July 4, 1896.] 
FOREST AND STREAM, 
19 
After the programme on this dar had been shot out the crowd 
waited to see the match reported to have been made between E. D Ful- 
ford and Jack Winston. The conditions of this match were stated to be: 
100 targets per man, expert rule, one man uo, $100 a side. This match, 
however, did not come off. Instead of It Winston shot a race at 100 
targets with A. P. Pope, of Qiean, N. T., for $10 a aide. Winston won, 
but only after a close race, soorins; 76 to 73. Score follows: 
Winston .11110100011110111110111100011111111111110110111110-38 
01110111111110100011111101101110111101111101111011-38-76 
Pope ...oiiiiiioiioioooiiiioiioiiioooimiooooiouniioiii— 33 
11111101111001110101111011 UOllllllOllllOlHlIOIll-40-78 
A couple of three-cornered matches for a small consideration were 
also shot at the No. 3 set of traps. The conditions were: 1.^ singles, 
expert rule, one man up, and 5 pairs. The results of these matches 
are given below: 
First match: 
FS Edwards 111111111110100 10 10 11 01 11—19 
Capt Money 111011100111010 10 11 10 10 10-16 
Ool Anthony 110110001101101 00 10 10 11 10-14 
Second match, same conditions: 
FS Edwards IIIIIOIHIUIOI 10 11 10 11 01-20 
Capt Money.. ;.„..... 011101110111000 11 11 11 11 11—19 
Ool Anthony...... ^^.i..... 110110111111011 11 00 11 10 00-17 
In a match at S pairs Oapt. Money and Colonel Anthony tied on 7, 
Edwards scoring 6. 
NOTBS. 
The Indian Squad made a great record at this shoot. Each of the 
six men composing ihe squad shot at 585 targets in the thirty pro- 
framme events, making a total of 3,150 targets shot at; of this num- 
er they broke 2,838, making a squad average of 90,09 for the three 
days. The individual scores were: "Round mouth Chief" (Parmelee), 
491; "Southpaw, the Papoose" CApgar), and "Moonface, the Squaw- 
man" (Grimm), 481 each; "Blacfcfoot Charlie" (Powers), 477; '-Dago 
Chief" (Budd), 464. and "Man-Afrald-o'- Water" (Sergeant), 444. 
Tom Divine, of Memphis; H. L, Foote, of Rolling Pork. Misa.; Col. 
Anthony and John W. Todd, of Charlotte, N. C; and H. 0. Bridgers, 
of Tarboro, N. C., formed the major part of a Southern squad that 
was often heard from. 
In Brother Bill McOriekart and Blinks, Elmer Sbaner had two men 
who never shirked when it required a little effort to keep things mov- 
ing. 
The Pittsburg daUy papers gave plenty of space to reports of the 
shoot and, without exception, handled the matter in a style that few 
lay papers possess. 
J, A. H. Dressel, of Hartley & Graham, and U. M. C. Thomas looked 
after the interests of the Union Metallic Cartridge Company. Thomas 
shot through the programme, but Mr. Dressel did not reach Pittsburg 
until the morning of the last day. 
Capt. A. W. Money, of the American B. 0. Powder Company, put in 
an appearance on the last day. The captain had plenty to say about 
shootinar in England, having only just returned from a business trip 
to tiondon. 
The squad record for one event was carried off by the Indians. In 
No. 3 on the second day the squad broke 89 out of 90, Apgar being 
the only one to lose a targec. All but one of the squad used E, C. 
powder. 
J. J. Hallowell, of Tucson, Ariz . attended the shoot on the first two 
days. We believe that Arizona Jack, as the boys called htm, has re- 
turned to Tucson. During his stx or seven weeks' absence from that 
city he has made many friends who will gladly welcome him again 
next year. 
Dick Swlveller and Fanning were the Gold Dust representatives at 
this shoot, while H. P, Collins and Ralph Trimble looked after the in- 
terests of Du Ponfs Smokeless and Hazard's Blue Ribbon respect- 
ively. 
