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FOREST ANLi STREAM. 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
Montgodaery Ward Diamond Badge. 
Chicago, 111., July 7. — The tenth contest of the series for the 
Montgomery Ward diamond badge brought out-to-day the smallest 
entry which has yet been seen ui these events, only nine men ap- 
pearing at the score, although the weather was fine and the birds 
very good. Ar fresh wind blowing to the left from the score helped 
to malce matters interesting, and there were only two straights- 
Shaw and Amberg, each ol whom needed his handicap allowance. 
Dr. Shaw has been in tie for first place seven times out of nine 
contests, but again to-day he was defeated in' the ties, losing 2 
birds out of his first four. Amberg killed his 4 straight and won 
The medal. Dr. Shaw winning high average again. Sturdevant was 
alone with 14, and White won the ties on 13. The winning of Mr. 
Amberg to-daj' makes the list of winner.!; eight in number. Stur- 
devant and Roll have won the medal twice each, Alabaster, Lef- 
fingwell, Elias, O'Brien, Nelson and Amberg have won it once 
each, 'the final shoot-off will be held August 4. Below are the 
scores of to-daj-; 
W B Leffingwell, 30, 1 2021120210211122 —13 
Dr Shaw, 30, 1...... 1122212111221101 —IB 
T B Barto, 29, 2... 111U2112122000122 —13 
J M Gillespie, 29, 2 22(J2011221111Ul>10 —12 
& Simonetti, 28, 3. 011011022111122*10—13 
J L White, 30, 1 0111221210112012 —13 
J H Amberg, 30, 2 112222210111*2212 —15 
E Sturdevant, 30, 0 .1121222*2122222 —14 
Geo Roll, 30, 0 , 2u2220222l22*21 —12 
Br Shaw, 30, 0...,. 10*2 J H Amberg, 30, 0 1112 
Following the above a short .sweep was shot, as below: 
J B Barto 10022 W B Leffingwell 01111 
Geo Roll 01222 J L Wliite-...-.„ 021 Ul 
E Sturdevant 21)200 
Howlett— Von Leogetfce. 
Among other visitors in Chicago this week is Mr. Alfred Ames 
Howlett, president of the Lefever Arms Co., Syracuse, N. Y. Mr. 
Howlett is now on his w.iy East after a long visit on the Coast, 
where he spent the winter and had a most enjoyable time. Mr. 
Howlett had a taste of the good hunting of the VVestern slope, but 
it does not seem to have injured his zest in tlie sport of the traps, 
although he has done little shootuig at the traps for some time. 
To-daj- he and Mr. O. von Lcngerke shot a friendly race at Wat- 
son's — 25 birds per roan. The birds were verj' good and the 
scores of both men are good ones, the Chicago man proving vic- 
tor by a margin of 3 birds. Mr. Howlett goes East to-morrow 
evening, after a stay in Chicago which we all wish might be longer. 
The following are the scores of the little race above mentioned: 
A A Howlett ....021120211202001211*222011—18 
O von Lengerke 2022222022222222222222200—21 
Following the above a few gentlemen shot for a time together, 
with the results below: 
Dr Shaw 22222 J M Gillespie 01 
T L White... 2112221221 W B Leffingwell 2202021 
Howlett 1502111022 R Simonetti 02 
Foufth at Belle Meade. 
July 8. — From advices just at hand, courtesy of Mf. W. H. ElHs- 
ton, Nashville, Tenn., there would seem to have been a very 
warm day at famous Belle Meade Park on the Fourth. It was live 
birds and targets, but chiefly live birds, and the scores show very 
high. In a field of 1!) Mr. Eegler had to go to 20 before the win- 
ner was determined. In the race for uhe State championship cup, 
between Mr. EUiston and Mr. De Bow, both men killed 47 out of 
50. They shot off at 10 birds and again tied.' In the second string 
of 10 Mr. De Bow lost a bird and Mr, Elliston killed straight, win- 
ning the cup. The latter was then generously put up again by 
Mr. Elliston, and shot for by Messrs. Ellistori, of Nashville, and 
Frank and Neely, of Memx)his. It was won on this occasion by 
Mr. Neely, who killed 25 straight. In the targets our friend 
Devine, of Memphis, showed fir,st in two events; Vance, of Mem- 
phis, first once; Frank, of Memphis, first once, and Messrs. Camp- 
bell and Green, of Franklin, each first in one event. High average 
on targets was won by Campbell. 91 out of 120; second average by 
Green, 00 out of 120. Following are the scores and summaries, 
each of the six events at 20 targets: 
Vance, of Memphis, 18; T. A. Devine, of Memphis, 19^ T. A. 
