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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Am. 21, 1897. 
the pretly sport of canoeing, by all odds the prettiest of all 
amateur sports. After the first experience of it, there was 
much clamoring among the cottagers and hotel guests for 
more of it, and they would have been willing to keep the 
bovs out afloiat all the time. 
On Friday, the skipper of canoe Carrier Pigeon, the vener- 
able Mr. N. B. Cook, who divides with Grandpa Gates the 
bonor of being the oldest sailor of the Association, was 
taken with an indisposition which forbade the thought of 
his sailing, and he hardly felt able to sit up and watch the 
sailing from the bluff. During the evening he felt still 
worse, and on Saturday morning was not well enough to get 
up for breakfast. There is very little hope that he will be 
able to sail again during this meet, as he feels weak and not 
inclined to effort. This removes the last hope that any of 
the regular regatta events can be sailed off, as not enough 
other boats can qualify. It is likely that Monday may see 
the practical end of the meet, thoiigh a few more members 
may come up for Sunday in camp. Word has been received 
from Mr. W. H. Crawford, of Dayton. O., that he cannot 
come, and that skipper O. A. Woodruff, of canoe Wood, will 
also rank among the absentees. With such standbys as 
these away, with Nat Cook and W. H. Yardley away, and a 
lot more of the regulars, the W. C, A. meet for 1897 has some- 
thing of a void, which one can only hope may not be again 
experienced in 1898. The very character of the sport shown, 
even in the half-completed scratch races of Friday, proclaim 
loudly enough that so good a sport as this should not be 
allowed to languish in the West. 
A fuller story of the meet and its surroundings will follow 
in the next issue of FoEEST AND Stbeam. E. Hough. 
Columbia Pistol and Rifle Club. 
SAN Francisco, Aug. 9 —The members of the Columbia Piatol and 
Eifle Club fouad yesterday at Shell Mound a day of sunshine and 
shadow, as this is our season of fog. All the club's matches were 
open. 
Great interest is manifest in the Glindemann military medal match. 
Several scores above the average were shot— Bushnell, Jacobsen and 
Youngr making 48, Creedmoor count. The scores on the class medals, 
for members only, and the re-entry matches were as follows; 
Rifle— Class medals for members only. One 10- shot score. 
Champion Class— A. H. Pape 65, F. O. Young 66, F. B. Mason 69. 
First Class- 0. A. Bremer 71, E. Jacobson 83, A. B. Dorrell 90, O. M. 
Daiss 101, G Schulizl09. 
Second Class-J. E. Gorman 89, F. H, Bushnell 97, G. M. Barley 109, 
M. . I. White 137. 
Third Class— A. Hintermann 80. G. Mannel 118, E Woenne 168, Mrs. 
M. J. White 159, C. F. Waltham 164, B. Jonas 196 
Rifle, re-entry matches, open to all, F. H Bushnell rifle medal and 
cash prizes. 3. shot scores: A. H Pape, 13, 13: F, O. Young, 11, 12; D. * 
W. McLaughlin, 12, 17; E. Woenne, 38. 
William Glindeman military medal and cash prizes, 10 shots, Creed- 
moor count: F O. Young, 48: E. Jacobson, 48, 47: F. H. Bushnell, 48. 
47; C. P Waltham 41. 
F O. Young rifle record medal and cash prizes, 10-shot scores: F. 
E. Mason 61, D. W McLaughlin 104 
Pistol, 50yds , class medals for members only, one 10-shot score. 
Championship class: J. E, Gorman 43, F. 0. Young 49, C. M Daiss 51. 
EdHovey54. 
First class: M. J. Wbite 37. 
Second class; F. H. Bushnell -73, Mrs. M J. White 77, G. M. Bar- 
1 ey 94. 
Third class: C. Hintpman 70, Mrs. E. L. Crane 102, L. W. Forrest 109, 
O. M. Pratt 121, Mrs. C. F. Waltham 211. 
Pistol, re-entry matches, open to all comers, 10-shot scores, dia- 
mond pistol lecord medal: F. O. Young 41, H. C. Friday 100. 
