FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 2, 189^. 
A New Year's Idyl. 
ROLLA HKIKKS'S DliBAM. 
■ It all happened last September— on the second day of the Pennsyl- 
vania State Sportfmen'a Association's tourBament at Harrisburg. 
The conversation between whiles, that ia, while we were waiting to be 
called to the score, somehow or another turned on millionaires. 
Taere was nothing personal about the conversation, not a single 
miUionaire beins: a member of the little crowd under the tent fly. 
Rolla wasn't saying a word, but the cigar which he wassnaoking went 
out, always a sure sign that he is doing something heavy in the way 
of thinking. A few minutes later he roused himself, suggested that 
we should go and get a cup of buttermilk or something of a similar 
nature, and sauntered off to the restaurant. 
s On the way there,, without a word of warning, he said: "Yes, I'd 
just lite to have a million or so. I'd give the boys a shoot that was a 
shoot; just give them one real tournament; something to think about 
and soDietbing to talk about. Just imagine what a gathering I'd get 
together! Purses ranging anywhere from ^5,000 for nrst money down 
■ to $50 or $100 for each man in fourth place in any event! No entrance 
fees and nothing taken out of the purses for targets! Would the boys 
come to it?" 
ready, 
andr 
up. and Roha's plan for a big tournament passed out of mind. 
That same evening, somewhere in the neighborhood of bedtime, I 
got my key and went up to n.y room. Hearing voices next door, and 
knowing that in that room was the eyrie of the Bald Eagle of the 
Ohio Valley, I tapped, received the proper response and entered. 
Rolla was lying on his bed listening to Dick Swiveller's disquisition on 
the merits of Gold Dust Taking the only vacant chair, I sat down 
and took upon myself the strain of answering "Yes" and "No" at the 
proper intervals. Before I'd taken half a dozen puffs at my cigar 
Rolla WRS asleep and dead to the world, but Dick still kept on. 
Presently Rolla got restless and began to talk in his sleep "Not a 
cent for entrance fees," we heard him say. Then he kicked out one 
leg and clenched his right hand, exclaiming, "Let 'em ail in? Why of 
course." He wa=f quiet for a few moments, and Dick utilized those 
few moments to proceed with his lecture. Then came another, and 
this time a flual interiuption. Raising himself into a sitting posture, 
Rolla said: "Look at the-m coming! More than half of them will have 
to walk home! Ha. ha!" a"d with his laugh he woke up and rubbed his 
eyes, while Dick and I smiled. 
His first words were: "What woke ma up? It's a shame, boys, but 
I was ju!t enjoying the pleasui-e of giving a perfect tournament." Of 
course we wanted to know all about it, so he told us his dream in 
something like the following words: 
y i - , BIS IDEAL TOURNAMENT. 
"You remember our talk this morning about millionaires, and my 
idea of what sort of a shoot I'd give if I was one of those things? ■ 
Well, I've just been dreaming that I was worth a million or so, and 
felt very pleasant over it. Of course, I was bound to have my ideal 
tournament and gl^e the boys a good timf^, Ordina'ily there's a lot 
of bother connected with the getting up of a tournament, but when it 
comes to a dream tournament with a million or so back of it, every- 
thing's O. K. 
'•First thing I did, as far as I can remember, was to get Elmer 
Shaner, Paul Nirth, Jack Parker and Paul Liizke and set them to 
work locating grounds for the shoot. Elmer Sbaner's hair stood on 
end when I told him what I proposed to do: :$100,000 added, no en- 
trance fees, targets thrown for nothing, everybody's fare paid to and 
from the shoot from any point in the United States, proviced he came 
and shot through the entire programme and made over 80 per cent. ; 
no hotel expenses. In fact, everything free. Elmer said: 'They'll 
all come, but a whole lot of them will have to walk home.' 
"All Jack Parker said was: 'Let 'em come and we won't do a thing 
to 'em 1' 
"Paul North nearly fell off a cane-bottomed chair when I told him 
that he was to prepare to put, in fifty magautraps. (I didn't tell him 
that I had already given Fred Quimby an order for fif cy sets of empire 
traps). 
