S60 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
PVIARCH 2t, 189?. 
The Cobwebs* Second Annual. 
Toe second annual to uroamsnt of tho Cobweb Gim Club, of New 
York, was held at Baycbesier, New York city, March ]6-'9. The 
programme, scheduled for the first two days was a series of target 
events, the chief one being the Cobweb Handicap, shot on March li), 
the last day of the tournament. 
The club at presint has no grounds of its own, but uses tbose 
located a c Biychesier, which are the property of iVlessrs. Miller & 
Zorn. These grounds are easy of access, being only fifteen minutes' 
run by rail from the end of the Third avenue elevated railroad. The 
fact, however, that trains on this branch of the N. Y., N. H. & H. 
R. R. rim every hour makes it incumbent on shooters who want to 
1)8 in time to allow sufficient leeway for catching a certaia train or 
else wait an hour in one of the dreariest spots it has ever Ijeen our 
misfortuoe to he stranded in. Once at Baychester, it is only a couple 
of minutes' walk lo ihe club house and grounds, which overlook Pel- 
ham Bay. 
The stiootius grounds slope off rapidly to the water's edge, and for 
that reason are rather deceiving. They are also exposed to every 
wind th'it blows, and on the first day, March 16, it blew hard enougQ 
to play havoc with averages. There was a snap, too, to the north- 
west gale that made the vicinity of a stove a favorite spot whfin not 
at the score. The shooting house is really too small for the accom- 
modation of any number of shooters, but on the first day it was not 
much discomfort to be huddled together around the stove. One end 
of the shooting house has been boarded off, forming a neat little 
office, in which Geo. W. Thompson, Jr., the secretary tf the club, and 
Neaf Apijar, who managed the shoot, kept tnings running in such 
tirst rate style that there was never a hitch all day. The purses were 
figured up in a hurry, and the proper divisions made in short order, 
and the last round of the last event had hardly been finished when 
the shooters were requested to step up and draw down the money 
coming- to them. 
DIAMOND OCT DIAMOND. 
Cold as It was on the first day. there was no necessity of tempering 
"the wind for the shorn I^imb." There wis scarcely a lamb in sight; 
those that did sbosv up and shoot found themselves in company hot 
enough to keep tht-m warm. The following list of some of those who 
were present on both days will he sufflcieat to illustrate what we 
mean : 
Rolla Heibes, champion of the world on targets; Ferd Van Dyke 
and B. A. Bartletr, ah of the Winchester R p atiug Ai-ms Co.; C. M. 
Grimm, of Clear Lake, la., holfier of tbo ca^t-iron championship on 
l.ve birds; C. W BudO, of Des Moines, Ta. ; Si'non Glover, of Roches- 
ter, N. Y.; E. D. Fulford, of Uiica, N. Y^ , shootmg a FrancoUe gun; 
O. K. Dickey, of Boston, Mass.. -vVinner of last year's Grand Ameri- 
can Handicap, and r?pres;nting Parker Bros.; the Bmnet^; brothers, 
of Boston, Mass : B. Leroy Woodward, of Campello, Mass.; EJ Rike, 
of Bdyton, O., a running mate of Rolla Heikes; Neaf A pgar, of Plain- 
lielJ, .1-, etc. 
Brom the above list it will be seen that the Cobweb Gun Club can 
Hatter itself upon haviug gotten together a round dozen of target 
shois that it would puzzle one to pick a team in the United States to 
lieat at tnis ?ame. The collection of all this talent under one roof 
was acooQi jlished without the aid of any added mocey, outside of 
$5J donaicu as average money to the six high gians in all programme 
events on bota target days; this, of course, was entirely due to the 
fact that ibe Sportsmen's Exposition was in session in Madison 
Square Gai den, the following week being that in which the Grand 
American Handidap was set for decision. The boys were killing 
three bu ds with one stone 
Under these circumstances, with such an aggregation of shooters, 
there was no mo: ey in it for any one. ^hooling for one anoiher's 
money, with cents out for targets," mede it a case of haidroot- 
ng to come out even. A choice few got more than they star:ed Willi 
—very little more; some broke about cen, but the majority were 
forced to chalk down a deficit at the end of each day's shooting. 
First Day, March 1 6. 
As staled above, thew'ind blew strong and cold from the north west. 
