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occurred an incident wilfch Bbduld not be allowed to go withdtt. 
tnentlo", even were mention not re(jup8ted by t_he maQ^gement, naiile 
ly (he dlPiJiialiacatloD 1^ a shooter for the offense of dropji'n? for 
plabe. Early in the ^eete J W. Fabnest.ocli, whd rilna the Vt^ayne 
Hotpl at Fort Wayno, Indiaoa, came on the grounds almost a stranger 
to all. He wanted to f-hior, and as he was a man sixty years old and 
claimed to have no experience, the handicap committee put hlcri at 
26yd8. He shot on through the proerHmme und^r ttie name of Jack. 
He killed 5 straight in one sweep and 9 out of 10 in another, and killed 
13 out of his first 15 in the trophy race. He had killed 12 out of 14 in 
the 15 bird sweep, and when he went to the score he turned and said 
to the fcorer, "How many have I to shoot?" The reply was that he 
had but one more 'o shoot. Pahneatoik then said in the hearing of 
several, '"I think 12 is about good enough for me." He put only one 
shell in his gun and held his gun low down by bis hip. waiting till the 
bird got well away and missing it deliberately. Mr. Shepard was 
angry at this, and there was much heated complaint over it among 
the shooters, who did not like such open rottenness in shooting Mr. 
R'ce heard one shooter say that "if this was shooting, he would 
shoot no more at any tournament." '-you need not stop shooting 
yet," said Mr. Rice, "we don't allow any such thing on these grounds." 
He then went to Fahnestock and a«ked him if the accusations were 
true. Fahnestock admitted they were. Mr. Rice then told him he 
had forfeited his right in the purse, and could shoot no more on the 
grounds. '"But, of course, I can finish up at the other score in my 
trophy entry," said Fahnestock. ''No," said Mr. Rice, '-you cannot 
Are another shot on these grounds in this tournament while I am 
managing it. in the trophy or any other contest, no matter whether 
you dropped in that event or not. You can go to the desk and get 
your money back, but you cannot shoot here any more. We are run- 
ning a straight shoot. " Much demurring, Fahnestock went and got 
back his money and started to leave the grounds. On his way he met 
Mr. t)u Pont, and made complaint to htm over the way he had been 
treated. Mr. Du Pont had heard nothing of the occurrence before 
this, but told him that he baa been treated just right. And so he 
had. It is preposterous to think that there should be any doubt upon 
this point whatever. It was a piece of fau-ness and justice such as has 
been all too uncommon in our tournaments. The incident itself is de- 
plorable, but that the result of It was just such as it was proves that 
this shoot was run in just the way any shoot among gentlemen 
should be run. The J)u Pont Company does shooting some good 
when it shows that it will not tolerate anything but honest shooting. 
Mr. Rice is a benefactor of a practical sort when he disbars from a 
fair competition a man who is not fair. Little by little the once un- 
popular doctrine of bofiesty in shooting is becoming popular. It is 
bound to Win. The sport of trap-shooting cannot get on without it. 
There is no use denying that dropping for place was once common, 
or that it is now becoming uncommon. It was always detestable and 
Unworthy of a moment's tolerance. If Forest and Stream ever did 
an iota of good in the world, it did it in the breaking up of this outra- 
feous practice, which it did alolie and without the support of its weak- 
acked contemporaries. Who feared to say a word of criticism of any- 
thing which the "boys did." The boya don't, now. 
THE 15 fitftD HAC8. 
' the scores In the l6-bird contest show 123 entries. The conditions 
were: 15 live birds, $15 entrance, birds included, 6 moneys, §200 added. 
Scores: 
l^ifteen stfaight: fl. bunnelli Steck. Scheele, B. DiCks, Dr. Wi'liam- 
toh, MatSdlester, Parmelee, Binehath, Dr. l^'rothingham, R. Miller, 
Wilmot, J. J. Sunvpter, Jr., 1. P, Watson, West, Chadwick, Kelsey, Mc- 
Jarland, M- H., W. S. King, W. G. Clark, H, McMurchy, H. A. Pen- 
tose, J B. Porter, C. 8. Burkhardt, G. Boll, Georgeson, L. C. Willard, 
Latchaw— 38. 
