April 28, 1900, j 
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Peru Foorth Annual] Tournament* 
Peru, Ind., April 19.— Judged frora tlie standpoint of numbers, 
the fourth annual tournament of the Peru Gun Club was not_ a 
great success, since it shows only fifteen entries or so, against fifty 
to sixty-five in the earlier shoots which established the reputation 
of this club for giving the biggest shoots in the State oi Indiana.. 
The test of numbers, however, is not the only one in forming ais 
estimate of a tournament. Mr. J- L. Head, the president of the 
club, and head hustler in general' in these Peru shoots, was keenly 
disappointed at the scanty attendance, yet he was the only man 
there who was disappointed. The shoot was a very pleasant one 
indeed, and if the whole circuit in the West this season proves as 
nice in all ways as this eye-opener on the banks of the Wabash, we 
shall, none of us, have occasion for complaint. There is always a 
limit, a turning point, in the size of anything. The largest _apple 
is not always the best to eat. The fat lady in the museum is no»l 
necessarily the superior of a lass not half her size, so far as ability 
to keep house is concerned. Perhaps we are to see a season of 
smaller shoots. It is hard to guess at the next development in the 
shooting game. Perhaps — and this is far more likely — the fact that 
this was just after the Grand American Handicap, and very earlj'- in 
the season, cut down the turnout of the trapshooting legions. 
The weather was another factor that militated against the success 
of the shoot. Mr. Head announced that the weather at Peru was al- 
ways good, but he spoke too soon. As a matter of fact, the weather 
could not have been worse for the first day. It might have been 
better the second day. It was not until Thursday, the third day, 
that the sky cleared and the sun shone warm and bright. That 
was live-bird day, and it was minus the stiff wind, which would 
have made it hetter, and which on the day previous had made the 
target game a hard one. On the whole, Mr. Head may be advises! 
to be a little more careful about the weather next time, aad this 
is the sole criticism on his shoot. 
The handling of the shoot was done by Jack Parker, and that is 
enough to assure smoothness in all details. He and Mr. Headl 
were busy, and they kept everybody else busy, the programme: 
being run oft", of course, with no difficulty, since the number off 
shooters was so few. A magautrap took care of the target in- 
dustry, there being a nice set of expert traps on the side. The 
live-laird traps were laid off to the left of the magautrap on live- 
bird day. The programme alternated 20-bird and 15-bird events 
in targets, bluerocks being shot at 2 cents. A high-average purse 
was created by deducting one-fourth cent per target from the purses^ 
so that the management only netted one and three-fourth cents per 
target. Messrs. Snow, Apperson, Young, Mingo and Head were 
the five guns among whom this average money was equally divided, 
each man getting $2.42. Cash was handled by Mr. Brackenridge, 
and satisfactorily. 
This shoot is considered an amateur shoot, and has been run on 
such lines, agents shooting only for targets and being allowed to 
compete for none of the money except the average money. They 
did not make very big wages, but they met the boys and showed 
their goods, and they made friends, as these men always do, for 
themselves and their houses. The live-bird shooting was open to 
all. , ^ . 
Heikes and Courtney represented the gun trade, and the Reming- 
ton and the U. M, C. Co had a good setting forth. Fred Quimby 
was on hand for the Schultze & E C Co. Mr. N. P. Leach, all 
the way from Swanton. Vt., was present, to look about a bit. Mr. 
Leach is manufacturer of the "Robin Hood" powder, which 
Charlie Young is shooting this year for the house, and which a 
great many other trap shots are using, because they find it good. 
Charlie Young shot in good places all along. Mr. Emil \Verk, of 
Cincinnati, publisher of the Sportsmen's Review, was actively en- 
gaged with the targets and birds, and assisted Admiral Courtney at 
night in holding lodge meetings, at which ambitious candidates 
were initiated into many mysteries. Mr. Werk has attained the 
dignity of the title of "Pop," which is thought to outrank that of 
"Admiral," and he is a very popular Pop. Besides these were many 
gentlemen from nearby points: Mr. Adamson, of Muncie; Mr. 
