888 
FOREST AND STREAM 
tOCT. 861, 1897. 
TheEBaltimore Tournament. 
Tbe totJTDament of tbelBaltimore ShootiDg AFSOciation, Oct. 19-^2, 
was not favored with the best of -weather. The first day, it is true, every- 
thing was about perfect, so far as weather conciitionseo; but the sec- 
ond and third days, and the forenoon of tbe fourth day, were enough 
to discourage anybody but the most inveterate trap-shooter. As a 
result, tbe tournament was a disappointment in point of attendance. 
The Baltimore Shooting Association added |150 a day on each of tbe 
two target days, and then added Saoo in cash to the pur.se in a 35- 
bird race on the fourth day ; this made a total of $500 added money. 
Yet the largest entry in any one event on the first day was thirty; 
thirly-tbree was tbe sum total of all the shooters on the grounds. On 
the second day there were twenty- four entries in events 9 and 10, 
twenty -six being the number of shooters who took part in one or 
more of the events on the programme. In the Maryland Handicap, 
tbe 25-bird event on 1be fourth day, to which the Association, as 
staged above, addfd 1200, there were only twentj -four entries, just 
four mere than were necessary to fill the guarantee ot $500. With, 
the 8200 added, this me&nt S70b among the four high guns. 
The figures given above show plainl.v that tbe Association did not 
meet with anything lilte the support that its generosity deserved. It 
seems hard to explain this apparent apathy on the part of tbe shoot- 
ers. Was it the fact that all purses in the target events were to be 
divided under tbe old system of 40. £0, 20 and 10 per cent? Or was it 
because they figui'ed out that tbe game would be a hard one any- 
waj', tbe list of crackei jacks who were likely to attend growing 
daily, particularly in the imagination of the local reporter.^, or of 
their informants? Prior to the opening of the shoot, they bad about 
every shooter of renown as either in town or on his way to Balti- 
more. Jim ¥:iliott, Charlie Grimm. Fred Gilbert and a host of others 
were ready to make things, hot for the boys. Did this keep the 
nearby shooters away ? As a matter of fact 
THE C05IPANT WAS HOT> 
There were Rolla O. Heikes, of Dayton, O , and Ferd Van Djke, of 
Dayton, N, J., tbe representatives ot The Winchester Repeating Arms 
Company, of New Ba-^en, Conn,; John J. Halloweil, now known 
among the boys as tJ. M. C. Jr., representing the U. M, C. Co. of 
Bridgeport, Conn.; W. F Parker, a member of the firm of Parker 
Bros., JVleriden, Conn., and O, R. Hickey, a rerresentative of that 
firm; E. D. Ful ford and B Lerov W oodward, tbe latter from Cam- 
pello, Mass.. both of them sbootiD.g Remington guns; Capt. A. W. 
Money, of the American E 0. & Sebultze Powder Company, Limited; 
H. P. Collins, the Baltimore and Southern States representative of 
the Du Pont and Hazard Powder Companies; T. H. Keller, represent- 
ing the King Powder Company and the Peiers Cartridge Company ; 
Harvey McMurchy, of the li C. Smith gun ; Jack Fanning, the repre- 
sentative of the U S Smokeless (Gold Dust) Powder Co. ; Sim Glover, 
shooting a Parker gun and Scliultze powder; J. L. Brewer, shooting 
a Francotte and Schultze well to the front on the first day at targets, 
and on the last day at live birds; etc. 
There were others, too, who helped to make it warm; Charlie 
Young, of Springfield, O., was among the number. Hood Waters 
and Hawkins, ot the home club, ably seconded by C. A. Macalester 
and Hobbs, did much to sustain Baltimore's reputation. Billy Wag- 
ner was on hand the first day, coming over from Washington, D. C , 
to show the toys that he had not yet forgotten how to break targets. 
W. Allison, a member of the Hingbam (Mass.) Gun Club, and G. W. 
Clay, of the Hill Top Gun Club, of Austerlitz, Ky., were also among 
the number .of those who shot along through the programme. Col. 
