June 3,. iSgg.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
,4 3 9 
Iowa State Tournament. 
Algona, la., May 26.— Notwitlistandiiig that there were 'no in- 
ducements in the way of substantial sums of added money, and 
the fact that the geographical location of Algona is hardly such 
as would assure a large attendance of shooters, the twenty-second 
annual tournament of the Iowa State Sportsmen's Association, 
given under the auspices of the Algona Gun Club, was quite a 
success; The number of principals engaged in the different events 
were up to the standard of those fomid at the more pretentious 
shoots, where good added moneys are potent inducements. On 
the first day more than forty shooters participated, and on the 
second day nearly as many, while on the final day there was no 
perceptible falling off of the entries, arid the shoot went along 
in its usual smooth manner. Much of this is due no doubt to the 
personal popularity of Uncle John G. Smith, the able and energetic 
ex-chief executive of the Association, who is the only one of the 
charter members still afliliating with the organization. Mr. Smith 
has always had the best interest of the Association at heart, and 
has ever labored zealously in the cause of the protection of fish 
and game in the State of Iowa. That he has carefully gone into 
this subject is shown by his able address to the Association. In 
this he points out the reforms necessary to the best interest of the 
sportsmen of Iowa. [His address will be found on another page.] 
The manner in which this tournament was conducted is worthy 
of much favorable comment, and there are few shoots that have 
been so utterly devoid of friction and contentions. Everybody 
connected with this shoot in any capacity whatever, -was thor- 
oughly capable and competent, so that during the entire touina- 
ment there was never an error in the scoring. Mi\ T, C. Chubb, 
who presided in the cashier's office, was thoroughly conversant 
witli all the details of this department, and the events were scarcely 
disposed of when he was prepared to hand all the contestants what- 
ever was due them. 
The arrangements of the grounds were also very complete. There 
were two sets of bluei-ock expert traps, arranged on the Sergeant 
system. These were set to throw a very fast low bird, so as to 
make the breaking of straights very dilficult. Add to this a 
very deceptive background of trees, with new foliage, and it will 
be readily understood why the averages were no higher. A shed 
had also' been erected for the protection of the shooters against 
the weather, and here lunch and light refreshments were served. 
The ground on which the tournament was conducted was of 
ample scope to permit the shooting of live birds and targets also, 
but no pigeons were shot when the target traps were run, 
General Average. 
Gilbert ... 
Crosby — 
Fanning ... 
Budd 
Klein 
Morten son 
Grimm ... 
Sheldon . 
Shot 
at. Broke. 
279 
.300 
.300 
.300 
.300 
.300 
.300 
.300 
.300 
273 
269 
258 
257 
255 
249 
249 
Av. 
.9.30 Taylor 
.910 Milner 
Kibby 
Lane 
300 
300 
300 
Hallowell 300 
S P Life 300 
.830 Smith 300 
830 Kirsher 300 
.896 
.860 
.856 
.850 
Shot 
at. Broke. 
..300 248 
245 
244 
543 
238 
232 
227 
212 
Av. 
.826 
.816 
.813 
.810 
.793 
.773 
.756 
.706 
First Day, Monday, May 23. 
The competition to-day was of a capital order, as the expert 
traps were sending the targets a great distance, which made con- 
secutive scoring possible only by the closest possible attention to 
business. In face of this there are not many high averages, nor 
any runs of any consequence. Gilbert did manage to bunch two 
straights and make a run of 39, which, while it looks insignifi- 
cant, is the best of the day. He is also high man in the average 
with .933, while Crosby and Fanning are tie for the next position 
with .920. These three constitute all those who reached the 90 
mark. This of itself will indicate that the targets were gomg 
plenty hard. In the Simon-pure class Sheldon, Mortenson and 
Klein cut the biggest swath, and these three follow the experts 
in the order named. Twenty-seven of the forty-three contestants 
who participated to-day shot the entire ten events. 
The odd-numbered events were divided on the percentage system, 
five moneys, 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10. The even-numbered events were 
divided equitable system. Everything was favorable to the shoot- 
ers excepting the targets, which were thrown very hard, though 
this had no tendency to make any of the contestants gunshy, as 
few of them quit the game. All events were 15 targets. 
