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FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Sept. lS-16.— PoBTSMOtiTH, N. H.— Tournament of the Interstate 
Association, under the auspices of the Portsmouth Gun Club. 
Oct. 6-8.— Nb'wbuhgh,N. Y.— Annual fall tournament of the West 
Nawburgh OuuaEd Eifle Association. First two days, targets; third 
day, live birds. $50 average money to three high guns m all pro- 
gramme tai^et events. Open to all. 
Oct. 13-14.- Qbbensbubg, Ind.— Shooting tournamentof the Gk ens- 
burg Gun Club. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries are invited to send tkeir scores for publication in 
these columns, also any netos notes they may care to have printed. 
Ties in all events are covsidered as divided unlfss otherwise reported. 
Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream PtMishing Company, 31S 
Broadway, New York. 
The following is from the New York Sun of April 30: "A meeting 
of the Carteret Gun Club was held at Delmonico's yesterday after- 
noon for the purpose of cliangitia: the constitution of the club and 
creating the office of vice-President, and making an honorary mem- 
ber list limited to five persons. Judge Henry Gildersleeve was elected 
vice-president, and the honorary members elected were George Floyd- 
Jones, R H. Hunt, W. F. Poner and G. L, Hubbell Tbemsnage- 
ment of the affairs of the club was put into the bands of two commit- 
tees—a shooting committee, composed of G. S. McAlpin, J. B Knapp 
and H. B. Gilbert, and a house committee, consisting of C. H Chapin, 
C. H Mackayand W. A. H. Stafford. Mr. Watrous, of the building 
committee, reported that the grounds bad been fenced in, foundations 
fcr the house ready, traps were finished, and the carpenters had 
slarted framing the house. The treasurer reported that the financial 
condition of the club was in a satisfactory condition. Five new mem- 
bers were elected, and 81,000 worth of cups were given to be shot for 
next season." 
Since we wrote last week in regard to the proposed organization of 
a State Sportsmen's Association in New Jersey, the committee in 
charge of the meeting has received additional assurances of sunport 
from several clubs in the State. The meeting will be held at 2 P. M., 
May 19. in Room 1009. Nos. 377-37;) Broadway, the rooms of the Sports- 
men's Association . The efforts to organize an association befitting 
the State of New Jersey are now sure of success, and a tournament 
early next fall seems a certainty. An interesting item of news was 
fumishod us on Monday of this week by W. R. Hobart, corresponding 
secretary of the old league. It seems that the Forester Gun Club 
mentioned in the minutes of the meeting of September, 1889. is not 
the Forester Gun Club, of Newark, one of the most energetic and 
active gun clubs in the State. This reduces the list of eleven clubs In 
good standing at the above meeting to the meager nutnber of three 
aliTB at thepresent date! 
The new conditions governing the Du Pont trophy are printed in 
full in Mr. Hough's report of the Budd Winston match. We have al=o 
received a copy of the same from Mr. Rice, accompanied by the fol- 
lowing letter: "At the Winston-Budd match for the possession of the 
Du Pont trophy and Smokele.=s Powder Champonship, which took 
place this day (May 1), Burnside grounds, this city (Chicago), new 
rules (copy herewith) to govern hereafter holder "of ihe Du Pont 
World's Championship Trophy and matches to be shot therefor, were 
promulgated. It Will be observed that the condition requiring ex- 
clusively the use of Du Pont Smokeless powder in contests for this 
trophy has been waived— this in order that an oft-repeated objection 
shall no longer be made." 
Phil Daly, Jr., informs us that on Friday, May 14, the special event 
on the programme is at 15 pairs of live birds, $i5, 8£yds. rise. For 
Friday and Saturday of this week, May 7-8, he has provided the fol- 
lowing programme: Friday, May 7, at 13 noon— Byrnes Handicap, 15 
birds, f 15 entrance, high guns, handicaps 25 to 30yds . bird allbw- 
ances: a7yds and under, two misses as no birds; 29yds and tinder, one 
niiss as a no bird; allowances do not run on ties. Saturday, May 8, 1 
P. M.— Kinnekeet prize, 10 birds, $10, high guns., 80yds. all, amateurs 
only. The management at Elktvood Park also announces that there 
will be live-bird shooting every Friday and Saturday during the year, 
with target shooting from the magautrap every Wednesday. 
