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If you want your sboot to be aanouaced here send in 
Qotice like the following: 
Fixtures. 
Oct. 11-12.— Reading, Pa.— Live-bird and target tournament ol 
the Independent Gun Club. 
Oct. 11-12. — Paris, Ky. — Hill Top Gun Club's two-day tournament. 
John L. Bosley, Sec'y- 
Oct. 11-12.— Newark, N. J.— On Smith Brothers' grounds; tw(? 
days' tournament of the New Jersey State League. 
Oct. 12-14. — Louisville, Ky. — Tournament under the auspices of 
the Kentucky Gun Club. Emile Pragoff, Sec'y. 
Oct. 13.— Batavia. N. Y. — E C cup target championship contest 
between Mr. W. R. Crosby, holder, and Mr. R. O. Heikes, chal- 
lenger. Match begins at 3 o'clock. 
Oct. 16-19.— Du Pont Park, St. Louis, Mo.— Fall tournament; 
three days at targets; one day at live, birds; $300 to 1500 added 
money. J. A. Corry. Manager. 
Oct 17-"19.— Circlevillc, O.— Fall tournament of the Pickaway Rod 
and Gun Club. G. R. Haswell, Sec'y. 
Oct. 17-19. — Baltimore, Md. — Sixth annual fall tournament of the 
Baltimore Shooting Association. J. R. Malone, Manager. 
Oct. 18.— Lyndhurst, N. J.— Handicap at 25 live birds, $10 en- 
trance; also sweepstakes. 
Oct. 21. — Wissinoming, Pa. — Philadelphia Trapshooters' League. 
Oct. 23-28.— Nashville, Tenn.— Belle Meade Gun Club's tourna- 
ment; targets and live birds; $750 added. W. R. Elliston, Sec'y. 
Oct. 25-26.— Rochester, N. Y.— Eighth annual fall tournament of 
the Rochester Rod and Gun Club. 
Oct. 26.— Mt. Kisco, N. Y.— Fall tournament of Mt. Kisco Gun 
Club. Open to all. Cash and merchandise prizes. R. W. Gorham, 
Sec'y. 
Oct. 31-Nov. 3. — Cincinnati, O. — Tournament of the Cincinnati 
Gun Club : two days at live birds ; two days at targets. Arthur 
Gambell, Sec'y. 
Nov. 21-22. — Sioux City, la. — Second annual live-bird tournament 
of the Soo Gun Club; added money in every event. £. R. Chap- 
man, Sec'y. 
Brooklyn Gun Club.^Third Saturday of each month Francotte 
Kun contest. Fourth Saturday each month, Grand American 
Handicap free-«ntry contest. 
Watson's P»rk. — Burnside Crossing, 111. — Medal contest the 
first and third Fridays of each month. 
1900. 
April 2. — New York Vicinity. — Interstate Association's Grand 
American Handicap. Edward Banks, Sec'y. 
May 7. — Chicago, 111. — Twenty-si.xth annual convention and tour- 
nament of the Illinois State Sportsmen's Association. E. S. Rice, 
Pres. 
June 3-8. — Utica, N. Y. — ^Forty-second annual tournament of the 
New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game. 
Henry L. Gates, Sec'y. 
June 5-7.— Columbus, O.— Ohio Trap-Shooters' League tourna- 
ment. J. C. Porterfield, Sec'y. 
June 11. — New York Vicinity. — Interstate Associations Grand 
American Handicap target tournament. Edward Banks, Sec'y. 
