April 24, 1897. J 
FOREST AND STREAM, 
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Baltimore's Interstate. 
The target season of 1897 has been opened, and opened successfully 
at Baltimore, Md., with the first target tournament on the Interstate 
Association's circuit for the year. This tournament has attracted 
more than ordinary attention, as Baltimore, although a great trap- 
shootiotj center, has done more in the live-bird line than in that of 
targets in recent years. The programme of events too. was a gener- 
ous one as such things go now. The club added $450 in cash to the 
purses, SIM on each of the three days— April 14-16— of the tourna- 
ment. This amount of money and the absence, or rather scarcity of 
large tournaments in the list of fixtures for the year, made it more 
than likely that Baltimore's entry Ust would be quite large. 
A SATISFACTOBT ENTRY LIST. 
As a matter of fact the entry list on each of the target days was 
thoroughly satisfactory. On April 14 the average number of entries 
in each of the ten programme events was exactly 34, On the 
second day, April 15, the extremely had weather of the opening 
hours of the day had its effect on the entries, the average for the 
programme events being just a fraction under 28. Old tournament- 
goers will realize more readily than others that the above averages 
mean a pleasant shoot, with lots of shooting, fair purses and no long, 
tedious waits. Live-bird day, April 16, was somewhat disappointing. 
Tbe entries ruled low; the Maryland Handicap, 25 birds, 820, birds iu- 
cluded. five moneys, high guns, which was the main event on the 
programme, had only 30 entries. It is probable that had this 
event been "class shooting, four mone.ys," the entry list would have 
heen more than doubled ; five high guns in a 8.5-bird event is rather a 
steep game to go up against. We are firm believers, however, in high 
guns for all live bird events, and think that the Baltimore Shooting 
Association did wisely in following the principle adopted by the In- 
terstate Association at its Grand American Handicap tournament 
of March last. Live-bird shooting under the old system of class 
shooting may be all right for club shoots, but "high guns" will 
surely become the popular thintr at large tournaments. 
EVERTTHING BAN SMOOTHLY. 
Practice mates perfect, and Elmer Shaner has had practice enough 
in the way of running tournaments to make him about as nearly per- 
fect as we ever hope to see him. The tournament from beginning to 
end ran as smoothly as possible. The expert traps worked well, and 
the magautrap performed her (is it a she?) work admirably. The 
latter machine needs more than passing mention. The last time (and, 
by the way, the first time) we shot over a magautrap was last June at 
Cleveland. In our report of that shoot we s^oke favorably of the 
working of the magautrap, and yet the machine at that time was a 
crude article to what it is now, with its electric pull, etc. "Maggie," 
as the hoys call the trap is puzzling, it is true, and the variety of 
flights one gets from one of these traps is rather surprising. The re- 
sult is, therefore, impaired averages even under favorahle conditions 
as to weather, background, etc. Just give "Maggie" a sloping hill- 
side like she had at Baltimore, with a dark background of trees to the 
left, and almost a gale of wind like that which blew on the second 
•day, and averages will not be simply impaired - they'll be knocked 
'■galley west." Under such cu'cumstances the magautrap is a severe 
combination; but she certainly furnishes good material for practice 
and makes the shooting anything but mechanical. 
With the magautrap to take the place of one set of traps. Manager 
Shaner placed the Interstate's set of expert bluerock traps in posi- 
tion for the second set of traps. And this set of traps has a history 
of its own— a history that might be studied with benefit by every sec- 
retary of a gun club using those traps. Tbis is their third season, 
and it is safe to say that over 200,000 targets have been thrown by 
those five traps, and ypt they are practically as good as when 
Elmer first used them. More than half the credit for their condition 
must be given to Mr. Shaner, for he has tended them with a fatherly 
care. Each trap may be said to have thrown 40,000 targets, and yet 
Paul North tells us tlJat for every 6,000 or 7.000 targets that his com- 
pany manufactures and puts oa the market, it sells one trap. He 
assures us that this has been the ratio for some years, and therefore 
he figures that the average life of a trap is about that number of 
targets. He attributes rhe long life of Elmer's set of traps to the 
care and judicious oiling that they get at his hands— something that 
other traps seldom or never get. It is a fact that Mr. Shaner was 
only called to attend to these traps once during the entire tourna- 
ment, and the cause of the trouble then was the combination of "a 
wire out," and a boy who didn't know what to do under the circum- 
stances. 
