19, Thornton 17, Price 16, Fay 16, Ayers 11, 
Abbot 12, Liles 19, Timberlake 13, McRae 12, Gibson 14. 
No. 5. 20 singles, $2: Piety 16, Mcllhany 15, Class 18, Calhoun 18, Fay 
17, Ayers 9, Price 13, Jones 19, G. Pierce 15, Thornton 15, Morton 12, 
Allison 15, Liles 15, Dixon 11. 
No. 6, 20 singles, $2, $15 added to the purse: 
Piety 11110111111111111111—18 Abbott, ...111 11010000001011100— 10 
Mcllhany . .1111111 II 11011011111— 18 
McRae . . . .10111111011111101011— 15 
Thornton. .llllllOlOllOlllollll— 16 
Kirk 11000001101111000100— 9 
Calhoun. . .11111101111111110110—17 
H Pierce. ..11110111111111110110-17 
J Morton . .11010110011 110101001— 12 
Momson . . .11111110111101111011—17 
Gibson . . . .11110010111111100011—14 
Jones 11001111111111011111—17 
Timb'rlakeOlllllOlllllllllOlll— 17 
Fahy 11111001110111111111-17 
Liles 11111011111010111011—16 
Cleefs 01111011111111110111—17 
Holmes, . . .01110110111000111111 -14 
G Pierce. ..10111110010111111110-15 
Best 10111010110100011111—12 
Dixon 11011011110111101011—15 
Ayers lOllOlOllOinOOOlllll— 12 
McKinn. .. .01101101101100010110— 11 
B Price. , . ,10011111101111001111—15 
-No. 7, 20 singles, $2: Piety 16, Mcllhany 18, Jones 19, Calhoun 18, 
Class 19, Best 15, Fay 18, Morrison 15, Timberlake 14, Thornton 18, 
McRae 12, Liles 11. 
No. 8, 20 singles, $2, $25 added to purse: 
Piety 11010111110111011110-15 Morton. . . .11001111011111111101—16 
Class 11111110111110111010-16 
Price 11101110101111100110—14 
O Best 01111010111011101010-13 
G Pierce... 01111111110111111111—18 
Kirk 01100100010001000010— 6 
Mcllhany ..10111111111111011111— 18 
Abbott . . . .00010100101110100111— 9 
Timb'rlakellllllllOllOllllllOl— 17 
Thornton.. 01111011110000101100— 11 
Calhoun. , .11111111111011111011— 18 
Momson . .01111001000111011111—13 
Gibson 10011111111101011011—15 
Dixon 11111111011010111111—17 
Jones 11111101111111110011—17 
Ayers 1 1010100111101100010—11 
Liles 00111110011111110111—15 
McRae 10111111001110001011—13 
Fahy 10110101111011110111—15 
H Pierce.. .11111101111111011110-17 
J McKim . .01001111110110010000—10 
Thursday, 
All Bhooting at 10 singles, entrance $1 in each event: 
No. 1: Mcllhany 10, Piety 9, Stice 4, Horn 8, Kirk 6, Leeman 3, 
Robertson 3, Schermerhorn 6, Morrison 6, Grantham 9. 
No. 2: Piety 9, Mcllhany 10, Stice 5, Horn 7, Kirk 6, Leeman 5, 
Robertson 3, Schermerhorn 5, Morton 6, Grantham 6. 
No. 3: Piety 9, Mcllhany 9, Horn 9, Schermerhorn 8, McKim 5, Mor- 
rison 5, Grantham 5, Robertson 6, Stice 6, Leeman 2. 
No. 4: Piety 9, Mcllhany 10, Horn 6, Schermerhorn 7, Kirk 4, Morri- 
son 6, Grantham 5, Robertson 6, Stice 4, Leeman 5. 
No. 5: Piety 10, Mcllhany 9, Stice 7, Morrison 8. Kirk 4, Schermer- 
horn 7, Robertson 7, Leeman 8, Grantham 7, Horn 7. 
No. 6: Piety 9, Mcllhany 9, Stice 5, Morrison 6, Kirk 7, Schermer- 
horn 7, Robertson 2, Leeman 3, Grantham 6, Horn 9. 
No. 7: Piety 9, Mcllhany 10, Schermerhorn 8. Leeman 7, Horn 10, 
McKim 3, Robertson 6, Stice Q, Grantham 7, Morrison 3. Mawkujkk. 
Live Bird Bouts and Sweeps at Saratoga. 
