Bbc 35, 1897.] 
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JEANNETTE GUN CLUB. 
Dec. n.-rVhe Jeannette Gun Club held, its regular monthly live-bird 
shoot to-day on its grounds at Guttenburs race track:. The tie in 
Class A between C. Meyer. H. Pape and C. F. OfEermann was shot olT, 
miss-and-out, resulting in a win for Meyer in the second round. 
Packard was the winner of the gold medal. Scores: 
Class A. 
C P Offermann (38). ..2111111021-9 H Pane (28) 1111»32S2l-9 
H Ott»-n (30) 110112?«22— 8 H F Karsten (28) 181201«iOO-5 
Cbas Meyer (30) 1121101111—9 O Stellens (30). ..... . .1100102120-6 
N C Brunie (23) 1121«31011- 8 Job Lott (30) •■i22S20113— 8 
Class B 
F FoBhrenbach (25) . .gl00102«12— 6 J H Biselow (2.f>) 1220000010-4 
RL Packard (26) 3lS:0012212-8 F H Ehlen (?5) 00102)2112—7 
W Bohlfs (25) 01000001«l-3 U Bohliog (35) 111232:0[)»-7 
Team race. 5 birds, 2gyds. rise: 
Oapt. Brunie 4, Packard 4, Offermann 3, Ehlen 8, Bohlfs 2. Bigelow 4 
—20. 
Capt. Meyer 4, Otten 5, Pape 4, Foehrenbach 4, Bohling 4, StefiEens 
5-26 
Capt Packard 220?»— 3 
Olten 11111—5 
Lott ...23200-3 
Pape 11200-3 
Karsten 2»911— 3 
Offermann •2000—1 
Rohlfs 20222-4-22 
Same conditions: 
Capt Meyer 2101 •— 3 
Rteffens 11311-5 
Brunie 1»113— 4 
Bohling 200»0— 1 
Ehlen 021 .^-S 
Foehrenbach 12012-4 
Bigelow 21000-2—22 
Shoot-off of tie, 1 bird each; 
Meyer 1, Steffens 1, Brunie 2, Bohling 2, Ehlen 3, Foehrenbach 0, 
Bigelow 0—5. 
Packard 1, Otten 2, Lott 3, Pape 1, Karsten 0, Offermann 0, Rohlfs 
0—4. W. V. WXTSSOW. 
K. C. CUP AT HAOKBNSACK. 
Dec. IB.— The regular monthly contest for the E. C cup took place 
this afternooD on the grounds of the Bergen County Gun Club, of 
Hackensack. The day was very cold, a strong wind from the north- 
west making it far from pleasant work shooting targets. The targets 
too were most erratic. The wind had much to do with this, but part 
was caused b.y the condition of one or two of the traps which need 
overhauling. A harder lot of targets to shoot at it has seldom been 
our lot to see. The result is best shown by the .«>cores, in which zeros 
figure conspicuously. H. Blauvelt and E A. W. Everitt tied for the 
cup on highest possibles, while A. B. Gladwin shot up to the top 
notch with 49. Blauvelt shot at 63, Everitt at 61 and Gladwin at .58. 
Among those who took part in the shooting were: EL Taylor, E. 
A. W. Everitt and F. W. Getchell, of the Laflin & Rand W-A Powder 
Company; Jno. L. Lequin, Secretary of the Hazard Powder 
Company, and B, H. Norton and Mr. Barry, of the same comnany; 
Harold Money, of the American E C. Powder Company ; Ferd. Van 
Dyke, of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, etc. 
