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The Norton Q. Pope memorial cup and the hunting 
medal to Dash. , 
The American Field cup, the highest general average 
medal, the endurance medal and J. Gibb's special prize 
of $5 to Flash. . • " 
President Joslin presided at a meeting of the club m 
the evening. It was voted that the winter meet be held 
at Barre during the week of Jan. 12, 1899. After the 
distribution of the diplomas, medals and cups, the meet- 
ing adjourned. 
Many of the hunters left on Friday night, and the 
early trains of Saturday morning carried the last of 
the party to their homes. J- A. B. 
Western Massachusetts Fur Club* 
The eleventh annual hunt of the Massachusetts Fur 
Club will- be held on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 
1 5 and 16. 
Confabulations of the Cadi. — X. 
Fixtures. 
Oct. 25-27.— St. Louis, Mo. — Tournament at Dupont Park. 
Oct. 27. — Dexter Park, Brooklyn.— Opening live-bird shoot of 
Greater New York Gun Club. H. S. Lippack, Sec'y. 
Oct. 27-28.— Oakbrook, Pa.— Tournament of the Oakbrook Gun 
Club; targets and live birds. Arthur A. Fink, Manager. 
Oct. 27-29. — Louisville, Ky. — Tournament of the Kentucy Gun 
Club. Championship of Kentucky on last duy, 25 pigeons. Emile 
Pragoff, Secretary. 
Now; 2-3.— Indianapolis, Ind. — Tournament of the Limited Gun 
Club; targets only. John M. Lilly, Sec'y. 
Nov. 2-4,— Cincinnati, O.— Cincinnati Gun Club's tournament; 
live birds and targets. J. A. Penn, Recording Secretary. 
Nov. 12. — Princeton, X. J. — Intercollegiate match for cup, be- 
tween teams from Harvard, Cornell, Yale, Pennsylvania and 
Princeton. 
Nov. 16-17— Sioux City, fa.— Soo Gun Club's tournament; live 
birds and targets. E. _R. Chapman, Sec'y. 
Nov. 15-17. — Eau Claire, Wis. — Dan R. Scammon's tournament; 
two days at targets; one at live birds. 
Nov. 21-22. — Ottumwa, la. — Annual tournament of the Ottumwa 
Gun Club;- targets. Walter Gephart, Sec'y, 
Nov. 23. — Hackensack, N. J.— All-day target tournament. C. 
O. Gardner, Jr., Sec'y. 
Nov. 24.— D'ansville, N. Y.— All-day shoot of the Dansville Gun 
Club. 
Dec. 3-4.— Milwaukee. Wis.— Tournament of Milwaukee Gun 
Club; live birds and targets. 
Dec. 5-9.— Indianapolis, Ind.— Grand Central Handicap; targets 
first day; sparrows two days; pigeons two days. H. T. Hearsey, 
Sec'y. »«. 
Dec. 7-8.— Kewanee, 111.— Tournament; live birds and targets. 
E. E. Baker, Manager. 
Dec. 13.— Burnside Crossing, 111.— John Watson's tournament; 
live birds only. 
1899. 
April 4-7. — Baltimore, Md.— Tournament of Baltimore shooting 
Association; targets and live birds; money added. Geo. L. Har- 
rison, Sec'v. 
April 11-13.— Elkwood Park, Long Branch, N. J.— The Inter- 
state Association's seventh annual Grand American Handicap 
tournament. 
April 18-21. — Baltimore, Md.— Prospect Park Shooting Associa- 
tion s tournament; added money. H. A. Brehm, Pres. 
May 24-25.— Greenwood, S. C. — Annual live-bird tournament of 
the Greenwood Gun Club; 25-bird Southern Handicap. R. G. 
McCants, Sec'y. . 
June 7-9.— Columbus, O. — Tournament of the Ohio Trap-Shoot- 
ers' League, under the auspices of the Sherman Rod and Gun 
Club. J. C. Porterfield, Sec'y, O. T. S. L, 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Mr. Milt F. Lindsley, superintendent of the Smokeless de- 
partment of the King Smokeless Powder Co., writes us as follows 
concerning the Cincinnati Gun Club's tournament and other 
matters: "You will see that we have one day targets and two 
days at live birds; the target events I have tried to make equitable 
for all. Iv don't believe in handicaps, as- I consider it an impos- 
sibility to classify the shooters in their proper classes; and handi- 
caps, if properly carried out, as in the case of horses, will even- 
tually handicap the crackerjack out of the shooting world, the 
same as the best horses are handicapped out of all races. 
