May 12, 1900.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
379 
Illinois Gun Club Tournament* 
Springfield, III., May 4.— The tournament of the Illinois Gun 
Club, which closed to-day, proved to be a distinct success in all 
regards. The elements were propitious, all ot the arrangements 
of the management were complete and well carried out, the at- 
tendance was entirely satisfactory, the shooting was of the best, and 
all in all there have been few pleasanter weeks passed by the 
devotees of the circuit than that just closed at the Capital City 
of Illinois. 
As has been earlier noted in the columns of Forest Anil Stream, 
the Illinois Gun Club, while young in years, is old in experience 
and rich in the quality of its membership. The club has members 
from a great many Illinois tOAvns. and includes some shooters of re- 
nown as well as persons of distinction in political and business 
circles. Its membership of over 100 includes Hon. John R. Tanner, 
Governor of Illinois ; Hon. James R. B. Van Cleave and many 
other citizens of prominence, to say nothing of a representative 
element of the best sportsmanship of the State. While the Spring- 
field boys did not turn out en masse to join the alien contingent, 
the Illinois Gun Club was strongly represented in the tournament 
by men from out of town; thus in the handicap eighteen of the 
fifty-three entries were members of the club which gave tlie 
tournament. 
Brought Them Out, 
The shoot this week seems to have accomplished what the Peru 
tournament unaccountably failed to do, namely, to bring out a 
Strong representation of the Old Guard of the shooting world. 
There were present for the trade and as representatives of the 
strong amateur contingent such well-known shooters as Gilbert, 
Heikes, Elliott, Parnielee, Powers, Crosby, Eudd, Young, Rike, 
Neal, Courtney, Tripp. Rielil. etc. Mr. Charles Spencer came 
as the only representative of St. Louis. Mr. F. C. Riehl repre- 
sented Alton; Mr. L. E, Parker came from Minneapolis; Mr. 
H. C. Hirschy from St. Paul. Another good shooter was Wood- 
ford, of Dixon. De Long, of Hot Springs, represented the South, 
and Garrett, of Colorado .Springs, the West. Billy Meidroth 
dropped in from Peoria, and Connor, of Pekin, was' one of the 
squad which broke the squad record at the expert traps. Klein, of 
Spirit Lake, came under the wing of Fred Gilbert; and of Mr. 
iClein Fred Gilbert says: "He was brought up right and is a pretty 
husy beginner." There seems to be something in the Spirit Lake 
air that is good. Mr. and Mrs, Johnson w'ere present from Minne- 
apolis, with Mr. and Mrs. Murray, of Stillwater, Minn. Fred 
Quimby was on from New York. Chicago was represented by 
Mr. E. S. Kice r.nd his son Fred; by Manager Eddie Bingham, by 
Ben Dicks, and the State Game Commissioner Harry Loveday. 
Miss King, of St. Louis, was present to engage in the "ladies' race 
for the loving cup offered by Mr. Van Cleave. Reference to the 
above list will show that the shooting representation was a very 
strong one. The trade was also strongly represented, and all of 
(he old-timers seemed to have regained their first childhood. 
Courtney was in the record squad on targets; Heikes won high 
average on the first regular t-irget day, and Budd was shooting a 
clinking gait on birds, crowding Fred Gilbert for every foot of 
the way on the tie of 25 for the Capital City Handicap, and only 
going out on his 25th bird of the tie, which wabbled dead just 
across .the ■wire, 
Fred Gilbert Owned the Town. 
A reference to the scores will show that though there were a 
number of the talent present, they were not of the class of a cer- 
tain young gentleman by the name of Fred Gilbert, from Spirit 
Lake, la. Fred Gilbert, who was too sick to shoot in the Grand 
American Handicap, came to Chicago last Saturday, and that was 
the first day he had been out for a whole day since his sickness. 