The scores in the main event were as follows, the tie oetween Blau- 
velt and Everitt not being shot off on account of darkness: 
E Everitt (11). iioiinnioiimiiiioiiioiiiiiiiiiiiiiiioniooiiiii— 42 
11111110101 — 9—51 
Blauvelt (13).. 01011010110111111101111110111111001011111101101101-37 
lllllUinill -13-50 
A Gladwin (8). 11111111101111110111110101111111001111011110111111-42 S*" 
10111111 — 7—49 
.01101111010110111101010111111101110111111101101111-38 
11110111 —7-45 
..iiiioiioioi]oinii:oiiiiiiooiiiooiioiiiiiiiioioooi-36 
0111101111O01 —9-^45 
Getchell (io)..iiiiioioioniiiiiioiiimiooiiiooioiioioicomiui-3r 
1111111100 . — s—4n 
Van Dyke (0). 1111111111111010911111111111111010111111101111 1110 —^3 
E Banks (0)... 11011111111111111111101011111101111011111101110111 —43 
Raymond (12) 1001110011inil0111111001101111101100lll010!001011- 34 
011110100111 — S-43 
♦DrDeWolf (6)11100101111111011111110111111010011111111111011111 —41 
*F Hall (4)....10111111110nil1011100ininiln]liioilOi1011111tU -40 
*K Taylor (6). 11111110110001111100101011111101011011010001111111 -.S5 
*B Norton (lojOOOniOOIOlllOOOlllOOOllOIOlllliniOllOOlllllOllll -32 
♦S Toplitz (13)10C0011C000001010001011011110010000111010111111101 —25 
*J Lequin (15)01100001001000101001111011010001100301000000001001 —18 
♦ Did not shoot up their allowances. 
It will be noticed that H. Blauvelt had to break every one of his 
allowance of 13 to make a highest possible. Gladwin also had to 
break all his allowance, and only failed by 1 target. 
Edward Banks. 
ON ItONG ISLA.ND. 
aRIE GON CLDB 
Dec. 8.— Nine members of the Erie Gun Club, of Brooklyn, put in 
an appearance this afternoon at Dexter Park Ttie occasion was the 
regular raonthlv shoot of the club at live Mrds, 7 pigeons per man. 
Charles Plate, of Class AA, was the only one to score all bii birds. 
Scores were as below: 
H Money (8). 
Warner (13) 
M J Elsasser 0020010 -2 
Henry Miller 1032331-0 
Geo Fucbs •200002-3 
Class AA, 28yds. 
Chas Plate n'3?213— 7 
John Plate 1022233-6 
Class A, 28vds.: 
Harry Blackley 1212»12— 6 
Class B, 27ya8.: 
Fred Graef 0232011-5 
Wm Rober's 2201122—5 
Class 0, 26yds.: 
J H Plate 1022000-3 
Sweepstake, 3 birds: C. Plate 3, Miller 3. Blackley 3, J. Plate 3, 
Roberts 2. J. H. Plate 2, Puohs 2, Elsasser 1. Graef 0. 
Shoot off for first money, miss-and-out: C. Plate 1, Miller 1, Black- 
ley 0, J. Plate 0. C. Plate and Miller divided. 
"Shoot off for second money, miss aad-out: J. H. Plate 1, Fucbs 1, 
Roberts 0. Plate and Fuchs divided. 
UNKNOWN GUN* CLUB. 
Deo. S.— The Unknown Gun Club, of Brooklyn, is a thriving organi- 
zation and bids fair to beat out, in the matter of popularity, several of 
the older associations. To-day was the regular monthly "shoot of the 
club at Dexter Park, and nineteen members took part in the regular 
club shoot at 7 live birds per man. Of all this number, so good were 
the birds, only three-Timke, Schwartz and Brown-were able to 
score all their birds. Below are the scores: 
D Timke (21) 1212122-7 H IVlalsteadt (25) 2010312-5 
Tl.. Cr.fr.TTTA>,f.> /QQA 1111101 !? ■ • ' ■ - - 
J Akburst (25) 0101211—5 
E A Vroome (27) 1200121-5 
SKichmann (-^6) 0219002—1 
J Van Stad«n (25), 0011101—4 
J B Voorhies(29) 0101110-4 
J Vogts(a5) 0211100-4 
JKuebel (21) 0103101-4 
H Selig (25) 0GO2011-3 
No. 3. 