Devine, of Memphis, 19; A. H. Frank, of Memphis, 19; J. C. 
Campbell, of Franklin, 20; Ed. Green, of Franklin, 20. 
No. 7. — Miss and out; live birds; $3 entrance; birds extra; 50, 30 
and 20 per cent. 
Frank, 29. ....222222222222* 
Parker, 29 20 
Weaver, 2S 22220 
Neelj', 29 2222222220 
Tackson, 27 212210 
Acklen, 29 122210 
Du Pont, 28 222210 
Legl er, 29 12111221121211122112 
Gerst, 28 , ,, .....21210 
Meaders, 29 2220 
De Bow, 30 22220 
Cullom, 27 22221112221212222220 
Elliston, 30 , 0 
Bennett, 28 , 2222222222222222220 
Campbell, 27 212212222210 
J T Page, 27... 0 
Lane, 27 0 
N C Perkins, 27 22120 
Sedberrv, 27 1 222220 
Ferris, 27 ....0 
S H Page, 27 20 
H E Perkins, 27 ,...22220 
No. 8. — 25 live birds; $15 entrance; seven moneys: high guns. 
Frank, 29 2222222222202222222122222—24 
Fark, 29 2222022222202222222202222—22 
Weaver, 27 1110211212101221211210211—22 
Neely, 29 2002222222221202222222221—22 
Jackson , 27 2112121212200121 2211 21221—22 
Acklen, 29 1112111111120121012110121-22 
Devine, 27 1210121210212122211221212—23 
Du Pont, 28 1222122212122212112212221—25 
Legler,- 29 1211102121121121121011121—23 
♦-^erst, 28 21210121 2U2U21121011121— 23 
M eaders, 29 01211211 12202121122102112—22 
De Bow, 30 0110221111210121112011211—21 
Cullom, 27 2012210212012122102201221—20 
Thompson, 27 0212212110212121112201221—22 
Elliston, 30 2221221222212221222212122—25 
Bennett, 28 2202222222220222222212122—23 
Wh ite, 27 , 1112122121212121112222222—25 
Page, 27 1002222202112121210111122—21 
Shoot-off; miss and out: 
Elliston, 30 2222222222 White, 27 2122212220 
Du Pont, 28 112212120 
No. 9.— State championship cup; 50 live birds each; $25 entrance: 
De Bow, 30 1221111121111111221111102—24 
^„ 01221211211 31112011222222—23—47 
Elliston, 30 222221 212011 2212121222111—24 
22211*1222212212220221221—23—47 
Shoot-oiT, tiesj 10 birds: 
De Bow, 30..., 2221121221—10 De Bow, 30 2212021112—9 
Elliston, 30 ....1112212221—10 Elliston, 30 2112222222—10 
Elliston won, 67 out of 70; De Bow, 66 out of 70. 
No. 10. — Challenge cup: 
A H Frank, 30 2221222022222222110122022—22 
T C Neely, Jr, 30 1222212112222222221212222—25 
W R Elliston, 30..... 0112212222222222122220122—23 
Belle Meade Gun Club claims dates for Oct. 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 
28, for a big tournament, with ijSSOO or more added, first three days 
targets and last three days live birds. Information regarding this 
shoot can be had of Mr. W. R. Elliston, at Nashville, or Jack 
Parker, manager Peters Cartridge Co., Cincinnati, O. From all 
indications this will be one of the best of the entire fall circtnt, and 
it is worth bearing in mmd for future reference. 
^ ^ E, Hough. 
480 Caxton Buildikg, Chicago, 111. 
Eureka Qua Club. 
