240 
[March 19, 1898. 
S Palmer 252''2229,22— 10 
Dr S Shaw ....2220202222—8 
■R Kuss 2222002222— 8 
K F. Neal 2222222002—8 
H K Wi11ey....2200n02202— 5 
T Grabam 0222022222— 8 
E .S Graham.. 2222222222— 10 
T P Hicfe....1112221122— 10 
O Von Lengerke2?22220222— 9- 
jlj Eureka Team. 
( Y ■ Goodrich .... 0022022222— 7 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
CALUMET HEIGHTS CLUB. 
Chicago, March 5. — The Calum_et Heights Club held its annual 
meeting^ at the Sherman House, Cliicago, on the evening of March 
2. The report of its officers showed a very healthy and pros- 
perous year, the most gratifying of the many years of the club's 
existence. There is a good surplus after building' a new and 
spacious dining room, a new shooting stand and house, together 
with a dam on the river. It is contemplated diu-ing the coming 
year to build a new boat house, pier and an addition to tlie club 
liDUse, to be used as a locker, gun and lounging room. The 
officers elected for the ensuing year are as follows: President, 
A. W. Harlan; Vice-President, Walter Metcalfe: Secretary and 
Treasurer, G. C. Lamphere; Directors: H. A. Ferguson, W. A. 
Wilde, J. S. Houston, A. W. Carlisle, G. H. Knowles, P. D. 
Norcom. 
The trap-shooting committee reported a surplus of over $70, 
and the rifle committee over $20, which with the $200 .set aside 
by the club will be expended for interior improvement of the 
club house. 
The yearly medals in the target events were awai'ded in Class A 
to A. C. Paterson ; Class B, to P. D. Norcom ; Class C, to A. 
W. Harlan. The Van Uxem prize for the highest general average 
in target events went to A. C. Paterson; second highest to G. 
C. Lamphere, and for the lowest average the prize went to L. 
L. Davis. G. H. Knowles won the season's highest average 
and prize at live birds. A. W. Harlan wins first prizre in rifle con- 
tests, L. L. Davis wins second prize. 
A committee was appointed to arrange for a banquet on the 
30th inst. to the club's members and their wives, with the privi- 
lege of inviting one non-member each. A committee was also 
appointed to obtain quail and fish to restock the club's preserve, 
as was done about three years ago. 
Four active and one honorary member were elected. 
Over 30,000 targets were thrown during the shooting season. 
FRED ERB ^^S. ELMER E. NEAL. 
Fred Erb. of Lafayette, has accepted the challenge of Elmer E. 
Neal , to shoot a race of 100 live birds for the "championshio 
cup," which Mr. Beck, nt Indiananolis. and Mr. Erb contested 
for a short time agS- P'ace ard date have not as yet been set 
by the holder, but will .shortly be announced. 
GARFIELD VS. EUREKA. 
' The third live-bird team contest between the Garfield and 
Eureka sarun clubs, of Chicago, took place March 5, at Wat- 
son's Park, Burnside Crossing. 111., and was attended vety largely 
bv members and friends of both clubs. 
The race was called for 1 o'clock P. M. A cotisideralJle amount 
of interest was manifested bv those present. The race resulted in 
success for the Garfield team by a narrow margin of one bird, 
and in ronseouence thev tied the Eurekas in the series. There 
was a medium strong iiicominB' wind from the right quarter, the 
ground was covered with meltino' snow and on account of the 
stronc sun the light was very trying to the eves of the shooters. 
The birds were an excellent lot and took all flights. Another 
race will be shot some time during Anril next, to determine the 
winner of the series. It finallv settled down to the last' shoo'fer 
of each club to deterrriine which -won the race. Von Lenirerkp 
for the Garfields proved Ihe hero of the hour. Bineham had killed 
his first 2 birds in hi,= last frame of 5. while Von had misKed, 
leavin? the race still a tie. The next bird followine Von kiTed 
and Bingham missed, both kilb'n<r the remainder. Vnn T^en^'erke 
brou"-ht down his last bird, which gave the r.ace to the Garfields. 
Conditions. 10 men ^fv team, 10 live birds per man. The scores: 
Garfield Team. 