The members of the Forest City Gun Club, Savannah, Ga., won't do 
a thing to the boys in the way of hospitality during the Interstate 
Association's tournament in that city, May 19 -20. This shoot should 
be an extremely pleasant one, and should do lots of good in the way 
of helping trap-shooting in the South. The Palmetto boys, from 
Charleston, will visit Savannah in force, and will be worth watching 
when it comes" to breaking targets. Colonel Anthony should goto 
Savannah and try and kill the hoodoo which he developed last week 
at Richmond; John W.Todd might be of some assistance to the 
Colonel. 
The Glenwood Gun Club, the new club organized in Newburgh, N. 
Y., will hold an aU-day shoot on Decoration Day, May 31, at its 
grounds. Glenwood Park. All targets wall be charged for at 1 cent 
each, and all will be thrown from the magautrap. Ten per cent, of 
each purse will go to form a fund for average money for ' the f our 
high guns in all programme events. Electric cars run every- ten min- 
utes to the grounds, and the trip is only twelve minutes from the 
ferry. The Rose system of dividing purses will be used. 
Owing to Tuesday, April 27, being Grant Day and a general holiday 
in this city, we went to press for our la^t one day earlier than usual. 
This caused us to receive a great deal of good matter too late for in- 
sertion in that issue. Last week, also, was a bujy one in the trap 
world, and a flood of material came to hand as a natural result of the 
activity in the tournament line. These two causes combined have 
rendered it impossible to get in everything this week, so secretaries 
of gun clubs and other correspondents to our trap columns must 
not feel hurt if certain items senD in by them do not appear until next 
week. 
The members of the Androscoggin Gun Club, of Lewigton, Me., do 
not mean to let the visitors at its Interstate shoot— Aug. 4-5— carry 
off all the honors, if hard work and regular practice can do anything. 
At its last club shoot thirty-one members turned out for practice and 
some capita! scores were made, even if it did blow hard from the 
northeast. Personally, we know that Rich Hunnewell is hunting for 
a few scalps— Noel Money's among the number- and he won't be 
happy imtil he's got them at his belt. 
A two-days' tournament will be held at Connersville, Ind,, May 1?-- 
18, under the auspices of the Connersville Gun Club. Each day's 
programme consists of nine target events and one live-bird event. 
Shooting will commence at 9:30 each day, and targets will be charged 
for at the rate of 3 cents each. All purses divided into three moneys, 
50, 30 and 20 per cent. The tournament will be mauaged by T. F. 
Thomas and .lames Shipley. 
On April 24 George Work and W. S. Edy shot a race with H, A. But- 
ler and T. D. Hooper, 100 birds per man. 30 yds. rise and 30yds. 
boundary, on the grounds of the Westchester Country Club. After 
a close and exciting match. Work and Edey were declared the win- 
ners by the score of 178 to 176. The scores were: Work 91, Edey 87, 
total 178; Butler 91, Hooper 85, total 176. 
The gun club of Columbia University defeated the Princeton Uni- 
versity Gun Club in a team shoot at targets on the Williamsbridge 
grounds, April 24. Each team consisted of five men, and each man 
shot at 25 targets. The scores were; Columbia— Tilt 33, Mittendorf 
23, Coffin 21, White 18, Wadhams IT; total 102. Princeton— Kendal 19, 
Canning 17, Paine 16, Young 13, Brower 11; total 76. 
A new club has been organized in Newburgh, N. Y,, under the 
title of Glenwood Gun Club. The club starts off with seventeen 
charter members, and will hold its shoots on the brow of the hill 
northwest of Glenwood Park. The grounds are easily accesfible by 
electric cars. The club has a magautrap m position, and will hold 
regular shoots. The prospects for the success of the Glenwood Gun 
Qlub are first rate. 
