May 2&, 1897.] 
4S9 
Savannah's interstate Tournament. 
The third target tournament on the Interstate Association's circuit 
for 1897, was held at Sa^annati, Ga., May 10-10, under the auspices of 
the J'orest City Gun Olub. In regard to the attendance of shooters 
we *ere BOihewhat disappointed, as we had looked for this tourna- 
meiot M come very close to the standard set for this year by the Inter- 
state shoot at Baltimore in April last. And the disappointment was 
tiot ours alone, as the Forest City Gun Club felt rather disheartened 
at the lack of support frota some clubs and cities, which it had calcu- 
lated upon for f urnishiDK the material for one or two more squads. 
The "one or two more equads" did not materialize, however; why 
they didn't is more than we can say. Macon, Qa , by means of a 
tommiraication to A, W. Du Bray from Mr. Etheridge, did send re- 
grets that were evidently Kenuine, and which met with similar ex- 
pressions of regret on the part of all present 
A SUCCESSFUL SHOOT. 
Although the attendance was, as we have said, smaller than might 
nave been expected, the shoot was a successful one, particularly from 
the point of view taken in these matters by the members of the Inter- 
state Association. ' Newmaterial" was on hand in sufficient quantity 
to satisfy the Association that its outlay for this tournament was bj' 
ho means thrown away. 
The entries did not run high in any one event, but they kept up 
Well, although those who shot through the programme on each day 
Werti not a large number. There were thirty-three shooters present 
fc)ii the first day; yet the average number of entries was only t3 6. 
The highest htimbei- of entries in any event was 29 in No 8: the 
lowest; l9 in No. 5. The first day's figures were: No. 1, 20 entries; 
No S, 23; No. 3. 23! No. 4. 25; No, 6, 19; No. 6. 28; No. 7, SO: No 8, 29; 
No. 9. 23; No 10, 27. Of the above, Nos. 2. 5, 7 and 9 were 20- target 
events; the rest were 15-target events The figures given above, 
therefore, seem to show as plainly as possible that 20-target events, 
four moneys, are not popular with the rank and file. The six 15- 
target events on the first day had an average entry list of 35 3, as 
against an average of 21 for the four ao-target events. 
On the second day the figures were: No. 1, 23 entries: No. 2, 18: No. 
8, 25; No. 4, 25; No 5, 33; No. 6, 25; No. 7, IS; No 8, i7; No. 9, 19; No. 
10, S4; giving an average of 88 6, only 1 less than on the first day. 
Comparing the figures again, we have an average of 24.6 in the six 15- 
tftrget events, and only 19.5 in the 20-target events— figures that speak 
for themselves, and that talk quite plainly. 
Returning to the first point touched upon, the attendance from out 
of town clubs, we must place 
THE PALME! TOES, OF OHABLESTON, 
in the van. This club furnished a full squad on the first day and a 
total of eight shooters for the second day. Foremost among Ihem we 
shall have to name B. H. Worthen, who by dint of some excellent 
work on the first da.y, and some consistently good shooting on the 
second day, carried off the chief honors of the tournament. Next is 
G. H. Peierman, who tied for third place on the second day. Capt. 
George H. Swan was out of form, as was also W. E Post, both of 
them men who can sboot a good stiff gait as a rule. T. P. Costello 
has been doing some first-rate shoo iog al. home, but he makes a very 
common mistake— that of not sticking to any one load He came to 
Savannah and tried to sboot a load that suited Barney Worthen to a 
T, but which "knocked the stufHn' " out of Costy's shoulder before 
five events had been decided. With his shoulder in bad trim nud with 
his "guessing cap" on, owing to his failure to place his load in the 
right place from the start, GosteJlo was handicapped throughout the 
shoot, but pulled himself together on the second day and pounded 
out a straight in event No. 14. The above named five shooters were 
the Palmetto Gun Club's representatives on the first day, the party 
being under the chaperonage of Capt. Joe Peters, who rooted for the 
team and thorouglily enjoyed the easy task he set himself -that of 
keeping tab on Barney Woi-then's misses. On the second day L W. 
Bicaise, G. A. Steck and Whilden were added to thenumber, and each 
one held his end up well, 
OTHER OUT OP-TOWN SHOOTERS 
were J. H. Polhill (Hamilton) and Dr. G. W. Blanton (Ross), of Bruns- 
wick. Ga. : H. Meinert and G. A. Black, of the Marietta (Ga ) Gun Club, 
the last-named shooter being present on the second day; H C. 
