June ii, 1898. 1 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
477 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
PATERSON— AMBERG FOR CHALLENGE TROPHY. 
Chicago, 111., May 27.— To-day, A. C. Paterson, holder of the 
Chicago challenge trophy, retained title to same at the close of his 
race with Mr, J. IT. Ambcrg, who was the first and accepted 
challenger under the revised rules. Mr. Amberg had his handi- 
cap established bv the trustees before his last appearance at the 
Watson traps, daV before yesterday, when he fell so low as to 
score only 2 out of 10 birds. It was not to be expected that he 
would soon repeat so discouiaging a performance as that, so 
that many thought he was favored enough by the allowance of 3 
i birds and a place at 2Syds. Mr. Paterson was put »t 30yds. 
A small crowd gathered to see the race. It was a good shooting 
day, bright, with a stiffish and puffy wind coming in to the 
score from the right hand. The birds were varied in flights and 
speed, some very fast ones going out, with others not so strong. 
Mr. Amberg caught a left-quarterer with his first bird and did 
not trouble it much. He also missed his 2d, which came in 
and passed out to the right untouched. Plis 7tl> also got away 
unhurt to anv extent, and thus Paterson was let in even with 
him. Mr. Amberg missed liis lOlh, a left-quarterer, and Paterson 
thus drew one bird ahead. The latter, however, lost his 12th dead 
out, and so the men were again tied. Mr. Ambcrg lost his 14th, 
very hard hit and dead out of bounds, and the big man again was 
one ahead. Mr. Amberg again failed to stop his llith, and I'atti's 
stock went sharply up. The latter ran on to his 20th \yitbout 
missing, and so did Mr. Amberg, but Patti could not claim the 
20th, so there was only one bird between them. Mr. Atnborg lost 
his 24th dead out, and' the score, without his handicap birds being 
shot, stood: Ambcrg 18, Paterson 23. Mr. Amberg killed his 
allowance birds straight, making his score 21 to Paterson's 23. 
Mr. Paterson shot a very deliberate, cool and workmanlike race, 
and left a very favorable impression as to his ability to keep in 
touch with the trophy under any ordinary conditions. He really 
knocked down 24 out of his 25 birds, his 12th bird falling within 
bounds, but being chased out by the dog. His 19th was a fine 
quick stop. His 20th bird showed the only loose work of his 
string. It was low and fast, and was over.shot. His 22d was a 
lightning starter, but was grassed nicely with the first. It was 
openly declared about the grounds that if Patti keeps up this sort 
of gait the shooters will have another hard one to account for 
at , the live-bird traps. In this race, as in his previous com- 
petitions for this trophy, for which he has now shot four times, 
one race being the Cunnyngham tie, Mr. Paterson used his 
"B. O. E." Remington, Leader shells, S^^drs. Du Pont and l^oz. 
No. 7 chilled. 
Mr. Amberg was clearly not in his average form as he shot 
to-day, having one of those off streaks which may come to any 
shooter, tbough he says he never felt belter in his life, and has 
no reason to advance for his poor score. Part of the time he 
was sharp and snappy in style, but he had bad luck with incomers, 
on which his station at 28yds. was of no benefit to him. His 21st 
bird was not hit very full, but dropped in bounds and was re- 
trieved by the dog. His 23d was flagged, but sprang fast and was 
nicely stopped- On his 24th an odd instance of evening up 
of luck occurred, fhe dog chasing out for him, as it had for his 
opponent, a bird which had fallen in bounds and appeared safe. 
Mr. Amberg shot an L. C. Smith gun, U. M. C. Smokeless cases, 
44grs. Du Pont and l^oz. 7s. 
Tl'ap score ty}r,e—CQpyrioht, ises, by Forest nnd Stream Publishing Co. 
