May 4, 1895.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
359 
Louis Lrhardt's Shoot. 
Atchison, Kansas, April 19. — Knoxville and Memphis will have a 
large attendance of shooters, but they will have to hustle to beat 
Erhardt's tournament, not oniy in number of entries, but in enthu- 
siasm and in the good feeling which wss displayed by all on account of 
of Louis Erhardt's popularity. They came from Missouri, Nebraska, 
Indian Territory, Iowa, Louisiana and all parts of Kansas; 96 entries 
in one event is a good many shooters nowadays, when 25 is considered 
a fair attendance in most tournaments. 
But Louis attends all the shoots in the western country, and all the 
boys come to bis tournament if they possibly can. His store was the 
headquarters for them all, and was nightly crowded, some looking 
at games, some in groups talking about the shoot, and all ovpr the 
counters were others loading Bhells. Somebody made the remark, 
"How do you keep track of the ammunition used, Louis?" "I don't keep 
track of it, I leave it to the boys themselves." says Erhardt. And that 
is the kind of a fellow he is, and therein lies his popularity. An 
entertainment committee composed of Warren Ferguson, B. O. 
Running, and Louis Erhardt, entertained the boys in good shape. The 
shoot was ably managed by John Parker of Detroit, representing the 
Cleveland Target Co., E, C. Powder and Winchester Repeating Arms 
Co. 
This was a strictly amateur tournament, though the scores will bear 
comparison with most of the open tournaments. The shoot was held 
on the racetrack grounds about two miles from the city. The back- 
ground was very bad, and that was the only complaint beard. One 
set of bluerock: traps with North's electric pull, and one set of empire 
traps and empire electric pull were used for programme events, while 
another set of bluerock traps and electric pull were used for sweep- 
stake shooting, and were kept going constantly from start to finish. 
Bluerocks and empires were used. By Monday noon the traps were 
all ready for practice, and quite a number of early arrivals indulged 
in a little sport. The cashier's office was ably handled by Messrs. 
Lawton and Jennings. A thorough working force enabled Parker to 
handle the large crowd of shooters with comparative ease. 
Tuesday morning 100 shooters were on the grounds by 8:30, and the 
fun began in spite of a cold drizr.ling rain, which did riot clear away 
until afternoon. It was an interesting sight to see fifteen men stand- 
ing up in a line and listen to the constant popping of the guns, which 
was kept up until 6:30 in the evening, Wednesday was a bright, warm 
day, and a large crowd of spectators was in attendance. The entries 
ran up to 96 in one event this day. One of the interesting features of 
the day's shoot was the score made by the Richmond, Mo., team— 59 
out of 60. Another was the shooting of Warren Ferguson, a very pop 
ular young man of Atchison, and a new shooter, breaking 20 straight 
in No. 12 event, and winning first firize, a handsome Marlin rifle, all 
alone among 60 entries. The third day was another bright, warm, 
sunshiny day, and was conducive to good scores, and the shooting 
was kept right up until 6 P. M. Altogether 32,000 targets were thrown. 
The sweepstake scores are not published, but at least 1Q,000 targets 
were thrown from these traps and each event averaged ) 40 to 50 en- 
Coi. A. G. Courtney was here exhibiiing his new Lefever ejector, 
and, as usual, made lots of friends for himself and gun. J. A. R. 
Elliott was also here loosing after the interests of the empire target, 
and showing some very fine samples of the new Winchester trap 
gun. Jim gave a very clever exhibition with the gun and elicited a 
hearty round of applause from spectators. Messrs. Parker, Elliott 
and Courtney did not participate in the tournament, as experts and 
manufacturers' agents were barred. But each one did quite a line of 
advertising for each and every one of the firms they represent. I 
must not forget to make special mention of Al Bennett, of Kansas 
City, who ably assisted in making the shoot run smoothly; he was 
here, there and everywhere. 
