April 27, 1895.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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THE INTERSTATE AT PITTSBURG. 
Pittsburg, Pa., April 19.— The crack shots of the country had a 
royal time at the Exposition grounds last Tuesday. Wednesday and 
Thursday, when the tournament of the Interstate Association took 
place. The affair was ably managed by Elmer Shaner, who wa8 in- 
defatigable in his efforts to make the tourney a success. That he suc- 
ceeded in pleasing everybody, contestants and spectators cannot be 
doubted. The tournament was not as largely attended as the one 
held last year, but it was more enjoyable, Manager Shaner taking 
care that "interest never flagged. He had two sets of traps, which 
kept the shooters pretty busy, none having time to leave the park to 
"see a man" between squads, as was the case last year. The arrange- 
ments at the park were first-class. A stout railing separated the 
shooting grounds from the seats erected for spectators and contest- 
ants. The tents were pitched in the background, and .there was 
plenty room for a promenade or a quiet chat in some corner. Every- 
thing was in tip-top shape, and the tournament passed off smoothly, 
without a single jar. 
The experts did not take kindly to the system introduced for the 
first time by the association. But they were the only growlers. The 
amateurs thought the system the proper caper, and were charmed 
to find themselves within hailing distance of prizes that were hith- 
erto beyond their reach when competing against the top-notcbers. 
The system will have the effect of encouraging shooting among the 
poorer class of shots. The effort this week was a mere experiment, 
but the happy results obtained may induce the association to adopt 
the system permanently As will be seen by the scores, the ama- 
teurs won most of the money. 
On account of gusts of wind which occasionally swept over the 
grounds, and a heavy fog which surrounded the park, the scores were 
not as good as the quality of the shooters promised- 
Among the visitors who took part in the tournament were many 
top-notchers. Rolla Heikes, of Dayton, O., who is known as the 
"daddy of them all," was h*re, and so was B. A. Bartlett, of Buffalo. 
The latter did not miss a chance to sing the praises of the gun he is 
shooting: a gun, by the way, that he handles with great dexterity. 
N. Pruitt, of Washington, D C, won the handicap race on the first 
day. He beat W. B. McKelden by one target, Pruitt was so elated 
over his victory that by reckless shooting he .lost several chances of 
winning subsequent events. 
J. A Flick, of Ravenna, O., a one-armed shooter, made a splendid 
record. He wore large spectacles and broke targets at a rapid rate. 
Messrs. Rike and Raymond, both from Dayton 0., were in the shoot 
with both feet and left with more money than they brought here. 
Rike is a big man who snugly wrapped himself in an immense red 
sweater. Raymond's appearance put one in mind of a robber baron 
of ye olden times. His fierce "pull" bore out the illusion. But there 
was probably no better-natured man among all the shooters. 
A big shoot in Pittsburg would not be complete without the presence 
of W. R. Fieles, of Christiana, Pa. He carried the same image of a dog 
on the back of his coat with the regulation inscription, "This is my busi- 
ness." Whether the legend meant that Fieles is in the dog business or 
whether it was a hint not to ask questions, is hard to tell, as the 
shooter is always too busy cracking jokes or breaking targets to be 
disturbed. J. Von Longerke, of New York, who won the handicap 
last year, did not shoot last Tuesday. He showed up, however, on 
the last two days and shot well. 
A. H Donnally, of Fairmount, W. Va., was conspicuous for always 
being late when bis squad was called. Manager Shaner was forced 
to almost split his throat in an endeavor to waken Ace, who was 
generally in a trance at the other set of traps, watching the 
shooters. The King Bros., of this city, are inveterate shooters, and 
never miss an opportunity to hear the crack of their guns. There 
is, however, much difference between the two men. Aleck keeps 
cool, and appears perfectly indifferent whether he misses or cracks a 
target. He never cracks a smile, and is deliberate in all his move- 
ments. Will, on the contrary, is fidgety. When he misses a target 
he watches the thing until it hits the ground, and then bpgins to 
worry himself red in the face. J. H. Shaffer likes nothing better 
than to make a good score. He can shoot well at the start, but 
after bringing down four or five in succession he collapses and 
misses the easiest chances. He pulled off his coat on Thursday and 
went at it with a determined face. He shook all over when he 
shouted " pull," and it was a pleasure, to watch his ' face 
light up when he sent the pieces flying. Joe Glesenkamp, 
under the name of Black, took part in several events 
on the last day, with indifferent success. He was in his Sunday 
clothes. In fact Joe is always in his Sunday clothes. Nobody can re- 
member seeing him otherwise than togged out in the height of fashion. 