The first shoot for the handsome stein presented to the Brooklyn 
Gun Club by its president, J. S. S, Remsen, of Flatbusb, will be held 
on the plub's grounds, Jjiberty ^avenue and Entleld street, Brooklyn 
(terminus of the King's County Elevated), on Saturday afternoon 
pext, May 8. The event is a 50-target handicap race, open to all. All 
g^ooting will be done from the magautrap, 
We learn thai J. A Penn, for many years connected with the gun 
plubof Wheeling, W. Va., has left that city and gone into business at 
Cincinnati, where he will practice law in partnership with his brother, 
Julius Penn. Mr. Penn will reside at Lockland, and become a mem- 
ber of the Lockland Gun Club, an organization that will find him 
quite an acquisition. 
The Maplewood (N. J ) Gun Club held a target shoot on April 24, 
some excellent scores being made. In the main event-50 targets, 
unknown angles— W. N. Drake and Warren Smith each broke 4 t 
of 50. Q.her scores were: 0. L. Yeomaos 4C, B. M. Canfleld 43, D.W 
Van Iderstlne 40, J. Williamson 36, Soverie 38, D. Adams and A. B. 
Tillou 27 each. 
W. TeU Mitchell, who was present at the Richmond Interstate list 
week, spoke very hit erly against the Rose system. We informed 
him that Fobest and Stream's columns were wide open to him, and 
guaranteed not to use the blue pencil. The name offer stands for 
everybody who wants to say a few words in defense of the "old 
system." 
Nate Astfalk will hold a shoot on hrs grounds, Oakwood Inn, near 
Elizabeth, N. J., on May 19-.30. First daj', toilets: second day, live 
Wrd!5. 
Messrs. Von Lsugerkp & Detmold have placed two new shells on 
the market, the green "Lightning" and the red "V. L. & D,," both 
manufactured by the W. R. A. Co., of New Haven, Conn. These 
shells have the corrugated brass reinforcements which are now the 
distinguishing marks of all Winchester shells, 
Richmond's Interstate brought out more new faces before the 
traps than any other tournament of the same kind that we have ever 
taken part in. Evidently trap shooting was not dead in Richmond; it 
was only waiting for an opporttmity to show itself. 
We understand from Phil Daly, Jr,, that the party who offered to 
hack Brewer against Dr. Carver tor Si ,0CO has withdrawn his offer, 
feeling that Dr. Carver has now had plenty of time to accept the 
offer, and evidently does not want to shoot. 
Charlie Budd did not make much of an example of J. L. Winston 
after all. Our Western correspondent, Mr. E. Hough, gives a good 
account of the match of May 1. under the head of "Western Trap." 
88 to 85 does not sound much as if either Charlie Budd or his antag- 
onist were in form. 
The largest shipment of any nitro powder to this country arrived in 
the Upper Bay on Monday last. It consisted of 1,400 cases of Sehultze 
powder from England, and each case contains 100 cans: 
On Thursday. May 13, there will be a team shoot between the Free- 
hold (N. J.) Gun Club and the Endeavor Gun Club of Jersey City. The 
shoot will be the first of a series of three, and will take place on the 
grounds of the Endeavor Gun Club, at Marion, N. J. 
Irby Bennett was in the city on Monday en route for Cincinnati 
and the South . As usual. Irby was too full of business to be good 
company; the best thing lae can do is to take up his abode in New 
York, so that we can see him sometimes, and get ten minutes quiet 
tal k with him. 
Monday, May 31 (Decoration Day), the Boiling Springs Gun Club 
will hold an all-day shoot at targets. Sweepstake shooting will com- 
mence at 9:;i0 A. M., and in the afternoon there will be a merchandise 
event, 25 targets per man, club handicap allowances. This event will 
be open only to members of the club. 
Ben O. Bush, of Kalamazoo, Mich., and vice-president of the Mich- 
igan Trap-Shooters' League, writes us that a tournament of the Mich- 
igan Trap Shooters' League will beheld at Grand Rapids May 31 and 
June 1, under the auspices of the Valley City Gun Club, of that city. 
