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FOREST AND STREAM. 
{Aug. 6, 1898. 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
PATEltSON LOSES THE TROPHY. 
Chicago, July 30.— The unbroken series of victories by 
which Mr. A. C. Paterson has so long retained possession of the 
Chicago challenge trophy was yesterday interrupted by Mr. Thos. 
P. Hicks, who stood at 30yds. with a 10-gauge gun and killed his 
25 birds straight, also killing his 2 handicap birds, or 27 straight. Mr. 
Paterson was unlucky enough to miss one bird and so could 
not come in even for a tie. Both men shot in superb form. Mr. 
Hicks, as earlier stated in these columns, was among those who 
earlier made attempts to land challenges for this trophy, but on 
the first occasion, as he informed Mr. Paterson, was not in time 
with his challenge. His later attempt was more successful. Im- 
mediately at the conclusion of Mr. Paterson's last race Mr. 
Hicks took the first train down town and mailed his challenge, 
yet, as he informed me yesterday, he saw on the mailing table 
even as he passed his own challenge in thtuiigh the window, the 
challenge of another contestant. Mr. V. L. Cunnyngham, earlier 
defeated by Mr. Paterson, and Mr. Ed Bingham also challenged for 
the trophv, but of the three the challenge of Mr. Hicks was the 
one accepted by the trustees. Mr. Hicks is one of the three 
trustees himself, but there were enough without him to pass im- 
partially upon the questions of challenge and handicap, in regard 
to which I have heard no criticism. Mr. Hicks was allowed 29yds. 
jwsd 2 birds, Mr. Paterson being placed at 30yds., but the former 
finally chose to stand at 30yds. and use his old Westley Richards 
yi-gauge, in which he has the greatest confidence. His judgment 
a the result seems good, for he shot in splendid style, and if his 
<andicap was wrong his shooting was the severest criticism upon 
t, though it is not likely he or anybody else will soon kill 27 
traight again at Watson's. Mr. Paterson himself shot at 8 
iractice birds, killing them all, so that he only missed 1 bird out 
jf 33 during the afternoon. He also was in perfect form, and 
the race was a very interesting and pleasant one to see. 
The real secret of the high scores lay in the fact that the birds 
were not fast, but on the contrary very dull. Out of several hun- 
dred birds John Watson selected 180, and told the trappers to 
pick out the brightest of these. The birds themselves were good, 
but the weather killed the flying. The day was hot and muggy. 
During the morning there was a goodish breeze, but at just 
about 2 o'clock a light sprinkle of rain came and the wind fell 
absolutely, not rising again to any great extent. John Watson 
expressed regret that his birds made so poor a showing, and said 
it was due to the heavy, hot condition of the air. With a good 
wind the scores would not have been so high. What air there 
was moving came left to right across the score. A pleasant 
little gathering witnessed the shooting, and congratulated Mr. 
Hicks upon his admirable showing. He certainly shot in rattling 
style. As Billy Mussey once remarked to Mr. Bennett, of Kansas 
City, "It is hard to beat a man when he kills them all. ' 
The shooting called out no special features, though several 
times Mr. Hicks made long stops, which brought out just ap- 
plause. He centered his birds well, and handled the 10-gauge 
as quickly apparently as another shooter would a 12-gauge. Mr. 
Hicks' 4th bird required the flag. His 5th was stopped high, badly, 
cut up with the first barrel. On his 6th he was careful with his 
first barrel and did not need the second. His 7th was killed at 
over 40yds. in handsome style. His 13th bird was fast and got far 
out, but luckily he got a wing tip with his first barrel. Again on 
his 16th bird he was lucky enough to get a piece of wing; this time 
with his second barrel, meeting much applause for the long stop. 
Meantime Mr. Paterson was continuing to shoot in the splendid 
form he has of late been showing. His 6th bird was a slate blue, 
a twister. He led it to the right just as it ducked to the left, 
and again it led to the left just as it switched back to the right. 
It went away untouched, and with it Patti's chance. His 14th 
bird was a fast one and came in ugly, but was caught in time. 
