178 FOREST AND STREAM. 
tFEB. 26, i8g8. 
May 17-20. , — .—Tournament of the New Jersey State 
Sportsmen's Association. T. H. Keller, Sec'y. 
May 18-19. — Crawfordsville, Ind.— Tournament of the Crawfords- 
ville Gun Club. C. E. Lacy, Sec'y. 
May 18-20. — Waterloo, la.— Annual tournament of the Waterloo 
Gun Club. 
May 24-27. — Omaha, Neb.— Twenty-second annual tournament of 
the Nebraska State Sportsmen's Association. F. S. Parmelee, 
Sec'y. 
May 30. — Canajoharie, N. Y, — Decoration Day shoot of the Cana- 
johane Gun Club. Targets. Charles Weeks, Sec'y. 
June 8-9. — Findlay, O. — Annual tournament of the Magautrap 
Gun Club. O. B. Marvin, Sec'y. 
June 8-10. — Parkersburg, W. Va. — Second annual tournament of 
the West Virginia State Sportsmen's Association. Address all 
com mtini cations to Ed O. Bower, Sec'y, Sistersville, W. Va. 
June 14-15.— Indianapolis, Ind.— Annual tournament of the In- 
diana Trap-Shooters' League of Indiana, on the grounds of the 
Limited Gun Club. 
June 14-15. — Stillwater, Minn.— Tournament of the Stillwater Gun 
Club. 
June 15-17. — Cleveland, O. — ^Fifth annual tournament of the 
Cleveland Target Co. Bluerocks thrown free of charge. Profes- 
sionals and manufacturers' agents barred from programme events. 
June 20-24. — Rochester, N. Y.— Annual tournament of the New 
York State Association^ under the auspices of the Rochester Rod 
and Gun Club. Live birds and targets. 
Junp 21-23.— Sioux City, la. — Fourth annual amateur tournament 
of the C300 Gun Club. Three sets of traps. W. F. Duncan, Treas. 
July 19-21. — Palmyra, Mo. — Eighth annual tournament of the 
Missouri Amateur Shooting Association, under the management 
of the Palmyra Gun Club. Targets and live birds. Added money 
announced later. W. N. iiates, Sec'y. 
Wide-Open Shoots. 
In Forest and Stream of last week Mr. G. M. Walden, pres- 
ident M. S. F. and G. P. A., enters with much spirit into a 
discussion of wide-open tournaments, and strongly advocates 
them. It is a very interesting subject, Concerning the Missouri 
State shoot, he announces that it is open to the world, except- 
ing as a matter of course svich events as arc limited by local or 
special conditions, svich as State shoots, individual champion- 
ships, etc. 
Everyone will concede the right of every organization to ar- 
range its competition as it deems best. If the general and special 
conditions which pertain to it are such that it can give a better 
and more satisfactory competition if no shooter is barred, such 
conditions are quite the proper ones to recognize and adopt. 
It is the proper policy for any association to consider the legiti- 
mate support which contributes to its best success. But, granting 
this, we may ask if the special policy which is so beneficial to 
one is to be recognized as a rule for all? Hardly so. In fact, no 
individual club can make a cast-iron policy for even its own 
guidance year after year. Such changes are made year by year 
as experience shows to be necessary. It therefore may be as- 
sumed that the policy of any one club, based on its own indi- 
vidual interest, is not necessarily the best policy far all other 
clubs, nor permanently for itself. At the same lime there mttst 
be some general principle of competition which will give the 
greatest satisfaction to the greatest number, and which will also 
be the most equitable. 
In respect to paid shooters at tournaments, Mr. Walden touches 
more generally. He favors them as factors in tournaments, and 
cites as analogous certain other kinds of professionalism which, 
unfortunately for his argument, can hardly be considered as an- 
alogous. To better demonstrate the absence of analogy, his 
main points are quoted: 
(1) "If I were in the sporting goods business I certainly would 
bar all professional shooters, lor the following reasons: Every- 
thing in the line of guns, ammunition, shooting costumes, etc., 
is furnished by the manufacturers, hence he is a poor customer of 
the retail sporting goods merchant. If I were only an ordinary 
shot I would keep Mr. Good Shot away from all tournaments, 
in order that I may be able to earn a second-class gun or some 
article of merchandise hardly worth the freight or express charges 
home. • 
(2) "The amateur base ball team has for its audience the rabble, 
whose enthusiasm reaches out to the limit of the precmct of the 
ward in which the lot is situated, and on which they play ball. 