Never was there a nicer or pleasanter aggregation of shooters than 
at this tournament. The Kansas City boys were here in full force 
booming their shoot, next week. Messrs. Mcllhany, Calhoun and 
Sowers, of Weir City, were here talking up their shoot, May 8, 9 and 
10, and a genial and gentlemanly trio they are. Herewith is a partial 
list of the other shooters present: W. D Alexander, Milford, Neb.; 
Bennett, Emporia, Kan.; T. L. Ackerman, Stanton, Neb.; J. W. Barre, 
Louisiana, Mo.; A T. Emery, Mahoska, Kan.; D. D. Bray, Syracuse, 
Neb.; J. L. Beightle, Valley Falls, Kan., E. L. Ditert, Topeka, Kan.; 
J. J. Buser, Fidelity, Kan.; M. A. Brawley, Frankfort, Kan.; J. J. Cor- 
nett, Linnville, Mo. ; Clay, Frankfort, Kan. ; H. M. Davis, Richmond, 
Mo. ; G. Stevenson and G. * all, Waterville, Kan ; F. M. Eaton, Genoa, 
Neb. ; G. R. Tackier, Cedar Creek, Neb ; J. J. Gray. Severance, Kan. ; J. 
George, Downs, Kan.; C. D. Hagerman, Wymore, Neb.;F. O Harwood 
and J. M. Higgins, South Cedar, Kan.; C. W. Mason, Richmond, Mo. ; 
Miller, Lincoln, Neb. ; T. B. Newton, Bern, Kan. ; Powell, Lincoin, Neb.; 
B. T. Rice, Frankfort, Kan.; L. B. Reader, Ft. Madison, la.; John Ren- 
f ro and J. L. Renfro, South Cedar. Kan. ; James Stevenson, Bronte, 
Kan. : M. E. Sharpe. South Cedar, Kan. ; H. R. Saunders, Pardee, Kan. ; 
G. A. Schroder, Columbus, Neb.; B. E. Strong, Geneva, Neb.; E. D. 
Trotter, Kinsley, la.: C J. Weis, Frankfort, Kan.; I.. T. Genmett, Ft. 
Madison, la.; J. P- Gillespie, Savannah, Mo.; N. J. Gregg, Frankfort, 
Kan.; J. F. Hauber, Hiawatha, Kan.; A. P. Hampton, Frankfort, Kan.; 
M. T. McDonald, Richmond, Mo.; Geo. Maglott, Hiawatha, Kan.; A. L. 
Martin, Highland, Kan.; John O'Kane, Fidelity, Kan.; C. T. Reust and 
J. M. Rhodes, Frankfort, Kan.; B. O. Running, Atchison, Kan.; A. D, 
Renfro, South Cedar, Kan.; T. E Ruggles, Jewell City, Kan.; Shirae, 
Ottawa, Kan.; F. W. Sharpe, Lincoln, Neb.; W. A. Saunders, Pardee. 
Kan.; W. C. Snodgrass, Frankfort, Kan.; C, D. Taylor, Richmond, Mo ; 
H. L. Weyer; F. A. Short, Atchison, Kan. Buckshot. 
The following are the scores made on the three days in tabulated 
form. Had tbey been run in full, there would have been no room for 
anything else 1 his week. Nos. 1 to 5 were shot on the first day, Nos. 6 
to 13 on the second day, and the remainder on the third day: 
Targets: 20 SO 20 20 W '0 so so so so so so so so so so so 
J W lagal 13 13 16 18 17 14 19 19 20 . . 17 16 17 15 . . 
O J Pease 16 .. 9 15 12 16 20 17 17 14 
AT Emery H 15 8 14 13 14 16 .. 18 
GRTackler 12 18 9 16 12 13 17 15 18 16 17 
LC Smith 13 17 15 20 18 19 17 14 . . 19 . . 17 . . 13 17 18 16 
Lyons 13 10 14 17 16 12 .... 15 ; 
F W Sharpe 12 16 9 17 10 13 14 12 
TJ G Powell 11 16 15 17 14 18 16 13 16 
N D Alexander 8 lo 14 17 .. 13 17 11 
Geo Maglott 12 12 10 16 9 11 19 11 17 . . 17 . . 19 . . 15 . . 17 
C T Reust 11 12 14 15 17 18 19 IS 19 17 20 18 17 18 19 17 17 
J M Rhodes....- 13 17 9 17 17 17 18 20 19 15 19 18 79 15 19 17 16 
J F Hauber ? 12 10 13 15 7 18 12 IB , . 15 . . 17 . . 13 . . 16 
. D Martin 7 17 .. 16 13 14 19 17 17 
O'Rear 11 15 11 
C DLinderman 14 18 17 16 17 19 20 16 19 IB its 19 19 19 17 12 18 
AD Renfro 11 16 14 .. 20 16 18 14 .. 14 
TL Ackerman 15 15 18 20 17 17 19 19 19 14 IS 17 17 19 20 15 19 
G ASchroeder 14 18 16 13 16 15 18 Its 19 . . 17 
J L Renfro.... 9 17 .. .. 
