38 
Connecticut. Trap-Shooters' liCague. 
THE BRIDSEPORT SHOOT. 
If fine -weather., eood fellowship, plenty of shooting, and'plenty of 
free lunch and free liquidating: materials go to make a Rboot a suc- 
cess, then the Bridgeport shoot of the Connecticut Trap-Shoot- 
ers' League, on J une 30 was a dandy. Tor the weather was fine after 
a wet night, and the shade of the large tent, loaned hy the U. M. C. 
Co. for theocasion, was mo=t uncommonly grateful and comforting; 
so al!?o were the ice-cold bottles of ginger ale, "sass." lemon soda, 
etc., not to mention the comestibles. In short the club left nothing 
to be desired in that direction, and if fewer straights were broken 
than usual, nobody seemed to mind much; the shoot was really one 
of those old-time, good-natured shoots when a man wasn't all the 
time hunting up the cashier to see how much he had coming to him. 
Straights were scarce, that's a fact; hut then the targets were 
. thrown far and fast, all five traps being screwed up to throw the tar- 
gets a full 55yds., and low at that. Sometimes the targets looked to 
be going a mile in ten seconds, and maybe some did, for ciphers were 
no strangers to even the best of them there. Bluerock traps and em- 
wire targets were used, a^d the combination seemed to agree well. 
The pull was the only weak point in the whole thing, and that was 
something that could be forgotten and forgiven in the general excel- 
lence of everything else. 
A THBBATBNXNG MORNING KEPT AWAY SHOOTBKS. 
The heavy rain on the previous night, and the threatening condi- 
tion of the weather in the early hours of June 30, kept away many 
who would otherwise have been on the grounds. Friend Bristol and 
his New Haven brigade, minus their president, M, H. Clark, were all 
on hand at the opening of the shoot. The same can be said of the 
Meriden division, which included Messrs. W. F. and L. C. Parker, S. 
A. Tucker. L. J. Gaines, J. R. Hull and Holcomb. O. R. Dickey was 
also on hand from Boston to assist the Meriden Club to whip the 
crack team from New Haven, Bridgeport turned out well, too, and 
supported the home club in great shape. There was V. A Blakeslee, 
the secretary, and U. M. C. Thomas, both of them with their hands 
full of work, and their heads full of schemes to make their guests 
feel at home. J. D. Kingsbury as cashier, and George Thorpe as 
assistant cashier, were both eminently the right men in the right 
place. Whit Rennison and I. J. Tuck^ as pullers, did their duty, but 
found the pulling apparatus all they could attend to. (The puller, 
too, was located in one end of the club house, and was considerably 
at a disadvantage owing to the amount of talking that took place in 
his vicinity.) 
WHERE WERE WINDSOR LOCKS AND HARTFORD? 
A v»ry frequent ciuery was: "Where are Windsor Locks and Hart- 
ford?" It was quite a disappointment to the home club that these 
two clubs did not show up at all. Not a member of either club, so 
far as we are aware, was on the grounds during the day. We had 
thought that you couldn't keep Messrs. Videon and Cutler, both of 
Windsor Locks, away from a shoot with an Avenue A police officer's 
night stick, but we found out our error on June 30. They were 
missed sorely; and they, likewise, missed a most pleasant day's 
sport 
Still there were plenty of shooters, as the scores given below will 
tell. New Haven put in two teams and Bridgeport entered two 
teams, while Meriden had a crackerjack sort of a squad to put up 
against the others. This squad lost the teamrace on the first 20 tar- 
gets shot at. by losing .31 out of 120 shot at; on the unknown angles 
they lost only 17; but then the wind was not blowing so strongly as 
when They shot at the known angles. And the wind did make some 
difference, it came down across the traps from right to left, and took 
rigbtquarterers under its wing, carrying them over the slight rise to 
theleftof the trat)s at a pace that almost baffled the best of them to get 
the "proper lead" on such swift targets. Goose eggs were "aplenty," 
as some people we wot of can testify to. 
NEW YORK WAS REPRESENTED. 
Ed Taylor, of the Laflin & Rand W-A Powder Company; Capt. A. 
W. Money, of the American E. C. and Schultze Powder Company, 
Limited: Ferd Van Dyke, of the Winchester Repeating Arms Com- 
pany, and the representative of the best department in this paper (?) 
were all on hand from New York city to take in and to be taken in. 