Bridgers (Tarheel), of Tarboro, N. C, another rattling good shot who 
was out of form most decidedly; T. J. Desmond, of Stillmore. Ga., 
whose scores speak feelingly and tell plainly enough what lack nf 
practice will do to the best in the land. Capt. Thos Marion, of Bluft- 
ion,N. U.,was another who found that target shooting af cer two 
years' absence from the traps was not as easy as it had been for him ; 
he shot through the programme, however, and beat bis first day's 
record of 128 breaks by 16 on the second day, thus showing that prac- 
tice means everything, at any rate in trap shooting. 
THE TRADE 
had just five representatives on hand (unless you count in Edwards 
of tne Forest and Stream !j. These were: H. G. Wheeler, of Marl- 
borough, Mass,, representing King's Smokeless and Peters's Victor 
shells; F, Van Dyke, of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company; U. 
M. C Thomas, of the U. M C. Company, a great favorite with the 
Southern boys, and a fehooier who has never missed a single Inter- 
Slate Association tourflament: H. P. Collins, of the Du Pont and 
Hazard Powder companies; and last, but of course not least, A. W. 
du Bray, of the Parker Gun Company, who was eminen'ly contented 
to sit in the shade and watch Worthen and Wheeler do their joint 
"snulfin'' out act" with guns built by the firm he represents. 
i 
THS HOME CLrB. 
The home club was well represented in point of numbers, sixteen 
members taking part in one or more events during the tw^o days. The 
names of those sixteen shooters wf ro: John Rouker, H. Rocker, C. 
A. La Motte, H. Woeltjen. J. Riedemann, George Ebberwein, P. 
Morton, W. T. Morgan, i: J. Morgan, R, W. Allen, J. Heam, H. B. 
Lemcke, T. J Din kins, F. J. Ulmer, B. Groetherr and P. G. 
.Taugstetter. Of the above number Mr. La Motte is the club's presi- 
dent, Harry Lemcke its secretary, and P. G. Jaugstetter its captain. 
John Rocker showed by his consistently good shooting that he is de- 
serving of his reputation of being i;he oest shot in the club, and he 
would probably have made a higher average than 85 per cent had he 
not taken a hand at odd time.s to help things along. Messrs La Motte, 
Woeltjen and H. Rocker also played the mischief with several of 
their totals owing to their willingness to score or referee on all occa- 
sions. Workiag and good shootmg don't go well together in double 
harness. 
THE OFFICIALS 
of the club, as stated above, helped things along very considera"^ ly, 
liut to nobody is more credit due for the smooth running of this shoot 
than to the club's treasurer, P J. Ott, who took entire charge of the 
cashier's ofiice and its attendant hard work single-handed, making 
new records for celerity in paymg out moneys, with never a mistake 
or a "ball-up" to mar bis record. We regret that the name of the 
scorer on the pads has slipped our memory, as his correct work de- 
serves special mention. In many instances his figures were needed 
to straighten out the errors on the blackboard which were due to the 
inexperience of some of the volunteers for the position of "black- 
, board man." 
Another person who merits extra good marks for his work is young 
yred Jaugstetter, the son of the club's captain. Notwithstanding the 
heal of the sun on both days, he sat at the pulling box all through 
'the tournament without a particle of shade to make things plsas- 
-anter for htm. He pulled, too, in a manner that was a marked con- 
trast from that usually met with. He made few, if an.y, mistakes, 
and no balks occurred through inattention on his part. This is all 
the more worthy of meuiion from the fact that the shooters shot in 
squads of five, not six; in the 15-target events every man shot at 3 
1 targets from each trap before moving up; in the 20-target events, at 4 
targets before moving. This method, which is far preferable to the 
■ old style of "walk-around," skips a trap every three or four rounds. 
; as the case may be, and it requii'es the closest attention on the part of 
ithe puller to avoid balking the No. 1 man of the squad after a change 
(Of position. 
A SMOOTHLY RUN TOURNAMENT. 
