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FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Fixtures. 
All ties divided unl ess o therwise reported- 
Send notifce of ydUr shoot like the following s 
Jafa. 3t) — Pittsbubgh, Pa.— Stectmd- match, W. G. Clark VS. W. M. 0. 
Johes, 100 iive birds, $100 a aide. . \ , 
Feb, 1.— Btjensidk, 111 — Kleitiniah vs Carver, 100 live birds, cham- 
pionship, of America aiid a stake oi $200 , ■ - , A 
Feb. 5-7.— Utica, N Y. — Two flrst days, targets; last day, live birds. 
Open to all. Send for programmes to E. D. Fulford or H. L. Gates. 
I'eb. 22.— ALBANY, N. Y.— First tournament of the Ea.sternNew York 
Trap-Shooters' League, of the series of 1895, under the auspices of the 
West End Gun Club. Henry A. Kratz, Sec'y. 
Fen. 22 — NTaplewood, N J.— All-day shoot of the Maplewood Gun 
Club; targets. O. E YeomanB. Sec'y. Orange, N. J. 
Feb. 27-28 —Elizabeth, N. J— Second hi-monthly tournament of the 
Elizabeth Gun Club; flrst day, targets; second day, live birds. Events 
open to all. 
March 5-7 — Rlttteheout). N. J. — Three-days' tournament of the 
Boiling Springs Gun Club ; first two days targets, last day live birds. 
Wm. H, Huck. Sec'y. 
April 3-5— Willabd PABK, Paterson, a. J.— Interstate Manufac- 
turers' and Dealers' Association's third annual Grand American 
Handicap at live birds, at New York; $1,000 guaranteed, all surplus 
added All ties in Grand American Handicap must be shot off : three 
motleys, three high tiUns. 
Mdy 8-iO.— Weik City, K;is —Ninth annual owl shoot of the Amateur 
Trap-Shooters' Association of Missouri and Kansas; $300 in cash 
added. W. W. Mcllhany, Sec'y. 
May 9-11. — Newbukgh, N. Y.— West Newburgh G. and E, Associa- 
tion tournament. W. C. Gibb, Sec'y. 
May 1-1-16 —Dayton, O —Ohio Trap-Shooters' Eeagde annual meet- 
ing and tournament under the auspice's at trto Bucke'ye Gun Chib, of 
Dayton, O. Ed. Tavlor. Sec'y, 8 West Third street. Cincinnati. 
May 21-24 — Kiioxvllle (Term ) Gun Club's fourteenth annual tourna- 
ment; $1,500 added to the purses 
May 29-30 — Cana-joharte, X. Y. — Two-day's tournament Of theCan- 
ajoharie Gun Club; targets. Chas. Weeks, Sec'y. 
May 30-31 — Gkand Kapids, Mich —Valley City Gun Club's annual 
tournament; targets; added money announced later. C. F. Rood, 
Sec'y. , :• 
June 3-8.— CniCAOO, 111.— Illinois State Sportsmen s Association an- 
nual tournament. Convention at Sherman House June 4. 
June 4-7 —Memphis, Tenn — Memphis Gun Club's annual tourna- 
ment; $2,000 added money. 
June 19-21 —Cleveland, O.— Chamberlain Cartridge and Targe 
Company's second annual tournament; $1,200 in bash added. 
June 25-26.— Altoona, Pa— Third annual tournament of theAl- 
toona Rod and Guu Club at Wopsononock; targets. W.G.Clark, 
Sec'y. 
Aug 29-31.— Hot SPRING'S, S D —Hot Springs Gun Club's second an- 
nual tournament 
Oct. 3-6 —Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's fifth annual tournament, 
under the auspices of the Keystone Shooticg League of Philadelphia, 
John C. Shallcross. Sec'y, Fraukford. Fa. 
Oct, 9-11.— NEWBUBQH, X. Y — West Newburgh G. and R. Associa- 
tion tournament. W. C. Gibb, Sec'y. 
CONTROL OF TRAP-SHOOTING. 
