480 
FOREST AND STREAM^ 
Nye, 26 
. . , . .2210222022021122122122201—22 
11121212221122212121212*2—24 
Clover, 28 
Ties on 25j 
Crosby 1121111112*1121 w 
Heikes 2222222221222122212*— 19 
Cooper 11112122212212211121—20 
Cooper w6B. 
Montana State Sportsman's Association* 
The sixth annvial tournament of the State Association com- 
menced on May 19. It was held at Butte, mider the auspices 
of the Butte Rod and Gun Club. The officers of the Butte 
Club, with their customary energy and a foresight born of 
experience, had prepared a thoroughly enjoyable shoot. The 
inclement weather inierfered somewhat with the attendance, as 
well as with the scores. However, Montana has a set of shooters 
who can pile up straight scores under any kind of conditions. 
Incidentally, some new State records were established in the 
team contests. 
First Day, May J9. 
Event No. 4 was for the three-men team championship cup, 
at 25 bluerocks per man. In this shoot a new State record 
was made by the Anaconda team by the good score of 70 out of 
75 shot at: 
Twohy 25, Tuttle 23, Rockefeller 22; total, 70. 
Trudgeon 24, Jones 22, Nicols 22; total, 68. 
Smith 25, Cowan 21, Shultz 20; total, 66. 
Christianson 22, J eager 21, McGowan 21; total, 64. 
Spargo 22, De Haas 21, Walker 20; total, 63. 
Mahan 22, Lewis 18, Dennison 13; total, 53. 
Nell 21, Bartlett 13, Brownlee 13; total, 51. 
Event No. 6, two-men team shoot, at 20 bluerock€ per man: 
Rueger 20 Twohy 16 
Walker 19—39 Tuttle 16— §2 
Shultz 20 Jeager 17 
Smith 18— ,38 McGowan ....15—32 
De Haas ...,20 Jones .16 
Spargo 15—34 HiUis 14—30 
Brownlee 17 Trudgeon , 15 
Nell 16—33 Nichols 14—29 
Cowan 17 Bartlett 15 
Christianson 16—33 Rockefeller 11—26 
Event 7 was for the bluerock championship of the State, at 50 
bluerocks per man. The cup, emblematic of this event, was won by 
Mr. McGowan with the score of 46: 
Events: 1 2 3 5 7 8 9 
Targets: 15 20 20 20 50 20 20 
Cowan 14 15 16 18 .. 16 18 
Rockefeller 14 16 15 16 36 15 IS 
Tuttle 13 17 17 18 39 16 15 
Christenson 13 19 17 17 45 18 17 
Smith 13 20 15 17 41 18 19 
SchuJtz 13 18 13 16 .. 15 16 
Hillis 13 17 17 19 42 18 16 
Nichols 13 17 .. 17 43 16 14 
Jones 0 13 18 18 14 .. 18 17 
Spargo 13 15 12 12 36 13 14 
Rueler ....12 16 16 17 41 17 18 
Trudgeon 12 15 17 17 43 15 .. 
Jeager ........ 11 14 16 17 43 17 14 
be Haas U 14 17 16 38 .. .. 
Nell 11 17 15 16 .. 14 14 
Bartlett ........... . 11 11 16 14 34 13 16 
McGowan 10 17 19 16 46 IS 18 
Walker -. 10 18 10 17 42 19 17 
Mahan 10 13 14 12 ., 17 16 
Twohy 9 18 18 17 45 16 14 
Lewis \ 9 12 14 13 .. 10 .. 
Dennison 8 12 15 12 
Brownlee 6 13 .. 14 29 .. 13 
Morse 14 .. 19 15 
Secooo Day, May 20, 
No. U was at 25 bluerocks per man, for the Brownlee challenge 
medal, donated to the Association by Mr. M. B. Brownlee. 
Event 14, at 10 rocks, known angles; 10 rocks, unknown angles; 
10 rocks, reversed angles, and 5 pairs, for State medal, the medal 
being won after an exciting shoot-off by Tuttle. 
