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FOREST AND STREAM. 
Indiana Trap-Shooters' JLieague. 
THE TERRE HAUTE TOURNAMENT. 
■^ERftS BTAtJTB, Tod , Sf-pt. 11 — Tbe ( .vr. d iys' tournamenl; of the 
i»rtij,ua Trap Shooters' League. undfT ihe aii?pice-i of ilic Terre 
HmitH Gun 01 no, was a successful odb id ever^ way. Everylbing 
wt»nt, like clockwork:. The boys who h.d ttie hard and thankless 
ijob^ of scorerj referee, puller, cashier, elc , knew thnlr busineps and 
attended to ;t A magaairap was used for th- owing targets, and a 
goodly nunQber of targets were thrown Some of them seemed too 
hard for Paul North biit still he seemed to like it. 
The visitiDg shooters were: Tripp, Tack, Partington, Beclr, Parry 
and Lawrence, Indianapolis : Voris and Stilwell, Crawfordsville; 
Smith Postner and Davis, Paris, III.; Joab and Murphy, Brazil; Mor- 
gan, Chicago, a member of the Eureka Gun Club; Beitrick. Wave- 
land; c arterand Wm and Joe Buffo, Clinton; Green, Marshall, III ; 
Paul North, of the Cleveland Target Co.: Ualph Trimble and R. S. 
Waddell, of the Du Pont Powder Co ; and Mackte, of the Kmg Powder 
Oo. 
Wiien the president called a recess for lunch on the second day, 
Mackie and Trimble mi:^unde^3tood him and thought there would be 
ho more shooting, and as they both had a great deal of business to 
attend to, they took advantage of the afternoon and so missed a 
great fleal of 'the fun, mlich to the regret of all coneei>ued. As will 
he seen in the scores below, the five bigb buds on the first day were 
Trimble, Partmgton. Stone, Tack and Tnpp. 
One of the features of ibeseiond day was the shooting of Sheriff 
S&eburger It was his second appearance b foi-e the traps, fle 
missed nis first bird and then broke 19 straight. He purchased hn 
Shello from Tetzel, and as Teizcl is inclined to be careless, the hoys 
all think there was no shot in the first shell ! 
Events: 1 
r Birds: iO 
fripp 10 
Tack ■ o 
Partington.,...;. 9 
Trimble.,, « 
Stone. 8 
Deitrick 5 
Nuekom...... 8 
Mackie 8 
Mitchell « 
Lawrence 7 
Parry.. 1 
tjrom well 7 
Voris ,...,(,.. I 
Stillwell..i,,,< ' 
Beck.....„tr,.:i, 1" 
Tetzel ,vv,v * ■ >;•: 
Bind ley . , , . , . , , .* • 
Morgan •■ • • ^ 
Bement, » 
Davis ' 
Murphy., ti 
Carter...,,.,., 5 
Ste wkrt . , .", i . , j ♦ ^ J .^i . . . . • 6 
Joab ° 
North a 
Smith... 
Postner 
Green . . , , 
GP ; 
First Day* Sept. 8. 
a 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011 12 
15 15 SO IS IS 25 IS 15 
12 14 17 
11 14 18 
14 14 18 
14 13 18 
la 13 17 
13 14 17 
13 0 18 
11 11 18 
It .. le 
9 14 18 
8 14 38 
9 9.. 
11 13 15 
U 9 17 
1-4 n 18 
.. .. 17 
.. .. la 
7 5.. 
9 .. 14 
U .. 13 
lU 9 11 
14 14 
13 13 
15 14 
13 II 
14 14 
11 13 
12 n 
12 11 
10 .. 
14 14 
IH 15 
13 11 
V4 12 
b 12 
14 It 
12 15 
12 15 
9 .. 
n .. 
21 14 
21 13 
22 13 
23 l.i 
24 14 
23 12 
20 M 
22 10 
.. 12 
24 11 
23 14 
20 1.3 
.. 11 
19 13 
24 14 
.. 12 
12 16 
15 IS 
12 18 
13 17 
15 19 
15 19 
12 14 
13 16 
13 16 
15 li 
14 18 
U .. 
