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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. 15 1896. 
Kansas team: Edwards 9, Sexton 9, Running 9, Brhart 4, Booney 
6 — 37- 
lUinoia No. 2: T. Marshall 9, B. Bacon 10, E. Bingham 10, Crosby 10, 
Powers 10—49. 
Old ShooterB: J. E. Price 7, A. Price 10, Col. C. E. Felton 8, J. J. Klein- 
man 9, A. H. BogarduB 9—43. 
Ohio No. 2: Schuler 10, West 9, Ackerman 10, Hickey 8, Small 9—45. 
Kentucky: Chadwiok 10, Du Bray 10, Watson 7, Trimble 9, Faucitt 9 
— 45, 
Pittsburg: W. 8. King 10, J. O'H. Denny 10, A. H,King9, W. G. 
Clark 10, Mesaner 9—48. 
Ottumwa, la.: J. Avery 8, T. J. Scott 8, Scott 9, Conrad 7, Chrisman 
9—41. 
Western, la : Peterson 9, Hughes 10, Christianson 8, Qeorgeson 10, 
Lyons 7—44. 
Baltimore: Macalester 9, Bonday 8, Hawkins 9, Du Pont 10, Clar- 
idEe8-44. . . 
Indiana: Voris 8, Hill 9, Winston 10, G. Beck 6, F. Erb, Jr., 9—42. 
C. E. Latshaw. Prank Fbi melee. W. T. Den. J. W. Den. G. F. Breeder.* 
Summer Club, Chicago: George EoU 10, J, SamuelBon 10, T. L. 
Parker 9, Dr. Frothlngham 10, 0. B. Dicks 9—48. 
Omaha: F. Parmalee 9, Brucker 9, Smead 9, Montmorency 10, J, 0. 
Bead 10-47. 
Oounoil Bluffs: R. O. Graham 8, A. Beresheim 8, W. F. West 9, Har- 
den 7, J. G Smith 8-40. 
South Chicago: J. P. Watson 10, L. C. Willard 10, A. C. Anson 8, 
Anthony 8, Steck 9-45. 
St. Paul: J. 0. 9, Holt 7, Reid 8, Hamlin 7, McGinniss 9-40. 
Wisconsin: Dr. Williamson 9, Thomas 10, Q. Deiter 9, Petit 9, Merrill 
9— 46. 
Tennessee: F. P. Poston 9, J. J. Sumpter, Jr., 9; Etheridgo 8, Callen- 
der 7, Divine 8-39. 
Garden City. Cbicaeo: G. Kleinman 10, M. J. EichS, McFarland 9, A. 
KlPinman 10, Ruble 9—46 
New York: Fulford 9, Glover 10, McMurchy 8, Davenport 10, J. von 
Lengerke 8—45. 
Iowa "Indians:" Gilbert 10, H. Wilson 10, Trotter 9, Budd 10, Qrlmm 
10- 49. 
Buffalo "Audubons:" C. S. Burkhart 8. E. 0. Burkhart9, B. F. Smi h 
8, Kirkover 9, Kelpey 9—43. 
Ohio: R. E, D, 10, Alkire 9, Redwing 10, Young 9, Heikes 10-48. 
DNPBKCEDKNTKD CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRY. 
Aug. 6. — The weather remained extremely warm, the thermometer 
registering 83° at 8 A. M. This heat continued durinc the day untM 
in the afternoon the sky was overcast by thunder clouds. At 4 o'clock 
a blinding, driving rain set in, which drenched the grounds and drove 
shooters and spectators into huddled, laughing groups inside the big 
tents. The excellence ol the arrangements now oecame manifest, for 
there was ample canvas room to house all comfortably. At 5 P. M. 
the storm broke away, leaving a smiling and cheerful mass of human- 
ity behind it in the city of Chicago, which had sweltered for four days 
in the worst heated term ever known here. The swift drop of the 
temperature was appreciated by the shooters, who welcomed the 
relle" from the torrid heat. The quacking of ducks, honking of geese 
and whistling of snipe could be heard arising along the line, which 
contained abundance of high quality field shooting material Shoot- 
ing from No. 1 set of traps, where the score was under cover, con- 
tinued during most of the storm. 