On Monday he shot the 100-live-bird race with Jim Elliott at 
Springtield, and during the race was so weak that his knees wabbled 
under him, according to his own account; yet he won this race with 
the handsome score of 96 to 93. He added to this by taking 
high average money tor the first practice day on targets. He was 
first alone with 49 out of .50 in No. 6 event on Tuesday, winning 
$38.45, the only good purse of the day. He was one of three men 
— Gilbert. Marshall and Parker — to kill all of his live birds on 
' Wednesday. PIe was one of seven men to go straight in the big race 
for the Capital City Handicap, killing 25 pigeons straight and 25 
straight in the tie. He did this shooting at 31yds. A reference to 
the records of the past years in trapshooting will, it is confidently 
asserted, prove this to be the record of the world at 31yds. on live 
pigeons. He won on the la.st day of the shoot the Schmelzer cup, 
taking it away from Rolla Heikes, the former holder, and breaking 
under the extremely difficult conditions of reverse pulls a total 
of 97 targets out of 100 shot at. In this event Crosby was next 
with 92, Heikes and Klein tied with 91, Marshall, Hirschy and 
Elliot tied on 90. Gilbert's score of 97 in this event is the highest 
record of the country at any time on reverse pulls. The nearest 
approach to this was 96, made by Charles Budd, for the Schmelzer 
cup at Des Moines, la. Gilbert was still straight on live birds at 
the close of the Capital City Handicaj). He killed his last 126 
live birds shot at in this shoot, and is still straight. It is probable 
that his string on live birds for the current time w'ill be close 
to the record of straights on mixed shooting in different places. 
Gilbert had only two associates on the .31ya. mark. Crosby and 
Elliott. Of his run of 126 live birds, 76 were killed at 30yds., and 
50 at 31yds. 
Governor Tanner was too ill to be present at the shoot. Mr. 
Van Cleave, who has the welfare of the Illinois Gun Club close at 
heart, was omnipresent and ever pleasant. He was assisted ably 
by Capt. Ben Eick, of Sterling, and by others of the club. Eddy 
Bingham, of the Du Pont Co., managed the shoot, and he did his 
work excellently. 
The retrieving by dogs was done promptly, and the li\'e-bird 
shooting progressed as rapidly as it can under the best appliances 
outside of the best parks like the Interstate. There were no de- 
lays in the shooting game, and a magautrap and a set of fine ex- 
perts kept bluerocks in the air all the time. 
A Good Clot. 
Comment should be made in passing upon the beautiful grounds 
of the Illinois Gun Club, which should be classed among the best 
in the West. The club house is new and beautiful, and every ar- 
rangement for the comfort and enjoyment of the shooters is pro- 
vided. Springfield is a hospitable town, and the Illinois Gun 
Club is a hospitable organization. There is no shooter who brings 
away anything but good opinion and good words for the officers 
and committees, and, in fact, for the whole tournament from start 
to finish. Headquarters for a time were made at the Leland Hotel, 
where all the statesmen habitually congregate; but the Leland 
may do for statesmen, and yet not do for shooters. Sorne of the 
boys broke away and went to the St. Nicholas and the Silas. 
The live birds were shot at 25 cents, and they proved a very 
good lot. Targets went at 2 cents. The Illinois Gun Club has 
been at great expense in preparing its grounds, and its tourna- 
ment was by means a cheap affair; yet the fact that the club did 
not put up any added money for the general purses left most of 
the boys not much better off than when they struck the town. 
It was an exceedingly pleasant shoot, as all the boys agreed, but it 
is also generally admitted that nobody made any money, or at 
least nobody but Fred Gilbert^ A very handsome thing was done 
bv Mr. Van Cleave in the Capital City Handicap, he giving 
SlOO in gold to the winner, "from the officers," as more than two 
straights were made. This $100 helped out Fred Gilbert's pin 
money very distinctly. It was Mr. Van Cleave also who put up the 
handsome loving cup, which was won by Mr.?. Murray, of Still- 
water. Minn. In this contest for the ladies, Mrs. Murray killed 19 
cut of 25, Mrs. Johnson, of Minneapolis, 17, and Miss King, of 
St. Louis, 18. Mrs. Butler, of Springfield, did not enter for the 
cup, but withdrew after shooting at a few birds. 
Elliott— Gilbert Race. 