,J. T. Anthony, of Charlotte, N. C, one of the most popular trap- 
shootors in the country, and Ool. Thos. Martin, of Bluifton, S. C , a 
close second to Col. Anthony in the race for the popularity medal, 
both arrived too late to shoot through every event; but it is safe to 
say that from the moment they struck the grounds, about 1:30 P. M. 
on the first day, neither the one nor the other allowed a single oppor- 
tunity to go by them, whether it was expert rules, reversed pull, or 
niiss-and-outs. C. B. Hutchings, of Galveston, Tex., an enthusiastic 
shooter, arrived on the second day, but had tbe misfortune to break 
bis gun, thus depriving bira of the chanco of showing what he could 
do in the Land of the Terrapin. 
As spectators on the last two days of the shoot, two prominent fig- 
ures were Captain J. A. H. Dressel, of the V. M, C. Company, and 
Jno. L. Lequin, secretary of the Hazard Powder Company Captain 
Dressel and Mr, Lequin are respectively the president a' d secretary 
of the Interstate Association. Additional arrivals for the last two 
days were Phil Daly, Jr., of Elkwood Park, and Walter Patten, of 
Pleasure Bay, N. J,; Messrs Armstrong and Parke, names assumed 
by two prominent amateurs, were also on hand for the live birds. 
From Pittsburg, Pa., came J E Bessemer England, W. S. King and 
Sandy McPhersOn, otherwise S H. Vandergrift;. 
ARRANGEMENTS WERE GOOD. 
: Jim Malone, manager of the Baltimore Shooting Afsoclation, has 
had enough experience to know just what is wanted in the way of 
arrangements for a large tourn ment. Two sets of traps were in 
position. No. 1 set was composed of five bluerock expert traps; this 
was tbe regular club set ot traps, and all shooting at these traps 
was done under the shed roof that covers tbe platform. No. 2 set of 
traps was located on the far side of the club house; down the hill, in 
fact. This set was made up of three bluerock expert traps, set Ser- 
geant system. As will be seen by a reference to the daily reports and 
daily scores, this set was a Jonah for most of the shooters. The 
background on both sets of traps was by no means good ; there was 
far too little skyline and far too much of woods and barns to make it 
easy to .get on to the targets. On the No. 1 set of traps targets were 
thrown both far and at varying angles, the targets looking smaller 
than usual; on the lower set, the targets were thrown at even greater 
variations as regards elevation, but they went far enough to please 
anybody. It was really hard shooting on No. 2 set, and very seldom 
have such low averages been made when such a warm crowd was 
present to shoot through the tournament. 
THE OFFICIALS. 
In the cashier's oflflce, Mr. D. W. Brawner bore tbe brunt of every- 
thing. On the first day he was assisted by Mr. Stanley Baker, a gen- 
tleman who has had considerable experience in this line; on the 
second day, in place of Mr. Baker, who was unavoidably detained in 
the city, Du Pont Collins was iVIr. Brawner's aide: onthelast two days 
Will K P«.rk gave his time and energies to helping in the cashier'.s 
office, Mr, Collins being absent, owing to sickness in his family. 
George Brown, better known to the Bali imore boys as "Brownie," 
was puller on No 1 set nf traps, Bob ScbarfC taking charge of the 
scoring at this set: on No. a set Noah Walker had charge of the 
scoring, while L Fix did the pulling. It i« only fair to say that every 
official who was acting under Jim Malone's orders at this tournament 
did everything they had to do in a thoroughly satisfactory manner. 
The refereeing was in charge of so many different people, that it 
would take quite a list to mention them all. Mr. John Buck looked 
after the gale, and was courteous and cbligiag to all who had a right 
to enter the shooting grounds. 
Tbe story of the four days' shoot may now be told in sections, day 
by day: 
GENERAI. AVfSRAGES. 
It is tkCit hard fo accotmt for Rolla Beikes's position as head o£ the 
list of general averages. Gilbert holds the championship of the 
world at inanimate targets, it is true; and it is also true that he won 
it on hiis merits with a magnificent total that may not be surpassed 
for many years. But Rolla Heikes. with his new '97 model Winchester 
repeating shotgun is shooting so far ahead of all his competitors in 
the East, that it looks as if even Gilbert would have to saw wood if he 
met Rolla in open sweeps just how, if he wanted to keep on top. An 
average of over 93 per cent, for two days, in such weather, with such 
abeckground and such hard targets to go up against, is little short 
of phenomenal. Heikes's strongest point is his even shooting; he 
seldom, or never, we might say, makes a skip. Here in the East at 
least he is easily king of ihem all. 
