SS8 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 33, 1897. 
-Id sppakln? of the -wiDiier In thn T?iverton Giin Club's fiO bird rae 
on Saturdavlast. Oct. 16, the New York Journal says: " * * * tn 
utibDowD, T). A. ■VVilpon tiy namp. surpvisod all bv winninff the event 
from the 29ydR. mark, wi'hascoreof out of a possible 60.'' Dennis 
A CJpsor, of OieTPland. O . tnade his mni<k u.t Riverton at the last bis: 
sbootheld by theRiverton Gun Cluht if we rpmetnber arieht, he was 
then shootin'er under the name of D A. Williams. At the opening 
shoot of the Carteret Club at Onrden City. L I , on Oct-. ?, just two 
•"eeka neo last Saturday, shooting vinder his own name, h- divided 
the main event with Geors-e Work, esch seorinsr 23 out "£ 95 on as fast 
and hard birds as ever left a trap. On that peension Upson stood at 
theSlyda mark. Work at t^e 30yds. mark. With such a rerent re- 
cord. It is hard to see how Upson could be classed as an unknown. 
No doubt bis score of 59 out of a possible fiO was a surprise, hut if any- 
body can do the trick at SOyds. iti,9 Ups"n. And yet be says he 
fan't shoot live birds In our opinion, IVtr Upson is a most decidedly 
dangerous man at either tarsrets or live birds. 
The Rochester (N. Y.) Bod and Gun Club announces a tournament 
Rt tareets for Oct. ap-97. Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. 
Seventy Ave dollars will be added to the , purses. In all the purses 
there will b° four moneys— 35, 30, 20 and 15 per cent On the second 
day there will bo a ,5-men team race, 20 targets per man, S5 per team, 
the prize beine $25 in cash. The migjaulrap will be used for throw- 
Ine the tarp-ets in all the events. The entrance fees are at the ratf> of 
10 cents per target, w!^h targets extra at 2 cents each. There are five 
IS-fcareet events and Jive 20-tareet events on the first day. On the 
second day the team race takes the place of one of the IS-tarppt 
pvents The tournament committee is composed as follows: L V. 
Byer, L. McCprd and L. Davis. Judging from other totirnamen'^s 
given by the Rochester Rod and Gun Club at this time of the year, 
this toumpment ought to have a good attendance. Ro»he5ter has 
some excellent country to draw from ; Buffalo alone can furnish one 
or two squads of more than average material; and stayers, at that. 
Ed. Tavlor was a guest at the opening shoot of the Crescent Athletic 
Club of Brooklvn's target shooters on Saturday afternoon last He 
only took along 100 sbells and soon bad nearly all of them emptied. 
Whpp he was in this plight an expert rule race at 25 tireets was 
c<»lled for. Ed wanted to get in it. so borrowed some 8dr. loads of 
E C. powder and proceeded to pulverize his targets with due regtilar- 
ity. When the end of the twentieth round had arrived, he found 
thot he was hiPh with 18 out of 20. and only 5 more to .thoot at. 
"This won'i^ do," said he. "if I miss «ny more t may rot be high; I'll 
u«p flvp W-^ loads next time." He used them and broke all 5. 
"There," said bo, "if I'd had twentv- five sbells of our own powder, 
instead of only five, I'd have gone straight, and broken somebody's 
hear^!" 
GorrPBpondwnts, when sending us matter for publication, should be 
careful to add the name of the State to that of the place for holding 
the tournament It not infrequently'happens that the promoter-^ of 
a tournament forget to put the name of the State in the programme, 
thus making it a guessing match for u' as to what State the placp 
designated is located in. As we don't like to guess, we have gener- 
ally to omit all refor'-nco to the shoot. A case in point is the live-bird 
shoot called the ".lefferson County Fair Association Handicap," SSIO, 
25 birds, birds extra, 8100 to ho added by the Pai'- Assoc'ation. The 
programme states that entries pv.ould be sent to J. T Lloyd, but un- 
fortunn+plv omits all address There are »o many Jeffprsbn counties 
In the United States that we have had to give up this conundrum. 
One of those present at the Crescent's shoot on Saturday last was 
Charles A. Svkes. at one time secrptary of the New Utrecht Gun 
Club. Mr. Syfcps took part in some of the sweeps, but was using a 
load of powder altogether too Msht fc* target breaking purposes. 