12 10 
12 12 
13 10 
12 la 
11 35 
16 SO 
13 l!l 
1."^ 21 
13 17 
13 19 
10 18 
14 16 
10 20 
11 19 
is is 
13 9 
9 .. 
13 10 
12 17 
13 18 
10 IS . 
9 .. 
Broke; 
176 
177 
i.a 
181 
178 
175 
Ibl 
172 
lt,(i 
10 7 18 12 11 20 
9 .... 13 11 
10 11 9 12 
18 .. .. 12 13 20 14 .. 19 .. 
12 9 .. 9 8 .. .. 
9 IJ 17 13 
13 .. 12 .. 
Second Day, Sept. 9. 
ia345678 91011 :!813 
70 10 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
9 
8 12 
.'i 12 
,.13 (5 
9 12 10 
8 
8 
S 
8 a 
(i 10 
9 
9 
9 9 
7 8 8 
6 
9 
9 10 
8 9 
9 10 
9 9 
7 7 
9 
7 9 
8 8 
8 8 
H 10 
7 8 
Events: 
Birds: 
Nuekom 9 
Mitchell 
Te'zel 
Stone 7 
Deitrick .,„ 9 10 15 10 
Macki'^ 10 9 15 ■ • •• 
Trimk)le .....V., ... •• ■■ 
Wallace 8 .. .. .. .. 
Buffo 3 1 
Bindley 9 " 
B Buffo 
Bement 
Bell 
Siuckwist t ^ , 
Seeburger »'10 ,. 
The following team races were shot for price of birds, IS-bird races: 
Stone 11 Nuekora 14 
Te zel 15—^6 Deitrick , ....15— i;9 
Mackie , 13 
Trimble 14-27 
Team race, 25 birds: 
9 10 10 10 7 
8 8 6 9 5 
6 8 8 5 10 
K 9 9 10 8 
& . . 
Stone 25 
Buffo 18-43 
Nuekom 
Deitrick 23-45 
Match, 25 birds: Mitchell 24, Stone 18. 
Match, 15 birds; Pierson 9, Cooper 14. 
Match, 25 birds: Niiekom 21, Mitchell 19. 
Mackie S3 
Trimble . , . i*. .. . ; ..v»- 48 
Te'z^l i-...22 
Mitchell ^ ,18-40 
Bruce Coophr, Sec" v. 
Calumet Heights Gun Club. 
Chicago. Ill,Sep', 12.— Following are scores of regulir weeklv 
con est held to day by the Calumet Heights club. The day was very 
warm and with scarcely acy breeze, which accounts for the fair 
shooting shO'vr by the scores. The early morning found most of the 
shooters on their way to the river, where the ducks wereflviog, 
small bigs were made by all. The total killed by noou was thirty- 
two, most of wtiich were olue-wing teal, with some few wood ducks. 
It is expected that good shooting will be had by tte cliibmemDers 
earlv tins fall, as the marsh and water are in excellent condition. 
Cla-s A 
Lamphere 1111111111011110131111111-23 
Young „, ....1013011111111011111101111—21 
Booth 0111111111011111111111111-23 
Metcaif 1111101111101131001111301-20 
OIess Bi 
Norcom "...,1110001111111101311011111—20 
Class C 
Schmidt .01010111001! 3 300100303101—14 
Harlan .i ., lllllllOlOOOllOl 101 130101— 17 
Chamberlain 1111110111131300101110011 19 
Lamphere won the medal in Class A on the shoot-off. Norcom won 
in Class B, and Chamberlain in Class C. 
t-ix sweeps were also shot. No. 1 was at known traps, unknown 
angles; No-s. 2 and 6 at unknown trap^ and angles; Nos. 4, 5 and 6 at 
5 pairs, unknown traps and anglss. Scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4: 5 « Events: 19 3 4 5 6 
Targets; IB 15 10 IC 10 IB Targets: 15 15 10 10 JO IS 
Harlan 15 11 4 1 .. 9 Young 12 10 .. , 
Me calfe 13 9 B 7 8 33 Norcom 9 9 5 4 7 6 
Booth. , 6 .. •. .. Chamberlain..., 3:^ .. 4 
Schmidt 12 4 
Patti 
'.Iroqiois Bifle Club, of Pittsburg. 
