120 
[Aug. s, 1899- 
Events: 1 2 
Coffee 9 4 
Hunt 6 5 
Fort Smith Gt^n Clab 
Fort Smith, Ark., July 23. — ^The practice shoot of the Fort 
Smith Gun Club which should have come off on Thursday was 
postponed on account of rain, and Saturday found only five 
members facing the traps. The grounds were not yet dry, and 
the trap boys had very uncomfortable quarters; but after the 
trap house was baled out things went on about_ as usual. The 
day was awfully hot and the birds somewhat erratic. 
Coffee was the only man in Class B present to contest for the 
medal. He remarked: "I knew there were no Class B men coming 
out to-day, so I thought I would come out and win the medal," 
which caused a laugh. 
The conditions governing the contest for the medals were changed 
from 50 birds to the man to 25 birds, it being the opinion of the 
club that it would give the weaker shots a better show. 
After the medal race two sweeps, one of 15 and one of 10 birds, 
were shot. Hunt was badly off in his shooting, and is beginning 
to believe that there are ups and downs in the shooting game. 
Regular practice shoot next Thursday evening at 4:80. 
Medal Race— Class A. 
Leach lllllllllimiOlllUlllll— 24 
Matthews 1011111110111111111111110—22 
Hunt lOlOOlOllllOUOllOOOOOlOO-12 
Leach won Class A medal, and Coffee Class B. 
Class B. 
Coffee 1000111010111010011000111—14 
Merriman OOOUOOOlOlOllllOlOOOOUl— 12 
Sweeps: 
Events : 1 2 
Leach 11 10 
Merriman 10 7 
Matthews .....14 5 
July 28.— The regular weekly shoot of the Fort Smith Gun 
Club took place at the club grounds Thursday evening. The at- 
tendance was fair, considering the hot weather, though quite a 
number of shooters are out of town on business and otherwise. 
Matthews' shooting was the feature of the day, he winning Class 
A Gaidner Jewelry Co. medal on 25 straight, and then running 
23 more straight in the team race, making 47 straight, and finished 
up the day with 49 out of 50, and with no effort whatever. 
Coffee won Class B medal for the second time, though, unlike 
the la.st week's shoot, he had competition, and Judge Oglesby 
was the runner-up. The Judge was heard to remark as he missed 
his last 3 straight something about the weather being warm. If 
the Judge had broken 2 out of that last 3 he would be now the 
proud possessor of Class B medal instead of having Frank Coffee 
strutting around a two-time winner and telling Bob Hunt that if 
"he will just watch and hold his gun like he does he can wear 
medals too," to which Bob replies, "Just you wait, young fellow; 
I'll catch you some day when I'm feeling pretty gay, and I'll 
make vou look like 30 cents." 
The team race was a walkover for Matthews' team, they winning 
in easy fashion by a score of 72 to 64. 
The programme for the ninth annual Arkansas State Sportsmen's 
Association tournament, which is to be held at Little Rock, on 
Aug. 15-17, will be out in a few days, and will be distributed 
to the members of the Fort Smith Gun Club by the secretary. 
In this tournament $375 will be added to the purses, and targets 
will be thrown for 2 cents each. Purses divided Rose system. 
There will also be team races and the race for the individual 
championship medal, now held by Mr. Joe Matthews, of Fort 
Smith. It is to be hoped that a team representing Fort Smith 
will be in attendance. We have the material, if they will only get 
toegther and work. 
Following are the scores: 
Medal Race— Class A. 
Matthews 1111111111111111111111111—25 
Baptiste- ...... 1011100111011111111111111—21 
Hartwell 1111100011111111101101010—18 
Leach 1001010111011110111111100—17 
Class R. 
Coffee 001110111011110111011111—19 
O gl esb v ■ • 1111110111110100111111000—18 
O'Keiffe . . . ...M......-..*... ..0111011001111011111000111-17 
Hunt i .... i> i . . i - . . . . . .0111011000110111101010111—16 
Team Race — Leach's Side. 
Leach IIOOIUIIIIOOIOUIOUIOU— IS 
Baptiste 0010110111111101111111111—20 
Coffee . .' .........1010011010011111000011110—14 
O'Keiffe 1100011000110101101000011—12—64 
Matthews' Side. 