A C Paterson... 221 2222220- 9 
'Hovt 22222.22002— S 
Wright 0222222222— 9 
*^1over 9222222202— 9 
Mussey 2002222202- 7 
Hess 2102222222— 9 
W Stannard . . 222S)2n2nn2— 7 
F, Steck 2212222222—10 
Holli.stcr 2211121212—10 
-85 Bingham 2022222022— S— 84 
NEAL VS. BINGHAM. 
Chif-aeo. March 11. — On yesterday afternoon at Wat.son's Park. 
■Burnside Crossing. 111., a hot live-bird race was witnessed by 
a cc'siderable number of shooters. The race was bei-wccn Elmer 
E. Neal. of the Garfield Gun Club, and Fd Bingham, of the 
Eureka Gun Club, of Chicago, and was at 100 live pigeons, for 
.$100 per side and the price of the birds. 
The day was raw and cold, tbe sky overcast and the" b's-ht O'nlv 
fair. There was a lipht ouarterinf wind from the ris-ht. The 
birds were a nicked lot. among which many good swift fiver,'; 
were found. The race was full of interest from start to fini-sh. 
and at no time was there more than one or two birds differencc 
between them. Neal was obliged to kill out, and only won the 
Tpre after killing his last bird. , 
P.nfh men Phot a nervv race, and Tiiarlv ffood kills wefe made of 
hard birds. _ It looked several times as thouch Bingham had the 
rare, esoecialh'' in the fore part of the last frame of 2!i. but he 
dropped 2 out of his last 10. and one of tho.ce was the final one, 
an easv incomer, which, had he kiHed. would have tied the score. 
Following are detailed scpres cf the contest: 
Trap score type—aopuricht, fSV8, by Forest end Stream PuXilisMng Co. 
42.'?4.')4R3S4243S14ai 14f;45R4 
Bingham 0 22222 222222232202220222 2—22 
33.S.')332aR 1 4245. 5 3 2 2342 4 241 
222222222 2 20 2 22 2 222 2 2 212 2-24 
413218258 5 2 433R21SSR12S33 
2 3.2222222020 2 3 2 223020 ,2;-? :2. 0—20 
5 5 5 4 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 3 3 4 5 8 4 fi 2 I f) 4 4 4 
222222202222222202 2 22 3 2 2 0-22— SS 
e B'l % 1 1 S t 1 « S 2 4 8 4 S B 3 4 r, 5 5 r, 2 
E Neal. ., ,2 232222 2 22220 0 12 2 122 2 3 32 2—23 
5 1 8 2 2 1 1 3 P 4 5 2 3 .1 3 3 !^ I 2 4 3 " 1 5 4 4 
2 2 3032 2 2 2 222222222222032 2^23 
3 .T ,11 r» 2 4 4 2 ,5 f) 3 8 3 ,5 1 3 5 S 1 2 4 2 1 5 
222 2 012022201 2 2 202 2 2322 2 0-20 
1 8 5 I 3 4 6 4 3 2 3 4 8 2 2 2 5 4 3 3 4 2 S 5 
2 2 3 3 2 3 0 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2'2 2 3 2—28-89 
March 12. — To-day was the last of the live-bird contests of the 
winter series of the Eureka_ Gun Club, of Chicago, held at Wat- 
son's Park, Burnside Crossing, 111., and it was larcrely attended, 
notwithstanding the elements were unfavorable. The early part 
of the afternoon was attended with a raw, cold wind, accompanied 
bv rain and a clouded sky. which continued throu.ghout the day. 
The birds were very good, and the shootinsr hard. A strong 
■wind blew from the left quarter, and the flight of the birds was 
largely right-quartering drivers, although right-quartering incomers 
were not infrequent. 
The winter contests have been held monthlv. and were at 10 
live birds per man each contest, there being five shoots in ail. 
The shooters were classified in three classes, and there were two 
nrizes in each class awarded on the four best scores out of the 
five contests. 
The ties in Class A were F. H. Lord, Ed Bingham and Lew 
Wiilard. which they settled between themselves, Bingham win- 
ning first and Wiilard second. 
In Class B John Glover won first, and L. H. Goodrich won sec- 
ond. In Class C W. Darlington won first, and G. W. Prickett 
won second. 
