JULY 29, I 
POHEST AMD STREAM. 
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WESTERN TRAPS* 
Montgomery Ward Diamond Badge. 
Chicago, 111., July 21.— The Montgomery Ward diamond badge 
series reached its eleventh event to-day, and brought out fifteen 
entries. The weather was clear and pleasant, a brisk wind blow- 
ing to the right from the score, and the birds ruled fast, though 
of course rather mixed at this season of the year. There were 
seven men who landed in the 15 hole— Boa, Gillespie, Amberg, 
White, Parker, Levi and Hollister. The first string of 5 in the 
tics dropped out Gillespie and Levi, and in the second string 
Parker and Hollister retired, the latter lo.sing a fast twisting 
bird, after killing 21 straight, many of which were very hard and 
stopped in the deep field. This left in the tie Boa, Amberg and 
White, all of whom were shooting steadily and in good form. 
Boa killed 25 straight without needing his handicap bird. Am- 
berg, after losing 2 out of his first 3 birds, had settled down 
and was shooting beautifullyj and White had not yet xnissed at 
all. These three men finished their tliird string together and bid 
fair to go through the next. Boa was shooting a slap-bang style, 
killing most of his birds close to the trap, but on his 4th bird 
in this fourth string he got a high, white tailer which he luider- 
shot, He had at this stage killed 33 birds straight. Boa now 
sat down and Amberg and White each killed his next bird. 
Amberg missed his 5t]r bird, a fast driver, and not to be outdone. 
White also missed his 5th bird, a sliarp right quarterer. This 
let Boa in again, but his previous miss seemed to have shaken 
him, for he missed his next bird also, which circled easily to 
the left. This left in only Anrberg and White, who shot through 
the next string neck and neck. Beginning the next frame of 5, 
the sixth in the ties, Amberg missed his first bird, and it ap- 
peared a gift for White, who had killed his last 8 birds with 
the right barrel. White, however, missed his 4th bird in this 
string and the men had to go into the seventh frame, shooting 
35 birds in the ties. Amberg killed straight and White was so 
imlucky as to lose his last bird, a strong right quarterei". Am- 
berg thus won the diamond badge for the second time in the 
series. Sturtevant and Roll have also won the badge twice each. 
Boa won the high average medal to-day. In the tics on 14 
Leflrngwell and Barto were tied at the end of 12 birds, and 
Barto took the shells. Sturtevant won third alone. The fol- 
lowing are the scores: 
Geo Roll, 30, 0 , 220221010*10122 —10 
E Sturtevant 28, 0 222202222222022 —13 
John Elias, 28, 2 1010*1020022012w 
J S Boa, 28, 2 2222222222^SZZ2Z —15 
T Thompson, 28, 3 000200021200002w 
C S Burkholder, 28, 3,.,.-,. 2021121010200010w 
T M Gillespie, 28, 3.....-.i?.v 111211211U 01221 —15 
J II Amberg, 30, 2 1*021212211112222 -15 
W B Leflingwell, 30, 2 11121011*12211101 —14 
11 vSimonetti, 29, 3 a01220011221202121— 14 
J L White, 30, 2 ,. 221221222211211 —15 
J B Barto, 29, 2 12002222222202122 —14 
C C Parker, 29, 2 211222111212212 —15 
H Levi, 28. 3 01122111122102121 —15 
F H HolHster, 30, 2 221112222221221 —15 
Ties on 15: 
T S Boa .22221222222222222200 
T M Gillespie 22020 
J H Amberg 21222122121111121110211210122112111 
J L White ., 1222122222111112122011111111*121120 
C C Pai-ker....;. 22122120 
H Levi 11020 
.F I-I Hollister 1212110 
Club Team Race Abandoned. 
The team race between Audubon and Garden City clubs, of 
this city, has been abandoned, as the respective managements 
could not agree upon the personnel of the teams. 
Wilcox Wins Attdobon Troptiy, 
In the Audubon Club shoot at Watson's last Wednesday, W. V. 
