MAiicn 6, 18970 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
197 
Classification of Trap-Shooters. 
PROPaesioNAiiS and amateurs defined. 
Professional: Any person who makes his livelihood in whole or 
in part by shooting at the trap; tbat is, any person who receives a 
salary or remuneration in casli from a firm of manufacturers of 
sporting goods for shooting a certain make of gun, a certain brand 
of powder, or a certain shell, for the purpose of showing the merits 
of the same, is a professional trap-shooter. Also: Any person who 
shoots exhibition matches for gate raceipts, or who receives pay for 
taking part in the same, is a professional trap shooter. 
Amateue: All other trap-shooters who do not come under the above 
conditions are amateur trap-shooters, 
A StUOH-VKXBD QUESTION. 
The definition of what consticutes a professional in trap-shooting 
circles has been a much-vexed question ever since the sport first 
came into existence. The rapidity with which "paid men" came 
into the field to take part in touruatnents for the purpose of exploiting 
certain guns, powders and guns, started the ball rolling. It was kept 
rolling so fast that it has now acquired an impetus that needs sum- 
mary treatment, otherwise the well-being of a most healthy sport, as 
well as health giving amusement, will be in danger of compassing 
its own undoing. 
It has always been customary for Forest and Stream to step mto 
the breach and speak its mind without fear or favor. In every branch 
of sport its record is the same. Game hogs, pot-hunters, despoilers of 
thenati nal parks and reservations, game law breakers— all alike 
have felt the power of the press and public syuipathj^ through the 
medium of the columns of Forest asd Stream, Yachting and Kennel 
have both done their part to bring about a more satisfactory condition 
of affairs in the world of sport most intimately connected with those 
departments. , 
And so with Trap. The dropper has been dropped upon until he 
has almost dropped out of sight. The adoption of the Rose system 
for dividing purses was first advocated in these columns, and it was 
a long time before others, seeing the handwriting on the wall, fell 
into line and whooped her up as if they had discovered something 
new. Skin games in the trap-shooting world and trap-and-handle 
matches have been scored Heavily in the trap columns of Forest and 
Stream, until- such affairs are now almost out of date, or are only 
prosecuted behind closed gates and with the utmost secrecy, much 
after the plan adopted when a cock fight is booked to take place. 
We have delayed defining 
' WHAT CONSTITUTES A PROFESSIO:^!. 
for certain good and sufficient reasons. We may have run a risk of 
one or other of our competitors getting ahead of us in this matter by 
opeuirig up a discussion in its columns, but tl is risk was fancied 
rather than actual, as there are some who always prefer to follow 
instead of going ahead and showing the way. 
The definition given above as to what constitutes a professional 
has not been made recklessly. The question has been discussed in 
all its aspects and has been carefully considered, and we hold that 
the definition is concise, accurate and well turned. t>£ course there 
will be some who do not agree with us altogether, but we feel that 
they will form such a small minority that they may almost be left 
out of consideration. It must be understood, however, that we court 
criticism to the fullest extent. Forest AND Stream's columns are 
open to all its readers, aud nothing but good to the sport of trap- 
shooting can come of such a discussion. 
"in whole or IN PART." 
The definition reads; "Any person who makes his livelihood in 
wholeor in part bv shooting at the trap. * * * is a professional 
trap-shooter." The explanation that follows in the definition seems 
to us to cover the ground, if any explanation of the above terras is 
necessary. A man's salary, that is, his means, or part of his means 
of livelihood, must be dependent upon his shooting at the trap for 
such an one to be called or classed as a professional. He must be 
paid a certain sum to be present at tournaments to show off guns, 
powders or shells, to come under the head of a professional. 
The "gate money" part of the definition is self-evident, and needs 
no additional explanation. 
We have heard it claimed that shooting or taking part in 
SWEEPSTAKES FOB CASH 
was enough to make a man a professional. If such were the case, 
then 90 per cent, or more of the trap-shooters of this country are 
professionals. But such a hypothesis is absurd. 
