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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Jan. 23, 1897. 
Third class— H. J. Wicker 64, A. Hintematm 111, C. P. Waltham 149, 
W. TJnfred lYO, G. Manuel 172. 
Rifle, re-entrj', all-comers' matciies, Busbnell medal, 3-stiot scores, 
best ten scores to win, cash prizes: A. H. Pape 9, 11, P. O. Young 15, 
H. J. Wicker 20 
GHndemanu military medal, 10-shot scores, best ten scores to win, 
cash prizes, military count: 12. Hovey4(j, F. H. Bushnell 46, F. 0. 
Young 45, 0. F. Waltham 40, L. Barrer'e 42 
Young rifle record medal, lO-shot scores, best single score to win: 
A. H. Pape 57. A. Gehret 65, F. E. Mason 74. 
Pistol. 50yds., class medals for members, 10 shots: Champion Class 
— E. Howy 39, A. B. Dorrell42, F. O. Young 50, E. J. Gorman 50, A. 
H. Pape 56, C. M. Daiss 6(5. 
First class-D. M'. McLaughlin 74, Capt. ,T. E. Klein 78, E. Jacobson 
84. M. J. White 84, F. E. Mason 85, A. Gehret 91. 
Second class-G. M. Barley 59, O. Bremer 98, F. H. Bushnell 97. 
Third class -A. Hinteman 85, K. W. Forest 132, H, J. Wicker 140, J, 
E.. D. Gruflf 151, W. Unfred 169. 
Re-entry, all-com ers' matches, Blanding medal, 3-shot scores, best 
10 scores to win, cash prizes: J. E. Gorman 9, F. 0. Young 12, 12, F. 
H. Bushnell 11, A. B. Dorrell 26. 
Carr revolver medal, any revolver, 6 shots, best 10 scores to wiu, 
cash prizes— C. Roberts an. ' 
Diamond pistol record medal, 10 shots, best singl» score to win— F. 
O. Young 39, E, J. Gormao 43, C . M. Daiss 46, A. H. Pape 47. 
Roos .aS-caliber rifle medal, 50yds, 5- shot scores, best 10 scores to 
win, cash prizes distributed on flags ('shots in the lia. center) — Mrs. 
L. J. Crane 16, Mrs. C. F. Waltham 16, Mrs. M. J. White 18, S. In- 
galls 18, 12. RoEEL. 
Rifles and Pistols at the Exposition. 
A NEW feature will be introduced this year at the Sportsmen's Ex- 
position in the shape of contests for rifles and pistols. The plan of 
action will be decided this week, meetings bavins been called as fol- 
lows: Committee on pistol contests, Thursday, 3 P. M.; committee on 
rifle contests, Friday, 3 P. M. The meetings will be held in the 
Sportsmen's Association's new quarters, 377 Broadway, corner Broad- 
way and White street, tenth floor. 
FIXTURES. 
Jan. -20-21. —Ikdianapo LIS, Ind.— Tournament of the Limited Gun 
Club. Sparrows. Royal Robinson, Sec'y. 
I [Jan. 21.— Braxchport. N. J — Elkwood Park inaugural shoot. 
Jan. 22.— YoNKEES, N. Y.— Tom-nament of the Harriott Gun Club. 
Ij ive birds and targets; 
Jan. 23 — Hackensack, N. J.— Shoot for the B. C. cup. 0. O. Gard- 
ner. Sec'y. 
1 Jan. 23. -Btjthbki'ohd, N. J.— Invitation handicap sweepstake, 20 
ive birds, $15 entrance, birds mcluded . Shoot will be held under the 
auspices of the Boiline- Spinngs Gun Club. 
Jan. 25-29.— San Antonio, 'l ex.— Second Texas Midwinter tourna- 
ment. Targets and magautraps. $2,000 added. Under the manage- 
ment of J. M. George, Albert Steves and O. C. Guessaz, at San Pedro 
Springs grounds. Upen to the world. 
Ja,n. 29.— YoNKERS, N. Y.— Tournament of the Harriott Gun Club. 
Live birds and targets. 
Feb. 8-20 — Hot Springs, Ark.— The Arkansaw Traveler's first 
grand annual Uve-bird tournament; $10,000 In purses and added 
moneys. Souvenir programme.* ready Jan 1. Address all communi- 
cations to John J. Sumprer, Jr.. Box 111, Hot Springs, Ark. 