8 32. 5 133431. 3 5 543234512 2 51 5 118 
J Amberg, 28.. 0 0 2 2 110 1 2 0 111*2 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 * 2 1 1 1—21 
5 44 2 5 1158 4 123582 8 8113531 -3 
APaterson, 30 22221212121* 1 122 2 12 0 11221 —23 
Mr. H- B. Foss, who was present at the race, is first in with 
his challenge, and will be the next contestant. The race will 
not be shot until after th'e Illinois State shoot, but Patti says 
it will have to be on a Friday, as the other races have been. He 
says there are thirteen pigeons on the badge, and he shoots on 
Fridays to complete the hoodoo! 
SPEAKING OF WOLF SHOOTS. 
Speaking of wolf shoots, how about Omaha this week? With 
some twenty-nine or thirtj' men in the moneys and only three 
or four out of the entire entry back of place, wdiere was the 
especially brilliant chance to make a fortune? I am not a pro- 
fessional trap shot, but if I were I wotdd have to be paid pretty 
well before I w^ould go against the push -which was smashing- 
things at Omaha. Fulford, Glover, Leroy. Heikes and Pickey 
only break 99 out of 100! Fred Gilbert only gets 198 out of 200 
targets shot at; Parmelee 195, Powers, Fulford and Heikes 194! 
It is enough to throw a new one into a trance. Such shooting is 
a grand exhibition of sporting equipment, the guns and ammu- 
nition must be perfect, but old Mr. Amateur, you better sit on 
the fence when those white men come along, and take it out look- 
ing at the exhibition, unless your wife's folks have got money. 
WHERE IS TPIE FORFEIT MONEY? 
I observe this week in the columns of the daily press the fol- 
lowing challenge from. Capt. A. H. Bogardus: 
"I hereby challenge any two oflicers of the Spanish kingdom, 
either in the army or navy, to a duel with Winchesters at 100yds. 
Both of my adversaries to be stationed in front, and the firing 
to commence at the signal of a pistol shot." 
That's all right. Bogie, and I don't dotibt you would get them 
both. But Where's the forfeit money? 
FROM SANTONE. 
Mr. A. W. Adams, of Chicago, who is recently back_ from his 
winter trip to San Antonio, Tex., reports things running along 
pretty well down in that favored land. Oscar Guessaz has not 
yet gone to either Klondike or Mexico, but may go to Mexico 
soon. Joe ^leorge, -which was postmaster, is out of office and will 
be in New York city the first part of the month of Jime, where 
he will be engaged in settling up a family estate. Mr. George 
will be of independent means henceforth, but will still choose 
old San Antonio as his home. He who lives three years in the 
far Southwest never again comes back to the North to stay. 
ALPINE, OF CHICAGO. 
Alpine Gun Club, of Chicago, is doing considerable practice 
work at Watson's this spring, and though somie of the shooters 
are not yet to be classed as experts, they are plucky and im- 
proving. They were shooting yesterday at the park, and their 
scores show elsewhere with those of other participants in live- 
bird sweeps. 
A POSSIBILITY. 
There are rumors of a pigeon match, at 100 birds, between Mr. 
Wm. Johnson, otherwise known as Bill Johnson, a former treas- 
urer of Cook county, and Col. C. E. Felton or Abner Price. 
Mr. Johnson has made the challenge open to either of the above 
named gentlemen, whose experience dates well back into trap- 
shooting in Chicago, as does his own. At present the only 
trouble is between Col. Felton and Mr. Price, who have fallen 
over each other in their eagerness to get to shoot the race with 
Mr. Johnson. Yet the latter is no sinecure, so to speak, to have 
on one's hands in a pigeon race, and it may after all prove to be 
a version of the old song which runneth, "Mr. Johnsing, turn me 
loose!" 
May 27. — The meeting of the Audubon Gun Club this after- 
noon did not show a quorum, only six members being present. 
No delegates for the Peoria convention could therefore be elected. 
The meeting was adjourned till Tuesday, June 1. 
NOTES FROM MANY TOWNS. 
June 2. — Among scores of the Wisconsin Gun Club, of Milwaukee, 
at their last club shoot were the following: At 25 bluerocks, un- 
known angles: Paul 17, T. Meunier 21, Westfahl 15, Klabunde 16, 
Frank 19, Fisher 16, Savage 11, Albert 16, Rohn 13, Skidmore 18, 
Horlick IS, Hayes 15, Rogers 14. 
