May 6, 1899.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
369 
Missouri State Amateur Shoot. 
Kansas City, Mo., April 28.— The tournament of the Missouri 
State Amateur Shooting Assoeiation, under the auspices of the 
Washington Park Gun Club_, was a pronounced success, notwith- 
standing that many unavoidable obstacles interposed, such as 
high water and unfavorable weather. The former no doubt kept 
many of the Kansas and Nebraska shooters away; for with the 
threatening aspect of all the rivers in this part of the country it 
makes railroad traveling very uncertain, as many of the streams 
are reported as being over their banks. This will naturally deter 
the prudent man from making any trip where he is likely to be 
prevented from returning home by an overflow. 
However, those shooters who did attend this tovirnament vfmt 
away pleased, I fell safe to assert, for it was conducted on the 
right line, as the programme was arranged so that the poorer 
shots had at least a chance for their life. The purse was so 
divided that when one shot into the money he . at least received 
his entrance back, even though it was only fourth place. In 
speaking of this I refer to the target events of course, for I am 
frank to admit that the management erred in having four moneys 
in the 7 and 10-pigeon events. With such a division, it was 
rarely that any of the contestants were out of the money. In 
pigeon events of this kind high guns should prevail. Two moneys 
for every five entries would be a fair ratio, and I believe there 
would be nearly as many entries. This would at least enable the 
contestant who shot well to break even on the sport, while on the 
other hand, if he only kills 4 or 5 out of 7 he should not be 
entitled to any money. The management admitted the mistake, 
hut very resolutely persisted in carrying out its programme, which 
is of iiself commendable. The Washington Park Gun Club is 
composed of young energetic business men, and it is safe to 
predict, should they attempt to hold another tournament it will 
lie even more successful than the present one. All of the members 
contributed their mite toward the success of tliis shoot, and to 
enumerate all the workers at this tournament it would be necess<iry 
to p\iblish the roster of the club. 
Annual Meeting. 
The annual meeting of the Association was held at the Midlzmd 
Hotel, and in the absence of the president and vice-president 
Mr. Herbert Taylor was called on to preside. Only five clubs were 
represented, and after some discussion it was decided to take no 
definite action in regard to selecting a place for the next annual 
meeting at present, but to meet again at St. Louis next month, 
when the Missouri State Fish and Game Protective Association 
will convene. An executive committee, however, was appointed 
which consisted of a member from each club, and which is com- 
posed as follows: Herbert Taylor, St. Louis Gun Club; Dr. E. R. 
Hickerson, Moberly Gun Club; W. H. Allen, Pleasant Hill Gun 
Club; Walter Howe, Washington Park Gun Club, and Chris. Gott- 
lieb, O. K. Gun Club, both of Kansas City. 
The sentiment seemed to prevail that there is really no occasion 
for the existence of this organization, and it has been suggested 
that it be merged with the parent one, which will most likely be 
done. Such an amalgamation would materially strengthen the 
older organization. 
Present and participating: C. C. Nauman, San Francisco, Cal.; 
Harry Davis, Richmond, Mo.; T. W. Gulick, Brookfield, Mo.; 
A. B. Daniels, Denver, Col.; W. A. Smith, Greenwood, Mo.; 
I. S. Thomas and W. H. Allen, Pleasant Hill, Mo.; A. L. 
Devinnay and T. Stevenson, Olathe, Kan.; Dr. J. C. Jones, W. 
G. Lytle and B. O. Running, Atchison, Kan.; H. L. Talbot, 
A. H. Barlow and Geo. Stevenson, Waterville, Kan.; A. Dixon 
and S. W. Bullock, Joplin, Mo. ; T. A. Brown Frontenanc, Kan. ; 
W. H. Koohler and J. W. Golf, Leavenworth, Kan.; Chas. Young, 
Springfield, O.; D. S. Gregg, Kingfisher, O. T. ; D. W. Cooley, 
Oxford, Kan.; J. R. Wilmot, Lexington, Mo.; F. N. and C. B. 