Matthews • • .1111111111111111111111011—24 
Hartwell a^.; lOOUlllOlOOllllllOOlOOll— 16 
Oelesbv 1100110011110111111010111—18 
Hunt : 0011001011101100101101011—14—72 
Seceetary. 
Arkansas and the South. 
St. Louis Doings— The Basch Medal. 
St. Louis, July 22. — The initial contest for the magnificent Busch 
challenge medal took place at Dupont Park to-day, and brought 
out the goodly number of twenty contestants, which represented 
the very acme of St. Louis shooting talent. In consequence, it 
was not very surprising that this race should have developed a 
most spirited contest, as three of the principals killed 25 straight. 
The shooting of Griesedick, the ultimate winner, was especially 
noteworthy, as his last 30 birds were shot from the 33yd. mark. 
The contest took place under what is known as the Riley handi- 
cap, which compels the contestant who scores straight to go back 
1yd. after each bar of 5. Thus Griesedick started in at 29 yds_. and 
had gone back 4yds. by the time he shot his final 5 in the original 
contest. The shoot-off took place from the mark reached by those 
in the tie, and for this reason the winner's score of 49 out of 50 
ranks among the very best performance on the local grounds. 
ICling and Conrades both shot very well, but could not keep stride 
with Griesedick, and were rather easily disposed of in the shoot-off. 
"The conditions of the race are 25 pigeons, handicap rise, winner 
subject to challenge every fourteen days, and is allowed that 
length of time to accept and name date for contest. Anyone r-. 
siding in St. Louis county can challenge for the trophy, and must 
send his challenge, accompanied with bird money, to Mr. P. >1. 
Kling, who is chairman of the trustees, the others composing this 
board being E. A. Peck and Chas. McL. Clark. These were ap- 
pointed by Mr. A. A, Busch and will hold office for one year or 
till their successors may be elected. In order to become the prop- 
erty of anyone the medal must be won six times. The future 
contests will be individual affairs. 
This trophy bids fair to accomplish more to maintain the shoot- 
ing interest of St. Louis than anything of that nature subinifpd 
to the sportsmen of the Mound City, The scores: 
Griesedick, 29 2211122212212222221122222—25 
Kling, 29 2212122111212222122111212—25 
H Conrades, Jr, 28 1211121212222211222221112- -25 
Corray, 28 .2220221222222122121112111 -31 
Heilegenstein, 28 2211212210121122222322222- 2t 
Hamilton, 26 2222212112*21222121222112—24 
Prendergast, 29 , 2222202222022222222222722— £3 
Peck, 28 2221211211212111110 1 12120—23 
Dr Smith, 29 121110222*112212221221122—23 
Reichardt, 28 1212222221221210120211212—23 
Louis, 27 .111011222111222322211220— 23 
Chase, 29 22222222222222.W2P2()222 -i2 
Herold, 26 2122*1112-2222222012222*3—21 
Lungstras, 26 12211222112201021020w —16 
Mallinkrodt, 26 2*1210 12212*12220 —IS 
Selzer, 28 ■. 121-'.2221222120.>'= —13 
Dr Burnett, 26 1221022200211101 --12 
Arnold, 26 .210022211122220 —n 
Men-v, 26 1111200'21*2' —8 
Meyers, 26 22202010210 — 7 
Shout-off; 
Griesedick 1221101111.211112111111112 -24 
Kling- 122*1111221110 —12 
Conrades 10210 — 3 
Gilbert-KIein-Btidd. 
Spirit Lake, Ia„ July 24. — Charley Budd is up here on a visit, a 
guest of Fred Gilbert. The latter, in company with that litde 
brother-in-law of his, Russell Klein, endeavored to show Budd a 
nice time and invited him over to look at the Klein farm. While 
there he proposed that they have a little shooting match. This 
appeared to be to Charley's liking, and each proceeded to shoot 
at 100 targets, which resulted in Gilbert breaking 98, Klein 94 and 
Budd 93. Gilbert missed his 17th and 27th and then finished with 
an unbroken run oi 73. Klein made one run of 50, from his 38th 
to the 88th. Charley Budd got off wrong, as he lost 5 out of his 
first 25, but only dropped 2 thereafter, while his best run was 39. 