Gordon Blanding pistol medal and cash prizes, S-shot scores: F. O. 
Young 8, J E Gorman 9, 10; C. M. Daiss 10. 
Howard Carr any revolver medal and cash prizes, 6-8hot scores; A. 
B. Dorrell 35, 40. 
Achille Roos, .2?oal. rifle medal, ladies' medals and cash prizes: 
Mrs. E. L. Crane 15, Mrs. M. J. White 16, M>-s. C. F. Waltham 17. 
ROEEL. 
Leading dealers in sportsmen^s supplies have advertised in our 
columns continuously for almost a quarter century. 
If you want your shoot to be announced here 
send In notice like the following: 
FIXTUF5ES. 
Aug. ?4-25— Buffalo, N. Y.— Tournament of the Bison Gun Club. 
Targets C. H. Werlin, Sec'y, 1634 Broadway, Buffalo. 
Aug. 2.5-26.— MoNTPiELiKR, Vt. — Tournament of tne Interstate Asso- 
ciation, under the auspices of the Montpelier Gim Club. $200 added 
money. 
Aug. 26-''7. — Waterloo, Ont.— Tournament of the Ontario Rod and 
Gun Club League. W J. Marshall, Sec'y-Treas. 
Aug. 36-27.— Many, La.— Tournament of the Many and Robeline 
Gun Clubs- 
Aug. £8 — EAtr CLAnni, Wis.— Elliott-Budd match for the Du Pont 
trophy. 
Aug. .^1-Sept. 2.— Sutton, Neb.— Tournament of the Sutton Gun 
Club. $150 added money, as well as merchandise prizes. E E. Hair- 
grove, Sec'y. 
^Sept. 1.— Haverhill, Mass.— Third shoot of the Massachusetts State 
Shooting Association, imder the auspices of the Haverhill Gun Club. 
Sept 6.— Mbridbn, Conn. — Third nnnual Labor Day tournament of 
th« Parker Gun Club. 
Sept. 6 —Marion, N. J —Annual Labor Day tournament of the 
Endeavor Gun Club. A. R Strader, Sec'y. 
Sept 7-10.— Detroit, Mich.- Jack Parker's annual tournament. 
Sept. 8-9.— Terre Hautb. Ind. — rournament of the Trap-Shooters' 
League of Indiana, under the auspices of the Terre Haute Gun Ciub. 
Sept. 11-13. , La.— Tournament of the Many and Robeline 
Gun Clubs. 
Sept. 14-16— Kansas City, Mo —Tournament of the Schmelzer 
Arras Co. Merchandise and arpateurs. 
Sept. 14-16 — Dks Moinbs, la.— Tournament of the Capital Gun 
Club. S. 0. Quimby. Sec'y. 
Sept. 15-16.- Portsmouth, N. H.— Tournament of the Interstate 
Association, under the auRpices of the Portsmouth Gun Club. 
Sept. 15-16 —Parkeusburg, W. Va.— Tournament of the Mountain 
State Gun Club. State ana open events. Chas. E Morrison, Sec'y. 
Sept 21-23 —Mitchell, S. D.— Tournament of the W. J. Healey 
Hardware Co. 
Sept. 22-24.— Watson's Park, Chicago, HI.— Tournament at live 
birds and targets Programmes ready about Sept. 1. Write to John 
Watson, Station R, Chicaeo. 
Sept. 28- '39.— Indianapolis, Ind.— Tournament of the Trap-Shooters' 
League of Indiana, under the auspices of the Limited Gun Club. 
Royal Robinson, Sec'y. 
MlSept. 28-Oct. 1.— Passaic. N. J.— Annual tournament of the New 
.lersey State Sportsmen's Association at Clifton racetrack. First two 
days, targets; last two days, live birds. Main event on last day is at 
25 live birds, il5?5 birds extra, handicap; $600 guaranteed to three 
high guns. W. H. Hnck, Sec'y. Rutherford, N, J. 
Oct 4-5. Warwick, N. Y.— First annual tournament of the War- 
wick Gun Club Open to all. Targets. $50 average money to four 
high guns in all programme events. John M Servin, Sec'y. 