Events: 123456789 10 
Gilbert 14 15 14 15 15 14 13 11 14 15 
Crosbv 15 12 15 13 14 14 13 13 14 15 
Fanning 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 11 14 
Sheldon 11 13 14 15 13 11 12 14 12 15 
Mortenson 11 13 14 15 13 13 14 14 14 14 
Klein 13 11 15 13 15 12 13 12 13 13 
Milner 14 13 12 9 14 15 13 13 11 14 
Taylor 13 12 12 11 13 13 12 13 13 14 
Budd 12 13 13 13 11 12 12 10 14 14 
Lane 12 8 14 14 13 11 13 15 11 12 
Dr Kibby 13 10 14 12 11 12 15 15 10 11 
Grimm 14 14 12 11 9 15 10 11 12 14 
Bird 13 10 12 9 12 13 12 15 13 12 
T G Smith 11 11 12 13 13 11 12 11 12 13 
Shoen 12 11 11 14 11 11 10 14 10 14 
Churchvard 14 13 10 12 9 14 12 12 11 10 
Konvalinka 9 11 11 13 11 12 12 13 13 11 
Halla 12 11 14 10 10 13 11 12 11 11 
S P Life 11 11 11 13 10 14 S 14 11 10 
Kirsher 12 12 10 13 11 12 9 12 11 9 
Hallowell 13 13 9 14 11 9 9 9 11 11 
Agard 13 12 11 12 9 14 9 12 7 9 
Dimmick 8 11 9 10 12 13 10 12 9 10 
Call 11 11 12 9 8 9 10 8 9 8 
Moore 8 9 8 12 8 14 7 11 11 7 
Culver 11 9 9 10 3 11 10 10 8 11 
Kessel 6 10 9 7 9 10 9 10 6 7 
Glasier 10 13 12 12 12 . . 11 12 14 12 
Hemensen 9 10 8 9 11 6 7 8 . . . . 
Patch 11 12 9 13 14 9 U 
Crush 10 11 10 10 10 
Mathensen 13 10 10 12 9 
Carter 9 12 8 11 10 
10 
8 10 
Shot 
at. 
Broke. 
Av. 
150 
140 
.933 
150 
138 
.920 
150 
138 
.920 
150 
131 
.873 
150 
130 
.866 
150 
130 
.866 
150 
128 
.853 
150 
126 
.840 
150 
124 
.826 
150 
123 
.820 
150 
123 
.820 
150 
122 
.813 
150 
121 
.806 
150 
119 
.793 
150 
118 
.786 
1.50 
117 
.780 
150 
116 
.773 
150 
115 
.766 
150 
113 
.7.53 
150 
111 
.740 
1.50 
109 
.726 
150 
108 
.720 
150 
104 
.693 
150 
95 
.633 
150 
95 . 
.633 
150 
92 
.613 
150 
. 83 
.553 
135 
108 
.800 
120 
66 
.550 
105 
79 
.742 
105 
72 
.685 
90 
64 
.711 
90 
59 
.655 
90 
53 
.588 
75 
58 
.773 
60 
48 
.800 
60 
40 
.660 
30 
18 
.600 
30 
16 
.533 
30 
13 
.433 
30 
10 
.333 
15 
13 
.866 
15 
6 
.333 
Mclntyre H 9 8 7 
D V Palmer 11 11 15 IB 8 
Palmer 13 9 13 13 
Woodbury 12 6 13 . . 9 
Johnson 11 7 .. • •• 
Emmerson ° ° 
Samson • 5 ^ 
Campbell 4 6 
Cubb 13 •, •■ 
G Crush b -• 
Second Day, Wednesday, May 24. 
The interest i» the shoot shows some indication of flagging. 
There are eight less who shot the programme to-day. In these 
events Gilbert again shows first with .926; Crosby once agam 
second, .900, and Budd is third, .893; Fanning fourth, .873; Hallo- 
well fifth, .860. , , r . J J 
The programme was precisely the same as that of yesterday and 
the same divisions of money prevailed. Grimm managed to con- 
nect two straights, and assisted with a few breaks m the connectmg 
events he ran 32 straight. Mention of this is made because this is 
the best in the entire field of shooters. A fair wind and a bad light 
are what the shooters had to contend with. Several extras were 
run off in addition to the programme events. One other feature 
of the day was the Smith cup race at 20 targets. 