Tniirsday of this week is the dayset for the meeting of trap- 
shooteia for the purpose (inter alia) oi organizing a national 
association for the protection of the sport of shooting at the 
traps. 
The G'all for a convention, published in these columns, lias 
met with a hearty response and there is every prospect of a 
thoroughly successful meeting. A full report of the doings of 
those present will be given in our next week's issue. 
The letters received fromthose who are unavoidably detained 
by business, and who therefore cannot be on hand at the conven- 
tion, are full of the most hearty good wishes for the success of 
the organization. 
There is no question about it, "droppiug for place must go." 
The Hamilton Tournament. 
A midwinter tournament for trapshooters is always slightly 
risky on account of the variableness of the weather. Trap- 
shooters think two or three times before they leave home, if 
the trip they have to make is a long one, and the weather is at 
all doubtful. For that reason the success of the Hamilton 
Tournament last Week, both in point of weather and in the 
number of shooters, was all the more remarkable. 
"When I left New York, en route for Rochester, N. Y., on 
Sunday, Jan. 1, at 9 P. M., the thermometer, according to the 
official score, was registering 9 degrees above zero. Inside the 
sleeper, Jack Frost was decidedly not in it, although the train- 
men said that it was the coldest night of the season. Roches- 
ter, N. Y., was reached on time; it was at this point that we 
first found traces of the blizzard- which had swept across 
Buffalo, and was even then raging in that city. John L. 
Brewer was booked to shoot a 100 live bird race with "Sim" 
Glover, of Rochester, the match to take place on Monday, Jan. 
14. The story of that match is told eslewhere in this issue, the 
detailed score, however, being incomplete, as I had to leave at. 
the end of the 75th round. Brewer was finally defeated by the 
score of 94-90. , 
At Buffalo, on that Monday night, snow was still whirling 
around corners and filling the New York Central Depot with 
feathery flakes. A force of men was busy loading the snow 
that hail found its way into the station on to gondolas. Judg- 
ing from the number of car loads in sight, they must have had 
a touch of a real old-fashioned winter during the previous 6 
hours. The 9.10 P. M. train carried me that night as far as 
Niagara Falls, the accounts I heard of the winter effects at that 
place, being too tempting. By getting out of bed in good time 
I was able to sandwich in an hour and a half's sleigh ride 
through Prospect Park, etc, before being landed at the Ni- 
agara Palls statiou on the Canadian side in time to catch the 
Toronto train at 9. 40. The river below the falls was full of ice 
and the natives werj looking forward to the formation of the 
ice gorge which always draws a crowd during the dead season. . 
The only shooter on the above train was E. H. Rounds, of 
the Burgess Gun Company, Buffalo, who on his ariival on the 
Canadian side, shipped his gun in bond to Harte & Lyne, of 
Hamilton, Ont. This was the plan suggested by the manage- 
ment of the tournament, and it worked well, doing away with 
all the bother attending the transportation of a gun through 
the Custom House. Mr. Rounds' "presence was a godseud to 
me, the car being so overheated that it was impossible to read 
a newspaper; the very words danced in hot air. A couple of 
argumentative politicians also served to keep the atmosphere of 
the car unfit for quiet enjoyment. In talking about the Bur- 
gess guu, Mr. Rounds mentioned an addition that had been 
made to it since I last handled one of their "pumps"; this- 
addition is a flat rib on top of the barrel. When later on I saw 
his gun, it seemed to me that the rib added very much to the 
appearance of the weapon ; many men will find it a great help 
to accurate work. He also told me that the company has gotten 
out a weapon built for the purpose of protecting express mes- 
sengers, etc., ia the West; this weapon is a gun with 20 inch 
barrels, so hinged to the stock that it can be doubled up and 
put away in a leather case of less than 24 inches in length: at 
the same time the magazine can be left loaded with perfect 
safety. All an express messenger, or anyone else who is in a 
tight' place, has to do is to pull his gun from the case, snap it 
together ana start pumping lead into anybody and everybody. 
