Juke 12, 1897.J 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
4 77 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
CLIMAX atW CLUB. 
May 26.— The Climax Gun Club opened its new grounds at Plain- 
Beld, N. J., this afternoon. There was a good attendance of mem- 
bers present, all of whom expressed themselves as pleased with the 
change of grounds. The background was rather a bard one. bui 
still some good scores were made, as will bs seen from a glance at 
the following records, made in the club shoo; : 
Gloodmau (7» 01111111111111100101111111111011 —27 
HerriDston (3) 1101111111101111111111111110 —25 
BranliDKham (1).., 111111111111111110101111111 —24 
r>rier (2) , , ...111111011111100111111111111 —24 
i Van Dyke (0) ..1101110111111111111111111 ' —S3 
Dntchy (0). 01 lOllOlUllllllllll 11111 -21 
^i^.,.iDing (1) :.„,*.^»v oiiiomiiioiiiiiniiooiu -21 
Mvrd (()) .,, iiiiiiniiiiiiiono'310101 -20 
Stephenson (lO), ..01101001001000001111011010111110011-19 
Hubbard (0). ,,.,,.„0]Oni0111110111000101 101 —16 
wriijams(8) ,....,0100111010010110110011001110 —15 
by .loiooionoiiioiniiiooooiw 
, (10) .COCOOOOOOOC031010IJ0011101100000D010- 9 
BORESTJSB OON CLUB, OP NEWARK. 
ilfay sr.— The Forester Gun Club, of Newark, held a shoot to-day. 
Heavy rain early in the day kept many shooters from the traps. 
Nine events in aUwere shot, and all were at 10 targets. Our new 
tJ-aps threw the targets very swiftly. Scores follow : 
Events: 1234: 56789 
K. K. U, K. R. U. R. U. K. 
4 
5 
8 
5 
3 
3 
H 
6 
U. 
6 
4 
7 
7 
6 
7 
R. 
4 
!i 
6 
6 
5 
4 
Angles: 
J Fleming , 5 .. 5 
Tarleton 4 3 .. 
Dr Cummins 0 .5 6 
n Fleming, 6 4 7 
J HCummings..., 2 3 3 
Swindell..... 45.. 
Backus. .!....< ...... • i • H 2 c 
Thomas.,,,.. o 5 
BERGEN county's ANUrVERSART. 
June 2.— The first day of the Bergen County Gun Club's "first 
anniversary tournament" was not marked by a large attendance. 
The members of this Hackensaek club 'jould hardly expect many 
shooters to show up to-day, as the programme was rather a hard 
one for any but the more expert shots to go up against. Also there 
,was the more attractive programme for to-morrow against them, as 
■well as the recent holiday shoots on Decoration Day. The conse- 
quence was that the crowd was small in number but hot enousrh in 
quality. From the scores made, it will be seen that the list of lost 
targets was not large. Captain E, G. Horton acted, as usual, in the 
all-round capacity of cashier, entry clerli, squad hustler, manager of 
the shoot and purveyor of good things for ttie inner man ; in fact, he 
filled about every position possible except that of referee, scorer, 
puller and trapper boy. Equally, of course, tie filled all his numerous 
positions with honor to himself and the club. Cha=. Dawson was 
referee and was earnest In his efforts to give everybody his due. 
The scoring and trap-pulline was just as satisfactory as it could be, 
•while the work of the Hacteiisack Brigade of Trapper-boys left 
nothing to be desired. Some ofthe.ee boys maybe perverse little 
mortals and given to all kinds of deviltry, but it must be said that 
they can and do trap "outer sight." 
As stated above, the attendance was small. There was Ferd. Van 
Dyke, of the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., shooting the first 
"Model '97" repeating shotgun that has left the factory; and shoot- 
ing it "for Pau-j' as the saying goes. Capt. A. M. Money, manager 
and treasurer of the newly-organized "American E. C. & Schultza 
Powder Co.." was afso on hand, as was Ed, Taylor, of the Laflin & 
Band W-A Powder Oo. M. Herdogson, another representative of the 
W-A powder, was also on deck, but was not shooting in the form he 
has recently developed. F. Sinnock, of the Forester Gun Club of 
Kewark, and J, Schenck Remsen, of the Brooklyn Gun Olub, were 
both on hand to try for the cup, and Sinnock, as will be seen, was on 
top for the second time. (This win of Sinnock's makes him a tie with 
Bemsen, each having won it twice. 1 Another dangerous man who 
was presi^nt was Gus Greiff, cf Von Lengerke & Detmold; butGus was 
ahttleofCin his second 25, flinching two or three times wiih fatal 
elTect. Others on deck were L H. Byrd, S. Warren and-T, W.Tnomas, 
the assumed names of three good snots who had "stolen away." B. 