"Paul Litzke was to look after the scorers. When he saw the long 
line of trapa in prospect, about three miles of them In a straight Une, 
he said he'd have to have a dozen Arkansas mules to ride, or he 
wouldn't look at the job. I told him he'd have to ride a bicycle or 
hoof it, so he quit, aaymg: 'Forest ajjd Steeam is good enough for 
me. Bicycles be jiggered!' 
"Then we set to work preparing for the tournament. There was a 
canopy of the Stars and Stripes over each score, with easy chairs be- 
hind each man for him to sit down in case there was a balk at the 
traps. A little colored chap was posted at each chair with a fly-scarer 
to keep the flies off any shooter who wasn't breaking straight. In 
rear of each score was a spacious tent of gayly colored material; and 
in each tent was any amount of easy chairs for the waiting squads, 
while cool beverages were served by a colored attendant from a bowl 
of cracked ice ano things that adorned the center of a table in that 
tent. Cigars and cigareties could be had for the asking— no limit. 
"The music was a great feature. Sousa had charge of everything. 
The Marine band was there as well as flee other magnificent orches- 
tras. In fact there was a band every half mile down the line. Every 
piece of music played was composed specially for the occasion. What 
were they? Well, ss I remember the names of some of them some- 
thing like this: 'Parmelee's Patter Song,' 'Fred Gilbert's Lament,' 
•The Oago Chief Has Dropped a Target,' 'Charge of the Nitro Bri- 
gade,' 'Come Where the jUoodle iSLwaita You,' 'Who Missed that 
Straightaway,' and so on. 
"Halfway between each bandstand was a fountain of perfumed 
water— eau de Cologne, f rangipani, wood violet, attar of roses, etc. 
Urn! but thiry smeliod delicious. 
"How about the eating arrangements? They were all right, I can 
tell you. Eyery lOOyds. was a tent with a full-blown Delmonico res- 
itaurant. It was simply a case of 'walk in ai d order what you want.' 
That was the sign over the door. As you came out you were con- 
fronted with a sign of 'Have you had enough?' We took that down 
after a bit, as some of the boys— Sei.h Clover among the number- 
wouldn't leave the tents because, as they said, they never knew when 
they'd had enough. 
"Then you ought to have seen the arrangements for transferring 
the shooters from one end of the line to the other. Two tracks of 
rails were laid down behind the tents, and trains drawn by noiseless 
motors ran up and down on about one minute headway. There was 
nothim to pay, and you got on and off at any point of the journey 
you V aated to. 
"The cashier's department was no trouble at all. There were no 
entries to take; only mouthy to pay out to the winners after the shoot 
was all over or when a fe low want broke at poker over night. We tooii 
I. O. U's from anybody who could produce proof that he wanted a few 
dollars to help him along 'until the shoot was over.' 
"I suppose you think that we'd have some trouble preventing the 
boys re-entering several times for the same event. We flxed that ail 
right. Agents met every train about fifty miles trom the scene of the 
shoot and made up squads from the man on that train, giving 
each man a diamond badge with a number on it and a ticket 
showing where he commanced to shoot;' tt^at is, what set of 
traps he was to shoot on first. He commenced at that set of 
traps and went down the line from right to left until he reached 
the last set, when he went back to the head set (No. 1) and shot 
down the line until he'd got back to the set he started on. Then 
he was through. Every event was at 25 tarfjets, and at the end ot the 
shoot there was to be a grand drawing: 100 numbers were to ba put 
into a wheel, and the lirst numbar out was to be the number of the 
event in which scores for the largest prizes were to count, and so 
on, Mo one could tell until the drawing took place what prize he was 
in for. 
"Took a long time to shot? Of course it did. The programme 
called for 100 events of 25 targets each. Each man had to shoot 2.50 
targets a day, so that the shoot was to last just ten days, with an 
extra, day for distribu ing prizes. 
