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turned and flew toward the shooter, who in the meantime bad fired 
his first barrel; but his second, usually so effectives proved worth- 
less this time, and the big owl of a bird flew away unharmed. 
EUiston had now only to kill to win; but would he prove equal 
to the occasion in the darkness, when one could only dimly dis- 
tinguish the traps? He stepped calmly to the score, and after 
carefully adjusting his gun, gave the word, "Pull," which liberated 
a dark bird that started straightaway, flying quite low for some 
distance, when it gradually rose. During all this time the shooter 
stood at the score, holding his fire, and when he perceived the 
bird he sduatted low, so as to enable him to illore plainly dis- 
tinguish it against the horizon, and when the same was nearly 
fiOyds. away he fired, at which the bird collapsed, and the victory 
was won. Thus ended the most remarkable shoot-off that it has 
been my good fortune to witness. 
There was $100 added to this event, so that the purse amounted 
to considerable. This was to have been divided 30, 25, 20, 15 and 
10 per cent., but as 12 was the lowest score this was changed to four 
moneys, and the following divisions: 32%, 271/2, 221/2, and ITVz per 
cent. 
There were two sets of traps in operation, one pf the Fulford 
pattern and one of the old style ground trap. The main event was 
shot over the Fulford traps, while one or two of the sweeps were 
shot over the other set. 
The birds trapped in the trophy contest were good, and there 
was some wind to aid them, though this did not come from 'the 
most favorable direction, as it blew diagonally across the grounds 
tovrard the score. The weather was threatening, cold and raw. 
The scores made in the sweeps are shown in tabulated form, 
which ^Iso include Ihe main event. Elliston and Crosby scored 
59 out of 60 birds shot at during the day. Crosby ran his straight 
•until he lost that one in the shoot-off, while he also lost one in the 
7-bird sweep. None of the other shooters shot at as many birds 
as these two, though Gilbert did nearly as well. 
Events: 1 2 .5 -1 Shol 
Tar<^ets- 5 7 10 15 at. Killed. 
Crosbv ■. Ei 7 10 15 37 37 
Gilber't 5 7 10 15 37 37 
Budd 5 7 9 15 37 36 
Elliston 5 6 10 15 37 36 
McMurchv 5 7 10 13 37 35 
Du Bray : 5 7 10 13 , 37 35 
M J Smith 4 6 9 14 37 34 
Heikes 5 7 8 14 37 34 
Hirschv 5 6 9 14 37 34 
Sconce 4 7 9 14 37 34 
Mackie 3 7 8 15 37 33 
Shuler 4 5 10 14 37 33 
Chase 7 9 13 37 33 
Hallowell 5 0 10 12 37 33 
See 5 5 S 14 37 32 
Rav 3 5 10 14 37 32 
Mar^ ^ I li i i 
^ 1 I :: It, i 1 
waruf 4 ? .. 12 27 23 
Marks ■ 10 13 25 23 
Donley 1 6 7 . 22 14 
Bingham o ■• ••15 20 17 
Kino- 0 ' .. J-i AiS 
Roche 5 6 .. 17 11 
Mitchell 2 9 .. 17 11 
Tack Parker 14 15 14 
Stott 14 15 14 
Wood • ■• •• 12 15 12 
Shepardson 5 7 . .. 1£ 1^ 
Qav o 6 .. .. la 11 
Osmun 5 5 .. .. 12 10 
Glenn 8 .. 10 8 
Mulliman , ••• f 4 .. .. 12 9 
Wills 3 5. 12 8 
Glenn • 8 . . 10 8 
Morris ' 7 .. 10 7 
W F Parker I ■■ •- I I 
Gray 5 .. ..7 5 
Westbrook 4 .. .. 5 4 
Alford • I •■ ■■ I 2 
Vivian I •• •■ ^ 6 
Dalley 2 .. .. 5 2 
International live-bird trophy contest: 
Trap score type— Copyright, iS^g, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 
4 155415 2 5524112 
Elliston 2 22222222 1 3 2 12 2-15 
12 5442. '5 15452145 
t T t T "V H \ \ 7' v:'^ i 
Crosby 1 2 1 1 2212211221 2—15 