HOW THE EVENTS WEBB SHOT. 
The shooting on the afternoon of "preparation day" had proved so 
hard owing to the wind that blew, that though several 15-target 
events were shot over the magautrap, only two straights were made 
in the afternoon. .Tack Panning was responsible for one and E. D. 
Fulford for the other. Under these circumstances Manager Shaner 
thought it would be best to start the l.b-target events on the magau- 
trap and tbe 20-target events over the regulation traps. This was the 
method pursued on April 14 and it worked well in some respect; but the 
15s were disposed of proportionately much faster on the magautrap 
than were tbe 20s on the other traps. This, however, caused very 
little actual delay and the programme was shot out about 3:30 P. M , 
even with an interval of about one and one-half hours for luncheon. 
On the second day the 15s were shot on the regulation traps and the 
20s on the magautrap. This kept both sets busy all the time, and 
although a start was not made until nearly 11 o'clock, the programme 
was shot out a little after 3 o'clock with an hour out for lunch. Six 
extras, all 15-target events, were disposed of this afternoon before the 
boys would quit shooting and go to their hotels. Altogether 13,0Cj0 
targets were thrown during the two days of the shoot. As will be 
noticed on reference to the scores made on the second dav, there was 
a vast dilTerence between the totals made on the magautrap and on 
the other set of traps. When the wind came up strongly it brought 
whole hunches of ciphers with it. To men accustomed to straight 
scores under other conditions, there was something more than exas- 
perating in the manner in which target after target would dip, jump, 
scoot and curve out of tbe charge of shoot; but we don't think there 
was a shoo er present who didn't enjoy that style of shooting. 
FAMILIAK NAMES. 
. Amonc those vrho were present were some whose names are by 
this time ver.y fatniliar to trap shooters generally: Kerd Van Dyke, 
of tbe Winchester Repeating Arms Co. ; J. S. Fanning, of the U. S. 
(Gold Dust* Powder Co., of San Francisco; W. Crosby, of the Baker 
(3run Co., of Batayia. N. Y. ; Capt. A. W. Money, of the American E. 
C. Powder Co: I'aul North, of the Cleveland Target Co.; H P. Du Pont 
Collins, representative in Baltimore of the Du Pont and Hazard powder 
companies; U. M. C.Thomas, of the U.M. C. Co., of Bridgeport, Conn.; 
Ralph Trimble, of Covington, Ky., representing the Hazard and Du 
Pont companies; Ed Taylor, New York, of the Lafliu & RandW A 
Powder Co. ; A. W. du Bray, of Dayton, Ky . represenling tbe Parker 
Gun Co., and one of the most popular men in the business. Then 
came the pair from northern New York: Sim Glover, of Rochester, 
shooting the Parker gun and Schultze powder, and E. D. Fulford. of 
Utica, with his combination of Francotte gun and Schuitze powder. 
Others who were there were: F. D. Alkire, Woodlyn, (J.; M. M. 
Mayhew, Utlca, N. Y.; H. M. Stewart, Rochester, N. Y ; H. C. 
Bndgers, Tarboro, N. C, a rattling good shot who conceals his 
identity under the name of Tarheel ; Hughes (otherwise Dr. P. H. 
Mason), Peekskill, N. Y.; E. C. Mattingley and Billy Wagner, Wash- 
ington, D. C. ; York (otherwise H. W. Bumham), York, Pa., ex-cham- 
pion of the State of Pennsylvania at targets; John L. Brewer, New 
York city; W. H. Wolstencroft, Harry Thurman and R. A. Welch, 
Philadelphia, Pa. : E. C. Burkhardt, Buffalo, N. Y.; W.Mitchell, son 
of Senator J. L. Mitchell, Milwaukee, Wis., the youngest shooter on 
the grounds, but one who stuck to his work and shot the programme 
through on each of the two target days. 
