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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 19, 1895. 
Western Traps. 
Chicago, 111., Jan. 11.— The old reliable Illinois State Sports- 
men's Association swings into line on the usual early June dates, 
which for 1895 are 3-8. The annual cenvention will be held at 
the Sherman House on the evening of June 4. There will be a 
banquet this year, on June 4, and this will no doubt be a pleas- 
ant affair. This meet is always a good one, and everything 
points to a great time this year. The new secretary, Mr. Her- 
man Meyer, is a hustler, and the new president, Mr. Shepard, 
who was* the old secretary, is as dependable and accurate as 
ever. 
Dispatches announce to-day that the tournament at Kewanee, 
111., is doing well. Tom Marshall shot his second race with Dr. 
Carver there yesterday, and Carver won with 75 to Mr. Marshall's 
72. Deterline and W'. T. Irwin shot a target race to-day and 
there will be a team race between Kewanee and Neponsett towns. 
Mr. Jesse Pumphrey of Columbus, O., and well known at the 
traps, was in Chicago for a short time this week. 
Dorsey Burgess writes me from American Falls, Idaho, that 
the boys out there are going to have their first try at pigeon 
shooting this week, and they are loading up with No. 4 shot and 
F. G. powder. That ought to kill them all right. Mr. Burgess 
sends me a tracing of a Snake River trout, 25in. long. This fish 
weighed 8%lbs. Which shows that a trap- shooter can bo some- 
thing of a fisher himself. 
Audubon Gun Club, of Chicago, met last night, Jan. 10, and 
elected as officers for the ensuing year Cbae. Kern, President; 
C, S. Wilcox, First Vice-President; Chas. Morris, Second Vice- 
President; W. L. Shepard, Secretary-Treasurer. Directors will 
be P. A. Place, R. B. Organ, L. M. Haiuline, C. S. Wilcox and C. 
B. Dicks. This club will shoot for the following year on the 
same sliding handicap used by the-Chicago Shooting Club, the 
invention, I believe, of Mr. Organ. To illustrate, using the han- 
dicaps of the latter body: Geo. Kleinnaan shoots at scratch, but 
should he fail to win, he is allowed one bird in his next shoot, 
never any more than one bird, and ibis to cut off when by win- 
ning he goes up again to scratch. Eddie Bingham is allowed 
One bird all the time, never more or less. R. B. Organ is allowed 
one bird, with a slide of one bird. And soon down, the entire 
handicap and the slide for each man being determined by the 
close knowledge of the ability of each shooter, gained throngh 
long and intimate acquaintance at the trap at the club shoots. 
There is no fixed rule of handicap, and indeed such a rule is 
hard of laying down. These clubs find the sliding scale entirely 
satisfactory as among themselves. E. Hough. 
909 Seoubitt Building, Chicago. 
Jones-Knapp vs. Edey-Reynal. 
L. S. Thompson and W. S. Edey were matched a short time 
ago against J. P. Knapp and Channcey Floyd-Jones, the match 
being arranged to take place on the Westminster Kennel Club's 
grounds. Babylon, L. I. Thompson being taken ill, the match 
would have fallen through had not Edey agreed to take N. C. 
Reynal as his partner, all bets on the other match being off, the 
new race being made for the price of the birds. Side bets on in- 
dividual scores kept up the interest in the match until the last 
bird was shot. 
Reynal has been shooting very well lately, but on Tuesday, 
Jan. 8. the day of the race, he was decidedly off color. The birds 
were very fast, as a rule, and when he tried to be careful it 
seemed as if he couldn't pet on to them in time to be dangerous. 
Floyd-Jones started out rockily, missing seven out of his first 25 
and then dropping three more out of his next 13. From that 
point up to his last three birds he did as good shooting as he 
has ever done, scoring 56 out of the 60 birds. Two more would 
'unquestionably have been scored to him, making that total 58, 
had a man, or even a careful dog, been sent to gather his 66th 
and 7l8t birds. Kitty, the club's brin died retrieving bull-terrier, 
was wild and over-anxious, causing both birds to flutter over 
the boundary; Kitty's small mouth is to be urged in mitigation 
of her misdeeds, and, a,s a further set-off. must be credited with 
brisk and lively work nndor unpleasant conditions. 