2i22»-4 
12210-4 
11200-3 
22323—5 
Dr Schwartz (28) 1111131 
M Brown (28) 1222112-7 
J King (Sb) 1012112-6 
Wm Mills (30) 1211110-6 
John Bohling (26) 1011112-6 
Wm Sands (26) 2222203—6 
Dr Moore (25) 1102111-6 
P J Sweeney (26). 1222001—5 
H Knebel (26) 0111120-5 
Sweepstake, 3 birds, all 28yd8.: Dr. Moore 3, Dr. Schwartz 3, J. B. 
Voorhles 3, M. Brown 3, P. Sweeney 2, H. Malsteadt 3, W, B. Miller 
8, Sellg 0. 
NEW TTTBECHT GUN CLOB. 
/>ec. II.— Two members of Class A and two members of Class B 
were all that entered in the regular semi-monthly club shoot this 
afternoon at Woodlawn, L. I. Cornelius Furgueson and J. A Ben- 
nett lied for the Class A badge, while P. A. Thompson beat. outConny 
Furgueson for the Class B badge. On the shoot-off for the Class A 
badge. Furgueson won with 5 out of 6 to Bennett's 4 out of 6. In the 
sweeps Furgueson took the honors. Scores: 
Club Shoot. Sweep No. 1. Tie. No. 2. 
C Furgueson (A). .2232230022— 8 22202—4 2 03223 -4 
J A Bennett (A).. •202222322— 8 12021—4 0 
F AThompson(B)2222I22331— 10 , 13131—5 1112^-4 
Furgueson, Jr (8)3222210023- 8 20323—4 32230 -4 
Sweep No. 1 was the shoot-off of the tie for Class A badge, Furgue- 
son and Bennett tieing on 4 each Shooting off ngain, miss-aud-out, 
the former won in the first round. G. E. Pool, Sec'y- 
Dec. W.— The regular semi-monthly target shoot of the New 
Utrecht Gun Club was held to day on the Dyker Meadow grounds. 
Iq the club shoot F. A. Thompson won in class A, Dr. Shepard win- 
ning in class B. Scores: 
F A Thompson (A) 0011110111110111111111111—21 
M Van Brunt (A) ..,,..,...1111101110111100111111011—20 
P Adams (A) ....1110101101111011111101110-19 
D C Bennett (A) ....llllllOOUOllllllOlOlllOO— 18 
W H Thompson (A) 1101111111001100101111011—18 
D Deacon (A) 1010100010101111111101110—16 
Dr Sh.epard (B) .^,.,..1111111110010011111111000—18 
P A Hegeman (B)... 1111101101001111110100011-17 
a C FJeet (B) 1100110101 10 LIOi 1 1 lOOCOOl —14 
JGaughen (A) lllOllllllOOllOODOw 
Prize gun shoot, 25 targets, handicap allowances: 
F A Thompson 101111111110011111111111111 
D C Bennett .lllOllOnoiilllllliliouOlll 
W H Thompson. ....... . .101111111110010101111111111 
I> Deacon ,.„..,.r;,.,,;..^... 11111111111111111101001011 
GE Nostrand,... .,..,,„..,, OOlllllllOlllllOOlOlOOlllUlll —22 
P Adams 011101010110111111111101101 -30 
M Van Brunt. 100110111100101111101111111 —30 
J Gaughen. .,„,..„.. . ,, „,.lH10ni()illll0O01U01ll01O — 1S> 
-24 
-2.3 
-22 
-32 
Dr Shepard,.., v.. ....1110110010110101101001101111100-19 
C CFlpet ,....,,...........,,,.,0100111010011011001110111 —15 
Dr O'Brien lOOlOlllOlllOlOllOllOOOOllOw —14 
PA Hegeman ....IIOOIOIIOIOOIOIOOIOICOOII —13 
As F. A. Thompson donated the gun. be withdrew in favor of the 
next highest man, Mr J). C. Bennett. .In this event Dr. O'Brien and 
M. Van Brunt shoi off' their tie for the gun and Van Brunt won, 
Sweeps were shot a-s follows: 
No. 1—25 targets-Van Brunt 23, Bennett 21, Gaughen 20, F. A. 
Thompson 20, W H Thompson 17. and George 17. 
No, 3—10 targets— Dr. O'Brien S, Gaughen 7, Adams 7, F, A, Thomp- 
son 6, and Fleet 5. 
