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FOREST AND STREAM, 
[July g, 1898. 
Milwaukee Carnival Shoot. 
Milwaukee, Wis., June 2S. — The Cream City of Wisconsin this 
week celebrated her fiftieth birthday, but didn't act as though 
she were more than sweet sixteen so far as flowers and furbelows 
would signify. The entire town was a mass of bunting, and the 
streets were lined with myriad of lanterns, which shed their light 
o'er brave men and fair women, all of whom were determined to 
break the record for having a good time. From all parts of the 
country, including many cities outside the State, came legions of 
sightseers, so that along the highways were strewn hairpins of 
many models, the same trodden underfoot by countless girls, many 
of whom were desperately pretty and all of whom were desperately 
in earnest. The ice cream man, the soda pop man, and the man 
with small red balloons were strictly in it. A monument was un- 
veiled, or a bicycle parade was pulled off, or a flower-bedecked 
procession of costly equipages rolled down the streets, or a fire 
engine drill was held, about every half hour, so that it required 
effort to keep up with all the fun. The long and beautiful avenues 
wera lined with people, and the lawns were covered with decora- 
tions, and the flag of the country floated over dome and home, 
and the policemen hustled, and ever and anon came the recurrent 
sizz of the beer that made Milwaukee famous. It would have 
taken several marriage bells to give any one an adequate line on 
the merriment. For once in fifty years the city laid aside its 
workaday garb and held festival. Miles of allegorical floats showed 
the past and the hope of the future, and a vast industrial parade 
betokened the busy present. By day the steady business of 
having a good time went on, and by night vast prismatic fountains 
and linked fireworks long drawn out showed the same sturdy, 
happy, contented, serious, orderly American crowds still hard at 
work enjoying themselves. It was really a great week in Mil- 
waukee, fit to represent' the development of one of the greatest 
of our inland cities, and not to be appreciated from any mere 
description in cold type. 
The type may have been cold in Milwaukee, and perhaps the 
beer (that made Milwaukee famous) was also cold, but nothing 
else was. The sun was blindingly hot, and the brazen sky ex- 
pected every thermometer to do its duty. Two hundred thousand 
shirt waists went forth with the dawn in Milwaukee to see and 
be seen, but when the noon came, where were they? The straw 
hat, the glass with a straw in it, and clothes made of towels 
found favor with the sterner sex, and when laundrymen looked 
out they smiled till apoplexy threatened. Never before did the 
words of the inane song of the music halls find such foundation, 
and at Milwaukee there was really a hot time in the old town. 
It was good and hot* anyway you looked at it. The Indian 
princess, at the Winnebago village on the lake shore (near where 
the Mahnawauk Indian* will hold their canoe regatta Saturday 
evening) remarked feelingly in my hearing that she wished she 
had brought another shirt waist or two along, for she was afraid 
folks would think she was shy on civilization. The Indian 
princesses most all wore shirt waists and tan shoes, and spoke 
knowingly of bicycles, to say nothing of a just and exact ap- 
preciation of chewing gum. Others of the Indians had bows and 
arrows and moccasins and bead work to sell. I didn't think any 
Indian could sell me bead work, but one did, I discover, although 
1 note with a pang that the sinew he guaranteed is made of 
linen thread. The Indian village was all right, and some of the 
Indians looked pretty wild, or anyhow wild enough to earn their 
salaries. At all such places of especial interest the crowds were 
thick day and night. Hotels were crowded, the humble sandwich 
assumed a dignity hitherto unknown, and the tiredest wienerwurst 
got gay. 
• To such a city, crowded and happy, came the clans of the 
shooters, summoned bv the liberal programme offered by the 
National Gun Club, of Milwaukee, assisted by the Carnival 
committee of the city, who generously gave $250 out of their 
funds to help create good purses for the tournament. To this 
amount the club added $250 of its own funds. The programme 
paid an amount nearly equal to that, and for the remainder the 
club committee went out upon the highway and hustled. All 
in all, the grand sum of $1,000 was raised to be hung up in added 
money for the shooters, proof enough that Milwaukee did not mean 
to do any part of the week's entertainment by halves. 