J J Buser 3 . . 6 8 , 
D D Bray 16 ,17 17 17 17 15 18 15 20 15 20 18 . . 17 20 17 19 
O'Kane 4 .... 13 9 
LB Reader 17 . . 17 18 17 17 20 19 20 16 20 15.20 .. .. 
Bachelor la 17 16 19 16 IT 20 17 .. 18 18 19 20 17 17 19 if 
WC Snodgrass 16 18 15 16 19 18 19 15 19 13 18 15 19 16 19 14 20 
N M/Sbiras 14 14 17 13 17 16 18 16 
John Renfro 4 9 ., 13 .. 13 16 
J H Beightle 15 14 .... 12 
W W Mcllhany 15 17 12 19 15 IS IB 19 IS 18 19 IS 19 17 18 16 2*1 
Calhoun 11 16 18 20 15 18 19 IS 19 18 *0 19 19 18 20 20 29 
J M Higgins 8 .. 13 7 16 15 20 12 .. 11 11 12 17 13 12 11 16 
E D Trotter 11 .. 16 17 17 13 18 15 19 18 19 19 19 18 IV 15 17 
Harwood 14 18 .... 16 .... 20 
J W Barre 19 18 12 19 11 18 20 15 
WS Ferguson 13 10 8 9 7 5 15.. 
RE Strong 14 18 15 18 13 16 19 17 
F M Eaton 14 13 16 14 1-1 14 12 11 
T B Newton 6 15 12 19 13 12 19 14 
Wise 16 18 14 16 15 16 18 16 19 20 18 U 19 14 18 14 IS 
Clyde 6 11 9 13 .. 12 16 9 .. 9 
J Stevenson 4 15 8 14 11 16 
McGill 4 9 9 14 12 13 
J P Gillespie 11 17 11 14 10 16 20 17 17 15 20 17 19 19 19 15 i<j 
ME Sharp 15 13 .... 13 20 19 
Clay 10 17 .. .. 16 17 .. .. 17 .. 19 15 18 16 20 15 0 
H M Menefee 12 18 13 16 16 17 20 17 20 18 20 17 SO 18 20 17 20 
E C Greene 18 16 16 17 13 18 19 18 19 18 19 16 18 18 20 18 20 
C W Mason 8 13 12 15 14 14 17 17 . . . . 14 
CD Taylor 15 17 20 18 19 18 19 19 20 18 20 19 19 14 20 15 17 
E L Dibert 17 18 17 18 18 16 19 15 
N J Gregg 14 15 14 14 17 17 18 16 17 16 17 16 18 16 14 17 16 
B F Rice 7 11 19 12 13 14 18 18 19 19 17 18 18 19 15 19 18 18 
B ORunning 13 16 14 10 16 15 18 19 20 17 
G R Hall 16 14 17 17 14 18 19 16 16 14 17 16 15 16 17 17 18 
Heo Stevenson 12 16 16 16 13 16 16 16 16 18 19 16 15 13 17 14 20 
W Kinsley 5 12 2 15 9 13 . . 10 9 
J E Johnson 10 18 12 15 17 13 feO 17 £0 18 18 17 19 15 10 .. 1<J 
J George 12 12 13 15 14 16 18 13 11 8 15 12 19 ,. 12 .. .. 
J Z Scott 14 16 16 15 14 15 15 15 
N D Gardiner 16 13 G 9 11 .. 16 .. 13 
T Carter 12 16 9 16 12 14 17 11 14 9 
M B Horton 16 16 15 19 19 15 19 19 15 15 20 17 17 19 IS 17 18 
N M Lambert 11 15 '13 15 11 13 14 13 
A L DeWitt 12 15 15 11 20 .. 17 .. .. 15 16 11 17 16 17 17 17 
Cosby 16 16 17 18 17 r<- 17 17 19 15 18 16 IS 14 20 10 IS 
Sexton 13 18 17 19 18 19 19 19 20 18 20 18 20 18 19 17 17 
17 20 17 19 18 17 .. . 