The home club was well represented by Hood Waters (who took 
third place in the general averages); Chas. A. Macalester, better 
known as one of the best live-bird shots in the country; Hawkins, a 
good man on either live birds or inanimates; Dr. Lupus, Bond, Ed 
Coe, Smith, Brooks, Hall, Malone, White, etc. In short the home 
crowd vras out strongly, and staved to the finish, more than one of 
them doing yeoman service for the club. 
THE OFFICIALS. 
The Baltimore Shooting Association is well fixed for helpers when 
it comps to running a tournament. The referees were both of them 
pajnstaUing and capable; Dr. S O. Heiskell officiated in all events 
shoe on the magautrap, while Hamilton Cassard judged on the other 
set. It is of course utterly impo-sible that a referee ctui give satis- 
faction to everybody, but we must slate in ail fairness that the deci- 
sions of the above-mentioned two gentlemen were received with less 
complaints than we have heard under similar ciicumstances for 
many moons. The scoring, too, was above par, and very few '•ball- 
ups" occurred in this branch of the shoot. Where the' shooting is 
rapid fire, and when a quick tu-ing squad is at the score, it takes 
more than ordinary tiuieknefs ot apprehension to accurately mark 
down the correct score. N . VValker was the scorer at the magautrap. 
Bob Scarf at the other bet. The pullers were: magautrap, R. Cantler; 
othertrap'i.R Mere field. 
In the cashier's otfloe Dr. Samuel J. Fort, of Ellicott City, Md., was 
chief, with R, H. Burton, the representative of the Baltimore iferaW, 
as his assistant. This part of the management of the tournament 
was handled as satisfactorily as the otuer branches. Altogether, it 
may be saia that Manager Shatter was fortunate in his help. 
eUNS, POWDERS AND SHELLS, 
A canvass of a large majority of the shooters on the grounds showed 
the following guns, powders and shells in use: 
Guns: L. O. Smith 13, Parker 11, Winchester 7, Greener 3, Fran- 
cotte 2, Baker 1, Colt 1, Lefever 1. 
Powders: Du Pout 13, E. C. 11, Schultze 6, W-A 3, Hazard 2, Gold 
Dust 1, Du Pont & Hazard 1, Austin 1, King's 1. 
Shells: U. M C. (Trap, Smokeless and Nitro)24, Winchester (Leader, 
Repeater) 11, Peters's Victor 1, U. M. C. & Winchester 8. 
With the above list we must bring our account of this tournament 
to a close, leaving it to a review of the scores made and the aver- 
ages recorded in the tables given below to tell the rest of the story. 
GENERAL AVBRAdKS. 
Although no average prizes were offered by the club there was 
perhaps almost as much rivalry tor places in the "general average'' 
list as if such solid cash inducements had been promised to the high 
men. If no other proof of the success of the Baltimore tournament 
could be adduced, it would be sufficient to simply state the fact that 
eighteen men shot through the entire programme on both days, while 
a round dozen or thereabouts missed only one or two events. 
The weather conditions of the two days were exactly opposites. 
As has been stated, on April 14, there was warmth enough to 
make a regular "shirt-sleeve shoo "; what little breeze there 
was, too, played no tricks with the targets; while the bright 
light and moderate background seemed to warrant biz scores. 
On April 15 it was entirely different: A heavy soaking rain 
fell until about 10 o'clock; a wind sprang up then from the 
southwest and drifted the clouds away, the sun coming out 
brightly before noon. But with the sun came a squally wind that al- 
most reached the dignity of a gale at times, while at others it fairly 
died way. This fickleness of the breeze made good shooting much 
am .ter of luck, but still there was no keeping the good shots down. 