'I'he same can be said of foot ball and other classes ot athletic 
sports. 
(3) "Except in isolated cases it's the 'way-upper' that we spend 
our money to see, that draws the crowds. Amateur theatricals 
live only for a night, and then only in the midst of its friends.' 
(1) The trade reason from the retailer's standpoint that the. 
paid shooter pays nothing to him, nor to any one else for his 
guns, ammunition, shooting costume, etc., and therefore that he 
would be pleased to see the paid shooter barred, is quite m con- 
sonance with retail interests. The amateur views the matter m 
a liberal manner, yet also one reasonably consonant with his 
own interests. He buys his guns, ammunition, etc., of the dealer 
or manufacturer. It is he who supports the trade, as is quite 
proper having received a valuable equivalent m return. How- 
ever tiie guns and ammunition, so paid for by the amateur, again 
afford a means of revenue to the paid professional, since in theur 
use in competition they are engaged directly in line with the 
latter's bu'^iness. The man who betimes shoots tor pleasure 
can never equal in skill and success the man who shoots for 
business. The amateur, generally speaking, is such a performer 
a= he mav happen to be, an uncertain one at best, and one diifi- 
ctilt to classify, owing to the irregularity of his performance. On 
the other hand, the paid professional must be a class man, one 
UP to an extremely high standard of certain skill to secure, 
first his position, and second, to }\oU it afterward. He withm 
reasonable limits is a known, certain quantity in competition. 
His nerves are seasoned to steadiness before a crowd; his mind, 
eves and hands are schooled to quickness and precision, and 
the problems of any flight of bird which can be offered him 
have been solved many times before. For him the merchandise 
shoot has little interest. He much prefers the cash events and 
that there are such events proves conclusively that Mr. Ordinary 
Shot makes entries in them; that is to say, up to a limited num- 
ber of times. He learns in time, be the same long or short, that 
the ordinary sloop cannot hope to beat the Defender that a com- 
mon \oad horse cannot beat a trained racer; yet he may con- 
cede that, while it is plucky to try to beat them, it is bad judgment 
as well as expensive to attempt to do so. 
(2") We fail to discover any analogy in the citation of com- 
oetition between base ball teams. Let us make one. The 
amateur base ball teams are many times the schools from which 
the experts graduate. They afford pleasure to their respective 
erouDS The professional teams engage m professional spectacu- 
lar events, depending for revenue on the gate receipts. The 
soectators, non-professional, pay a fixed amount at the gate; se- 
curing a defined and fixed amount of pleasure m return, in 
which the professional has no part. Let us consider the audience 
as being amateurs. They are not in competition either directly 
or indirectly with the professionals. If they were mvited to con- 
tribute $1 at every inning, to compete with the professional or 
retire and were they then given a short competitive run for their 
money then there would be a true analogy. There can be no 
analogy in point between a group of men on the one side en- 
gaged in competiiton and another group on the other side not 
engaged in any competition. 
(3) As to theatricals, they also fail in being analogous in any 
respect to the matter under consideration. They are simply spec- 
tacular and amusing, on a professionally business basis. Ihe 
natron pays a fixed sum at the door for an evening's amusement, 
which is considered a full consideration for the amount paid. 
A.t no time is he in competition. If he were required to put up 
$1 at the end of every half hour, in a contest in enunciation or ex- 
pression or lofty tumbling with the performers, etc., he might 
plead that he was only an amateur and that he wanted to go 
home and there stay. 