If the fact that a man competed for cash prizes was sufQcieut to 
cause him to lose his amateur status, then Pierre Lorillard, August 
Belmont and others in the horse-racing world in this co'mtry must 
be professional racing men. Also the Emperor William of Germany, 
the Prince of Wales. Mr. Barclay, the Marquis of Ailsa, Mr. Edwin 
Gould, and others who race yachts for cash prizes must be classed as 
professional yachtsmen. Again, a man who plays a match or a 
three-cornered game at billiards with friends for a side bet ot 'a 
half" climbs at once into the same class with Ives, Slosson or The 
Wizard, although he may be selling gent's furnishings over a 
counter ell day long, and every day of the year except Sundays and 
holidays. 
That the L. A. W. has forbidden amateurs to race for cash pnzes 
has nothing to do with trap shooting. Bicycling tournaments are 
few and far between, and no man competes in ten or a dozen events 
in one day for three or four days at a time, as in trap-shooting tour- 
naments. 
AN INCENTIVE IS NEEDED. 
In all competitive contests of iskill some incentive is needed to keep 
up the popularity of that sport Cups may do very well in some 
branches of sport, but trap-shootmg is so constituted that aups are 
only possible as adjuncts; that is, to mark some one special event or 
circumstance. Some other incentive outside of trophies is needed to 
keep up the interest of the shooters, and to urge them on to improv- 
ing their skill in the use of the gun. Hence sweepstakes, in very 
many instances for merely nominal sums, are shot at all, or nearly 
all, gun club shoots. The club shoot for yearly medals, or for a 
special cup, may have no sweep attached to it, but that is for the 
reason that an mcentive to win the trophy or the badge already ex- 
ists. In all contests there must be something to mark the winner, 
something to compete for; and in shooting at the iraj) under all con- 
ditions nothing fills the bill as satisfactorily as sweepstakes. 
THE TITLE OF "AMATBUR" 
has been misapplied more often probably than any other word used 
in a similar sense. It is frequently, we might say generally, applied 
to a man who is a comparatively poor shot. It should b-^ remem- 
bered that trap-shooters are more properly classified as professionals 
and amateurs. These two classes may each again very aptly be divid- 
ed Into three sub-classes: experts, semi-experts aud novices. Read the 
.definitions of professional and amateur at the head of this article, 
and don't use amateur when you mean novice. 
The question is now open to debate. 
Greenville Gun Club. 
Qrebn'ville, Pa., Feb. 32.— The Greenville Gun Club held a shoot 
this afternoon. Among the events was a special match race, which 
has been looked forward to for some time and which was watched 
with a great deal of interest by local shooters. The match was 100 
targets per team, 50 per man, between G. H. GraueJ, Cam, J. A. Mc- 
_Nary and C. E. Witaier. Although shot in a drenching rain the score 
Iood; 
Qrauel 11011011111111111101111101011111111111111101101111-4.? 
Witmer 10011101111100101011111001001100010110011000000000—25 
Cam iiiiiooiniiioiiiooiiioiiomouiiiiiiiioiiniino-40 
McNary 11010111111111111011111100011111111111111011111000-40 
Grauel and Cam won with the score of 83 to 65. Cam is the name 
which Dr. C. A. Miller adopts when shooting. 
During the shoot Warren Taylor, of Sharon, a member of the team 
which rej resented this city in the Pennsylvania and Ohio Border 
League last year, was presented with a handsome gun case by the 
members of the club. Mr. Taylor will be a member of the team this 
year, which, by the way, will be a good one, if hard work and good 
management count for anything. 
Weekly shoots are held by our club every Tuesday afternoon. 
Robert E. Beatty. 
Harrisburg Shooting Association. 
Hahrisburg, Pa., Feb. 33.— A few members of the Harrisburg 
Shooting Association had a live-bird shoot to-day. The chief event 
was a 25-bird handicap, %25. No. 2 was at 5 birds, $5, one money; 
Nos. 3,4,5 and 6 were $.3 miss-and-outs ; Nos. 7 and 8, 4 birds, $3. 
