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ST AMD STREAM, 
[hsQ. 18, 1897. 
The Chicago Week. 
HEIKES-GEIMM FOR THE STOVE-LID. 
Ghicago, II]., Dec. 6. — Festirities in tlie big trap-shooting week at 
Chicago began to-day, vrlth a choice sample of Chicago weather to 
make things interesting. The air was moist, the Thermometer at 
freezing, and a sleety rain mixed with snow fell on the newspaper 
men and the unjust alike. A goodly assemblage was on hand, about 
as large as one ever sees at a Chicago event, though not so large as 
"we shall see later in the week, when the Kansas City cohorts are on 
hand. Messrs. Jos. Whitfield, J. A. E. Elliott and Br. H. J. Whittier 
were the only ones on at date from Kansas City ; but by Friday next, 
according to all data available now, thirty or forty husky men from 
the Kaw will be here and the plot will thicken. Local shooters were 
well represented. Among the representatives from Eastern shoot- 
ingdom were Messrs. Bartlett, Hallowell, Quimby, Keller, McMurchy, 
Willard, Fanning, etc. Charlie Budd was in from Towa, Mr. and Mrs. 
Shattuek from Minneapolis. Illinois sent in men from several adja- 
cent towns. Everybody had a shotgun and a determined look. 
Sweeps began at a moderate time of day in the morning, and mem- 
bers of the Chicago team kept up practice. Von Lengerke defeated 
Motion, 24-20, in a 25-bird race, McFarland shot one baddish score. 
Dr. Shaw was remarked as coming along in good form. Dr. Froth- 
•ngham showed strong, 3S out of .35. 
At 1 P. M. the main evpnt of the day began, the contest between 
RoUa Heikes and Charlie Grimm for the stove-lid emblem recently 
secreted by the latter. As was remarked at that time, it snowed on 
the day when Grimm beat Carver. It snew again to-day, but it was 
'different. The day was a good flying day, the sleet not falling very 
hick. The sky was overcast, and a good fairish wind blew in toward 
the score, in the direction of a. right-qaartering incomer. It is very 
rarely that one sees so large a number of incoming birds in any race. 
They started high and strong, the low and hard driver being rare, as 
B starting the bird would meet the wind full and be unable to get 
ninder way at once. Such birds as got up high and twisted around 
into the wind as high as incomers, or twisting-in quarterers, of course 
made difficult shooting. The side angles wera not more numerous 
than in most matches, but the question of up-and-down angles, or 
elevation, was something of constant change. There was diversity 
of opinion about the difficulty of the shooting, some shooters stating 
that birds inoide the trap line should be killed easily, as they were 
then well within the power of the gun, and It was only a matter of 
holding to kill them all in the air. Others thought that the shooting 
shown was of very high order, as so large a number of hard incomers 
fould never have been expected or prepared for by any shooter. 
Both men lost birds killed high up in the air and carried over by the 
wind. The average of high kills was very large, and of course this 
made the shooting more spectacular than usual, both men drawing 
applause. 
Heikes was warmly clad in a heavy sweater. He used, of course, 
cue of his historic Winchester pumps, Winchester Leaders, E. C. 
Grimm was apparently dressed very lightly, though he said he was 
not cold. He wore a thin summer shooting blouse over ordinary light 
wear. His equipment was his usual L. C. Smith gun, U. M. 0. shells 
and Du Pont. Grimm said he was not shooting right, was not on the 
birds. Gilbert cautioned him that he was getting under them. 
Heikes said he missed his birds usually by not following them up fast 
and far enough as they swung up on the wind. The race itself was 
not close enough to be very interesting. Heikes led at the 25, 50, 75 
and 100 holes. At the hesinning of his second 26 string he lost 3 
birds in succession, and Grimm tied him, but fell out of the tieat his 
next bird, and thence on did not get a look at the front si-'e of the big 
blonde pump engineer, who had bis eye on the bu-ds. and who ran his 
last 85 out straight, scored 48 out his last 50, and killed, dead out, one 
of the two birds lost in his last half. Grimm also improved in his last 
half, getting 45 out of his last 50, to 42 out of his first half. Bach man 
made some very brilliant kills. 