In regard to amateur tournaments, Mr. Walden has struck a 
good note when he mentions an equitable and intelligent handi- 
cap although a rather difficult matter to secure. However, 
"my friend from the brush" with $6 is hardly the true type of 
the amateur. He is no more a representative of a class than is 
the man who by pinching himself in respect to the necessities 
of life saves $5 to hear a Patti, etc., etc., a representative of the 
true class of theater or opera goers. The true class of trap-shooters 
is not found in a few paid men at one extreme, nor in the pov- 
' erty-stricken men at the other. There are men in every thriving 
■ community who can set by $100 or $500 for the pleasure and recre- 
ation derived from trap-shooting. They form the rank and file 
of the trap-shooting class. In past years, in the transitional 
stage of guns from the muzzleloader to the breechloader, and_ in 
the use of nitro" powders, the paid man served a useful mission 
as a teacher to the whole class of shooters. That time has passed. 
The Hot Springs Tournament, 
The Hot Springs tournament was held last week, Feb. 15-19, 
under the management of John J. Sumpter, Jr., and Jack Parker. 
Owing to our going to press this week one day earlier than 
usual, on account of Mr. George Washington having been born 
on Feb. 22, we cannot give a full account of the proceedings 
at this shoot. Below will be found matter received from our 
correspondent Paul R, Litzke^ up to the time of going to press: 
First Z>aj>, Tuesday^ Mb:, 15, 
It is rarely the case that the averages on the first day of a 
tournament run as high as they do on the succeeding days. 
Those made to-day proved no exception to the rule, as out of 
all the hot company present only three reached the 90 mark. 
There were abundant opportunities to scoop first money alone 
if there had been any one equal to the occasion. True there 
were some of the participants who accomplished this feat, but 
in three of the eight events no straights were made, while two men 
divided first money in the 25-bird event on 24. In this event 
Powers lost his 24th and Christiansen his 23d, Fulford made the 
only straight score in No. 1, and Gilbert did the same thing in 
No. 7. Faurote was lucky in the first extra, as his was the only 
straight, Trimble being unfortunate enough to lose his last bird. 
The table shows Gilbert first with 92.1 per cent. ; Heikes and Ful- 
ford are tied for the next two positions with 90.3 per cent., fol- 
lowed by Faurote and Trimble, who are also tied for fourth and 
fifth places. These are the winners of the high-gun moneys, 
and but one of these belongs to the amateur class. Faurote 
made the longest straight run of the day, going 63 without a 
skip. This is not evidenced by the tabulated score below, as 
part of this run was made in the two extras that were shot after 
the regular programme. In these two events he made a 20 and a 
19, which gave him 101 out of last 105 shot at. This was really 
the best piece of shooting during the day. The entries were 
not nearlv as large as had been expected, forty-nine in all taking 
part, though of these forty shot through the entire programme, 
which would lead one to infer that those who are present have 
come to stay. The weather is just simply superb, and nothing 
could be asked for in this respect. The prospects arc equally 
bright for the morrow. 
Scores in to-day's events are: 
Scores of Feb. 15. 
~ Events: 1 2 8 4 5 6 T S 
Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 25 20 20 Shot at Broke Av. 
Gilbert 19 20 IT 10 IS 21 20 IS 165 152 »2.1 
Heikes 19 18 16-18 19 '22 is 1!) 165 149 90.3 
Fulford 20 19 IS 19 10 21 IS, 2H 165 149 90. S 
Faurote H 1" H 17 IT 2:^ 19 20 105 14T S9 
Trimble IS 10 IT 20 IS 22 V, 18 105 141 89 
Powers 19 15 19 19 IT 24 16 IT 105 146 88. 4 
Elliott IS IS IS IS 19 20 19 16 165 146 88,4 