Feb. 10.— Hackestsack, N. J. — Second contest for the Recreation 
cup, under the auspices of the Bergen County Gun Club. C. O. Gird- 
ner, Sec'y. 
March 13-17.— Bavchester, N. Y.— Second annual tournament of 
the Cobweb Gun Club; live birds and targets. CobweD hanaicap at 
live birds, .1300 guaranteed. 
March 23-25.— New York —Interstate Association's fifth annual 
Grand American Handicap (Ave birds), at Elkwood Park. .fl.OOO 
guaranteed in the main event, all surplus added. Entries close 
March 20 
AprU 14-16.— Atchison, Kan. — Airy Lou Hart's third manufacturers' 
amateur and fourteenth open-to-all tournament. 
April 15-17 —San Antonio, Tex.- Tom-nameut of the San Antonio 
Gun Club. Open to amateurs only. WiUard T. Simpson, Chairman 
Ex. Com. 
April 20-23.— Lincoln, Neb.— Twenty-first annual tournament of the 
Nebraska istate Sportsmen s Association. Added money later. 
April 21-23.— San Antonio, Tex.— Second annual meeting and tour- 
nament of the Texas State Sportsmen's Association. O, C. Guessaz, 
Sec'y. 
ila.v 5-7.— Newbdbgh, N. Y.— Annual spring tournament of the West 
Newburgh Gun and Rifle Association. First two days, targets; third 
day, live birds. $50 average money to three high guns in all pro- 
gramme target events. Open to all. 
May 17-2.i. — Kansas City, Mo. — Annual tournament of the Missouri 
State Game and Fish Protective Association. Fred T. Durrant. Sec'.v. 
May 26-29.— East St. LotjiS;, 111.— Annual tournament of the King's 
Smokeless Gun Glnb. 
June 8-11.— Atjbubn, N. Y.— New York State Sportsmen's Associa- 
tion tournament, C. W. Tuttle, Sec'y. 
June 16-17.— Fargo, N. D.— Third annual tournament of the North 
Dakota Sportsmen's Association. Targets. W. W. Smith, Sec'y. 
.June (third week). — Cleveland, O.— Fourth annual tournament of 
the Chamberlin Cartridge and Target Company. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
It is by no means unusual for a shooter to protest some decision of 
the referee. Two cases came to our notice quite recently: One oc- 
curx-ed at Detroit, Mich., on Jan. 6, in the Renick-Corbett match, re- 
ported in our issue of Jan. 16; the other was in the Winston-Mosher 
match at Y'ardvUle, N. J., on Jan. 16, when Winston protested against 
the scoring of a dead bird to Mosher, as mentioned in our report of 
that match given elsewhere in these columns. What strikes us as 
peculiar is that protests should be lodged when there is no tribunal 
before which such cases can be brought. The American Shooting 
Association, the organization under whose rules most of the matches 
in this country ai-e shot, is dead- It would be quite feasible for the 
Sportsmen's Association to appoint a committee to criticise and de- 
cide protests made in matches shot under the set of rules it proposes 
to issue; but until there is some such tribunal it would be well for 
shooters to remember that the referee's decision "shall be final." 
•At present, if the referee gives a decision any of you may think im- 
proper and not warranted by the f acrs, the only satisfaction you can 
enjo.y is to tell him what vou think of the decision in language 
couched only in terms formulated by books on ptiqueite. What the 
referee says, goes! See? 
We regret that the programme for the Audubon Gun Club's first 
annual midwinter tournament at Buffalo. N. "X , reached us too late 
for any notice of it to be of benefit to the cluD. We regret this fact 
more particularly since the club has been kind enough to give Forest 
AND Stream a free advertisement in its programme, thus shoivtng 
that it recognizes the good Forest and Stream has done for it in the 
past. The tournament is open to all, but the club has also arranged 
a programme of five events each day open only to those who average 
75 per cent, and under. The Rose system will be used, but the club 
reserves the right to change back to the "old system" whenever ic 
may deem it advisable to ao so. This applies only to target events. 
On the last day, in the hve-bird events, the '"old system" will prevail, 
but we presume the "droppers" will be watched. 