Glover and Fulford headed the lists on both days, and their names 
will be found in the following table of general averages at the top of 
tbe heap Hood Waters, a Baltimorean, honestly deserved his posi- 
tion as third on the list, while Van Dyke's good w'ork on the first day, 
and Fanning's Garrison finish on the second day. landed them a tie 
for fourth and fifth places. Brewer, Alkire and Trimble, all closely 
bunched, came nest in order named. 
A reference to the table below will tell the rest of the story: 
First day. 
S Glover 164 
E D Fulford. ....... It52 
Hood 165 
F Van Dyke i. ........ 159 
J S Fanning 148 
J L Brewer 150 
F D Alkire 152 
R Trimble Ui 
FS Edwards. ...151 
W Crosby 151 
Tarheel 149 
Capt Money.... 140 
H m Stewart 150 
M M Mayhew 133 
York,.... 131 
UMC 135 
Mitchell 130 
HP Collins 114 
First Day, April 14. 
With a magautrap and a set of bluerock expert traps in position 
and with only a matter of forty-three shooters to handle, Elmer 
Shaner was in no hurry to start, not a gun being fired until about 
10:15. Once a start was made, everything went along so rapidly and 
smoothly that the boys were all shot out before 4:.30. The pro- 
gramme called for 175 targets, and three extra 15 target events were 
also shot. Thus some idea of tbe work done can easily be figured 
out. Over 7,000 targets were thrown, a large number, when the- 
total of shooters is taken into consideration. 
A list of forty-three shooters does not sound larse compared with 
the totals in the old days of "$.',000 (or $3,000) added," but it is 
really a large number to get together nowadays, and any tourna- 
ment which, like this one, can boast of twenty -five entries "for ail 
day" must be classed among the successes of the season of 18 '7. It 
must not be overlooked also that a large tournament took place at 
A'chison, Kansas, on the same dates as those of the Baltimore Inter- 
state. 
The list of entries in each event on the programme shows that the 
boys started in to shoot at the beginning, and stayea until the last 
event. The following gives the list of entries in each event: No 1 
30; No. 2. 35; No. 3, 85; No. 4, 33; No. 5, 32; No 6, 31 ; No. 7, 39; No. 8, 
37; No 9, 37; No. 10, 31. This gives an average entry for the ten 
events of 34. 
Glover started off like a race horse, only losing two targets out of 
the first 85 shot at. With such a start, and shooting as he always 
does a most regular gait, it is no cause for astonishment that he 
finished in the lead with the high average of 93.7. He did not win 
first honors, however, without a struggle, as Fulford, who started 
badly, finished very strongly with 120 breaks out of the last 125 tar- 
ge s shot at, averaging for the 175 shot at in the programme events 
just 9i 5 per cent. Van Dyke, wbo was scarcely shooting his regular 
gait, being erratic in some events, larded third place wita 90.8. Hood 
was fourth, Crosby fifth and Alkire sixth. 
Oo this day Manager Shaner ran off the 15-target events on the 
magautraps, and the 20-target events on the expert traps This nat- 
urally made some pauses between the events as the programme wore 
on, the 15-target events being shot out proportionately faster than 
the others, owing to the saving of time in shooting over a magautrap 
when a target breaks in the trap. Shaner, however, felt that it was 
rather a stiff game to run novices up against if they were set to shoot 
against the crackerjacks, for only four places in the 2J-target events 
over the magautrap ; the work of the "preparation afternoon" re- 
ferred to above had given some of the boys quite a scare. 
Below are the scores made iu the 10 programme events: 
SCORES OF APRIL 14 
33 45 6 78910 
SO IS m IS so 15 20 15 so Shot at Broke. Av 
end day. 
Total. 
Average. 