Jackson.. 19 20 10 IT 10 21 IS 16 165 148 S6,6 
"Budd.... 16 n 19 10 16 22 19 IT 165 142 86 
Parraalee IT 17 IT IT 19 23 IS IT 165 142 S6 
Glover 15 19 19 IT IT IS LS IS 165 140 S4.8 
Sumpter 15 IT 19 IS 14 20 IS IS 1(S 189 84.2 
Beck. IS 19 15 15 14 20 IT 20 165 ISS 83.6 
Christiansoti 16 IT IT 15 15 24 15 18 165 18T 83.6 
Eaton IT IT 15 20 13 21 15 IS 165 1156 82.4 
Gr.-\ham IT IT IS 15 IT 18 16 16 105 185 Sl.S 
Garland . . IS 15 IT IT 15 20 15 IS 165 1.35 81. 8 
Funk 16 15 IT 1.S 19 21 16 16 165 135 81.8 
Loomis IS 19 19 IS 15 19 IS 11 165 185 SI. 8 
Fanning 12 14 IT IS 16 19 18 19 165 184 81.2 
Wihonf IS 14 IT IT 16 2S 15 13 165 134 81.2 
McMurchy IT 19 16 20 IT 20 15 IT 165 131 T9.8 
Howard (J P Easton) 10 16 16 11 16 21 15 19 165 130 TS.T 
Gray (Dr West) 14 IS 1.5 12 14 21 19 16 165 129 'Jii.l 
Yoiinc 16 16 16 15 14 19 15 IS 165 128 TT.5 
Densel... 18 16 15 14 12 23 18 10 165 12T 76.9 
Garrett, ivv.f.ii^i.. .12 15 IT 1.1 16 19 19 16 165 127 T6.9 
Apper.son.... 14 14 14 14 16 19 IT IS 165 126 76.3 
Hallowcn 12 IT 15 16 15 20 11 19 165 125 75. T 
Parker IT 15 IT 13 15 20 14 14 165 125 T5.T 
Courtney H 18 15 11 13 20 IS 15 165 122 T8.9 
Taylor 16 13 14 15 12 16 IS IT 105 116 TO. 3 
Coiilisk 14 12 16 19 13 19 13 T 165 112 6T.S 
Norman. i*;..^-....... 15 13 9 13 16 14 18 IT 165 110 66.6 
Brady 15 15 13 16 15 22 8 16 165 110 66.6 
Sergeant 14 19 10 12 14 16 T IS 105 110 66.6 
Weller 9 14 II 14 11 20 16 16 165 110 66.6 
Reichert 14 Xn IT 14 13 IT 12 S 165 110 66.6 
Martin 12 13 14 14 lO T 15 IT 165 102 61.8 
Mark 10 12 9 1112 14 10 14 165 92 65. T 
Nesbit 17 17 40 84 85 
RK . 1* 17 40 31 TT.5 
Ferguson H 14 40 
Little 11 14 40 
Brown 10 10 13 U 80 
Lane 7 14 S 60 
Second Day, Wednesday, Feb. 16. 
The averages for to-day are much higher than those of yes- 
terday, and the shooting done by some of the contestants was of 
a sensational order. Several long runs were made during the day, 
in this respect Heikes leading with SO consecutive breaks to his 
credit. Gilbert has the nice run of 73, and Powers 66. Heikes 
dropped his first one in the 2.5-bird event, and then ran the re- 
mainder of the programme straight, as well as 16 more in the 
next extra. Gilbert made bis run commencing in the second 
event, and winding up in the 25-bird event, wherein he lost 
rather early. Powers started in ahnost as soon as he got on the 
grounds. An extra Avas shot before the regular events were 
started; in this he lost the very first target he shot at, finishing 
with 19, and then ran 47 more straight in the regular programme. 
That first straight of his was also one of the lucky places of the 
day as it netted him first money alone. Trimble too was for- 
tunate, as he scored the only 16 in the third event, which paid him 
$8 10 
In' the 25-bird race there was some great shooting done, and 
the Indian squad ran up the great total of 121 out of 125, Budd 
and Loomis going straight. Powers and Gilbert got 24 and Par- 
melee 23. There were five straights and six 24s, and of these 
Martin lost his last bird. , „ 
Gilbert again took first average with .957, though Powers and 
Heikes, who were tied for the next two positions, ran him a 
great race, being only a single break behind with an average of 
951 The next man is Budd with .927, followed by Elliott with 
915 These are the five high guns for the day, which pays 
each of them $4. There were forty-seven shooters taking part- 
two less than on the previous day— of which number thirty-nine 
shot through the entire programme, just one less than yester- 
''^Thc weather was again fine, though there was some wind that 
occasionally made Ihe targets erratic. Toward evening it was 
clouding up. 
Tuesday's scores are as follows: 
25 
25 
44 
29 
62.5 
62.5 
55 
45 
Second Day. 
Events: 
Targets: 
Budd 
Loomis. . . 
Faurote. . 
Glover . . . 
Pannalee 
Howard . 