This didn't seem to worryhim much, however, as he is too full of his 
trip out Wpst to bother about a few blueroeks getting away from 
him. He left on Sunday, we believe, for the far West, intending to 
stop for a week at the famous Horicon marsh, where he h-as been in- 
vited for some of the duck- shooting. He is also making for some 
lake with a name that is uopronounceable and unspellable as far as 
we are concerned : it ends something 'ike 'bigr>sh 1 
Secretary Higgings, of the Laflin & Rafd Powder Co.. who is al=o 
secretary of the Crescent Athletic Club, of Brooklyn, N. Y , says that 
>o knows more about powder when it is outside a gun than inside 
He has expressed the determination, however, to have some private 
tuition on blueroeks. his avowed intention being to get even with Old 
Reli'^ble Taylor, of the same companv. Mr. Higgins is an adept with 
the billiard cue, and it is our opinion thatanyman who csn pUy agood 
game of billiards or pool, can become a good shot with comparatively 
little trouble. 
At the time of writing this therie seems every prospect of a big four, 
banded match taking nlace shortly on the new grounds of the Car- 
teret Club, at Garfien City, L. I. The conte-'tantR will be R. A. Welch 
ft^d Edgar Gihbs Murphy against Geo. S McAlpin and L. T. Duryea 
The conditions will v>e loi livo birds per man, 30yds. rise. Carteret 
Club boundary. $1 000 a side. We saw Mr Duryea on Monday morn- 
ing of this week, and he told us that they were only waiting to hear 
from Mr Murphy: and that there was no doubt biit that the match 
would he made. If made, he said that it would have to be shot some 
time fapfore Nov. 6. 
The Kansas City S/ar had a very good report of the Elliott-Gilbert 
match for the Star cup on Oct. 8 Mr. James Whitfield the sport- 
ing editor o*' <-hat paper, which accounts for the readable nature of 
th° report, Mr. Whitfield being an enthusiast on shooting matters 
and understanding what he is writing about. The report was 'llus- 
trated with a cut of Gilbert that we at first refused to beliovp was 
anything like him. It portrayed the Chief of Snirit Lake with his 
upper lip clothed with a growth of hair! Gilbert has raised a 
moustache since we saw him at Oil City, Pa., last June. 
We are told that about 1,000 ppople witnessed the EIHott-Gilbert 
match at Kansas City. Mo., on Oct 8. We can safely say that at no 
point this side of Pittsburg, Pa., could such a crowd, or anvthing lilce 
it. be gotten together to see a pigeon match. Years ago it could he 
done, but it would take something far above the ordinary to draw .50') 
together anywhere in the vicinity of New York. If the Kansas City 
figures are correct (and we have no reason to doubt them), exbibition 
matches on the square should be paying ventures ia the Missouri 
city.. 
Jno. .1. Hallowell. of Bethayres. Pa , is now installed as assistant *o 
U. M. 0. Thomas in thp emplov of the Uoion Metallic Cartridge Com- 
pany, at Bri'^geport, Conn. Mr. Hallowell should make an able and 
popular assistant, as be possesses an individuality that ere bles him 
to make friends with ease, ''nd, best of all, to hold them. M". Hallo- 
well's connection with the U. M. C. Company datps from Oct 12, 1897, 
when he left for Louisville, Ky., on his maiden trip for the company. 
He will descant on the merits of the U. M, 0, goods at the tourna- 
ment in Baltimore this week. 
Cornelius Furgueson. of the New Utrecht Gun Club, tied with Mor- 
fey fo'* first honors 'n tbe 50-bird race at Woodlawn, L. I., on Wednes- 
day last, Oct 13 Mr. Furgueson killed his first 24 straight, then 
slipped up on his 25th. but ran out with a straight score for the last 
25. And the birds were not so easy after all. They were mixed, 
some slow and some f xceptionally fast. When Louis Duryea, one of 
tbe very best amateur shots around this part of the country, cannot 
kill more than 46, tbe birds must not be classed as a poor lot. 
Mr. John S. Wright, captain of the Brooklyn Gun Club, is making 
preparations for that club's shoot on Thursday. Oct, SS. Capt. 
Wright says that he is going to get out a prosramme that will please 
the boys, Amoner the attractions he will offer are some valuable 
merchandise prizss, li-'eral handicaps to weaker shots, and free 
lunch. The latter article, he adds, will have no connection with Sun- 
day sandwiches. 