Thus another shift of the men has come into the merry game of 
champions whose Intncacies are past finding out. It certainly seems 
we shall be a long time flading the man who can beat all of them all 
the time. Mr Heikes surprised many of his friends by the kind of 
innocent way in which he took to the live bird game to-day, and he 
may make some of the boys tremble before he goes back to his tar- 
get grinding. In his hands the Casfc-Iron badge will perhaps net be 
allowed to rest for a year or so before it is taken out, given a coat of 
stove polish, or brought before the gaze of the curious public. Mr. 
Heikes and Mr. Heikes's good score to-day are worthy of a more 
considerabie trophy; but little or great as may be the winning, no 
one ever begrudges Rolla Heikes what he wins. DifCei-ent men may 
have different notions about the representative value of the stove-lid 
emblem,:but the value of Mr. Heikes's score (91) at Burnside, on a 
hard winter day, is something which speaks for itself. The race was 
shot rapidly, begmaing at I P M , and being ftuished in the time of 
one hour and thirty-two minutes. Score: 
Trap score type—Copyright, /S9r, by Forest arid Stream Publishing Co. 
- * 4432153121252423. 3 2454131S 
R O Heikes. ...22a222022a»332 2 222222222 2-23 
355121314413 4 241223414145 
J. t/' 4. iy?* i i 4- i ^^^■^/'H ^4. ^ 
•002222222022222222222 2 0 2- 
20 
41442183452524352 2 2452513 
203222a2222222»2a2222222 2—23 
545 5 558435B54832435525544 
\;^/«-^ Ni;^ 4- i i;' \i i;" H o.^.^' n4. \4. \T 
22222323222222 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2—25—91 
13 5 38625322431234112 5 32 54 
ChasMGrimm.2 2222»0220222220»22222 2 2 2—30 
1345154155142352312543532 
4.K;'^^4.^^4.^i+-^^^H ^i^j.WN^'H ii 
1230222012222113123210211- 
•22 
4S 61 3 34 5 14442143 334535234 
• 2211«S11323310112221322 1—23 
8 4 5 8 3 5 15 2 4 18 2 3 4 5 6 3 2 4 2 114 5 
4- H H N 4- 4- \ \ i i t N t 4- ^ \ 4- N N 
223222223220222332023222 2—23—87 
A sweep was shot in form of a race between a Chicago team and 
one selected from visitors. 
Sweep, 10 birds. 85; KlbbeyO, Eoll 10, Reeves 7, Bingham 8, Wright 
7; Chicago total, 38. Visitors— Fulford 9, Fanning 9, Bartlett 8, 
Heikes 9, Gilbert 10; total, 45. 
Conditions: 10 birds, $5 entrance, 3 men; 
Eoll 3222222202— 9 1221322222—10 2222231121—10 
Dr Prothmgham , 2331323218-10 0310313322—8 
DrKibhey 1021130310- 7 0121002210- 6 113i333102— 9 
AW Reeves 2011113022- 8 1102001122- 7 
J A Lane lO^lOillll- 8 0010120313—6 
D Hannons 1011132112— 9 
J AREUiott.,....; 103232323i— 9 3122313333—10 
R W Wright 3202203230 - 7 3020222302— 7 
J Fanning ....1311220220— 8 3222222022- 9 2223112122—10 
L Harrison..., 1113133102— 9 
O ESeals........... 1832013112— 9 
Ed Bingham 0220222221— 8 3252332232— 10 
Gilbert 3232282223- 10 2220222223— 9 
Fulford 3123211011— 9 0213381023- 8 
Capt Bartl ett 301 2202222— 8 
Heifees 3022222323 - 9 2J23233203— 9 
Herman.,,.,,.......... 0213311002- 7 
Steck 8333122210 -9 
Same day— 35 live birds, $25 a side: 
O Von Lengerke 2232320233232322323223332— "4 
Morti on 1281081201 1001 28218211022—30 
Miss-and-out, $1 entrance: 
Bingham 2333232282 Grimm , 8283222822 
Fanning , 2212132213 Heikes 3322333233 
Gilbert 22323320 Fulford 3231111111 
Bartlett 2322330 
Closed on acccont of Grimm and Heikes's match starting. 