On our way to Brunswick, Me., last Tuesday (Jan. 13) we met O. R 
Dickey at Boston, Mass. Dickey was looking just as well as ever, 
and inquired a good deal about the new grounas at Elkwood Park. 
The winner of last year's Grand American Handicap says that he 
will be on hand when time is called to start the Grand American 
Handicap of 1897. The Boston shooters display quite an interest in 
live-bird shooting considering that the laws of the State forbid the 
trapping of live bu-ds. We also had a talk with Capt. Wadsworth, 
of tue Boston Shooting Association, and it is more than probable 
that Capt. Wadsworth, Dickey and two or three friends will vi«t Elk- 
wood Park the latter part of Februaiy for the purpose of looking 
over the grounds and doing a little live-oird shooting. 
The Louis C. Kistner Gun Club was organized Jan. 12 with the fol- 
lowing members: August Kisiner, President;) George Froeligh, Vice- 
President; Louis C Kis'ner, Secretary and Treasurer; Conrad Kist- 
ner, Trap Manager; George F. Back, Score Keeper; Samuel Winter- 
nitz, Wm. L. Ruhe, Albert Rose, George Young, Dr. Smith, Adam 
Young, John W, Buchta, Wm. Penn, Chester B. Lewis, C. Schlunis, 
Chas. Wiuternitz, Dr. George McAby, Dr. W. Bobercs. The club 
will hold weekly live pigeon shosts at their grounds, Kiscuer's Locuit 
Grove. 
We regret to state that Eddie Hill, of Trenton, N. J., is dead. Our 
informant, Chariie Zwirlein, does not mention in his note to us the 
cause of his death, nor the dale. Eddie was one of the best shots in 
New Jersey, and was but very little short of being in the front rank. 
It was always a pleasure to see him shoot a match; his quiet, gentle- 
manlike behavior being in marked contrast to that so often displayed 
by others, ,j 
I iShooters in the vicinity of New York should not forget that the 
Elkwood Park's inaugural shoot takes place on Thursday next, Jan. 
21. Messrs. Daly & Chanfrau, managers of the grounds, have ar- 
ranged a programme to suit the occasion. A. better opportunity of 
seeing the grounds and viewing: the workings of all three sets of traps 
could not be offered, Bad weather would be but a slight bar to 
thorough enjoyment of the day's sport, still it is to be hoped that the 
day will be fine. 
Th'? testimonial shoot to Neaf Apgar gotten up by the Boiling 
Springs Gun Club, of Rutherford. M. .J., on Jan. 16, was a pleasing 
success to its promoters. It is no easy matter to get thirty-nine 
shooters together nowadays, unless solid cash inducements are held 
out to them. Yet that number put in an appearance and shot along 
merrily, simply for the purpose of showing Neaf that they appreci- 
ated his labors in tlie past for the benefit of trap shooting 
On Jan. 9 Hawkins and Hood Waters shot a race with Gent and 
Jones on the grounds of the Baltimore, Md., Shooting Association, of 
which all four shooters are members. The conditions as originally 
decided upon were: 25 live birds per man, losing team to pay for the 
birds and a wine supper. At the end of the 20ih round, however, 
Gent and Johnson withdrew, being hopelessly out of the race. The 
scores for the 20 birds were: Hood Waters 19, Hawkins 19-38; Gent 
12, Jones 16-28. 
The Interstate Association's of^er to hold a tournament at Lewis- 
ton, Me., during the cominer summer has awakened the enthusiasm 
of ihe members of the local club. While at Brunswick, Me., during 
the past week, we had the pleasure of meeting G. R. Hunnewell, one 
oC the moving spu-its in matters of sport in that city. Mr. Hunnewell 
told us that he and the other members of the club would make that 
shoot the banner one on the Interstate circuit for 1897. 
Lee Helgans, of Brooklyn, N. Y., did some good shooting at Dexter 
Park, L, I., on Jan. The occasion was the monthly shoot of the 
Parkway Rod and Gun Club. Helgans, Tom Short and James Ben- 
nett had tied for the club badge with 7 straight. On the shoot-ofC 
miss-and-out Bennett retired after losioe his third bird. Short and 
Helgans kept scoring bird after bird untU Short lost his 14th bird, 
having run 20 straight; Helgans scored his bird, making it 21 straight 
for him. 