"Ot course it was impossible to get a place where we could hold the 
shoot close to a city of any size. But I didn't care. We located away 
out on some prairie; ran a track from the railroad to the grounds. 
Put In a few miles of sidetracks, and held the Pullman cars for the 
hoys to roost in while at the shoot. Built a few small hotels for those 
who were unabie to sleep in the upper berths, and had one or two 
houses specially built, sort of bomb-proof, away off from the others, 
where we located all known and proved snorers of any ability. Then 
we had sidr tracks for freight caia Tnere were solid trains of freight 
cars packed with cases of loaded sheila of all kinds and also many car 
cads of bluerocks and empires. 
'■It took an army Of ruiiroad employees to handle the freight that 
came in daily, such as Chicago beef, mutton, etc , not to speak of the 
car loads ot ice and other thmg i that are used with that article. On 
the first day we ran out of uiiot, and there was at once a gentleman- 
like remonstrance from our friends from the South. It didn't occur 
again, but I had to send off a special tram lo bring in a fresh supply. 
"Oh! boys, 1 tell you it was great, and I was just enjoyiug myself 
when you woke me up, Get out of here. 1 want to go to sleep again 
and And out who wonthe money. Goodnight." 
Such was RoUa's dream. Edwabd Banks. 
A dispatch to the New York Siin from Long Branch, N. J,, dated 
iDec. 22, Btates that the Ivins Woolley ma tch, iicheduled for thai date, 
did not coaifc oti', owing to Woolley refusing to shoot unless J vins put 
•up tviiice the amount of stake money already agreed upon. The match 
was arranged £ov lOO birds per maa, 
North Texas Gun Club League. 
S!Air Antonio, Tax., Dec. 16.— At Waxahachie, Tex., on Dec. 9-10 wag 
held the fourtn tournament of the North Texas Gun Club League 
imder the auspicen of the Waxahachie Gun Club. The weather on 
both days was simply charming, in fact, rather too warm on the 10th 
than otherwise The grounds on which the shooting was done are 
exceedingly good, though rather difficult of access, owing to the 
long uiiervals at which the horse cars run, and, moreover, the dis- 
tance one has to wulk after leaving the cars. But when once on the 
spot one feels fully repaid for all small inconveniences, for really a 
more jovial, pleasant and hospitable set of men than those who com- 
pose the home club would be exceedingly bard to find. There is one 
man, however, whom I must particularly mention, and that is the 
worthy president of the League, K. M. Moore, of Farmersville. Be it 
North, South, East or West, we al! know him, and when he extends 
his hand and greets you a glow of warmth wraps itself around one. 
In paying tribute to Mr. Moore I will mention that he made the high 
est average durlne both days at the targets. 
The primary object of the League is to bring the shooting men of 
northern Texas together and to encourage trap shooting generally; 
therefore many of the matches are purely for a very small entrance, 
where one competes for merchandise prizes donated by the mer- 
chants and citizens of the town in which the tournament is given. 
Each day a sub.-<tantial dinner was served gratis on the grounds. The 
utmost good feeling prevailed, while the eveniags were spent by the 
sportsmen In whatever game or pastime seemed to meet with most 
general approval. 
Badger baiting is quite a sport at Waxahachie, and really one 
must have pulled— lustily at that— on one end of the string to feebly 
take in the ^porc in all its beauty, and under all the excitement and 
interest it brings about. 
Waxahachie is not as big as New York— not quite as broad as 
Chicago, but nevertheless it will do, and a more pleasant set of 
sportsmen it would be hard to find anywhere. 
First Day's Scores. 
Events: 
1 3 
3 i 
5 G 
7 
8 
Events: 
1 8 
3 
4 
5 6 
7 
8 
Targets: 
10 15 10 15 10. 15 10 10 
Targets: 
10 15 10 
15 
10 15 10 10 
W Haggard 
•? 9 
8 8 
9 13 
9 
W Norman 
8 13 
7 
14 
.. 12 
S Becham. 