Practice : 
Shot at. Killed. 
Mortion 25 20 
Steck ...........30 18 
Goodrich 20 18 
McFarland 30 31 
Hollester ......35 17 
Dwyer 86 22 
L Harrison,,, ,,15 13 
Shot at. Killed. 
DrKibhey ....15 12 
Frothingham 10 9 
Grimm ...,15 13 
Gilbert 10 10 
Wright 80 17 
Reeves 20 19 
Tuesday, Dec. 7. 
The weather showed a marked improvement, the sun shining dur- 
ing the afternoon through a thin veil of clouds, but the air was raw 
and chilling. No wind of consequence blew during the main event 
of the day, There was a large crowd on hand, perhaps the largest 
ever seen here at this season of the year at a live- bird match, possi- 
Ijly 800 persons being present. Several more accessions to the gath. 
eringof the shooting clans came from points well outside Chicago . 
Irby Bennett, of the Winchester R A. Co. general offices, New 
Haven, spent the day, but left the same night, making a stay too 
short to suit his friends here. E S Waddell, the hustling agent of 
the Du Pont and Hazard powders at Cincinnati, also tlitted away 
after one day's soinurn. 8. A. Tucker, of the Pafkef guh, was on 
hand to day for the first time. Chan Powers carhe up from Denatur. 
In short, the affair began to look like a national tournament, and it 
seems fair to suppose that the -^^^eek at Chicago will indeed assume 
an importance not short of national in hve bird matters. Such a 
trying out of men and material, and before so critical an audience 
of those interes'ed in men and material, has perhaps not be pu seen 
in any one week in any part of the country. 
KLLIOTT-GILBERT FOB THB "STAR" CUP. 
Naturally the chief interest was suspended until 8 P. M., when 
Jim Elliott and Fred Gilbert stepped to the score for their match 
for the Kansas City Star cup, won by Gilbert from Elliott, of 
Kansas City, and now challenged for by the latter. The result, or 
rather the character and extent of the result, was something of a 
surprise, as the result in a pigeon race usually is, Gilbert surprised 
the oldest old-timers, not by winning, but by the nature of his win, 
and gained the highest opinions as to hi=i ability as a match shooter. 
He surely belongs in the first flight. He was thought to be a trifle 
nervous before the race, but if so such nervousness would be well 
enough to let alone. In condition, Gilbert seemed thin and hollow- 
cheeked, but this is the look of any man trained hard. Eeally he was 
in the pink of fitness. Elliott was not in such good shape, and is 
evidently falUng out of the fine form he held last summer. The 
fatality which bus always pursued him in Chicago still clung to him. 
He never wins here and never does himself justice. His score of 87 
is far below where he belongs. Pari; of this is due to his own notion - 
alism. He insisted on using No. 6 shot in his left barrel, and thereby 
he got the credit of a uoor gun and load. He at times made long 
kills, but too often his charge seemed meager in result, and often his 
birds fell dead out of bounds A glance at his own scoi'es should 
show him that there is a leak which be can stop. It is not hard luck, 
but bad judgment, which gave Jim so many starred ciphers. 
