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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[March 31, 1900. 
WESTERN TRAPS, 
Illinois State SpotUmeo's A&scciatio n. O 
CHICAGO, 111., March 24,— There was a directors' meeting last 
night of the Illinois State Sportsmen's Association to make tip 
plans and programme for the coming' State shoot, May 7-12. The 
following programme was drafted, and it seems a very good one — 
plenty of targets and live birds, and a gopd run for the mon^y. 
John " Watson Says he will have an extra set of live-bird traps, 
three sets in all, as well as three sets of target traps. It 
prophesied we shall have the biggest shoot we have had for years. 
Times are good, and the boys have money to burn, so Chicago 
will iee a nice crowd in all probability. The day's work is as 
^°Moiiday, May 7— Seven and 10-live-bird events, with $7 and $10 
entrance. Ten target events," five of 15 and five of 20. 
Tuesday, May 8— State teaih shoots, teams of four men from any 
one club to enter, 10 birds per man. Entrance $10 to each team, 
with $10 added to each entry by Association. Four gold medals to 
winning team, donated by officers of Association. Smitii cup, 
individual trophy, 20 birds, from three unknown angles. Annual 
convention in evening. , 
Wednesday, May 9— Board of Trade $1,000 diamond badge, 10 
birds, $10 entrance, for individual State championship. Target 
events for five-men teams, open to teams frbm any State, any num- 
ber of teams; 20 targets per man, 100 to team.. Percentage divi- , 
sion. 
Thursday, May 10— Dupont trophy, handicaps, 28 to 31yds. rise, 
25 birds per man; .$25 entrance, birds 'extra. Purse of $1,000 
guaranteed; purse to high guns. 
Friday, May 11— Open team event, live birds, 10 birds per man. 
Five-men teams, all members from same State, residence of ninety 
days in State preceding tournament necessary; 50, 30 and 20 
per cent, division. Three moneys to team, 50, 30 and 20 per cent. 
Saturday, May 12— Same programme as for Monday. 
Club Team Series Not Likely. 
Last week mention was made of a proposed series of live-bird 
shoots between Chicago clubs of teams of five men, the prize to 
be a banner or other suitable trophy. For some reason this idea 
does not seem to be popular, and is not enthusiastically re- 
ceived. Some shooters say that it would cause jealousy in the 
clubs to attempt to select the teams, and these cite the lamented 
Cook County League. Others say the men will not shoot eight 
or ten shoots at 25 birds for their own money, not enough interest 
attaching to such contests. It has never been an easy matter to 
get the "Chicago clubs together for any joint enterprise, and per- 
haps this idea may not be carried out, though a few shooters are 
enthusiastic in its favor. It is still too early to say definitely 
whether anything will come of it or not, but it is to be hoped 
that the series will be shot. We are too apathetic here. 
Clubs. 
Garden City has its club medals now completed, and very pretty 
they are; one goes for the high score of a Garden City man at the 
State shoot, one for the high average in 1900, yet another to best 
team score in the State shoot. 
Garfield shoots to-day its twelfth live-bird shoot, and has fine 
bright weather for its sport 
, Eureka has its first target shoot April 17, and opens the season 
with a strong membership. 
Aoduboo. 
Audubon Club held its regular monthly shoot at Watson's 
Wednesday last, the medal being won by VV. B. Leffingwell, who 
shot out Wells and Von Lengerke in the tie on 15. The day was 
a hard one for shooting, the wind very strong, sending the birds 
largely left-quartering and very fast. Leffingwell would have been 
a hard man to beat on that day, and indeed has been shooting the 
strongest gait of any man in Chicago the past few weeks. He has 
killed 77 out of the last 78 birds he has shot at, and the lost 
bird was knocked down in bounds and scared out by the dog. 
This is a pretty warm gait for the boys to follow. Below are the 
scores of the Audubon shoot: 
Killed. Hdcp. Sc. 
T H Amberg 12*010222221211 12 2 U 
If H Wells 211110101122221 13 2 - 15 
T M Gill is 102202012212212 12 2 14 
C S Wilcox ..V,. 22122*222222120 13 1 14 
W B Leffingwell....;.:;..;. 212212122122221 15 0 15 
O von Lengerke 222222222202222 14 1 15 
H Odell ...r.. 12222*2211*1**2 U 0 11 
Shoot-off of the 15s: , 
Wells 21*22— 4 Von Lengerke ~..r. 2202w— 3 
Leffingwell 21221 —5 
In the preliminary practice event Wilcox kille.d I*. Qiifet oi .20; 
Leffingwell, 11 out of 12; Odell, 6 out of 11; Gillis, 2 out of 6; 
Wells, 2 out of 2,- and Amberg, 3 out of 4. , , , 
Audubon, Garfield, Garden City and Eureka dubs have all qual- 
ified for membership in the State Association. 