Fulford's great finish is characteristic of the man. He is shooting 
his Remington remarkably well. He has a good gun, and it fits him; 
and with it be is likely to do more than bold his own. To tie for first 
average on such a day as Wednesday w^as is no small feat, particu- 
larly when the scores of so many good men were away below him. 
Fulf ord can be proud of his position as second on the list for the two 
days. 
Sim Glover shot into third place of the general averages by virtue 
of many a 15 straight. It almost seems as if Sim had a cinch on such 
things. A glance at his scores will show what he did on No. 1 set of 
traps, where the 15 target, events were decided. He, of course, was 
shooting his Paiker. and but for a couple of bad skips would almost 
certainly have taken second place. 
Hood." a local man, who shoots under his first name, his surname 
beirg Waters, won fourth place by cousistani shooting on both days. 
A loss of 7 targets in event No. 8 on the second day might easily have 
been materially reduced had he taken any ordinary care. Hood 
knows, none better, that he might have broken more had be tried to 
do so, mstead of playing and calling "Pull 1" in a falsetto voice that 
does not belong to him. His position as fourth on the list was re- 
ceived with an expression of good feeling by the other shooters, that 
plainly showed how popular '-Hood'' is with his fellows; 
Dickey got off badly, but finished strongly, and ended only one be- 
hind Hood Fanning and Banks were 7 targets behind Dickey, while 
Parker and Young were just at the 300 mark Charlie Young was not 
shooting bis gait, and the same may be said of a whole lot of others. 
G. W. Clay, a new face in the East, cm break more targets out of 860 
i.Uaii'lie'did at Baltimore; but, being a stranger, he had new conditions 
(19 ()tl(jk Up against, and tne result was very often— lost bjid. 
The list of general averages follow: 
1st Day. 2d Day. Shot at. 
R O Heikes... „,......,,,.„..., ,164 16.3 350 
E D Fulford.,.,,.,.i.. 166 163 350 
S Glover.... 15.9 158 350 
WHood 158 154 .350 
OR. Dickey..,., 1.53 158 3.50 
J S Fanning... 355 149 360 
E Banks , If 3 151 250 
WFI'arker 145 155 850 
J M Hawkins 154 146 350 
C Y'oung 144 155 850 
GWClay ...147 148 350 
W Allison ..,.14S 149 3S0 
H McMurchy. , ....140 133 850 
F Van Dyke... 147 144 250 
BLeroy 147 142 3S0 
J JHalloweD...„. ... ......143 142 S50 
Broke. 
827 
319 
317 
812 
311 
.?04 
304 
300 
300 
290 
295 
294 
293 
291 
289 
284 
Av. 
93.4 
91.1 
90.5 
89.1 
88 8 
86.8 
88.8 
85.7 
85.7 
85.4 
84.2 
84 
83.7 
83.1 
82.5 
81.1 
First Day, Oct. 1 9. 
The first day of the Baltimore tournament gave us a glorious ex- 
ample of early fall weatber. There was enough snap in the air when 
we went out to the grounds to make light overcoats quite necessary 
for one's comfort. Given such fire w eather, it was a wonder that 
more shooters did not show up. Thirty three made up tbe list for 
this day, the big majority of these being members of "the old guard." 
Col. J. T. Anthony, of Charlotte, N. C, and Col. Martin, of Blufft^n, 
S. C, were unfortunate enough to arrive on a train that reached 
Baltimore four hours late. As a result of this dilitoriness on the 
part of the railroad (due to the quarantine conditions in the estreme 
South), these two gentlemen did not arrive on tbe grounds until after 
1 P. M , at which hour the first eight events on tbe programme had 
been disposed of. 
As stated earlier in this report, two sets of traps were used; one, 
the regular set of five bluerock expert traps of tbe club, the other set 
being the three-trap s.vstem devised by G. W. Sergeant, of Joplin, Mo. 
