288 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sbpt. 18, 1897. 
St.irPauI Twentieth Annual. 
First Day. 
r St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 7.— In the wide amphitbeater of the basin- 
like valley at the fair grounds between tbe twin cities, lit by a blazing- 
sun and swept by warm though energetic gusts of wind, the Kt. Paul 
Gun Club to-day began the twentieth annual tournament of its long 
and honorable life as one of the representative shooting bodies of the 
West. All around the club house, at the rim of the flat, hot valley, 
there surged, as each year there surges, the multifold life of the an- 
nual Minnesota harvest festival, the State fair, which briogs so many 
thousands together from the various corners of the Northwest. This 
annual fair is something taken soberly by the hardy, brown men who 
make up the attendance, and perhaps the festival of harvest time has 
an import not caught by those who have rot lived throueb the short, 
blazing summer, and faced the long and icy winter of the Northwest. 
Bach year the twin cities, those two wonderful cities, which are the 
taidng-off place for the jump across the plains, hold opeo house for 
the men who have stacked their wheat and want a little playtime. 
Each year the carnival is held for out dweller and inlander. And 
each year the gun club holds its tournament as one of the expected 
features of the fair. 
The tournament this year had rather more than the usual flabby 
interest which goes with the typical trap shoot, the best of which is 
usually the least interesting, because each is like all others The item 
of "professionals barred" at least left room for discussion, which is to 
say, it; offered an item of news. The shoot wa<5 one, therefore, at 
which one saw strange faces, heard new names. If there is anything 
better than this kind of a shoot, it is more of them. 
To-day twenty eight men out of forty who mieht be classed as tour- 
nament possibilities shot straight through the programme for the day, 
thus making a showing not at all bad for amateurs. With the scat- 
tering entries of the few who went in for one or two events, the entire 
list of shooters present ran over fltty. Among- those who. for one 
reason or another, did not floisb tbe ten events, were Messrs. McHale, 
Schaefer, Kennedy, Wells, Op=al, Novotny, Brown. Barnps, Walker, 
Walz. Baldwin and Jewell. Some of these were assisting in the man- 
agement, some were late and obliged to go away early by reason of 
business duties. Some quit because they thoughtlihey coiildn'tshoot 
well enough. Among these one of the stand-by.-'. Mayor H. B Jewell, 
of Wabasha, who CB me to the shoot with a. brand new gun whose 
curves he finally concluded he bad not yet mastered sufficiently well 
to enable him to hazard his chance of re-election as mayor by going 
on record with scores below the Wabasha standard of excellence. 
Mayor Jewell suppressed his scores, packed his gun, and hurriedly 
started home to square it with his constituents 
Bigh average for the three days was the honor most coveted and a 
pretty race for the prize, a model '97 Winchester shoteun, was wit- 
nessed, the top score, 136 out of 150, being made by a new man, Mar- 
tenson, of Britt, la., a boyish-looliing youth from the land of coon and 
chickens. The sec-etary of the club, Mr. H. C. Lawrence (Cata- 
maran), ran second; Mr. Shattuck, of Minneapolis, third; Mr. C. E. 
Kobbins, the hot shot from Fargo, N D . fourth. A list of twenty 
odd average prizes was offered for the high guns. 
The conditions of special note were the Rose system, four moneys, 
10 and 12-gauges to start at 16yds. each day, winner of first in any 
event to fall back 2yds. in next, and a double winner to fall back 
4yds.. no handicap exceeding SOyds. All events except at doubles 
were unknown angles. Bluerock targets were shot and two sets of 
traps were at hand, though the second set was not much used. The 
running of the shoot was on the whole good, though the records were 
split into three different books, the most desired of which was always 
sure to be absent, so that full reference scores were unobtainable 
even by the secretary himself. A record book and three sheets of 
carbon would have made the shoot a joy forever, but as I said, we 
don't want too much uniformity when we are looking for news 
Among the visitors from some distance should be mentioned Mr. 