H. E. Norton, of Ironton, O., was not shooting in his true form; he 
can give a much better account of himself than that which he ren- 
dered last week. 
Seth Clover of course was in his element all the time and never 
lacked for an appreciative audience. When Divine was asked what 
brought him so far from home he replied: "I came up here because I 
wanted to meet an Eastern gentleman." Seth Clover, who was stand- 
ing by, overheard the remark, expanded his chest and struck himself 
with his flat, remarking: -'He must mean me." 
The King brothers, W. S. and A, H., and Jim Denny stuck to it right 
through from start to finish. Live birds are their forte, but they 
pluckily kept peggineraway at the blueroeks. 
McVey, of Indianapolis, Ind., was not shooting as well as usual. 
The peculiar light, particularly when the weather was gloomy, seemed 
to bother him a good deal. 
Bill Clark, late of Altoona, Pa., but now of Pittsburg, showed up on 
the last day of the shoot, but without a gun. Bill has given up targets 
and sticks to live birds. 
To Sandy McPherson, chairman of the entertainment committee, 
belongs much of the credit for the success of the shoot. Sandy's hos- 
pitality was unbounded, and the boys appreciated his efforts at assum- 
ing the role of host. 
Bolla Heikes is apparently back in his old foi-m. He shot as well as 
ever, and had a snap and a go about him that was markedly absent 
at the earlier tournaments this year. 
"Two Old Cronies" is the title that might have been applied to Lieut. 
A. W. du Bray and Old Hoss. It there's anything Old Hoss loves, it's 
a gun ; and if there's any gun he loves more than another, it's a Parker 
gun. Hence the bond of union. 
John Shaffer's win of the E. C. cup in the lOO-target handicap race 
was a popular and a meritorious one. His handicap of 6 extra targets 
was by no means large ; he won the cup by good and consistent work 
with the gun in each 25. 
Jack Winston, of Cleveland. O., who was shooting and talking Aus- 
tin powder, did his best to get some matches on while in Pittsburg. 
He did shoot a small one with A. P. Pope (reported elsewhere), and we 
understand that he was to shoot Bill Clark a match at 100 sparrows 
per man, $100 a side, on Saturday last, June 27, As we have heard 
nothing about it, we suppose it fell through, like the Winston-Fulford 
match. Edward Banks. 
Shooting at Chicago. 
Chicago, III., June 27.— Mr. Eugene du Pont, of E. I. du Pont de 
Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., is in Chicago to-day, en route to 
California on business of the company, and of course visits with Mr. 
E. S. Rice, general agent of the company here. 
The Du Pont shoot, Aug. 4-6, promises to be a great affair. The 
experiment of a mixed shoot will not be tried, so I am advised, and 
the shooting will be at live birds exclusively. This should make the 
tournament one of the foremost at live birds of the entire season . 
The terms will be hberal enough to suit the most fastidious, and the 
amounts added should be enticing to all the good ones of the country. 
There will be a large number of State teams of five men each, each 
team to enter at $10 per man, and for each team thus entering the 
management will add an amount equal to the entry to the purse. It 
is expected there will be over a dozen teams from Illinoia alone. No 
better place for such a shoot could be chosen than Chicago, and even 
in August the birds will fly a little. We should see a fine gathering of 
the cracks. 
Audubon Gun Club, of Chicago, has held its annual meeting and 
finds itself in a state of robust health in every way. This is one of the 
oldest and most conservative of the shooting clubs of Chicago. The 
membership is full and Col. C. E. Felton Is president. 
Mr. E. Bingham, of the Du Pont Company, went to Aurora this 
week to a shoot and found a large bar m front of the experts. Never- 
theless he went in under the unknown traps and angles rules and 
broke all but 7 out of 185 targets shot at, in consequence whereof he 
is feeling well to-day, 
THB COOK OOUNTT IiBAGUB TBOPHY. 
