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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[April 1899. 
W* C. Lynham Totiraament. 
Richmond, Va., April 7.— The following scores were made at our 
tournament, held here on April 5, 6 and 7. Owing to the very 
disagreeable weather, we had a very small attendance on the 
first day, not many more on the second and none on the third. 
However, we had the pleasure of meeting the following out-of- 
town shooters, who proved to be a fine lot of fellows and thor- 
ough sportsmen: Dr. Wayman, Stauntan, Va. ; W. F, Summer- 
son, Staunton, Va.; W. E. Hurst, Portsmouth, Va.; J. B. James, 
Newport News, Va. ; Dr, Charles, Newport News, Va.; W. S. 
Price, Virginia Beach, Va. ; W. T. Mitchel, Lynch Station, Va.; 
\\m. Harper Dean, Qak Hill, Fair Oak, Va. 
The State championship at targets was won by Mr. E. L. 
Hewitt, of this city. He shot in good form and was entitled 
to all he made, as the weather was extremely bad for throwing 
ta-gets. Hammond and Hurst tied for the State championship 
at live birds. They agreed to shoot off the tie, and Hurst won. 
Hammond shot a good race, everything considered, and his 
average throughout the day at live birds was equal to the winner 
of the Championship match. 
Witt. Harper Dean, familiarly known among the shooters as 
Pop or Pa, was several times applauded as he cut down some 
very fast drivers. He is considered the gamiest veteran sports- 
man it; the State of Virginia. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 
Targets: 15 20 15 * 15 20 15 Targets: 
Hewitt ...... 12 16 12 45 13 18 11 Wayman .. 
Mitchel 11 15 9 31 .S 16 11 Summerson 
Hammond . . 12 16 11 40 S 16 12 Dean 
Tignor ...... 6 13 6 33 9 .... Colquitt ... 
Sinton ...... 7 10 S .. 11 11 .. Dr Charles... .. <. .. 36 11 14 8 
* State championship, 50 targets. 
Second day, April 6, State championship, 25 live 'birdsT 
Hurst .lOliJlUlllOin 1111101011—21 
Hammond .0101111111111111101111110— 21 
Tames 1100110110111111111111101—20 
bean 1111101011110111110101101—19 
Mitchel 0111001111101111111101011—19 
Vauffhan 1101001111110001111101111—18 
Wavman 1110001110010101011111011—16 
Trignor i . .1000000000011000110111110—10 
Dr Charles OlOlOllOlOOOlOlllOJw — 9 
12 3 Events: 12 3 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
15 20 15 ♦ 15 20 15 
12 15 6 40 13 17 13 
9 . . 11 35 
9 17 10 43 15 17 . . 
12 16 12 40 14 16 15 
Events: 
Birds : 5 
Mitchel 3 
Hatnmond 4 
Tames 4 
Wayman 4 
7 10 Birds: 5 7 10 
5 9 Price 26.. 
4 7 Hurd 4 3 8 
5 7 Dean 4 10 
B .. Summerson 9 
W. C. L. 
Boston Gun Club, 
Wellington, Mass., April 14.— The second shoot of series was 
accomplished at Wellington in a pouring rain most of the time 
and the bov with the magautrap was able to congratulate him- 
self as being decidedly better off than the shooters. Not that the 
shooters objected strongly, yet some preferred to await the pass- 
ing of certain showers, and interspersed the events with discus- 
sion of loads, picking of G. A. H. winner, etc, 
The fascination of selecting a "fine load" will probably never 
forsake the trap shooter; no matter if it changes with each week, 
there is always a fine load left. A dense powder in a new cheap 
shell started off in good shape to-day, a dram for dram nitro in 
an old stand-by case did good work all the afternoon; perhaps a 
factory load averaged best, and the only consolation left was gath- 
ered in by something a little different than either. Each take 
their turn.' and half the sport of trap-shooting at a little club like 
this lies in the trial of dilTerent combinations, the noting of re- 
sults and the inevitable decision that even a very good load is 
unlikely to acquit itself nobly unless the user is more than sure 
of it being the only one for his gun. The varying degrees of suc- 
cess Wednesday, April 12, are tabulated below: 
Events 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Targets • 10 10 5p 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
Gordon, 17 8 8 5 4 8 8 S 4 5 7 5 8 8 
Miskay, 18 8 8 8 8 10 10 9 8 " 
HolHs, 18 10 9 5 .. 9 8 7 .. 
Woodruff, 17..... 7 7.. 8 8 8 7 7 
Griffiths, 17..... 975 10 8897 
Newton, 15..... 2 2.... 2 2 1 .. 