Scores were: 
No. 1. 
bennis (30) n03121]«19l21112111..311-21 
3onway (*!8) 0102212332013112120111021- «0 
Dill (30) 022222223332022203x010112- 20 
WcOann (29) 1312010223202311222121C01— 20 
U.lller 
No. 5. 
Dennis. ,, -0 
3onway.; 9111110-20 
DiU........... .......,,»......••>••> •■22=^^=^=^032 
ilcCann,,,.,, t,, ........ ^ 2U 
(VlllQOt »c> •■<■■>■ ■•••m •« ........ 
No, 2. 
No. 3. 
50 
12220 
1211 
01111 
123 
3112 
10323 
213 
30 
00233 
020 
2210 
12121 
No 6. 
No. 7. 
No. 8. 
22211 
1010 
3)0 
2110 
3^10 
1232 
11210 
12c3 
021 
22111 
0 
010 
so' 
Eureka, of Chicago. 
Chicago, 111., Feb. 23. —Eureka Gun Club, of Chicago, held its annual 
meeting and banquet last evening, Feb. 23, at the dining hall of the 
Sherman House, some twenty -four members of the club present. Pres- 
ident John G. Glover in the chair. The banquet was nicely served 
and proved a very enjoyable little affair. The tables were hand- 
somely decorated, the club trophies occupying places of honor along 
the long board. Most conspicuous of these was the big Mussey Em- 
blem, a great cup indicative of the club team championship of the 
Cook County League. This is a very fine bit of silver and worthy of 
the honorable title that goes with it. Mr. Mussey, its donor, was 
present as the guest of the club. Other trophies were the E. O. cup 
won by the hard-shooting Mr. Steck, and the Shooting and Fishing 
trophy won by the club in the State team contests. It was in evi- 
dence that the men of Eureka are handy with the shotgun beyond 
their brethren of this vicinity. 
It was about 10 P. M when the meeting was called to order for 
transaction of the club business. Secretary A. C, Paterson made his 
report at some length, and in satisfactory tenor. Treasurer O. J. 
Buck in his report showed that the club was in possession of some 
8900 worth of personal property and was out of debt, though the bal- 
ance in the treasury was small. A number of minor matters were 
referred to the board of directors. The trophy committee reported. 
It was resolved to hold regular live bird shoots during the winter 
months hereafter, begicming in October and continuing until April, 
monthly. Suitable medals will be provided for A, B and C classes in 
these live-bird events, to go to the best averages in not less than four 
shoots of the season. A motion to lease a magaiitrap was laid on 
the table. It was resolved to extend the courtesy of 1-cent targets 
to any member of a Cook County League club in good standing, 
when such member should be a visitor at Eureka grounds upon any 
but a club contest day. It was- voted unanimously that hereafter the 
Eureka Gun Club shall not at any future banquet allow the use of 
any wines or liquors on its tables It was suggested that ladies 
be invited to the next banquet. One new member, Mr Thos. L. 
Parker, was propoised for membership, his name going to the 
board of directors for their next meeting. One name, that of A. W. 
Morton, was dropped from the club lists for violation of Section 3 of 
the by-laws. It was arranged to employ a regular scorer during club 
contests, and all remaining matters were handed over to the directors, 
as the hour of midnight was by this time approaching. In the elec- 
tion of officers Dr. C. W. Carson was chosen President; F. P. Stan- 
nard, Vice-President; W. A. Jones, Secretary; E. M. Steck, Captain. 
(The offices of secretary and treasurer were by vote under the by- 
laws declared one.) The Board of Directors was chosen as follows: 
Messrs. J. L. Jones, J. G. Glover, H Carson, L. II. Goodrich, O. von 
Lengerke. The Classification Committee will he Messrs. C. W. Car- 
son, E. M. Steck ana W. D. Stannard. The Medal Committee will be 
Messrs. J. L. Jones, E. M. Steck and W. A. Jones. 