Owing to the wind and ihe deceptive slope of the ground, with the 
'ineven throwing of the traps chucked in, scores ruled low allSthe way 
down the line. -'The Daddy o' ihem all" had to oivn up to li, lost out 
of the first l<Oshot ai ; he then puUed himself togeiher and ran 49 
out of the last .'50, finishiijg with the only average of or better made 
During ihe day— 91.1. He led his nearest opponent by 5 targets when 
ihelOtb and last event had been shot. Glover finished In second 
place: Gnmm vsas tuird, with Budd and White tied for fourth place. 
The outside crowd was not large, only tnenty -five shooters in all 
taking part in the sweeps. Among this number were: M. H. Clark, 
president of the New Haven, Conn., Gun Club; Gus E. Greill, Fair- 
mont, and L. Piercy, of Jersey City; Pringle, F, S Edwards, etc. 
SCORES OP MAECH 16. 
Events: 133456789 10 
Targets:. IS 16 so 15 SO 15 so 15 SO 15 
Helkes , 1.3 Vi 17 1.3 19 14 17 15 S^O 14 
Glover 11 14 19 12 IS 14 IT 14 17 1* 
Grimm U 12 18 14 16 13 19 13 19 14 
Budd 13 14 IS 13 19 '3 15 13 17 13 
White 14 10 18 13 .9 13 17 13 -8 13 
Dickey 13 i3 19 13 U 12 16 13 18 13 
Van Dyke 10 U IS 14 18 11 IS la 15 13 
W Bennett 12 13 14 14 19 13 . 0 11 IB 11 
Fulford 13 l:i 16 la 15 14 18 1^ 16 14 
Barllett IS 11 16 13 18 15 14 11 16 14 
Leroy 13 13 15 :3 14 15 18 9 18 11 
Apgar . 10 14 IB li! 17 13 17 13 18 9 
Edwards 13 10 17 13 14 11 19 la 15 13 
Rike , - . . 13 13 17 12 17 13 lH 13 16 10 
Pringle......... 9 15 14 13 14 11 18 13 18 10 
CUrk 11 14 16 11 16 13 15 11 16 8 
Faii-mont 12 9 13 11 15 10 14 10 18 14 
Greiff 13 .. 13 19 la 
Wood.....4.M 10 .. 13 
Cahrs 10 .. la .. 13 
Roe ,„ 8 11 .. 11 
L Piercy lO .. 12 .. ..'lO .... 15 9 
Cashau .. .. .. Vll 9 .. 7 10 11 
McKeon 7 la 6 10 6 
Hebbatd shot in Ko, 8, scoring 11 out of the 15. 
Second Day, March 1 7. 
This was a lovely /lay, not a breath of wind stirring, while a bright, 
clear skj and a frosty nip in the air made it good to be out of the 
city. The new additions to-day were not many. Tom Keller, of the 
Peters Cartridge and King's Smokeless companies, was on hapd, run- 
ning riot as usual ; Dr. Mason and Harry Daiu came down from 
Peekskill, K, Y., to take in the shoot, Doc Mason plunking oi|t a 20 
straight alone in the sevemh event and drawing down enough to 
make him whole for the day. Eddie Collins, who has been hn the 
sick list for some months owing to a fall from a street car, ^hot in 
some events; as did also Landis, a well-known shot fronj: Pmla- 
delphia. 
The programme stated that the division of the purses on this day 
would be at the option of the shooters, a vote to be taken before No. 
1 was shot. This vote showed a large majority for the "old system," 
so "old system" it was, and the same old features came up with a 
monotony that was wearisome. Not that there was any dropping for 
place; nothing of the sort, so far as we could see; it was clean up 
and up shooting, with everything in favor of high scores. i3ut it was 
under the "old system." 
Two features of theday deserve special mention: The first was the 
regularity with which Heikes lost one target in each of the first 8 
events; the second was Ed Rike's shooting in the last 6 programme 
even s and the extra event at ao targets; out of the 125 targets shot at 
b.y him m these 7 events he lost just 4, breaking 121 and making a 
percentage for those targets of 9t). 8. By this great work he pulled 
himself out of list place to ath in the general averages. It was a hot 
race between Grimm and Glover all day long, while Bartlett and Van 
Dyke fought it out for 5th and 6th places in the averages. Dickey 
w as unlucky enough to arrive about a minute late for the 9:45 train, 
thus letting himself in for tlie double penalty of having to wait an 
hour for another train and being cut out of the averages. Once on 
the ground, he made a moderate siart, but finished very strongly wi h 
8 1 out of the last 85 shot at in the programme events. Dr. Mason 
broke 75 out of the same number (all he shot at), and landed with an 
average of 91.7. Apgar's totals on both days must be di'^counted 
very largely, as he had to work and shoot, something that no man 
can do and make good scores. Below are the totals: 
SCOKBS or MARCH 17. 
