WESTERN TRAPS. 
Montgomcty "Ward Badge Shoot. 
Chicago, III., March 4.— The second contest for the Montgomery- 
Ward diamond badge, second series, was brought ofif yesterday 
at Watson's, under most unfavorable conditions. The weather was 
black, cold and gloomy, and rain fell throughout the day. The 
popularity of these events may be seen in the fact that m spite 
of such weather a field of twenty-three shooters entered for the 
event. Nothing seemed to dampen the spirits of the contestants, 
and the day passed very pleasantly. 
The winner of the second contest was Mr. D. O'Brien, of the 
Douglas Gun Club, who needed only one of his handicap birds 
m the contest, and who shot ovit Messrs. Shaw, White, Miller and 
'Willard in the first string of tie birds. Lem Willard vfon the 
high average medal, Mr. Kuss won the ties on 14, having to kill 
18 birds to win, and Mr. Palmer won the ties on 13.' Mr. Nelson, 
who won the badge in the first contest, got into the ties on 14 
I his time, but left for town early. Eddie Steck, winner of the first 
.series, to-day got in the 14 hole, and Dr. Shaw , landed one 
above him in the first flight to-day. Out of the total number of 
tvventy-tJirec entries, only five men were placed at scratch — 
George, Kuss, Barto, Willard and Steck. The winner, Mr. O'Brien, 
was among the short men, getting the same mark as Dr. Miller, 
2Syds. and 2 birds, who also killed 15. The wind was fresh and 
the birds very good. The following arc the scores: 
W B Letfingwell, 30, 2 12112120022020211 —13 
A T, Mnttinger. 30, 2 T.. 020112012010201 w 
^ A W Llovd, 28, 2 00112110111201*00 —10 
R Cieorge, 30, U 21021w 
Nelson. 30, 2.. ■ - . .0211212201222W22 — 14 
Dr Shaw, 30, 1 _ 2220221112222222 —15 
E C Rice, 26, 3 020101000202201222—10 
R Kuss, 30, 0 111*22122122112 —14 
E O Barnard. 28. 2 22222*12222000111 —13 
T L White, 30, 2 11111121110121212—15 
"G A Thorne, 28, 2 02022220011112122 —13 
R Simonetti, 28, 2- 02121111101012202 —13 
S Palmer, 30, 1 0022221202222112 —13 
R Dwyer, 30, 1 .■ - 1112012102212222 —14 
H Ehlers, 30, 1 2122112202121110 —14 
T B Barto, 30, 0 11*222221221212 —14 
V A Rossback, 28, 3... 021110021010211000—10 
D O'Brien, 28, 2 , 21]11*111211]2]2 —15 
L C Willard, 30, 0 122221112112112 —15 
E M Steck, 30. 0 012212222122121 —14 
Parker, 30, 1 222122**1*122211 -13 
Dr Miller. 28, 2 12012112111220221 —15 
J W Watson, 2S, 3 222110201011220221—14 
Ties on 15: _ . 
Shaw 22022—4 Willard 20221—4 
White 00 Dr Miller 21220—4 
O'Brien .11211—5 
I.em Willard won high average medal; Kuss won ties on 14; 
Palmer won ties on 13. 
Eureka Gun Club. 
The live-bird series of the Eureka Gun Club continues at 
Watson's Park, the club meeting to-day at that place being imder 
better weather conditions than prevailed yesterday. Mr. Watson 
adds the scores. 
Highland Park Gun Club Expands. 
The Highland Park Rod and Gun Club, of Highland Park, 
111., has been organized and has purchased a site on the famous 
waters of Lake Koshkonong, where it will put up a club house 
this season. The officers and membership of this organization are 
as below: President, W. B. White; Secretary and Treasurer, D. 
C Purdy; Attornev, D. F. Knox. Members— W. J. Obee, George 
Hesler, C. P. Sullivan, Thomas Morton, Fred Schaefer, Edward 
Huber. Julius Zimmer, Edward Zimmer, Edward Nolan, W. F. 
Edwards', Emil Otzel, F. M. Ingalls, Robert Rosenberry, H. I. 
Morris, Charles H. Baker, H. M. Prior, C. B. Rice, John Ru- 
dolph, John Finney, M. McNulty. 