James, Ward and Beveri^ge also took pr rt in some of the fcveuts. 
27(6 Recreation Cup. 
The main event was the Recreation cup, representing the amateur 
championship of the clubs of New Jersey. Among the contestants 
were the two previou? winners -Bemsen with two wins and Sinnock 
with one win. The race is shot at 100 targets, 50 known and 50 un- 
known, the known angles being disposed of first. Edwaj'ds led at the 
end of the half wiih 48 out of 50, The thh-d 25 saw him drop back to 
Bemsen with 70 each, while ^Sinnock with 72 out of 75 took the lead, 
with Van Dyke as second with 71 breaks. The fourth 25 saw no 
change in the positions of the four leaders, eacli man breaking 23 out 
of 25. Thus Sinnock won with 95, Van Dyke was second with £4, 
Remsen and Edwards tied for third place wiiJi 93. Greiff, who only 
broke 44 out of his first 50, took a brace and broke 47 out of his 
second half, finishing with 91. Warren was next with 90, scoring 46 
out of his SO unknown angles 
Tn the diflferent series Van Dyke broke two straights and Smnock 
• one. The scores of this race in detail are as follows: 
F Sinnock.. . ..11111111111110111111111011111111111111101111111111— 47 
lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliniOllIOl-48-95 
F Van Dyke,.llllliinillllllIllllH111111111110110111110111101-4S 
inniiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiniiiiioiiiiiiioiiiiiiiiin-48 -94 
J S S Remsen. 11111111111011101111111111111110111111111111111111—47 
111111101111111110111inillllill0111111111111U110-4f>-93 
FS Edwards. 11111111111110111111111111111111111111111110111111-48 
111011111C1111111111111I01111111111111111010111111— 45-93 
GE Greiff. ...11111011111111011 111111111111110111110111011110111— 44 
11111111111111101111011111111111111111011111111111-47-91 
S Warren 11111101111111111111111101111011111111111111001011-44 
11111001111111111111111111111111111111101111111011—46-90 
Capt Money ..11111111111111101111111101111110101011111111111011-44 
111111111C2110101111011111111111111111111011111011-44-8S 
L HByrd 01111111111011101011111101011101111111111111111111—43 
11111001110111111101111111111101111111111101111011-43-86 
M Herrington. 11101110001010111101111111101111111110111111101111—40 
10111101111111110111111001111011111111111011111111-43-83 
T W ThomaB..01111010011111011111111001101011011111I11110110101 -36 
01111101011011111111111110111111011001111011111110-49—76 
In addition to the above scores. James shot at 50 known angle.*, 
scoring 48, and at 25 unknown angles, scoring 16; Ward also broke 30 
out of £Oat known angles: Ed Taylor shot at 50 unknown angles, 
breaking 2D out of each 25; Beveridge shot at 25 targe's, breaking 19. 
These four shooters shot along in the different series to make up two 
full squads. 
In addition to the 100- target race for the cup, a programme of 
seven events was prepared and shot out to a finish. These seven 
events called for another 125 targets, unknown angles Only four 
men shot througb, Edwards finishing first with 115 breaks; Van Dyke 
was next with 113; Oap^ Money and Byrd tied for third place with 
110 each. In looking at these figures those made in the 100 target 
race should be taken into consideration. Thus, out of the 225 shot 
at. Edwards broke SOS, \a,n Dyke 207, Capt. Money 198 and Byrd 196. 
Scores in the sweepstake events follow: 
Events: 1 3 3 4 5 G 7 
Targets; 
F S Edwards 
L H Byrd 
fi E Greiff 
J S S Remsen. 
W S Warren 
10 30 15 15 S6 SO 2£> 
Shot at. 
Broke. 
Ay. 
10 17 15 12 24 18 19 
125 
115 
92 
9 19 14 12 is 18 18 
185 
113 
S0.4 
e 18 14 13 81 18 18 
125 
110 
88 
8-16 11 15 24 18 18 
125 
110 
83 
14 13 S3 16 16 
95 
81 
88.3 
13 21 16 . . 