12 17 20 15 17 16 10 7 
19 20 14 .. 19 20 14 18 
12 16 16 18 15 
15 
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20 14 18 19 18 
18 15 16 .. 19 
12 12 .. .. 18 
19 15 19 18 20 
13 16 18 19 .. 18 
19 
McElroy 12 17 13 17 17 18 15 13 19 16 17 18 18 1C 19 16 16 
Ed Gilges 11 16 18 15 .. 9 18 14 14 13 18 15 19 15 .. ..18 
McQfe 10 14 13 11 12 14 14 14 .. 13 IS 11 15 
Ingle 16 13 20 14 
Sowers 13 12 9 16 12 14 17 15 15 10 17 
J J Gray 17 16 18 16 16 16 13 15 14 19 10 19 
A Fulton 19 15 17 19 14 1» 17 19 11 18 16 18 
M Finnigan 16 16 16 18 )6 12 19 15 18 15 
WL Stone 14 18 , 
TL Clark 6 
Newton , ,, ,, ,, 15 ., 
Jaeckel 16 , 
T J Emley 12 
W«l5on 9 .. 
N Barrett , 10 11 
Rogers 18 16 
G G Kinman 13 
J Harris , 9 
A Lat 17 
F Miller .; 14 
F J Close 10 
C White 10 
TE Ruggles 15 
K-Campbell 16 14 11 18 14 16 
L G Clark 16 
M A Brawley 10 
A L Scoville 17 
J as Jackson 13 
H Dittmore 19 
J R Waller 15 
J C Clark 14 
G W Jenkins 14 
WF Keller 14 
A Robinson 17 
GWQoff 12 
AW Peck.,.. .. 17 
T C Treat 5 
J C White 13 
Keen 14 
H C Solomon 1 
C Brenner 12 
G L Byers 9 
J M Bobbins 15 
M E Jackson ^ 17 
J E Duncan, , . , 
H L Wt-j er 
J H Sutcliffe 
W Needhaui , , , 
C D Walker 
Geo Sutclirre 
E A Waller 
T White 
Elliott 
J Keihleia..... 
Elmer Hyde 
J B Clark 
Leath 
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15 ,i 
17 16 15 17 10 15 11 18 ., 17 
17 19 17 19 18 20 19 19 13 20 
15 IS 15 17 17 17 14 20 11 17 
7 18 12 17 16 16 15 18 15 18 
15 .. 13 17 16 18 14 20 15 .. 
14 16 
13 18 
15 14 15 
14 14 11 li 15 17 16 19 15 16 
15 19 .. 20 
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R Ferguson 11 5 . . 3 15 . . 12 5 . . 
Wagner 5 
H Saunders 7 6 
Bennett 10 
C W Young + 3 
H Ree3e «, 12 is 13 17 .. 19 16 .. 
Dr Hungate 9 10 11 14 11 14 13 18 
E Meyer 8 6 
Green 14 is 16 15 . . 15 . . 1« 
A Brown 19 . . 14 . . 17 17 17 
K.ohler 18 19 17 16 18 *0 
Shmelzer 9 10 . . 18 . . . . 
Piety 11 ,, 5 16 11 13 
M Warner 9 14 . . 11 6 . . 
SM Mills 14 18 14 17 14 16 
CE Bruce 11 16 10 14 .. 17 
W A Saunders.... 15 12 
Dr Lane 11 13 13 lb 
Dr Craig 12 15 ,. .. 
Prof Smith 8 .. 
Guthrie 5 . . 
W C Johnson 9 . . 
Trap at Little Bock. 
