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WESTERN TRAPS. 
Montgomery Ward Diamond Badge. 
Chicago, 111., Dec. 10.— The contest for the Montgomery Ward 
& Co diamond Badge, set forward one week on account of John 
Watson's live-bird tournament of next week, was held this week 
on Friday Dec. 9, seventeen entries appearing. The weather 
was distinctly cold, though bright, and a brisk left-quartering 
wind made things interesting. Both sets of the live-bird traps were 
put into commission, and both worked perfectly. I he first ten 
birds were shot at No. 1 set of traps, the next ten at Wo. I set, 
and the ties were completed at No. 1. ' 
It was not a day for favorites, but for dark horses, the long 
handicap men as usual coming well to the front. Dr. Shaw was 
given 2 birds and could not land above 18. He was tied by 
Amberg, 3 birds; Comley, 1 bird, and Barto, scratch. Eddie 
Steck still another winner of the badge, went out with 17^ bteck 
was tied by Tramp Irwin, of the Laflin & Rand Powder Co., and 
by W B. Leffingwell, of Montgomery Ward & Co. Leffingwell 
was allowed 3 birds, but left the score very much disgusted. He 
then came over to No. 1 set and killed 13 birds straight. George 
Roll with 1 bird allowance, scored 19, and was tied by F. H. 
Hollister, 3 birds. There were five men tied on 20, Levi, Dwyer, 
Houston, Palmer and Hess, with handicaps varying from 2 to G 
birds. Considerable interest was evinced in the tie for first 
place Levi started out at a hot clip, killing 10 straight in the 
tie without needing any of his 3 handicap birds. Dwyer, Houston 
and Palmer fell by the wayside on or before the 5 hole. Hess alone 
forged to the front and collared Levi at the end of the first string. 
This seemed to be as far as Levi could go, for he went to pieces 
rapidly, missing 4 out of bis next 9. Hess went on, killing 10 
out of his 12 birds, and thus winning the trophy. Mr. Hess is sec- 
retary of the Eureka Gun Club, and to-day he snot m a form 
which would seem to make it quite worth while to watch him in 
the future if he is given a liberal handicap. The records of the 
past few shoots would indicate that Barto deserved a bird or so 
better than scratch. The following are the scores: 
T> S Shaw 29 2 222222*222220222200222 —18 
T Hadlev 28 V *12222*22211102002112202 -18 
F r Rice 26 6 • • .02002222222022200222202220—18 
T H Amberg! 2s! ' 3 21101011211212022210102 -18 
E S Rice I 4 .. 22012001221122110100 w -14 
W B Leffingwell, 30, 3 02112020*11211220122210 -17 
H Levi 2 6 12222112212221201201202 -20 
Tramp Win, 28, 3 ..• 20222112*20022202101221 -17 
Dkk Dwyer. 30, 3 1222*1222*2111201122212 -20 
Geo Roll 29 1 2222110*2122222222222 —19 
T S Houston 28 3 02210212122111122220122 -20 
C E Comlev 30 1 011220122211101111112 —18 
T B Barto, 30, 0.'.. 01121222012222222222 -18 
F Hollister 30 3 02*12102121122102211211 —19 
C: C Hess 29 4.. .22220222202212222201222 w —20 
E M Steck 30 1 1*1221002112201112122 —17 
S Palmer, 29, 2 211222111*222202112222 —20 
First shoot-off: 
Levi, 26, 3 2222222222 -10 Hess, 29, 2 22222222201-10 
Dwyer, 30, 1 22010w Palmer, 29, 1. . . . . .20110w 
Houston, 28,. 1....22010w 
Le 5 vr n 2l Sh 3°°*'.° ff 2 : 02022200w Hess, 29, 2 222022220222-10 
The Experts. 
