March 24, 1900.J 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
2S9 
Roof Gatdcn Toornament. 
The longest target tournament iii the annals of trapshooting 
came to a close last Saturday, after fifteen days of continuous 
shooting. Protracted though this affair was, the interest in it 
seemed nexer to flag, continuing up to the very close, and thereby 
admirably accomplished the object of its promoters, whose aim 
■was to familiarize the general public with the wholesome, up-to-date 
method of target shooting. To the observer it is clearly evident 
that they succeeded in this respect, as every day hundreds of 
spectators watched the shooting with keen interest, marveling at 
the skill of the experts and the ingenious method employed for 
throwing the bluerocks. . 
The targets were thrown by a magautrap run by an electric 
dence to-dajr. In this event one of them. Van Allen, is second 
with 93, while Griffith, another one, is tied with Fannmg for third 
with 9L , , , , , J r . 
The weatlaer conditions were favorable, the severe cold of the 
previous day having moderated to a great extent. 
Entries in the Championship contest reached the limit, 
scores : 
The 
W R Crosby 24 23 24 25—96 
S M Van Allen... 23 24 23 23—93 
E C Griffith, 2 23 23 23 22—91 
T S Fanning 20 24 23 24r-91 
E D Fulford 25 22 24 21—90 
F M Eastman 23 24 20 2.3—90 
R O Heikes, 1 23 22 22 22-89 
R Craufurd 20 18 17 20—75 
W H Hyland 21 20 18 15—74 
A G Courtney.... 19 18 17 19— 73 
E StefTens 15 19 22 16—72 
F Hoy 18 IS 20 16—72 
Ed Reinecke 17 17 19 18—71 
N Pechin 18 20 16 15—70 
W R Crosby 24 25 25 24—98 
Ed Banks 24 24 24 24—96 
J S Fanning 25 24 21 24—94 
C W Budd ..24 24 23 22—93 
E D Fulford 24 23 23 22—92 
S M Van Allen... 21 24 21 24—90 
R O Heikes 22 22 23 23—90 
I Tallman 2 .,21 23 22 24—90 
E C Griffith 21 21 23 23—88 
H Kirkover 22 20 24 22—88 
B Leroy 20 22 22 23—87 
J R Hull 21 21 23 21—86 
F B Tracy 22 18 22 23—85 
I Tallman, 1 21 22 20 20—83 
T H Keller ...19 18 
Dr Casey, 1.......23 17 
Dr Casev, 2....... 19 23 
D N Coats, 2 19 17 
H Blauvelt IS 19 
J M Thompson.... 19 20 
R E Packard 19 1» 
L Harrison 15 36 
M R Weightman.l4 13 
D N Coats, 1 13 18 
H Krvn 9 H 
E D Fulford, 2.... 25 23 
W H Hyland 17 17 
23 S3 
22 19—81 
20 n— 7S' 
16 21—73 
16 16—69 
13 17—691 
14 18— 69 
19 18— <5S 
19 lS-64 
12 08-62: 
14 lli-^ 
22 w 
20 w 
ROOF GARDEN TOURNAMENT. 
West end of roof. 
motor, thus insuring a uniform speed in their flights This com- 
bination worked perfectly, and but for the efficient manner m which 
the trap did its work it would have been impossible to shoot any- 
thing like the number of entries that were present each day. it 
frequently required a thousand an hour to finish in the limited time. 
The Championship match never began before 12:30, and on several 
occasions this was shot through with fifty entries by o:30. Had 
any other stvle of trapping been in vogue many entries would 
have had to be refused, while this way nearly everybody was ac- 
commodated. Mr. Chas. North, of the Cleveland Target Co., was 
on hand to look after the trap, but the only thing required of him 
- was to clean and oil it each morning. Alter being once started 
the trap invariably performed its duty well. _ r 
Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, well known to the shooting world for his 
skill and knowledge of shooting events, was in charge of this 
tournament, and conducted it with his usual able executive abiJily. 
Assisting him was a corps which had been selected for its ex- 
perience in the respective positions assigned them. Mr. John JJ. 