It was the plan of the management to bring out the experts, 
but not to frighten away the less skillful, and it was thought 
desirable to put the shooting at known traps and angles, with a 
set of 7 traps to keep matters moving. As in view of late records 
at tournaments it was believed that many of the crackerjacks 
could break straights whenever they felt like it with both eyes 
shut on known traps and angles, the management decided to 
handicap the experts and manufacturers' agents by requiring them 
to break 19 out of the 20 targets in order to get into the money, 
the scores of 19 and 20 straight being the only ones which would 
be of any use to them. This created a sort of Chinese wall about 
the money on the first day which was rather amusing in some 
regards. Rolla Heikes said it was harder for him to shoot at 
known traps and angles than it was to stick to the unknown game 
at which all the bovs had had so much practice. Gilbert missed 
the first bird he shot at, and dropped another further along in 
the same event. Powers, not barred, but about as safe to go high 
as anybody, could not find the birds out of No. 6 and No. 7 traps 
and only got 17 in the first event. Dick Merrill, another regular, 
lost 2 out this fatal first event, Marshall retired with 17, Bingham, 
Heikes, Budd, Fanning and Gilbert all fell behind the money. 
Hallowell, classified as in the limits of the bar as an agent, only 
shot for the targets and did not go in for the sweep, and strangely 
enough he landed in the 19 hole, where it would have been good 
picking had he been in for it all. Out of seventy odd shooters 
who competed during the first day only eight made straights, and 
of these not one was able to repeat the performance durmgthe 
day. There were wild and wondering looks among the steadies 
who have been following the trap circuit for the last fifty or sixty 
years, but try the best they could they were not able to get m 
where the grass was tallest and greenest. The very hot weather 
and indifferent background and the irregular height of the trap 
screens may have had something to do with this state of affairs— 
a very unusual one in these days. I never heard so much kicking 
by shooters about their hard luck in all my experience among 
the "gang." They protested there was a large and able-bodied 
hoodoo loose somewhere, but no one was able to solve the curves 
of such evil genius. . , 
The shooting was advertised to begin at 9 A. M., but on the 
first day it was after 11 A. M. before the squads got into active 
commission, and the sport progressed rather spasmodically, so that 
at lunch time only one event was concluded. During the aiter- 
noon the game lagged a bit by reason of the oppressive heat, and 
long before quitting time it was seen that the programme could 
not be finished for the day. It was 7 P. M. before the last 
number of the day, the fifth event, was concluded, this leaving 
three events to be taken up on the following day. At this 
gait the tournament could not be promptly finished, but there 
fs all reason to think that matters will be more rapid after the 
hard first day, so that the last day may be given over to the 
great live-bird programme which is offered, for which the handi- 
capping committee will be Mr. Richard Merrill and Dr. J. L. 
Williamson, of Milwaukee, and Mr. C. M. Powers, of Decatur, '111. 
The tournament committee in charge Were Messrs. EE, Rogers, 
chairman; Ed Silverman, treasurer; W. G. King, John Plankmton 
Jr., Jacob Muehl and W. A. Haig. Mr. Muehl acted as puller and 
general captain, and Mr. Haig was an able and courteous cashier 
2nd secretary. Mr. Rogers worked very iaithfully all through the 
hot weather immediately preceding the shoot, and the smooth- 
ness of the running arrangements was much due to his manage- 
ment. Targets (the new "American pigeon") were shot at 2 
cents, live birds at 20 cents. A. S. A rules governed. The 
grounds were the well-known ones at National Park, easy ot 
access by electric car, and Grandpa Brand was on hand at his 
hostelry to make things pleasant for the boys. 
The following were classified as manufacturers agents and 
experts: Rolla Heikes, Fred Gilbert Charlie Budd, Eddie Bing- 
ham, Jack Fanning, J. J. Hallowell Jr. Luckier but almost 
as skillful, were such cracks as Tom Marshall, Jack ^Ruble^ Chan. 
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Chicago sent over for the first day Messrs. W. D. Mannard and 
Eddie Stack, of the Eureka Club; Abe and John Kleinman, A. 
Verges, Messrs. Barto, Simonetti and Bacci, of the Alpine Gun 
Club with others to follow later m the week; Jack Carkeek, ot 
Waupun, acted as squad hustler, with Gus Hensen some of the 
time, and served as an efficient preserver of law and order along 
the score. Paul Stone, of Oconomowoc, shot also, and J. Sj. 
Spokeville and Loyal, Wis., attended for their part ot the btate. 
<\mong Milwaukee cracks such men as young Plankinton,. JUr. 