Eoyal Robinson, secretary of the Limited Gun Club, of Indianapolis, 
who will go a long way to attend an amateur shoot. Mr Robinson's 
name I mention with joy and pride, as he is the only man I have ever 
been able to discover who thinks the way I do, to wit: tbattrap-shoot- 
ing should be a sport and not a business. We are going to elevate 
her about the same time the Cherry sisters elevate the stage. 
As the columns of Forbst and Steeam have shown, Minnesota leads 
the Union for its lady shooters, by which term is not meant merely 
dear creatures who can pose, squeal and pull atrigger, but ladies who 
can go into the firing line at a tournament and more than hold their 
own. Mrs Day, of Duluth, was not here, but Mrs Shattuck, of Min- 
neapolis, shot in a few events very creditably. Mrs. Shattuck will go 
in for the State medal competition on the last day, and is not without 
a show for it. In the club competition in the Minneapolis Gun Club 
she won one of the season prizes and came within reaching distance 
of winning all three of them. 
The distribution of the regulars of to day is as follows: St. Paul, 
Holt. Hirschy, Ramaley, Monk, Wallace, Benne t, Daly, York, Cata- 
maran. Burk; Minneapolis, Shattuck; Duluth, Nelson a'nd Finn; Indi- 
anapolis, Robinson; Park Rapids, Minn. ,Taber and Cram ; Bismarck, N. 
D., O'Shaughnessy ; Fa>-go, 0. E. Bobbins; Columbus, Wis., Derring; 
Osage, la., Pent and Colby; Meckling, S. D., Spaiz and Taylor; si! 
Louis, Clark; Britt, la, Martenson; Kingsley, la., Higgins; Crookston, 
Cowing. 
Followin? are the scores of those who shot through the day's pro- 
gramme, with total for each : 
Events: 1234:66789 10 Broke. 
Holt 10 13 8 19 12 16 7 13 15 10 122 
Hirschy ■ 7 14 8 17 11 13 10 11 17 14 122 
Nelson- 7 9 9 13 13 M 7 13 14 13 112 
R Robinson.................... 8 10 9 12 13 115 0 10 16 12 112 
Jiamaley 7 13 9 17 11 15 7 12 17 9 117 
Monk i 0 9 6 17 9 17 6 5 14 9 98 
Taber 8 7 8 15 12 17 9 11 13 13 113 
George 6 10 6 17 11 15 8 13 13 10 109 
Cram 7 13 8 18 13 13 S 13 15 14 laS 
Wallace 9 11 6 16 9 15 5 11 13 13 114 
Bennett ,..„. 8 14 7 17 9 17 5 12 17 11 117 
O'Shaughnessy.,, 7 10 8 16 10 15 9 9 12 9 121 
Robbina „,.., 9 13 10 18 13 14 8 14 17 12 128 
Daly 7 » 8 13 li: 12 7 8 11 12 98 
Derring...... 8 12 10 13 13 17 8 13 16 13 325 
Tork .,,.„..i.,.. 8 10 9 19 10 14 7 13 15 13 119 
Catamaran,.,:.,:.',...,,.,..,:.7,..'. 10 11 9 18 14 17 8 12 19 14 138 
Pettit., 7 12 9 17 13 20 8 12 20 11 1S9 
Colby.........,,,..'............. 9 7 6 19 12 19 8 12 15 12 119 
Spatz...., „.,..... 10 10 9 18 10 14 7 10 14 11 113 
Taylor...,..'..., 6 12 8 17 13 16 8 12 16 14 122 
Clark 5 9 8 16 14 19 7 11 16 11 116 
Martenson...,,..,,... 9 14 10 18 1118 10 14 18 14 1S6 
Higgins........'.^...........,. 4 7 4 10 9 14 7 10 16 11 9J 
Finn 4 10 8 15 13 19 10 13 18 7 117 
Burk 8 13 7 18 13 17 10 14 13 12 125 
Shattuck 7 13 8 20 32 17 9 11 19 13 129 
Cowing.. I. 6 11 9 18 10 17 7 13 13 11 • 113 
Second Day. 