Sumpter 
Fulford 
Garland 
Jackson 
Brady 
Apperson 
Courtney. . . 
Beck 
Christiansen. . . 
1 2 3 4 5 6 T 8 
20 20 20 20 20 25 20 20 
Shot at. 
Broke. 
Av. 
19 19 20 20 20 24 IT 19 
165 
1.58 
95. T 
20 20 19 IS IS 24 20 IS 
165 
15T 
95.1 
19 IT 19 IS 20 -24 20 20 
165 
1,5T 
95.1 
IT IS 18 19 19 25 IS 19 
165 
1.53 
92. T 
19 IT IS IS 18 25 18 18 
165 
151 
91.5 
IT IT 18 20 IS 25 IS IT 
165 
1,50 
90.9 
IS 16 18 IT 19 25 19 IS 
165 
14T 
89 
IS 18.16 IS IT 25 19 16 
165 
14T 
89 
19 20 15 14 IS 23 IS IS 
165 
146 
S8.4 
IS IS IS IS 19 21 16 IT 
165 
145 
ST. 8 
19 IT IT 19 16 23 16 IT 
165 
144 
37.2 
IT 15 20 15 16 23 19 19 
165 
144 
8T.2 
10 18 IS IT IT 25 14 19 
165 
143 
86.0 
IS 15 IS 16 IT 22 19 IS 
166 
14:3 
88.6 
IT 14 IT IS IT 23 20 16 
165 
142 
86 
16 20 IT 16 18 21 IT 16 
165 
141 
85.4 
15 10 IT 18 14 24 is 19 
165 
141 
85.4 
16 13 IS 18 14 23 18 19 
165 
189 
84.2 
16 16 18 16 IT 28 13 19 
166 
188 
88.6 
1,5 19 IS 16 16 22 14 IS 
165 
188 
88.6 
IT IT 1.5 19 15 20 15 19 
165 
138 
88. 6 
IT IS IT IT IT 23 14 14 
165 
136 
82.4 
16 15 IS 19 16 IT 14 20 
165 
135 
81.8 
16 18 15 IT 14 22 13 IT 
165 
132 
80 
16 16 15 IT 15 20 13 19 
165 
182 
80 
16 IS 15 14 14 21 IT 16 
165 
131 
79.3 
13 15 19 IT 14 23 12 IT 
165 
130 
7S.7 
IS 18 13 16 13 23 U 15 
165 
130 
78.7 
14 15 13 16 IT 19 1.% 20 
165 
129 
78.1 
14 16 14 16 IT 19 15 20 
165 
129 
78.1 
IS 14 15 IT IT 20 11 15 
165 
12T 
76.9 
14 IT 17 17 J^; 19 9 14 
1,63 
128 
74.4 
165 
123 
74.4 
165 
123 
74. 4 
165 
123 
T4.4 
165 
122 
T3.9 
165 
116 
TO. 3 
165 
113 
68.4 
165 
107 
64.8 
85 
60 
70.5 
40 
27 
67.5 
80 
46 
57.5 
40 
22 
55 ^ 
40 
21 
52.5 
Shbt at. Broke. Av. 
Densel 14 13 IT IT 13 21 14 14 
Weller 14 16 IS 14 15 IT 15 14 
Garrett 15 IT 15 15 16 24 12 12 
Norman 14 19 13 16 14 19 12 15 
Sergeant IS 15 8 14 18 22 18 12 
Mark (J M Lilly) 16 15 9 16 13 16 12 16 
Nesbit 15 15 13 11 7 20 12 14 
Clements..,, 16 20 12 12 
Taylor 14 18 , . . 
Ferguson 14 12 . . .. 9 11 
Miss King 11 11 
Smith , 12 9 
Third Day, Thursday, Feb. IT. 
All day long a nasty slow rain fell. It kept up with a persist- 
ency very aggravating to the management and spectators alike. 
This made the shooting more difficult, as the moist atmosphere 
was somewhat foggy, which with the dark, deceiving background 
made it very difficult to locate a target quickly, so that at first 
few straight scores were made. Loomis made the only one in No. 
