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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 18, 1895. 
The DuPont Tournament. 
Cincinnati, O., May ll.-On Monday, May 6, the contestants who 
were ambitious to meet and overcome all compel itors assembled at 
Old Avenue Ball Park to practise for the following: day. when the 
DuPont tournament proper would open. This park had been the 
scene of many great contests in the line of athletics The famous 
Red Stockinets had in the early history of professional ball playing 
covered themselves with glory and won laurel against the world on 
ihis ground. Now the most expert marksmen of America were to 
match their skill, and under equal conditions, each burning DuPont 
smokeless powder, were to decide the honors, share the liberal cash 
prizes offered by Messrs. DuPont. and attest the value of this new 
powder of American production. The sky looked ominous of an ap- 
proaching storm, but threats from the weather did not prevent Up- 
son, of Cleveland, from breaking 128 out of 130; Budd 154 out of 160, 
and others nearly as large a percentage at a few less targets. 
About 8,400sq.ft. of tents and awnings were spread to protect sports- 
men, spectators and trappers from sun or rain, and on the morning of 
the 7th ' Old Glory" was run up the mast and spread out at full length 
by the gentle breeze that cooled the air and refreshed the aspirants 
who were eager for the contest. Mill Creek Valley never looked love- 
lier, but it is not an ideal place for big records. The park lies in a val- 
ley between high hills and is surrounded by houses, trees and other 
obstructions to a clear view. There is one point where for a width of 
20 to 50ft. there is a clear horizon above a high board fence, and occa- 
sionally a target will skip across this clear space to take friendly shel- 
ter behind the foliage of trees from the destructive weapons in the 
hands of the determined man who faced the traps. It did not take the 
sportsmen, who have reduced target smashing to a fine art, long to 
size up the location, and they were unanimous in the opinion that it 
was necessary to keep the eye on the target; for they could expect no 
favors from the grounds, the management or surroundings, that 
would help them to make big records. It matters little what the sur- 
roundings are when Merrill, Van Dyke, Fulford, Heikes, Upson, Budd, 
Grimm, Ruble, Conno", Worthington, Dando, Young, Easton, Trimble, 
Elliott, Hill, Alkire, Bartlett, Shorty, Meaders, Rike, Woodworth, 
Hoffman, Gay, Raymond, and others equally as good, are to match 
skill. 
The manager, R. S. Waddell. had planned every detail, and it worked 
out to perfection. All calculations were made prior to the tourna- 
ment, so that within five minutes after an event w.s closed the office 
force was ready to present every winner with an envelope containing 
his share of the purse and added money. It was the universal opinion 
of those present that the DuPont tournament was the finest equipped 
and most excellently managed tournament ever given in this country, 
and it was a marvel how this could be accomplished with a combina- 
tion of experts and amateurs. 
In contesting for DuPont cash prizes for highest averages, accord- 
ing to the prograanme, contestants must participate in both events 4 
and 6 each and every day at either traps for experts or amateurs, and 
must burn only DuPont smokeless powder. To avoid all unfairness, 
the shells used in these events were examined by R S. Waddell, man- 
ager, and each shell was stamped with the name "Dupont." The scores 
in events 4 and 6 will disclose the results. 
THE WORLD'S RECORD BROKEN. 
On the first day in event 6 with DuPont smokeless a most remark- 
able record was made by squad No. 3, composed of John Connor, of 
Knoxville, Tenn.; E D. Fulford, of Utica, N. Y.; F. V. Van Dyke, of 
New York city; S. Glover, of Rochester, N. Y.; H. Dando, of Dayton, 
O., and Charley Young, of Springfield, O. Under the severest shoot- 
ing conditions this squad, each man shooting at 20 targets, broke 119 out 
of a possible 120 The firing pins in the gun used by Charley Young 
were out of order, and he snapped two shells without firing, and this 
caused him to be a little careless when trying for the third time, 
and he lost his fourteenth bird. There were 39 entries in this event, 
and every participant distinguished himself by good work. The gen- 
tlemen who in this event broke the world's record in a contest in 
which the purse and added money aggregated $132 and for which $300 
prize money awaited them at the close for highest averages, were not 
making an exhibition record for pastime, but were under pressure. 