Events: 123456789 10 
Gilbert 14 14 12 13 15 13 15 14 15 14 
Crosby 15 12 15 10 15 14 14 14 15 11 
Budd ..... 15 12 14 11 13 14 12 15 14 14 
Fanning ' ' 13 15 12 14 11 13 12 15 13 13 
Hallowell 15 12 13 15 13 14 13 12 10 13 
Kle n 12 12 13 14 14 13 13 13 13 10 
Grimm 11 11 14 11 12 12 13 15 15 13 
Mortenson 10 12 13 12 15 14 14 12 12 11 
Tavlor 12 12 13 13 13 13 12 13 11 10 
i,bbot 13 11 12 13 13 8 15 13 11 13 
Dr Kibby 12 11 13 13 11 14 13 9 13 12 
Lane . .. U 14 14 14 10 14 7 12 11 13 
S^^P Life 13 11 14 13 12 13 10 11 11 U 
Smith 13 8 11 15 11 13 7 14 12 14 
Sheldon" 13 11 13 13 10 13 14 9 9 13 
\Hlner ...... 14 11 13 15 11 10 10 11 11 11 
Pnt ch ' ' ..... ni5 13 11 14 10 12 9 12 10 
Kirsher " l . .. 8 H 9 10 10 9 9 10 14 11 
Densel U "? 6 Ull 14 13 10 9 9 
Shot 
at. 
Broke. 
Av. 
150 
139 
.926 
150 
135 
.900 
150 
134 
.893 
150 
131 
.873 
150 
129 
.860 
150 
127 
.846 
150 
127 
.846 
150 
125 
.833 
150 
122 
.813 
150 
122 
.813 
150 
121 
.806 
150 
120 
.m 
150 
U9 
.793 
150 
118 
.VS6 
150 
lis 
.786 
150 
117 
.780 
150 
117 
.780 
150 
101 
.673 
150 
101 
.673 
11 
11 
6 9 8 .. 
9 
135 
98 
.725 
105 
87 
.828 
105 
77 
. Ida 
75 
69 
75 
54 
.7i!0 
75 
47 
.626 
75 
47 
.626 
60 
49 
.813 
10 
60 
33 
.550 
6 
60 
16 
.266 
45 
28 
11 
OA 
99 
• iOfJ 
10 
30 
20 
.666 
30 
20 
.666 
30 
20 
.666 
30 
12 
.400 
30 
14 
.466 
15 
12 
.800 
15 
7 
.466 
15 
1 
Dimmick 10 11 12 12 10 12 .. 10 12 
Churchyard 11 13 11 13 14 12 13 . . . . 
Bird 12 H 11 9 14 8 12 ... . 
Palmer 13 1.3 11 10 12 
Konvalinka 12 12 10 13 7 
Hemerson 11 8 10 7 
Moore .10 9 10 7 
Glasier 13 11 12 13 
Haggard 
Falkenhain , ,. 2 3 .■ 5 .. .. 
Paul 12 9 7 
Dr Paul 11 
Sampson 10 . . 
Carter 10 10 
Lenanders 10 .. 10 
Malt 7 .. 5 
Burr .. 8 6 
Woodbury 12 .. .. 
Nicolass 7 - 
Lyman 1 
Smith Cup. 
This event is the recognized inanimate target championship of 
the State, so far as the State Association is concerned, though 
three of the contestants— Gilbert, Grimm and Budd— were com- 
pelled to shoot from the 20yds. mark, conceding a handicap of 
4yds, to the other principals. The stipulations of this are that it 
should be at 20 targets. The entrance fee is $3.50, of which $2 
goes to the present holder of the cup. Thus W. R. Milner, of 
I)cs Moines, the winner last year, received $30, there being 
fifteen entries; the balance was divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent, 
those who finished second, third and fourth, as the winner of 
the cup on this occasion receives no part of the purse, but will be 
remunerated on the same ratio as Milner. The result of this race 
showed a tie between Gilbert and Sheldon with 19 each. This tie was 
not shot off, as Sheldon admitted that he had no chance were he to 
try individual conclusions with Gilbert, and he preferred to hold 
the cup six months and let Gilbert retain it the same length of time. 
This was entirely satisfactory to Mr. Gilbert, and he said that he 
was prepared to do anything that would meet the approval of 
Mr. Sheldon, Of course a division of next year's entrance money 
was also agreed to. Gilbert showed good form in this race, as he 
ran 18 straight before he lost. This, you understand, was at 
20yds. rise. Sheldon was using good judgment and time, as the 
targets were going over 60yds. and the light was not at its best. 