The weather continued hot, and the wind, coming from behind the 
score, whipped around the ends of the buildings in a way that made 
the targets dodge and dip in most erratic ways. The targets were 
thrown low and hard, and the shooting was by no means easy. The 
regulars held up remarkably well, twenty-two out of the twenty- 
eight finishing the programme. Martenson, the Iowa boy, fell 5 birds 
behind his score of the day previous, though he still went out 3 birds 
to the good of Lawrence (Catamaran), who pounded away steadily 
all day and was evidently out to close the gap and win the average. 
Derring, the Columbus, Wis., man. climbed up into third place, and 
Pettit took fourth on the two days' total. Young Hirschy, the oblig- 
ing cashier, found lime to shoot, and rah up into flfch place. Several 
new shooters rook a hand at one time or another, ao that, all counted, 
the number of guns actually engaged at the shoot is a large one. 
Among the spectators were three deaf mutes, whom we may sup- 
pose to have been the happiest individuals there. One of these, Mr. 
Chas. Thompson, of St. Paul, is a wealthy man and a shooter. He 
shot in a number of events and shot very well. The puller watches 
his motions closely, and seemed never to balk him. A slight disten- 
sion of the cheeks and a faint and inarticulate sound are the only 
other signs by which his intention of calling "puli" can be determined. 
Two lady shooters were at the score to-day, Mrs. Johnson, of Min- 
neapolis Gun Club, and Mrs. Murray, of Stillwater, The latter shot 
in only one event. Mrs. Johnson received much applause when she 
stepped from the score with 14 out of 15 to her credit. She shoots 
very calmly, with immobile features, and apparently with no nervous- 
ness whatever. Her position is very good, and her time on the tar- 
gets even and prompt, few at the score breaking their birds closer in 
ttian she Mrs. Murray was handicapped by a strange gun, obviously 
too crooked for her, yet hfr performance was very good, 11 out of 15. 
Tbe perils of trap shooting were shown in the instance of Mr. Royal 
Robinson, who, while approaching tbe score, was accosted by a red- 
headed and cross-eyed boy, who offered him a "lucky scone." Im- 
mediately after this Mr Robinson's gun got out of order, and he was 
obliged to lay it aside. Borrowing another, he had shot it but a few 
times before the fore end fell off, and refused to stay on any more 
while in his hands. Beware red- top boys, unless of known vintage 
and of ocular rectitude. 
Following are the scores of the regulars to-day, 'with total ot each 
for the two days; 
Events ; 
Martenson , 
Catamaran , 
Derring 
Pettit 
Hirschy. 
Shattuck.. 
Robbins..,.,..., 
Cram 
Taylor.... 
Burk 
Bennett 
Clark 
Ramaley 
York 
Baldwin 
Taber 
Holt 
Finn 
Colby 
Wallace , 
Walker ., 
Monk 
• ■ I a « 4 * * ■ *•« 
* o t> 
Q Ck 1 A 
7 o » XO 
Broke. 
10 10 18 
9 12 20 
9 14 19 10 
267 
10 13 18 
10 12 16 
9 14 16 13 
284 
7 14 17 
7 12 18 
8 15 30 14 
257 
9 13 14 
10 10 19 
5 13 IS 15 
255 
9 15 17 
8 15 18 
9 12 17 12 
254 
8 13 17 
5 15 17 
9 13 15 12 
253 
9 14 17 
6 14 14 
8 11 17 13 
251 
5 15 18 
6 11 18 
7 12 15 10 
249 
9 14 16 
9 10 14 
9 11 18 14 
246 
9 9 14 
10 13 16 
8 13 15 11 
243 
9 13 18 
7 12 16 
8 10 18 12 
240 
9 13 15 
9 11 17 
10 14 15 10 
233 
9 13 17 
9 14 16 
5 11 lo 10 
237 
7 11 16 
8 12 17 
8 13 15 11 
237 
7 11 9 
7 11 17 
9 U 16 13 
386 
9 14 12 
8 11 15 
7 12 17 15 
231 
10 11 16 
5 12 14 
7 10 11 10 
228 
7 12 17 
6 10 16 
8 10 12 12 
227 
Y 11 14 
7 11 15 
7 11 14 10 
226 
6 12 16 
6 9 13 
6 6 17 10 
209 
5 9 10 
8 13 12 
9 9 14 9 
205 
4 7 10 
6 11 14 
8 7 14 12 
191 
Third Day. 