Mnssey killed 20 straignt and C. S. Wilcox tied him,' though 
needing one of his handicap birds. They shot oflE at 20 birds, 
Mussey killing 15 and Wilcox 18, thus winning the trophy for the 
contest. 
There was a good attendance at the Audubon shoot, and the 
birds were good for the most part, though a trifle mixed. There 
was a little accident at this meeting which might have been more 
serious. Mr. Charles Morris, after his invariable custom, snapped 
the barrels of his gun sharply together when closing it prepara- 
tory to shooting. Pie had his left hand far out on the barrel and 
his right hand on the stock, the gun being held at an angle in 
front of him. Both barrels were discharged, the gun flying from 
the shooter's liands and breaking the stock short oft. Mr. Morris 
cially in these days of nitro primers. It is quite as well always to 
was seriously frightened, but not injured, which is a very for- 
tiuiate event. Shooters cannot use too much caution, more espe- 
cially in these days of nitro primers. It is quite as well always 
to close the gun carefully, and certainly this little accident alone 
ought to show how imperative is the rule that a gun, empty or 
loaded, should never be pointed toward a human being. 
By the way, it was just the other day that Col. Felton . was 
telling me of the recent accidental discharge of a gun which killed 
one man and seriously hurt two others. We were talking at that 
time of the carelessness of trap-shooters, and Col. Felton spoke 
very critically of those numerous pictures of groups of trap-shoot- 
ers, any one of which will show half a dozen men standing with 
their hands resting across the muzzles of their guns. This is a. 
bad position for a shooter to take at any time. It is the empty 
guns that go off. 
Milwaukee Club Wins. 
Michael White and Edward May constituted the team repre- 
senting the Milwaukee Gun Club in the contest last Monday at 
Diamond's track, Ravenswood, with a Chicago team representing 
the Sheridan Gun Club, the latter team being composed of J. E. 
Flannigan and W. C. Biedenweg. The race was at 50 birds per 
man, and the Milwaukee team won — 83 to 79— the following being 
the scores: 
Milwaukee Team. 
Michael White 0111211102102222122022122—21 
1211211222022222102222212—23 
Edward May 2111102221001022112220101—19 ^ 
1120112122200211200122122—20—83 
Sheridan Team. 
T E Flannigan .1111100211212112121102002—20 
1101120102111021002210212—18 
W C Biedenweg.. 2101222121212210112110222—22 
1212001220212102220011122—19—79 
Bass Lake Shoot. 
Bass Lake Gun Club will hold its annual tournament at Bass 
Lake, Ind., Thursday, Jtdy_ 27. Bluerocks, Sergeant system. This 
is a great trap-shooting point this summer, as the good bass fish- 
ing brings together a number who like the gun as well as the rod. 
They are Pleased. 
The Rowley Pad Co., of Cleveland, O., after advertising the 
Rowley Cheek Pad for a month in the Forest and Stream, 
write that they are selling a number of the pads and are much 
pleased with the Forest and Stream. This article is so useful 
that it commends itself naturally to the trap-shooters, all of whom 
read and believe in this paper. 
Dick Merrill Not Shooting. 
Last spring, while in the East, Dick Merrill, of Milwaukee, was 
injured by a fall from a shed roof, which precipitated him and 
others to the ground with considerable violence. He sustained an 
injury to the right side of the head which kept him in hospital 
for a couple of weeks. I regret to say that he has not yet fully 
recovered and is troubled with partial deafness on the right side 
of his head. His doctor says that he will recover from the deaf- 
ness in time, but forbids his using the shotgun for some time. 
This must be much of a hardship to so ardent a shv^ote"- 
E. Hough. 
480 Caxtgjj guiLDiwei, Chicago, III. 
Garfield Gun Club. 