168 
328 
93.1 
157 
319 
91.1 
1.51 
306 
87.4 
144 
303 
86.5 
155 
303 
86.5 
151 
311 
86 
147 
299 
85.4 
165 
297 
84.8 
145 
206 
84.5 
137 
291 
83.1 
142 
291 
83.1 
143 
283 
80.8 
132 
28 i 
80.5 
140 
2'33 
78 
125 
266 
73 
119 
254 
72.5 
12i 
252 
72 
9d 
213 
60.8 
Events: 1 
Targets: IS 
Glover 15 
Fulford , 13 
Van Dyke 13 
Hood 10 
Crosby. 33 
Alkire U 
Edwards 14 
Stewart...,,,.,...... 12 
Brewer 15 
Tarheel.............. 13 
Fanning. ,...v...i... 13 
Hughes. ......i..... 13 
Trimble...... 11 
Money 11 
Mattingley 11 
Wagner la 
Taylor 13 
9 
11 
13 
12 
13 
11 
9 
UM 0. 
Bond 
Mayhew 
North.., 
Lupus 
Y'^ork 
Mitchell , 
Collins 5 
Macalester 
Thurman 
Wolstencroft 
Smith 14 
Burkhardt.,,,, 
Hawkins.....,,,. 
Coe 8 
Charles Vi 
Mantz , 12 
Kiefer 8 
Brooks 
Walls 
Hall 
Malone 
Du Bray 
Hamson 
White 
Harvey..,..,.. 
19 
16 
17 
16 
18 
18 
18 
18 
18 
17 
17 
13 
18 
16 
16 
17 
16 
16 
16 
11 
I'i 
15 
17 
11 
H 
17 
18 
18 
18 
18 
14 
18 
14 
14 
il 
15 20 J4 
13 19 14 
14 18 14 
15 19 13 
13 IS) 10 
14 17 14 
14 18 14 
14 16 15 
11 14 9 
12 16 13 
12 15 14 
15 17 12 
13 18 13 
13 18 13 
8 17 13 
12 16 12 
11 16 15 
14 15 11 
13 18 12 
10 16 13 
14 12 14 
15 13 9 
12 14 12 
13 15 10 
8 15 11 
13 20 13 
11 15 13 
14 16 11 
12 16 . . 
15 14 13 
II 14 11 
10 16 ., 
8 .. .. 
7 .. .. 
15 .. 11 
9 
15 
17 14 19 
19 15 19 
19 15 17 
20 14 18 
18 15 17 
19 14 18 
16 H 17 
IS 11 15 
19 14 18 
17 14 18 
19 13 18 
18 II 17 
17 14 15 
15 12 17 
16 11 18 
17 13 15 
13 15 13 
17 11 17 
16 12 13 
20 10 13 
13 13 14 
16 10 13 
14 ti 17 
14 13 16 
10 15 16 
18 13 17 
16 15 17 
18 13 16 
15 13 17 
.. ..17 
11 10 17 
16 14 12 
.. 10 .. 
.. 8 .. 
.. 11 .. 
.. 12 
. . 7 1-2 
.. 1; 13 
.. .. 16 
.. 9 .. 
.. 6 ., 
.. Ifi 
.. .. 16 
14 17 
15 19 
15 17 
12 18 
13 18 
11 15 
13 16 
15 16 
14 18 
11 18 
12 16 
12 18 
11 13 
9 16 
14 15 
12 13 
10 16 
9 16 
12 12 
12 16 
11 H 
12 16 
8 i;i 
13 16 
8 12 
15 13 
14 19 
13 17 
11 18 
15 14 
12 18 
ii 
13 
11 
18 
13 
10 
175 
161 
93.7 
175 
162 
92.5 
liS 
159 
90.8 
175 
lf.5 
88.5 
175 
154 
8:1 
175 
152 
8i.8 
175 
151 
86.2 
1?5 
150 
85.7 
175 
150 
85 7 
175 
149 
85,1 
175 
148 
84.5 
175 
U6 
8;J.4 
175 
142 
81.1 
13 
140 
8) 
175 
131 
79.4 
lie 
1.39 
79.4 
175 
138 
78,8 
rs 
135 
'7.1 
175 
i:« 
77.1 
76 
175 
1:33 
175 
132 
75.4 
175 
132 
75.4 
175 
1.31 
74,8 
175 
130 
71.2 
175 
114 
75,1 
16) 
139 
86.8 
160 
13 
86.2 
160 
l:-6 
85 
160 
134 
83.7 
^5 
46 
83.6 
160 
13J 
Hl.5 
140 
100 
71.4 
100 
77 
77 
65 
42 
64.6 
65 
40 
61,5 
6) 
51 
85 
55 
3) 
54.5 
50 
34 
68 
35 
27 
77.1 
35 
24 
68.5 
30 
19 
6 .3 
SS 
i8 
33 
26 
74.2 
15. 