In Chicago. 
Several shooters from out of town are in Chicago to-day, among 
Uiese Fred Gilbert and Tom Marshall, who both start East to- 
night for the Gilbert-Elliott race next week. ,C. R. Stephens, 
of Moline, 111. and T. E. Brush, of Milwaukee, Wis., are also 
here to-day, and went out to Watson's early this morning to have 
a try at the Watson pigeon. _ ^ ^ 
There is a little talk here of a race between Dr. J. L. Williara- 
sori, the well-known shooter, of Milwaukee, and some Chicago 
.shooter, not yet selected. A certain Chicago gentleman wants to 
hack Abe Kleinman against the Cream City man for any sum 
the latter likes. No conclusive talk has been held over the matter. 
Grand Rapids Club. 
The new country club, of Grand Rapids, Mich., of which 
mention was made a couple of months ago, is now rapidly becom- 
ing an accomplished enterprise. The Grand Rapids sportsmen have 
spent over $1,000 on the grounds, and are putting up a good set 
of buildings, which will soon be finished. They intend holding 
two trap tournaments there this coming summer, and they suggest 
in a friendly way. that a nice intercity shoot might be held, Grand 
Rapids against Chicago, the first race early this summer. The 
boat trip from here to Grand Rapids is pleasant and easy in the 
summer. Nicer men than those of this humming Michigan city 
are not to be found out of doors, nor in doors either. Their 
latest sportin"- organization is sure to be heard from, and that in 
the front ranks. . ^ '.i.^JiiiMiill 
liliaois Gun Club. 
Programmes are out for the tournament of the Illinois Gun 
Club, at Springfield, April 30-May 4, preceding the Illinois State 
shoot; one week targets and live birds, and a screaming bill 
offered. May 3, the Capitol City handicap, $25. at 25 pigeons. 
Optical IllusionSof Mr. Levi. 
All Chicago shooters know Harry Levi, who can talk more, and 
make more races than anybody, and who is a well-known figure at 
our club events here. He is a great friend of Mr. J. H. Amberg, 
and the two have many a wordy war together over their shooting 
skill. Once upon a time, not so very long ago, Mr. Amberg was 
shooting a little race, when all at once he experienced a complete 
failure of the eyesight, such as sometimes comes to a city_ man 
who uses his eyes much in night work. In a few moments it was 
past, and he shot on out, and I believe won his vace. Mr. Levi 
made sport of him, saying that he waa scared blind, and sai4 
ether harsh things to show his own opinion of Mr. Amberg's rank 
as a pigeon shot. A few days later the two met, and Mr. Amberg 
had his eye done up under a patch. 
"I can't see at- all Levi," said he. 
"Is that so?" said Levi. "Well, if that is so, I might as well 
challenge you to shoot that race that you've been promising me." 
"All right," said Mr. Amberg. "When do you want to shoot?" 
"Why, right now, of course!" 
"All right. Come ahead," said Amberg. 
So they went to Watson's on the next train. And then and there 
Mn Amberg's eyesight began to improve so rap'idly that he killed 
13 out of 15 birds, 12 of thsm with the first barr.el, Levi getting only 
10! This did not seem quite right_ to th§ defeated one. The next 
morning they met again, and as it ha,pt>ened Mr. Amberg really 
was having 'trouble with his eye, a bit of cinder having gotten into 
it meantime. 
"What's the matter this time?" asked Levi. 
''Got a piec? of cOal'in ■ipy eye," said ATOberf. 
"Have, eh? Huh! You think you can get me for another race, 
don't you? Well, I wouldn't shoot you if you had a ton of 
coal in your old eyal" 
E. Hough. 
800 BOYCE BuitRiNG, Chicaiio, 111. 
Gariield G»n Club. 
Chicago, March 24. — The appended scores were made on our 
grounds to-day, the occasion being the twelfth contest of our 
trophy, series. Two more shoots will close the season, when we 
will again try our skill at inanimate targets. The shooting was 
very difficult to-day. 
We had a strong cross wind from the north, consequently it was a 
cold, chilly wind, and the birds were an exceptionally fast lot of 
fresh country birds; and when they got a start in that wind, it was 
almost impossible to stop them inside of boundary lines. The 
situation remains the same as before the shoot regarding trophy 
winners, to-day's shooting making no change in the relative 
positions of the leading contestants. 