The shooting committee of the Oritani Field Club, Hackensack, N. 
J., has organized for 1897 as follows: George Ricardo, Jr., captain; 
John R. Banta, secretary and treasurer; Robert B. Smith, president, 
chairman. Following are the fixtures: Regular club shoot, every 
Saturday; Oritani cup handicap, once a month; Oritani badge handi- 
cap, twice a month. 
In New York cil.v the tide of business is steadily flowing np-town. 
The W. Fred Quimby Company has now gotten in the stream and 
has floated up to 310 Broadway, one door below the W. R. A. Com- 
pany. The firm will occupy one-half of the large store now bearing 
the name of "Conroy's," and will have ample. roam for its display of 
Smith guns and Hunter bicycles. 
The Baker Gun Company, of Batavia, N. Y., will have two good 
representatives on the roaa this year. Their names are C. A. Damon 
and John Carraber. Charlie Damon will be well remembered in 
Western citie.s as the popular representative of the Burgess Gun 
Company, of Buffalo, N. Y. 
At the regular annual meetinsr of the Greenville Gun Club, of the 
Pennsylvania and Ohio Border League, held on Tuesday, Jan 5, the 
following officers were elected lor the ensuing year: President. Dr. 
C. A. Miller; Vice President. Mr. King; Secretary, J. M. Reed; Assist- 
ant Secretary, Wm. F. Krighler; Treasurer, Ernest Whitmer ; Direc- 
tors, C. B. Shrom and J. A. McNary. 
3Ir. Haywood, representative of the Haywood-Spalding sporting 
goods house, Denver, Col., was one of the spectators at the Winston- 
Mosher match on Saturday, .Ian. 16, at Yardville. On his way back, 
and while leaving the train at Jerst-y City, he was "touched"' for his 
pocketbook, which contained the nice liotle roll of $98 in bills. 
In our last issue we announced that the Auburn (N. Y.l Gun Club 
cloimed the dates of June 8-11 for the annual shoot of the New York 
State Association. Auburn promises some good things, and there is 
no question but what all those good things will materialize unaer the 
guicimg hands of Messrs. C. W. Tuttle, Geo, Corning, Jr., etc. 
The migration of shooters to San Antonio, Tex., began last week. 
Ferd. Van Dyke, Rolla Heikes and O. R. Dickey have started for the 
Midwinter tournament, taking in the Limited Gnn Club's sparrow 
shoot at Indianapolis. The trio will probably be heard from when 
the Hot Springs tournament starts on Feb. 8. 
The South Side Gun Club, of Newark, N. J., elected the following 
governing committee at a recent meeting: L. Thomas, W. R. Hobart, 
I. H. Terrill, Asa Whitehead and J. H. Dawson. Mr. Thomas is 
president of the club, W. R. Hobart secretary-treasurer, and I. H. 
Terrill m nager. 
The West End Club, of Richmond, Va , will probably accept the 
offer of the Interstate Association for a tournament in that city. The 
schedule of dates for the Interstate circuit is not yet completed, but 
will be given to the public as soon as possible to avoid all'Clashing of 
dates. 
Jim Elliott is certainly shooting live birds in great fcm. He did 
not have much margin to play on when he met J D. Gay, of Pine 
Grove, Ky., on Saturday last, Jan. 16. Scores of 98 to 90 are good 
ones, no matter what class of birds were trapped. Elliott stood at 
31yds., Gay at 29yds. 
Manager Shaner, of the Interstate Association, writes us as follows: 
'*In response to numerous inquiries for information relating to the 
Grand American Handicap tournament of 1897, 1 desire to state to 
the readers of Forest AND Stream that programmes containmg de- 
tailed information will be ready for distribution on Feb. 10. 
The first four entries for the Grand American Handicap are: No. 1 > 
Old Hoss; No. 2, Sandy McPherson; No. 3, W. S. King; No. 4, J. G- 
Messner. All the above are from Pittsburg, and it is safe to say that 
the Smoky City will be represented by at least as many more shoot- 
ers when the event itself is shot off. 
