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■laav, New York, 
The Oanrlle Arms Co., 8]0 Main street, Cincinnati, O., were 
robbed of a large number of guns, two dozen revolvers, ten dozen 
pocket knives, etc., in all amoiinting to about $2,000. The company 
olier.s $10l) reward for the recovery of the stolen goods, or $50 for any 
iriformaiianwliieh will lead to their recovery; The ITnnter Arms Co., 
Fvillon, N. v., offers $100 in addition to the reward above mentioned. 
In the lot .stolen there were tsvelve I.. C Smith hammerlcss guns, 
of which eleven were ]2-gauge. Of these, three were Pigeon 
Kjecior guns, numbered respectively 2716, 2S73 and 1144. There 
were two A2 Ejector gun.s, numheretl lf)/{7 and 2107. Two O guns, 
numbered 41»27 and 4-1834. One 2 Ejector, numbered 2932. One 
No. 1 Kjfector gun, No. 2224. (Jne with monogran E. A. H. on 
the guard. Another bear.s the name E. Bell on the stock. The 
remaining L. C. Smith gun is a Ifi-gauge, 28in. barrels, No. 60242. 
The other guns are as follows: One Lefever hammerless ejector- 
gun, 12-gaugc, No. 2240,S. Two Tiemington hammerless, 12-gauge 
ejector, Nos. 111761 and U1810. One Scott & Son, 12-gauge, ham- 
merlcss. No. 60148. One second-hand Parker, hanunerless, 12- 
gauge, $100 grade. One second-hand, ll»-gauge Harrington & 
Richardson. One Burgess sample gun, with h-ame open on side, 
and several other hammer and hammerless guns, of which the 
company has no numbers. Any one wishing to compHiiiicate in 
the matter should do so direct with the Hunter Arms Co. 
The calendar of the Union Metallic Cartridge Co., 315 Broadway, 
New York, is most patriotic in its theme. A battleship, the U. S. 
S. Oregon, is portrayed coming at speed head on, its formidable 
guns bristling portentously. On one side of the marine central 
picture is a spirited cavalry scene, a charge of the Rough Riders, 
while opposite is a pai't of the Astor Battery in action. A 
beautiful draping of the flag embellishes the whole. A soldier artd 
sailor, both in full uniform, fully equipped for war, stand on either 
side of the .scroll, which bears the title "The tMion Metallic Car- 
tridge Co/' The whole has a suggestiveness of what ammunition 
does in limes of war as well as in times of peace. The color 
effects are most pleasing, and the tout ensemble is artistic. 
With the commencement of the New Year, New York city is 
favored with the presence of some of the greatest shooting talent 
of ,'Vmerica. From Ohio conie Messi^s. RoMa O. Heikes and E. 
Rike, of Dayton, and Mr. Charles Young, of Springfield, all 
of v\hom arrived on Thursday of last week. Mr. J. J. U. M. C. 
Hallnwell and Jack Fanning arrived a day or two before, as did 
also Mr. Ilarvey McMurchy. Mr. T. H. Keller has been in town 
a few days, and" Mr, J. .\. R. -Elliott arrived some days ago. All 
these shooters have done great work in competition durmg the 
past season, to say nothing of the good in a business way thoKe 
have done who repreaent Tmanufacluring hou.se.s. 
Immediately after the contest between Mr. T. \V. Morfey 
and Mr. L. II. Seliortcineier tor the E C cup, emblematic of the 
championship of New Jersey, Capt. A- \W JSloney challenged the 
winner, jNlr. iMority, m due torm, and the challenge was quite 
as promptly accepted. Each of these gentlemen, when in good 
form, is a most formidable competitor with the shotgun, and there- 
fore the contest should he high class in every respect, as a cham- 
pionship event should be. The match will be decided on the 
grounds of the Lyndhurst Shooting Association, Lyndhurst, N. J'., 
Feb. 4. 
At a meeting of the Hell -X?ate Gun Club, on the evening of Jan. 