Little Rock, Ark., April 23.— The final contest for the Pulaski 
County medal, which took place recently, was robbed of much of its 
interest from the factihatno matter who won the contest it could 
have no bearing on the final result. Dickinson being so far ahead of 
the rest of the contestants that none of them could overtake him. he 
would once more become the permanent possessor of the medal. The 
medal was once a challenge trophy, and to be won and successfully 
defended against all shooters in Pulaski county for one year. This 
Dickinson accomplished, and then put the medal again to be contested 
lor under the following conditions: The trophy was to be shot for for 
one year, and there were to be two contests each month during the 
spring and summer and one during the fall and winter months. Each 
shooter to shoot at 50 targets, known traps, unknown angles, and the 
phooter making the best average in any 10 contests to retain it perma- 
nently. Score: 
Dickinson 11111111111011111111101111101011110111011010111001-40 
Duley 11111111111110111110111111111010111100010111111011—41 
Pembertou 11111111011111101111111111111111111110111011011110-44 
Eenow 0010011101111010100I010111110011101101110111110011— 82 
Irwin 01101110111001101111011111111001011111110111111010-37 
Appended are ihe scores made in the final contest, also a complete 
record of the scores made by all those who participated in any of the 
beventeen contests which took place for the medal, and a list of the 
guns and ammunition used by tne contestants. A glance at the record 
made shows that Dickinson has aeain won the trophy. His average, 
taking his ten best scores, being 86V French is second with an aver- 
age of S8* 6) closely followed by Duley, who is third, with 83 3 6 . This 
shooter has shown the most marked improvement; a year ago he w*s 
shooting about 50 per cent. ; to-day he is one of the best shots in the 
c!ub 
Contest: 1 ii ii h 5 6 7 S 9 10 11 12 IS lh 15 16 17 
Duley 24 35 82 35 36 39 32 39 45 43 46 43 39 42 4 ! <,2 
Dickinson ;-.6 38 41 37 37 41 47 45 46 46 41 39 45 <i0 
French 42 37 37 42 42 42 46 41 33 40 42 40 42 
Irwin 35 .. 36 42 39 43 40 ., 
P^mberton 46 38 41 40 42 .. 40 ., 
Cunningham 89 37 43 48 32 40 .. 
D Alexander 20 25 3a 31 £9 43 
W KcbatT 39 37 34 32 36 . . 43 
ThibaulC 42 81 4-4 38 43 
Woodson 25 , . 41 49 . . 41 . . 35 . . 
Lijnow 27 b0 3S . . 31 . , . . 37 
C Alexander hi 3 1 30 33 
Lhzke 26 .. 38 28 29 
. . 33 27 
.. 41 38 
41 ..34 
c9 41 42 L7 
.. .. 45 ii 
31 .. IJS 
Fletcher. . , 
Cantrell... 
Stowel' 
Led bet ter . 
Cjnuer.... 
Hmaar 
D-ake 
36 35 37 
32 26 . . 
32 : 6 
.. 36 .. 
42 .. 
.. 23 
25 27 . . 
33 .. .. 
. . 23 22 . . 
.. 22 25 IS 
.. 37 
35 40 
35 
Raise • 30 vi 
Rose . . . . 42 . . 
Reaves 22 22 
Steele 34 ,.30 
Winston 25 
Hughes 18 
Long 35 
. . 39 
Freeman . . , , 23 
Marshall 34 . . . . 
Ramsey 27 
Hobbs .. .. 
Tread way 35 .. .. 
Carleton 11 
i'AI.'l. R. LlTXKK. 
Lynchburg Gun Club. 
Lynchburg Va , April 25. — Our club is making some improvements 
in its grounds for the better handling of the traps and the comfort of 
the trappers. These improvements prevented very much practice 
to-day. Still, the following scores were made, each event being at 20 
targets, unknown angles: 
No. 1: Scott 19, Terry 19, Moorman 18. Nelson 17, Empie 17, Miller 
15, Cleland 11. 
No. 2: Nelson 17, Empie 17, Moorman 14, Scott 14, Cleland 13. Mil- 
der 13, Terry 13. 
No. 3: Terry 20, Empie 17, Nelson 16, Moorman :6, Scott 16, Miller 14, 
Cleland 10. 
No. 4: Terry 20, Nelson 19, Scott 19, Empie 18,Moorman 18, Miller 17, 
Cleland 13. 
No. 5: cleland 16, Empidl5, Nelson 13, Moorman 13. Scott 12, Mil- 
ler 8. F. M, D. 
Work and Knapp Shoot a Tie. 
On Wednesday, April 24, George Work and J. P. Knapp met for the 
second time on the Westminster Kennel Club's grounds at Babylon, L. 
