FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Jack Parker's Sixth Annual. 
OSE OF THID STANDBYS. 
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 14.— The annual tournament given by Jact 
Parker at Detroit is one of the regular standbys of the year, and is 
alwayB looked forward to with interest by the shooting fraternity. 
Jack has the reputation of originality in management, and each year 
thinks out some new scheme whose object is to draw a crowd of ex- 
pert and amateur shooters. He always has a project which looks well 
to the expert— at a distance. His famous shoot when the boys "didn't 
do a thing to him" still rankles in the minds of some of the shooters 
who packed their guns and went home on that occasion. 
This year Jack Parker came out with another programme showing 
the close note he keeps on developments in trap-shooting. He an- 
nounced a good programme, with some added money for the cracker- 
jacks, and some for that vast class of patient humanity who may for 
want of a better name be called the sucKer-jacks, they being the pro- 
ducers, much beloved, but perhaps a trifle misunderstood. He an- 
nounced also that the Eose system of dividing purses would be used, 
to insure fairness in the shooting, and that there would be five moneys. 
More than this, to further protect the low shooter, all men below 85 
per cent, class were to be allowed 1 bird in 20, 2 in 25-bird events, to 
shoot at beside the regular number. The programme further showed 
such notable events as the three-men State team championship of the 
XTnlted States; the two-men team championship of United States and 
Canada; the expert championship of United States and Canada, each 
of these large events sienalized by appropriate and valuable emblems 
and trophies and by added moneys. 
The cracker-jack class looked at the glittering bait thrown out by 
Jack this year, eyed it over, edged up to it, sniffed at it, then most of 
them backed away and went back to their holes. Some thought they 
would go to Dulut.h, or some place where it "was a leetle easier." A 
few went to Jack's place, and shortly sorrowfully packed their guns 
and went home again. Once more Jack had got up too much of a 
combination for them. Then, at the end of the first day, there arose 
a prolonged and mournful wail by the banks of the River Rouge, and 
the Rose system was susjjended. Jack smiled and agreed to this, as 
he always does, after taking his annual fall out of the "perfesh'' of 
the trap. But the handicaps continued their deadly work, even after 
the "double-header" was taken 0 if. Heikes won 81.35 the first day, 
S6 the second day, and 85 cents the last day, shooting on the last day 
a gait of 98 2 per cent. Trimble shot 93 per cent, the first day and lost 
84,50; 90 per cent, the second day and won $3; 93 per cent, the third 
day and lost Winston, who led in average up to the third day, 
thought he had won about SO cents. Heikes on the third day broke 48 
in the K. C. cup race and 48 in the tie, 96 out of 100, and the handicap 
Shut him out of place! Verily, there is frost in the air by the banks 
of the River Rouge, Occasionally Jack Parker unbuttons his shirt 
sleeve aod laughs into it, and the local amateurs go home to their 
wives and families and push out their cheats and remark casually 
that they are something of a fellow their own self. The handicap 
committee who aided in these nefarious designs were Messrs. H. Mc- 
Murchy, R. O. Heikes, Ed. Bingham, Ralph Trimble and Jack Parker, 
All these men took their own medicine, smiled and said they liked it. 
(Nit.) 
The weather was for the most part favorable for the shoot, and the 
arrangements of the grounds, with tents, club house, covered scores, 
etc., were highly conducive to the comfort of the shooters. The back- 
ground of the grounds is exceediugiy good, being sky or water. The 
grounds He on the banks of the Detroit River, along which the endless 
fine of shipping passed in full view. The oCace of the shoot was pre- 
sided over by Mr, W. W. Bock, cashier, and Mr. E. C. Hanson, who 
took care of the scores and averages. Both these young men were 
courteous and obliging to a degree. Everything was well conducted, 
and the shoot was good-humored and smooth, with no kicker in 
sight. 
Another new feature in trap shown at Jack Parker's shoot was the 
use of the magautrap of the Cleveland Target Co. There were two of 
these magazine, always-ready traps in use. Each took the place of a 
set of traps, and the shooting was thus simple, rapid and inexpensive. 