They had been advocates of other powders and some of them inter- 
ested in the use of other brands, but they manifested their ability to 
quickly judge the merits of DuPont smokeless, and none of them em- 
barrassed the referee by a doubtful break. It was good, clean work, 
and the manager was so elated over the result that he called in the 
services of a photographer and preserved the record by a good picture 
of the contestants, using the blackboard with their score thereon as a 
background. Another squad equalled any past record that has been 
claimed: No. 1 in event No. 4, also using DuPont smokeless. This 
squad was composed of the following sportsmen, with number of tar- 
gets broken by each: Alkire 20, Upson 19, Raymond 19, Heikes 19, 
Rike 20, Bartlett 19; total, 1»6 out of 120. 
The winners of DuPont cash prizes for highest averages made with 
DuPont smokeless were: 
In expert class: 
Merrill, of Milwaukee, first, 116 out of 120 $90 00 
Van Dyke, of New York, second, 115 out of 120 75 00 
Glove"', of Ne^York, 0 '' \ ^ided third, 118 out of 120 60 00 
FSforf,°on&w York, } dMded fourth ' 112 out of 120 45 00 
Grimm, of Iowa, 1 
Hoffman, of New Jersey, V divided fifth, 111 out of 120 30 00 
R. Trimble, of Kentucky, \ 
The winners of DuPont cash prizes for highest averages in the ama- 
teur class were as follows: 
Munmy, J - divided fl!- st, 60 out of 90 $60 00 
Grube, second, 79 out of 90 50 00 
Gam bell, third, 78 out of 90 ,' 40 00 
Har t ry gt ° 1) ' \ divid ed fourth, 77 out of 90 30 00 
Forrester, fiEth, 76 out of 90 20 00 
In all the programme events making a total of 480 targets the high- 
est number, 454, were broken by D. A. Upson, of Cleveland, O., who 
rrade an average of 94 7 ] „ . He was followed by HeiKes with 453 or 
94%; Fulford and Bartlttt, 447 or 93}£; Merrill, 444 or 92J4; Van Dyke, 
441 or 91%; Glover, 440 or 9)1%; Le Roy, 437 or 9134; Buda, 435 or 90%; 
Meaders, 420 or 87J4; Grimm, 419 or 87 7 2t . 
The following contestants did not shoot in all the events, but made a 
good percentage at a less number of targets: Shorty Bacon at 460 
targets broke 425 or 92Jg; Hoffman at 420 targets broke 393 or 93S; R. 
Trimble at 300 targets oroke 278 or 92% 
The weather throughout the tournament was superb, excepting a 
light wind that occasionally cut down the totals. Trie scores made by 
the experts in the various events programmed for the three days are 
given in tabulated form below. Mc-s. 1-8 were shot on the first day, 
9-16 on the second day, and 17-24 on the third day: 
Experts. 
i.i! IS S U 5 0 7 tS 9 10 11 13 p lh 15 16 17 18-19 SO U n 28 $ 
Alkire 
17 20 16 20 19 15 17 11 18 12 18 16 13 19 19 14 17 14 13 9 13 15 16 15 
Upson 
18 19 20 19 20 18 20 19 18 19 17 18 20 20 20 19 18 IS 20 20 17 18 20 19 
Raymond 
19 18 16 19 19 20 18 18 16 16 17 16 18 15 .. 13 18 17 
Heikes 
18 19 20 19 19 19 19 20 16 20 19 19 19 19 19 18 20 20 20 19 19 17 18 18 
18 17 10 20 20 17 16 13 17 15 19 19 17 20 17 19 16 17 20 12 19 18 17 18 
Bartlett 
20 19 19 19 16 20 17 20 18 18 18 16 20 19 18 18 20 19 20 16 18 19 20 20 
J Gay — . .. 