Charley Budd is accompanied by his wife and will spend several 
weeks in the vicinity of Spirit Lake camping out. The scores: 
Gilbert 11111111111111110111111111011111111111111111111111—48 
11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111—50—98 
Klein 11111011111111111110111111111111011110111111111111-^6 
11111111111111111111111111111111111111010111111111-48—94 
Budd lllOllOllOmillllllOOlllllllUlllUllimilllllll— 45 
11011111111111111111111111111111111111111101111111—48—93 
Capital Gun Club. 
On Thur.sday, July 20, a rainstorm prevented the local club 
from holding its regular weekly medal shoot, but this contest was 
lickl oil the following day, which somewhat cut down the attend- 
ance. Some who had made preparations to be present on the pre- 
vious day were detained by business, so that but nine materialized 
for the contest. The conditions were favorable to good shooting, 
but the iriiaginary straight that the contesants conceived prior to 
tlie race failed to materialize, with a single exception. Thibault 
started off by breaking his first 25 .straight, but ten of these were in 
a preliminary sweep, so that in the main event he had to be con- 
tent with 42, a total Just sufficient to tie with Fletcher, and the 
latter won out in the shoot-off, though it is possible that the old 
man did not extend himself, as Fletcher has long been a protege of 
his. Dickinson was very largely in the race during the first half 
of it, but with this exception none of the others cut any figure. 
Fletcher, 1. . .11111111011011001111111110111110101101011110101011—38 
1111 — 4—42 
Thibault 11111111111111111011101101111111111111001110110110^2-42 
Dickinson, 1 . 11101111111110111111011110111101101101010111100110— 38 
0 - — 0—38 
Duley, 4 000001.00111111110110111010001011110111101111111111—34 
1101 — 3—37 
Hamilton, 6 . . lOlOllOOU 1010111011101111100100111111110100011110—33 
010111 — 4—37 
Morrison, . 15.01010010100111010101011101101010100100110000010101—24 
"■^ 100111101111111 —12—36 
VN'ing, 1.5 01001001111001000110111110011111101011001001110100—28 
100000010111111 — 8—36 
Litzke, 8 11000100110111110100011000111111101111111001101100—31—31 
Levmer, 10. . .01110011100101000000001010110010010101011101000100—21 
,. ■ 0011100101 — 5—26 
July 27. — The extreme heat was the only handicap that the shodt- 
ors had to contend with to-day, as aside from this the conditions 
were all that could be desired when one is anxious to make a good 
showing. There was not a breath of air stirring, and the traps 
threw a very even and regular target; but notwithstanding this 
there were no very large .scores made. Pemberton won the medal 
on 45 out of 52, and really did the best shooting of the day, as 
he afterwards scored 24 out of 25, and also killed 20 out of 23 
pigeons. Dickinson is gradually getting back to form, as he actu- 
ally tied Pemberton, but his handicap was one less, and this is 
what probably cost him the medal. Bragg, one of the unknown 
quantities, showed up very strong, and with his handicap of 10 
stood an excelent chance to win, while Thibault and Fletcher also 
were factors in the race. Henceforth better scores may be looked 
for, as most of the hoys are going into training for the State shoot. 
Pemberton, 2,11110110111111011001111111111111111111111110101111—43 
11 ~ — 2—45 
Dickinson, - 1 .11111111001101111111111111011001101111111110111111— 43 
1 — 1—44 
Bragg, 10.. ..11111010101101011111101110111111011110111001110100— 36 
1111100101 — 7—43 
Thibault, 1 . . . 11111011110011111111111110100111101110111111111001—41 
I — 1—42 
Fletcher, 2. . .11111110111100110101111111010110111111110111110111—40 
II — 2—42 
Duley, 3 1011111001111111111001010001111101 1111 111111101101—38 
110 — 2—40 
Wing,, 15 11101011001011011010101100001110110111100100000111—28 
111110111110001 —11—39 
Morrison. 15.01111000100001111100100010110001101070100111000101—24 
111011001100111 —10—34 
Peay, 6 01101111111100010100110110000010110010111011100101—28 
010111 — 4—32 
Leymer, 15. . .00110101101111111110000100111110010000000100000000—22—22 
Hennegin, 17.00100101000011000010001101100100001011000101101010—19—19 
Peay-FIetcfaef. 