3241552 51552126 
Gilbert 2 2222222221222 2-15 
545 5 14112522251 
^ \ ^-r+z' \ "kH 4. t 
iSudd 2 2112211 2 22211 1—15 
3 45544255422251 
Mackie 2 2122 2 1122222 2 2-15 
14 3 354522-3 14111 
Parker 1 12 2 2221 2 22212 0-14 
55431421545424. 5 
See, 2 2202212122222 2—14 
4 3 3 5 2 5 2 4 3 5 2 1 1 2 2 
/ t H i^/i H \ / v< 1^ 
Fanning »--2 12212 2;2 21211* 2-Ul 
4251315132 2 2242 
7"^.^ :? T \ ^ ^ 
Sconce 2-2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 a-14 
81388452415 1111 
Hirschy .0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 :S- 14 
3615 45 2 51155421 
Rice 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 21 0 1 2 1 1-14 
4 2 14 5 2 5 2 2 5 2 5 5 5 2 
Stotts 2 2222202222 2 22 2—14 
54152145] 13252 1 
li'^t KT'/^/i "s,/^/^ \ 
Heikes 2 2 2 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2—14 
1454541425 2 22 5 5 
M J Smith ' • 2 2 0 2 2 1 1 2 2 i! 2 2 2 a 2-14 
3B4345115412 2 22 
Shafer 2 2 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 12 12 2—14 
123125 2 12 2 55 5 58 
^r^^■ ^^r^S^Sl\^~.w\Kr^■\■ 
•Bin■y .....212 11 11 1 * 22 121 2—18 
15 51S5125122225 
McMurchy , 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 * 2 2 1 2 2-18 
35855 15 22155522 
Marks 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 2 3 1 0 2-18 
558515251452226 
Du Bray 1 2 0122221 2 2 2 20 1—13 
553284182521352 
Chase ,;, ,, - ..,,.9 1012822222 2 02 2—18 
3 53281. 9 2816525 5 
Bingham 2 2 2 1 2 2 * 1 * 2 1 1 2 2 2—1 
5 84815343241554 
Brady 112 3*111311122 0-18 
8 8 5 2 4 i;i 5'2 2'4J2 5 5 2 
/"^/'/'r*\\'"-'H<-\-^S\T 
Lindsley !J 22222 2 22**202 2—12 
8 1 221425 2 5 5 5 2 5 3 
"Waruf,. .........................2 0 1,1 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 2 2 2 0-12 
2 8 SSl 8 5145525455 
Hallow«l ,. .'^ 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 2-12 
5453556651556 2 8 
"Wood 1 2 *02282223220 2—12 
5231815 5 122 
Lacey 2 1 2 1 2 022222 
8 5 15 2 4 5 2 5 5 
Mercier 0 2 0 2 2 2 ^221 
Shoot-ofif : 
Trap score type— Copyright, i8pf), by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 
514 5 1224252115 511552255 
Elliston 2 2 2 ii2a 2 2221 a a 222 2 22222 2 —28 
555 5 14 8 1132 6 2332541 1 518 
Crosby 2 2 1121111111212 2 2 212 2 30 -22 
2123 5 56548544 
Gilbert ^ li 1 -i 2 2 2 2 2 i i 3 1 * —12 
2 3 2 2 2 
Budd .2 1 a 2 0 — 4 
5 
\ 
Mackie * 
Items Strayed. 
lilakc, winner of the Peters Cartridge Company's International 
Individual Target Trophy, is a well-known Indiana shooter, who 
for obvious reasons does not care to have his real name mentioned 
in connection with his win. He shot a Smith gun. Smokeless 
shells and Hazard powder. 
Capt. du Bray is still shooting his hammer Parker, and on the 
second day made a straight score on targets at the expert set of 
traps. The Captain frankly admits that this is not his forte, btit it 
is evident that you can't keep a good man down. This gun is a 
marvel for beauty, artistic finish and workmanship, and attracted 
much attention. _ , - ^ , 
Billy Crosby told me that he had only lost two pigeons out oi 
his last 198. and that he never was in better form. From this he 
very likely' will give a good account of himself in his coming 
matches with Elliott. His winning of first average at this tourna- 
ment is the result of consistent performance. In his hands the 
Baker gun. Leader shells and E. C. powder are a winning com- 
bination, and" that cannot be withstood. „ , . .. 