Jim Elliott displays commendable nerve in going after the Iowa 
boy next Monday, the race being set for 11 o clock, Dec. 12. Gil- 
bert is naturally a favorite on his record, but no one can tell 
what Tim Elliott will do after he gets past the first bird, which 
he is 'pretty sure to miss. The weather is apt to be cool and 
breezy, and the birds are flying well now, so that 95 would be a 
pretty good score, one would think. 
Jim Elliott went to St. Louis on Dec. 7 and deieated Dr. J. W. 
Smith, the crack shot of that city, with a score of 91 to 84. This is 
something of a drop for Dr. Smith in so short a time, since he 
scored S8 birds himself in his race with Dr. Knowlton. By the 
way, this score of Dr. Smith's was widely quoted by St. Louis 
and other papers as the record of the year, these having evidently 
overlooked Rolla Heikes' score of 99 at Eau Claire, against Fred 
Gilbert. * _ 
T. j. Hallowell, Jr., of the U. M. C. Co., was out at Wat- 
son's yesterday for a little practice, and to-day a number of the 
shooters have gone out again to get ready for next week's game. 
John Watson says he will be satisfied with forty or fifty shooters, 
and he can handle that number with the greatest ease and com- 
fort. It would not be surprising if some races were made as 
the result of this coming together of so many experts, and in any 
event we are certain to have one week which will be full of 
shooting, 
Billy Mussey seems to be, as it were, coming back to earth again, 
and we may perhaps look for him as a feature in the old Wat- 
son game. Billy skun his friend Ben Dicks a couple of times this 
•week at short races, as see elsewhere. 
Waukegan, 
Waukegan Gun Club, of Waukegan, 111., met on Dec. 7 for their 
club handicap at 25 birds, ten members taking part, with the 
following results: 
Handicap. Broke. Total. 
C Purcell 11 17 28 
De Wolf 6 18 24 
W Murray 5 37 22 
Van Deusen 5 17 22 
Efinger 7 15 22 
B Dowe 6 16 22 
Jemison 12 8 20 
Hofmann i 5 15 20 
S Wright 5 13 18 
Douglas ........ 8 9 17 
The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Pres- 
ident, James Van Deusen; Vice-Presidents, E, P. De Wolf, Wm. 
Bullock; Secretary, L. W. Jeffrey; Treasurer, George Hallowell; 
Trustees: O. H. Heath, J." C. Merchant, James Jemison, 
Quiet. 
The shoot of the Milwaukee Gun Club, which closed the first 
of this week, was rather quiet, only about a dozen participating. 
Lewis, J. E. Bush, Rogers, Andrews and A. Lockie, of Chicago, 
were among the leading winners of Saturday. E. Hough. 
1200 Boyce Building, Chicago, 111. 
Mussey vs. Wilcox, 
A. race was to have taken place on Dec. 8, between W. P. 
Mussey and Ben Dicks, but on account of Mr. Dicks having 
been called out of the city on account of the illness of one of his 
family, Mr. Chas. E. Wilcox consented to take his place. The 
race was at 50 live birds, 30yds. rise. 
The day was quite cold, with a stiff left-quartering wind, accom- 
panied by a good sunlight. The birds were good, strong flyers. 
Both principals shot in good form and each made some very com- 
mendable kills of fast birds. Following are detailed scores: 
Trap score type—Copyright, /srs, oy Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
C. S. Wilcox.. ...4 842212824523 5 21412415345 
11122120222 2 1101121 *! 2 222 2—28 
1 8 5 o 3 2 1 S 1 5 3 4 S 5 1 3 5 4 3 4 4 1 3 8 5 
\ kTV* -* <r- i \ ? 4 i -» f-V ^ "s, <- 
2121102212 222020221102 2 2 2-21-44 
.8 3441 452323582 15254212518 
2 2 1121112»121*1212 121011 2-22 
8214853514252241352234518 
211201122112122 2 2 2 111120 1— 28— 4g 
Rice vs. Hallowell. 