Livingston and Dr. White, of Elwood; Mr. Cadwallader, of Dan- 
ville; Mr. Snow, all the way from Cleveland, O.; Dr. Britton, of 
Indianapolis; Mr. Flick ("Mingo"), the one-armed^ shooter from 
Ravenna, O., who shot at the handicap in New York; Mr. Ap- 
person, of Kokomo; Mr. Clark, of Wabash; Messrs. Geo. Ledger 
and M. J. Smith, of Huntington; Mr. Geo. Elliott, of Rochester; 
Messrs. Joe Blisstein and ISI. W. Thompson, of Lafayette. That 
portly and good-natured devotee of the traps, Mr. Ed Rike, of 
Dayton, O., was there, and was heard from in the scores. Ed 
Voris, of Crawfordsville, came over for the live-bird shoot, and 
he went away with it, too, it may be added, as may be seen 
further on. Messrs. Head and Cavanaugh were the only local 
shooters to go through the programme. 
Tuesday, First Day. 
Only a dozen or so could be picked up by the 'bus at the hotel 
when the time came to start. Jimmie Head was nonplussed that 
no more shooters were there for his shoot, but he had to take his 
medicine. Everybody had to take it. It w-as rain, rain, rain, and 
blow, blow blow, .pretty much all day. A screen was put up back 
of the firing line to protect the shooters, and this mitigated 
matters. Tents were used for meeting rooms, dining hall and 
scoring offices, and all were comfortable, even if there were not 
very many of them. This was the first of the target days, and the 
scores ran as below. Snow, of Cleveland, going out with high 
average for the day: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 ( 
Targets: 15 20 15 20 15 2( 
Ledger 
Snow . . . 
Elliott .. 
Adamson 
8 9 
10 
11 12 13 14 
20 15 
20 
10 10 10 10 
15 11 
16 
7 7 S 6 
IS 11 
12 
9 4 4.. 
18 13 
16 
7 9 7 7 
18 13 
19 
10 10 9 . . 
IS 9 
17 
10 10 9 5 
17 12 
12 
9 
18 13 
17 
6 
16 11 
19 
6 7 10 . . 
17 12 
18 
8 8 .. .. 
17 13 
16 
8 
18 13 
19 
.. 10 .. 
.. 13 
19 
8 
.. 10 
8 
14 12 
U 
.. 9 10 .. 
17 13 
16 
Nos. 11, 12 and 13 were extra events, not on programme. No. 14 
was 5 pairs. All events over a magautrap, except the 5 pairs, which 
were over three expert traps. 
"Wednesday, Second Day. 
The weather was slightly improved, but stiU very raw and un- 
pleasant, with a rude wind; which made the targets dance all sorts 
of ways, and aent many shivers into the marrow of the hardiest 
spectator. Shooting was not begun until after 10 o'clock, but with 
a few extras at the close of the programme the party was back at 
the hotel in time for an early dinner. The magautrap worked well 
all day, and the shoot ran like the ordinary well-greased machine of 
a modern and up-to-date tournament. The scores: 
Events- 123456789 10 11 12 
Tar " ts- 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 10 10 
Rike 9 15 14 IS 10 15 13 15 15 19 .. T 
Courtney"!! 13 13 14 15 11 16 12 17 14 19 . . .. 
Heikes ^ 1^ 20 13 18 14 17 11 17 14 18 10 10 
E Werk"! 13 18 10 10 13 10 
C-.vanaueh 7 11 8 19 13 16 11 18 14 18 7 T 
rt/ 9 17 13 18 15 14 13 15 14 16 9 7 
Robin' Hood ■ ; 10 19 14 17 10 17 13 19 13 19 9 9 
Parthiffton 12 15 10 17 9 16 11 16 10 13 . . .. 