Events: 10 1112 13 14 15 16 Events: 10 1112 13 14 15 16 
Targets: 20 25 20 20 40 20 20 Targets: 20 25 20 20 40 20 20 
Smith 20 22 19 16 30 18 19 Nichols 16 20 9 16 .. 17 17 
Hillis 19 22 16 16 31 17 18 Twohy 15 17 15 14 29 19 16 
Schultz 19 19 16 17 33 17 19 Brownlee 14 11 12 13 21 13 14 
Christianson. 19 21 19 16 31 19 14 Cowan 15 20 14 17 25 14 16 
Jeager 19 25 18 19 30 IS 18 De Haas 14 19 13 15 .. 11 17 
McGowan.... 19 21 18 20 27 17 16 Walker 14 21 15 15 29 14 16 
Rueger 17 Tuttle 14 21 IS 17 33 16 16 
Jones 17 .. 15 19 .. 15 15 Trudgeon.... 13 21 16 15 .. 19 14 
l^ell.. 17 22 18 IS .. 17 16 Spargo 13 17 10 9 .. 13 14 
Rockefeller.. 17 20 20 14 28 18 17 Morse 13 .. 14 17 
Bartlett 16 20 17 17 26 13 14 
The general averages 'or the bluerock shooting in events 2, 3, 
5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16 and 16 were: 
C H Smith.... 
P J McGowan. 
Christenson . . . . 
Hillis 
Jeager 
Rockefeller 
Jones 
Shultz 
Nell 
Shot at. Broke. 
.200 
.200 
.200 
.200 
.200 
.200 
.200 
.200 
,200 
181 
180 
175 
172 
172 
166 
166 
166 
162 
Shot at. Broke. 
Tuttle 200 164 
Twohy 200 162 
Cowan 200 159 
Nichols 200 157 
Trudgeon 200 157 
Walker 200 155 
Bartlett 200 144 
Spargo 200 125 
Third Day, May 2U 
Event 18, at 5 live birds: Twohy 5, Spargo 5, Tuttle 4, Rocke- 
feller 4, Christenson 4, Cowan 4, Hillis 4, Smith 4, Walker 4, 
Jas. Trudgeon 4, Wm. Trudgeon 3. 
Event 19, at 15 live birds: This, the most important event of the 
tournament in the eyes of the Montana shooters, was for the 
live-bird championship medal. After an exciting contest, Messrs. 
Jeager and James Trudgeon landed in the lead with a straight 
score each. The tie was shot off at 9 birds each, which each of 
the contestants neatly killed. At this point we ran out of pigeons, 
and by agreement of the interested parties, a coin was tossed up 
to decide the winner. The fickle goddess of fortune favored Mr. 
Jeager. The scores in detail were as follows: 
Teager 212112111211111—15 W Trudgeon. . .111100111112212— 13 
J Trudgeon.... 112212121221211— 15 Bachelor 011121121202211—13 
Rockefeller ...212212221221^02—14 McGowan 122220102101201—11 
Hillis 222222212222022—14 Christenson ...212202002111201—11 
Banlett 121022212222122—14 Spargo ...001201222202212—11 
Knight 221212222011222—14 Smith 002112001112221—11 
Tattle 101221101211122—13 Brownlee 222000202121020— 9 
Walker 022210122112222—13 Jones 110012010201010—8 
The bluerocks were thrown from five expert traps, 5yds. apart, 
in a straight line, unknown angles. 
Woonsocfcet Gon Club. 
WooNSocKET, R. I., May 27. — The following scores were made 
at the grounds of the Woonsocket Gun Club, May 27. H. Eugene 
Getchell broke the amateur record for 50 birds by scoring 48, 
96 per cent. 
Event No. 5 was a team race, which was very close, and was not 
decided until the last man shot his 5. 
The scores by events were as follows: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: - 10 15 25 5p25 25 Targets: 10 15 25 5p25 25 
H E Getchell... 9 10 21 6 24 24 A Seagrave 6 .. 17 7 19 .. 
F H Mills 7 13 21 7 16 23 L W Ballou... ..12 4 17 
L W Campbell. 9 12 21 6 19 Chas E Ballou.. 5 .. 3 14 .. 
L B Arnold.... 7 10 12 .. 15 .. J Ellis 3 , .. 
E E. Darling.... 6 .. IS 7 18 .. C Richardson... 4 .. .. .. 
The score of the team race, the fifth event, in full was as fol- 
lows : _ 
Getchell's Team. 