John Mackie made a most remarkable kill of a pigeon m ttie 
championship race. This bird was by far the very best trapped 
during the entire shoot, and was off like a flash when liberated. 
J~he first barrel only brought a puff of feathers from it, but the 
second killed it stone dead in the air, not far from the straight- 
away boundary. The shot drew rounds of applause from the 
spectators. Mackie is developing very fast, and to-day is apt to 
make any of the experts look to his laurels. 
Mr W. T. Lyon, manager for Parker Brothers, came West on a 
little "trip" of recreation and incidentally stopped here for the tourna- 
ment. Mr. W. F. Parker accompanied him. Mr. Lyon tried nis 
hand at the expert traps, with very satisfactory results; 
Milt Lindsley was present -on live-bird day, but this is all tue 
time he could spare. So great is the demand for King s bmoke- 
less that it is difficult for him to leave the works. . 
This was Ralph Trimble's first tournament m some time, and 
the lack of training was very evident, especially when shooting 
over the expert traps. Consequently liis shooting was not up to 
its accustomed high standard. Mr. Trimble now represents the 
Winchester Arms Company in this section of the country. 
Harry King is another shooter who shows steady progress, and 
is now capable of some very good scores. In his very first trial 
'■^^Coh^C^ourtne^y'fs'much elated over Roll Heikes" victory in the 
expert championship race, as Heikes used a Remington gun, 
which the Colonel represents. „ .• , ' 
C D Moon (Kid), the youngster from Eau Claire, who tied witli 
Rol"l Heikes for the expert trophy, did not appear the least bit 
perturbed in the shoot-off, and bore himsell like a seasoiied 
veteran. His score of 45 out of 50 is an excellent piece of shooting 
under such severe conditions. All of the Eau Claire contingent 
shot Winchester guns and Leader shells. j- ^ ■ ^ j 
The Internati.^nal Championship Contest was first inaugurated 
in 1891, and since that time there have been nine contests for 
the trophy, and each has brought out a new winner. In 1891 Louis 
Durvea won it: in 1892 A. H. King, of Pittsburg, captured it; 
in 1893 Ron Heikes annexed it. Then in 1894 Richard Merrill 
showed up as the winner. All these contests took place on JJes 
Chree Shos Ka Island, and were at live birds. After the shooting 
"rounds on the island were abandoned, the tournaments were m 
Michigan, and it was illegal up to the present tirae^ to shoot live 
bnds in this State, so all of the contests had to be on targets. 
The race was 25 targets, expert rules, five traps, 21yds. rise, un- 
known angles. The first of these contests took place in 1895 and 
T H. Bosthe was the winner. Then in 1896 Ihos. W. Latham 
won it; Tom Graham took it in 1897; Jake Klein in 1898 and m 
January of this year it was contested for at Tom Donley s shoot 
in St. Thomas, Can., on pigeons. On this occasion Bob Lmslie, 
the well-known baseball umpire, won it. „ , . 
In all these contests none of the winners were compelled to 
shoot so good a score as Elliston, the present winner, did. Dick 
Merrill came within 3 birds of it, as he scored 35 straight before 
he could dispose of Jack Parker, who had tied him on 25 
straight. . , ■ , . 
Elliston's great shooting in that nerve-trying championship con- 
test stamps him as one of the very best amateur pigeon shots of 
the country. His self-control and great judgment are mainly re- 
sponsible for his victory. In this race he shot a Greener gun, 
Trap shells and Du Pont powder. , , j 
Paul North was present only for a day. Ihe enormous demand 
for magautraps and bhierocks precluded the possibility of his 
staying any longer. ^ -j < 
Fred Gilbert rounded to on the last day, and the stride he set 
for the others was just too rapid for them to maintain, though 
Pop Heikes came within 1 of. it. ■ , ^, . 