03 
- 50 
83.8 
.. .. 13 11 ?1 ,. .. 
55 
45 
81.8 
.. 17 14 13 
SO 
44 
88 
45 
41 
91.1 
45 
37 
82.2 
43 
35 
87.5 
9 18 ... . 
40 
.36 
6J.5 
Three extras were also shot, resulting thus: 
NO. 1, 5 pairs: Byrd 9, Sinnock S, Van Dyke, Money and Edwards, 
7 ' Warren 5, 
'No. 2, 15 targets, expert rules: Van Dyke 13, Warren 13, Edwards 
and Byrd, 12; Greiff and Money, 11. 
No. 3, 60 targets, expert rules: Edwards 42, Byrd 37, 
Second Day. 
June S.— The second day of the Bergen County Gun Club's shoot 
was rather a surprise. The day was pleasant, but perhaps a trifle too 
warm and moist for absolute comfort. There was also not enough 
wind to make the targets fly at all erraiically ; in fact, it was Just the 
day for target shooting. But where were the shooters? 
The programme was one that should have drawn more than a mere 
coi-poral's guard together. The club announced that it would divide 
$15 equally between the three high guns in all programm":- events shot 
between the hours of noon and 5 P. M., exclusive of the lOD-larget 
handicap race. In the handicap race it also announced Chat it would 
give a cup to the winner of that event. And what was the result in 
the way of shooters* Four shot in al! the prograui me events up w 
the last event, when one dropped out, and only three stayed to divide 
up the Sl5. In the handicap race there were only four entiles for the 
money and the cup— a handsome stein. Yet, notwith.standine: this 
poor support, the club carried out its promises and did all that it said 
it would do. The programme was not varied from in the slightest 
Capt. Horton again had to do all the work single-handed, the only 
member.'of the club showing up to take a hand being Mr. Van Keuren, 
and he did not arrive until the programme was almost shot out. The 
refereeing was again in the hands of Chas. Dawson. Morris O'Con- 
nor, the club's regular puller, did his work as ueti>il in a most pains- 
taking and careful manner; Morris's work in this respect has always 
been of the highest order. The scoring department ha.s generally 
been a weak point in the Bergen County's menage, but in Frank Hol- 
den, a recent find, the club has all that ii needs in that line. The 
Taller Kid and his mates behind the screen did their part of the work 
all right— save when they sent out two targets together or did some 
other similar monkey-wbrk. \ 
Among the eleven shooters who faced the traps in one or more 
events were J. Hildreth, the southern representative of the Winches- 
ter Repeating Arms Co , and W. F. Parker, of the Parker Gun Co , 
of Meriden, Conn. Parker was shooting away up, and showed con- 
clusively that the improvement we notediin his shooting at New Haven 
on Decoration Day was not merely temporary. His average of GO 7 
for 110 shot at ind'icates that he was holding just about right. Hild- 
reth bad only ju,5t arrived in the city from a long train journey, and 
was therefore hardly in a fit condition to point his gun in the proxim- 
ity of the targets often enough to make a high score. 
The handicap race speaks for itself. The handicapping was done 
mainly by Caotain Horton, in consultation with Messrs. Parker and 
Beveridge. That their work turned out satisfactorily is nroved by 
the fact that Captain Money and George Piercy tied for first place 
and the cup with 94, Byrd was second with 93. Edwards, who had no 
excuse to offer, dropped out of sight, ending with 86 out of his 100. 
On the shoot off Captain Money broke 15 to Piercy 's 12, the tie being 
decided in j)rosramme event No. 4, which was shot on the conclusion 
of the handicap. Atone time it looked as if Piercy had a cinch on 
the cup and first place, as he broke 45 out of the first 46 shot at, but 
he fell away afterward. Byrd, who was 4 behind.Piercy at the half- 
way, pullea up well and tied him in the end, bun lost the chance to 
tie for the cup by losing one of his 5 "extras. " Piercy was the only- 
one to run 2 ) straight, doing this in his first 25. The scores in this 
race were as below: 
A Money (8). ..llOillllllllilllOOllOlllllllinilllllinHHOlllll^ 
10011111111101111111111111111101111101111001011011-41 
11111111 —8-94 
G HPiercy(7).lllllllinillllllll111111111ipilllIlHlllHlll010l— 47 
1111 1 1 101 llOOllOlllllllllllllilllOOOllOlllOllllUl- 41 
niiou - 6-9t 
LHByrd (5)., 11111111111110011111101011110111111110111101111111-43 
11111111111111111101111111111111011111010111011111-45 
11101 - 4-92 
F Edwards (Sl.llllOllinilllllllllllOlOlOllOlllOllOlllOiniHIU— 42 
ioiiiiiiiiiiiioiiuiiiiiiiioiiiiiiiiiiiioioioinii-44 
111 -3-89 
J Hildreth*... .10100110001011011111110010101111010011011100001000—27 
00001110101010000011010101111110100111001011011111-S8-55 
* For targets only. 