4, the reports showed the club to fje in a flourishing condition, 
with a good money balance to its credit. The club contemplates 
action toward incorporating. It was decided to hold eleven live- 
bird club shoots this year, and in July to hold a clam bake and a 
clay-bird tournament at Dexter Pai-k, L. I. Officers were elected 
as follows: Col. John 11. Voss, President; Philip VVoelful, Vice- 
President; Conrad Webber. Treasurer; Eugene Doeinck, Secre- 
tary; John Schlicht, Financial Secretary. 
Mr, Ed Taylor, the ballistic expert of the Laflin & Rand Powder 
Co., was the recipient recently of a rare holidaj' gift, a file of 
Wilkes' Spirit of the Time.s, extending from the present far into 
the pioneer shooting day.s of the past, when target shooting was un- 
known, when 21yda. was considered a good distance in competi- 
tion in live-bird shooting, and when a small cannon was considered 
the proper gun with which to do the killing. Mr. Taylor is highly 
gratified with his present, and he prizes it as one of his treasures. 
The long-pending match between Messrs. Wi Fred Quimby and 
Edward Banks on the one side and Mr. Thomas H. Keller and 
an indifferent shouler on the other has at last been made. The 
race is to be shot some time in February. Each man is to shoot 
at 25 targets and 25 live birds. The dale is to be determined in 
February at such time as all the shooters are in town, each man • 
then to be re^dv to ■p^^ or pay on. fof ty-eight hours' notice. 
Mr. Thomas If. Keller, tlie tireless representative of the King 
Powder Co. and the Peters C;irtridge Co., of Cincinnati, is now 
quite settled in his new quarters at 8U Chambers street. New York, 
and finds many advantages over the old quarters at 88 Chambers 
street. When in town, he can be found iii the Eastern office of 
his company, working as beavers work. He starts this week on a 
shooting trip of some wteks' duration. 
The Westville Cun Club and the Gloucester Gun Club shot a 
fue mcn team race at Gloucester, Pa., on Jan. 5. Each man shot 
at 3 birds. The Westville Club won by one bird. The con- 
testants and scores were as follows: Westville Club — William 
Hanle 3, John A. Pew 3, John F. Ziinmer 2, Harry T. Ford 1, 
Richard Liddell 0—9. Gloucester Club— Capt. T. C. Piatt 3, Thomas 
Dwyer 2, Charles Rencorn 2, James J. Foster 1, Henry Price 0 — 8. 
-A-S a sequel to the Heikes-Rike ver.sus Banks-Fanning match of 
Saturday last, another match has been arranged. This time Messrs. 
Banks and Fanning will shoot against Messrs. Heikes and Hal- 
loweil. The date wiU be Saturday next, Jan. li^- the place, Boil- 
ing Springs Gun Club's ground.s, Rutherford, 'H, JTii and the con- 
ditions, 100 targets per man, 
Messrs. W. B. Leflfingwell, Hydfe, Holliday, White, Boa, Geo. 
Roll and Lee, seven in all, tied in the shoot-off at 10 live birds in 
the contest for the Montgomery Ward & Co. diamond badge, at 
Watson's Park, Chicago, Jan. 6. 
A very neat, artistic calendar is issued coinplitnentary by i\Iessrs. 
Gray & Frost, Auburndale, Mass. The large picture dt the top 
portrays an amateur boating scene on the Charles River, at 
Auburndale, Mass. 
At Gloucester, Pa., Jan. 5, in a match at 15 live birds, rise 21yds., 
80yds. boundary, L. I. rules, Messrs. J. Frank Kleinz, of .J'falifi- 
delphia, and J. S. Foster, of Gloucester, tied on 13. 
Owing to the illness of Mr. E. S. Rice, the contest for the 
Chicago challenge trophy between him and Mr. Thomas P. Hicks, 
fixed for Saturday, Jan. 7, has been postponed. 
The New Utrecht Gun Club holds its bi-weekly contest on birds 
on Saturday, Jan. 14. 
Bernard Waters. 
Baltimore Shooting Association. 
