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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Feb. 20, 1897. 
Hot Springs Tournament. 
Hot Sprinos, Ark., Feb. 8.— The opening: day of the tournament was 
not productive of a large attendance, but this was not to be expected 
as this tournament is to be a prolonged one. The weather too had a 
tendency to keep the entries down. This morning it was cloudy, and 
the atmosphere was Weak and raw; but in the afternoon the sun 
came out and made it much pleasanter. Another thing that added 
pleasure to the shoot was a telegram from Wirt announcing that he, 
Parmelee, Merrill, Powers and Stjttle would he with the boys to- 
imorrow. 
At no time during the day did the entries run high, the largest 
number in any event being fourteen. In the first event Sharp, a 
novice, gave the boys a surprise. He borrowed a gun from Hughes, 
and with it knocked out a straight, all one-barrel kills, cutting up 
first money with Bartlett. The second event, a miss and-out, was 
productive of quite a shooting match between Sumpter, Heikes, Bart- 
lett, Du Bray and Elliott. There were twelve entries in this, and all 
went out rather early, thoueh Winston managed to stay 11 roundg. 
After his departure the Ave first mentioned proceeded to have it out 
The birds in this event were rather ordinary, being somewhat, like the 
shooters, hacnpered by the weather; but it'is seldom that we see such 
scores put up by five men. even on ordinary birds After each of the 
five had killed iO straight from the .10yds. mark, Elliott proposed that 
they go back 4yds. in order to finish it. If Jim thought he had any 
the best of it here he soon had this illusion dispelled, as his very first 
bird came very near going out. being in by only about 1ft. Tl en he 
got down tliree more, and the others did the same; but his 15th, a 
fairly fast one, went out of bounds. No sooner had Jim been dis- 
posed of than the others decided to cut up the money. There were 
two other eveots, another miss and-out and a 30 bird event, both 
handicaps, the scores of which are given below: 
The feature of the day was the fine shooting of Capt. Bartlett; he 
shot at 53 birds and scored all but one of them, the lost one falling 
dead out of bounds. Du Bray also shot in fine form, losing only one 
out of 35 shot at. 
No. 1, 10 birds, entrance $5, three moneys, 50, 30 and 20 per cent.: 
Sharp 10, Bartlett 10, Murphy 9, Winston 9, Parker 9, Du Bray 9, 
Dickey 9, Sergeant 9, Heikes 8, Houston 8. Ellis 7, Hughes 7, Taylor 6. 
No 2. miss-and-out, $i: Sumpter, Heikes, Bartlett and Du Bray, 
35; Elliott 24, Winston 10, Keller 8, Parker 6, Houston 4, EUis 2, 
Murphy 2, Dickey 1 
No. 3, same: Winston, Ellis, Murphy and Bennett. 8: Heikes 7, 
Bartlett 5, Parker 4, Wallace 3; Sumpter, Keller and Dickey, H; Nor- 
man 0. 
No. 4. 10 birds, $5, three moneys, handicap: Norman (37) 10, Bartlett 
'ifiO) 10, Bennett [-49) 10, Murphy (59) 10, Smnpter (30) 9, Wallace (28) 9, 
.Heikes (31) 8, Keller (23) 7, Parker (30) 7, Dickey (31) 6, Ellis (37) 5, 
Winston (30) 5 
Second Day, Feb. 9. 
This was the day set for the Arlington Handicap, but the weather 
again kept the entries down. The false hopes that had been 
awakened in the shooters' minds were all dispelled when they awoke 
in the morning and lound the sky overcast and the same bleak wind 
that blew most of the time at San Antonio once more very much in 
evidence. At times the sun managed to break through the clouds, 
but only for a little while, so it had scarcely any efCect on the tem- 
perature. The shooters were late getting to the groimds, so to warm 
up matters a little a miss-and-out was started. This had twenty en- 
tries, but was not a very long drawn out affair and lasted only six 
rounds, when only six remained. These six— Parker, Elliott, Heikes, 
Bennett, Wirt and Powers- agreed to divide the $40. 