1; Faurote did likewise in the second, while Jack Parker came to 
tlie front with his first straight of the tournament in No. 3. 
these took first money in the three events respectively without 
a tie, and it netted each a tidy little sum. There were no long runs 
made during the day, Jim Elliott led in this respect with 46 
straight to his credit, which was unfinished. The averages, 
while not so high as those of yesterday, are quite good. Powers, 
who did very consistent shooting, led the procession with .939, 
and just on his heels came the Bald Eagle of Miami with .933. 
laurote came next, having .927; then Gilbert, who had .921; he in 
turn was followed by Elliott and Fulford, who tied for the fifth 
high gun. The first four named receive $4, while the latter two 
divide a like amount. Faurote scored 96 out of his first 100, but 
lost 8 m his last 65. Jim Elliott finished strong, going out with 
the run above mentioned. It will be perceived that only four 
breaks separate the first high gun from the fifth. 
Despite the bad, disagreeable weather the attendance kept up 
very well, and thirty-six shot through the entire programme, 
which IS three less than on the previous day. Five others shot 
in part of the events, which brings the number of participants 
for the day up to forty-one. 
Third Day. 
1 2 8 4 5 6 T S 
20 20 20 20 20 25 20 20 
.. 19 19 IT 19 20 24 IS 19 
. IS IT IS 20 19 24 18 20 
.. 19 20 IS 20 19 23 IS 16 
.. 19 IS IS IT 19 24 20 IT 
.. IT 16 IT 18 20 23 20 20 
.. IS IS 18 19 IS 22 20 IS 
.. IT IS 19 IR IT 23 19 IT 
. IT IS 17 18 18 24 16 20 
.. 19 19 19 IS 15 22 IT IS 
Parmalee IT IT 16 IS IS 24 IS 19 
Graham 16 19 IS IT IS 22 18 IS 
Loomis 20 16 18 14 IS 25 19 IT 
Christianson 14 18 IS IS IT 24 16 19 
Trimble IT 15 IT 19 18 23 17 16 
Glover.. 16 16 16 IT 18 25 IT IS 
McMurchy 19 14 15 19 19 21 19 15 
Apperson IT 19 IT 16 19 19 19 14 
Beck 12 15 IT IT 19 23 IS IS 
Garland VI 15 IS 16 IS 19 IT 19 
Howard 19 IT IT 19 IT 20 IT 15 
Wilson IS 18 18 IT 16 20 16 14 
Parker 18 19 20 15 20 20 16 13 
Brady 14 15 IT 16 IT 21 16 IT 
Eaton 15 IT II 13 IS 24 IT IS 
Sumpter 16 16 16 19 15 21 16 12 
.Sergeant 10 18 16 IT 16 22 IT 16 
Hallowell 12 16 16 19 IS IT 16 IT 
Young ,16 14 IS IT 15 16 IT IS 
Conlisk 1.5 16 11 18 16 20 16 IS 
Jackson 13 14 16 20 14 22 16 18 
(Jarrett 14 IT 12 15 16 22 IT 15 
Norman 22 IT 12 16 14 20 15 9 
Mark 14 W) 11 14 16 20 13 16 
Martin 15 12 13 15 16 21 15 13 
Densel 14 13 13 14 I 23 15 12 
Weller 16 15 11 15 IT 19 11 111 
Edeline IS IT 16 IT 20 13 IT 
Clements 18 12 14 . 
Lane 13 11 11 
Thelive-bird handicap had thirty-three entries. There were fourteen 
moneys, which went to the high guns. No straights were made, 
but five— McMurchy, Fulford, Fanning, Parmelee and Trimble- 
killed 24. They took the first five moneys. Five scored 23— 
Garland, Loomis, Powers, Glover and Gilbert. Those who scored 
22 are Faurote, Heikes, Wilson, Jackson, Peoples, Lane, Elliott, 
Perry, Parker, Martin and C^itye the remaining four moneys. 
The birds were a superb lot. Paul R. Litzke. 