PiiTSBUBG, Pa , Sept. 10.— The 100 target handictp race shot to day 
on I he grounds of the Iroquois Rifls Club had seven entries. Tms 
contest was the last but one of the series, so extra interest attached 
to the rf-salts. Russell, with 20 extra targets, and Benne .t, who was 
allowed 25 extras, tied with 90 each, Born, a scratch man, was next 
with 81, Hofmeister (i allotvance) came forth with 83. Moiz was not 
iu his usual form, and could do no better than score 8J out of his 300. 
Below are 1 he scores in detail: 
Kussell (30)... lUOllllllllUinilllllOllOllOlllllOllCOllll 101001— 40 
1111101111011011110111)0001111110011011101011111000—34 
lllOlllllllOllllOjll _1P,_90 
Bennett (25),. 01111111111111110101111101100011110001111311101100-37 
011illll011110111011001111111001110011110001101011-.3o 
lllOlllllllOOliOlOOOlUll —18-90 
Born (0) . . .11111110111110111100111111111111111110111111111111- 45 
Oinillllll011101111100011110013inilOlllllllll010-.39-84 
Hofmeister (2)111 10111111111101111101011111010011111310001011111-3^ 
iiiiiuiiiiiiiinoiioomiioiiiiiiiiiiiniiioiiioii~43 
11 — 2^S3 
Mot'/ (0) xiioiiiiiiiiiiiiioiiiiiiioioiinioiiioiniiiiooii-12 
11100130113111011010331301111111111110101101101111—39-80 
Wood r> 00101101011110110110311011011001110101100100111001— .:30 
1010llll01.0lllllinlllUllllUU10t01111110311001-40 
OllOlOlOl — 5-75 
Daniels {36)... .OUUOOtOlOinOIllOOOlOlllOlOllOOOIlOllllllOllOlO'lU— 27 
1113O11111O011O0CO11001O11O1111O1OGO01O11OI1111O11-31 
ouojioaiiooioiiuuouo -ir-w 
Cook Counter Trap'Shooters* Leasee. 
CmCASO, III., Sept. 13.— The ."iix h contest of the Cook County Trap- 
Shooft-rs' League was held Saturday, Sept 31, on the grounds of the 
Garfield Gun Club. While the attendance was good, the shoot whs 
not as well patronized as was the last contest. This was probably 
due to the fact that many members are away chicken shooting. The 
in'eresc was most intense and considerable guessing was indulged in 
by the participants on the final results of the season's shooting, 
which will end within a month. 
The sky was overcast the greater part of the day, and a strong 
wind blew across the traps from the left quarter. The flight of tar- 
gets was somewhat erratic, and the shooting of some of the partici- 
pants as weli; though, considering these disadvantages to large 
.scores, the results show up in a very favorable manner. The best 
scores of the day were by Kuss and Old Hoss Stannard, each going 
out with only one miss, both breaking their targets clear and good. 
These scores were followed by quite a number of 22 out of 25, and it 
is strange to say; Out of the many scores shot, that rot one made a 
23, 
The next and last team shoot of the league will be held on the 
grounds of the Eurtka Gun Club, coi-ner Yincennes and Seventy- 
jjinih street, Chicalgo, on Sept. 25. 
This will end the league's shooting for the year, except the handi- 
cap shoot, which will come off shortly thereafter. Those eligible to 
contest in this event are the five making the highest scores in each 
class of each blub during the season. 
Following are the scores of the team race: 
Class A-Garfleld Gun Cluh. 
R Kuss 1110111111331111111111111—24 
E Neal .llllOlllllllllllllllOliOl— 2:i 
Dr Shaw 1111101111110101111111111—22 
A O P.iIerson i. 1101131111101013111111111—22 
H>hrman 0111110111111101111111111—23 
Wiley OlllllUllllIOlUlllllllO -23—134 
Eureka (jlun Club. 
F CStann^-rd 1101111111111111111111111-24 
Goodrich 1101111111111111111101110—22 
A W adams 0331301311301130111111111—21 
Steck 1110111M3311111111011301-81 
I'llckett OllOlOlOlOlu 1 301101111101— 36 
Cornwall. . OllOOOlOllUllUlllllOOjO - lfi-120 
Class B-Qarfleld Gun Club. 