J. A. H. Dressel, Esq . of the U. M. C. "Company, took time enough to 
steal away from business and come down to watch the work done by 
No 3 primers in the Smokeless shell. 
Of course there was lots of fun outside that of making goose eggs; 
and really the last item got beyond a joke, that of making ciphers; 
it became painful; and when Will Parker made a straight 15 in an 
extra shot after the programme had been finished, there was quite a 
sigh of relief . And talking about fun at a shooting match: How 
much better it is to have a few well matured trap-shooters acting like 
a parcel of schoolboys just out of school, than to have them sitting 
around, silent as mutes, "chewing the champignshiprag over again," 
or cussing the Rose system. 
THE SCORES TELL THE TALE. 
How everybody shot must be left for the scores to tell, but in look- 
ing over these same scores be merciful, and remember that it was 
awfully hot, that the targets were thrown far, fast and low, and that 
there was quite a wind blowing during a part of the day at least The 
individual totals made in the team race will be found in the table of 
scores given below, the team race being event No. Son the programme 
20 known angles and 20 unknown angles). The team totals were: 
New Haven No. 1. 197: Parker Gun Club, of Merider,192: Bridgeport 
No. 1, 174; Bridgeport No. S and New Haven No. 2, U5 each. 
The table of Bcores referred to above runs as follows: 
Events: 
Targets: 
S A Tucker , 
Mills 
L C Parker. , 
J R Hull.. 
B W Claridge 
Savage., 
Stevens . 
C Longdon. 
Holcomb 
OS Davis 
Van Dyke 
V A Blakeslee. 
I J Tuck 
Wm Colbree. . . 
G King 
Robertson 
F Burgoyne... 
W H Longdon. 
W H Thomas , 
1 
2 
3 
4 
6 
6 
H 
8 
9 
10 
10 
10 
15 
15 
40 
15 
15 
10 
15 
10 
10 
8 
13 
12 
83 
11 
14 
9 
15 
9 
9 
10 
15 
13 
33 
13 
12 
7 
10 
10 
6 
7 
8 
24 
11 
9 
S) 
8 
13 
13 
36 
It 
12 
8 
13 
8 
0 
7 
14 
12 
32 
14 
13 
4 
14 
9 
s 
9 
13 
10 
33 
14 
10 
6 
10 
9 
7 
9 
14 
14 
85 
10 
12 
fl 
13 
8 
8 
8 
14 
11 
86 
8 
14 
9 
13 
10 
8 
10 
15 
12 
33 
11 
13 
10 
12 
10 
7 
6 
13 
10 
2S 
11 
11 
7 
11 
8 
10 
9 
14 
14 
35 
14 
13 
7 
13 
10 
8 
8 
13 
13 
32 
14 
14 
7 
13 
7 
9 
7 
11 
14 
27 
12 
9 
9 
10 
14 
38 
11 
i.3 
7 
13 
■7 
6 
8 
13 
7 
26 
11 
11 
8 
14 
7 
9 
9 
8 
13 
.30 
14 
14 
5 
11 
5 
8 
9 
l:i 
33 
10 
12 
4 
18 
16 
8 
7 
10 
8 
8 
10 
8 
12 
26 
"8 
6 
10 
12 
ii 
30 
io 
ii 
'4 
'5 
5 
9 
9 
10 
28 
8 
8 
4 
10 
V 
8 
9 
13 
9 
31 
11 
10 
4 
13 
9 
7 
9 
10 
26 
11 
5 
6 
8 
6 
'9 
7 
14 
14 
33 
18 
12 
9 
14 
'8 
14 
27 
10 
8 
12 
10 
"6 
8 
20 
18 
26 
18 
7 7 
8 
Edward 
4 .. .. 
5 5 3 
4 4 8 
Banks. 
Trap at Chicago, 
GARDEN CITY QTO CLUB. 