This is the laet shoot of 1897 series; 24 regular shoots have been 
held. W. H. Thompson wins in class A, Dr. O'Brien in class B, and 
Dr. Parr in class C. 
F. A. Thompson's prize (Winchester repeating shot gun) will he 
carried over to next year The record to date stands: Dr. Bennett 3 
wins, and P. Adams, D. Deacon, Dr. O'Brien, M. Van Brunt and W. 
H. Thompson 1 win each. G. E. Pool, Sec'y. 
NBw TOEK German sus club, 
Dec. 15.— The New York German Gun Club held its final shoot for 
the season of 1897 this afternoon on the Dexter Park grounds. Dr. G. 
V. Hudson was high score with 9 out of 10 and 1 dead out of bounds 
He wins the club championship for this year very easily. Scores of 
to day'.-? shoot were: 
Club shoot. 10 birds, all 28yda.. 7 pnints: 
Dr G V Hudson 1.21313233-9 E Doeinck 2102110110-7 
Six point': 
Hy Leopold SlOllOllP^— S F Sauter 3110110020 -6 
PGarms, Jr 1010102102-6 
Five points: 
MFiondin 1202010201-6 
Four and one-half points: 
W G Meisen holder. . .2011021012-7 P Moersch 0020010101—4 
Hy Meyer.;, j^i^,.,., .0101101110-6 
BROOKLTN Q^N CLTJb's BIG DAY. 
Dec. 16 — Some weeks ago John Wright, the popular manager-cap- 
tain of the Brooklyn Gun Club, set aside Dec. 16 as a day on which 
his club should do itself proud, and entertain a large number of 
guests. He was a trifle nervous about the weather a few days prior 
to the appointed date, but fortune favored him, and, although cold, 
the day was fine and favorable for target-shooting. The result of his 
energy and popularity was evidenced by the large number of shooters 
on hand, thirty-seven taking part in the sweeps schedu'ed for the 
day. 
Among the visitors were some birds of passage— viz., G. B Hutch- 
ings, of Galveston, Tex., and 0. W. Scott, of Lynchburg, Va. The 
latter gentleman was captured on Broadway the afternoon before, 
and came out for a few hours to visit and shoot a few targets. With 
a strange gun and shell, and with a rawness in the air hardly suitable 
for shooting in shirtsleeves, Mr. Scott was heavily handicapped, but 
he pulled himself out of the hole most ably. A looker-on was also F. 
.1. iilston, of Atlanta, Ga , a rattling good shot, but unfortunately 
just flow prevented from using his right arm by reason of a pisfol 
wound received accidentally. The names of most of the others who 
were present are well known to the shooting fraternity around New 
York, while more than a squad have shot in other portions of the 
States than New York and New Jersey. It was, in fact, a good 
gathering and a good shoot 
The chief events were Nos. 5 and 7. The first-named was a handi- 
cap race at 30 tnrgets oer man, handicap allowance of extra targets 
to shoot at. The prizes offered by the club were: First, 1 dozen solid 
silver teaspoons; second, igS; third, $2 The above three prizes were 
to go to the three high guns. The second event was al5-targethand 
icap, allowance of extra targets to shoot; prize, a sMver mounted 
toilet set. Both this prize and the other were well worth winning. 
For tlie prizes in No. 5 there were 26 entries. The handicaps were 
apportioned off so as to bring the shooters as nearly together as pos- 
sible, with the idea of enabling each one to make a highest possible 
if shooting up to form Even the scratch man received an allow- 
ance. As a result of the work, 9 out of the 25 entries scored high- 
est possibles, while several more only just missed the goal. With 
nineties and only three prizes, and with a dull sky promising an 
early nightfall, a consultation was had among the "tie men, the fol- 
lowing plan of division being arrived at: Each man took a spoon as 
a souvenir of his being in the tie. This left three spoons and $5 to 
he distributed. A set of dice was called into action. The "bones" 
favored Combs, who carried off the three extra spoons; Sanders won 
the $3, and Swan the $2. It will be noticed from the scores, which 
follow, that several of those who made highest possibles did not need 
all their allowances. A notable case is that of J. B Hopkins, who 
struck a gait that kept him pegging away until he had scored 29 out 
of his first 30, with an allow.ince of 9 more up his sleeve. Taken as a 
whole the scores in this event were very good considering the light, 
which was growing poorer every minute. 