Milwaukee League. 
Four clubs of Milwaukee— the Jolly Gun Club, Wisconsin, North 
Side and Milwaukee gun clubs— have organized the Milwaukee 
Trap-Shooters' League, and held three contests. The Jolly Gun 
Club has won three shoots straight, the Milwaukee has lost three 
straight, while Wisconsin and North Side clubs have each won 
tvvo out of three. 
The South Side Gun Club, of Milwaukee, is in flourishmg con- 
dition, and is spending considerable money on improvements. 
Everything looks toward a busy year in trap-shooting in Mil- 
waukee. The new club house, on Thirty-second avenue, is a fine 
one, and has already been open for business. E. Hough. 
1200 BoYCE BuilBing, Chicago. 
Florists' Gun Club of Philadelphia. 
WlssiNOMiNG, Pa., Feb. 28.— The main event, the president's 
cup contest, at 50 targets, 25 unknown and 25 known angles, re- 
sulted in a victory for Mr. Wolstencroft, in the monthly compe- 
tition of the Florists' Gun Club to-day: 
The event was the eighth of a series for the president s trophy. 
Wolstencroft made his first appearance as a contestant for the 
prize and scored six points. W. C. Westcott also scored six 
points in the competition, but his work for the day was not 
nearly so good. Wolstencroft broke 46 of a possible 50 bluerock 
targets, while Westcott only succeeded in breaking 31. The 
competition is governed by a percentage system, and the greatest 
increase or least decrease over a contestant's previous average 
entitles him to the greatest number of points. 
Howard Ridge did not secure any additional points in the trophv 
competition, but he broke 45 targets, and carried off second 
honors on the day's work. A. B. Cartledge broke 39 targets, 
and Engle was fourth with a total of 38. 
Following the club shoot there was a team shoot between two 
teams captained by W. H. Wolstencroft and Ploward Ridge. 
There were seven men on a team, and each man shot at 25 blue- 
rocks. Ridge's team won by a score of 121 to 111. 
Twenty-five from magautrap: 
Unknown. Known, Points. 
\V K Harris...... .0011111110101011101101111— 18 13—31 
C D Ball 1001011111101010001111110—16 15—31 2 
V Dorp 0011O010001O00110O001O000— 7 11—18 
J E McKaraher 0111001111101010011001001—14 14—28 
W C Westcott 0111110111111111110101111—21 10—31 6 
I Daniels 0011000110111110010111101—15 15—30 
W PI W 1111111111111011111111111—24 22—46 B 
G O Bell 1100001100111101011100111—15 16—31 
A B Cartledge .1111111011111111011110011—21 18—39 3 
W K Park ....1111110111110100111111010—19 23—42 4 
D Ensile ..1011111110111100111011111—20 18—38 5 
G Anderson 1011011111101111111110111—21 17—38 1 
S Ridge .............1111111111110111110111111—33 23^6 
Brown 1101000101111010010001110—13 7—20 
Twenty-five from five expert traps: 
Harris • ■ . .0101110101101001010011100-13 
C D Ball. " ,.0010011101111010110111010—15 
Dorp 010101000011001110110.1000—11 
McKaraher ,, . ,1001011101100101011111000—14 
Westcott 1000100110001001101000011—10 
G O Bell ' 1111100000011111001111011—16 
Cartledge ' ' 0011110101101111110111110—18 
Park . ' 1111111111111111011111101—23 
•Enele ' " 1111111001011101111001101^18 
Anderson 1000111111110001101011111—17 
Ridee 0111111111111111011111101—22 
Brown 1011010100000001000001000— 7 
Team match, 25 each, magautrap— Wolstencroft's team: 
W H W, captain 1111111111111111101111111—24 
Park 1110110110111111101111111—21 
Engle 1 111111111101101110010111—20 
Harri s 11001111 11001100010110111—16 
Wescott 1101100011011010001010100—12 
McKaraher .0011100010100011011011000— 11 
Brown 0111101000000010010000000— 7—111 
Ridge's Team. 