Gilbert, on the other hand, was cutting' his birds fairly to pieces, 
and his gun and load seemed perfect. It was not a hard day. and the 
birds were none of them very far out into the field, the flight not 
ruhng straightaway. It was a small-xhot day, and if .Jim Elliott did 
not know it. his handler, Capt. Bartlett, did. The latier sneaked in 
some 7}^s in Jim's loads in the seeond half of the race. The last 
string ot 35 in Elliott's score was the best one. He was clearly out of 
shape, however, and was not getting in ahead of his birds far enough, 
as was plainly seen in more than one instance. 
We hear a great deal about luck of the birds in pigeon races, but 
■usually the matter is evened up before the race is over. In the race 
to-day, however, there was seenthestrongestseriesof lucky instances 
iHED GILBERT S POSITION 
ever noted in a race on these grounds. Elliott lost three or four of his 
birds just on th other side of the wire, whereas in three instances 
Gilbert gathered birds which caused his own eyes to stand out in sur- 
prise, and made the crowd l^reak out into shouts and murmurs. In 
each of these three lucky gathers, or perhaps in four of them, Gil- 
bert's bird circled round inside the wire, flying more than twice the 
distance which would have carried it out in a straight line. In one 
case the bird was flying high and strong, headed for the dead line of 
the score, and it had given time enough for the reporters to say, 
"Well, that bird won't be a dead-out of- boundsl" Indeed it was not, 
for all at once it doubled up and fell stone dead well inside the line- 
one of the most singular things one is apt to see in pigeon shooting. 
It was by no means luck, however, which decided this race. It was 
GUbert's perfect mastery of himself and his weapon. He was like an 
automaton. It did not seem possible that he could miss, any more 
than that a machine can fail of its proper function. His time was 
perfect, and on the birds which started out fast and strong he quick- 
ened up as though by lig hi ning, and stopped them before they got 
hard. Elliott's time also was fairly good, and in his last 15 or 20 
birds he quickened up into something of his old style. Twice, how- 
ever, he dwelt unaccountably in getting in his first on driving birds, 
and it seemed apparent that he was working imder strain of some 
sort, and not shooting as though it was easy to him. 
The birds started in to be duffers for the first half dozen or so, but 
then freshened up and offered a fairish average from then on, though 
rather a mixed lot Gilbert had 5 birds flagged for him and Elliott 1 . 
On the whole the birds could not be called a hard lot. because the 
wind was not strong enough to make them hard. As Gilbert went on, 
cutting them down one after the other until he had passed the 50 
turn, it began to be mtu-mured about that he would never in his fife 
have a better chance to run 100 straight, and all present would have 
been glad to see hitn do so. He did with deceptive ease kill 64 
straight, losing dead out of bounds his 65th bird and also his 75ch. 
His 88th bird was hit, but could not be called dead out of bounds. It 
is very rarely that one sees such an exhibition of second barrel work 
as Gilbert gave to day. Once in a while he would fail to land with his 
first, but would save himself with the second in such a way as to 
bring out loud applause. 
Gilbert wore his faded yellow sweater, and seemed warm and com- 
fortable. Elhott wore a dark Norfolk jacket, with the collar turned 
up about the neck. Elhott was plainly suffering from the coid. His 
nose and chin were pink with the chill of the damp air. He shot 
bare-handed, and the fingers which grasped the trombone of his 
pump were plainly seen to be red with the cold, Jim Elliott cajinot 
fihoot a race on a cold day, and the handler who understands him 
will, on such a day, give him hot coffee at least once or twice. Wit- 
ness bis race with Gay. 
Elliott used in his Winchester pump Leader shells, SJ^drs. E. C, 
wiih 714 ^-^d G's. Gilbert used his L. C. Smith gun, Leader shells, No. 
7 shot and 3}4drs., settled, of Du Pont powder. These loads are not so 
excessive as sometimes seen, but seemed effective. Eolla Heikes, 
who won his victory yesterday, is the best exponent of moderate 
charges before the shooting pubUc. He has never gone in for the 
heavy loads, and he will be shooting when some of the heavy-load 
men have pounded their nerves to a finish. 