B.-M.TIMORE, Md., Jan. 2. — The weather conditions to-day were 
unfavorable for good scores, the ground being covered with snow. 
The wind was from the northwest, which makes our grounds a.s 
fast as any in the country. The visitors, Messr.s. Smitli, of New 
York, and Ewing, of Kentucky, proved to be crackerjacks. Ewing 
made a run of 30 straight in the tniss-and-out event. "Malone also 
shot remarkably well, making a run of 21. 
The main event was the New Year handicap, a 10-bird event, $5 
entrance. A. S. Fox, of Baltimore, and Mr. Smith were the only 
ones who made straight scores. Fox has come to the front wjth 
astonishing quickness, and with a regularity which denotes an 
aptness born in him. The future shoots of the Baltimore Shoot- 
ing Association will be held on Thursday afternpon, instead of 
Satitrday. 
T'ne scores and handicaps in the New Year handicap follow: 
Dixon, 28 122100U01— 7 Gilbert. 27 ...2101100012—6 
Ewing, 30. ....... , .2022022222— 8 Malone, 30 0121111102— 8 
Fox, 30.... 1222112112—10 Smith, 30 1112221232—10 
Johnson, 28... 1102001121— 7 Vance, 28... 0101211330—6 
Hicks, 30 .......... . 222001 2102— 7 Wi Uiar, 28 2212011220— § 
Eastern*' and Western^ Shooters. 
Wii have always contended that there is really no sectionalism 
in the American shooting world. The shooter, be he from the 
North or South. East or West, talks the same language, thinks 
in mtjch the! sflm.e tnanner, has the same aspirations, pursues much 
the same policy, und uses the same kind of guns, ammunition, 
etc.. as do all other shooters, regardless of section. Any distinction 
between the East and the West, North or South, so far as shoot 
ing interests aie concerned, is purely arbitrary, and weakly so z\ 
that. 
The matter of the divi.sion of the moneys in the next Grand 
American Handicap is permanently settlfed. The division in the 
future, as in the past, applies to all the contestants alike, whether 
they are from the Nortii or the South, the East or the West. 
There is nothing in the principles or .practice of the handicap 
which is not applicable alike to any part of the country. The 
highest standard of excellence is a standard for all to respect, 
to admire, to support. The best standards which apply to boat 
racing, the turf, athletics, etc., are alike, in that quality rather 
than quantity i,-; what wins the public interest and gives to them 
permanent value. 
In view of thiff, aW 'broad-minded men will deplore thfe appear- 
ance of such non.sense as that which appeared in the Chicago 
Times-Herald of Dec. 22, which in heavy type was headed "Win 
Their Fight.'' "Western Shooters Get Concessions from Eastern 
Men," etc. Probably the foregoing distinction between "shooters" 
and "nieh." was ttnintentional. About a half-column of matter pur- 
porting to be news concerning the Grand American Handicap 
followed, all as absurd in tone and as inaccurate in statement as 
it w-ell could be within the space it occupied. 
The article in itself is of no special importance. The regret- 
table feature is that it assumes to voice a sentiment that the shoot- 
ers of the West have interests which are distinctly different from 
those of the East, and that their standards of competition are 
different from and better than other standards. It is further regret- 
table that it coiitains important inaccuracies as to what the Inter- 
.state Association really did do in the matter of the division of the 
moneys. The following excerpt will give the reader an idea of the 
inaccuracy of the article in question, and of its intensely provincial 
tone, as follows: 
"Directors of the Interstate Association of shooters, by their 
action in naming new purses for the Grand American Handicap, 
have practically yielded to the demands of Western experts. The 
concession is regarded as one of the greatest importance to sports- 
men. Open dissatisfaction is expres.sed, however, with the obscure 
announcement made by the managers as to the character of the 
changes. Chicago men who have been working for the big reform 
are firmly convinced that the managers adopted a system that 
will let at least twenty-five shooters of every hundred into the 
money, but covered up their concession with a statement that 
$1,000 would be guaranteed to the three highest guns at the handi- 
cap. The directors will be asked to make ftill acknowledgment 
of their recognition of Western demands." 