At the last regular shoot of the Cleveland Gun Club, of Ohio, 
a good attendance turned out. The main event was the handicap 
at 30 targets. Redwing, at scratch, lost 10 out of his string of 30. 
Scores: 
James, 5 01111111111111011000111110111111111 —29 
Curtiss, 3 lllllllllOOlllllllOlUOllOlllOOll —20 
Elliott, 3 110111111101000011001101111111111 —24 
Page, 4 101110111111101111111111111111111 —30 
Grant, 7 0110111111101010110111110101101111010 —26 
Green, 0 011111101111111110111111111111 —27 
F H, 9 110011110110111111010011111000000110010—23 
W Tamblyn, 9 311111001101110100100101111111011001110-26 
J I C, 9 OOOIOOIOIOIIOOIOIOIOODIIOIOI 01100000100— 15 
North, 2 10111011111110111101111110111111 —27 
Redwing, 0 000001111111001111101110011111 —20 
Dutton, 6 101111110101101110100111101110111111 —27 
On last Monday a number of the members of tlie City Park Gun 
Club, of New Orleans, met for their second shoot of the May-June 
series. Scores: 
Targets: 
25 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
18 
4 
2 
5 
4 
3 
9 
4 
8 
20 
6 
7 
7 
6 
8 
9 
13 
7 
2 
4 
2 
7 
4 
7 
6 
3 
8 
7 
6 
7 
S 
13 
4 
I 
IT 
r 
0 
C 
(J 
20 
7 
8 
8 
8 
f • 
9 
5 
5 
3 
6 
7 
15 
3 
5 
3 
8 
5 
5 
8 
7 
5 
5 
4 
3 
5 
2 
3 
20 
7 
10 
1 
1 
'2 
3 
3 
2 
3 
3 
3 
0 
4 
0 
Schwartz ......... .,,!..>.•'>• 
Tujague .'. 
Holmes & 
Sully 
Sommcr 
Cottam 
Jack 
Armstrong ..... ............ . 
Harris > 
Tiblier - 
Du Buys 
Burthc 
t'ousin 
Dr Beard <.' 
Gerteis 
In the tournament of the Magautrap Gun Club, of Findlay. O., 
last week a number of outsiders attended, and the shootmg Was 
lively. Scores: 
Events- 123456789 10 11 
Bluerocks- 10 15 20 10 10 15 10 15 20 10 15 
Snow 9 15 18 10 8 13 10 14 17 9 15 
Allen 10 14 17 10 8 13 7 11 17 
Spross 10 14 18 9 10 14 9 14 19 
Steen 9 11 14 .. 9 15 6 .. .. 
Glass 8 13 15 7 7 .. 7 .. .. 
Barton 8 10 .. V .... .. 
Burton 10 14 18 8 10 14 8 . . . . 
Vail 10 14 20 10 9 1 5 10 12 19 
Latchaw .» ■ 9 . . . . 7 
Stevens 9 7 12 10 
S^!°^.v.v;;;;;.v.v.-.v.v.v.v;-: :: :^ 
The West Side Gun Club, of Saginaw, Mich., last Monday held 
the first shoot of their season. There were three contests, of 
unique interest each. The first was for a prize of a bull pup, the 
second was the regular medal shoot, and the third was for a prize 
of additional live stock, a nice fat pig. Following are the scores: 
Targets: 25 25 25 Targets: 25 25 25 
- • Happy 10 17 19 
Freuchtel .- 19 .. 13 
Lafayette 20 .. 17 
Hunt 12 14 14 
Kemp 11 . . . . 
F Andre 8 .. .. 
Ilohn 12 .. .. 
Cook 15 .. .. 
Shook 12 .. .. 
Breck 21 18 18 
Orr 8 . . 5 
Mosier ■• 12 .. 
Brass .. 14 .. 
7 10 
7 12 
8 13 
9 15 
9 12 
6 12 14 9 13 
Nougic 10 13 10 
Messner 21 21 22 
Bamn 21 19 19 
Deloniay 17 . . . . 