Only eleven members took part in the trophy slioet to"-day, but 
quite a few others came out too late to enter that shoot, and 
participated in the sweepstake shooting, which followed: 
S Palmer.... 0222021012—7 J. E. Young 0221221221—9 
Dr Meek .212*121*0*— 6 A Hellman 1020010UO— 5 
C II Kehl .....0000*02001—2 A D Dorman 22121*1*21—8 
T Eaton 00100*2012-4 C G Stevens 01121221**— 7 
C T Wolff... .0202210001—5 T P Hicks 110012U10-7 
J WoM .1001112210—7 
Events 1, 2 and 3 were at 6 birds, $2: 
Events: 12 3 Events; 12 3 
Palmer 6 6 5 Young 5 .. 
Meek 5 .. .. Stevens .. 5 .. 
Kehl 1 4 2 Hicks B 5 
Eaton 4 5 3 Hellman 2 .. 
G Wolff 4 .. ,. Dorman 5 .. 
T Wolff 3 5 , Hagerty 3 .. 
F Wolff 4.. .. Barker 3 5 
Johns ;. 3 .. .. Russell 2 4 
Irwin 5 3 . . 
Dr. J. W. Meek, See'y. 
Mt. Ktsco Shoot. 
_Mt. Kisco, N. Y., March 22.— The first day of the Mt. ICisco 
Gun Club shoot, which was devoted to targets, was virtually a fail- 
ure, and no scores of this have come to hand. 
The second day, on which live birds were shot, was not much 
of an improvement, for not over a dozen participated. The birds on 
the whole were good. A strong southwest wind prevailed. 
The following are the scores made on this day: 
No. 1, $5, two moneys: 
0200220—3 
.2202002—4 
.2000212—4 
Sutton, 28 2122222—7 Blandford. 27. 
Annie Oakley, 27 2112221—7 Barker. 31.... 
Baily, 26 1112220—6 Betti, 32 
Tallman, 28 2111111—7 
No. 2, $10, two moneys: 
Barker 122222221212222—15 Miss Oakley. . .102212211220110— 12 
Sutton 12*21111201*111—12 Baily 010001212022200— 8 
Blandford 222221222222212—15 Tallman 111212112011111—14 
No, 3, $10, two moneys: 
Miss Oakley... 111111110101011—12 Sutton 101111001011110—10 
Baily 100100011111000— 8 McCahill 110111 01101 0001— 9 
Tallman 110111111111111—14 Betti 101101010101101— 9 
No, 4, $3, miss-and-out : 
Barker Jill Baily .10 
Tallman 1110 Sutton 1110 
McCahill 10 Miss Oakley 110 
No. 5, $3, miss-and-out: ' 
Barker U Tallman 0 
McCahill 10 Miss Oakley 11 
Sutton 10 Tallman 11 
No. 6, $3, miss-and-out: 
Barker HUH Sutton 
McCahill 10 
Tallman 111110 Betti 
lllHl 
Miss Oakley 110 
.10 
Dopont Gan Club. 
Omaha, Neb., March 18. — ^This report is somewhat late, owing to 
my being confined to bed with the grip. But they can't kill a 
shooter until his time comes. I tiotice in your last issue a com- 
munication under the head "Trapshooting Is 'The Crookedest of All 
Sports.' " The crank that uttered that evidently has been in a 
50-cent entrance at 20 targets; thought that be could shoot; got 
about half of his string, and did not get in the moneys. 
Any man who has ever shot knows that in trapshooting at targets 
there are fair and unfair birds. I don't know who this man is, btit 
if he comes to Omaha at any time of the year we have an amateur 
and a professional whom he can't fix targets for so that they 
cannot break them, providing he uses targets taken from any un- 
opened barrel he may select, and throws them inside the base line 
of the traps. I mean just what I say, and I hope our St. Louis 
friend will make this crank come out under his own name, and 
either make a denial or a confirmation of his assertion and offer 
an apology to the trapshooters of this country. 
The first 25-live-bird race of a series of four was shot on March 
10, the two next to be shot on March 17 and 24, the last on some 
date after the Grand American Handicap. Omaha will send 
about ten shooters to Queens, and they will leave here on the 
Sfith. The scores in thiiT 25-live-bird race were: Brewer 23. Becker 
22. Watson 21, Kimball, 20, Grant 23, Lewis 17. Loomis 22, 
Parmelee 24, Townsend 20. Burgess 20, Caldwell 15, Fogg 20. 
On March 13 there was a team race at 50 targets per man, Hardin 
and Scriber against Lewis and Curtis. The scores were: Hardin 
15, Scriber 26; total 59. Lewis 32, Curtis 47; total 79. 