Cockrill, Dr. S. Redman, Dr. A. D. Park and G. D. Park, Piatt 
City, Mo. ; Bud Freeman, Blue Springs, Mo. ; Geo. McClure and 
L. S. Eddins, Sedalia, Mo.; G. W. Jenkins, Wamego, Kan, 
W. S. Allen, Raymore, Mo.; Dr. C. B". Clapp and Dr. E. R. 
Hickerson, Moberly, Mo.; Paul Mellinger and Parhan, Wichita, 
Kan. 
The trade representatives were Jno. J. Hallowell, Bridgeport, 
Conn., of the U. M. C. Co.; J. S. Fanning, Batavia, N. Y., Gold 
Dust Powder Co.; Paul North, Cleveland, O., Cleveland Target 
Co., who materially assisted the management by seeing that the 
target events and magautrap were kept going; Herbert Taylor, 
St. Louis, Mo. Du Pont Powder Co.'s representative. 
The tournament was held at Washington Park, where all the trap- 
shooting of Kansas City is done. This park has been described 
in your columns several times before. The targets used at this 
tournament were bluerocks, thrown from magautrap. 
First Day, Ttiesday, April 25. 
In the early isart of the day most of the interest centered in the 
shootings of Sweet, who for several events kept grinding out 
straights on targets, without any apparent effort whatever. He 
got through the first four events without a miss, but in the ne-xt 
he could not get beyond his 9th bird, the loss of which gave him 
a run of 68 straight. This excellent start enabled him to finish 
at the top of the list; not undisputed, however, as Gottlieb, who 
shot in his usual steady, unconcerned manner, managed to over- 
haul Sweet right at the finish, and thus these two ate tie for high 
average with .935, a percentage that would do credit in the pro- 
fessional class. 
Next to thes« comes Charley Young, 4 birds short of their 
total, and he is in turn closely followed by Hallowell and 
Koohler. _ Not only did Young shoot targets well, but his work 
on live birds was also of the best; for he and Bescli were the 
only two that killed straight in the two live-bird events, which 
consisted of 17 birds. However, Young's run on live birds, 26, 
scored 9 more, in the miss-and-outs that followed the conclu.sion 
of the regular progi-amme. Young's miss did not occur until it- 
was decided to go back a yard each round in order to settle this 
event. Then when the 33yds. mark was reached he came to grief. 
To Besch, though, goes the honor in the live-bird events, as his 
run is even two greater than Young's, being 28. His first loss 
had to be recorded when he was shooting at 35yds. This miss- 
and-out created no end of interest, for there were twenty-nine 
entries, and it was only possible to decide it by going back a 
yard each round, which began with those who had 7 straight to 
their credit. On the 12th bird the 35yds. mark was reached, and 
there were yet 5 straight, but here Nauman and Besch fell out, so 
the three remaining, F. N. Cockrill, W. JSv Alle;i and Wilin©t, 
divided. 
The target programme consisted of nine 15 target events, and 
one. No. 6, at 10 pairs. The entrance in each was $1.50. Then 
there were two live-bird events, a 7 and 10-bird shoot; $5 and $7.50 
were the entrance respectively in these. The former had $10 
added and the latter $15. There was also $100 added in the 
target events. The weather conditions were perfect. 
Events: 123456789 10 
Sweet 15 15 15 15 14 15 15 14 13 14 
Gottlieb 14 15 14 14 14 18 13 15 14 14 
Young- 15 13 13 13 15 15 15 15 13 14 
Hallowell 12 13 15 15 14 15 15 12 15 13 
Koohler .14 13 14 14 13 18 14 12 13 12 
Nauman 12 15 10 14 13 17 15 13 13 12 
Wright 13 14 13 11 10 11 13 12 14 13 
F W Cockrill .13 12 11 13 11 19 11 9 14 IS 
W A Smith 13 11 15 12 13 12 13 13 13 13 
Brown 13 14 12 14 14 14 12 11 13 11 
Thomas 10 11 10 12 12 18 12 13 13 12 
I.ytle 13 13 15 13 10 11 15 12 15 12 
Laidlaw 7 9 11 10 12 12 12 12 10 11 
Barlow 15 12 15 19 15 14 15 14 
Daniels 15 15 13 13 . . 18 14 13 15 . . 