THK HANDICAP, 
Immediately upon the conclusion of the above the handicap began 
with twenty-four entries. Of these only one, Norman, killed straight^ 
•'he is a beginner and was therefore given the 27yds. mark, atf4 
vwas also exceedingly fortunate in drawing easy birds. There were 
■three 24s: Parmelee, Merrill and Settle. Parmelee shot in good time 
saod in good form, and the' only bird he lost wais a fast outgoer which 
'managed to avoid both loads. Merrill got off wrong, as he lost his 
'first one, a fast one similar to that which threw Parmelee down. He 
afterward atoned for this by shooting a good, steady pace, and made 
..•s everai brilliant stops of exceedingly fast birds. His seventh was 
lithe fastest of the lot and was killed far out by a good second. Settle 
=also shot Id a very smooth style, his first was very effective and 
mearly always well placed. 
His only lost bird, a dead oj't of hounds, was not a very hard one; 
ihe drew a number that were much faster, all of which he scored. 
*Capt. Bartlett, Sumptef, Bennett and Houston scored 3:i. Bartlett, 
•who had shot so briHiantly the day before, had the bad luck to lose 
his Isc bird dead out of bounds, and that by less than a yard ; it was 
■a rapid driver. -and though hit hard with both loads went out. His 
lOth bird did the same thing, but this one went much further. Sump, 
ter shot alcmg in elegant style, going straight up to the 15th round, 
when be missed a rather slow one, that lingered at the trap. Then 
ihe settled down to that fast pace he had displayed all along, until his 
'final bird, which was a very rapid incomer This miss was excusable 
froiii the fact that it was a black bird and nearly dark when the miss 
•occiUTCd. This round proved disastrous to many. Bennett is an 
•assumed name, and is the colors that a deaf mute shooter from St. 
Paul sails under. This shootpr has a style that is very captivating, 
and his judgment is such canas only come by long experience. His 
tsvo losses were dead out of bounds. The first was one of the slob- 
bering kind, but the second was of the hard lu;k order, an instance 
where the bird was too strong for both loads and struggled out. 
Houston, the other 23. is another inexperienced shooter, aud on the 
strength of this was given the 26yds mark. Both his losses were 
clean misses. The first was a quartering towerer that doubtlessly 
was undershot, while the other was a fast outgoer. 
In the 2i hole were Heikes, Wirt, Powers, Keller and Elliott. 
Heikes's three losses all got away without any apparent injury, and 
only by the greatest streak of luck was his 15th scored to him. This 
bird, a towerer, acted very peculiarly; it flew straight away and 
when almost out of bounds came hack, circled aroimd over the 
grounds, but was never out of bounds, and finally started back for 
the dead line, and when all but out suddenly collapsed, much to the 
satisfaction of the shooter, who had already left the score. Powers is 
another one who avoided the 21 hole; he lo-t two birds dead out of 
bounds, one of them a fairly fast one. Wirt had two dead out of 
bounds, but missed rather an easy one along toward the last, just as 
he w as expecting to go out with 23. Keller scored 23 and was well 
satisfied with his showing, and with any kind of luck would have had 
two more added to his total : two dead out of bounds his score shows, 
and both very close to the boundary. The cipher in bis score repre- 
sents one of the hardest birds that was trapped in the entire 60O, and 
only got out on account of bad light. EUiott is the remaining 22; his 
first miss occurred on a very fast driver, but the second was a rank 
easy incomer. The dead out of bounds was a good hard bird, the 
kind that any one will miss any time. Sergeant, Hughes, Du Bray 
and Leach wound up with SI. 
THE BIRDS. 
As is usually the case in these events, the birds were a mixed lot 
some fast ones and some poor ones, but the most of them only fair' 
For a while there were some very good ones, and then came some 
soft ones, and then at the close, as it was nearly dark, a fast lot was 
sprung on the boys that caused lots of trouble, and several mis'^ed 
just when some of them were figuring on going out with one more to 
their credit. 
Arlington handicap, 25 birds, entrance $10, birds extra, 5 moneys 
class shooting: ' 
2V»i> score type— Copyright, iso?, by Forest and Stream I^ibUsMng Co. 