His 19th was stopped by good use of the second barrel. His 21st 
was hard to find with the first, but was centered nicely and 
saved. Nothing especially hard was asked of him, as not a dozen 
good starters went out of the traps, something very uncommon 
at this park and very different from what I'atti has met on one 
or two other occasions, when he did as good work as one often 
sees. It was good work for both men, for even dull birds are not 
easy to kill in runs like those shown to-day. In his earlier races 
Mr. Paterson has made the following scores in order: At 26 birds, 
25 scored; at 25 birds, 20, with 3 dead out; 21, with 2 dead out; 
21, with 4 dead out: 23, 24, 24, he having shot seven times for the 
trophy, including the Cunnyngham tie. He would have been 
glad to win the medal permanently, but will take the sportsmanlike 
ground of allowing a few others to have a chance at it before 
challenging again. If Mr. Hicks can hold it as long as Patti did 
he will do very well. „. . , , . « n 
In the shooting to-day Mr. Hicks used In his 10-gauge gun 
414 and 4M>drs. Du Pont powder, l%oz. No. 7 snot. Mr. Paterson 
shot the same Remington gun which has brought him his earlier 
victories, using 3V£drs. Du Pont powder and l^oz. 7s. Following 
are the scores: 
Trap score type—Copyright. ;sos, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
T P Hicks. .435454415 5 3 1 2 2 143 5 4442255 25 
lOga. 30yds. /jl 1 ^ T/V i/tV / -J-/" r _><" „ 
2 birds all'd. 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2-25 1 1-27 
A C Paterson.2 32424253 2 3 5 11421524 2 1441 
Visa.. 30yds. -M — >-> % <-^Nr>\ T <-+V-»%/ N t C 
S y 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 112 2 - -24 
AT OMAHA. 
At the last weekly shoot of the Omaha Gun Club, of Nebraska, 
there was shooting at targets, sparrows and pigeons, and seven men 
were on hand. Scores: ( ^ ^ .._ 
At 25 targets: Loornis 19, Fogg 17, Parmelee 17, Plummer 17, 
Townsend 16, Brucker 15, Kimball 16, Hardin 16. 
English sparrows, 10 birds, $5: Parmelee 10, Hollowcll 10, Kim- 
ball 9, Fogg 8, Townsend 7, Plummer 7, Palmer 7, Nason 6. 
At 15 live birds, $5: 
Loornis 111111111111111-15 Parmelee 111110011101111-12 
Hollowell 111111111101111—14 Plummer .....111011111101111—13 
Smead 111101111111111—14 
CINCINNATI GUN CLUB. 
The new club house of the Cincinnati Gun Club is under con- 
struction in St. Bernard suburb of that city. The grounds in- 
close four acres, and there will be two sets of target traps and one 
of live-bird traps. The building is 20 by 30ft. in size, and will be 
handsomely finished and handily arranged. The club has 160 
members and the stock is still selling readily. Ihe following are 
the officers: R. S. Wadsworth, President; Julius Fleischmann, 
Vice-President; T. A. Penn, Recording Secretary; Fred Dreihs, 
Financial Secretary; Hon. John B. Mosby, Treasurer; Milton 
Lindsley, Captain. The Board of Directors consists of the above 
named officers, with Emile Werk, Henry Robinson and A. C. 
Dick. 
The club will give a tournament, probably Sept. 8-9. 
COMING EVENTS. 
Mr, W. R. Elliston, of Nashville, Tenn., -writes: "We wish to 
claim the dates of Oct. 18, 19, 20, for a .shoot that we are to hold 
Bt Belle Meade Stock Farm, Nashville. There will be about $500 
added money, and we will shoot two days at targets and one day 
at live birds. I hope these dates will not conflict with any other 
shoot and that you will announce same." 
Mr. J. C. Thompson, Jr., secretary, writes: "Please announce 
the nineteenth annual tournamentvof Canton Gun Club, of Canton, 
111., Aug. 17-18." 