Regan, of Brooklyn, acted as cashier; Mr. J. K. Starr, of Phila- 
delphiL was scorer; Mr. John Wright, of Pittsburg, was squad 
hustler and blackboard man; Mr. Herbert Dressel, Brooklyn, was 
puller, and Harry Merrifield was trapper. This contingent was al- 
ways on hand and ready for business at the appointed time. Mr. 
Chas. North made himself generally useful by relieving the referee, 
puller and trapper during lunch time. 
The inclosure in which the shooting was done was not very 
large about 180 bv 40ft. From the trap to the fence straightaway 
was i22ft or 2ft.' over 40yds. The targets were thrown at a speed 
of about 55yds., as they would smash against the fence when not 
broken by the shooters. The place was inclosed by a high board 
fence on two sides, while on the right was a brick wall covered 
with a landscape painting that had served its purpose for the roof 
garden performances during the stimmer time. This made anything 
but a desirable background, adding not a httle to the difliculty of 
making good scores. On dark days it was a very hard matter lo 
locate a target that quartered oflE toward the landscape. 
The conditions of competition were given m an earlier issue. 
Wianeti. 
Mr W. R. Crosby, of O'Fallon, 111., wins the Association Cham- 
pionship, first general average and second in the Continuous 
match, also a gold medal. His best run was 97. Mr ^"^l^ „f 
a Baker gun, E. C. powder in Leader shells. Mr. J. ^^. hannmg, ot 
San Francisco, Cal.; won third in the Association Championship, 
second general average and made the longest continuous run-l-o- 
which entitles him to first prize in this event, ^.s'lyer tea se . Mr^ 
Fanning shot a Smith gun, Laflin & Ra"^, ^^/"^ powder m 
Se? shells. Mr. I. Tallman. of Milbrook, N. Y., won second 
in the Association Championship match, and also vvton the Garden 
handicap. Mr. Tallman shot a Parker gun, bchultze powder m 
I eider shells Mr. G. S. McAlpin. of Ivew York, winner ot 
fourth in the Association Championship, shot a Grant gun, Dupont 
powder "n Leader shells. C. W. Budd of Des Momes -T a., winner 
of third in the Continuous match, 70 straight-a silver medal- 
shot a Parker gun. Hazard powder in Smokeless shells. R- 
Heikes, Davton. O., winner of third general average, shot a 
Remington 'gun, Schultze powder in Smokeless shells, t.. L. 
GrX"rPascoag R. I., winner of fourth in tl^e Cont.numis match 
64 straight— a bronze medal-shot a Parker gun, Laflin Rand \\ -A 
powder in Leader shells. E. D. Fulford, Utica, N. Y winner of 
the daily medal in the Championship event on the sixth day, shot 
a Remington gun, Schultze powder in Trap shells. 
Eleventh Day, Tuesday, Mafch 13. 
A calm serene looking man, in the person of Mr. E. C. Griffith 
of Palcoag, R I., was a principal in to-day's events and created 
!^-,,,cf^prVhlp "stir bv making several nice runs m the Continuous 
match wWch gav^^^^^ Quite a shock, as; it looked for a time 
S though the '-perfesh" were to receive their first backset by having 
one of the rank and file carry away pai't of the honors at least 
Mr Griffith aggregated 64 on his fourth trial, and try as they would 
^!,,; r.) -hf- exnens seemed able to reach this. Manager Shaner 
n air ady ann^m^nced'that this would be the last squad, but tliere 
was still a glimmer of hope- for that everlasting Farmer Boy had 
still one mSre chance to save the day for the talen This time 
he got -agoing," and when the referee announced It s all off 
he had run 77, so that poor Mister Amateur had once more to be 
content with second money that didn t pa^'. 
Crosbv made eight atl^empts, and his best. runs were 77, 48 16, 
14 and 13. Griffith tried twelve times, running 64, ol, li and It'. 
Fannin- was up a like number of times, and his good ones are 
•« 19 and 17 Heikes. with one less attempt, has 25 and 15. K.irk- 
oveJ's ten efforts resulted in 25, 19 and 10, as his best Jeigenspan 
was the most industrious, entering fifteen times, but the be=,t he 
Scored were 18, 12 and two 10s. Leroy on four trials is credited 
with n 14 and 11. Clark, with an equal amount of trials recorded 
II and 7 sinks, two times up, shows 9 and 5. Budd's tiiree trials 
him 7 6 and 4. Dr. Know! ton could not make much progress, 
lening 5 twice in seven trials. BeUoff scored a like num_ber once 
Frf thp sime number of tr als. Hooey's best resulted in o, and he 
was out ^xt?mes: Courtney tried it t^v^ce, ^d broke 3. each time. 