Fourteens: Mesaner, G. L. Deitei-, C. M Price, T. A. Marshall, B. O. 
Heikes, Fred Gilbert, Du Pont, j p, Malone, 8e±tgp, Brucker, J. 
Parker, B F. Smith, Clark, Vorles, Plumber, J. J. Kleinman^ J. J. 
Dickey, B. E. Hughes. Beilly, Anthony, A. Kleinman, Etheridge, Seed, 
Kirkover, Peterson, Dwyer, Robinhood, Merrill, Alkire, J. Ruble, 
McGinnis, Glade, R. E D., Barto, Pilzen, Westfleid and 8proB8-37. 
Thirteens: Erb, Carkeek, Witz, Eicti, Seth Clover, Powers, Hawfeins, 
Solomon, Fulford, Dr. Shaw, Gottlieb, Montmorency, C. W. Budd, H. 
J. Wilson, Redwing, L. T Davenport, George Kleinman, J. 8. Fanning, 
A. H King, A. W. du Bray, J E. Wright, H. B. Hill. O vnn Lengerke, 
Squirrel, Sim Glover, Fawcett, E. D. Trot'er and J. W. Den— 28. 
Twelves: Sweeney, C. M. Grimm, D A. Upson, B. W. Claridge, Sam- 
uelpon, W. H. Clay, J. O'H Denny, E. Rice, T. P. Hicks. T. Oallender, 
R. Trimble, Miller, Agard, Klebm, Smead and Thomas— 16. 
Elevens: W. L. Shepard, C. E Bonday, 0. T. Bodifleld, E. C. Burk- 
hardt, J. C. and J. M. Avery— 6 
Other scores were: Leach, McVey, S. Palmer and Frost, 10; L. D. 
Herrick and Deun, 8. (According to our scores G. Jack scored 13 out 
of 14 and Phipps 3 out of 5, neither shooter completing his score.) 
THE FINISH m THE TROPHY. 
There was apprehension lest the great trophy race, which had ex- 
actly 125 entries and one forfeit, would not be concluded on Saturday, 
but one by one the shooters fell, until at 4:45 P. M. only the five men 
above mentioned were left straight with 25 out of the whole great ag- 
gregation of the nation's best trap shots. These men were followed 
with eager interest as they stepped to No. 1 set of traps to decide the 
ties. The man George Boil was looked over with curiosity. He was 
in a way a dark horse. He is a member of the Blue Island Shooting 
Club, of Chicago, and not of any special record. He is a giant in 
form, but of admirable and muscular proportions and of pleasant 
features. A man of undeniable good feeding and digesting powers, 
of iron constitution, there are few men before the traps whom one 
would more readily designate as ''built for a shooter" Roll's record 
at this shoot shows the turn of Fortune's wheel. He had, up to the 
time he stepped to the score for the ties, killed and scored every bird 
he had shot at during the shoot, and he had shot the programme 
through, scoring 73 birds clean, the only man who came near doing 
so. More than that, he had in bis last four practice shoots killed 17, 
10, 8 and 10 straight, so that he had actually kilM during several days 
of all kinds of birds and at all kinds of shooting 117 birds straight. 
He was naturally a favorite, except among those who shook their 
beads and declared him "due to miss." 
Gottlieb, of Kansas City, is a sturdy and large-framed man of good 
shooting form. He delayed the game by being absent when the five 
men were lined up for a photograph before the tie began, but at 
length came up smiling. 
Wallace Miller, o' Texas, showed a powerful and well-built roan, of 
calm and steady <>zpression and a bright hazel eye. 
Kirkover, of Buffalo, youthful and smooth-faced, was stocky, sturdy 
and rather dangerous looking. He looks like a cold nerved, sandy sort 
of fellow. 