Second Day, April 
A more di.sheartening kind of an outlook for the second day could 
seajCBly have been provia-d than that which greeted the shooters 
when tney came down to breakfast at the Carrolltou Hatel on April 
15. The rain was pouring down in sheets from a lot of leaden clouds 
that spread over the city of Baltimore; and not a breath of air was 
sMrring to give promise of sojiething better in store. With no aver- 
age money to fight for, it is not to be wondered at that the boys 
hung arouud -the hotel offiiifi and discussed the state of the money 
jBarket and the prospects of war between Greece and Turkey until 
well on to 10 o'clock. Then a break came in the sky and the clouds 
began to move off a little. By the time the grounds were reached 
(and it's a long ride to Halsted's Hotel) only a slight drizzle was 
falling; and before the first two events were finished, the sun was out 
good and strong ; and out to stay. 
And such shooting as it was during the greater part of the day ! 
Glover and Fulford held up well; Fanning and Trimble, and Hood 
and Brewer also shot well. But the rest were scarcely anywhere. 
Whether it was a ease of funk, luck or lack of condition, there was 
something radically wrong with the rest of us. The 15s were shot to- 
day on the expert set of traps and some fair averages were made in 
them. But when it came to the 203 and the "Maggie," then there was 
fun and lots of cyphers. Right-quarterers curved off down hill and 
dipped and scooted to heat the band; lef fc-quarterers sUd up the hill 
and into the ground after a fashion that left nothing to be desired in 
the way of variety of angles or styles of shooting. 
There were consequently some curiosities in the way of scores. 
With only 4 mone.ys in the 20-targeC events, 15 was not necessarily 
out of the money. la event No. 6 there was only one 20— Fulford; 
not a single 19; ©nly two 18s— Glover and Brewer; and not a single 17! 
In No 8, Fulford, Trimble and Brewer were high with 18; Van Dyke 
and Bawkias were the solitary 17s! 
BXTBAS On TBe "MACH3IE." 
In addition to the ten programme events, six extra 15-target events 
were also shot off on the "Maggie," and in one of these with twenty- 
five entries. Fanning took first money alone on 14, and. if we-remem- 
ber right, there were only two 13s. In the sixth extra, with twelve 
entries, 13 was high and took first money alone, while the solitary 12 
captured second money. In these extra events the "old system" of 
dividing purses was given a chance, with the usual results. 
There were thirty-eight shooters on the ground to-day, but tbe 
average entry list in the programme events was much smaller than 
on the first day. The average to-day was good enough in all con- 
science, the figures showing 27.7 in each event as follows: No. 1,29: 
No. 2, 28; No, 3, 28; No. 4, 29: No. 5, 23; No. 8, 27; No. 7, 27; No. 8, 23; 
No. 9, 31 ; No. 10, 27. The above shows that the boys stuck the game 
out, and we claim that it was owing to the system of dividing 
moneys. 
The scores in the programme events were as below: 
SCORES OF APRtr, 15. 
