Deo, 13 1899.1 
FOREST AND STREAM, 
477 
The Revolver Championship. 
The revolver tournament held last week by the Knickerbocker 
Athletic Club, of this city, wai interesting as an example of pistol 
practice, and was participated in by a number of persons, one of 
whom, Mr. Olsen, came on from Minnesota to take part in the con- 
test. 
We have already remarked that »8 a contest for the revolver cham- 
pionship of the United States, which this tournament was originally 
announced to be, it is an absurdity. Neither the Knickerbocker 
Athletic Club, nor any other organization, however good its intentions 
may be, has the power to do away with all that has been aceom- 
plished in any sport in the past, and to begin, at some date which 
may puit its own convenience, a new series of records. There are 
already champion revolver shots in this country, and what they have 
done in the past cannot be ignored. 
The amateur championship is held by Capt. W. E. Petty, who has 
held it for four years against all comers. No title of championship 
given by any association will be worth the paper that it is written on 
until Capt. Petty shall have been defeated, and it would certainly be 
most unfortunate for the sport of revolver shooting it chamoionship 
titles could be given out by any association which might choose to 
assume the right to do this. Such a course could result only in end- 
less cnnfusion and bickering, with the result of cheapening and de- 
grading the pport and all who took part in it. 
While the Knickerbocker Athletic Club might very well inaugurate 
a tournament to decide who should be the championship of the club o"" 
of the State, it mn have nothirg at present" *o',SBy 'about the cham- 
pionship of the United States, and for the sake of the sport it is to be 
hoped that no claim to these titles will be made by the winner of this 
tournament until after the existing champion shall have been chal- 
lenged and defeated. The matter is one in which the mere pride of 
an organization ought not to be allowed to endanger the sport. 
On the other hand, this competition having brought out some good 
pistol shots, it will be eminently proper that they— or some of them— 
should challenge Capt. Petty for the amateur championship, and if 
hp should be defeated by th° winner in the Knickerbocker Athletic 
Club he will no doubt bear hi'i defeat as gracefully as he has in the 
past the victories he has won. 
Calumet Heights Riflemen. 
Chicago, III., Nov. 26 — The Calumet Heights Gun Club held a rifle 
contest to-d«y in connection with its annual Thanksgiving Day tour- 
nament. The rifle committee of the club issued the following pro- 
gramme of events: 
No. 1. to commence at 8 A M. sharp: Class A, medal shoot, 10 
shots, 200yds, any caliber rifl>, suHject to th"* usual rules; four 
prizes; entrance for medal score, 26 cents; entrance for medal score 
and special prizes, 50 cents. 
No. 2, to commccB at 10 A. M.: Class B, ladies' medal shoot, 10 
shots, lOOvds., .22cal. rifles, subject to the usu»l rules; four prizes; 
entrance fee for medal score and prizes, 50 cents. 
No. 3, to commpnce at 11:.30 A.M.: Class B, ladies only, 5 shots, 
100yds., .33cal. rifles, off-hand, any position; three prizes; entrance 
fee, 50 cents. 
No. 4, to con^mence at 2 P. M.: Class A, gentlemen; 10 shots, any 
caliber rifle, off-hand position; each contestant to advance 20yd8 and 
fire the first shot at ISOyds., second at 160yd8., third at 140yds., fourth 
iat 120yds.. 'fifth at lOOyds. ; each contestant to flre his full score and 
count it afterward; four prizes; entrance fee, 50 cents. 
Prizes for season's scores: Class A— first prize, diamond medal; 
spcind prize, silk u-nbrel'a; third priz?, mantel clock. Class B— First 
prize, diamond medal; second prize, embroidered lunch cloth; third 
prize, embroidered centeroieee. 
There will be two sighting shots permitted. 
As this is to be the last rifle shoot fur the season, we expect that 
every member who can will be on hand. With this idea in view, the 
rifle committee have made the programme as short as is consistent 
with the importance of the day. 
The class medals will be awarded by the committee in the evening. 
Two consolation prizes will also be awarded in each class for second 
and third best scores for the season. 