Snovv 14 17 12 17 15 15 15 20 14 18 8 9 
Head 11 16 15 IS H IS U 18 14 14 9 7 
^rfneo 12 16 12 18 13 16 13 18 14 17 10 8 
Xdamson 8 17 14 . . . . 15 . . . . S 17 .. 10 
Annerlon 13 IS 14 16 11 17 14 20 14 IS ... . 
Tac^ . 10 •■ •• 19 
■Livingston 5 .. 9 •• 13 •• 3 7 .. .. 
cia^k "ifisisieuis'sio 
Nos. ii and 12 were extra events after regular programme. 
Thorsday, Last Day, Live Birds. 
Relenting the weather now came off beautifully bright and 
warm, and the hearts of all rejoiced. It was a merry party that 
wpnt out to the grounds late in the moming. No one but Mr. 
Fead was unhappy but the latter had a kick. With a good hot 
gang of shooters ready for a long day with the birds he could 
cnlv furnish about 300 pigeons for the traps. He had been dis- 
ann'ninted in eetting birds, and though his men were out nearly all 
fS the above figure was the best they could do. There was but 
lUtle wind vet these birds proved clinkers on the average, though 
of I hat mixed character which detracts from the very highest sport 
in live-bird shooting. Some of them were very good indeed, and 
the lot was far above the average seen at the shoots m smaller 
t.Hces Of course not all towns can have a park like the Interstate. 
Th^ txaps xere RSged ^viiH wire puUs, and the wires wer? nearly 
invisible in the grass, so that sometimes the trapping boys or 
others would trip over .-a wire and set free a bird from the traps. 
One such accident set free three birds at the same time. In all 
9 birds were lost in that way. Time might have been saved by 
a keener handling of the boys, who had to run from the crates clear 
out around No. 1 trap to serve No. 5, and who thus lost time. No 
one cared for this, as it was seen the birds would not last very 
long anyhow. They were shot out in two events, and it was close 
cutting to finish the second, those who missed 3 birds dropping 
cut for the others to go on with the birds. Birds were included in 
the entry, $20, for the two events. The live-bird shooting was 
open to all, and it brought out two or three shooters, such as 
Adamson and "Smo-ke," who never shot live birds before. Lamb 
was another new one, though known as a good field shot. 
Out of seventeen entries in the first event, eight went straight, 
over half falling out in a 5-bird race. Heikes and Courtney were * 
both seen to be shooting strong. Voris was in good shape also, 
and Young was apparently due to kiin them all. Rike got only^ 4, 
and so did Head, but it was only matching coppers in a 5-bird 
try, so it went for fun. Scores: 
Trap score typit — Copyright, 1900, bs Forest and Stream Pvb, Co. 
4 5 4 14 
liarab, 27....,,, 0 0 2 1 2-3 
4 12 4 1 
Wcrk, 2S 0 2 * 2 2—8 
4 3 5 3 8 
0 2*13-8 
4 2 8 2 4 
2 U 2 2 2-4 
Quimby, 28. , 
Rike, 2S. 
5 114 2 
Courlney, 29 1 2 1 2 2-5 
2 5 3 2 4 
Clark, 2T 1 2 2 2 2-5 
4 4 3 3 3 
2 1 2 2 2—5 
Cad, 28. 
5 3 2 5 2 
Parsons, 2T , 2 0 2 2 2-4 
8 8 4 5 1 
Parker, 80,.... 2 1 2 2 2-5 
8 8 15 3 
Voris, 28 2 2 2 2 2 5 
2 2 2 1 1 
Robm Hood, 30 .2 2 2 2 2—5 
5 5 2 4 2 
Cavanaugh, 26 2 2 2 2 *-4 
2 15 15 
Head, 29 2 * 2 2 2 -4, 
2 4 4 2 8 
^-/'tt t 
Heikes, 81 2 2 2 2 2-5 
18 14 1 
Aukerman, 26 1 t) 2 0 2-a 
8 2 5 1 5 
King, 27 2 1 2 2 2—5 
5 4 3 4 
Mingo, 2T 2 2 0 0 2-3 
The second event attracted more interest, though still all too 
short. It brought out nineteen entries, and was quite a warm little 
sweep. Tills was a handicai*. and it saw more than one 26yd. man, 
thence up to 31, where Pa Heikes shot alone in solitary grandeur. 