Tbe morning wa« hot and bright, but at about 3 in the afternoon 
there came one of the sudden changes in weather of which the 
Northwest makes a specialty. A stiff bank of clouds came up in the 
west, and the thermometer dropped swiftly till the whole crowd was 
a shiver. Ladies put on the coats of their escorts, and the men 
hunted up their sweaters. At 6 o'clock heavy rain began to fall, and 
the tournament was brought to an untimely suspension As there 
seemed plenty of time, there was some delay after the close of the 
open programme, so that it was late when the first shooter went to 
the score in the State event for the individual championship, at 26 
singles and 12 pairs. By the time the singles were run off the light 
began to fail. iSach shooter was directed to shoot 3 pairs down, and 
as this progressed the background grew very bad. In the second 
call of this order rain began to fall, bur, when it temporarily ceased 
shooiiDg was resumed. In the third call the end came, and a black 
rainstorm broke over the grounds, ending the light and tbe shoot, so 
that all that was left was a hurrying and bedraggled mass of human- 
ity struggling for place on the cars. The fair grounds were crowded, 
and the finish of the day was far from pleasant. 
This untimely happening made it necessary to carry the State dia- 
mond badge over to another day, and the ticklish question arose as 
to what was just in the premises, as of course the conditions were 
harder this evening than they would be in the morning of the next 
day. It was finally agreed to begin the shooting at the middle of the 
doubles, thus throwing away that part of the third round of 3 pairs 
which had alrpady been completed. This may work something of a 
hardship on Dr. H. W. Spratley, who had 12 out of the 18 scored in 
his doubles, and who was thus forced to throw away 4 out of his last 
6, be having scored 3, 5 and 4 respectively in his three rounds. Shat- 
tuck, who left the singles with 23—2 behind Dr. Spratley— held him 
even in the doubles, also scoring 12 out of the 18, and also sacrificing 
4 out of his last 6 by virtue of the shoot down. Thompson, the deaf 
mute, though 4 birds back of the leader in the singles, was high man 
in the doubles with 13, and was unfortunate enough t& lose 5 out of 
his last 6 by the carry-over. Mr. C. E, Roobins, of Fargo, N. D., was 
chosen as referee for this event. 
Taber, of Park Rapids, won the diamond badge last year, and as he 
takes Che entrance money of this year, it is worth just $100 to him. 
He courteously paid the entrance fees of the three lady shooters, 
Mesdames Shattuck, Johnson and Murray, who did by no means the 
poorest work, even in the doub'es. Their shooting at different times 
during the day was watched with the greatest interest by a very large 
assemblage that packed the platform and line i the rails. la the 
badge shoot, Taber, winner last year, and Trent, winner of the year 
before, fell back of the average, going out of the singles tied on 19. 
MARTENSON WINS THK AVERAGE. 