June — . — Tournament of Ohio Trap-Shooters' League, first week 
in June, J. C. Porterfield, Sec'y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
The seventh annual fall tournament given by. tlie Baltimore 
Shooting Association, Oct. 17, IS and 39, has two days at targets 
and one at live birds. The shooters will be handicapped by dis- 
tance as follows: Amateurs, 14yds.; semi-experts, Ifiyds. ; experts, 
ISyds. Two sets of traps, Sergeant system, will be used. All 
target events are known traps, unknown angles. Manufaclurcrs' 
agents maj' shoot for targets only. Four moneys — 10, 30, 
20 and 10 per cent.— will govern tlie division of the moneys in tar- 
get events. Shells shipped care of Alford Sporting Goods Co., 
212 East Baltimore street, will be delivered on the grounds. Shoot- 
ing commences at 10 o'clock. Tliere are twelve target events on 
the first two days respectively, two at 10, six at 15, and four at 20 
targets. Entrance based on 10 cents per target; $100 added each 
day. On the third day there are three live-bird events on the 
programme — the Baltimore introductorjs 7 birds, $7, and the Subur- 
ban sweepstakes, 10 birds, $10, three moneys each event, 50, .30 
and 20 per cent., high guns, 30yds.; the Pimilco handicap, at 30 
birds, $20, handicaps 25 to 33yds., two moneys, 60 and 40 per cent., 
class shooting. Birds are iiicluded in the entrance in each event. 
The tournament will be mider the management of Messrs. H. T. 
Ducker, James R. Malone and J. C. Hicks. 
In tlie race home from the yacht race on Tuesday, Oct. 3, there 
was rather a critical moment for some of the shooting experts 
when the steamboat Monmouth ran into the steamboat Onteora. 
In the party were Messrs. U. M. C. Thomas and C. M. Landon, 
of the U. M. C. Co. ; Mr. A. R. Berry, assistant secretary of the 
Smokeless Powder and Ammunition Co., London, and Mr Edward 
Banks, secretary of the American E C and Schultze Powder Co. 
Messrs. Landon and Banks were on the forward part of the main 
deck when the collision occurred. Tlie whole port side ahead of 
the paddle wheel was shattered or splintered, and the bow of the 
boat was borne under water so far that Mr. Banks was suddenly 
more than waist deep in w&ter and would have been swept over- 
board by the rush of water had it not been for the help of a 
nearby stanchion, to which he clung. He had pocketfuls of water 
and a wet camera, all of which were trifles compared with the 
saving of the affable and accomplished gentleman. Messrs. 
Thomas and Berry were watching the race so enthusiastically that 
they paid no heed to the collision. 
The eighth annual fall tournament of the Rochester Rod and 
Gun Club, Oct. 25 and 26, Rochester, N. Y., has a similar pro- 
gramme eaclr day, namely, ten events, 140 targets in all, with a 
total entrance of $14. Targets included in all events at 2 cents 
each. Five per cent, of the purses will be deducted for average 
money, to be divided each day 40, ,30, 20 and 10 per cent. For 
general average the club gives .$7 to first, $5 to second and $3 to 
third. No one barred from the sweepstake events. Manufacturers' 
agents will not be allowed to shoot for average moneys. Shoot- 
ing begins at 9:30 each day. Lunch served on the grounds. Take 
Park avenue cars. The committee is as follows: Messrs. John F. 
Norton. R. C. Kerchner, Geo. Borst, J. L. Weller, A. H. Mosher 
and F.'E. McCord. 
A Cincinnati correspondent writes us as follows: "The sched- 
uled event for the Fleischman-Peabody cup the first Wednesday 
in November will necessarily be postponed one week on account 
of the tournament. Last Wednesday's (Oct. 4) contest the standing 
of the leaders was in their five best scores — 75 birds: Frank See 68, 
Gambell 68, A. C. Dick 67, Schuler 67. R. M. Burton 65, Hugheey 
65, W. H. Little 65, Lindsley 64, H. Burton 64; and there's many 
a slip 'twixt, &c. Schuler has ordered a very fine medal to take the 
place of the cup now being shot for, the first contest to take place 
in December." 
Mr. W. R. Colville. of the Du Pont Powder Co., while m New 
York last week visited the Interstate Park grounds, near Jamaica, 
L. I., in company with Capt. J. A. H. Dressel. He expressed him- 
self as heimg highly pleased with them in every particular. They 
now are entirely cleared of the crops and seeded down, presenting 
a beautifully level appearance. They could not serve the intended 
purpose better if made to order. The architect's plans for the 
casino we learn are well advanced toward completion. 