The five trap set was No, 1 ; the tbree-trap set, No. 2 On No. l,the 
15 target events were decided, the 20s being shot over No. 2 set. It 
was hard shooting, and straights were scarce. Targets from No. 1 
set went far and looked very small; from No. 2 set, they were thrown 
at all ijinds of angles and elevations, while the background and the 
slope of the field in which the shooting was done, made it exceedingly 
dilHcult to gauge the flight of the targets. Tbe walk from No 5 posi- 
tion to No. 1 was an uphill climb of a decidedly heavy grade. Thus, at 
No. 1 score the shooter seemed to stand above the traps, while at 
No. 5 he was below t.hem. The ground sloping downhill sharply from 
left to right, left-quartering targets appeared to have far less eleva- 
tion than they really had ; and, of course, right quartering targets, 
which had the grotmd falling away from them, appeared to be rising 
faster than they were. The dark backgrotmd also kept everybody 
figuring, and straights were very scarce indeed, particularly on No. 2 
set On this set. the first 20 straight was made in event No. 6; Heikes 
followed suit in No. 8, Dickey getting them all in No 10. In the five 
events shot on this set of traps there were 138 entries, yet only three 
straights were made ! In the five 1.5 target events shot on No. "i set of 
traps there were also IKS entries, yet only fourteen straight scores 
were recorded. Ot this fourteen, Glover was responsible for four, 
EeiKes and Hood making two each; thus, three men made eight out 
of the fourteen straights! 
Heikes shot up to the front as usual, finishing with 11 lost out of 
175, an average of 93.7; this was really great shooting when all the 
conditions are taken into consideration. Brewer shot ver.y well, and 
landed in second place, just 4 targets behind Heikes. Glover and 
Hood both had a couple of poor scores, but finished third and fourth 
with averages of 90 8 and. 90.3, respectively. Fulford was fifth, only 
two breaks below the 90 mark; Panning, Hawkins, Dickey and Banks 
were bunched closely for the next four places, fc'cores follow: 
SCORES OF OCT. 19. 
Events: 
Events; 
R O Heikes 
J L Brewer 
S Glover 
WHood... 
B D Fulford 
J S Fanning , 
,r M Hawkins 
RO Dickey 
EBanks 
F Van Dyke... , 
B Leroy 
C+ W Clay 
W F.I Parker 
Allison 
O Y'oung 
John J Halloweil... 
H McMurchy , 
C A Hay ward 
Smith. 
W Wagner...... 
t •-•-•-1 
T H Keller....,..;.; 
Hobbs 
Nutting 
H P Colhns...v.V..*-. 
H Ducker.. 
GiBnt^ ^nu't^a _»-»»! 
Bond 
Hill , 
Col Martin... 
Col Anthony....... 
Watts 
Wrightson. , 
Entries 
13345G78910 
IS SO 15 20 15 SO 15 SO 15 tO Shot at. Broke. Av 
15 
16 
15 
13 
13 
15 
13 
13 
13 
14 
14 
14 
14 
13 
9 
13 
13 
10 
13 
13 
12 
14 
12 
14 
12 
19 14 
18 14 
14 15 
19 13 
19 11 
19 14 
18 15 
16 13 
16 14 
16 14 
16 11 
14 13 
17 11 
15 13 
17 14 
12 13 
16 13 
15 13 
15 IS 
9 13 
18 11 
17 10 
9 12 
13 12 
io 14 
10 9 
19 14 
19 13 
5 9 15 
15 15 
17 14 
14 14 
17 14 
19 11 
13 14 
17 13 
17 13 
16 14 
17 14 
15 14 
16 U 
13 13 
15 11 
17 12 
17 13 
16 13 
17 10 
16 11 
12 12 
13 9 
17 12 
12 11 
11 10 
19 13 
18 12 
16 IE 
19 13 
17 14 
19 14 
19 11 
19 13 
5.0 15 
10 11 
18 12 
Iti 14 
n 13 
15 14 
17 Vi 
17 13 
18 13 
16 12 
11 13 
16 10 
15 7 
13 13 
11 U 
8 12 
15 13 
16 12 
12 7 
10 13 
16 .. 