No event was concluded on this day, but the phenomenal character 
of this tournament again manifested itself in the unprecedented 
strength of entry. The management never at any time expresned 
Itself as hopeful of more than Heventy flve entries in the champion- 
ship handicap trophy event, and the more conservative shooters were 
of the opinion that not more than sixty five entries could be secured, the 
sum of 831 50 making a pretty stiff entry for a hard times epoch. Yet 
little by little, and by fits, starts and jumps, the entry In the cham- 
pionship handicap sprang on and up until it reached sixty-five, rolled 
over seventy five and passed the 100 mark. Nor did it tarry there. In 
the afternoon it was diacnvered thaC not less than 124 shooters had 
qualified for the championship contest, with two forfeits up additional. 
The cream of the shooters of the country made this entry, the best of 
the good ones aU over the land. The winner of this event may j istly 
feel that he has met the p'ok of the shooting fraternity and won a 
championship entitled to be called such in the widest sense of the 
term possible In any handicapped competition. 
Entries were also received simultaneously for the 15-bird sweep, $15, 
$200 added, which remained uoflniahed from the day before, and the 
magnificent total of 123 entries was reached here. Both these great 
events were put in progress at the same time at the two sets of traps, 
each man shooting 5 birds in rotation in these events. It became ap- 
parent that as not more than 2,000 birds a day could be shot the end 
would not be reached until Saturday. Although shooting continued 
steadily during Thursday, matters did not get far enough along so 
that one could get anything of a line on the winners. Gilbert re- 
mained straight at the end of the day. As he walked from score to 
Fcore he was followed by a curious crowd who pressed about to see 
him shoot. Things will be closer by this time to-morrow, and the end 
of the event will see everyone keyed up to as high a point of Interest 
as has been known in the shooting world of Auierica. 
The work of the handicapping committee was done conscIiBntiouBly 
and carefully, and only after much deliberation. The figures will hie 
seen in connection with the scores. The question of handicapping in 
BO large and representative a gathering of shooters is a weighty one, 
and one In which absolute justice is an impossibility, since it involves 
the phifting and variable quantity, daily shooting form, something 
which cannot be weighed nor measured. It would be wrong to say 
that the committee was absolutely fair, and perhaps in some cases 
they made serious errors, but It is quite right to say for them that 
they did their thankless work no doubt as well as any one else could 
have done It. Gilbert, at scratch alone, conceded a yard and in some 
cases two yards to men who have every right to believe themselves in 
his class at least, though of course it was well and proper he should 
go scratch. It was graceful of the members of the conmiittee, Messrs . 
Marshall, Powers and Merrill, to take the next mark ahead of scratch, 
Slyds. The 29yd8. line found a lot of strong ones, and even at 28 
the fight was good, but results in the shooting for the most 
part bore out the judgment of the committee, so far as 
could be discerned in the early stages of the game. For instance, 
Macalester, of Baltimore, who was thought by many entitled to stand 
as far back as the best, dropped out of straight early in the game, 
and others of the good ones followed. Some young shooters went well 
forward, and the only lady contestant, Mrs. Shattuck, of Minneapnlis, 
was given the limit, 25yds. The same distance (.25yd8.) was given to 
another shooter. Leach, of South Dakota, and not until after this was 
decided did the committee learn that Leach held the championship of 
his State at live birds. All these things may mean much or little in 
regarding the result, but it would be in bad taste to make any restric- 
tions whatever upon the work of the committee. In reference to their 
decisions there will probably be about 124 different opinions, plus 
several thousand of cipher opinions of shooting readers all over the 
country. No handicap for championship which embraces so wide a 
range of shooters can, within the bounds of human reason, be called 
absolutely just or fair; but no one can tell where it is or is not fair. 
There la much unwritten history of the pressure brought to bear upon 
the committee by men who wanted good things allowed them, but the 
consensus of opinion is that they did their work exceedingly well and 
in a manner entitling them to the thanks of all. 
AND TECB MILL GBOUND ON. 