Ben H. Norton, of the Hazard Powder Co., was in the city la^t week, 
but left for othpr parts on Monda.y of this week in the interests of 
■Rlue Ribbon. Of course Mr. Norton had something to say about J. 
J. Hallowell and his run of 154 straight at the Portsmouth, N, H , 
tom-nament, Sept. 16. Onthatoecasion—andinfactduHngthe whole 
of the past summer— Mr Hallowell used Blue Ribbon. He still usee it. 
Mr, W. E. Keesler. of Des Moines, la., writes us that he has selected 
Nov. 16-19 as the dates for his tournament. The first two days will 
he open to amateurs only; tbe last two days will be open to the world. 
Prizes will be added every day. Live birds will bo shot on the after- 
noons of Nov. 17 and 19. Anybody who wants a programme should 
address Mr. Kessler at 1105 Maple street, Des UToines, la. 
Holla Heikes shot very well at the Riverton Gun Club's shoot on 
Fridav last, Oct. 15. He won fourth money on 19 out of 20 in the 
second event, and second money in the 30 bird event with 28 out of 30. 
RoHa was placed on the 31yd. "mark in the first-named event, on the 
80yd. mark in the 30- bird event. 
Justus von Lengerke, of the firm of Von Lengerke & Detmold. 318 
Broadway, came back to tbe city on Monday morning, Oct. 18, with a 
nice bag of woodcock, grouse and rabbits that had become ae- 
qnainted with Justus up m Sullivan county, N. Y.. at a recent date. 
They made a catchy display in the window of the store. 
The match between W. H. Wolstencroft, the bolder of the 1^7 
trophy, and tbe party who has challenged him for that cup, will take 
place on Saturday of this week at thp grounds of tbe Keystope 
Shooting League, near Holmesburg Junction, Pa., on the mam line 
of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The conditions are 100 targets, expert 
rules. 
On Friday of this week, Oct. 22, Fred. Gilbert will shoot another 
match with Jim Elliott. This time the contest will be for the Du Pont 
trophv. now beld by Elliott, The match will be shot in Kansas City, 
of course. 
A Newburgh, N. Y , paper has the following item: "Messrs. Hal- 
stead and Pierce, of Peekskill; Eb Likely, of Highland Falls; H. C. 
HiggiDFon and Charles M. Stebbins, of this city, all members of the 
^est Newburgh Gun Club, are in the Adirondacks seeking game- 
quail, partridge, deer or bears. It matters not what it may be so 
long as Ihey can draw a head on it They went to Plattsburg and 
entered the great North Woods front the extreme western point. 
They are expected home cn Saturday." The party mentioned above 
baa always been considered adangeious one for any kind of game, 
whether with chips or without. 
On Oct, 10 in five 15 target events and one 25.target event, 100 
targets m all, Barney Worthen, of the Palmetto Gun Club, of 
Charleston, R. C, broke 96 targets, finishing with a run of 54 
.staraight The shoot took place ou the grounds of the Palmetto Gun 
Club at Charleston. 
U. M.C.Thomas has sailed for the Land of Taffy to see friends 
and relatives he left behind in Wales many years ago. U. M C 
sailed in the Campania on Saturday morning last. Oct. 16, and car- 
ried with him the best wishes of his numerous friends on this side of 
the Atlantic. 
B. Leroy Woodward, of Campelln, Mass., the representative of the 
Remmgton Arms Co , of llicn, N Y , passed through this city on Mon- 
day morning en route for Baltimore and her tournament. 
"Well, I don't know," as the small boy savs. How's this? Mo- 
Murchy, Heikes, Van Dyke, Dickey, Glover, Fulford, Leroy, Hallo- 
- " et alia. Will the Baltimore shoot be a warm one? 
well, 
Oct. 19. 
Edward Banks. 
Western Traps. 
KANSAS CITY-CHICAGO INTERTIBBAN RACE. 
Chicago, III . Oct. 16.— The team shoot between Kansas City and 
Chicago maybe considered a practical certainty for the dates of 
Dec. 7-8 at Waison's Park, Chicago. On Oct 14 at Kansas City a 
committee was appointed, representative of the general meeting of 
shooters, such committee to form the nucleus of the team, and to 
push at once tue work of selecting tbe full team of ten men. The 
members of this important committee are J. A. R. Elliott, J. B. 
Porter, Chris Gottlieb, El. Hickman, Col. Cahipbell and. Frank j! 
Bmiih. 