John Watson ref ereed the race for the Star cup, as well as that 
yesterday for the Cast Iron badge 
Efliott's 7th bird was a fast one, also his 10th and 11th. His 12th 
was hit full, but got out. His 19th was fairly cut to pieces. His 22d 
left a cloud of feathers, but was cut too far back. His 23d was a 
screamer. His 25th was flagged. His 26th was an ugly one, and his 
27th fell on the wire. His 53d was apparently killed with the first 
barrel, but got up, and was flying away when it was di'opped far out 
with the second. At the 50 tm-n the birds were easier, but the race 
was then practically over. 
Gilbert's -3d bird was flagged. His 16th was high and hard. His 
17th was slobbered badly with the right. His 35th was one of his 
lucky ones— the one that fell dead after so long a flight. His 39th 
was another case of luck, falling just inside the wire. His 61st was 
a fast blue, which went out beyond the traps at great speed, but was 
struck with both barrels high up in the air. It then twisted and 
tul-ned, coming in, and seemed surely lost, but fell, and was gathered 
inside thewu-e near the dead fine. Beside his 3d bird, Gilbert had 
flaga-ed his 18th, 4lst, 89tb and 96th birds, the latter being a "no 
bird." The race was shot very promptly, the time being just one 
hour and thirty-three minutes, one minute longer than the Heikes- 
Grimm race the day before. Score: 
Trap score type-Copyright, )S97, by Forest and Stream Piiblithina Co. 
548412232351 143235433421 3 
■nn- '^/i*-T l.-S<-\t\\H Ntt^*^-^tT\\T-> - 
Elliott 3 2823223222«822333»2 3 032 2—32 
5 134442. S 643 2 3534584 8 33 3 23 
• 322301382233««2 3 221333 a 3—31 
434148345 5 5 3 41344351 15115 
1 1 'iT»<-\ / 't, M t \ \ ^ t ^ >^r^(^ \ '^ 
3802282310 3 a 2332033 3 233« 2- 
■21 
Gilbert. 
63 5 83358 55 44313144 .1 48 8 53 3 
f-\w;'H 4->«-4-<-\e'\t4--^S^r*T<-r+l-i^'V+^ 
2 2 1 3 3 1 8 2 8 2 3 8 3 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 • 3 2 3 0 -23 87 
3 3 52412535141534413 3 428 3 1 
->i<-H \TN\i'^^4-T<-"\.^'''i.4.MTr+\<— »<- 
.3 28338333333382333333232 2—25 
31121353244 3 4513535111313 
1 1 1 1 \ 1 +^^t 4. ^1 T t ^<-\ ^ \ 
2323333328 3 233333 8 3231333- 
1253411454543481413435535 
\ \^ 1^' T 4. i \+- 1 i t r ^ \ T f \ 1^ t 
83823323838338«33 3 3233323 
45885514 3 14328 8 1434225843 
\<-H T -^r^T 'tt<-NT H«-t i^-^N H \H 
2«2282222023032333323232 3- 
S6 
34 
■28 -9. 
Sweeps, 10 live birds, 85: 
Fanning 3122232333-10 Rofl 3002221221— g 
Fulford 1100201318— 7 McMurchy 2123120131— 8 
Bingham 3?2 '023222— 9 M J Eich 2300112012 - 7 
Gilbert 2302332303— 8 J Laae 1001211112— 8 
Dr Kibbey 1212101120— 8 W P Mussey 1002230321— 7 
Powers 1301310210 - 7 
Same day: 
W P Mussey 1112322013123 !330013122012023383233212212111300333— 43 
M J Eich 2"010n03I1111 101031111111121111112111213110110110-43 
Miss-and-out, $5 entrance. Closed on account of Gilbert and Elliott 
match for Kansas City Star cup: Fanning 14, Elliott 14, McMurchy 14, 
Herman 14, Grimm 14, Bartlett 14, Dr, Kibbey 2, Gilbert 14, Joe MiUi- 
gan 5, Roll 14. 
