FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Fitchburg Rifle andlGua Cktb. 
FiTCHBURG, Mass., Aug. 24. — Editor forest and Stream: The third 
and last 50-bird match with the Leomi)ister Gun Club was held 
Monday, Aug. 21, on the Fitchburg grounds, and the Leominster 
team won by 24 birds, making it three straight for them. It was 
very plain after the first match that the Leominsters had the 
stronger team. Their manj' years of shooting together enable 
them to pull themselves together to meet most any occasion, while 
the Fitchburg boys, never shooting in a match before, many were 
unable to do their average work. The matches were very much 
enjoyed by both teams, so much so that after the Leominsters 
had got the two out of three all were eager to shoot ofif the third 
match, and rnany regret that that was the last one. 
While the Leominster team beat the three matches with a margin 
of 58 birds, tlie Fitchburg team are able to claim the highest in- 
dividual score for the three, with 125 out of 150 shot at, while the 
licominsters' highest score was 119 out of 150. "And we ought to 
be thankful for that." 
After the m-alch a speciaJ event was shot off at 10 reverse angles, 
Burbank and Stickney, of Leominster, and Cutler and Wilbur, of 
Fitchburg, making the squad. They walked from trap to trap, mak- 
ing dust of the targets for 22 straight. Then Wilbur failed to con- 
nect with the 23d, that being the only one missed out of the 40, a 
thing not often seen on reverse angles. Burbank, not being sat- 
isfied with thai itcord, walked around in the next squad and 
broke 10 more, makiiiLr it 20 straight for hini. Out of 80 birds he 
shot at he broke 74, v mch was considered all right. 
Below I give scoi e= ol the three matches, which some may like 
for reference. 
First match, at Fucuburg, July 19: 
l^eominstcr. 
20 Regular^ 15 Unknown, 15 Reverse. 
Burbank 17 14 12—43 
Stickney 13 11 11—35 
Rice 15 11 9—35 
Wood 16 S 9—33 
Spring ...15 10 12—37 
Powers ., ...;.12 10 13— 35— 21S 
Fitchburg. 
Cutler 19 11 11—41 
Converse 12 9 7—28 
Wilbur 15 10 8—33 
Dix 14 9 10—33 
Gil son 14 « &— 31 
Putnam 13 6 8—27—193 
Second match, at Leominster,- A<ug. 4: 
Leominster. 
20 Regular. 15 Unknown. 15 Reverse. 
Burbank 13 10 8—31 
Rice 18 9 12—39 
Spring 13 14 9—36 
Powers 17 14 9—10 
Wood 18 9 11—38 
Stickney 9 10 6—25—209 
Fitchburg, 
Cutler 19 15 9—43 
Converse 12 12 9—33 
Russell 17 11 9—37 
Wilbur ........ 9 12 11—32 
Dix 13 H 9—30 
Gilson .1........ ...,ia ' 5 8—25—200 
Third match, at Fitchburg, Aug. 21': 
Leominster. 
20 Regular. 15 Unknown. 15 Reverse. 
Burbank 18 14 18—45 
Stickney 15 9 12—36 
Powers 15 11 12—38 
Spring 16 9 9—34 
Wood 13 11 13—37 
Rice 15 11 9—36—226 
Fitchbtug. 
Cutler 18 13 10—41 
Wilbur 12 9 13—34 
Russell 13 U 12—36 
Estabrook 17 9 8—34 
Converse 13 8 11—32 
Hawkins 10 7 8—25—202 
M. A. Cutler, Treas. 
E C Cup Championship. 
At Atlantic City, N. J. Aug. 23, the contest for the E C cup 
between Messrs. W. R. Crosby, of O'Fallon, 11)., the challenger, 
and J. A. R. Elliott, of Kansas City, Mo., took place according 
to arrangements. This cup is emblematic of the target champion- 
ship. Inlet Park baseball grounds were secured for the occasion. 
