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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. 13, 1898. 
WESTERN TRAPS, 
NEW HANDICAP TROPHY FOR CHICAGO. 
Chicago, 111., Aug. 6. — We are to have a new live-bird handi- 
cap trophy for Chicago, something which we certainly need. The 
history of the so-called Chicago live-bird challenge trophy is well 
known. The most sportsmanlike part of that history is that por- 
tion pertaining to the actual shooting at Watson's Park. The 
city end of the trophy is not so free from criticism. It is not and 
never will be accepted by the shooters of Chicago as a representa- 
tive emblem, for the conditions, even changed as they have been, 
do not seem to all the shooters to be open, stringless and free 
from taint, as conditions governing any amateur emblem should 
certainly be. Such as those conditions are, the trustees and the 
shooters have tried to respect and enforce them, but there has 
been too much petty spite and too many petty methods con- 
cerned with that unlucky trophy ever to allow it to attain very 
much dignity. Mr. Paterson brought it into news value by a long 
run of victories. Mr. Hicks defeats Mr. Paterson in a well- 
fought race. The shooters themselves have been the best part of 
that trophy, but there was wide-open room for another, one more 
harmonious in conception and more likely to evoke a gentlemanly 
and sportsmanlike feeling. 
Realizing this need and seeing this opportunity, the firm of 
Montgomery Ward & Co., of Chicago, have come into the 
breach and offer a new trophy, which is very apt to forge rapidly 
to the front in interest at this city. There are several shooters 
in that big house including Mr. Geo. Thorne, secretary; Mr. 
W. B. Leffingwell, advertising manager, etc., etc., and these 
gentlemen have been shooting a bit lately, and have taken an 
interest in our languishing condition here in the Chicago shooting 
world, where certainly grim-visaged discord has had a lead-pipe 
cinch for many moons. With quiet carefulness, the house has 
gone over the matter, and it seems to me the result is a set of 
conditions which we may call fair, sportsmanlike and worthy of 
respect. I beg to give a synopsis of these as formulated in a 
letter at hand early this week: 
"On Wednesday, the 17th of this month, we will give the first 
of a series of trap-shooting events at Watson's Park, Burnside, 
111., at 2 o'clock P. M. There will be twelve of these shoots, given 
on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, until the series 
is completed. These events will be open to all shooters in 
Cook county, 111., and will be known as the Montgomery Ward 
& Co. handicap live pigeon diamond badge shoot. To the one who 
wins the badge the greatest number of times in the twelve shoots 
it is to become his personal property. The winner at any event 
is to receive the badge, and can wear it tintil some one wins it 
from him. This badge will be a very suitable memento for the 
occasion. 
"Each shooter is to shoot at 20 live birds, and be handicapped 
anywhere from 26 to 32yds., according to his known shooting 
ability, and to have such allowance of birds extra to shoot at as 
the handicapper shall give him. No shooter is to know his handi- 
cap distance before the shoot, but when he enters his name to 
shoot, the referee, Mr. John Watson, will tell him the number of 
birds he is to shoot at and the distance he is to stand from the 
traps. 
"At each shoot there will be a second and third prize given 
by us. The second prize will be the refund of the entrance 
money, $4, to the one making the second highest score, and the 
third prize will be 100 of our best hand-loaded trap shells, loaded 
with any grade and quantity of powder the winner may elect, valued 
at $3. There will be no division of prizes. All ties must be shot 
off at the number of birds and distance stated by the referee. 
" We want to stir up the shooters in Cook county, and we 
believe this will be the means of doing it. We desire especially 
to have amateurs attend these shoots, and the handicapper will do 
all he can to put them on an equality by placing them at a dis- 
tance, and giving them enough extra birds to shoot at, so they 
will feel that they stand an equal chance with the best shots in the 
county." 
ODDS AND ENDS IN THE WEST. 
It will seem strange not to see a good trap shoot out at the 
State fair grounds at St. Paul, Minn., in the month of Septem- 
ber, but it seems we are not to have it this fall. The St. Paul 
Gun Club announces the abandonment of its dates, as there are 
too many probabilities that the shoot could not be made a suc- 
cess. The medal of last year, indicative of the State champion- 
ship, will be held over to the following year in its present hands. 
This was to have been the twenty-first annual shoot of the St. 
Paul Gun Club, but I trust there is nothing ominous about that 
coincidence. 
