Nov. 4, 1899.1 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
879 
Young, 30 'mmm 
De Bow, 30 21220212 
Annie Oakley, 26 20220102201 
Moore 11121212000 
CuUom , 2021*1210122 
Budd 21110 
Courtnev 002222 
Elliott, '31 21* 
Riehl 12* 
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Fifth Day, Friday, Oct. 27— Gefst Handicap. 
The Gerst handicap was identically like the one of the previous 
day, in so far as conditions and entrance were concerned. The 
result, too, was practically the same, for only straight scores got 
a part of the purse. _. , 
Haywood, Gilbert, Fanning, Dupont, De Bow and Hirschy are 
the ones that carried off the money, each being remunerated to the 
extent of $,S6.45. 
The birds were somewhat of an improvement, as there was a good 
breeze, which had a tendency to make them a trifle more active; 
but the sun was just as warm and bright as heretofore. 
This event had twenty-six entries that contested for the money. 
Aside from this, there were several miss-and-out eveiits, but all 
of these were long drawn out affairs, and when a division was 
declared rarely paid entrance money. 
Haywood, 29 21111221212211 21222212222— 25 
Gilbert 31 2122221221112212121212122—25 
Fannin'?, 31 1111222112121111112222221—25 
Duoont; 26 1121211211111122112212222—25 
De BovV 30 1112221111111211211221121—25 
Hir^chv 28 11.21122112222222222222122—25 
Chase " 28 22222222222222^^2222111122—24 
Allen 24 2122202122221111211112212—24 
Ell iott .U 222222211 2122222202122122—24 
Green '27 2111212221111122211111202—24 
Budd 81 ^ ..2111221*12122211222221112— 24 
Elli '5ton .30 2121222202112222222222222—24 
Sinclair ' 26 2212220211111122122222122—24 
Cockreli 28 2221212212121111202021122—23 
Fall'is 28 2222222222222222022202222—23 
Heike's 31 2212222222222221202222202—23 
Younff' 31 0222222222222222220222222—23 
Gerst 27 1112111212011221112110121—23 
Leele'r 28 1112122122202111120212121—23 
Gav 30 2121212112122120222Z12022— 23 
Fawcett. 28 1211121 222112222200222222—23 
Pierce ' ^fi 111011102111221122121111*— 22 
Harri.s 28 211221111222112122120202*— 22 
Page "27 1222211211011022211011221—22 
Tilarshall 30 2221221022222020222222221—22 
*Shattuck, 28 2020111222122121110222122-22 
*Mrs Shattuck .' . . .1021211022111021222222211—22 
Gen Jackson 26 2111021211112122222010102—21 
*Miss Oakley.' 27 0120221220 
*Birds. 
Sixth Day, Saturday, Oct, 28— Belle Meade Handicap. 
This was the final event of the tournament, and the one in 
which the most interest centered: for, in addition to the purse, 
there was a very fine silver loving cup to contest for, which 
naturally added zest to the competition. 
Twenty-five shooters materialized for this race, which called for 
an entrance of $25, birds included. But it was changed from a 
high-gun event to class shooting, three moneys, 50, 30 and 20. 
The weather was very unpropitious, as during nearly the entire 
contest a drenching rain fell, which had a very depressing effect 
on the pigeons, and made sitters of a great many, naturally adding 
notning to their quality. 
When the race commenced there was a stiff wind blowing, and 
for a time it looked as though the birds were going to be fast, 
but the wind soon abated and then it rained all the harder. 
As two sets of traps were used, the contest proper was soon 
disposed of; but as eight of the principals finished with straight 
scores, a lengthy and stubborn shoot-off followed. The straight 
men were Pierce, Riehl, Budd, Allen, Gilbert, De Bow, EUiston 
and Fulford, while Heikes just failed to be one of these by losing 
his last bird. 
Those interested in the Clip agreed to shoot it off, miss-and-out 
When this began it was perfectly calm and raining hard, so that 
the birds flew m most slovenly fashion. 