Thanking the members for their generous support in the past, and 
trusting that rifle shooting has come to stay in the Calumet Heights 
Club, etc. 
The medals in the rifle contests for the season were awarded as fol- 
lows: Class A medal to Dr. J. O. Hobbs on 206 out of a possible 250 
points; Class B medal to Miss Ervin on 222 out of a possible 250 
points. 
The results in the four contests arranged for to-day are given in 
detaU below: 
Nn. 1. No. 4, 
JCHohbs,Jr 3455415344 —41 24344 —17 
J O Hobbs 3434.554435—39+3-41 48448 —18 
Dr Harlan .345444M44 —89 
Dr Davis 4354045=i44-S74-2-S9 32340— 13-|-1—13 
G C Lampbere 0534444353- 34+2—36 
HB Black .........3442440435-33+3-35 33444—18+1—19 
A C Paterson , S520433534-32+3-84 
DrHodson .. 4434304354 -33 24524 —17 
Spalding 4303434424 —23 
la No. 1 J. 0 H'lbbs, Ji*., won first. Dr. Harlan second, G. C. Lam- 
nhere third and H. B Black fourth. In No. 4 Black won first. Dr. 
Hobbs second and Hobbs, Jr . third. 
No. 2. No. 3. 
Mrs CW Carson 4445454444 —42 50434 —16 
Mrs Marshall 3334445444— 3?+3 - 40 23332—12+1-13 
Mrs Chamberlain 4543443343 -36+2—38 55453 -22+1—23 
Mrs RB Carson 4434434444 -38 03332 —11 
MrsLamphere ..........4434443333 —35 33428 —15 
Miss Ervin 3333434333 —31 34043 —14 
In No. 3 Mrs. 0. W, CarFon won first, Mrs. Marshall second, and 
Mrs Chamberlain third. la N'^. 8 Mrs. Chamberlain won first, Mrs. 
C. W. Carson second, and Mrs. Lamphere third. 
In the above lO shot contests "open sights" were allowed 3 points, 
and 1 point in the 5-shot contests. 
Nov. US — The following sores were male to day by members of 
Class A, open sights bsing allowed 2 points in each 10-shot contest. 
Conditions: 200yds., off hand, standard target: 
No 1 No. 3. 
C W Spalding 3448445454— 40 3445443433— 37 
AW Harlan 4154342443 - 3r 4431453444— 3S 
L Davis 4534444343—38+2-40 iiUmiii— 35 
AC Paterson 2332043343— 27 3354544343-36+2—38 
In a third shoot uader the "ime 'ionditions, Harlan won first with 
41; Paterson second with 35+3—37; Davis was third with 36, and 
Spalding fourth with 38. 
Miss Ervin shot a string nf 10 shot? for the Class B meda'; condi- 
tions: 100yds. . 23-calib'-)r rifle, rest, C'-eedmoor target reduc-' i Her 
score was 4444545444—42. Patty. 
Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club. 
San Francisco, Cal.. Nov. 22 —The following scores were made to- 
dflv by members of the Coh-mbia Pistol and Rifle Club: 
Bifle, 200yd8 three shots, Unfred diamond medal: F. O, Young 11, 
D. W MeLansihlin 16. 
Military rifle, Qlindem \un medal, ten shots: E. Hovey 45, F. H. 
Bushnell 45 F. H. Pape 45 
Rifle record, ten shots: Dr. L. O. Rodgers 67, F. Schaff^r 63, 
Most flags during the month; E. Hovey (musket) 2, F. O. Youn^ 3. 
D. W. McLaughlin 3, Dr. L O. Rodgers 1, A. H. Strecker 1, H. Bar- 
feind 1 
Pistol SOfds,, Blanding medal, three phots, re-entry: J. E Gorman 
7, 7; T. O Younar, 8. 8; T. W. Bushnell, 8, 14. 
All come "-s .33 caliber riflo, Rogers medal,- five shots, re entry: E. 
Jacobson, 9 9; Ei. Hovey, 8, 9; Colonel S. J. Kellogg 16; Mrs. M. J. 
White, 15, 16; Mrs O. F. Waltham. 