Aided by the club, manager Shaner had no troubles of his own, 
save some little ones, such as small particles of sand blocking the 
maguets and "a wire out." The five expert bluerock trap-:, the prop- 
ertv of the Interstate Association, were, as usual in the best of shape, 
and we are begiuning to wonder now what is the actual life of these 
traps when under the fatherly care of Mr. Shaner. At this shoot the 
traps added a total of about 11,000 targets to their previous record, as 
follows: May 18, preliminary work in the afternoon, 1.465; May 19, 
4,(i00; May 20, 4,400. The figures for May 19 and 20 are iii good round 
numbers, and include several extra events shot after the programme 
had been completed ; they are under, rather than over the actual 
flgm-es. Simon, the club's boss trapper, is a ti-easure indeed. 
The magautrap was in position, and was used for some of the prac- 
tice events shot on the "preliminary afternoon," but the home club 
decided to stick to the expert traps for all programme events, prefer- 
ing the style of shooting to which its membei-s and the majority of 
its guests were accustomed to rather thaa a style that was totallv 
new to almost all of the Southern shooters. 
GROtTNDS AND BACKGROUND. 
Before closing the introductory portion of our report of this shoot 
we shall have to sa.v a few words as to the grounds, and the back- 
ground against which the targets were throivn, 
The grounds are easily reached by electric cars on the B-l^ line, or 
OD'cars of the .Whltaker street road, At the grounds themselves 
tb«rowa»&aiplo&oooaiai9dfttjoii for twice tlie uunber of suogters 
present, the Interstate Association's big tent being a great help in 
this respect. The club house is a. two story building, well fitted up 
inside for the purposes for which it was designed. 
The background is a hard one, and it needed the very closest atten- 
tion to business to get on to every target quickly and aocurate].y. 
For this reason Wonhen's work was all the more remarkable. The 
grounds are, or more correctly speaking were, inclosed with an 8ft 
board fence; right in front of the traps a section of about 50 or 60yds. 
has succumbed to old age and a rude push of the wind. The fallen 
section thus opens up a view of the country beyond, and gives in the 
immediate foreground a line of bushes that looked to us like sassa- 
fras bushes, from their young yellow-green leaves. Away in the dis- 
tance are plenty of trees that are dark enough to look black; to the 
right is a grove of high pines that makes right-quarterers froba Nos. 
1, 2 and 3 traps, and straightaways from Nos. 4 and 5, extremely 
Hard to locate for slow shooters. Barring the background and a 
strong breeze that sprang up at noontime on .>Iay 19, there was noth- 
ing to prevent high scoring; but those two items were in themselves 
sufficient to cause many a dull thud, 
GENERAL AVERAGES. 
Only ten men completed their scores in the 10 programme events 
on each day, although Hamilton really shot in all the events, but did 
not complete his scores in either No. 9 or No. 10 on the second day. 
Several others only missed one or two events. 
Of those who shot through the programme, Barney Worthen, of 
course, took first place by vu-tue of his extraordinary shooting on the 
first day Wheeler, who led Wortheu by 2 targets on the second day, 
finished only 5 targets Delow first place. Edwards was in third 
place, but there were 10 targets between him and Wheeler, and 15 
between him and the leader, Worthen. Van Dyke was fourth, but 
his record of 87.6 does not represent anything like Van's true form. 
As a matter of fact, the South is Van Dyke's Jonah: he has never 
seemed able to do himself justice at any of the Southern tourna- 
ments. He will have ano her try at Monroe, La., in the near fu'ure. 
Geo. Peterman, of Charleston, S. C , a clubmate of Worthen's, was 
ofl; on the first day, but his average of 93 per cent, on the second day 
pulled him up into fifth place for the general averages. John Rocker, 
the best shot in the Forest City Gun Club, carried his club's colors 
into sixth place by reason of his steady and consistent work on both 
days. Capt. Geo. Swan's troubles were equally heavy on both days, 
and his rightful position on the list is not the one he takes in the 
table given below. Capt. Thos. Martin, of BlufTcon, S. 0., in past 
years one of the best shots in this section, did noD always shoot In his 
old form, but he stuck to it, and an occasional straight or an "all but 
one" showed that only lack or practice kept him out of the front 
ranks. U. M. C found the peculiar background very trying for one 
who does not shoot quickly, and too many targets escaped his load in 
consequence — but U. M C! did not worry at all. Du Pont Collins was 
out of aliform, and was "guessing" most of the time. His low scores 
are all the more remarkable from the fact that he shoots in excellent 
time and freq aenili'- makes nice runs after dropping three or four 
targets in rapid succession. 
Below is a table of the general averages: 
1st day. 5;d dav. Total Shot at. Ave. 