The shooters went to the score in squads of five, each man shooting 5 
birds at each firing station Instead of 1 in the walk-around. The two 
magautrap's were kept busy, the continuous ringing of the little bells 
having some of the whiatling notes of a bunch of plover flying ^over. 
Of course bluerocks were used in the magautraps. 
FEATUKBS OF INTHRBST. 
The main interest of the first day's shooting centered about the 
two-men team championship of the United States and Canada, which 
called out flftenn strong teams. Heikes and Graham, of Rosedale, 
Mich,, won first with 93, each getting a handsome gold watch thereby. 
Five teams tied on 91, and the tie was shot out and won by McMurchy 
and Fanning. Jack Winston was high average for the day, 177 out of 
185. 
On the second day the 50 bird event was for the Gillman & Barnes 
gold medal and the individual expert championship of the United 
States and Canada, an event possessing a much greater sporting in- 
terest than the monotonous 20-bird sweeps common at tournamen IS. 
This medal was won last year by J. H. Bortle, of Detroit, The condi- 
tions being 21yds. rise, use of both barrels, one man up, 5 traps, the 
game was exactly to the liking of Jack Winston. The latter bet with 
several shooters that 45 would be beaten. The race took all the after- 
noon to shoot, Winston went in to win his wagers, and broke 23 out 
of his first 25, using only his first barrel. Then his gun went wrong, 
the right barrel lock refusing to stand cocked. Endless balks and 
waits and arguing over rules followed, enough to rattle almost any 
shooter. Much of the time Winston was firing a powder charge with 
his right barrel, or trying to, and breaking his birds with the left. At 
the 49 hole Winston had missed 10, and was one ahead of McMurchy 
and Parker. He broke his last bird away out In the field, and went out 
high gun with 40, It had been forgotten, however, that Tom Latham, 
of the Norwalk (O ) Gun Club, was yet to shoot his last 25 birds. Mr. 
Latham was a bit of a dark horse, for he finished his 50 with a run of 
23 out of 25, going out with 42, thus winning the handsome medal, and 
incidentally inflicting on Winston the double penalty of beating him 
and yet losing him his wagers on high gun 1 At this Winston, who 
had been shooting under the name of "Mead," changed his name to 
the mystic number of "147," Heikes and Latham tied on average for 
the day, with 168 out of 165; Winston second average, 166 out of 185. 
On the third day of the shoot the dark horses had another surprise 
for the experts, this as usual in the 50-bird event. In the E. 0. cup 
contest for fee handicap championship, U. S. and Canada, Mr. R. H. 
Hall, of Detroit, another member of the hard-shooting River Rouge 
Gun Club, was allowed 3 extra birds to shoot at. To tne surprise of 
all, he ran up to 47 straight and made 49 out of 50, with 3 allowance 
birds to shoot. Of these he broke 1, putting him out with 50 all 
alone. There was no 49, and Burrill, who had still to shoot, with 
much insouciance openly announced that he would try to so use his 
big allowance of birds as to drop into the 49 hole. His friend back of 
the score, however, unfortunately coached him wrong in his Uttle 
attempt at dropping for place, and when he came to figure out his 
total he discovered that he was 46 instead of 49, and missed his last 3 
birds to very bad purpose. The 48 hole had several hot ones in it. 
Winston insisted on shooting the tie, declaring that he would of 
course win the prize, a MuUins manganese bronze ducking boat, and 
that he had already given it to a friend! It was here that Heikes ran 
96 out of his 100, losing nevertheless to H. E Norton, of Ironton, O., 
who scored 46 and broke also his 3 allowance birds, netting 49. Win- 
ston lost 2 birds out of his first 6, to his disgust. High gun for third 
day was Heikes, 183 out of 190; McMurchy second, 181; Winston third, 
180. 
TWO FHENOMBNAI. SCORES. 