Qlindeminn ladies' trophy, ten shots, .33-oaliber rifle: Mrs M. J. 
White 38, Mrs. C. F. Waltham 48. Roeki.. 
Cincinnati Rifle Association. 
Cincinnati, O., Nov. 29 —The fnllowins' scores w^re made to-''ny by 
membero of the Cincinnati Rifle Aosociation. Conditions: SOOyds., 
off-hand, Standard target, 7-rir(r b'ack: 
Gin dele. 
798R10S5199 7-84 10 7fiR 10 8999 S-.P4 
10 7 9 10 9 10 8 10 8 7—88 10 10 8 6 9 9 10 7 9 9-87 
Payne. 
9 8 8 9 fi' 8 10 10 S 5-RI 7868 10 R779 9— 7fi 
879789786 7-76 7858.7 10 568 9-73 
T"oun8tPin . 
7 5 6675 10 89 9-73 R'=(5fi7R68R 10-71 
679569968 6-71 8 10 4 8 8 5 6 6 9 6-70 
TTeidkamp 
8886 9 8 6 9 5 9—76 8 683897 10 4 10-73 
10 8 4 7 8 6 4 10 6 8-70 6 6 6 8 6 8 9 8 6 7-70 
Topf. 
8725846R 10 7—70 7 5 3 10 3 8 5 7 9 7— ''4 
675588464 7-60 49 10 348464 8-60 
. Lux. 
8 10 45 5 7787 5—68 8 8 fi 5 5 8 9 ."i 9 5-68 
6 7 6 7 5 5 6 6 6 6 -64 5 8 6 7 7 7 7 5'8 4-;-64 
Hasenzabl. 
6 10 9 10 5 10 9 8 10 9- 86 8 R 7 10 fi 10 8 8 10 fi-Pl 
10 7 9 6 9 7 8 8 6 10—80 8 7 10 6 8 8 6 10 10 7—80 
Drube. 
10 10 3 4 6 9 10 3 7 7-69 5 R 5 .«i 7 10 7 5 R 10-70 
76 10 8 7 6 8 8 5 5—70 7 7 4 8 4 6 4 8 6 7—61 
Hake* 
56569696 3 7—62 10 84868934 5—65 
596447587 3-56 
* Military rifle. 
Knickerbocker Club's Tournament. 
Thk revolver totirnament promoted hv the KaiokHrhockor Club, 
TJpw York oity, was brought to a cloae a't«r a week'"" shootine 00 th'i 
club's ranges S"imo r<^ally exce'l'^nt scorps were ra'iide. but as re- 
entries werA allowed this is not to ba wondered at. as some of the best 
revolver experts in thp ciuntry t^ok ptrt. The proceedings were 
w'l mantsred and evorythine: paosipd off annothlv. 
Thirtv-threp shooters in nil trok pnrt in thf> contest, the mn joritv of 
coin-ae beine from New York and the vieinitv, altbouffh there were 
pomn among the number ho came a Inne distance to com'^ete for 
honors with the revolver. Amone the 'itte'" was Oo<iar T. OI«en. of 
Minppspolip. who was urible to r«t to New York before Thursday, 
and thus had only two and one-half davs in wh'ch to do his best to 
hept those who had had six day.« at their dipoosnl. Over 1,100 targets 
wf re flred at, an average of something like 33 to eflc*i man. Of course 
ibis average was not general; no doubt spvernl of the shooters rp- 
enterpd many morpi times than others. Figures on these re ent-ies 
"•orld be interesting readinar. It stands to reason that, eriven equal 
skill, the man who re-enters oftenest is the one that has the best 
chance to come out on top when only the two best targets at each of 
th° two raos'es count 'or prizes, 
T*^e names of th« contestants were: Guy E. Robinson, Dr. C, T. 
Adems, Caut .Taa. n Summers. Dr. H. E Westbay. M. Metzler, Dr. R. 
H Savre. S W. McPberson, L L Jessup. Dr. W. .T. Furreos, H. C. 
Barnett, P. S Schwab, Geo. Mager. J M. Stewart. P. T', wilder, Chas. 