Breda Gun Club, of Breda, Ta., holds its second annual tour- 
nament, Aug. 2-3, with good attractions. 
Sheboygan Rod and Gun Club, of Sheboygan Falls, Wis., will 
hold a tournament Aug. 14. * 
Milwaukee Gun Club expects a good entry to be on hand to- 
morrow, second day of its tournament, now in progress. Men 
are on hand from Waupaca, Sheboygan, Oshkosh, Green Bay, Eau 
Claire, Waukesha, Oconomowoc, Columbus, Applcton and Es- 
canaba, Mich. The divilions of money will be 40, 30, 20 and 10 
per cent. 
WEST SIDE, OF SAGINAW. 
At the club shoot of the West Side Gun Club, of Saginaw, Mich., 
last Monday, Bliss, Mei^senberger, Messner and Bastian were tied 
on 22 for the club medal. They shot off at 25 targets and Bliss won, 
breaking 24. Brechtelsbauer won the Ditmar medal with a score 
of 24 out of 25. 
E. Hovch. 
1200 Boyce Buildinc, Chicago, 111. 
EUREKA GUN CLUB. 
The Eureka Gun Club, of Chicago, held its regular weekly 
contests at the traps on the club grounds, corner Vincennes 
avenue and Seventy-ninth street, on the afternoon of the 23d, with 
a good attendance. The shooting was comparatively easy, and 
many good scores were made. Aside from the trophy event, the 
team races created considerable interest. 
Following are the scores in practice events: 
All events were shot from the magautrap. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 7 Events: 1 2 3 4 7 
Targets: 15 15 10 15 10 Targets: 15 15 10 15 10 
A W Adams .... 13 13 9 14 9 O J Buck 10 6 11 10 
Neta 6 4 3.... E M Steck 13 91110 
R B Carson 7 9 8 11 .. HF Carson 9 9 9 10 
Doc Carson 9 9 10 15 8 AC Borroff 13 10 .. .. 
F P Stannard 10 9 15 8 Watters 9 13 5 
W D Stannard 14 9 14 9 V Cunnyngham 10 .. .. 
Embree 5 5 . . . . C Antoine 8 14 7 
H Vetter 10 5 14 9 
Team race between choice, F. P. Stannard and Ed Steck, 
at 25 targets, for the price of targets, which was won by Steck's 
team: 
F P Stannard 24 EM Steck 22 
W D Stannard 23 C Antoine 23 
O J Buck 17 A W Adams 22 
H Vetter 19 Dr Carson 19 
W Watters 19-102 H F Carson 23—109 
This was followed by another at 15 targets: 
Dr Carson 9 O J Buck 13 
W D Stannard 15 EM Steck 13 
F P Stannard ,.14 C Antoine 14 
H F Carson 14 W Watters 10 
H Vetter 13—65 A W Adams 15—65 
Dr. Carson's team won in the shoot-off. 
Following are detailed scores in the trophy contest, at 25 targets 
from the magautrap, classified. Class A was not shot off, Class B 
won by V. L. Cunnyngham and Class C by W. Watters. 
Class A. 
F P Stannard 1111111011111111111111110—23 
Neta 0011010000001110010000000— 7 
Steck 1111111111111111111111101—24 
Adams 0110011111111101011011101—18 
W D Stannard 1011011111111111111011011—21 
Antoine 1111011111111111111111111—24 
Class B. 
H F Carson 1011111111011111001111110—20 
Dr Carson 1110001110111111011111111—20 
Buck 0110011001101111100111010—15 
R B Carson 1110101010111111111101011—19 
Cunnyngham 1100111111111111111111101—22 
Netter 1111100110111111111110101—20 
Class C. 
ISurroff 0111111011111101001100000—16 
Walters 1100111111111111111111110—22 
Em bree 1100001111101000001110101—13 
GARFIELD GUN CLUB. 