But when you ha.vt a programme of short events and equitable 
division of the monev it doesn't make any difference to the 80 
per cent, shooter haw many 95 per cent, shooters are competing 
in the event. 1 have read your "Confabulations of the Cadi," and 
with a great deal of interest, and I think that you have the right 
idea of the matter; and I believe the solution is short events 
and the equitable system of dividing moneys, with perhaps one 
or two long events with class •shooting thrown in as a sop to tne 
experts. You notice I used the word "experts" and not "pro- 
fessionals"; all experts are not professionals, and all professionals 
are not experts, as I have learned to my sorrow. I as captain 
of the club will probably have the running of the tournament, and 
will be assisted bv Jack Parker. From present indications we 
are lookine for a large turnout, and expect to have a very 
enjoyable time." 
The contest for the Cast Iron Medal, between Mr, Rolla O. 
Heikes and Mr. W. R. Elliston, resulted in a victory for the 
former by a score of 96 to 91, a very close finish. At times the 
piece of stove metal was in grave danger of having a new cus- 
todian, as Mr. Elliston gave Mr. Heikes a great race, one first 
class in every respect. Heikes shot his Winchester, using 
a Winchester Leader shell and Schultze powder. Elliston shot 
a Greener, using a Winchester metal-lined shell and Schultze 
powder. 
Mr. Paul R. Litzke writes us as follows: "In my report 
of the Dayton shoot the name of Jim Elliott was inadvertently 
omitted among the list of average prize winners. He got seventh 
average prize, a very fine cut-glass bottle of cologne. This, how- 
ever, he exchanged with Fanning for his cigars." 
There were rumors at the recent Baltimore tournament, which 
had a stamp of authority, that any one with a craving for a match 
at either live birds or targets could be accommodated by sports- 
men of that citv, with anywhere from $100 to $1,000 on the side, 
merely to give the matter some interest. 
Mr. Edward Banks, of the American E. C. & Schultze Powder 
Co., flies northward as far as Dover Plains, N. Y., this week. He 
will be the guest of the well-known sportsman Mr. Horatio 
Nelson, and their purpose will be to establish a familiar footing 
with the ruffed grouse and woodcock. 
The Montgomery Ward & Co. handicap badge was an interest- 
ing event in the trap-shooting competition of last week. Seventeen 
contested for it. Mr. J. H. Amberg won it. This was the fifth 
contest. The details are fully set forth in "Western Traps." 
Fred Gilbert's run of 53 straight in the live-bird events at the 
Belle Meade tournament of the third day was an excellent per- 
formance. On the fourth day Fred was unfortunate in losing 
a bird dead out of bounds, which placed him in the ties on 24. 
The annual tournament of the Ottumwa Gun Club, Ottumwa, 
la., will be held on the club grounds, South Side Ball Park, Nov. 
21 and 22. The programme is alike for each day, ten 15-target 
events, each $1.50 entrance. Shooting commences at 9 o'clock. 
Dr. S. Shaw and Mr. S. Palmer contested for the Chicago 
challenge trophy on Oct. 18, the latter winning by one bird. 
Score, 23 to 22. Both stood at 30yds. 
The scores of the New Utrecht Rod and Gun Club's shoot, Oct. 
15, as published in the daily press, were faked and false. The 
correct scores will be found in our columns this week. 
The live-bird match arranged to take place between Capt. A. \V. 
Money and Mr. L. Finletter has been declared off. 
Mr. D. Upson, of Cleveland, was in New York last Wednesday 
and Thursday, stopping over en route to Riverton. 
Bernard Waters. 
Happy Domestic Life. 
It was a hot day, near the noon hour. Hopie Jane, with her 
swarm of children, was swinging an axe manfully at the edge of 
the woods, cutting in two a dead tree that it might the better be 
dragged to the house for fire wood. This was a part of the 
cooking labors, a preface to them morning, noon and night. 