BE Worthen 163 155 318 340 93.2 
H G Wheeler.,.. 156 157 313 34) 9i 
F S Edwards.... 1 0 153 303 310 89.1 
F Van Dyke...,, J. 14-i 150 kQi 34 ) 87.6 
G H Petermaai>,.t.,;-.^v.',..v.^.-.14-3, 153 i95 340 86.7 
John Rocker ..,..,143 146 2b9 3t0 85 
GHSwan •,......,.,.19 127 266 340 78.2 
Cant Martin..^,. 1S3 133 262 3.0 77 
UMC 1.32 126 258 310 75 8 
HP Collins. 103 107 210 340 61.7 
GUNS AND LOADS OF THE HIGH MEN. 
The Parker gun was on top both davs, Worthen and Wheeler both 
handling guns that were built by the Meriden, Conn., firm. E C. won 
first average on the first day, and also took the first place in the 
general averages; King's Smokeless getting into the post of honor on 
the second day, and taking second place in the general average list. 
The guns and loads of the four high guns were: Worlhen, Parker 
gun, Smokeless shell, 3drs. of E. C. No. 2. Wheeler, Parker gun, 
Peters" Victor shell, 3drs. King's Smokeless. Edwards, Winchester 
gun, Smokeless shell, 43grs. E. C. No. 1. Van Dyke, Winchester gun. 
Leader shell, 54grs. W-A. 
A canvass of the thirty-three shooters taking part in the progra.mme 
events on the first day showed: U. M. C. shells, 21 ; Winchester 8, and 
Peters' Victor 4. Twenty-eight of the thirty-three used the following 
powders or coortjinations: E C. 9, Du Pont 9, Gold Dust 2, Hazard 1, 
Du Pont and Hazard 1, King's Smokeless 1, W-A 2, Schuliz 1, Du Pont 
and E. C. 2. The other five shooters stuck to no par'icular powder. 
The table qf guns has been mislaid, but we remember well that 
L. C Smith.J;uus led, with Parkers second, and Winchesters in third 
place, in regard to numbers used. 
First Day, May 1 9. 
The first day of the tournament was chiefly remarkable for the ex- 
cellent shooting of Barney Worthen, of Charleston, who headed the 
list with a total of ir3 breaks out of 170 shot at. His nearest oppo- 
nent was H. G. Wheeler, of Marlboro, Mass., who, despite his seven 
months' absence from the traps, managed to come in secona with 156 
breaks and an average of 91 .7. Worthen's average of 95.8 sptaks for 
itself. Ed wards and Van Dyke filled third and fourth places on the 
list. 
The weather was perfect for the greater part of the da.y. but the 
strong breeze which sprang up as usual about mid day, lasting 
through the afternoon, made the targets in the latter half of the pro- 
gramme events raiher more tricky than during the first half. 
Below are ihe 
SCORES OP MAY 19. 
Events: 
Targets : 
133456 789 10, 
15 30 15 15 m 15 SO 15 SO 15 Shot at. Broke. 
B H Worthen 14 21 14 15 20 15 19 
H G WheeUr 15 19 14 14 19 13 19 
F S Edwards 12 18 13 11 16 14 18 
P Van Dyke 13 16 13 14 17 14 19 
J Rocker I'J 18 15 11 IS II 14 
Hamilton 13 18 13 14 16 13 16 
6 H Peterman 12 15 11-14 17 9 18 
Tflr Heel 12 18 12 12 17 14 19 
G H Swan.; 13 18 12 11 13 14 19 
H Meinert 13 17 II 12 16 13 16 
UMC , 10 18 13 14 11 12 16 
Capt T Martin 12 15 12 10 13 12 15 
O A La Motte. 11 11 10 13 15 11 16 
H P Collins 10 9 11 6 11 12 12 
Ross 10 10 14 16 9 15 
H Woeltjen.,....,... 13 13 10 8 .. II 17 
H Rocker 12 18 U 11 14 8 12 
J Riedermann 10 10 13 8.. 10.. 
WE Post 10 17 8 13 .. 13 16 
T J Desmond... IS lO 11 
A W du Bray . ., 14 11 . . 11 . . 
T P Costello....^. 12 13 8 10.. 8.. 
GEhberweiii...i..... ,. 12 15 12 .. 
P Morton ... . . ., 13 10 13 . . 
WT Morgan 10 18 7 9,. 5 .. 