The gate receipts were very small. Some delay in adjusting the 
traps made the start later than the time appointed, which was 
11:30. The traps worked very badly, breaking many targets and 
thereby making harder conditions tor the shooters. It was neces- 
sary to lower the flights of the targets several times on complaint 
of people outside the park, who alleged that the shot flew over 
the high fence and struck people on the outside. The targets thus 
were thrown as low as the rules would allow; they also were fast, 
and the conditions were such as to try out the contestants in ap- 
proved manner. The background was very unfavorable. 
Mr. J. J. Hallowell acted as judge for Mr. Crosby, while the 
like office was filled by Mr. Ed Johnson, of Atlantic City, for 
Mr. Elliott. Mr. Edward Banks was trap puller. Mr. W. J. Black 
had charge of the indicator in such parts of the race as it was 
necessary to use it. 
There was no wind, the high board fence which surrounded the 
grounds breaking all air currents. Ihe weather was clear and 
sultry. The sun shone clear and hot. 
Crosby was first to the score. Each man shot and walked to the 
next trap. Elliott missed his 14th, while Crosby missed his 21st, 
each making 24 out of the first 25 at known traps, unknown angles. 
In the second 25 Crosby repeated his i>revious performance, while 
Elliott lost 3. Thus Crosby led by 2 targets at the end of the first 
50, known traps, unknown angles. Score, 48 to 46. 
In the 50, expert rules, Elliott had a hard bunch of goose eggs 
in his third time up, missing 4 straight. He shot at a number of 
pieces during the race, and while he succeeded in Ijreaking most 
of them he missed some, after which he steadied down to a more 
sure system of shooting at whole targets. 
Crosby led also at this style of shooting. Score, 46 to 43. 
In the doubles it was anticipated that Elliott would gain a lead, 
but he apparently was not in his best form, and finished with 39 
to his opponent's 45. Crosby thus won by the score of 139 to 128, 
. Crosby used 48grs. of E. C, l^^oz. 7s and 44grs. E. C, l^oz. 7%, 
Leader shell, factory load. Elliott used his $28-W^inchester pump 
gun, 40grs. Hazard Blue Ribbon, and l^oz. of No. 7s. 
Immediately after the contest was decided, a challenge from Mr. 
Rolla O. Heikes was presented in due form. 
Each contestant shot at 3 pairs alternately, when competitig on 
doubles. The scores: 
Known traps, unknown angles: 
W. R. Crosby 1111111111111111111101111—24 
1111111110111111111111111—24— 48 
Expert rules, one man up : 
3 12 
01111 11111 mil 10111 11011—22 
5 
11111 11111 mil 11110 11111—24-46 
Doubles : 
11 10 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 10 10 11—22 
11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11—23— 45 
Known traps, utikiiown angles; 
J A R EUiott 
Expert rules, one man up: 
Doiiblfsi 
139 
.1111111111111011111111111—24 
0111111111111111110011111—22— 46 
5421 
11111 11111 00001 mil iim— 21 
4 2 
11111 01111 11111 OllU 11110-22-43 
LI 11 11 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 11 11 11—23 
11 10 00 11 11 11 01 10 10 10 11 10—16— 39 
12is 
•MinneapoUs Gtin Club."; 
MiNKEAPOLis, Minn., Aug. 24.— At the Thursday's shoot of the 
Minneaplis Gun Club the honors of the day were very evenly 
divided, McKay winning first average, Jones second, Johnston 
third, Bifi'ton fourth. Hays fifth, Mrs. Johnston and Ramaley tieing 
tor sixth, Neeley seventh and GilfiUan eighth. 
The weather was unusually fine and the targets were thrown 
good and swift. 
A large number of spectators were preseijt, among whom were 
several ladies. ^ 
Next Tliursday will be the last regular badge shoot for four 
weeks, during the field season. 