At the Chicago end of, the Une the final meeting of organization 
for the purpose of the inlerurban shoot was held on tbe afternoon of 
Oct. 13, the following gentlemen being present: E S. Rice, W P. 
Mussey, W. L. Shepard, C. Wilcox, George Roll, John Ruble, P. P 
Stannard, A. W. Adams, B. B. Organ, Col. C. E. Pelton, J. H. Rob- 
bins, Percy Stone, John Wat.son. Dr. Shaw, J. J. Smith, M. J Eich, 
Ed. Steck, O. von Lengerke, C. P. Richards, W. R. Morgan, John 
Glover, Fred. Gilbert, Ed. Bingham, F. B Bissell, H. N. Eason. Tbe 
assembly was held at the office of Mr. E. S Rice, agent of the Du 
PoQt powder, he being in the chair, Mr. J, H Robbioa acting as secre- 
tary. The following committees were ratified as representing the 
shooters of Chicago in the plans for the interesting contest: 
Reception.— W. L. Sheoard, chairman; F. H. Lord, Ed. Bingham, 
C.B.Dicks, W. P. White. T. P. Hicks, Chas. Antoine, Hon. Jacob 
Rehn, Abner Price. 
Entertainment —Col. Chas. E. Felton, chairman; Dr. S. Shaw, R.B. 
Organ, J. H Araberg, Lemuel C Willard. Henry Ehlers, Geo. Klein- 
man, Abe Kleinman, Horace Foss, M. J. Eich, Col. Wm H Alberger. 
Transportation.- F. H. Lord, chairman ; VV. F. White, E. H. Hughes. 
J. M. Gillespie, P. C Donald, J. R Griffeths. 
Grounds —John Watson, chai'-man; Dr. E. H. Frotbingham, Edw. 
Steck, E E. Neal. Oswald von Lengerke. 
Advertising.- J. H Robbins, chairman; W. Bruce Hefiaagwell, Au- 
gust Hirth, G. H Mead, G. M. Holt. J. R. Griffeths. 
Finance.- E S. Rice, chairman; W. L. Shepard, J. H Robbins, John 
Watson, C. P. Richards. 
Press Committee.— E. Hough, Forest and Stream; C. P. Richards, 
American Field; J. H. Bobbins, Sportsmen's Review; H T Woodruff, 
Times- Herald; C B. Whitford, Chronicle; Lew M. Hou=!Pman, Inter- 
Ocean; E. S. Sheridan. Tribune; H. E. Keough, Journal; R. L. Oar- 
nev, Dispatch; H. P Spalding Record. 
Printing and Badges. — 0 P. Richards, chairman; W. D. Stoddard, W. 
R Morgan, Ed Bingham, Fred Fish. 
Ladies' Entertainment Commit ee.— Mrs. Dr. Carson, chairman; 
Mesdames S. Shaw, E. S. Rice, C P. Richards, Ed. Bingham, R. B. 
Organ, J H. Robbins, John Watson, J. H. Amherg, Mias Mary Wat- 
son 
Executive Committee.— E S.Rice, chairman; W. L, Shepard, .lohn 
Watson C. P. Richards, Treasurer; Mrs Dr. Carson, Col Charles E. 
Felton. F. H. Lord, J H. Robbins, Secretary; E. Hough. 
Col. Felton moved that the Kansas City shooters be advised to the 
effect that the Chicago shooters preferred conditions similar to those 
obtaining in the earlier races between the two Cities (10-men teams, 
SO birds to the man). Mr. G. BI. Walden, president for the Kansas 
City shooters, was so advised. On Col. Felton's motion the chairman 
of each committee was empowered to increase his committee as he 
saw fit- In the matter of the important question oC selecting a team, 
it seemed best to follow the plan adopted at Kansas City in the last 
contest, and Mr Mussey moved that the chair appoint three commit- 
teemen, not necessarily to be members of the team, they to chose five 
men to shoot on the team, and these five to chose the sixth man, 
these six the seventh, and so on until the team be filled It was so 
ordered. The chair appointed for this committee, Mr. W. P. Mussey, 
Col. C.E Felton, Mr. R B. Organ. 
In the mat'er of the date for the contest there was some discus- 
sion, it being de,sired that the Elliott-Gilbert race for the Star cup 
should be stiot here at the same time of the Interurban meet. The 
sixty days' limit would make it necessary to shoot this before Dec. 7. 