Miss-and-out, $5 entrance: McMurchy 7, Powers 10, Grimm 9, Her- 
man 3, Roll 10, Fanning f^, Milligan 3, Heikes 9, Fulford 10, Bartlett 7. 
Miss■and■ou^ $5 entrance: Powers 2. McMurchy 8, Elliott 8, Her- 
man 9, Grimm 8, Fanning 9, Bartlett 2, Bingham 1, Gilbert 9, Roll 2, 
Fulford 3, 
Wednesday, Dec. S. 
The weather was clear and almost sjjringlibe, a great relief from 
the chill of the preceding days. Agoodly crowd gathered aithettaps, 
twosetsof which wPrethrownopenJEorsweens. Topentry wastwehiy 
nine, and no one made any very great bank roll at this game. Fan- 
ning continued his excellent work, and Fulford, Powers, Millegan and 
Marshall tied him in the l5-bird sweep, tT. M, C. Hallowell fell back 
3 birds in this sweep, and found Fred Gilbert in the same hole with 
him, though Fred also went straight in the 10-bird event. Blrs. Shat- 
tuek, of Minneapolis, and Mrs Dr. Carson, of Chicago, shot a string 
of 10 each in one sweep, Mrs. Shattuek, ahead by 1 bird, scoring 9, 
Another sweep was the singular one between the four Waddiugion 
brothers, all old-time Iowa shooters. William Waddington won \s iih 
10 straight. The birds during the day ran uneven, some being very 
good. 
Among other new arrivals were Dr. J. L. Williamson and Geo, Tj. 
Deiter, of Milwaukee: Royal Robinson and E. H. Tripp, of Indian- 
apolis; A Kolatzlk. of Mendota, HI,; Tom Marshall, of Kei hslnirg; 
A. D Johnston, of Water,«meet, Wis.; J. M Curtice, of Kansas City. 
The latter gentleman announced that over a dozen more of ihe 
Kansas City delegation would be in the following day. The a ember- 
ship of the Chicago team was left stfll undetermined at the close tif 
the day, close watch being kept on the practice of the different men. 
Following are the scores of the day: 
Ten live birds, four moneys. $5 entrance: 
Powers 3313113110— 9 Kibbey 12,'311S02t— 9 
Gilbert 2221223223—10 Bingham 2321222212-10 
Fanning 1111122012 - 9 Heinman 1231221113-10 
Roll 2011223102- a L Harrison 1132023122— 9 
Fulford ....2121810118- 9 J Lane 1121121110— 9 
Budd 8111112110- 9 McFarland 2010821220— 7 
Jell 2128288823-10 Kolanzik 3228200220— 7 
Deiter 2332223338-10 Latfbaw 3102810233— 8 
Searles,..,.... ......1118110138— 9 Robinson 2023018233— 8 
Bartlett,, . ... ..... ... .3821102202— 8 Jennings , 8121212131—10 
Hallowell 1311182231—10 
Fifteen birds, four moneys, $10 entrance: 
Bmgham 320222220102118—13 Fanning 312323313122323—15 
Budd 2102203001 12211—11 Bartlett ....... .201333233231052-13 
Fulford 1222n!;i8111338— 15 Kibbey 213212320221013-13 
Searles 310132110312318-13 Kolanzik 202321223282102—13 
Harrison 211201020101201—10 Hallowell 111112003222220— 12 
Latshaw 020122222222222-13 Jennings 211112120101120 li 
Grimm 323202223822223—14 Robinson 112322022312111—14 
Heinman .112211031112031—13 Johnson 222210080111138—13 
Jell 311212132822288— 15 McFarland 203200122232233—13 
Deiter, 82?8380033S0013-11 T Marshall 22322222ii222833— 15 
Powers 811122331222228—15 Fairbush 0,22111012000018— 9 
Joe Millegan,. 222222i2S323822— 15 Lane ..300111221118111-13 
Gilbert. 232220222023230-12 J Ruble ,,.201233111211213-14 
Eoll 313113220223381 -14 R Kuss. ...... , ,223333282322330 -14 
BarlO.. 310132022822221-13 
Shot at. K-lled. 
