June 1, 1895.] 
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Among those present at the Rome, N. Y.. shoot, last week were Gus 
E. Greiff, New York; C.W. Tuttle, Auburn; R. Hunter and C Wag- 
ner, Fulton; M. M. Maybew, Marcy; John Fulford, H. L. Gates and 
Gus Dexter, Utica; Geo. A. Mosher, Syracuse; W. H.'Skinner, Chicago; 
W. H. Cruttenden, Cazenovia; W. Hobart, Newark, N._J. 
J. F. Schmelzer, of Kansas City, Mo,, will give a four-days 1 tourna- 
ment the second week of July. This tournament, although it is ex- 
pressly an amateur tournament, will not be a blank for the expert, as 
an extra set of traps will be kept running for open sweepstakes. A 
special feature will be a 100-target event (style of shooting not yet de- 
cided upon) for the individual championship of the world at inanimate 
targets. This event is of course open to the world. The trophy is a 
remarkably handsome one; it stands three feet high, and is valued at 
5500. 
Jack Parker will manage the New York State Sportsmen's Associ- 
ation tournament at Saratoga, N. Y., the latter part of June. 
The Interstate Association will give a tournament at Charlotte, N. 
C, on Aug. 37, 38 and 39, under the auspices of the Charlotte Gun Club. 
The amount of added money will he announced later, but I under- 
stand from Col. Anthony that it will probably be $300, $100 each 
day. 
Seth Clover tells me that the Clover Trap and Target Company, of 
Frtdonia, N. Y., will give a tournament at Fredonia some time in the 
month of September. Dates will be announced shortly. As a matter 
of interest, it will be well to mention that the company will add $1,000 
in cash. There will be a citizens'' purse as well as merchandise prizes. 
The second annual tournament of the Belfast CMe.) Gun Club will 
he held on July 17-18. The club guarantees $125 in cash. 
A special feature of the Knoxville shoot, was the side show in the 
E. C. Powder Oo.'s tent. Keller made a capital showman. 
In the Intercollegiate shoot on May 14, Princeton beat Harvard by 
the score of 100 to 91, Princeton thus wins the cup, having won it 
twice in succession. 
A large delegation of the cracks attended the annual tournament 
of the Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association at Little Rock this 
week 
Edward Banks. 
Prize Shoot at Memphis. 
Little Rock, Ark., May 21.— Last Saturday the Memphis Gun Club 
had a successful and interesting little shoot. The programme an- 
nounced that shooting would begin. at 12 M., and called for four 
events, all at unknown angles; three 20-target sweepstakes and a 
prize handicap. The shooters in this prize event were divided into 
four classes. The A class men shot at 25 targets, the B class at 26, 
the C class at 27, and the D class at 28, highest possible score to be 35; 
all ties were shot off under the following conditions: A elaRS 10 birds, 
B and C 11 birds, and D class 12, possible total 10. The prizes in this 
event consisted of an L. C. Smith hammerless, a Burgess Repeater, a 
Winchester Repeater, 400 nitro powder loaded shells, and 200 nitro 
powder loaded shells, to be awarded in the order named. The first prize 
was won by Tom. Divine, president of the club, without a tie, he being 
the only one to score 24. Erhardt, Robertson and Slack scored 23 each; 
in the shoot off Robertson broke 10 straight. 'and took the Burgess 
gun. Tway, Cockrill, Neeley and Yahnka tied for third prize, each 
scoring 22. This tie was most stubbornly contested. On the first 
round Yahnka dropped out; but Tway, Neeley and Cockrill each 
scored 10. The next round proved disastrous to Tway, as he let one 
target get away, while Neeley and Cockrill again scored 10. It took 
20 more targetB each before the ownership of the Winchester was de- 
cided, Neeley eventually winning. Hinkle, Pickett, Taylor, Frank, 
White, Thompson, Allen, Armstrong and Craft tied on 21. In the 
shoot off Frank killed straight, and took the 400 shells. A. B. Duncan, 
Greer, Brown, Sullivan, Villipique and Walton tied on 30. It took 
quite a number of shells and targets to decide the possession of the 
200 shells, Brown eventually capturing them. 