13 18 19 18 20 20 19 19 18 19 18 17 18 18 17 19 18 19 17 16 
LeRoy 
North 19 19 18 19 20 20 S ° 19 15 18 18 18 19 18 19 18 10 17 15 17 20 19 
20 19 14 20 20 17 15 14 16 15 16 19 16 14 . 14 
Redwing 
Mitchell 17 17 " 19 20 18 18 13 20 16 17 17 39 15 15 17 15 19 19 16 58 17 
17 19 19 16 16 17 17 19 17 18 16 17 16 
Brinrmh * 
16 14 .. 18 16 15 14 
* "* * * ** * * ■* * * • * ■ * 
Skinner 17 2 ° 17 19 19 39 17 15 18 1B 18 17 1(5 16 14 18 20 19 17 18 16 59 
16 14 
Connor ' 
16 17 15 17 20 20 16 17 17 15 15 15 13 16 18 17 
Fulford 
Van Dyke " 2 ° ™ ™ 3 ° " ™ 18 ' 9 " tt 17 19 19 19 19 18 18 19 19 18 18 
20 19 19 19 19 20 19 20 16 17 17 19 16 18 18 19 16 19 19 19 20 20 17 15 
Glover 
17 20 19 20 19 20 16 19 18 17 18 20 20 20 15 18 19 19 16 16 19 17 20 18 
19 18 .. 18 .. 20 20 .. .. 17 .. 16 .. 14 18 17 17 .. 20 19 20 16 
Shorty 
M18 19 20 20 18 19 19 .. 19 17 19 14 18 18 19 20 19 20 17 16 20 20 18 18 
Dando 
19 18 17 15 18 20 19 19 19 19 15 18 17 18 19 16 . . 15 14 
OA Young 
18 17 17 18 17 19 17 18 17 18 17 17 19 18 17 19 17 20 19 18 17 16 17 .. 
Verges 
20 13 17 17 17 16 18 12 16 .. ,. 
Watts 
17 16 18 15 12 16 .. 18 
Grimm 
r 20 16 19 18 17 20 17 16 19 17 20 17 17 19 16 14 16 15 16 20 18 18 17 17 
Merrill 
R19 19 19 19 17 19 18 20 19 15 20 20 19 19 17 19 19 16 17 19 18 20 17 20 
Budd 
19 19 18 17 20 20 19 17 18 15 18 17 19 18 18 18 17 19 19 18 19 17 17 19 
Mead 
16 16 , 
Anthony 
13 16 17 15 15 11 16 13 18 18 17 14 14 14 19 15 8 
Elliott 
19 18 15 16 17 15 18 16 17 14 18 15 15 18 14 17 14 15 16 17 11 15 12 16 
Volland 
14 12 10 17 16 18 14 16 .. 13 11 18 12 13 12 14 13 17 14 
Ed Taylor 
.. 20 17 16 18 19 15 .. 16 18 .. 18 .. 18 .. 
Forrester 
..18 , 10 tjfa, 
Peterman 
.. 18 .. 18 20 18 19 15 .. 18 18 17 20 18 16 18 .. 19 18 20 .. 17 .. 17 
Barker 
. . 18 20 
Jones 
.. .. 20 15 20 20 17 20 14 20 18 18 17 20 17 19 19 18 15 19 19 14 19 17 
DuBray 
18 15 13 
R S Waddell 
14 .. 17 16 .. 16 17 .. 15 . 
R Trimble 
19 .. 18 18 18 18 19 19 20 .. 18 20 18 17 19 17 20 
Hoffman 
17 18 19 .. 20 17 18 19 20 19 18 19 17 19 18 18 20 20 18 19 20 
Houston 
19 14 * „ .. 4 .,, J? T 
Grube 
19 19 18 20 .. 