Chicago, 111., June 27.— The capital prize of the Cook County Trap- 
Shooters' League, the W. P. Mussey trophy, has just been received 
from the silversmiths, and is now on exhibition at Mr. Mussey's hall, 
106 Madison street, the home of the historic safe in which the wealth 
of Chicago shootingdom is deposited. The trophy is a magnificent 
silver cup more than 2ft. in height, handsomely adorned with relief 
work in designs suitable to a shooting trophy, such as crossed guns, 
etc. One face of the cup has an inlaid gold plate upon which is en- 
graved a field shooting scene in very well executed tashion. All the 
engraving and chasing on the trophy is artistically done, and the 
piece is probably the handsomest offered in this city for a competi- 
tion. The winning team will be fortunate, and will have occasion to 
thank Mr. Mussey for his generosity. E. Hough. 
1206 BoYOB Builmng, Chicago. 
Marietta Gun Club. 
Marietta, Ga., June 25.— Below are the scores made at the weekly 
club shoot of the Marietta Gun Club, which took place this afternoon 
Conditions: 25 targets, unknown angles. 
Black " 1100111100011010011010111—15 
Maury ...^ 0100000101100101111011100-12 
E J Setz .,,.,.,.„ ...... . 1001111100001010010011010-12 
Reynolds .4................,-....-.„....OOiiioooiiiooioinoooiooi— 12 
Setz , OlOlOOOlOlOOOOiXlliniiiOll— 11 
HiUiard i ; . . .„ ... 0110100000011100000111011—11 
Qramling , t. . . , 101001001 IIOIOOIOOOUOOOO-IO 
Bond .1000000000010110001101000— 7 
Austin , ...0100000000001010001001000- 5 
W. J. Black, Seo'y. 
Missouri State Amateur Tournament. 
.Tbfpebson City, Mo , June 25 —The sixth annual tournament of the 
Missouri State Amateur Association was not quite as successful as the 
previous ones given by this organization. The attendance was ver.y 
slim, and verv few shot through the entire programme. The local 
club added $290 to the purses, but very unwisely added it in lumps, in 
place of distributing it along in the different events; It added a large 
amount in some of them, and nothing to the majority. This makes a 
very unsatisfactory programme, and one that rarely ever holds the 
crowd. 
The tournament was held in the ballpark. One set of target traps 
and one set of live-bird traps were in position, but the grounds were 
not large enough for the purpose, and Nos. 3 and 4 traps of the target 
set were in the live-bird boundary, and birds going In this direction 
worried the shooter not a little. This could have been overcome had 
the target traps been placed further back. Everything was left until 
the last minute, as the club intended to hold the tournament on the 
bank of the Missouri River, but the river rose to such an extent as to 
inundate the grounds; the club therefore had no choice. This, to a 
certain extent, accounts for the very poor accommodations to be had 
at tills shoot. No hotter place could have been selected, yet there 
was nothing to protect the shooter from the sun while at the score, 
and scarcely a place to retire to when not shooting The grounds are 
inclosed by a very high fence that shut off any breeze that might be 
stirring. 
Bluerock targets and traps were used. The background was one of 
the most trying. Just beyond the fence in front of the traps was a high 
hill covered with vegetation, while along the fence were a number of 
trees. For this rea.son the targets were thrown rather high ; yet throw 
them as high as they might, it would be impossible to get a sky liack- 
grouQd. Another toing that was sadly lacking was an eflflcient corps 
of assistants to run the shoot. The whole thing seemed to depend on 
one man, Mr. F. P. Dallmeyer, the secretary of the club, who acted in 
the capacity of manager, cashier, squad hustler, and at the same time 
shot along with the boys. None of the other members seemed to 
understand anything about conducting a shoot. Naturally things 
dragged considerably and caused no little dissatisfaction. There was 
an abundant supply of pigeons on hand, but these events had few en- 
tries. Mr. Fred Tresher, of St. Louis, furnished the birds and looked 
after the handling of them. They were of the quality usually seen at 
this season of the year— rather an uneven lot. 