Grimm, one of the 20yds, men, just got in the money on 16, 
while Budd, the other one of this trio, finished with 14. 
Gilbert 11111111111111111101—19 
Sheldon mumilomUUll— 19 
Klein lOlUOlUllUllinil— 18 
Kibbev 01011111111111111111—18 
Abbott 1 1111101101111111111—18 
Milner '. 11111011111111101101-17 
Mortensen 11111111110111101101-17 
Grimm 11010101101111111111—16 
Ta vlof . 1 llOlllOUllimOllO— 16 
Lane 11110111101110111100—15 
Densel '. 00111011110111111110—15 
Smith 01101011111110011011—14 
Budd 0001 1 11 11 01111100111— 14 
Kirsher 10010110101010111111—13 
Hemerson 001 10001101111000101—10 
Third Day, Thursday, May 25. 
There were but few events to be decided to-day and most of these 
were trophy events. There was a cup for the 90 class and one for 
the SO class. In order to qualify in either of these one had to par- 
ticipate in all the target events of the previous two days, and the 
average he established during that time would place him accord- 
ingly. Gilbert and Crosby were the only two principals who made 
an average of 90, and they of course were the only contestants 
for the cup in this class. The results of this race were very much 
in the nature of a surprise, for owing to the poor form shown 
by Crosby, Gilbert had a walkover. Everybody expected this 
would be a shooting match, but Crosby was plainly out of form, 
and Gilbert won easily by a score of 47 to 38: 
Gilbert 111111 lUlOHllllllimil— 24 
1111111111111101111111110—23—47 
Crosby 1111111101011111101101010—19 
lllOUllOllllOlOlllllllOO- 19— 38 
The 80 per cent, class was differently constituted, and there 
was a good many speedy ones to contend for this cup. The 
original contest resulted in a tie between Klein and Mortenson 
on 46. The shoot-off resulted in a vfin for Klein, who scored 10 
straight to Mortenson's 9. 
Mortenson 1111011111111111101111101-22 
imillllimilUllllllOl- 24— 46 
Klein 1110111111111111101111111—23 
1111111111111110111111110—23—46 
Densel 0111111111111111001111111—22 
1111101111111111111111100—22—44 
Budd 1111111111111111111011111—24 
1011001101111111111111110—20—44 
Grimm 0111110111111111111111111—23 
n 00011101011111111111111—20— 43 
Kibbey lOllllOlllllllllUOUllU— 22 
lOlllOOllllllllOimillll— 21— 43 
Fanning 1101111101111111111111011—22 
1111101111011110111111110—21—43 
Taylor 11 00101101010111111111111—19 
lllllOUOllllllllllllllU— 23— 42 
Sheldon U 10011101111110111110011—19 
1011111111111110111111111—23—42 
Patch HlllOllimillOlllllllll— 23 
1010101110101111111011111—19—42 
Abbott 0111111001100111111011011—18 
1111111111110111010111111—22—40 
Kirsher 0111110111111110111101011—20 
1111110001011110111101010—17—37 
Milner 1011111010011111110111101—19 
1011011111100011111100101—17—36 
Shoot-off of ties on 46: 
Klein 1111111111—10 Mortenson 1111101111— 9 
After the ownership of these cups had been decided the contest 
for the Algona cup began. This was a handicap at 25 targets 
and showed twenty entries. Taylor, Kibby, S. P. Life and Lenan- 
der tied on 25. Taylor broke 24, and with a handicap of 3 easily 
showed a total. Dr. Kibby scored 23, and also was allowed 3 
birds extra to shoot at, of which he accounted for enough to 
give him a straight score. Gilbert was scratch, but he broke them 
all. S. P. Life scored 21, and then broke the first 4 of his handi- 
cap of 5. Lenander had a handicap of 6, but he needed none of 
these, as he ran his original number of 25 straight. 
The shoot-off was under the original conditions, and it was here 
that S. P. Life won, as he scored 20 out of 25 and then broke his 
allowance of 5, which once more gave him a total of 25. Taylor 
and Lenander had an opportunity to tie by breaking all of their 
allowances, but neither was equal to this. 
Hdcp. 