The weather was fine, and as the scores will show, the attendance 
was good. Messrs, Thompson, Hinkle, Craft, Erhardt, Lang and Rob- 
ertson came down from Paducah, Ky. ; Tway and Arledge were on 
hand from Michigan City, Miss., while your correspondent strayed 
over from the wilds of Arkansas to tell the boys about the State 
shoot. The arrangements of the grounds and traps were perfect, and 
everything worked smoothly. Everybody seemed to be enjoying 
themselves, while the two sets of traps that were used gave every- 
body all the shooting they desired. The club has everything in shape 
for their hig annual in June; to those who are contemplating attend- 
ing this shoot I wish to say, ,"Do so by all means, as the members of 
the Memphis Gun Club are royal entertainers, and they have many 
little surprises in store for those who visit them." The appended scores 
tell the story in detail: 
No. 1, 20 targets, unknown angles: 
Thompson.10111011101011111111— 16 Cockrill. ...00111101001110111111— 14 
Hinkle 010111 11111011000110— IS 
Craft 11100101111110101101—14 
Erhardt.... 11110110101100111000—12 
Lang 11011101111111000111—15 
Ro bertson . Ill 01010010111011111— 14 
Poston 11111111111101111111—19 
Schmidt... 11111101101111111101— 17 
Watson. . ..01101010101111101111—14 
Allen 11011111111011111111—18 
Bennett . . .01111111110111111100—16 
Divine 01111110111110001111—15 
Sullivan.... 031 00100100100100101— 8 
No. 2, same; 
Thompson.1101 011111 1 11 1 1 0101 1- 
Hinkle 01000111101111111111- 
Craf t 1111011 101 1 1 01 11 01 1 0- 
Erhart . . . .11111110111111111111- 
Lang 01001111100110101101- 
Robinson. .11101111011011111111- 
Poston 11111111110111110001- 
Watson... .00111011001110001111- 
Allen 11111111110111101101- 
Bennett... .11011111110101111011- 
Pivine 0101110101110111 1111- 
Sullivan.... 11001111101111111111- 
Cockrill... .11101011111011110111- 
Boyd 11001001 0011 11011001- 
A Duncan. 010011111111 11110111- 
Boyd 10101101010011100100—10 
ABDuncan 11011111101111111100-16 
JBDuncanllll01im0111111111-18 
Frank 01101000101100110101—10 
Holden . . . .11100101011110101100—12 
White 01111110110110101001—13 
Vance 10011110011111011100— 13 
Villipique. .10101000011111110111—13 
Neely 0011 1 11 100001011 1111—13 
Tway 11111100111111111111—18 
Taylor 01101010001100111110—11 
Yahne 01001011111111101101—14 
•16 J Duncan.. 11111111111101101110— 17 
-15 Frank 10111101011111111010—15 
15 Holden . . . .11111011011011101110— 15 
•19 Bellinger. . .11001011011101 101111—14 
12 Villepique. 00101101101000110011 -10 
17 Neeley 11010101111010111111—15 
-16 Taylor 00100101010010111011-10 
-18 Aldrich. . ..01010011010100110111— 11 
17 Plumber. ..01101111111111111010— 16 
16 Tway llllllllllllOHOllll— 18 
■15 Schmidt. . .10111101101100111111—15 
■17 White 11110011010011101110—14 
■16 S Poston . .11001010111101001001—11 
-11 A G BrownOllOllllOlOilOOlllOl— 13 
-19 
No. 3, same: 
Poston . . . .01111011111111111111—18 Brown. 
Bellinger. .11010110000111101101—12 Walker 
Watson.... 10111101111111001011— 15 Craft.. 
Bennett ...11111111101101110111—17 Slack ., 
Divine 11111001110011001111—14 Robertson. 
Vance 11100100111100110011—12 Cockrill . . . 
Frank 11011111101010111001—14 Holden. . . . 
Sullivan . . . 101001010101 11111010-12 Hinkle 
Thompson.lOnOllllOlllOlOOllO— 13 ABDuncan 
Neeley ....01111111111111010100-15 Allen ... 