As stated above, only three men finished for "the three high guns" 
average money of 85 to each. UC these Edwards was high with 123 
out of 130 shot at; then came Captain Money with 119 breaks, closely 
followed by Parker with 118 to his credit. These scores were; 
Events: 
Targets: 
F S Edwards,. 
Capt Money 
W F Parker..., 
TH Byrd...i.. 
G Piercy 
M HerriDg'on. , 
C C Beveridge. 
J Hildreth..,.. 
Ward 
Lan 
Everett 
1 3 3 4, 5 6 7 
15 20 aO 15 S5 2D 15 Shot. at. Broke. 
Av. 
k ^« • « > ■ « 1 l.l. 
15 19 19 15 24 17 14 
13J 
123 
94,6 
13 18 16 15 24 20 13 
r.il 
119 
91.5 
13 18 20 14 il 18 13 
130 
118 
90.7 
14 19 17 13 23 15 .. 
115 
100 
86.9 
.. .. 16 12 23 16 13 
95 
80 
84.2 
IS 2i 18 12 
75 
64 
85.3 
f5 
41 
74.5 
55 
K5 
63.6 
35 
24 
68.5 
15 
13 
fO.6 
15 
9 
OJ 
Several extra events were shot. Two were at 15 targets, expert 
rules; two at 10 targets, reversed order, and two at 5 pairs. 
Edward Banks. 
The Joplin Tournament. 
JoPLTN, Mo., May 27.— The tournament of the so-called Missouri and 
Kansas Gun Club came as near to being a frost as any shoot we have 
ever attended, and that with $300 added money! The class of shoot- 
ers one would expect to meet at a shoot of this kind were very con- 
spicuous by their absence; in fact, there wasn't one of them there. 
This perhaps can be attributed to the fact that they were familiar 
with Sergeant's hobby— extremely hard target', 20-bird events, and 
four moneys. This is all very well for the crackerjacks, but S3j0 is 
hardly a sum sufficiently large to draw enough of the other class to 
make a shoot a success. When a producer knows that he must shoot 
85 per cent, to bs in for money, he is apt to reflect two 
or three times, and ma,y perhaps inspect his gun and 
his pocketbook, and after careful considt ration put his gun back 
into the case, and his money back in his pants. There ar°. yet some 
amateurs who have money to bum, providing they can see some 
chance to take an occasional piece out of the fire. True, 85 per cent 
would have won some money at this shoot, but there were several of 
the 85 per cent, amateurs present, and .vet so difficult was the shoot- 
ing that only one could get a fraction over 80 per cent. Not one of 
the five f racksrjacks, and they were the best in the country, could 
reach 90 per cent, for the three days. Making the shooting as diffi- 
cult as it was here never does the sport any good; it more often 
results in injury, and that is just what it has done in this case. This 
shoot has given the trap-shooting game a black eye in Joplin and 
vicinity that it will take some time for it to recover from. 
There was a marked contrast between the interest manifested in 
this tournament and that of thirteen months ago. Then the whole 
town seemed to be Interested in the success of the shoot, and quite a 
number of the local shooters participated. This time only five took 
part, and several of these only in one or two events. The entries 
ranged from fifteen to nine. 
Out on the bold prairie, about two miles from the city, is where the 
shooting grounds were located, and the site was well chosen, the 
background being excellent. The electric cars landed one right on 
the grounds. The traps were set on the Sergeant principle, and this, 
as has been the case everywhere, save universal satisfaction. There 
were two .sets of traps arranged this wny, but one wa.s more than 
sufficient for the attendance present. Two kinds of targets were 
used, the red bird and the ones made by the Ajner'can Target Co., 
both of which are made at Lsavenworcfa, Kans. They were similar 
to all other targets, the oaly difference being the names. The Amer- 
ican bird was used on the first and last days and the red bird on the 
second. The wind blew a gale diagonally across the traps and away 
from the shooter nearly the entire three days. This of course added 
to thediOiculty of the shooting. 