20 15 16 
19 14 18 
19 13 18 
18 15 19 
19 13 17 
16 12 18 
18 14 15 
15 14 20 
18 12 16 
17 13 16 
17 14 15 
17 14 15 
13 11 18 
18 12 16 
18 12 18 
19 11 16 
17 10 14 
13 13 17 
18 15 13 
13 13 19 
18 9 17 
13 10 16 
13 10 13 
15 8 11 
15 11 IS 
.. 12 .. 
19 14 14 
13 16 
12 13 
7 7 
10 
i;5 
164 
93.7 
175 
160 
91.4 
175 
169 
SO. 8 
17'5 
158 
90.3 
175 
156 
89.1 
175 
155 
88.6 
175 
154 
88 
m 
1.53 
87.4 
17S 
153 
87.4 
175 
147 
84 
175 
147 
84 
175 
147 
£4 
175 
145 
82.8 
175 
145 
83.8 
175 
144 
8?, 3 
175 
142 
81.1 
175 
140 
^0 
175 
133 
78.8 
175 
138 
78,8 
175 
135 
77.1 
173 
134 
76.6 
175 
133 
76 
17,5 
117 
66.8 
1:5 
115 
65.7 
125 
98 
78.4 
120 
87 
72.5 
120 
71 
59.2 
90 
70 
77.7 
65 
40 
72.7 
35 
29 
83.8 
35 
25 
71.4 
35 
14 
40 
15 
10 
66.6 
25 27 27 28 38 29 08 2J 30 28 Average 27.6. 
Total number of targets in the programme events was 4,880. 
Two extras were shot after the programme had been finished. The 
results in these events were as below: 
No. 1, 20 targets, unknown angles: Fulford and Banks 20; L^roy, 
Glover, Van Dyke and Hawkins, 19; Hood, Young , Hay ward and 
Hobbs, 18; Dickey, Heikes, Fanning and Smith, 17; Clay and Martin, 
16; Halloweil and Anthony, 15; Collins, 12. 
No. 2, 25 targets, expert rules: Fanning, S3; Hood, Dickey, Heikes 
and Banks. 22; Van Dvke, 21; Martin, 20; Leroy, Fulto-d, Glover and 
Anthony, IB; Hayward and Hawkins, lb; Halloweil and Young, 17; 
Franklin, 13 
When the expert rule race was finished it was almost too dark to 
see a target. Fanning had to break his last 5 targets to win; and he 
did it. 
Second Day, Oct. 20. 
Rain started in to make itself felt about 10 P. M. on Oct. 19, and fell 
practically all day to-day. The wind, too, blew at times with tbe 
force of a fifteen-miles an hour breeze. It was coming from the 
eastward and blew right in the faces of the shooters, driving the rain 
in under the shed roof that covered the platform at No 1 set of traps. 
This made it hard for anybody to shoot with precision, but was par- 
ticularly severe on those who had to wear glasses. Heikes and 
Fulford were tbe bright stars of this day's shooting, tying for first 
and second averages with 163 breaks out of 175 shot at. Glover and 
Dickey tied for third and fourth places on 158 breaks out of the same 
number shot at. These four were tbe only ones to score over 90 per 
cent. Parker, Young and Hood shot well up, while McMurchy im- 
1 roved considerably upon his work of the previous day. 
The unpromising weather conditions had much to do with the poor 
attendance, although the crackerjack nature of the majority of 
those on the grounds helped to kef p the entry lists down to a low 
mark. Only twenty-s'x shooters took part in the ten programme 
events. 
Owing to the rain at the start only No. 1 set of iraps was used; No. 