Oct. 6-S.—NEWBUBGH, N. Y.— Annual fall tournament of the West 
Newburgh Gunard Rifle Association. First two days, targets; thii-d 
day, live birds. $30 average mone.7 to three high guns in all pro- 
gramme target events. Open to all. 
Oct. 13-14.— Geeensborg, Ind.— Shooting tournament of the Graens- 
bnrg Gun Club. Web. WoodBll, Sec'y. 
Oct. ,22-23.— HuNTiNoxoN, Ind.— Tournament of the Trap Shooters' 
League of ladiaaa, undei-.the auspices of the Erie,Gun Olub.j 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. 
Ties in all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. 
Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, SU6 
Broadway, New York. 
On July 8 last Jim Elliott apparently sat down in an office in Kan- 
sas City and made out a list of challenges "(o a number of the shoot- 
ing princes of America." as he put it in the letter of that date, which 
appeared in the issue of Forest and Stream Cor July 17. He chal- 
lenged Glover for the Star cup, Charlie Budd for the Du Pont trophy, 
Charlie Grimm for the cast iron medal, and Peter Murphy to a one- 
barrel match such as Peter loves to shoot Gloverand Budd promptly 
accepted, and Glover's match came off on Saturday last, the result 
of which is now known to all readers of Forest and Stream who take 
interest in such things. Budd's match is set for Aue. 28 at Eau 
Claire, Wis. Murphy has. we understand, refused to accept Elliott's 
terms, so that match will go by the board. But what we want to 
know is. What's the matter with the cast iron badge? Forest and 
Stream received Elliott's forfeit of $50, but so far it has heard 
nothing from Mr. Qrimm. It is true that since that challenge to 
Grimm was made public in our issue of July 17, Elliott has had other 
designs on Grimm's pocketbook, and has leCt the medal out in the 
cold. On July 23 he took hold of Mr Rice's offer, which was author- 
ized by Grimm, but twisted the terms around and altered them 
materially; and Elliott's terms do not suit Mr Rice. Nothing, how- 
ever, has been done by either party beyond the posting of a SlOO for- 
feit by Rice and the posting of another forfeit of $.0 by Elliott. It 
seems hard to get these two men, Elliott and Grimm, together. Ac- 
cording to what we can gather, here has Elliott posted two $50 for- 
feits and Rice a $100 forfeit, all three forfeits for ostensibly the same 
purpose, viz , a match or a series of matches between two of the best 
live-bird shots in the country; but nothing has come of them yet. 
Possibly the sporting press may receive a few more circular letters 
before long. 
In a letter to us, dated Aug. 18, Mr. George B. Walton, secretary of 
the Montpelier, Vt,, Gun Club, says, among other things: "I also in- 
close clippings from different Vermont papers in regard to our com- 
ing tournament, which may be of interest. Manager Shaner's outfit 
is here, and Dr. Fiske reports several cases of shells as having arrived. 
We notice an article in one of the local papers which refers to our 
coming tournament as the 'first Interstate tournament ever held in 
the State,' and would like to have it corrected through Forest and 
Stream, for the first tournament given by the Interstate Association 
in Vermont was held under the auspices of the Lakeside Rod and 
Gun Club at Burlington last season, and was by far too pleasant and 
successful a shoot to be ignored in that way. ' The mistake was not 
ours, but we shall feel like making an apology to the Burlington boys 
just the same." The cUppings referred to run as follows: "This tour- 
nament will be held on the grounds of the Montpelier Gun Club, about 
ten minutes' ride from Montpelier on the suburban line of the Mont- 
pelier & Wells River Railroad. The club has there spacious quarters 
and ample room to accommodate all who may come. The house and 
platform are in the shade of five large elms except in the early morn- 
ing, and are comfortable for shooting in warm weather. The targets 
are toward the northeast, which gives the sportsmen strong light on 
the targets and not on their faces. The grounds will be open for op- 
tional shooting on the afternoon of Tuesday, Aug. 24 " Another 
reads: "A neat little station has been erected on the line of the Barre 
Railroad at the entrance of the preserves of the Montpelier Gun Club 
for the convenience of its members and guests, and is designated by 
a sign bearing on its face the words, 'The Shoot.' " 
Jack Parker has written us at length in regard to Ben O. Bush's let. 
ter to us which appeared in our issue of July 31. In that latter Mr. 