The affairs of Eureka Club are in highly prosperous condition, and 
it enters upon the duties and the pleasures of another shooting 
season better equipped than ever in its tiistory as a representative 
shooting club. E. Hough. 
1208 BoYCE Building, Chicago. 
Marlboro Defeats Foughkeepsie. 
PouGHKEEPSiE, N. Y., Feb. 18.— Teams of 12 men each, represent- 
ing the Foughkeepsie and Marlboro, N. Y., gun clubs, respectively, 
met to-day on the grounds of the Poughkeepsie Gim Club. The 
teams shot at 300 targels each— that is, 25 targets per man. The 
Marlboro team won by 15 targets, breaking 224 to 209. There was a 
large crowd of spectators present to witness the shooting. Mr. J W. 
McDonald acted as referee. The scores in this race were as below: 
Marlboro. 
S Mills 1111111111111101111110111—23 
C W Frost 1111111111011111101111110—23 
T Rhodes.,.. , 0111111011111111111101111—23 
C Bingham 1010101111111111111110111—21 
N T Kniffln 1101111111111010011111111—21 
F Covert OllOOllllfOlllllllOllllll— 19 
J Rhodes 0011001110011110111111111-18 
A Fuller .. 1101111101110111001110010-17 
F Vail 0011111111111100010101100-16 
MUlard ...,.:„.,... 101111011 UOlllOOnoooilO -10 
H Wyatt..,., lllfiOOOOlIOUOlOOllUOlll -15 
E V Covert lOllllOlOOOOOOlllllllOOlO— 14 234 
Poughkeepsie. 
WCorliese 1110111011110110111111011-20 
J Tallman '....„„..... OlinilllullllllllOnOlOO-19 
W Perkins..... ........... ..„.,.,....,llliO10011100l01111111111— IS) 
J M Godinez ................ ...,.....]1]1110]01110110111111100-19 
HVonderlinden.. ...... 1101111010111111010310111 - 19 
E Williams 1111001100010111101111111-18 
J M Spencer lllOOlllOlOOllinOOlllOll-17 
H Scott ^„,.^.^.\..i....,^ IIOIOOIOOIOOIIOIIII'OIIII— 17 
F Wood... ..........1110110111011110010101010 -16 
A Traver , ..j n i , , i . ^ ' 01 01 1 lOlOlOll 1 11011 10010—1 6 
H Valentine........ „;;,*.., 01001 01110001100101111111-15 
H Sisson .11110001110100)1011010010-14—209 
W. R. Perkins, Sec'y. 
Trap Around Philadelphia. 
I'LORISTS' GUN CLUB. 
Philadelphia, Pa,., Feb. 22.— The attendance at the Florists' Gun 
Club's shoot to-day at Wissinoming Station was affected by the bad 
weather, rain falling until about 11 A. M. In addition to the'l3 events 
on the programme, several extras were also shot. In the table below 
we give the scores made in the programme events. Nos. 1, 3, 5. 7, 9 
and 11 were at known traps and angles; the balance at unknown 
angles. Scores; 
Events: 133456789 10 11 12 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 16 10 10 15 10 10 
6 10 14 
9 7 13 
9 10 11 
9 8 13 
7 8 11 
7 9 9 
9 7 18 
8 6 
9 .. 
7 8 
7 8 
9 9 
8 10 
H 10 
9 11 
9 14 
S... . 
8 6 
10 8 
H 9 
Thurman..,. 9 9 9 9 11 
Torpev. 7 5 7 7 11 
Houpc 8 8 9 8 13 
Cowan .,, 9 8 10 9 13 
Dillin .,. 6 8 6 4 10 
Anderson 9 6 9 9 U 
Landis 8 8 8 6 11 
Ward..,, 4 4 
Pechin 6 (j 
Burton.,., .8 6 
Evans..,.,, <...... ..■..-i.-...:,-..) t ti 
I^ife , I T 
Aiman ........r' 7 7 
Woodstager , ,. .. 