McChesnev, P d'Irio. F. Minervlni, H. J Bennett, H. O'Brien, W. C. 
Damron, Theodore Beck. Alex Stein, F. w Grpen. F A. Plaioted, 
(^scar T. Olsen. E A Bifeiow, W. O O'B-ien, G. O Waters, C. B, 
Bi'^hop. O. Corrie. G. W. Ripley, A. A. Webher and O E, Talntor. 
The conditions were 6 shots on each target at each rnnse, 10 and 
2n^ds , use of any revolver whose barrel and cylinder did not exceed 
lOJ^'n , any ammunition and anv trigppr pull. In giving its report of 
the "corf's made duriner the week, the New York Sun of Dec 7 says; 
"The jiidgen or scrutinlzprs w»re Gen, B, M, Whitlock, State Tn- 
sneotor of Rifle Practire; Gen. B. W, Spencer. Insnector of Rifle 
Practice in New Jersev; Ijie"fc. H O Broun; Maj. N. B Thurston, of the 
22d Resiment, and Charles Z"»ttler. the well-known rifle shot After a 
lone session, which was urincip'illy due to the fact that the judges 
had to examine each and everv one of the 1,100 odd target" with mae- 
nifving glasses, measuring instruments, etc., the following five highest 
scores were announced: 
Theodore Beck. 
Dr R H Sayre 
"Manv others were close up. but their scores were not floured out. 
While the winner made a remarkablv high score, the majoritv of the 
experts wore of thn opinion that Olsen, the Minneapolis crack, did by 
far the best shooting of the tournament, and his average of tarsret;s 
shot at wa« higher than that of any other c">ntpstant. Instead of 
starting: in on Monday and shooting continuously all week, as the win- 
ner and most of the other contestants dii. he was unable to reach the 
city until Thursday, losing three and a half di»ys' practice." 
lOYds. SOYds. 
Total. 
68 
59 
iir 
58 
,57 
115-232 
58 
117 
57 
5fi 
111— 22s 
58 
58 
116 
57 
55 
112—228 
57 
59 
116 
55 
56 
111—237 
56 
58 
114 
54 
56 
110—224 
If you iwant your shoot to be announced here 
H^nd In notice like the foUowlns: 
FIXTURES 
Dec. 12 — HiOKENSAOK, N. J.— Amateur championship of New Jer- 
sev, under the auspices of the Berg«n County Gun Club. 
Dec. 15.— Chicago. 111.— Winston-Roll match for the Du Pont trophy; 
Watson's Park. 
Deo. 22. — Albany, N, Y. — ^Tournament under the auspices of the 
West End Gun CInh; nparrows, Horace B. Derby, Sec'y, 
Dec, 33-23, — Elizabeth, N, J.— Ninth bi-monthly tournament of the 
Elizabeth Gun Club. First day, targets; second day, live birds. 
1897. 
Jan. 1. — Newark, N. J —Sixteenth annual tournament and reception 
of the South Side Gun Club, W. B. Hobart, Sec'y. 
Jan. 4-5.— PRKsao'rr. Arizona.- Fourth annual tournament of the 
Arizona State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the 
Prescott Gun Club. Roy Hill, Sec'y. 
Jan. 14-15 —iNDTANAroLis. Ind —Tournament of the Limited Gun 
Club; sparrows. Royal Robinson, Sec'y. 
Jan. 20-25,— Sak Antonio, Tex,— Second midwinter tournament, 
under thje management of O-scar Guessnz, $200 added, 
Feb. 27-March 11,— Hot Springs, Ark,- The Arkansaw Traveler's 
first grand annual live bird tournament: $10,000 in purses and added 
moneys. Souvenir programmes ready Jan. 1. Address all communi- 
cations to Jnlnn J. Sumpter, Jr., Box 111, Hot Springs, Ark. 
March 13-17 — Batchkster, N. Y.— Second annual tournament of 
the Cobweti Gun Club: live birds and targets, Cobweb handicap at 
live birds, $500 guaranteed. 
March 28-25.— New York City.- The Interstate Association's fifth 
annual Grand American Handicap at live birds. 