The few who were present are as follows: R. O. Heikes, Dayton, 
O., Winchester Arms Co.; F. S. Parmelee, Omaha, Neb., of the Rem- 
ington Arms Co.; Fred Gilbert, Spirit Lake, la.; Chas. Budd, Des 
Moines, la., that Hazard-Du Pont combination; Herbert Taylor, St. 
Louis, Mo., also representing the Hazard & Du Pont Powder Co.; Sim 
Glover, Rochester, N. Y ; Mrs. Milt Lindsley CWanda), talking King's 
Smokeless and Peters Victor shell. Then there was C H, Calhoun, 
Wier City, Kans.: Taylor Cox, Carl Junction, Mo ; C. M. Sumner, H. 
T. Leeman and List Carney, Galena; Dr. D. N. Day and wife, Duluth, 
Minn,, and J. W. Den, of Arapahoe, Neb., who had the misfortune to 
be taken sick and was unable to Are a gun during the tournament. 
The only local shooters that participated were Kinmouth, Sergeant, 
Morgan and Cragin. 
Only eight shot through the entire three days' programme, though 
Sergeant really entered all the events, but after shooting at about 10 
birds in the first event on the first day he withdrew, as he had then 
shot himself out of the money. 
GENERAL AVERAGES. 
The general averages tor the three days were: 
Shot at. Broke. Ave. Shoe at. Broke. Ave. 
Gilbert 600 534 89 Glover..... 600 4 2 83 
Heikes .,..600 511 85.6 Calhoun ,,,..,...600 489 80.1 
Budd..... fOO m E3 Cox 630 '.bi 77 
Parmelee ..600 4J6 8.2,6 Sumner 600 413 68,6 
First Day, May 25. 
The first day of the shoot opened threateningly enough, and for a 
while it rained quite hard, but by 10:30 it ceased. Then a strong wind 
sprung up that blew chilly across the prairie, making heavy sweaters 
decidedly com forable. The shooting was extremely difiicult, as the 
targets were thrown very hard; this, added to the wind and the bad 
light, made straight scores very scarce. Four straight scores of 20 
were made during the day, and each one of them was good for first 
alone. In events 3 and 6, Cox, the one armed shooter, took first alone 
on 19; Cornett did the same in No. 7, Gilbert following suit in No. 8 
In events 9 and 10, 30, 19 and 18 took the three first moneys without a 
tie. The attendance was insignificant, only fifteen shooterg taking 
part, and only eleven of these shooting in all events. 
The averages are puzzUng, and will appear rather more so when 
the class of shooters who were present is considered. Here is food 
for reflection for those who were nob present: Gilbert is high with 
86.6; then comes Heikes, who, it is safe to assert, has not been down 
to 81 psr cent, in the last three years. And Glwer with 82 per centi 
Parmelee with just a fraction over 80 per cent; while Budd, who has 
recently been shooting so steadily, could not even get up to that 
notchl How hard the game was is well shown by the averages. With 
such targets, 20-target races, and only four moneys, it is not surpris- 
ing that so few of the local shooters wanted any of the game. 
SCORES OF MAY 25. 
Events: 12345678 9 10 Shot at. Broke. Av. 
Gilbert 18 18 15 19 15 18 17 19 15 19 
Heikes 20 17 16 14 17 18 17 17 14 17 
Glover 18 16 16 19 15 16 14 16 19 16 
Parmelee 14 20 17 13 15 14 13 18 18 19 
Budd 16 17 15 14 15 15 15 15 17 fO 
Cornett 14 15 15 13 ll 17 19 17 16 15 
Cox...., 17 13 19 16 15 19 13 16 17 12 
Calhoun 11 15 17 14 18 15 13 11 21 17 
Sumner 17 13 15 18 14 16 12 14 13 14 
Luman 11 12 15 13 12 15 8 18 17 14 
Sergeant w 17 12 17 11 15 13 16 11 16" 
Kinmouth..... 11 8 18 13 1 6 17 13 16 18 
Taylor .. 12 14 12 10 14 14 
Dr Day U .. 
Steinback 11 6 
Second Day. May 26. 
It was confidently expected that some more shooters would put in 
an appearance to day, butsuch was not the case; and not only this, 
but one of the few who were present had already become gunshy, 
and had left. That, too, after he had been telling us how he had 
come to stay, even though there were but 3 entries. Takiug the gaff 
ourselves and seeing others take it, are two difi:erent things. 