I., in a 100-bird match. This made the third race between these two 
crack amateurs at 100 birds; one was shot at Larchmont, t be other two 
at Babylon. The first, which took place at Babylon on Jan. 23, re- 
sulted in a victory for Work by three' birds, the score standing 84—81 
in his favor. The second was shot at Larchmont on Feb. 22, Knapp 
Winning this time by the score of 89—86. The third match, therefore— 
the one shot on April 24 — was looked upon as a sort of deciding heat, 
and was awaited with considerable interest. So quiet was the affair' 
kept, that only a very few friends of the shooters were on hand. 
More's the pity, because those who were absent missed as pretty and 
as stubbornly contested a race as I ever saw. George Mott, the club's 
superin'endent, has a well deserved reputation for furnishing fast 
birds. I never saw poor birds at Westminster, not even on a dull day 
without a breath of air to aid them. On this occasion the birds were- 
a really good lot, all blue, and very strong flyers. A high wind from 
the southwest was blowing, and on almost every other ground the 
birds would have been incomers with but few exceptions. Not so, 
however, at the Westminster Clubs grounds. It is true, there were 
several birds with an incoming tendency, but the vast majority of 
these were left-quartering, and, with the wind under their tails, went 
like streaks, requiring quick, sure work to stop them in bounds. 
Ripht-quarterers were naturally slow,as they were going up against the 
wind; but there were few of this class. Sitters also were very great 
rarities. Each man refused them whenever they came, yet there were 
but six no-birds called by the shooters, and all of them were danger- 
ous-looking birds Work's s3d bird was the first to loiter at all, but it 
was only a momentary delay. His 44th was a flipper from No. 3; he 
waited a moment, as be had to take it, and then, not liking its appear- 
ance, shot at it on the ground. The result was unlpoked for; the shell 
had not done its work well and the bird was away, escaping the sec- 
ond barrel. Luckily for Work, it couldn't reach the boundary, and 
was gathered by the dog, the shooter getting another bird. Knapp 
bad four sitters, and called them all. 
Knapp led off at 12:45, and at 3:10 the shoot was over— 2 hours and 
25 minutes for the 200 birds. The first 50 were shot at in 33 minutes; 
second 50 in 42 minutes, at least 10 minutes being lost in fixing Knapp's 
gun, which got out of gear, as told later on; third 50 was disposed of 
in 35 minutes, the same time being consumed in finishing the last 
quarter of the match. The time is not fast, but owing to the high 
wind and the closeness of the race from start to finish, both men were 
extra careful, and, consequently, deliberate in their movements. They 
had also lots of time ahead of them, and were in no hurry. The even- 
ness of the shooting is well shown by the totals for each 25 birds; 
each man had two records of 22 and two of 23: Knapp killed 45 out of 
each 50; Work killed 44 in the first half hundred, 46 in his last 50. Each 
man also had four birds dead out of bounds. If anything could be 
more even than that I'd like to see it! At no time after the 16th round 
was Work in the lead, whereas Knapp was once three birds ahead of 
his opponent. That occasion was after the 40th round, when Work's 
bird fell dead just over the right boundary. Knapp losing his 46th 
dead out of bounds, and letting his 49th get away, apparently clean 
missed, quickly reduced his lead, there being but one bird between 
them at the end of the 50th round. Five times during the match was 
the score tied, viz., on the5th, 10th, 17th, 74th and 90th rounds. When 
Work made errors on his 78th and 79th birds, the last a bad miss, it 
looked as if it was Knapp's match. The latter, however, lost his 85th 
bird, dead out of bounds, and his 90tb. a fast driver, and the score was 
a tie, with 10 more to shoot at. Each killed out straight from that 
point, doing some of the best shooting of the day on that last 10 birds, 
Work running out with 21 straight kills. The long runs were: Knapp, 
34, 14, 10 and 10; Work, 21, 21 and 14. The traps were pulled for each 
shooter as follows: 
1 2 S L 5 
Knapp 26 17 25 16 16 
Work 27 15 22 12 24 
Total , 53 32 47 28 40, 
The above totals show that No. 5 was just up to the average, No. 1 '■ 
being away above it and No. 4 far below it. The two outside traps 
fell to the shooters 93 times as against 107 times from the other three 
traps. No. 1 was of course the hardest trap, owing to the wind; its 
total was very evenly divided up. The luck of the birds may also be 
said to have been very equally distributed. In the matter of luck in 
the gathering of birds, Work must be said to have had the worst of • 
it. Knapp had a strong bird caught on the lly by the dog, and had j 
also another fly away apparently unhurt, only to fall stone dead just ■ 
before reaching the boundary. Work had a bird, apparently dead, 
that was permitted through poor work on the part of the dog to slip ) 
over the back boundary before being gathered. It was, however, ai, 
great race, full of brilliant work with the gun, and one worth goings 
miles to see. 