June S6. — ^There was a fair attendance to-day at the grounds of the 
Garden City Gun Club, West Forty- eighth street and Harrison. The 
■scores in the main events were: 
Merchandise prize shoot, 20 targets: Hellman 17, Burgess 16, Lud- 
low 15, A. Kleinman 15, Adams 15, Ruble 15. Halligan 13, McHle 12, 
Goldsmith 12, Parker 10, Southard 8, Levi 6, Murphy 3, Finsted 2. ^ 
Donnelly prize shoot, 36 targets per man, handicap rise: 
A Kleinman (18).. , . . . . .1111011001110101111101111— 19 
JRuble(18) 1011101111111111111110111—22 
Adams (18) OlllllllOlOOllllOflllOlOll— 17 
Parker (14) 1110110110001111111011010-17 
Balligan(15) ,, .111010111011011] 111111111-21 
W McHie (15). ...... , .„ , IIOICOIOOOIOOIOOOOIIOIOOO- 9 
Goldsmith (14) „ ... . . , ...101011 11001111101111111 01—19 
Southard (13) 1111001 1000111101 10011101— 1 6 
Adams (16) 1001000001011101011111111—15 
Hellman (14).... .1110111111111011101111111—21 
Levi (14) , 1101010010110110101001101—14 
Finsted (13) . ...... i. ..................... . 000000000101 OlllOOllOlOOl - 9 
Sec'y. 
EUREKA GUN CLtlB. 
June The Eureka Gun Club's weekly shoot was well attended 
to day. The scores in the medal race (V5 targets per man^were as 
follows: 
Class A: Ed Steck 23. Glover 23, Stannard 2. ^ Lord 22, ftljUer 23. 
Goodrich 20, H. F. Carson 19, Dr. Carver 18, J. Rehm 16. 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
Class B: Houston S3, Corn well 31, Lewis 81, Keller 21, J. L. Jones 19, 
Spreyne 17. G Murrow 15, Dr. Liddy 12. 
Class C: Bobbins 23, A. G. Walters 21, Bisbee 19, Meartl6, Morgan 
15, R. B, Carson 15, Neta 12. ' 
GARFIELD GDN CLUB. 
June 26.— The Garfield Gun Club's weekly shoot was held this after- 
noon. There was a good attendance of members, and some capital 
scores were made. Comley, comparatively a new man at the traps, 
won the trophy shoot with 24 out of 25, as below: 
Stickle 1110111101101011111001110—18 
Slocum 1000011010100010010101111—12 
Richards 1001111111110111101111101-30 
Fehrman , lllIlllllOlllllllllHlOll-38 
Kuss linilllOlllOlOllllOw —16 
Shaw-. ...... i,,r. .....1111111011011111111101111-23 
DeMans 0000011001111111110100111-15 
I^sb ....ii. 1111111111111101111110101—22 
Workman.. . .■.iw... .0110111101111110011111111—20 
Bowers 0111111111011111010010111—19 
E Graham , .1111111111000111111111111—22 
Ijeal , ......1111101110111101111111011—21 
Oomley ... , . 1111111111111111111111101—24 
Baird 0100100111100110110010011—13 
E Graham 1111111110110011111000111—19 
Eaton 0111101010001100010001110-12 
Young 0101111111011011111111110-20 
Steiger 01011 1 1111101 011011001111— 18 
Hicks 1 11 111 101111 1111111101101-28 
Meek .» • 0101110111101001101111010-16 
Russell n . 0100110110110000010011010-11 
[July 10, 1897. 
Michiiran Trap-Shooters* lieague. 
Deteoit, Mich., June 30.— The two days' tournament of the Michi- 
gan Trap-Shooters' League, which was held at the Rusch House 
grounds, Jefferson avenue, yesterday and to-day, was very well at- 
tended, and some good scores were made, despite the stifC wind that 
blew on the first day. 
First Day, June 29. 
Among those who took part in the shoot were: J. L Head, Peru, 
Ind.:C W. Walton, Grand Rapids; A. G. North, W.. H. Osmun, A. 
Webb, H. Matthews. W. Gould, Pontiac; R Merrill, O. W. Boursfleld, 
Bay City: B. O. Bush, H. Waruf, Kalamazoo; George Scheifller. J. W. 
Powell, F. Pixley, G. Scott. W. M. Thompson, Jackson; Geo. Spross, 
Toledo: P. A. .Snow, Cleveland; Thos. H. Graham, Sault Ste. Marie; 
Frank Stotts, Windsor. 
F. A Snow, of Cleveland, with a total of 112 out of 1?0 birds, led the 
day's shooting with an average of .993 pur cent, Thos. H. Graham, of 
Sault Ste. Marie, was second with 179 out of 193 targets, an average of 
.917 par cent. 