- C. H. C. 
Nsbraska State Spartsmen's Association. 
Mr. G. W. Loomis, secretary-treasurer of the Nebraska State 
Sportsmen's Association, Omaha, Neb., has issued the following 
circular, concerning the forthcoming tournament of the Associa- 
tion: 
"Our twenty-fourth annual tournament will be held here April 
24 to 27. There will be three days of target shooting; ten events 
of 15 targets and two of 20 targets each, per day; entrance $1.50 
and $2 respectively; purses divided on percentage system, four 
moneys in the 15 and five moneys in the 20 target events. 
"There will also be a 25-live-bird handicap, $15 entrance, and 
price of birds, 25 cents each, extra. Purse to be divided between 
high guns, and about one money for every two entries. ITandi- 
caps, 26 to 32yds. 
"We expect to add $1,000 cash to the purses in this shoot, and 
to guarantee a special purse of not less than $150, to be divided 
equally among the amateurs who shoot through the target events 
and whose geqeral average in those events does not exceed 85 
per cent. 
"All professional shooters and paid agents, as well as all who 
average 90 per cent or more, will be required to pay 25 cents 
extra in each event. 
"Entries for the live bird handicap must be made not later 
than April 24, and must be accompanied by a forfeit of $5. 
"We desire to have you with us at this shoot, and will be 
obliged if you will notify the undersigned whether you will attend. 
"G. VV. Loomis, Sec'y-Treas. 
'Washington Gtin Club. 
CoNSHOHOCKEN, Pa., March 17. — Followin.cr are the scores of the 
semi-monthly shoot of Washineton Gun Club, of Conshohocken, at 
25 targets each: Smith, 18, 7; Carter, 12, 13: T. Carter. 8. 17; 
T. Ruth, 12, 13; J. HefF 15, 10; H. V. Motz, 12, 13; G. Kriebel, 
18, 7; J. Motz, 11, 14; K. MacKenzie, 11, 14: P. Johnson, 15, 10; 
J. Ruth. 10, 6; MacKenzie killed 7 out of 10 live birds. 
The ciub deeply feels the loss of their brother soortsman, TTenry 
M. jbhnson. George Ksiebel, Sec'y. 
Cafcbpole Gt>« Club. 
WoLcoTT, N. Y., March 19.— .At the club shoot to-day scores 
were made as follows: 
Wadsworth 11111111011111110110111111111111111111111111111110— 4fi 
Fowler lllOlOOlOlllOllOlOllOlOOOllOlOlOlllllllOUlimOll-34 
Bwr1?e UOOlOUOOlJUOlOlllOiniOOlllllUl —25 
E, A. W.. Sec'y. 
Boston Gun Club. 
Wellington, Mass., March 21.— As the prize series appioaches 
completion the interest in the weekly shoots at Wellington is no- 
ticeably on the increase. In fact, quite a few enthusiasts thus 
practically disagree wiih your correspondent who proclaims trap- 
shooting to be at an end in Massachusetts unless the manufactur- 
ers extend a helping hand. The sport is not so dead in this State 
as some would have us believe. Only a fortnight ago it figured as 
one of three in the East eliciting the admiration of a VVestern 
shooter, who expresses through his journal a desire for winter 
shooting in Chicago of the same steady variety as afforded by 
Massachusetts, New York and Pensylvannia. 
Perhaps the old-time moneyed tournaments are less in favor, 
but such is not trapshooting in its entirety by any means, and there 
is quite as much if not more enjoyment, practice and good 
fellowship promoted by the little one-horse, moneyless afternoon 
rneeting than by tlie prize-package and added-money all-day shoot. 
The latter as an adjunct of the sport is all right in its place, for 
the purpose of attracting and interesting the outside world, being 
often successful; but to offer the failure of one as proof of the 
general decadence of trapshooting in the Bay State is too strong 
an assertion to pass vinnoticcd. 
In the prize m.Htch to-day Leroy, after some New York practice 
on live birds from 29yds. rise, acquitted himself in good style on 
targets from 21yds., placing a good 20 in the individual contest 
and averaging high for the afternoon. Spencer's 25 also ranks as a 
fine score, for the conditions were not easy. Altogether some good 
totals are safely tucked away by the leaders. Baker, Leroy and 
Spencer, the two former see-sawing witll first position as often as 
the weeks come around. Scores as follows; 
Events: 123456T89 10 11 
Targets : 10 10 5p 10 10 10 5p 10 10 15 15 
Miskay, IS 6 8 8 9 6 5 9 7 9 10 9 
Leroy, 21 8 10 7 9 9 9 8 ...... .. 