The live bird tournament held by the Saratoga Gun Club, Tuesday, 
Aug. 28, would have come pretty near being a flat failure had it -not 
been for the impromptu individual matches in which two of the bloods 
of the club engaged with a "high roller" visitor from Albany, and in 
which the aforesaid bloods did add much to their already high local 
renown, and incidentally did gather unto themselves divers fat purses 
of shining shekels. The tournament managers made the mistake of 
relying entirely upon a prodigal distribution of programmes to gain a 
good attendance, instead of giving the event the wider publicity in 
press notices in big sportsmen's newspapers like Forest and Stream 
—that is, if there be one as big oh earth— and the'error of their ways 
was shown in a poverty of attendance that made the few trap-shoot- 
ing enthusiasts— natives and visitors— present look sad over .what 
seemed a proof of the decadence of theiivbeloved sport. Albany had 
the largest representation of shbotersjittiere being present Harry R. 
Sweny, the most promising young trap shot in Sturgeondom, and 
whose previous shootings and winnings have been . chronicled in 
Forest and Stream; Stone, who has proved himself a high wall in his 
performance at the traps; Johnny Brewer Sanders, Sweny's youthful 
rival with the breechloader, and your correspondent, who was around 
greeting the gang long before the first shot' of the day had reverberated 
from the adjoining woods of Horsehaven. 
*" Among those with whom I exchanged compliments were "Uncle 
Sammy" Goggin and Charlie Stoekwell, of Troy, and the noted Sara- 
toga shooters, Levengston, Bockes, Gibbs, Peters and last, not least, 
the widely known tf Wash" Coster, who, by the way, was chosen to 
act as referee In all of the events of the day . 
The weather was simply delightful in its conditions of gentle 
warmth, still air and in the modified light produced by a dense haze 
that nearly all day long hung motionless in the dead calm. Through 
the blueish-gray folds of the mist the distant mountains were com- 
pletely shut out from sight, and had it not been for the faintly seen 
foothills that bounded the horizon looking eastward from the firing 
points the view in that direction would have seemed like a vista of the 
wide ocean. 
The time for the opening of the shoot had passed and the long wait 
for the shooters who never came was finally enlivened by a scrub 
match between Harry M. Levengston, Jr., of Saratoga, and Harry R. 
Sweny, of Albany; 5 birds, $5 a man. Levengston, who is a model 
of accuracy with his first barrel, scooped his 5 straight with that par- 
ticular Whitwortb tube,?and Sweny scored equally well by the use of 
his second barrel on his first two birds and by nailing the other three 
with the right. Strange to say, the contestants agreed to a "draw," 
withdrew the stakes, paid for their birds and then joined the other 
shooters present in calling for the opening sweep. The scores in this 
and in all subsequent events are herewith given in detail; 
No. 1, 5 birds, $5 entry, the purse divided 60 and 40#: 
Levengston 21111—5 Sweny , .112»2— 4 
Goggin 11212-5 Perkins 01011—3 
No. 2, 7 birds, $5 entry, the purse divided 50, 30 and 20<: 
Levengston 1111221—7 Sweny .121021—5 
Goggin •Willi— 6 Perkins ,1110001—4 
Stone 1110212-6 
No. 3, 10 birds, $10 entry, the purse divided 40, 30, 20 and 10^: 
Levengston 1111121111—10 Perkins , , .1202110102— 7 
Sweny 2101111221— 9 *Stone.. ..ll«l»1212w 
Goggin 2121112001— 8 
*Shot for birds only. 
An individual match between Levengston and Sweny was here inter- 
polated. Conditions, 15 birds each, $25 a side: 
Levengston .... 12111 121221211i -15 Sweny 110111121211221—14 
No. 4, 5 birds, $5 entry, the purse divided 45, 35 and 20s': 
Levengston 11111—5 Peters 10121—3 
Sanders 11»U— 4 Stone. .20120-3 
Goggin 1»211— 4 Perkins 0»210-2 
Another little side snap in the form of a scrub between Peters (Sar- 
atoga) and Sweny gave zest to the spectators' view of the show. 
Conditions, 5 birds eacb, $10 a side: 
Peters 21022—4 Sweny..... ... l22»l-4 
On the shoot-off, miss and out, Peters killed a long straightaway 
driver from No. 2 trap, and Sweny failing to stop the same kind of a 
tailer from the same box. gave Peters the coon. 