The Harriot Gun Club, of Yonkers, N. Y., will hold shoots on its 
grounds on Jan. 22 and Jan. 29. Both live birds and targets will be 
trapped . The club's grounds are at Oak Hill Park. The secretary of 
the club is G. Banyer, and further information can be obtained from 
that gentleman. 
On Wednesday, Jan. 13, Rolla Heikes and J. L. 147 Winston shot a 
friendly race at targets on the grounds of the Climax: Gun Club at 
Fanwood, N. J. The conditions were: 100 targets, expert rules, one 
man up. Scores were: Heikes 81, Winston 79. 
The Garden City Gun Club, of Chicago, has elected officers as fol- 
lows: President, VV. S. Cutler; Treasurer, Henry Levi; Secretary, R. 
W. Kixford; Captain, J. A. Ruble; Directors, F. E. Adams, J. C. 
Murphy and George Groll. 
The King's Smokeless Gun Club will give their second annual tour- 
nament at East St. Louis, 111., on May ?0, 27, 28 and 29, the week fol- 
lowing the Missouri State Game and Fish Protective Association, of 
Kansas City. W. Benckman, Secretary. 
The following ofllcers have been elected for the year 1897 by the 
Rocka way Point Rod and Gun Club: Pi-esident, Joseph A. Bourke; 
Vice-President, Com. Edw. dpott; Secretary, J. H. W.Fleming; Treas- 
urer, Edw. F. Sourke. 
Justus von Lengerke is getting a little practice preliminary to 
entering for the Grand American Handicap. He shot weU in the 
miss-and-outs at Zwirleiu's after the Winston-Mosher match, scoring 
17 out of 19 on good fast birds. 
The Invitation handicap live-bird race at the Boiling Springs Gun 
Club's grounds on J an. kS (Saturday next) promises to be a popular 
event. Entries must be made to Gus Greiff, at 8 Mui-ray street, not 
later than Thursday, Jan. 21. 
George Mosher made a good race of it with Winston for the Du 
Pont trophy. His score of 45 out of the last 50 looks veiy well on 
paper, but was even better than it looks, judging from what one hears 
as to the birds George drew. 
King's Smokeless will be well represented at San Antonio. Miltl 
Lindsiey, Wanda, Tom Keller, Jack f arker and John H. Mackie wil. 
all be there when the time comes for the first event to be started. 
The West Chester Gun Club wOl give an all day live-bird shoot on 
Thursday, Jan. 21, at the club grounds, West Chester, Pa. Shoot 
will commence at 10 A. M. P. H. Eachus, Secretary. 
The Cleveland Target Company's advertisement in this week's issue 
tells another tale: Magautraps will be used at the New York State 
shoot at Auburn next June. 
Jan. 19. Edwabp Bakks. 
Oritana Field 'Club. 
Hackensack, N. J., Jan. 9.— The regular shoot of the Oritana Field 
Club was held here to-day.- Event No. 1 was at 15 known and 15 un- 
known angles, Nos. 2, 3 and 4 were at unknown angles, and No. 5 was 
at 5 pairs, unknown traps and angles. Scores: 
Events: 1 S 3 4 5 Events: 12 3 4 5 
Targets: 30 10 IS 10 10 Targets: SO 10 15 10 10 
Ricardo 17 7 11 .. .. Belden 16 6 9 1 
Blauvelt. 17 7 11 7 4 Raymond ...20 6 10 2 6 
ConKlin 19 , 1 Anderson...... .. 4 6 ,. ., 
Rob Roy. 
Le Boy Gun Club. 
Le Roy, Pa., Jan 11.— The te Roy Gun Club was organized here to 
day, with the following officers and members: 
Robt. B. Holcomb, President; James Holcomb, Vice-President: 
Samuel D. Loyd, Secretary; Anson B. Carney, Treasurer; Clarival 
H. Holcomb, Chas. Whipple, Andrew Percival, Martin Morse, Chas, 
Dodge, Clarence Selleck, L W. Quick. Chas. Walbourn, S. W. Harris, 
B. F. Smith, Rolley Holcomb, Artie Kelley, Scott Fellows. 
We owe our existence as a gun club to B. F. Smith, who has worked 
for quite a while to get a club together. He has been visiting bete, 
for the past three months, and has done considerable practicing at 
the traps. 