8 13 
7 14 
8 11 
9 
CDleutsch 
7 10 
9 
12 
9 12 
7 
B J Russell 10 9 
9 9 
8 11 
10 
J B Boone. 
6 7 
8 
7 
4 9 
7 
7 
K M. Moore 10 14 10 15 10 la 10 
T Edwards 
3 .. 
2 
5 
2 .. 
4 
8 
N Hughes. 
8 8 
6 10 
3 13 
6 
6 
L. B Howell 
5 9 
6 
11 
6 13 10 
6 
E Worden. 
7 7 
6 12 
8 9 
8 
6 
J B Conlisk 
9 13 
6 
12 
9 14 
9 
Thompson 
4 7 
3 7 
6 5 
6 
6 
F Fauroce. 
10 13 
8 
13 
9 14 
9 
E Jickson. 
6 10 
8 VZ 
5 10 
8 
JMatthesvs 
8 11 
9 
12 
5 13 10 
A Wilcox. . 
7 l:i 
6 14 
8 n 
7 
F Arf ort. . . 
8 U 
8 
6 11 
6 
D .lackson. 
7 13 
7 14 
7 1-2 
( 
HE Pickett 
7 10 
8 
13 
7 9 
7 
J Maledou. 
6 14 
7 13 
5 13 
8 
A du Bray. 
7 11 
9 
10 
7 13 
6 
W K Allen. 
4 11 
7 15 
9 11 
7 
G A Strain. 
4 6 
5 
10 
5 9 
7 
5 
O Worden. 
7 10 
6 U 
8 12 
7 
*6 
AKStewart 
9 .. 
9 
0 B Spieer. 
3 .. 
4 .. 
2 .. 
3 
7 
F Meredith 
■9 
WVPickett 
S 11 
9 11 
7 12 
9 
A sweep at 7 live birds, $5 entrance, 3 moneys, was shot, with the 
following result: D. Jackson, 7; Norman, E. A. Worden and Wilcox, 
6; Faurote, Strain, Teutsch and Matthews. 5; W. V. Pickett, Becham, 
Da Bray, H. E. Pickett, Hughes, Haggard, Allen, Moore and Male- 
don, 4; Conlisk, Boone and Edwards, 3; Russell, Howell and O. W. 
Worden, 2. 
In a '20-target extra the following scores were made: Moore, SO; 
Norman and Faurote, 19; Teutsch. 18; Russell, 17; Du Bray, 16; Stew- 
art, Becham and Wilcox, 15; Haggard and Allen, 14; Howell, 11. 
Second Day's Scores. 
Events: 
Targets: 
D T Dodd . 
Haggard.. . 
A Wilcox. . 
O BSims.. 
F Faurote. 
"W Norman 
L Howell,. 
H Pickett., 
C Teutsch. 
E Worden. 
C Scherer. 
Matthews.. 
E Blocker. 
J B Boone. 
J Thomson 
C B Spicer. 
E Russell. . 
1 »345678 
10 15 10 15 10 SO 10 $0 
7 II 8 
8 10 7 
7 13 8 
9 14 10 
8 13 10 
7 15 9 
7 6 8 
8 .. 7 
8 12 10 
10 14 8 
8 11 
9 14 
8 11 
6 9 
5 8 
6 .. 
8 8 
7 7 
12 8 
12 8 
14 10 
13 9 
7 8 
12 8 
13 
12 
14 
8 10 
14 9 
12 9 
8 9 
10 8 
8 1 
14 5 
13 8 ., 
15 10 ., 
19 9 20 
18 .. .. 
19 10 17 
19 10 16 
13 6 5 
15 .. .. 
20 
16 
18 
18 
14 
16 
17 
12 .. 
16 10 
. 19 
8 .. 
9 20 
9 19 
8 11 
6 .. 
Events: 
Targets: 
K Moore.. 
J Maledon. 
LautzQ'st'r 
Williams . . 
W George. 
F Arfort . . 
