Feb. 9, 1895. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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weak on. Work let his third bird get away hard hit. tieing the 
score. Morris next slipped up on a direct incomer, in the fifth 
round, and steadily lost ground until at the end of the 13th 
round the score stood 11-8 in favor of Work. Then Morris 
settled down and killed the next 19 birds straight, tieing the 
score on the 29th round, when Work had a right quartering 
driver drop dead out of bounds. The 30th and 31st birds both 
got away from Work, leaving Morris two ahead; he quickly 
reduced 'this lead to one by missing his 33d bird, a precisely 
similar bird to his first one. When he let his 39th bird get 
away with the loss of only a few feathers, the score was again 
a tie. Work drew ahead in the 42d round, when a corking 
twister from No. 5 trap got away from his opponent; it looked 
like Work's match then. The 43 round was notable for the 
fact that when Morris called "pull," he discharged his first 
barrel before the trap went over; the bird, however, sat long 
enough for the shooter to kill it with the second, thus obtaining 
a decision of no bird." His next one, above mentioned, was a 
corker, with nothing slow about him. Work's 43d fell dead 
out of bounds and the score was again a tie, Morris being one 
to the good when Work missed his 45th. Both men then let 
then- 47th birds get away from them, the score showing Morris 
one in the lead with only three more to shoot at. An extra 
fast bird from No. 5 trap beat Morris on the 48bh round, the 
score being again tied with 38 kills each. The 50th round found 
them still a tie with 40 kills to their credit. 
It was decide 1 to shoot off the tie at 5 birds. Morris' first 
fell dead out of bounds, and it again looked as if Work had the 
race. His 55th bird, an easy right quartering incomer, tied the 
score by dropping dead not more than two or three inches over 
the back boundary. Five more birds were then shot at, Work 
losing his 58th (third in the series of five). Morris having killed 
his four birds, he had but to kill to win. He drew a dark blue 
driver from No. 1 trap that hardly appeared to be damaged at 
all. Morris never forgot that bird for the rest of the day 1 His 
misfortune appeared to rattle him, as he dropped his first two 
birds on the next series of five birds; that lost him the match, 
as Work missed but one out of his five, four of which were per- 
fect screamers. The total score showed Work 52, Morris 51. It 
is>nly fair to add that Morris having run out of shells, had to 
use strange ammunition on his last 8 or 9 birds. 
An adjournment was made for lunch, after which the second 
race was started. Both men commenced poorly, Morris m 
particular being unable to do anything with the big gun, 
missing seven out of his first nine. He then steadied down, 
killing 31 out of the remaining 41, beating Work by two birds. 
It was almost a sure thing for an incomer to escape from 
Morris if it was at all fast; he was unable to swing the big gun 
quickly enough; ten out of his 17 misses were on fast iucomers. 
George Work's handling of his little Francotte was a capita/ 
advertisement of the capabilities of that weapon. His score _of 
81 was a great performance, but still it ought to have been in- 
creased to 36 as he had five birds scored lost which ordinarily 
were sure things for him, birds, too, on which his handicap was 
actually an advantage: his 4th and 20th birds, a direct incomer, 
and a right quartering incomer respectively, dropping dead just 
over the dead line. Work's score is ail the more ramarkable 
when it is considered that the right barrelof this "feather- 
weight" is a pure cylinder; the gun is in fact his quail gun 1 
The scores are as follows ! 
First Match. 
5 151332143354 5 3 4321123131 
,1eo Work, 8ga->\ T T T-»"* T-*-»T ^N^-»^^^-»T m 
38yds...... ..1 2 0 3 i ! 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 0-22 
15155543341231324445215 21 
0 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 3 3 3 g 3 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 1 U 3 3 1-18-40 
12451414453 315 4334154143 5 
P H Morris, N*-/-*!^// 1 /-*!*-/ ? N/^,*.? I 'v/' 1 » 
12ga, 3tyds....O 3130230 3 3 3 0 0 3 3111113311 3-30 
24441153 5 4313123545232 5 14 
/* t ^ ! -fcH T > .s"/* /* ^ V — > 
2 222 3 21023213031011220 0 2 3-20-40 
Ties shot off at 5 birds: v • , c * 
12354 15 324 532o5 
4,T\/"v WT->T TTT^T 
Geo Work 3 2110 4 12021 4 11022 4 
45432 34131 45354 
PH Morris 0 1 2 1 2-4 2 2 1 2 0—1: 0 0 2 3 3-3 
Second Match. 