Preceding the above contest was a friendly race of 25 birds be= 
tween Messrs. E. S. Rice, of the Du Pont Co., and J. J. Hallo- 
well, of the U. M. C. Co., which resulted as follows: 
Trap score type-Copyright, i$?8 f by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
£ S Rice 5 411 2 31245213542222834515 
121122**11*2211 2 02011222 1-20 
W. P. Mussey. 
I J. Hollmvell. .,.,,1 4324558212844168 8 41 4 2 541 
22 2 2 2 22 2 2 2112212220 2 122 i 2—24 
Peavey vs. Mussey. 
Following is another event in which Mr. Mussey shows quite 
good form in the race with Mr. Peavey, of Cripple Creek, 
Colo., who is now visiting in the city. The scores: 
Trap score type— Copyright, tasg\ by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
C. W. Peavey 2 4131385381 3 11432 2 3358433 
-M\ 1 N N C S\ \ -f\ \ C\ 
202 0 20 2 2 212 2 2 200*0001 2 01 0—14 
W, P. Mussey 2 24844215344333444 4 143143 
1 2 0 2 2 0 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 1—22 
Mussey vs. Dicks. 
In a friendly race between W. P. Mussey and C. B. Dicks, which 
was shot at Watson's Park Dec. 6, the following scores were made. 
The birds were a good lot, trapped in a smart, driving wind. 
This is the event which led to the race to have been shot on the 
8th inst., as mentioned in foregoing items. The score: 
C B Dicks 101201022*210*211201112111021122211101021212221112—41 
W P Mussey. . . .02120121222010212112111101222111222021110121211122—43 
Mussey vs. Wilcox. 
Mr. W. P. Mussey challenges C. S. Wilcox to a contest of 100 
live birds, for the price of the birds, and is to allow Wilcox 7 
of his lost birds to be scored as dead. Mr. Wilcox has accepted 
the defi, and sets the day of contest as of the afternoon of Dec. 
21, Watson's Park, at 2 P. M. 
Garfield Gun Club. 
The Garfield Gun Club, of Chicago, held its second regular 
monthly contest at Jive birds on the club grounds on Dec. 12; 
there were twenty-one entries. The race was at 10 live birds, 
with distance handicap ranging from 25 to 31yds. 
The day was 'very cold, with a driving wind from the right 
quarter, which aided the birds in getting away quickly. Quite 
a few of them fell dead out of bounds. The shooters, regardless 
of the weather, were full of enthusiasm, and continued until 
darkness made it almost impossible to see the bird when liberated. 
T. P. Hicks carried off the honors of the day by making the 
or.ly straight score, but was closely followed by Palmer, Steiger, 
Paterson, Davis and Fehrman, who killed 9. The scores: 
Dr Meek 10*1212122— S N Nusley *200000220— 3 
S Palmer 12*1121122— 9 Fehrman 2202222112— 9 
C Stiger .....2011122212— 9 C P Richards 2021212200—7 
Riddiford 20102*0111— 6 S E Young 2022021012—7 
H Bradley 2*11100211— 7 Trail 1011111021— 8 
N H Ford ....2202222102— 8 T Eaton 0002110002—4 
A C Paterson 221222*211— 9 W A Jones 10221*2110— 7 
C Comley *0**2*1111— 5 D Russell 0210122212— 8 
Dr Davis 2210111211— 9 A Hellman 2221010122— 8 
R Kuss 2222022220— 8 T P Hicks 1212122121—10 
J Workman 02022010*2—5 
Following the medal contest were several 5-bird events, in which 
ties divided on the scores as follows: 
Hellman 20010—2 Jones 20001—2 
Eaton .......... 21110—4 Davis 21110-4 
Trail 01010—2 Richards 21102—4 
Russell 21112—5 Fehrman 11122—5 
Barnard ., ..........02100—2 Young 22100—3 
Comley 12111—5 Nusley 00111—3 
Workman OOw — 0 Hicks 11221—5 
Palmer 22*22—4' Steiger , 01112—4 
R Kuss 22022—4 - 
Second 5-bird event: 
Palmer ........20221-4 Hicks 11211-fi 
Comley 21111—5 Russell 01111— 4 
Eureka Gun Club. 