Among the incidents of the match was the failure of Knapp's sec- 
ond barrel on his 36th bird; when he pulled the trigger to fire the sec- 
ond barrel at the bird, which had fallen, it refused to go off. The 
bird, however, was gathered. After trying the gun and getting the 
second barrel to cock again, the same thing happened on No. 37, this 
bird also being gathered. The gun was then taken apart, oil applied, 
and everything was all right again. Work's 56th was a very fast bird, 
a fine second barrel kill calling forth applause from the spectators. 
To everybody's surprise, and to Work's chagrin, the dog by slobbering 
work let the bird get over the dead line. Knapp's 87th bird was a 
driver from No. 3. Both barrels hit it, but apparently did no damage, 
as the bird sailed away all right. Just as it was within a yard or two 
of the boundary all steam was shut off and down it came' inside the 
boundary by a yard or two. Both men stuck to their usual guns and 
loads. Work shot a Purdey gun, 48grs. E. C. and 134oz. No. 7 shot in a 
V. L. & D. Special; Knapp also shot a Purdey gun, but used 45grs. 
Schultze and lJ4oz. No. 7 shot in the same shell. As soon as the 100th 
bird had been shot at by each man, Work proposed to shoot the tie off 
at 25 birds. Knapp refused, saying: "I think it's a good way to leave 
it; we're even now on the three matches; let it stay that way." 
Score in detail, 100 live birds each, 30yds. rise, 50yds. boundary; 
Trap score type— Copyright, ism, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
144113331123531125511515 3, 
J P Knapp (30).2 220221.22.2222222222222 2—22 
211142132342213241114 4 153 
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4332512 244354325131432422 
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222220210222221122222220 2—22 
321534444153513 3 15554453 2 
222222222.2 21202122 22222 2—23—90 
4313511144515223 3 21553432 
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Geo Work (30). .1 1210ll2lel2221a02222111 1—22 
143 3 5 11511523521121413533 
02 1 20221 1 22222«222222222 2—22 
13 1521255513512853415 3 144 
T T *V» T 4^"-\W<-\ % £ T T ? T N+^-rWr 
2«222«222222222222222122 2—23 
3 442542553135513335211315 
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s.' 200 2 1222221122222222222 2-23-90 
After the match had been brought to a conclusion, as detailed 
above, a 10-bird sweep, $5 entrance, was shot. At the end of the 
tent h round, the score being a tie, it was shot off, miss and out, Fred 
Moore shooting in excellent shape, and winning on the twenty-second 
round. Score: 
Fred G Moore 0222202222222221122222—20* 
George Work 11 01312022121 1 1222121 0—19! 
J P Knapp 222220222012222110 —15, 
Edward Banks. 
Belding Gun Club. 
Belding, Mich., April 25.— The following is the official score made 
at our weekly shoot this afternoon: 
W A Wilder 1001101101011*00111111101—18 
H L Page 111001011001111110011H01— 1? 
W F Bricker OOlOOlllllOllllOlllllliOi— 17 
G F Smi' h 0001101101111101111111101—18 
H P McElroy UllllOOllllOllllllHiuO— .21 
R F Hall , OOOOOOOOOOlQllOOflOlOOOlll— 7 
G HMann 0011001110001000110010000— 8 
J E Ferguson 1111111111111110011011011—21 
M A Reed 1100110111111111110101011—19 
W H Foster ; OOlOOOlOWlOOlOOOOOOOOOOO— 5 
C M Higbv 1000101101100101011010010—12 
M Spanog'le. 1110111111111111011111110-38. 
G. F. Smith. 