The most interesting event of the entire tournament was the three- 
men State team championship of theU. S., the conditions of whishasked 
for 100 bluerocks. Interested groups stood along the rails as some of 
the finest and best known trap shots of the country stepped to the 
score, under conditions promising something like a Dit of sport. The 
air was cool and clear with no wind, and the birds were not especially 
dilHcult, so it was expected that there would be good scores. But no 
one was looking for what actually happened. It was soon reported 
about that McMurchy had gone out with 97 out of his 100. It was not 
dreamed that this would be surpassed, though Heikes was still to 
shoot. The latter went placidly to sawing wood in his usual steady 
manner, and at 50 remained straight. He lost 1 bird at No. 1 score 
after running 71 straight, and dropped another at No. 2; but scored 
98 out of 100, with 97 to beat! It is not often that one sees two such 
scores on the same blackboard. Mr. McMurchy said that he 
had never personally seen so high a score in a 100-bird match 
or sweep. Winston once beat Frank Parmelee with 100 straight 
(one man up, 5 traps). Heikes once ran 100 straight in the 
Western team at Corry, Pa., but to get within 3 and 3 bu-ds 
of these records is something rare enough to be held phenomenal 
even in these days of high scores. Heikes shot his historic Winches- 
ter pump, with 48gr8. of E. C. powder in Leader shells. McMurchy 
used his L. C. Smith ejector, but shot a job lot of shells to clean out 
his box, some of E. 0., some W. A. and some Schultze. It was a singu- 
lar fact that these two great scores in each case failed to land a team 
in first place, the New York team (McMurchy, Smith and Fanning) 
taking second place, the Ohio team (Heikes, Norton and Weaver), 
third. Michigan team (Parker, Woods and Graham) won first, as see 
scores for Friday. The fourth day's high average, $10, was won by 
Heikes, 199 out of 205; McMurchy second, 198. The consolation race 
had only one entry, Mr. Sootten, the only programme shooter with 
average below 80 per cent. , „ 
The tournament closea early Friday afternoon. It was a very 
pleasant and enjoyable affair, and one which was full of surprises and 
abounding in sporting interest. It was unanimously agreed that it 
takes Jack Parker to get up a shooters' shoot which is too swift for 
the shooters. 
57; H. Smith dropped out at 43d bird; Matthews killed 45 out of 58; 
Taylor 44 out or 53; Horton won. Other ties shot, split and bought 
out. 
Events: 
*Burton ... 
♦Latham . , 
*McMurchy 
*Qraham . , 
Weaver. . .. 
Woods 
*Parker. . , . 
Vail 
Herrington 
Osman .... 
♦Fanning. . 
Smith 
Pendergast 
Taylor 
Head ...... 
Sherman . . 
Clcotte , . . , 
Bortle 
Esper...... 
Herbert ... 
♦Trimble. .. 
TDESDAT, FIRST DAY. 
2 3 4 6t 6 7 8 Events: 
1234 5t 6 78 
14 20 24 
11 17 32 
14 18 22 
15 20 25 
13 20 25 
11 20 25 
9 20 33 
14 20 23 
14 16 19 
11 17 21 
14 19 21 
10 17 19 
7 18 .. 
11 19 34 
9 17 .. 
15 20 23 
11 19 18 
12 17 23 
10 .. .. 
14 17 24 
15 20 23 
14 47 
13 43 
15 49 
14 44 
13 48 
13 45 
15 38 
15 44 
15 43 
14 41 
14 42 
13 43 
13 .. 
13 .. 
15 .. 
14 .. 
.. 89 
10 38 
13 .. 
11 .39 
13 46 
19 23 15 
12 25 13 
18 23 14 
18 23 13 
15 25 13 
19 35 IS 
17 31 10 
18 18 13 
20 25 10 
16 20 10 
12 23 14 
16 24 11 
9 .. 13 
19 .. 13 
14 17 .. 
17 24 11 
10 .. .. 