2 set was not worked until No. 4 event was called. During the day 
no less than eighteen straights were recorded in the 15-target evfntK, 
Dickey making three of them, while Heikes, Glover and Fulford 
each had two In the first 20-iarget event, which was shot on No. 1 
set of traps. Heikes and Fulford each went straight. On the No. 2 
set of traps, in the four 20-target events shot on this set, Fulford and 
McMurchy were the only men to make a straight 20, McMurchy just 
coming m with his straight in the last event. Fulford made a long 
run to day, scoring nearly 80 straight in events 4-8. Scores follow: 
Events: 1 
Targets: 15 
R 0 Heikes 13 
E D Fulford 13 
8 Glover 13 
O B Dickey 15 
WP Parker 14 
C Young 12 
Hood 15 
H McMurchy 11 
E Banks 14 
J S Fanning 11 
"W Allison.,,,,,.,,,,, ?9 
SCORES OF OCT. SO. 
» 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 
%0 IB : 
20 18 
20 13 
17 15 
17 15 
18 10 
19 13 
19 15 
17 14 
19 9 
19 13 
18 14 
SO lo 
19 IS 
19 15 
17 14 
18 14 
18 12 
19 13 
18 12 
19 15 
13 13 
16 14 
20 15 SO 15 SO Shot at. 
19 15 
20 15 
18 15 
18 15 
16 15 
19 IS 
17 12 
18 14 
18 15 
14 13 
J8 11 
17 15 19 
18 13 18 
18 14 17 
15 12 19 
19 14 19 
17 13 17 
13 14 19 
14 11 
13 14 18 
18 13 li 
15 15 17 
175 
173 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
173 
173 
IIB 
Broke. 
les 
103 
158 
153 
155 
155 
134 
153 
151 
119 
149 
175 
1 JO 
175 
146 
83,4 
IT ^ 
J / O 
175 
nl»l 
175 
143 
81 ,1 
1 1 if 
lO , o 
175 
138 
7,'''.8 
173 
128 
73.1 
160 
124 
77.5 
160 
112 
70 
120 
103 
f-5 
70 
60 
85.7 
55 
;39 
79 
3") 
28 
83 
£0 
11 
55 
G W Clay 13 19 14 17 13 15 13 14 14 16 
J M Hawkins 14 16 13 18 13 14 12 12 15 19 
F Van Dyke 13 16 13 15 13 15 12 14 14 19 
J J Halloweil 10 15 12 19 9 17 13 18 11 18 
B Leroy 12 13 12 14 16 17 13 17 12 17 
Capt Money..,....., 14 15 14 16 11 17 11 16 9 15 
Col Martin 11 17 13 17 10 17 13 16 12 13 
Col Anthony 14 13 12 14 9 18 14 14 14 11 
C A Hayward...... .. 15 13 14 13 16 10 11 12 20 
G B Hutchings,..., 14 18 16 11 15 10 10 10 13 
JL Brewer.......... iB 16 13 18 13 17 13 
TH Keller 13 17 12 18 
J L Pemz 11 12 16 
Dick 14 14 
Franklin .. .. 11 
Entries. .i. 20 £2 22 23 22 23 23 23 24 24 Average 22.5. 
Total number of targets thrown in the programme events was 
3,945. 
Two extras, both at 20 targets, reversed pull, were shot after the 
programme had been finished The v;ino,rain and extremely hard 
angles, added to a fast growing dsrkness, made the breaking of tsr- 
getg extremely difficult. In No 1 Hawkins was high with 17; in No. 
2, Col. Martin lost his first bird from No. 1 trap and then ran 19 
straight, Score.s; 
No. 1: HHwkins 17, Heikes, Hood. Glover and Hutchings 16, Young. 
Fanning, Dickey and Halloweil 1.% McMurchy, Banks, Bond and An- 
thony 14, Fulfurd, Allison and Keller 13, Hay ward and Leroy 12, Mar- 
tin 11, Money 9. 
No. 2: Martin 19, Heikes and Hawkins 17, Glover and Fanning 16, 
Banks and Fulford 15, Allison and Hood 14, Young and Dickey 13, 
Halloweil and Hutchings f?, Anthony and Hayward 11, Money 10. 
Third Day, Oct. 21. 