Villipique.. 11011101111101011111— 16 Schmidt. . 
Plumber... 11110110111011111111— 17 Lang 
White 11011111011101111111—17 S Poston . 
Tway 0101H 1011101 101101 1—14 Yahnka,. . . 
Erhardt... .01111110010111111101— 15 Pickett 
11001111111011111010—15 
10111100011111001111-14 
10111111111001101110— IS 
01111110110110111111—16 
11111011011110010101—14 
niiioi lomimioii— 17 
11011110111111111111—18 
01101100101111101111—14 
10111111101110111111—17 
11101011110101101101—14 
00111100110011111101-13 
01010000010011010100— 7 
10101010101011100010—10 
01001010101111000111-11 
01111011011110001111—14 
No. 4, prize shoot: 
J B Duncan (26) llOllOlllllllOlllOlOlOOOll —18 
Schmidt (26) 10101011111111111110100010 —18 
Cockrill (26) 11011101011111101111111111 —32 
Vance (26) .11001011101111100111010110 —17 
Holden (261 00110011111000111111101111 —18 
PluimVr (26) 11001111010111010111110101 —18 
Poston (251.' 1001111101110010011111111 —18 
Benoett (35) lllllllOlOOlllOniOlllOOO —17 
Divine (25) 1111111111111111110111111 —24 
Tway (25) 1010111111111111111011111 —22 
Thompson (25) 0100111111110111111111111 —21 
ABDuncan (US) 1110001111110111110111111 —20 
Erhardt (25) -. 1011111111111111111011111 —23 
A'un (25) 1111111011111010011111111 —21 
White (20) 0100111101111 11 11111101 111 —21 
Hinkle (28) 1110110011110111011110111110 -21 
Yahnke (28) 101101 1111 111 11111 1110101010-22 
Jones (2(5) 1 lOllOllllOOlOllOlOOOOllllOOl— 16 
Brown (38) 1010111100111011110111010111— 20 
Neeley (28; HlllOlOOlllllllOllllllOOlll— 22 
Sullivan (28) 111111011101101101010101 1 101—20 
Villipique (28;. 1101110011111101011101010111—20 
Pickett (28) 0111111011111011011010111101—31 
Frank fjB'Q 1011011011101110110111111011—21 
Walker (28) 0010111001001101100001010( 01—12 
Taylor (28) OlinilOiliOiilOllllOlOllOll— 31 
Greer (28) 1111111111110101110001011010—20 
Boyd (28) HlOllOOlOlllOOl 100011110110—17 
Poston (28) 1100000001001011001111000010-11 
Watson (27) 111011101111011101110111100 - 20 
Armstrong (27) 011111001111011111111011110 —SI 
Craft (27) 111111111111001111101100110 —21 
Robertson (27) 011111101011111111111101111 —23 
Slack (37) llllllllOlllllOlllOlOimil -32 
Paul R. Litzke. 
The Knoxville Tournament. 
To the Knoxville Gun Club rightly belongs the honor of having 
broken all existing records in the history of trap-shooting. It is 
honor that has been so well earned that no one will grudge the club a 
single leaf from its laurels. The tournament of 1895, which closed on 
Friday last, May 24, waB something that three years ago not even the 
most enthusiastic trap-shooter would have dared to consider as within 
the range of possibilities. It was Knoxville and its gun club which 
made such a meeting not only a possibility but, as we have seen, an 
actual fact. In 1892 the gun club added $500 in cash to the purses at 
its tournament. So great was the success that attended this move 
that the next year, 1893, $1,000 in cash was added to the purses and 
divided among the shooters, In 1894 a similar sum was added, and 
the tournament of that year, as its predecessors, was an unqualified 
success. But the Knoxville Gun Club was not content to keep to its 
old figure of $1,000 for its 1895 tournament. It determined to add 
$3,000 to the purses this year and to hold a shoot of unrivaled pro- 
portions. 