20 23 13 
17 23 13 
♦Powers... 14 19 S5 14 45 17 23 13 
Norton.... 11 17 24 13 41 17 24 13 
♦Mead 14 20 24 15 46 20 23 13 
Baum 8 19 
Avery 11 16 18 14 43 11 24 14 
Marks 12 20 25 15 44 18 23 11 
Fleisher... 13 18 23 13 37 15 20 13 
North 14 19 22 14 42 17 .. ., 
♦Heikes.... 12 20 25 15 48 18 24 13 
♦Bingham. .. 20 18 12 45 18 32 12 
Oorbett 43 14 .. 12 
Du Bray... 16 .. .. 
Boyd 9 . . . . 
Brady 41 19 19 12 
Bomga 15 . . . . 
Mercier 19 14 7 
Daniels 5 .. 10 
Donaldson 42 .... ,. 
Lyman 34 
Doran .33 
[The men marked with ♦ shot at scratch. All m?n balow 85 per cent, 
had 1 bird in 20, 2 in 25, added to the birds they shot at.] 
t Event No 5 was the daily 50-bird race, for two-men team cham- 
pionship of United States and Canada; conditions, .50 bluerocks per 
man, 100 per team, entrance per team £3. First prize, two gold 
watches; senond prize, 820 cash; third prize, 600 loaded shells. In this 
event the teams and totals were as follows: 
Parker 38 Smith 43 
Woods ,,,.,.45— 87 Herrington.,..;,,, if.. ....... 43— 86 
McMurchy,,. 49 
Fanning , , ... , , , . . i . . . . 48—91 
Latham , 43 
Weaver .....48—91 
Donaldson..,,,, 43 
T Cicotte , f i,. j ,.4 , i . „, . .39— 81 
Lyman ■ , , i. i i ..'i.. . •.. ■ . 34 
Doran i . n i.t ;« i 1 1 i . . . 33-67 
Heikes.., ,.t,i„t,n.i,.n.,.,,. 48 
Graham... . . . i . ri t .i . i s ■ . .44— 93 
Powers 45 
Mead 46-91 
Osmun 41 
Fleisher 37—78 
Heikes and (31-raham won first. 
WBDNBSDAY, 
Events: 1 3 3 4 5t (> 7 8 
♦Burton... 15 19 35 14 27 17 23 13 
♦Graham.. 15 10 23 13 31 18 31 18 
Herbst .... 12 30 35 13 32 18 21 11 
♦M'Murchy 18 20 23 14 39 20 24 13 
•Fanning.. 13 18 33 14 34 19 33 12 
Bortle 13 16 31 11 33 18 31 11 
Smith 10 19 24 13 33 17 30 10 
♦Parker.... 11 17 21 15 39 30 34 14 
Herrington 13 15 34 13 SO 17 23 10 
Osmun 12 15 21 15 .. 17 23 12 
Weaver.... 14 20 24 13 29 18 23 11 
♦Heikes.... 13 20 25 15 37 19 25 14 
Woods .... 13 16 24 14 32 17 23 15 
♦rrlmble.. 15 17 24 15 37 19 23 13 
Nirton.... 13 30 35 15 ,. 18 23 14 
Taylor . . 
Collins . , 
Scotten., 
North , ., , ; ,t,t 43 
Norton.....-,.,;.,.. 41—83 
Burton , 47 
Vail 44—91 
Marks 44 
Avery ,ccv.«. 43-87 
Trimble 46 
Bingham 45-91 
Bortle 38 
Herbst 39—77 
Corbett 43 
Brady 41—84 
SKOOND DAY. 
Events: 1 3 3 4 5t 6 7 8 
Pendergast 13 .. 21 12 .. 12 .. 18 
Cicotte. ... 13 17 20 22 11 
♦Bingham. 12 1« 18 11 38 17 20 14 
Fieisher... 14 19 23 13 33 19 24 .. 
Latham. . . 14 19 23 14 43 20 23 13 
North 12 18 22 10 13 
Marks 14 18 23 15 37 17 23 -13 
Avery 12 20 23 14 9 18 19 11 
♦VIead 13 20 23 14 40 20 35 12 
♦Powers... 13 19 25 11 37 15 15 13 
Corbett 29 17 21 13 
Vail 33 16 21 . . 