There had been a great deal of discussion over the contest for 
the Republic cup between Jim Elliott, holder of the cup, and 
Fred Gilbert, who challenged him for same, some time ago, El- 
liott refusing to shoot except for gate money. The two made 
an arrangement to shoot a race at 100 birds, $100 a side. As they 
bcth were at Springfield, and Elliott was ready to shoot, Fred 
agreed to try conchisions with him then and there, with the result 
above noted. This race had nothing to do with the Republic cup, 
and an agreement has been made between the two to shoot for the 
Republic cup at Kansas City on Friday nex):. This will take 
Fred Gilbert away from the last two days oi the week of the 
Illinois State shoot. Every one must admire the simple and direct 
fashion in which Fred agrees to almost everything in order_ to 
get into a shooting match; and as Elliott is ust'ally equally willing 
tlie two lock horns once more at Kansas City, ar. aljove mentioned. 
Strong Timber. 
The officers of the Illinois Gun Club are as follows: Hal M. 
Smith, President; E. D. Snodgrass, Vice-Pres ident ; Chas. T. 
Stickle, Secretary; Geo. E. Dav, Treasurer. Thw Executive Com- 
nijtref j'i as fol)9>Vs; Jas. K. B- Y'dn Cleavg c^.^ii rmau: Jphn M, 
StrifHer, Jr., A. W. Butler, J. KHngensmith, Jos. Reisch. With the 
record of so successful a shoot behind them, the above gentlemen 
and their associates in the Illinois Gun Club may confidently look 
forward to an active and useful future. They are starting the 
Western circuit this spring with a good boom, and they have 
every reason to be gratified by the success of the entertainment 
which they offered. It is not often in these days that an entry of 
fifty is brought out for a live-bird race where the entrance is $25. 
Squad Record Broken. 
In the targets on the main day there were seven to eight squads 
right along, who did some extraordinarily high class shooting, as 
above noted. The squad record on expert traps was broken. 
Messrs. Ed Rike, of Dayton; Rolla Heikes, of Dayton; A. G. 
Courtnev, of Syracuse: .T. A. R. Elliott, of Kansas City, and 
Connor " of Pekin, in one event broke 20 straight each, coming 
out witVi the clean squad score of 100, something that has never 
been done before on expert traps, so far as at the present moment 
can be determined. The same squad broke 97 in the event before 
this, and in the event following the straight score broke 98 be- 
tween them. Shooting like this is not to be seen every day. 
With so strong a representation of the best shooters of the land, it 
is not to be wondered at that no one made any great amount of 
money. Klein, of Spirit Lake, lost only 18 targets out of 270 shot 
at, a gait of over per cent.; yet he iost $7! Gilbert killed 42 
straight birds and lost $6.35! The weather had something to do 
with these high scores. The conditions were about the average run 
of difficulty in such tournaments. The shooting game is not usually 
a profitable one unless there is a big added money up, and to 
hang up good, fat purses is sometimes not very profitable to a 
management. A good many people are paying their money and 
taking their choice on this basis, and so the game goes on. 
A good many of the boys go direct to Chicago from Springfield, 
and will be here over Sunday, in readiness for the big Illinois 
State shoot next week. Among those now in Chicago are Budd, 
Parmelee, Quimby, Gilbert, Klein, Riehl, Courtney, etc. There 
bids fair to be a repetition of the success of the Springfield shoot 
at Chicago next week. 
Monday, First Day, April 30. 
The first day v/as given i-ip to sweepstake and practice shooting, 
for the most part at targets, with a few scratch events at live 
birds. The scores of this day are perhaps of not so great interest 
as those later on. The inain interest of the day centered in the live- 
bird race between Gilbert and Elliott. The conditions were good 
for both men. barring Gilbert's sickness, which should have placed 
the betting odds against him, although he reversed all ideas of 
form and verified once more the axiom among shooters that no 
sliooier can tell how he is going to shoot by the way he feels 
physically. Some of the best scores made on the circuit are done 
by' men who are far from well. The weather was beautiful, with a 
fairish breeze, though not enough to make the birds extremely 
hard. The birds were a good lot, and for the most part prompt 
starters. 
Elliott, for a wonder, killed his first bird, and Gilbert reversed 
his custom by missing his first bird, which was killed dead out. 