Prior even to the tournament of 1894, its plans for raising this $3,000 
were matured. The idea was carriedlout thus: Therclub was to give 
$1,500, manufacturers and dealers of sportsmen's supplies were to add 
their share of $500 more, and each shooter who desired to enter and 
shoot in the events on the programme was to pay an entrance fee of 
$10 for that privilege. By this latter arrangement the club expected 
to raise $l,000-that is, 100 shooters at $10 each. This sum of $1,000 
was fully raised, 100 shooters taking part in event No. 1 on the open- 
ing day. The manufacturers' $500 was raised easily, and the balance 
of the S3.000 was raised by the club. The energy and grit required to 
carry out the above programme was forthcoming, and the result jus- 
tified the predictions of its promoters. Never in the history of trap- 
shooting has there been such an aggregation of crack shots gathered 
together in any one place. 
THOSE WHO WERE THERE. 
Look at this list of names and weigh the capabilities of the large 
majority of them; R. O. Heikes, Ed. Rike, C. M. Raymond, H. Dando 
and W, Scott MacDonald, Dayton, O.; "Shorty" Bacon. Miamisburg, 
O. ; O. M. Grimm, Clear Lake, la. ; "Dick" Merrill, Milwaukee, Wis.; 
Sim Glover, Rochester, N. Y. ; O. W. Budd, Des Moines, la. ; Harvey 
McMurchy, Syracuse, N. Y. ; Andy Meaders, Nashville, Ten n,; H. B. 
Hill, Aurora, Ind ; John A. Flick, RavenDa, O. ; L. M. Boykin and J. H. 
Mooney, Orlando, Fla. ; Ferd. Van Dyke, Dayton, N. J. : B. A. Bartlett, 
Buffalo, N. Y.; B. "LeRoy" Woodward. Campello. Mass.; W. Wagner, 
W. B. McKelden, Joe Hunter, J. H. Guh'ek, N. Pruitt and B. L. Os- 
borne. Washington, D. C; W. Tell Mitchell, Lynch's. Va ; J. B. Gay, 
Pine Grove, Ky.; Stewart and L. S. Byer, Rochester, N.Y.; Paul North, 
Cleveland, O. ; F. C. Etheridge and Harry B. Troutman, Macon, Ga. ; E. 
D. Fulford, Utica, N. Y.; Frank Parmalee and George Loomis, Omaha, 
Neb.; T. H. Keller, Plainfield, N. J.; Capt. Money and N. E. Money, 
Oakland, N. J.; "Des-Chree-Shos-Ka Jack" Parker, Detroit, Mich.; 
"Jenks" P. Easton, Monroeville, O. ; "Redwing," alias Ralph Worth- 
ington, Cleveland, O. ; Charlie Young, Springfield, O. ; D. A. Upson, Col- 
umbus, O.; Allure, Columbus, O.; A. L. Ivins, Red Bank, N. J.; 
"Plumber" Reed, Omaha, Neb. ; W. W. Watson, Wm. Clegg and Samuel 
Hutchings, Louisville, Ky.; Elmer E. Shaner, Pittsburg, Pa.; "U. M r 
C." Thomas, Bridgeport, Conn.; W. R. Fieles, Christiana. Pa.; A, W. 
duBrsy, Dayton, Ky. ; G. N. Hughes and J. Sumpter, Jr., Hot Springs, 
Ark.; Johnny Hoffman, German Valley, N. J.; Billy Drake, Maple- 
wood, N. J. ; Maurice Kauff man, New Orleans, La. ; Wm. Gerst and 
Frank Legler, Nashville, Tenn.; R. L. Trimble, Covington, Ky.; J. F. 
Cherry, Lancaster, O. ; Theodore Cicotte, Detroit, Mich. ; Col. J. T. 
Anthony, Charlotte, N. C. ; G. S. McAlpin and Justus von Lengerke, 
New York; Arthur Gamble, Aurora. lad.; Ohas. Lane, Philadelphia; 
Seth Clover, Fredonia, N. Y. ; J. P. Haddox, Winchester. Va.; L. 
Brown, Sweetwater, Tenn.; T. J. Desmond, Stillmore; F. H. Wood- 
worth, F. J. Waddell and Livingston, Chattanooga, Tenn.; John A. 