S Becham. 
C A Strain. 
T Edwards 
A du Bray. 
A Stewart. 
W R Allen. 
L Fowler.. 
W Lomax. 
F Meredith 
W Pickett. 
N Hughes. 
1S345678 
10 IS 10 15 10 20 10 30 
10 
14 
8 15 9 20 8 
7 13 10 19 10 
13 10 13 
7 5 13 
7 
8 
4 
6 
1 
16 
10 
6 
13 
7 
8 
8 12 
II 
8 
., 18 
7 15 
4 14 
6 . . 
.. 17 
6 15 
0 .. .. 
8 19 10 
10 13 . . 
7 16 .. 
3 
3 18 . . . . 
8 17 10 15 
, . 19 10 17 
A consolation race, 10 targets, 35 cents enti'ance, merchandise 
prizes, resulted as follows: Blocker and Thomson 9, Boone, Hughes, 
Fowler, George and Meredith 6, Lomax and W. V. Pickett 5, Strain 
and Edwards 4, Dodd 3 
An event at 10 live birds, $7.50 entrance, four moneys, was also 
shot, with the following result: Du Bray and Maledon 9, Scherer 
and Blocker 8, Worden, Wilcox, Faurote. Hughes and Moore 7, 
Tbomsou and Haggard 6, Teutsch, Lomax and Russell 5, Norman 
and Matthews 4, Lautznester, Allen, Becham, Boone and W. V. 
Pickett 3, Strain 2. 
The flve-men team race for the E. C. Powder Company's cup re- 
sulted in a win for the Waxahachie team, which scored 89 out of its 
100. This total was tied by the Honey Grove team, but as it was a 
made up team its score did not count for the cup. The scores were: 
Waxahachie No. 1 team: Teutsch 30, Maledon 19, aims 18, W. V. 
Pickett n, H. B. Pickett 15— 89. 
Greenville team: Norman 19, Lautznester 18. Becham 17, Williams 
15, George 14-83. 
Dallas Clippers team: Faurote 19, Russell 17, Worden 16, Allen 16, 
Haggard 15-83. 
Waxahachie No. 2 team: Meredith 18, Thomson 17, Boone 16, 
Strain 15, Howell 13—79. 
Dallas team: Hughes 19, Du Bray 19, Dold 13, Stewart 13, Spicer 
13-76, 
Hooey Grove team: Moore (Farmersline) '20, Wilcox (Golathwate) 
19, Matthews (McKinney) 18, Scherer (Farmerslme) 18, Blocker (Far- 
mersliue) 14—89. Gaitcho. 
Country Club of Westchester. 
New Yoee, Dec. 25 —The shooting grounds at the Country Club of 
Westchester were well patronized to-day. Tae programme for the 
day was a lengtny one, and those present had plenty of shooting. 
The weather was charming for the season of the year, although there 
was plenty of snow on the ground. The air was brisk and keen, with 
a cloudless sJiy overhead. 
Three cup shoots at unlimited number of birds (handicaps of misses 
as no birds and misses as kills being awarded to the weaker shooters) 
were shot oil; in addition to those tnree shoots, ten miss-and outs, $5 
entrance, were also shot. 
Cup sLoot No. 1 was at 5 birds, $5, those handicapped at 27yds. and 
forward receiving one miss as a kill. This cup was won by P. H. 
Adee With a score of 5 kills. Tue scores were: 
P. H. Adee (27J 5, E. C. La Montague (26) 4, W. G. Brokaw (39) 3, W. 
H. Butler (38) 3, B. B'. Kittndge (38) 3, George Work (81) 3, W. S. Edey 
(28) 2, J. Seaver Page (38) 1, F. G. Moore (39) 1, H. B. Gilbert (29) 0. 
In the following two cup shoots no account is taken of previous 
misses made by the allowance men. No. 2 was shot under the follow- 
ing cenditions: Miss-and out, g5 entrance, those handicapped below 
2Hyds. to receive an allo*anee of one miss as a kill; first round, all to 
snoot at 25yds., and then all to go back lyd. on each roimd until the 
30yd. mark is reached; winner to receive a cup and 60 per cent, of 
the sweep, and the second 25 per cent. 