No. 7 was brought up from its position u.s No 10 at the tail of the 
programme, it being quickly seen that with the number of entries, 
twenty- four, it would be well on into the dark before it could be de- 
cided, even if commenced as soon as No. 6 had been fiaished. After 
each man had shot at his 15 targets, with his allowance of extras, it 
was found that there were ten ties on 15 -the highest possible. The 
tie was shot off under the original conditions, four dropping out in 
this round, leaving six still in. Two more dropped out in the second 
round, leaving only four to compete. la the gloom that hung over 
the field, and that concealed almost every target after it had left the 
trap, Sanders pulled himself together and scored 13 out of 15. which 
with his allowance of 3 (which he broke), gave him a highest 
possible, a total that no one then in could equal if he broke them 
all. 
Below will be found the detailed score in event No. 5, and also, in 
tabulated form, the scores made in all the events shot during the 
day, with the exception of three unimportant "warming-up" lO-target 
sweeps, shot prior to the commencement of the programme. Over 
3,000 targets- were thrown during the day, a large number when the 
shorr days at this season of the year, with a late s.art, are taken into 
consideration. 
An incident of the afternoon was the flag raising. A new flag, made 
by Mrs. Remsen.tbe mother of the club's president, J. S. S. Remsen, 
and presented by her to the club, was flung to what little wind there 
was amid a noisy salute from six pump guns, loaded to the full with 
black powder shells The flag is a very handsome one, with the let- 
ters B G C on it The let'ers and the narrow border are in royal 
purple, the ground of the flag being white. 
No. 5 Handicap— 30 targets, handicap allowances, unknown angles 
Van Dyke(3) lllOlllininillUllinillOlllU —30 
Greiff (1) llllimillOllllllllOllllinilll -ao 
Banks (1) lllllllinillllllllllUlililll _ao 
Remsen (3) 011111111111000110111111111111 _25 
Brewer (2) llllininiiliinilOiniOlllill —27 
Keller (4) 111101100111001111 ill 1111 11011 —24 
McAlpin (2) 011111111101101010111111111111 _S5 
Johnson (7)..... OOOlf'OllCOllllllOlOHOOOIlllOl — 17 
Blauvelt (II).......,., 10101100111010110001111111111100001011100—23 
Martin (11)...... onOOOinOlllOOl IllOU lOlltOOU — J8 
HoDkins(9) 10111111111111111111111111111101 -30 
Hutchinga(5) lOlllllOllllIllOnilOllllinOllOniO —27 
Hildreth (11) .....111100110100l0 011lOll01i01111010IO'!01001-24 
Gladwin f8) .011011110111111111111011111111011101 _;:iO 
Combs (13) 11101111110111011110100110111001101101111 -30 
Swan (8) ..iiiiiooioniinioiiiiiiiiiniiiiioi —30 
Nelson (11) ,i. .. .11010101111111011 101 111 1111 IflOlOOOllOCOl— 28 
Skidmore (9)..,.., lOOlOiniOilOnoiOlllOlOOllllll _19 
Dutcher (11).. . 11010010111111100010301100111 — 18 
Little (8) lllOOimillllllllOllllOlllOOlllllOll —30 
Beveridge (4).,......, llllOlllllOIOOlonillllllOlllO -a3 
Sanders (13) 4,,. IIIOIIOIIIOIIIIOIOIIIKOUIIOIIIIOIOOIIII— 30 
James (10) OllOlOlOllOOCOOOll 100001 110000 — J2 
Van Allen (11) .01101110011010110111111101110110001111111— 29 
Van Siclen (9) lllOlOOllllOJOlOllllOlOOaiUlO — 18 
Events: 
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FVan Dyke 10 
G E Greifl 9 
E Banks 10 
J SS Remsen., 9 
J L Brewer. , 7 
A B Combs 6 
B James 3 
H Blauvelt 4 
Skidmore,...,, 10 
Savbrook 4 
Johnson 5 
J H Swan 7 
TH Keller 7 
C C Beveridge 8 
C W Sco't 
G S McAlpin 
J Hildreth 
H D Warner 
J B ETopkins 
E J Clarke 
G B Huicbings 
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R Woods 12 9 
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O. K. GUN CLUB, OF KANSAS CITY. 