The Garfield Gun Club held its weekly target contest on last 
Saturday afternoon on the club grounds, corner Fifty-second 
avenue and West Monroe street. The day was most perfect and 
the attendance quite good. Some good scores were made. The 
hero of the day was Al. Hellman, who shoot in Class B, and won 
the medal in his class on a score of 24 out of 25. While the hero 
of yesterday, at Watson's Park, commonly called "One Barrel 
Hicks," who did so remarkably well in his shoot for the Chicago 
challenge trophy, only scored 20 out of 25. 
Following are scores in the practice events; 
Nos. 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 were known traps, unknown angles. Nos. 2 
and 8 were unknown traps and angles, one man up. 
Events: 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 
Targets: 15 10 15 15 15 15 15 
Dr Shaw 10 8 15 
De Maris 9 .. 11 11 
C P Richards 15 4 11 13 11 13 9 
Smeads 5 8 13 8 13 7 
C Steiger .. 7 9 14 11 .. 6 
H Wiley 5 11 12 
Cooper 5 10 7 
R Kuss 12 14 13 14 12 
J M Meek 10 8 7 . . 
O Von Lengerte „ 14 13 11 .. ., 
Nusley 11 13 12 .. .. 
J Workman .". 9 11 7 .. .. 
Comelson 5 11 7 12 8 
-A Hellman 11 9 13 .. .. 
S Young 13 9 12 14 6 
T P Hicks „ 12 15 12 13 .. 
Eaton 9 13 11 7 
Following are the detailed scores in the trophy contest, at 25 
targets, known traps, unknown angles, classified. Class A was 
won by R. Kuss, Class B by A. Hellman and Class C by De 
Maris. 
Shaw 1010101110001111111101010—16 
De Maris 1110101111111100111010111—19 
Richards 1110100100111110000010011—13 
Smedes 1001010111011011001011000—13 
Stiger U10U1010H111H11111010— 20 
Wi ley , 1101110110111101111111110—20 
Cooper 1011111111010011011111101—19 
Meek 1111101011011011111011011—19 
Kuss 1111111111111101111111101—23 
Von Lengerke 1111110001110111011111111—20 
Nusley 101011111111111110101011—20 
Workman 1011110010010111110001000—13 
Cornel son 1000010100011100011001101—11 
Hellman 1111111111111011111111111—24 
Eaton 1010111111010110100010011—15 
Young 1111101111111110011111111—22 
Hicks nilllllOlllOlllOlllOOlll— 20 
EUREKA GUN CLUB. 
The Eureka Gun Club held its regular weekly contest on the 
club grounds on Saturday last. The scores were good in most 
events. Several team races were shot, and all of the shooting 
was from the magautrap. Following are the detailed scores in 
the practice events: 
Events: 12345678 
Targets: 15 15 25 25 25 25 25 25 
A W Adams 13 15 24 . . 24 . . . . 23 
Neta 7 4 
E M Steck 14 .. .. 19 22 .. 22 .. 
Dr Carson 13 14 .. 21 20 .. 24 .. 
Murrow i 12 11 
H F Carson 10 12 19 . . 23 . . 23 
R B Carson 13 15 .. 17 .. 20 ... 12 
F P Stannard 14 15 23 , . . . 22 23 
H Vetter -. 11 
J S Houston 15 24 
H B Morgan 13 17 . . . . 16 12 
C C Hess 15 .. 18 .. .. 16 
L H Goodrich 21 . . . . 21 . . 20 
A C Borroff 24 .. .. 23 .. 22 
Chas Antoine 22 20 .. 20 .. 
V L Cunnyngham . .. .. 22 .. 21 .. 24 
Judge Steck 15 
A C Paterson 23 .. .. 20 
Following are detailed scores of the trophy contest, at 25 targets, 
unknown angles, classified. The tie in Class A was not shot off. 
H. Vetter won in Class B and H. B. Morgan won in Class C. 
Class A. 
Adams 1111111111110011111111111—23 
Stannard 11.11101111111111011111111—23 
Houston 1101110111111011111110111—21 
Steck 1101110010109101111111101—17 
W D Stannard 1110110110111111111111111—22 
C C Hess 0110010001011111111111111—18 
Goodrich 0000110111111111001111111—18 
Class B. 