This week there will be quite a delegation from New York at the 
annual spring tournament of the West Newburgh Gun and Rifle As- 
soiiation, of Newburgh, N. Y. Next week the bo.vs will be on the 
other side of the Hudson, at Peekskill. The dates of the Peekskill 
tournament are May 11-13. 
The W. J. Healey Hardware Company, of Mitchell, S. D., will hold 
a tournament at Mitchell, July 3-5. Cash and merchandise prizes 
will be offered for competition, full details being given in the pro- 
gramme, which will be issued in a short time. 
On April 24, at Elkwood Park, Phil Daly. Jr., defeated J. Elmer 
Applegate in a SO-bird match, for $50 a Side. Daly shot in good form 
and won easily, with 47 to 41. 
May 4. Edwaed Banks. 
Western Traps. 
BUDD-WINI3T0N. 
CHiciOO, 111 , May 1 —Charlie Budd to-day defeated J. L. Winston in 
the contest for the Du Pont trophy by a score of ?6 to 85 on a mixed 
lot of birds, after a race in which both men displayed streaks of the 
most amateurish sort of shooting. The men were tied four times 
during the race, at so late stages as the 75th and 93d holes, and the 
event was really a matter of luck, for Winston lost his last unscored 
bird over the wire by a bare majority, whereas CharUe scored the 
last bird he shot at by a sheer scratch, as it wobbled almost up to the 
Vi ire before it stopped, iljring directly in tovvard the score. The long- 
est run was one of 24 by Budd. On the turn into the £0 stretch, from 
his 85th to his 40th birds, Winston lost 4 out of a birds, and^ave Budd 
a long lead. This apparently he did not want, for a little later he lost 
4 in succession, and went out at the 50 hole only 1 bird ahead of 
Winston. It was hammer and tongs then to the next turn, the men 
being then tied on 64 out of 75. They kept up interest to a warm 
pitch by closing up still again at 82, after Winston had left an open- 
ing for'Budd to keep ahead, and once more at 93 they ran neck and 
neck. Then came the bit of luck above noted, and Budd came iu 1 
bird to the good. The race was a pretty one to watch as a near thing, 
but when Winston stepped up to Budd at the close of the shoot and 
shook hands with him, saying, "Well, Charlie, we, both shot like 
farmers," there was a general consensus of belief that he was close 
to the truth, provided that farmers ever shoot that badly. 
It is no use trying to give reasons or explanations for any given re- 
sults in a pigeon race, for there is no game more puzzling to follow. 
These men might both step out to-morrow and run over 90 under the 
same conditions. No man can teU what goes on under a man's skin. 
Our doctors know nothing about nerves True, any doctor or any 
individual would probably have selected a different day for a good 
display of pigeon shooting by anybody. A choice brand of Chicago 
weather was on tap-a cold, chilly, raw and dull day. with a mean, 
northeast wind moving in from behind the score. Had the day been 
bright, the birds would have been about as hard to stop as they would 
be expected to be on these grounds, but as it was, they did not go out 
always as though they were ticketed clear through. Some were 
strong and very fast, yet again the men would each get a string of 
ea=!y ones— pop- ups, high -flyers or slow-qarterers. This made the 
question of time an impossible one to solve, aud perhaps either man 
would have made as good or a better score on birds far faster or 
more regularly fast. As it was, Budd took more kindly to the condi- 
tions, and his style of shooting was more regular and steady than 
Winston's, who was at times quick as lightning and again excruciat- 
ingly slow. Of course, both men made many long, hard kills, and 
these brought out a generous and impartial applause from the large 
number of spectators w'ho had assembled to .see the fun. Among the 
out.of-town visitors were Chan. Powers, of Decatur; A. B. Pentz, of 
New York; and P. L. Murphy ('-One-Barrel Pete"), of Philadelphia. 
The Chicago talent was fairly represented. 