Claridge, of Baltimore, was slight and nervous-looking, and hardly 
the man one would pick to win in such a corner. 
It was after 5 P. M. when the scjre was cleared for the five contest- 
ants. The wind had fallen, and the air was sultry and oppressive. The 
birds were not going well at all, deprived of the breeze which had pre- 
vailed earlier. It was expected that the men would line out into a 
long and exciting tie on easy birds, and that they might not fliish be- 
fore dark. And then occurred the unexpected. The gre»t Du Pont 
trophy race came to the suddenest, shortest, abruptest, and almost 
the funniest ending that ever did happen to a big shoot. Here were 
Ave men who had killed 26 birds straight each, and who had shot out 
all the country up to that notch. Ic might be believed they would, one 
or more of them at least, run a few more straight. What actually hap- 
pened was that at the 3d bird of the 5 tie birds every man but one 
was shot out, and only one of the entire five got his 5 birds 
straight 1 
Gottlieb got an owl of a driver that he could have killed with a club, 
but he only feathered it. He sat down in consf ernation. 
Roll killed bis first bird to applause of friends, who were more en- 
thusiastic than polite to the visitors. But his second bird, by no 
means a hard one, was not centered, and though it fell ddad out of 
bounds it had to be scored lost. This was his ll9ch bird straight had 
he billed it. 
Wallace Miller, with his Winchester repeater, cut down his first bird 
sharply and surely. His sec md was an easy one, killed at the trap. 
His third bird was a driver, not fast, and turning slowly to the right as 
it drew away from the traps. He was slow and off with his first, and 
very slow with his second The bird was feathered slightly with the 
last shot, but no gun could kill it at that distance, and it went over. 
Wallace sat down, looking sad and chagrined. 
Kirkover, of Buffalo, looked a winner, and was a favorite with many 
f roni tne start. He smashed his first 3 birds down well, but the traps 
gave him for his 3d a right-quartering incomer, which is Kirkover's 
invariable hoodoo. He missed this bird almost clean, only raising a 
few feathers with his second. He retired without a murmur, but not 
looking pleased at all. 
Claridge, thin and nervous, was apparently at first cool enough, and 
called his "pull" with a calm Southern drawl which argued well. But 
all at once a most unmistakable funk seized upon every man in that 
squad of five, and Claridge shared it plainly. He none the less got 
down 3 birds. At his 4th he stood sighting his gun for the preparation 
and was just on the point of calling "ready," when be accidentally 
pulled oft his right barrel, shooting into the ground about halfway to 
the traps. This was too bad, and it was enough to rattle any shooter, 
but he pulled himself together and killed his bird with the first barrel 
when it was sprung. He was applauded loudly at this. He then 
stepped up for his last bird, which, if killed, left him alone with 5 
straight in the tie and made him winner, He got a soft, big. blue-slate 
pigeon, which just barely hopped up about 2(t. at No. 4 trap. Quick 
as lightning the nervous shooter cut away, plainly firing while the 
bird was in the air. It was not touched by the charge, and alighted 
^7 the trap. Clarice Qre^ at ib §8 )t ^too^ upoo iht groiwd mi t'h@ 
bird fhii forward, apparently tiot eeriounly Injured e*cept for a broken 
leg, whichprfevented it from starting. '•Dead bird!" exclaimed refe- 
ree John Watson, sbarp'y. The dog ran in and seized the bird. The 
tiiost p±citiDg race evf r shot for the Dn Pont trophy was over The 
crowd broke over the fence In fl minute Mr. Claridge was surround- 
ed by a swarm of friends who shook hands and heaped up congratula- 
tions. . , J J.. J, 
Mr B. W. Claridge, winner of the Du Pont tfophy, is a member of 
the Baltimore, Md.. Shooting Assodiation. fle is tWenty-seten years 
of age. of rather slight build; but wiry and nertous. He has had little 
experience at the trap, his firs', shooting at bir(Js belhg at the Balti- 
more Du Pont toiirnament. He is, however, of long eioerlence as a 
field shot, and has shot tjuail and diidks in Florida and all over the 
South. Like Gilbert, he is A new bharatiter iti the trap-shooting 
world, measured by years of time. Hb is a very pleas&nt and good- 
looking young man, and bis win was popular. 