R W AUen 13 .. 11 lb 10 
J Hearn 10 10 6 , 7 ,, 
H B Lemcke. ... .... 10 19 13 
T J Dinkins ., 9 li 6 
J F Ulmer .. ... ., .. 14 w 13 
T J. Morgan shot in No. 6 and broke 6 out of 15; 
in No. 8 and broke 10 out of 15. 
14 19 13 
15 16 12 
14 20 14 
13 17 12 
13 18 13 
11 14 14 
14 19 13 
13 12 10 
12 17 11 
12 15 11 
10 19 10 
8 16 10 
13 1.^ 9 
10 10 12 
14 15 14 
10 16 6 
9 .. 7 
11 10 8 
11 .. ,. 
12 16 13 
13 14 10 
.. .. 10 
13 ., 13 
6 ,. 10 
iro 
170 
170 
170 
170 
i;o 
ITO 
170 
170 
170- 
170 
170 
170 
170 
155 
150 
150 
130 
115 
105 
m 
95 
80 
80 
to 
65 
65 
50 
50 
33 
163 
166 
150 
148 
143 
14,' 
142 
139 
139 
136, 
13J 
128 
123 
103 
117 
103 
103 
80 
87 
74 
73 
61 
65 
50 
49 
50 
33 
43 
S7 
27 
R. Groetherr 
Av. 
95.8 
91.7 
68.2 
87 
84.1 
83.5 
63.5 
81.7 
81.7 
80 
77.6 
72.3 
71.7 
60.5 
75.4 
t8 
68 
61.5 
75.6 
70.4 
76.8 
61.2 
81.2 
62.5 
61.3 
76,9 
60,7 
84 
54 
90 
shot 
Second Day, May 20, 
This was a warm day, and the warmth made itself felt in the some- 
what uneven shooting of the top-notchera. At times they would 
make spurts and then fall down In the next events; but all things 
considered, the scores were good. ' 
Wheeler was high with 157 breaks and an average of 92 3- Worthen 
was next with 155 and an average of 91.1. Peterman and Edwards 
tied for third and fourth places with an avei-age of just 90 per cent 
while Van Dyke, who was still out of form, came in fifth with a oer- 
centage of S8.2. Below are the " a per 
SCORES OF MAY 81. 
Events: ^ 
Targets: 
Wheeler 
Worthen , 
Edwards 
Peterman 
Van Dyke,.,^,,.,.,... 
J Rocker.,,,,.,^,..;,, 
Martin ,,,,4,^^,,,,., 
Swan 
Bicaise,,..,. 
UMC 
Collins 
Ross 
La Mo'te. ........... 
Hamilton ........... 
Whilden,,,,,,,,,,,, 
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IS so 15 IS SO 15 SO IS SO 15 Shot at. Broke. Av. 
14 18 
14 20 
15 16 
12 19 
13 17 
13 19 
14 17 
13 18 
11 14 
13 14 
10 13 
15 17 
9 .. 
13 10 
13 17 
14 13 
13 15 
13 14 
13 13 
13 14 
14 13 
14 11 
7 11 
11 14 
10 a 
7 6 
13 9 
J3 13 
18 U 
11 19 
17 14 
17 12 
19 11 
18 13 
17 14 
17 13 
12 11 
15 9 
13 11 
16 0 
13 9 
W 11 
13 9 
9 11 
13 Q 
19 15 SO 
20 12 Id 
17 15 20 
19 13 19 
18 14 18 
17 13 16 
16 13 17 
IT 13 13 
17 18 15 
18 10 13 
10 8 11 
14 9 17 
17 13 14 
17 18 w 
.. 1! 11 
13 
14 
13 
14 
12 
12 
15 
13 
8 
12 
8 
13 
7 
w 
170 
170 
170 
170 
170 
170 
17J 
170 
170 
170 
170 
150 
150 
185 
m 
157 
1.55 
153 
153 
150 
146 
139 
127 
137 
126 
107 
113 
104 
m 
9.'. 3 
91.1 
91 
90 
88.2 
85,8 
81.7 
74,7 
74.7 
74.1 
62.9 
7.'', 3 
69.a 
75.6 
71,1 
SJT 
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11 
At 
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77 7 
t i 1 1 
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65 
44 
67.6 
60 
41 
68.3 
50 
84 
50 
86 
72 
45 
36 
80 
45 
38 
73.3i 
45 
29 
64.4 
30 
19 
63.3 
30 
37 
56.0 
15 
13 
86.6 
Costello 12 15 9 15 12 9 ,, 11 .. 11 
Steck ...k.U 18 13 11 11 ,. 9 ,, 10 ,. 7 
Woeltjen 9 ., 10 9 13 6 ,, 10 ., 8 
Allen , ,; 18 14 16 10 15 8 
Bawsou 10 15 11 14 9 
Mor on.. 8 13 15 9 10 
Basmond 11 13 13 10 ... , 
Black 6 14 11 13 
Tarheel...,. 13 14 11 9 
Du Bray.....,., 10 11 12 .. 11 .. ,, 
Post 9 ,, 11 13 ,. 9 ». .. .. 