THOSE WHO WERE PRESENT. 
Kansas City had the largest delegation; from there came Lee Porter 
(Ross), George Schrader (Germany), Chris S. Gottlieb, J. J. Cornett 
(L. C. Smith), Lill Scott, Ed Savenney and Dr. J. P. Jackson, From 
St. Louis came W, E. Field (Sam Hill), Dr. E. N. Kessler, J. Hell and 
Herbert Taylor, representing the Da Pont Powder Co. Moberly had 
Dr. C. B. Clapp and A. S. Head present. J. C. McClnre, J. W, Letts 
and C. and J. Linsbery were on hand from Sedalia. Then thete 
were G. W. Hayden and Thos. Hurd, Paris; J. L. Wilmot, Lexington; 
L. Staiger, New Franklin; W. W. Reavls, Pisgah; W. N. Bates (Haw- 
eater), Palmyra. M, F. McDonald and H. M. Davis, of Richmond, 
shooting under the names of Green and Menefee; J. L. Head, Peru, 
Ind. ; R, Q, Dunn, Roodhouse, 111. 
All target events were known traps and angles. In these events G. 
W. Haydon, the oldest shooter taking part, made the best average. 
He shot at 405, broke 370, averaging 91.1 per cent. 
FIRST DAY, JDNK 23, 
A murky atmosphere and a glaring sun that beat down with trop- 
ical fierceness was what the weather man dealt out to the shooters 
to-day. The i rogramme consisted of six target events and two live- 
bird events. The sum of $10 was added to the purse in event 3 and 
$15 in event 6. A gold jewel case was the prize for the best average 
in both live-bird events. Wilmot and Gottleib tied on 20 straight. 
Gottleib, however, proved the best man in the shoot-off and captured 
the case. L. C. Smith (J. J. Cornett) easily outshot everybody in the 
target events, making an average of 93.5. la addition to the names 
given in the table below, Roberts, R. Dallmeyer, C. Miller and J. Lins- 
bery also shot in the target events. 
Events: 133466789 10 
Targets: 10 15 SO 16 
L C Smith 9 13 19 14 
Haydon ^ 
Reavis 9 14 16 . . 
Gottlieb 8 13 16 13 
Green 7 13 18 12 
Wilmot 7 12 17 14 
Ross ...■•J.....-,.. 9 12 16 13 
Haweater 8 13 15 11 
Doehla 7 . . 11 14 
Henderson 8 14 17 9 
Menefee 9 10 14 12 
J L Head 6 14 16 12 
A S Head 
Clapp 
Taylor , 
Scott , 12 
O Linabery...., 5 11 17 12 
Kcssisr » 
McClure!'.'.'.".*'.'.'.'.'!!. 6 io 16 ii 
F P Dallmeyer 9 13 14 12 
Germany 6 11 16 9 
Waldecker 3 9 13 11 
Hurd 
Hunter 
Heil 
Staiger. 
HiU 
15 S5 15 
15 23 14 
14 21 15 
14 21 . . 
14 23 14 
14 23 12 
14 2! .. 
13 ,, 12 
13 21 12 
13 .. .. 
13 20 13 
12 21 11 
11 20 10 
13 20 9 
12 17 13 
.. .. 11 
13 19 11 
11 20 11 
11 20 10 
9 31 . . 
13 15 9 
11 .. .. 
11 20 12 
10 19 11 
16 .. 
11 17 .. 
17 .. 
11 13 .. ., 
LIVE-BIRD EVENTS 
15 15 10 Shot at. Broke. Av. 
15 15 
14 14 
8 
11 14 
14 13 V 
14 14 6 
13 12 . . 
12 .. .. 