Getchell • .lUOllllllJ 111] 1111111111— 24 
Mills .1100111011111101000111001—16 
Seagrave ..1110111000111111110101111—19 ; 
Balcom .OOlOlOOOOlHOOlOlllOlllll-^14-73 
Campbell's Team. 
^Xampbell .1011110111111100011101111-19 
Darling .0110111111 111110111001001—18 
Ballou i ..... .i r t. ........... . . . .0111110101010111100111101—17 
Arnold . . . ,^ . . . 4 OUOlOllHOOlllOOOOlllllll— 15-69 
As«ou> Skag&avk. Sec'jr. 
Cincinnati Gt*n Club. 
Cincinnati, O., May 27.— Our shoRt tO'd^ty was well attended,, 
as the scores below will show. 
There are two shoots each month. The first is on the first 
Thursday after the first Friday; the second is on the fourth 
Saturday. The "second chance" is explained as follows; Shooters 
who score 50 straight, or the highest score in the first shoot, and 
who tie in the highest score in the second shoot, have chances 
in the shoot-off; that is, if they are shot out in the first shoot- 
off, they have a second chance. A set of the Fulford automatic 
traps has been installed. The single lever opens, closes, ehanges 
traps and flushes the birds. It seems to work perfectly. 
Mrs. Lindsley has returned from her Eastern visit, looking the 
picture of good health. 
The club grounds in a few days will be inclosed completely 
with a fine 8ft. board fence, which already is well advanced 
toward completion. 
Kirsch, 6 , 1111111011011111011110011—20 
Maynard, 8 1111111111111111011110111—23 
Waddell, 10 1101111011111111011111111—22 
Stephens, 5 1001011010001101111011011—15 
Jack 1111101110111111011101111—21 
Kirsch, 6 1011111111111010111100000—17 
Maynard, 8 1111111111111111101101110—22 
Waddell, 10 1000101111110100111110011—16 
Stephens, 5. ..0110110011100110111111110— 17 
Jack, 10 1011110101111001011111001—17 
Gambell, 6 1111111111111111011111111—24 
Squiers, 4 , 1111111111111001111011010—20 
Trimble ....1111111101111111011111111— 23 
Mackie, 6. . . . . . , . , . .1111111011111111111111111—24 
L Ahlers, 6,.... , 1111111111111011111011110—22 
Gambell 1110111110111011111111111—22 
Squiers 1111101111101011111111111—22 
Trimble 110110111111111110111111—22 
Mackie. .0111101111001010110111111—18 
L Ahlers ,. 1110011111111111111011111—22 
Ackley, 10 0010111100111111111111110—19 
Small, 8 0111111111111101101111111—22 
Hill, 8 0100001111101110111010111—16 
Jay Bee, 10 0101111110001111110101011—17 
Wanda, 12 1111111110111111011001110-20 
F See, 4 1110111111111111111110111—23 
Ackley 1111111111101011111111101—22 
Small 1111110111111111111101111—23 
Hill 0110011111011111111110111—20 
Jay Bee ..4^,... .„. 1111100101100011101111111—18 
Wanda -t r* i i * 0011110011000001111011110—14 
F See 1100111111111111011111111—22 
Ties on 25: 
Kirsch, 5 iimiomioiioiuiimii- 22 
May nard, 4 1101111111011111111110111—22 
Ahlers, 3 * 0101101111110111110111110—19 
Squiers, 2 IIIOIIIOUIIOIIIOIIIOIIIO— 19 
F See, 2 0111111101111111111100110—20 
.A.ckley, 5 v.-. . . .v OlllOOlllOllOUlOllOUllO— 17 
Gambell, 3 1111101110111110101111111—21 
Small, 4 lllllOllllllllOlllinilll— 23 
Second chance: 
L Ahlers, 3 1111111010111111111011111—22 
Ackley, 5. 1011111111100110100011010—16 
Second ties: 
Kirsch, 5 llllllllOUlOUOlllllllll- 22 
Maynard, 4; . . 1111111111111100110111011—21 
Small, 4 0111101110111111111111010—20 
Ahlers, 3 1111011111111111111111111—24 
Third tie: 
Kirsch, 5 0111111000100110100101111—15 
Maynard, 4. . , 1111111011101111110110110—20 
Ahlers, 3. .... 1... ; lOlUUlllUlllllOlOOllll— 21 
Second chance: 
Maynard, 4 llOllllllimillllOllOlOl— 21 
Cincinnati, May 30. — The next shoot for the cup takes place on 
June 7. Two hours of rain, which began to fall about 12:30, de- 
layed the shooting to-day. The scores of targets and live birds 
follow : 
Events: 1 2 5 6 7 8 Events: 1 2 5 6 7 8 
Targets: 10 16 15 15 15 15 Targets: 10 15 15 15 15 15 
Willie 3 9 8 7 6 5 Stephens .5 8 
See 9 13 Wanda 5 .. 10 10 .. .. 