Ridge, captain 1011111111111011111111111—23 
Cartledge 1110110111110111110101111—20 
Anderson 1101101101111010011110110—17 
C D Ball 1101101101111100111001010—16 
G A Bell. . , , 1111111011111100011101111-20 
Dan i el s UllOOOlOOlOlOll 1010011 01—14 
Dorp OOOOOlQOllOQOOOllOOlimi-U— 121 
FOHEST ANfci STREAM. 
Boston Gun Club. 
NVellington, Mass. March 4.— The club added one more shoot 
to its list of many Wednesday, March 1, at Wellington, and the 
favorable shooting conditions allowed, of some fine practice for 
the sixteen shooters present. Different degrees of success attended 
their efforts, but all extracted the same quota of fun, of which 
trap-shooting affords the very best. 
Upon trial, the targets were found a little deceptive; the scores 
were good, yet not ranging so high as on similar fair days. The 
clearness of atmosphere made them look too easy when often 
they were not, as traps were sprung up to give more than an 
ordinary throw. Nevertheless several averaged well, and the in- 
dividual and team events were both hotly contested. 
Scores as follows: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 
Targets: 10 10 3p 10 5 3p 10 10 10 10 10 5p 
Gordon, 17 7 8 3 7 4 5 8 7 7 6 9.. 
Howe. 17 8 8 3 
Griffith, 16 7 10 
Horace, 18 ,, ,. 7 7 
Eastman. 16 6 8 
Earle. 15 8 7 
Taft, 16 7 7 
Newton. 16 0 3 
Fox, 16 - S 9 
Curtis, IG 8 4 
Williams. IS 6 10 
Cutler, 16 6 
Benton, 14 
Spencer, IS , . 9 
Young, 16 4 
Ford, 16....... 8 
Events 1, 4, 7 and 10, known angles, the last with use of both 
barrels; 2, 5, 8 and 11, unknown; 9, reverse; 3. 6 and 12, pairs. 
Extras. 10 known: • Gordon and Plowe 9, Earle and Griffith 7. 
Five unknown : Gordon 5, Taft 3, Benton 2. 
Ten unknown: Gordon 9, Howe 8, Griffith 7. 
Five pairs: Ford 7. 
[March ii, iS^, 
8 
8 
6 
9 
6 
7 
1 
2 7 
3 9 
'3 '7 
.. 7 
2 S 
7 6 7 8 6 6 
9 10 8 10 8 8 
7 .. 6 .. .. .. 
4 7 7 6 6.. 
. 7 7 10 6 .. 
4 10 9 6 6 . . 
S 7 9 
7 6 6 10 JO 
3 4 3 5 6, 
8 8 8 7 9 
Horace, 18 
—10 known, 5 
unknown, 
S pairs: 
,1001111111—8 
11111—5 
10 10 11—4- 
-17 
1101111011—8 
11111-5 
10 10 10-3- 
-16 
.1110111111—9 
10110—3 
10 10 11—4- 
-16 
0111111011—8 
11101—4 
10 10 11—4- 
-16 
1110110011—7 
01111—4 
01 11 11—5- 
-16 
1110011011—7 
01110—3 
10 11 10—4- 
-14 
1111111110—9 
10111—4 
11 00 00—2- 
-15 
lOllOUlU— 8 
11100—3 
10 00 11—3- 
-14 
0110110011—6 
11011—4 
00 10 10—2- 
-12 
1101101110^7 
11000—2 
00 11 10—3- 
-12 
1010011101—6 
11111—5 
w 
1011101011—7 
11011—4 
w 
1000111111—7 
01100—2 
00 10 10—2- 
-11 
0000111010—4 
01010—2 
00 10 10—2— 8 
Team contest, 40 targets — 10 known, 10 unknown, distance handi- 
cap: 
Earle ....0111011101—7 
Taft .... ^. . i ........... , Ill 1111111— 10 
Griffith .0111111111—9 
Howe 1101101110—7 
Eastman - . , 1111100110- 7 
Fox 1101011111— 8 
Gordon 0111,111011— 8 
Spencer 1001111101— 7 
1011001111— 7—14 
0111111111— 9—19—33 
1111111111—10—19 
0101111010— 6—1^32 
0110110111— 7—14 
0101111011— 7—15—29 
OlOOllllll— 7—15 
0011100111— 6— 13— 28 
Trap at "Watson's. 