Several new members were elected and teams selected to com- 
pete at the State shoot Sept. 5, at the tournament to be given by 
the St. Paul Gun Club at the State Fair Grounds. The following 
are the summaries in the badge events: 
Event No. 1. — Val Blatz diamond badge, 15 singles, unknown 
angles: Ramaley 11, McKay 14, Biiiton 13, Neeley 14, Hays 12, 
Mrs. Johnston 12, F. Kennedy 5, Stone 9, Morrison 11, Gilfillan 11, 
Meiich 9, M.rs. Melich 3, Cooper 9, Root 2, Poehler 2, Jones 14, 
Johnston 12, Nelson 12, Davenport 11, Cat 11. Neeley won badge. 
Event No. 2. — Schlitz diamond badge, 25 singles, unknown 
angles: Ramaley 19, McKay 23, Biffton 19, Neeley 17, Hays 21, 
Mrs. lohnston 20, F. Kennedy 14, Stone 15, Morrison 14, Gilfillan 
18, Melich 13, Mrs. Melich 12, Cooper 13, Root 8, Poehler 19, 
Jones 22, John.ston 22, Nelson 15, Davenport 18, Cat 18, Hoffman 
14, Donaldson 22, Rouble 22. McKay won badge. 
Event. No. 3. — Paegel challenge badge, 25 singles, unknown 
angles: Ramaley 21, McKay 21, Biffton 22, Neeley 18, Hays 22, Mrs. 
Johnston 19, h. Kennedy 11, Stone 9, Morrison 13, Gilfillan 20, 
Jones 21, Johnston 22, Nelson 16, Davenport 16, Cat 17, Hoffman 
17, Donaldson 23, Barber 7, Poehler 19, Cooper 13. 
Biffton 5, Hays 4, Johnston 4. Biffton won badge. 
Event No. 4 — Club" badges, 10 singles unknown angles,, 5 pairs 
known angles: 
Ramaley 1101011110 10 10 10 01 10—12 
McKay 1110111111 11 10 11 11 11—18 
Biffton 0011111111 00 10 11 11 00—13 
Neeley 1011111001 10 10 11 10 01—13 
Hays 1101000111 00 00 00 11 01— 9 
Mrs Johnston limiOlll 00 00 10 10 10—12 
F Kennedy .1111101000 10 10 10 10 10—11 
Morrison 1000110111 11 11 10 10 11—14 
Gilfillan 1101001000 11 00 10 11 11—11 
Donaldson 1011111111 11 00 10 11 10—15 
Tones 1111100110 11 01 11 11 11—16 
Johnston 1010111111 10 U 10 11 11—16 
Nelson 1111001111 11 11 00 10 01—14 
Davenport - 1100111100 01 10 10 10 10—11 
Capers 0110000100 01 00 00 01 00—4 
McKay won senior badge; Nelson won junior badge; Neeley won 
amateur badge. 
Worcester Sportsman's Club. 
WoRCESTisK, Mass., Aug. 25. — The tournament of the Worcester 
(Mass.) Sportsman's Club, Tuesday, Aug. 22, was budded for a 
grand success, but the fates were against us and meted out some 
of the most horrible weather possible, for a tempest of rain, thun- 
der and lightning was given us in three instalments during the 
afternoon and made it impossible to complete the programme before 
darkness compelled us to quit shooting. 
Thirtj'-six shooters took part in the day's sport, and some of 
the liighest scores were made that I have ever known of on this 
ground. Dickey made the remarkable average of nearer 99 per 
cent, than 98 per cent., as he shot at 135 and broke 133, making an 
average of 98 14-27 per cent. 
Wheeler was close behind him, and Griffith right after Wheeler. 
Jack Hull, of the Parker Gun Co., was on hand, but had little to 
say, as the Parker guns were doing their own talking. 
The tenth event was omitted on account of darkness, and as it 
was the last 15 birds of the 100 which counted for the average 
money, and also the 25 birds, $15 added, was left over, the club 
will hold another shoot Sept. 12, and the 15-bird event and also 
the 25-bird event will be completed and the money paid to the 
winners. An additional $20 will be put in the programme and 
Mr. A. B. F. Kinney, the sportsmen's friend, will be on hand 
ready to spring something clever on the "boys." 