13 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 15 13 2 1 
GeoWork,12ga->T-UTTT W->\/>» T 1-^^ IT^/ 1 _ 
3yds ..... .3 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 031303333200233 0—16 
• 3213341252115513335251513 
0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 1 2 3 3 2 5 0 2 3 23 0 0 3 2 0 0—15-31 
1114225451131141443443 3 43 
P H Morris, S, T T-»T T/ 1 i Wl// 1 ^ \N T/V/ 1 . 
8ga,24yds .7.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 3 3 1 0 2 0 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 0 2-14 
1512251212113322321443 2 31 
1 2 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 3 0 3 1 1 2 0—19-33 
EDWARD BANKS. 
A Good Attendance at Carteret. 
Wednesday, Jan. 30, was only an ordinary club day at 
Carteret, but no less than 14 members put m an appearance 
before the traps. It was a lovely day for the shooters and 
spectators, but a poor one for the birds, who found not a 
breath of air to aid them in their flight; as a result kills were 
numerous and cyphers correspondingly scarce. The mam event 
was a $10 sweep, club handicap. This handicap is undoubtedly 
very severe on the scratch men, so long as the birds are only 
ordinary ones. It runs as follows: 30 yards men and over, miss 
and out- 28 and 29 yards men two misses as kills; 27 yards men, 
3 misses as kills; 26 yards men, 4 misses as kills; 25 yards men 
and under, 5 misses as kills. With such men as Mr. P. H. 
Morris at 24 yards, Messrs. Sullivan Mead, and Stafford, at 
26, and Mr. O. T. Mackey at 27, it can readily be seen that 
the scratch men have no picnic. As it was, all of the latter 
except J. Seaver Page were out of it before the 9th round com- 
menced. While the 11th round was in progress it was agreed 
that the nine men still in the race should divide the purse in 
order to let foine minor sweepstakes be shot. At the close of 
the round, Page and Godchalk had eleven straight to their 
credit, while Du Bray, with 10 straights, took his one-ninth 
without shooting at his eleventh bird. 
Prior to the commencement of the big event, George Work 
and P. H. Morris shot one of their specialties. This match was 
at ten birds under the following extraordinary conditions: 
Morris stood at 24 yards, using a 12 guage, while Work st»od 
on the 21 yards mark using a double 41 guage built by Greener; 
this gun is generally styled a "collector's" or "taxidermist s 
gun." With this toy weapon Work outshot his man on the 9th 
round killing 7 out of the 9 shot at! Work after ward 
gave proofs of the killing powers of the little gun, making some 
astonishing shots at pigeons that were flying around the club 
house. 
Handicap Sweepstakes, with allowances ; $10 entrance: 
J. S.Page, 30. ..21121222212 11 P Morris, 24 ..*12221121l0- 9 
event had beeu called off as stated above. Each man shot at 
the sama mark as in the main eveut, but there was no bird 
allowances. No. 1 was divided between Mott, Stafford, Knapp 
and Du Bray at the close of the third round of the ties. No. 2 
resulted in a division between Welch, Page, Knapp and Post 
without the fifth round, being shot. A third sweepstake similar 
to the others was started aud at the end of the third round six 
of the nine competitors, Welch, Page, Mott, Woi'k, Knapp, 
acid Post, had each killed three straight: 
No. 1. No. 2. 
Welch, 32 12211220—7 1212—4 
Seaver Page, 30 200 —1 220 —4 
Money, 31 0* —0 220 —2 
"Mott," 30 11111211-8 120 —2 
Morris. 24 2011 —3 000 -0 
Work, 32 2111* —4 120 —2 
Godchalk, 29 1210 —3 2* — 1 
Stafford, 26 , 22122121—8 20 — 1 
"Butler," 28 11221110—7 220 —2 
Knapp, 30 22222222 -S 2222—4 
DuBrav, 28 21122222—8 1 220— 3 
Post.,27 - 2222-4 
Little Ro ck's Winter Tournament. 
Little Rock, Ark., Jau. ,29. — The winter tournament of the 
Little Rock Shooting Association gave every promise of 
beiug a very successful affair. Shooters were in attendance 
from the neighboring cities, and considerable interest was 
manifested by the local shooters, '''he horrible weather that 
prevailed, however, during the two days of the shoot, came 
very near causing it to be a failure and but for the enthusiasm 
of our visitors such would have been the case. 