14 .. 4 
12 13 9 
13 
15 11 6 
12 .. .. 
14 7 .. 
ii 
10 
11 
4 
8 
. ,. 4 
9 13 8 
12 12 
155 
145 
93.5 
95 
86 
90.5 
85 
74 
87 
155 
1.13 
85,8 
155 
132 
85.1 
140 
119 
85 
90 
75 
83.3 
145 
119 
82 
70 
57 
81.4 
140 
112 
80 
155 
123 
79.3 
115 
89 
77.3 
70 
54 
77.1 
95 
73 
76.8 
30 
23 
76,6 
100 
76 
70 
115 
87 
75.6 
70 
52 
74.2 
100 
74 
74 
130 
95 
78 
90 
61 
71.1 
115 
79 
68.6 
65 
44 
67.6 
75 
48 
64 
50 
32 
64 
75 
46 
61.3 
40 
24 
60 
No. 1, 10 birds, $6.50: Wilmot 10, Gottlieb 10, Ross 10, Germany 9 
Hill 8, Dallmeyer 8, Doehla 8, Wagner 7. > j > 
No. 2, 10 birds, $7,50: Wilmot 10, Gottlieb 10, Dallmeyer 10, Scott 10, 
Ross 9, Heil 9, Germany 8, Staiger 8, Doehla 8, Hill 7, Miller 5, 
SECOND DAY, JUNK 24. 
Although the sun shone just as brightly and as fiercely as yester- 
day, there was a good breeze blowing that managed to get in over the 
high board fence surrounding the park every now and then, and suc- 
ceeded in tempsring the heat. At a meeting of the Association, held 
last night, it was decided to cut off the last day of the shoot and finish 
the programme to-day and to-morrow. There were 10 target events 
and 2 live-bird events shot to day. There was $35 added in 3 target 
events and $25 in the live bird sweep. One of the target events was a 
2-men team race, 25 targets per man, for the L. C. Sniith cup. This 
was won by Wilmot and Haweater (W. N. Bates) with a score of 46 
The other event of the day was the contest for the amateur live-bird 
championship medal, which was held by Wilmot, He succeeded in 
retaining it, although he had to kill 30 straight before he disposed of 
Germany (Geo, Schrader) and Gottlieb, who had tied with him. Wil- 
mot also made the best average in the target events. Altogether he 
was very much in evidence during the day. Heil, Roberts, J, Lins- 
bery, Hill, Wagner, R. Dallmeyer, C. Miller and Hurd also took part 
in one target event. 
Events: 133456789 
Targets: 10 
Wilmot 9 
Haydon 9 
Gottlieb 8 
Greene 8 
Clapp 9 
Smith 9 
Haweater 10 
Menefee 9 
Reavis 9 
Ross 8 
C Liuabery. .....is.;.,. 10 
Waldecker., , 10 
F P Dallmeyer , 9 
J L Head 8 
Stifler , 
Dunn 8 
McCIure 7 
Kessler................. 8 
AS Head 10 
Germany 6 
McLaughlin 7 
Hunter 6 
Doehla , 
Taylor , 
Henderson 7 
Fleischer ., 
Jackson 5 
15 SO 15 So 
15 20 
16 18 
15 17 
13 15 
14 17 
13 19 
14 18 
14 19 
13 15 
14 15 
15 17 
15 15 
13 .. 
14 16 
14 23 
14 21 
13 25 
14 22 
10 15 SO 15 
10 14 16 12 
9 14 19 13 
7 15 18 12 
10 14 19 14 
Shot at. Broke. Av. 
10 16 
12 17 
13 15 
12 10 
12 .. 
12 17 
10 17 
., 13 
8 16 
8 9 
'9 ii 
13 22 
12 21 
11 21 
13 .. 
13 22 
13 20 
11 .. 
13 .. 
12 .. 
13 9 
13 21 
8 15 15 14 
8 12 18 14 
9 12 17 14 
10 .. 18 .. 