It was soon seen that the birds were not going to tolerate any 
careless work, and one after another of the good ones tripped upon 
one stinger or another, and the .score began to get ragged early in 
the game. At the 6-hole there were fourteen men out of the nine- 
teen left in, but from there on the pace got too hot for a good 
many of them. At this point Voris was picked by some of the 
observers as a very likely winnrr; Young, Heikes, Courtney, Rike 
and Head having already dropped one each, and Head, King, 
iVukerman, Parsons and Smoke having "gone to the barn" to 
rest after missing 3 each. In the seventh round some more fell 
out, Voris being'now the. only straight left. At the eighth round 
he killed again, and it loaked likely he would win the main money 
alone. He killed again on his ninth bird, and on his last also 
scored, though only with the- second barrel, his first being rather 
ioosely delivered. Voris thus, won alone, taking down .1147.50. The 
scores: 
Trap score type— Copyright, 1900, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 
3415152822 
Robin Hood, 30 1 • 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2- g 
3881484245 
^ t r*\'X^'\-*''^ 
Voris, 28 - .2 2 2 2 2 iS 2 2 2 2-10 
3582521511 
Parker, 30 -2 * 2 2 2 2 » 2 2 2- 8 
14243535 
Quimby, 28, U 2 2 1 2 0 2 Ow 
5 2 4 3 4 5 5 3 4 4 
Heiks, 81 * 1 2 1 2 0 2 2 2 2- g 
2 3 8 5 4 13 4 
Werk, 28 2 2 1 * 0 1 2 Ow 
4 5 5 8 2 
Head, 29 2 * * 2 Ow 
42541442 
Cad, 28 2 0 2 2 2 * 2 Ow 
84122441 
Courtney, 29 2 2 0 2 2 * 2 Ow 
2 12 14 2 2 8 5 
Lamb, 27 2 2 2 2 0 0 2 *w 
3 5 4 
King, 27 0 0 Ow 
5 5 3 2 2 11 
Clark, 27 2 0 2 0 2 2 V 
4 2 2 2 
^^'^'> 
Aukerman, 26 * 0 2 Ow 
1558645541 
Rike, 28 • 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 2-9 
114 5 2 
Parsons, 2T .-2 0 2 0 Uw 
1448124282 
Cavasaugh, 26 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 1 2 2-8 
5 4 3 5 4 
tti-s-t 
Smoke, 26 2 0 2 * Ow 
328145146 
Muigo, 27. 
.2 2 0 2 2 2 2 0 Ow 
114414-4 122 
. .0 2 2 1 2 1 Z 0 2 1- 
Adamson, 26 • ■ ■ 
Following the main race there \yas a mi6S-and-out, ?3, birds 
extra, to use what bhds were left. Scores; 
Trap score type— Copyright, jpoo, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 
1 2 8 2 8 
Werk.... 2* Card... 2 22 
5 5 5 . 2 5 1 
Heikes 2 2 2 Vons 2 2 2 
2 12 4 
R^il^e 2 2 2 Parker 0 
5 4 5 12 5 
;» T T 
Apperson -4 2 8 ^obin Hoo(J. ,,,,,,,, .1 8 
At the close of the live-bird shooting the magautrap was set to 
work again, and several little target events were run off, scores 
of which follow: 
Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 15 15 15 10 
Rike 15 13 14 10 
Mingo 12 13 13 
Cad 14 10 13 
Smoke 8 11 9 
Cavanaugh 14 11 6 
Clark 15 14 13 
Heikes ..; 15 15 15 
Head 13 15 12 
Jack 13 13 10 
Fan 10 9 .. 
Daniels 9 2.. 
Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 15 15 15 10 
Roney 1 2 .. .. 
Doneison S 
Dake 7 
Wagner 3 . . . . 
Robin Hood 15 13 , . 
Voris 10 11 . . 