CHtcAGO, July 22. — ^The weather was hot and windy, especially in 
the early part of .the afternoon. The scores are not up to our 
general average. Class A medal was won by. Dr, Qhsiy{ on a score 
of only 21. Class B medal was won by A. Hellman on a score of 
20. Class C medal was won by Cornelson on a score of 19. 
Events: 1 2 4 5 6 7 Events: 1 2 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 15 10 15 10 10 Targets: 15 10 15 10 10 
Pollard 3 6 3 3 . . . . Dr Shaw 13 8 13 9 . ■ - . 
Workman 9 7 8 4.. .. Mrs Shaw .... 7 
Dr Meek 14 7 10 6 .. .. Dr Mathews 6 .. 6 .. .. 
Richards 11 9 13 8 5 .. Barnard 6 
Kehl 8 2 6 4 4 5 Whelman ..... 2 
Northcott 11 9 11 7 3 7 Brabrook ^. 6 11 
Young 9 5 9 8 4 7 Dr Graves .... .... 8 7 2 6 
Ford 12 8 13 Cornelson 9 
Von Lengerke. 13 7 14 10 .. ., Dr Royce 3 .. .. 
Hicks 12 7 F Smith 8 8 2 .. 
Smedes 11 7 10 6 8 6 Dr O'Byrne 4 ..... . 
McClellan 12 7 North 11 
L Wolff 9 5 Barnard 9 
Hellman 7 4 11 8 G ., 
Trophy shoot: ' 
Pollard .0111001111001000110000001-11 
Workman OOOlOlllOlOllllinillllll— 19 
T)r Meek IIIIIIIUOIOIHIHOIOIOOI— 19 
]4i chard s 11 0110100101 1 11 11111 0000 1 —16 
Kehl lOHlOlOOOlOlll 1 0 1 1 1 1 U 1 1—18 
Northcott 11010010111110011111 11101— 18 
Young 100 11110110000111111 1 1 101—17 
Ford 0101111110111111100100101—17 
Von Lengerke 1010001101111101111110111—18 
Hicks 1111111110011101110111101—20 
Smedes 0011000110110111111000101—14 
L Wolfl-, Sr ■.0111001001010101001011001—12 
Hellman 1101011111001111101111111—20 
Dr Shaw .1110110110101111111111111—21 
Mrs Shaw 0000101010100101000001001—8 
Brabrook 1100100011100110111100010—13 
Dr Mathews .... .,1. 111000111101 10101 1 1 111011— 18 
Barnard i .. 000111 1101 1 01 1 1 001 01 1 1 01 0-15 
Dr Graves ...^t:..:.:.:.^'. OOIOOOIOOOOIOIOOIIOOOIIIO— 9 
Cornelson L 0101111011101111111110111—19 
Dr Royce i;;.-;;- 0010101101011011100010000—11 
F Smith 0000101011000000101110011—10 
Dr O'Byrne 1000000100001000001011101— 8 
Dr. J. W. Meek, Sec'y. 
Eureka Gun Club. 
Chicago, July 22. — The scores made at the club shoot to-day were 
as follows: 
Trophy event: 
R B Mack 1001111011000111111101101—17 
I G Loveii.. imfwoioiioioniioioiioi— 16 
W W Sprague... 0000000110111010010011010—10 
C H Ford .1111101101001110100111001—16 
Mrs Carson 0110001101010111111100101—15 
O J Buck 1101010111111111001111111—20 
Dr Morton 0111110011110010111011111—18 
V L Cunnyngham 1111011110111111111101111—22 
A C lioroff ..0100110110101101010101000—13 
V L Cunnyngham 0111111111 
Sweepstake events: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 25 15 25 25 Targets: 25 15 25 25 
R B Mack 16 .. 16 12 A S Moore 8 12 9 
J G Lovell 17 4 13 16 Dr Carson 11 .. 15 
VV W Sprague 8 EH Ford 16 .. 
C H Ford 12 10 .. 14 O J Buck 21 10 
Mrs Carson 9 .. 17 14 Brown 5 .. 
Dr Morton 9 17 11 AC BorofI 14 .. 
Cast Iron Medal. 