Young Martensen, of Britt, la., who comes from near the homes of 
Fred Gilbert and Charlie Grimm, and wbom the shooters laughingly 
dubbed "The Terrible Swede," proved too fast for the field, and held 
his lead in the contest for the three days' high average. Lawrence 
(Catamaran, of St Paul) pounded along doggedly, but could not close 
better than 13 birds back, at second place. The other place-holders 
changed, Hirschy, of Sc. Paul, running up into third, and Shatluck, 
of Minneapohs. pulling into fourth. Derring, of Columbus, Wis., 
made a grand spurt in the homestretch, with the record run of the 
entire tournam«nt, scoring 49 out of his last 50; but this only landed 
him fifth, and 19 birds behind Martenson. There were 20 finishers in 
the programme, the day's Ust being S8, 32, 20, a very creditable and 
plucky showing indeed for an amaceur shoot. ladeed it is unUkely 
that a very large number of the cracks and sure-thing men would 
have cared to plug along through, after they found themselves 50 or 
75 birds behind the procession. 
Two special programme events were shot which evoked additional 
interest, a race at 10 singles and 5 doubles, in which Mrs. Shattuck 
got into the ties for second place, and a team race, 25 singles, three- 
men teams, locality open, $15 added money. In this race the three 
lady shooters, Mrs. Shattuck, of Minneapolis, Mrs. Johnson, of 
Minneapolis, and Mrs. Murray, ot Stillwater, entered as a team, fin- 
ishing with a total of 40, within touch at least of two other teams, 
who scored 42. 
Following are the scores of the day, those of the regular pro- 
gramme shooters showing also the total of each shooter for the three 
days, out of 8il targets shot at: 
Broke. 
Martenson 10 15 18 13 18 341 
Catamaran 8 12 17 11 16 328 
Hirschy 10 13 17 14 19 3i7 
Shattuck 8 14 17 14 17 333 
Derring 9 11 17 11 17 322 
Pettit 7 12 15 11 18 318 
Cram ;. 9 7 18 15 15 3i3 
Robbins 8 11 15 11 17 823 
Bennett 8 16 15 13 18 310 
Taylor 7 14 18 11 14 310 
Ten singles and 5 pairs, $2: 
Hirschy 17 
Trent 17 
Bennett 16 
York .......16 
Baldwin 16 
Mrs Shattuck 16 
George 15 
Edwards 15 
Martenson 15 
Shattuck... ,.14 
Ramaley ........................ 14 
Markham,.,, 14 
Taber 13 
Broke. 
York...... 9 18 18 14 17 308 
Ramaley........ 9 10 20 13 14 305 
Clark 6 11 17 12 16 300 
Burk 9 8 18 11 12 Si95 
Taoer 7 12 16 12 14 292 
Baldwin 5 18 13 12 10 291 
Finn 10 12 14 16 15 290 
Holt 9 10 9 12 14 S82 
Wallace........ 6 14 17 13 15 274 
Monk...... 6 10 12 17 16 252 
Weiland... 13 
Walker. . . ..... ........ t^. .. .13 
Paegel ,i.,.i.....l3 
Derring , 12 
Cram ,. i........ 13 
Burk .,.4i.,4.., 12 
Monk. ...... »«•»«,...«:.-.«,.,, .... . .11 
Spratley. ..'j . t. . . . . 11 
Wallace ..... ^ * .^ i .10 
Cowing, ,,..,...,...,.....,.,....10 
Hamilton ,, .,10 
Hoch 9 
GWB 8 
Team shoot, 3-men teams, 75 targets, $6 per team: 
Pettit 18 
Kabo ....19 
Churchill ..i ..81—58 
York .......i., 19 
Shattuck, i. 4 .31 
Derring. i ,. , 4 * . ...18— 18 
Spratley J. ... ..19 
Murray .17 
Taber 31—67 
Martenson 17 
Robbins........,,., 16 
Trent 21—54 
Catamaran. . ...,..,.„ 20 
Hirschy ...20 
Bennett 13-53 
Mrs Shattuck ..16 
Mrs Johnson 13 
Mrs Murray U— 40 
State championship diamond badge event, 50 bliierocks, entrance 
$6.50, 26 singles and 12 pairs. 
1. Diamond badge for one year, and proceeds of same at nexc an- 
nual tournament, 1898. 
(Score unfinished, given for siugles only.) 