Followinp' are detailed scores of the final contest, 10 live birds 
per man, American Association rules, classified: 
Ed Bingham, A. 3222080222— 8 'I'Fred Gilbert 2222222222—10 
Tno Glover, B .220220229-2— S H B Moraaii. C 0022010122— 0 
H Wnvt. A. 0212222220— S L H Goodrich, B 3222222220— 9 
C C Hess, A. 09222(0211- R T. Wiilard. A 211123I222-10 
E .S Bice, B... 2022002200— ,1 Neta 0002211220 - 0 
CW Carson, .2020290010_ 7 W Darlincton, C 1211221222-10 
Patti- A ; ,..1100120190 0 F M Smith, C 0100103111 - (1 
R B Carson, C ....... .0010210001 — 4- F ,H Lord. A 0121221221— 9 
Mrs W Shatt.ick, H. .0010200202— 4 F M Smith. C 20201101 10— G 
W A Tones, C 0010210021- C Antoine, B 2022021020— 0 
_ WP .Shattuck, H. .. ,2222020222 .« C'.\ntoine, B 2020021 0'32 - 0 
t Iadicat€s visitor. 
H Indicates honorary members. 
Immediately after the club contest L. M. Goodrich and F. M. 
Smith had a go at 10 live birds each for $10 per side and the 
birds, which was won by Smith, and was followed by another, - 
which, was won by Goodrich. The two gentlemen not being 
satisfied will have a go at 50 live birds on Wednesday next to 
decide superiority. The race will be at Watson's Park. 
F M Smith 1202211122 —9 2012120120 —7 
L Goodrich 222022202w —7 222222222w - 9 
BINGHAM VS. PATERSON. 
The race between Ed Bingham and A. C. Paterson for the E. C. 
challenge cup of the Cook County Trap-Shooters' League took 
place to-day at Watson's Park, Burnside Crossing, 111., and was 
attended with intense interest on account of the shooting quali- 
ties of both participants in target events. While the race was set 
for 2 o'clock P. M., it was started at 1 P. M., so as not to interfere 
with the live-bird contest of the Eurekas, which was set for 
2 P. M. 
The race was at 100 targets from five traps. The first 25 were 
known traps, known angles, which when ended Bingham led his 
opponent by 3 targets. Paterson was somewhat careless in his 
shooting, and accepted three broken targets, all of which he shot 
at and failed to score. 
From this time on it -was nip and tUCk, eaCh tieing in the last 
75._ The remainder were 25 kno-wn traps, unknown angles, 12 
pairs, and .26, unknown traps, unknown angles, with the result 
as follows in detail: 
Patti 1011110110100111111111101 —19 
1101111111111111011111111 —28 
11 10 11 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 01 11-20 
11101111111100110111101101 —20-82 
Bingham IKH 1 1 1 1 111 1 11 1 1 1 U11 1 100 - 22 
1111101111111111111101111 -23 
11 11 11 11 11 00 11 10 11 01 11 11—20 
01111110111111001111101110 —20—85 
It is quite probable that W. R. Morgan will now challenge 
Mr. Bingham, as has already been suggested by himself. 
EUREKA GUN CLUB. 
The Eureka Gun Club, of Chicago, will open its grounds the 
first Saturday in April to target Shooting, as that is the opening 
day of its field work for the season of 1898. 
A. C. Paterson. 
EAST SIDE, OF SAGINAW. 
The East Side Gun Club, of Saginaw, Mich., is an exceptionally 
strong trap-shooting body, and carries on its roster 125 members. 
The club has resolved to shoot at unknown angles for the season 
just passed and for the coming season will adopt the Sergeant 
system. 
NEW CLUB FOR WICHITA. 
Kansas seenjs to be taking a boom this year in trap-shooting 
rnatters, the successful tournament at Newton and the organiza- 
tion <3f the Central Kansas Association having given things quite 
a step. On March 3 a new gun club was organized at Wichita, 
which bids fair to cut considerable ice during the coming season'. 
This club will be known as the Wichita Sportsmen's Association 
and will hold its first tournament Anril 20-21. The following 
are the officers and present members of the club: President Dr 
iv^^ Shultz; Secretary, Mr. P. S. Mellinger; Treasurer, Mr. E. 