April 15-17.— San Antonio, Tex. —Tournament of the San Antonio 
Gun Club. Open to amateurs only. Willard T. Simpson, Chairman 
Ex (Tom. 
May 11-14.— Oil City, Pa.— Seventh annual tournament of the Penn- 
sylvania State Sportsmen's Association, under the auspices of the Oil 
City Gun CI"b. Targets and live birds. Black powder barred. Spe- 
cial event: 25 live birds per man, $25, $1,000 guaranteed. Send en- 
tries to H C. Reeser, Sec'y, Oil City, Pa. 
May 17-22.— Kansas City, Mo — Annual tournament of the Missouri 
State" Game and Fish Protective Association Fred T. Durrant, Sec'y. 
June ("third week).— Cleveland, O.— Fourth annual tournament of 
th° PhambprHr nartriflsp and Tnrgret Company 
June 16-17.— Fargo, N. D.— Third annual tournament of the North 
Dakota Sportsmen's AsBoelation Tareret*. W W. Smith, Sec'y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club Kecretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 
these columtis, also any news notes they may care to have printed. 
Ties in all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. 
Mail all such matter to Forest and Strea^n Publishing Company, 3U6 
Broadway, New York. 
The Forest and Stream i» put to preat each week on Tuesdajt. 
'CorrespondeTice intended for publication should reach Uf at tht 
laUat btf MoiUkeiitM^ ^ Mvwk earlier aapractica^e. 
E D. Falford can now star as a boy wonder. He has removed that 
heavy black moustache that concealed every wrinkle when he smiled, 
and now apoears with a smooth-shaven upper lip and looks ten years 
yo'inger. His good lioks, however, suffer prop^rtiouately, and it 
would seem more natural for him to be pacing the Rialto in the char- 
acter of a theatrical star rather than handling a Greener as one of the 
planets of the shootinj; firmament. 
A very unpleasant piece of business marred the pleasure 'or tb<» 
creat four-handed shoot at Trenton, N. J , last Thursday, Deo, 3. 
The original intention was to mafee the purse one money, winner to 
take all. A final agreemont was come to by which, as we heard it, 
the winner was to tak*> 75 per cent, of the purse, the second man sav- 
ing his stake, there boing four entries. At th« close. Elliott and 
Brewer w^re ti«d with 96 each; Fulford came n»xt with 93. and Class 
last with 93. This result was duly announced by t>>e referee at the 
close of the match. Somehow or another Class and Fulford got mixed 
up in their dates and imaeioed th^v were a tie, and agreed to "divide 
second moupy." They went to Zwirlein. who was stakeholder, and 
told him that they had ap-roed to divide second money, as tbev were 
tipfi ; he accordingly handed over the amount due to the second man, 
and they divided it. la a few minutes Fulford became aware that he 
was a bird ahead of O'ass, and Class was asked to hand over the 
money pnid to him under a misapprehension. This he absolutely re- 
fused to do, and so far as we are aware of he has made no attempt to 
repay the naoney. Class made a great mistake in this matter, accord- 
ins; to our wav of thinking, and did harm to the cause of trap- 
shooting by such action. In regard to the division of the purse: It 
seems to us, in view of the fact that there was very little more than a 
tacit agreement to make it high suns under the revised condition o' 
affairs as to stake money, etc.; and also taking into considpration that' 
the race was shot under A, 8. A. ru'ns, the division of the 75 per cent, 
of the purse between Brewer and El'iott was about the only thine to 
do under those rules which Btat« (Rule 26'): "All shooting shall be 
class shooting unless otherwise stated," It is only right to sav that 
EIliol;t and Brewer's backers accepted the division in a sportsmanlike 
manner. This feature is made the more pleasin-? from the fact that 
the stakeholder was himself one of Brewer's backers, and ws re- 
sponsible for hilf of his stake; by hi^ r iling he actually lost 6J4 per 
cent, of the ouroe. i, e.. one-fourth of 25 per cant, of the purse divided 
between Fulford and Class. 