Tavlor 3 lllllllOllllllllllLllllll 101 —25 
Kibbev. 3 1110111111111111011111111 111 —25 
Gilbert 0 1111111111111111111111111 —25 
S P Life, 5 1111101110111011111111101 1111—25 
Lenander, 6 limilllllllllllllllllll —25 
Milner 3 1011101101111101111111111 101 —23 
Klein 1 1110111011111110111101111 1 —22 
C:rosby 0. ; llllllllUlOlllllllllllll 
B udd 0 1111111111111111111111101 
Grimm 1 1111111111011011111111111 
Patch 3 1101011111111111101110111 
Abbott 4 1011001110010101110111111 1111—21 
Densel' 4 1010100011111111011111111 1101—21 
Fanning 0 1101110101111101111011111 —20 
Sheldon 3. . , ...rr~.'~ , . , , , llOOlOllllllllOOllllllUlw 
Kirsher 6 Oil llOllUOlllOOllllOlOllw 
San^son' 10 UllUOllOOOOOOOllOOOOOOOw 
Smith 5 llOlOllOllOllllOllOOOllllw 
Moore 7 0000001001001101010010101 w 
Burr, ' 10 OOOIOOIIOIOOOOIOQOOOIOOOO w 
Ties on 25, shoot-off: 
Hdcp. 
S P Life 5 llOlllllllllllOUlllOOlOl 11111—25 
Tavlor 3 0110111111111110111111111 100 w 
Gilbert 0 1111010111111111111111111 —23 
Kibbev' 3 llOlimOllimilOlllUlO w 
Lenander, 6 1101101101111101111101110 w 
State Trophy, 
The team race for State trophy was the next in order. This 
was a two-men affair, and though the conditions prescribed 20 
birds per man, it was changed to 10. The entrance was $2 per 
-24 
—24 
—23 
—21 
team, birds extra. All the entrance money goes to the winners 
of the cup last year, but the club added $30 to this race, which 
was divided $20 to second and .$10 to third team. The birds in this 
event were the b«Bt I have seen on the circuit, since the handicap, 
so that only the most careful attention to business made consistent 
scoring possible. Of all the entries, Grimm was the only one to 
score straight in tliis race, while his running mate, Sheldon,, ac-" 
counted for 9 of his. This gave them a total of 19, and also 
landed the cup. One of the Marshalltown teams, Abbott and 
Densel, was second with 18. Algona had three teams entered, and 
one of these, composed of Mortenson and Taylor, won third on 
17. In this event Gilbert, Budd and Grimm shot from the 31yds. 
mark. , . . 
Budd and Worthington, and Grimm and J. G. Smith tied fbr the 
cup a year ago. This was never shot off, but all of these shared 
in a division o£ the entrance money on tliis occasion. 
Trap score type — Copyright, iS^g, by Forest and Stream Pub, Co. 
Mason City. 
3434245 3 11 
H^^^/^/H'^l^ 
Grimm 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2—10 
Sheldon . 
2 8 4 4 .5 2 5 5 3 .5 
,.2 2 * 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 
9-19 
Marshalltown No. 2. 
Densel. 
Abboit, 
Taylor, 
8 2 4 1 12 3 5 4 3 
. .'i 2 2 2 1 0 2 2 2 2-9 
4 4 1 4 6 ,5 S 5 5 1 
, .2 2 0 U 2 2 1 2 2 2 - 9 
18 
Algona IN'o. 
Mortenson . 
5 1 4 .5 5 3 5 4 2 3 
Tt/'?-+N\NT<?' 
,14 2 1 2 0 2 2 I 2 0 - 8 
2 22628551 I 
,2 2 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 2- 9 IT 
Dcs Moines. 
Milner. 
Kircher. 
2 ,9 2 2 4 4 4 S 4 5 
,2 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2—9 
5(45155128 
,.001 122212 0- T-16 
Spirit Lake. 
Klein. 
Gilbert. 
4 2 .0 1 5 1 2 1 2 J 
.12*202 2 22 0—7 
.3 5 8 3 4 8 5454 
..2 2 2 0 2 2 1 2 2 1- 9-16 
Algona No. 1. 
Smith, 
Lslandcr, 
5 14 114 5 3 3 5 
.,1 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 2 0-8 
444148215 5 
..2 0 1 2 2 2 2 0 2 2— 8- 
-16 
Marshalltown N.o, 
Kibby. 
Lane . . 
1. 
4 15 5 8 5 3 4 3 2 
..2 2 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2—8 
1424851226 
.2 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 1— 7—16 
Association. 
Mqore. 
18 4 2 3 3 112 3 
.1 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 2- 
6 
Budd. 