Ealtman scored 2 once in three attempts. Sherman tried it once 
^Crosbv was^ equally as resourceful in the Championship match and 
bv that >ame wonderful precision that has characterized Ins shoot- 
\ntr all through the tournament, captured the medal in thi§ event 
vith " bird^' to spiare, scorine U T)1f amateurs were m evi. 
E C Griffith, 1 21 23 
C W Budd 24 22 
Ed Banks 23 20 
S P Life 22 23 
B Leroy 20 20 
P Daly, Jr. 1 23 20 
J Von Lengerke..21 20 
Capt. Money, 1. . .22 23 
P Dalv, Tr, 2 22 20 
H Kirkover, 1....19 22 
F B Tracv 21 22 
J Fleming' 17 25 
J R Hegeman 21 19 
W T Smith 17 18 
W H Sanders 20 17 
W M Hooey 21 21 
Dr Knowlton 20 22 
H Kirkover, 2.... 18 20 
C W Feigenspan..l7 20 
21 23-88 J Wellbrock 17 16 16 19-68 
22 20—88 Wm Doctor 19 15 17 17-68 
23 21—87 Capt Money, 2. .. .23 18 14 13-67 
90 22—87 G Paterson 19 12 19 17-67 
24 21—85 G Schwarz 13 18 17 18—66 
20 21—84 D N Coats 20 17 16 1.3—66 
21 20—82 F T McCahill 18 17 13 14—62 
20 .17—82 M "Weightman 12 22 12 15—61 
19 21—82 L Craufurd 11 18 14 13—56 
22 18—81 T C Belloff 11 14 16 14—55 
21 17—81 'A Betti 18 16 11 9—54 
19 20—81 Ed Banks, 2. . ; . .. .20 22 22 w 
2118—79 B Leroy, 2. .'20 21 21 w 
22 21—78 J Delanev 20 22 18 w 
22 19—78 C Feigenspan, 1,..18 18 18 w 
16 20—78 M Clark ...16 19 33 w 
15 20—77 T H Keller 20 16 w 
21 18—77 R O Heikes, 2.... 20 w 
21 17—75 
Twelfti Day, Wednesday, Match U. 
This being one of the short days, the most interesting feature 
to many, the Continuous match, had to be dispensed with this 
Thirteenth Day, Thofsday, March J5. 
To-day brought out one of those rare exhibitions of shooling 
skill that occur now and then at long intervals in the annals of 
the sport, and which materially help to maintain the interest 
therein. Fanning had suspected that some one would exceed his 
run of 90 and had made several bets to that effect. This not 
materializing, he proceeded to establish a new mark for himse.l. 
On his second attempt he developed one of those phenomenal 
streaks, which never ended until he had aggregated the great 
number of 175, which marks a new epoch in this style of shooting- 
The target which ended this extraordinary run was a low straiigtiif - 
away, which dropped perceptibly, and though the shooter wasi 
conscious of that, he was unable to reach it, from the fact thai the^ 
long demand on the strength of his arm had deprived the muscles- 
of some of their subtleness, so that it failed to respond as promptly 
as on ordinary occasions. 
This is essentially a race of endurance, and it was demoHstratedl 
all through the tournament that the men of the best physique eiadp 
the best showing in it. True, there are instances where this t--iini 
has been excelled, but these were not made under the same crni - 
ditions. being shot on installments of 20 birds or more, and Tot" 
this reason cannot be classed with this performance.. Here one i"-' 
called to the score and continues to shoot until he misses, and there- 
is no intermission of any consequence, except such as is necessary 
to procure additional shells. This run of Fanning's engrossed 
most of the time, so that consequently Manager Shaner's receilps 
were correspondingly light in this event. 
Crosliv made one run that ordinarily would be classed as a capital 
one, bre'aking 88 on his third and last attempt. Budd ran 28 in two 
trials. Heikes tried it ten times, but his first was the best, resu't- 
ing in 21. Griffith broke 19 once in three efforts. Leroy scored 17 
and 16 with five trials. Landis' best was 13, and resulted from four 
entries. Widman recorded such an tmlucky total with two en- 
deavors. Eastman, too, shows such a total, but it required three 
trials on his part. Banlcs was up once, and then he broke 12. 