C Daniels., 33 17 ,, 14 
H Smith 85 
10 
11 
Brady 82 13 
13 15 25 14 25 Mercier 25 19 
7 16 16 7 16 17 33 , . Bomya 17 
10 8 10 .. .. 9 14 .. 
[Men marked with * shot scratch J 
t Event No. 5, daily 50-bird event, for the Gillman & Barnes gold 
medal, value 8150; for the individual expert championship of United 
States and Canada; 21yds. rise, use of both barrels; 5 traps, one man 
up. First prize, medal; second prize, one Winchester repeating shot- 
gun; third prlz«, 810 cash; fourth prize, 85 cash. 
The Gillman & Barnes medal was won by Tom Latham, of Monroe- 
ville, O., with 43 out of 50. 
Events: 
THURSDAY, THIRD DAY. 
1 3 3 4, 
5t- 
Handl- 
cap. 
4 
10 
•i 
3 
2 
6 
7 
4 
3 
1 
3 
1 
6 
8 
7 
5 
5 
9 
4 
8 
5 
4 
7 
4 
7 
5 
8 
4 
7 
4 
6 
7 
8 
6 
Total 
Killed. 
47 
45 
47 
48 
41 
44 
48 
45 
45 
40 
24 
45 
47 
48 
46 
38 
39 
45 
44 
45 
47 
48 
48 
44 
48 
45 
38 
87 
45 
40 
47 
36 
43 
36 
41 
35 
34 
44 
40 
48 
80 
45 
45 
50 
37 
36 
33 
44 
48 
41 
47 
43 
46 
46 
47 
19 24 20 
18 28 17 
18 34 18 
16 19 18 
16 19 20 
17 34 17 
19 24 18 
17 33 18 
18 22 17 
17 23 16 
17 23 19 
15 19 15 
18 84 18 
19 
17 23 18 
19 23 17 
is 22 18 
20 34 19 
15 34 17 
20 21 18 
15 .. ,. 
18 21 .. 
.. ..10 
16 14 . . 
is 
17 17 .. 
13 .. 14 
♦McMurchy 15 19 23 15 47 
♦Graham 13 18 23 14 45 
♦Fanning 13 20 23 13 47 
Herbst 13 19 23 13 46 
♦Burton 11 19 23 14 37 
♦Woods .r...^,,...^. 15 18 2S 13 44 
♦147 14 19 23 15 48 
Herrington 11 17 15 13 40 
♦Parker 13 19 22 15 45 
Bortle 13 17 20 12 36 
Scotten 9 7 11 .. 17 
Wagner.....,,,.. 14 80 .. 11 .. 
♦Trimble..,,,......*.,,*.,,, 14 18 23 14 45 
Weaver .4.. .,.,4 14 18 23 15 45 
Norton......................... 18 18 23 12 46 
Stein 15 44 
Miller 12 15 .. 13 34 
Brummitt 11 .. .. 14 33 
Osmun IS 16 .. 13 42 
Fleisher 12 17 21 14 41 
BF Smith 13 .. 83 13 44 
Taylor 13 .. .. 14 44 
Marks..... 15 17 83 13 47 
♦Heikes , 15 19 24 14 48 
Lindsley 13 18 33 13 40 
♦Bingham 15 19 84 15 48 
Corbett 17 23 13 40 
Gay 17 .. 15 .. 