Chicago, 111., March 1. — A match was shot liere to-day between 
Harry Lee and E. S. Rice, the former winning, 20 to 19. Score: 
H Lee 212*11*221122100*0100120110122—20 
E S Rice 12222202202222211*022212011*21—19 
March 2.— Match. 50 birds per man: 
N Nelson 21121121221012112122222112212211222202001202220020—42 
C B Dick 1*1212120221111*11122*1221111111122012012011021210—41 
Match, 50 birds per man: 
S Olsen 01012001020022121201021010202020011001122010111202—30 
J R Dawson 02200001101200000000000000000010011011000000100020—13 
Match, 30 birds per man: 
G Deiter 12222202202222211*022212011''-21— 24 
E S Rice,. 220211001102220201220210101212—22 
March 3.— In the sweeps following the Montgomery Ward 
diamond badg:e, the following scores were made: 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. 
Palmer 11010—3 01212—4 20222—4 20011—3 
Kuss 21221—5 12022—4 01120—3 12000—2 
Simonetti 20220—3 02000—1 
Barto .-...10202-3 00221—3 
Ehlers 10221—4 01001—2 11220-4 
Leffingwell 21122-5 12221-5 00121—3 11211—5 
Steck 11212—5 llOOw 11101— =1 
Rossback 00001—1 01021—3 00001—1 20001—2 
Parker 10002—2 22220—4 
Miller 21221^ 01012—3 21111—5 
Lee 01222—4 22202-4 
O'Brien 12102—4 12211—5 .... 
Barnard 12011-4 
White 01010-2 
No. 6: 
Palmer 120 — 2 Rossback 12120 — 4 
Kuss 2111112211—10 O'Brien ....0 — 0 
Leffingwell 0 — 0 Kelly 2211121122—10 
Steck 2121211110— 9 Wilson 1210 — 2 
March 4.— The Eureka Gun Club's eighth shoot was held to-day, 
four men tieing for first. Scores: ■ 
Willard, 31 201222011221122—13 
Roll, 31 221201122101222—13 
Parker, 30 120221211012111—13 
.Steck. 30' 210.210111121122—13 
Miller 28 012012211211120—12 
Carson. 28 222220001120112—11 
Mack, 28 110102111210022—11 
Wiley, 30 i! 10010101211011— 10 
Practice : 
Willard 0221202220221012121201111—20 
Wiley 22120222221110111211110 —20 
Miller 1211120201 — 8 
Steck ■ 0021111212 — 8 
Mack .01012 —5 
Parker 10010 - 2 
Ravelrigg. 
Palm Beach Gun Club. 
Palm Beach, Fla., March 1.— The handicap at 30 targets,^ If2 
entrance, shot to-day, under the auspices of the Palm Beach Gun 
Club, resulted as follows: 
Karsner 111110101001011011101110111111—29 
Marshall' " 100010010101011110100111010011—16 
Parker ' 111111110101111111110111111101—26 
Mallinckrodt 1OI111110111110101011111001101— 26 
Brokaw 100001001011110110011000011110-23 
Stafford " ' . , , ^ . .000010100001000000101001000101— S 
Benedict . .... .111110100110101011111111110010—24 
Tones ,001111111101110010111101100111—24 
Cook 011001110011110101101110001100—21 
T?orrest OlOlOOlOOOOOOOOlOOOOOOOOOlOOOO— 5 
Woodrufl= 000101001010010001011111110111—29 
ni„ton OOOIIIOUUOOIOIIOIOIOOOOOIOIO— 19 
Y Dolan 001111001010111011110101110110—19 
Conneway 101001000111000100000101010100—18 
Handicaps : 
Mallinckrodt .-1111 Brokaw 011111010101 
Tones .. .111 Benedict OOlllf) 
fersner' 111011101 Woodruff lllOmOllllOIIOl 
Disston 11101000010 Connewav IIOHOIOU 
Cook 11011 
Tie for first and second prizes — first score; 
Karsner 111101011010110 Woodrufl' 110011110011001100 
Kar'sner*^ .^,'^.°^!."..0101011001U011 Woodruff 0110101101010111 
-Tie for third prize— first score: 
Mallinckrodt ...10111010111001101 Parker 100110111011111 
Second score: ' ^ 
Mallinckrodt .... 1111100111111011 Parker .......... .111111110001111 
Woodruff won first prize, a handsome silver jar; Karsner won 
second prize, a handsome set of steins. Mallinckrodt won tltird 
prize, a handsome silver cup. , ^. , . 