Lehan 11 .. 16 
Weinguth 19 .. 10 
C Andre 12 .. .. 
Brenner 13 15 19 
Willhite 19 •■ 21 
Hermann 22 21 . . 
Skoul 15 .. 16 
Scudder 22 .. 20 
Koch 10 .. .. 
Krogman 12. 10 7 
Reports from Mason City, la.. May 31, state that Charlie Grimm 
ran straight in six events at 15 targets in the annual northern 
Iowa shoot. Open event winners were: 
First event: First money, Clark, of Nora Spring. 
Second event: First money, Konvalinka, of Mason City. 
Third event: First money,' Konvalinka, of Mason City. 
Foiu-tb event: First money, Pettit, of Osage. 
Fifth event: First money, Kibbey, of Marshalltown. 
Sixth event: Divided between Long, Woodbury and G. E. T. 
Seventh event: First money, G. E. T., of Williamsburg. 
Eighth event: First money, Smith, of Mason City. 
Ninth event: First money, Clark, of Nora Springs. 
Tenth event: First money, Damitt, of Osage. 
Eleventh event: First money, Kibbey, of Marshalltown. 
Twelfth event: First money, Steegy, of Waterloo.- 
Under the management of VV. W. (barney, an interesting open 
tournament took -[Aace at Leavenworth, Kan., May 30. Among 
other outsiders were Lou Erhardt, of Atchison, and Chris Gott- 
lieb, of Kansas City. Eight events were shot, and average money 
was won, first by Gottlieb, second by Erhardt, third by Cornett, 
of Kansas City, and fourth by Davis, of Platte City. Records 
were: . ^ ^ 
Event No. 1, 15 targets, ten entries: Jap first money, second 
divided between Cockrill, Cornett and Gottlieb. 
Event No. 2, 15 targets, ten entries: Gottlieb first money, Japp 
second, Cockrill third. 
Event No. 3. 20 targets, ten entrie.';-. Erhart first money, Cornett 
and Gottlieb second, and Cockrill and Lane divided third money. 
Event No. 5, 15 targets, thirteen entries: Cockrill and Erhart 
tied for first. Brownie, Redmond and Hittie tied for second, and 
lapp and (iottlieb tied for third. 
Event No. 6, 20 targets, fourteen entries: Brownie, Erhart and 
Cornett tied for first money, Gottlieb and Jack tied for second, 
and Davis, Branhull and Sweet tied for third. 
Event No. 7, 15 targets, sixteen entries: Gottlieb first. Sweet 
and Jap second, and McGee, Cornett and Sexton third. 
Event No. 8 was the big event of the day. Seven teams par- 
ticipated, 15 triplets^ or 45 targets, to each man. Barnett and 
Davis pulled down tirst money, Gottlieb and Erhart second, and 
Goff and Cockrill and Jap and Sexton tied for third money. In 
the shoot-off Goff and Cockrill won. 
The Northern Iowa shoot at Mason City, Iowa, closed June 
1, after a fine day for shooting, the weather being favorable for 
the good runs which showed. Long, of Mason City, was high 
gun on the two days' shoot, 303 out of .360 possible. "G. E. T." 
was second, 301 broke. Dr. Kibbey, the red hot Marshaltown 
shot, fell off a little, scoring 280, and \^'oodbury, of Mason City, 
came next, 267. The steady-shooting Mortensen, of Britt, lo-wa, 
shows in the first bole in many of the day's events, in which 
winners were as follows: 
First — Divided between Konvalinka and Long. Second — Divided 
between Steege and Mortensen. Third — G. E. T. Fourth — Divided 
between Sleege, Mortensen and G. E. T. Fifth — Divided between 
Konvalinka, Mortensen and G. E. T. Sixth — Divided between 
Alortensen, Long, Dimmick, Clark and Woodbury. Seventh — 
Clark. Eighth — Smith. Ninth — Divided between Long and Mor- 
tensen. Tenth — Divided between Smith, Woodbury and Morten- 
sen. Eleventh — Divided between Mortensen and Clark. Twelfth — 
Divided between Mortensen, Long and G. E. T. 