Doyle 
McKarahari..i_.j^ii,,, 5 5 
Daniels ^ 4 
Barrett .. 4 5 
Jones 4 3 
Brown ..^ i.^ .. 3 3 
Van Schaick 8 
Dorp 1 
Carlisle 3 
10 10 
8 '7 
9 5 
9 10 
T 10 
.. 9 
5 .. 
4 
7 6 
7 y 
5 .. 
8 6 
7 7 
ti 7 
Nichols vs. McKeon. 
New York, Feb. 19.— Grant Nichols and P. F. McKeon, both mem- 
bers of the Cobweb Gun Club, of this city, shot a match to-day at the 
club's grounds at Bay Chester, N. Y., at .50 birds per man, Nichols 
winning easily, although the scores were both below the average, 
The pair met on Jan. 29 under similar conditions and shot a tie race, 
each scoring 45 birds. To-day was favorable for the birds, a strong 
northwest wind blowing directly over the traps; the sky was bright 
and clear. A good crowd of friends of both men were on hand to 
witness the match. E. Miller acted as referee, Fred Pringle as trap 
puller and G. W. Thompson, Jr., as scorer. Scores were- 
Trap score type— Copyright, issr, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co, 
3153355 3 314544'i3 5 2 3 232112 
Grant Nichols. .0 2122»1213 2«12212 2 032l2«3-20 
52544 3 2211345552223411512 
23321««2«233023221011202 2—19-39 
3345232 3 152112455523213 25 
,.1 01001321313301121201301 2- 19 
P F McKeon 
21534453835543 5 3243345183 
\<-<-^<-< — >r^^ r*-^i-W -> t./^ ^1 / 
• 1 3 01211102 1 01200101i.l«2 •— 15- 
9i 
A small team race, two men to a team, 5 birds per man, 30yds. rise, 
was also shot, with the following result: 
A Elliott 20123—4 J Elliott 02202—3 
Cashan... •:3301— 3— 7 H Hoffman O.lOO— 1-4 
G. W. Thompson, Sec'y, 
Poughkeepsie Gun Club. 
PouGHKBEPSiB, N. Y., Feb. 22,— The Poughkeepsie Gun Club held an 
all-day shoot to-day at live birds, eighteen shooters taking part in the 
sport. 
The shooters from out of town were: Dr Hill, Mr Hume and Mr. 
Myer, of Kingston; Covert, Rhodes and Kniffln, of the Marlboro 
team; Russell, Sleight, Wicks and Hover, of Hyde Park; Tallman and 
Foster, Millbrook; A. Tallman, Hopewell Junction; Jameson, of 
Clinton Corners, and Cramer, of Red Hook. The best shooting of the 
day was done by E. J. Foster, of Millbrook. who scored 30 out of 35 
shot at. Nos. 1, 2 and 4 were at 5 birds, ^3.50, three moneys, class 
shooting; Nos. 3 and 5, 10 birds, $5, three and two moneys re- 
spectively. Scores were: 
No. 3. No. 3. No. 4. 
20110—3 0031201100— 5 01022—3 
22100-3 
No. 1. 
Varian 01111-4 
Perkins 22210—4 
Sisson ...,00000-0 
Cond i t 02303—4 
A Tallman ,..-...00300—1 
Williams 13100-3 
Cramer 01110-3 
Jameson, ............ . 10) 33— i 
Spencer w... 03213-4 
Foster ..i..i...31131— 5 
I Tallman. ..,.^.11310-4 
Covert , .... 
Rhodes , , , , 
Meyer , 
Hill 
Valentine 
King 
Hume 
23323 -5 
20000-1 
10000-1 
2*320i— 4 
20302 -4 
11111-5 
20110-3 
01000—1 
00220-2 
2020323220 - 7 
0000002000— 1 
0310300000 - 3 
01102-3 
012i!l-4 
31303—4 
2103210102— 7 
1311113121—10 
21111- 
03202- 
2103302203— 7 
0300020100— 3 
2211213131—10 
1222212020— 8 
00001-1 
01200 -2 
02103 - 3 
31002—3 
, 2230020000 -4 
FosteE 2122200111—8 
Traver, 0210002301—5 
No. 5 was at 10 birds and resulted thus: 
Valentine 2112000323—7 King. 