Shot at. Broke. A v. 
170 
155 
91.1 
170 
15) 
(■8.a 
170 
19 
87.6 
170 
148 . 
t7 
170 
148 
87 
170 
144 
84.7 
170 
143 
84.1 
i:0 
14a 
83.5 
170 
141- 
8J.9 
ro 
140 
8a. 3 
170 
lc9 
81.7 
170 
139 
81.7 
170 
185 
79.4 
170 
135 
79.4 
170 
135 
79.4 
170 
131 
77 
170 
laa 
7».l 
65 
57 
87.6 
30 
2$ 
76.6 
45 
84 
75.5 
45 
31 
68.8 
85 
66 
65.8 
100 
55 
^5 
85 
41 
48.2 
Events: 
1 
3 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
Targets; 
15 
15 
£.0 
35 
-21 
15 
i.'0 
15 
£0 
15 
Shot at 
. Broke. Av 
14 
14 
19 
14 
19 
14 
19 
14 
ao 
13 
170 
lf)9 
.91.5 
14 
15 
20 
la 
IG 
15 
18 
15 
19 
14 
170 
158 
92.9 
Glover 
..... 15 
14 
KO 
13 
18 
13 
IK 
14 
19 
14 
170 
158 
93.9 
Rike 
18 
13 
17 
13 
19 
16 
19 
14 
kO 
14 
170 
157 
9a.3 
Bartlett ., 
14 
14 
ao 
11 
16 
14 
19 
14 
18 
15 
170 
155 
91.1 
14 
15 
1ft 
11 
18 
13 
18 
13 
18 
14 
170 
153 
90 
Budd 
.... la 
15 
18 
15 
18 
14 
19 
IS 
18 
11 
170 
16 J 
90 
Fulford 
14 
10 
17 
14 
19 
14 
18 
15 
18 
13 
170 
153 
81.4 
Edwards 
14 
13 
16 
14 
17 
16 
17 
12 
19 
la 
170 
149 
87.6 
la 
14 
17 
14 
18 
13 
17 
la 
18 
13 
170 
146 
85.8 
18 
13 
17 
]JJ 
17 13 19 13 
18 10 
170 
144 
84,7 
» . 14 1*11 . 
14 
13 
30 
]4 
li 11 18 13 
18 B 
170 
143 
83,5 
1 jrroy .... ,^ , , 
Mason ,,.^,.1.,.^.,. 
11 
ID 
it 
Jo 
lo 11 Jo ].J 
JO J 4 
1 0 
. , 14 £0 ]4 
IH 11 
85 
78 
Bt,7 
Dickejf 
IB 
ia 
Ij 15 10 14 
19 14 
140 
126 
im 
17 10 
4! 
S4 
14 13 
85 
69 
81.1 
13 
15 
17 10 15 la 
18 13 
140 
113 
89.7 
Life 
17 K 
f>l 
3< 
76 
Keller 
13 10 
85 
63 
7i.9 
13 U 
50 
S4 
(=8 
Clark 
10 
9 
3) 
19 
tH 3 
7 .. 
36 
15 
43.8 
Zorn shot in No. 3, scoring 10 out of 16. 
As stated above, the club donated S5 1 average money to the six 
high guns, not cl<iss shooting, the money being divided into four 
prizes of iSlO each and two of $5 each. It will be seen from the fol- 
lowing table of 
THE GENffHAI. AVERAGES 
who won the prizes, and how the thirteen men who shnt through the 
programme ended, each man shooting at 340 targets: ^ 
First Day. Second Day. Total 
Avera,ge. 
92.3 
90.5 
90 3 
88.5 
8: 
86.4 
88.1 
85.8 
Svs 
S-l.T 
f3..T 
83.6 
83 
Heikes...., 155 ' 159 314 
Glover 150 15 < a.iS. 