Mr. Stewart, scorer; Mr. Neely, referee; Wm. Dietsch, puller 
and manager. 
The "White Plains Handicap. 
White Plains, N. Y., March 1.— The live-bird handicap, given 
by Mr. G. Molenair, at his place, a short distance out of White 
Plains, was a great success in the wav of attendance, there 
being twenty-six in the main event, the White Plains handicap, at 
15 live birds, .$1 entrance, birds included. The shoot was under 
the management of Mr. E. G. Horton. The arrangements for 
gi\'ing the shoot were rather crude, and the crowd pressed upon, 
around and up to the score to an annoying degree. The birds 
on the whole were a good lot, though betimes a most persistent 
sitters would be in evidence. The birds were strong, and re- 
quired good shooting to keep them within bounds. _Mr. Frank 
Woods acted as referee. Messrs. Pentz. Banks, Mobart and 
Waters w-ere the handicap committee. ^ 
Mr. T, W, Morfey and Miss Annie Oakley were the only onei 
to kill straight. Both were shooting in high class form. Four 
tied on 14: Coe, Leroy, Elliott and Dickey, the latter two 
each losing a bird close out. Dr. Hudson and Mr. Sands tied 
on 13, and the 12s numbered seven. 
Two miss-and-outs were shot, in the 'first of which Morfey, 
Bender, Coe and Dickey divided on the 7th rotind, and Banks 
and .Peabody divided the second in the 6th round. The majority 
of the shooters were from and about New York, as the score 
will show: 
No. 1. 
T W Morfey, 30 222222222222222—15 
E Banks, 28.... 022122010122122—12 
U S Bender, 28 ' 212101202201112—12 
B Waters, 28 020111022222212—12 
H Nelson, 27 0212220*2020 w 
Dr Douglas, 27 2001122012200 w 
J W Peabody, 27 222222220020222—12 
E B Coe, 28 222202222221212—14 
JAR Elliott, 31 222222222211*12—14 
yVnnie Oakley, 27 212212212211212—15 
Le Roy, 28 : 222222222201222—14 
Dr Hudson, 28...'. ...021122121012112—13 
G Sutton, 28 ..022221121212020—12 
W A Sands, 28 202022222222222—13 
A Betty, 27 20200222002w 
.'\ Prigge. 25 220.22120*00w 
Wanda, 27 20200000222w 
N Brady, 27 20222*22 w 
H Meyer, 27 111*021202*w 
C Sutton, 27... 212122121112012—14 
G E Phair, 27 20*21002200 w 
T W.-ird, 29 212212020222101—12 
E Halpin, 27 220022012111220—11 
J Thompson, 29 222221002021122—12 
O R Dickey, 30 2122222212*2112—14 
C Blandorf, 27 1112020120*w 
Baker 
Washburn .... 
Moffett 
No. 2. 
2222222 
0 
1111211 
2* 
1220 
2222212 
1110 
i2ii26' 
0 
2220 
1220 
No. 3. 
22220 
212122 
0 
1220 
222222 
0 
0 
2122111 
10 
0 
0 
1222210 
222210 
Arkansas and the South. 
LiTTLB Rock, Ark., March 3.— Trap-shooting, which has been 
much retarded durin.g the extremely cold weather all over the 
South, is beginning to look up some, now that the weather 
appears once more to have assumed a normal condition. There 
are a number of minor events scheduled, among which may be 
mentioned a live-bird handicap at Pine Bluff on March 16. This 
is to be a 25-bird event, with an entrance of $10, and birds extra. 
The memberii of the Pine Bluff Gun Club are consistent shooters^ 
and are invariably found at all the tournaments in the State; 
thus they command the good will and respect of the shooters 
in general. So it will not surprise me at all to find a good entry 
at this shoot. 