Park 14 .. 13 14 ........ .. 
jJlanck IB •• 14 12 
Wilmot 12 15 14 19 12 14 .. 
Running 14 11 13 15 15 16 18 14 14 . . 
Tlerman ..^..^ • 16 =• lo 
Dixon ^ 14 14 14 13 10 .. 13 15 13 12 
T il Scott • 13 
Cornett 12 13 12 .. 13 .. 14 12 15 12 
hT 11 13 .. 13 14 
Davis 14 11 11 12 9 15 13 15 12 
Tones 13 12 13 14 11 .. 4 12 .. .. 
tenkins 12 13 13 .. 14 14 13 10 11 
•Evvinff^ •• •• 12 •• 13 12 12 .. 
albot 12 13 12 14 13 13 11 13 , . 
... . . ■ ■ 12 *• >• .. •■ 
. , .12 
... 13 13 12 8 10 .. 13 12 13 13 
... 13 12 13 12 U IB 12 . . , . 
... 12 1.^? 11 12 .. .. 
... 9 12 13 13 16 9 .... . 
9 14 12 . 
9 IS 12 .. 
11 ..ifl IS 
P.rutis 
T \V Scott.. 
Simras 
r,ree? ...... 
W H Allen. 
"Reach 
Fernlca& 5.. = . 
De ShotJg..' 
Renick-Tif..' 
Shot 
at. 
Broke. 
Av. 
155 
145 
.935 
155 
145 
.935 
155 
141 
.909 
155 
139 
.896 
155 
137 
.883 
155 
136 
.877 
155 
129 
.832 
155 
128 
.825 
155 
128 
.825 
155 
128 
.825 
155 
123 
.793 
155 
121 
.780 
155 
106 
.683 
125 
119 
.952 
125 
lit; 
.928 
45 
41 
.911 
45 
41 
.911 
95 
86 
.905 
140 
125 
.892 
35 
31 
.885 
135 
118 
.874 
13 
13 
.866 
120 
103 
.858 
60 
51 
.850 
135 
112 
.843 
105 
88 
.838 
120 
100 
.833 
SO 
49 
.816 
125 
101 
.806 
30 
12 
.800 
3(» 
12 
.800 
135 
107 
.792 
125 
99 
.792 
60 
47 
.783 
% 
72 
.757 
45 
34 
-755 
45 
?A 
.75f; 
45 
34 
.755 
Wright 
Di.xon . 
Rhodes 
Beach .. 
Daniels 
Laidlaw 
Running 
Riley 10 14 8 11 17 
Gulick 12 14 10 9 13 .. 9 11 .. .. 
Snyder , 7 9 .. 10 12 ,. 14 12 13 12 
Bullock 12 11 10 U 12 
C B Cockrill 18 11 9 14 9 33 .. .. 
Berkev 10 .. 
Redman 10 . . 7 
Glasner . , S 
Bramhall 8 .. .. 
Cooley .^1 
No. 1. 
0210122—5 
1110222—6 
..k. 1021002-4 
i V( 1 rrw ■ ■ • . . .^211112 7 
.^^ ( ii-Tri t 1*11121 22 — 7 
2210112-f; 
.., 1111121-7 
Ewing "... 1020222—5 
McCurdy 0001212-4 
Brown ....1111212—7 
C B Cockrill., , 1022201-5 
Redman ...».,..,...-.>..<.......>... ...... .2110111 — 6 
Wilmot 2121*11—6 
Fernkas 1002010—3 
W H Allen 2112120-^! 
Young 2222222—7 
Derinnav 2221021—6 
Hallowell 2222002-5 
Davis 2222220-6 
Sweet 2220122-6 
Nauman 2220220—5 
Gottlieb .2222220-6 
Cockrill 1220222—6 
Rilev 00*2222—4 
F J" Smith 
Walden 
Glasner . 