At Du Pont Park, St. Louis, a rattling shoot was in progress 
May 29 and 30. On the first day a stiff event was shot off for a 
valuable gun, c»c 25 targets, conditions, Winston's handicap. Score: 
G Prendergast 10010110011010111111011000 —15 
Straw lOllUllOimillOlOllOlllllll —25 
Crosby 11111111011111111111111111 
Dow OUlimi 00011101011110000 
Stecker , 10010101111001110110101110 
Skinny 1111100111111111110111111111 
Levy ; ; . ; OlOlOOlllOlOllOllUllDllOlll 
Baggemas 1101011101010111011111011111111—18 
E Prendergast 1111111111111000101110110101 —19 
Selzer 111010110111111001110110001 
Klin g 1011311111111101011111111110 
Hershev 1111011111111110111101111111 
Winston 1111111111111111101111100111 
Daniels 1111011010010001101011010 
*King 111001110111001011111011110 
*Spicer 1001010000110111011100001110 
* Birds. 
In the shoot-off Hershey won. 
Nine other events, a total of 165 targets in all, were shot, with 
the following totals shot and missed respectively as below: 
Shot at. Killed. 
Kling 165 141 
Stroh 120 74 
E Prendergast 120 104 
G Stone 85 54 
Selzer 165 125 
Colman 90 57 
Crosby 120 111 
Nold 50 SO 
Flirschy 130 113 
Bellcour 55 32 
35 
—16 
—16 
—25 
—16 
17 
—25 
—26 
—25 
—14 
-18 
—13 
Stoker .... 
Rawlins . . . 
Kaizer 
Miss King 
Lake 
Don 
Levey 
Skinney 
Baggerman 
Spicer 
Shot at. 
85 
60 
25 
35 
45 
35 
45 
70 
50 
85 
Killed. 
65 
33 
18 
17 
36 
27 
40 
65 
42 
60 
On Decoration Day a tidy handicap at live birds, 25 birds, $15, 
brought out seven entries to Du Pont Park. Chan. Powers, of 
Decatur, 111., was m town, and also in the heart of the city, for 
he won with a straight score, as below: 
Kling, 30 1121211120211112101*12210—21 
Ed Pendergast, 30 220211222220102121212121*1—21 
W S Thompson, 28 220211*222001121022211*21—19 
S Thompson, 27 2022201021202112010002201 
Kessler, 28 0201212211*01202111021202 
Powers, 30 1212U1221112111112112122 
Starklofif, 30. .......... , 1121122222112222022112122 
Other sweeps, sotne of them miss-and-out, were shot during the 
rest of the day. 
The Pastime Gun Club, of Kansas City, held its regular VVasli^ 
ington Park shoot May 28, at 25 live birds, and J. B. Porter won 
the medal with 25 straight. In tlie Metropolitan Target Club 
medal contest Gottlieb won with 48 out of 50. Faxon won the 
Western Target Club medal, 21 out of 25. . 
In the live-bird sweeps of the Milwaukee Gun Club, of JVlil- 
waukee. Wis., May 29, the following scores were made at 30 live 
birds: 
Klapinski ....*212mi20-- 8 
No Good 10H12*112— 8 
No Good 12112102**- 7 
Thomas . 
I Carrol . 
Johnson . . 
Plankinton 
Forehand . 
L^uval ..it 
1102*11221 
0101122221— 8 
0202011100 .'"i 
12l21-n221- 11 
, .1121002021- 7 
Wis., the interest 
Fulton retained 
1211111112—10 
1021111122— 9 Thomas 
12*1120112— 8 Johnson 
1222122"'2*— 8 Carrol 
20122**121— 7 Forehand .... 
rivw.22122**122— 8 Klapimski .... 
At the last .shoot of the gun club of Superior, 
was good, and the shooting closely fought out 
the club medal. Eleven events were shot. Scores: 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
Hogan 6 4 5 8 6 8 5 8 4 7 10 , . 
Leader 7 56587573 577 
Dixin 8 6 7 5 5 7.. 8 
Marks £ 4 7 7 6 7 . . 