6 Hamilton, Ont., is about one of the liveliest cities of its size 
on this Continent, Situated at the head of Lake Ontario, soma 
40 miles from Niagara Falls, it is not very far removed from 
being an American city, Its 50,000 inhabitants are just how 
enjoying all the sports and festivities "incident to a Canadian | 
winter; every vehicle is on runners, and the sleighing last week >i 
was just about perfect. Snow and ice are such common articles 
to the youthful Kanueks, that the sleds so much fancied by 
young Americans are but little patronized. It may be that 
the level streets of Hamilton don't offer the same facilities for 
enjoying "belly-whoppers" that those of more hilly cities do; 
that may account for the extreme rarity of a boy with a sled 
in that city, at any rate on one of the main streets. Hamilton 
boasts justly of her driving park; it is all that one could wish, 
and its mile trotthig track, mile-and-an-eighth running track, 
which encircles the course for the harness horses, its grand 
stand, stable, etc., are of a class that is unusual even in far 
larger cities. The concourse of trotters to be held there next 
month is being anxiously looked forward to, and every effort is 
being made to make the meeting a success; the trotters' mile 
has been flooded, ana sleighing behind a fast horse on Hamil- 
ton's race track is something that we in New York can't real- 
ize. Another thing that Hamilton is blessed with is a system of 
trolley cars that run in all directions, and transfer passengers to 
all parts of the city without further cost. The company is very 
accomodating in that respect, so that the luxury of street car 
riding doesn't come high. In the matter of transfer checks a 
policy of strict economy is practiced : instead of giving each 
member of the party a transfer, the conductor finds out how 
many of his passengers want to be transferred, at any one 
point, punches that number on a single cheek and hands it to 
the most responsible looking member of the Tparty. I got the 
check as a rule. 
The Hamilton Gun Club leases a level field just across the 
turnpike from the driving park: it also has club rooms at the 
Park Hotel. An unpretentious frame work of scantling and 
boards does duty for a clubhouse in the shooting field; extra 
accomodation for the tournament was provided bva temporary 
shed-like structure of planks, while a large and well-warmed 
tent erected just back of the live bird traps also did duty as a 
protection for the visitors and their hosts from the cold and 
penetrating air that whistled around the spot during the three 
days of the tournament. A small tent for the purpose of 
sheltering the birds, and a little shanty for the trap pullers at 
the live bird set of traps, completed the list of structures on the 
grounds of the Hamilton Gun Club. 
As live birds and target events were snot off simultaneously, 
a double set of officials was necessary. James Crooks, Vice- 
President of the Hamilton Gun Club, acted throughout the 
meeting as referee in the live bird events, while J. A. Wiggles- 
worth, scored the kills and misses. The target shooting was 
very slow, interest being centered in the live bird events, and 
no squad hustler and no referee being on hand. Secretary 
Harry Graham and his assistant, Albert Smith, looked after 
the cashier's department, and got through their work satis- 
factorily. Although the Hamiltonians seemed to look upon 
target shooting as of secondary importance, a little more organi- 
zation in that department would have enabled the club to 
throw from 4,000 to 5,000 targets each day; the bovs were there 
to shoot, they had shells, and they had money. This is a hint 
to the management for their next year's tournament. There's 
money for the club in target shooting. 
Dinner was provided at the hotel, but the " 'ot pie" man got 
his share of the trade that was going; at a nickel a piece the 
" 'ot porkpies" were full value'received. How grateful and 
comforting those pies were fmay be judged from the fact that 
when someone said to Capt. Money, who was busily munching 
one of the pies, "I wouldn't eat one of those things; you don't 
know what's in them; it's probably dog!" the captain replied 
with his mouth full of the article in question, "If this is dog, 
then let me eat dog many times." The captain's sentiments 
were mine, and apparently Seth Clover's also. 
FIRST DAT, JAJS. 15. 