The day preceding the shoot was as flue a day as one could 
wish. The sun was shining brightly and it was so warm and 
pleasant that wraps aud overcoats were unnecessarj". The 
opening day of the shoot dawned bright and clear, and every 
oue expected that we were going to have a fine da_y, but in this 
they were all doomed to disappointment. By 10 o'clock the 
sky became overcast with a haze that gradually grew darker, 
the breeze that was blowing from the northwest was soon coo- 
verted into an awful gale, while the thermometer rapidly ran 
down to the freezing point. 
The club grounds are located right on the bank of the river, 
aud there is not a tree or a house of any size within several 
hundred yards of the club house to break the force of the wind. 
There is no stove in the club house, as previous to this season 
very little trap shooting had beeu done here in the winter. A 
large fire was kept roaring in tho open air, but very iittle com- 
fort could be had from this, as the wind was so cold that while 
one was warming his back his face would be freezing. This 
made the shooting much more difficult, as the high wind caused 
the targets to skip about in a very erratic mauner. The cold, 
too, had a very depressing effect on the pigeons, making them 
slow to start, but screamers when once on the wing, as the 
wind which was blowing directly away from the shooter soon 
carried them out of bounds. The shooters were also veiy much 
hampered by the cold, as it was impossible to shoot without a 
coat on, consequently the scores are not as good as they would 
have been under more favorable circumstances. 
Notwithstanding these difficulties, the programme and sev- 
eral extras were run off on the first day. By night the wir cl 
had abated, but the clouds had become darker, and at 10 o'clock 
it was raining hard. This caused some of the visitors to re- 
turn home, and also kept others away, as the prospects for 
favorable weather on the morrow was not very flattering. It 
rained steadily until 11 o'clock the next morning, by which 
time about three inches of rain had fallen, aud the water was 
standing in large pools on the grouuds. At noon it had cleared 
off and the sun was shining again, but the wind was blowing 
even worse than on the previous day, and directly from the 
West. The air grew steadily colder and ice seemed formed on 
the water. Nevertheless there were some of the boys who were 
willing to brave the elements and attempt to shoot out the pro- 
gramme, which was done in a few hours, as only a few shooters 
participated. 
Among the visitors in attendance were: Irby Bennett, of 
Memphis, Tenu., southern representative of the Winchester 
Arms Repeating Co., Capt. A. R. Smith, and John J. Sump- 
ter, Jr., of Hot Springs, Ark. Bennett was under the weather, 
having contracted a severe cold on the train the previous night, 
but despite this handicap he succeeded in winning first money 
alone in the first event, second money in the pigeon match, and 
later in the day he shot out all of the boys in a miss and out. 
Bennett did not forget to tell the boys that they were going to 
have a shoot in Memphis next June. Sumpter did not shoot up 
to his usual form, as he was using a new gun, an L, C. Smith 
ejector, that he had only shot once or twice previous to this 
shoot, and to which he had not yet become accustomed. 
Dickinson did the best shooting during the tournament, 
winning the §3 for the best average both days, and the So for 
the best average in the two days. Alexander won the §2 for 
the second best average on the first day, and Dickey won the $2 
on the second day. Droppers were conspicuous by their absence, 
and it is sate to say that at no time during the shoot was this 
contemptible trick resorted to, All events were known traps, 
unknown angles. Three moneys when less than ten entries, 
and four moneys when ten or more entries. American Shoot- 
ing Association rules governed. Appended are the scores made 
on" the first day: 
No. 1, 15 targets, 1. 
Dickinson - , .111011101011111—12 Pemberton.. 10110000 1011001— 7 
Dulev. ..... 110111011111001—11 Alexander. .010110101011111—10 
Sumpter. ..011111011111101—12 Smith 110001010110111— 9 
Bennett.. . .011011111111111—13 
No. 2, 15 targets, unknown angles, SI. 
Dickinson. . 111101110111111—13 Pemberton .010110111101111—11 
Duley 010101110111001— 9 Alexander. .111111011100111— 12 
Sumpter. ..001101010111110- 9 Bennett.. ..110111011011111—12 
Smith 111110111111101—13 Litzke 101110111110101—11 
No. 3, 15 targets, §1. 