Von Lengerke 1111011111111010111111011-21 
TE Graham 1111311111110111111001011—31 
Fish .... .,, 1111001111111111001111111—21 
Richards 1113001111101111111011011— iO 
Hicks 1111111101111100111011111—21 
Stickles llllllOlllOlOlllOiOlOOlll— 18— 122 
Calumet Heights Gun Club. 
Lamphere 1111111301110101013111111—21 
Turtle 1131110133031111110101111-21 
Met<-alfe 1111110111131300131011101—20 
Ferguson . . .,, ; . :. . Ili0110113030031311101111— 19 
Bootu „.',.-„. lOlOlllOllOlCOIomil 1111—18 
Houston llOOllllllOlOOl 1111111011—19 118 
Garden City Gun Club. 
Ruble imin 1111111011111111011-22- 
F E Adams , llllllllllOlllCOlllllOIU— 21 
Goldsini-h ..v....,.......^. 1111011331111311011010101—20 
lleilman..., lOlOlOJlllOlllllOUlUllO-lS 
A Smith.....,.. .;..,. 1111111001.10101101010000—15 
Levi 000111110:00u01100nil011— 14— 110 
Class 0— Cicero Gun Club. 
Gaetter OlllllllOUOllllllllllllO— 21 
Matthews lOlllOlllOllinOllOlOiril-19 
W Chusman...... IOjIOI 1011111011)01011311-18 
Knott 01103031111 111010>000ini-l(i 
A Chusman lllllOllOJllllOOOOllllOU- 16 
Lowrey 1101101111011001010110031— 16— 1C6 
Garfield Gun Cluh (one man short). 
ES Graham 1111111011010011110101101—18 
Thatcher 0103 101 3 1) 0303 3C01 110 . 10(i— 15 
Comley 0011110113103101011310100-16 
S Palmer ; lOOOOlOOOOlOOOOlOlOCOUOO— 6 
Russell 1101110110311110010101111—18— 73 
Calumet Heights Gun Club (two men short) 
Norcom. OOlllOlllllOllllOlllOOlll— 18 
Black UOllOlOllOlOltOO 1110111— 16 
Young 0110110103100111110310000—14 
Harlan •. lOOlllOOCOIlODllOlOOIlOJl— 12— 60 
Eureka Gun Club (five men short). 
H B Morgan OUOlllOOlOJOOUlOOOCOllO — 11 
Class D - Cicero Gun Llub (four men short). 
Banks 0111001011101111010101101—16 
■ Barnard ......OOllllOOOOlOOtOlOlOOOOOOO- 7— 23 
• A. C. Patterson 
Bedford Rod and Gun Club. 
Bedford, Ind., Sept. 13.— On Sept. 13 a team race between Stipp 
and Thompson on one side, and Hatfield Sears and Richkr.i on the 
other, v^as dtcided on the grounds of the Bedford Rod and Gun 
Olub. Cot ditions: ICO targets per man, 5 traps, unknown angles, for 
$15 a side and was won by the raw recruits, who ''did themselves 
proud" on this occasion, while Thompson was in poor form. Scores 
appended. This race grew out of a challenge by Stipp and Thomp- 
son to any two men in Lawrence county to shoot thim such a match. 
Braxton and Shef wood will try to entertain them about Sept. 21, 
same stakes and conditions: 
Hatfield 1011111100311111111111111-21 
Stipp 1111011111111111111111111—24 
Sears .':'...:V,'f,-..'^.;,,.llU0111il(OJlllll01110CO-16 
Richard....,,.,....... OOJi(J0110i3iOl(ill31311301-lK 
Thompsori.,., 0311101113010111011100110-17 
Hatfield. . ..... :. . . ; 11110110110031 10001 11 1101-16 
S.ipp ..........r..,..^.,>.". 1111111110111101110111131-23 
Sears 0130333301331 1101 11111110-20 
Richard .... 1110313000111311000010111—20 
Thompson 1111100111101111111010110 -19 
Hatfield llOllllOlllOOllllOlCOllll-18 
Sipp 11011111:1111103111111111-23 
Sears 111010310.011111111001011-18 
RichHTd 1013311030m»10U01011111-17 
Thompson It0111110111111131!01in0-20 
Hatfie Id 01 lOCOOl 11 101 1 1 1 11 1 10101 1 -1 7 
Ktipp oiiiiiooioiiiiiiomioiio— 18 
Sears 1011100011111011111301101-38 
Richard .,1011111011100101100111111—18 
Thomp.son llOJllllOllllUlllliliOOO -19 
Summary: 
Stipp. 