Ruble, Chicago; Tom Callender, Chattanooga, Tenn,; Irby Bennett, 
Memphis, Tenn.; M. A. Keller, Batavia, N. Y.; Jas. A. R.Elliott, 
Kansas City, Mo. ; J. H. Bortle, Detroit, Mich. ; Roger Van Gilder, 
Somers Van Gilder, C. Ross. J. Ross, J. W. Conner, J. C. White, T. C. 
Eldridge, Frank Meade and Judge Lindsay, members of the Knoxville 
Gun Club; Buker, Rockford, Bis ; Linderman, etc. 
EARLY BIRDS. 
A remarkable feature of this shoot was the attendance of sixty 
shooters at the grounds on Monday, all bent on getting some practice 
previous to the opening of the tournament. Some 8,000 targets were 
thrown during the day, Glover, of Rochester, N. Y., carrying off the 
honors with a total of 173 breaks out of 180, an average of 96 and a 
fraction. This average was never approached during the four suc- 
ceeding days. There were three sets of traps used at the tournament, 
all set in a straight line. From these traps were thrown, including 
the 8,000 thrown on Monday, over 60,000 bluerocks. On the first day 
as I figure it 15,720 were thrown; 14,085 on the second day; 12,420 on 
the third day, and 11,495 on the fourth day, making a grand total, in- 
cluding the above 8,000, of 61.720 targets. 
The preliminary practice was all over hefore I got to Knoxville. 
Elmer Shaner and I had joined the vestibuled limited on the Southern 
Railway at Lynchburg, Va., at 3:37 on Monday morning, May 20, hav- 
ing stopped over in the Hilly City after its Interstate tournament. Be- 
fore we reached Greensboro I went into the Knoxville sleeper and 
found J. A. H. Dressel and "U. M. C." Thomas, of the U. M. C. Com- 
pany, and Noel Money, of the American E C. Powder Company, in the 
drawing-room. Close by was Paul North, dreaming soundly, In a lower 
berth, of "bluerocks and how to smash them." Across the aisle was 
Justus von Lengerke, of the firm of Von Lengerke and D.etmold, the 
American agents for Schultze powder; further on was A. W. DuBray, 
armed with a Parker gun for fear of train robbers. T, W. Keller, of 
the U. S. Cartridge Company, was stowed away in an upper and I 
couldn't locate him. Ivins, of Red Bank, N. J., and Billy Drake com- 
pleted the list in that car so far as I can remember. Col. Anthony 
joined us at Statesville, N. O, and accompanied us to Knoxville. I 
forgot to mention that at Greensboro, while the dining-car was 
being hitched on to our train, Dressel, Shaner and I promenaded the 
platform in the vain hope of seeing Fonda and "Rastus" Gilmer; 
Dressel's crimson slippers excited the cupidity of many a darky. The 
trip through the mountains, past Hot Springs, up and around Round 
Knob, where we often looked dcwn upon the road we had just come 
over, lying some hundreds of feet below; past Asheville and Point 
Rock, and along the hanks of the lovely French Broad River, is a 
beautiful ride, romantic enough to excite a cynic to poetry. There 
was a touch of prose, however, on this journey — that was the dinner 
at Asheville. The gentleman who does the catering for that meal ought 
to take a course of lessons on "Dinners and how to serve tbem" from 
the Savarin who wields his scepter over the dinner table in the station 
at Charlotte, N. O. The dinner above mentioned notwithstanding, I 
enjoyed the trip immensely. 
During the evening of Monday. S. B. Dow. President of the Knox- 
ville Gun Club, together with some of his fellow members, put 'in an 
appearance at the Imperial Hotel, circulating among the crowd of 
shooters, renewing old acquaintances and making new ones. Roger 
Van Gilder, secretary of the club, was on hand to take squad entries 
and to hand out squad tickets. Entries were made for "all day," some 
of the squads continuing intact until the tournament closed. 
THE SQUAD LIST. 
The following is a list showing the formation of the squads for the 
first day. 
No. 1: ' 
No. 2: 
No. 3: 
Boykin. 
No. 4: 
No. 5; 
ford. 