4344445542232152115414554 
Norman (27) 2 1181122 1 2 2 21112 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2—25 
454245234531344 B1S3431213 
R Merrill (30) 0 212222222122 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2-24 
3455424254283511454323132 
F S Parmelee (32). .1 12 3 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2212222^2222 2 2— 24 
4116334442441433545154442 
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WHSettle(27)....a • 12,S2212211322222222 12 1 2-24 
3451453142414461313464445 
B A Bartlett (30)... • 31322212212112ia8 ^7^21 1 2-23 
233154333412 3 551344521153 
Benuett (30) 2 212122221.2.32221112111 1-33 
142 5 54135 3 23232 3445354155 
^^-^\r>+^->T^^T-»r^TH-»H^'/'<-.^.^ \ H 
Houston (86). 1 211 12212122202222102231 2-S3 
4 2 114 4 3 4 5 2 3 118 14 5 112 4 3 2 8 4 
J J Sumpter, Jr(30).2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 0— S3 
513 13 52244214244132532345 
JAB Elliott (33), ..2 2 2 0 1 2 3 3 3 3 2 a333223S20»l 2 2-28 
R O Heikes (31). , 
THKeUer (28.). 
523543133 12 36412344141214 
..2 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 2 2-23 
4 3 32111145 a 3411244 3 11542 ;i 
..3 2 2 2 2 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 . 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 .-22 
3 5 45431123444531444323521 
C M Powers (30). . Nitn^^t':^^^ l^^^^2 1-22 
452454141614543135 83 13443 
Wirt (27) J>IIttT^Ti^^^"l^2^i^2fr2tV2^V22 
1435455363113 8 431335 3 8423 
A W du Bray (29). .K Vo St^^l^Tt'^^ f | ^ l%%tY2To-,: 
33 8 431533544443 3 21124 5 142 
G W Hughes (.7). ..^ ^t^ItiKll^^ ItVl'imi-n 
4341218444 5 4111212 3 14314 3 
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-""""2222222202022222323 0- 
I'Sach (?9) • 2 2 3222222222 02 02222lj 32 3 0-21 
25 42544434245243313 132 3 48 
W G Sergeant (27)..^^! W^^^t^a^V^ro^raVl^slFs^Sl 
3 23 1243354144534 3 35333534 
ORDickey(30).,..^JJi^?^I^rfiilKyfF3''3^1^it-20 
533545414111321545433 2 345 
.12012»2222121021»a 22212« 2-20 
Wallace (28). 
J Ellis (27). 
2414152421133546 3 13313535 
.2 03222322a22033032220«23 0- 
■19 
J Parker (30). 
P L Murphy (29). 
Sharp (37). 
35 2 2343348114854451236454 
.■11211«1.3103010222»22112 2—19 
1422244344345382433212311 
,.2»0222«1111121«0«22 2 1«28 1—18 
3 445344323235454514 3 11143 
t vr' 1. 1 \ \^ T A^<^r^\ t ^ \ \-> i \ 
.0 12211202113202010210201 2-18 
J L Winston (31). 
Winston. 
Murphy. 
213 241441233 8 131114412513 
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.3 020322 2 20220220«2«20222 2—17 
Third Day, F^b. 1 0. 
There was nothing on the programme for to-day, and the forenoon 
was spent in practice, and three miss-and-outs were shot by McDon- 
ald, Leach, Winston and Wfrk; in each of these Leach managed to 
stay, and the last one he landed all by himself. About noon Winston 
got into his elements again : for some time, in fact, ever since we 
met him going to San Antonio, be has been talking matches, so fioal- 
ly to-day he got on one with Murphy, but not exactly to his hking, 
as it was a one-ban-el game, 25yds. rise, gun below the elbow; yet he 
won by 2 birds. Score: 
Trap score type^CopyHght, isbt, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
3544224824545343. 'i 34323342 
.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 0 . 1 1 1 11-2 3 
13 15 5 3 14 5 3 2 5 3 2 5 3 2 5 3 4 4 15 3 2 
.1 • 0 1 1 • 1 1 1 1 I • 1 1 1 1 1 1.1 1 1 1 1 1 i_80 
Miss and-out, §9, handicap rise, re-entry in the first round: 
Powers (30) 20, Du Bray (■ 9) 20, Settle (27) 20, Sergeant (27) 18, Win- 
ston (31) 17. Werk (26) 15, Wirt (ar) 14, Norman (2S) 11, Parker Im 10, 
Heikes (31) 8, Dickey (3P) 8, Ellis (27) 6. Bartlett (30) 5, Merrill (30) 2 
Mnrphy(29)2. Sumpter (30) 1, Leach (29) 1. 