The team race, open to Michigan teams of three men, each man 
shooting at 50 birds, was won by the River Rouge Gun Club. This is 
the second time the River Rouge men have won the team race, and 
one more winning will entitle each man of the team to a diamond 
button. 
In the B. C. Handicap, for a silver trophy, W. M. Thompson, of 
Jackson, with an allowance of 3 birds, made a score of 48, and won 
the event. It must be won twice, however, to entitle the winner to 
ownership of the trophy. Thomas H. Graham, of Sault Ste. Marie, 
and Wood, of Detroit, both scratch men, scored 47 each, and Parker, 
also scratch man, killed 45 birds. 
Events: 
SCORES OF JUNE 29. 
123456 789 10 
Targets : 
Parker , 14 
RosS 11 
Waruf 14 
Boursfleld 8 
Graham............... 15 
Bush 12 
Thompson 13 
Widdicomb. 10 
Walton..,.,.,.,,,.. 13 
Davis ....i. 9 
Mercier.,i.,,.i (,....... 10 
Webb T»-f> 
Wood..,,,,,,,. 11 
Renick..,, 11 
Spross, 12 
Snow 13 
Osmun 13 
Klein 12 
Gould 9 
Matthews 8 
Brady ..... 10 
Scheifller 10 
Pixley 9 
JC 
North .. 
Scott 
Marks .i.i.i 
Merrill. 
Daniels .. 
Co well i...^. 
Hall *i 
Corbett,...,».i.,.,.;^;( .. 
H Cabanaw .. 
Stotts 
Pierce , 
15 15 15 15 25 15 15 50 15 15 
12 
13 
15 
10 14 
12 10 
15 14 
9 11 
13 13 
14 11 
14 13 
10 12 
9 12 
13 10 
12 9 
22 14 
.. 12 
20 11 
13 7 
24 14 
24 9 
9 13 
20 14 
19 9 
.. 10 
.. 10 
11 9 
11 12 
11 14 
13 14 
10 10 
9 11 
6 8 
8 10 
14 11 
11 14 
10 0 
9 13 
13 .. 
12 7 
.. 9 
23 14 
18 l.-i 
.. 13 
.. 15 
19 11 
.. 12 
12 45 
12 .. 
12 38 
8 30 
12 47 
11 44 
8 48 
11 38 
10 42 
11 .. 
7 45 
.. 31 
11 47 
15 37 
13 .. 
14 .. 
8 42 
18 10 
19 11 
17 6 
17 9 
22 ".' 
16 11 
21 11 
15 W 
19 9 
10 7 
.. 9 
.. 11 
.. .37 
.. 42 
.. 42 
11 .. 
9 .. 
8 .39 
.. .37 
9 .. 
8 39 
11 42 
9 47 
13 15 
12 12 
15 14 
11 14 
15 14 
14 12 
12 15 
14 13 
13 is 
13 12 
14 14 
13 11 
14 13 
14 14 
12 .. 
11 .. 
13 .. 
10 .. 
8 .. 
11 .. 
13 .. 
18 .. 
14 .. 
12 13 
II .. 
7 80 
11 .. 10 
4 .. 9 
5 .. 5 
.. 33 .. 
Shot at. 
195 
145 
195 
195 
195 
195 
195 
195 
165 
145 
175 
50 
195 
195 
120 
120 
180 
90 
110 
150 
165 
130 
180 
125 
105 
115 
135 
135 
- 120 
40 
80 
45 
30 
30 
50 
Av. 
.861 
.648 
.861 
.610 
,917 
.835 
.801 
.789 
.775 
.608 
.737 
.620 
.850 
.789 
.8.50 
,933 
.761 
,744 
.609 
.700 
.787 
.700 
.600 
.703 
.800 
.669 
.755 
.700 
.791 
.650 
.,575 
.711 
.4.33 
.333 
.()60 
Second Day, June 30. 
The weather to day was much more favorable, and as a conse- 
quence scores ruled higher. It was very hot indeed, and although 
rain threatened once or twice, the threats amounted to nothing. The 
main events to-day were the championship medal contest and the 
shoot for the King's Smokeless trophy. 
Thomas H Graham, of Sault Ste. Marie, captured the champion- 
ship medal for experts, the highest average for the two days' shoot- 
ing, his average being 913, and narrowl.y escaped winning the King 
trophy. In the latter event he was beaten out by an amateur, Klein, 
of Detroit, whose previous record for the day did not indicate cham- 
pionship form. However, he killed 25 birds straight and won the 
shoot-oflE for the tie, Mr. Graham also having killed 25. It will be 
necessary for Mr Klein to win the troph.y again before he can own it. 