Chicago, July 1. — The trophy contest resulted as follows: 
J Lewis lOllininilHOlOlOllllU— 21 
F P Stannard 1111111100111111111111111—23 
Cunningham 1111111111101111111101111—23 
Stevens 00001010101111 11 000000011— 11 
J C Lovell 0101110101000011101111011—15 
W D Stannard .1111111111111011111011010— 21 
^jradley , 0100110110011111011101001—15 
Ed Steele .. . , . , .1111111100110111111111111-22 
0 I Buck ..11101010111100100101000111—15 
^ Matthews 0110101101101111100000101—14 
Dr Morton 1111110110011011111001110—18 
C, Hess UllOOOlOllOOllOOOlOlOlOl— 17 
Mussey cup: 
F P Stannard IIIIUUIIIIOIIOIIIOIOOOI —19 
y L Cunningham 1111111111111101100110111 —21 
1 C Lovell, 6 0110000001000110111110000001111—14 
D Stannard lllOllumilllllOlllllOO —21 
Ed Steck 1111111111111110111111011 
o J Buck. 2 iiiiioiiiooooooooiiioioim 
C Matthews lOOOlOllOOOOlOlOOlOOOUOl 
Dr Morton, 4 .11000100110111101101000000011 —14 
C C Hess, 3.1,..., 0010111010110110011101111000 —16 
Chicago, July 4. — ^The scores made to-day at the Eureka Gun 
Club's shoot follow: 
Shoot No. 5: 
Shaw llllllllllllOllUimilll— 24 
W R Morgan lllllllllOlllOlllllllllU— 23 
O J Buck lOllllllllOOmilOOimU— 20— 67 
C Antoine 1111011111111111110111111—23 
Cunningham 1111011111111100111111111—22 
H B Morgan 1011000101101111110011010—15—60 
O J Buck 1111011111000011111111001—18 
Cunningham 1111111111011111111111111—24 
.'Vntoiue 1011111111111111101110111—22-64 
J Glover 1111111011111111011111101—22 
H Shaw lOlllllllllllOllllOUllOO— 20 
Morgan 1111101111111110111101101— 21— fi3 
Shoot No. 4: 
C Antoine lllllllllllllllimilllll— 25" 
Morgan , 1110111100110111100111011—18 
Glover „ , ^ llllllOlllOlOlllUlOlllll— 21— f)4 
Cunningham , . . : .n-'. 110101101 1111 110111111111—21 
Buck .. .- 1001111111101001110101111—18 
Shaw 1111111111111100111110111—22—61 
Event No. 6, 25 targets: H. Shaw 8, W. R. Morgan 17, O. J. 
Buck 18, J. L. Jones 12, H. B. Morgan 17, Cunningham 18. 
Event No. 7, 15 targets: W. R. Morgan 9, J. L. Jones 10, H. 
B. Morgan 14, H. D. James 10, O. J. Buck 12, H. D. James 10, 
J. L. Jones 10, H. B. Morgan 15. 
July S. — This was anything but a perfect day for target shooting. 
The wind blew very hard — left-quartering — making the birds 
jump in every direction. 7'he scores are not up to usual. As 
the magautrap broke down we had to go to the five-traps, which 
is quite a change. 
Cunnyngham won Class A, Dr. Miller won Class B, R, B. 
Mack won Class C, Dr, Morton won Class D. 
Trophy event: 
Mrs Carson D llOOlOOOimOOllOlOllOOll— 14 
Cunnyngham, A 1111111111011111111111100—22 
H B Morgan, B 1111110110110010111100011—17 
Sundermier .0111100110100001001011101—13 
Dr Miller, B 1101111100110111111111110—20 
Lovell 1111100110011001111111110—18 
R B Mack, C 1111101110111111011010010—19 
R C Boroff, B , 1110110110110111101110011—18 
O J Buck, C 0010001111110111111110110—17 
Dr Morton, D 1011010010101111100111111—17 
R G Moore.; 1010000000110011001011001—10 
Sweepstakes: 
Events: 12 3 
Targets : 25 25 25 
Mrs Carson 18 15 19 
V L Cunnyngham 24 22 22 
H B Morgan 21 20 15 
A Sundermeir 16 12 14 
Dr Miller 22 .. .. 
R B Macki 20 .. .. 
Boroff 20 .. 
Events: 12 3 
Targets: 25 25 25 
Ford 16 .. .. 
Buck 15 20 22 
Dr Morton .............. 20 .. .. 
Weart 13 .. .. 
Moore 12 11 .. 
Lovell 19 15 17 
Garfield Gun Club. 
Chicago, July 1. — The weather was essentially fine, although a 
strong wind blew from the southwest across the traps, msiking 
the flight of targets erratic and the shooting consequently difficult. 
Dr. Shaw carried off the honors of the day with a straight score 
of 25 in the trophy event. 