The Cadi's skinny horse grazed comfortably in the pasture 
close by, betimes holding his head contemplatively over the rail 
fence, imperturbably gazing at the group which toiled and spun 
while he was as the lily of the field. The Cadi's health was so 
delicate that he did not feel equal to the task of harnessing up 
the horse for Hopie Jane, nor was it prudent that he should do 
so: for first of all the Cadi was of such high mettle that, if he 
once began, common gallantry would demand at least that he 
manage the horse while Hopie Jane chopped up the wood and 
hitched the load to the horse; and second, when Hopie Jane 
managed the horse herself, her skill was of such an order that 
she guided him at eccentric angles in every direction but the one 
which she wished to follow, pulling on the wrong rein with great 
resolution, thereby imperiling the lives and limbs of the prides 
and hopes of the family as they swarmed in consternation around 
her. There were thus good reasons why Hopie Jane should chop 
wood and drag it to the home, while horse and man reposed to 
their liking. 
On this particular morning things had gone wrong. The 
children were fretful and exacting, and all things seemed to be 
contrary. In the hurry of the time she had not tied her shoes, and 
her stockings hung in negligee furls about her ankles, with the 
unfortunate result that she had lost her rabbit foot from one of 
them. The most diligent search failed to find it. As Hopie 
was a great believer in signs and omens, the incident cast a 
further gloom over the morning. A rooster crowing on the 
doorstep, a lizard crossing the path, a moon seen over, the left 
shoulder, voodoos, ghosts, dreams, fairy tales— each in its way was 
portentous to her, but to lose a rabbit foot filled her bosom with 
vague fears of evil. 
Nevertheless, she had attempted a little at personal adornment 
by tying a knot of bright ribbons in her back hair, the elegance of 
Mrs. Le Loup, as displayed at the birthday dinner of the Cadi, 
having aroused a spirit of emulative coquetry. She paused a 
moment in her work, and unconscious that the Cadi and his 
companions could observe her from the shadow of the lodge, 
drew a piece of broken glass from her pocket, held it in front, to 
the right, to the left, almost dislocating her neck in an effort 
to see how the ribbons looked on the back of it. As she picked 
out each detail of pleasing beauty, an expression of coy, smiling 
pleasure spread over her face, care and drudgery were forgotten 
and the day then seemed to be of fairyland. 
"It's a peculiar thing," remarked the Cadi, as he noted Hopie 
Jane's movements, "that the salvation of the human race could 
have been insured if Adam had had a reasonable degree of 
forethought." 
"How?" queried Moke, with lazy effort. 
"If Adam had only bought a little hand mirror, Eve never would 
have eaten the forbidden fruit, for in the first place she never would 
have had time, as the greater part of the day would have heen 
occupied in adjusting her costume by the mirror, and the rest 
of the day would have been none too much in which to admire 
herself after her costume was completed. Even if by any un- 
foreseen happening they had been evicted, Eve would have broken 
in again to be with the mirror." 
"Bother," said Moke, contemptuously. "All you need do is to 
stand on the street of any big city and watch the well dressed 
gentlemen pass the big plate glass windows. They slacken their 
walk a bit and steal a look out of the corners of their eyes at 
their own reflected elegance. Some of them even stop and preen 
themselves with a care that no lady could imitate. To me it 
seems to be a virtue rather than a weakness, for if we had no 
vanity nor pride we could not admire the beauties in ourselves 
or in others, or the beauties of the world at large, to say nothing 
of shaving ourselves and washing our faces. It is true that 
some people may be more observant of those matters than you 
and 1, good friend, but even at that there is a difference be- 
tween washing our faces twice a month and not washing them 
at all." i 
In the Matter of Scratch. 
"That may be true too," replied the Cadi. "Every woman had 
a father, and no doubt but what she came by her character by 
just heredity. The meeting will now come to order, and we will 
proceed with the business of the tournament. Will there be any 
handicap or will the journeyman wolves and the apprentice wolves 
all stand at the same scratch?" 
"I move you, Mr. Chairman," said Le Loup, "that we all 
stand at the same scratch and shoot under the same conditions. 
I don't want any handicap. I can't shoot as well as some 
others, but it suits me to shoot with the best on even terms, 
whether I am beaten or not. I am glad to see the boys come 
and take our money if they can do the trick." 
"Don't second that any of you for a minute or two," said the 
Cadi, as "he yawned, unwound his legs and stretched himself. 