44114414 5 8 
.2 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 2 2— 9-15 
Algona No. 2. 
Haggard. 
1822511854 
.1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0-4 
1115 1114 11' 
..2 0 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 1— 7—11 
Sanson. . i ■ , , 
A 10-bird sweep on live birds was also decided, and of seventeen 
entries Gilbert was the only one to score straight. The en- 
trance in this was .$5, and the division was 50, 30 and 20. This 
netted Gilbert ?21,25, the best purse of the shoot: 
Gilbert 2111212222—10 Kibby 2210111012— 8 
Taylor 2222220121— 9 Moore 0111222110— 8 
Grimm 12*1222112— 9 Abbott 201202*222— 7 
Budd 21121211*2— 9 D Ensel 1001112*22— 7 
Fanning 2022121112— 9 Smith 101*22221*— 7 
Lenander 2112222220— 9 Lane 2011021022— 7 
Mortenson 2211121220— 9 Sheldon *22*11220*— 6 
Milner 2200222220— 8 Kirsher **2*i*2002— 4 
Klein 2*22222220— 8 
Among those present were: E. W. Bird, Fred Churchyard, 
J. F. Halla, A. H. Sheldon. A. Malthouse, J. W. Konvalinka, 
' C. M. Woodbury, E. C. Dimmick, W. R. Milner, Joe Kirsher, 
Dr. C. B. Paul, G. Agard, E. C. Shoen, L. A. McIntVre, Mathen- 
son, J. Y. Carter, R. M. Hemersen, D. V. Palmer, Dr. Glasier, 
Ora Crush, R. M. Klein, H. C. Mortenson, L. A. Johnson, Dr. 
Geo. Kressel, A. C. Campbell, S. T. Culver, F. R. Patch, R. M. 
Hemerson, Dr. W. B. Kibbey, H. P. Densel, J. A. Lane, A. C. 
Abbott. 
The trade representatives at this shoot were John J. Hallowell, 
Bridgeport. Conn., U. M. C. Co.; W. R. Crosby, O'Fallon, 111., 
Baker Gun Co. ; J. S. Fanning, San Francisco, Cal., Gold Dust 
Powder Co.; Charley Budd, Des Moines, la., Parker Gun and 
Hazard Powder companies; Fred Gilbert, Spirit Lake, la., Du 
Pont powder and Leader shells. 
Notes. 
Gilbert was back to his old-time form at this shoot, for he was 
high man eacli day, and of course also made the best general 
average. Then he showed good form on pigeons, and these were 
pigeons that flew. 
U. M. C. Hallowell got back to his gun here, and shot it very 
well on the second day. I fancy he found this more congenial 
than acting the roll of manager, especially of such a big shoot as 
the St. Louis. 
R. M. Klein, winner of the 80 class cup, is none other than 
Fred Gilbert's brother-in-law. Doubtless by association with Fred 
he has acquired much of the latter's shooting talent. . Up in 
this neck of the woods he is looked upon as one of the best' among 
the many good ones. At any rate the family got both of the cups. 
Charley Budd complains of being tired and anxious to rest a 
week. Charley has been on the circuit ever since the handicap; 
during most of the time he was among the leaders. From the spry- 
ness he displays he is good for a number of years yet. 
A. H. Sheldon, who figured in both the State cup events, is prac- 
tically a novice, but bids fair to develop into a good one; all 
he lacks is a little experience. 
H. C. Mortenson announces that he will hold a shoot at Britt, 
June 20 and 21. Added money to the extent of $60 will be the 
inducements. 
These targets, while they were thrown very fast, were more to 
Sharkey Fanning's liking, as he connected with them very success- 
fully, thereby showing off Gold Dust to good advantage. 
The Sioux City shoot bids fair to be a big one;, as most of the 
shooters out here speak of attending it. However, Wadina, Minn., 
will also hold a shoot on the same date, and as I am informed thai- 
there will be $400 added money at this shoot, it is likely that it will 
divide the attendance with Sioux City. 
Uncle John Smith, though the most aged shooter who partici- 
pated, showed the younger ones that he was by no means out of • 
their class, as he made one of the few straights on targets. 
Lenander. one of those who tied for the handicap cup, broke 25 
targets straight in this event, but was unable to maintain this 
fast pace, and could not reach this total on his handicap of 6. 
Fred Gilbert very generously permitted Sheldon to take the Smith 