So the big trophy goes back to Baltimore, whence it cam& to the 
West. It looks as though it was intendtd by the Baltimore men to 
have It stay there, for before Mr Claridge had gotten away from the 
score he wos challenged by Mr. James Malone, of Baltimore, and the 
forfeit was put in Mr. Rico's hands 
Mr. Claridge shot a Daly gun and used Leader shells, with SJ^drs. 
Dh Pont powder and l]4pz. No 7 shot. 
The money was diviaed by the five tie men before shootfog. The 
purse paid as follows: first, $937 50; second, $781 25; third, $625; 
fourth, 5468.75; fifth, $.312.50. These are the largest moneys ever shot 
for in open competition In the history of the country, so far as can be 
learned at this writing. 
The Du Pont Smokeless powder grand championship handicap, for 
trophy and $1,000 guaranteed, to be shot at one or central set of 
traps, and to be continued until finished, 25 birds per man. In this 
event Du Pont Smokeless exclusively to be used, entrance $25, birds 
extra. 
GUbert (32) 1 122212222123222220303218-23 
Macalestpr (30) 1 1 1322200231 i 223222233333 -23 
Dueker (28) 1 1333101 20321 1 221 10322102-21 
Powers (31) S22201 2231 323220221122123— 23 
Grimm (31) 2223120123321221221111211—24 
Parmelee (30) ..220011023203133120 
Frothing ham (29) 2222102002312032323333200-20 
Upson (29) 2211222321203310223301220-21 
Marshall (.31) 20222201220023220 
Bingham (30) 11 122021 22332332232022303-22 
Malone (28)....... ,,.,..„ 221121111120201022200 
CHaridge (39) 22333333331 322231 22322233—25 
Bon day (28:) 212222302] 2 11 02212321 1200- 20 
Hawkins (28) ., . 222212101 032200220 
Solomon (26) 2212201 211 11 i 31 0) 1 2] 01 113-83 
Harbaugh (37) 1 121201 221 1013221032231 31—33 
Fulford (31) 1013110221333121023321101—22 
Kuss (28) ........i 22221222221S2211011322818-24 
Bacon (30) i. .-.^.r. . .. i i.ii.. . 1113201113231222312320312 -23 
Georgeson (29) .................2223323132222322222202222—24 
Hallock (27) i ......... . .31201 121031201001331 
Dwyer (29) 113120101312033 
G E Agard (27) ..1111331210310222111011220—21 
Den (26) 1222032203101112200 
Dickey (36) ,1120212120312111220211112— 22 
Sexton (28) . . .1123310281211211120223322-23 
Miller (39) 22181222222121221 1233] 1 12-35 
Sumpter (97) s..r..... 1222121111212322222212031—24 
GottIeib(39) 1313113118121122311311111-25 
Wilmot (29) 1112211212223203111111021—83 
Hoyt(2R) 2813313211112121110131212-24 
Glade (28j 2110223230021111121211822-83 
Miles (^7)..................,...., .,,...2202100220210 
Shaw (29) 1281111121123111011311123-84 
Erb, Jr(30; .j 02122215;011'.i21]201]]02211— 21 
Montmorencf (39). S8022221 221122222231 12122-24 
Smead (29) , , . , 112012V223222221201322122— 23 
Etheridge (27) 22021 2021 0222311 20321131 2— 21 
Alkire (30) 11221 1202221 23S0221 2121 23—23 
Kel sey (29) ,,....». ^. ....... . 28203^22201 01 2311 23232123-33 
B F Smith (29) 232322288300333323322;i220— 28 
OS Burkhart (28) 32222322233333<!1230a022ii3— 23 
EC Burkhart (37) 0303333323220322^31011311—21 