In the contest for the Review cup, at Kansas City, on Oct. 3, 
between Messrs. J. A. R. Elliott and W. R. Crosby, the latter 
won by the score of 98 to 97. On the following day they con- 
tested f<r the Republic cup, -which Elliott won by the score of 
100 to 9^, Crosby losing 2 dead out. All the details are set forth 
with paifvstaking care by Mr, Litzke under the caption "Arkansas 
and the South." 
The portrait of Capt. John Philip Sousa, "The March King," 
published in our columns this week, is from a photograph which 
we received through the courtesy of Mr. H. S. Humphrey, Indian- 
apolis, Ind., who has attained a high degree of skill with the 
camera. It shows the great leader at the traps at a time when he 
was a guest of the Limited Gun Club. 
Mr. S. R. Berry, assistant secretary of the Smokeless Powder 
and Ammunition Co., London, England, sailed on the Teutonic 
on \^'ednesday of last week, after a short visit in New York. He 
regretted that he could not remain longer to witness the yacht 
races. During his short stay he made many friends, who wished 
him bon voyage and a return to Yankeeland again. 
Mr. H. B. Nicholson, secretary of the C. L. R. & G. C, Crown 
Point, Ind., writes us as follows: "The Cedar Lake Rod and Gun 
Club have named Oct. 28 and 29 as the days of their next tourna- 
ment, the same to be held on the club grounds at Paisley (Cedar 
Lake), Ind. Programmes can be had by writing the secretary." 
We profoundly regret the death of John Plankinton, Jr., of 
Milwaukee, Wis., who passed away recently from an acute attack 
of typhoid fever. He was less than twenty-one years old when he 
pas.sed away, and had a large circle of friends who grieve for one 
who had so many noble qualities and bright prospects in life. 
Wet, cloudj' and dismal weather, with a bad light, were the con- 
ditions which governed the contest for the championship of New 
Jersey, of which the E C cup is emblematic, at Lyndhurst, N. J., 
on October 6, between Messrs. Harold Money and C. W. Feigeu- 
span. The former won by the score of 46 to 43. 
Dr. A. A. Webber, the champion pistol and expert trap shot, 
has been wearing goggles as a result of the accident which in- 
jured his eye at the Hell Gate Gun Club's shoot. For a time 
there was danger that the eye might not be saved, but it is a 
pleasure to relate that such danger is all past. 
Mr. B. H. Norton, of the Hazard Povi'der Co., under date of Oct. 
6, writes us as follows: "Mr. Edw. S. Lentillion's nephew had his 
new Remington gun stolen. Two hundred dollar ^ grade, No. 
100,197, hammcrless, ejector. Will you kindly mention same in 
your paper and it may help to recover it?" 
In the club shoot of the East Side Gun Club, Newark, at 25 
targets, Geo. Piercy was high gun on a score of 21. In the 
sweepstake events, Mr. L. H. Schortemeier cut out the work for 
the competition. 
Mr. R. W. Gorham, secretary of the Mount Kisco (N. Y.) Gun 
Club, informs us that his club's fall tournament, open to all, will 
be held on Oct. 26, and that there will be merchandise and cash 
prizes, 
Mr. H. W. Levi, of the Garden City Gun Club, won the Chicago 
Sportsmen's trophy in the contest for it at Watson's Park, Oct. 7, 
the manner of it being all set forth in "Western Traps" this week. 
GAPT. JOHN PHILLIP SOUSA. 
On Oct. 18 there will be a 25-live-bird handicap at Morfey's shoot- 
ing grounds, Lyndhurst, N. J. The entrance will be $10. Sweeps 
will also be shot at the pleasure of the contestants. 
Mr. R. S. Waddcll, of Cincinnati, O., and Mi-. E. D. Fultord, of 
LTtica. N. Y., were among the distinguished men who. were in 
evidence in the gun colony last week. 
The shooting season of the Crescent Athletic Club opened last 
Saturday. In the October cup event Mr. L. Rhctt scored 25, the 
limit, with a handicap of 6. 
The Garfield Gun Club, Chicago, has begun its series of live- 
bird shoots, two each month, fourteen in all, closing in May next. 
Bernard Waters. 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
Cfaicago Sportsmen's Trophy. 