In the ninth trophy shoot, 25 targets. Dr. Shaw won in Class A 
with 25 straight, Nusley won in Class B and J. Fanning in Class 
C. The scores: 
Kehl lOlOlOOlOlOOOlOOlOOOlOUO-lO 
Northcott 1010110011000110110111111—16 
Richards a 0111110111101011111111111—21 
Ford 1101111001111111111001111—20 
J Wolf ooooiooioioiiuooomoioo— 11 
Dr Shaw llllllUllimilllllUlll- 25 
Stiger 1110011110101001111011101—17 
Young llllOlllllOlllUllOllllll— 22 
Smedes .1101111010001110010011110—15 
Workman OlOllllllOOlllUOOOllOlOl- 16 
Dr Rovce 0110101001111110100001010—13 
S W Eaton 1111111000111101111011010—18 
E W Eaton 1001010 llUlimUOlOlUO— 18 
T Graham w 
Dr Meek 0100011101011000111111111—16 
S M Meek lOlOOOlOOlOOlOlOOOlOOlOOO— 8 
Dr Davis 0001010011010110110100111—13 
T Fanning' 1111011100111101111111111—21 
"Cornelson llOlOOllllOllOUOllOOOOlO— 14 
Hellman 1110100100111101110011111—17 
Mrs Shaw 1110011110111110010011101—17 
S Palmer 0010100001101100000001001— 8 
H icks 110111111011111 1110011111—21 
Dr Mathews 0101011100100101101110111—15 
Nuslev 0101111111011111011110111—20 
Mrs S'haw 1010110001001101100011100—12 
E S Graham milimillOllllllUlUl— 24 
Sweepstake events 
Events : 1 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 15 10 15 10 15 
T Fanning .. 7 6 
Cornelson 10 7 
Hellman ..11 9 
S Palmer 7 8 
Hicks 14 13 
Dr Mathews 3 .. 
E W Eaton 3 3 5 
Barnard 12 
Nuslev 8 
M H "Shaw 6 
Stiger 10 7 12 
Mrs Shaw 9 6 .. 
Cohron 2 7 2 
C Shaw 3 7 .. 
4 .. 
7 12 
7 9 
5 9 
4 11 
3 
2 3 4 5 
Targets: 15 10 15 10 15 
Kehl 3 3 6 .. .. 
Northcott 10 7 12 7 . . 
Richards 12 9 9 9 11 
Ford 10 9 8 8 .. 
J Wolf 6 5 11 5 . . 
Dr Shaw 13 10 13 8 . . 
Young 11 5 12 .. .. 
Smedes 8 9 8 7.. 
Workman 11 5 
Dr Royce 10 6 8 7 .. 
T W Eaton 10 5 10 6 9 
Dr Meek 12 10 8 .. 
S M Meek 6 . . 4 . . 
Dr Davis 5 8 , . . . 
Chicago, Jtilv 5.— Editor Forest and Stream; Inclosed please 
find scores of 'Garfield Gun Club made on July 4, on pigeons 
and bluerock targets. 
The trophy event, 10 pigeons for an elegant silver (gold-lined) 
cup, valued at $75, resulted in lour ties and ten straight kills. T. 
P. Hicks, Dr. Shaw, M. H. Shaw and Dr. Meek tied, and agreed 
to shoot it off in next event. Hicks had the misfortune of 
losing his first bird, a dark-colored strong-flying left-quartering 
outgoer, which, although struck fairly well with both barrels, went 
over the fence. After this event was finished the other contestants 
concluded to finish the contest on a miss-and-out, as only a few 
birds were left. They continued shooting steadily and killing 
cleanly until all had killed 24 straight, when Dr. Meek went to 
score on his 25th, and made a beautiful kill of a swift cinnam.on- 
colored bird with his first barrel. Dr. Shaw, who followed, also 
killed his with his first barrel. M. H. Shaw lost his 25th, making 
Drs. Meek and Shaw tied for the cup and only one more pigeon 
in the traps and none in the coops. As a result the doctors 
agreed to divide the money and toss up for possession of cup 
for the year. Dr. Meek won on the toss. 
The birds were an unusually good lot for summer birds, only 
two birds being shot on the ground, as refusing to fly in the 
whole lot of 500. 
After the pigeon shoot came dinner, which, on account of 
rain, was set in the club house instead of under tents on the 
lawn, as always before; and it was well the precaution was taken, 
as before dinner was half over it rained heavily. The ladies had 
provided an abundance of ham, chicken and tongue sandwiches, 
salads, cakes, etc., etc., and the way they disappeared' among a 
crowd of about sixty hungry shooters was conclusive evidence of 
their quality. . , , , 
After all had eaten all they could the target traps were put 
111211—6 
222222— 6 
22U21— 6 
011122— 5 
121110— 5 
222022— 5 
111002— 4 
iiii**— 4 
1211*1- 5 , 
112012— 5 
out and a prize shoot indulged in under a handicap arranged ■ 
on percentage plan, in which Kehl won first, Dr. Royce second, ■ 
Northcott third, T. Eaton fourth, S, Palmer fifth. 