1st 25. 2d 25 3d 25. 
Individual 
4th 25. Total. 
Sears 
24 
23 
23 
18 
87 
17 
19 
20 
19 
75-163 
21 
16 
18 
17 
7i 
16 
kO 
18 
18 
73 
16 
16 
17 
18 
67-211 
Sherwood, Sec'y. 
ON LONG ISI<AND. 
- . .• i: 
NEW CTRECHT GUN OLUB. ^. 
Sept 18.— Below are the scores made to-day by members of ihe Ndw 
Utrecht Gun Club on the Dyker Meadow grounds. 
Club shoot, 26 targets, unknown angles: 
11 
- 2d 
-19 
—n 
—10 
— 9 
101 —20 
11111—20 
—13 
100 —15 
-13 
DDeacon(A) .........01111 11111 OlOOl 01111 11111 
PAdam8(A) .....10011 11100 11110 11111 11101 
PE George (A) OHIO 10011 OOOOl 11110 11110 
CC Fleet (B) 00010 00001 10111 lllOO 00100 
Dr O'Brien (B) ,...00010 01000 01000 10110 01011 
Prize gun shoot, 25 targets, handicap allowances: 
P Adams (8) 11100 01011 01111 11111 11100 
PE George (5) OHIO 30011 00001 11110 11110 
D Deacon (2) 00110 10100 lOIll 11011 01011 
CC Fleet (7) 11100 11011 10101 10010 11000 
DrO'Brieh(6) 11000 10111 10111 10001 00111 
Fleet, O'Brien and Deacon having no chance to win did not shoot 
hp allowance. No classes in this shoot, each man having his allow- 
ance according to work done during 1897. 
Tie for gun: , 
PAdaas(3) 01101 13110 11101 11010 01011 Oil —19 
PE George (5) .......,,11001 lOlll 11010 01000 01010 11101—17 
This Winchester repeater (shotgun) was presented by one of our 
merfabers for competition, and will become the property of the one 
having the first three wins. Live bird season will open at Woodlawn 
Saturday next, Sept. 25. G. E. Pool,, Sec'y. 
NEW TOBK GERMAN GUN CLUB. 
Sept 15.— Dr. Hudson won the badge to-day in the regular monthly 
shoot of the Mew York German Gun Club. Below are tne scores: 
Club badge shoot, 10 live birds, sJSyds. rise: 
Seven Points-^Handicap. 
Dr Hudsoni •211112121- 9 Eugene Doeinck. •011U2112-7 
Six and One-Half Points. 
John Schlicht 2011111120-8 Peter Garms, Jr 1220«01000— 4 
Six Points. 
.0220J02311— 7 J P Dannefelser 0112»11020-6 
.101102:002- 6 Fred Sauter 0200021«20-4 
Five and One-Half Pomts. 
.2201031020-6 Aug Lucas. lll«020»91-^5 
Five Points. 
Ph Moersch 0210323112-8 Henry Meisenholder. 2010120100-5 
Michael Bondon, •0100121S2- 6 
Four and One- Half Points. 
Charles Homey. 1021001110-6 John Boesenecker. . .001008101»-4 
Charles Voehringer..0001111C«l- 5 Jacob Bissinger 0002C01COO— a 
Henry Thomford. 
Aue- Schmitt 
Fred Kronsberg. . . 
Pawtuxet Gun Club. 
pAWTtiXET, R 1 , Sept 33 —Below are the scores made in the two 
last ^hl ots of the Hunter.-;' Handicap series. Nex: Saturday Sept. 