The Victor in the race received his congratulations with his usual 
modesty, and the defeated one said he was not saying a word. Any 
man who shoots a race with Charlie Budd at Chicago has a shade of 
the spirit of luck to fight, for Charlie has always been lucky here. 
He was lucky to-day in rather a larger number of birds than was 
Winston, if tnere can really be anythi'-g such as luck in a 100-bird 
race at pigeons. Charlie had several birds wobble almost up to the 
line before they dropped to stay, whereas it seemed that his oppo- 
nent was doomed to see his bird in such cases get just over on the 
wrong side. But all this sort of thing is really to no purpose, and to 
the victor, of course, belongs the glory of his win. Budd shot a Par- 
ker, with IT. M C. factory ammunition, and Winston an L. C. Smith, 
with New Leader shells. Under the existing conditions of the Du- 
pont trophy contest they were compeUed to use Dupont powder, 
though before the shoot began it was known and announced that this 
clause of the conditions had been modiQed, to take effect after this 
race, the trophy then being thrown open with no restrictions as to 
powder. This latter will make it a still more popular aud representa- 
tive emblem, and was, in the opinion of those present, a wise step to 
take. The new conditious follow; 
RULES GOVERNING MATCH FOR I)U POKT TROPHY. 
"This trophy to remain the property of E I. Du Pont de Nemours 
& Co. to ha held in trust by winner of same, bond to be given if re- 
quired. 
"The winner of championship trophy is subject to challenge for 
championship and tropny from any shooter in the world, who is a 
member in good standing of any organized gun club. Match to be 
at not less than 25 live birds nor more than 100, American Shooting 
Association rules to govern, and on part of challenger a purse of $10J. 
"Both contestants to si and at SOyds. rise, regardless of positioo in 
grand tournament event; boundary, £.Oyds. 
■•The holder of trophy to name time, giving challenger not less 
than ten days notice, number of birds-if in excess of i5-and grounds 
upou which match is to be shot. 
"Jlatch to take place within thirty days of challenge, $25 forfeit to 
be deposited by challenger with American Field, Sportsmen's Re- 
view, Chicago; Forest anu SiRBAia, Shooting and Fishing, New 
York; Sporting Life, Philadelphia, or E. I. Du Pont do Nemours & 
Co., Wilmington. Del., when challenge is made: remaining $75 to ba. 
deposited with one of the jiarties above named, or referee of match, 
by challenger on date of match, holder of "'ci'opi.V' to put up trophy 
OQ same day. 
"If either contestant fails to appear on day set for match, unless in 
case of sickness, or for other reasons which are satisfactory to the 
referee, he shall lose his forfeit, bolder of trophy forfeiting trophy. 
"In case holder of trophy is not in condition to shoot the race on 
receipt of challenge, he must immediately notify challenger and 
Messrs. Du Pont & Co., stating his reasons for not being able to shoot 
the malch. w^hleh will be considered by Messrs. Du Font & Co. IU 
satisfactoty, same will be accepted ; if not, holder of trophy must 
shoot match or forfeit trophy to challenger. 
"In case of bad weather on day of match, match to take place on 
first favorable day thereafter, 
"No challenge wiU be accepted or recognized until after the win- 
ner or party challf nged shall he so declared and known. 
"All challenges must be made in writing, accompanied by forfeit, 
and filed with one of the several parties heretofore named as siaker 
holders. If holder of trophy attempts to take any unfair advantage 
of challenger, such as naming unreasonable place for match to be 
shot, by setting time of match on the Lord's Day, or resorts to any 
scheme to prevent an honorable and fair contest, he shall forfeit 
trophy, Messrs. Du Pont & Co, reserving the right to say what shall 
be flone with it. 
"Immediately upon lodging challenge as herein provided, notice 
of such challenge shall be promptly forwarded to E. I. Du Ponfr de 
Nemours & Co., who will then name referee; trophy to be redeemed 
from holder thereof for $100 cash, the redemption of trophy to take 
place on the first day of each succeeding Du Pont Grand Smokeless 
Powder Championship Handicap Live Bird Tournament, or such 
other time as Messrs. Du Pont & Co. may elect." 