Ahlers 7 15 12 14 13 13 Morris 7 10 
Stew 9 10 10 13 12 12 Gambell 9 .. 15 14 14 15 
Maynard 9 14 12 13 .. .. Oskamp 12 14 .. .. 
Small 9 10 Bauer 12 
Jay Bee 8 8 10 Wright 10 
Goodman 10 14 13 13 12 13 Pharis .. 10 .. .. .. 
Dick 6 13 14 10 13 13 
No. 3 was at 15 live birds, $5; No. 4, 7 birds, $3.50; both events 
50, 30 and 20 per cent, in the division of the purses: 
No. 3. No. 4. 
Schuler 102121222201*12—12 1120221—6 
Dick 212211122211212—15 2121221—7 
Morris *22022222222*12— 12 2202222-6 
Stephens 211100220*10100- 8 2202202-5 
Goodman 112112110211111-14 2121212-7 
Ahlers 1*2*1122121*121—12 1122120—6 
Ackley 022010121*00210— 8 1*21122—6 
Oskamp 0101*0000122121— 8 2012211-6 
Jones 0*2022221221*21—11 1*12210—5 
See 2121222222*2221—14 1222122—7 
Stew 222222221122212—15 2121111—7 
Small .............11121012*101111—12 1112211—7 
Maynard 22011*2-5 
Bauer 0021112—5 
Gambell 2212212—7 
Wanda 2**2222— 5 
Fort Smitli Gvin Club. 
Fort Smith, Ark., May 27.— The regular weekly shoot of the 
Fort Smith Gun Club took place at the Fair grounds, Saturday 
afternoon. It is a little early in the season for a good attendance, 
a.s everyone is pretty busy. Later in the summer the attendance 
will no doubt be much better. 
Messrs. Knott and Parker, from Jenny Lind, were inattendance, 
the former taking part in the shooting, and the latter seeming 
quite interested in looking on. 
Miss Agnes Oglesby favored the club with her presence,, and 
fired a few shots to get her hand in. She expects to shoot 
regularly with the club hereafter. Her position at tlie trap is 
excellent, resembling very much that of Mrs. Shattuck, of Min- 
neapolis, the famous woman champion, who made such phenom- 
enal scores at the' recent St. Louis tournament. 
A 25-live-bird race is talked of for next Saturday, in addition to 
which the regular target events will be run off. There will be 
shooting each Saturday afternoon at the Fair Grounds, weather 
permitting, for the balance of the season. Following are the 
scores: 
Shot Shot 
at. Broke. Av. at. Broke. Av. 
Leach 50 44 .880 Baptiste 50 30 . 600 
Matthews BO 31 .620 Berais 50 16 .820 
Knott 50 30 . 600 Secretary. 
Kiogsbridge Gun Club. 
KiNGSBRiDGE, N. Y., May SO.— The Decoration Day shoot of 
the Kingsbridge Gun Club, at live birds, was favored witli clear, 
but windy, weather. The scores were: 
T Brandt 12112—5 00122-3— 8 
C Goodwin 10001-2 02121-^ 6 
O Brandt 20120—3 02020—2—5 
M Weightman • 22002-3 21022-^ 7 
R Goodwin 12222—5 12112—5—10 
MacLaughlifl .02022—3 01210-3— 6 
C Freese 10220—3 02122-4—7 
Ray Godwin, Capt. 
Lewis Creek Qaa Club. 