18, vsill see the fioish of this series. The finish will be interes ing, as 
the two leaders in Class A, Root and ShelJon, are tied with 87 breaks 
out of 100 targets shot at. Etch has a chance to improve upon a 
score of 20, the best four scores out of eight shoots to count for prizes. 
In Class B, Armi-trong cannot lose the first prize, but second and 
third prizes in each cla«8 are still in doubt, four or five men being 
pretty well bunched for these honors. 
Sept A.— Hunte-s' Handicap 
I lass A, 25 targets, unknown angles: 
S D Greene, Jr (0) 1101010011111111111111101 —20 
F Corey (0) lUUllOlllllOOinOlOOllO —18 
F Arno'ld (3) OOlllOlllOOOlllllOillOllOU— 18 
FGeavesC.) 1100001010300031100111101 -11 
Class B, i5 targets, known angles : 
Armstrong (0) ..,.1111100130111113111111101 —21 
Thoene (0) 110301i000111101Hi000110 -14 
Buxt-.n (2) 0100001001110:0010111010111-14 
Repeater (0) ........I IIUOIIIOOOIOOIOICOIOOIOI - 13 
Sept 11.— Hunters' handicap. 
t lass A, 25 targets, unknown angles: 
R C RDot (2)....; 1111101100:0111111111011111-22 
WH Sheldon (0) OlllllOIOllOlOllllllllllt -20 
F Arnold (!) . - .nOlllCOnlOllOHlllOOllUl— 20 
WMonney (3J lOOllllUOtOOllllllO 011101 -39 
H W Bain (;) ........ ......10110111033111110 010101111—19 
S D Green. Jr. (0) lOlOllOllOOillllOllUlllO —38 
F Corey (0) OOllOCOllll.OOlOllOOlIlU —la 
Class B. 25 targets, known angles: 
Buxton (3) 11100ll01110010n0:01101000-15 
J Armstrong (0) OOllllOlOOOOlOlOOlOUOOll —18 
Repeater (0) .....OlllOlOUOOOOlllOllOOOOlO -12 
peck .1000001000100101101000110 — 9 
Thoene also shot aiod broke 8. Pawtbxbt, 
Glenwood Gun Club, of Newburfih, N. 7. 
Newbuugh. N y., Sept. 18.— The "melon feast" of the Glenwood 
Gun Club, held to day, was well attended. Some 200 persons visited 
the club's grounds and partook of the watermelons, muskmeloDS, 
s:eamed clams, etc., that were only waiting to be attacked. About 
2,0j0 targets were thrown duriner the day, the main event being a 25- 
target handicap for three woodcock, donated by John Brewster, of 
Coldenham. N Y. As will be seen by the following score, C. Hoppen- 
stadt won the woodcock: 
CHoppenstadt (3) 10110011111111111H011111111 —24 
H Wyatt (.3) llOlllOlllllllllllllOlllOlll —24 
L Henderson (3) 1111111110111013001111111311 -24 
W M Stanbrough (0) 1130311111113 133311111130 —23 
OBingbam () ...1110111111011011113110111011 —23 
A Dickson (•<;) 111111011110133110131111011 —23 
Neaf Apgar(O) O31O130111111113111133111 —33 
T Rhodes (3) 1311113010111031111011313000 —31 
G DCBrr(?) „,,....131110111C011001003103330111C001 — ?0 
J J E Harrison (10) 00)11 100O101OO1O1111103111010010O11-2O ' 
SLew)8(5) L... llOOlOlOlUOlllOlOlllOOtOlllll -19 
R Hobbs (7) ,....,.„, .,.,..,.01001013131000100100101300011101 -16 
W May (7) OOOCOOOIlllOOOOlOlOlOOOllOlOllOO -12 
In the first shoot-off of tlie ties on 24, at 10 birds, Hoppenstadt and 
Wyatt broke 9 to Henderson's 8. In the second 8hoo[-off, Hoppen- 
stadt won by 7 to 6. 
lmtver§ to ^arrespand^ntB. 
No notice taken of anonymous oommuntcationa . 
F. M., Sanlt;[8te. Marie, Mich.— There is no game law in Alaska. 
C. B M,, Hubbard, Tex.- Please tell me what is the matter with 
my dog and what to do for bim. He has a cough, and tries to vomit; 
does not seem to want anything to eat. just lies around. Ans. Apply ' 
tincture of iodine to outside of throat. Give a sixth of a grain of 
sulphate of morphine three times a day. 