The 100-bird race which was shot during the tournament of the 
22d between E. C. Griffith and C. E. Forehand was a complete 
walkover for Grif, as he broke 94 out of his 100, while Charlie was 
getting but 79. Forehand has done but little shooting this season 
and was not in his usual form of shooting, and is not in Griffith's 
class when at his best. 
Following are the scores of the tournament: 
Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Brffke. 
Dickey 135 133 Noonan 100 77 
Wlieeler 135 130 Burbank 65 60 
Grifl^th 135 125 Vermont 80 65 
Snell 115 105 Forehand 70 59. 
Leroy 135 125 McLellan 80 65 
Herbert 135 127 Coffin 115 70 
Eager 135 125 Crabtree 100 51 
Allison 135 123 Sawin 55 46 
Hoyle ,..,„r 135 U9 Cutler 50 44 
Hull 135 123 Parker 100 85 
Whitier 135 110" Chapin 50 38 
Reiner 135 115 Nichols 45 37 
Davis 125 117 Kinney 40 21 
Campbell 135 m T Davis 15 11 
Bain 135 118 Goodell 20 11 
Getchell 135 117 Hutchison 20 14 
Winchester 135 69 Emory 55 44 
Williams 135 99 
We hope for a large attendance at the next shoot, Sept. 12. 
A. W. Walls, Sec'y- 
riie Cast Iron Trophy. 
Trap Afotjnd Reading:. 
Reading, Pa., Aug. 21. — The fourteenth of the series of target 
shoots for a Parker gun oft'ered by the Mt. Penn Gun Club, of 
this city, was shot to-day on the Mt. Penn grounds. Thus far 
Yeager leads in percentage, having .89, while Capt. Ball is second 
with 85. Each man shot at 25 targets, with added targets as a 
hEwidicap to the number broke. Scores: 
, Broke. Hdcp. Total. Broke. Hdcp. Total. 
Rhoads 18 1 19 Lyons 18 0 18 
Ball 16 2 18 A' eager 22 0 22 
Gilbert 16 4 20 Osborne ....14 0 14 
Jlunsberger..l5 0 15 Schauver ,...19 0 19 
Dietrich ....19 0 19 Laird 15 4 19 
Pottsville, Pa._, Aug. 21. — ^Aii interesting target match was shot 
hei-e to-day on the grounds of the Pottsville Gun Club, the follow- 
ing scores being made in the principal event, at 25 targets: Bat- 
tersby 16, Canfield 12, Moran 12, Robinson 13, Gallery 9, Eisen- 
huth 4. 
Reading, Psj, Aug. 25.— At a meeting of the tournament com- 
mittee of the South End Gun Club, held this evening, the secre- 
tary, Peter Texter, reported as having received up to date three 
acceptances of the invitations to compete in the team shoot for the 
South End trophy. The clubs thus far who have signified their 
intention to compete for the handsome serling silver "Roman 
shield," valued at $45, are the Penn Gun Club, of Norristown, 
Independent, of Sinking Spring, and Mt. Penn, of Reading. It 
is thought that by the time of the next meeting, Sept. 8, there will 
be acceptances from the Phrenix, of Phoenixville ; West Chester, 
Keystone, of Lebanon; Schuler, of Pottstown, and one or two 
other teams. The committee intends sparing no expense to make 
this shoot the banner shoot of the year for this season, and as the 
boys remember having a good time last year, they can all expect 
a still better reception this year. All shooters will be welcome 
whether a member of a gun club or not. At the next meeting of 
the committee the date will be selected. Duster. 
The Forest and Stream is put to press each week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication should reach us at the 
latest by Monday and on much earlier as practicable; 
Norwich Gun Clab. 
Norwich, N. Y., Aug. 21.— The Norwich Gun Club held their 
regular weekly shoot at Norwich, N. Y., Aug. 19. Unknown angles 
and the Sergeant system were used. The scores follow : 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Events; 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets : 20 10 10 10 o Targets : 20 10 10 10 5 
Case ■ . 14 8 7 7 4 Lake . . 13 6 6.... 
Bradley ,...15 8 6.. 3 Coville 64.. . 