Bessemer (J. E. England) did not take part in the handicap, but he 
was on hand in the other events- He is one of the best and most pop- 
ular shooters in this section. He is a quiet, unassuming gentleman, 
one of the kind who never wore a stiff hat, but has clung loyally to 
the slouch. He takes his stand at the trap and when his time comes 
he raises his gun up to bis ear, then drops it below his arm-pit and 
shouts "pull" as if he meant it. As the scores will show he was very 
much in the game on the second and third day. J. G. Messner, winner 
of the Grand American handicap, who shot under the name of J. 
George, appeared on the first day only. He broke 79 out of a possible 
115 target and then disappeared, W. M. C. Jones, good natured in 
proportion to his size, was among the leaders on the second and third 
days. J. G. Huffman, who shot in hard luck, looked like the villain 
In " Der Freisehutz." All he needed to complete the semblance was a 
cock's feather in his hat. 
The surrounding towns sent their best representatives to the shoot. 
There was Dr. Cundall, from Little Washington; Tom Brown, Skil- 
man and D. S. Shaw (Boyd), from Wilmerding; Scott, from Brad- 
dock- Cutler, from Kensington; Titlow, f rom Uniontown ; Wayman, 
from Staunton, W, "Va. : J. R. Miller, from Morgantown, W. Va. ; Penn, 
from Wheeling; Sawyer, from East Liverpool; John Donnelly (Fritz), 
from Sharpsburg; Williams, from Hemstead; Ace Donnally, from 
Fairmount, W. Va., and many otherB. 
The first day was taken up in shooting off the handicap target race. 
Thanks to the two sets of traps, it was finished in time enough to 
allow several extra events being shot. As will be seen from the score 
N. Pruitt won the handicap by breaking 96 targets. Smoke Stack. 
Mrst Day's Scores. 
The following are the scores made in the handicap race, the num- 
ber of targets shot at beiug given in parentheses after the shooter's 
name. Arden did not shooc off his string, retiring at the end of bis 
100 targets: 
Pruitt (115) 11111111111111101111111111111111111111000011111101—44 
liioimiiiioiiiiiiiimiioiiioioiioiioiiiiuiiiiioi— 40 
111011101111110 _12 
96 
McKelden (120). . .OlOlOIOOllllOllOHllllOlOllOlllOlOOOllllllillliim— 35 
1110111110111110111 iiimniimioiiiiimiojiioio— 43 
liioiiiiiioiiniom _i7 
95 
FJick (113) 01111111010111011111111111111001111011101111111101—41 
11111111011 oooiiiioiioiioiiiiinoiiniioinniioii— 41 
1011011101110 _ 9 
91 
Donnally (115). .. .11111111101111111111011111111110111111011110011101— 43 
11010110111101111000111010100111110110111111111011—36 
110011110011001 _ 9 
88 
Tom Brown (115). 010111011111110100110111001110110111110101111 Ulll— 37 
11111110101110111111111011101111011001111101110111-40 
111110100111010 _10 
87 
Jim Crow (.110)... 111111110110111101111111011 J1111111010011011111111— 42 
00101001110100111111111010111111101011111111101010—35 
1110111111 _ 9 
86 
W R Fieles (110). .11110111100111111111101110101111111111101110011111— 41 
11111111111111111111110111110001001111000110110111—39 
0111111000 _ 6 
86 
B A Bartlett (100).111110111111 11111 1101011 1111 11110111111 lliOllllOll — 44 
10010111111011111111111101101111111111011011101101—40 
84 
A H King (110). . ..10101001101111101111011110111111101111110111110111—39 
lllllOlOlOOlllOOlOlllllOllllOlOOlllOlllOllllOlllOl— 35 
0010101111 — 6 
80 
J H Shaffer ai5)..01001110010101110111101111101011U11111110lll01011-36 
11111101011110111110111000111011111110001111011111—38 
0000101100010111111111111 — 6 
80 
J tleoree (115). . . .01100111011111011101011111011111111011001000111110— 36 