A couDle of months ago W. M. Hard'ng, of the Boston. Mass • 
firm of Hovev & Harding, bought a Lefever gun with the intention of 
taking up trap-shootine. He i" a trood man on same, but targets 
were something he had never tried hU hand at. Mr. Harding knowB 
Charlie Budd and has a great resoect for Charlie's oowers as a target 
smasher. "So n;ood a man on targets ought to bo able to give me 
some pointers," thought Mr. Harding. Acoordincrly, being in Des 
Moines, la,, about that time, he looked in unon Charlie at thp gun 
store and asked him about trap-shooting, and whether there was a 
trap anywhere that hn c^uld uraetice o^er. aided by a few bints from 
the Iowa king-t)in himself. Charlie, though busy, dropped everything, 
took Mr. Hardin f out and give him a" oh-j»ct lesson. As Mr. Hard- 
ing told us the story, it was this way: "Charlie shot at a fe^j- targets 
to show me how to do it; of coursp, he broke 'em all. Then he made 
me shoot, and threw a lot of straightaways for me, and a few that 
went "ff to one sidp. I broke sevpral of the straightaways, hut those 
side fallows I couldn't touch." That was less than two montha ago, 
we believe. Then Mr. Harding caron East to his home in New York, 
and tried bis hand at targets on the Endeavor Gun Cl"b's grounds, at 
Marion. N. J , and also on the New Utrecht Gun Club's grounda, at 
Dyker Meadow, L, I. He will forgive us if we state that the resuU of 
those efforts was enough to discourage many a man from trying 
again. He has tried again, how«vpr, and the last time was on Satur- 
day. Dpc 5, on the grounds cf 'he Boiling Springs Gun Club, of Ruth- 
erford, N. J., of which dub he is a member. He is no longer "easy." 
For a fifth attempt at targets 40 out of 50. half at known and half at 
unknown angles, is not to be despised. "Those side fellows" caused 
him no particular trouble, hut we noticed some of the strav^h^-awaya 
getting away from him. (The above story is copyrighted. If Oharlio 
Budd wnnts to use it as an advertisement of his power as a trainer of 
orflcker jacks he will have to ask our permission before doing so.) 
Paul R Tiitzke writes: "Owing to the heavy dew that fell on Thanks- 
giving Day at Hot Springs, Miss Annie Oakley was unable to give her 
exhibition, and the t,eam race that was on the programme botween 
Miss Oakley and John Sumpter on one side, and Hughes and Williams 
on the other, was not shot, hut was postponed until the following 
Saturday. The weather on that day was bright and clear, with a high 
wind blowing, and the temoerature below freezing. Miss Oakley did 
some very fine shootins with both pistol and rifle, and also shot at 25 
livebird« from five King trap", regulation rise; of this number she 
peered 20. with 2 ottiers dead out of bounds. The team race could 
j'otbpphot. iftlss Oakley having to leave to catch an early train for 
New York." 
At the Douiaville, Ky., shoot, bold Nov. 26 on the grounds of the 
Kentucky Gun Cluh, the winner of the Kentucky Futurity Handicap 
was J D Gav, of Pine Grove, Ky. At the shoot Gay did some re- 
markable work with the gun. In the Futurity he scored 49 out of 50, 
the lost bird being dead out of bound After the 50 blrd event he 
shot in miss-and-outs until he had fired at 100 pigeons; of that num^^er 
he scored 99. the last bird, as stated above, falling dead out of bounds. 
Mr. Gay shoots fif we remember right) a Parker gun; his load this 
occasion wn" 3J^drs. of Hazard's Blue Ribbon, li^oz. of Nos. 7J^ and 
7 shot in a Trap shell. All Mr. Gay's birds were shot at from the 
30yd. mark. 
We had a long letter from Milt Lindsley the other day; It was dated 
Nov. SO. Although he does not mention his health, it must be all 
right because there was any quantity of vivacity in every line of that 
epistle. Here's a sample: "I expect to be In New York In time fo" 
the Grand American Handicap and the Exposition, and don't think 
there is anv doubt at all but what I shall wia the handicap.- When I 
don't do any shooting for quite a long time I get to thinking the mat- 
ter all over and I come to the conclusion that I am a great shot. Of 
course I quickly lose this idea when it comes to an actual test, but as 
there are sometimes many weeks in which I don't do any shooting, it 
is quite a pleasant illusion." 