This was a cold, dull day, without a ray of sunshine to make things 
look ch'ierful. It didn't rain, however, so we had something to be 
thankful for. The lack of a strong breeze to aid the birds was an un- 
fortunate thing— for tbe birds at least. Some remarkably fine shoot- 
ing was done by many of those present, hut Captain Money was the 
head of all, with a run of 76 straight; his first miss for the day was 
made on the last bird he shot ab Rolla Heikes killed all bis tiirds. 43 
^n number, while Bessemer, Armstrong, Hood. Glover, Dickey, Mc- 
Murchy, Fanning, Van Dyke, Brewer, Fulford, etc., all did excellent 
shooting, . 
The programme consisted of three events, a 7-bird and two 10-bird, 
races. All events were "high guns to win." No. 1 , the 7-bird event, 
87 entrance, had twenty-four entries. This event was shot on No. 1 
set of traps, while a miss-and-out was being decided on No. 2 set. 
Of the twenty-four entries, fifteen killed straight and divided the 
purse, each man drawing out $7.80 for his S7. Birds were included 
in the entrance mone.y, and everybody stood at 30yda. 
No, 2 was 10 birds, 810, birds included, 30yds. rise. This event also 
had twenty-four entrie.«, ten men going straight: eight out of the ten 
had run straight in No 1. The ten straights drew $16.80 each for the 
$10 they had paid into the purse. 
No 3 was anoth r 10-bird race of the same kind, but it' was also a 
handicap aifair. Twenty-seven put In their §10 and thirteen out of 
the twenty-seven went straight. Of the above thirteen straights five 
men (Glover, Dickey, Money, Heikes and Hood) had helped to divide 
the purses in events Nos. 1 and 2 Straights in this event paid a frac- 
tion over $1-1.50 for an outlay of $10. 
Although shooting did not commence until a comparatively late 
hour, it was kept up as long as anything like a bird could be seen 
leaving the traps. A total of over 1"COO birds were trapped during the 
day. It might not be out of place to note that the birds seemed to 
flymuch better from No. 2 set of traps, the ones "down the hill," 
than from No. 1 set, which were placed on the plateau m front of the 
club house. In events 2 and 3 on the programme, the 10-bird events, 
the shooters shot in squads of six, each man shooting 5 birds on each 
set of traps. This permitted the running oil of these events much 
more rapidly than if only one set of traps had been used; it also kept 
the shooters together, saved much "squad hustling,'' and was far 
less tedious to either watch or take part in, than tbe usual way of 
"1 bird and retire'' until all had shot a bird. There is one objection, 
however, to this system, and that is "the luck of the draw;" one 
squad may get a crate of screamers, the next squad get a lot of 
duffers. In Nos 2 and 3 the first 5 birds were shot on No. 1 set, the 
last 5 on No. 3. Scores follow : 
No. 2. 
1121012111 
1120211202 
2S3212S212-10 
2a32223-<:22— 10 
12J121I113-10 
a21 1112112— 10 
2102202s.'l2 
112i012i22 
1121211111-10 
1110ia!;0S2 
2()212P2U3 
1121111010 
No. 1. 
McMurchy 2211121-7 
Hallowfll 2112121— 7 
Brewer 1282222-7 
Van Dyke S:222221-7 
.Fanning 1222122-7 
Glover 2212,>12-7 
Young %%iim 
Fulford 2222122-7 
Dickey ....1211121-7 
Hawkins 1122102 
Martin 2212122-7 
Anthon.v ...OlCOlll 
Emtrson 1120 
Parke 0220221 
Money 1 22222-7 
McPherson 2i2l-.^l2-7 
King 2220022 
Bessemer 22222J2-7 
Heikes miiti- 7 
Havward 124l<20 
Hutchings. 0000222 
Armstrong 1121112-7 
Hood 2121221—7 
Wolsteneroft SO 
Edwards, 
Sirnms 
Ducker .... 
J Hutchings 
Jamieson . . . . 
Miss-and-outs. No. 1. 
Armstrong 111122111212-12 
Money.... 111121111119-1'.J 
Hawkins 220 
Ducker 111110 
Martin 111111122221-12 
Anthony 120 
Wolsteneroft ......,,.111121220 
Parke ....12220 
Emerson, ii.. ,,10 
Jamieson.... 
'''Jamieson 
Hutchings , 
Hayward ............. 
Edwards . . 
Bonday..i.ii.i. ..<■ •■. 