These two engaged in a 25-live-bird race prior to the medal 
shoot, and this resulted in a win for Fletcher by a score of 16 to 
14. Both showed absolutely no form whatever, as under the ex- 
isting conditions the score should have been much better. The 
birds were a fair lot, but there was no wind to aid them, so that 
the shooters had only to pit themselves against the birds' own 
resources. The scores: 
Trap score type — Copyright, i8gg, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 
4281 1,6 155124544151444412 1 
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Pea^y 1 *0 0 1*222i'22222000220020 2-14 
165432812 5 521115251151345 
Fletcher * la 0221011 2 0211222220102 0—16 
A ten-men team race on July 22 between the Washington Park 
and Kansas City clubs, both of Kansas City, resulted in a win for 
the former by a score of 83 to 76. Each contestant shot at 10 
pigeons. The birds were poor and the shooting equally so. 
Paul R. Litzke. 
Cincinnati Gun Club. 
Cincinnati, O., July 22. — ^The scores in the contest for the 
diamond medal are given below. Squires won it this time. The 
.standing of^ winners to date is as follows. Trimble and Squires 
have won it twice; Maynard, Kirsch and Waddell, once each. 
Squires got in on the tie by making a straight score on the first 
shoot this month. 
There are two shoots: the first Thursday after the first Friday, 
and the fourth Saturday. 
Handicap. 50 targets: 
Gambell, 4 . ' lllOlllllllllllllllllllllllUlllllllllllllllUOlOl— 47 
S quier. 3 11111111110100100111111111011101111111011101111111—41 
Maynard, 5 01111011111110111111111111110011110111111101101111—42 
Trimble, 3 11111111111111111011111111101111111111111111111111—48 
A li 1 ers 5 11111111011111111111111110100110111111011111111110—43 
Haworth , 5 1 0011011001101011101011011110011111111111101101100— 34 
Jay Bee, 8 01101101111101111111011111001101111111010110101011—37 
.Sullivan, 10.. 10101011101001110110010000111011011100000000010001—23 
Wanda, 12 11100001110011001010000000110001111111110010100111—26 
Nye, 5 JllOlUllOOllllllllllOlOllllllllOOOlOllOOllOOOlOOO— 33 
Ties: 
Gambell, 2 lllllllllllllllOlOlUilll— 23 
Squier, 1. 1111111110111111111111111—24 
Trimble, 1 .lUlllllllllOlimillllll- 24 
Ties: 
Gambell, 2. 1101111110111111111111110—22 
Squier, 1 1 1111111101111111111111011—23 
Trimble, 1 1011111111111110111101111—22 
Ties: 
Gambell, 2 .UOlllllllllllOOlllOOUOl— 19 
Squi er, 1 .1111111011111001111111111—22 
PawHng Rod and Gun Club. 
July 29. — The shooters who participated in the tournament of 
the Pawling Rod and Gun Club to-day had a iileasant time in 
every particular. The number was not so large as was expected, 
but the shoot was a success nevertheless. There were present 
Messrs. A. Betti, R. W. Gorham and A. Brian, of Mt. Kisco, 
N. Y. ; Messrs. Horatio Nelson and Frank Fry, Dover Plains, 
N. Y.; I. H. Tallman, J. G. Dutcher, Edward Banks and B. 
Waters. The shooting progressed at a lively rate. Two extras 
were shot before the regular programme began, and several 
extras at doubles were shot after it was finished. The club en- 
tertained the visitors very pleasantly. A palatable lunch was 
served free. 
There were fifteen events on the programme, with a total of 220 
targets, and a total entrance of $22. No. 7 was a handicap event, 
.$2 entrance, for a gun case. This resulted in a tie between Messrs. 