Mr E. S. Rice reports nice progress otj the projected Chicago 
shooting park, and that ere long the site selected would be made 
^\ krge delegation of visiting and local shooters accepted Mr. 
Tack Parker's invitation for a trip to St. Claire Flats on the steam_ 
vacht Roberta. This was a fitting finale to the great shoot. 
Mr. Harvey Sconce, of Sidell, 111., showed that he is capable of 
traveling in fast company. He finished just 4 birds behind Charley 
Budd who won fifth in general average. Sconce shoots a Parker 
Gun. "King's Smokeless and Peters' "Victor shells. 
Jack Fanning was singularly unfortunate at this shoot. He was 
just a bird or two shy in all the trophy contests, and on several 
occasions lost his last bird. This is not Jack's form, and ere 
long he will be at himself once more. . , , „ 
The moneys in the big live-bird event oaid , as follows: 15s, 
$42.40;.14s, $16.30; 13s, $24.45, and 12s, $28.50— another most forcible 
illustration of the working of the percentage system. Most of the 
14-meM "were aware that bv killing their last birds they were de- 
priving themselves of dollars and cents; yet none of them was 
unscmpuious enough to drop a bird, nor did any of the other 
principals resort to this trick. The temntation was very great for 
some one 'to go in the 11 hole, which would have netted $65, as tliere, 
were to be five monevs in this event, but as there were only four 
classes it had to be changed accordingly. 
"Unc^e Dan Lefever wanted to mmgle with the boys once. He 
says it is hard to realize that one is getting old. However, the old 
mall is by no rneans a "has been>" and as yet is quite handy with 
the gun. 1 J , 1. 
Of course Harvey McMurchv was on hand, as he has never yet 
missed one of .Jack Parker's shoots. Mac says that he is not out 
for business, as their factory is now simply taxed beyond its 
Cctpscitv". 
Mr. Fred Tuttle, treasurer of the Peters Cartridge and King 
Powder Companv, was on hand during the entire shoot. This is 
Mr. Tuttle's first tournament, as never before has he attended 
a modern shoot. Hie participated some, and did fairly well for 
novice. Mr, Tuttle created a most favorable impression araol 
the shooters. 
Paul R. Litzke, 
Elliott ys* Zweflem, 
Sept. 21.— Mr. J. A. R. Elliott again successfully defended th 
cast iron trophy in the contest with Mr. Charles Zwerlein, on th 
grounds of the latter to-d^y at Yardville, N. J. The morning wa 
very unpropitious in respect to weather conditions. A heavilj 
darkly clouded sky, with more or less rainfall, made promise of 
rainy, gloomy day, but before noon the rain clouds passed awaj 
and the sun broke forth bright and cheery. However, the largi 
crowd which was expected was eft'ectually deterred from coming 
although there was a good representation from Philadelphia ani 
a good local turnout to witness the contest. 
The grounds were all that could be desired— level, with a goot 
background and pleasant surroundings. Capt. A. W. Money of! 
ficiated as referee, and Mr. Jacob Pentz oificiated as scorer. 
The contest could not be called close at any stage of the gami 
after the first 2 or 3 birds had been shot, Elliott losing his first, ac; 
cording to the precedents in such cases made and provided 
previous contests. This miss — the first — was not chargeable to ep| 
tor in aiming. There was some fatilty manipulation in throwing 
the action to reload, and this prevented the second shot. EUiotl 
shot in much the better time and placed his load better, as he pen 
tared his birds very accurately and drew steadily away, adding, 
constantly to his lead, finishing with 95 to Zwerlein's 81. 
The birds were a very mixed lot. The greater part were easj 
birds, but once in a while a first-class bird would be sprung, auc, 
there were a number of sensational kills made on such. Elliot, 
'had much the greater luck in the draw through the first half o 
the race, but whenever he got a fast,- strong bird he negotiated "i; 
in as good time and precision as if it were an ordinary bird. Ir 
fact, he shot the race from beginning to end in a most finishe( 
manner. 