C Herman 
Barlow 
Bramhall ■ ■ • ■- ■ ^ ^ - ■ • 
Stockwell .;;.^.i.i)ii.iiri'. 
Simms 
fin 
750 
106 
78 
."742 
120 
89 
.741 
80 
56 
.700 
95 
68 
.673 
15 
10 
.660 
30 
17 
.566 
15 
8 
.533 
15 
8 
.533 
15 
5 
.333 
No. 2. 
Gulick, Horton and McGee cadh shot in one 15-bird evittt, and 
scored 9, 8 and 7 respectively. 
Live Birds— State Amateur Live Bird Championship. 
State amateur live-bird championship, 15 live pigeons: 
2220012220— 7 
J 122110212— 9 
2222222211—10 
1111111222—10 
2«] 1 122111— 9 
0211200201— 6 
0211111121— 9 
0020122112— 7 
2221112121—10 
2222121121—10 
1211222020— 8 
2112111122—10 
♦20101222*— 6 
2222222222—10 
2222222212-10 
1111112222—10 
2222222212—10 
2222221202- 9 
**22211112— 8 
2122102*21— 8 
2221010*20— 6 
*022202222— 7 
2121111110— 9 
1201122*210— 7 
2221221021— 9 
12201122*2— 8 
2220222222— 9 
2111221221—10 
2212222122—10 
Second Day» Wednesday, April 26, 
Quite a number of new shooters put in an appearance to-day, and 
the" entries ran much more uniform, this being evidenced by the 
fact that not less than thirty-five of the fifty-five contestants who 
participated in the target event, shot the entire seven events. Dr. 
Clapp, of Moberly, one of the new arrivals, seemed to be keyed 
up about right, so he proceeded to cut out the running for the bal- 
ance of the shooters. He made but few skips, and in only one event 
did he drop more than one bird, finishing with a loss of 5 out of 
110. Even so good a shot as Fanning had to be content to trail 
after the Doctor, and the best he could do was to finish second, 
2 birds short of Clapp; whose average is .954, while Fanning's is 
936. Gottlieb and Howe were the only straight men in the 20-bird 
event, but in the shorter races straights were numerous. 
While the table shows but seven events, there was also a team 
race shot for the two-men team champion shijj at targets. Tiie 
conditions of this race were 25 targets per man, 50 per team, for 
the L. C. Smith cup. There were ten teams entered in this con- 
test, but three of them shot only for birds, as they were not mem- 
bers of the Association, and therefore not eligible. The winners 
in this contest proved to be two local men, members of the 
Washington Park Gun Club — Walter Howe and Lil Scott — who 
put up the great total of 48 out of 50, each scoring 24. Next came 
Wilmot and Davis with 46, the former scoring 24 and the latter 
22. The O. K. team — Gottlieb and Hickman— equaled this, as each 
of this pair had 23 to their credit. The scores of the other teams 
were: Sweet 22, Herman 22—44; Clapp 21, W. S. Allen 21-42; 
Taylor 22, Hickerson 19—41; Dave Elliott 22, F. N. Cockrill 17—39. 
The ineligible teams scored: Nauman 23, Fanning 23 — 46; Daniels 
24, Hallowell 19—43; Koohler 20, Young 20--10. 
There were two live-bird events on tlie card for the day, a 7 and 
a 15-bird race. The latter constituting what is known as the 
amateur State live-bird championship. The 7-bird affair showed the 
following results: 
Clapp, W. S. Allen, Wilmot, Nauman, Daniels, Hallowell, Taylor, 
Rogers and Curtice, 7; Gottlieb, F. N. Cockrill, Wright, Beach, 
,W. H. Allen, Young, Mellinger, Brown, F. J. Smith and Swiney, 
6; Simms, Mcnnefce, Jarrett, J. B. Porter, Fanning, Redman and 
C. B. Cockrill, 5; Hickerson, Berkey and Riley, 4; Case 3; and 
McCurdy, 2. 
The championship race showed three straights when complete— 
VV. S. Allen, Gottlieb and F. N. Cockrill. The tie was immediately 
shot off miss-and-out. The O. K.'s champion, Gottlieb, was the 
first to drop out, as he could add but 5 more to his original total. 