Events: 133456789 10 
Targets: IS SO 15 SO IB SO 15 So 15 so Shot at. Broke, 
Glover is 20 15 18 12 18 15 16 14 19 
Fulford..... ,. 13 18 13 18 15 20 12 18 12 IS 
Fanning 13 IS 14 19 14 16 12 16 13 21 
Trimble 14 18 11 18 12 16 14 18 14 20 
Hood 14 17 15 17 11 16 15 16 15 15 
Brewer 14 18 13 16 14 18 14 18 13 13 
Alkire 14 19 13 13 14 14 14 16 14 16 
Edwards 14 17 10 16 14 15 14 16 14 15 
Van Dyke 13 16 11 16 13 14 13 17 15 16 
Money. , 13 17 15 17 15 14 12 14 10 16 
Tarheel 14 18 12 16 15 12 12 16 12 15 
Mayhew 13 16 14 18 12 16 12 15 10 14 
Crosby , 14 17 15 17 13 13 7 11 18 17 
Macalester 11 16 12 14 13 15 11 13 14 16 
Stewart 15 10 12 16 12 11 12 16 13 I'i 
York 12 13 13 16 10 15 10 9 10 17 
Mitchell 10 16 13 16 12 13 10 12 11 10 
U M C 14 14 9 16 10 9 13 10 13 11 
Collins....... 8 13 9 13 9 12 6 10 10 10 
Smith 14 16 .. 16 13 .. 13 .. 14 
Hawkins 18 12 14 11 16 13 17 13 20 
Gent , 10 18 
1-2 15 
13 18 
13 17 
., 10 
'9 16 
7 12 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
irs 
100 
160 
35 
35 
155 
1.55 
140 
85 
155 
180 
105 
120 
35 
162 
157 
1P5 
1.55 
151 
lit 
117 
145 
144 
143 
142 
140 
137 
135 
132 
125 
122 
119 
93 
86 
134 
28 
27 
129 
119 
106 
63 
.114 
84 
66 
72 
19 
Av, 
92.5 
81.7 
88.5 
F8.5 
as. 2 
86.2 
84 
82,8 
82.2 
81.7 
81.1 
80 
78.2 
77.1 
75 4 
71.4 
69.7 
6S 
56.5 
86 
83.7 
80 
77.1 
76.7 
76.7 
75,7 
74.1 
73.5 
70 
62.8 
60 
54.2 
Antique 
Woisiencrofli.. 13 18 i'2 12 14.16 18 
Burkhardt 12 14 12 16 8 16 11 
Taylor la 15 10 16 14 14 14 ., 
Lupus 12 16 9 .. 12 14 .. .. 
Thurman 14 15 13 12 12 14 9 .. 
North 12 12 14 16 9 12 9 .. 
Brooks ............... 13 .. 10 13 .. 10 9 II 
Coe 10 13 10 11 9 
White 9 10 .. 
In addition to the above 3 ! shooters, 6 others took part in the shoot 
ine', en ering m one event, as follows; 
Kiefer in No. 1, breaking 8; W^right broke 9 in No. 4; in No. 9, Cant- 
ler broke 10, Malone 12, Du Bray 10. 
Third Day, April 1 6. 
This was a bright, sunshiny day, with little or no wind in the morn- 
ing. Shortly after noon a bi eeze sprung up, and before the Maryland 
Handicap was fiaishel there was a good breeze blowing. The birds 
as a whole were very good, being mostly quick to start and strong on 
the wing. 
Two sets of traps were used, the referees being J. Merrytceather 
and Ed. Coe. The handicaps were awarded by Messrs. Park Starr 
and Malone. Brewer, from the 32yds. mark, killed his birds in good 
form and won strictly on hia merits. Crosby's retrieve of his 25th 
bird close to the wire was a clever one, and ehcitated lotsof applause. 
He needed the bird too, and his 25 straieht was one for which he 
deserved and received congratulations. Fulford. Alkire and Haw- 
kins were the three 24s and helped to divide up the pot. 