The programme for the first day contained 'but three target 
events: a 20 target race; a 15 target race, $30 guaranteed; and a 
20 target, $4 'J guaranteea; three extras, 10, 15 and 20 targets 
respectively, were also decided, making 100 targets for each 
man who shot in all the events. Some hustling on the part of 
the management would have readily turned this total into 200, 
as the traps were idle more than half the time, whereas the 
shooters wanted to be doing something, and onlv seven men at a 
time were engaged at the live bird traps. The trapper boys 
were as good a lot as I've ever seen, while the puller did his 
work exceedingly well for so young a lad. The club lost lots of 
money that might just as well have been its own by neglecting 
this portion of the tournament. The scores made by the shoot- 
ers show a remarkably high average, the result being that 
straights sometimes received less than the entrance money paid 
in. The first 20 target race 'had four straights and eight men 
in second place with one less; the second, 15 targets, had'seven 
straight scores; the third, 20 'targets, 6 straights and 5 nine- 
teens ! 
The scores in the first days targefraces were as follows: 
No. 1, 20 targets, $2, known angles : 
G Mosher 11001111111111111011— 17 
Roberts 11111111110111110111—18 
Upson. .., 11111111111110111111—19 
Heikes 11111111111111111111—20 
Fletcher 11111011111101011111—17 
Van Dyke 01101111111111011111—17 
Hobart 11111101101111111111—18 
Money 11111111111111011111—19 
D Mosher 11111111111001111111—18 
Sweny 11111111111111111111—20 
Greigg 10111111111111111111—19 
Fairbairn 11111111111111110111—19 
Morfey 11011111111111111111—19 
Kelsey 11111111101111111111—19 
Hammond - 11110111111111111111—19 
Campbell .01110111111110111011—16 
Bates 10111100101100100111—12 
Carleton 01111111011110111111—17 
McMurohy 11110111111111111111—19 
Brewer 11111111111111111111—20 
Lvons 11011111100110100111—13 
Wayper 11111111111111111111—20 
Fulford 11101011111111111101—17 
Andrews lOllllllOHllOl 01111— 16 
Clifford 11111110010100111111—15 
D Smith 11010111111111111111—18 
Clover 11111111111010111111—18 
Dodds 11111011110111111110-17 
No. 2, 15 targets. $1 50, $30 guaranteed s 
Upson 111111111111111—15 Clover lllliniOlllllll— 13 
Van Dyke... 111111 1111 Hill— 15 Clifford 001111111110110—11 
Morfey 011111111011111—13 Kelsey 111111111111111—15 
Heikes 011111111111101—13 Hammond. ..111111101111111-14 
Roberts 111111111111111 -15 Wayper 111111111110111-14 
Dr Mosher. .011111110111111— 13 Fle'clmr . . . .lQOOlininoiOOni— 6 
Robart 010111101111111—12 D Smith 011101011111111—12 
Money 110011111111111—13 Po pe 11111 1111110111— 14 
Fulford 111111111111111—15 Greigg 011011110011111—11 
B we 1 1 v 1 11110101111 011—12 Wheeie r 11 1111111111111—15 
W Stroud.... 1101111 11011101 —12 McMurchy . .111111111111111—15 
Wilson 011011111011111—12 Ruth 1110110101RW1— 9 
Brewer 111111111110111—14 Fairbairn. ..111111010111111—13 
Lyon 111111010010111—11 Andrewjs. .. .101111101110111— 12 
Campbell ...101111011110111—12 Dodds 111110111111110—13 
No. 3, 20 targets, Tnifkett guaranteed purse of $40: 