Williamson and Dick Merrill will set a hot enough pace for any 
one at the live-bird traps, and. Stephen and John. Meutuer s Frpft 
Meixner and others of the target shooters will keep in the game 
till the end. 
The regular programme is of eight events daily, at 20 birds 
each, $2 entry, with $25 added to each event— certainly a very 
attractive programme, and one worthy of the biggest " shooting- 
week of the biggest city of the big old State of Wisconsin. There 
being but 160 targets to the day, and the weather being not so 
very awful hot after all, the exercises of the day will be con- 
cluded by Chan. Powers and Dick Merrill shooting a few targets 
for practice, this being one of their time-honored customs. If 
matters do not improve before long, there will be a good many of 
the best ones who will begin to think they need a little practice, 
Thus goes the shooting game. At Omaha the gang takes 
everything down the line and can't miss a bird. At Milwaukee, 
at the forgotten style of known all, they can't hit a basswood 
stump with a string tied to it. Such is life in the far West. It 
grew cooler this afternoon, and maybe the boys will catch their 
gait to-morrow. It was worth a pretty thing to see them figuring 
on their average cards to-day and wondering where they would 
wind up by nightfall. "We are up against it once more," said 
Charlie Budd, sadly, as he wiped a hot tear from his nose. 
It may be said by way of general comment that Milwaukee shoot 
is a big shoot. If predictions are verified and the live-bird handi- 
cap turns out big as it promises, it will be perhaps one of the 
heaviest all-round tournaments held for some time. It is first 
one thing and then another in trap-shooting nowadays, in the 
effort to get and please the crowds of shooters. From Cleveland 
to Milwaukee is something of a' step in methods, but still at Mil- 
waukee it was not made exactly easy for the paid men to get in 
among the lambs, the plan being to pay them all well for coming 
and shooting, and yet to serve the principles of fair play by keep- 
ing the business men from winning all the money. The results 
to-day must have been on the whole pleasing to the amateurs. 
What the sum total will show at the end of the week can not be 
told just now. That the manufacturers' agents will all be pleased 
is not to be expected, and perhaps it is not absolutely essential. 
The only thing that the "gang" can approve is a wide open shoot, 
with all the strings off, and about a million dollars added money 
hung up to induce them to come and shed the light of their coun- 
tenances. Charlie says that the only good shoot is one with the 
whole gang on hand and no bars up. "Oh, pshaw," he added, 
"shooting is all going to the dogs, these days and a lot of you 
newspaper men sit in the office and never see a shoot, and try 
to tall us folks how to do things. If it wasn't for my raspberry 
farm I'd have to go live with my wife's folks, for there is no 
money in shooting any more. It's all the fault of you newspaper 
men. You don't know nothing nohow." With all of which the 
other penitents on the mourners' bench there present heartily 
concurred Rolla Heikes said nothing and smiled. Tom Marshall 
thought a shoot without the old guard was no good, and said 
the poor shots took joy in coming in from the outer precincts 
just to look at the shooting celebrities, and they enjoyed being 
skun by such experts, it was done so nicely. About everybody 
agreed that no one could make any money by following the circuit 
any more. No one could tell what ought to be done, but all in- 
sisted that plenty of money ought always to be hung up, and that 
bars were a shame. At which juncture the band again blew 
"Annie Laurie," and the squad rose at the voice of Gus Hensen, 
hustling squads. The scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Events: 12 3 4 5 
A Kleinman 16 14 14 18 16 Fanning IS 17 17 19 17 
G Anderson 15 13 Marshall 17 15 17 19 17 
E Stack 14 19 19 17 17 Voss 9 10 11 17 . . 
W Stannard 19 16 18 16 15 Meixner 19 15 18 15 19 
G Sperbect 14 14 13 13 . . Ruble 14 14 IS 20 19 
J Marsh 13 11 13 14 15 Heikes 16 18 20 IS 18 
A Lea 9 14 17 14 10 T Graham 16 18 18 20 19 
T Cook 19 15 17 14 13 E Clark 19 . 18 17 19 17 
Stier 14 12 T Dan 20 18 16 16 16 
Meaders 14 15 15 19 16 H Peterson 13 16 12. 16 11 
Godfrey 11 8 T Bush 13 14 9 . . . . 
F Stout 12 9 Vertres 15 14 17 IS 13 
Vail 19- 14 18 IS 19 S Meunier 17 14 17 . . 