No. 3 was shot under tbe following conditions: Miss-and-out, $5 
entrance; i9yds and back, miss-and-out; 38yd3 , one miss as no bird; 
37yds. and forward, two misses as no oirds. Cup and 60 per cent, to 
the winner, and .5 pdr cent, to second, 
Tbe scores in these two events were as below: 
Cup No. 2. Cup No. 3. 
J Seaver Page (28) 20 — 1 
P G Moore (.'9) ..,.33313-33233333— 13 20 — 1 
H Gilbert (^9) , . . .33^0 — 3 22331333221332230 -16 
W G Brokaw («9) , , . ..33<!l320 — 6 232323l33'4333333ii0 -17 
B F Kittridge (aS) 32sO — 3 230 —2 
PflAdee(-.7)- 3'20 —2 
George Work (31) 230 — 2 20 — 1 
W S Edey(-8).... 2230 — 3 2231323232320 —12 
E C La Montague (26) 2.'213222232S0-13 2333331^310 —10 
W H Butler (,8). 20 — 1 232^^3^^133322323-18 
T NV Thome (36) 3332222a20 — 9 233I2J33333<;23220 —IB 
N D Thorue (.;7) 23333-ilO —7 
The results in the 10 miss-and-outs, 85 entrance, were as below, the 
scores of the winners alone being given: 
First, Moore and Kittridge, a; second. Moore and Kittridge, 4; third, 
Page and Gilbert, 6; rourtb, Moore and Brokaw, 4.- S^'h, Moore, Work 
and Butier, 7; sixth, Moore and Brokaw, 9; .sev5,0tii, JJoore and Page, 
6: eighth, Moore and Brokaw, 8; ninth, Gilbert aad Butler, 7; tenth, 
Moore and Butler 
Philadelphia Trap-Shooterst 
SILVER LAKE GITS CLrB, 
PamADELPHiA, Pa., Dec. lO.-The Silver Lake Gun Olub held its 
regular semi-monthly club shoot at its grounds, Southwark, Pa., 
nineteen members taking part in the main event. Murphy, with a 
handicap allowance of 3 misses as breaks, scored a highest possible, 
the same counting as 3 points to bis record. Greeory, who had 7 
misses as breaks, broke 20, and of course was also credited with a 
highest possible, and had 3 points added to his score for the year's 
prizes. The detailed score given below shows the records made 
to-day by those who shot in the club event. Everything was shot at 
unknown angles. In addition to the club shoot three sweeps at 5 tar- 
gets perman, ties miss and-out, '35 cents entrance, were shot off for tur- 
keys, one turkey to each event. In No. 1 Woodsteger, Day and Murphy 
W'ere the only ones out of fourteen entries to score straight. On the 
snoot-ott Woodsteger won by breaking 6 more targers. Day breaking 
5 and Murphy 2 m the tie. No. 2 turkey was ^' on by Mink, who out- 
shot Gregory and Apgar in the third round of the ties. Turkey No 3 
was won by Murphy without a shoot-off, no one else breaking 3 tar- 
gets. There were eleven entries in each of the last two evenrs. Scores 
in the club shoot were: 
r.» mi - Hep. Tl. Points 
Gregory (7) .4...1100111111111110110111101-20-I- 7 26 8 
Murphy (3> , 1101111110111111111111in_k3-|- 3 26 3 
Ford(o) 1111100101111110111011101-19-h 5 34 2 
Apgar (5) lOOOlOllllllllllinOloni-19-- 5 24 2 
Keed(8) 1001010101110111011111010—16-- 8 24 2 
f/ench (4),,..., .1101110111101001111011101-19-1- 4 23 1 
AD -(^\„, lUOlllOlllOllllOOlllOUl-lD-f 4 23 1 
ABrier (7) . 0110101101010110111111010- 16-- 7 23 1 
Devoe (3) .i..,.^.... .1111111111010100111011011-19-1- 3 23 
pay (4)- .0111100010111110111111101 18-- 4 23 
Lane(3).. inolllOllOlOOiniinOOIl-lS-f 3 31 
Rowers (3) 1110101001010110111111011-17+ 8 20 .. 