The scores were as follows: 
Trap aoore type— Copyright . /so-. by Forest and Stream PuUishina Co. 
4451423244554233342 4 3 4545 
C WBudd....,.0 2122221222»a23202032232 1—21 
15253533535 4 5545451135194 
2 2 222222232a222222»00022 2- 
Sl 
5523342 3 111443454222 3 4414 
222 aa22a3322 2 22302«2a 0 8 2 2-23 
14255232444 5 1355542421252 
23223 a 02322322330»232a32 2—23-86 
4 3 3 15 4 4 4 2 15 2 3 2 4 4 5 4 2 4 3 15 13 
J L Winston, ..3 0 3 3222 3 322032«33a 2222232-23 
5 3 5 5 5 3 4 3 12 14 12 3 13 3 5 5 13 3 5 1 
T t r+ 1 N. 4- -^/'"t! ? N \ t ? i ^ ? N 
22 2 32»2e002222a020322323 2—19 
241 544111315 142444454213 3 
022223322333322222 3 22022 3—23 
5 3 314314 3 2 453141555254442 
22 2 202222202202 2 222«2222 3—31—85 
Immediately after the close of the shoot both men hastened uptown 
to take their trains out of the city for home. Charlie Budd goes di- 
rect to Des Moines to prepare for the State shoot there next week, an 
event which could not by any possibility come off without his pres- 
ence. Jack went home to Washington, Ind., will be in Cleveland the 
week foUowing, and will then go East. He says he is not going to 
shoot any more matches this summer, but is going to be a good boy 
now and set apace selling shells. 
THE IKDtAK TOURNAMENT. 
There will be a unique tournament given at Clear Lake, la., about 
the middle of next July, a kind ot department-store shoot with ten 
Indian partners in the enterprise, all of whom are known of eld to 
the shooting men of the country. Part of them are of the original 
Sagwa gang, and others have been added to their circle. The pei-- 
sonnel of the gang is now given out as follows: Tom Marshall (Chief 
Make-Lightning), Chan. Powers (Chief Clean-Stick), Dick Merrill 
(High Kick), Fred Gilbert (Young-Man-afraid-of-his-Boss), Charlie 
Grimm (Moon Face), .Jack Parker (Des-chree-shoska Jack), Frank 
Parmeleee (Big Chief- afraid -of- the- water). Loomis (Chief- that makes- 
the cars-go), Charlie Budd (Charley Horse). Each of these Aborigi- 
nees will dig fifty for the shoot, which is to say there will be 8^00 
added. There will be one Uve-bird day— at 25 live birds— and three 
target days, with a good programme, the events named after the 
chiefs above mentioned, respectively. Moreover, this is to be a regu- 
lar occurrence every year hereafter, this being the "First Annual 
Indian Shoot." Who shall say we have not somewhat of interest 
concealed here which in the future shall yet be uncovered? The 
"yearly Indian shoot" sounds well, and it should prove famous. 
RUMORS. 
It is spoken of as a strong possibility that Mr. E. S. Rice will be 
presented as a candidate for the presidency of the Illinois State 
Sportsmen's Association at the next June convention, and it is men- 
tioned as a possibility that in case of his election he would throw in 
the Du Pont trophy at the next yearly shoot, and bend all efforts 
toward making the Illinois annual a great event, a tournament some- 
thing like the Du Pont shoot of last August. We shall have a new 
club or two in the State shoot this year, strong ones at that, AH the 
above is mere speculation, and of course leaves no one in the position 
to eu-her affirm or deny anytbmg in regard to it; but it is a rumor 
which may or may not indicate some fore- falling shadows of events, 
and is worth noliog as a sprt of semi-prediction which is resting in 
more minds than one. E. HocGH. 
13C6 BoYCB Building, Chicago. 
The Kansas City Tournament. 
The programme for the twentieth annual tournamentof the Mis- 
souri State Game and Fish Protective Association, May 17-^;', is abook 
in itself. It consists of fit ty six jjages and the cover, and is conse- 
quently something to handle. 