BventSr 
Targets: 
Powers 
Heikes 
Fsiirote 
Gilbert ., 
Elliott 
Fulford 
Fanning 
Funk 
Budd 
165 
1.55 
93.9 
165, 
1.54 
93.3 
165 
1.53 
92.1 
165 
152 
92.1 
165 
151 
91.5 
165 
151 
91.5 
105 
148 
89.6 
165 
148 
89.6 
105 
14T 
89 
165 
14T 
89 
105 
146 
SS.4 
105 
146 
88.4 
105 
114 
ST 2 
105 
142 
86 
165 
141 
85,4 
165 
141 
85.4 
165 
140 
84.8 
165 
1:39 
84.2 
165 
139 
84. 2 
165 
139 
84.2 
165 
l:lT 
8:3.6 
165 
136 
82. 4 
165 
133 
80.6 
165 
133 
80.6 
165 
132 
80 
165 
182 
30 
165 
181 
79.8 
105 
181 
79.3 
165 
130 
TS.T 
165 
128 
77,5 
165 
12S 
77.5 
165 
125 
75.7 
165 
124 
(5.1 
165 
120 
72. T 
165 - 
117 
70.9 
165 
114 
69 
145 
lis 
81 ,3 
60 
89 
65 
60 
- 35 
.58.3 
Trap at Lyndhurst. 
Feb. 17.^ — The open sweepstakes at live birds on the grounds 
of the Lyndhiu-st Shooting Association were favored with a pleas- 
ant day. There was no wind. The birds were a fair lot, growing 
better toward the latter part of the shooting. There were about 
fifty spectators. 
Events Nos. 1, 3, 4 and 5 were handicaps, $2, miss-and-out. 
Brewer, Geoffrey and Hopper divided in No. 3. Brewer, Doty, 
Geoffrey and Morfey divided in No. 4. Morgan, Flopper and 
Geoffrey divided in No. 5. 
No. 1. No. S. No. 4. No. 5. 
Brewer, 31 0 
Morfey, 80 2222 
Capt Money, 28 120 
Quimby, 28 
Doty, 29 
Hopper, 2S 
Geoffrey 29 2222 
Van Dyke, 29 2222 
Morgan, 29 , .■ 
Capt Money (re entry), 28 
Morfey (re entry), 80. 
Hopper (re entry) 
Geoffrey (re entry) 
Banks, 28 0 
Brewer (re entry) 220 
Banks (re-entry) 0 
Event No. 2 was a 25-bird handicap, $11 
moneys, -50, 30 and 20 per cent: 
Brewer, 81 2222221122222*22221211212- 24 
Capt Money, 28 21122220202201200221122*0 -18 
Banks, 28 2200100200w 
Morfey, 30 , 2222022C222201*2w 
Geoffrey, 29 220*i220222^2222020220221 - ,18 
Van Dyke, 29 2222202*22222222211122222—23 
Wright, 29 22022222222222222222202*2—22 
Hopper, 28 222022210220220w 
Morgan, 27 1322220222220212122200221—21 
Doty, 29 .2222222222222222222222222— 25 
1221 
211 
20 
221* 
0 
20 
0 
2* 
0 
0' 
21 
122 
26 
2222 
20 
0 
2121 
222 
* 
2* 
■220 
26' 
22 
0 
0 
222 
22 
21 
and birds, three 
Trap Aroand Buffalo. 
Bison Gun Club. 
BupfAlo, N. Y., Feb. 17. — There was only a small attendance 
this afternoon at the Bison Gun Club's regular weekly shoot. 
Mack won in Class A, Ditton in Class B, and Beebe in Clas3 G. 
Scores were: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 Events; 1 3 3 4; 
Targets: 10 10 10 25 Targets: 10 10 10 25 
Bauman 6 9 6 14 Hager 5 4 7 11 
Ditton T T 4 20 Haug 5 . . 6 . . 
Mack 5 .... IS Beebe 6 7 16 
Schreier 4 4 6 11 Wilson 6.. ,. 
Mack, Sec'y. 
At Pittsburg. 
Pittsburg, Pa. — The match between Messrs. J. O'H, Denny 
and' J. N. Crossland, shot on the grounds of the Ha^elwood Gtin 
Club, resulted as follows: • 
T O'H Denny 0022222221120022222222201J— 20 
1222222122122202220222222-28 
2222211221222222222220223—28 
•2222211221222222222220222—24—90 
T N Crossland 0222222220022022220222222-20 
2022202222222222222222222—23 
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