Bush stated that Mr. Parter's claim for King's Smokeless and Peters's 
cartridges of first and second averages at the Detroit shoot of the 
Michigan Trap-Shooters' League, June 29-30, was not based on fact. 
Mr. Parker now writes us contradicting Mr. Bush, and backs up bis 
statement with a certificate from Mr. W. H Brady, secretary of the 
League, that proves beyond question that Mr. Parker's claims were 
correct. In regard to Mr. Graham's use of King's Smokeless at that 
tournament, Mr. Parker says: "I know Mr. Graham thoroughly, and 
bnow, as all his intimate friends do, that he shot King's Smokeless at 
that tournament; and that he also pays for all of that powder that he 
uses " The following extract from Mr. Brady's letter is to the point: 
"The winners of the three highest averages at this tournament (the 
one referred to aoove) were: Thomas Graham first, John Parker sec- 
ond, Henry Waruf third." A reference to the scores shows us that 
Messrs. Spross and Snow, being non-residents of the State, did not 
shoot through the programme events on either day of the shoot, 
being barred from certain events. Mr. Snow's shooting was excel- 
lent, however. On the first day he broke 112 out of 130. or 93.3 per 
cent. On the second he broke 138 out of 150 shot at. another average 
of 93 3 per cent . making his average for the two days, a total of 270 
targets shot at, just 93 3. 
If the Chamberlin Cartridge and Target Co. adheres to the present 
plans for its tournament next ,Iune, namely, not to allow any paid 
men to compete for the amateurs' money, the scene of the tourna- 
ment might be very aptly termed: "An Amateurs' Alaska." The ex- 
pert amateur would have a Klondike cinch on the bulk of the money; 
the seaii-expert might be able to get over the Chilcoot Pass, but the 
poor novice would be stranded at Dyea. He always gets left and 
must alwHys expect to, until he can shoot as well as the semi-expert 
or the professional. The only option for him at present is to either 
stay away or buy his amusement at a rather high price. The matter 
of handicapping shooters is rather a hard one to tackle. The experts 
and semi-experts of the present day have paid— and paid dearly— 
for their experience, and many of them say that it would be 
unjust to change the cocdiiions now they are begmning to be 
able to enjoy their sport without cost to themselves, just 
as they themselves paid for their more expert brethren's 
fun in the past. Of course, this does not apply to the pro- 
fessional; the money he expended in learning how to shoot live birds 
or targets may be likened to just so much capital invested in his bus- 
iness; he is earning a living at very little trouble to himself; he is 
paid to do what thousands of other trap-shooters pay big money for. 
We should like to hear what some of our trap-shooting readers think 
of Paul North's scheme for the next Cleveland shoot. 
The Brooklyn Gun Club, of Brooklyn, N. Y.. is one of the most en- 
ergetic clubs in tbis section of the country. It holds monthly target 
shoots for a club cup, and also has a practice shoot every afternoon 
during the year It will make a new departure this fall, and will hold 
a monthly live-bird shoot during the fall, winter and spring months. 
Unlike most Long Island clubs, this organization will not hold its live 
bird shoots at Dexter Park, but will go over into Jersey, and for, live- 
bird shooting, use the grounds lately occupied by the Carteret Gun 
Club at Bayonne (Bergen Point), N. J. As stated in "Drivers and 
Twisters" of our last issue, Phil Lumbreyer, late manager of the 
grounds for the Carteret Club, has secured the grounds for his 
own use, and has both target and live-bird traps, with plenty of 
targets and good live birds always on hand. The grounds can 
easily be reached from Cortlandt street ferry in thirty-five 
minutes, taking the Bayonne trolley to within two blocks of the 
grounds. Nineteenth street, Bayonne. By water and rail from 
the Liberty street ferry to West Eighth street, Bayonne, Central 
Railroad of New Jersey, is rather shorter, but hardly as convenient, 
and nothing like as cheap as the trolley from the Jersey City side of 
the P. R. R. ferry. 