Spratlpy 25 Mrs Shattuck...... ,,..19 
Shattuck 23 Mandigo 19 
Monk ..,„., ,„...18 
Wallace.. ... .19 
Kennedy, 15— E3 
Edwards .13 
Ramaley, .21 
Walker 18-53 
Baldwin 19 
Burke. 17 
Taylor..-....,,..,;..,, 16—52 
Paegel 16 
Johnston....,,,.. ,.,.,.14 
Richcer.... ...,..,,,...12—42 
GWB 11 
Peterson 15 
Troeh 16—42 
Kennedy 28 
TJpham. ...22 
Ramaley 21 
Thompson .21 
Hirschy. .20 
Walker ,7...'.'.'.'. aO 
Taber 19 
Trent 19 
Noyotoy ,18 
Mrs Murray.............. 18 
Block 17 
Cram 17 
Peterson 17 
Burkhard .................16 
Mrs Johnston 15 
McCiure 14 
score of 5 out of 6, in his last round, cut off, and this lost him the 
medal. This morning he could not gather, and got only 6 out of his 
12 birds, 3 out of his last 6. so that he made only 13 total in the 
doubles, and went out with 33. Shattuck, who was 2 behind Spratley 
in the singles, gained 8 birds on hira in the doubles, and so won th'e 
badge with the score of 39. J. P. Upham. the boy shooter, made the 
best record in the doubles for this morning. 9 out of 12, bur. thislanded 
him only 87, tied with Mandigo. Next to these was M. F. Kennedy, 
who ran out with 36. 
Shattuck and Manderson, main winners, both used L. C Smith 
guns, and the former shot Du Pont powder. Manderson's load not 
learned. 
The club threw 22,000 targets, which at 3 cents, left a good margin 
over the $75 added. The officers of the club did faithful and efiflcient 
work, and are entitled to the thanks of the shooters, although there 
were regrets, not always concealed in the bosoms of the latter, at see- 
ing all that mon<»y made by the management and not divided out 
among the shooters, to whom the earth and the fullness thereof 
would naturally spem to belong. 
Following are the completed scores in the diamond badge shoot 
for the individual State championship: 
At 26 At 13 
Singles. Pairs. T'l. 
Shattuck ..23 16 39 
Spratley 25 13 38 
Mandigo 19 18 37 
Upham.,..,,,,. ,3i 15 /J7 
Kennedy 23 13 36 
Novotny 18 17 35 
Taber 19 15 34 
At 26 At 13 
Singles. Pairs. T'l. 
Walker 20 14 84 
Ramaley 21 13 34 
Thompson ai 13 M 
Hirschy SO 13 31 
Cram 17 13 30 
Burkhardt 16 13 29 
Peterson 17 8 25 
Following are the officers of the St. Paul Gun Club: M. F. Kennedy, 
President: Dr. L W. Lyon, Vice-President; H. O. Lawrence, Secre- 
tary; W. L Perkins, Jr., Treasurer; Paul Gotzian, T. L. Wann, B. F. 
Schurmeier, Directors. E. HooGtH. 
Philadelphia Trap-Shooters' I<ea|fue. 
The fifth tournament of the Philadelphia Trap Shooters' League 
was held on the grounds of the Keystone Shooting League, near 
Holmesburg Junction, Sept. 4. There was an excellent attendance, 
ten clubs being represented by 8-men teams, and one club by a 4-raen 
team, a showing that it would be hard to pqual in any other city in 
the States About; 7,000 targets were thrown during the day, iwosets 
of traps being in constant use. 
There were several visitors from "outside": Capt. A W. Money, of 
the American K. C. and Schultze Powder Co., Ltd.; Ed Tavlor, of the 
Laflin & Rand W-A Powder Co ; A. G. Courtney, of the Remington 
Ai-ms Co ; J L. Winston (147), of the Austin Powder Co.; Hood 
Waters, of Baltimore; I. W. Budd, of Pemberton, N. J.; John 
Shaaber, of Reading, Pa. ; etc. 