Hull's greatest aggregate was 9, and this resulted from two eiforts. 
Dietzel and Smith each made two attempts; the former broke 
5 and the latter 4. 
In the Championship match Crosby is to the fore with 97 scored. 
Fulford and Fanning are tied for second with 95. Leroy and Van 
Allen come next with .94. 
The weather was the worst of the entire tournament so far, most 
of the shooting being done in a blinding snow storm, with ihc 
exception of Fanning's long run, which occurred before the snow- 
came so thick. At that time the snow was falling lightly and the 
light was by no means good, but this was nothing compared with 
what came soon after. 
However, every one of the 175 targets scored by Fanning were 
practically wiped out, so that no doubt existed as to whether the\* 
were hit. Notwithstanding the disagreeable weather, the attend- 
ance was the best of the tournament, for there were fifty-one 
entries in the Championship match, with not a single re-entry. 
Three ladies took part, and there are not a few of the male con- 
testants who had to be satisfied with a lesser total than they 
show. Singularly enough this trio was very equally m?tched in 
shooting skill, one target separating the three. The ladies were 
Mrs. Milt Lindsley (Wanda), Miss Mackay and Miss Hyland. 
The large number of entries and the bad weather worked a hard- 
ship on those who finished last, it being 6 o'clock when the last 
squad shot, at which time it was hard to see the targets in the 
gloom and the snow. Shooting progressed m.tich slower to-day. 
Owing to the storm, the shooters all congregated in the cafe, where 
it was warm, so that it was difficult to get them to the score 
promptly. 
W R Crosby 2S 23 25 24— 97nj H Cummings.. .20 18 20 16—74 
E D Fulford 23 25 24 23— 951 1 C Jaques .19 19 16 19— 73 
J S Fanning 23 24 24 24—95 O Shaw 21 20 17 14—72 
E Leroy 21 25 23 25—94 V Dorp 20 16 18 18—72 
S M Van Allen... 24 23 25 22—94 H B Fisher 14 18 19 21—72 
F M Eastman.... 2B 21 23 25— 92 T Wellbrock 16 21 IS Jb^71 
E C Griffith 25 22 23 22—92 K R McAlpin 20 19 14 17— 7,i 
ROOF GARDEN TOURNAMENT. 
Score— East end of roof. 
dav so that the Championship match was the only event. This, 
as 'heretofore, brought about a .sci'amble among the experts, for, 
though one of the amateurs. Van Allen, did very well, he was a 
long ways behind Crosbv. the winner, who is maintaining that 
wonderful streak displayed throughout the tournament. To-day 
he once more chalked up a gi eat total, scoring 98. Banks' shooting, 
too. was superb, he getting 96; 24 is what he broke in each string. 
Fanning is third with 94, and Fulford fourth, 93. 
A? has been the case heretofore, on short days, the weather was 
ideal in everv respect, the fine scores being to sonitr UTftent at- 
tribllfpble to this circumstance S' -,S; 
R O Heikes....... 22 
I Tallman..... '....22 
J R Hull 21 
Ed Banks 23 
W Torpey 22 
F Mack 19 
H Landis 21 
W^ Widman,,,,... .24 
C W Budd ,...23 
C von Lejigerl**- ■ -Bv 
W Matt in ...,49 
21 24 25—92 Capt Money U 16 
23 22 23—90 L Parsons 16 18 
23 24 22—90 W West 21 16 
23 24 19— S9 Wanda 17 ig 
24 22 21—89 Miss Hyland 13 20 
22 24 23—88. Miss MacJcay 13 ig 
21 23 22—87 M R Weightman. .19 12 
IS 21 22—85 T S Emnions 16 17 
20 20 22—85 F D Smith ,1717 
19 21 22—84 T J McCahill 14 11 
2? 21 ?S-84 h K PQd4.,,...;:47 
19 21—70 
16 18—68 
18 8—63 
13 15—63 
15 14—62 
16 1.5-62 
13 18—62 
14 12— R'l 
11 ia-58 
16 18—57 