It had been suggested that perhaps if the targets were not thrown 
so hard that some of the locals might enter. This advice was not 
heeded, however, and the game went on just as before. The entries 
were no greater— not even as large as yesterday- but those who did 
shoot improved their scores. Gilbert was the only one who reached 
90 per cent ; Calhoun and Budd were second, with 89 Four straights 
were again the total, and two of these were inade by Gilbert; Budd 
getting one and Calhoun the other. In the 10th event 19 was high, 
and 14 got fourth, as there was no 16 or 15. Several more of the local 
shootor.s took part in a few events- just to be social, so to speak. 
Mrs. Lindsley (Wanda) and Mrs Day shot along lor birds only. The 
weather was fine and there was a good wind blowing. Wiih so few 
entries the shooting is generally over by 4 o'clock. 
One interesting event was a miss-and-out, 50 cents entrance. 32yds. 
rise. In this Taylor broke 5 straight and took the $3, the talent all 
going out rather easily. 
SCOBBS OF MAY 26, 
£00 
173 
86.5 
900 
166 
8 J 
200 
161 
^2 
200 
161 
80.5 
200 
159 
■79.5 
200 
157 
200 
l87 
78.5 
200 
154 
77 
200 
145 
■IS 
200 
135 
67.5 
IFO 
128 
71.1 
180 
122 
67.7 
IvO 
76 
63.3 
20 
11 
55 
40 
17 
43.5 
Events : 
1 
8 
3 
4 
5 
0 
^ 
S 
9 
10 Shot at. 
Broke. 
Av. 
19 
20 
19 
20 
19 
18 
17 
19 
19 
17 
200 
187 
93.5 
16 
16 
18 
19 
20 
19 
17 
17 
18 
18 
201 
178 
89 
17 
15 
20 
19 
18 
18 
19 
18 
17 
17 
i;oo 
178 
g9 
Heikes,... ........r,,. 
18 
18 
17 
19 
15 
16 
19 
19 
19 
17 
200 
177 
e8.5 
17 
16 
10 
17 
16 
19 
19 
17 
18 
19 
200 
174 
87 
15 
19 
19 
IT 
18 
14 
15 
17 
17 
19 
20O 
170 
85 
12 
13 
17 
19 
18 
18 
18 
16 
16 
18 
200 
165 
83.5 
16 
14 
17 
16 
12 
17 
15 
19 
17 
17 
200 
160 
80 
13 
16 
17 
17 
14 
16 
15 
16 
17 
18 
200 
159 
79.5 
16 
14 
15 
15 
13 
14 
16 
16 
17 
17 
200 
153 
76.5 
13 
16 
17 
17 
13 
15 
17 
18 
13 
8 
200 
147 
73.5 
9 
14 
15 
13 
15 
17 
15 
13 
14 
14 
2C0 
1:33 
69 
16 
16 
17 
17 
80 
66 
8 -'.5 
14 
13 
9 
13 
80 
49 
61.3 
Orogin 
13 
9 
40 
SI 
52.5 
Wanda 
7 
io 
40 
17 
42.5 
Third Day, May 27. 
This was but a repetition of the two previous days. The weather 
was again fine and the wind still blew from the same direction, 
though if anything a little stronger than before. The first eveno had 
but nine entries, and the only new shooter who participated was 
Carney, of Galena; he shot in four events. 
Gilbert once more led the procession, with Heikes second, neither 
averaged as high as on tbe previous day. The same old number of 
straights were scored— four. Of these two again went to Gilbert, 
whili Heikes and Glover got the other ones. In the first and second 
event 18 won first without a tie, and in the third and sixth 17 was 
high. In the third event Morgan won fourth money on 10. After the 
regular programme was shot the crackerjack squad in an extra 
- event scored 96 out of 100, as f oUows: Heikes and Gilbert 20, Parmelee 
and Budd 19, and Glover 18. At this time the wind had decidedly 
abated and tlie targets flew more steadfiy. The same old conditions 
prevailed: ten 30-target events, $2 entrance, $10 added to each, four 
moneys. 
SCORES OF MAY 27. 
Events: 1 33456789 10 Shot at. Broke. Av. 
Gdbert 16 16 16 19 £0 16 £0 18 15 18 
Heikes , 17 13 16 20 17 17 18 16 19 18 
Parmelee 15 14 15 16 17 17 17 16 19 19 
Budd 15 16 10 15 18 12 18 19 16 1? 