Aug. 7.— The refreshing shower of the evening previous was but 
transitory in its effects All day the heat was severe and at 7 P. M. 
the thermometer stood at 83°. Men from the South said they had 
rarely seen any weather so depressing. Under such circumstances it 
was impossible that live-bird shooting should be seen at Its best. The 
traps are pulled by automatic machines, and should it happen that a 
given trap does not fall for some time, so that the bird is held a pris- 
oner in the bllsterlag iron box for a few minutes, the life is gone out 
of it so far as strong fiying is concerned, and the man who draws it 
has an easy one. It cannot be said that August is a good time for a 
live-bird shoot, though a dozen Augusts might pass by without seeing 
such a hot spell as we are having here this week. It should not be 
thought from this that the birds are all duffers or that they need flag- 
ging to any great extent, for such is not the case. They average very 
good indeed. 
A glance at the scores would show that they were too much for some 
of the best of the live-bird shots, even before the race had progressed 
as far as the 10 or even the 5 hole. All day long both sets of traps 
were kept busy working, the trophy race being shot at No. 1 set in 
front of the club house, and the 15-bird sweep at the Nn. 2 set on the 
other part of the grounds. No results were reached. The trophy con- 
test did not see half the shooters up to the 15 hole. It was thought 
that the 15-bird sweep might be finished by noon of Saturday, but the 
old shooters said the management would be lucky if the two events 
were both finished by dusk of Saturday night. All shooters were 
urged to be on hand early Saturday morning, as it was desired to close 
the tournament this week. It was proving to be a very elephant of a 
shoot, bigger than anybody had looked for. Mngr. Rice laughingly 
declared that he was in the position of the rnan who was looking for a 
hear fight, and who, when he got it, called for some one to come and 
help him turn the bear loose. Only about 1,600 to 1,750 birds have 
heen shot daily— not up to the usual capacity of the grounds. This 
fact is due to the size of the crowd and the difficulty of getting in 
motion In the morning. 
One shooter, Ed Vorles, of Orawfordsvllle, Ind., was allowed to 
shoot his score straight out, he being called home by wire announcing 
Illness in his family. This was done by consent of the shooters 
although he might have been allowed to takedown his money and pay 
for the birds he shot at. He went out with 22. Another shooter, 
Capt. A. C. Anson, of basebaU fame, found after the close of the entry 
that he had been left out by mistake of the party he had told to enter 
him for the shoot. He insisted he wanted in, as he was sure he was 
going to win all that money. By consent of the shooters he was al- 
lowed to put up his $31.25 and to shoot straight out, as he was unable 
to be present Saturday. He had missed 5 birds at the 22 station, and 
the boys were that much better off for his $25. Another shooter, 
Sherman, of St. Paul, who had forfeit up for the contest, injured his 
hand In pulling up a tent stake on i he grounds and was unable to 
shoot. Thp management released him courteously. In the 15 bird 
sweep Jack Parker was allowed to shoot out straight, as he was called 
home to arrange matters for his shoot there next week. These were 
about the only deviations from the conditions governing the races, 
and were perhaps condonable, if not desirable, in shooting of such Im- 
portance, where the conditions should apply to all alike. 
About 3 P. M. there was a rumor spread about the grounds that 
Gilbert dropped a bird in the trophy race. Investigation proved this 
wrong, as it was found that he missed the bird at No. 2 set of traps, 
where the 15-bird sweep was in progress. The bird was an easy hop- 
per, and Gilbert was, as he expresses it, very "fussy" about miss- 
ing such an easy one. 
A dark and hasty glance was made at the scores to see who was left 
in the straights. There were 25 squads, and only about half of these 
Fred Gilbert. 
had shot up to the 15 hole. Some men at the 10 hole were still straight, 
but of those who were straight still at the 15 hole only 17 men 
could be found, among these being Gilbert, Budd, Clarldge, Latshaw, 
Sumpter, Burkhart, Kirkover, Gottlieb, Hoyt, Miller, Georgeson. Kuss, 
Shaw and A. H. King. A number of men had already finished straight 
at the IS bird sweep, among these Penrose and McMurchy. There 
were many sorrowful faces by night, worn by men who had dropped 
a bird In the trophy race. Conservative shooters estimated that there 
would not be over 6 to 8 straight with 25 at the finish, and that the 
reetilt of the ties would not be known before Monday. 