North Fereisburg, Vt.— -At the Decoration Day shoot of the 
above clubs not all of the members were present. There were five 
events of 10 birds each, known trap, unknown angles. Following 
are the scores in the main event: 
E A Barney. 111011001111011100011 OOlOllOOmoilOOllOOUOOlim-Sl 
M B Thompson.. oiooioiooiiomiioiooiooiioioniiiiioiiiniioooii —31 
Harrington lOOllllOmillOlllimilOUlllOlOlllimilOmim-42 
Chase ...11111111110101111101111011100101111011111111111011-41 
Maiiory .. .„ . .". . .luooiiommiomooooooomuiouoiiiiooioiuioo-ss 
. H. B. Chass, Sec'y. 
East Side Gua Cub. 
Saginaw, E, S., May 28.— The scores of the East Side Gun Club, 
made to-day, are appended. The Mt. Pleasant Club was present. 
Rain fell and somewhat interfered with the sport. The practice 
race was the first event, and the results were: 
R. E. Tubbs 11, A. E. Gorman 19, Chas. Carnahan 15, W. A. 
Pardo 18, E. E. Bliss 21, C. W. Rogers 17, V. Kindler 13, Wm. 
M. Nouggle 16, H. G. Krogmann 15, G. Worth 16, F. Wolf 14, 
John Popp 17, Chas. Schmidt 11, John M. Messner 19. 
Club medal event: 
Chas Caranhan , , 1000001110010100010010010— 9 
R E Tubbs ....UOlOllOOOlOOlOnOllllOOO— 13 
A E Gorman..... ...1111111011011111111111110—22 
W A Pardo ...1111111001000101100100001—13 
M Kline 1011010100001011100100101—12 
G W Rogers .<..,<,... .1101111001100111010100011—15 
J Willhite 0101110110111101111110011—19 
G R Endert ,....1001101111100101001000001—12 
Wm M Nouggle .0011101118011001110110110— 15 
V Kindler .0000111111100101001000101—12 
F Baumgartner .............1111101101111111110111111-22 
Ed Carpenter 1111111111101101101111111—22 
Chas Schmidt ■, ..„•., . ..1010101111100111101101110— 17 
J M Messner... 0111011101111101111101111—20 
J Popp .....1111110001100111110111001—17 
H G Krogmann .1111001011111011111101111—20 
F Wolf ........0110100010110001011111110—14 
G Wirth. 0011111111100111111010101—18 
E E Bliss .111101 uooiiiionmimi— 21 
J Hermann ....m..."..*.*. . ....... 1101011100111111111111111—21 
T Taylor ...1010010011011110001001111—14 
J Smitht ........0010000010101111101001101—12 
J Breckelsbauer OlllOllOHOOOlOlUlllllll— 18 
Finlay Brew Co. medal: 
V Kindler 1100111111101011110001101—17 
Wm M Nouggle UllllllllllOlOlllOOllUO— 20 
Chas Caranhan 0110011100001001101010000— 10 
A E Coram 1111111111111111011111111—24 
R E Tubbs 1011101010011110010101101—15 
G W Rogers ; 11111111111.11101111111111—24 
J Willliite 1111101111111111011011101—21 
J Hermann 1110111000001110111001000—13 
E E Bliss , 1111111111110111111110111—23 
Ed Carpenter 1111111101011111111111111—22 
F Folf 1110111001010101111111110—18 
li G Krogmann 1111011110111010011101111—19 
G R Endert lOOCttOlOlOllOOOOlllllllll— 15 
F Baumgartner 1111110010010111100101111—17 
J Popp 1101100111100111111101010—17 
J M Messner .....1110111111111111111111111—24 
Chas Schmidt ..^ ...OlOOOUllOOlOUlllllOmO— 11 
Walking match, Eveft's house medal : 
J Smith 010000100100100— 4 J Willhite 101011111100101—10 
W M Nouggle. 011111101111011— 12 J Popp 110000111110011— 9 
H Krogmann. .001001001111111— 9 J M Messner. lllllUOOOOlllO— 10 
Breckelsbauer. 011111111101110— 12 C Schmidt 110000000100100— 4- 
John M. Messner, President; Chas. Schmidt, Secretary. 
Broke or Lost? 
Sheldon, Vt., May 24.— Will you kindly decide the following 
dispute? In an event being shot from three traps, A was at the 
scratch. He had shot at targets from Nos. 1 and 2 traps. As 
the trappers load the traps as soon as sprung, when A called 
"pull" the puller by mistake pulled No. 2 trap, a straightaway. 