In spite of the rain, which fell almost continually all day long, 
we had a splendid time, and all went home satisfied and glad .( 
they had braved the weather and come, 
„ . Trophv shoot. Shoot-off & Sweep. \ 
Dr Meek 1211221212—10 " 
Dr Shaw..... 2222212222—10 
M H Shaw.. 2212222212—10 
Hicks ....1112121221—10 
Barnard .222211 1*11— 9 
Palmer , .2221u22121— 9 
Dr Royce , . . , 0212122221— 9 
Workman 1211120111— 9 
Leflingwell 2201122212— 9 
Eaton 1011112012— S 
Dr Davis 201111212*— 8 
Northcott 0202221211— S 
Fehrman 11211*2210—8 101121—-. 
Wolff 20221.11010— 7 
Fanning 1200201221— 7 
Baird , 02100111*1— 6 
Dr Graves .. 1012101020— 6 - 211011— 5 
Russell ; 10102:11*20— 6 111111— 6 
Kuss 212222— 6 
Bradley 222111— 6 
O'Brien 022210— 4 
Johns , 101111—5 
Richards 121102— 5 
Kehl ...i. v.. 111010—4 
Stiger ., 122012—5 
Smead 112110— 5 
Dr Mathews 111221—6 
Lowrey 111122— 6 
Second shoot-off; 
Dr Meek 122211212— 9 M H Shaw 212111220— S 
Dr Shaw 112222112— 9' 
No. 5, 20 targets, 10 down, handicap: 
Barnard, 25 111111100001111001000 
Baird, 25 .110101100100011000100 
Dr Davis, 26 10110000110110000100 
Dr Meek, 25 0111101111111010101101001 
Northcott, 25 OllllOlllOllUlllOlllllll 
Dr Shaw, 20 10111111101111111011 
Mrs. Shaw, 26 10110011111000100111111110 
Hicks, 20 11111111111010111111 
Palmer, 31 0011111101000111011010110111011—20 
Fehrman, 22 1110111101110111111010 —17 
Leffingwell, 23 IIOOIOOUOODOOIOIOII — 9 
Russell, 26..". OIlOQOOOOlOllll 00010 
Kuss,. 20 11101101101 000110001 
Dr Royce, 26 11110011011101111111001111 
Dr Graves, 26.... IOIIIIOOIIIOIIIOOIOIOOIOII 
T Eaton, 26 ..Ill 01011101 111111110101111 
M H Shaw, 32 .10000000100110000010 
Richards, 22 llUOllOllllOllOllllll 
Kehl, 40 001101010110001100010110101010 
0110101011 —20 
Steiger, 25........... 01101110001001000001 —9 
Smedes, 25......... 10010011111110100110 —12 
Dr Mathews, 25 11101111000100101001 —11 
July 8. — Herewith please find scores made by Garfield Gun Clnb 
to-day. The weather was fine, but quite windy, making tlie shoot- 
ing in the early part of the afternoon quite difficult. 
Dr. Meek T. Eaton and Mrs. Dr. Shaw tied on a score of 21 
in the trophy event, and decided^ to cast lots for the trophy in- 
stead of shooting it off. Mrs. Shaw was the Iticky one m the 
game of chance, and is. consequently credited with winning the 
medal. 
The small attendance in the trophy shoot to-day — only nineteen 
members participating — is accounted for by the July 4 shoot, an all 
day affair, coming in the same week. The scores: 
No. 4.— Team shoot, 15 targets: 
Richards' Team. Graham's Tegnj., 
Richards 11 Graham 
Dr Meek 11 ~ ' 
Northcott 13 
Young 7 
Cornelson 12 
T Wolff 10 
Brabrook 10 
Kehl S Ford .,..„,.„„. .10 
— i2 
— 9 
— 8 
—17 ■ 
-21 
—17 
—17 
-18 
—11 ' 
—20.: 
—16 
—21 
-14 I 
— IG ^ 
Dr Shaw ,.,.13 
Mrs Shaw ,.11 
Dr Rovce ...12 
I-Ieilman ..lO 
D Eaton 0 
Workman 6 
Dr Graves 5—87 F Smith.. 6— SS^ 
Trophy shoot: 
Workman llOOllIlOllllOlHlOimOl— 19 
Northcott ; , .1001110111110010111111111—19 
Kehl 0010111001100110000110010—11 
Dr Meek llllllllllOllllllOlluOlll- 
Cornelson ..i.tii. , 0101110110011101111011111—18 
Ford ....i,..,-. 0100000111110100110101011—131 
L Wolff. Sr.,-.,..^.,..,...,,.. 01100100011000130000101 00— 9 
Young 0101111111110011101001111—18 1 
T Eaton 1111110111111110101111110—21 
Dr Shaw 1101111001110111111000111—18' 