King , 8 . , 
Lamb 10 9 
Aukerman 13 . . 
Courtney 10 .. 
Occorrences. 
During the target shooting on the second day Charlie Young 
bethought himself to spring a joke on the Admiral. Therefore 
he removed from the shell case of the latter all his cigars and also 
all his shells. Courtney shoots Schultze powder, and when he 
found that he had been robbed he uttered a roar that shook the 
hills. He spoke in very liberal terms of the low-down people who 
hung around a trap shoot on purpose to see how many shells they 
could steal, and told Mr. Head that he ought to have a watchman 
out there to keep his patrons from being robbed. About then 
Charlie Young innocently came up and offered Courtney some of 
his shells, ostensibly loaded with "Robin Hood." This seeming 
to Courtney the best he could do, he took the shells. "How do 
you hold -with them?" he asked Charlie. "Oh, about the same as 
you do with your own. shells," said the latter; and on this basis 
Courtney began the next event, not knowing that Charlie had 
given him some of the very shells -which were missing from the 
shell box. Courtney did pretty well with the new shells, and in 
fact only missed one bird with them. Emil Werk, Jack Parker 
and others, who were in the secret, stood near him on the line 
and told him he was doing pretty well, but that the new shells had 
too much kick, too much smoke, too loud a report, etc. To 
much of this Courtney agreed, saying that he would have made a 
straight score if . be had only had his own shells. After con- 
versing on the matter some time, he said that the shells Charlie 
gave him were "about like his own," except that the report was a 
little different, and of course there was more smoke to them. He 
was induced to criticise the new shells at some length before it 
was explained to him that he had been shooting his own shells! 
Then he tried to explain, very vehemently, that he knew it all 
along. The boys laughed at him for the rest of the shoot. Sad 
is the power of imagination, which latter is the life of trade. 
The heavy-weight squad had a fair representation. Courtney, 
Rike, Werk and Heikes shot in line, and they put up a formidable 
front. 
The averages of the high guns were: Snow .320, Apperson .313, 
Young .309. Mingo .298, Head, .293. 
"Cad," of Danville, has much the appearance and conduct of 
a shooter of the first flight. 
Jack Parker wishes especial attention called to the fact that the 
Peters Cartridge Co.'s amateur tournament, to be held at Natchez, 
Miss., May 9-10, under the auspices of the Gaillard Sporting Club, 
is to be a high-class affair, and well worth attending. There will be 
$400 guaranteed purse and merchandise prizes. Jack manages the 
shoot himself, and that settles it. Manufacturers' agents shoot 
for targets only. Proper emblems are put up by the company, car- 
rying the State championship of Louisiana and Mississippi. 
Address F. C. Sanford, secretary, Natchez. 
Mr. Livingston, of Elwood, Ind., was advancing in good terms 
the attractions of the Elwood tournament. May 23-25. There are 
to be two days of targets and one of live birds. There will be a 
25-bird race, $20. open to the. world for the purse money, and 
carrying the State championship of Indiana at live birds, a fine 
cup being offered. There is no live-bird trophy up in Indiana 
now, and this will nicely supplement the Grand Hotel trophy, 
representing the target championship. 
Mr. Head promises a better shoot next year. It is not necessary. 
This w-as a good shoot, as it was. E. HouGH, 
300 BoYCE Building, Chicago, III. 
Boston Gun Club. 
Wellington, Mass. — A very doubtful day ushered in the Boston 
Gun Club's tt-eekly Prize shoot, April 18, and, while the afternoon 
was not exactly wet, the weather had due effect on the attendance. 
The two squads who came, regardless, used the time to good pur- 
pose. 