Woodworth 
20 17 18 15 17 18 17 20 IS 19 18 18 13 
Goodman 
15 
Ballard 
Hutchins 
13 18 16 16 
Swan 
Cherry 
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Hill 
18 18 18 19 15 19 19 15 18 17 17 IS 18 15 
Richardson 
, ,. ., 17 16 16 18 
R H Smith 
15 15 • . . . . 20 
Pragoff 
: J.;* .. .. 17 ie .: 
Gambell 
; 19 19 .. 
Linderman 
18 17 17 19 19 17 18 .. 14 15 
Harry 
18 11 .. 17 14 
Hub 
15 
O'Brien 
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Lockwood 
16 .. , 
Belding 
" ., Wet. Al 1 17 
R H Smith 
. . 14 10 14 15 10 15 10 11 13 11 13 14 14 13 9 12 13 6 
W Devoe 
.. 12 11 8 13 12 10 9 11 .. 11 11 12 13 11 9 11 11 .. 11 11 13 13 14 
Linderman 
..11 11 15 14 13 15 14 10 12 
Holliday 
.... 13 10 .. 8 10 14 ,. 10 .. 9 
Link 
.... 8 9.. 8 6 
T F Meek 
.. .. 8 10 .. 10 
Richardson 
.. ..12 15 10 10 10 10 13 15 13 13 11 11 13 13 13 14 14 
Bee 
.. .. 12 10 12 
Joe 
Amateurs. 
13 15 13 13 14 
13 13 14 13 
Woodworth 
10 13 14 14 .... , 
Houston 
13 15 12 14 
Pragoff 
13 13 11 13 12 14 12 10 15 .. .. 13 .. 11 14 15 11 14 13 .. .. 11 13 11 
Blair 
11 8 8 .... 13 8 
O'Brien 
12 10 11 8 11 .. 12 .. R 12 13 11 12 14 12 10 13 10 . . 13 . . 10 , 
Ballard 
11 12 10 12 13 1113 
Hutchings 
15 13 12 12 11 11 14 13 14 15 14 \ 8 8 11 12 12 15 14 14 
Watson 
13 14 13 12 15 10 
Forrester 
14 10 11 14 12 13 .. .. 13 13 9 11 11 14 10 12 .. 12 10 12 13 12 11 
J A Meyer 
13 8 9 10 .. 11 11 13 10 11 9 .. 
Grimes 
is 13 io io 8 ; 13 
Harry 
14 13 11 13 10 13 13 .. 12-'.. 12 11 6 14 .. .. 13 14 15 13 13 
Murphy 
12 14 11 12 11 11 .. ... .. 12 12 14 .. 14 12 10 12 .. 14 12 12 14 10 12 
H E Ware 
13 12 13 13 .. 9 13 .. 14 11 11 
R Trimble 
14 12 12 13 .. .. 14 .. 14 11 15 .. 14 14 15 15 
Cherry 
13 13 14 13 13 13 11 13 12 13 13 11 13 13 13 12 . . .. 13 13 . . 14 13 14 
See 
11 13 11 11 9 10 .. .. 14 13 13 10 13 10 11 13 15 11 .. 12 13 12 11 11 
Girton 
10 5 5 9 7 9 11 7 . 