Richards , 1111011111111101111011111—22 
1 Wolff i . . ^; . ; .i , ... . „... .1001111101111111110111110—20 . 
Mrs Shaw .1001111011111111111111011-21 
Hellman ; 1101110001100100011111011—15' 
Brabrook 1011010010100111010001011—13 1 
Dr Royce 1111101111100111110111110—20 
F Smith 0011101001000110011110000—11 
Dr Graves 0000100011000000100001011- 
E S Graham 1110111001101111111111111—21. 
Richards won medal in Class A; Mrs. Shaw won medal in Class 
B; Dr. Royce won medal in Class C. 
Sweepstakes: 
Events: 1 3 5 6 7 
Targets: 15 10 15 10 10 
Workman 5 7 . . . . . . 
Northcott 10 7 9 9 0 
Kehl 3 5 6 6 3 
Dr Meek 11 S 14 . . . . 
Cornelson 7 8 9 . . . . 
Ford ■ S 3 J 6 
L Wolff, Sr 5 
Young 3 17 11 7 7 
D Eaton 7 6 8.. .. 
Dr Shaw 11 10 14 . . . . 
Richards 11 711 7.. 
1 3 
15 10 
7 8 
7 
9 
7 
4 
Evcnis;' 
Targets : 
J Wolft^ 
Mrs Shaw 11 
Hellman 10 
Brabrook 10 
Dr Rovce 10 
Dr Shaw 18 
F Smith 
Dr Graves 
E S Graham £ 
Cohron .. i 
T Eaton .. .. 
Dr. J. W. Meek, 
5 6- 
15 10 101 
11 7 
.. 8 
4 9 7 5' 
.. 4 
Sec'v. 
Garden City Gun Club. 
Watson's Park, 111.,, Jtily S.— F. R. Bissell won the contest, thei 
scores of \*hich follow: 
J Watson, 2 ,,. .010111020020111 — 10( 
Hollister, 1 1201211121011121 —14 
Leflingwell, 0 01.2.112101221112 —13* 
H Levi. 2 12212120212120112—15: 
H Odell, 2 20212212021210121—14 
F R Bissell, 2 • Ill 222112201221 —15 
J H Amberg, 0 211021111001212 —12 
I P Watson, 0........... 202122021222200 — U 
Gill is, 2 ; . ; ; 10001101020212111—11 
M Goldsmith, 1 212210210120020 —10 
*Thurston 2111112111011 11 —IG 
*Visitor. 
Ties on 15: 
Levi 20011122 Goldsmith 0121020 
Bissell 12122202 
Mr. Henry J. Beer, president of the Blue Island Gun Glut, Blue 
Island, 111., informs us that Mr. G. F. Simmons, secretary of the 
Illinois State Sportsmen's Association, has never given his clul 
its half of second prize in the tournament of 1898, though ofteo. 
asked to do so. The club protests against the unsportsmanlike 
treatment, and thinks that the sportsmen of the State of Illinoi; 
should know the facts. Mr. Beer incloses a copy of a letter tc 
Mr. Simmons, under date of May 22, which reviews the case anc 
Mr. Simmons acts in connection therewith, with a deifland for pay 
ment. 
Under date of July 7, Mr. George N". Thomas, of Trenton, N. J. 
writes us: "The Walsrode Gun Club was organized in this eitj 
on above date and the following officers elected: President/ 
Chas. G. Cook; Vice-President, Frank J. Eppuer; Secretary 
George N. Thomas; Treasurer, James I. Woolverton. Board o 
Governors: Wm. B. Weidmann, Edward Titus, Chas. O. Lutes 
Field Captain, Wm. L. Mickel. Committee of Club House anc 
Grounds: George N. Thomas, Jas. I. Woolverton. The objeei 
of the club is to promote the sport of target and live-bird shoot 
ing." 
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