Spross ' 17 17 19 16 18 Howard S 
Reichert 16 15 17 15 15 P Stone 11 12 14 11 
Malana 14 14 15 14 14 T Kleinman 13 
L Harrison 17 15 16 17 15 J Charles 11 
Catamaran 19 17 16 18 18 G Henson S 11 
O Miller 1113 ... Drake 12 11 .. .. 
O Zwerg 17 12 20 17 . . T Graham 19 19 17 17 
B Maust 12 7 E Graham 12 16 20 
Vance 17 17 17 18 18 T Haertle 15 11 16 . . 
G F T 16 16 1.5 14 18 E Rogers 11 
Farmer 20 19 16 14 17 Klapinski 11 15 .. 
Ell Jay 17 18 19 16 17 Foster 15 12 
F Machus 15 14 17 14-.. Goodrich 9 9 .. 
J Farber 14 13 19 16 17 Schuschardt 19 15 
E Fish 18 19 16 15 19 Schultz" 19 .. .. 
J Carkeek 15 16 14 18 18 Horlick 19 13 
Schultz 14 14 12 ... . Barto 16 11 
Glasier 14 13 15 20 15 Simonetti 15 19 . . 
Drew 12 14 Gerber U. 10 
Hallowell 19 19 17 16 18 Bacci 8 8 .. 
Hingham 18 15 15 19 16 Dcvin 10 .. .. 
Gilbert 18 19 19 20 18 W R G 13 .. .. 
Budd 17 20 17 18 20 C Smith 15 
Powers 17 16 16 17 19 Evans 6 .. . 
Merrill 18 19 18 19 16 Voss 14 . . 
FRIDAY, SECOND DAY, JULY 1. 
The promised cold wave did not arrive to any alarming extent, 
but the weather was more pleasant. The carnival kept up its gait 
better than most of the shooters, and the enjoyable features of the 
evening previous perhaps made some of the attendants a trifle 
reluctant to get out into the garish light of dawn with a shotgun. 
At any rate the first delayed event, No. 6 on yesterday's pro- 
gramme, which was scheduled to begin at 8 A. M. sharp, did not 
pretend to begin until 9 A. M., after which time there was a 
most harassing series of delays with the traps, so that at noon 
only one event had been run off. It took the rest of the day to 
conclude the two remaining events of yesterday and one of to- 
day, or but four events in all. This gives only 80 targets shot at 
to-day to each man, instead of 160, as per programme, or a total 
of 180 targets shot at instead of 320. The fourth event to-day had 
$50 added instead of $25, as scheduled. As to-morrow is a. live- 
bird day, this leaves the target programme unfinished and the big 
added money unapportioned. Let the imagination picture what 
this means! It is not wished to make any harsh criticism upon 
the management, which has labored the best it knew and should 
have credit for that fact, but it is none the less true that had the 
controllers of the shoot been quite willing to accept the aid and 
counsel of men who have had a very wide experience in these 
complicated details of running a shoot, which seem so easy and 
are really so difficult, the result might have been a shade better. 
This is not said in any carping spirit, but in justice to other 
tournaments which are reeled off more rapidly and more in ac- 
cordance with announcements. The traps did not seem to work so 
smoothly as they should have done, but the warm weather and 
the general laxness in interest were the main causes of delay. 
It should not be remembered against the Milwaukee gentlemen, 
for thev worked very hard and gave a good account of themselves. 
It is not every shoot that can be as smooth as Cleveland shoot, 
or as big as the Soo shoot, and it should be borne in mind that 
neither of the above-mentioned cities had a carnival on hand to 
distract its attention. The weather was not good all the time, and 
in fact it was not sport to shoot, Everybody was a bit querulous 
and strung up. 
To-day the shooting conditions improved, so that the scores were 
not so low. The number of straights did not much improve, but 
the 19s came out oftener. The regulars who shot through the pro- 
gramme were not so many, but the score pads showed seventy-nine 
entries all told for the day, a very large list for any shoot these 
times. Graham took a swift run up to the front. Budd could 
not land in the 20 hole, but crowded it hard. Marshall got shaky, 
and llingham went to pieces a little, and Fanning could not get 
over the last door sill, and Heikes pounced along with the uni- 
form road gait of IS. Gilbert caught his form a bit, and Merrill 
and Powers were satisfied to bang around the corners of the 18 
place. It was an odd shoot, and readers who look over the scores 
arid are told that the ragged columns were made by the best shots 
of the land at known traps and angles will smile in incredulity. 