The very next round brought grief for Cockrill, as he too missed. 
It now only remained for Allen to kill, and he was equal to the 
emergency. Those who killed straight received no part of the 
purse in this event, but next year they will share in a division of 
50 per cent of the entrance money. On this occasion the former 
holder, Davis, received $62.50. The balance of the purse, with the 
$25 added money, was divided, Rose system, four moneys, among 
those whose score entitled them to a share of it. Under these 
conditions the lis got in, and there was but one man out of the 
money. 
The conditions of the event are 15 live birds, $10 entrance, birds 
included, $25 added. 
The weather was dark and threatening, and a strong gusty 
wind prevailed all day, which added much to the difficulty of the 
target shooting. Fortunately, though, no rain fell. 
W. S. Allen scored every live bird. He shot at 29 all told, in- 
cluding the two regular events and the tie. 
All target events were 15 singles, with the exception of No. 4, 
an'i tliis was 20. 
Targets: 
E\fents: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Clapp 14 15 14 18 14 15 15 
Fanning 14 13 15 18 14 14 15 
Barlow 13 14 13 17 14 14 12 
Running 13 13 13 17 15 13 15 
Koohler 14 14 13 16 14 13 15 
Wilmot 14 15 15 17 13 11 13 
Nauman 15 12 14 19 12 13 13 
Daniels 13 15 13 18 14 13 12 
Jenkins 14 14 14 18 12 ]5 11 
Hickman 13 13 15 16 14 14 13 
W S Allen... 14 12 14 16 13 13 15 
Thomas 13 11 12 18 15 13 15 
Rogers 11 13 12 18 14 14 13 
Gottlieb 13 12 12 20 11 15 12 
F N Cockrill 12 14 14 17 14 11 13 
Dixon 14 12 14 16 14 11 14 
W H Allen 13 12 11 17 15 13 14 
W A Smith 12 15 10 14 15 14 14 
Hallowell 14 11 13 15 15 13 12 
Gregg 10 12 13 19 13 12 14 
Cornett 9 13 13 16 13 14 14 
Brown 11 14 14 18 12 11 12 
Howe 12 13 12 20 11 13 11 
Young 13 12 14 18 12 12 10 
Taylor 13 12 13 15 13 11 13 
Routt 13 14 11 16 13 .11 11 
Hickerson 13 12 13 15 10 34 12 
Mellinger 9 14 12 17 15 10 12 
Dunckel 11 12 14 14 13 10 13 
C B Cockrill 12 13 9 12 14 14 12 
Davis 12 10 10 16 10 13 13 
Snyder 10 10 12 14 9 14 12 
Simms 10 11 5 15 11 13 11 
Renick . , 9 10 13 13 9 12 12 
Parham 8 10 11 15 11 8 13 
Lil Scott v.... 14 .... 
Lytle 14 13 14 19 
Sweet 13 13 14 
Herman 14 14 12 
Planck 11 14 
Bullock 11 13 12 
Millett 12 .. .. 
Riley 12 
McCurdy 15 8 
M Smith , 13 10 
Geo Stevenson 
Talbot ......... 
Wright ........ 
Ewine ......... 
De Shong 
Dickinson . . . . . 
tserkey 
9 , . 11 16 13 11 11 
11 13 10 13 14 8 . . 
9 11 12 11 12 14 
11 .. .. .. 
10 8 10 14 
....... 9 11 . . 
. 10 9 
Shot 
at. 
Broke. 
Av. 