Kent, O., July 21.— Herewith are scores of the Heikes-Elliott 
match. The birds were a very ordinary lot. Only a few were 
good ones. About 1,000 people were on the grounds. Very hot 
weather prevailed. Heikes used a Remington gun, 3%drs. of 
Schultze, II40Z. of No. 7 in both barrels, U. M. C. shells. Elliott 
used a Winchester, 45grs. Hazard, l%oz. of No. 7 in Leader shell. 
Referee, C. A. Yotmg, Springfield, O. ; trap-puller, Wm. Lee, 
Kent, O. C. A. Yoimg sent telegraph challenging for cast iron 
medal : 
Trap score type— Copyright, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 
4242152552115115255481421 
JAR Elliott. ..2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 212111111211022 2-24 
8285444545 242 18548225S511 
^<^^/^ N.\/^/<-t.^r»N/^->-ltHHw'lN+>N 
111111222 2 12211112112 2 22 1—25 
Fctd V. Van Dyke. 
551554342 1412535148121651 
T/ -♦^^.H 1 1 \ ^ N k'^^ 1^ / \ ^' N \ \ 
1222211 2 02 2 221212112*221 2- 
-23 
R O Heikes. 
S22222214883844 2 282421122 
22 1 2 1 22 1 2211111 *2211 0 211 2—23—95 
4522423481825521482828248 
..2 222 2 21222 22 222211221*22 2—24 
218 11346142 12324114444426 
1 2 3*021 2 1222102 2 222 2 2222 2—22 
3555223525555444341214813 
\ H/» \\ ki'\ n;^ \ wr-»Si/->-» t N/ -I. ^1 1^ 
2 1 1 2 2 2 2 * 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2.2 » 2 2 1 2 2—24 
51222152855441852 13118241 
022 2 2 22221211222122 2 2 2 2 2 2—24—94 
Cincinnati Gun Club. 
Cincinnati, July 20. — The scores for the monthly shoot for the 
Powell and Clements medals. A, B, C and D classes, follow: 
Winners: Trimble, Class A; Foucas, Class B; Wanda, Class C; 
Kineon, Class D. Class A, 90 per cent, and over; Class B, 90 to 
80 per cent.; Class C, SO to 70 per cent.; Class D, 70 to 60 per cent. 
Class A. 
Maynard 1110011111010011111111011—19 
0010111111111110101110011—18—37 
Goodman 1010111111111101111111111—22 
1111111101100001111011111—19—41 
Squier 1111111101111111101111111—23 ' 
1111111110100101011111111—20—43 
Ahlers 1011011111111111111111111—23 
1111100111111111111011110—21—44 
Trimble , 1111111111111111111111111—25 
0111111111111111010111111—22—47 
Gambell 1111111111111111101111111—24 
1111111111110111011011101—21—45 
Class B. 
Clements OlOOOllOlimillOlllOlUl— 1 8 
0111111111111001111101101—20—38 
Waddell 1111011111110111111101101-21 
1111111111001001011111111—20-41 
Foucas 0111011111111111111111101—22 
1011011 11 1111110111111110-21-43 
Class C. 
Wanda 1001011010100110001001000-10 
1011010011011110000111011—15—25 
Class D 
Kineon 0010111111101111001011011—17 
0000111011111010010110010-13-30 
Tuttle .1100001100011010100110110—12 
llOOOOOOOOOlUlOOOOlOOOOl— 8—20 
The Target Championahip. 
New York, July Editor Forest and' Stream : I have to-day re- 
ceived a letter from Mr. W. R. Crosby, in which he challenges 
Mr. J. A. R. Elliott for the E. C. cup, inclosing $25 as forfeit to 
bind same. 
Mr. Elliott has been notified of Mr. Crosby's challenge, and 
has been asked to name date, place and time for holding the 
match. 
Edward Banks, 
Sec'y Th^ American E. C. & Schultze Gunpowder Co,, Ltd. 
The following circular letter, which explains itself, will be of 
interest to the thousands of friends everywhere of the late Ferd 
V. Van Dyke. It ist as follows: 
In Memoriam. 
FERDINAND V. VAN DYKE. 