There were some who said "ha-ha!" when the management an- 
nounced known traps and angles, but it really would appear that 
on the whole the Milwaukee target shoot was a pretty sporty affair 
after all. \ ' '. ' - „ * , t s 
Barring too hot weather, which is of course incompatible with 
good sport at live birds at this season, the big handicap of to- 
morrow should also prove interesting. At night fifty-seven entries 
had been received, and it is thought that at least a dozen more 
will appear in the morning. This includes so strong a showing 
of the talent of the entire West at this style of shooting that I 
should not be surpirise^ t© sec a long string of straights, unless 
a. cnol waye should corns arid, a, stronger wind, to give life to the 
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birds and to the shooting. To-morrow will close the active caij 
nival, and will also close the last attempt at reconciling the man' 
trap-shooting difficulties of the day. As a big modern shoot, will 1 
plenty of money and a lot of shooters ready to divide it, thij 
tournament was a success. As a red-hot sporting meet, with clos 
and hard conditions, and a good management to keep the wheel' 
moving, it cannot be called a success, largely from causes abov. 
capitulated, for which unreasoning blame should not be lodged 1 
Much dissatisfaction was expressed, it is true, and more than, 
one prominent Milwaukee shooter freely expressed the belief tha 
it would be a "long time before a tournament for shooters car- 
be pulled off successfully in Milwaukee." At this writing it. ii 
not thought likely that more than one live-bird t event, the 15-birc 
race, will be run off to-morrow, but the added purse of $250 wil 
be largely increased. Following are the scores of to-day: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 Events: 12 3 
Farmer 19 17 20 18 Voss 15 ... . 
Marsh 16 13 14 14 Drake 17 . . 
Zwerg 13 17 13 .. Ruble 18 19 17 IS 
Bart 14 15 18 19 Stannard 19 15 18 16 
Reichert 19 14 12 .. Zurheick 14 17 16 .. 
GET 18 . . 16 12 Stone 14 14 12 
Peterson 17 13 . . 14 Bacci 13 . . 
Simonetti 13 14 16 15 Shultz 17 19 17 
A Kleinman 11 9 14 9 S Meunier 10 8 . . 
Meaders 18 18 14 16 E S Graham 16 18 18 16. 
Vail 16 16 18 15 J R Graham 20 19 20 
Spross 17 17 16 15 Dearing 15 15 15 .. 
Malana .15 Henry 18 .. .. 20l 
Harrison 15 15 13 . . Peterson 15' 
A R Lea 13 7 13 14 Kling 16 18 20 17 
F Stout 11 8 . . . . T Ell 19 20 18 IT, 
Vance 17 17 18 15 Bogart , 3 .. .. 
Farber 18 13 16 19 Leon 9 . . 
Fish 18 18 16 16 Guenther 14 9 7 
Carkeek 16 14 19 16 Plankinton 17 10 . . 12 
Meixner 15 13 16 11 Rogers 11 9 . . 16 
Clark 17 17 16 . . Bush 13 14 IS 14 
Steck 16 18 19 15 Orloffski 9 11 .. 10 
Sperbeck 15 15 Get 16 .. . ., 
Hallowell ............ 19 18 17 17 Roessner 15 14 11 
Bingham 19 14 13 14 Koch 17 . . 13/ 
Gilbert 17 20 19 18 Kettner 12 .. 12 
Budd 17 19 19 18 Yahr .. 14 17 14 
Powers 17 18 18 16 Firzlaff 12 . . 14 
Merrill 18 18 19 17 Glasier 15 , 17 
Fanning 19 17 17 18 Dieter 14. 
Marshall ..; 15 18 17 18 Devilv 16 17 12 
T J Graham 19 17 20 19 Hensen , 13 
Heikes 18 18 18 IS Harvey 18 
Daug 17 12 15 .. Levi 8 
Verges 13 15 16 II Gumz . . ( .. ' 
Cook , 16 13 17 14 Hani 12 .. 
Banker 10 20 14 11 S e n 14 ..A 
Cunningham 14 13 14 12 Savage 9 ! 
Antoine 18 15 17 .. Horlick 16 15 I 
IN MEW JERSEY. 