Lemcke . ..13 17 13 
Reideman 13-11 13 
Ebberwein .. .. 12 ■vsri3 ,, 13 
Meinert.............. 11 .. 13 10 .. .. 
H Rocker 8 ,, 9 ., 13 
WT Morgan 11 8 .. .. 
Jaugstetttr 9 . 8 
Davidson., 13 ,, 
rbminiscsnCes. 
An intei-ested spectator on the second day of the shoot was Mr. L. 
C. Parker, a brother of W. F. Parker^ of the firm of Parker Bros., 
Meriden, Conn. 
» Gil Wheeler was on hand and broke targets with that monotonous 
regularity for which he is renowned Wheeler has been busy all win- 
ter on the east coast of Florida looking after the bicycle departments 
and the interests of the bicycle riders of the great hotels that form 
the Florida East Coast Hotel System. By tue time this item is in 
print VVheeler will be on his wa.y northward , and will be found at 
Auburn, N. Y., Cleveland, O , and probably Oil City, Pa., during the 
tournaments to be held in those cities next month. He will make his 
home temporarily in New York State for the summer, possibly in the 
vicinity of Lakewood. Although Gil had not shot a target since the 
Vicksburg tournament last fall, he showed that he was one of the few 
who do not need any practice. 
The Palmetto boys were satisfied with the showing made by their 
crack Barney Worthen. They would have been hard to please, in- 
deed, if his shooting didn't sa isfy them. His best work was done on 
the first day, right at the start. He commenced by breaking 14 out of 
15, losing his 13th target. He then ran 20 straight in No. 2, and fol- 
lowed it up with 14 out of 15 in No. 3, losing his 13th target in ttiii 
event as in No. 1. This gave him a run of 34 consecutive breaks with 
two to go on with, viz , the 14th and 15th targets in No. 3. To these 
he added three consecutive straight scores of 15, 20 and 15, respect- 
ively, in Nos. 4, 5 and 6, his run at the end of No, 6 being 51 straight. 
In No. 7 he ran 12 straight before dropping a target, making bis total 
run 64 straight. He finished No. 7 with 19 out of 2o, thus totaling 117 
out of 120 shot at I It will be noticed that each of his three lost targets 
was No. 13 in their respective events. 
He called "Pull !" The trap sprung and the gun went off. The bell 
rang. And CoUins said, "Quite right,, quite rightl" And thereby 
hangs a tale. 
The Forest City Gun Club had a regularly constituted committee to 
receive its guests at the depots. Shooters were warmly welcomed as 
soon as they put their foot in Savannah. 
U. M. C. Thomas, Perd, Van Dyke and'H. P Collins made the trip 
from New York to Savannah on the steamer Nacoochee, of the Ocean 
Steamship Line. All three expressed themselves as more than 
pleased with the trip, but Du Pont Collins, of course, had his griev- 
ance—he "wasn't exactly hungry'' for every meal. 
Tarheel Bridgers says that he is more of a success as a lizard 
catcher than as a target smasher. And, by the way, how did Chat 
lizard find itswayin^o Du Bray's gun barrel? Also those strange 
bugs and things into U. M. C.'s boxes of cartridges? 
Simon, the boss trapper of the Forest City Gun Club, was Elmer 
Shaner's right hand man, and helped greatly to take the rough edges 
off the duties of the manager of the tournament. Gun clubs should 
remember that good trappers (and plenty of them) mean shooters 
pleased and lots of targets thrown. 
Capt. Rawson was the only representative from Atlanta, Ga. The 
captain was unable to get to the grounds until late on May 20, but he 
couldn't be kept out of an.y event until the sun and Elmer Shaner put 
a stop to Ihe shooting. 