In the shoot-ofiE Mr. Klein had a handicap of 5 points, while Mr. 
Graham shot from scratch. 
Parker, of Detroit, won the second prize for average shooting with 
a percentage of .875, and Waruf, of Kalamazoo, third, with a per- 
centage of 853 The winners of the other medals in the champion- 
ship contest were as follows: Marks, Detroit, semi expert; Brady, 
Detroit, amateur. 
SCORES OF JUNE 30. 
Events: 183456789 10 Ilia 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 25 15 15 15 25 15 15 Ave. 
Graham 14 14 
Merrfll 14 10 
Snow 14 14 
Parker... 14 15 
Spross............. 14 14 
Widdicomb,...,,.,,..,,,,.. 14 14 
BousQeld 13 14 
Wood 13 14 
Thompson. 13 15 
Brady 13 14 
Waruf , 12 13 
Bush 12 14 
Renick 10 13 
Dayidson 12 
Klein 11 
Marks 
Corbett., , 
Daniels 
Hall 
TurnbuU , 
Boyd ,., .. ., 
Cabanaw.. .. .. 
Wagner , . . . , 9 
W. H. Brady 
15 15 15 
11 8 10 
15-15 14 
15 14 14 
14 14 13 
13 8 li 
9 13 13 
10 11 13 
11 14 13 
13 11 12 
13 13 14 
14 14 14 
14 13 13 
10 11 12 
.. 8 ., 
15 14 15 
13 12 11 
14 15 13 
12 15 IS 
13 14 18 
9 11 12 
8 11 8 
12 12 13 
8 9.. 
20 .. 12 
12 14 14 
13 13 15 
,. 11 14 
10 .. .. 
.. 7 .. 
13 14 14 
10 13 12 
25 18 14 
21 .. .. 
. . 13 13 
18 14 12 
.. 15 .. 
33 12 14 
11 7 11 
21 16 13 
23 .. .. 
19 .. 
18 18 9 
18 8 13 
13 13 
,965 
,707 
,933 
,890 
,911 
,820 
,730 
810 
,803 
801 
845 
,840 
.802 
.760 
.716 
.883 
.918 
.808 
.800 
.720 
.720 
.640 
.600 
Sec'y. 
Monday; of this week, July 5, was a day on which nearly every club 
in the vicinity of this city held a shoot. This plan of holding .shoots 
on every holiday prevents large attendances at any one grounds, and 
it would seem betier if three or more gun clubs got together and 
drew lots for the different holidays at the beginning of each season. 
The club that drew Washington's Birthday would entertain the mem- 
bers of the other clubs on that date, and the club that drew Decora- 
tion Day would take its turn at entertaining visitors on that date, and 
BO on. This would insure each club having at least one good re- union 
on its grounds during the season. 
Echoes from Deep Hollow. 
Sim Gloveris now satisfied that he can kill live birds, and states 
openly that he will win the Star cup at the Missouri State shoot in 
1898 without the slightest shadow of a doubt. As Sim puts it: "There 
isn't anybody down there can heat my combination: Parker gun, 
Schultze powder and myself." And Deep Hollow sends back an echo 
that sounds like "Quite right, quite right!" 
The list of champions at the Oil City shoot was quite imposing: 
John L. Brewer, champion of the world, etc., etc.; Simon Glover, 
Kansas City Star champion; Charlie Grimm, cast iron champion- 
Charlie Budd, Du Pout champion; RoUa O. Heikes, champion of the 
world at targets; Fred Gilbert, ex-champion at targets and ex-Du 
Pont champion; E D. Fulford, whose work in the past has made him 
worthy of championship honors, and who can still make them all 
hustle to beat him: O. R. Dickey, Grand American Handicap cham- 
pion of 1896; John L. 147 Winston, the expert rules champion ; Ferd 
Van Dyke, % reversed order champion (he, Heikes and Charlie Young 
tied for the Schm elzer trophy at San Antonio in January last) ; Harvey 
McMurchy, who is a champion although he doesn't claim to be one; 
Elmer Shaner, champion tournament manager; Brother Bill McCrick- 
art, champion squad hustler, referee, etc.; Gold DustFanning, cham- 
pion seal shot of the Pacific Slope: Col. A. G. Courtney, champion 
raconteur of the circuit, and hosts of other. 