Next week sees the sixth annual shoot of the Central Gun Club, 
of Duluth, Minn., Aug. 10-11. The shooting is at unknown angles, 
Rose system, 150 targets daily. 
At the last week's club shoot of the Central Gun Club the 
following scores were made: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 15 15 Targets: 10 10 10 10 15 15 
Flran 5 6 7 2 3 4 Noisey 10 9 8 10 11 12 
Greener, Tr .... 7 5 8 8 8 8 William G 5 2 9 7 2 
Brown 4 3 5 Wassen 9 10 9 6 14 11 
Duchess 7 9 6 10 5 . . Nervey 4 6 8 8 4.. 
Bennett ....... 7 8 8 10 9 7 Greener 9 9 8 7 13 12 
Nelson 9 9 8 9 14 14 
Crookston, Minn., will hold a two days' shoot, Aug. 16-17. Ama- 
teurs only. . _ 
Milwaukee Gun Club's tournament, concluded Sunday last, was a 
fairly successful amateur event, with some sixty or seventy differ- 
ent entries in the two days. A number of amateur shooters came 
in from adjoining towns. It was practically all targets, some at 
the Jack Rabbit system. Haertle, Deering, Lea, Meunier, Farmer, 
Marsh, C. Schmidt and Cantillon were among those taking top 
honors. 
Mr. W. A. Gray, secretary of Sidell, 111., Gun Club, writes 
me regarding the big amateur tournament of that organization, to 
be held Sept. 7-8: "This promises to eclipse any of our former 
efforts, if we are to judge by the number of entries coming in for 
the 100 live-bird event, in which we offer $75 to the winner." I 
should think that a big live-bird sweep with such conditions 
ought to bring together a lot of good amateurs, and though the 
birds will be going better by the month of September, I venture 
to predict that it will take a score of over 90 to win the prize. 
Sidell programme looks inviting. ' 
Canton Gun Club's two days' shoot, earlier mentioned, Aug. 
17-18, will use the Sergeant system. The programme says this 
shoot showed forty guns present the last tournament, and more 
ought to be on hand this time. I looked over the programme to 
learn whether or not it was wide open. On the top of it is the 
suggestive word "Amateur." There is a good deal of that sort of 
thing this season. ' . 
Jack Parker managed a good shoot at Lansing, Mich., last week 
for the Michigan Trap-Shooters' League. The next tournament 
of the organization will be at Grand Rapids, Aug. 22-23. Grand 
Rapids won the team shoot last, Davison, Widdicomb and Hol- 
comb scoring 59 out of 75. Detroit was second with Parker Marks 
and Stone, who got 57. Jackson with Thompson, De May and 
Tracy had 54. Mason, Lansing and Howell followed in the frder 
named. 
Stone, of Detroit, won the expert medal contest m a draw with 
Widdicomb, of Grand Rapids, each breaking 23 out of 25 birds. 
Parker scored 22, Waruf 21. Scott, of Grass Lake, won the semi- 
expert trophy, scoring 21 out of 25. The amateur contest was won 
by Casper Schelling. 
King Smokeless Powder trophy was won by Thompson, of 
Jackson, who broke 22 out of 25. 
- E. Hough. 
1200 Boyce Building, Chicago, 111. 
GARFIELD GUN CLUB. 
Chicago, Aug. 6. — The medal shoot of the Garfield Gun Club 
to-day resulted in the following scores, Kuss winning the Class A 
medal, Young Class B, Demaris Class C: 
Workman .1011101110001101111101100—16 
Demaris 1111011110011101111101010—18 
Shaw 1110111011011111110111101—20 
Richards 1110110011111111111001111—20 
Cooper .1111001110101001111111111—19 
Meek • 0001110111110011110101111—17 
Nusley • • 1110000111001001101101110—14 
Kuss • .1111101111111011111111101—22 
Fehrman « 1110100111111111111111101—21 
Comlev 1101111110100111100110000—15 
■Wiley .. 0111100111111111101111100—19 
Helmart 11 11110010111111011011111—20 
Stizer . 0100111111101110111010101-17 
Palmer 1000010111101001110110001—13 
Yourm 0111101111111011011101111—20 
ConieTson .1101110011110101010011110—16 
Eaton • • • 1001110110110100101001111—15 
Smith m .0001111111111110011011111-19 
1 was 
five unknown traps: 
Events : 
Targets : 
Wiley 
Comley 
Helman 
Stiger 
Palmer 
Young 
Corn el son . . . 