M. Dodd. The following is the enrollment of the members of 
the Association: Dr. J. W. Shultz, Dr. W. D. McClees, George 
Parham, C. H. Smyth, C. Dixon, L. H. Burd, J. M. Hoff, O. T. 
Pease, C. Mosbacher, C. Henderson, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Bate 
F. H. Burt, E. M. Dodd, Paul Mellinger, G. G. Clark, L. Pea- 
cock, Ed Jackson, H. L. Ford and W. C. Williams. 
IN MILWAUKEE. 
The tournament of the Jolly Gun Club, of Milwaukee, was con- 
cluded March 6 and was run off in good shape, over twenty differ- 
ent entries being on hand. Some 4,000 targets were thrown. 
Thomas, Farber, Gerber and Meixner were among the most 
frequent high guns in the sixteen events. 
National Gun Club, of Milwaukee, will hold a three days' shoot 
June 30 to July 2, next summer. The club held a meeting March 
7 and decided to add $200 in cash to the purses at this tourna- 
ment. Two members of the club offered to contribute $200 cash 
each, thus making up a very handsome purse of added money. 
At the club meeting it was decided to shoot targets at 1 cent 
this season, known traps and known angles. Three gold 
medals will be offered, one each for classes A, B and C, 
IN THE FAR WEST. 
At Longmont, Colo., March 7, Golden and Tones tied for the 
medal in the monthly contest of the Longmont Gun Club. Tie 
shot at 15 targets, and Jones won. 
SYCAMORE. 
The Maple Leaf Gun Club, of Sycamore, III., will hold a two 
■ days shoot April 13-14, with twelve events daily, at live birds 
and targets, and good average money for three high guns. 
INTERCITY IN IOWA, 
Waterloo Gun Club, of Waterloo, la., has challenged the Ma*- 
shaltown Gun Club for a team shoot for the State club trophy 
now held by Marshaltown. The latter city will accept, and at 
an early date set the time for the match. 
IN CHICAGO. 
Elsewhere is the story of the Neal-Bingham race, won bv the 
.former by 1 bird, March 10. Interest in the Grand American 'Han- 
dicap continues warm. Two of the Chicago dailies will have 
representatives on the ground. Next year we shall be pleased 
to receive representatives of the New York dailies at Chicago. 
1206 BoYCE Building, Chicago, 111. ^' 
Boston Gon CI«b. 
Wellington, Mass., March 9.-To-day proved that the B. G. 
C. stiJi stood m with the weather clerk, as more delightful out- 
door conditions could not be desired by the most fastidious. 
Eighteen shooters graced the boards with more or less success 
m the shooting line. Nobody particularly distinguished them- 
selves m the individual match, and the cause of trouble is easily 
located m the final pairs. Four was high, and only three of them 
among the eighteen. _ This betokens a lack of practice that should 
not be, considering it is the prettiest and most showy of all the 
trap-shooting events. 
Doubles are all too readily discarded on club grounds at 
the present time, for no other reason than because averages 
suffer. Nobody denies that it is pretty shooting, but it is so 
easy to miss the second bird that instead of practising more and 
more to secure the "both broken" that always elicits applause 
It IS the known and unknown angles which hold the fort. With 
.1 pairs m the prize match two events of this style shooting are 
always part of the B. G. C. winter programme, and they are by no 
means the least interesting on the li,st. In cold weather the 
arrangement IS really more comfortable than any other, only 
one Shooter freezing at a time; the others under cover near the 
stove and quite at hberty to criticise or praise. 
To-day s events as follows: 
Events: 
Targets: 
Gordon, 17 
Leroy, 21 
Eastman, 16. 
Taft, 16 
Sears, 16...,! 
1 2 
3 4 
5 
6 
10 10 
6 10 10 
5 
8 6 
3 8 
8 
5 
8 9 
5 10 
9 
5 
9 9 
1 9 
9 
4 
7 7 
3 10 
8 
3 
7 10 
3 8 
7 
5 
8 7 
5 10 
8 
4 
7 10 
2 5 
9 
5 
8 6 
4 6 
6 
4 
7 7 
2 6 
8 
2 
8 4 
.. 4 
8 
4 
5 4 
3 6 
2 
7 6 
5 8 
9 
3 
8 8 4 
5 9 4 
2 5 8.. 