9 
8 14 13 .. 
8 13 18 .. 
8 
10 10 . . . . 
8 .. 17 .. 
9 
12 18 
10 23 
13 20 
8 12 16 13 
6 
7 .. ., b 
9 18 
12 
12 21 
12 .. 
13 19 
5 .. .. 
7 7., 
8 9.. 
145 
133 
91.7 
145 
132 
91 
145 
130 
89.6 
145 
129 
88.9 
88.8 
45 
40 
145 
128 
88,2 
145 
127 
87.5 
145 
126 
86,8 
90 
78 
86,6 
95 
81 
85,2 
130 
110 
84,6 
95 
80 
84,2 
50 
42 
84 
85 
70 
82,3 
70 
57 
81,4 
95 
77 
81 
45 
m 
80 
45 
84 
76.6 
145 
111 
70.5 
85 
57 
78. 
110 
83 
75.4 
45 
33 
73.3 
75 
52 
69.3 
35 
24 
68.5 
95 
62 
65.2 
40 
26 
65 
125 
81 
64.8 
LIVE-BIRD EVENTS. 
Ten birds, $7.50, $25 added: GottUeb 10, Germany 10, Clapp 10 Hill 
9, Ross 9, Doehla 9, WUmot 8, Heil 8, Dunn 8, McLaughlin 8, Dallmever 
8, Wagner 7, Henderson 5, A. S. Head 5, Waldecker 4, Taylor 3 
The detailed scores in the L. C. Smith cup contest for 2-men teams 
are as follows; 
Wilmot 1111111111111011111111111-24 
Haweater , lllOllllllllllllliomilO— 22-46 
Haydon ...lllllllllllllinOOlllUll— 23 
C Lmabery. lUlOlOlUlilnilillniio— 32— 45 
Ross 1011101111111110111111111—22 
Germany .....1111011011111111111111101-22-44 
Gottlieb , 1111111110101111111111111-23 
LC Smith 0111111111001111111110111-21-41 
Menefee 101 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 01 101 1 11 1 1 01 1 1 1—21 
Green '',.,■...,..1011011111111110110111111— 21-42 
Hunter OlllllllllOIllOIOllllinil^-20 
McL lughlin 010 lOOOIOl 1 1 1101110010100—1 3-33 
Below are the scores in the live-bird contest for the Missouri State 
Amateur Championstiip medfil: 
Dunn 1«12121101— 8 
Doehla 1111211000— % 
Hill 0-<!2010»102— 5 
McLaughlin 2011003100— S 
Henderson ....001012010«— 4 
Wilmot 2311111212—10 
Germany, 1211121122-10 
Gottleib .1111122132-10 
P P Dallmeyer 1120111112— 9 
Ross 812210U30- 8 
Shoot-off: Wilmot 20, Germany 17, Gottlieb 14, 
THIRD DAT, JUNE 25, 
The last day of the shoot was a scorcher. Old Sol evidently knew 
that this would be his last chance at the boys, and seemed deter- 
mined to send them home well tanned This may be termed added 
money day, as there was no less than $205 added to the purses, but 
regardless of this inducement the attendance had dwindled down to 
a mere handful. Few indeed shot through the entire programme 
to-day. The principal event of the day, a live-bird sweep at 15 birds, 
with $75 added, had only 11 entries. Haydon led all the target shoot- 
ers with an average of 91,1. 
Events: 13 3 4 5 6 7 
23 
21 
23 
23 
21 
21 
19 
10 15 S6 25 
10 14 21 24 
9 
9 14 25 21 
9 13 23 21 
9 
9 15 19 3i) 
10 
, , 11 20 22 
8 . , 21 22 
. , 11 20 30 
, 21 
Shot at. Broke. Av- 
10 
11 
8 
12 
8 
9 
10 
7 
19 
Targets: S5 IS 
Havdon 23 14 
Stifler ...i.... 23 14 
Haweater Si 14 
Green , 22 13 
Smith SO 15 
Menefee,,,. 23 14 
Ross 22 12 
Gottlieb 22 15 
Waldecker 21 13 
Wilmot 21 13 
Doehla , 
Germany 19 14 
A S Head 22 10 
Taylor... 19 
H u r d J .-M i i i ........ . 