Eaton 
1 
15 
2 3 4 
15 15 15 
8 8.. 
1J 7 12 
12 14 10 
9 8 10 
10. 5 6 
10 12 11 
10 9 .. 
.. .. 8 
Sweepstakes, No, 
Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 
Workman 2 9 14 14 
Demaris 0 10 12 . . 
Shaw 3 13 ... . 
Richards 3 11 14 13 
Cooper 3 8 10 13 
Meek 11 11 8 
Nusley 2 8 10 8 
Kuss 12 14 7 
Fehrman 13 14 9 
EUREKA GUN CLUB. 
Chicago, 111., Aug. 6. — The following scores were made to-day 
by the Eureka Gun Club: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 15 15 15 Targets: 15 15 15 
Adams 11 13 12 14 Cunnyngham 12 13 15 
Neta 11 8 . . 9 Antoine 13 12 14 
Doc 8 11 13 15 Buck 10 12 13 
R B Carson 10 12 10 12 Steck 13 10 13 
F P Stannard 10 12 14 15 Borroff 9 . . 10 
Vetter 14 14 13 WD Stannard 12 12 
H F Carson 10 9 13 Hunter 8 . . 
Medal shoot, 25 targets: 
Class A. 
F P Stannard 1011111111110101110110110—19 
Steck 1 10111101111111 1 111111110—22 
Adams 1111011111110111111110110—21 
Antoine 11111 11111111111110111111—24 
\\ D Stannard 0000110111101111111111110—18 
Houston 1111101100110011100010101—15 
Class B. 
H F Carson 1111110111010111111111111—22 
Dr Carson 1111101111111111111111111-24 
Buck 10011111101111100111 1 1111—20 
R B Carson 1001101111111000111011110—17 
Vetter 1110101100111111011111110—19 
Cunnyngh am 0000000111010101110111110—13 
Class C 
Burroff .1111111011101111111101111—22 
Neta 0101011U0101000:010110IO—12 
T Hunter 0110111111011101001101010—16 
Team shoot, 15 targets: 
Antoine 111110011110011—11 
Adams 111011111111111—14 
F P Stannard 101111111111111—14 
Steck 000110111111000— 8 
Cunnyngham 011011111011011—11 
Houston 111101111111111—14 
R B Carson 110001111111100—10 
Hunter 111111111100000—10—82 
C W Carson 010111101110111—11 
H F Carson 111011001111101—11 
W D Stannard 011111110111111—13 
Borroff 000000001111011— fi 
Vetter 010111111111111—13 
Buck 111010110000101— 8 
Neta 101010110110000— 7 
Lumsden 000100000110100— 4—69 
Team shoot, 20 targets: 
W D Stannard 11111111011111010111—17 
Adams 11100110001111101111—14 
E Steck 11111101111110111110—17 
H F Carson 01111011001100000100—12 
Vetter 01011111111111010101—15 
Buck 10011111111011111111—17—92 
Houston 10110111110111100111—15 
F P Stannard ..11111111111111111111—20 
Antoine 11110101110101111111—16 
Cunnyngham 11111111111100111111—18 
Hunter 00110111111000100001—10 
Dr Morton 01100110111111011011—14—93 
Weart 01 001 0111011011 01101 
Adams 11011011111101011)110 
W D Stannard 10111101111111011111 
Philadelphia Trap-Shooters' League. 
July 30. — The fifth shoot of the second series of the Philadelphia 
Trap-Shooters' League was held on the grounds of the Frank- 
ford Gun Club. There w r ere two sets of traps, one of five expert, 
one set in the manner of the Sergeant system. There was the 
remarkably good showing of nine clubs on hand, and about 
fifty contestants in some of the sweeps. 
The team match began about 1 o'clock. 
The Washington Gun Club won on a score of 158. W. Bourne 
won the Peters Cartridge Company trophy. The business affairs 
of the competition were in charge of Mr. Howard George, 
assisted by Mr; Ed Beck, secretary of the Frankford dun Club. 
The Forest Gun Club shot with a four-men team. 
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OPEN SWEEPS. 
Events: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 
Targets: 15 10 10 10 15 10 10 10 15 10 10 10 
H Ridge 15 10 9 9 15 9 6 10 14 8 10 9 
D Myers 13 9.. 8.. .. 6.. .. 7 4 9 
W Torpey 11 9 5 10 11 8 5 
Pechin 9 9 5 7 14 7 
Anderson 14 9 7 10 12 9 9 .. 12 7 9 7 
W Bourne 10 8 . . 