Heikes 11111111111111111111—20 
Van Dyke lilllllllOllll'illlll— 1H 
Upson 11111111111111111111—20 
Morfey 1111111111111 1111011—19 
Money 11011111111111011101—17 
Sweny 11101111111111111011—18 
Brewer 11111111111111111111—20 
Parker - , , , 01111111111111111111—19 
iFalrbalrn 11101111111101111111—18 
Hobart 11111110111111101111—18 
i f Dodds 10110110111011010111—1 4 
' ' McMurchy 11110111111111111111-19 
i Clover. 11111111101111111111—19 
Wheeler 11101111101111011100-15 
Kirkwood 11111111111111011011— 1R 
Lyon 11011110111111111011—17 
Pope 11001101111001111111—15 
Andrews 11111111111111111111—20 
Hammond 9 11111111111111111111—20 
Roberts 11111111011111111011—18 
Bl ackall 10101111110011111101—15 
Dr Mosher 1101111111110111101 1—17 
Wavper 11111111111111111111—20 
D Fletcher 01111111011101110111— IB 
Oiek 1111101117)1111011111—17 
W Stroud 11111101111101110101—16 
Clifford 11110111111111111111-19 
No. 4, 10 targets, 50 cents : McMurchy 9, Sweeny 10, Andrews 
8. Kelsey 10, Comelon 8, Pope 8, Mosher 5, Greigg 9, Hammond 9. 
Fletcher 10 Parker 8, Kirkwood 8, Roberts 10. Dr. Mosher 6, Up- 
Ron 10, Fulford 9, Van Dyke 10, Campbell 6, Heikes 10, Money 8, 
Fairbairn 7. 
No. 5, 15 tarcrets, $1.50 : 
f'weenv 011111111111101—13 Hobart .111111110101111—13 
Van Dyke. . .111111111111111-15 Fulford 111111111111111—15 
Upson 010011110111111—11 Clover .111111011100111—19 
Heikes 011111111111110—13 Dick 011110111111111—13 
Wilson . .111111110111111—14 Parker 111111111111111—15 
Kelsey 111111111111111—15 Rounds 111100111011010—10 
Hammond.. .111111111111111— 15 Brown 011011110111111—12" 
Mosher 111111110101011—12 Andrews. . . .101111100011111-11 
No. 6, 20 targets. $2: 
Morfey ?. 01111111111111111111—19 
Fulford. 11011010111111101111—16 
Mosher. . . 10110101111110111111—16 
ITohart 11111111111111111111—20 
Hammond 11111111111110111111—19 
Money 11101011010111111011—15 
Kelsev 11111111111111111111—20 
Andrews 01011111111110111010—15 
McMurchy 11111101111111111111—19 
Brewer 11101111111111111111—19 
Clover 11110111111101011111—17 
Upson 11111101111111101111-18 
Dodds 11111111111111110111—19 
Pope lOlOllllOlOlOOw — 8 
Dick 11101111110111111111—18 
At the live bird traps business commenced at 10 A. M., with 
the first squad of 7 men in the 20 live bird race, $10 entrance, 
birds extra, $700 in gold guaranteed. This race had 53 entries, 
leaving the club $170 to add to the purse to fill the guarantee. 
The contestants were divided into eight squads, five of tbe 
squads containing seven men, the three others being made up 
if six shooters. The way the race was shot was as follows: 
The flrst squad was called and shot its string of twenty birds; 
each man shot two birds snd then fell back, tbe squad shooting 
in rotation in this manner until the 30 birds to each man had 
been shot at. Then the second squad was called up and shot 
its string of 20 birds, -and so on. The result was that only four 
squads, numbering altogether 27 men, had shot their string- at 
the close of the first day, and of this number, E. D. Fulford 
was first alone with twenty straight, Brewer being alone with 
19, while there were no less than 8 men with scores of 18 to 
their credit. 
"All live bird events were high guns to take the money, and 
were shot under Hamilton Gun Club rules. As these rules are 
out of the ordinary, a few extracts and remarks will be of in- 
terest. Rule 9 defines the boundary as follows: "The boundary 
for both single and double bird shooting shall be a 100 yards 
circle. The circle shall be drawn from the centre trap." There 
is no dead line as we understand a dead line under these rules, 
the circle being carried round behind the score. Lots of birds 
that would, under Hmdingham, American Association, or Lon- 
don Gun Club rules have been unqestionably scored as lost 
through their flying over the dead line, were retrieved and 
scored "dead," after they had perched on the tents or other 
buildings that were within the 100 yards circle. Hence the 
scores look far better than they really were. Rule 19 provides 
that, "a bird killed on the ground with the first barrel is a lost 
bird." Nobody but the referee can call a "no bird." Rule 20 
says that "a bird hit with a missle or, walking three yards from 
the trap shall be declared a no bird. The referee may declare 
a bird refusing to fly when the trap is pulled a no bird." 
Challenges for flesh shot marks are also permitted. 