Glover 16 18 16 15 15 12 14 17 15 20 
Calhoun.... 12 16 15 15 17 14 16 19 17 .6 
Sergeant 18 16 16 15 15 14 14 15 13 18 
Cox ...i,,,. 15 15 17 16 14 16 11 11 14 16 
Sumner 16 11 17 14 9 12 12 1« 17 14 
Dr Day..... 13 17 .. 
Carney , 13 12 17 16 
Kinmouth 15 9 12 
Morgan 10 14 
Wanda 12 
Mrs Day 
15 . 
. 12 10 18 
9 12 . . . . 
. 11 9 9 
, .. 10 11 
£09 
171 
S7 
2U0 
iri 
85.5 
200 
103 
81.5 
200 
161 
80.5 
2 0 
168 
79 
XOO 
157 
78.5 
200 
l.-il 
77 
200 
145 
7i.5 
200 
134 
67 
40 
30 
80 
58 
7i.5 
140 
93 
66,4 
80 
45 
56,2 
80 
41 
51.2 
40 
21 
52.5 
Paul B. Litzke. 
The Kansas City "Star" Cup. 
Kansjs CiiY, Mo , June 5. — Editor Forest and Stream: Having 
noticed on several occasions durin? the past year several reflections 
by Dr. W. F. Carver on the standing of the Kansas City Star cup as 
a representative trophy emblematic of the American wing shot 
championship. I feel it a duty I owe to the Kansas City Star, a news- 
paper on which I am employed, and which devotes probxbly as much 
space to the trap-shooting fraternity as any daily newspaper in 
America, to review the facts which led to the establishment of the 
Kansas City Star cup contents. After the flnal winning of the Amer- 
ican Field cup in 1^9 2 by J. A R. Elliott, who gallantly defended it 
for a period of two years against all challengers, 'here was no trophy 
of any value commensurate with the importance of a championship 
contest in competition, excepting the Du Pont trophy, which at the 
tiine of the establishment of the 5iar cup race was handicapped by 
a rule limiting the contestants to the use of a special brand of pow- 
der, and providing for the redemption of the cup by the donors on 
payment of SiOO at any time they felt like calling it in. I am pleased 
to notice that the Du Font people have since modified the rule limit- 
ing contestants to the use of any particular powder. 
The Star cup is a handsome piece of plate, of special design and 
cost 8-50 net in cash, ana the final ownership will be determined next 
summer. After the open competition for the Star cup in May, 189S, 
those w^ho have held the trophy by winninsr it either in opeu com- 
petition or by challenge, are to meet and finally decide the absolute 
ownership of the cup. Thus the competition for it has an induce- 
ment to aspirants for wing-shot championship honors that is not en- 
joyed by any other championship emblem now before the trap-shoot- 
ing public. This trophy has largely stimulated pigeon shoot.ing in 
the \V"f St, and has more than accomplished its purpose, which was to 
add to the interest of the Missouri State tournaments in 1896, 1897 and 
1898. Other State a.ssociations were not barred from calling it into 
competition at their annual toumamenl;s, the only requirement being 
a guaran reed purse of $1 ,000. 
The popularity of the Star cup race needs no comment from me, as 
in 1886 the entries numbered over fifty, while at the last State shoot 
held here in May, there were sixty three contestants for the trophy, 
and among them were many of the representative wing-shots of both 
the East and the West; ana it was won by Sim Glover, of Rochester, 
N. Y. After an excellent race he was tied on 25 straight kills by J. M. 
Crabill, of Clarinda, la. ; Chris Gottleib and C. C. Herman, of Kansas 
City, whom he shot out by kfiling 5 more straight. Dr W. P. Carver, 
who has been favored repeatedly by extensive complimentary notices 
in the Star, shows his lack of appreciation of fair treatment by an 
a tempt to ridicule the donors of a trophy, who sought to encourage 
championship contests at the trap. 
Any championship aspirant who is on the level cannot ohjact to 
the simple conditions that govern the contist for this trophy, and it 
hi'S received the indorsement of wing shot championship claimants 
who stand high in the esteem of the trap shooting world. 
The trophy was ollered in good faith, and the conditions made 
broad and liberal, so that it would bring together the crack wing-shots 
in honest contest, and the final winner will have a trophy of which 
he may well feel proud. 
James Whitfielp, Sporting Editor, The Kansas City SSIjur, 