There were no concessions made to the West. There was no 
need of concessions to it. The "demands" of the West were 
"demands" which were made in the East, in the South, in the 
North, though in some instances they more euphemistically known 
as petitions. Thus the importunate beseechings for class shooting 
w-as not Western any more than it was Northern, Eastern or 
Southern. Shooters were everywhere who desired the readjustment 
of the Grand American Handicap on lines to fit their own moder- 
ate ability or nerve, regardless of the policy which had made it 
the grand success that it is, and equally regardless of whether 
success would attend it in the future. In the matter of so-called 
demands, there was no South nor North, East nor West. The 
last section may have been more outspoken, but a canvass of the 
shootfirs other than the first-raters showed that locality had no 
relevant importance. 
The importunities of the shooters who- desired class shooting 
were not granted. The old system of high guns was maintained, 
though slightly extended. Nevertheless, whether the 23s get into 
the money or not depends entirely on how many shooters kill 
25 and 24. It is absolutely different from class shooting, a system 
which, if it had been adopted, would make three or four or five " 
classes arbitrarily. , 
The assumption of the Times-Herald that an easy system of shoot- 
ing was a Western "demand" and that a Western victory was 
secured by an alleged concession of an easy system of shooting in- 
stead of one embodying the highest standards, we do not believe 
represent Western sentiment truly. It no doubt represents the 
sentiment of a class in the West, as it does a class in the North, 
the East and South, but a class is not a whole people. We be- 
lieve that in the main American shooters are much alike. There 
are those in every section who do not fear the most formidable 
competition, and who have the skill, nerve and endurance to 
compete in it; and again there ai-e those who have the skill, with 
more or less nerve; and from that down to all kinds and degrees 
of shooters* Such shooters are to he found in all sections where 
.shooters are in any numbers. 
It is a peculiar assumption in the foregoing excerpt that the 
petitioners for class shooting have gained their point, and thereby 
have won a victory. It is as if one were to say that a victory and 
progress in horse racing were secured by establishing a rule that 
all horses must race together, and that the tailenders should win 
some money, because, forsooth, they were the tailenders. If class 
shooting had really been adopted, it is very difficult to perceive 
how it would have constituted a victory for the West more than 
for the East, North and South, all of which contain shooters who 
think that class shooting is a good thing. However, a comparison 
between high gtms, as adopted by the Interstate Association, and 
class shooting, which was not adopted by it, will readily demon- 
strate that the same system now prevails in the Grand American 
Handicap as prevailed in the past, in respect to the division of 
the rnoneys; it is the same system a bit more extended. It is the 
system which has made the handicap America's greatest event. 
The success of the past forecasts the success of the future. 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
Meant Shasta Gun Club. 
Shasta, Cal., Dec. 28. — ^At the annual meeting of ffie Mt. Shasta 
Gun Club, held Dec. 26, the following officers were elected for the 
coming year: President, Henry Frickenger; Vice-President, M. E. 
Dittmar; Secretary, Dr. Thos. J. Edgecomb; Treasurer, George 
Schiller; Captain, T. E. De Freese; Assistant Captain, George 
Dean; Property Man, Adolph Dobrowsky. Executive Committee: 
Eugene Watson, Dr. Geo. Grotefend, W. A. Schroter. 
The club is in a flourishing condition, and is adding lievir mem- 
bers nearly every meeting. During the year it has secured the 
passage of an ordinance prohibiting railroad, express or other 
common carriers shipping quail and wild ducks out of the country, 
making it a misdemeanor to do so, punishable by a fine of $500 or 
six months' imprisonment, or both. This not only stops it in 
Shasta county, but also in Lassen and Modpc, as it has to go from 
there through Shasta county. 
At the bi-monthly shoot, Adolph Dobrowsky won the cup; Harry 
Shannon the first medal third time, and it now becomes his prop- 
erty. George Dean, second medal. 
Thos. J, Edgecomb, Sec'y. 