Michaels, 16. 7 7 7 8 8 10 9 . . 
Hood 18 4 8 .. .. & 3 6 .. 
Wellington, 16 4 9 8 .. 
Henry, 14 = •- 3.. ..... .. .- 
All events unknown angles, from magautrap; No. 3, pau-s; Wo. 
9, singles; 26yds. rise. 
Merchandise match, 30 targets, unknown angles: 
Miskav 18 . ....111111111111111111111111011111-29 
Michaels 16 lllOllOllllllllllllUllUOllll— 27 
Griffiths ' 17 111111110011111011101111011111—25 
Gordon ' 17 111001111101011111110011111111—24 
HoUis ' 18 .....111111101110111111100101101111—24 
Woodruff 17 101011111111011011111011011011—23 
Wellington 16 001101100011111111101111110011—21 
Hood 18 v.. ,..101110001001100000101110101010-14 
Newton is 100000000100100010001000000000—5 
6 6 7 6 
3 .. 4 4, 7 
8 6 6.... 
4 8 5 10 8 
.. .. 5 
3 4 4.. 
Centredale Gun Club. 
Centredale, R. I., April 10.— A practice shoot was held on 
our grounds Saturday. The much-talked-of event between Charles 
Cozzens Senator H. C. Luther and Thos. Mellor took place 
and was won by Cozzens, scoring 2 out of 10, neither one of 
the others hitting any, this being their first experience at shoot- 
ing We also had the pleasure of having Mr. Fanaday, repre- 
senting Laflin & Rand Company, with us. Many of the shooters 
tried his load, and did very well, especially the secretary and 
R. C. Root. ' ^ , • ui t» , 
About 1,200 bluerocks were trapped, and a very enjoyable after- 
noon passed by all. Next Saturday we have our medal shoot. 
Scores : 
Events: 
Targets : 
Root 
Bain ■ 
Williams ' 
Collins ••• 8 
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15 10 15 25 25 15 10 25 25 
14 7 12 17 20 14 8 19 16 
13 22 .. 12 10 .. .. 
5 9 8 5 5.... 
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17 10 
Eanaday • 2 
Arnold o ' 
Norton -•• J 
White 6 
Repeater 
20 
George .-.-s-.t.^ti •• 1 
Cozzens 
N. F. ReimSRj See'y. 
Buffalo Audubon Gun Club. 
Buffalo, N. Y.; April 15.— The Hebard trophy event at the 
Audubon Gun Club's shoot was won by Mr. Geo. P. McArthur. 
This was his fifth win, and he now looks a sure winner. Only 
nine events remain unfinished for this trophy. The second event 
was the club badge shoot. A. C. Heinold won A Class badge, 
T. B. Walker won B Class and M. E. Storey won C Class. The 
scores : 
Event: 
Targets : 
1 
15 
15 
*2 
25 
24 
3 
15 
13 
t4 
30 
26 
5 
15 
6 
15 
7 
15 
14 
19 
13 
27 
13 
11 
9 
, 13 
22 
13 
19 
14 
15 
11 
21 
1-2 
28 
12 
11 
12 
13 
19 
12 
12 
10 
7 
20 
8 
i9 
13 
9 
ii 
333 • 
Crooks 
.... 9 
.... 10 
21 
13 
10 
11 
i? 
10 
9 
11 
9 
11 
is 
11 
11 
9 
8 
17 
ii 
26 
11 
12 
12 
13 
20 
28 
14 
10 
11 
11 
14 
19 
19 
18 
'9 
'9 
21 
11 
8 
ii 
12 
21 
24 
'8 
12 
i2 
6 
8 
9 
Audubon Club Badge. 
The winners in the last Audubon Club badge shoot were 
A. C. Heinold in Class A, George McArthur in Class B and 
E.' Porter in Class C. , . _ 
Event No. 6 was at live isjr'ds^. "Ehe scores: 
Events: 
Targets : 
A C Heinold... 
E Burkhardt... 
C Burkhardt... 
J .T Reid 
L W Warren.. 
C E Hebard... 
French 
Leuschner ..... 
333 
Phillip 
* Badge; •* 10 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
15 15 * 15 20 ** 
10 13 23 13 17 . . 
14 12 21 12 19 9 
14 14 18 12 16 ,. 
10 11 36 13 .. 7 
12 11 19 11 13 .. 
6 6 ., V, 7 
12 12 21 '.: 17 6 
11 12 21 13 .. 
7 10 21 ... . 9 
.- 12 19 .. .. .. 
live birds; 
Events: 
Targets: 
Talsma 
McArthur . . . 
U E Storey. 
P Reid 
D G Sweet.. 