CHicAao.mi , Dec. 10.— The O. K, Gun Club, of Kansas City Cwhich 
sent so I -jrge and useful a quota of members to represent Kansas 
City at Chicago in the big intercity shoot), has issued the neatest and 
most complete season's summary card put out by any club for a 
long time, the whole record of the year being giveii in a nutshell, as 
seen below: 
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C C. Herman, ,,,, 15 
F N. CockrUl 
O. S. Gottlieb 13 
W. "W, Herman 
H, B. Green 13 
F. A Lamb 
J. R Miles .,- 
Dr. H. .L Whittier. 14 
James Sweet. 
W. K Everinfham. 13 
C L McDonald 
J. W. McCurdy,,,. 11 
a Gar'-ey 10 
J. W. Bramhall ... 8 
G. M. Walden 
H. S. Purgerson 
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W J Dillon 7 
W. D. Phillips.... . 9 
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IliLI.NOIS STATE sportsmen's ASSOCIATION. 
Treas. 
"Peohia, 111. Dec. 6,— The Peoria Guu Club met to-night, with 
H. H. Fahnestock, president of the Illinois State Sportsmen's Asso- 
ciation, and discussed matters of interest to the game hunters and 
fishermen. It was decided to call a midwinter convention of the 
Illinois State Sportsmen's Association in this city Feb. 9, at which 
time papTS will be read and views obtained on the best modes and 
methods for the protection of the game and fish of the Stat© The 
revision of the game laws will also be considered. The meeting fixed 
the time for holding the annual convntion and tournament of the 
Statei Association June 7 to 11, inclu'iive. This convention will be 
held in Peoria. Committees were appointed to arrange the pro- 
gramme and other details."' 
wadkegan sparrow shoot. 
Waukegan Guu Club, of Illinois, holds a sparrow shoot Dec 14. 
OUT TO IDAHO. 
At Idaho Falls, Idaho, the gun club held a little thanksgiving shoot, 
eight men teams. Score; 
Mitchell noinilll— 9 
TVToore .....1001111011 -7 
L Wright 1101111111-« 
Winn ... 1110111011—8 
McCallum 0100101001—4 
Jones 0111111011—7 
Hitt OU1101010-6 
Taylor .....0111111111-8 
E^ans 01onnil0O0-3 
Payne OOnooOllOO-2 
Shane lOOlomm— fi 
Randall 1111011111-8 
Greenwell, 1111111011—8 
Rapp lUOnoiOOlO-8 
E Wright 0111111111-8-57 G G Wright 1100101111-6-43 
THE CHICAGO CHALLENGES. 
Chicago, 111 . Dec 18.— Ud to date only one response has been made 
to the challenge of Mr. W. P. Mussey to shoot a race with any mem- 
ber of thR team who proposed a chall°nge to the regular team of the 
Chicago-Kansas City match. Mr. R. Kuss has accepted the proposal 
of the challenge issued for individual matches, and it is expected that 
the $100 will soon be posted and the articles of war signed. The race 
will not be shot before the end of the year. The terms of Mr. Mus- 
sey's proposal were as follows, addressed to a local daily paper: 
"I note a challenge issued in behalf of ten shooters who were not 
members of the team recentiv ooposed to Kansas City to shoot 
. against the regular team. While I have as yet had no ODportunity 
to see my confreres in relation to the acceptance of such challenge I 
have no doubt same wfll be promptly accepted. Though having my- 
self accomplished the feat of making the lowest score on the Chicago 
team, I feel at liberty to issue this counter challenge. I will shoot a 
match with any one or with each of the five gentlemen who issued 
the challenge, conditions to he 100 specially selected birds each man, 
for glCO and the cost of the birds a .side, lUinnis State rules to govern,' 
and the contest or contests to be decided at Watson's Park wifhin ten 
days froon date. I inclose check for $25 as a pledge of gor)d faith, and 
would require acceptance by Thursday of this week. Unless these 
gentlemen can defeat the poorest shot on the regular team perhaps 
they will not feel inclined to shoot the full team. 