Fulford was the first to fall out. He drew a bird that flew 
a few yards and lit, and in order to make a no bird of it, at' 
tempted to kill it on the ground, but overshot it a trifle, and when 
it fluttered in toward the dead line he failed to touch it with his 
second barrel, so that it got out of bounds. 
EUiston was the next victim, and went out on a rather slow- 
fiying circling incomer from No. 5 trap. 
De Bow lasted until the 14th round, when he drew a very swift 
right-quartering outgoer from No. 5 trap. It carried both loads 
out of bounds. 
The next unfortunate was Gilbert, who was put out of the race 
by a very fast twisting, towering outgoer. 
Allen added another 25 straight to his score, but missed his 
26th, a slow circling incomer that towered rapidly. 
At the 31st round Charley Budd came to grief on a bird very 
similar to Gilbert's. 
This left only two inexperienced shooters, Pierce and Riehl, to 
dispute for the cup, and the suspense lasted only a few rounds 
longer, as Riehl failed to negotiate a low-flying incomer that de- 
ceived him into the belief that it would alight before it got to 
him. He held his second too long, so that when he finally did 
shoot, the bird was right at him and a most difficult shot to make. 
Thus it devolved on Pierce to kill his bird to win, which he 
did in the most unconcerned manner, and thereby won the cup. 
Pierce claims to be a mere novice in the pigeon-shooting game, but 
has all the prerequisites of the successful trap shot, being very 
cool and collected at all stages of the game. He was very 
fortunate in the draw, but also killed the good birds he got about 
as easy and clean as the duffers. He shot a Purdy gun, Schuitze 
powder and Trap shells. 
Straights paid $29.25 ; 24s paid $20.05; 23s paid $31.25. Although 
it required a score of 23, eighteen of the principals got a part of 
the purse. 
Chas. Budd won this eveiit a year ago, and Fulford on that occa- 
sion was also in the tie. 
When the winner had been decided Gen. Jackson filled the cup 
with sparkling champagne, and it was passed around. The scores: 
Pierce, 28 2122222111112111111121121—25 
Ri eh 1 , 27 2222222222322212221222122—25 
Budd, 30 1111222222113112212121112—25 
Allen, 29 2222222221222221222221222—25 
Gilbert, 31 2222221122222222222122122—25 
De Bow, 30 2121112121111121222122222—25 
EUiston, 30 2221212222222222222222222—25 
Fulford, 26 2222222212222221222222222—25 
Heikes, 30 2221222222222222222222220—24 
Gav, 30 122222121*121122222212211—24 
Green. 28. 2221122210111111211122211—24 
Sinclair, 27 1201222222212211212122212—24 
Fanning, 31 0122222222122122222222222—24 
■Marshall, 30 2222222022222222222222222—24 
Hirschy, 24 1122102222222222222222222—24 
Werk, 27 0021222211122222222221221—23 
Cockreli, 29 0122120222122222222222222—23 
Fallis, 28 2222222*20222222222222222—23 
Chase, 28 21222211222202*2222122120—22 
Harris, 28 2020222221221222022222212—22 
Haywood. 30 2112222221201220222200*w 
Elliott. 31 1121222220022212220W 
Dupont. 28 2*1122122211120011*w 
Wm Jackson, Jr, 26 2202222201110*w 
Fawcett, 27 00221202*w 
Shoot-off, miss and out: 
Trap score type— Copyright, iSpg, by' Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 
25Sa4434554.'i 5324.3442 .5 8431 
Pierce 2 111221222113211121211212 
2255413453 
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1131112222 —85 
82. 5 2511 5 85841 5 13214534458 
/^'\^^W i/\r*r*-l^t X^Hf-\ ^HTH-> ^ 
Riehl 3 11331222312221 1211133122 
2844585 3 i<5 
121812121Q -Sf 
6ai42245521 4 841153445244 5 
\ \r+'s /" t HHt ^/^ \\/^ '^H/*-^ 
Budd .2 111 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 
6 5 5 12 8 
2 1 1 1 2 * -30 
44S515321 5 2221 45524818*4 » 
WB./' ^^^'^^.^^^-HHT^/' t \'wth->\H 
Allen 3 222111222221122222 2 11211 
2 
0 \ -25 
5 5 148528141832132 
Gilbert 12 1 122 2 2221111120 —It) 
484411433322 4 5 
DeBow... 2 1 2 1212212 2 11* — 1<5 
15224145 
EUiston 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 — ' 
4 4 2 2 2. 