Condit . . . . ; 3333330200—7 
I Tallman 2212001102—7 
Varian 22O300O203-5 
About 1,000 targets were also thrown during the day, several 
sweeps being decided at targets. 
Feb. 35.- Scores made to-day in our regular weekly club shoot 
were as follows, Valentine being high with S3 out of ?5: 
H Valentme 1111100111111111111101111-33 
F Wood 1110110110110111111111011—20 
W D Briggs. , ... , 11111101011 11100111111010-19 
A Traver 0111111101101100011101111-18 
H Vonderlvndon 0111111011011010101111110—18 
GVanWagnen IIOIIOOIIOOIOOOIOOOOOOOOO— 8 
W. J. Perkins, Sec'y. 
Tournament 
Lockport, N. Y , Feb. 22.- 
at liockport. 
The Lockport Gun 
N. Y. 
Club is not an old 
organization, but it held a tournament to-day that would have made 
a record for many an older club. Shooters were on hand from Buf- 
falo, Rochester and Hulberton, among the visitors being many of the 
cracks Simon Glover, of the Rochester Rod and Gun Club, was as 
usual high average for the day. In the team race the Audubon Gim 
Club, of Buffalo, came out on top, defeating the Hochester by the 
narrow margin of 1 break, and taking the cup to Buffalo in conse- 
quence. Scores in the team shoot were: 
Audubon No. 1— C. S. Barkhardt, Norris and Hammond— 88. 
Audubon No. 2— E. C. Burkhardt, Kelsev and Alderman— 38. 
R-chester No. 1— S. Glover, E. C. Meyer and L. V. Byer- 37. 
Bi?on G. C, of Buffalo -Seagnst, Wheeler aud Banman— 84. 
Lockport No. 1— Ward, Covert and Atwater-31. 
Rochester No. 2— Davis. Weller and Quirk— 27. 
Lockport No. 2-Burt, Welsher and Angevine— 26. 
The scores made in the sweeps shot in addition to the team race are 
given below in tabulated form: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910111313 
Targets: 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 20 
Glover 10 15 
Davis 9 13 
13 
11 
8 
9 
13 
10 
7 
Weller 4 
Quirk......,, ,,,,, 6 
Meyer 6 
Atwater ,. 6 
Covert 4 
Byer ....i.. 9 
Angevine 
Ward » 8 12 
E C Burkhardt 7 .. 
Kelsey 6 12 
Wing 3 5 
Alderman 7 9 
Seagrist 3 4 
Wheeler. 7,11 
C S Burkhardt, ... 10 
Tiddler .•.„,,..... o. .,10 
Welsher .. 3 
Burt..,,,,.,iii.;ii,.,„.,..,i.. ,. .. 
Norris , 
Hammond ,. 
Wilson 
E Baker.. 
Jackson, , i.ri^...v. ., ., 
Lealer . , , , ..^ 
E Moody '.i.i 
McCarney 
10 13 
7 11 
6 8 
8 11 
7 11 
7 .. 
6 11 
9 13 
3 .. 
6 9 
8 13 
4 14 
6 13 
8 .. 
8 13 
8 .. 
9 11 
8 11 
8 18 
6 15 
7 14 
7 .. 
10 15 10 15 10 
9 12 8 It 9 
8 10 9 13 9 
6 12 4 14 8 
6 
9 9 
8 9 
9 11 
3 6 
7 12 
5 8 
7 8 
6 11 
6 8 
8 13 
.. 15 
7 15 
.. 10 
8 15 
10 15 
10 17 
8 16 
.. 14 
5 11 
.. 18 
10 16 
.. 15 
15 
11 
6 10 8 16 
7 9 10 17 
4 .. ,. .. 
7 7 6 14 
.. ,, 3 ,. 
.. .. 7 .. 