Kirkover (87) 832222282'.i3223333223.22322-85 
Leach (25) 2211111111111012012112333—23 
Ibe Watson (39)...,.. 82222222222022i208230030 
J Denny (39) .....„•.. . . . . , 0310122233111232102331381—23 
A H King (30) 332112333333222222J332022-24 
Messner (30) 222200222212222302 ilOO 
Brucker (87) 1310221212121221212122123-34 
W S King (29) 0112^11222102110222332222 -22 
S Glover (.31) 322222222001211 1121^22221- 23 
Mc Vey (28) 1211101 1 2202001310 
Voris (28) . ,.^.,„ 11211111121 10 20111112011— 22 
G S Kay (87) 2881812103230113212000 
G Roll (30) 812111222111 122i!382212133— 25 
Redwing (30) 3220202111 2221 12021 1 131 23— 33 
Bodie i28j 83222221 131 13 1 022:^0 1 1 21 33 -33 
Budd (31) 2313322221 1211 123380221 la-24 
Harrold (37), 01111318111213312J3102181-33 
Day (38 > 1833331 1 1 1 1 12v:] 1 000 1 1 1 231 - 32 
Burke (87) 83331 13va-,i3l 3221118520233-84 
Cromwell (86) 1 102330222121212001310 
Bill (28) 1001211221321111112112031-88 
W G Clark (30) 8322202212220213221222222—23 
Chadwlcfe (39) ..2201122232028220312112333— 23 
Phelps (87) .00100 
Du bray (29) ...,......8t2i2218]l]8282112082lJ32- 83 
Trunble (28J imi212211820lll2i231221— 24 
McGinnis (28) ,..133111031120031030 
J E Wright (30) ..222i20.'20>:020i'0 
Spross (28) 1013321311i;223 2122133318—24 
G Kleinman (SO') 122111i;llll02110311111218-23 
Dr Williamson (29) 2222211111228222233210122-84 
T A Thomas (29) 220133in3-.i3122]011010213-81 
West field (.30 ) 11221 2iil 1 02233y302322i'222 -23 
J B Port er (30) . .10V23e222223 2 S;'22223220 -33 
T B Hicks (28) 18]n20i2111012<i0103 
RS Mott (30) ......Iir«212i231 1201013030188— 81 
B Dunnell (30) , J122i32021i3J2.'20003332i3— 21 
W Bunnell (29) 11311031111^2333^22222212-84 
Alabaster (26) 8122112330032ini]011120 
McMurchy (31) ........................... .1211131321322232010121212 -83 
Davenport (30). . . .... ...... . . ...^ .......... .2322222222123202002222222- 82 
J W Avery (29) 1131233230310233230013313—81 
J C Read (27) ,. 1110121110i233212ia201238 -23 
Fanning (:i0) .......2331122212212111113011110-23 
J W Muir (26). ......j,. . l312101111221022123211<'03-23 
Al Miller (88) 0121210110221121201321118 -21 
H Dunnell (30) 1. .22311123121122021 10212210-23 
G L Dieter (29) 2333302332202i:22222232213 - 23 
W W Watson (29) 2220221312221023123201082 - 81 
J Cai keek (27) , .3212102212130122213201010— 20 
B O Bush (28) 10123012202311200 
Col Felton (28) 0318121281012)22101210201—20 
Bogardus (29) , ,1111 1 101 101 1 1 «21 0101 ■>3ni— 21 
RodfCker (27) ., ,10112llllll2122120i;230112— 23 
C L Tippy (27) , ,. 1211121232302221220021133 -33 
H C Hirsby (26) 2311211212212210121222132- 24 
Trotter (80) . , 2121 82021221 1 021 1 23311 101—82 
L C Willard (29) . 122181311312221301201 1212— 23 
Schu er (87) 10.'28111118122022130131 38-23 
S Palmer (27) 2O8812ni.'2aoO0IO 
H Wilson (29) ]20111112280121i!200 
Penrose (29^ , ]822il221202inni0.'022221— 22 
Laishaw (87) 12^223222203221^221312212—84 