T B ' Walker. 
E Porter.... 
Norris 
Pattl North . 
4 5 6 
15 20 ** 
1 2 3 
15 15 * 
.. 12 19 .. .. 
.. 10 20 .. 
. . 12 16 5 . . 
. . 6 16 ... . 
.. 10 21 12 .. 
.. 6 16 .. .. 
.. 8 19 .. .. 
.. 11 19 14 15 
.. n 28 13 .. 
W. E. Garbe is arranging for a two days' target tournament for 
May 30 and 31, added raonej'S, programme will be announced 
later. 
Elkwood Park. 
Parraeiec— Brewer, 
.■\pril 14.— After the G. A. H. was finished, the match made 
two or three days prior thereto between F. S. Parmelee and J. L. 
Brewer for J250 a side was begun at 1:19 at No. 3 set of traps. 
Mr. TTarokl Wallack was referee. Parmelee, last year, defeated 
Brewer in a similar match. The weather was clear, calm and 
pleasant. The birds \vere a corking gb.od lot, such as would have 
fitted well into the clo.se of the G. A.. H. shoot-off. Parmelee shot 
in great form throughout. He showed unlimited confidence, fixing 
his' gun to his shoulder quickly and calling "pull" almost in- 
stantly when the puller responded "ready." Brewer was in an 
uphill race soon after the start,^ fpr. he lost his third, and fourth 
and twelfth dead out, and fifteenth, thus losing four of his first 
25 to Parmelee's two, the latter dead out. Beginning at his forty- 
first bird, Parmelee made a heart-breaking run of 63 birds without 
miss, losing his ninety-ninth dead out. Brewer shot well, but 
with less confidence than did Parmelee, and he was at times not 
shooting in his best time, nor was he .centering his birds as well 
as was his competitor. He started with a hammer gun; but on 
the fourth bird he changed to his hammerless. He was clearly 
beaten in this contest. Many long kills were made, and the con- 
test was one of excf^ntional skill. The score at the finish stood 
94 to 89 in favor of Parmelee. 
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Money vs. Eiliston. 
Saturday's shooting was marked by the victory of Capt. A. W. 
Money over W. R. Eiliston, of Nashville, Tenn., in a 100-bird 
race for $100 a side and the price of the birds. Each stood at 
30yds. , . ■ , J 
The match was shot on No. 2 set of traps, and was refereed by 
Harold Wallack, the gentleman who had served in that capacity 
on the same set of traps during the entire week. The birds pro- 
vided for the match were a specially selected lot, all blue; and as 
fast and strong as any trapped in the Grand American Handicap. 
They were, indeed, too fast for Eiliston;" who openly acknowledged 
that fact after the match was over.' His "time" was too slow for 
the birds he drew, and although he pointed just about right, he 
could not stop several important birds within bovmds. ■ •■ ■ 
Capt. Money, after losing his first bird, which was a corker of 
the first water, ran along nicely until he struck a snag just after 
completing the twentieth round with a score of 18 to 15 in his 
favor. He quickly lost his advantage of three birds by dropping 
his twenty-first, twenty-third, twenty-fourth twenty-fifth and twenty- 
sixth birds; his twenty-fourth and twenty-sixth birds fell out of 
bounds, while the other three that got over the boundary were 
hit hard. This run of lost birds was due apparently to the Caj.- 
tain under-shooting each bird with his first barrel, the speed of 
the bird making effective second-barrel work an impossibility. As 
Eiliston lost his twenty-second an(i twenty-fifth birds the pair were 
tied at the commencement of the twenty-seventh round, with a 
total of only 19 kills each. 
At this period of the match Capt. Money settled down to his 
work and made the great run of 43 straight before losing another 
bird. While the Captain was making this run Eiliston had lost 
six lairds, and it might be added, the match, as he never again 
got within hailing distance, losing the match by six birds, the 
scores standing 89 to S3 in Captain Money's favor. Thus, after 
losing six out of his first 25, Capt. Money went o%i.t with 7,0 of his 
last 75. . , , , , , , 
The match was shot very quickly, only about an hour and a 
half being consumed in shooting at the 200 birds. 
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Towerers. 
♦Badge. 
Louisville has an unusual strong delegation at this shoot, Messrs. 
Hutcbings, Lyons, Fawcett and Dr. FalHs. They, however, were 
singularly unlucky in the main event,, with the exception oi Dr. 
Fallis,_ who .kept them sD guessnig up to the very lasi. As it was 
lie finished with but a single lost. With a fair poftfon'of luck-lie 
would. -have .scored it also,, as .the bird was. hard hit, and with a 
speedy dog it might have been "gathered. ■"• ' ' 
Mr. G. G, Nauman, of San Francisco, made his debut among 
the Ea.stern shooters at this tournament. The impression he cre- 
ated was a most favorable one. His shooting, too, Was very good. 