Nelson and Betti, which when shot off resulted in a victory for 
the former. Immediately thereafter Mr. Nelson informed the 
shooters present that he would put up the gun case for competi- 
tion after the program.me was shot through, the proceeds to be 
devoted to the van Dyke memorial fund. The entrance was 
fixed at $1, and the club donated also the targets free. After 
this event was concluded Mr. Nelson handed $10 to Mr. Banks, 
this sum being the proceeds of this event. This generous action 
greatly pleased the shooters present and evoked high praise from 
them. This is an example which clubs everywhere could follow 
with but little expense or trouble to themselves, yet in the ag- 
gregate to the great increase of the fund, the purposes of which were 
set forth fully in last week's issue of Forest and Stream. 
Many were the expressions of tender regard for Ferd V. Van { 
Dyke and profound regret at his death, uttered at this meeting. 
Event No. 11, a handicap for the silver cup, was won by Mr. 
Betti. 
The handicap for the cash prize, $5, was won by Mr. Tallman. 
Messrs. Banks and Tallman were the scratch men, all the others 
having a handicap. 
No. 16 was the Van Dyke memorial event, and resulted in a 
tie between Fry, Gorham and Jones, which was shot off at 10 
targets, Fry winning on a good score. 
The weather was charmingly pleasant, but the stiff 2 o'clock wind 
frolicked with the targets in a way which resulted in many goose 
eggs in the scores of the slower shots. The targets are thrown 
out over a down-hill slope, and the wind, blowing stiffly up the 
hill diagonally, made all kinds of atmospheric swirls and cur- 
rents, which the targets merrily responded to. 
Class shooting was advertised, but in deference to the shooters 
the Rose .system governed the division of the moneys. The 
cashier's department was most ably conducted. It was in charge 
of the treasurer of the club, Mr. Geo. Daniels, assisted in the 
forenoon by Mr. G. S. Williams, the club secretary, and in the 
afternoon by Mr, Geo, Holmes. Mr. Morton Haines acted aS 
referee; Mr. Fred Chapman, scorer, /and Mr. Plarry Burr, puller. 
All were thoroughly efficient. Mr. F. C. Taber, the president of the 
club; Mr. Horatio Nelson, the captain, and Mr. J. G. Dutcher, of 
the committee, participated actively and looked after the manage- 
ment besides. 
Events: 
Targets ; 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
10 10 15 10 15 10 20 
10 15 10 12 
9 13 8 11 
8 13 
8 11 
8 
6 12 
8 10 
9 6 
8 16 
8 16 
9 19 
7 18 
6 . 
6 9 10 11 17 20 10 9 
Banks 9 
Tallman 9 
Dutcher 8 
Waters 10 
Fry 6 
Nelson 10 
Bryan 10 7 
Betti 12 6 20 
(iorham 10 8 16 
Holmes 17 
Taber .. „ .. .. .. 
Betti won cup. Nelson won gun case, 
prize. 
8 9 10 11 
15 10 15 20 
13 9 13 17 
15 10 10 16 
14 9 11 18 
10 
10 
12 .. 
9 14 
9 14 
8 20 
12 13 
12 13 
10 15 
8 15 
9 13 
7 10 
9 12 
4 .. 
8 12 
14 15 16 
20 25 20 
18 23 16 
19 18 17 
18 20 15 
16 20 14 
16 .. 20 
12 18 12 
7 14 
6 .. 
15 
Tallman 
7 12 
won 
.. 15 
.. 20 
.. 20 
17 14 
cash 
Minneapolis Gun Club. 
MiNNEAPOis, July 27. — The weather was unfavorable for a large 
attendance at the shoot yesterday afternoon, but those who did 
attend suffered but little from the excessive heat, as the score 
was covered with awnings and a strong breeze blew all the after- 
noon. 
The new classification of members will take effect next Thursday, 
and as there will be but four more reglar badge shoots this year 
before the opening of the game season, a large attendance is ex- 
pected from now on. The shooting yesterday was of a high order, 
as the scores that follow will show : 
Val Blatz diamond badge, 15 singles, unknown angles: French 9, 
Parker 12, Dr. Bill 7, Mrs. Johnston 11, Johnston 13, Nelson 13, 
Trapton 7, Stone 12, McKay 13, Cooper 7. 