Felton 20 15 
Shaw 25 23 
Houston. ...i 30 38 
Hollester 35 83 
Dwyer 85 33 
Waverly 15 12 
Tucker.........,..,, 15 15 
Barnard 20 18 
G Waddington 1811001028- 7 
W Waddington 3111111212—10 
Mrs Careen 0110118311 -8 
Shot at. Killed. 
Hallowell 20 19 
Kabo 10 8 
Powers 10 8 
Kibbey 10 10 
Huston.,,.,,. , 10 K 
Von Lengerke 10 7 
Rustrey 10 9 
Gillespie 10 9 
J Waddington 1111131101- 9 
Gib Waddmgton V011011112— 8 
Mrs Shattock 1013113334-9 
Thursday, Dec. 9. 
The morning started in like that of an April day, but in a couple of 
boiu-s the sky clouded up and the air became saturated with damp- 
ness. During the afternoon a faint mist fell. The light was not of 
the best By noon the wind had freshened a little, coming in from 
right to left toward the score. The unusual preponderance of incom- 
ers continued. 
During the day the following newcomers were noted at the grounds 
among the dense crowd that packed the club house and stands: Dr. 
D. W. King, of Weu- City, Kan.; Jack Parker, of Detroit; Dick Merrill, 
of Milwaukee; John Meunier, of Milwaukee; Bryan Haywood, of Den- 
ver. Col, The following meinbers of the Kansas City delegation re- 
Sorted at the grounds: Messrs, G. M. Walden (captain), J B. Porter, 
. Lee Porter, Dave Elliott, Ed. Hickman and wife, George Stockwell, 
J. M Curtice, J. K. Guinolte, F. J. Smith, Geo. N. Pettv, Alex. Hilton, 
W. A. Laidlaw, Nelse Jarrett, Geo. N. Valhn=, F. M, Furguson, W. 
Fettler, Walter Bales. 
GRIMM CHALLENOBS BACK FOR CAST-IROK BADGE. 
During the day Charlie Grimm challenged Rolla Heikes back for 
the Cast-iron badge, date not yet set. Htikes remarked later that 
if Grimm would allow him expense money he might come to Chicago 
to shoot this match. There is no doubt Mr. Heikes will give satisfac- 
tion to any challenger at any time, but it would add interest to the 
Cast-Iron badge to see it put into a wider and moi-e active circula- 
tion than it has known in the past. 
GILBERT ANn ELLIOTT TIE F.JR DU PONT. 
The absorbing event of the day was, of course, the race between 
Gilbert and Elliott for the Du Pont trophy, tjilbert was picked for a 
sure winner, but did not land so at the end of the 100, the score being 
a tie on 93, The match was the closest and most exciting one seen 
for many a day on any ground, and is not apt to be soon forgotteu. 
It was decided, or rather left undecided, for the day simply by a 
matter of luck. ElUott at his 94th bird had the race in hand with a 
lead of 1 bird, and was shooting in perfect form. This bird was a 
hopper and was overshot with a quick snap as it rose. It sat at the 
trap, facing the score, and EUiotc shot at it with the second and 
missed it I The bird rose and sailed away appai-ently unhurt. This 
brought the men into a tie, but the lucky incident came a trifle later; 
Gilbert's 9Bth bird was a fast and high one that went out beyond the 
traps and circled in. He hit it hght with the first and none too full 
with the second, and as the bird was so high it seemed surely lost. 
Fred's luck remained, however, and (he bird suddenly let go and fell 