The tournament will be held under the auspices of the Federation 
of Wun Clubs of Kansas City. ,Two thousand dollars will be distrib- 
uted in prizes and added money, and $1,000 in gold will be guaranteed 
in one event "to decide the American Wing-Shot Championship." 
On the fifth page of the jjrogramme is the call for the annual meet- 
ing of the Association, which is worded as follows: "The annual 
meeting of the Missouri State Game and Fish Protective Association 
for the election of officers, selecting a place for the next tournament 
aud transacting of such other business as may come before it, will 
be held at the Wisconsin Building, corner Grand avenue and Seven. h 
street, on Tuesday evening, May 18, at8:-30P. M. The association is 
composed of individual sportsmen, or of two or more members from 
each organized club throughout the State. Each club is entitled to 
five delegates. The initiation fee for each club is ^5. For each indi- 
vidual $3.50. AppUcations for membership should be addressed to 
the president or recording secretary, accompanied by the proper fee, 
or can be made at the annual convention. A hst of officers and mem- 
bers of the club making apphcation should accompany the same. 
All organized clubs are invited to send delegates to the convention, 
and teams to paiticipate in the State shoot. For further information 
in regard to the tournament, address W. S. Halliwell, secretary." 
Page 7 contains the rules and conditions, the most important of 
which are the two last: "All inanimate target prizes are to be divided 
into five equal moneys, divided id, 20, 20. 30 and 20 percent , except- 
ing those otherwise stated. Shooters in all target events will be 
classified to be known as Class A and Class B. Entrance in all inani- 
mate target events will be Jfi.SO for Class A and for Class B," A 
special notice on the same page states that "the O. K. Gun Club, of 
Kansas City, offers to the shooter of Missouri making the highest avei - 
age on live birds during this tournament, participating in not less 
than seven events, a gold medal especially designed and made for 
this purpose." 
The programme for the live days contains a schedule of live-bird 
events, and also of target events for each day The most im- 
portant event of all is the contest for the Kansas Citv Siarcup, 35 
live birds. SSyds.j-ise, g35, iucludiag birds, 81,000 in gold guaranteed; 
six moneys, 30, 25, 15, 15, 10 and 5 per cent. The winner to take the 
cup now held by J. A. R. Elliott, valued at $250. 
There is too much matter in this programme for us to give it all as 
it should be given to do justice to the compilers of the same. The 
above brief review, however, shows that the management of the 
twentieth annual State shoot in Missouri has not been asleep during 
the winter months. With such a programme, too, nothing but suc- 
cess can attend the efforts of that management. 
The Western Team at Elkwood. 
BnFFALO, N. y., April 22.- Edifor Forest and Stream: I suppose, 
since Mr, Bice has dignified me by answering my honest criticism of 
his letter in the polite manner that he has, that it is at least incum- 
bent on me to make some sort of a reply. Placing myself in the po- 
sition of attorney for the Commonwealth, and considering Mr. Rice 
iu his true capacity as attorney fcr the defense, I can best reply by 
quoting the following story of how Abraham Lincoln Is said to have 
acted under similar provocation : 
Lincoln was for the Commonwealth, and his opponent for the de- 
fense having closed his address to the judge and juiy in behalf of the 
accused, had taken his seat. As Lincoln d d not rise as usual to ad- 
dress the Court, the judge called his attention to the fact that the 
field was now open to him; whereupon Lincoln arose and .said to the 
judge: "Your Honor, I have nothing to say." "What," said the 
judge, "have you nothing to say to the Court in behalf of the Com- 
monwealth?" "Yes, your Honor," said Lmcoln, "I have; but I am 
afraid that were I to i^ay it, I might spoil the effect of the eloquent 
argument of my learned brother, who has plead the Commonwealth's 
side of the ease far more ably than I could do it. Counsel for the 
Commonwealth therefore prefers to remain silent with yoiir Honor'.s 
permission.'! And Lincoln won his case. 4eGRS. 