Swan 
15 10 12 13 11 14 .. .. 12 12 13 11 8 7 14 14 , , 11 11 13 12 6 13 13 
Hub 
13 10 15 11 12 11 9 15 13 13 10 14 13 10 13 12 13 12 12 14 13 13 14 13 
Jac Art 
11 11 10 7 11 9 9 
Shattuck 
13 12 13 14 10 11 8 10 12 6 13 13 10 12 12 10 
Doi'guman 
13 11 13 11 13 8 10 11 13 11 
Betsinger 
3 6 .. 7 an ,v a?! ■:■}, ». . , 
Rohinson 
14 11 8 8 5 8 8 11 11 9 
Bibbee 
12 9 12 8 . . 10 13 
Peterman 
13 13 13 13 14 13 14 .. 13 .... 13 9 13 13 14 .. .. 15 10 13 13 .. 15 
Costelio 
11 13 8 8 14 11 11 14 13 10 .. 8 .... 11 13 .. 10 .. 11 
Hoffman 
13 14 13 10 12 13 15 14 13 12 12 13 8 12 12 14 15 
Pearson 
13 11 13 12 12 15 13 12 9 9 12 12 12 9 13 9 
E Trimble 
10 9 11 7 
Randall 
11 7 9 13 10 12 7 .. 9 6 ., 13 10 9 12 11 11 9 .. .. 
Gambell 
13 13 14 12 11 15 14 13 .. 14 .. .. 12 ... 11 .. 13 13 10 12 
Lockwood 
12 10 7 13 9 11 10 12 12 9 11 10 5 12 14 12 13 14 .. 13 12 13 11 
Hanauer 
10 9 .. .. 12 .. . v. /, s; 
Senaur 
13 10 7 13 12 9 11 
Watts • 
10 12 12 5 12 11 13 14 13 12 12 12 9 
Grube 
12 15 12 13 .. 15 13 13 14 .. ..15 8 14 14 15 10 7 10 
Goodman 
10 8 12 12 .. 12 8 9.. 8 10 11 10 13 10 
Partington 
11 12 13 14 13 11 13 12 13 14 13 13 . . 13 15 12 . . . . 12 13 12 13 14 14 
Easton 
18 .* • v ^. A- ■Jf'MX' ;- ,, ..-„> 
DuBray 
.. 12 10 7 12 9 11 11 11 12 .. .. 
C Zollar 
.. 7 11 10 
Winchester 
.. 9 •.. 
Brinell 
.. 15 13 9 11 15 9 13 13 14 10 
Skinner 
..12 8 
Fisher 
Verges 
Willie 
F J Waddeii 
Corbett 
CJay ' 
Morris 
Walt 
Mitchell 
Anthony 
Post 
Eddy'e 
Hauss 
Thomas 
Jacoby 
Hili 
Sebald 
Otters 
Sorg 
Frank 
Raymond 
Volland" 
Lingler 
Dando 
No 4 
Benton 
McLaughlin 
Belding 
Haif Breed ' 
Grimm 
Schatzman 
North 
Budd 
Meaders 
9 12 14 12 10 7 5 
10 11 13 11 13 10 .. .. 14 12 14 8 15 .. .. 
12 8 12 13 11 14 
.. 9 10 5 
..10 12 13 .. 13 9 J 
.. 11 11 11 6 .. 7 
9 .. 9 
18 13 12 13 13 14 15 .. .. '. 
14 15 
12 10 6 15 12 10 12 8 11 13 14 13 . . 11 14 10 
11 .. 11 
13 10 8 
10 9 8 
. 12 12 14 . . 12 11 . . 12 
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12 13 10 10 12 8 11 
13 .. 14 12 13 12 14 
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13 12 18 10 14 
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Eureka Gun Club. 
Chicago, 111., May 4.— This was another windy day. a day of erratic 
flights', when known angles become unknown and unknowable; the 
wonder is the inclosed scores are as good. A goodly company 'was 
present, and over 1,300 targets trapped. Scores: 
No. 1, 25 singles unknown angles: Morgan 15, Frothingham 16 
Stannard 22, Thomas 20, Glover 18, DeWolf 15, Abel 17, J. L. Jones 13 
Cleaver 15. 
No. 2, same: Ferguson 21, Morgan 22, Frothingham 19, Stannard 
21, Dr. Morton 15, DeWolf 21, Abel 14, J. L. Jones 13, Cleaver 17 A 
Morton 10. 
No. 3, same: Stannard 20, Morgan 20, DeWolf 17, C. Antoine 18 Dc 
Morton 13, J. L. Jones 14, A. Morton 14, Cleaver 10, Abel 12, L, An- 
toine 8. 