"W. P. MussEY." 
Although the regular team formally accepted the Droposition of 
the other gentlemen to shoot, as published in last week's Forest and 
Stream, it does not anpo^ar likely at this date that any such race will 
be concluded, the Kuss-Mussey race being the only development thus 
far. 
ST. LOUIS— KANSAS CITY, 
The intercity match at Chicago seems to have stirred up a little 
interest in other Western cities, and as a consequence it is not un- 
likely that a team race between the victorious city and her neighbor, 
St. Loui^, may result at an early date. St. Lo"is"^i3 out already with 
a challenge to the winners, and is even talking about challenging 
Chicago. The latter would appear to be safer. The St. Louis prop- 
osition is that the shoot be in St. Louis, losers to pay expenses; and 
although the latter clause of the conditions does not seem to the Kan- 
sas City men altogether appropriate in a friendly race of this nature 
it may be accepted if insisted upon. (The Chicago-Kansas City race 
was shot with no wager up except the price of the birds.) Should 
Kansas City shoot her rival Missourians, she will probably use the 
same team that carried off the honors at Chicago. The following 
are the gentlemen who are starting the ball at St. Loui.s, and who 
would probablv shoot on the team if the affair is concluded' Dr 
Smith, Ed Pendergast, Bert Taylor, AVill Nold, Peter M. Kling, J. H* 
Conrades, Dute Cabanne. 
KANSAS CITY NEXT MAY. 
Chris, Gottlieb, of the K. C. warriors, said while here that Kansas 
City would give next May the biggest shoot of 1898, and he asks that 
all tournament lovers keen their eyes open for big money and big 
attractions at that date. It surely seems that the Gate Citv of the 
West is plum full of shooters and spilling over with shooting" energy 
and enthusiasm. 
LIMITED GUN CLUB TOURNAMENT. 
The shooting talent left Chicago late last week or early this for the 
seat of war at Indianapolis. The Limited Gun Club appears to have 
had a very pleasant and successful tournament, with a red hot com- 
pany to divide the glory. Fanning kept up his strong streak as 
shown at Chicago in the open sweeps, and ^on the main honors at 
Indianapolis, carrying off the Grand Central Handicap with its com- 
fortable little purse. The other cracks split up the winnings among 
them pretty evenly- Local attendance was not heavi^, but the shoot 
was high class for this season, and Royal Robinson's town is sure of 
the whole gang again next winter, and they will then very likelv 
want a whole week of it. Among those present from outside the city- 
were: Fred Gilbert, Iowa; R. O Heikes, Ohio; B. A. Bartlett, C W 
Budd. Thomas Marshall. H. McMurchy, C E. Wiliard; C D. Rut- 
ledge, Alton, III.; E D. Fulford;C. N. Powers, Decatur, 111.; J S 
Fanning, Arthur Dubray; E, D Rike, Davton, O.; H. C. Ime.s Cin' 
cinnati; E. C. Hanford, New York; Ed Voris, Crawfordsville, lud 
The first day's shoot was devoted to sparrows. This was new" to 
most of the shooters, but, considering the weather, excellent scores 
were made The four regular events called for 20 birds each. In the 
first event Gilbert, Heikes and McMurchy tied on 19 for first money. 
In the second event Heikes, Bartlett, Fanning and Powers were first 
with 19, Iq the third shoot McMurchy and Rike made clean scores 
The fourth event was another split— Heikes, Qilhert and McMurchy 
tied on 19 Heikes made the highest average of the day, with a total 
of 76 out of a possible 80. Gilbert and McMurchy tied for second place 
with 75, and Rike and Fulford for thii-d plape with 74. 