INTKRKSTINO yKATCTRBS OF THE, CLOSING DAT. 
^■u'ff. 8.— And still the torrid wave con' inufd. The thermometer at 
9 A. M. stood at 86«. At 11 A. M it was 99° in the shade. At S P. M. it 
was 98" at the top of the Auditorium tower, where the signal service 
station is located. At 11 P. M., the date of this writing, it is 92" In the 
FoBKST AND Stream ofiace. If people don't think this was a "red-hot" 
shoot they don't know one when they see it. 
It is hardly believable, yet the oldest shooters will confirm It, that 
in spite of the great heat the birds fl^«w well. There was a stiff breeze 
from right to left across the score, and this gave legs to a lot of them. 
There were some birds fiying at 3 P. M., when the thermometer was at 
98°, which were as good as any one often sees in the winter time. 
John Watson said that this was a crate of Dakota birds. They came 
with a mixed lot of duffers and made a hard spot for the shooters 
who caught them. Charlie Budd eot two of these and killed the first 
to applause, but on the second, a fast lef t-quarterer, saw his chances 
of a straight go over the fence. Mott, Hicks, Palmer, Dr. Williamson, 
Crosby, McMurchy and a few others were up in squads just at the 
time this tough lot of birds catne in. Each one of these shooters had 
as much asked of him as he has license to expect in the winter shoot- 
ing, and each showed himself a shooter. Crosby had two lucky kills, 
high up, that landed plump against the wire inside, Dr. Williamson 
stopped two screamers. McMurchy went to the score straight at this 
stage of the game, but dropped no less than two out of bis five, get- 
ting two hot tailers fast as lightning streaks. Seth Clover, standing 
by at the score, remarked that he had never seen any such birds at 
any time or any place. It was hard luck to get in this coop of birds, 
and many shooters fell by the wayside. RoUa Heikes had already 
fallen out of it. Heikes lost a high outgoer, hit light with first and 
full with second. Gilbert lost two birds, his 18th and 2l8t. The 
former was a high outgoer, and Gilbert was too slow with the right. 
He says he then flinched on it with the left, and shot ahead of it. His 
2l8t bird was hit full with both barrels and died high in the air, but 
fell over the line. Gilbert could claim no easy drawings, for he got 
only two birds inside the line of traps. He did not comi)lain at his 
handicap, but it was commonly thought he had a-plenty to carry at 
sayds. It was freely declared by the long distance men early in the 
atrernoon that no "long" man was going to win this race. The result 
proved the truth of the prediction. At 2:80 P. M. there remained only 
five men who bad killed 25 straight: B. W. Clarldge, of Baltimore, 
29yds.; George Roll, of Blue Island, Chicago, 30yd3.; Wallace Miller, 
of Texas, 295 ds.; 0. Gottlieb, of Kansas City, 29yds.; Kirkover, or 
Buffalo, S7yd8. For some time these were on the anxious seat, before 
It was learned that no one else could go straight. 
The big 15-blrd sweep, which came near swamping the tournament 
this week with its long course, ran its length by the middle of the 
afternoon, and then the shooting moved on faster, both sets of traps 
being put to work on the trophy event. At 4 P. M. there was a season 
of fright and fear which put the whole shoot in jeopardy for a few 
moments. This was nothing less than a threatened bird famine. 
John Watson had not figured on any such an entry as came in this 
neek, and for once in his life began to run short of birds. He had 
Till' llliiionTfoni - 4^ "4°/ 50 
more ordered, but they were sent wrong by the express company. 
There were only about 50 birds left on the grounds when a delivery 
wagon drove up post haste aad six crates of birds were hustled out 
to the scoring lines. Mr. Rice drew a long breath then, Gilbert took 
occasion to remark that If "Mr. Rice should fall off a church steeple 
he would land in a Christmas tree" Certainly it was great luck that 
the shoot was not stopped untimely at the middle of the most inter- 
esting part. 
Meantime at the No. 1 set of traps, In the 15-blrd sweep, there baS, 