FleiscQer , 19 
Hpudereon 21 
F P Dallmeyer 18 
Dunn 18 10 
R Dallmeyer.,., 
Jackish 14 10 , 
The scores in the 15 live-bird event were as follows: 
Wilmot 111122211211121—15 Germany 112111110122102—13 
Green 122811111112231-15 Gottlieb 112122022222100—12 
Haydon 111111111012122-14 Dallmeyer 010211212210120-11 
Menefee 111221121 1:;220;!— 14 Haweater 01132122301 •102— 11 
Ross 12112121122l!l»0~13 Hill 2011102320111»1— 11 
Doehla .110121211201311— 13 
THE ANNtJAL MEETING. 
The annual meeting of the Association was held Tuesday night, June 
23. Paris, Mo., was selected as the place where the next annual tour- 
nament should be held. Dr. C. B. Clapp, of Moberly, was elected Pres- 
ident; A. P. Drescher, Palmyra, Vice-President; Judge Thomas H. 
Hurd, Paris, Secretary and Treasurer. The following clubs were ad- 
mitted to membership: Pastime, of Kansas City; Palmyra, New 
Franklin, and Sedalia clubs. Paul R. Litzke. 
17 .. 
14 ,. 
17 
140 
129 
92,1 
50 
46 
93 
140 
125 
89,4 
140 
124 
88,5 
50 
44 
88 
140 
123 
87.8 
75 
65 
86.6 
130 
111 
85 
100 
85 
85 
no 
no 
84.6 
25 
21 
84 
65 
52 
80 
50 
40 
80 
35 
28 
80 
25 
20 
80 
50 
37 
74 
65 
46 
71.5 
90 
63 
70 
40 
28 
70 
25 
17 
68 
40 
24 
60 
Handicaps and Highest Possibles. 
Buffalo, N. Y., June 25.— Editor Forest and Stream: In reference 
to your comments on handicap of experts in the New York State shoot, 
I would refer you to your report of the shoot for positive proof that 
the handicap was not too severe. Every expert at the snoot made 
money, with the possible exception of Fulford. and had he shot in all 
the events he would surely have been ahead. He shot in 5 out of the 6 
State events and drew out about S60. He had only to shoot in the other 
event to be certain of fourth average, which was $20 cash (the entire 
amount of entrance to the 6 State events). He would also have come 
out all right on daily and general averages bad he shot in all open 
events. As for the statement that McMurchy shot a 92 per cent, gait 
on the second day and never got a place, I would also refer you to 
your report as evidence of your mistake. He got a place in State 
event No. 5 and also a place in daily average, which two must have 
nearly made him even on the day. Glover was placedin 4, McMurchy 
in 2 out of the six S5-bird State events. Fulford secured a place in 2 out 
of 5 of them. As shown above, this was enough to give handsome 
profits to all of them. The handicap in the 50-bird events was rather 
severe, but Glover managed to get a place, and McMurchy carelessly 
lost his in the Times event, after he seemed to be almost certain of 
first place. 
You must also take into consideration the fact that the weather 
conditions made "the shooting as hard as any you ever saw." Had It 
been easier, experts would have had no trouble in getting placed 
almost every time, A reference to the scores at Memphis and Cin- 
cinnati will show this to be a fact. You will find days in these tour- 
naments when some of the experts would not have been shut out a 
single time by the rule of "experts eligible to first and second places 
only." 