Numbers(3) .........1011011011001110110110111-17-- 3 20 
Woodsteger (4),.:,.. 1000101001100111110110011—14-- 4 18 
Mount (9) 1010100000110100010000001— 8-- 9 17 
Anthony (3) OllOOOlOlOOlllllOOlOOnni-13-)- 3 IG 
Scheetz (10) ....OOllOOOOOOllllOOOOOOuOnoO 64-10 10 
l^"ce(4) OOllOlOOlOOOOllOlOOOOllOl-lO-f 4 14 
fc)toffer(4) OOOOOOIOUOOOOJOOUIOIOOO- 7-1- 4 11 
PLOKI8TS vs. U. OF p. G. €. 
-Pec. 19.-The Gun Olub of the University of Pennsy Ivania and the 
Florists Gun Club, of fhiladelphia, have arranged a series of three 
team races at targets. To-day's match was the iirst of the series, 
and was shot on ihe grounds of the University Sun Club, at Fern- 
wood, Pa. The second match will be shot on the grounds of the 
Florists Gun Club, at Wissiuoming, early in January, 
The Florists had an easy victory to-day, winning by ^8 breaks with 
the score of 143 to 114. Mr. P. M. Peltz was referee; J. K. Starr scorer. 
The conditions were: 3 traps, rapid tinug system, itnown traps, 25 
targets par man, 8 men to a team. Scores were; 
Florists. 
WKPark; 1111111111111110101011111-22 
Colflesh ..1111111111101101011111101-31 
Cartledge... 0101111111111011011111111-21 
Anderson lOlllllllllOOllll 10111101-30 
Burton 1101001111111111001100001-16 
go Bell ....Illll0:00llllll0l000ii000-15 
Beid 111:000101110110 OiOOOOll— 14 
Carhsle llOllOlOilliOlOlOlOOO.031 -13 -lii 
University. 
Kistler, '98 lOll 0111111101] 1 1 01 111111 -21 
Freed, '97 10101)1001111111101010111-18 
Cooper, '98 0 01001110111111001111110-17 
Wilson, '99 , 01 0 , 1 1001 0 1 1 00 J 001 10 1 UOl -1 4 
Singer, '99 ...,01001 00. OUOOliOill 101100-13 
Steel, '99 ....ii,.r...lOiOOno.Oll0100ilOUOOOO -12 
Swain, '98 lOJOOOOOiOl 1 1 lOO 1 j 01 lOlOO-ll 
Paal, '99. , , OlOOOOOlOOl 100000100 UlOl— 9—114 
MURPHY VERSOS WILLIAMS. 
Dec, fl.— Peter Murphy and Harry WiUiams, both of Philadelphia, 
shot a race to-day on the Stockton, N -J , Gun Club's grotmds, the 
conditions being 50 live birds per man, use of one barrel only, gun 
below the elbow imtil the bird is on the wing; Murphy at L'Syds., 
Williams at 21yds. Murphy won easily, liis opponent retiring at 
the end of the 40th round. How well Murphy shot is best shown by 
his score of 42 out of his first 44 shot at. William Moore was referee; 
J. K. Starr, official scorer. Scores, showing the flight of each bird, 
were as follows: 
Trap score type— Copyright, isn, by Forest and Stream I*iibltshing Co. 
Murphy 1 11111111 l.llllllllillli 1-24 
1111111111111011111«0 1«1 0-20-4-1 
Williams. 