Wirt, Bartlett and Blerrill re-entered after mi'sing their first birds. 
After the match the above mis^i-and-out was shot, which proved to 
be very interesting and was finally divided by Powers, Du Bray and 
Settle with SO straight When it was shot down to seven men Win- 
ston asked for a divide, as his shells were exhausted, but to this the 
others would not agree. He lost his eighteenth dead out of bounds, 
and the next round proved disastrous to Sergeant After each of the 
remaining ones bad kiilpd ?0 straiehtthey dtcided to divide. 
The weather again was very unfavorable, being dark and threaten- 
ing and not any too pleasant. Paul R. Litzke. 
Fourth Day, Feb. 11. 
There was only one event on the programme to-day, a 15 bird race 
entrance $10, five high guns. This was not shot until some time afier 
dinner. By agreement Winston and Murphy were to shoot two 
matches to day, one at 10 o'clock in the morniDg aud tme in the after, 
noon. Notwithstanding that this has been the worst day of the lot so 
far as weather was concerned, both principals were on the grounds 
at the appointed time ready to begin the match. Winston again 
selected the birds, but the mean, wet, drizzUng rain that was failine 
made easy birds of most of them. Murphy won the toss and the 
match. Owing to the poor quality of the birds, which is mainly at- 
tributable to the weather conditions, there was Httle of interest in the 
match. Murphy led off, scoring a kill, and continued to do so until 
he had stacked up 25 straight. Murphy's best bird was his 20th; thi-! 
was a very fast twisting quarterer, and was well killed by an excel- 
lent second. Winston shot well, killine: all his hard birds, which were 
not numerous. The bird that cost him the match was a rank easy in- 
comer that was hit too far back with the first, ••vhile the second did 
no damage, being used with poor judgment. It came almost straight 
in, and Jack made a greaf effort to catch it, but it got over the dead 
line. He came very near losing another one, his 21sc, a verv fast 
twisting incomer, that fell almost on ihe dead line. His best birds 
were his 8th and 24th, both of which were well killed. 
Conditions were 25 live birds, $.'5 a side, loser to pay for the birds, 
Winston at 30yds. and Murphy at 28: 
Trap score type— Copyright, isin, by Forest and Stream PubMahing Co. 
32133 3 1235341241326141444 
PL Murphy (28)... 1 1112113 2 2113 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2211 3-35 
14 3 482342455423541435 3 235 
J L Winston (30). ..1 11822222222 2 22.22222 2 22 2—24 
In addition to the programme event, two other events were shot, a 
10 bird race, $5, three moneys, and a $2 miss and-out. The scores of 
the 10 bird race are given below. The miss and-out, which had 
seventeen entries and two re entries, was cut up by Sergf-ant, Parme- 
lee, Parker, Wirt and Sumpter on the sixth round. The 15-bird event 
had eighteen entries; five scored all and divided the gll3. In this 
event everybody stood on the 3i)yds. mark. Sumpter did the oest 
shooting to-day, scoring 30 out of 31; his lost bird was one of the 
best trapped during the shoot. Scores in the 10-bird event were as 
follows: 
Ten birds, jS5, three moneys, class shooting: Murphy 10. Wirt 10, 
Merrill 10, Sumpter 9, Settle 9, Powers 9, Norman 8, Bennett 8, Ellis 
8, Leach 8. , 
The totals in the 15-bu'd event were a« below: Sumpter 15, Bennett 
15, Heikes 15. Norman 15, Du Bray 15. Ellis 14, Bartlett 14, Powers 14, 
Merrill 14. Wirt 14. Settle 14, Parmelee 14, Leach 13, Dickey 13, 
Murphy 13, Winston 13, Sergeant 12, Wallace 9. 
Fifth Day. Feb. 1 2. 
After a long time those shooters who made their trip South have 
at last experienced the pleasure of shooting on one day of sunshine. 
The weather is absolutely perfect, the only thing lacking being good 
wind to aid the birds in their flight. Just to stare the ball, a $i miss- 
and-out was shot, with everybody on the 34yds mark. The birds in 
this event were like the weather, and it was not a long-drawn out 
affair. At the end of the 3d round Bartlett, Parmelee, Settle, Elliott, 
Sumpter, Parker, Merrill and Du Bray were all of the 20 starters that 
had stayed, so it occurred to Jim Elliott that it would be a good idea 
to divide. Tnis was agreed to. 