It was finally decided, after motion by Mr. Organ, that the dates of 
Dec. 7-S be submitted to the Kansas tiity men for the team contest 
It was otherwise determined that the Ethott-Gilbert race for the cup 
should be shot Monday, Dec. 6, thus giving three days of interesting 
sport to the shooters of Chicago and their guests. 
On Mr. Organ's motion it was resolved "Taat we entertain the Kan- 
gas City shooters and visiting friends." Some discussion ensued as 
to tbe best manner of doing this, the results of which plans may be 
passed upon by the Kansas City men when they shall have arrived 
here, although it was agreed that, try as they might, the shooters of 
Chicago could not surpass the hospitality extended them by the Kan- 
sas City men at their last meeting. Col. Peiroa requested that Mr 
John Watson furnish the team committee such lists of the shooters 
of Chicago as he could from his books. The meeting adjourned on 
call after a very practical and businesslike session. Messrs. Whit- 
field, Gottheb, Herman and Walden may feel sure that their sugges- 
tion in regard to the third team race between Kansas City and Chi- 
cago has borne speedy and promising fruit Enough time will elapse 
lo allow both cities to get their men in good trim, and the meeting 
should come at a time of year and at a place where the live-bird 
shooting will be a good game for the best of the boys. The event 
should be a highly pleasant one, and the gentlemen from Kansas 
City may feel sure that their Chicago brothers are entering into the 
spirit of the matter very heartily and with much expectation. 
Already the word has been passed that the place for each Chicago 
shooter from now until Dec 1 is at Watson's Park. 
There will be some speculation, of course, from now on in regard to 
the probable result of the Interurban team race. The general im- 
pression here seems to be that the Kansas City men will cheerfully 
■wipe up the earth with the Chicage team, but we hope to be able to 
show ten men who will be fit to serve in this part of the entertainment 
committee. No matter who wins we will have a good time, and 
nothing in the world can prevent it. All the arrangements have been 
made by the Chicago shooters, of course subject to tbe convenience 
of the Kansas City shooters; but the latter men do not commonly 
worry much over conditions when there is a shoot in prospect, so that 
the above programme may be considered as practically certain to be 
pulled off in detail as above. At this writing all is in speculation as 
to the persormeZ of the Chicago team. We are going to do the best 
we can with the Kansas City Cowboys, but realize very fully that they 
are a hard proposition at the live bird traps. There is no considera- 
tion in the contest beyond the price of the birds, but the race will be 
as hot as lies in tha abDity of these two cities to make it. The con- 
test is the event of the trap season here, and will without doubt bring 
together many shooters not directly interested in the competition, 
GILBERT INTERVIEWED. 
When talked with on shooting matters, Fred Gilbert said In regard 
to his late victory over Mr. Elliott, that the birds seemed to him a 
strong lot, but that the wind in the Kansas City park was not so great 
as it sometimes is at Watson's Park in Chicago, so that perhaps the 
birds would not seem so fast. He said that the score was a tie at 93, 
but Elliott missing his S3d bird opened the gap of 1 bird which was 
the result at the close of the race. In regard to the shoot for the Du 
Pont trophy at Kaiisas City, Oct, 22, Gilbert very courteously ad- 
mitted that he knew he was against ') hard man, but modestly said 
that he would rather make it two straight for himself than one each 
for him and Elliott. Both he and all his friends expressed their satis- 
faction at the courteous way in which the late race was shot, and in 
which the spectators treated tbe visitors. Elliott, in shaking hands 
with the victor, remarked ttial it was the first time he had been de- 
feated on his own ground since 1892. 
COOK COrNTY LEAGtTE. 
At a meeting of the Cook County Trap-Shooters' League, held at 
Chicago, Oct. 15, 1897. President Adams presided. Roll-call showed 
three clubs present: Eureka, Garfield and Calumet Heights, a quorum 
cf 6o?ia/d6 clubs. The meeting was held for the purpose of awa 1- 
»ug indiritju^lpraesin the.seveMl classes and foregtahUstiiDgahtnl- 
icap for those eligible to contest in the final handicap shoot. The 
prizes awarded in the majority of contests under the different classes 
have all been published eselusivelv in Forest and Strbam two 
weeks ago. Following are additional awards as determined: 
lowest individuals 
Lowest average. 49 per cent., Silas Palmer, 100 Peters loaded shells. 
Second lowpst. C. W. Carson. 64 per cent , one sub. Gameland. Ihird 
lowest, G. E. Marshall, 65 per cent., one sub. Gameland. 