Most of us have never shot'over traps before, and some never saw 
them. Scores: 
Events: 1 S 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 6 6 
Targets: lo 10 15 10 10 S6 Targets: lu in 16 10 io 35 
RE Holcomb... 6 5 9 6 9 16 A Kelly . 6 5 4 6 9 16 
SDLoyd 8 4 7 5 6 12 J Holcomb.,,,., S 5 11 8 7 15 
C H Holcomb,. . . 5 B 8 6 7 14 A Carney 7 4 5.. 
Rol Holcomb. .. . 5 6 9 5 6 17 M Morse 8 .. . . 
S Fellows 4 3 .. OWalbnrn ,. .. 5 
A Percival 4 3 8 S 7 .. C Selleck 8 
C Dodge 4 6 9 6 8 13 P Baxter i> 7 12.. 9.. 
L Quick 7 6 9 7 9 17 B P Smith 7 8 14 9 10 33 
Team race, thirty targets per man: 
Quick 18, R. E. Holcomb 19, Dodge 20, 0. H. Holcomb 20, B. F. 
Smith 27; total 104. 
Kelly 24, Rol. Holcomb 19, J. Holcomb 16, A. Percival 17, Baxter 25; 
total. 101. , > ) 
Match, fifty targets, unknown angles, A, S. A. rules. Smith to 
score 44: 
Smith 1111111111111100111111110 - 23 
1111111110111111114011111-23 - 45 
Jan. Ik.—B. F. Smith shot a match against birds to-day. be toscore 
44 out of 50 for a bet of $25. The conditions were, 50 birds from two 
King traps, set lOyds. apart, unknown trap^, 30yda. rise. Smith 
won his match by one bird. The score: 
Smith 2202202222229222222222222—23 
X222222i222i22a2220220202— 23 -45 
S. D. Loyd, Sec'y. 
West Newburgh Gun and Rifle Association. 
Newburgh, N. Y., Jan. 7.— We have started 1897 with weekly con- 
tests for two cash prizes, each prize to be won three times. To-dav 
was the first contest, J. S. Taylor winning first and Dickson and 
Wood tieing for second. Another prize was also shot for at the same 
time. This was one of Laflin & Rand's silver kegs of W-A powder. 
Taylor won this, but as he won one of these trophies at our fall tour- 
nament in 18.%, he kindly returned this prize to the club, and the 
same will be shot for on Jan. 14. The handicaps were awarded by 
Capt. J. A. Wood and gave general satisfaction. Scores were: 
J S Taylor (4).11110110llll01111011l01101111110111111111111111111-43 
0111 — 3-46 
OaptWood (8), 10101110111101111101110111111111111111001101111011-40 
11011100 — 6-45 
A Dickson (14)11001010011111101110011001111101111101011101111111—36 
lOOlllOlOllOU — 9-45 
A Leicht (12). .lllOOllOlOlOlillOlOIOllOlllOlllOllOlOllllOlllllOCO-33 
IIOIOUIIOII —9-4! 
Stanbrough(6)U110101111011111111101101110100000000ll0111111101— 34 
011000 — z 3(i 
J Rhodes (8). .00111111101110111111000in000111101110000101101101-3-> 
11100010 — 4-3B 
Scott 01010010100110001111100101001010111110110011000000-24 
11111110101111 — 1?-3S 
Jova (16) OllllOOUlOOOllllllOllOOOlllOOOOlllOOlOlOUOOOOOl I- 26 
0101101111001011 — 10-:36 
*DrMitch'liaO)111111111101110111000100011011001011011001inillll-35 
* Did not shoot handicap. D. Brown. 
Greenville Gun Club. 
Greenville, Pa., Jan. 1,— The New Year's Day shoot of the Green- 
ville Gun Glub was one of the most successful in the club's history. 
The scores: 
Events: 1 2 $ I, 5 6 7 S 9 10 It W IS lU 15 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 13' 
Keck 5 7 6 10 6 9 4 B 9 .... 5 .. .. 3 
Hamor.. 4 3 2 .. „•.' a .. .-~ .. .. 4 
Speir- 5 5 .. r .. 4 .. 9.4 „ .. .. 10 
Brown 6 6 4 a 6., 2 7.. 8 6,, 6 
Reed 2 3 8 4 .... 3 .... 4 5 ,. 3 .. 6 
Chase 6 7 7 4.. 4.. 5.. 5.. 5 . 9 
Com 887.. 6866 8 75.. 659 
RusseU 1874S845837 13 
Taylor ,. 5 .. 7 7 
Miiler .. .. 8 .. .. '. '.' ". " '.' 