EASTMAN HOTEL HANDICAP. 
This event, like the Arlington Hotel Handicap, had twenty-four 
entries. Of this number only one scored straight, and the lucky one 
was the promoter and manager of the tournament, John J Sunipter, 
Jr. All ihrouerh the shoot John has been shooting in great form, 
having lost only one bu-d out of his last 6 '. In his preseno form he is 
a hard man to beat, but he had some good luck connected with his 
shooting to-dav: not that he drew all easy birds, as he ^ot his share 
of the good ones, but his 18th bird, a fairiy fast one, showed 
no effects of the loads sent after it, and looked like a lost one 
as it flew straight away; when It was almost out, it ckcled, 
came back toward the score, and toppled over close to the dead 
line. Had it kept on its course it would certainly have fallen 
out of bounds. This time there were only two 24s, Merrill 
and Leach; Merrill seemed booked for a straight, but after 
he had grassed 81 he slipped up on a bird that should have been 
scored with the second at least. This bird towered when it left the 
trap, and Merrill undershot it, but it turned and came back so as to 
present an easy incoming shot; this is where it should have been 
easily killed, but the second net-er touched ir, though the first had 
done the damage, as the bird afterward fell from the roof of the 
pavilion. Leach also lost his bird dead out of bounds; this was a 
good fast one, and after it had gone out it fell on the hiUsideand 
rolled back in. 
As will be seen, Norman, the winner of first in the Arlington Hotel 
Handicap, failed to get in for money, but he was moved back 2yds, 
and 4 of bis 5 lost birds were dead out of bounds. 
Conditions, Eastman Hotel Handicao, 25 bhrds, S15, birds extra, 
moneys; first $138, second $115, third $92, fourth $69 and fifth 
Trap score type— Copyright, mt, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
23154 8 2 213 44414412454 8 844 
Sumpter C30) 22 2^2 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 ?1 if 1 2 8 1 3 1 1 2 3-85 
5 5 4153332S413331111484131 
Merrn,(80) -^nn^'^^r2^2^VrF2p2r8^^.1^2V24 
835 3 12314 5 513445554344213 
E H Leach (28) 1 2 2 2 2 21 123.31322222 2 3328 3-84 
548444455331341542 2 432343- 
Sergeant (27) 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 0 2 1 1 22 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 1 23 -23 
4341211534433453143454254 
Wirt (27) 0 2122310511813121221 22 1 1 2-23 
11311444445 3 4452112253241 
Dickey (39) 2 2 2 2112 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 0 2 3 0 2 2 2 2 2 2-23 
334853334 3 545 4 21841154 6 44 
Benn6tt(30) 1 1 8 1 3 3 1 2 1 2 0 1 3 2 3 ft 10 1?2 11 1-23 
31834513355123 3 1322442123 
Heikes (31) 8 2222 2 2 .223122222 2 222.22 2-83 
1456S34431142346533452224 
Elliott (33) ..2 02.32222232222222232233 2—23 
3423-5 233 3 4112341354225443 
Settle (88). ...... i . .8 022 2 12202122222 2 3112313 2—23 
13111425318344435115 21233 
Bartlett (33) 3 1 1 • 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 0 0 2 2 3 2 2 i 2—82 
24441545.5 5 3 3 4143438 3 11444 
Powers (30) 2 2 3 2 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1-23 
3134354521423 5 24148183514 
, t~^^tT-^^^^.^^r^r->HT^^TT<-^TH^. 