W. H. W. (Che Initials under which Billy Wolstencroft shoot*) and 
147 (the talismanic title of J. L Winston) figured very prominently ia 
the averages for the day. Wolstencroft lostoplyll out of 175 shot 
at, an average of 93.7 per cent., while Winston shot at 180 targets, 
losing only 12, an average of 93.3. John J. Hallowell, Hood Waters, 
Harry Thurman and Capt Money each shot at 2i0 targets and made 
averages respectively as follows: 91, 90, 89 and 88. 
The team race was productive of some very good scoring This 
race was a handicap affair, the Keystone Shooting League and the 
Independent Gun Club teains being scratch, while the other teams 
were allowed extra targets to shoot at. Points are scored according 
to the number of teams that compete, each club being credited with 
a number of points equal to the number of teams that it, defeats. In 
case of a tie, as was one case with the Keystones and the Penn Gun, 
Club, which tied for seventh place, each team takes half the points, 
or in the case above cited, 3J^ points. At present the standing of the 
clubs is as follows: 
1st. 
2d. 
3d. 
4th. 
5th. 
Total. 
8 
5 
4 
6 
9 
35 
2 
4 
8 
9 
10 
33 
9 
7 
3 
7 
sy, 
39^ 
0 
1 
10 
10 
8 
39 
Independent ....i,,.*....,,..*,.^ 
10 
10 
2 
4^ 
5 
HtH 
'^H 
6 
5 
7 
7 
8 
6 
5 
1 
27 
Southwark. . . ... t .,.-..„,., . 
4 
0 
9 
8 
0 
21 
University.. .....^..it.i...,,,... 
9 
4 
2 
0 
16 
a 
0 
3 
a 
i3i^ 
8 
1 
0^ 
6 
0 
0 
0 
s)4 
Scores in the team race were as below, the Frankford Gun Club's i 
total of 161 being reduced to 150, the highest possible: 
Frankford Gun Club (195)-Betson ;^9, Bourne 26, Swartz26, Redifer 
28. Butts 27, Cameron 27-163 
Florists' «un Club (165)— Hallowell 25, S. P. Life 34, Oartledge 27, 
Smith 25, Burton 34, Anderson 23—148. 
Wayne Gun Club (2jJ1)— McMichael 32, Daly 25, Soistman 29, Kane ' 
19, McConnell 19, Green 23—146. 
Roxborough Gun Club (184)— Pepper 20, McFalls S3, Giles 24, Free < 
22, Gilmour 24, Blundin 27—140. 
Forest Gun Club (a21)-Hothersall 37, Worthington 29, Baum 17, ■ 
Bender 23, Biotte 21, Morrison 20—136. 
Independent Gun Club (150)— W. H.W. 25, Landis24, Ridge 22, Shaa- 
ber 24, Wilson 15 Thurman 24-134. 
Keystone Shooting League (150)— W. Stevenson 22, Boss 20, 1. Wols- 
tencrofc 24, J. Wolstencroft 23, Henry 20, Longnecker 21—130. 
Penn Gun Club (161) -J. Yosc 18, Higglnbotham 25, T. Smith 31, Rit- 
ter 22, F. Gross 31, P Yost 23 -130. 
Glenwillow Gun Club (205)— Stumm 27, Butler 20, Weinman 24, ' 
Whitebouse 11. Wuikler 26, Cowan 20—128. 
Silver Lake Gun Club (164) Vincent 26, Hahn 23, Numbers 17, Wood- 1 
stager 20, Smith 16, Lane 24-126. 
University G .in Club f 188)— Paul 18, Kane 17, Steel 21. Singer 21—77. ! 
The University Gun Club had only foiu- representatives, so shot at i 
128 targets instead of the regular allowance of 188 tor six men. 