Fulford 2 2 2 2 » ^ 
EIIiott-De Bow— Cast-Iron Medal. 
The match for this trophy took place on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 
26, commencing at 2:06, Elliott winning the toss and going first to 
the score. The race was soon devoid of all interest, as Elliott as- 
sumed the lead at the 22d round and continued to increase it as the 
race progressed, winning handily by the score of 99 to 93. The birds 
were very poor, and EUiott's score of 99 is therefore nothing re- 
markable for a shooter of his ability. He lost his 10th bird dead 
out of bounds, and then ran the remaining 90 straight, ihe gatn- 
ering of his 22d was the rankest kind of luck. This bird was the 
poorest kind of a duffer and floated in toward the shooter with the 
speed of an ice wagon, and to the surprise of every one he missed 
it clean. There is a set of target traps located inside the boundary, 
and this fool of a bird actually flew into this screen, and here the 
shooter was able to catch it, so that what would have proved a lost 
bird under ordinary circumstances had to go as a kill. When you 
hear any hard-luck stary about that dead out of bounds spoiling 
a 100 straight just remember this bird. . . „, , 
EUiott's best kills were his 13lh, 47th and 70th. The latter was 
the best bird trapped, and an exceptionaUy good shot. His lost 
bird was a good one, and died out of bounds. 
De Bow shot a very good race for a man of his experience, and 
handled himself very well, though he was a trifle slow and 
methodical in going to the score. However, he was simply out- 
classed, and especially on this sort of birds, as EUiott in liis 
present form wiU miss but few of this class. 
To De Bow's credit it must be stated that all of his lost birds 
with the exception of one were very good. His 46th, a slow-flying 
incomer, was badlv slobbered and died out of bounds. His best 
run was 30 straight; his best kills were his 12th, 30th, 41st and 
53d. 
The birds were poor, and it was very warm, without any wind, 
so that big scores were to be exoected. Elliott had 8 sitters in his 
lot, and De Bow 4. Elliott shot a Winchester gun. Hazard powder 
and Leader shells. De Bow shot a Parker gun. Hazard powder 
and Winchester Pigeon sheUs. Mr. R. O. Heikes was referee, and 
the writer scorer. , , _ 
Match between J. A. R. Elliott, of Kansas City, and J. D. B. 
De Bow, of Nashville; 100 pigeons per man, $100 a side and the 
cast iron medal; loser to pay for the birds. 
Trap score type— Copyright, 1899, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 
4852121424445545132531122 
JAR Elliott. ..2 2 22222 2 2*112321 2 1221212 2—24 
3 2 42 3 42521314284455312333 
2 2 222223221231322211 2 2 2 2 2-20 
1818 3 44284244551142554124 
222221222122212222221223 2-25 
42 5 12 2 -4 2842144551141282 5 1 
22 2 222222122 2 11212122222 2—25—99 
81446 5 11412 3 2512545511222 
J De Bow i 22 2 222202221 2 1121112002 2—22 
435 2 8314455114138258515 45 
22122121222222 2 22212 2 *21 2—24 
5122425238 521214244253515 
"i" T N ^ ^ i T i N V->T;" \ \ "t/" 
222010111122121121 101221 1-22 
4588245288152141423445541 
112111121211112212212211 1-25—93 
Schmelzer Cup. 
The Schmelzer cup is subject to a challenge, but only one in- 
dividual contest has ever taken place for it. This occurred at 
Leavenworth in August, 1895, and J. W. Sexton, the holder, suc- 
cessfully defended it against Lou Erhardt, winning by a score 
of 92 to 88. The conditions prescribe that the cup must be won 
three times in open competition before it can become the property 
of any one. 