Of the four 25s in the Oil City Spfcial, one shot a Parker and the 
other three L C. Smith guns. The fortunate quartette were: Sim 
Glover, Parker, 3}4drs. Schultze and II/40Z. 7in a Trap shell ; Harvey 
McMurchey, L. C. Smith and powder (Harvey won't tell his 
powder); Charlie Grimm. L, C. Smith, SMdrs. Du Pont and IJ^oz. 7 in 
a Smokeless shell; Jack Fanning, L. C. Smith gun, 50grs. Gold Dust. 
lHoz. 7 in Acme and Leader shells. There were five 24s, and f wo of 
these shot Parker Iguns, the other three shooting L. C. Smiths. 
Two of the five used Du Pont, two Schultze, and one (Wheeler) 
King's Smokeless. 
John A. Wilson, of Frankhn, Pa., was very proud of his new Cash- 
more. Mr. Wilson has certainly gotten a very fine gun ; it looks well, 
is superbly finished, and when held I'ight does the business. Wilson 
says his main trouble is the "holding right." 
President Graham and Secretary Harr.y Seeser very wisely gave up 
trying to do two things at the same time— entertain the visitors and 
shoot. There was a certain amount of self-denial in their putting 
away their guns, for both of them love to shoot, and can do good work 
when attending to that business alone. 
Harry Thurman, better known as "Father Time" or "Shooting- 
Blouse Thurman," won the individual championship of the State at 
targets with King's Smokeless. Harry Shoop (Brewster) won the 
live-bird championship of the State with SMdrs. of Du Pont in a Trap 
shell. 
Mingo is the name under which J. A.. Flick, of Ravenna. O., now 
comes to the score. We don't know a keener shot than Mr. Flick, 
and the way he plumps his second ban-el into a fast bird is almost 
more than we can understand, seeing that he has but one arm. 
Business interests kept him at Ravenna until too late for the targets, 
but he turned up in time to try his luck in the Oil City Special 
The strain of shooting every week and shooting hard all the time 
showed itself very plainly in some of the crackwjacks. Gilbert and 
Heikes in particular looked vpry weary, and man.y a round 0 may be 
traced to "that tired feeling." "Everybody who has shot all day and 
tried hard all the time (and you must try hard all the time if you 
want to make good scores) knows just how tired they felt when the 
day is over; multiply that one day by four, and add in two days for 
traveling, and imagine how you'd feel after a week of it; then pro- 
ceed and figure out how you'd feel after about ten such weeks. Chief 
Moon-in-the-face and Dago Chief don't seem to feel it much, but then 
they're just bundles of knots, at least Moon-in-the-face is. If you 
don't believe this, utter an Indian war cry in his hearing and then "sa.y 
"good-bye" to your scalp, for he'll have'it sure. 
Captain Money shot very well indeed at live bu-ds, and we doubt 
whether he ever shot any better in his life than he did at OU City. 
He shot at 53 birds during the two days, and scored 52 of them. He 
used a Smith gun and 49grs. of Schultze in a Trap shell. The tough 
part of the whole thing was that his single lost bird was dropped in 
the Oil City Special when straights were what counted . 
One of the most pleasing features of the whole shoot was the way 
in which the residents of Oil City rose to the occasion and graced the 
shoot with their presence. And we understand that these same resi- 
dents were also well pleased on their part with the shoot and the 
quality of the men who came to the tournament. It seems to have 
been a popular idea in that section of the country that gentlemen 
were scarce at tournaments. When they came to Deep Hollow they 
found that the reverse was the order, and that a nicer lot of men 
couldn't be gotten to8;ether anywhere in this or any other country. 
They also found that it was not all business by any means. In fact, 
the State shoot at Oil City has done a great deal to boom trap shoot~ 
ing in that section of the qountry. 
Judging from the setters and pointers we saw in Oil City there 
must be some good ruffed grouse shooting in the mountains near the 
city. Deep Hollow and the woods that lined the street car tracks to 
Smithman's Park looked very "birdy," and it is a fact that some 
young grouse had a narrow escape of being run over by one of the 
cars on its trip to the groimds early on the second day of the shoot. 