Harrington 4 4 5 8 !! 7 9 
Wnitmer 8 6 8.. 7 8 9,. 8., 11 
Henlein ., 5 .. 5 6 6 3 ;6 . , . , 
Grauel 8 8 .. 10 « 7 ,. 6 8 12 
McNary .. .. ...... 9 7 6 .„ 7 8 7 9 
McMurray ^ a,,, 3 5 6 7 
Keag ., g la 
Winans , 4 .. 5 
McDowell ., 4 \\ 'i \[ 
Ellsworth .. b a :i 
Templeton , 4 !! !! .. 5 
Blackman 4 n 
Ash '7 6. 
No 15 was the club shoot for prize cup. .J. M. EBEaj, Sec'y. 
Charley Grimm on Championships. 
Clear Lake, la., Jan. IG.—JEditor Forest amrl Sfrearn: Your trap 
editor evidently thinks there i.^ danger of trouble in regard to cham- 
pionships at live birds. Now I don't see how there can be any, nor 
why there should be any. He also says there is oulv one champion 
target shot in the United States, and that is true; all intelhgent people 
here in the West concede this. The Schmel- er trophy, or tbe Kansas 
City medal or trophy, as you choose to call it (and, by the way, the 
Kansas City medals are quite numerous), I understand represents 
the championship of Auierica at reversed pull on targets; that is 
the way I read it somewhere, and that is the style that it is shot at. 
Now then, for live birds we have the cast'iron medal that Jim 
Elliott, Jack Brewer, Dr. Carver, myself and others helped to pay 
for, and pledged ourselves that it should hereafter repi-esent the 
championship of the United States, and thus settle all disputes; for 
it was then and there that several claimed the championship of 
America, and also of the world; and the shooters put ic up to settle 
this. I don't see how they can claim anything else for it now. 
Then there is the Du Pont trophy, representing the championship 
of America with Du Pont powder, which is proper. Also the Kansas 
City (Siar'8 medal; I Don't know just what it does represent, but it 
might be called the Star medal, or the Champion.ship of the Stars. 
Your editor might chink it all right to shoot for the two medals, not 
knowing the circumstances, but under the existing circumstances, as 
he will find them if he looks the matter up, I don't think he wants a 
new medal recognized every year or at every shouting match; too 
much lifee Glutting their beads off with a hatchet. This would be pull- 
ing the live bird championship into the quicksands deeper, would it 
not? C. M. Grimm. 
Joplin G un Club. 
JoPLiN, Mo., Jan. 10.— Below are the scores made on live birds 
to aay. All our shooters are amateurs on live birds, henae the com- 
paratively low scores. The birds were a good lot, there being very 
few sitters among the lot. Scores; 
Events: 13 3 4 5 Events: 1 3 3 4 B 
Birds: 10S5 10 .. .. Birds: 10 SB 10 
Van 10 23 9 5 4 Cox 10 20 S 4 1 
Best 6 31.; 0,. Webster.. ..-4. 6 17 T 2 
Bryant 3 21 7 5 1 Horn 7 3J 9 0 .. 
Sumner, i 5 20 10 5 4 Freeman 15 .. . 
Morgan.. 9 20 7 5 5 Wetheral "' '5" 
Sergeant 9 23 10 1 a 
Nos. 4 and 5 were miss-and-outs. w. g. 
The South Side Gun Club, 
Of Newark, N. J., has made an innovation. Hereafter the price of 
targets wdl be one cent each, and the governing committee hope that 
the Inci'eased attendance will prove the truth of the saying, "Large 
sales and small profits." Few clubs have better facilities for shoot- 
ing than the South Side, either in convenience of access or prompt- 
ness in service. So come along, boys, buy 100 empires for $1 and 
help the club to prove that a 53 per cent, reduction these hard times 
JS a good thing for all. W. R. Hobaet, Sec'y, 