No. 6: 
Loomis. 
No. 7: 
No. 8: 
No. 9: 
No. 10: 
No. 11: 
No. 12: 
No. 13: 
No, 14: 
No. 15: 
Ruble. 
No. 16: 
No. 17: 
Heikes, Rike, Raymond, McDonald, Dando. Shorty Bacon. 
Grimm, Merrill, Glover. Budd, McMurchy R. Van Gilder. 
H. B. Hill, Andrew Meadows, Gambell, Trimbell, Flick, 
Van Dyke, Bartlett, LeRoy, Gay, Wagner, Conner. 
W. T. Mitchell, Byer, Stewart, Paul North, Etheridge, Ful- 
Parmalee, Keller, Noel Money, Parker, Capt. Money, George 
Jenks, "Red Wing," Young, Upson, Alkire, Ivins. 
Plummer, Watkins, Gulick. Clegg, Hutchins, Hunter. 
C. Ross, Shaner, Prewitt, Thomas, Lane. Fieles. 
Cleveland, White, Eldridge, Dow, DuBray, F. Mead. 
Hughes, Sumpter, Troutman, Mooney, Hoffman, Drake. 
Kaufmann, Cicotte, Buker, Gerst, Legler. 
Anthony, McAlpin J. Ross, Reeder, McKelden, Osborne. 
Clover, Haddox, Brown, Morris. Lindsay, S. Van Gilder. 
Desmond, Linderman, Taylor, Von Lengerke, Woodworth, 
Livingston, Ballard, Fawcett, French, Callender, Bennett. 
M. A Keller, Elliott, Bortle, "Lookout." 
The first day was windy, cool and 'dull. The light was none of the 
best and the targets were thrown hard, low and fast. No one could 
make good scores, while the screwing up of the traps and tensions 
necessarily caused much breaking of targets, many consequent balks, 
and much heartache for Paul North, the work done by the traps not 
being a fair criterion of their worth by any means. He need not have 
worried, however, as every shooter present knew his wares well - be- 
fore going to Knoxville. So low were the birds thrown that it was 
almost impossible to catch them before they were out of sight. Per- 
sonally I did not like the way the targets were thrown, as it seemed to 
me to favor the "crackajack" too much. The harder the birds are 
thrown, the better for him. and I'm in favor of the greatest good to 
the greatest number. As I was not shooting, of course, there was no 
kick due from me. The ground beyond the traps slopes sharply away 
10 the left, while it rises equally Bharply on the right. This of course 
makes the riight of the targets very deceptive, and accounts in a great 
measure for the lost scores. 
The second day was a counterpart of the first, only there was more 
sun and wind. This wind, too, as on the previous day, blew right in 
the teeth of the shooters, and affected the scores very much. The 
third day was a perfect one, the best of the four to my mind. As will 
be noticed from the table given below, there was a gradual dropping 
off in the number of shooters. The pace was too hot for many of 
them, and they were not slow to realize it; $28 a day is no small 
amount to pay out, when added to other expenses. The table gives 
the number of entries in each event duriDg the tournament, Nos. 3 
and 6 each day being 25-target races, $5 entrance; the balanae were 
20-target races, $3 entrance; $70 was added to each 20-target event, 
$100 to the purses in the 25-target races. 
Events. 
1. 
2. 
a. 
4. 
5. 
B. 
First day. 
.100 
. 98 
8. 
94 
97 
97 
86 
87 
83 
741 
Second day. 
88 
88 
81 
84 
83 
81 
Third day. 
82 
81 
75 
79 
74 
65 
60 
70 
Fourth day. 
65 
64 
64 
62 
61 
59 
59 
60 
494 
665 586 
This gives an average of 92% for the first day; 83J-6 for the second; 
73)4 for the third, and 61 % for the fourth; or a general grand average 
for the 32 events decided on the four days of 77%. These averages 
speak for themselves and show as plainly as words can tell how truly 
hig this tournament was. On the other hand they tell very plainly 
how sharp were the effects of the extremely hard shooting on several 
of the boys. 
WHERE THE AVERAGE MONEY WENT. 