Woodruff, 17.,.,,,... 8 9 3 7 8 8 3 9 8 13.. 
Baker, 16..., , . 8 8 5 8 8 1 7 10 7 10 11 
Benton, 14 6 3 7 2 
Poor, 15.... 4 5 .. 4 5 3 2 
Williams, 15 7 8 7 8 4 4 5 
Rood, 16 4 5 4 6 3 .. 7 7 .. ,. 
Emery, 16 4 8 . 8 2 6 .. 5 7 10 . . 
Spencer, 18 . . 8 8- 9 6 ,. 10 IS 
Henry, 16 ,, 9 
Ail events from magautrap, unknown angles. 
Merchandise match, 30 targets— 20 singles and 5 pairs— distance 
handicap: 
Leroy, 21 11111111011111111110—18 01 11 01 11 11— §—26 
Spencer. 18 11110111011101101111—16 111110 1111—9—25 
Baker, 16 10111110111101011110—15 10 11011110—7—22 
Miskav. IS OIOOIUIOIOOHOIIOII— 11 11 11 H 11 10—9—20 
Woodruff, 17 11101110110111101111-16 11 00 00 10 00—3—19 
Williams, 15 01110000010000011110— 8 01 01 10 10 10—5—13 
Poor. 15 11100001010001001001—9 01 10 00 00 00— a— 11 
Greater New York Trophy. 
Newark, N. J., March 21,— In the contest for the Greater New 
York and Vicinity trophy the high wind blowing from the rear 
to the left made a curving left quartering flight hard to negotiate, 
and therefore the scores were comparatively low. The contestants 
were Messrs. C. W. Feigenspan, holder, and F. L. Sinnock, chal- 
lenger, the former winning The trophy now goes into open com- 
petition. Mr. W. R. Hubert was referee. 
C W Feigenspan 1111111110001111110111011-20 
lllOlOOlllOnOlOlllllOllO— 17 
11111111111111101101111 11—23 
1111111011111001111111111-22 
Pairs. 
00 11 11 10 10 10 11 10 00 11 00 11 10-15 
10 10 11 11 00 10 00 11 10 10 00 10—12—109 
F E Sinnock 1110111101011011111111111—20 
1111111111001101101111111-21 
1101110011111001110101101—17 
1111110111111110110011001—19 
11 00 00 01 01 10 10 00 11 00 10 00 10—10 
10 00 10 11 10 11 11 11 11 10 01 00—15—102 
Trapshooting Is Honcst« 
New York, Marcli 24. — Editor Forest and Stream: Mt. C. G. 
Blandford's letter in your [jublitation of this date has the right 
kind of a ring about it. He is perfectly correct when he states that 
your editorial comment on trapshooting as an honest sport will 
have the indorsement of the shooters themselves. 
When a man makes the statement that "trapshooting is the 
crookedest of all sports" he asserts something that all who are 
qualified to judge will at once declare to be a willful misrepre- 
sentation of facts. In its infancy there may have been regrettable 
incidents, but no one nowadays need hesitate to proclaim himself 
a trapshooter. Let the young man who made the statement re- 
ferred to (and he must be very young, as well as sadly lacking in 
tact) attend any one of the tournaments of the present day; let 
him use bis eyes and ears to advantage; and if he'll do that I'll 
guarantee he will go back home and use his. pencil to take back 
what his lips said. 
Being a member of the Interstate Assqciatijn, I feel warranted 
in inviting him to attend our Grand American Ilandicap next 
week, with vhe full assurance that he will feel better after having 
done so. By the way. the Interstate Association was organized 
some eight years ago for "the encouragement of trapshooting," 
"the crookedest of all sports." 
As a trapshooter, 1 say to "A Trapshooter": If that young man 
does not do his duty, you do vours. 
Edward Bakks. 
No notice taken of SHtonymonB communlcatlona. 
J. C, Wappingers Falls. Dutchess County, N. Y.— The old 
law forbade the use of rets as you say, but the codification, which 
became a law Feb. 19, 1900, permits the taking of pickerel and pike 
with nets in Waopingers Creek during the month of May and 
from Sept. 1 to Feb. 28, both inclusive^ 
C. W,. Locust Valley, N. Y.— Will you Trfndly inform me when 
wf can fish for trout in this sectiom Some say not until April 1, 
but I am under the impression that it is March 28 or 29. Kindly let 
me know the exact date and oblige. Ans. Fishing begins 
i\larch 29. ' 
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