Knapp is shooting very strongly just now and would prove a 
warm antagonist for any live bird shot. His score of 85 is much 
better than it, looks, as he experienced an unusually large 
amount of ill luck in the way of "dead out of bounds." No less 
than seven of his 15 lost birds fell dead just out of bounds, the 
liirds being very strong ones and their wings escaping injury. 
Fast as were the great majority of the birds, Knapp's time was 
just as fast, several of his kills being very fine ones. A better 
lot of birds is very seldom trapped in this country ; they were 
all blue and as qui^k as English snipe when once the traps were 
opened. Well as Knapp shot, only one bird separated his score 
from that of his partner. As a matter of fact the way in which 
Floyd-Jones pulled himself together after the 38th round was the 
feature of the match, his first-barrel work being particularly 
effective. 
Edey started out well, killing 17 out of his first 19: this work 
was all the more creditable as he was standing at 30yds., some 
2vds. more than his usual handicap. His longest run was only 
14. from the 14th to the 56th round inclusive. Flovd Jones had 
a run of 27 and another of 16; Knapp had one oT 23, while Rey- 
nal's longest run was a, 16, made in his first 25. 
At the end of the 25th round Reynal and Edey were two 
ahead, the score standing 41 to 39; when 50 birds each had been 
shot at Floyd-Jones and Knapp led by 5 birds, the score being 
85-80. The next string of 25 each showed the same pair leading 
by 9. the score s^eet showing 129-120 in their favor. In their 
last 25 birds eaeb Knapp and Jones killed 40 to their opponents' 
35 gaining five more, winning the match by 14 birds, the totals 
being 169 to 155. The order of shooting was Floyd Jones, Edey, 
Knapp and Reynal; Floyd Jones beat his man by 7 birds, while 
Knapp at the close also led Reynal hy the same number. 
Floyd Jones led off and missed a fast twisting right-quarterer, 
Reynal also missing a very quick bird from No. 3 trap that went 
to the right : Knapp's third fell dead out of bounds, giving their 
opponents the lead. At the end of the 19th round this lead had 
been increased to 4: then Edey missed hiB 20th and 21st, but 
Knapp's 22d and Flovd Jones's 23d both being scored lost, the 
score at the end of the 23d round was still four in favor or' the 
Countrv Olub men (Edev and Reynal). Both, however, missed 
their 24th birds, and the first quarter of a century showed them 
only two ahead. The 32d round was marked bvEdev letting off 
a driver from No. 4 trap, the score then being tied, the lead hav- 
ing been reduced to a single bird in the previous round. Flovd 
Jones lost his 33d bird, but Reynal did the same thing, so the 
score was still a tie, remaining sr> until the 35th round, when the 
same shooters slipped up on a right-auartering incomer from 
No 1 trap. That gave the lead to the Westminster Kennel Club 
team a lead that they graduallv increased until the 90th round 
found them 15 ahead. The 94th round showed a gain of one 
more when Edev's bird fell dead out of bounds. Although he 
followed this up by losing two out of his last five, the lead of 16 
was reduced to 14, owing to Floyd Jones and Knapp each losing 
two birds out of the same number. Reynal's finish on his last 
string of 10 birds was totally at variance with his previous work; 
he shot in good time and centered his birds well, killing them 
all close to the traps. 
The result could hardly be termed a surprise, as on paper 
Knapp and Floyd Jones area strong team, particularly if, as 
happened on this day at Babylon, the latter sbould strike his 
old-time "ait. Experience goes a good way toward winning a 
match at pigeons, and both the Westminster Kennel men have 
shot fa,r more pigeons than their opponents from the Country 
Club The total of 155 is, of course, not exactly the true form of 
Edey and bis partner : the result, seemed due more to the fact 
that they were up against faster birds than they have generally 
been in the habit of meeting, an extra fast lot ha ving been sup- 
plied for this match. There were some amusing features in the 
dav'«i sport the majoritv of them furnished by Kitty, the bull- 
terrier aud'the "scouts" down by the barn, who blazed away at 
everything in sight. As for Kitty, sho can run almost as fast as 
p -nipeon can flv. and when she chases one out. of bounds, as she 
did Reynal's 36th and Floyd Jones's 66th and 71st birds, if there s 
anv fiv in them, she won't come back until she's got them. 