15 
11 
8 .. 10 10 .. 
7 13 6 10 5 
7 12 5 18 7 
4 
9 12 6 13 8 
5 14 
9 
4 12 9 8 ,. 
6 
15 'e 
8 . . 9 9 10 
.. 12 
7 
lb 13 '9 id '7 
7 
8 
7 ,. ,. 19 6 
5 6 9 13 7 
A New League in Connecticut. 
An organization of gun clubs of the State of Connecticut has been 
effected under the title of Connecticut Trap-Shooters' Association. 
The idea of the organization is to have monthly shoots during the 
season on the grounds of the different clubs forming the Associa- 
tion, and to generally boom trap-shooting in the Nutmeg State. 
Among the clubs that go to make up the Association are : New Haven 
Gun Club; Colt Gun Club, of Hartford; Parker Gun Club, of Meri- 
den; Windsor Locks Gun (jlub, etc. The first shoot will be held on 
the grounds of the Parker Gun Club at a date that has yet to be 
named. 
The programme at all these joint shoots will be a uniform one, and 
the conditions of the tournaments will be as follows: 
"On each ground where a shoot is held the club holding the tour- 
nament agrees to give as added money the sum of $15; $10 of this 
amount is to be contested for in a six-men team race, 40 targets per 
man, 20 at known angles and 20 at unknown angles, the money to he 
divided 60 and 40 per cent, to the two best team scores, the re- 
maining $5 to be divided 50, 30 and 30 per cent, to the three best indi- 
vidual scores in the team race; optional sweep of SI on each 20 tar- 
gets m the team race; one man from each club to constitute the 
managers of the tournaments, the managers to issue a uniform pro- 
gramme to govern all contests of this association; places for holding 
these tournaments to be drawn for." 
The programme is as follows : No. 1, 10 targets, known angles, 50 
cents; No 3, 10 targets, unknown angles, 75 cents; No. 3, 15 targets, 
known angles, $1 ; No. 4, 15 targets, imknown angles, gl ; No. 5, team 
race; No. 6, 15 targets, known angles, $1; No. 7, 15 targets, unknown 
angles, SI; No. 8, 10 targets, reversed order, 75 cents; No. 9, 15 tar- 
gets, unknown angles, $1; No. 10, 10 targets, known angles, 75 cents. 
McAlpiu Wins Another Match. 
On Thursday, Feb. 25, G. S. McAlpin went down to Riverton, N. J., 
and shot a race at 50 pairs of live birds with T. S. Dando, of Philadel- 
phia, a member of the Riverton Gun Club. The conditions were two 
birds in each trap, 5 unknown traps, 25yds. rise. McAlpin shot 
strongly and won easily, scoring 80 to Dando's 73. McAlpin had 
three fall dead out of bounds, Dando lost 8 dead out. The scores 
were as below: 
McAlpin (35) 11 U 11 01 11 •I II 01 01 11 11 11 11 
11 11 11 00 11 10 •! 11 11 11 11 11 —42 
10 !• 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 10 11 11 
01 11 11 11 00 11 01 01 11 01 11 01 -33-80 
Dando (25) 00 Oi 11 11 l« il 11 11 11 mO l« 11 •! 
11 II 11 01 01 11 11 11 .1 11 11 10 -.38 
10 01 10 00 11 11 00 11 11 11 11 U 10 
10 10 10 11 !• 10 •! 11 11 1» 11 11 —35-78 
Philadelphians at Thomasville, Ga. 
Thomasvillb, Qa., Feb 26. — Below is given the result of a 3-men. 
team match shot to day, the members of the teams being Philadel- 
phians, who are now stopping at the Mitchell House, and who are 
well known in trap-shooting circles up North: 
Dolan 01111111101110111111111111111111111111111011111111—46 
E F Toland. , .11111110111111111111111111111111111111111110011110—46-93 
C M Chapin.. .11011111011011110011111111111111101111111111111111-44 
Schurmeier. . .11101111111110111111011111011001111111111011111110-41 -8 