110 
105 
.954 
110 
103 
.936 
110 
99 
.9011 
110 
99 
.900 
110 
99 
.900 
110 
98 
.890 
110 
98 
.890 
110 
98 
.890 
110 
98 
.890 
310 
98 
.890 
110 
97 
.881 
110 
97 
.881 
110 
96 
.872 
110 
95 
.SG3 
110 
95 
.863 
110 
95 
.803 
110 
» 
.863 
110 
94 
.854 
110 
93 
.845 
.110 
93 
.845 
110 
92 
.836 
110 
92 
.836 
110 
92 
.836 
110 
91 
.827 
110 
90 
.818 
110 
89 
.809 
110 
89 
.809 
110 
87 
.790 
110 
87 
.790 
110 
86 
.781 
110 
84 
.763 
110 
81 
.736 
110 
79 
.718 
110 
78 
.709 
110 
76 
.690 
15 
14 
.933 
65 
60 
.923 
45 
40 
.888 
45 
40 
..S88 
30 
25 
.833 
45 
36 
.800 
15 
12 
.800 
15 
12 
.800 
30 
23 
.766 
30 
23 
.766 
95 
71 
.747 
95 
69 
.726 
95 
69 
,726 
15 
H 
.733 
fiO 
42 
.700 
30 
20 
.666 
20 
19 
,633 
W S Allen 222221222212222—15 
F N Cockrill... 211122222122222— 15 
Gottlieb 222212222122222—15 
Stockwell 2221*2112212122—14 
Davis 121221211222220—14 
T B Porter..,. 212111022211212— 14 
Curtice 222222202222222—14 
F T Smith.... 1221222120112121— 14 
Beach 111221112112002—13 
Wilmot 021111112112012—13 
Shoot-ofi', miss-and-out: 
W S Allen 2222221—7 
F N Cockrill 2222220-<! 
i 
C B Cockroll.. 021011111221122— 13 
Clapp *22122U021112&-13 
Renick 010112111*12121—12 
Riley 2220121*0222122—12 
Taylor 22*2*2211120112—12 
Millett 201111222122001—12 
Swinney 101010121222111—12 
Gla.sner 0*1222022110111—11 
W H Allen.... 2021022222021*1— 11 
Redman 00**12120210111— 9 
Gottlieb 
222220 —5 
Hallowell — Young vs. Gottlieb — ^Naumao. 
After the conclusion of the live-bird events, these four met in a 
two-men team contest at 25 live birds per man for the price of the 
birds, with the result that Young and Hallowell won by one bird. 
Charley Young virtually won the race, as he scored 24. Gottlieb 
was high man on his team, with 23, while the other two principals 
tied on 21. 
The birds were a fair lot, being specially selected for the race. 
Young 22222222222222222*222222^24 
Hallowell 2220222220222222022222022—21—45 
Gottlieb .22221212211210222*2222221—23 
N,auman .. 022121*111222111211002211—21-4* 
Third Day, Thursday, April 27. 
The weather to-day materially affected the shooting, for it began 
raining early in the morning, and each succeeding shower being 
heavier than its predecessor, about 3 o'clock there was a regular 
deluge of water, and this in turn wound up in a hailstorm. 
Water stood all over the ground inches deep. By 5 o'clock it had 
grown so dark that it was practically impossible to see a target, 
therefore it became necessary to call off three target events, which 
were yet to be shot. Under the existing conditions very few shot 
through the seven target events, which were finished, though over 
thirty had made all-day entries, but when it rained as above de- 
scribed many declined to shoot any longer. Ordinarily it would 
have been an easy matter to dispose ot the target events by 4 
o'clock, but owing to the live-bird shooting, which engrossed 
uiost of the shooters' attention, it was difficult to keep the target 
•shooting going. ]t mu.st be understood that both kinds of shooting 
were in progress continually, and it frcguently occurred that a 
shooter who had entered in a certain squad in the target event.s 
would be shooting pigeons at the very time he was wanted at the 
other traps. As the target shooting naturally progressed much 
■ more rapidly, it was hard to overcome this coriHict. Then, too, 
I he live-bird event was the most important of the whole shoot, 
so that most of the jirincipals looked upon the targets as a side 
issue for this day at least. 
Only fourteen shooters had shot their score in seven events 
when the storm put a stop to the target shooting. Among these 
Nauman is high man with 930, and Rogers is second with 904. 