The collapse of the Country Club team in the eighties was a 
very bad one. Edey losing three out of the ten, while Reynal 
went him 100 per cent, better, dropping no less than six. The 
day was by no means a good one for the birds, although there 
was a fair breeze from the north and northwest, both at the be- 
ginning and during the last 25 birds. The absence of a strong 
wind, combined with the presence of a cold drizzle, is usually 
enough to make any birds slow. These birds, however, were a 
capital example of birds well chosen and well trapped. The time 
occupied by the match was just 4 hours and 33 minutes, divided 
as follows: First 100, 65 minutes ; second 100, 70 minutes; third 
100, 94 minutes ; fourth 100, 64 minutes. A curious incident was 
furnished in both the 87th and 89th rounds, when Knapp, Edey 
and Reynal each missed their birds. 
The traps fell to each shooter as follows: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. 
Floyd Jones,... 23 20 24 18 15 
Knapp 13 22 22 19 24 
Edey 22 16 28 22 12 
Reynal 26 14 22 16 22 
84 72 96 75 73 
The flight of the birds shows them to have been an extraordi- 
narily good lot considering that the wind was at no time strong. 
The following table gives the direction of the birds and the 
number of eaeb drawn bv the individual shooters : * 
D RQD LQD RQ LQ RQI LQI I H T 
Floyd Jones. 23 25 13 . 22 7 5 1 4 0 0 
Knapp 24 25 13 13 8 5 4 6 2 0 
Edey 31 17 12 18 4 5 6 5 2 0 
Revnal 14 22 11 20 8 10 2 11 1 1 
* D, driver; RQD, right-quartering driver; LQD, left-quarter- 
ing driver; RQ, right-quarterer; LQ. left-quarterer ; RQI, right- 
quartering incomer; LQI, left-quartering incomer; I, incomer; 
H, hoverer; T, towerer. 
The above table shows that no less than 280 out of the 400 had 
an outgoing tendency, 82 of that number being drivers; there 
were 73 right-quarterers, 27 left-quarterers, while only 64 — that 
is, 16 per cent— had an incoming tendency; there were also 5 
hoverers and 1 towerer. 
Floyd Jones shot an Atkin gun, his powder charge being 44 
grain's of American E. C. ; Knapp was shooting 45 grains of hard 
grain Schultze. his gun being aFrancotte Purdey; Edey's gun is 
a Francotte, while Reynal's is a Purdey ; Edey used 45 grains of 
Schultze, Reynal pinning his faith on 31 grains of Walsrode in 
TJ. M. C. special Walsrode shells. 
Score: 
Team matce, 200 live birds a side, handicap rise, 50yds. boun- 
dary: 
C Floyd Jones, 28 0221222200110120201121011—18 
2220122*12110211221222222—22 
122121121111121*1211*1212—23 
0222202122112122121122001—21— 84 
J P Knapp, 30 22*222222*2222222*222*222—21 
22222222222221222222*2221- 24 
11222202*2202222222222021—21 
1*22221222202002122201201—19- 85 
on that list, and for $10 be able to participate in a $3,000 shoot, 
had better hustle along mighty quick with their names, as no one 
will be allowed to shoot who is not down on the list and has paid his 
$10. This is final. Boys, you know what that means. Don't de- 
lay the game, but send in your names at once, if you are coming 
to Knoxville. 
But to other matters pertaining to the club. The accompany- 
ing table is self-explanatory : 
WSEdey, 30.. 