J Daniels , 17 15 .. 33 
♦T Cicotte , i. 7 80 .. 34 
Lekfelt .. 81 .. 33 
Horton .. 14 41 
WACicotte.,...,...i.i.,i, 18 37 
Matthews , 40 
Webb H 
North ,39 
Mercier 29 
Collins 35 
C Sohmitt 29 
Bomya..., 30 
Klein ,,,»,,., 40 
Lyman. ,. , 36 
Gay. 44 
Egenolf i, ... 17 
Cabanaw ,. .. ,. .. 41 
DeWitt.. . , . ii. 41 
Hall 49 
Pendergast 36 
Brandenburg , aO 
Donaldson 29 
Mandt , 86 
Wolf 45 
Richardson 4,;..., 37 
G Daniels 44 
Brady 89 
Clark 39 
Burrill .. .. .. 48 
H Smith 42 
[Men marked * shot at scratch.] 
t Event No. 5 was for the E. C. Powder Co.'s handicap championship 
cup, Open to United States and Canada. Scratch men, 50 bluerocks 
81.50. First prize: E. C. Gup, donated by E. C. Powder Co and' 
emblematic of handicap championship of U, S, and Canada; second 
prize: One of MuUins' safely copper duck boats, value 855; third 
prize: One Martin safety take-down rifie, any caliber; fourth 
prize: One of Fred Devine's beat rods; fifth prize: One expert 
bluerock trap. 
The scores of this event in the table above show the number of 
birds actually killed by each man out of 50, also his handicap allow- 
ance and his total score of birds shot at. 
The E. C. cup was won by R, H, Hall, of Detroit, who ran 47 straight 
and scored 49 out of his 50. He was allowed 4 birds handicap by the 
committee, and of these broke 1 out of 3 shot at, placing him with a 
total of 50. 
There was no 49. Ties on 48 shot at 50 birds, Heikes soortag 48 
Herbst 43, Bingham 44, Norton 49, Marks 42. "147" (Winston) fell out 
In his first 6 birds. The same handicap applied in the tie, and Nor- 
ton's allowance of 3 was added to his actual score of 46 out of 50 in 
the tie, he killing his 3 allowance birds. 
Ties on 47 shot at 50 tie birds. Horton had 6 bfa-ds allowance and 
killed 52 out of 56, or equivalent of 50 straight. C. Daniels, 49 out of 
17 
17 
17 
ir 
15 
18 
17 
FRIDAY, FOURTH DAY. 
Events; 1 3 3 4 5t 6 
Targets: 15 20 So W 10035 Br. 
McMurchy.. 13 30 35 30 97 23 198 
147 18 20 20 16 .. 23 91 
Fanning.... 13 20 85 19 91 95 193 
Graham 14 19 32 19 98 22 193 
Herbst 14 17 83 18 93 22 187 
Fleiaher. ... 11 17 23 18 90 23 182 
Lindsley.... 11 19 85 18 .. 33 95 
Bortle 13 15 32 18 75 31 164 
Herrington. 13 15 19 . . , . 30 66 
Heikes 15 20 35 18 98 23 199 
Woods 11 18 21 SO 93 34 187 
Trimble,... 13 19 31 18 .. 34 95 
Parker 10 17 19 18 91 33 177 
Events; 
Targets: 
Norton ... 
1 3 3 4 5t6 
15 SO 26 20 100 25 Br. 
16 17 83 19 91 32 186 
Marks 18 16 31 17 85 83 164 
Walton 10 17 16 43 
B F Smith.. 14 18 81 19 89 81 183 
Scotten 11 16 18 16 76 18 164 
Cabanaw 15 82 . . 97 
W A Cicotte .... 31 15 65 . . 101 
Weaver 82 .. 8i 
Bouser 78 19 81 
Wolf 78 . . 78 
Zielke 76 . . 76 
Burrill 61 ,. 61 
Clark 61 .. 61 
+ No. 5, the three-men State team championship of the United States 
for the Hiawatha diamond badges, donated by Oren Scotten; 100 blue- 
rocks per man, 300 per team, entrance 80, First prize, three diamond 
badges, value 8100; second prize, 850 cash; third prize, 820 cash; fourth 
prize, 810 cash. 
Michigan No. 4. 
Boesser 20 21 13 18—73 
Wolf 17 20 20 21—78 
Zielke 25 23 19 19—76 -326 
Michigan No. 5. 
Scotten ...15 19 22 20—76 
BurriU 12 14 16 18-60 
Clark 17 15 11 18-61—197 
Ohio. 