There were six premiums each day for average money. The moneys 
were $18, $16, $14, $12, $10 and $8. On the first day this money was 
awarded as follows: First, Parmalee; second, Glover; third. Budd; 
fourth, Heikes; fifth; McMurchy; sixth, Grimm. It is noticeable that 
on this day there were no ties for average money. 
Second day: First, Noel E. Money; second, Heikes; third, Trimble; 
fourth. Glover; fifth, Grimm; sixth. Ruble and Livingston. 
Third day: First, Heikes and Ruble; second, McMurchy; third, Trim- 
ble; fourth, Jenks, Glover and Woodworth; fifth, LeRoy, Bartlett, 
Loomis and Upson ; sixth, Redwing. 
Fourth day: First, McMurchy and Upson; second, Noel Money; 
third, Stewart, Buker and Lioderiuau; fourth, Budd; fifth, Young, 
Bartlett, Heikes, Redwing and LeRoy; sixth, Jenks, Wagner, Loomis, 
Shorty and Hughes . 
The club also gave six four-days' average premiums: .$20, $18, $16, 
$14, $10 and $10. These went to the following shooters: First, Heikes, 
614; second, McMurchy, 611; third, Glover, 609; fourth. Ruble, 601 ; 
fifth, Budd and LeRoy, 596; sixth, Parmalee and Buker, 594. 
Although Glover won only third place in the general averages, he 
was the best winner, dropping into some very lucky holes; his con- 
sistently good shooting of course was the main cause. With $3,000 
added money there was naturally something to win, several of the 
shooters carrying off some hundreds of dollars. A curiosity of the 
shoot was the third event on the first day: With 94 entries, McDon- 
ald won first money alone with 24 out of 251 Was the shooting hard? 
Another curiosity was the second event on the second day: Noel 
Money won first alone with 20 straight, second money being divided 
among eight with 18, there being nobody in the 19 hole. In this event 
there were 88 entries 1 
As regards refereeing: That part of the tournament was scarcely 
up to what I should consider a standard worthy of so great a shoot. 
With so many targets flying in the air, such an incessant popping of 
guns, and such a strain on the eyes as there always is, the job re- 
quired experienced hands. I may be wrong, but it seemed to me that 
neither the refereeing nor the scoring was quite all that it might have 
been. Fit men for these positions are hard to get, and with three 
squads of men shooting at the same time mistakes are liable to occur, 
particularly as these posts are onerous and monotonous to a degree. 
In all other respects the management was excellent and the Knoxville 
Gun Club is to be congratulated on the way in which it handled its 
crowd of visitors. The catering was capital, while the squad hustling 
of Frank McCartney would be hard to beat. 
There are many features of the shoot, some humorous, some other- 
wise, that I would like to notice in this comparatively brief account. 
The trap columns of Forest and Stream are expansive, but "there are 
others" and we must remember those others. The figures in the tables 
which are given below must finish my story for me, so far as the details 
of the shoot are concerned. There is one feature, however, neither 
statistical nor strictly pertaining to the tournament, which must not 
be passed over. This was Keller's side show, which was held in the 
E. 0. Powder Company's tent on the third and last days of the shoot. 
Among his "freaks" were: Frank Parmalee-"the spllt-tongued 
wonder from Omaha, who talks seven distinct languages at one and 
the same time;" Harry Troutman— "the bearded lady;" Noel Money 
— "the human clothespin;" Fred Van Dyke— "the living skeleton, who 
can pass with ease through a Sin. gaspipe;" "Des-Chree-Shos-Ka 
Jack, the snake charmer;" Capt. Money— "the bungalow sahib, the 
patron of the buckree wallaho;" Ed Rike — "the fat boy, sixteen years 
of age, weis-hs 4151bs., born in Dayton, O., of poor but dishonest 
parents;" U. M. C. Thomas, Elmer Shaner's understudy, as the 
"human billiard ball;" Charlie Ross— "the human torch, from whose 
cranial covering, without the aid of matches, cigars can be lighted 
with perfect ease and safety." (This feat Keller never failed to 
accomplish!) With a list of attractions such as the above it is no 
wonder that the side show was decidedly popular with, the boys. It is 
promised that other attractions will be added at Memphis, where the 
"freaks" will all meet again. 