Messrs. Leroy and Baker had a friendly argument in the Prize 
match, both at this stage being tied for first. The former had the 
advantage of a lower score to improve bv one point more than 
Baker, and profited just that extent in to-day's contest. Thus his 
total is now 151, as against 150 for Baker. Next shopt concludes this 
series, another of ten weekly shoots on similar lines starting 
May 2 and concluding July 18. Scores to-day: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 
Targets: 10 10 5p 10 10 10 op 15 10 5p 5p 5p 
Sheffield, 16 5 10 96786 13 9448 
Miskay, IS 8 6 7 8 8 8 7 14 9 4 4 8 
Leroy, 21 9 7 6 10 10 8 6 13 10 10 10 7 
Randall, 16 5 4 6 6 5 4 6 8 7 6 5 6 
penton, 14 6 3 . 
Baker, 16 6 5 5 10 9 5 8 14 6 7 ,'.' "4 
Horace, 18 8 9 7 6 7 8 6 12 6 .. .. 6 
Banks, 14..... • 1 1 .. 
Spencer, 18 7 10 2 8 9 8 6 13 9 6 4 5 
Poor, 16 5 4 2 4 1 4 4 
All events from magautrap, unknown angles. Events 8 to 12 
16yds. rise; doubles 14yds. 
Prize match, 30 targets— 20 singles and 5 pairs— distance handi- 
cap: 
Leroy, 21 11111111111111110101—18 10 10 00 11 11— 6—24 
Miskay, 18 11110011111101111011—16 10 11 10 11 10— 7—23 
Spencer, 18 11011111111101111101—17 10 10 00 11 U— 6—23 
Baker, 16 11101111110110110001—14 11 10 01 11 11— 8—22 
Sheffield, 16 11111000111111011101—15 11 00 11 01 10— 6—21 
.Horace, 18 11111010011111011110—15 01 10 11 01 10— 6— ''I 
Randall, 16 01100110010111001000— 9 00 01 01 11 11— 6—15 
Fitchbjrg Ritle and Gan Club. 
FiTCHBURG, Mass. — Our opening shoot of the season, April 19, 
was held on as perfect a day as often falls to our lot in the early 
spring. We had about fifty shooters present at our opening and 
We used our magautrap for the first time. Ever;y one liked the 
even flight of the targets and the speed with which the dift'erent 
squads could be handled. Our score card is not a record-breaker, 
as we haven't knocked the rust off our muzzleloaders yet; but 
wait a while! 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 
Breen 8 6 7 10 8.. 5 7 6.. .. 6 6 8 5 4 
Edwards 9 9 8 10 .. 6 6 5 6.. 6 6 
Tavlor 8.. 7 6 6 4 8 5 4 
M "A CuUer 7 7 ' 
Converse 8 8 8.. 5.. 6.. 6 8 6 
Gilson 4 5.. 7 4 
A O Stickney 4 7 4 5 4 !. 
Roby 4 5 2 2 3.. 2 2 3 5.. .. 
J Wood 4 6 7 5 5 
Field 4.. 5 3 4.. 3 7 6 4.. 
Russell 6 6 4 
A E Cutier!.*!.'!-'!!!. '!.'». *S !! ., '4 2 '2 .. .. .. '.. .'. 
Dwnght '.. .. 8 8 6 5 .. 5 
Dix ... 7 5 6 6 7 5 7 
Cowdrey 4 6 4 6.. 4.. 4 4.... 
Putnam 7 5 5 3,. 5 6 6 4 6 5 5 4 6 
Burbank 4 6 7 6 6.. .. .. .. 8 
W Wood 5 6 4 
PH ; 7 4 9 6 6 g , . 
Andrews , 5 5 5 5 5 
Spring 2 2 .. .. 3 „ .. 
Alorse 3 5 5 2 5 5 6 5 4 7 5 
Bell 2 1 4 1 3 4.. 
Piper 6 3 7 4 S.. 6., 
Stickney 6 6 6 7 
Holden 7 
Gates 5 6 4 6 5 
Payson 4 4 2 2 
Murry . . -■ 3 4 4 
Donovan 6 3 2 5 4 5 5 6 3.. .. 
Fitzgerald 2 3 
Sedan 7 6 
Smitji ,,r..r.,....-.i • - •• % 4 7. , 
i, O, Cqnverse, Se?'Y. 