The Lake Charles, La., Rod and Gun Club announces a "State 
shoot'' on it« grounds on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this 
week, Aug. 18-20. The tournament is announced as open only to 
residents of the State, professionals being barred. So far as we can 
see. the club adds $245 to the purses, but only charges 3 cents for 
targets and 25 cents for live birds. There is only one live-bird event 
each day, an 8-bird affair, $5 entrance, nothing added to the purses. 
The target programme for each day calls for 1S5 targets, and as we 
figure it out, allowing 1 cent as the probable cost of each target when 
trapped, the club will have to throw 24,500 targets to come out even 
on the cost of the targets and the added money— not to mention other 
incidental expenses, which generally cut quite a figure. This means 
that there will have to be an average entry list of forty -four shooters 
in every event on the three days. The fact is the programme is a 
very generous and sporting one, and we don't suppose the club or its 
members care whether they come out even or not; they are in it for 
the sport, 
W. H. Wolstencroft is just now shooting in grand form. At the 
shoot on the grounds of the Florist Gun Club, Philadelphia. Pa , held 
Aug 7, be made quite a record, losing only 11 targets but of 195 
shot at, as follows: Team race, 81 out of 25: programme events, 140 
out of 145; extra event, 15 singles and 5 pairs, 23 out of 25. Again, on 
the first day of the Keystone Shooting League's tournament, Aug. 13- 
14, he broke 154 out of 160 shot at, an average of 98.2 percent. On this 
same day Capt. Money and John J. Hallowell were tied for second 
and third places with 139 out of 160 shot at. or 86.8 per cent., while E. 
D. Miller (who has not been before the traps for a year or more) and 
Hood Waters, of Baltimore, were tied for fourth and fifth places with 
137 breaks each, an average of 85.6, These figures show just how well 
Billy was shooting. His work on the second day can be seen by re- 
ferring to the scores given elsewhere in these columns. 
A Rochester (N. Y ) paper of the 15th Inst, is authority for the state- 
ment that Fulf ord will challenge Elliott for the cast iron medal, if the 
latter succeeds in westing it from Grimm,, 
Paul North's letter ifl oUr last issue, which appeared under the head 
of "Paid Men at Tournaments," informs us that at the Cleveland 
shoot last June, "about one-fifth of the average number of shooters 
drew out about one-third of all the money, or 8300 more than they 
put in, including the tax; and in addition to that they were paid a 
salary for shooting and furnished all their ammunition and expense 
money." In other words, fourteen paid men, according to Mr. 
North's statement, divided up $100 as a result of three days' shooting 
—an average of a little over $7 per day for each day. The figures 
sound large at first, but when analyzed, if our conception of his 
meaning is correct, they are by no means formidable. It must be 
remembered, too, that at this tournament all bluerocks were thrown 
free. Had it been "all targets out of the purses," the pi^oportion 
would probably have remained the same, but the figures would have 
been materially lessened. 
Jim Elliott has won the first of his "free-for-all" series of matches. 
On Saturday last, Aug. 14, he defeated Simon Glover, of Rochester, 
N. Y., by the score of 92 lo 84. The contest was for the Kansas City 
Star cup. which Glover won at the Missouri State shoot held at Ka.n- 
sas City, Mo., May 17-2i. 1897. The Star trophy was shot for on May 
21, sixty- three entries being made for the great match. Glover, C- O. 
Herrman, Lamb and Crabill tied for the cup with S5 straight. On 
the shoot-off at 5 birds. Glover won b.v scoring his 5. Crabill dropped 
his third tie bird. Lamb his fourth and Herrman his fifth. Among 
the entries were Charlie Budd, Fred G'Ibert, RoUa Heikes, Harvey 
McMurchy. Jim Elliott, the previous holder of the cup, Frank Parme- 
lee. Chris Gottlieb, and many other rattling good ones. ElUott's score 
in that race was 23, losing bis 6th and 24ih birds, the latter falling 
dead out of bounds. Jim's next important match is with Charlie 
Budd for the Du Pont trophy; this match will take place at Eau 
Claire, Wis., Aug. 28, at 2 P. M. 