Parmelee (32) 1 882222.323220188 3 323221 0-28 
45515 4 4338535382434414335 
147 (30) 0 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3^8 3 0 2 . 3 3-82 
8831214 3 14214432333444344 
XT . ->t.\-^'^^^-^//''<-<-H-^^^^HTH H H^^'\ 
Houston (27) 1 8221 1 1120221 10201233222 2-82 
41223 3 5485313 141554238182 
E!hs(.30) ,.32 . 2 2 2 2 0 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 0 2 2 3 2 2 2 2—22 
443 5 33 3 4141313352215323 2 1 
Hughes (i7) 1 2221124221 2 3 3 023130111. .—81 
44423513 1262324554135838 3 
Du Bray (29) 2 01 2 23211321201020121223 2-81 
543314113 432 3 1213 44583314 
Parker (80) 0 3 . 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 1-1 3 1 1 !j 2 .3 1 3 a -21 
5332253424315532323335834 
Norman (29) 3 3 2 22.2. 120a 2 2202. .23 333 2—20 
4 1 3 3 84 21 2 1 2 4 3 3 343 424 iHH 4 S 
Murphy (39) 1 121112 . 00111113 2 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 1-20 
4451212 4 2548318 5124353353 
Wallace (36) 8 2 132 31122022112010.2 1 10 1-30 
3441142 3 44851551244332 2 14 
Werk (37) 0 020.21011202133alll3221 0-18 
45 5 2 3 4244. •1 3 44313458324453 
T;Kt T T (^\.^ \T t i^x T/* T TJ^ H 
Callender (28) 1 832321.l.3.2iOi.^2oaio'0 2-ir 
Foughkeeprle Gun Club. 
PouoHKEEPSiE. N. Y., Feb. 10.— The Poughkeepsie Gun ^lub held 
its regular monthly meeting this evening. At the meeting articles of 
incorporation were signed setting forth that the club is organized 
and incorporated for the purpose of advancing field sports and for 
the protection of game in Dutchess county. During the meeting a 
communication was read from the secretary of the New York State 
Association announcing that the Poughkeepsie Club would be ac- 
cepted as members of the State Associaiion. This will give the club 
the privUege of sending five delegates to the next meeting of the 
State Associaiion. It was decided to extend an invitation to the local 
clubs along the Hudson River to attend the sweepstake shoot at live 
birds to be held on Washington's Birthday, Feb. 22, on our grounds. 
The Poughkeepsie Gun I'lub will shoot a match of twelve men on a 
side with the Marlborough Gun Club on the former's grounds, Thurs- 
day, Feb. 18. 
Feb, 11.— The following scores were made at the club's regular 
weekly shoot, held to day: 
J MSjiencer 0111110011111111111111111—28 
W J Perkins 1111111111101111101011011—31 
A L Traver , 0101010111101111111111111—20 
H Valentine...,. , 1110110100111111011111111—20 
F Wood 0110111000011111110111011—17 
H Sisson ....llOllOlOOlOllinilOOlOOlll -14 
E Wilhams OllOllOOUCOUOOUlOOOlOl— 13 
L Carpenter, Jr lOinooOlOOOOllllOUOlOlll— 13 
W D Briggs *,<>... . .0101011 100 ilOOl 1010010111-12 
P Briggs 1011000001011100000011101—11 
H King 0000010110100000011010110 - 8 
G Van Wagnen 0000000001000011010110110— 8 
W. J. Pekkins, Fin, Sec'y. 
The Grand Prix at Monte Carlo. 
The Grand Prix du Casino was decided at Monte Carlo on Feb. 3. 
Signer G. Grassplli (an Italian) won first prize, about $4,000 and a 
trophy An Englishman, Hon. F. Erskine, and M. Horodetzki, a 
Russian, divided second and third prizes, a fum of about $ j,500. M. 
A. Poizat, a Frenchman, won fourth money. $900. Eleven tied with 
11 out of 12 shot at, four of Che eleven missing theh- 12th birds. On 
the shoot off, miss-and out, Signer Qrasselli won in the 5th round. 
The Americans. Messrs. Crittenden, Robinson and J O'H Denny, re- 
tired in thelUh and 5th rounds respectively with two misses„against 
them. There were 118 entries in all. the conditions being as follows: 
Grand Prix du Casino of £-0 1, added to a sweepstakes of £8 each; 
second received £1-0 and 23 per cent, of 'he entries; third £80 and 25 
per cent. ; fourth £40 and 15 per cent.; four birds at 26 metres, eight 
at 27 metres; the winner in 1S93 to stand back 2 mStres, previous 
winners 1 mStre ; three misses to put out; 118 subs. 
Siernor G. Grasselli shot a Greener gun and Walsrode powder; Hon. 
P. Erskine, a Bogs giin and Schultze; M. Horodetaki, a Russian giui 
and Schultze. 