Some miss and-outs were also shot of which we kept no record, but 
the balance of the scores, as well as the results iu the Maryland 
Handicap, are given below: 
Maryland Handicap: 
Brewer (.32) 22223222222221 222''222 ^ 22-25 
Crosby (30) .^^ 1221222 '1222 J2U 222222222— 25 
Fulford (30) 212-/1 22111 ■2221121212122— 24 
Hawkins (29) 22122122i3l22 2112121 0 '2- 24 
Malone (28) 1121 1221'?«ll 1222112113 .'12— .'4 
Alkire (-29) 111222 ! fl2322222102Jlii'2)— '3 
Du Bray (28) 2212112>l■.^222^S0ll20^23.'^-2:^ 
Van Dyke (30),,...,.... ...^ 2222222o22n2222i'22.'^i2 •— 23 
Antique (27)..... 11121211I»I22I1120111 :«il 22 
DuPont (28) 122\?,I011112«21111121 '12.'— 23 
Fanning (3 )i ; .222»l«2.'l 21201 2 212221 212;— J-,J 
Mitchelll (26).,.. a^'iai Oll.l 11112122:1120 —22 
Welch (30) 1222222220^22aiO.'2«'12112— 2 
Cunningham (27) 22lsi2200l2222020 '223 '2222—21 
Wagner (28) ..] U21221021213l22Ja0l2.'10— 21 
F Clayton (2?) ..1321121210012220;'11« '1111—20 
James (27) ..2-im2in.2iii2V2>Q»:*m2i'2l—-l9 
Simms (27) , 0]302U0210«222.1»-212222-19 
J D Thurman (28) 1211011822201111202101000—18 
White (28) 112221002.0;2!0.32232;022— 18 
No. 1. 
Mitchell 1111212-7 
Wagner 1221121—7 
Clayton .,, ...1212121—7 
FuPord 2212213 -7 
Burkhardt ..2011 1 21—6 
Fanning, 
Crosby 
Van l)yke 
Welch 
DuBray...... 
Brewer ............f,.. 
Alkire .«.....,..,.■... 
Tarheel , 
Hood 
Mayhew 
Dupont 
Cunningham.,,.,,., . 
Hawkins , 
Simms , 
Yock 
White 
Coe „....,..., 
Malone 
James 
Vance , 
2210211-6 
....2222112 -7 
....2220222-6 
....2212212-7 
....22l2ill— 7 
... .2222222—7 
. . . .2222222-7 
.,..1021201-5 
....222 .'202- 6 
....2220222—6 
...1122021—6 
,,..0 
...0112212—6 
..,0220201—1 
No. 2. 
1011122221— 9 
S511110I111- 9 
122102 .'012— 8 
2C2222i201— 8 
22 00.0201- 6 
12122^2122-10 
2112221212 10 
322^222222—10 
0222212212 - 9 
i2 :0110110— 7 
2x222:2201 - 9 
212v222222-l0 
626ii22222- 8 
211-02222 
0111212121— 9 
22 2212.'0I— 9 
2122211122-10 
0.'2) 
a220 '02222— 8 
2!222031i3- 9 
I22;i202201— 8 
1122122i:22— 10 
02.02)2202- 6 
Extra No. I. 
0.0n«2012- r 
2022110 — 
s;1223I0222- 9 
101212210 — 
22y2'.0"'"— 
1121202.22 - 9 
2221002222 - 8 
222lli0r22- 9 
2)22290 
Extra No. 2: 
Fulford (30) 1212J21222- 
Malone (29) .....2U11H2I2- 
Clayton (27) 2a012110Il- 
122022220 
112x2 l2lji2— 9 
10 Slmms f27) 20222201C3- 7 
■ 9 Vance (28).,.,, .12003200j^— 5 
■8 Welch (W) 222«.O0 — 
Edward Banks. 
Remington Gun Club. 
The Remington Gun Club, of Ilion, N. Y., was organized Saturday 
night. April 10, with sixty members, and elected the following ofScers"- 
Wilfrid Hartley, President; H. W. Bradley, Vice-President- vV h' 
Grimshaw, Secretary and Treasurer: M. Hepburn, Captain. Director-' 
F. A. Armstrong, Geo. Humphrey, L. N. Walker, A. D Richard-'on' 
Henry Chismore, Jos. Loy, M. H. Sterling, B. B Ross. ' 
Committees were appointed on grounds, buildings, etc also on 
constitution and by-laws. The meeting was well a. tended and a very 
enthusiastic feeling was manifested by the members present which 
bids fair for the new club. The meeting was adjourned subject to 
the call ot the chair. Anyone wishing to join shotild see that their 
names are banded in to the Secretary. 