Weaver 17 19 24 82—82 
Norton 19 83 25 84—91 
Heikes 25 25 84 84—98—371 
.25 24 23 25—97—377 
Michigan No. 1. 
Woods 24 33 23 23-93 
Parker 23 23 23 83-91 
Graham 24 25 33 24-96—880 
Micuigan No. 2. 
Fleischer 21 34 23 32-90 
MarJiS. S3 23 88 17—85 
Herbst 83 25 23 83-93-268 
Michigan No, 3. 
Cabinaw 21 80 23 18-82 
Bortle 19 20 19 17—75 
W A Cicotte. . .81 17 16 11—65—823 
New York, 
B F Smith 19 23 23 84-89 McMurchy . 
Fanning 22 82 85 22—91 
NOTWS AND IN0IDHNT3, 
Mr. and Mrs. Milt F, Lindsley were present, and had in view a hand- 
some case and banners hearing the samples and signs of King's 
Smokeless powder, Mrs. Lindsley shot in events on Thursday and K-i- 
day very nicely, and was watched with interest by a large assemblage. 
Matters were enlivened Thursday by the appearance on the grounds 
of Wm. Qenicke's Vaterland orchestra, composed of two emuient 
composers disguised as fat Dutchmen, and playing respectively a 
violin and an accordeon. They played almost altogether by ear. 
On Friday afternoon, after the big State team race, a sparring 
match was held before the kinetoscope; Mr. R O. Heikes, the Dayton 
diamond, and Mr. Jack Parker, the Detroit strong boy, going four 
rounds with 4oz gloves until stopped by exhaustion and the police. 
McMurchy was timekeeper and referee. 
Paul North would have been glad to stay longer, but had to leave 
the second day. 
Capt. Du Brav, of the Parker gun, was present only to say good 
morning and good-bye. 
The Old Reliable, Ed. Taylor, of Cincinnati, was out at a shoot for 
the first time in a lone while. He shot like a colt, although much 
troubled with his gold teeth, which ached badly. He has sixteen gold 
teeth to one plain tooth and believes in free gold. 
Mr. C. D. Hagerman, of Lincoln, Neb., was at the shoot. Detroit 
was his former home. 
Ralph Trimble was taken seriously ill Friday evening, and while on 
the car on his way home to town sulf ered such pain that he sprang 
from the car and ran away, almost out of his head. Friends followed 
him and took care of him. 
Mr. Oren Scotten, the wealthy and liberal Detroit sportsman who 
gave the three handsome diamond badges for the State team cham- 
pionship contest, was present all through the shoot and shot through. 
On Saturday Mr. Scotten took a large number of the visiting shooters 
on a boating party to the St. Clair flats on his handsome yacht 
Wanda. 
Mr. M. Herrington, special agent at New York city of the smokeless 
powder department of the Laflin & Rand Powder Co., shot practically 
through the programme, and shot very nicely. 
Dr. E. M Waters, of Columbus, O., was on hand for a short time. 
Eddie Bingham stayed with them till Friday noon, when he was 
obliged to return to his home in Chicago. 
The muskrats of the River Rouge are very large and fat, and they 
eat them tails and all. 
Mr. R. H. Hall had a great chance to beat McMurchy and Heikes, 
for he came near getting 51 out of 50. Even the Old Guard can't do 
that. 
It is too bad the Rose system does not cover the case of a man try- 
ing to drop into a metal boat. 
Handicaps are good— sometimes too good. 
A few of the Old Guard stayed through the programme and lost, in 
the way "producers" do. They made many friends and did their em- 
ployers good, but it was a poor place to lay up money. 
Paul Welse, Jack Parker's right bower, hustled squads four days in- 
imitably, and all fur love of Jack. 
All the employees on the grounds were well posted, courteous and 
efficient. It was a very businesslike shoot. 
The big Du Pont shoot and the hot weather hurt the attendance 
considerably, but the shoot was a rattler just the same. 