Giimm .....149 l-iS 607 
Budd i... 148 1.'.3 (01 
Van Dyke..,..,.-.... 143 153. £96 
Bartlett ...140 loi SCS 
Fulford 141 153 HSU 
Rike... ....13.5 ]h7 S?3 
White ........148 141 J93 
WWBennett ..........14'. 146 £88 
Edwards i:-9 149 Sfi4 
Apgar ....139 14i S8t 
Leroy U9 140 3,9 
Third Day, March 1 S. 
The fbird day of the shoot was an uuplea.sBut, one for live bird 
shooting. The morning opened foggy and continued so all day, an 
east wind adding to the liiipleasartnei-s. At times too a drizzle 1' at 
threatened at any momenc to turn into ratn made matters ]< ok 
ominous for the Cobweb Handicap on the nexc day. Kotwith.siand- 
ing tlie bad weather conoitions tLere wbb quite a good aitfndarice at 
the grounns, among he newcomers being R A. Welch and, Krank 
Kleinz. of Philadelphia: Cnarlie Z virl-in. of Yirdvillii; Dr. Judson, 
of Utica; W Thomp.on, of Jackson. Mich.: M. A Beers. J L. Brewer 
and John L. 147 Winston, of the Austin Powder Co. 
The birds flew veiy wtll. their good qualiiy being the subject cf 
much fp orable comment fomm.my of llie .^hooter.j, who naturally 
expected poor birds in suth weaihei. The fac" that out of sixteen 
entries in the Harlem Handicap only one man could kill 10 straight 
speaks for itself. 
Event No. 1 was 5 birds, $5, birds included, four high guns; the 
seven straights of course divifled without a shoot-ctf. No. 3 was 7 
birds. $7, birds included, class shooting, two money-, Rosn system, 
professionals at 30 and amateurs at ;8yds. No 3 was the Harlem 
Handicap, 'Obirds, S)7, birds ex'ra, handicap r(-3:yds , class shooting, 
ti ree moneys. Rose !-vstem. No 4 was a i^lmila^ event to No. 1. with 
the exception that winners of first money in No 3 were penalized 
2yds ; winners of second money penaliz'^d 1yd.; all others at ;;8yds. 
except professionals, who were to stand at ?,Oyas unless penalized 
as above. No. 5 was a miss-and-out. Scores to day were: 
No. 1. No. 3. No. 3 
C M Grimm. . . .E2^.3— 5 22a2i;22-7 O'). .22:!aa2 o:3 - 9 
MA Beers 0»«12-3 Slvllll— 7 (7) 2LlOa22:.'ia— 8 
CWBudd ....1« 21-4 
F Bennett 2t2;a-5 
G R Dickey.... 32 S3 5 
W Cashau 122«0- 3 
F Kleinz 2 01 J- 4 
R A Welch . . . .aavii— 5 
C Zwirlein. . . 
S Glover 
W Bennett . . 
Dr Judson. . . 
J L Brewer. . 
147 
E D Fulford. 
P F McKeou. 
W Thompson 
B Leroy 
,.123.1 5 
..2"3Sa— 5 
. 11031 - 4 
,. I»noo-l 
1V333— 5 
aaitiaa- 7 
•12i- •"—5 
2vai2i3-7 
2;0203i-5 
1-13333-7 
2'iim- 7 
1111331 7 
a '12322—7 
0111213- « 
1 0ili9-6 
2231313 -7 
a-.;a3i03-6 
225:0333—6 
r8)..niii -5 
(30). 03i22-4 
(30). a.Jil3-5 
(30) .2320^-4 
(31) 2.W 
(38).. 01 12-4 
( 8) .2 •23 4 
(t8)..2< 13-4 
The ties on 7 in event No. 4 were decided in the following miss-and- 
oui: 
(3l)..23-20223i01— 8 
(:10).. (133333331— 9 
(30).. 0 103 f»n2 - U. 
(36) .. 1031-. 111. •— 8 
(3 ),.112» 0 a.'3- 8 
(81)..lsS«212i;C8- 8 
( 9)..f20i3<:3-'«a - 7 
(30. 9 
(39).. 0,1311211- 9 
(-.8).. -.1123 22 3— in 
(;-ia)..2r.0i;;23ii 9 
(30).. 22 '2223002— 8 
(3 ).. 02 133333— 9 
(37) . .•101111211^ 8 
No. 4 
(3[))..--2 20-4 
( 8). ,10 11-4 
.]a;13-5 
.11102-4 
.lai23 5 
(30). 