The next regular live-bird contest of the Eureka Gun Club, of 
Chicago, will take place at Watson's Park on Saturday afternoon, 
Dec. 17, at 1 o'clock P. M. 
Chicago Challenge Trophy. 
yup trustees r.f the Chicago challenge trophy have decided that 
E, S. Rice, bolder, shall shoot with E. C. Rice, challenger, at the 
next contest. 1 lie aaie and handicap have not as yet been 
decided upon, but it is expected to take place the first of the 
week following Watson's tournament, and most likely on Dec. 
20 or 21. A. C. Paterson. 
Ttap around Reading. 
Reading, Pa., Dec. G.— A private live-bird match was held to-day 
•at Mr. Sidel's grounds, at Bernhardt's Station, near the city, be- 
tween Robert Welsh and Yale Dolan, of Philadelphia, on one 
side, and Midget and Hunter on the other team. Each man shot 
at 50 live birds, $10i) a side. The Philadelphians allowed their op- 
ponents to stand at 28yds., while they shot from 30yds. The birds 
were a fair lot of flyers, the majority being right-quarter birds. 
Messrs. Welsh and Dolan shot a very fine race, and made some 
fine kills with the second barrel. The match had been arranged 
to be shot between Welsh and Dolan and Midget and Coldrcn, 
but at the end of the 18th round, after missing 4, Coldrcn, who 
was not feeling well, retired and Hunter took his place. Coldren 
is a very good live-bird shot, but has not had very much practice 
this year, and was off considerable, and handicapped by not feeling 
well he decided to withdraw. The invited guests occupied the 
shooting house, as it was cold outdoors. Before the match several 
sweeps were shot off, the scores of which follow: 
No. 1, 10 live birds. $5 entrance: Welsh, 30vds., 10; Midget, 
28yds., 8; Coldren, 28yds., 6; Dolan, 30yds., 10; Hunter, 28yds., 9. 
No. 2, 10 live birds, $5 entrance: Midget. 28yds., -9; Dolan, 
30yds., 9; Coldren, 28j'ds., 7; eWlsh, 30yds., 10; Hunter, 28yds., 10. 
Mr. Chas. W. Bechtel, of this city, officiated as referee; Oliver 
A. Tilton being in charge of the traps, while Duster officiated as 
scorer. The score of the team race f6llows: 
M i dget, 28 0212212221*1122212221 211122112222*21221222222201U--46 
Dolan, 30 211021222122112122*122122221221222222211*212122112-47 
Coldren, 28 202221122*111*212* w 
Hunter, 28 21222222211212*21220121222*11222 —43 
W elsh, 30 111211 1211112112111201212211121122*112211112122222—48 
No birds: Midget 2, Hunter 1, Dolan 1, Welsh 1. 
A 25-bird match followed the big match between Dolan and 
Midget, Dolan winning by killing 24 to Midget's 21. The score 
follows : 
Dolan, 30 22111121212121221212121*1—24 
Midget, 28 ;. .1222212*12*2212*111212110— 21 
Dec. 10. — Several of the members of the South End Gun Club, 
of this city, held a practice shoot to-day, good scores being made. 
The scores follow: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 25 Targets; 10 10 10 10 25 
Ball 8 5 4 8 22 Yost , .. . 19 
Mathias 5 6 7 2 .. Geo Miller ....... .. .. ' 12 
Gerhart 6 5 8 5 .. Texter .... 1 8 7 .. .. 
The management of the big Reading handicap, to be held at 
Reading, Pa., Wednesday, Jan. 18, 1899, has decided instead of hav- 
ing class shooting, have the prizes go to the three high guns, if 
not over sixteen entries are received, and if seventeen entries are 
received have four high guns.. 