Heikes (30) 212222a333ii233238i0130213— 24 
Smith (89) 121121222310^)20022310210-20 
B Barto (28) , ,,, 2231111132220221822202132—23 
J W Den (88) 33313322^'2023i20223221233-23 
J E Rilty (30) .1881121228211202223212022- 23 
McFarlanrt (29) 188822 1 1 03301 20 
R Merrill (31) 0223331812802228210122810 -88 
Capt West (27) ,..,...2818231180318200121220232—21 
Mrs W B Sbaltuck (25) ..»„,,. ....,.,11110011»2001111220321023— 18 
S Clover (28) ... ."^ . .82!l2123120222832l 2221022—23 
Hughes (30) ..,.,..;,..^.„.,.....,,..11111102al01-.d222120222221— 28 
E F Sweeney (28)..,;,... .18101112120021101120 
C B Dicks (28) , 11101012110120110 
A C Anson (29) .101112021180101 
T JScott (28) ......,.,.138310103202020 
G Jack (86) .,,,.1101 10331311111 
G Kellum (37). 213333111 101 1?2f 002222380-81 
Highhouse (88)......,....„,...„....,..,....18333in21222220201121131-28 
Winston (30) 2121122111122121131011111—24 
The five men tied for the cup with scores of 25 each shot off at S 
birds; Claridge won by killing his 5 straight. Scores: 
Claridge (89) .28122-5 Boll (30) 10 —1 
Ku-kover (87) .280 —2 Gottlieb (89) 0 —0 
Miller (29) . ..210 —2 
SOTES AKD INCIDENTS OF THE SHOOT. 
Mr. Louis Duryea, of New York, who has seen some of the hottest 
ehootiog ot tWs poustry and Europe, gaWtbst. be M sot beJjev^ ifte 
equal of tbisshooii had ever been held at any place or at any time in 
the world. 
Mr J 8. Fannlnff, of San Francisco, said that he had never seen a 
shoot like this. Mr. F«nning stated that trap-.'hof'ting is bavJog a 
great boom on the Pacific Coast; Calirornia State shoot running over 
160 entries. 
Jack Winston, now of Washington, Itid., was troublesome as ever 
to those wiiiiug to talk lOO-hird rHffes. Re closed a race with Louis 
Durvea. and was after Budd, <3ilt)ert, Bingham and everybody else 
whom he could ene'age in conversation. Chicago shooters hope 
Winston will get on some races to be shot here this manth. 
Jack Parker was busy taking entries for his shoot npxt week. 
Plumber Read, of Om ha, in the team contest on Wednesday, killed 
hiB last bird in a close place. He missed it with the first and dropped 
if close to the line with a long second. This put hia team Into the 47 
hole all a'cre 
Wallace Miller, of Texas, wan a favorite among the Southern tnea 
foi" a S'ood p'aoe In the chimplonship contest 
Mr. t". A Divine, of Memphis, at last made good his promise to visit 
Chicago. His irretjressible spirits made him a favorite with every one 
on the ground. Unfortunately Mr Divine was taben ill on Thursday 
and felt obliged to retu-n home, to the regret of m'«ny friends here. 
Mr. F P Poston, of Memphis, left on Thursday for Baltimore. Mr. 
Posto n shot a good gait, and many wished to see him enter the handi- 
cap for the trophy. 
Mr. Tom Oallender. of Nashville. Is looking well after a long period 
of sickness this spring; He remains in Chicago to shoot a few tar- 
gets and then goes to fietrolt. There 1b no more popular man on the 
circuit. 