No. 4, 15 singles, unknown angles: Morgan 11, Thomas 5, Glover 6 
Frothingham 12. 
No. 6, 5 pairs: 
Frothingham 11 10 00 10 10—5 C Antoine 11 00 10 11 11—7 
Morgan 10 01 11 10 01—6 L Antoine 00 00 00 10 01—2 
No. 7, 10 singles, unknown traps and angles: C. Antoine 7, L. An- 
toine?. 
No. 8, 10 singles, everything unknown, one man up: Frothingham 
8, DeWolf 8, Glover 8. e 
No. 9, 5 pairs: 
Frothingham 11 10 11 11 01—8 Glover 10 10 10 00 10-4 
DeWolf 11 00 11 10 10-6 
No. 10, trophy shoot, 25 targets, unknown angles: 
CI £iss .A. 
Stannard '....1111111111011011011111111-22 
Frothingham 1001011001101111011000011-14 
Class B. 
Morgan 1110101111110100111100111— T8 
Ferguson 1101111100111110111001111-19 
Glover 1111111110001101111110)01—18 
DeWolf... 0101111001100000000110011—11 
Class C. 
nr Morton 0010110001101001101100010—11 
J L Jones 1101000111110101001110011—15 
Cleaver....- 1110111110001111110011111—19 
A Morton 0110100000000100110000010— 7 
Visitors. 
Abel. 1000100001011100100100101—10 
Brown 01001000001 1 101 0 1 010 1 0010- 10 
Antoine 1101111011011111101111111-21 
W. F. D., Sec'y. 
Scores from Grand Rapids. 
Grand Rapids, Mich., May 3.— The following scores were made to-day 
by members of the Valley City Gun Club: 
No. 1, 20 targets: 
Widdic'mb 11101100110101100011— 12 Beeson ... .10011000000100110010— 7 
Woodw'th.10010111110101011111— 14 GUmore.. . .10001000101011100011— 9 
No. 2, 10 targets, traps in reversed order: Widdicomb 6, Woodworth 
5, Beeson 5, Gilmore 6. 
Walton llilOOHOlOllll— 11 Kelsey 110101010111001— 9 
Widdicomb 101101110111011—11 White..., 001110H 1101101— 10 
Coleman 111111011101101—13 Holcomb 011101010011111—10 
Woodworth, , , .011110111000110— 9 Norris 001011101111111—11 
Beeson 000010010001010— 4 Walton 111111011110001—11 
Gilmore 111010101110011—10 
No. 4, 10 targets: Widdicomb 8, Wharton 6, Holcomb 7, Coleman 5 
Kelsey 4, Temple 2. 
No. 5, 10 targets: Temple 9, Widdicomb 6, Coleman 7, Woodworth 
7. Beeson 7, Kelsey 5, Holcomb 10, Wharton 9, White 7. Gilmore 9 
Walton 8, Norris, 9, Gould 9. ' 
No. 6, 10 targets: Temple 8, Widdicomb 8, Coleman 8, Woodworth 
6, Beeson 4, White 8, Holcomb 9, Wharton 7, Kelsey 4, Gould 8, Wal- 
ton 9, Norris 8. 
No. 7, 20 targets: 
Temple. . . .00111001111011110010-12 Wharton . .11111101110101110011—15 
Widdico'b. 10111111111110001110—15 Holcomb. .11111111111010110101— 16 
Coleman... 110110111111C0110100— 13 Kelsey 10100111111000111000-11 
No. 8, 10 targets: Gould 9, Temple 7, Widdicomb 9, Gilmore 9, 
Woodworth 8, Kelsey 7. 
A difference of opinion existing between Messrs. Wharton and Wid- 
dicomb, they attempted to settle it by shooting at 15 targets- score- 
Widdicomb 11111101111110-12 Wharton 11111111101111—13 