Chicago, III., Oct. 7.— The fourteen entries for the Chicago 
Sportsmen's trophy contest, second of the series, yesterday, found 
fine weather and birds which were soft marks. This is really the 
poorest shooting month at pigeons of the year, as the birds are 
moulting now and do not fly well. , , ..^ , . , 
Nearly everybody went straight in the first trials of the 15-bird 
race, only two mcii— Dicks and Parker — falling back of 15, the for- 
mer with 12 and the latter with 13. The shoot-ofl" was the main 
thing and turned out an unexpected winner, H. W. Levi, of Gar- 
den City Club, who by means of his handicap shot out such old- 
timers a's Geo. Roll, Toe Barto, Eddie Steck, J. H. Amberg, W. B. 
Leffingwell, etc. At the 15 hole, or third frame of 5s in the ties, 
Dr Shaw lost a bird, and this left only six men in— Elias, Amberg, 
Roll, Barto, Levi and Young. The end of the next frame saw only 
three left in— Roll, Levi and Young— Elias having dropped out on 
his last bird in this string. Of the remaining three Roll had no 
bird allowance, Levi had needed his extra tie bird three times 
and Young had used his extra bird twice. In the following frame 
Roll lost his second bird and Young lost his first two. This left 
the race for Levi if he could kill straight after his missmg his 
second bird. Levi pluckilv killed on out straight and won the 
handsome badge. Roll and Young divided the money on second 
honors. Roll won high average badge for the second time. Scores: 
Geo Roll 30. 0 121221111221112 —15 
C S Wilcox,' 28 2 .12312120111101111 -15 
C B Dicks^ 28, '2 22112111111001000 -12 
W B Leffingw4u, 28, 1. ..0321221112111111 -15 
tDr Shaw, 30, 1. • ...221111111211121 -15 
T L White 28, 1 • .122111221121121 -15 
Parker ^1 1 " ■ .1120212211101201 -13 
T Elias, 29. s! , 4 .1 . .' i .. .2211121221210121 -15 
T H Amberg, 80, 1 1 1 .... .211112221121112 -15 
T B Barto 30 1 222121222121222 —15 
•h Levf 30 3 : ■ 212212221112111 -15 
S E Young, 28, 3 221112102112100111-15 
Ed Steck 30 i.: 212112122121212 -15 
S P^mer; So! 1 2112122121201111 -15 
Ron°30°0' 12122 11221 m22. 11221 20111 -4 
Wilcox,' 28, 0 ....•«.-.. 22211 Ow 
Leffingwell 28, .Q. ,. lllOw 
miaiu 30 0 12112 11112 .^121* 
Whie 28 6 122^2 22210 
El as%« 1 '■ 22212 21112 22122 20210 
tmberr'30"'o; 22111 22122 11111 2010 
B^rto 30 6.. : 21222 21121 12121 2220 
T evi 30 1 111202 210111 11222 221202 "202122—5 
Youno- 28. 22211 221011 12211 21112 002221-4 
Steclc^'sot 0 2* ; . ■ 
Palmer, 30, 0 12211 2* ' .- . . 
Levi won diamond -badge. Roll and Young divided $5], Roll won 
high average badge. ■, " . . ; 
Birds for Belle Meade. 
Mr. Robert- E.-Coxi>.o£< this eity, who is to provide the birds for 
the big Belle Meade shoot, writes me asking me to come oyer and 
look at his lot, as he has nearly 10,000 now in stock and 's very 
proud of their quality. I hear Belle Meade orders fully 10,000 
bu-ds, and they will be a good sort. 
E. Hough. 
480 Caxton Building, Chicago, 111. 
Garlield Gun Club. 
Chicago Oct. 7.— The following scores were made on our grounds 
to-day. fhe weather was ideal for shooting, but unfortunately a 
farmer chose to-day to burn an old straw stack a short distance 
to windward, and a heavy fog of smoke drifted across the traps all 
afternoon. Notwithstanding the smoke, R. Kuss won A medal 
with a perfect score— 25 straight— while W. Northcott was a close 
follower, winning B medal on a score of 24. C medal was won by 
Brabrook on a score of 17. . . , , j 
Jack Fanning, of Gold Dust fame, paid us a visit and solved the 
smoke problem to the extent of 21 out of 25. Dr. C. Shaw, a 
brother of our Dr. Shaw, was also a visitor from Woodhull, III. 