A shot at the target and missed. The referee called "Lost bird." 
A protested, and claimed another target from No. 3 trap. The 
referee refused; said that he should have refused the target from 
No. 2 trap, but as he had accepted and shot at it he must abide by 
the result. Who was right? N. P. Leach. 
[We understand that Interstate rules governed, in which case 
the decision should have been "ifo target."] 
Ohio Trap Shooters League. 
CoLUMBOs, O., June 3. — Our progi-amme will be ready to mail 
June 6 or 7, for the Ohio Trap Shooters' League tournament, 
which will be held in Columbus, O., June 21, 22 and 23. There will 
be $600 in added money and prizes donated. A very attractive 
programme will be seat free to anyone on application. 
Ji C, PoHTEitPiELD, Sec'y and Treas., 
Ohio Trap Shooters' League. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
Extension of Limit on Excursion Tickets to Southern New 
Jersey Seashore Resorts via Pennsylvania Railroad 
(West Jersey & Seashore Railroad). 
Beginning June 1 the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will 
extend the limit on excursion tickets to the Southern New Jersey 
seashore resorts from ten days to fifteen days, including date 
of sale. This extension covers Atlantic City, Cape May, Ocean 
City, Sea Isle, Avalon, Stone Harbor, Anglesea, Holly Beach, 
Wildwood, Somers' Point and all other resorts on the South 
Jersey coast reached via the West Jersey & Seashore Railroad, 
and applies to tickets from Philadelphia, Wilmington, Harrjsburg, 
Williamsport, Elmira, Wilkesbarre, Pottsville, Reading, Piiillips- 
burg. New York and intermediate stations. 
This extension of limit, covering the usual two weeks' summer 
vacation, will no doubt receive the hearty approval of business 
men, and others filling clerical positions. 
The limit on excursion tickets reading from any of the above 
seashore points to Philadelphia will also be extended from ten 
days to fifteen dsy s.^Adv. 
A New Nitro. 
There used to be a time when sporting papers printed long 
articles for and against the use of nitro powders. They do not do 
so any longer, for even the remotest precincts now admit .the 
'superiority of the nitro powders for all practical uses of the shot- 
gun. Heretofore the main objection, and almost the sole objec- 
tion, to nitro powder has been its greater expense, and it is this 
greater expense which has enabled the black powder cartridge to 
,, hold its own in the competition. It would seem that even this 
harrier is to be removed and that the black powder load will have 
to go. The Economic Smokeless Powder Co., of Chicago, in its 
"Velox Smokeless Powder" is putting out a load which gives 
. splendid velocity and good pattern, with perfect safety, and above 
all is setting a price which makes its cartridges cost but a little 
more than black powder cartridges. To compete with the excel- 
lent nitro powders alreadjr in the field on the same basis of price 
might be a hard proposition, but there is a tremendous field for 
cheap nitros among those shooters who have always clung to 
black powder for reasons of economy. It would seem certain 
that this new company will find a market. When I 'add that 
among its officers are sportsmen as well known in Chicago as 
Reub Donnelly and Billy Kent, I know that many will wish the 
company the best of fortune. The resident manager, Mr. Ford, 
expresses himself entirely satisfied with the outlook. E. Hough. 
"Expansion. 
In tliese days of expansion talk it is worth while to note that 
in addition to the Cuban letter printed to-day, the Forest and 
Stream has received this week in the regular way of corre- 
spondence and business letters from Porto Ri^co, Christiania, St. 
Johns Newfoundland, London, Pernambuco and China. That 
Is expansion we believe in. 
Coffee in Camp. 
If every cup of coffee made in camp with "coflfee jell" or "royal 
mo-ko" is as delicious as the cup prepared by Mr. G. T. Diehl, of 
this office, the other day, campers will rise up three times a day 
and call blessed the A. H. Peloubet Mfg. Co.i whose advertise- 
ment appears in this issue. , ; ■ / . 
A Boat Building Boom. 
"Not since 1888," writes Mr. J, H. Rushton, Of Canton,. N- Y., 
"have I booked so many: orders in any one month as in May, 1899. 
All hands are working overtime, and we are hard at it. It seems 
like the good old times come again." 