True, his expectations of captviring" the cup were;not reaKzed, but, 
nevertheless, be quit more than even on the .shoot. Twenty-three 
was his score in the handicap. 
Mi". G. VV^ McCartney, of Des Moines, la., was the heaviest of 
the many heavyweights of the Western party. He tips the scales 
at 330, and would make a good running mate for Ed. Rike. He is 
9s jovigl.^nd good natured as the big shooter from Dayton, and 
a man whom it is a pleasure to know. 
Milner did Des Moines proud. True, he did not get into ths 
tie for the cup, but he stayed long enough to share in-an equal 
division of the purse with those who did. 
Irby Bennett and Emile Werk met in a little friendl}' shooting 
set-to after the big event, for the birds and a supper. This was a 
ten-bird affair. Bennett st.Trted off by missing his first one. and 
then killed out, while Werk could only account for seven of his 
birds.. 
The' prospects of the Omaha quartette looked indeed gloomy, as 
Loomis, Parmelee and Brucker each lost their first bird. jNot- 
withstanding this handicap, Parmelee killed out, and Burgess, the 
dark-horse of the party, finished with 23. Loomis. it will be re- 
membered, was the runner-up in the finish last year. 
Mrs. W. P. Shattuck was the first and only woman who ever 
won money in the Grand American Handicap. This was not 
presentation, either, but winning strictly on merit. It is weli 
to bear in mind that none of the men who shot from the 25yds 
mark got into the money. 
0. M. C. Thomas looked like a winner all over, but last rs^ni , 
proved disastrous to him, as this final pigeon fooled him eom 
pletely. He was anxious to duplicate his Dayton score. 
-Quaker Gay, the Pine Grove, Ky., shooter, was, as usual, in evt 
dence. One bird shy of the total is some glory, while the shekel* 
that went with it more than covered expenses. 
George Clay, the Beau . Brummel of the Kentucky party, was 
much disappointed over his poor showing. His was largely a case 
of a new giin. 
Jack Fanning was evidently out of luck, for he usttally gets _a 
piece of the money in handicaps of this kind. However, on this 
occasion he gathered but 22, which was one short. 
C. M. Grimm, in addition to being the runner-up in the shoot 
off for the trophy, was also the only contestant to run the pro- 
gramme events out straight. His run of 72 straight is probably the 
best of the shoot. 
Kansas City may well feel elated over the showing of its rep 
resentatives. ' Of the seven who hailed from that burg on the 
banks of the Kaw, only one failed to share in a division of the 
purse, Hickman, Gottlieb and Bramhall scored 24, Riley, Dave 
Elliott and his big brother got 23, while Cockrill scored 22, which 
makes the fenfire party's average .931 in the handicap. Surely this 
showing should be gratifying to their most enthusiastic admirers. 
The theory that prevailed so long that Brewer is champion ol 
them all on extra fast birds has been thoroughly exploded to the 
satisfaction of all who witnessed race b.ptween him and Frank 
Parmelee. The latter proved decisively that he is Brewer's master 
at any stage of the pigeon-shooting game. Parrnelee's shooting 
was a marvelous exhibition of pluck, skill and judgment. His 
second barrel execution was especially fine, and a practical dem- 
onstration that his gun and load were of the proper kind. Ninety- 
four out of 100, with three dead out of bounds is a capital score oa 
such birds. , , , ^, . 
Arkansas showed but one name on the entry sheet, and this 
• was the tried and true shot, John J. Sumpter, Jr. _ While John 
failed to win the cup, his showing should not be a disappointment 
to his friends, as he had the satisfaction of finishing in the money. 
This is What few of the cracker-jacks could accomplish. 
Among the aftermath events that followed the big event was a 
25-bird race between Harry Lyons and Irby Bennett. In this 
race Lvons shot in something like his true form, as not a single- 
bird escaped him, though the score 'sheet showed one dead out 
- of- bounds. Bennett was clearly outmatched, for after the seventh 
round he was never in the race, finishing with 19. _ 
Tom Marshall's winning of the cup on this occasion is much 
more of an achievement than when he finished first two years 
ago. This time, in addition to his 25 straight, it required another 
run of 33 in a nerve-trying shoot-off against some of the very best 
shots in the country, but this only served as an opportunity to 
practically demonstrate what a really good shot Marshall is. Rare 
time and judgment particularly characterized his final shooting. 
-It was a most potent illustration of winning strictly on his nerve. 