.O.lOll.Oll.lOlOlllllllll 1-17 
111110110 010 011 w 
Joplin Gun Club, 
-10-87 
J. K. S. 
JoPLiN, Mo., Dec. 24.— We tried our hands at live birds to-day, and 
inclose you scores. We were disappointed in not getting as many 
birds as bought, and the 35- bird race, $25 entrance, that we were to 
have had was not shot. We will, however, make another effort soon. 
After the live- bird shooting we shot four .^0-target events, the scores 
of which I inclose. The scores made by Mcllhaney and Cox at tar- 
gets were very poor for them, and were no doubt caused by their 
only having double guns to use. Both of the gentlemen use Win- 
chesters at targets. 
Our shooters are ready for the San Antonio shoot next month, and 
our club will furnish a squad of producers who will ship 10,000 shells 
next week. The fact that the magautrap is to be used will keep a 
good many of our shooters from attending on account of not having 
had an opportunity to practice with it. SQorea to.day were as 
below: 
No.l. 
Mollhany (32) 13233-5 
Best (32) 21210-4 
Calhoun (33) 13333-5 
Morgan (30) S1223-5 
Sergeant (3 ) 213^3-5 
Kinmonth (31).. 21332—5 
Sumner (23)...., 
Hoin(30) . 
Huffman (33),..,,, ....A,.. 
Cox (38) 
Webster (33). ... 
The scores in the iuuv target sweeps, 20 targets per man in each 
event, unknown angles, were as follows: 
Events: 13 3 4 
Huffman ., 16 
Mcllhanv . 16 15 15 19 
Calhoim 19 15 .. ,, 
Uox IP 12 18 18 
Horn 16 C Dixon 15 16 . . 
Sumner... 12 13 lo 13 A Dixon 10 .. 
Kinaionth 15 18 16 .. W. G. 8. 
No. 2. 
11233—5 
]2«33-4 
llOi!3— 4 
(JOOlI-2 
32303—4 
33022 -4 
23033-4 
No. 3. 
10ii30l3333-8 
(1121331111-9 
2132031112-8 
013i3110211— 7 
232233323»-9 
3033033033—7 
0013300330-5 
0311183111—8 
0311331201—8 
1 •1201 0001— 5 
21«1021010— 6 
Events: 13 3 4 
Webster 14 16 13 16 
Cragin 14 13 14 . , 
Sergeant 30 la 19 2) 
Best 15 
The Texas Midwinter. 
San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 22.— Editor Forest and Stream: The 
dues of the Midwinter are again ctiangeJ to read, •■25-39 oc Janu- 
ary, 1897 ■' The Land Seekers' excursion trains will leavt- every 
.point in Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Wiscon- 
sin. AU points bounded on tbe West by Chicago, Springfleld, St. 
Louis and Cairo; on the South by Evausville, Louisville, CinciBuati 
and Parkersburg; on the East by Pittsburg and Buffalo; on the 
North by Toronto, Port Huron, Detroit and Lansing. Tickets sold 
from Atlanta, Rome, Dalton, Anniston, Opelika, Cuildersburg and 
Memphis. These ticsets are good for twenty-one days and retwn, 
and sold at one fare for the round trip plus S3. 
Everything will be in readiuf-ss tor what we flrmiy believe will be 
the greatest tournament ever held in America. We wid have magau- 
traps and the "gang." The country is alive with game, and the vis- 
itors will be entertained by all southwestern Texas. To give y ou an 
iaea of the wildfowl shooting on oiu* coast, I will say tbai a party of 
eight men shot 500 shells each in half a day. One man shot two and 
one-half shells per minute for 200 conseeuiive minutes. Deer are very 
plentiful, but the visitors will not get a chance at that kind ot game, 
as our seasoti closes on the 20th. But all ca be surfeited with turkey 
and four varieties of quail. The jacksmpe shooting is also the best 
in the world. • O; C. Gcessaz. 
Walter R, Patten, of Pleasure Bay, N, J., and Eugene Magee, of 
Trenton, N. J., shot a match at 50 live birds per man on the ISlls- 
trood Park groimds, Wednesday, Deo. 33. Patten won by 40 to 37. 