Dickinson. .111111111101111—14 Smith. . . .011101110111111—12 
Duley 111011110011011—11 Pemberton., 111111011111101— 13 
Sumpter. . . 101110110111111—12 Alexander . 111101111111111—14 
No. 4, 20 targets: 
Dickinson 111100011 11101111111—17 
Daley 11100111110111110111— 16 
Sumpter 00101110010110010010— 9 
Smi th 10111 1 101001 10111101—14 
Pemberton 11 111 111 111111 111101—19 
Bennett 01011101111000001011—11 
Alexander 10111011100111011111—15 
No. 5,- 15 targets, Si. 
Dickinson. . 010111111000111—10 Smith. . . 
Duley 110110111111101—12 Bennett . 
Alexander . 011111001111110—11 Sumpter, 
Pemberton..lllllllllll0111— 14 
No. 6, 15 targets. SI: 
Dickinson. . 111100111110011- 
Duley 011010111 101001- 
Smnpter. . . 011101010111111 • 
Pemberton.. 111101111110100- 
.111011011111111—13 
1 111 11000001110— 9 
..11111111011111—14 
■11 Smith 
- 9 Alexander 
•11 Bennett, . . 
-11 
.011111110111010—11 
.111110111111111-14 
. 011001100111111—10 
No 8, 15 targets, $1: 
Dickinson. .1U11J.H1 1-10010 -13 Smith 010101011011001— 8 
Duley 011111111110101—12 Alexander. 110111111111110-13 
Pemberton.. 111110111101111—13 Bennett.. . .000110111011100— 8 
Conner. .. .111110101000110— 9 Baise 010001111101111—10 
Sumpter. ..101110001111100— 9 Lenow 111L10010111110— 11 
No. 9, 20 targets: 
Dickinson 10110111111111110111—17 
Duley 01010101100111111111—14 
Bennett 01110111100011000011—11 
Pemberton 11110100001000111110—11 
Smith 11011001111010101111—14 
Alexander 11001011 111111110111—16 
Sumpter • Ill 01 1 100 10011110111—14 
Conner ' 11100001111001001011—11 
No. 10, 15 targets, §1 : 
Dickinson. . 101111010100111—10 Cnm'gham 
Dulev 011100111101111—11 Smith 
Pembertou.. 101111011011110— 11 Sumpter.. . 
Alexander . 101011111111101— 12 I. Brown,. 
Woodson. ..111110100000011— 8 Bennett.. . 
Baise 110011111011101—11 
As there were never more than six, aud most' of the time 
only four, entries on the second day, it is deemed best not to 
publish the scores made on this day. although the shooting was 
considerably better. 
The next gathering of the cranks will be at Hot Springs, Feb- 
ruary 11 and 12. On these davs the Hot Springs Club will 
hold a two '.days' tournament. On the afternoon of the 12th, Dr. 
W. P. Carver and Hon. Tom A. Marshall, of Kiethsburg, 111., 
will shoot a match; conditions, 100 live birds per man. 
PAUL R. LITZKE. 
.001011010010110— 7 
.111110111100111—12 
.111100111011010—10 
.010111101111111—12 
.010000011011111— 8 
The Committee at Work. 
The drafting of a constitution aud by-laws for presentation 
at the adjourned meeting of the trap shooters convention on 
April 3, at the Astor House, New York city, is no simple mat- 
ter. As a rule a committee appointed to draw up such articles 
have something similar to pattern after. A constitution and 
by-laws for such an organization as the one which it is proposed 
to form will necessarily include many articles peculiar to itself. 
The publication of the draft of the constitution and by-laws 
in the different sporting papers will greatly facilitate discussion 
on the same at the above mentioned meeting. It will also en- 
able gun clubs and ether kindred organizations to correctly 
guage the purpose of an association such as it is proposed shall 
be organized on the above date, and to decide whether or no 
they are in accord with the principles of which such an organ- 
ization will be the exponent. Another important item, the nat- 
ural result of the publication of the proposed constitution and 
by-laws, will dp- the receipt by the committee, appointed at the 
meeting of January 24, of questions in regard to the composition 
of the constitution and by-laws. 
The committee appointed by temporary Chairman Breintnall 
met on Friday afternoon, Feb. 1, and commenced their under- 
taking of drafting a constitution and by-laws. Those present 
were : Messrs. J. A. H. Dressel, chairman of the committee, B. 
C. Everingham, L. H. Schortemeier and Edward Banks, tem- 
porary secratary of the present organization. Mr. W. H. Wol- 
stencroft was pre vented from being present owing to sickness, a 
telegram having been received by Mr. Dressel during the morn- 
ing to that effect. After drawing up a rough draft of the pro- 
posed constitution, the meeting adjourned until Friday after- 
noon, Feb. S, when it is hoped the main portion of the commit- 
tee's work may be gotten through. 