Sparrow. 
Chicago. 111.. Jan. 7.— Dr, Charles T, McClintock, of Detroit, 
Mich., writes me thus regarding the trapping of English sparrows: 
"In reading your report of the IndiaAapolis shoot, it occurred 
to me that you could do a- favor to shooters by telling them how- 
to trap (catch) sparrows. They are abundant everywhere, and 
if they could be easily caught, trap-shooting would take on new 
interest." I once talked with ]\lr. Hill, who is the great sparrow 
.sharp of Indianapolis, in regard to the methods he used in trap- 
ping these birds, and my recollection is that he said he got most 
of them at night by means of a large, square-jawed net, which he 
nm along the sides of ivy-covered walls, such as those of churches 
and public buildings. These birds are very fond of roosting in the 
ivy, and sometimes hundreds of them would be caught along 
the walls by means of these big nets, which were dragged along 
the wall m such way that the birds flew into them. I think Mr. 
Hill has other -^vays of trapping these birds in large numbers, and 
1 shall be very glad if some good Indianapolis friend will ask 
him to explain this, if it is not violating his professional secrets. 
On Bus:ness of the King's. 
There was a very pleasant little- trip planned and brought off 
early this week which combined business and pleasure in the am- 
munition trade. The Peters Cartridge Co., and the King Powder 
Co,, of Cincinnati, held a general New Year's reception, and en- 
tertained some of the people who distribute their goods. Mr H. 
W. Chester, of the gun department of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett 
& Co., left Monday night with fifty of the firm's traveling men 
and reached Cincinnati Tuesday morning. They were met by a 
reception committee composed of the following gentlemen, repre- 
.senting the King Powder Co. and the Peters "Cartridge Co., Mr. 
O. E. Peters, president, Peters Cartridge Co.; Mr. J. H. McKib- 
ben, secretary; F. C. Tuttle, Milt F. Lindsley, John Parker, 
Harry King, Frank See. 
They breakfasted at the restaurant at Little Miami Depot, after 
w^hich they boarded a special train composed of their own two sleep- 
ers and a day coach, presided over by Mr. John Nichols, one of the 
Pennsylvania Company's most efficient conductors. They made 
the run out to the mills in a very short time; the train was 
switched on to a side track, and held at the convenience of the 
party. Their first visit was to the numerous buildings of the 
Peters Cartridge Co. They were met in the office of the main 
building by Mr. A. King, general manager for both companies, and 
he welcomed them by shaking each and everv member of the 
party by the hand. After visiting the different departments of the 
cartridge company, including the metallic department, paper shell 
department, shot tower, shot-loading department, etc., they were 
taken in carriages and driven over the plant, and through the town 
owned by the King Powder Co. At the conclusion of the drive 
they were furnished with a very substantial lunch. After lunch 
they were shown through the general factory offices of the two 
companies, connected with which is the proof house, which con- 
tains all the latest instruments that are now used for testing of 
powder as well as amunition. This, as is well known, is presided 
over by Mr. Milt F. Lindsley. After being shown through the proof 
house, and being given some practical illustrations of the man- 
ner in which powder and ammunition are tested, the party was 
taken to the club grounds, where the office force of the two com- 
panies expend their extra vitality in shooting at the elusive 
asphalt, and where the shooters of the party engaged in competition 
with the aforesaid office force, to the sorrow of the latter. This 
test and exhibition showed up the shooting quahties of the smoke- 
less as well as the black powder loads, and greatly interested every 
member of the party. 
At 5:30 they sat down to a magnificent banquet at the Burnet 
House, in Cincinnati, at the close of which speeches were made 
by Mr. O. E. Peters, president of the Peters Cartridge Co,; G. 
M. Peters, president of the King Powder Co.; Mr. H, W. Chester, 
of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co.; Mr. Milt F. Lindsley, super- 
intendent of the smokeless powder department of the King Powder 
Co., and others. Thus ended a very enjoyable day. 