The conditions of this race called for 100 targets, reverse angles, 
entrance $7, targets included. Three dollars of this entrance went 
to the holder of the cup, and $2 for birds, while the remaining 
$2 was divided 50, 80 and 20 per cent. Thus Heikes wins the cup, 
Marshall first money, $17.50; Gay second money, $10.20, and Young 
third, $6.80. , , 
The conditions on the first day were perfect, but on the second 
day there was a sharp wind that affected the flight of the targets 
somewhat. Heikes shot a single-trigger Parker gun, Schuitze 
powder and Smokeless shells. 
This contest was started on Tuesday, Oct. 24 immediately after 
the conclusion of the regular programme. But owing to the 
bad working of the traps, and an even worse set of trifling negro 
trappers, only the first two squads succeeded in shooting half of 
their race, while the remaining squad of five, composed of 
Shepardson, Courtney, Parker, Allen and Riehl, shot but their first 
string of 25. At this juncture Marshall was in the lead, w:ith 45 
out of 50, and Heikes was second, with 44. Marshall showed 
great form at the start, as he ran his first 34 straight, but the bad 
light when he shot his second string made it hard to see the tar- 
gets, and therefore he lost 5. 
The first thing the next morning the contest was resumed 
and, resulted in Heikes winning the cup by a score of 90, Marshall 
getting first money on 89_, Gay second on 87 and Young third on 
85. Roll Heikes shot in slashing style, especially after the first 
string of 25, or rather after the 14th round, for prior to this he lost 
5, and from thence on only a like number. 
By his win of this trophy Heikes becomes a new champion, and 
gains a title he has never held before, that of reverse-angle cham- 
pion. He has taken part in the four contests for this cup, but this 
is the first time he has ever won it. 
This cup was first put into competition at the Schmelzer tourna- 
ment in July, 1895. On that occasion J. W. Sexton, of Leaven- 
worth, won it by a score of 90. In September of the same year 
the second open contest for it took place at Detroit, and here 
Capt Bartlett and Jack Parker tied on 92. This tie was later on 
shot off at the Rochester tournament, with the result that Parker 
won by S5 to 80. In September, 1896, J. W. Sexton won it for the 
second" time in open competition at Kansas City, on 87. Then at 
the midwinter shoot at San' Antonio, Tex., in January, 1897. R. O. 
Heikes, Charley Young and the late F. V. Van Dyke tied for it 
on 83. This tie was never decided, and no other contest took place 
for it until May, 1898, when Charley Budd won it at Des Moines, 
la., on the extraordinary score of 96. In September of that year 
the cup was again shot for at Kansas City, and here Budd scored 
his second win, with 87. No contest has since taken place until 
the present one. 
Heikes 11100101101110111111111111101111111111111111111111—14 
llllllOllOllllllllOllllllllllllllllllllimillOlll— 4&_g0 
Marshall . . . ..11111111111111111111111111111111110111101111000111—45 
11111111111111100110111111011010111111111111111111—44—89 
Gay , . , , 11111 101111111111111111111011110111011101011111011—42 
iiiiumnoiiuouiiimiiiiiioioiiiiiioiiiiiiiii— 45-87 
Young Ill 11101111111001110111111111011011111111011110111-42 
lllllUlOll 111111111001011011111111111110011111111-43-85 
Hallowell . . . .linilOiriOlllllUlllOlllllOllllllllOllllOOOlllOll-41 
lOllllllllllOllOOOllllllOlllllllllllOmOlllllllU-42-83 
Fanning 01101111111111010111111110111110111101111110111111-42 
11111111100111111101111001110110101111011111111111—11-83 
Elliott OllllOlOllOlllllOllllllllllllllllllimiomiOOlll-42 
00110110110111111111011110111111111111101111100111-40—82 
Gilbert 11111111110010011101111101111111111111010111011110—10 
11011111 101111111101110011110111110111111101111110—41—81 
Hirschy lOllllOmillOUllOllllllllOlllOlllllllllllOlllllO-43 
11011111101001010011111111101001111111110111111111—19-81 
Shepardson ..11101110010111111111111111011111110111011111111011-42 