Wantek-Know, Philadelvtl ia.- Please tell me if Grimm has replied: 
to Elliott's challenge for the cast iron medal Ans. So far as we are 
aware of Grimm has taken no notice of Elliott's challenge, although' 
Elliott deposited $50 in the hands of Forest and Stheam to make thei 
match. Id our issue of Sept 18, page 2l(', under the head of"West-i 
ern Trap," you will find the conditions governl^igtht cast-iron medal, 
and other matter from the pen of our Chicago correspondent, Mr.- 
Hough, touching upon this Question. 
Inquirer.— Will you kindly answer in your next number as to 
when harcmerless guns were first put on the market? Ans. We 
cannot give the exact date, because we don't believe that anybpoy 
knows. Gretner, in bis book, '-The Gun and itsDevelbpment," men , 
tions Daw's ' central fire hammerless gVW," and says that it is s'up- 
posed to have been introduced by Mr. Daw about 1862. Green's 
hammerless gun, patented 3St6, is said by Mr. Greener in the same 
work, to have been "'one of the first English ceniral fire hammerless 
guns." 
A. F. B., Pittsburg, Pa —Can yon give me the scores made by 
Gilbert in ihe first contest for the E. C. championship cup? Tbe^ 
shoot took place at Guttenburg, N J., I believe. Also the scores; 
made by Giloert and Heikes in tine two matches they have shot for 
this trophy since Gilbert first won it? Ans. In our issue of Aug. 21 
of this year, page 159. you » ill find the full scores made in the first 
championship contest at Gu tenburg, N. J. On Aug. 20, 1896, at Johh' 
Watson's grounds. Heikfs won by U8 to 130, as follows: Unknown 
angles, 48 to 47; expert rules, 45 to 44; pairs, 40 to :39. On July 31 of 
this year, at Dayton, O , Gilbert beat Heikea by 143 to 116, as follows^ 
Unknown angles, 48 to 47; expert rules, 48 to 44; pairs, 46 to 45. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
Interstate: Fair at Trenton, Sept. 27, 28, 29 30, 
aod Oct. 1. 
Thb great Interstate Fair at Trenton grows more extensive and im-i 
portant each recurring year, and the exhibition to be held on S^pt - 
27, 23. : 9, 31, and Oct 1 promises to be unusually comprehensive and 
attractive Every department will be replete with inieresiiog and iu '* 
structive di^ play's. The blooded stock exhibit will be particularly 
fine, and the daily programme of races contains the speediest classei 
obtainable Circus acts of rare merit and daring, and vaudeville en 
tertainments of all kinds will he presented. 
The large purses offered in the manifold exhibits and contests in. 
sure unusual efforts in the endeavor to prove superiority in tht 
various departments. 
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, as is its yearly custom, wil 
sell excursion tickets on this occasion at greatly reduced rates fron 
stations within a wide radius, and special trains over the New York. 
Belvidere and Amboy divisions will be run through to the grounds 
The tracks of this company run direct to the Fair grounds, thu 
avoiding street- car transfer, and are the only ones w ithin three miles 
The management of the Fair has put forth extraordinary efforts it 
make this year's exhibition ihe greatest ever given.— ..4 dv. ; 
A New Tbrougb Passenger Route for Colorado 
Utab ai. d California. 
The Chicago Times-Herald of Aug. ^7 says that on Sept. 12 the ne^ 
traffic alliance between the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railwa^l 
and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway goes into effect, an' 
on that date the former will send its first Denver sleeper out of Cb 
cago. This will be at ached to its regular night train for Omaha, an 
will be delivered there to the Rock Island. On Oct. 2 the tourist ca 
route over these two lines, the Colorado Midland and Souther 
Pacific, will be inaugurated. Tourist cars wdl bt; rim once a wee 
between Chicago ana San Francisco. For further details regardtai 
this new route call on or address Geo. H Heaflord, General Passe 
ger and Ticket Agent, C, M. & St. P, Ry., 410 Old Colony Buildin 
Ohioago, l\X,-Adv, 