Of all the principals he appeared the most cool and collected. 
John Lilly was in quest of a little experience, so he tried- con- 
clusions With Capt. Sedam in a 20-bird race. The old man from 
-the mountains absolutely refused to miss any, and under the cir- 
cumstances' was entirely too hard a proposition for i^illy, for he 
could only show a total of 17. , ^ , -r. , ' 'r^ 
Messrs. L. J. Gaines and W. H. Lyon, both of the Parker Gun 
Co., were interested spectators during the shoot. 
Ed. Bingham was the life of the Western party. Ed. did .most 
of the detail work in arranging for this trip, and no little of the 
success is due to his energy. , 
Charley Young ran straight up to his twenty-fourth bird m tbe 
handicap. Had he got into the tie he would doubtless have proved 
himself a dangerous competitor, as he is one of the nerviest of Iit- 
- tie shooters,^ and one who has on more than one occasion proved 
himself a stayer. . 
The Western party did not leave New York until Sunday noon, 
April 16, Just prior to their departure an incident, signifying re- 
membrance, took place on the cars, the members of the party, 
desiring to express their appreciation and gratitude to Mr. E. S. 
Rice, to whose untiring zeal and executive ability the success and 
pleasures of the trip were so largely due. The party all gathered 
in one of the cars, and then Mr. and Mrs, Rice were requested 
to step forward, whereupon Dr. Williamson, on behalf of the mem- 
bers of the partv, presented him with a very handsome cut-glass 
punch-bowl, prefacing the presentation with some well chosen re- 
marks in the course of which he said that he hoped that the 
punch which Mr. Rice might partake of from this bowl would not 
be of -the knock-out kind. Mr. Rice accepted the gift with m.any 
thanks, and assured each and every one of the party that the suc- 
cess of the undertaking was ample renumeration to him for all 
the time and labor involved.- Then he expressed the hope that 
at some future time he might serve the party with punch from 
the bnwl. but which would not be of the knock-out quality. 
Mr. Irby Bennett thanked Mr. Rice and the party m behalf of 
the Interstate Association for their co-operation in helping to 
make it the great success it really was. Realizing, as he did, that 
this party was no small factor in this respect, and he hoped that 
they would all come again next year. „ , 
The next to speak was Mr. L. W. H. Dressell, who expressed 
appreciation of the honor conferred upon him, and endeavored to 
impress on all that he wished them nothing but continuous suc- 
cess, and' that he stood ready at all -times to assist and co-opernte 
with them in anything they might attempt to accomplish for the 
good of trap shooting. In conclusion he requested permission 
to take the opportunity of presenting to Mr. Tom Marshall a 
check for $.500 in behalf of the U. M. C. Co. While he slated 
that his company had made no promises they nevertheless realized 
the fact that such services could not be bought, but desiring in 
some measure to express their esteem, he would ask Mr. Marshall 
to accept the token in the spirit it was offered. Mr. Marshall re- 
sponded that he did not particularly need the money, and also 
that while he had been fortunate enough to win out, he was still 
free to admit that Mr. Grimm was entitled to as much of the 
glorv as himself. Then, too, he desired to say that he had shot 
with" Mr. Grimm many times, and lie was certain that the latter 
•had defeated him ofte'ner than it had been his good fortune to 
'win; therefore with his characteristic magnanimity he asked Mr. 
Dre'ssel to take back the check, cut it in two and give half of it 
to Mr. Grimm. Mr. Dressel replied that if such w.as his wishes 
he would most certainly comply. Three cheers were proposed 
for Mr. Marshall, and of course everyone responded. Then some 
one suggested that three cheers be given for Mrs. Shattuck, and 
this brought out another outburst of enthusiasm, Mrs. Shattuck 
expressed her appreciation of the honor conferred, but thought- 
fully srigsested that Mrs, Murray be not forgotten, for while she 
herself ha^d been successful, she realized notwithstanding, that there 
was a large -element of luck in pigeon shooting, and was satisfied 
that this had been quite a factor m her favor. Naturally the sug- 
gestion did not go unheeded. After the cheers for Mrs. Murray 
Charley Grimm was called on, but begged to be excused as he was 
not a speech maker. There were quite a number of shooter.s 
on hand to bid the partv adieu, among whom were Captain Dres- 
sel, Edward Banks and Mrs. Banks, Irby Bennett, Jack Fan- 
ning, B. F. Norton and a number of others. 
Nine o'clock was the time scheduled for the shooting to begin, 
and promptly at this hour Manager Shaner would call the con- 
testants to the score. His excellence is in doing just what 
the programme announces. The successful management is but an* 