The last week of September and the first week of October are going 
to be busy ones in tbis section of the country. Sept. 28-Oct. 1 are the 
dates for the New Jersey State shoot; Oct. 6-8 have long been claimed 
as the dates for the annual open-to-all fall tournament of the West 
Newburgh Gun and Rifle Associalion of Newburgh, N. Y., a popular 
fixture in this part of the State. From the following letter, written 
us by Mr. John M. Servin. secretary of the Warwick, N. Y, Gun 
Club, a new organization, we gather that the dates of Oct. 4-5 are 
going to be filled up, too: "At a meeting of the Warwick Gun Club, 
held Aug. 12, it was decided to hold an open-to-all bluerock tourna- 
ment on Oct. 4-5; $50 will be divided as average money between the 
four high guns who take part in all the programme events." 
The past two weeks have indeed been dull oiies in the trap-shooting 
world. There is always a dead season for a few weeks during the 
extreme hot weather and vacation time, but this year the dead sea- 
son is somewhat deader than usual. For the next few weeks-that 
is. until the game season sets in in earnest— matters will be livelier. 
Jack Parker's shoot at Detroit will brisken up things in the beginning 
of September. The New Jersey State shoot at the end of September 
will be about the last important shoot until the Grand American 
Handicap next March. The Interstate Association closes its tourna- 
ment season with a target shoot at Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. 15-16, 
and the prospects are that this shoot will get a large share of the 
patronage of the shooters of the New England States. 
The Parker Gun Club, of Meriden, Conn., has gotten out Its pro- 
gramme for the annual shoot of the club on Labor Day, Sept. 6. 
Eight 15s, two 20s, and one 30-target event are on the programme 
The 30-target event will have $10 added to the purse if twenty or more 
shooters enter "for all day"; if twenty -five or more enter for all day 
the club will add $20 to this pur.se. There will be four moneys, Rose 
system, in all events except in No 9; if twenty-five or more enter in 
this event there will be five moneys. The programme will be started 
at 9:30 prompt. Shooters can enter "for targets only" in any event. 
In a recent issue of one of our contemporaries some remarks were 
made relative to the close and hard shooting qualities of a new gun 
built by Parker Bros., for George S. McAlpin, the well-known live bird 
shot ot this city. While the patterns made bv this gun, together with 
the penetrating qualities of the shot at long ranges, are correctly 
treated of, a mistake was made in referring to the barrels as 
made of "Whitworth fluid steel." We learn from the best authority 
that the barrels are of "Bernard steel, browned black." This sounds 
rather like a bull, but it's the way an expert put it to us. 
The Havtjrhill, Mass., Gun Club expects to have a large number of 
shooters in attendance at the thu-d shoot of the Massachusetts State 
Shooting Association, which will be held on the Haverhill Gun Club's 
grounds, Wednesday, Sepc 1. The officers of the Associalion are: 
President, Capt E. B. Wadsworth; Secretary, O. R. Dickey. The 
programme is a lengthy one and calls for 240 targets, including the 
three-men team race and the "individual match." Mr. George F, 
Stevens, secretary of the Haverhill Gim Club, will be pleased to fur- 
nish any lurther information that may be desired. 
The Lewiston, Me., papers gave the Interstate shoot on Aug. 4-5 
quite a send-off each day One of the papers had a special artist on 
tne ground, sketching some of the prominent shooters present, the 
portraits appearing in the evening edition. They also wrote up the* 
shoot quite Intelligently, judging from the specimens we have seen; 
and it is no easy matter for a lay reporter to get sporting matters 
down on paper in such a shape that it is hard to pick flaws in it 
Rich Hunnewell has sent us a copy of two of the local papers, and in 
sending them, says; "We had a fine time, good attendance and lots 
of shooting." 
Montpelier, Vt., is tbe scene ot the last target tournament but one 
on the 1897 circuit of the Interstate Association. The Vermont tour- 
nament will be held on Wednesday and Thursday of next week, Aug. 