Capt. A. W. du Bray, of the Parker gun, tells a bard-luck story. He 
missed the first bird be shot at in the sweep, and then ran 37 straight 
in the sweep and team contest, but dropped a bird out of his first 5 
in the trophy championHhip. It he could have bunched his hits in the 
latter event it might bavn had vast importance with him. 
Eddie Bingham, of the Du Pont Chicago office, was a busy man, and 
by night of each day was fairly worked to a standstill. 
Fred (Hilbert proved himself a pleasant and modest young man, and 
won favorable comment from all. 
The system of taking entries and handling cash devised by Mr. Rice 
proved itself a good and smooth one. 
Mr. H. P. Collins, of Baltimore, was a popular and efficient secre- 
tary, and Mr. Joseph P. Wood, the treasurer, had many pleasing traita 
besides that of handing out meal sacks full of money to the lucky 
shooters. 
Mr. Geo. W. Andrews, the ofiScial scorer, was called on to do a lot of 
hard work for the press boys, but won their esteem by his kindness 
and thoroughness. 
John Watson showed that he could trap a few thousand good birds 
even in the sultry time of August. 
Mr. H. A. Penrose is soon coming out with a new target which is a 
beauty and a breaker. 
Mr. H. McMurchy, of the Hunter Arms Co., has been suffering from 
illness, but retains enough good looks for all practical purposes. 
Hon. Tom Marshall, of Keithsburg, was one of the stayers, of 
course. He has not yet got over his surprise at scaring his dead bird 
over the line with his second barrel in the team contest Wednesday. 
Rolla Heikes, of Dayton, looks physically very fit, and saws wood aa 
silently and smilingly as ever. 
John Watson's retrieving dogs had their bands full, so to speak. 
Chicago showed that she could handle a big crowd and a big event 
with all her old-time smoothness. When it comes to getting ahead of 
Chicago it is necessary to arise about 12:01 in the morning. 
Watson's Park again proved Itself to be without flaw In the rapid 
and fystematic handling of live-bird shootinj;. Mr. Watson and his 
sons received a great many words of praise. 
Mr. Charles Macalester, of Baltimore, was met with pleasure by 
many Western men who have often read of him. 
Fulford lost his chance of a straight in his first five birds of Thurs- 
day in the handicap. 
Seth Clover and Sim Glover look alike In print, but not In any other 
way. 
Budd and Grimm, of Iowa, were, as usual, to be found close togeth- 
er. Powers and Merrill also were usually not far apart, though there 
is not mucjh need of figuring averages at a live-bird shoot where one 
only gets to shoot 10 or 15 birds a day. 
Mr. Francis G. du Pont, of E I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., was at 
the grounds each day until Friday, when he was called away on busi- 
ness. Mr, Du Pont is a gentleman of singularly urbane and pleasing 
personality. He appeared very happy and contented, and expressed 
himself as highly satisfied with the manner in which the tournament 
had been planned and carried out. 
Not a roueh word or iil-timfd jest was heard upon the grounds. 
There never was a more dignified, nor yet more pleasant shoot. The 
presence of the many ladies was a worthy feature. The tournament 
showed shooting as it can be and ought to be done. 
The f facial badges worn by the large force of executives were rich 
and handsome, and in keeping with the whole scheme of this lavish 
tournament. Over 2,000 handsome coat badges were also given out by 
the management, the latter a tasty Du Pont medal on a red, white and 
Ibliie ribbon. 
Since time immemorial the two Dromlos, Charlie Budd and Charlie 
Grimm, have occupied parlor No. 3 at the Windsor Hotel when in 
Chicago, and their quarters have come to l>e the night rendezvous 
of the crowd. Here were given daily, or nightly, renditions of the 
Indian Sngwa dance by Gilbert, Trotter and others of the Iowa In- 
diens. Patterson, i f Chicago, proved himself capable of an elaborate 
pas seul, and Latshaw gave much appreciated and really artistic banjo 
solos 
Tne Eastern men seemed rather out of form on the whole, and 
the bulK of the total winnings remained in the Wejt. 