Ferd Van Dy ke has a hoodoo that pursues him whenever he goes to 
a tournament in the South, pr. venting him from doing justice to his 
skill as a shooter. The hoodoo was on top in Savannah, for Van shot 
in something like twenty-seven events, eight of them 20-target events 
and the rest 15-target events, extras and regulars, and never made a 
.straight all the time. He will wrestle with that hoodoo at Monroe, 
La., June 9-10, in aU 1 keUhood, and says he'll "throw him then 
sure." 
In saying "good-bye" Da Bray added: ."I'll see you .probably at 
Cleveland, but certainly at Oil City." 
People in the South generally, and in Savannah in particular, have 
a curious habit of rising very early in the morning, yet not a single 
inhabitant of the Forest: City rose as early as Elmer Shaner did on the 
tsvo days of the shoot. We speak feelingly in the matter. 
McEachern, a member of the Wdmington, N. C, Gun Club, was a 
visitor to Savannah on May 20 and stoiped at the Pulaski House, so 
of course we met him. He called up many pleasant recollections of 
the Wilmington Interstate shoot in May, 1895. Edward Banes. 
Boston Gun Club. 
Wai-LINGTON, Mass., May 19 — The Boston Gun Club closed its '97 
spring prize series at Wellington to day with a more than pleasant 
afternoon shoot; weather of the very best and evetything in apple- 
pie order. The series of fifteen shoots has been the means of bring- 
ing together over fifty different shooters and more than 200 scores 
were entered meanwhile for the prizes. The six best of each con- 
testant were selected for prize total, and the more a shooter placedi 
the bef^er his chance of selection. The winniug scores are given, 
below, Mr. Spencer marching off complacently with the first prize, a' 
machine loader, tucked under his arm Bis scores certainly entitle.! 
him to it, but his handicap for next series has increased, and just now- 
he is looking for a capab'e load at 18 instead of 16yds. rise. Mr. Win- 
ters's 101 is also worthy of mention, as he discarued but two scores. 
The Phillipps-Andover representatives also did themselves proud' 
Messrs. Eastman and Taft entering as late as the tenth shoot, and^ 
placing creditable totals considering that none were thrown away.^ 
Another two scores for selection would have afforded them excellent 
opportunity for reaching nearer the top. 
The new series of eight shoots comnapnces Wednesday next, May 
£6, and continues every Wednesday, with the exception of June l(^ 
until July 21 The mitch score will be ?5 targets, \h unknown and 10 
unknown; distance handicap; entrance free to all shooters. 
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Targets: 
Hall 
Gordon 9 
Eastman.,,.., 9 
Taft 6 
Sheffield 8 
Winters........ 9 
Brown. . 8 
Nickols ...,f,. 5 
Osgood 0 
Williams. 
Spencer. 
Miskay ..... 3 
Dore , 4 
Nickols, Jr . . , , 4 
Events 1, 4, 6, 10, 12 and 13 were known angles; 2, 5, "and 11, un- 
known; 3 and 8, pairs; 9, reverse pull. 
Final contest in prize serie-: 21 targets, 10 known, 5 unknown and 3 
pairs; Distance handicap: 
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00 10 11-3—16 
10 10 10— :?— 15 
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Rail (14) 
Nickols (15) 
Prize match totals: 
Spencer...., 20 19 19 18 17 15-108 
Winters........... 19 17 17 17 16 1.5-lJl 
Miskay.............................. .18 17 16 16 )6 5- 
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,.17 16 16 16 1=) 15— 95 
,18 17 14 14 13 13 - 89 
,.16 16 13 14 13 13— 87 
..18 16 16 14 12 11— 87 
.18 15 14 14 13 11— 85 
Gordon., 
Woodruff 
Horace. 
Eastman .,,..1 
Williams ., 
Harris i. ...16 15 14 14 12 12— 83 
Taft 16 15 14 14 13 12— 83 
Nichols 15 15 14 14 13 10— 81 
Paine 17 13 13 13 11 10— 77 
Sewall finished also 75, Sheffleld 74, Needham 63. 
First, 
Second. 
Third. 
Fouriu. 
Fifth. ■ 
Sixth, 
Seventh^ 
Eighth. 
Ninth, 
Tenth. 
Eleventh.. 
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As per B. Y. 0. 
rules, ties above are decided by best attendance, and HoreSeand Hrf! 