It is expected that the drafts both of constitution and by-laws 
will be ready for publication in the columns of the sporting 
papers by the end of the present month. This should allow 
ample time for the consideration of details. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
U. Macaev, »< ..axaa-rtfisiasB—xu xt. »veiuu, o 
W. Meade, 26. ..02212111112—10 Geo. Work, 32. .122220 
H "Butler, "2S.. 10102121221— 10 T. "Mott," 30.. 22* 
A. Sullivan, 26. .21121*10111— 9 J. Knapp, 30.... 0 
*DuBray only shot at 10 birds. 
Sweepstakes, 5 birds, $5 entrance, were shot after the above 
— 0 
No. 7, 10 live birds : 
Dickinson 1110211212 
Dulev 0010112001 
Pemberton 2000211210 
Baise 0110220101 
Sumpter 20012x0122 
9 Smith 
■5 Lenow 
— 6 Woodson . . 
45 Bennett. . . 
6 Alexander 
1221002x02—6 
X0202 10010— 4 
0121210201— 7 
12211021x1— S 
0010211001—5 
The Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association announces that 
it will hold its fifth annual tournament at Hot Springs on April 
8 10 P ogramme i will be ready after March 1, and may be 
obtained from John J. Sumpter, Jr., secretary of the associa- 
tion. 
Dr. W. F. Carver, and Hon. Tom A. Marshall, Mayor of 
Keithsburg, Ills., have arranged to shoot a live bird race, 100 
birds per man, at Hot Springs, Ark., on Fbb. 12. On the pre- 
ceding day, Feb. 11, Carver and Marshall will shoot a race at 
targets against George W. Hughes, and John J. Sunmter, Jr., 
the consideration will be |25 a corner. In connection with these 
two races, the Hot Springs Gun Club will give a two day's tour- 
nament on the above dates. 
A cup has been preseuted to the Larchraont Yacht Club, by 
J. P. Knapp, for competition among members of the club at the 
club's shooting grounds. The cup will be shot for under the 
folio wing conditions, providiug there are eight or more entries: 
25 birds, optional sweepstake .§25 or §12,50 entrance, handicap 
rise and allowances; 2S yard men allowed oue miss as a no bird; 
27 yard men allowed two misses as no birds; 26 yard men al- 
lowed three misses as no birds. Purses divided as follows: 10 
per cent, to the club, 40 per cent, and cup to winner, 30 per cent, 
to second gun, 20 per cent, to the third high gun. The competi- 
tion will take place on Feb. 9,- on the arrival of the 1 o'clock 
train from New York. 
The Blairsville, Pa., Rifle and Gun Club was organized on 
Aug. 11, 1894. It has a roll of 38 members and is in a decided- 
ly healthy condition. Its preparations for 1895 show that the 
club does not, mean to go to sleep. 
The A^ollaston, Mass., Trap Club has elected the following 
officers for 1895: President, H. T. Whitman; Secretary, H. W. 
Marsden; Treasurer, A. G. Olney. At its annual meeting it 
was agreed to increase the membership limit to 30 and the initia- 
tion fee to $5. 
The Hartsville, Pa., Gun Club, has decided to apply for mem- 
bership in the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's Association. It 
is also said that the members of the club are contemplating the 
erection of a club house on its grounds. 
W. G. Clark, secretary of the Altoona E.od and Gun Club, con- 
clusively proved on Wednesday, Jan. 30, that Pittsburg's 
choice, "Alphabetical" Jones, is no match for him at live birds. 
Since his series of matches with T. W. Morphey, Clark has had 
the stock of his gun considerably altered by J. P. Dannefelser, 
9 Chambers street, this city. When Clark shot the series in 
question, the drop of his stock was about 3 1-4 inches; it is now 
2 5-S or thereabouts. His improved scores are unquestionably 
to be traced to the straightening of the stock; 95 out of 100 one 
day and 49 out of 50 on the day following is pretty warm work 
The Utica shoot, Feb. 5-7, was the chief event in" trap shooting 
circles this week. 
Saturday, Feb. 2, with its heavy snowfall, spoiled many a 
weekly reunion m the vicinity of New York city. 
A. W. Du Bray, the Southern representative of th; Park 