Redifer 8 8 9 
RGC 6 9 10 8 7 8 
WHW 9 9.... 9.. 9 
E Kirk 5 7 13 9 8 * 
McFalls 5 7 10 4 
Dr George 8 7 14 7 7 
E Dillon 10 14 7 7 .. 15 .. 8 8 
W Dillon 9 13 8 5 4 9 .. 8 8 
Burton ...... 8 .. 9 7 9 13 6 .. .. 
S P Life 7.. 8.. 8 9 
Cameron 7 ^ ; . . 
La Rue 9 .. 5 8 7 
Senat 13 .. 4 8 7 8 ,. .. 
Fisher 14 ... .. 5 
McAfee 14 .. ,. 10 8 
Woodstager .. .. 12 .. .. ,. .. .. .. .. 
Powell 11 .. 
J Dillon 10 . . . . 8 12 6 6 6 
Swartz .10 4 
Humer 9 
Butts 8 8 
Shelden 8 13 8 8 6 
Thurman 8 9 5 6 8 
Lane 7 • 
Street 7 12 9 .. ... 
Paine - 6 .. .-. ... .. 
Craig • 6.-4 .. .. 
Cowan 6.. 9.. 5 
Cartledge 5 11 
Morris 5 
Ford » 4 • 
Miller 12 6 4 6 
Harris 10 10 8 6 
Free ■ 6 .. .. 8 
Daly 5 .. .. .. 
Van Loon 9 8 10 
Van Nort 6 8 
Morrison • • ■• • • 6 
H B Fisher • 12 9 4 9 
Bender . 9 
Leonard ' * 
G Myers » • • •• •■ 6 
O'Brien 8 
Henry • • 6 
Team match, 25 targets and handicap, known angles, six men 
to a team. 
Washington. 198. 
v Smith 0011100111111111111111100—19 
* am 11111101 . — 7-26 
Motz 1111111111110100011111111—21 
01111011 —6-27 
H Tohnson . ^ ....... .1111110111111111101110111— 22 
U jonnson ....... 11111111 -8-30 
Tnrnev ,, 0000101011110111101100010—13 
iorpey 01001111 -5-18 
Pprh in 1011111111110101111111001-20 
e 01111101 — 6—26 
P Tohnson 1111111111111011111011111—23 
* ionnaon 11111111 - 8-31-158 
Silver Lake, 173. 
Humer 1111111111111111111111110—24 
1111 — 4—28 
1111 — 4—26 
Numbers 1111110111111111011111110-22 
1011 — 3—25 
Woodstager 1100111101011011111011111-^19 
1101 — 3—22 
M c Af ee 1110111111111110111111111—23 
1111 — 4—27 
Lane 1110011011111110111110100—18 
111 — 3—21—149 
Southwark, 177. 
O 'Brien 0111111111011101101111101—20 
11111 — 5—25 
Fi sh er 0110011011010111111111111—19 
11110 — 4—23 
Shelden 1011110101111111111100111—20 
11111 — 5—25 
La Rue 1010110111110011100111101—17 
0110 — 2—19 
Ford 1110111111011111111111011—22 
1011 — 3—25 
Burt 1111111011111011111011111—22 
1111 — 4—26—143 
Frankford, 179. 
Cam ero n #.1011 00111010010111011111 0—16 
11111 — 5-21 
Mevers 1101110111110101101111011—19 
10101 — 3—22 
S wartz 0110011010111111110111111—19 
11011 — 4—23 
W Bourne 1111111111111111111111111—25 
01111 — 4—29 
Butts 1011110010111111111010111—19 
11111 — 5—24 
H George 0101011110101110011011111—17. 
1011 — 3—20—139 
Florists, 161. 
Burton 1110111101111111111111100—20 
-y^ , 2 22 
S P Life 1011111111111111111111100-21 
00 — 0—21 
Bell •. . .1111011110111101111111110—21 
10 — 1—22 
Smith 111101111101111110111.0111—21 
-jj^ ; 2—23 
Cartledge 1100111111111111011111111—22 
11 — 2—24 
An dcrson 1111111111111111011110111— 23 
1 — 1—24—136 
Independent, 153. 