Talking of dogs, Elmer Shaner was presented at this shoot with a 
handsome Gordon setter dog by the president of the State Associa- 
tion, J. O'H. Denny. The dog was a beauty, and Elmer was tickled 
mightily with the present, hut was much worried at having forgotten 
the dog's name. One evening, after falling asleep while copying 
scores, he blurted out: "It's Rupert!" "What's Rupert?" said we 
innocently. "Why, my dog's name, of course." And he actually 
looked hurt to think that we'd forgotten he owned a dog. 
Edward Banks. 
Lake City Gun Club. 
Madison. Wis . June 23 —The two days' tournament of the Lake 
City Gun Club closed to day. A total of 24 shooters took part in the 
programme events on the first day, but only 15 were present on the 
second day. Below will be found tables giving the records made on 
both of the days mentioned above: 
First Day, June 22. 
12346678 9101113 
10 15 10 11 10 15 10 20 13 10 15 10 
7 9 5 
5 8 9 
6 7 9 
4 
7 
6 
5 
5 
6 
8 
8 6 
.6 4 
3 
r 
3 3 
4 5 
7 4 
8 10 10 
5 .. .. 
7 5 
5 8 
14 8 
13 8 
11 7 
11 10 
12 8 
12 7 
9 5 
8 7 
9 8 
13 10 
Events: 
Targets: 
E Bingham..,. 
M Johnson .a.^,, 
3 O'Brien ...„ 
O Sutherland 
J Wheeler 
P H Bump , 
W Waddington 
E B Hill, ..■..........•« 1. 44, ...i' 
H Levi, 
H Carter 
Estberg 
J W Foster 
C A Mayer.,... 
WHobbins 
CFFord 
R Lang 
F Hurd 
J Sbuman. , , . . , 
F StoltzB 
E Fauerbach.. . 
F Curtis ..„., 
J Mallory i. 
F Wootton .....i.. ,. 
C Sloan 
No. 4 was at 5 singles and 8 pairs; No. 9 at 6 pairs. 
8 .9 
5 10 
5 14 
fi 11 
813 
5 11 
713 
7 5 
6 9 
6 12 
7 14 
6 10 
6 9 
3 9 
7 8 
3 .. 
6 11 
19 10 
.. 7 
13 9 
17 ., 
14 9 
.. 8 
14 7 
U .. 
8 10 9 
8 "6 
8 12 6 
9 11 10 
7 9 8 
6 9 6 
6 8 5 
13 .. 
16 9 
15 .. 
11 5 
'6 
11 
7 11 8 
8 12 7 
6 9 6 
7 10 .. 
7 13 7 
7 8,. 
6 .. .. 
8 
13 
4 6 5 
3 6 6 
4 6 7 
i .. .. 
Events: 
Second Day, June 23. 
1 3345 678 9 10 11 13 
Targets: 10 15 10 10 
Bingham 8 11 10 9 
Hobbins 7 14 6 
Farber 9 13 
RWHurd...,. 5 6 
Himmelstein , 9 9 
Ford 6 ., 
Mayer....;...,.,...... 8 11 
Morris ., 7 13 
Ertberg......,.,. 10 13 
Foster , 7 10 
Mixner 914 
Fauerbach....... 3 8 
Lang ,,,.r.s_.^......^,i.,, .. 
Kerns..................... .v 
Sanderson 
No. 4 was at 5 pairs; No. 9 at 6 pairs. 
9 
9 9 
.. S 
S 3 
B .. 
S 7 
8 8 
9 7 
9 10 
9 10 
10 15 10 30 
7 13 7 14 
7 13 6 13 
8 14 6 13 
3 .. 
.. 7 
10 13 
9 14 
10 14 
9 11 
9 13 
7 17 
7 ., 
12 10 15 10 
11 7 15 7 
9 5 10 0 
7 10 10 
5> « > . • 
2 7 .. .. 
8 15 
7 .. 
8 11 
9 16 
.. 9 .. 
8 7.. 
9 8,. 
8 6 8 
8 10 10 
C. A. Mayer. 
Mr. S, C. Quimby, secretary of the Capital Gun Club, of Des Moines, 
la., writes us that his club will hold a tournament Sept. 14-16, the 
week of the Iowa State fair, the shoot taking place on the fair 
grounds. Mr. Quimby adds: "The club will add large moneys and 
merchandise prizes. Programmes will be sent out about Sept. 1," 