Howard E. Norton, of Iront.on, O , a shooter well known to many 
brother shooters outside of his own State, has accepted a position 
with the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, of New Haven, 
Conn., his connection with that company dating from Monday of 
this week. Another equally well known and equally popular shooter, 
who has joined the ranks of the employees of this company. Is Bert 
W. Claridge, of Baltimore, Md. Mr. Claridge will be found busy in 
the loading room at any and all hours except those when it is neces- 
sary for him to eat and sleep, Baltimore and Ironton have both lost 
something, while New Haven has been the gainer. 
Neaf Ap?ar and Jake Blendermann reached New York on Tuesday 
last, Dec 1, after a week's hunt at Washington. Ind., under the guid- 
ance of John L. Winston (No. 147), who also took them under his roof 
tree and set out the best he had. Neaf says that the quail were so 
thick that it was hard to miss them when they got up. Notwithstand- 
ing a raiay time that made the ragweed very wet, both parties came 
back thoroughly satisfied with the trip, something that doesn't hap- 
pen every day of the week. 
On Dpc. 5 Annie O ikley gave an exhibition of shooting at Greenville, 
0 , 3,000 persons being present, according to our correspondent, who 
grows enthusiastic over the pretty work done by "the Darke county 
girl." Mrs. Butler was born only a few miles from Greenville, and the 
people were anxious to see her. She broke targets, singles and 
doubles; then '-he rode a bicycle and broke morn targets as she ped- 
aled along. She wound up by killing 27 out of 30 selected live birds 
that had a strong northwest wind to aid them. 
We have received a CO ^ munication from the Bergen County Gun 
Club, of Haekensack, N. J., stating that the shoot for the Becreation 
CUP will be started at noon, but that entries will be received as late as 
3:30 P. M. in order to keep faith with the public as per previous an- 
nouncement. Intending contestants will find it to their advantage to 
be on hand as early as possible, as It takes some time to shoot 100 tar 
gets and it gets dark very early at this time of the year. Sweep- 
stake shooting will be started at 10 A. M. 
The Baker Gun Company, of Batavia, N. Y,, issues quarterly a 
magazine that contains a lot of ms'ter that is of interest to men fond 
of a gun and of shooting. In its November number It gives, among 
other items, a description of a new ' hammer gun built specially for 
the use of nitro powders." A couple of half-tone engravings show 
the gun and the action of the lock very clearly, the latter being a 
very simple piece of mechanism, while the gun itself is certainly a 
good-looking weapon. 
During her stay at Hot Springs, Ark., Miss Annie Oakley has been 
doing some very good work with her shotgun. She has captivated 
the boys by her work on quail A party of four, consisting of Mr. 
and Mrs. Frank Butler, G. W. Hughes and E. E. Woodcock, hanged 
43 quail in about Ave hours' shooting, Mrs. Butlpr (Annie Oakley) 
being responsible for 13 of them, several more than her proportion. 
Jno. J Sumpter, Jr., says Mrs. Butler can shoot quicker in the brush 
than anybody else he ever was out with. 
There seems some likelihood now of a match between Elliott and 
Brewer. The latter can easily find backing now that he has shown 
what he can do once more, and the former is by no means lacking in 
either pluck or skill, Oa Friday last, Dec. 4, Brewer went up to the 
store of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and wanted to 
raept Elliott, but nothing came of it that day, as E'liott had business 
• ^'sw flavpn and could not stop to talk shoot, having to hustle to 
catch his train. 
The West End Gun Club, of Albany, N Y.. will hold a shoot at 
sparrows on December 22. Secretary Horace B. Derby writes us that 
his club will have enough birds ou band to guarantee an all-day 
shoot. 
Brewer, Elliott, Fulford ard CIess! Tt was a great quartette and a 
great shoot. It wUl be a long time before we see its like a^gain. 