(^8-1. 
(-8). 
C'9) 9-iZ.l S 
(.30)., 12322 5 
(2^).. 11112- 5 
14.- 
Kleinz 
Welch 
Zwirlem... 
McKeon.,.. 
Brewer. ... 
Grimm 
112121-7 
SO 
0 
:.-V,l 2112231-7 
213<« 
Fulford 
Bu'ld.,... 
Dickey 
Thompson . ... 
W Bennett 
147 (re entry)., 
,,223]3'I— 7 
..£3-21 •.'31—-' 
,.2131111-7 
..Illl22« 
..£0 
Fourth Day, March 19. 
The weather to-day was even worse th^fu that i f yesterday, the 
start being made in dull, gloomy weather, without the <ign of a 
breeze to g ve a ray of hope that it would clear up during theday. 
At noon it was raining gentlv, but with a persistency that boded ill 
for ih<> balance of the day. Two hours later it came down solidly and 
everybody had to get under cover or take the wet as it came. 
Thn entry list of tbirty-eight was decidedly encouraging to the cl ib, 
it requiring only thirty-four to clear the gUAi-aatee of $300. Among 
the new arrivals were: Capt Money and Noel E Mone.y, of the E C. 
Powder Co. ; Gus E. Greiff, of V L & D , the U S agents for Schultze. 
powder; Dr. G V. Hudson, of tha Em.^rald Gun CIuq.' of New York; 
J. G. Knowlton, of New York; U, M. C. Thomas, of ihe U. M. C Co , 
of Bridgeport, Conn ; John J. Somp er, Jr., of Hot Springs, Ark , 
shooting under his honorary (ivle of Arkansa^v Traveler; P. D ily, 
Jr , of Elkwood Park, and W. R Patten, of Pleasure Bay, N. J.; G. A. 
Mosber, of the Syracuse Arms Co ; Co'in R Wise, of Pi^.'saic. N J ; 
Dr Summerson, of Staunton, Va. ; Judge Arnow and ex President G. 
A. BarKer, both members of the Cobweh Club; the club wa.e al.«o well 
repref ented by G. M. Donnelly, Jack Elliott, P, F. McKeon, Gus Greiff 
and W. Cashau 
Although there were thirty-eight entries in tlie Cobweb Handicap, 
o. ly two, D. A. Newton (3J) and C. W. Budd (30), killed straight. fNew- 
ton shot a Greener gun and E. C. powder in Leader shell? ; Budd shot 
a Parker gun and Hazard powder in U M. C. faetory loaried Smoke- 
less shells. The birds were a goou strong lot of flyers; with a wind to 
help them they would have been excellent birds. 
A curious incident of the race was the sudden tutnble among the 
straights in the 13th round At the commenceoaent of that round 
there were seven straight scores of 11. Newton, the fourth man on 
the list, killed his bird, and Bndd, who followed him, also scored bi^ 
bird. Gus Greiff. the fifteenth man on the list and tlie only "Cobsieb" 
left striaight, lost his bird dead out of hounds. Welch, nho followed 
him (Cashau having withdrawn in the 10th round), also lost his bird 
in the same manner- dead out. Bartlett, the nineteenth man on the 
slate, then spoiled his straight by one getting away from him, 
Dickeyi the thirtieth man, had his bird drop dead out of hounds in 
this round Thus five out of the seven s raights dropped down into 
the 14 hole, leaving Newton and Budd to fight it out Both men killed 
out, and divided a trifle over $200; seven men scored 11. and divided 
about Si50; fourteen men were in for third money ($100), and five in 
for fourth money i$5j). M. B. MiDonnell and Prank Hecdrick, both 
members of ihe Cobweb CluD, acted as referee and scorer respec- 
tively. 
Shooting did not commence until the arrival of rh? 9:45 train from 
ISOth street, but a start was mide as soon as tha"; train arrived, the 
first event being the New York Preliminary,.') birds. $3, birds in- 
cluded, four high guns, 30yds. In this event seven men tied on 5 
straight and divided the pot. Scores were: 
Preliminary: R. O. Heikes 5, E D. Fulford 5, Ark. Traveler 3, Capl. 