The Reading handicap is at 25 live birds, $10 entrance, birds 
extra, $150 guaranteed, $75 to first, $50 to second, $25 to third 
high guns. If two entries are received over fifteen then $20 
will be added to fourth high gun, after which all the entrance 
money will be added, 40, 30, 20 and 10, to the above prizes. Handi- 
caps from 26 to 30yds. Entries should be sent to Artbur A. Fink 
manager, 426 Franklin street, Reading, Pa., and should be accom- 
panied by $2.50 forfeit. Entries close Jan. 17, after which shooters 
can enter up to 12 A. M. on day of shoot, but will have to shoot 
scratch or 30yds. : 
The event will be held at the Stony Creek shooting grounds 
easily reached from Reading by taking the electric car with the 
red flag going east on Penn street, and runs direct to the 
grounds. These grounds are new and are well adapted for live- 
bird shooting. All shooters are invited to enter, no person 
barred. Any information wanted can he bad by addressing the 
manager, Arthur A. Fink,' 
Norristown. Pa., Dee. 10.— The University of Pennsylvania 
Gun Club, of Philadelphia, defeated the Penn Club, the crack 
organization of this town, by one bird, on the locals' field to- 
day. Both teams were remarkably weak on this occasion. Each 
man shot at 25 bluerocks. The score was as follows: 
Penn Club— J. R. Yost, captain, 14, Cassell 19, Jenkins 15, Frank- 
lin 16, Ritter 15, Smith 23, Dotterer 10, Johnson 18,-149. 
University of Pennsylvania — Parish 15, Nealson 19, Singer 21, 
Paul 19, Weaver 12, Swain 14, Freed 20, Baldwin 11, Steele 19—150. 
West Chester, Dec. 8.— The Florist Gun Club, of Philadelphia, 
defeated the West Chester Gun Club to-day in an interesting 
match on the home grounds this afternoon, this being the decid- 
ing match of a series of three. Scores: 
Team shoot, Florist vs. West Chester, 25 targets per man, teams 
of eleven men each: 
Florist— Engle 20, Reid 20, Ball 16. Landis 22, Jones 10, Harris 
17, MeAhee 20, Dorp 16, Cartledge 23, Bell 21, Anderson, cap- 
tain, 22-207. * 
West Chester— Devoe 17, Peters 20, Sellers 19, Griffith 19, Lumis 
15, Green 18, Hoar 16, Ford 21, Brinton 13, Torp 19, Foulke, can- 
tain, 21—198. • 
Duster. 
Kling— McKann. 
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 3.— The Elliott-Smith match was to have 
been shot here to-day, but was postponed on account of the 
illness of Elliott. Kling and McKann shot a match at 50 birds 
for the price of the birds, which resulted as follows: 
Trap score type— Copyright, ms, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
Kling 
.2 2 « 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 
\/-*\'\t^/( 4 /l/^^HH\HJ.->H4f-«-\ 
20012 2 110 2 2022 2 112112111 1—44 
McKaon ....2 2 222022 2 12222111212 1*221 
11*212 112102111212 212 2 2 0 2—45 
Weiler Gun Club. 
Allentown, Pa., Dec. 6.— The John F. Weiler Gun Club held 
its shoot on the Duck Farm Hotel grounds to-day. Two target 
events and one live-bird event, were shot. Scores: 
No. 1, 25 targets: 
Brey , 0100110111011111011110110—17 
Acker .0001000010010110100001010— 8 
Rerig 1010010110111100111011011—16 
Hohe OllOOHOOmOOlOOOllOlOOl— 12 
S Weiler 1101111011100011100100011—15 
Griesemer 11TH10100011100110100110— 15 
No. 2, 25 targets: 
Brey , 1111111110111111111111010—22 
Acker llOOlllOOOHOllOlOOlOOOOl— 12 
Rerig 0111111110011011011111101—19 
Hohe 1011101000110001101000101—12 
A Weiler 1101101110010110010100111—15 
Kramlich UllOllllOOlOmiOlllOOll— 18 
No. 3, 8 live birds: 
J Weiler 11101110—6 Acker 0UUO11— 6 
Rerig 11111111-S A Weiler 11011100—5 
Griesemer 011000U— 4 S Weiler ...11101111—7 
Audubon Gun Club. 
Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 8. — Following scores are from the Audubon 
Gun Club's regular club shoot. No. 3 was the club badge shoot. 
Warren, C. S. Burkhardt and B. Talsma tied for Class A badge; 
Warren won in shoot-off. E. N. McCarney won Class B, and LI. 
E. Storey won Class C. The attendance was small to-day, owing 
to the stormy weather. After the club programme was shot to-day 
there was a match shoot at live birds between R. H. Hebard and 
E. C. Burkhardt, conditions of which were 25 live birds, 27yds. rise, 
use of one barrel only. The race was very exciting throughout, 
and was won by E. C. Burkhardt, who scored -19 dead to 17 for 
Hebard. The feature of next Saturday's shoot will be the R. H, 
Hebard event. 
At a special meeting of the club, held at their club rooms Sat- 
urday evening, the date was fixed for the New York State shoot 
of 1899, which will be held under their auspices; the date chosen 
was the week of June 7. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Events: « 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 15 15 * 25 5p Targets: 15 15 * 25 5p 
C Burkhardt 11 14 20 18 7 Kerew 11 18 .. 5 
Talsma 11 .. 20 21 .. R H Hebard 6 .. 23 .. 
E Burkhardt 8 8 16 20 .. Warren ' 13 19 .. 4 
Walker 9 8 16 22 5 U E Storey 23 8 
Fanning 14 13 21 23 6 Porter 17 .. 6 
J J Reid 12 12 16 20 .. McCarney 21 .. 5 
Jacobs 12 16 ., .. d 
* Badge. Chas. J. Moyer. 
hchtin$. 
Apropos of the recent discussion as to the capabilities 
of small yachts, there is probably no other question in 
yachting which is so generally misunderstood as that of 
the value of overhangs vs. plumb ends. In the course of 
the discussion which we reprinted from the Field, all 
shades of opinion have been expressed for or against 
overhangs ; the arguments in most cases being based on 
very insufficient premises. The main trouble is the lack 
of any recognized standard for the comparison of size or 
bulk, in default of which most yachtsmen resort to either 
load waterline or over all length as the one true basis. 
Whatever standard may be the proper one for racing 
yachts, when it comes to cruising no mere length meas- 
urement is of any value. Probably the best standard for 
the comparison of size of cruising craft is the actual bulk 
of the hull below the deck, not mere displacement, but 
including top sides as well as under-water body. The 
letter of Mr. H. K. Wicksteed, published last week, is 
in our opinion the best, discussion of the overhang ques- 
tion which has yet appeared. To us the matter of de- 
signing a seagoing vessel of any given cubic capacity is 
really a simple one. The essentials are first moderate 
proportions of beam and length, good depth if the waters 
allow it, and ample displacement. With the midship sec- 
tion resulting from reasonable beam, depth of hold and 
displacement, the amount of overhang at each end is 
practically self-regulating through the bow-buttock lines; 
these carried out fairly and naturally will give in almost 
every case a form well fitted for seagoing, The designer 
should not be cramped on the one hand by the necessity 
of cutting off the .ends square to fit a fixed over all 
length, nor on the other should he be compelled to force 
the buttock lines into long flat and weak overhangs. By 
the method here outlined, he can produce, on a given 
cubic capacity, a vessel of good proportions, and of a 
graceful and natural form ; well fitted to ride a sea. Of 
all types adaptable to seagoing use, the one pointed out 
by natural selection -is the double end whale or surf boat 
type, with moderate overhangs forward and aft. 
By Candle Light in New York. 
Owing to an accident to city gas main?, and a consequent 
stopping of the type machines, several articles in this issue have 
been put to press by candle light: with proofs uncorrected, 