He walked into the house and returned soon with a bucket of 
cider. "Take a bath, Le Loup, and pass it along." 
Le Loup drank till he was forced to stop for breath. He gave 
two giant sighs, then drank again. "Pretty good vinegar," he 
remarked, "but it beats no cider by a long ways." After all had 
partaken of refreshments— as we of the Four Hundred say- 
there seemed to be a general air of contentment enveloping the 
group. 
"Concerning your motion, which has no standing because it 
was not seconded, Le Loup, there are quite a number who 
say the same thing," said the Cadi. "Now, whether they are 
posing for admiration for their gameness and broad liberality, or 
whether they are genuinely sincere, I will not attempt to pass 
- upon. But it is a mistaken notion, for it is not based on good 
sense that the weaker should oppose the stronger on equal 
terms. Granting that there are men here and there who are 
willing to meet all comers on equal terms and lose their money 
for the pleasure of the losing, there are hundreds more who do 
not care to do so, and still more who cannot afford to do so. 
Now, which shall we consider as being of paramount import- 
ance — the one who is rather pleased to lose his money to 
the stars, or the hundred or more who wish to compete with a 
chance to win? 
"Handicaps are spoken of as a matter pertaining to sport. 
They have a broader significance and a broader application. 
They are called by different names and have widely different 
adjustments to fit the peculiar circumstances to which they 
refer. For instance, we have a protective tariff, which simply 
is a handicap on foreign competition, and which gives our home 
contestants a chance in the sweepstakes. 
"Railroads pool their interests, and allow weaker roads to 
charge a lesser rate, which in a way is the adjustment of a 
handicap. 
"Last, year, when there was a big fox hunt, our town officers 
imposed a license of $5 on all men who kept horses for hire. 
Its purpose was to keep farmers from bringing their horses into 
town to compete with the liverymen. That was a handicap. 
"In wars, the troops in a fort withstand the attack of a superior 
force which is in the open. One has a handicap, the other shoots 
at the scratch. On equal terms in the open, the weaker force 
runs away. That is what has happened in the trap world, but 
3'ou do not seem to have discovered it; my astute Le Loup." 
"I am talking of shooting matters, and not of wars and com- 
merce. In talking of shooting, I do not need to roam through 
the fields of earth and sky. When I shoot at the trap, there is no 
interest in matters of war or tariff," retorted Le Loup. 
"Where men strive to excel or conquer." said the Cadi, "there 
are certain universal principles which arc recognized by every 
race in every clime. The weaker cannot cope with the stronger 
in sport, commerce or war; that is, if the contests are on equal 
terms. 
"In matters of sport, running horses carry weight; trotting 
horses have their classification on arbitrary time limits; yachts 
have an intricate system of handicaps; bicycle racing, sprinting, 
etc., also have their handicaps. 
"A handicap, in the wisdom of the sporting world, has been 
found to be a necessity from time immemorial, except in the 
matter of target shooting. That, however, will be no exception 
to the rule, for the imperative necessities of the case will work 
its own cure. It makes me very dry to talk. Pass the cannikin, 
good Moke," said the Cadi, as he dusted the debris out of his eye- 
lashes with a red cotton handkerchief, which had been washed the 
previous spring. 
"Whoopie," said Ephraim, jumping into the air and cracking 
his heels together, "I make a motion that we adjourn and go 
fishing." 
"Meeting adjourned," said the Cadi. Bernard Waters. 
Heikes vs. Elliston. 
*and A W V pr tE Fll^ nn -' ?<& 2 , 2 ^, Ro,la O- Heikes, of Dayton, O., 
.i-ff 1J hston, of Nashville, met here to-dav to settle their 
little differences concerning the Cast Iron Medal 
to be - MitM? 1 i Wa f 2 10 °- bird «ce, and the boy Elliston proved 
tend with ^n i lardeSt P. r °P° slti °n «tat Heikes" has had to con 
S d JTi th _A , 5 c ? lle .came into possession of that old iron prate 
in no n. Tw* lma « ,ne rliat thls was not a shooting match, for 
ULTw S £ h,s P revlou * contests with Grimm. Budd or Gilbert 
2fu»2F « C1 )°1 ever so much in jeopardy. This star which iSS 
so lately flashed over the shooting firmament, had the b V Davton 
shooter guessing right up to the finish, for it vvas not until the 
f£?*M £&#*J«3? breatL easy and fee. confident that 
race 
the trophy would remain in his possession?* The race beganTt LTO 
.;md everything moved nicely until the 11 1 h round Z" 
e 11th round, when the big 
lost one similar to that of Heikes, and from the same Inn rf 
burkepf'on. 18 W3S * faSt6r bird ' Jt was wiTbolh^oads! 