" "Under the above rules, notably the boundary rule and its 
attendant chasing of birds among the tents and other buildings, 
the no bird rule, and the rule in regard to challenging for shot 
marks, makes the shooting in such a large event slow work. 
Only 540 birds were trapped on the first day. In this, the main 
event of the tournament, the $700 guarantee is divided into 14 
prizes as follows: 
ss'lst prize, $200 ; 2d prize. $100; 3d prize, $75; 4th prize. #60: 5th 
prize, $50; 6th prize, $40; 7th nrize, $30; 8th arize, $30; 9th prize, 
$25; 10th prize $20; 11th prize, $20; 12th prize. $20: 13th prize, 
$15; 14th prize, $15. With a list of prizes like the above, in 
which the winners of 13th or 14th actually saved their stake, 
a larger list than that of 53 entries might have been expected. 
As it was, eighteen out of the 53 got places, there being three 
straight scores of 20; three men with 19, and an even dozen 
with scores 18 that entitled them to something. Instead of 
shooting off the ties they divided the last eight prizes, each 
man just about clearing expenses. 
~ Among those who took part in this shoot were: Chas. Wilmot, 
of Credit Forks; J. Geddings. American Consul at Port Hope; 
E. Andrews, Sardinia, N. Y.; D. Miller, Woodstock, Ont.; 
Jack Parker, Des-Chree-Shos-Ka, Detroit; Geo. Briggs, Toron- 
to; Harvey MoMurchev, Fulton. N. Y.: J. L. Brewer. New 
York; T. W. Morfey, Paterson, N. J.; E. Cantelon. Clinton, 
Ont.; A. J. Bright, Seafortk; Capt. A. W. Monev, Oakland. 
N. J.; J. Wheeler, Paris, Ont.; Jas. A. R, Elliott, Kansas City; 
A. P. Pope, Olean. N. Y.; H. Bates, Ridgetown. Ont.; G. Mar- 
getts, Niagara Falls; Dr. ' Harrison, St. Catherines, Ont.; 
George Mosher, Syracuse. N. Y.: C. Charles, Toronto; E. D. 
Fulford, Utina, N. Y.; F. D. Kelsey, Syracuse. N. Y.; D. A. 
Upson, Cleveland. O. ; F. Van Dvke, New York: J. Wayper, 
Hespeler, Ont.; H. R, Sweny, Albany, N. Y.; R. O. Heikes, 
Davton, O.; M. D. Campbell, Oshawa, Ont.; E. H. Rounds. 
Buffalo, N. Y. M. M. Maybew, Utica. N. Y.; Dr. Blackali; 
Clinton, Out.; C. ("Cox") Cockburn, Toronto; Sydney Fair- 
bairn, Minnedosa, Man.; T. H. Robinson, Toronto; F. Baxter, 
St. Catherines. Ont.; H. C. Eddy, Scotland, Ont.; and others. 
The club members who took part in the main events were J. S. 
Kirkwood, John Fitch, A. Smyth, Chas. Forsytft, Robt. 
Stroud, Harrv Graham, W. Fitch, Morris Reardon, D. C. 
Smith. C "Wilson,"' John Stroud, John Crooks, W. Stroud, 
John Smyth and M. Fletcher; all the above members shot in 
the 20 live bird event, making fifteen entries from the home 
club alone, a more than" creditable entry list when the num- 
ber of "cracker jacks" is taken into account. W. R. ("Billy") 
Hobart" was on hand, but did not try his hand at the live birds: 
he devoted himself to targets when he got the chance, and 
made them suffer as usual, A, W. Cameron, the representa- 
tive of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in the east- 
ern portion of the Dominion, was present during the three days 
nt the tournament, looking after the interests of his company, 
Seth Clover, of Dunkirk, N. Y., didn't do a thing to the boys 
when it came to targets. Seth has just produced a new expert 
trap that is a beauty to look at, and apparently .as good as it 
looks, judging from the exhibition of its capabilities that Seth 
gave the boys during the second day. 
When the'above list is'scanned it will be seen that^the Ameri- 