No. 5. 5 birds, $5 entry, the purse divided 60 and 40;£: 
Levengston 12111 — 5 Sweny. , 1««12— 3 
Goggin 21211—5 Perkins 011*1 — 3 
Sanders 11012—4 Peters 10210—3 
Stone 11110—4 
Grand song and dance act by Messrs. Peters and Rweny at 25 birds a 
man for $50 aside. This was brought about after a long chinning 
match which resulted in Peters being allowed a 2yds. shortening of 
the rise. The sharp fellow didn't need it, as the score will show: 
Peters. 2021211201011111222111021—21 
Sweny , „ 222212112.1121U.01121021— 21 
Tie shot off at 10 birds: 
Peters 1111222221—10 Sweny 211281110«w 
No. 6, 5 birds, $5 entry, one money. 
Levengston. 11121—5 Sweny , .1111«— 4 
Peters ..11121- 5 -Perkins 10»21— 3 
Stone ,...21111-5 , 
The sixth sweep concluded, the shooting. The prominent feature of 
the day's 1 performance, was the fine aggregate score of Mr. Leveng- 
ston, who killed all his birds— 57 straight. This feat is all the more 
creditable when it is considered that the rise was 30yds., the boundary 
8 30yds. circle. . Horace.B. Derby. 
The Chattanooga Tournament. 
On Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 19 and 20, the Interstate Manu- 
facturers' and Dealers' Association will give a two-days' tournament 
at. Chattanooga, Tenn. The programme to hand states that the tour- 
nament is given for the Chattanooga Gun Club, whose grounds are 
within twenty minutes' ride of the center of the city, electric cars run- 
Ding direct to the scene of the shoot-. 
Each day's programme calls for 150 shots divided equally iDto ten 
events. The novelty system will be shot in five of the ten events, the 
usual handicap, one of distance only, being observed. Know trap, 
unknown angle events make up the balance of the programme En- 
trance money in each event is $1.50. A Bpecial feature, and one of 
particular interest to those who will attend the shoot, is the added 
money, $100 being added each day by the Chattanooga Gun Club, $10 
to every purse. AH purses are divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. 
On Friday, Sept. 21, the day following the close of the Interstate 
tournament, a shoot will be held, open only to Tennessee shooters and 
clubs. One of the objects of this shoot will be the formations a 
State league, and the co-operation of all clubs in Tennessee is. earnestly 
requested. The Chattanooga Gun Club will arrange for a State cham- 
pionship cup. 
Headquarters for Shooters during the tournament will be the Read! 
House, opposite the Union Depot, where the rates are $2 per day and 
upward. Address communications for information regarding the 
shoot to F. I. Stone, president; F. H. Woodworth, treasurer,, or Wm. 
White, secretary, Chattanooga Gun Club, Chattanooga, Tenn. 
Trap at San Antonio. 
The following scores were made at the regular shoot of the San An- 
tonio Gun Club, Sunday, Aug. 26: 
No. 1, 10 singles and 3 pairs targets: 
McCormack 12 France 11 Rothwell .11 
Thiele 11 Yollbrecht 9 Smith 10 
Kelley 10 Samuels 14 Veith 8 
No. 2, trophy shoot, 20 singles and 5 pairs: 
Rothwell 13 Grossman 15 Barr 19 
Thiele 17 Vv'«jyel 14 Yeith 19 
France 22 McCormack 19 Vollbrecht 21 
Kelley 23 Smith 25 Ramsdorf 14 
Shields 19 Samuels 25 
No. 3, 15 singles: 
FraDce 10 Vollbrecht 7 Shields 
Thiele. 
Veith. 
8 
.12 McCormack 9 Grossman -. 7 
.10 Smith 12 
O. C. G. 
The Peekskill August Record. 
Peekskiix,, N. Y., Aug. 25. — Following is the score of the Peekskill 
Gun Club for the month of August in the prize competition for 1894, 
Shooting at 25 targets, rapid firing system, with added birds not to 
exceed 10: 
JB Halsted 1111011111111010101111111 —21 
Dr H B Wygant 111011101110110111111111111 —23 
E F Hill , 01000000111110100101011111001100010-17 
Dr P H Mason 1111111111111111111011101 —23 
H P Dain 111111100101011011014111111110 —23 
O J Loder 11011110111001110011001010 —16 
Dr S B' Horton OOOllllllllOlOlllllOw. 
M S Perry 11111111x1111101110111101 —22 
H L Armstrong lOlOlOllOlOHOlOOlllllOllUO —18 
W D Southard. . . 11011011111110111000010001100010000-18 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
D., Boston, Mbss.— What kind of sights are used by the quickest 
rifle shots of this country at glasB balls or moving objects ? Ans, 
The Lyman, 