Money 5, Noel Money 5, C R. Wise 3. U. Newton 4 Siai Glover 4, 
Ferd Van Dyke 5, Phil Daly, Jr , 3, H, Walters 4, Dr. J. G. Kaowlto.-i 
4, Chas. Barilett 5. O. R. Dickey 5. 
The scores in the Cobweb Handicap were as below: 
D A Newton(S0)3231333;23i3:23 15 B Leroy (28) . ..202321323 "^2 230—13 
C W Budd (SO).. 11222221 ,333333-15 
R A Welch (.10). 21 3333123 2»232— 14 
O R Dickey (.30)i2112233333«232— 14 
B ABartlett( 9)23.'3213-23<iO«22 14 
F Bennett (-9) . .0a312231<;333343— 14 
W Bennett C 8) 203232133111211—14 
D - Hudson (38). 2132121120122 2-14 
Jack Elliott (i7) 1 nil 1 1 2303331 i-1 4 
J L brewer (33).22«303111313332 -13 
S Glover (81). . . .2«132ia22332033— 13 
R O Heikes (30).33»222i33»23232— 13 
F Van Dyke (30)3:.'«232333«23i!32— 13 
JGKnowlton(2J) 23<!322;02320ia— 13 
P Walters (3J).,2210-.i222i02a222 -13 
ArkTrftveler( 29)«2 1 3 201 13322 1 23 -13 
G E Greiff (i9)..31122232a23«»33-l3 
P Daly. Jr (39)..2»a33i302323i33— 3 
F KJeinz (28).,, .2131032028332^— 13 
Thompson (38). .122 0 2 20233.S0-13 
Claremon t ( i 7j . 2 1 222 -03 . 0 2 1 i2 j -13 
G Mosher (.27). .2301233.0221223— 13 
1 47 (30) 03303332 2223 - 1 2 
Capt Moaev (39) 13321 102 ! 13 U 00 - 1 2 
C Zwirlein (3-J) 3. '2 ;3 21303330 20— 12 
P McKeon (v7)..l-233l301«011tll— 13 
C R Wise ( 7). ..v2-33a0220 2022-12 
C Gri mm (1 1 j . . li:330 22«33»0 .22—11 
E Fulford (31).. 0«23333,2 ?lt'2 03 -11 
N Money (39). ..3132320«33130J3-11 
Summers m (;8)3!2»3l« .2110110—11 
U Arno .V (37) . . .11123313«11Q010— 11 
C Donnelly (27).02i32-3O300w 
AV Cashau (27) OUai02030w 
Dr Judson ( 83^)010321 300w 
UMCC 6) OlOlOOOlw 
G Barker (36) , .2-<O30O»0w 
East versus West at the Trapsi 
In all brancbps of sport, baseball, rowing, shooiing, etc, friend! 
rivalry and compel iiion are the very essence of the life of eac 
brinch. Once a Feeling of antagonism is aroused, more barm tha 
good is the result. There should be no such thing as "hard feelings 
among sportsmen, and nothing should be sail or done to excite any 
thing of the kind. 
In our issue la^t week we suggested in Drivers and Twisters that 
match between 10 or 12-men teams representing the Eist ^d the" 
West, chosen from those present at the Grand American Handicap, 
would be a feature in the world of trap-shooting that would ao a 
sreatdeal to.vard creating interest in shooting circles. Since then 
the matter has been discussed, and has found much favor in home 
circles. Phil Daly, Jr., has offered a tropb.y worth winning for the 
team that wins the match; while other suggestions, incorporated be- 
low, have also been provisionally agreed upon. 
The proposed team race was the subject of animated discussion on 
Friday, March 19, on the grounds of the Cobweb Gun Club during the 
shooting of the Cobweb Handicap. It was probably from that dis- 
cussion that tbe Nevv York 6't(7i gathered the "information"' con- 
tained in the following paragraph clipped from its issue of March 20; 
"The expert trap-shooters from the WesD who are now here and 
who are on their way for the purpose of competing in the Grand 
American Handicap have issued a challenge to the wing shots of the 
East for a match for teams of teti men. The conditions are that 
each contestant is to shoot at 50 birds, entrance f°e $50 each, and the 
birJ.sto be paid for by the losing team. D.ily & Cuanfrau have of- 
fered a suiiable trophy for the match, which will represent the team 
championship of the cwo sections of the country. The make-up of 
the Western team is as follows: 
"Charles Grimm, Clear Lake, la. ; Dr. Carver. Chicago; Chauncey 
Powers, Decatur, III.; Dick Mernll and Tom Marshall, Milwaukee, 
Wi.s.; Charles Budd, Des Momes, Ii. ; J. A. R. Elliott. Ksinsas City, 
Mo. ; Yr. Crosby. Chicago, III.; Fred Giloert, Spirit Lake, I-a.; and Dr. 