H F Carson 0111111011111110101101111—20 
R B Carson 1111110011101111101011110—19 
Vetter 1011111111110111111011111—22 
Dr Carson 1111110111111111111110101—22 
Chas Antoine : 1111111111101110101111111—22 
V L Cunnyngham HllOOllllllllllllllOllll— 22 
Class C. ' 
Murrow • ■ .lOOlOlOOlimOllllllOOOOl— 15 
Neta OOIOOOOOOIOOIOOOOOOIUOOI— 7 
• Morgan 11110111011111.11110111111—22 
CHICAGO CHALLENGE TROPHY. 
Mr. V. L. Cunnyngham has challenged Mr. Thos. P. Hicks for 
the Chicago challenge trophy'; and he expresses a desire that he 
be allowed to shoot for it again. 
A. C. Paterson. 
Brockton Gun Club. 
Brockton, Mass., July 23.— The scores of to-day's shoot of the 
Brockton Gun Club are given below. J, S. Fanning, of California, 
was present, and as usual made friends v$th all the shooters. He 
won second average. The scores averaged high, although the 
targets were thrown fully 65yds. Le Roy shot in his usual 
good time. Our next shoot will be Aug. 6: 
Events: ,1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 
Targets: 10 15 10 15 20 15 25 15 20 15 25 15 
Henderson 10 15 7 13 20 9 21 14 19 12 24 13 
Howe 8 12 7 9 17 12 18 12 14 11 19 12 
Dickey 7 14 7 13 20 14 23 13 19 11 20 14 
Fanning 10 14 7 15 19 15 22 14 19 13 25 12 
Griffith 9 13 7 12 17 14 22 10 13 14 20 13 
Eeroy 8 14 10 15 19 14 23 14 19 14 23 14 
W A 8 13 .. 11 .. 14 .. 
Barrett 8 11 . . 12 . . . . 19 17 
Allison 22 13 19 14 23 12 
W Woodard 21 21 ... 
Grant 22 22 .. 
Worthing 19 13 18 11 22 12 
Ames 9 15 13 
Allen 1 .. .. 
Extras. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 15 10 10 Merchandise. 
Henderson 8 10 
Howe 10 9 10 7 . . 8 5 
Fanning 7 10 
Leroy 10 10 
Barrett 6 6 5 .. 13 .. .. 
Allison 9 8 .. 10 9 
W Woodard 13 ... . 20-7—27 • 
Grant 6 .. 12 
Worthing 12 . . . . 22-4—25 
Ames 23—2—25 
Allen 6 i 7 .. 9 8 21—5—25 
Scott 17—6—23 
Stanley .. .. 8 3 12—9—21 
Leonard 4 5 .. .. 15—9—24 
Stork 7 17--1-21 
Donaghue .. .. 4 .. 5 3 
Cook 3 
Wood 6.. C 8 
Le Roy won first average, Fanning second, Henderson third, 
Dickey fourth, Griffith fifth, Howe sixth. A. A. Barrett, Sec'y. 
Florists' Gun Club, of Philadelphia. 
Philadelphia, July 26. — The first shoot of the season for 
president's medal resulted as follows: 
Twenty-five targets, unknown angles, magautrap: 
Po 
C D Ball 1001111011111011011011111—19—17—36 
Harris , .1111010111001101001110111—17—21—38 
Craig 0100100010101111011110111—15—18—33 
Flowers 0011001100111100101010111—14—10—24 
Jones 0011010100101111111000111—15—20—35 
Wescott 0000000100010100100000100— 5— 3— 8 
L Ball 0101100010010001001010000— 8— 8—16 
Colfiesh 1111111111111100010101111—20—22—42 
Engle 1111111011111111101101111—22—21—43 
Smith 0011101111101111111110000—17^22—39 
Burton lllllllllllllllllllllllll— 25— 22— 17 
Cartledge 1111111111110110101111000—19—17—36 
Park IHlOmilllllllllllOllll— 23— 19— 42 
Bell , 1111101101111111010101000—17—15-32 
Anderson 1101111111111111111110111—23—22—45 
the 
ints. 