PRIZES to be awardkd in handicap contest. 
First, L. C. Smith ejector shotgim, 12ga.; second, one Remington 
ejector shotgun. 12ga. ; third, one Winchester repeater shotgun, 12ga.; 
fourth, one gold medal; fifth, one Vom Hofe President reel; sixth, 
Upthegrove hunting coat; .seventh, one 5Ib drum Gold Dust powder: 
eighth, ninth, tenth, one high grade bench closer each; eleventh. 100 
Peters loaded shells; twelfth, one set B G. I. cleaning implements; 
thirteenth, one year's subscription ^Vportewari's iJeweiw; fourteenth, 
fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, one snbscripuon Sports Jfield each; 
eighteenth, &ve dozen Jones's decoy anchors. 
HANDICAP IN TARGItTS. 
Percentage of four best scores: 
E E Neal., 
Ha Ferguson. 
E Graham . , . , 
O von Lengerlre. 
F M Fish.." 
L R Goodrich , , ^ 
W Matcalf. 
1 1 » ■ « a. • ■ ■ * 
M J Lowrey.., 
C Stickles 
W Cheesman.. 
A 0 Black. 
F G Barnard. 
S Palmer 
Per 
cent. Shot at. 
25 
S6 
CO 
26 
27 
27 
26 
.. 87. 
26 
27 
27 
28 
28 
S8 
27 
77 
29 
29 
.. 74 
99 
. 74 
29 
. n 
80 
no 
30 
30 
80 
31 
31 
31 
RKuss. 
A C Paterson. , 
A W Pehrman. 
6 C Lamphier., 
J 8 Houston..,, 
R A Turtle 
T P Hicks.,.. 
T P Richards. 
F Edgar. 
A Hilmau, 
A W Harlem . 
H L»vi 
A Cheesma.n,... 
Per 
cen t, 
Shot at, 
2fi 
91 
J6 
,. 90 
26 
27 
26 
27 
86 
27 
85 
27 
85 
26 
84 
28 
E8 
29 
29 
29 
28 
29 
29 
30 
SO 
30 
30 
31 
,. 64 
31 
31 
No participant will be scored including the handicap more than 
the possible, 25 targets . Ties will be shot off at 25 targets with handi- 
cap, or be decided by those in tie between themselves The contest 
will be held at Watson's Park, Burnside Crossing, III., on Oct 30, 1897, 
providing grounds can be obtained oil that dav, and will commence 
at 1 o'clock P, M sharp, 
EXTRA EVENT. 
On termination of handicap contest a.team race of four men per 
team chosen from those eligible for the handicap shoot for a prize of 
a set of five expert bluerock traps with pull Each club will be 
allowed to enter one or more teams, and all shooters on teams shoot 
with the same handicap, as in the previous event, 
NO TEAM WINNER RETURNED. 
There will still be another meeting of the Cook County League at a 
date not yet determined, at which time there will be taken up the 
matter of team classification. There was not time at the last meeting 
to figure out all these team results, and it is a matter of fact that even 
at this date the winning club team of the League for the season of 
1897 has not yet been oiBcially announced. Three weeks ago, iu For- 
est AND Stream, it was announced that Garfield A class team woi'ld 
without doubt be declared winner; and so far as is known at date, 
this prediction is the only thing settled for the team totals for the 
season 
Chicago. Oct 19. — The Chicago team membership will be uncertain 
for a week or more Practice is going on under the committee's in- 
spection. At a meeting of the directors of the Cook County League 
this morning the League handicap shoot was decided to be high guns 
win, with no class shooting and no dropping for prizes 
E. HODQH. 
GILBERT ACCEPTS, 
The following formal acceptance by Mr. Gilbert of Mr. Elliott's 
challenge for the Star cup has been to-day received at this office: 
"Chicago, Oct. 16 —Mr. B. Hough: Det.r Sir - I hereby accept Mr. 
J. A. R Elliott's challenge to shoot me a match for Kansas City Star 
cup, and name Watson's Park, Chicago, Dec. 6, at 2 o'clock, as place 
and time for said contest. Freu Gilbert. 
TOH SIAKSHALL SIOE. 
Tom Marshall, winner of the Grand American Handicap, is now at 
Clinton, la., at an infirmary, under treatment for an affection of the 
throat which has been giving him a great deal of trouble. Mr. Mar- 
shall is cheerful, as usual, but says the way the doctor goes after the 
bottom of his neck is no joke. He hopes to be out and quite recovered 
before long. 