There was a fairly good breeze blowing from left to right acros 
the traps. The race began at 2:15. It was 2:40 \vhen each ha 
finished 25; 3:08 at the end of the 50th round; 3:34 at the end i 
the 75th and the race was finished at 4:02. 
Had it not been for the faulty manipulation of his gun he un 
doubtedly would have gotten his first bird with the second shot. Hij 
35th was a fast blue bird, which was missed with the first barre; 
and the second almost instantly followed and struck the ground to 
the right of the traps, and far under the bird. . His 40th was hi" 
with the first barrel, but there was no sign of a hit with the sec 
ond. He than ran 52 straight, losing his 93d, just out. This bin 
was hard hit, and it was a piece of ill luck in losing this bird; 
His 97th was a fast blue, which was missed clean. 
The retrieving was done by dogs. 
Elliott used his Winchester gun, 45 grains of Bine Ribbon and 
I140Z. of No. 7. , . ^ „ . , L 
Zwerlein used a Parker gun, 3% drams of E. C. in the first an(j| 
3I/2 drams in the second barrel, li.4oz. of 7s and li4oz. of 6s. 
The scores: 
Trap score type — Copyright, 189% by Forett and Stream Pub. Co. 
1323 5 8235181355421842345 5 
Zwerlein 1 2 022122222312210 2 2 02220 2—21 
12214214113 3 422312S 2 55524 
2122222021 * 12020 2 0221*11 2—19 
153313 8 315224125442312441 
* * 2 2 2 2 2 2 * 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 2 2 1 2 0 1- 
■20 
Elliott. 
4 8 84 3 55322355222824425221 
1211*0211*1111221 1 1222*1 1—21—81 
8 2 3 4 21 1 4 5 5-5 5 2 2 4 5 2 1 4 6 1 4 8 31 
.0 2 111212222 2 221122222 2 22 2—24 
153524524481242315 2 351528 
2112212220 2 1210221121222 2-28 
5 81 3' 84 5 12 5 113261824522455 
/<P'r^\\Sii — ><-7'\*-+*H<-iT/^'Ty'<-<-wfH I 
2 1 22211122211221 2 22 2 2 2 22 1-25 
5 815245152523 2 323 2 15288 2 8 
112 2 2212222122212*123021 2-23—9 
Rochester Rod and Goq Clab. 
RocHissTER, N. Y.— The Ladies' Day tournament of the Rochei 
ter Rod and Gun Club had ten events on the programme, whic! 
were -described in the invitation as sweepstakes, beefsteaks, \ivt 
bird matches, target matches and chewing matches. Although th 
shooting was nothing extra, the day was perfect, and everybod: 
enjoyed a fine time. - ^ 
The dinner was a most elegant affair, and Dominie Beverag 
surprised the ladies and gentlemen both at shooting and tabU 
He also did some good .shooting at the weekly practice shoot: 
having an average of 93 per cent. 
Event No. 8 was at 6 live birds The .«cores were: Glover 
Beyer 4, Weller 3, Kay 6, Meyer 5, Frain fi. 
Other scores follow: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 10 15 20 15 15 15 5p 
Weller 9 12 19 13 10 13 5 
Dominie ... 9 15 19 13 15 15 7 
Glover 9 15 18 10 13 14 10 
Rogers 6 10 11 11 9 . . . . 
Kay 8 10 18 10 14 14 6 
Hadley 9 15 13 ...... .. Davis .. 
Mosher 9 12 11 11 12 10 . . Rickman 
Worth 8 11 13 12 11 9 . . Broeker 
McCord 9 9 Parsons 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets; 10 15 20 15 15 15 E 
Beyer ? 13 17 12 
Borst 7 12 17 12 11 9 . 
Meyer 7 13 18 12 
Sen Sen 
Frain 
10 11 16 12 11 10 
6 •.. .. 
. , 12 19 15 14 18 
.. 10 13 10 12 13 
10 9 .. 
10 8 .. 
MnBwet§ to ^am^md^nfB 
No notice taken of anonyn^ous commxinicatlons. 
J. E., Des Moines, la. — It would be better for you to clean yoi 
gun after using it. 
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