N 0 Reynal, 28 , 
169 
.2212222*11102222222002201—20 
0212220211201001202212221—19 
1222 11 2022212220210222221—22 
2102011 22020200212*102202—16— 77 
02222*0222221222222222202—21 
2222022020*22222222220222—20 
22*11*2220200222222222*02—18 
2222202020002022222222222—19— 78 
155 
Edward Banks. 
One Certificate 
Weekly 
25 bluerocks, 
known traps, 
unknown angles 
J W Conner. . . 
R Van Gilder. 
A E Mead 
S Van Gilder. 
F A Morris. . 
EHDePew... 
8 BDow 
C Ross 
J M Ross 
D Lindsay.... 
F S Mead 
L D Tyson 
J W Slocum . . 
Summary.. 
Weekly 
Certificate 
Wins. 
Challenge 
Wins. 
Challenge 
Loss 
Order 
Merit 
<x> 
4-1 
eS 
2» 
O 
Total No. Certifi- 
cate Won. 
Average Per cent. 
Weekly Wins. 
Average Per cent. 
Challenge Wins. 
Mean 
Average. 
Per cen tjj 
V 
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15 
26 
16 
25 
41 
95.20 
93.00 
94.10 
13 
23 
14 
22 
36 
93.85 
94.61 
94.23 
8 
18 
21 
5 
26 
96.50 
95 32 
95 91 
2 
10 
12 
0 
12 
88.00 
89 25 
88.63 
3 
1 
4 
0 
4 
92.00 
79.00 
85.50 
2 
0 
2 
0 
2 
92.00 
92.00 
92.00 
2 
0 
2 
0 
2 
92.00 
92 00 
92 00 
2 
4 
6 
0 
6 
90.00 
94.00 
92 00 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
90 00 
90.00 
90.00 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
96 00 
96 00 
96.00 
1 
0 
1 
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96 00 
96 00 
96.00 
I 
0 
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9U.00 
96 00 
96.00 
1. 
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76.00 
76 00 
72 00 
52 
82 
82 
52 
134 
Tlie Knoxville Gun Club. 
Knoxvilee, Tenn., Jan. 7.— Editor Forest and Stream: The 
fourteenth annual meeting of the Knoxville Gun Club was held 
Deo. 29 for the transaction of general business and election of 
officers. The old officers of the club were unanimously re- 
elected for the year 1895 as follows: S. B. Dow. President: T. C. 
Eldridge, Vice-President; S. Van Gilder, Captain; J. C.White, 
Treasurer ; R. Van Gilder, Secretary. 
The annual report of the secretary was read and approved. It 
was the consensus of opinion of the members present that the 
Knoxville Gun Club received and disbursed more cash than any 
other gun club in the country. 
It is a well conceded fact by all that the club is the "livest" 
one in the country, and has done more in past and present to 
elevate and build up the great sport of the trap than any other 
gun olub. 
Wha,t club was it that four seasons ago started the added 
money scheme with $500 in '92, then $1,000 in '93, then $1,000 in 
'94, than $1,500 in '95, or a grand total of $4,000 in four seasons? 
Now, boys, show up your record, and see where you "air at" 
and where you ought "to be at." 
We wonder if the dealers and manufacturers lully appreciate 
the past and present efforts of the club for their profit. 
We know, we are glad to say, that the vast concourse of gen- 
tlemen who attend our annual meetings are pleased and happy 
beyoud question with our endeavors to give them a shoot that is 
"equalled by none." They all say so, so don't get "green-eyed," 
my brother shootists. A shoot that one can go to and be treated 
as a gentleman, and where drooping for place (the now agitating 
question of the day) is but little known but by few and far be- 
tween scores— thanks to Mr. Fulford for his compliments, as 
well as all others. 
Now, to the dealers and manufacturers we say we are going to 
give them a chance soon to see how very liberal they can be 
toward advancing the cause, and say by their ■ how they 
appreciate the efforts of the club, backed up for May '95 by over 
100 o£ the representative shooters this country can produce. 