Here at Little Rock, we will have the usual house warming 
event of the season on Thursday, March 23, when the season will 
be formally opened with sn all-day shoot at targets. The pro- 
gramme will consist of ten 15-target events, with an entrance 
of $1 each, while $5 will also be added. It is likely that there will 
be $10 average money, divided $5, $3, $2 among the three high 
guns of the day. This would make the total amount of added 
money for the day $60. Two cents will be charged for the targets 
and lunch will be served free to the shooters. There will be four 
moneys divided by the Rose system, the ratio being 7, 5, 4, 3. 
This is expected to set the ball a-rolling, and from thence until 
the State shoot in July interest should increase week by week. 
There has been_ some trap-shooting, but it has been of a spas- 
modic nature, as it is a difficult matter to get the shooters to turn, 
out during the quail season. At this week's shoot Browall carried 
off the honors by scoring 84 out of 100, shooting 80 singles and 
10 pairs. 
There has been some little shoting at live birds at Hot Springs 
during the past ten days, in which Gov. Tanner, of Illinois, and 
two other parties participated. This has erroneously been an- 
nounced as a tournament by the daily press. However, as only 
the same parties were engaged each daj', and no previous an- 
nouncement of a shoot was made, it can hardly be classed as 
such, while the scores made were very ordinary, and there are 
numbers of amateurs who would consider it fat picking to go 
up against such a game. 
St. Louis Doings. 
The weather conditions has had the same effect on trap-shoot- 
ing here as everywhere. There has been little actual work done. 
However, the St. Louis Shooting Association is going ener- 
gentically to work making preparations for the Missouri State 
shoot in May. In securing permission to hold an open competi- 
tion for the Du Pont trophy they have a card that should ma- 
terially increase the attendance at the shoot. Elaborate prepara- 
tions are being made to handle the large crowd of shooters 
they have reason to expect, as this will be the first open com- 
petition for this trophy since August, 1896. 
A few of the shooters were out at Du Pont Park the past week, 
and several events at both targets and live birds were run off] 
In the latter event Sumpter was high man by accounting for all 
his birds, 20 straight. E. Pendergast and De Wolfe were high 
with 21 out of 25, at targets, Sumpter being second with 20. Live 
birds. No. 1 : 
Sumpter 2222222222—10 2222222222—10 
Pendergast 2222220222— 9 22202**222—7 
S Thompson 2020211222— 8 220201*120— 6 
Dr Smith 22*2212220— 8 2212222220— 9 
Cabanne 0210202*22— 6 12211*U02— 8 
W S Thompson 2112210100— 7 
Paul R. Litzke. 
Mount Pleasant Gun Club. 
Mount Pleasant, Mich., March 4.— Herewith are the scores 
oi our regular shoot of yesterday afternoon. We have a club 
of over thirty members, and prospects are very bright for an 
increase of about ten members before April 1. We are in hopes to 
be abln 10 give yoti some interesting reports in the near future. 
Events: 1 2 8 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
R S Graham.... 8 5 .. .. 
J Herman 8 3 8 9 7 6 7 
W McRae 2 1 2 4 .. .. 
A Gorham 7 9 8 10 7 .. ., 
R E Tubbs 6 7 7 9 9 8 
K Taylor . 2 8 3 4 6 6 
J Breechler .... 7 3 2 .. .. .. 
S W Rogers .... 5 S 8 8.. ti 
P C Tavlor 9 6 6 
M Kline 6 10 6 .. .. 5" 
P Thiesen 7 3 5 6 . . i 
A. E. Gorham, Sec'y. 
Johnson Defeats "Welch. 
Gloucester. Pa. — On March 1 Mr. Edward Johnson, of At- 
lantic City, and Mr. Robert A. Welch, of Philadelphia, shot a 
match at 100 live birds each, the former winning by the de- 
cisive score of 94 to 86. There was a very large number of 
spectators. Mr. C. C. Minard, of Atlantic City, refereed the 
contest. Welch secured the lead in the 16th round, but lost it 
immediately : 
Johnson 2220222202112220212122112—22 
2221210210221221222212211—23 
1121222021111211121212221—24 
1221222211122112121221211—25-94 
Welch 2222022012121120222220222—21 
,2220212220202222102222212—21 
1202022122210222112112112—22 
11111212112U011110110111— 22— > 