Died June 3, 1899. 
Dear Sir: You are doubtless well aware that our mutual frierid 
Ferdinand V. Van Dyke departed this life on Saturday, June 3, 
1899, after a long and painful illness. 
He was for many years a prominent and popular figure at all 
the chief trap-shooting tournaments ftiroughout the country, and 
always made friends wherever he went. 
Jt is now purposed to erect over his grave a monument S^ib- 
scribed for by his friends, as an evidence of the high esteem in 
which he was held by them and those with whom he came in con- 
tact. The consent of his relatives has been obtained, and we now, 
as a committee, ask whether you wish us to place your name on 
the list of subscribers to the Van Dyke Memorial Fund. 
We make no special plea for donations to this fund. Mr. Van 
Dyke's qualities as a man and a friend, in this respect, speak for 
themselves. 
It has been decided that no individual subscription shall exceed 
.$2, and we would ask that all remittances be made either in cash 
or by postal money order, as the New York Clearing House 
charges 10 cents on all out-of-town checks. 
It is also purposed to present to Mrs. Van Dyke, his mother, 
an album, consisting of letters from personal friends of her son, 
containing expressions of their feelings toward him. If you wish 
your letter to be included in the number to be bound _ in the 
album, kindly write on a sheet of paper not longer than lOin., nor 
wider that 8in., using a sheet of paper as nearly that size as pos- 
sible. Also, be sure to leave a good margin on the right-hand 
side of the sheet, so as to allow for the binding of the letter with- 
out cutting out any of the writing. 
Awaiting your early reply, we are, yours truly, Ed Taylor, 
P. O. Box 2308, New York; T. H. Keller, 80 Chambers street. 
New York; John S. Wright, Brooklyn Gun Club, 103 Hart street, 
Brooklyn, N. Y. ; C. R. Wise, Passaic, N. J.; L. H. Schortemcier, 
201 Pearl street. New York; Edward Banks, 318 Broadway, New 
York, committee. 
■ P. S.^ — In making remittances by mail make the money order 
payable to any individual member of the committee, inclosing 
stamped envelope for acknowledgment of the same. 
Auburn Gun Club. 
Auburn, Me., July 22.— Twenty-two shooters turned out to tlie 
Auburn Gun Club's weekly shoot on Saturday, July 22. 
The wind blew a gale, making the shooting very difficult. Ash- 
ley won the gold badge on the shoot-off, six men being tied for 
it, with the handicaps. 
The match for the Conner-Barker challenge cup was shot off 
Saturday, the contestants being Conner and Barker vs. Ilunije- 
well and Ashley, Hunnewell and Ashley winning it by 15 birds. 
The State tournament will be held on the grounds of the. Auburn 
Gun Club, Auburn, Me., Aug. 30 and 31.. 
There will be one or two events each day; also high g^un. money, 
open to out-of-State shooters. 
Inclosed are the scores for the afternoon : 
Team match for cup: 
Regular. Reverse. Unknown. 
Conner OUlllOlOO 1011011011 1101011111—21 
Barker 1111011111 0110111101 0010111001—21—42 
Hunnewell llllllllU 1111111111 0111111111—29 
Ashley • 0111011111 liumui 1111111111—28—57 
Events: 12345678 
Targets: 10 25 10 10 25 10 15 15 
White 7 15 6 5 21 9 13 
Barker 9 21 7 5.. 3 9 ., 
Conner 6 22 7 8 18 8 IS .. 
Ashley 8 24 10 10 20 8 13 .. 
Emerton 7 17 3 
7 13 
Hunnewell 10 22 10 9 21 .. 15 .. 
Collins 8 19 6 8 17 7 15 11 
Cobb 9 24 7 9 21 .. 14 .. 
Jones 7 16 6 6 .. .. 11 .. 
Alden 6 10 4 5 
Bickford 8 17 .. 8 19 .. 11 .. 
Norton , 9 19 .. ..19 
Tukey 10 24 .. 6 23 . . 11 .. 