Williamscin, Milwaukee, Wis. 
"The date of the match has not been decided as yet. bnt it is ex- 
pected that it will be held on the Saturday following the Grand Amer- 
ican Handicap." 
The above contains one gross misstatement of fact, viz., that tbe 
WFSt had challenged thp Eist. No cu-iUenge at all had been issued, 
and for good reason, no Eastern team having been picked or decided 
upon. Tlie Western shooters have certainlv not challenged tha 
Eastern men, neither Ohariie P.odd, Charlie tlrimin or Rolla Heikes 
bping en tilled to speak for tbe West Such being the case, it is re- 
grettable that such a statement should be made at the expense of a 
body of shooters who have come Ease (o take part in the greatest 
live-oird event ever shot, tbe Grand American Handicap of 1897, and 
who while in the East are looked upan by all shooters of this part 
of the country as their guests. Something besides courtesy is due 
ouf^'s guests. 
The latest suggestions in regard to this proposed team race are as 
follows: 1 0 men teams, 50 live birds per man, 8 jO a side, individual 
sweepstake, all at 30yds., losing-team to pay for the birds; a piece of 
plate, to be presented ijy Messrs. Daly & Obanfrau to tbe winning 
team, to be disposed of as it may see fli ; 10 per cent, to be deducted 
from the purse to purchase a small cup for each member of the win- 
ning team as a souvenir of the event. 
The Baltimore Programme. 
The programme for the Iblersiate Association's tournamentat Bal- 
timore, Md., under the auspices of the Baltimore Shooting Associa- 
tion, is ready for mailing and can be obtained of Mr. Geo. L Harri- 
son, secretary of the Baltimore Shooting Association, ISO E. Balti- 
moie street, Baltimore, Md. 
ThH programme calls for two days at targets and one day at live 
birds. Tbe dates for the tournament have been- announced in our list 
of fixtures so long that it is almost supi-rrtuous to add that its dates 
are Aoiil l4-;6. The target days are, of course, April 14-15. 
The p'Ogramme for each target day is precisely the same five: 15- 
target events and five 80-1 arget events each day. The entrance fees 
are at the uniform rate of 10 cents per target, viz.: $l..'H0 in the 15- 
target events. $ ; in the 20-target event.«. The club adds Si 50 per 
dav to the pluses, Sl3 50 to each purse in the 15-target eveuts and 
$17 51J in each 20-target event. This makes a sum of S300 added to 
the puKses in the target events. 
One set of expert bluerock traps will be used, and a magautrap 
will supply the place of the other set that will be needed to keep the 
boys shooting without giving them time to catch cold. All targets 
will be thrown at unknown angles. 
Tbe live-bird programme calls for 3 events: No. 1 is the Carrolton 
introductory, 7 birds, $7, birds included, $20 added to the purse, all 
at 30yds., 3 nigQ guns, 50, 30 and 30; No. a is the Baltimore sweep- 
stakes, 10 birds, $10, birds incln Jed, 3;^yds. rise all, 4 high guns, 40, 
30. 30 and 10; $30 added to the purse. The 3d event is the Marylanu 
handicap, 25 birds, $30, birds included, handicaps from 35 to 32ydR,, 
high guns, 8 00 added to the purse. Tne division of the moneys will 
be as follows: i5 entries or under, 5 moneys -:tO, g5, 20, 15 and 10 per 
cent.: 86 to -30 entries, 6 money3-3f», 20. 15, 13, 13 and 10 per cent.; 31 
to :iT entries, 7 monay-j— 3?, 20, 15, 13, 12, 10 and 5 par cent.; over .35 
entries, 8 moneys— 25, 20, 15, 12, 10, 8, 5 and 5 per cent. High guns, 
not class shooting. 