It does not need be said that the officials of the two companies 
above named gave the Chicago men a very good inaugural for the 
coming year. In all lines of sporting activity 1899 bids fair to be 
a humming year, and it seems that this Western ammunition and 
powder house is starting in things about right. E. HoUGS. 
1200 BovcE Building, Chicago, 111. 
Fanning and Banks vs. Heikes and Rike. 
Jan, 7.— Sundry dialogues engaged in on Friday of last week 
oyer shooters and shooting resulted in a team race being arranged 
with a matter of a nominal stake a side to denote that the con- 
testants intended to shoot seriously, each of the four being a 
mighty man in the use of the shotgun, as is a matter of com- 
mon knowledge and a matter also of history. There were Messrs. 
Edward Banks and Mr. Jack Fanning on the one side, against 
Messrs. Rolla O. Heikes and E. Rike on the other. Each was to 
.shoot at 100 targets to-day. The grounds of the Boiling Springs 
Gun Club was selected as the place for the competition to take 
place. 
The weather was clear and cold. A stiff, gusty 4 o'clock wind 
made merry with the flights of the targets, which were very serious < 
problems without any wind to make them more difficult, for the 
traps were screwed up to the highest tension. The targets took 
all kinds of flights and varying velocities in the highest degree 
puzzling, \yhile the scores seem rather low, thev were far from 
it when one considers the conditions. Heikes was annoyed by a 
sore finger, which was in the way of the recoil of his gun, and 
no doubt cut down his score. The scores follow : 
Fanning 1110110111111111111011110—21 
1111101011101101111111111—21 
11 101 1111111101 1101111101—21 
1111111111111110111111111—24 
Banks , 011111111111111llllliliii_24 
1110111111111111101101001—20 
1111 101011 HI 0110111011 10—1 9 
1111101111111110111111100—21—171 
Heikes 1111111010111110111101011—20 
0111101110111101111111] 11—21 
1110011111111010110111101— W 
loiioni oolui 11111111111—21 
Rike , , .1111111111111111111110111-21 
OUlllOllllUOlOlUlOllOO— 18 
1110111 1111111 11010110001-1 9 
0110011111111110011011010—17—159 
After the match, and before it, there was some sweepstake shoot- 
ing. McMurchy was suffering from a severe cold and was feeling 
far from well. Capt. Money had not entirely recovered from his 
recent illness, though shooting with his usual enthusiasm. 
Events: 12 3 4 5 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Heikes 18 .... 20 22 Hallowell 21 20 19 23 15 
F'anning IS .. .. 17 .. Waters 18 15 12 19 17 
Rike 20 . . . . 16 20 Money 19 20 14 18 
Banks 21 .... 19 19 Morfev 20 21 22 17 
McMurchv 16 19 19 .. IS Kehoe 16 . 
Eureka Gun Club. 
Chicago, 111., Jan. 7.— The diamond medal shoot of the Eureka 
Gun Club was held at Watson's Park, Biirnside Crossing to-day: _ 
Mack, 27 212011212121200—12 
Bingham, 31 .,.4*, 4,-, 211111112222210—14 
Patterson, 30 1)12202021220222—11 
Steck. 29 222020012122111—12 
Roll, 31 , 0] 2022120122121— 12 
Miller, 27 110002222211012—11 
Hyde, 28 102202200012212—10 
Willard, 31 .,.122222122122212—15 
C W Carson, 28 201021112101220—11 
Neta, 25 101020100010220— 7 
HoUester, 29 201221221021021—12 
De Wolf, 27 222100011100211—10 
H F Carson, 28 121122212101001—12 
Twenty-five birds per man: 
Willard 1012221122122011012212120—21 
Steck 2112022222222222222110222—23 
W iley 2100211101111122121112220—21 
Ten birds per man: 
Mack 0210220102— 6 Pumphrey 12U210112— 9 
Roll 2222111111—10 .Steck 2102212220—8 
Dr Carson 2221211120— 9 Willard -.2011200112—7 
Dr Miller 1111111211—10 Aring 22120000U— t} 