11001111111111111101101110111111110011010111001111—39—81 
Allen lllllOOlliOOOllllllOlllllllllOmilOllOlOllOlOllll-38 
111011111111111101110011 11 111111101011111111101111-43—81 
Fulford 11101011111111011101101101011111110111111111011111-^1 
01110001111111111111111111101110111001011111111110—40—81 
Budd 11011110110111111111110011011111101111011111111001^0 
10111110111010111111110011110111011111010111110111-39-79 
Qiase 11 101011111110111011111011111111011001110111111111-41 
11111110100011101111111111001101110110111111100110—37—78 
Parker 11111011111111010011101111001110111100110001110010-34 
10111110111111110111101101111111111111111111111101-44-78 
Riehl looiiioooioiiiiiooiiuoomiioioioiiooiiiooomin— 32 
lOllllllllllllllllllllllllOOinOllllllllllOlllllll-45— 77 
Courtney ....10101000111100011001111011110011011110111010111001-31 
iiioiiiioiiioiiiiiiiiioooiooinoiiiiniiiioiiiiiii^o-71 
Hatris-Elliston, 
ConsideralJle rivalry exists between the two Tennessee shooters, 
Messrs. W. G. Han-is and W. R. Elliston,_ and for some time 
there has been a match pendmg between th'em. It was shot on 
Wednesday, Oct. 25. The conditions of this were somewhat of a 
revelation, in so far as target matches arc concerned, as they 
prescribed 100 targets per man and for $100 a side, and to the 
writer's knowledge this was bona fide, as the money was actually 
put up, and as soon as the referee's decision was announced it was 
turned over to the winner. My reason for mentioning this is that 
one frequently hears of such matches, but rarely sees them, and 
invariably these turn out to be for about $10 a side, or more 
frequently for the price of targets only. 
This proved a most decidedly interesting contest, and the close- 
ness and the big stake made it very exciting. The first string 
of 25 resulted in each scoring 22, and the next string brought 
about a similar result. In the third string EUiston gained a little 
advantage, as he broke 24 to his opponent's 23. However, he did 
not retain this lead long, as he lost his 77th and then his 80th, 
which gave the lead to Harris; but the latter lost his S3d, S6th 
and S8th in rapid succession, so with only 12 more to shoot EUis- 
ton had a lead of 2, but he in turn missed his S9th and 94th, and 
as Harris broke out the race' resulted in a tie, with a total for 
each of 89. This was immediately shot off at 25 targets, and here 
Harris won by 24 to 23. Harris lost his 4th and EUiston his 14th 
and 22d. 
The match was shot in the most rapid manner, as each of the 
principals shot their 100 targets without any intermission, and it 
only required twenty minutes for this. Each showed plenty of 
nerve and pluck, and if either was unduly concerned over the 
result it was not betrayed by any exterior emotion. 
Harris had one weak bird, which was a very slow straightaway 
or one that _ quartered slightly to the left, for of the H he lost 
5 were of this kind, and many similar birds were only broken into 
one or two pieces. No. 1 trap threw an extremely low bird, in 
fact too low, and had this been rectified, as it should, Harris 
would have beaten his opponent at least 2 birds in the original 
'contest. Had he been defeated it would have been solely due to 
lack of experience and the tact that he had no one to advise 
him. It was evident, too, that his friends were ignorant as to the 
shooting game, or else some one would have been there to supply 
his wants and not compel him to carry about his shells, etc. 
EUiston was not hampered in this manner and was fairly beaten. 
He had no particularly weak bird, but slipped one here and there 
irrespective of their flight. The weather conditions were favorable, 
as there was little wind and a good light. The targets w^ere thrown 
about 50yds., but nevertheless the score must be classed a very 
good one, as it is entirely dift'erent when there are 200 shekels of 
the realm between one and every target from what it is if one is 
only engaged in an ordinary sweepstake scramble. 