25-26, under the auspices of the Montpelier Gun Club. The local club 
has gone to work in earnest to make things pleasant for its guests 
during the tournament, and we are sure that tbe pleasant shoot at 
Burhngton, Vt., last August will be satisfactorily duplicated. New 
York city will be well represented, a goodly party leaving that city 
on the evening of Aug. S3 by way of the Albany night boat, making 
the trip to Montpelier, via Lake George, Lake "Champlain and Bur- 
lington. 
The junior partner of the firm of Von Lengerbe & Detmold, Mr. E. 
Detmold, made his first appearance in the firm's new store, 318 Broad- 
way, the uptown corner of "Sporting Goods Row," on Monday of 
this week, Aiig. 16. Mr. Detmold has just recovered from an attack 
of appendicitis, having successfully tmdergone the operation neces- 
sary to remove the cause of the trouole. He looked well, and was 
kept busy receiving the congratulations of his friends, who compli- 
mented him both upon his general appearance and upon that of the 
new store, which is a vast improvement on the firm's late location, 8 
Murray street. 
Major J. M. Taylor, who has been identified with the trap-shooting 
and kennel columns of the American Field for some years, has 
severed his connection with that paper, and has accepted an offer 
from the Sportsmen's Review. Tbe many friends of the Major will 
be glad to learn that, now that he is relieved from ihe handicap under 
which he has been laboring for some time, he will be seen more fre- 
quently at trap-shooting tournaments. 
The Lake City Gun Club, of Warsaw, Ind , is booked to hold a shoot 
on Wednesday and Thursday of this week, Aug. lS-19. The main 
event on the programme is No. 6 on the second day, a 25-target event, 
for the medal which is emblematic of tbe target championship of 
northern Indiana and southern Michigan. The sweepstake is open 
to all, but the medal can only be won by a resident of either of those 
sections of Indiana or Michigan. 
The Keystone Shooting League of Philadelphia, Pa., held a tourna- 
ment on Friday and Saturday last, Aug 11-14. Philadelphia is enjoy- 
ing quite a boom in target-shooling just now, mainly owing to the 
efforts of Mr. J. K. Starr, the promoter and tbe energetic secretary of 
the Philadelphia Trap- Shooters' League, but the first day of this 
tournament was not a success in point of attendancti, the shoot hav- 
ing been poorly advertised. 
We learn from Secretary Walton, of Montpelier, Vt., in a letter 
written Aug. 14, informing us that he had engaged rooms for the en- 
tire New York delegation to the Interstate .shoot, Aug. 25-26. that: 
"A letter from Sherbrooke, P Q., to-night, tells me to expect sia; from 
there. If straws are any indication of the direction of the wind, we 
are going to have a great shoot; and I assure you that we up here feel 
that Forest and Stream is to blame for a part of it." 
Jim Elliott is a great hand to lose his first bird in an important 
match. He followed his usual custom, and lost his first bird in the 
match with Glover on Aug. 14. After that he departed from prece- 
dents and lost his second bird also, thus giving Glover a big lead at 
the very start. He finished strongly, however, and soon had the vic- 
tory clinched. 
We have received a postal card, printed in red ink, that conveys 
the following ambiguous information: "There will be a hot time in 
Grand Rapids, Itasca county, Minn., Oct. 29 and 30, and Nov. 1 to 10. 
Write to Dr W. P. Brown, secretary of the gun club, for informa- 
tion." What does it all mean ? A twelve days' sboot? Perhaps Dr. 
Brown will enUghten us in a few days. 
The Cleveland Target Co.'s advertisement in our issue of Aug. 14, 
gives a list of thirteen clubs in Now Yor'i and one in New Jersey, to 
whom It refers intending lessees of magautraps for information as to 
the working of the fraps. We note that the Oneida County Sports- 
men's Association is lessee of magautrap No. 100, 
Watson's Park, Chicago, is to be the scene of a three days' tourna- 
ment Sept. 32-24. Live birds and targets will be trapped. Pro- 
grammes will be read,y for distribution about Sept. l,and may be had 
on application to John Watson, Station E, Chicago, lU.^j 