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'2 
6 
'3^ 
'5 
Twenty-five targets, known angles, five expert traps: 
C D Ball 0101110111101111010011101—17 
Harris 1001111111111101110111111—21 
Craig 0111101111000011101111111—18 
Flowers 1001000101001000010110101—10 
Jones lOOim 1 1 1 101111101111101-20 
Wescott 0000000110000000000000010— 3 
L Ball 0110100100010000000001110— 8 
Colfiesh lllllOlllOlllllllllllOlll— 22 
Engle 11110011110111110111 11111— 21 
Smith lOlHllllOllllllllllllOll— 22 
Burton 1001111111111111111111110—22 
Cartledge 1101111000001110111111101—17 
Park 1111101101111001111011011—19 
Bell 1011101101110000100111101—15 
An derson 1011101110111111111111111—22 
Burton won with a total of 47. 
Trap Around Reading, 
Reading, Pa., July 30.— Harry Coleman and Michael Keichler, 
both members of the Henry Clay Association, shot at 50 live 
birds per man at Heiner's Whistle, near the city, yesterday. At the 
end ot the fiftieth round both men were tied, each having killed 
45 out of 50. To decide a bet they shot at ten more birds, which 
resulted in Coleman killing nine to his opponent's ten. The loser 
is to furnish a supper to twenty of the members of the Associa- 
tion who furnished the birds 
Pottstown, Pa., July 30. — Members of the Shuler Shooting As- 
sociation held a target tournament on the East End grounds to- 
day. The targets were thrown by the magatitrap, and some good 
scores were made. The scores follow: 
Events : 
Targets : 
Urner 23 
Grubb 18 
Slonaker 18 
Trego 19 
Wickersham ..17 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 
25 10 10 10 10 10 10 Targets : 
. 7 8 5 9 9 Davis .... 
9 9 8 8 8 7 De Witt. 
5 7 9 6 7 8 Longacre 
5 4 Lenhart 
7 8 6 4 5 6 
12 3 4 5 6 7 
25 10 10 10 10 10 10 
....15 .... 5 
....15 6 6 7 
....13 6 4 4 8 6 7 
....13 6 5 8 7 .. 
Duster. 
Mr. H. W. Brown, of Binghamton, N. Y., writes us that on 
July 28 a match was held there on the club grounds, targets 
thrown by a magautrap. Each contestant shot at 100 targets: 
Tracy 87, Pumpelly 90, Kendall 92, Brown 97. The two first named 
are members of the Owego, N. Y., Gun Club. 
Itmver^ to (^amsponctynte* 
No notice taken of anonymous c< mmumcatioug. 
J. W., Plainfield, N. J. — The Krag-Jorgensen rifle is made by 
the United States Government at Springfield, Mass. It is not sold 
by dealers. 
W. C. D., Jr., Stottville, New York. — Last month as I was walk- 
ing along the post road a few miles south of Poughkeepsie, in this 
State, I saw a blacksnake that so far exceeded in size any that 
1 had seen before that I am rather curious to know how large 
these snakes do grow. 1 have always thought a 3% or 4ft. blacksnake 
a large one, but this snake was nearly 7ft. long and Sin. in 
circumference. I shall be thankful for any information that you 
can give me. Ans. In this latitude a 6ft. blacksnake is counted 
a large specimen. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT 
Golf. 
The Bridgeport Gun Implement Co., 313 Broadway, New York, 
have justissued a very interesting book on golf, containing full rules 
.for playing the game and many valuable hints and instructions. 
The book will be sent free on application.— Adv. 
Invitations were sent out last week by the John P. Lovell 
Arms Co., of 163-165 Washington street, Boston, Mass., inviting 
sportsmen to the informal opening of their new store on Wednes- 
day evening, Aug. 3, from 8 to 10 o'clock. The reception, which takes 
place after this paper has gone to press, will be a pleasant affair. 