Dealers and manufacturers who are friends of the club, come to 
the aid and assistance of a club which has been the direot and 
indirect medium of nutting thousands of dollars in your pockets 
by increased sales of ammunition supplies! 
We are glad to note in the past a few liberal friends ; but this 
season of '95 the elub wants the largest meeting ever held in this 
countrv. The scheme, you say? 
Tim 'club adds $1,500, 100 men will give $10 each, making 
$1 000, and now all we ask is for ten manufacturers to subscribe 
the small proportion, $500. making a grand total of $3,000 added 
money. Who are the first to put themselves on record and show 
by gift and deed thev are our friends? Our friends the shooters 
(those 74 men enrolled on the famous list), what say you? Don't 
you think you are entitled to some consideration? Onrfriends the 
dealers and manufacturers, what say you? Will it not be money 
well spent for the good will of over 100 representative men of 
thiB countrv? Now, I am sure such an appeal will not go un- 
noted, because the time is ripe and the cause just for the best 
meeting ever given bv any club. Our club has the entire confi- 
dence of the shooting fraternity at large of knowing how to run 
a tournament conducted upon business principles. The Knox- 
ville Gun Club was the only club for years that had "the sand" to 
add $1,000 to its purses. When other clnbB saw our success and 
consulted our methods, thev commenced in '94 to go and do like- 
wise. This season of 1895 has ushered in, so far, more large 
added money events than ever before known in the history of 
trap-shooting. Such are some of the good results that have been 
brought to light by the direct influence of the Knoxville Gun 
The club feels proud to be enabled to say that such results are 
due to the great labor not only of the club members, but also of 
its manv friends over the whole country by their always saying 
a good word for our boys. And our boys always feel toward 
them the very kindliest feelings of gentlemanly sportsmen, as 
the aid of all the shooters is needed to make a meeting a success. 
Wttl i the assistance of the boys in May, '95, our meeting will be "a 
Already 74 names are enrolled on the $10 list, payable March 
1, 1895 (send it to R. Van Gilder, secretary). All who want to get 
The club decided at the '94 meeting to hold weekly shoots aud 
issue a certificate of merit to the highest score made. The mem- 
ber holding at the end of the year the greatest number of certifi- 
cates won to be given $50. Any holder of a certificate could be 
challenged by any other certificate owner upon depositing with 
the secretary a challenge fee of 50 cents for second and third 
prizes. This plan has done more to create rivalry and interest 
than any yet devised. Upon examination of the table we find 
the following winners : 
John W. Conner, first prize, $50, holding 25 certificates. 
R. Van Gilder, second prize, $35, holding 22 certificates. 
A. E. Mead, third prize, $6, holding 5 certificates. 
The fight for first place was close between Conner and Van 
Gilder, Van Gilder holding up to the last two shoots 25 certifi- 
cates to Conner's 18. Conner, by magnificent form, breaking216 
out of 225, won 7 certificates on different challenges, and reduced 
Van Gilder to 23 to his 25, which, with only one more shoot, vir- 
tually gave him the match, amid much excitement and applause, 
as such form is rarely shown. 
A further examination of the table shows that A. E. Mead has 
developed some (?) speedy shooting. The table shows his per- 
centage is highest for the number of his wins. A further exam- 
ination shows that Conner and Van Gilder shot at 1,925 targets 
and averaged 94.16 per cent. — a pretty fair average for any two 
amateurs. Mead comes along with 95.91 per cent, at 650 targets ; 
or making the three men shooting at 2,575 targets averaging 
9475 per cent. What club can show up to this bona fide record? 
All who have shot at the targets as thrown on our grounds know 
they are screamers. Ask them. 
But I must bring to a close this resume of the Knoxville Gun 
Club for the year of '94, else the editor of this great and most 
enjoyable companion to the sportsman may grow aweaiy and 
consign this "much ado about nothing" to the waste basket. 
Brother secretaries, send in your reports, as we all like to read 
what you are doing especially to build up this great sport of 
trap-shooting. I am sure the columns of this paper are alwa' s 
open to news of interest; R. Van Gildee, Sec'y. 