This closes the season of target shooting, and on Saturday we 
begin on a series of live-pigeon shoots. The series will consist 
of fourteen shoots, two each month until May. The seores: 
Twenty-third trophy shoot, 25 targets: 
Kuss .1111111111111111111111111-25 
Richards 1100011111111111111011111-21 
Dr Meek 1100100111111111111110100—18 
Mrs Shaw 1000110111110001001110111-15 
Dr Shaw llllOlllllUlOlllUl] 1111-23 
Pollard OinilOOOl 0001111010001100—11 
S M Meek'" 0100010001110010110011101—12 
T<eh! 1100111100000010011001011—12 
T Eaton lOOlOOnOUOllOOOOOOUOll— 12 
T Wolff Sr" 1100000100100001111000000—8 
Northcott llllOllllllimmmilll— 24 
Hellman 1111110110111111110100111—20 
Boa ■ 1111110111111110101101011—20 
T Woiff 0010110001000100001101000- 8 
l-'ann in ir ' 11111 1 1 1 01111001111101111—21 
Thomas 1010011 1 00 1 00 101100111101—14 
■R.u,Hen 000001 0010000000000 100000— 3 
Brabrook 0101010001111111101111011—17 
Hicks 0111111111110011111111111—22 
O Byrne" OlOllOlOOOOOlOOOOOOOOOOlO— 6 
.Sweepstakes: 
Events: -12 4 5 Events: 12 4 5 
Targets: 15 10 10 10 Targets: 15 10 10 10 
Kuss ........... .i.... 14 9 9 .. S Wolff, Sr 4 .. .. 
Richards 14 7 4 8 Northcott 8 10 10 
Dr Meek 13 7 . . . • Hellman 8 6 9 
Mrs Shaw 10 7 . . . . Boa 9 7 
Dr Shaw 11 10 F Wolff 2 . . 
Pollard 8 3 .. .. Fanning , .. 9 10 
S M Meek 6 3 .. .. Thomas 6 6 
Kehl 7 5 .. .. Brabrook 8 .. 
Pollard 7 Hicks 10 .. 
T Eaton 5 "6 . . C Shaw 3 . . 
The shoots will be held on the second and fourth Saturdays of 
each month. 
Trophy shoots to begin at 1 o'clock and no entries permitted 
after 3 o'clock. . , , 
A shooter must participate in at least eight shoots to be eligible 
to win a prize. Eiglit high scores to count only. 
Trophy events to be 10 live pigeons. An entrance fee of $2 will 
be charged (birds extra), and the money, if twenty-five entries or 
under, divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent.; if over twenty-five entries, 
40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent., and the club to add $5 to each purse. 
Members will be placed on a handicap of distjmce only. 25 to 
31yds., sliding handicap, to be rearranged after each shoot.. Pigeons 
trapped in tropliy events at 15 cents each. 
All members are requested to note the fact that no entries in 
trophy events will be received after 3 o'clock. 
Dr. J. W. Meek, Sec'y. 
Eureka Gun Club, 
Chicago, Oct. 7.— In the trophy shoot, No. 2, Gtltinyn|fhaTfl Won 
in Class A, Dr. Miller won in Class B, J. L. Jones won in Class 
C and T. G. Lovell won in Class D. ' 
Event No. 3 was the Mussev cup. J. G. Lovell (4) tied A. W. 
Adams (2), each scoring 24. In the shoot-off at 10 targets Adams 
broke 9 to Lovell's 6. 
The team race, six men on a side. 20 targets, resulted as follows: 
Steck 15, Adams 17, Miller 17, Walters 16, Sundermeicr S, Dun- 
bar 9: total 82. 
Cunnvngham 18, Antoine 15, Bennidtt. 15, Jones 15, Borroff IS, 
Lovell 14; total 92. 