Shoot off, Nelson 1 hdkp. : Johnston 3, McKay 2, Nelson 4. 
Nelson won badge. 
Schlitz diamond badge, 25 singles, unknown angles: French 18, 
Parker 24, Dr. Bill 13, McKay 18, Johnston 21, Nelson 21, Stone 
18 Mrs. Johnston 20, Trapton 11. Parker won badgc^ 
Paegel challenge badge, 25 singles, unknown angles: French 18, 
Parker 21, Dr. Bill 20, McKay 21, Johnston 22, Nelson 17, Stone 19, 
Mrs. Johnston 21, Trapton 13, Chamberlin 18. Johnston won badge. 
Club badges, 10 singles, unknown angles, 5 pairs; 
French OUlllUOl 
Parker lOOlUllll 
Dr Bill UlOOmOO 
McKay 1110111100 
Johnston lOlOimil 
Nelson lOOUOUU 
Stone 1100010111 
Mrs Johnston 1111111111 
Chamberlin 0001101100 
Cooper , llOlllOOOlw 
Parker won senior badge; Mrs. Johnston won junior badge; 
Chamberlin won amateur badge. 
n 10 00 10 10—13 
10 11 11 11 01—16 
00 11 10 10 11—12 
01 11 00 01 10—12 
10 10 01 11 11—15 
00 00 10 01 01—10 
10 10 10 10 10—11 
10 11 10 10 11—17 
00 11 10 10 10— 9 
Trap at Omaha, 
Omah.^, Neb., July 25. — Herewith are scores made by Mr. Grant 
July 21 on Omaha Gun Club's grounds. He shoots a 32in. barrel 
gun. The scores he makes tells the story. He shoots quickly, 
smashing his targets to dust. To-day the targets were thrown 
harder than usual, and Mr. Grant is to be congratulated upon the 
best shooting done on these grounds this season. On July 22 
he broke 165 out of 170: 
S Grant limillllllOlllUU— 19 
11111111011111111111—19 
11111111111111111111—20 
11111111111111111111—20 
11111111111111111111—20—98 
Doubles: 
Grant 11 11 10 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 —21 
11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 11—23—44 
Cluh shoot : 
Mr Grant 11111111111111111111—20 
Chas Curtis llllllllOllllllimi— 19 
Mr Seaton lOlillllUUllllllll- 19 
Salisbury 11000000000010110110— 7 
Morrill . .• llllUlllOOllOllllll— 17 
B rucker 11111001111111111111—18 
Berlin 11111110011111111111—18 
Watt 00100000110000010110— 6 
Elbourn 10101100100111110101—12 
Sandy 11111111111111111111—20 
L Young 10110110001101110111—13 
Tie for gold watch charm: 
Sandy llUOUlll- 9 Grant Ullllllll- 10 
Air, Grant and Sandy are warm friends. Both are exceedingly 
popular, and were heartily congratulated on their nice work. 
R0BEKT.S. 
No notice taken of anonymonB com muni c atlong. 
Moosehead Lake. — Jacking a moose is not considered a sports- 
manlike proceeding. It is a mode of hunting which is usually for- 
bidden by the la\v^ 
PUBLIStffiRS' DEPARTMENT. 
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Visiting Niagara Falls, Toronto, Thousand Islands, Quebec, 
Montreal, Au Sable Chasm, Lake Champlain and Lake George, 
Saratoga and the Highlands of the Hudson. Leave Philadelphia 
by special train Auf. 12. The tour will be in charge of one of 
the company's experienced tourist agents, and a chaperon, having 
especial charge of unescorted ladies, will also accompany the 
party. 
The rate of $100 from New York, Brooklyn, Newark, Trenton, 
Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Baltimore and Washington covers rail- 
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en route, hotel entertainment, transfer charges and carriage hire. 
For detailed itinerary, tickets, or any additional information, ad- 
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Broad street, Newark, N. J. ; or Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General 
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Hunting Knives. 
The Philbrook hunting knife, which is advertised elsewhere, is 
of excellent model, and the material is honest. The specimens 
we have seen are "taking." The N. W. Philbrook Co. will send 
descriptive circulars. 