10101001110101100110101111101001 111 0011111 10C01 110— 31 
11 U10110111011 —12 
79 
Hamilton (110). . ..11100111111119191101101100101011011000001011011100-30 
11011001111101111111011111001111111111101010011111-39 
1111110011 — 8 
77 
W S^King (110). . , .11111011101001101101111111101010011100010111111011-35 
01111001011001111011111100110111111011111111111101-38 
0110001000 — 3 
76 
Shaw (120) 11111110011011110111011111110110011010101101011111—37 
11110111111011111001101101111110010111111101011101—38 
11100000101011111100 —11 
76 
Adams (118) 101 1 1101 0000100001 1 0111 101 01 1 1 001 101101 1101 1 1 1 1 01 1 —31 
1101011101110011101111x101011011111000111011111111—37 
0100011100001000110 — 7 
76 
UMCThoma8(117)01000100001111101010111111000011111011101101011011— 30 
11111010111111110010111101111010100111100010111110—35 
0101011010110101011101 —10 
Amateurs, unknown angles: 
Events: 
Nelson (110). 
DuBray (115). 
J R Miller (115). 
Colt (115). 
Pete (115). 
Cundall (115). 
,,11111101011101101100011111110111111111111111000111—39 
00001101011101011111101100101111010001100101010101—29 
1011001011 — 6 
74 
.. 100101 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 101 1 01 00000100001 0101 1 1 1 1 1 1 001 01 00—29 
lOOlllllOlOinOOllOlllllllllOlOllllOOlOOllllllOOlll-34 
101000110101111 ■ — 9 
,.01110011111011100001001101111111000001101100100010 -27 
iioiooioiioiiooiiiooiiiooiiiiiiiiimomooioiiiio-34 
101111011001011 —10 
71 
..1101101100111110101110110111111101010111111H01101-37 
1001110101101100100D101010100101111010101110110010-27 
001011011000100 — 6 
70 
.01100110110110011110011011011100101111111110110110—33 
11101111010101011111000000101110011101111110101000-30 
000010010100010 — 4 
67 
.11101110101101101100100101011110111000100000001000—25 
01111000100111111111101001111111101110010111101111-36 
110000100010001 _ 5 
Wayman (115). 
.01111111011010101010100000011111010010001001110001- 
11110011010111111111001011111011111000100101000111 
011000010010101 
.Carter (125). 
. 1001011111 ooooionmooioioi ooiiiiiooinoooioioioi- 
1 0000 n 101 1 10001 1 1 10101 0000011000100001100111101110 
1101101110110110111001000 
Ewing (115). 
.10001010001100110110011101101000010010001010110011- 
11000010101101001111110011100000101001111111011010- 
111101101101110 
Skilman (115). 
.00000101001010100101111100011011110111010001001010 
10011100110001000101001101110110101100100111000100- 
101101111011111 
Bedell (118). 
.10001000111010010010011100000100001000101100010110- 
00011100000011110111111011100100011110101110101100- 
011010110100110111 
Greene (120). 
Arden (112) 
.01000011010001010100001000011101101101111011111101- 
01110110000101101010010101011010000010100101011010- 
10110001100010010001 
.00011100010000111111000001011111100100011000110111- 
11111111110201111011101100001001011001100010110000- 
68 
-26 
-33 
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65 
-27 
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63 
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60 
-19 
-28 
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58 
-26 
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54 
J H Williams (118)10010101100101101001101101011100010001010000100011—23 
01101011000010100110000110100011000101001010011101—22 
000101001100100011 _ 7 
52 
Kelly (125) lOOOOOOOOinoiOOOOOOllOllllOOllOlOillOlOOOlOOlOOlOl— 20 
10100001001110001001010101010011000001101000101011-21 
0101010010110011000011010 -11 
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W M Brown (125). .01000010000001011010010101100011100000000111100010— 18 
10010000000101100001101000110101001010000001101110—1!) 