Fanning..,,i.iii 
King 
Bessemer 
McMurchy.... 
Heikes .........i.. 
Dickey 
Brewer ,, 
Simms 
Young ............ 
Fulford 
.loboson.., ;. 
(iriover, . IK ^ '. .. . .. .4 . . . . 
Hood 
Parke* 
2112S21022 
1111121212- 
K022i!22;22 
3i2i22222J- 
221-1222021 
•.;2i2-J2-^252- 
221 12011 
l£02200-e22 
1321221011 
12;2J11122- 
-10 
10 
10 
-10 
No. .3. 
(30).. 121 1112101 
(29) ., 2222112123— 10 
(3-.')..22-<;2212010 
(i:0)..aa3203-i^22 
(30) ..1202121g3-i 
(30).. 22.2112222— 10 
(30),. 2111211202 
{••!0),. 22-211^2221 -10 
(30).. 11 2121121 2 -10 
(29) ..1121-i20--2a 
(2B)..1£21111213-10 
(!f8), ,0110-.'01211 
(\8).. 1021220123 
(30) .. 2121122122- 10 
(30)., 1211212111-10 
(28).. 22^2222^23-10 
(39)..lS2i2202-33 
(3J)..22iS222-<ja2-10 
(3j),.Si2222-^2222— 10 
(!9).,112J210lll 
(-26).. 12-^2110102 
(30).. 1211111222-10 
(39).. 2122212222-10 
202S212123 
222222222J— 10 
No. 2. 
1312.'11 
0 
22-J222-J 
222325:0 
110 
23iJ0 
32-32212 
-10 
-15 
15 
Av. 
93.1 
93.1 
90.3 
90.8 
88.5 
88.5 
88 
87.4 
86.3 
85.1 
85,1 
(■8),.5:23e222222- 
(-iSj., £131101210 
(3&),,22-32203-312 
(28).. 023^221131 
No. 3 
1I111222<221132- 
311111111111112- 
821222iJ110 
11382112221110 
20 
12138211111120 
1110 
10 
230 
222212322318333—15 
221253223232222—15 
1111111210 
g2-32?22-32<!a3-32a-15 
12111110 
1122:112282310 
223223250 
121111212122J22-15 
22'229 
20 
...i.i.<^ 1........... ,311212222312320 
. . liO 
231210 
* Reentry. 
Another S5 miss and out resulted as follows: Martin and Jamieson 
7, Fulford 6, and Money 5. (Note.— Money's loss in this miss and-out, 
which was the last event of ihe day, was his first miss; his run was 
76 straight.) 
Fourth Day, Oct. 22. 
The morning of Ihe fourth day of the shoot was dull and raw. 
Scarcely any breeze was on hand to aid the birds, but still there were 
sotre good hard ones trapped in the 25- bird race. Later in the day, 
that is toward 1 o'clock 1'. M , the sun esme our, and the birds seemed 
to appreciate the change for the better in the weather. There were 
only twenty four entries in the big event: ' his made the purse one of 
$800, $700 of which was to go to tbe four high guns; the Association 
added $200 to the guaranteed purse it must be remembered. All sur- 
plus was to be added, but no provision was m.Tde in the programme 
as to how any surplus of over twenty and under thirty entries should 
be divided, Ic was finally agreed that the $100 derived from tbe four 
entries over twenty {the number necessary to fill the guarantee) 
should be divided 50, 30 and 20 to the 5th, 6th and 7th high guns. 
Five men killed 35 straight, and according to tbe above agreement, 
these five men divided $750; this left $50 to be divided among the four 
24s. The five straights were: J. L Brewer (8'2), R O Beikea f.30), C. 
A. Macalester (29), Hood (28) and W. S. King (!i9). The guns and loads 
of tbe above were as follows: Brewer— Francotte gun, 4iJr8. Schultze, 
I340Z. No 7 shot, U. M C. Trap shell. Heikes— Winchester repealing 
shotgun, '97 model. 44grs. E. C, W. E. A. Leader shell, factory -loaded 
ftrntnuQitlon. Maca!§sS!er— UtiiirvhiU «Uft, 51grs, §ebwlt»e, IJ^oa. of 