Brewster 12 6 4 2 Harvey 11 4 
Rice 13 .. 5 3 5 Sheff 19 
Rathbun 12 7 .. 3 .. Smith 15 
Welch 18 6 .. .. 4 Holley 1?, 
Bonney 15 7 .. 5 .. Brooks g 
Lewis 13 6 McNitt 7 
Slater 13 5 .. ., 
h. E. Smith. 
THi! cast iron trophy was the great event of the day 
shooting world, and Inlet .Park baseball grounds, Atlantic 
N. J., were fixed for the scene of the contest. The datj 
Aug. 24. 
Mr. J. A. R. Elliott, the holder, had consented to deff 
against a formidable antagonist— Mr. C. A. Young, of b 
field, O. 
A baseball game occupied the grounds from 2 o'clock to 
when they were yielded to the shooters. Seven innings , 
played, the time was up, and they promptly withdrew. The 
dary was already marked with flags, and white places marked 
the traps and scores were to be set. Each trap was fastene<i 
small platform, which was soon fastened down in place with s; 
and the match was begun at 4 o'clock. It ended at 4:50. 
The weather was warm and clear, though the light varied 
bright to shadowy as the big white clouds sailed by the fa 
the sun. 
The pigeons were a superior lot of suminer birds, flying in 
instances promptly when the trap was pulled, yet they we< 
from fast birds as a whole, and were easy to Idll when st 
None of them had the superabundant energy to struggle £0 
boundanf when hard wounded, as is the case with very si 
birds. Still, they were against shots who placed the center c 
load about where the pigeon was flying, which of itself is a 
factor in keeping birds within bounds. 
There was no wind to help the birds, so that while the s 
were high, the most favorable conditions prevailed for high sc 
Elliott had much the best, of the draw, most of them being 
quarterers, but when he got a corking fast driver he negotial 
in as good time and judgment as he did the slow ones. He 
in much better form and time than did his opponent, and 
centering his birds better as a whole. 
Elliott missed his first and then killed the rest of the 25 str;' 
Young held the lead to the 18th, when he lost a left-hand 
terer dead out; and the loss of his 21st, a twisting outgoer 
him one behind at the end of the first 25. 
Elliott lost 3— his 11th, 15th and 24th— all dead out, in his se 
25, while Young lost but one — his 23d — a left-quarterer from 1 
trap. Thus the latter was one ahead at the end of the 50th r( 
Elliott killed his third 25 straight, while Young lost 3, 2 of V 
were dead out. The latter was not shooting in as good for 
in the previous part of the contest. 
Elliott lost his 24th bird of the last 2.5, which would have 
a run of 50 straight had he killed it. He was shooting in fine ; 
Young lost his 19th, and had a very good piece of luck ii' 
losing his 14th, an incomer, which apparently was unhurt, b" 
a few yards in front of the shooter, between him and the trap:l 
began to pick its feathers under its wing, and while in this 
lion the dog darted at it and picked it up. The retrieving 
done by two dogs. 
The trap pulling, a most arduous task, since there was n; 
2yds. stretch of the ropes when the traps were pulled, was ; 
skillfullv done from start to finish by Mr. E. B. Coe, of . 
inore, while Mr. J. K. Starr, of Philadelphia, acted as scorer 
Mr. B. Waters as referee. 
There was quite a large audience, of which a small percei 
were shooters, the bulk being left-over baseball enthusiasts^ 
remained over after the baseball game was finished, one t' 
admitting the holder to both the ball game and the trap cont 
Elliott used 45grs. of Hazard Blue Ribbon and I140Z. of I 
chilled in a Leader shell. Young used 3%drs. of Du Pont 
IViOz. of No. 7 in a Trap shell. The scores: 
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JAR Elliott. ..01211221142221212211222211—! 