0111110000110100000100000 _ 9 
46 
J L Graham (115)..0010001001000100i001000100000000010110000100100111— 14 
00000001000011010110111100001100101010011101100101—22 
0100000000W — 1 
37 
In addition to the above event, six extra sweeps were shot off, four 
of them 20-target races and two 15-target races. All were at un- 
known angles, no handicap, and the entrance fee in each was at the 
uniform rate of 10 cents per target in event. Rike did the best shoot- 
ing in these events, breaking 81 out of 90. 
Events: ' 13 3 4 5 6 Events: 
Targets: 20 20 20 15 15 20 Targets: 
Arden 15 8 A H Donnally 
Bartlett 17 16 18 11 12 16 Parker 9 
Greene 11 Adams 10 
Jim Crow 12 13 13 . . 13 16 AH King II 
Fieles 13 12 13 12 11 16 Pruitt 15 
13 3 4 5 6 
20 20 20 15 15 20 
14 9 11 15 
10 
8 
12 13 
W S King 16 11 . . 13 9 17 
Scott 7 9 4 .. .. 
Rike 18 18 14 15 16 
Flick 17 Raymond 16 18 13 14 15 
Bedell 12 Harbison 8 12 8 13 14 
Shaffer 13 12 14 11 9 14 Atwood 8 . 
U MC Thomas.. 12 12 14 
Cundall 16 .. .. 
DuBray 16 14 
Wayman 18 
G W Carter 9 
J P Kelly 13 
T Greene..: 16 
Skilman 11 
Nelson 14 
Hamilton 16 
.. 10 .. 13 Farmer 11 .. 10 .. .. 
13 Doutt 6 .. 12 .. .. 
, Pe'e 9 .. 9 .. 14 
.... 12 .. Colt 13 .. 14 10 14 
Colt 
Plimmer 
Corny Mack 13 7 . . 
Titlow 19 11 11 
15 
Shaw •.. 13 .. Walters 7 
Ewing 12 8 Bessemer 16 
J C Graham 3 McKelden 18 
JR Miller 19 .. 12 .. 13 10 TR Hostetter 12 
Second Day's Scores. 
The Pittsburg Gun Club added 8100 to the purses on each of the 
last two days of the tournament. The rr oney was added to the last 
eieht events of the programme, $10 being added to each 15-target 
event and 815 to each 20-target event. The entrance fees in all pro- 
gramme events were at the usual rate of 10 cents per target. The 
scores were as follows, those made in the expert classes being kept 
distinct from those made in the amateur classes: 
Experts, expert rule: 
Events: 12345678910 
Ta-gets: 15 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 
Bartlett 6 8 10 10 16 12 14 10 13 9 
Hdikes 11 8 16 11 14 13 12 10 16 13 
Pdnn 13 11 15 
Rike 16 10 .. 10 11 
Raymond 12 ,„ .. 
BesBemer 13 10 
Jim Crow , 11 12 
Close 6 .... 10 
WsKing 10 
McKelden 7 
A H King 15 
Wayman , 10 . . 
Miller 8 
Green , , , 8 . , 
WC Thomson • 6 . . 
Fiales ,.10 
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Old Hoss 11 
Penn 15 
Jim Crow 13 
Rike 12 
Raymond 13 
Flick 13 
DuBray 12 
Bessemer 12 
Fieles , 9 
WMC Jones 11 
Close 11 
Goldstrom., 14 
Mardof , 11 
Fry 10 
Wpatland , 10 
UMC Thomas 8 
Skilman 12 
•Huffman ',, 7 
A H King 9 
Wayman 13 
Alexander 10 
John W , .. 12 
Dinger 8 
Donnally 13 
Bell ' 
I R Miller 
N Pruitt 
W S King 
McKelden 
Black Cloud 9 
Monroe , 
Born .' 
Von Lengerke 
Pierce , , 
Duff 
C Mack 
T Greene 
Cundall 
Montgomery . . 