ROCKFORD SHOOT. 
The Rockford Gun Club annoimces its diamond badge tournament 
at blueroeks to be held Oct. 19 at Rockford, III. B. Hough. 
1206 BoYOB Building, Chicago. 
Shooting at Peoria. 
Peorja, 111., Oct. 15.— The challenge shoot for the Peoria Herald 
trophy took place to-day on the grounds of the Peoria Gun Club. Mr. 
A. lleilman, the holder of the trophy, and Mr. A.. E. Leisy, the chal- 
lenger, were the contestants The conditions were 25 birds per man, 
from five unknown traps. Mr. Heilman won by a score of 19 to 14. 
Mr. Leisy drew much the hardest birds. The birds were the best we 
have ever had, there being a strong wind from the southwest, causing 
nearly alt the birds to be tailers with great speed. Both gentlemeu 
made some remarkable kills with the second barrel. 
Mr. Heilman was immediately challenged by Mr. Gus Walpert, of 
Spring Bay Mr. Heilman accepted the challenge and set the date for 
Oct. 22, each contestant to shoot at 25 birds. 
Another match will take place on the same day, after the trophy 
match, between Mr. A. E. Leisy, Mr. W. Bordeaux and Mr. Chas. 
Bartson for the championship of the Leisy Brewing Co. team. This 
will be a great race, as there is a great deal of rivalry between these 
shooters as to who is the best shot. I will say, Ido not know of three 
more evenly matched men in the Peoria Gun Club. 
Great interest is being manifested in shooting circles in Peoria since 
we have secured the Illinois State Sportsmen's Association meet for 
1898. The dates for the next meet were set at the last meeting of the 
board of directors for .Tune 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, 1898. We expect to hold 
the greatest meet ihe Association has ever held. Many inquiries are 
already coming in as to dates of the meet and applications for mem- 
bership blanks. Simjiie. 
Palmetto Gun Club, of Charleston, S. C. 
Charleston, S. C, Oct. 10.— Below are the scores made to-day by 
members of the Palmetto Gun Club, of this city, in the regular 
weekly practice shoot of the club Mr. Alston, of the Winchester 
Repeating Arms Co , and Mr. McEachern, a prominent trap shooter 
of Wilmington, N- C. , were present as guests of the club. Mr. Alston 
shot through the sweeps, and as will be seen from the scores he was 
pointing his firm's gun pretty straight Worthen was shooting in 
about the same old form, breaking 96 out of the 100 he shot at, and 
making a run of 54 straight. Scores follow: 
Events: 1 a 3 41 5 6 Events: 1 3 3 41 5 6 
Targets: IS 15 15 15 15 S5 
B Worthen 14 14 14 14 15 25 
G Peterman 11 15 14 12 15 24 
Blake 3 6 2 10 8 11 
Wohltmann 12 8 12 5 10 . . 
G Swan 11 14 11 10 11 20 
Pinckney 10 10 10 9 9 18 
Targets: IS 15 15 16 iS SS 
Sehowaker..,.,, 8 7 10 12 11 13 
Alston 11 13 15 13 20 
LBicaise 11 12 12 15 19 
G Steck 13 10 11 10 W 
Whilden 10 10 11 20 
W. E. P. 
The Baltimore Tournament. 
Baltimore, Md., Oct. Special to Forest and Stream: The Bal- 
timore tournament promises to be a notable one, chiefly on account 
of the number of cracks who are here. Heikes, Van Dyke, Leroy, 
Dickey, Glover, Fulford, Charlie Young, Hallowell, Keller, Billy Wol- 
stencroft, G. W.Clay,, of Pine Grove, Ky., and several other good 
shots are on hand. Everything has been done by the home club to 
make this shoot a suceess. 
Hallowell reports that the Kentucky Gun Club's shoot last week 
was a dandy. Sam Hutehings won the championship of Kentucky; 
he tied with Bland, BaUard, Du Bray and Woodcock, of Danville, 
eaeh killing 25 straight On shoot-off HutchlDgs won with 15 mora 
straight. Ballard lost his 14th, Woodcock his 9ch and Du Bray his 
8th bird. Hutehings used a Parker gun, Du Pont powder in U. M. G. 
sheil. J, D. Gay, W. Clegg and Dr. Marsh scored 24 out of 25. Bal- 
jard won the cbampioBshtp last year, Epward B^ms. 