Boiling Springs Gun Club. 
Rtjthebeobd, N. J., Jan. 5. — The following scores were made 
at our regular monthly club shoot this afternoon: 
Club shoot, 25 targets, unknown angles: 
Richmond 0101011110011110111101111—18 
James 1111011110111111110111111-22 
Paul 1111000111111111110011111—20 
Huck 1110111111010011111111 111-21 
Krebs 111111001010010111 1010111— 1 7 
Burgess - 0101000001110110111000111—13 
Jeanneret 0101101101011110001101110-15 
MaeKay 01 01 00011 1011 11 1001 100111—1 5 
Van Dyke 1111111110111111110110111-22 
Hobart 1111111111110111110111111- 23 
No. 1,10 targets, unknown angles: Van Dyke 8, Hobart 6, 
Richmond 6, Huck 8, Paul 5, Jeanneret 4, MacKay 4. 
No. 2,' same : Richmond 9, Huck 8. MacKay 7, Hobart 7, Paul 
6, Van Dyke 10, Burgess 4, Hntchins 3. 
No. 3, i0 targets, everything known : Hobart 7, Paul 6, Van 
Dvke 8, MacKay 4, Huck 9, Jeanneret 6. 
No. 4. 10 targets, expert rules: Hobart 10, Van Dyk6 8, Mac- 
Kav 6, Paul 4, Burgess 4, Huck 7, Jeannerette 7. 
No. 5, 10 targets: Richmond 6, MacKay 6. Hobart 8, Paul 9, 
Van Dyke 8, Huck 9, Jeanneret 6. Wm. H. Huck, Sec. 
Live Birds at Willard Park, N. J. 
Pateeson, N. J., Jan. 7.— The following sweep was shot at Wil- 
lard Park on Jan. 5 : 
Four-cornered match, 25 live birds. $25 entrance : 
Eddie Morgan (28) 221112212212121110222220*— 22 
T WMorfey (35) 01122212222221122222020*2—21 
Jones (28) .22221*111 022220122*111*2* -19 
J L Brewer (35) 021*0222222**2201222 w —14 
DuTCHEB. 
Rye Gun Club. 
Rye. N. Y„ Jan. 1.— The New Year's Day shoot brought out 
a goodly number of shooters, chiefly gentlemen from Stanford. 
Bridgeport. Coscob and Yonkers, who as usual made the leading 
scores. The 10-target match shoot between P. Eat and ••Cap- 
tain" was won by the Captain in a walk. The Captain surprised 
all of the boys, including P. Eat with his easy manner of shoot- 
ing, "gun below elbow"i style. P. Eat, as loser, had to pass 
around the cigars, remarking that he was an easy mark this 
time, but look out for the results of the next match. Scores; 
Five birds : No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. 
SGedney 12000—2 01002—2 
J Moller 10210—8 • 01100—2 12002-3 
L Ganum 01022—3 10002—2 10020—2 
H Hill 21120-4 12211—5 
G Valentine 11121-5 00211—3 
E J Pope • • - • 12201-4 
H Billington .... 012**-2 
No. 4, same : Sanger 5, Valentine and Hill 4, Lock wood 3, Mol- 
ler 2. 
Target events were as follows: 
No. 1, 3 pairs: Hill 4, Ganum and Valentine 3, Moller and 
Gedney 2, Pope 1. 
No. 2, 5 targets: Hill 5, Valentine 4, Mo'.ler 3, Ganum 1, Ged- 
ney 0. 
No. 3. 10 targets: Lookwood 9, Valentine 8, Sanger 7, Moller 
and Hill 6, Anthes aud "Granger" 5, Field and Hodgins4, J. 
Gedney 1. 
No. 4, 10 targets: Sanger 9, Valentine 8, "Granger" 7, Hill 6, 
Lockwood, Billington and Pope 5. 
No. 5, Match, 10 targets: "Captain" 7, P. Eat 3. 
Jan. 3. — The match shoot at 15 live birds between Mr. Lewis 
and "Doctor," two prominent members of th.e Park City, 