46 10 526769 
' "^" 5 4 9 6.... 
7 6 
Spencer, 18 
Hollis, 16 V.V. v. 2 
Nutter, 16 3 4 4 2 3 .. 
Byrne, 15 .4 3 0 2 4 1 
Pame, 16 10 4 3 7 
Jones, 15 4 3 1.. 6 .. 6 .. 
Events 1, 4, 5, 8 and 11 known angles; 2, 6, 9 and 12 unknown; 
3 and 7 pairs; 10 reverse pull. 
Merchandise match, 21 targets, 10 known, 5 unknown and. 3 oairs: 
distance handicap: ^- 
n. 9°^^°?, ^"^""oy Miskay 17. Spencer 17, Hollis 17, Paine 17 
T.'JI^,.^^' Eastman 15, Parker 15, Williams 15, Woodruff 14, Pickles 13 
Williams 30; Eastman and Taft 29; Sears and Taff 25. 
Team niatch, 40 targets, 10 known and 10 unknown per shooter' 
distance handicap: 
Boston. 
The Sttckef* 
. Ah amateur there was, and he didii't care. 
(Even as you and I) 
For the money he lost at the tournaments where 
The expert suave and seeming fair (?) 
Graciously smiled and welcomed him there ' 
(Even as yojU and 1). 
Oh, the time we waste and the shells we. waste 
In practice, "to get in our hand," 
Belong to the expert who didn't know (?) 
(And now we know that he never could know) 
And did not understand. 
An amateur there was and his money he spent' 
(Even as you and I) '"^ 
In gracious mood and pleasure intent. 
Yet it wasn't the least what the expert meant— 
But an amateur must follow his natural bent 
(Even as you and I). 
Oh, the money we lost, and "the honey" we lost. 
And the "good old times" we planned. 
Belong to the expert who didn't know why. 
And now we know he never knew why, 
And did not understand. - 
The amateur was stripped to his amateurish hide 
(Even as you and I), " 
Which the expert might have seen when he threw him aside 
(But it isn't on record the expert tried) ; 
So some of him lived, but most of him died 
(Even as you and I). 
Knoxville, Tenn,, Feb. 28. R. Van Gilder. 
Some Ideas for Pigeon Shooters* 
Pbovidence, Jan. 17.— Editor Forest and Stream : In looking 
over your trap columns of your issue of Jan. 15, I was carried 
back twenty years or so by the above heading, and also by the 
scores of the Elliott-Murphy match. I am tempted to add a few 
more ideas on the same subject, if you will kindly give them 
room. Ideas are about all that is left us here in New England 
now — we can't shoot pigeons any more. 
Mr. Aug. Junge says that he is against ground traps. Why? 
It seems to me that if Mr. Junge would try Rhode Island rules, 
ground traps (H. & T.), gun below the elbow until the bird is 
fairly on the wing, on a crisp winter day, with a good wind help- 
ing the birds, he would find it "hard a-plenty." We uSed to 
consider them a good lot harder than the old plunge traps, which 
tossed the birds up about 10ft. or so, and I think all .of the old- 
time pigeoa shots of those days (they are not all dead yet) will 
bear me out in the above assertion. A bird starting from the 
ground of its own accord is always harder to hit than one tossed 
into the air by any device or by hand. ' . ■ ■ ^ 
■ However, I oerfectly agree with Mr. Junge when he says that 
the shooter should not be allowed to hold his gun at the shoulder. 
Here is the whole thing in a nutshell. This is how the big scores 
are made. The birds do not have a chance to get fairly .on the 
wing. With the gun below the elbow, almost any old rules are 
good enough, and scores of from 97 to 100 straight would not 
be very numerous. 
I do not consider Mr. Junge's other ideas practicable. No one 
would care to shoot for money or reputation with birds tossed by 
hand, or in any way under the control of the trapper. They 
could be made hard or easy in this way. The very beauty of 
ground traps consists in their absolute fairness. This is "why 
live-bird shooting has always been more interesting than target 
shooting; perhaps the magautrap is a step in the right direc- 
tion. We have never had anything that in fairness approached 
the rotary glass ball trap, though, of course, targets in flight are a 
long way ahead of glass balls. 