5453258525255414 452858152 
1222211212*2121121222221 l—i 
52824252425 4 2241582. 3 54182 
4. \ 1 1^-^ N \ 1^ N. / \/> \ ^ 1/ W 
122222212121122221211222 2—5 
8481223 146254543413128821 
t N<-T ->->-> N ^-"^ T 4 1 1 \ N<-/'^ 
122 12121222212 212 1222 2 2*2-5 
2515 2 5412442111422654 8 344 
..2 222 2 2 221222222 2-2 2 * 2 0 2 2 1 2— S 
2844458445113342552444155 
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 <.2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2*2 2—5 
1435113222 S 53658358442818 
3222222* 2 2 2022202221222 2 2— f 
41 11524414482811 3 415 3 3221 
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2 22222 2 2222 2 2 2 1222022222 2- 
C A Young . 
Florist's GuQ Club. 
VVissiNoM.iNG, Pa., Aug. 22. — There was little wind, and 
weather was hot. The targets had a low flight and were th 
hard. The first 25 were expert, rapid fire system. The score! 
Harris 01100001100010001011110: 
Dorp llOlOOOOlOOOlOOOlOOlllOt 
Daniels OOOOlOOOOllOOOOllllOlUti' 
Tones 11001100110001000100101' 
jjell 00110011011100100101011 
Anderson UmilOlOllllllOlOlllll 
Cartledce llOllOOlllOmillOlllOOt; 
Park 100011100101111001110101 
w h"w iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiumi 
Bulton ' lOOlOlOOmillllOlOlllOC 
Smith mioiioiiuoioiooiiiooi 
Twenty-five, magautrap, 15 singles, 5 pairs: 
Harris ....... .7 111111110101101 00 00 00 10 ( 
Doro 111000100101001 00 10 11 00 ] 
Daniels 111000100001000 00 00 00 10 
tones ' 110000010100001 00 01 10 10 
Bell OllOlOlOlOmil 00 10 10 01 1 
Anderson' 111111111010111 11 11 11 11 
Cartledge 011010110110111 10 10 01 00 j 
Park 000000001101111 00 00 10 00 ], 
WHW '..011111101111110 11011111: 
Burton ' " 011110011011010 00 01 00 00 : 
Smith 100110110110110 00110010: 
Dean match, 10 straightaway and 15 reversed: 
Dr. Bell's Team. 
Bell 1111110011011101101101111—1! 
Anderson '. 1111111111111011111111110—2! 
Cartledsre "' llllllllllUOOlllOlOmil— 21 
Pa rk llllllimilUlllOlllOlll- 21 
Dorp !!!!!'.!!...! oiiiiioioiooooioiouooiii— w 
Dr. Smith's Team. 
c„ : tt, : . . . 1000111011011111111011101— 1,«. 
ton ■ ...1110111101111100110011111—111 
Karris 1101111111111111010111011—21 
fri" ...0100101100111101001111011— le 
^ niel s 1111110100000010010111101—141 
East Saginaw Gun Club. 
Saginaw, Mich., Aug. 22. — ^The weather conditions for the 
of the East Saginaw Gun Club were good. No. 1 was a p!l 
event. No. 2 was for the gun club medals. Ed. Carpenter wl 
Class' A and H. G. Krogman in Class B. No. 3 was for the ! 
lay Brewing Co.'s medal. John M. Messner took the second' 
in Class A and John Popp took the fi^rst heat in Class B. 1 
was a walking matcth. The scores: 
Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 25 25 25 15 
G Lamb 10 8 13 .. 
K Mathews 9 10 13 5 
J DitE . . 11 11 11 . . 
Solms 17 18 14 .. 
Brown 10 
T Popp 17 19 20 11 
G Dambacher 11 18 17 . . 
John M Messner.... 20 . . 23 10 
B Bingham 10 10 7 .. 
H G Krogman 16 19 18 9 
C Sibmidi 15 •• n 
Events-. 
Targets: 
F Baumgartner 
E Hyde , 
F H Allen 
1 2 
25 25 
.. 17 
.. 13 
19 
Martindale .. 15 
T Brechtelsbauer 20 
J E Morse.. .. 1 
Ed Carpenter .» 22 
H Grant 
G Rendert 
Chris Schmidt .. .. 