BERGEN COUNTY GUN CLUB. | 
Hackensack,, N. J., June 25. — Following are the scores of the 
club shoot made to-day : 
G Piercy, 5 1111101111001111111101111-21-4-25 
L Piercv, 5 1011111101001111111111110—20—5-25 
Taylor, 5 1110110111111111111111111— 23— 2— 25 
Everett, 5 : 11011H110111111111111111— 23— 1— 21 
Stern, 8 0010111000101011001111111— 15 w 
Money, 4 1111101111101111111111111—23—2-25 
Griffith, 4 1111111111111100111111111— 23— 2— 25 
Raymond 1010001000H01001110111U— 14 w 
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G Piercv, 30 10111111111111110101111111111 -26 
L Piercy. 30 11101111111101110111111011011—25 
Taylor, 30 111111111001111111111111111111—28 
L Piercy, 30 111011111111011101111111011011-25 
Monev, 29 010110111011110H11111111 w 
Griffith, 29 111110010111111H1111110O w 
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G Piercy 01111111U— 9 Taylor HJiiillOl— 9 
L Piercy 1111111111—10 
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H Money 1111001101UH011111 —16 
' 01 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 11-26-42 
BOILING SPRINGS GUN CLUB. 
July 2. — The regular monthly club shoot of the Boiling Springs 
Gun Club was held this afternoon on the club's grounds, at 
Rutherford, N. J. The weather was rather too warm for much 
comfort at the score, and the holiday shoot on Monday next, 
the Fourth of July, also had a bad effect on the attendance. 
Only nine shooters all told took part in the practice events 
and the club shoot, and of that number three were guests of 
the club, viz., Ed Taylor, H. Everett and Harold B. Money. 
The shooting was rather too hard for such a warm day, and 
scores in consequence fell down to a low mark. Huck alone 
showed anything like his usual form in the main event, but his 
work in the sweeps was not so good. Below are the records in 
the club shoot: 
W Huck, 5. .11101111110111001111110111111111101111111110111111-^3 
11010 —3—46 
*E Taylor ...1111100011111101110111111.1111011111111110111111111 —41 
P Paul, X. . . .100010001011011011.0011011111110111110111111101 1 111—35 
11101110 —6-11 
E Banks, 2. . .1101101111011 1101100011011111111111111111110001111 — 39 
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l; Waters, 10.. 10111111010111111110111100011111100110010011100101-34 
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B fames. 12. .100101000011)01)101 101 100001011101111011111001101111-28 
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*1I Everett . . .IIOUIIOIIIIOIOIOIOIOIOIIIIOIII 11101100111111011 10 —36 
*H Money. . ..001101111000101111111001101111111100111011101U101 —35 
C Collin s, 15 . .001000010000101000010000001010111 11010011110111101-22 
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* Guests. 
The Interstate Association, 
The Interstate trap-shooting tournament, given for the Parker 
Gun Club, at Meriden, Conn., July 27 and 28, has its details fully 
set forth in the neat programme, which can be obtained of Mr. 
Elmer E. Shaner, 122 Diamond Market, Pittsburg, Pa., or from 
" Mr. C. S. Howard, secretary Parker Gun Club, Meriden, Conn. 
The programme for each day is alike — ten events, of which six 
are at 15 bluerocks, four at 20, entrance $1.50 and $2 respectively. 
There is $50 added money each day, and a $50 silver prize cup 
donated to paid representatives. 
The tournament will be held on the grounds of the Parker 
Gun Club. To reach the shooting grounds take the trolley cars 
at Hanover street, opposite the Meriden House, to Hanover 
Park. Shooting commences at 9 o'clock sharp each day. 
The silver cup aforementioned is 16V2in. high, is donated for 
competition, and goes to the paid representative making the 
liveliest score, shooting the entire programme both davs. All 
purses divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. 
Guns and ammunition forwarded to Mr. H. L. Carpenter, 26 
Cherry street, Meriden, Conn., will be delivered at the grounds. 
A first-class lunch will be served each day at reasonable prices. 
Interstate rules will govern all events. The headquarters during 
the tournament will be the Winthrop Hotel, $2.50 per day, and 
the Meriden House, $2 per day. 
The badge which admits the bearer to the Interstate Association 
tournament at Meadville is of novel and appropriate design. A 
paper cartridge, which has seen use, serves as a bar to suspend a 
card on which is the legend "Interstate Association tournament, 
Meadvi'le Gun Club. MeadyUle, Pa-, July 6 and 7, 1898. Admit 
bearer," ... - - - 