The Hon. Tom A. Marshall was chosen referefe and Mr. Jno. J. 
Hallowell scorer. 
Harris shot a Lefever gun, Leader shells and Schuitze powder. 
EUiston shot a Parker gun, Du Pont powder and Winchester 
Pigeon shells. 
Match between W. G. Harris, Gallatin, Tenn., and W. R. Ellis- 
ton, NashvUIe, Tenn., 100 targets per man, for $100 a side; stake 
$200; loser to pay for targets: 
W G Harris 11 11 11 10 11 01 11 01 11 U U 11 10—22 
11 11 11 11 11 11 10 01 11 11 11 11—22 
11 10 11 11 11 01 11 11 11 11 11 11 11—24 
11 11 11 01 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11—21—89 
W R EUiston 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 01 11 11 11—23 
11 11 11 01 11 10 11 11 01 11 11 11—31 
10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11—25 
01 11 01 11 11 11 01 11 11 01 11 11—20-89 
Shoot-off : 
Harris 1110111111111111111111111—24 
EUiston , 1111111111111011111110111—23 
General Averages, 
Aside from the glory that one gets from being high in such a 
field of shooters, there was also a medal to strive for. This was 
won by Gilbert, who lost but 20 targets out of 600, and diereby has 
the great percentage for so many of .966; Heikes is next with .950; 
Young, third, 946;- Fanning, fourth, .945, and Budd, fifth, .940. The 
standing of the others who shot through is shown in the table 
below. 
In contemplating these big averages, it must be born in mind 
that the conditions throughout were ideal and in every respect 
similar to those that prevailed at Peoria and Sioux City, where 
similar big scores were recorded. Then, too, the targets were not 
thrown very hard, but at a nice uniform speed of about 50yds. 
Gilbert, the winner, also won the medal here a year ago for a 
like performance. On this occasion he shot a Parker gun, Du Pont 
powder and Leader shells. The averages were as follows: 
First Second Third Shot 
Day. Day. Day. at. Broke. Av. 
Gilbert 193 1.92 195 600 580 . 966 
Heikes 185 191 194 600 570 . 650 
Young 184 192 192 600 558 . 946 
Fanning 193 180 194 600 567 .945 
Budd 190 185 189 600 564 . 940 
Gay 189 183 191 60O 563 .938 
Hirschv 185 185 191 600 561 .935 
Elliott ' 184 187 189 600 560 . 933 
Marshall 187 182 182 600 551 .918 
Fulford 187 181 174 600 542 .906 
Parker 163 172 194 600 529 . 881 
Campbell 175 168 177 600 520 . 866 
Shepardson ISO 168 170 600 518 . 863 
HaUowell , 174 172 172 600 518 . 863 
Haywood 177 170 169 600 516 .860 
Chase 159 171 161 600 491 .818 
Courtney 165 1,50 171 600 486 . 810 
Pierce 132 156 164 600 452 . 753 
Target Championship Postponed. 
New York, Oct. 30. — ^I have just received notice from Mr. W. 
R. Crosby that his match with Mr. Fred Gilbert for the E C 
cup, originally fixed for this date, has been postponed until Sat- 
urday next, Nov. 4, at 2 P. M. The change has been made to ac- 
commodate Mr. Gilbert, as he found it impossible for him to ar- 
rive at Batavia in time for him to shoot the match on an earlier 
date. Edward Banxs, 
Sec'y The American E C & Schuitze Gunpowder Co., Ltd. 
The natives of Kottiar are in the habit of digging every year in 
the summer-dry banks of the Yergel River for fish, which they 
dig out by hundreds, just as they would potatoes. The mud 
lumps are broken open, and the fish, perhaps 8in. or lOin. long, 
will always be found alive and often frisky, as if just removed from 
its supposedly native element — water. In the dry bed of several 
African rivers a similar practice is often pursued. A kind of 
mud fish buries itself while the bottom is still moist and re- 
mains there all the summer, waking up when the rains commence 
again. — Fishing Gazette. 