Libby 6 11 .. 6 16 7 7 .. 
Fletcher 6 15 .. .. 20 7 13 .. 
Dr Cushman 8 21 .5 12 .. 
Noble S 21 .. 
Robinson 3 19 .. 
Snow 4 14 .. 6 .. 4 .. 
Francis 15 7 .. .. 
Cole 8 
Ililliman 12 .. .. 
L. A. Baekkr, Sec'y. 
Minneapolis Gun Club, 
Minneapolis, Minn. — The attendance at the weekly .shoot of the 
Minneapolis Gun Club, Thursday, July 20, was not as large as 
usual, owing to the absence of several members who were attend- 
ing the first annual tournament of the Sauk Centre Gun Club. 
The report of the shoot was delayed until to-day by the absence of 
the proper officer. The scores in the different events, as will be 
seen in the following, were very good. The returning members 
all speak in the highest terms of praise regarding the management 
of the Sauk Centre club and the citizens in general, who did 
their utmost to make the affair enjoyable during the entire shoot. 
On the evening of the first day the guests were entertained by 
drives through the beautiful little city until dark, when they were 
taken to the public park and given a band concert and served with 
refreshments by Mine Host Paris, of the Sauk Centre House. 
The evening of the second day was spent in a drive around the 
beautiful Bunker Lake, and closed with a reception given by Dr. 
and Mrs. Lewis at their residence on Third street. The third 
day the shooters were entertained by the citizens in general at 
Fairy Lakes in the form of a picnic, at which nothing was omitted 
that could be done to make a most enjoyable outing. 
Event No. 1. — Val Blatz diamond badge, 15 targets, unknown 
angles: Parker 13, McKay 15, Gilfillan 9, Stone 12, Morrison 13, 
McNider 10, Jones 15, Remington 13, Hays 12. 
McKay 3, Jones 1, Morrison 1, Remington 1. McKay won badge 
in the shoot-off, 
Paegel challenge badge, 25 targets: Parker 24, McKay 18, Gil- 
fillan 18, Stone 20, Morrison 20, Jones 23, Remington 19," Hays 16, 
Dr. Bill 16, McNider 9. 
Parker won badge. 
Schlitz diamond badge 25 targets: Parker 19, McKay 21, Gilfillan 
17, Stone 13, Morrison 19, Jones 22, Remington 13, Hays 17, Dr. 
Bill 12. 
Jones won badge. 
Club diamond badges, 10 single, 5 pairs: Parker 17, McKay 14, 
Gilfillan 12, Stone 14, Morrison 16, Jones 14, Remington 11, Dr, 
Bill 12, McNider 13. 
Parker won senior; Morrison won amateur. " 
Soo Gun Club. 
Sioux City, la., July 21.— Here are the scores made by a few 
members of the Soo Gun Club at the fifth and sixth of the series 
of shoots being held for the Scliuetzen trophy and other prizes. 
Each event is at 30 targets, thrown from a magautrap, dead bird 
handicap allowed, as shown in parenthesis. Scores: 
Postponed shoot of July 13. Trophy shoot No. 5: 
Milchrist (19) 011001001001100111001100011100—30 
Duncan 111101111101111111111111111111—28 
Chapman 111111000111101111001110111110—22 
Hunter 111010111111111111111101111111—27 
Hab erg (2) 111010011101101111111001011101—23 
Leach 111111111111111111101111111111-29 
Boyd 111101111111111110111111111111—28 
Gray 111101111101111111101111110011—25 
Meyer 110100011111100001011000011001—15 
Geiser (1) 000111111100111111111110101111—24 
Trophy shoot No. 6: 
Milchrist (11) 001001110110101111001111101100—29 
Duncan 11111101101001110111111 HI] 010— 23 
Gray 1111111100,01111101111111110101—24 
Chapman (3) .011110110000000101011011011111—20 
Geiser ('2) .0111111100001110111111(10001111—22 
M eyer (10) , 101100001 11 1 1 011010001 1 1000011—26 
." „ - Wanecha. 