The race remained a tie until the 25th round, when Heikes acraiii 
lost a left-quarterer that would always be classed 4od Thui 
the little man was one bird ahead at the end of the i?st ouarter 
the score now stood: Elliston 24, Heikes 23 quarter. 
On the next string Heikes lost his 2d bird, or rather his 27th 
a bird much alike m flight to the one he Had missed previously 
I 1 g a T E " ston a lead , ° f 2, which, however, was soon reduced 
hen lartered S off to' tl^ *W twisted a little and 
„,? J uartered , oft , t0 , tlle r 'ght. For some time the contest re- 
mained even, for both contestants were new doing the finest of 
shooting on very fast birds. The second ' 
string was just 
;t " " •* — <»"cu uciiscs naa a twisting outgoer from No 
5 trap go out of bounds. This put the boy £ ahead 8 and the rice 
ThL ^ f "H niSheC - F be score , then stood: "Elliston ^Heikes 9§. 
Thus matters stood up to the tilth round, when Elliston lost a 
circling incomer after having made a run of 32 straight He fol 
owed this up by losing his next bird from No. \ I trap . This 
bird had a puzzling flight, though it was not a very fast one. Ap- 
parently it was uninjured. The third string was finished without 
n t;i° SS ~°j m ° re b,rd 1 *5 C , ilh 7" SO fchai at this juncture twa 
a tie, each having scored 01 birds. 
Elliston, who was not in the best of health, appeared to be tiring 
somewhat at this juncture, as he was certainly much slower his 
time being not near so good. Through sheer pluck and got he 
maintained his position until the 87th round, when he lost an- 
other circling incomer This put the Dayton man one in the 
lead, and his prospects became correspondingly brighter He had 
not made a skip since the 50th round, cutting down all kinds 
of birds with deadly precision. It became more and more evident 
that the distance was too great for the vouth, as he lost another 
circling incomer on the 98th round, which made 3 of this kind 
that he lost during the race. Evidently this was his weak bird. 
ihis landed Heikes a winner by 2 birds. There will be no 
smoke m the Heikes household, as the cover will remain on 
the furnace, and thereby keep the E. C. cup irom tarnishing, to 
.say nothing of the other similar silverware that now adorns the 
parlor. Taking it all in all, it was a great shooting match, one 
worth going miles to see. With the exception ot the Gilbert- 
Deiter match, it was the most interesting it has been my lot to 
witness. Each of the principals shot in capital style, and it is no 
discredit to Elliston to be defeated by such a score; then too it is 
well to remember that-he gave Heikes the closest race for the 
medal of any aspirant who has atteinpted to wrest it from him. 
Three birds is the nearest that any of the other contestants came 
to it. This occurred at Dayton, when Grimm made an attempt to 
retrieve his lost laurels. The score on this occasion was; Heikes 
93, Grimm 90. 
The birds were a very good lot, especially the first 10Q, most of 
which were corkers, being far superior to any trapped here during 
the shoot. 
'the weather again was of that mean, nasty nature — raw and cold 
to a penetrating degree. The sun was not a;fle to break through 
the cloud's. There was a little wind that blew away from the 
score, though not of sufficient strength to assist the birds an v. 
Heikes' best runs were 50 and 22; Elliston's, .'12 and 21. Heikes' 
big run remained unfinished, as he killed his last 50 without 
a skip. John J, Hallowell, of the U. M. C. Co., acted in the 
capacity of referee; f Tarry Ward, of Nashville, was scorer, while 
Fred Schmidt, of Memphis, pulled the traps. Chas. Young, of 
Springfield. O., looked after Heikes, and John Connor, of Knox- 
ville, Tenu., performed a like duty for Elliston. Heikes shot a 
Winchester gun, Leader shells and Schultze powder. Elliston 
shot a Greener gun. Winchester metal-lined shells arid Schultze 
powder. The retrieving was clone by dogs. 
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