Uncle Jake Pentz, of New York, gets wild when told that it takes 
Chicago to hold a really big shoot. He tells what New York could do 
it it had as much money up The fact remains that Chicago was the 
flrf-t to put up the money. It's your j imp next. Uncle Jake. 
One glance along the spectators' rail shoned three men sitting to- 
geiher whose combined weight was 714lbs. The? were Jim Riley and 
J Porter, of Kansas City, and R B Organ, of Chicago, -vt another 
time there were five men together— Riley, Porter, Organ, C. B Dicks, 
of Chicago, and Ed Rike, of Dayton, Ohio— whose combined weight 
was l,2451bs. 
The purse in the team contest event, $8,450, one believes to have ' 
been the largest ever cfttred the shooters <.f ibis country up to that 
time. Yet even this was surpassed by the magnificent money In the 
trophy contest, which was $3,185 net. First money in the team con- 
test was $980, but there being' five moneys in the trophy race, first 
money in that event figured $937 50 These be princely figures. 
Mr. Abner Price, the Chicago veteran, sajs that be has shot for 
forty years, and never saw nor heard of a shoot like this. "And yet 
they talk about ha' d times," said he. 
Mr. Alexis du Pont disclaims being a yachtsman, but cannot dis- 
own his sunburn— not after this week at Watson's. 
Mr. Rice will now, aa the novelists say, seek some much-needed re- 
pose 
The Du Pont uniform, white cap and sweater, was extended to the 
esecutive committee, the referees, the squad hustlers and the trap- 
pers. The latter had "Du Pont" on the back of their sweaters Instead 
of the front, for geographical reasons. 
F E Coppernoll was a rattling &quad man at No. 1 set and always 
had No. 1 chair at the score full. 
During the shoot two genuine carrier pigeons were discovered in 
the coops at the score by Tom Marshall, undoubtedly sent into the 
market by mistake. The "shooting mayor" took possession of them 
and will send them home to Keithsburg. 
"Just tell them that you saw me 1" is the song that the old-fashioned 
J. Watson bird sung as it whistled over the line to the visiting shoot- 
ers who had never been here before. And they looked and sighed and 
said, "We saw you." 
Mr. W. L Shepard, head executive, was a busy man. 
Mr. Rice proved himself a master of system and detail. Every 
question raised was answered at once without delay and without 
error. There never was a smoother shoo j. It was a model affair. 
It was good enough for Chicago. And it was Mr. Rice's maiden 
effort. 
In less than an hour after the big 15-bird sweep was ended Saturday 
(123 entries) Mr. tolllrs and Mr. Wood, at the cfBce, had all the 
money in the envelopes, ready to hand out to the shooters as ihey 
asked for it. It is believed t oat so large an event as this has never 
been paid so swiftly. It was the same wi h the tropby purses. 
Almost at once the men were in line at the window and getting their 
pay. 
There was one "amateur" crowd, known as the "McBlair squad." 
It was made up of the Southern shooters— Miller, of Texas; Sumpter, 
of Arkansas; Sexton, Gottlieb and Wilmott, of Miaouri— none of whom 
had ever shot 500 live birds in their lives, they say, before coming 
here. Yet Miller got 25, Sumpter 24, Sexton 23, GottMeb 25 and Wil- 
mott 23, a total of 180 out of 125 birds shot at. 
It was a hard week for records, retrievers and pie d la mode. 
In shooting, it seems, there is a difference between "theerabouts" 
and "theer.''^ On a Dakota bird on Watson's grounds you want to be 
"theer" and not "theerabouts." 
The long row of tents eame to be called "Paradise Alley." It was 
certainly a paradise for shooters. 
And, by the way, when you want a good shoot, come to Chicago. 
The city is still located near ihe lake froot, and there are a few J. 
Watson birds left. 
P. S.— Chicago arises at 13:01 A. M. E, HopoH, 
1806 Bpvpjii jppijJDmo, Chicago. - 