It is, however, to the following tables that all trap-shooters will 
turn. The arrangement of the scores has been carried out with a 
view to making reference to any shooter's score an easy matter. 
Such tables take considerable time to prepare and occupy consider- 
able space in the trap columns. Still, as stated above, they tell the 
story. 
As regards guns, shells and powders used, it has always seemed to 
me that a table of that character is not only unsatisfactory, but also 
misleading. It is almost impossible to arrive accurately at the pow- 
der used; some men will tell you one powder while they shoot an- 
other. The most essential part of such a talk would be the wadding; 
in many instances this could not be given, as certain shooters would 
not want to give away that which they have obtained at the cost of 
much time and thought. Hence, I will give, as far as possible, the 
guns, shells and powder used by the average winners on the first, sec- 
ond and third days. The average on the fourth day was not made out 
until too late for me to obtain the necessary particulars. 
Name. Gun. Shell. Powder. 
Glover Oreener Smokeless DuPont. 
Parmalee ....Greener Smokeless E. C. 
Budd , .Smith Rapid andSmokelesB. .E C. 
Heikes Winchester , .Leader American Wood. 
McMurchy .. .Smith Rapid E. C, Wood, DuPont. 
Grimm Smith Smokeless E. C. 
Noel Money. . -j Q^ith !' ' ' • Smokeless E - c - 
Trimble Parker Smokeless DuPont. 
Livingston. . .Smith Smokeless DuPont. 
Ruble Lefever Nitro DuPont. 
Jenks Smith Trap E. C. 
Woodworth.. Smith Smokeless DuPont. 
LeRoy.. . ..... Scott Leader Wood. 
Bartlett Burgess Smokeless DuPont, Wood. 
Loomis Parker Smokeless E. C. 
Upson Greener Smokeless E. C. 
Redwing Greener ..... Smokeless E. C. 
Stewart Lefever Smokeless Wood. 
THE SCORES. 
With 100 entries in the first event, and with an average of over sixty 
shooters in all the events on the fourth and last day,-it would be an 
impossibility to give the scores in detail. It is true that in some in- 
stances that is the most satisfactory way, both to shooters and to 
those who are interested in the minor details of the scores. When 
a man makes 19 straight and misses his 20th target, it is worth noting. 
Forest and Stream's columns are, however, too valuable to permit of 
such a use; hence tables are given showing the scores made by each 
shooter in the events they took part in. Two tables are necessary, 
owing to the number of events. The first table shows the scores 
made during the first two days of the shoot; the second gives the 
scores of the last two days. When the letter w occurs it signifies that 
the shooter retired in that event, having shot himself out of a place 
and being unwilling to continue shooting. The tables run as follows, 
the names of the shooters, for ready reference, being run in alpha- 
betical order: 
Events: 
Alkire 12 17 
Anthony 15 16 
Ballard 10 15 
Bartlett 16 19 
Bennett -. 13 13 
Bortle 9 .. 
Boykin 16 15 
Brown 17 17 
Budd 17 19 
Buker 17 19 
Byer 13 19 
Callender 14 11 
First Day. Second Day. 
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19 12 9 15 13 7 .. U .. .. 15 16 17 
15 15 11 16 12 19 10 13 20 14 11 Xi 15 IS 
14 15 13 16 12 .. 13 11 19 13 16 18 j7 1* 
22 20 IS 14 15 17 16 14 19 11 17 21 18 18 
19 13 15 18 .. .. 13 U 19 15 14 20 14 15 
17 17 15 19 15 18 13 15 17 14 15 .. 14 18 
18 10 IS 17 13 .. 13 14 .. 14 . 
19 IV 20 24 18 19 17 15 20 15 19 23 i8 19 
•iZ IS 19 19 10 18 19 17 19 15 18 23 lfi 17 
19 16 10 22 18 19 15 13 23 17 18 2l 16 14 
18 11 9 15 .. .. 13 6 13 11 10 18 11 13 