Johnston ... 
S Shaner , . 
Cleveland 
Fritz 
W C Thomson 
Nelson , 
Udick 
Colteryhahn , 
Shaffer 
Ewing 
Rickey 
W R Miller , , . , , 
Murray , ' 
B Jones 
Third Day's Score. 
On this day the programme was precisely the same as that on the 
previous day, the flOu added by the Pittsburg Gun Club being divided 
in the same manner. The entrance fees were also similar. In addition 
to the 10-target events, 3 extras, at unknown angles, were shot as 
follows: 
Extra No. 1, 15 targets, $1.50: Heikes 15, Bessemer 14, Close 14, 
Bartlett 13, Flick 13, Fieles 13, Raymond 13, Colt 13, U. M. C. Thomas 
12, Armstrong 12, Rike 12, Howard 11, Foy 11, Goldstrom Jl, W. M. <&. 
Jones 10, W. S. King 10, Weakland 10, Shaffer 10, B. Jones 9, A. H. King 
9, Old Hoss 9, McPtierson 8. 
~No. 2, same: A. H. King 15, Flick 15, Bessemer 14, Bartlett 14, Rike 
14, Fieles 13, Raymond 13, Heikes 12, U M. C. Thomas 12, Close 12. W. 
S. King 11, Colt 11, W. M. C. Jones 11, B. Jones 10, John Shaffer 9, J. J. 
Sims 3. 
No. 3, same: Heikes 14, Rike 13, Bartlett 13, Raymond 13, Flick 13, 
Fieles 13, A. H. King 12, Bessemer 12, Shaffer 11, W. M. C. Jones 11, 
W. S. King 11, B. Jones 10, Once 9, Mell 8, McPherson 8. 
The scores made in the programme events, both under expert rules 
and by the amateurs, were as follows: 
Experts, expert rule: 
Events: 1 3 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 
Flick 11 13 .. 
U M C 10 
Heikes , 
Bartlett 
Jones 
Rike 15 
Fieles 16 
Pruitt 
Monroe , 
Raymond 
Bessemer 13 15 
DuBray 8 .. 
Penn 12 
Donally 14 
Nelson 
Amateurs, unknown angles: 
Events: 1 
Targets: 15 
Raymond 12 
WMC Jones 12 
Close 12 
Rike 13 
Fieles 11 
Skilman 10 
AH King 11 
Perm. 13 
Old Hoss 9 
DuBray..... 8 
Goldstrom , 13 
Burns , , 9 
Flick 14 
UMC 14 
Fry 12 
Howard , 
Weakland 
Bell 
T Green 
colt 
CMack ; 
N Pruitt 
McKelden , 
J Hamilton 
J Nelson 
Huffman 
Eiler 
Yon Lengerke 
J R Miller 
Monroe 
W S Kiug 
Scott 
W C Thomson » 
Donally 
Fritz 
Wayman 
Perce.. 1 
Bessemer 
R Anderson 
Black .. 
McPherson 
Shaffer 
Alexander 
Armstrong 
Oo'ce 
Duff 
Sims 
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6 7 8 9 10 
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15 12 16 14 15 11 17 15 
17 11 14 11 15 12 13 14 
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Hartford Gun Club. 
Hartford, Conn., April 20. — Spring fever was evidently the cause 
of so many low scores made this afternoon in the club shoot of the 
Hartford Gun Club. The records made were as follows: 
Club shoot, 25 targets, known angles: 
P Tucker 1011111111111111011111111—23 
'•Ford" 0111111111110111111110110-21 
Olcott 1110111101111111001111101-20 
Williamson 0111110111101111111110011-20 
J Smith 1101110111111001111100110—18 
"White" 0011111011111100011111011—17 
Luous .1110000111111111011101100—17 
Key ton 011 0110110111001101101101—16 
Wadsworth 1101101 101101001110011110—16 
Collins 01 1001001 11 101 10101100] 01—14 
Britton 0001 0001 10010000101 110111—1 ' 
F Tucker OOOOlOOlOOllOOOOIOllOlOll— 10 
Da-niel S. Wadsworth, 