This is exceptionally good shooting, for the reason that the target 
traps here are located on a high ridge, and the targets are thrown 
out into space beyond. The wind v/as blowing very .strong and would 
force the targets down over this ridge in the most aggravating 
manner, Sometimes they would take a perceptible drop of several 
feet, so it was absolutely impossible to judge them correctly. The 
best piece of shooting was VVilmot's score of 19 out of 20 in the 
last event. This being a mixed race of 10 singles and 5 pairs. 
During all the rain the live birds shooting continued, for both 
shooters and the management realized that this event should be 
finished. The scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Nauman 15 14 14 19 14 15 16 
Rogers 15 15 14 17 13 14 16 
Wilmot 14 13 13 19 12 13 19 
Young 14 14 12 18 14 13 18 
Fanning 13 14 15 18 13 15 15 
W S Allen 15 13 13 17 14 13 17 
Daniels 13 14 13 19 14 12 16 
Running 14 14 13 16 14 14 15 
Davis 14 13 14 17 14 12 15 
Gottlieb 13 13 15 19 14 13 13 
W A Smitli i 13 15 11 19 14 10 16 
Brown 14 12 14 19 12 9 16 
Hickman 13 13 13 18 14 12 11 
Dixon , 12 13 14 16 10 12 15 
Sweet 14 13 14 20 15 12 .. 
Taylor 14 9 15 18 13 14 .. 
Hallowell 11 13 15 15 13 14 . . 
Koohler 13 13 14 17 14 9 . . 
Mellinger 15 14 12 17 11 11 . . 
F N Cockrill 11 13 15 17 13 10 .. 
Bruns 13 12 
Howe 13 14 14 15 7 13 .. 
Goff 11 12 13 
Fernkas H .. 1? 
Planck 14 1214 
Barlow 13 15 
Snider 14 13 12 12 12 10 . . 
Lil Scott 12 11 .. 
Cornett 12 S 12 . . 12 . . . . 
Wright 11 10 13 .. 12 S . . 
Rickmers , 11 .. 10 
Jenkins 12 17 14 6 .. 
Simms 9 13 12 13 9 9 . . 
Hickerson 12 13 9 12 13 5 . . 
Beach 9 11 
De Shong 10 10 . . .. 
Parham 12 9 12 11 9 . . . . 
Laidlaw 9 8 14 10 6 15 . . 
W H .Mien........... 10 10 11 10 
Stevenson 8 11 12 .. .. 
Beaham 8 9 .. .. 
Fairman 8 7 S 11 .. 7 10 
Bramhall and Curtice shot in but one event, the former scored 
9 rinil the thtter 11 in a 15-bird sweep. 
Live Birds — ^Schmel^cr Trophy. 
This was tlie event in which most of the interest centered, from 
the fact that there was a handsome silver trophy to be won in ad- 
dition to the purse. The entrance in this event was optional, 
either price of the birds or a $10 sweep, birds included at 25 cents. 
There were thirty-eight contestants, and each of these entered for 
the purse and the silverware. Thus there was $290 in the pot, 
for there was $100 added to the purse. This was divided Rose 
system, four moneys, on a ratio of 5, 4, 3, and 2. 
In the weather that prevailed it is but natural that the birds 
should be very ordinary, though early in the morning there were 
a few good ones trapped. That there are but three straight scores 
of 20 in this, is mainly attributable to the fact that most of the 19s 
and 18s had lost a bird early in the race, for during the heavy 
rain it was difficult to get them to take wing, but again when 
shooter did draw one of these it invariably got away. For the 
light was very bad, and this made it hard to locate a bird, it 
being easily lost in the rain and gloom. 
Nauman, Gottlieb and Herman were the straight men, while 
Daniels, W. S. Allen, Young and Br,inih.i1l finished with 19. The 
former received $19 and the 19.s .$15.20, the 18s $11.40, and the 17s 
$7.60. 
Schmelzer trophv: 
Gottlieb ' 222211222112211 2212—20 
Herman 12212221222212222222— 2f) 
Nauman , . ,.11211112221112111211—20 
Daniels 212222222*2211112212—19 
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Wilmot 22*22212222122221122—19 
Young 22222222222222022222—19 
Bramhall 22021222222222222222—19 
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Sweet 12011212221021222322—18 
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