Events: 12 3 Events: 123 
J G Lovell 16 21 24 Dr Miller 18 20 
Mrs Carson 18 14 . . C Antoine 17 20 
Ed Steck 19 19 23 V Cunnyngham 24 21 
\ W Adams 20 23 24 Dr Morton 15 11 
A Sundermeicr 16 15 17 Dr Carson 18 19 
Dr Turck 19 19 15 A Walters 13.. 
J L Tones 17 23 19 TP Bowles 5 . . 
T W "Bennett 16 18 17, A G Holmes 17 19 
Mack 17 13 Dunbar 12 .. 
Trap Atound Reading;* 
Phcenixville, Pa., Oct. 6. — Stephens to-day won the gold medal 
at the second monthly medal shoot of the IPhccnix Gun Club, of 
this place. Stephens and Buckwalter both shot from scratch, and 
each scored 24. In the shoot-off at 5 targets Stephens broke 5, 
while Buckwalter could only get 2. The shooting was over the 
magautrap, 25 targets per man. Score: 
Medal shoot, handicap: Stephens, scratch, 24; Buckwalter, 
scratch. 24; Holman, 4, 21; Dotterer, 5, 20; Phlet, 6, 20; Ilodge, 5; 
Ennis, G. 18; Edwards, 6, 18; Miller, 7, 18; Harris, 9, 16; Erb, 10, 14; 
Tracy, 12, 12; Farley, 15, 9. 
Cumbola, Pa., Oct. 4. — John Thomas to-day defeated Patrick 
Brennan, of St. Clair, in a live-bird match for a $20 purse. Bren- 
nan killed 2, while Thomas killed 3. Each man shot at 5 live 
birds, one trap. 
Lancaster, Pa., Oct. 5. — W. C. Grube, of this city, to-day de- 
feated E. F. Smith, of Fairville, in a 10-live-bird match for .$15 a 
a side on the shooting grounds at McGrann's Park. Grube 
killed 8 to Smitli's 7. As soon as the match was completed Smith 
promptly challenged Grube to shoot another match at any number 
of birds for any sum. Grube at once accepted and proposed to 
shoot it at once at 20 live birds each, for $25 a side. This time 
Smith won by the score of 18 to 17 for Grube, although Grube had 
hard luck by having 3 drop dead out of bounds. The two then 
decided to shoot another match Oct. 12 at 25 live birds. 
Royersford, Pa., Oct. 7. — Buckwalter to-day won the Corrigan 
medal by breaking 21 out of 25 targets at the monthly shoot of the 
Twin City Gun Club, of this place. The score: Buckwalter 21, 
Miller 19, Johnson 15, Poinsett 14, Corothcrs 7, Emracrs 8. 
The Twin City Gun Club have decided to hold a target shoot 
Oct. 21 for a fine $250 gun. 
West Chester, Pa., Oct. 7.— The challenge cup of the West 
Chester Gun Club was to-day won by Hoopcs, a new shooter. 
The scores are very low. Hoopes and Sellers tied on 17. In the 
shoot-off Hoopes won, breaking 6 to Sellers' 5. Score: 
Twenty-five targets per man: Hoopes 17, Ford 15, Gill 15, Hoar 
16, Howard 16, Sellers _i7; ' Duster. 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
Brooklyn Gun Club. 
Brooklyn, Oct. 7.— This was an off shoot. A few scores were 
made as follows: 
Events.: 
Targets : • 
Afthaus 
Ashley 
Bennett 
Brigham . . . . 
Paterscin -. , . . 
Siedell ...... 
Thompson . . 
1 
2 
3 
4 
.5 
6 
7 
15 
10 
20 
25 
5p 
15 
25 
12 
If! 
21 
13 
22 
5 
7 
6 
13 
19 
"e 
13 
i4 
15 
20 
22 
8 
14 
13 
9 
15 
10 
9 
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10 
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4 
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12 
10 
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■9 
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14 
do 
14 
15 
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'4 
11 
12 
16 
6 
11 
16 
12 
14 
(Jbo. Patekson, Sec'y. 
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