Two sets of traps wUl be used for aU live-bird events. Notfl that 
high guns win. The division of moneys in the target events will be 
as folloft's: In all ;arget events there will be4 moneys, pui-ses being 
divided on the Rose svstem, with ratio points of 5, 3, 3 to 1. 
All guns and suells forwarded in care of the A G. Alford Sporting 
Goods Co., 13J E. Biltimore street, Baltimore, Bid., will be cared, for 
arid sent out to the grounds. If any further information is needed, 
write the secretary, Mr. George L Harrison, above referred to. We 
might add that the Carrol on Hotel will, as usu 1, be headquarters 
for shooters during the tournament. Roduised rates will be given to 
shooters 
Barre Scores. 
Barrb, Vt., March 19. - Tbe Recreatiou Gun Club held their regular 
shoot yesterday. The weather was warm and favorable for good 
shooupg and some very good scores were made. Several representa- 
tives of tbe Montpebef Gun Club were present and added to the in- 
terest. The highest average was 8) per cent., made by D. \V Abbe.y, 
H. G. Bennett, of the Recreation Qau Club, and Towne, of Mont- 
peli. r. Tbe following is the complete score: 
1 
5 
Pigeons: 
Events: 
Reynolds 14 
Grirtin 12 
Fi.sber 8 
Hftwes 3 .? S. 
Houghton...., 11 "6 .. 
J F Perry...... lO .. .. 
Kendriek 6 .. ,. 
Abbey 6 ,. 
Eaton 3 . . 
Martin 1 
Bradoury 4 
B Eastrnan 6 
C M berry , . 
Bennett 
Towne... .. .. ., 
Brown.... 
Barrett 
Siiepard ,, 
McCloud 
Fiske 
Hoidington..., 12 8 
* iVliss and-out. 
15 10 10 10 15 Hr. 15 5 20 15 * Per 
1 2 3 6 H 8 9 101H313 Shot at. Broke. Cent, 
8 10 21 10 0 17 8 
V 14 £ 0.10. 4 19 11 
t-n ft 12 •■■» »-f »•* • . 
1 2 
.. .. 14 .. .. 12 .. 
,. . . 17 ,. .. „ ... 
.. .. 14 
9 13 23 12 0 18 11 
6-!0 
6-10 
4-10 
1 
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6 10 13 6 
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7 11 
9 10 
10 13 
7 8 
5 10 
11 
10 
12 
8 
go 10 
5 18 .. 
0 10 .. 
0 10 ., 
3 16 12 
2 .. .. 
C-10 
130 
101 
74 
140 
111 
79 
25 
59 
50 
60 
10 
17 
70 
43 
fil 
40 
37 
63 
^0 
20 
50 
121 
97 
80 
10 
3 
30 
20 
2 
10 
20 
6 
31 
75 
41 
55 
51 
13 
52 
! 6 
20 
80 
63 
53 
80 
63 
4t 
68 
15 
45 
69 
SO 
£4 
68 
I'O 
17 
5^ 
43 
34 
79 
65 
to 
77 
C. 
M, Perbt. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
Thbbb is a realistic breath of forest and field in the book of the 
Boone and Crockett Club that commends it to tbe practiced Fporta- 
men. The men ihat have con 'ributed toils pages show that their 
interest in sport is deep fctinded, and with their knowledge of hunt- 
ing craft is combined a happy style that makes subjacts which, as a 
rule, are attractive onl.v to sfiortsmen equally attractive lo the "lay" 
reader.— f/o)7!e Journal, 
From snow to siimmth is a uttlb otbk twenty-four hours is 
quifk aod startling crausltion, but improved railway travel has a 
(ojplished it. Good i^oadbed.s, handsomely-equipped trains, recor 
breaking lime make a trip from Nt-w York to Florida a pleasant on 
The Ailantic Coast Lme iMf Richmond is one of the most popula 
lines to the South. In coi^nection wi'h tbe Pennsylvania Railroad 
carries passengers in solid vestibuled, steam-heated and eiectriir 
lighted trains, knovm as the "New York and Florida Special," from 
Jersey City to St. Augustine in exactly twenty-seven hours. It also 
has fast through ear service to Aiken, S. C, and popular Georgia re- 
sorts. The bureau of information is at 339 Broadway, New York,— 
Adv. 