W H W 1111111110111111111111111—24 
1 — 1—25 
Cowan 1110111111111011110001111—20 
1 — 1—21 
Ridge 1111111111111111111111101-24 
1 - 1-25 
Henrv 111011110110100111 1101 110 —18 
Learning lllllOMllinilllOinir'OlO —18 
H Thurman 01010101111111U111111111 — 21— i:8 
Roxborough, 176. 
RGC 1101101101111101111011111—20 
01111 — 4—24 
Giles 1100111110100111111111110—19 
11111 — 5—24 
Free lOlOllOlllllllOlOllOUOOO— 16 
1001 — 2—18 
Powell 101110011111101111 1000010—16 
101 — 2—15 
McFalls 111111111011111100111 11 11— 22 
1101 — 3—25 
Morrison 0101111101101101001011000—14 
1111 — 4— IS— 127 
Wayne, 181*. 
E Dillon i 1100011011101111101111111—19 
111111 — 6—25 
Daly 1101111111111101011111111—22 
10111 — 4—26 
J Dillon 1001011111101101101101010—16 
01101 — S— 19 
Morris 0001101111111110111111111—20 
10111 — 4—24 
Green 000000101 0111110011011110—13 
OHIO — 3-16-110 
* Shot with five men at 151. 
Forest, 208. 
Hancock 0010000111011000011011000—10 
0101100101 — 5—15 
Van Nort 1111111111101100011001011—18 
1111111111 —10—28 
Bender 1101111101011101111011001-18 
lUdlllllO — 8—26 
Cheyney 1100101101111111011111111—20 
1111110011 — 8—28— 97 
The Delaware Club failed to have a team present, 
STANDING OF THE CLUBS. 
The following shows the number of points won in the five 
matches: , 
Southwark 6% 8 8 9 8 39y 2 
Independent 2 5 10 10 5 32 
Washington 3 9% 4V 2 5 10 32 
Roxborough 6V 2 6 6y 2 8 4 31 
Wayne .5 9 7 4y 2 7 3 30V 2 
Frankford 4 9V 2 6Y2 3 7 30 
Silver Lake 10 3 2 0 9 30 
Florists 5 4 9 4 6 28 
Forest 8 * 1 * I 1| 
Delaware * 2 3 * * 5 
* Absent. 
Greenfield Gun Club. 
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 3.— Good averages were made by most of 
the shooters to-day at the club's regular monthly shoot. Fleming 
led with an average of .880, and Bessemer was a good second with 
.860. Pillow, Pills, Born and Cochran had each an average of .800 
or over: 
Events- ■ 123456789 10 
Pillow 12 13 12 11 14 15 13 12 11 11 
Atkinson". ' 12 14 14 8 12 14 14 11 9 10 
Pills ' ' 14 15 11 13 10 14 13 9 14 12 
Flemine " 33 14 11 13 12 14 15 15 11 14 
Bessemer 13 12 14 11 12 13 14 13 14 13 
B orn 10 12 12 12 14 12 14 14 13 9 
Reed 13 8 5 7 11 10 1 11 10 11 
Cochran 8 1113 14 11 9 111110 .. 
Hy-Po - 11 12 10 11 13 12 10 14 10 
Sidell Gtra Club. 
Sidell, 111., July 30.— The Sidell Gun Club received their 
magautrap last week, and placed it in position at their new 
shooting grounds. We held a practice shoot to-day. Quite a 
crowd witnessed the initial shoot over the magautrap ana every- 
one was well pleased. The breakage was exceedingly light. The 
scores were cut down quite a little from the general average. 
Below are the scores of the club. I send you the programme of 
our next tournament. We mean to make it a good one, and 
the 100-target event ought to bring out the boys: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 25 10 15 20 10 Targets: 25 10 15 20 10 
Linden 20 7 11 16 8 Rawlings 7 11 17 7 
Grav 18 6 10 17 9 Lawrence 17 6 10 . . 6 
Green 8 , . 3 Saline 18 7 10 14 5 
Sconce 22 8 13 18 10 Moore 5 11 15 8 
H. J. S. 
lnmver§ to (^orrespondqnts. 
No notice taken of anonymous communications. 
" J. Baldwin, Newton, N. T. — The killdeer is a plover, and in the 
game laws is included under the hea'ding "Plover, Snipe, Black- 
birds, Bay Birds, Shore Birds," etc. 