Pierce 4 . . 5 . . 6 8 6 
Behrens 5 6 7 8 8 4 
Folkers 2 3 5 
Tracy • - . . • • . . • ■ 8 , , . 
Fulton .... 10 7 5 8 9 7 .. 
On May 28 the Glenville Gun Clubj of Clevelattd.. O., met a keen 
wind and consequently low scores were tnade, as shown below: 
Events : 
Targets : 
Telindc 
James . 
Evans 
Hopkins 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 Total. 
10 
10 
15 
20 
20 
75 
8 
9 
12 
18 
10 
67 
6 
6 
10 
1.1 
15 
52 
10 
10 
12 
16 
18 
60 
8 
8 
13 
17 
14 
60 
9 
10 
12 
17 
39 
8 
8 
9 
9 
is 
15 
ii 
63' 
10 
10 
12 
17 
ir> 
64 
15 
14 
16 
45 
12 
14 
14 
40 
th 
c c 
lub 
medal. 
The 
rest of the day was spent enjoyably at sweeps. 
The third and deciding contest in the Pckin-Peoria team rape 
was shot off at Pekin, May 29, and I'eoria won for the second 
time, taking the series. Score, 15 men teams, 25 targets; .Peoria 
236, Pekin 212. 
Oflicers of the St. Louis Trap-Shooters' League were lo nleel 
with the officers of the Missouri State Game and Fish Protective 
Association, June 4 at 8 P. M., at the Lindell Hotel, St. Tvouis. 
The League will probably become incorporated. 
In the first day of the tournament of the Ohio Trap-Shoofei's' 
League, at Springfield, much interest centered about the shaot 
for the Journal cup, at 30 targets, S3. A good entry came in and 
was quickly trotted to a finish by Rolla Heikes, of D.iyton. who 
tied on 30' straight with Spross, of Toledo, and shot the latter 
out with 24 out of 25 in the tie. 
Charlie Young, of Springfield, O., made a fine run in tlie 
Findlay, Ohio, shoot last week, scoring 148 out of 150, one of trie 
best records of the State. 
Lemars, Iowa, Gun Club will give a three days' shoot Jliiie 1.4, 
15 and 16. This shoot is for amateurs only, and professionals 
will please excuse it if they are requested to not participate. 
About 3,500 targets were thrown in Jake Klein's Decuration 
Day shoot, at Detroit. A team race was shot, Marks and .\very 
against Cady and Corbett, at 100 targets, expert rules, one man up, 
The former team won, 161 to 147, the score being Marks So, .\very 
76, Cady 70, Corbett 77. Eight full events were shot in the 
sweeps and also a handicap race, in which scratch men stood at 
21yds. Score, at 25 targets: 
Marks, scratch, 22; Parker, scratch, 16; Avery, scratch, 15; 
. Woods, scratch, 19; Fleischer, scratch, 18; Hall, scratch, 18; 
Scottcn, 16yds., 18; Holmes, 16yds., 19; P. Wcise, 16yds., IS; J. A. 
(."hapman, 10yds., 8; C. Weise, 16yds., 9; Bradv, 18yds., 16; Klein, 
ISvds., 18; Korthmore, 18yds., 17; Cady, ISycIs'., 15; Boyd, iSyds., 
15"; Wolf, 18yds., 21; Crosby, 18yds., 15; Hart, ISyd.s.,' 18; Cox, 
16yds., 15. 
THIS IS PROGRESS. 
From the live town of Stillwater, Minn., 1 have thfe {ollo-wlilg to- 
day: 
"Under separate cover we .send you jJrogramme Of the coming 
Stillwater shoot. You will note that while we are not as yet edu 
cated up to the Rose system, we have eliminated one 'agricultural 
feature, the 'merchandise shoot.' Our average prizes are good 
hard dollars, and they are not taken out of the purses. A\'e al 
ready have assurance of a large attendance from Minnesota and 
Wisconsin. Come and join us, we want to shake the hand of the 
man who owned the 'Meat Dog.' Committee." 
Stillwater shoot is all right and I only wish I could be there. 
THE MOONSTONE TROPHY. 