Experts cannot expect to go to tournaments in the future as they 
have in the past and have everything their own way. A handicap 
such as that at Buffalo, gives them a chance to make a little money,' 
and they wiU have to be satisfied with that, or they will find them- 
selves shooting alone in the near futtu-e. Buffalo. 
Our correspondent, Buffalo, seems to have misunderstood the posi- 
tion we took in regard to the handicap on experts at the New York 
State shoot. We said that "the Audubon Gun Club * * * imposed 
a stiff handicap upon 'knovm experts.' " We went on to say that we 
thought "the result was satisfactory to the ma.iority," and nowhere 
did we suggest that it was too severe in the 20-target events Our 
correspondent, however, agrees with us that "the handicap in the 50- 
bird events was rather severe." 
In quoting McMurchy's shooting through the day and never getting 
placed, we referred to the open events on the third day, in which he 
broke 154 targets out of 170 without getting a place. He made one 
score of 47 out of 50, five scores of 18 and one of 17. In the 50-target 
event Graham broke 49 and Glover 48. His score of 24 out of 25 in 
State event No. 5 netted him one-fifth of 20 per cent, of the net purse- 
as we figure it this would be somewhere between $9 and »10 our 
scores showmg 69 entries at 83, price of targets hicluded, S75 added 
It cost ^18 to enter in the open events and $9 in the State events on 
that day. Against that $37 McMurchy drew out the above $9 or $10 
and the fourth dally average. He broke altogether 226 targets out of 
250, meludmg the Lefever medal contest. 
Summing up the situation briefly, we thank our correspondent for 
his criticisms, which after all are directly in line with our own argu- 
ments. If experts want their less skillful brethren to attend tourna- 
ments and shoot along they will have to submit to some sort of a 
handicap that will place them as nearly as possible on the same foot- 
ing. The most successful tournament held this season was the Haz- 
ard shoot at Cincinnati, where experts shot at unknown angles ama- 
teurs at known traps and angles. ' 
I^ynchburg Gun Club. 
Lynchburg, Va., June 23.— The regular weekly shoot of the Lynch- 
burg Gun Club was held to-day. Events Noa. 1 to 5 were at known 
traps, unknown angles. No. 6 was at unknown traps and angles- 
No. 1 
Nelson 101 1 10001 1 1 1 110— 10 
Terry OOOOOllllOlllil— 9 
Scott .r.,,,.... 001111101000101— 8 
Moorman . 110111001010111—10 
Durphy , 010110101000000— 5 
Stearns 001111111011011—11 
Miller 111100101001011— 9 
No. 3. 
Nelson 110111101111011—12 
Terry 011101011111111—12 
Scott 011010111111110-11 
Moorman llllllllliOlllO— 1,^ 
Durphy OlOlOlllOlOlIOl— 9 
Stearns 111111111111001—13 
Miller 010101111111000- 9 
No. 5. 
Nelson.... 0111111111101111101001010-18 
Terry lllllllllllllOllllllOllll— 23 
Scott 0101010001101101111111111—17 
Moorman..l011100001111111001011111-17 
Durphy.. ..1000110111000011010111101— 13 
Stearns.. ..1110101110110000101011111— 16 
Miller 1011101001101101100001111—15 
No. 2. 
10111111111111111110-18 
01101111111111111011—17 
OlllllllOlllllinoiOl— 15 
11010101111001111101—14 
00101101011111101010-12 
10111111011110001111—15 
11101111010000111011—13 
No. 4. 
1111111101010111011011111-20 
1111001110111111111111111-33 
11 11111110110010100101111— 18 
1100001001010110111111111-16 
0000000111100001100011101—10 
10:0101011111101111011110-18 
1101111110111111111110110—21 
No. 6. 
iooiioooioioioioiiioioino-12 
1100001111101101010110010—14 
101 OOOOlOOOlOOlOOll 100000- 8 
1011000010011011001100011—12 
COlOOOOlOllOlOOlOlOOOllll— 11 
p. M. D. 