The shooters all thought the grounds very pleasant to shoot on. 
There is no better background in the country. 
There is some speculation as to what sort of game Jack Parker will 
spring on the boys next year. 
They didn't do a thing to Jack this year, either. 
A few long races liven up a programme wonderfully. 
1206 BoYCB BciLDiNQ, Chicago. E. Hough. 
Our Du Pont Tournament Sketches. 
Mr. Hough writes in appreciation of the artists whose services were 
enlisted by Forest and Stream at the Du Pont tournament: ■ 
Mr. W. L. Wells, who did most of the sketches for the report, is 
perhaps the best known artist of Chicago, and has no superior in his 
profession here. He has always been especially fond of sporting 
topics, and has done some fine colored work in wildfowl scenes. His 
"Mallards" and "Teal" have been seen all over the country. Mr. 
Wells's facile pencil had b great deal asked of it this week, and on the 
briefest notice he was called on to make two-minute portraits for a 
reporter always in a hurry to catch a mail East. He was equal to the 
task. His portraits are admirable. The portrait of Mr. Francis 6. 
Du Pont was pronounced by daily newspaper men who looked at it to 
be the best pen-and-ink portrait they had ever seen. He caught the 
shooters as they were, not as they pose to appear. 
Mr. W. S. Phillips is a Western artist of wide experience and rapid 
pencil. If he hadn't been rapid he would not have done. His bits of 
shooting life show what he can see and do in about seventeen minutes, 
and on the dead jump. Forest and Stream had to overcome 1,000 
miles of geography and a vacant business day in handUng this report, 
so the artists had no time to eat or sleep. While Mr. Wells and Mr. 
Phillips were tending to their knitting at the grounds, Mr. Louis 
Braunhold was finishing up a scene or two that had been put in out- 
line. At the close of the shoot, when both Mr. Wells and Mr. Phillips 
and Mr. Braunhold were away, Mr. Coppernoll and his board had to 
be pressed into service. Had Mr. Ctoppernoll failed, it had been dis- 
covered that one of the boys who sold ginger pop at the soda water 
stand could make a stagger at a drawing if held up with a aun. His 
name was CoflCee. Had Mr. Coffee failed. Forest and Stream would 
have gotten some one else. 
Arendtsville Gun Club. 
Arendtsville, Pa., Aug, 8 —There were six events at targets and 
five live-bird events shot to-day on the grounds of the Arendtsville 
Gun Club. Scores in the target events were as follows, all events being 
at 10 targets: 
Events: 1 3 3 4 5 
W McCann 7 8 
Geo McCann..,i.. 5 
E Carson . , . . 9 
Events: 1 8 3 4 5 6 
C D Wisler 10 8 8 
S M Eaholtz 10 10 9 9 10 8 
A Kane 9 9 8 10 
E Wisler, Jr.... . 10 J Hoffman 8 7 
J CThomas 8 .. 9 .. 8 .. JFTaylor .. .. .. , 7 
ASchlosser 10 6 8 7 7 8 C P Arendt g 
CECrum 8 6 .. WWiaans,.., 5 
ALerew .... 9 6 7 8 
The live-bird scores were: 
6 
Events; 1 
Birds: 5 
0 D Wisler. 4 
Eaholtz 5 
Thomas 5 
Kane 
Lerew. . . . ...1 , 1... „. 
Schlosser , . 3 
Beamer 5 
3 3 
S 10 
5 9 
5 9 
5 9 
.. 10 
,. 9 
3 6 
3 .. 
4 5 
6 6 
5 .. 
3 .. 
3 
5 5 
5 6 
8 .. 
4 5 
5 6 
Events: 13 3 
Birds: 5 5 10 
Carson..,.,,,,..,... ,. 75 
Taylor.......... 5 5 
Arendt 4 
Livingston , ,, \\ '4 
J C Lower '5 
Orum,.. 5 
All the contestants in the live-bird events, except Taylor used 
Schultze powder loaded by C. D. Wisler. C. 