June 4.— As stated in earlier copy, Mr. H. B. Foss will be the 
next contestant for what Col. Felton calls the "Moonstone .trophy," 
of Chicago. The career of this emblem of peace and harmony has. 
as earlier pointed out in these columns, been- an eventful one, 
but how could the poor thing help it, with thirteen birds, thirteen 
stones, a wabbly set of rules and a Friday for a shootine day? 
I suggested to Mr. Paterson the other day, as we sat idly danglinT 
this thing out of the Forest and Stream window, that he should 
shoot the next race on the 13th of July. I want to kei"- up the 
interest in it as much as possible. 
AUDUBON DELEGATES, 
At their meeting this week Audubon Gun Club, of Chicago, 
selected as delegates for Peoria convention Messrs. F. R. Bissell, 
R. B. Organ, W. P. Mussey, F. A. Place and O. Von f.,engerke. 
COMING EVENTS. 
Look out for the story of the big Illinois State shoot. While 
there may not be quite "1,000 shooters from outside Peoria," as 
a local paper confidently expects, there will undoubtedly be a 
large number, and the programme will warrant the attendance, 
Paul North issues announcement of June 14-16 for this year's 
dates of the big annual tournament of the Cleveland Target Co. 
This is a history-maker always, and has been one of the great fixtures 
of the land ever since its inception years ago. Each year there 
is something studied up for the shooters to ponder over, and the 
man who is contemplating a little shooting- trip somewhere may 
very well keep his eye on Cleveland, vv'here he is sure of a new 
game, a big ganie and a dead square game. 
Out in California shooting matters have been in better shape foi- 
some tirne than in any other part of the Union. Great interest 
is evinced in coming State live-bird tournament, under the 
auspices of the Olympic Gvm Club, at Ingleside grounds, San Fran- 
cisco, June 3-5. It may be supposed, thougli scores are not yet 
at hand, that the tournament of the California Inanimate Target 
Association, May 29-30, was the customary California success. 
The fifth annual tournament of the Va'lley City Gun Club will 
be held at Grand Rapids, June 6-7, auspices of the Michigan Trap- 
Shooters' League. Two days, with good programme each day. 
Waukegan Gun Club, of Illinois, had a nice little Decoration 
Day shoot, with a number of spectators and participants. The 
club is fixing ug the lines for a big shoot on the Fourth of July. 
Ogden Gun Club, of Champaign, III., has a secretary by the 
name of Wm. McKinley, who is now arranging for the third 
annual tournament for amateurs, June 23. Magautrap with magau- 
trap rules will be used. 
Stillwater Gun Club, of Minnesota, has issued a tasty and com- 
plete programme of its coming tournament, June 14-15, which 
promises to be one of the good things of the current montli. 
Keep it in mind. Wm. Magnuson is secretary, and will explain. 
There will be $112.50 cash average money for the fifteen high 
guns that trot the programme through. E. Hough, 
1206 BoYCE Building, Chicago. 
CHICAGO DELEGATES AND TEAMS FOR PEORIA. 
Chicago, May 28. — The gun clubs of Chicago are selecting 
teams from shooters available who contemplate attending the 
State shoot at Peoria, June 7-11. Among those selected for the 
Blue Island Gun Club are Geo. Roll, Geo. Airey, Robert Kruger, 
Geo. Borman and Jacob Rehm. 
Eureka Gun Club, of Chicago, names the following as eligibles : 
Thos. A. Marshall, Ed Bingham, W. R. Morgan, Ed Steck, John 
T. Glover, C. C. Hess, A. W. Adams, A. C. Paterson, Lem Wil- 
lard, L. H. Goodrich, F. P. Stannard, J. L. Jones, Oswald von 
Lengerke and E. S. Rice. 
Garden City Gun Club reports tte following members -who \n\\ 
attend the State Association contest, and the first team selected 
will consist of Abe S. Kleinman, John A. Ruble, A. W. Reeves 
and either Henry Ehlers or O. Ft. Porter. Those constituting the 
second team -will be chosen from among J. H. Amberg, J. M, Gilles- 