By the way, Mr. Editor, can you inform us what is the highest 
record of 100 tame birds, Rhode Island rules? Mr. W. S. Perry, 
of Worcester, Mass., made 95 in a match with me about eighteen 
years a.go at Readville, Mass. Capt Bogardus was present, and 
stated that he had once made the same score, claiming it as the 
^vorId's record. I do not remember seeing it beaten or equaled 
since. _ Pawtuxet. 
[We can give our correspondent no figures on the record at the 
above style of shooting. Who can?— Ed. F. and S.J 
Western Items. 
GALENA GUN CLUB. 
Little Rock, Ark., March 11,— The programme gotten out by this 
energetic little club for its tournament, March 28, 29 and 30, is 
one that has been especially arranged to suit the requirements 
of the amateur shooters. Short events and Rose system are 
factors which generally meet the approval of this class. The tar- 
get programme consists of ten 15-target events each day, with 
a uniform entrance fee of $1.50, while the added money is $5 
to each event. . . 
The last day of the shoot is live-bird day^ and-shotlld be of 
special intere.st to the shooters of Kansas, as on this day the 
principal event will be the contest for the live-bird championship 
of the State, the conditions of which will be 50 live Ijirds, entrance 
price of birds only. This makes it possible for aiiy aspirant for 
championship honors to enter. 
I look for a good attendance at this shoot; there are a host of 
shooters in this section that one never meets at the big open- 
to-all tournaments. The officers of the club, Mr. C. M Sum- 
ner, President, and Mr. W. W. Mcllhany, Secretary, are popular 
and representative trap-shots of the West, and in their hands 
everything will be carried out as announced. 
Amateurs only seems to be the prevailing cry of the day. That 
is what .'Virv Lou Hardt prefaces the announcement of his pro- 
gramme with, which also reminds me that he has gone back to 
his first lo-ve. Airy is going to give the Western amateurs a 
chance to pit their skill against one another without at the same 
time coming in competition with the expert trade representative. 
Five hundred dollars will be in the hunt, while he is also going 
to give the weaker shot a run for his money by having only 
short events on the programme. Fifteen-bird events will be the 
schedule for this shoot, ten of them each day. Here is a tour- 
nament that I have heard much demand for bv the Western shoot- 
ers, and it remains to be seen whether they" will attend in such 
number as to make it a success, 
ST. LOUIS. 
March 6 was a fine day for trap-shooting, and there was quite 
a crowd of local shooters gathered at Du Font's Park. There were 
a number of sweeps shot, in which Kling, Conner and Hirschy 
showed the best .form. 
Fvents: 1234. 5 6789 
Targets: 10 15 10 20 10 15 10 15 25 
Nold T 11 8 13 8 9 8 10 IS 
Hirschy 9 14 8 18 9 12 ID 14 28 
Conaer 9 H Ifl 17 9 14 9 .. 22 
Kling 8 14 T 16 8 14 10 .. 24 
Stroh 10 9 Y IT 4 12 10 10 . . 
Mudd g 4 7 12 .. 6 t 6 16 
Rip 4 13 10 19 T Y S ,. .. 
Vitemeyer 9 '8 9 13 8 8 5 . , . . 
Klinger 5 6 8 16 5 13 8 ,, .. 
Fkstand 5 10 5 .. g 
Beggerman 10 18 9 10 5 ii U 
Brown .■ 14 9 10 5 11 14 
Lenhardt f Q 20 
KMC 7 .. 
Shott 7 12 22 
Rawlings .. .. .. S .. .. 
PAtit R, JUtzKe. 
Bedford Rod and Gon Cluh, 
BED.F0RD, Tnd., March 9.— The scores herewith were at 100 tar- 
gets, unknown angles: 
stipp iiiiioooioiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinioiiiiiiiiiiiioiiooii 
lllllllllllIllllllllllllIUlllomilllOlKllllltlOI-r-s 
Sherwood 11111011011100110110101111111111111010111101111101 
iti 1011111 ijoiiin 11011 11 111 11011 11 10111 1111110100- ^'i 
Shkitwoob, Sec'y 