W here an allowance of extra targets is allowed to a team, that ,i 
number of targets is divided by 6, each man on the team shooting at i 
an equal number. But where, as in the case of (infer alia) the Frank- 
ford team, there was a remainder of 3 targets af tera division by 6 
had been made, the three first men on the team shot at an extra tar- • 
get each. Pes-n. 
Bedford Rod and Gun Club. 
Bedford, Ind., Sept. 7. — The club's shoot this afternoon waS' 
marked by the decision of two matches. The first was between Stipp 
and Braxcan, 50 targets per man, expert rules, for the price of the 
targets. Stipp won by 8 targets, breaking 44 to 43. The second; 
match was between Sherwood and Thompson, which resulted ia favor 
of Sherwood by 23 to 18. 
Three practice events were also decided as follows: 
No. 1, 25 targets, unknown angles: Stipp 23, Sherwood 20, Thompson 
17, Thornton 15, Norton 15, Palmer 8. 
No 2, same conditions: Sherwood 20, Thompson 16, Palmer 11, 
Thornton 10, Martin 9, Norton 8. 
No 3, 10 pairs: Braxtan 14, Thompson 9. 
Scores m the individual matches follow: 
Braxtan 11101111110111111101111101110111111111111110101110—43 
Stipp 11111111111111101011011111100111111111111110111111—44 
Sherwood and Thompson also shot a race at 25 targets, the result^ 
being in favor of Sherwood, as below: 
Sherwood 1111111111111111111110110—28 
Thompson 1110101111010111010101111—18 
Next week will see a race between Stipp and Thompson on one sids' 
and Braxtan and Sherwood on the other. Conditions: 100 targets per 
man, five traps, unknown angles, for $15 per side. Siipp and Thomp- 
son will also shoot for same sum, same cODdi'ions agaiost a team of 
three men. Sears, Richard and Hatfield. All growing out of a chal- 
lenge issued by Stipp and Thompson to any two men in this county. 
Sherwood, Sec'y, 
Rhode Island Trap-Shooters. 
Providence, R. I., Sept. 2.— The second challenge of the Pawtuxet 
Gun ("!lub fer the pennant successively held by the Roode Island 
Trap shooting Association against all comers, was shot to-day on the 
grounds of the latter club, and was won by a close margin of five 
birds by the Rhode Island Association team. The contest was the 
sharpest and most interesting of all the matebes yet. The contest 
was anybody's until the last man shot out his string. The Pawtuxet 
team are to oe congraiulated;for their;persistent and courageous de- 
termination to win back the rauch-desirea pennant. They have chat! 
lenged the Rhode Island Club again, and if the terms of agreement 
can be so construed as to allow their challenge to be accepted this 
month, the Rhode Island Club will be pleased to grant it, and th*j 
match wUl probably take place the last Thursday of this month- 
Appended is the summary of the score: 
Conditions: 25 known and 25 unknown angles: 
Fourth Day. 
Rain fell in the early morning, but the weather cleared, so that 
shooting was resumed m the State oiamond badge shoot. As was 
predictea by many, trouble ensued over the arrangement of the even- 
ing before, by which the scores of the last round of 3 pairs were nul- 
liiied, and the event proved a hardship to the man who apparently 
bad the badge in hand at tbe close of yesterday. Dr. Spratley had bis 
Rhode Island Trap- Shooting Asso. 
Kn'wn Unkn'wn 
angles, angles. Total. 
F I Greener.20 
RC Root.... 21 
S Win8low..21 
P Randell ..16 
E Whitaker 16 
21 
20 
16 
19 
17 
41 
41 
37 
35 
33—187 
Pawtuxet Gun Club. 
Kn'wn Un kn'wn 
angles, angles. Total. 
W Sheldon. .aO S3 43 
FL Corey.. 21 19 40 
A Hawkins. .19 17 36 
H W Bain. ..17 15 3J 
S Greene Jr.l 6 13 29—18 
J. F. RnssELL, Sec'y R. I. T. S, A. 