The two then'ran along into the third string of fives, where Elliott 
missed his 11th bird, putting the men equal. Fred continued to 
kill along, and Jim grassed his next four in good style, then he 
missed another 'bird, which got away, apparently not very much 
damaged. At the 25-turn the score was thus: Gilbert 24, Elliott 
23 
in the second 25 Gilbert killed his first 11 birds straight, but 
Elliott lost his 5th bird dead out of bounds. This put tire men 
again even. Elliott proceeded to kill out the rest of his string 
straight, and retired with 24 to his credit. After missing his first 
bird in this string, Gilbert the next and then missed another, 
finishing the 25 straight tJienceforth. The score at the half-way 
point was tied. The race was lost by Elliott in the third string 
of 25, where he lost his 52d bird, and followed it by losing two out 
of bounds a little further on. This gave him but 22 to his credit 
in the third string, whereas Fred continued to pound along as 
though he could never miss, and went out with 25 clean kills. The 
difference of 3 birds thus established between the contestants was 
continued until the close of the race. In the home stretch each 
missed but one bird, Elliott his 15th and Gilbert his 3d on the 
last string of 25. It was anybody's race at the half-way station, 
but at the 7.5-hoIe none could see any one in it excepting Gilbert, 
and though Elliott finished strong he could not close the gap 
which had crept into his score in the fatal three-quarters stretch. 
The following arc the scores: 
I'red Gilbert *221121222222122221222212— 24 
2222222222202022122221122—23 
2222222222222222222222222—25 
22*1222222222222222222222—24—96 
TAR Elliott 2212211222*21220112221121—23 
1211*12222211112222222122—24 
2021221211*2*121123111112—22 
1212111111122102122222222—24—93 
The target and live-bird scores .follow: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 
Targets and live birds: 10 15 20 15 15 15 15 * 15 15 15 15 
Pike 9 14 19 14 14 14 15 6 15 15 14 . . 
Heikes 10 15 IS 13 13 15 13 7 14 15 13 . . 
Klein 8 13 14 14 15 12 14 . . 12 15 15 14 
Courtney 10 14 20 14 15 12 12 . . 13 11 13 . . 
Gilbert 9 15 19 14 15 15 12 7 15 14 15 15 
F Rice 5 9 15 14 15 11 10 .... 11 11 . . 
Mrs Murrav 8 11 
Keller 9 14 19 ..15 12 
Hirschy 10 15 16 14 14 13 14 7 15 13 14 .. 
Parker 7 12 15 13 11 14 13 7 13 13 8 . . 
Johnson 10 10 11 .. 
Mrs Johnson 7 12 10 .. 
Holmes 6 . . 14 . . 12 . . . . 6 7 11 ... . 
Breckles 4 7 7 
F Dockson 8 11 .. 
Woodford 34 19 15 12 .. 13 7 15 13 14 .. 
B Eick 11 17 15 15 .. 13 6 10 11 13 11 
W F Workman 14 9 10 12 11 6 .... 10 11 
Brownbeck 17 14 10 13 14 .. 11 12 12 12 
Bingliam 14 . . .. 14 14 14 
Van Cleave 12 10 6 .. ..13 10 
Loveday 7 
Riehl 4 12 14 12 13 
Hall 6 14 14 .. 13 
Bogardus, Tr 13 14 13 .. 
De Long 13 14 11 15 
Loper 10 9 .. 
Mrs Butler •. .. .. 10 .. 
KHngensmith 10 .. 
T W Garnett 13 14 
Jar Elliott 14 .. 
Weidlocher 10 .. 
*No. 8 was at 7 live birds. 
Tuesday, Second Day, May L 
Again the weather was very good, and the shooting was pursued 
steadily all day long, the following being the conditions of the 
shooting: Events 1 and 9, 20 targets, were $1.50 entrance; events 
3, 5 and 10, 20 targets, $2; events, 4, 8 and 11. 20 targets, $2.50; No. 
2, 20 targets, $4; No. 7, 10 pairs, $2; No. 6, 50 targets, $5; No. 12, 
10 singles and 5 pairs, $3. 
Events, 1, 3. 5, 7, 9, 11, expert traps. Events 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 
magautrap. Events 1. 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 35, 30, 20, 15 per cent. 
Events 2, 6, 12, 30, 25. 20, 15, 10 per cent. 
No bang, no bird. Refusing a difficult bird not allowed, and the 
referee's decision on this point will be final. 
This was the grand target d:\y of the tournament, and as earlier 
stated, the high honors were captured by the Bald Eagle from 
Dayton. Nobody made any great amount of money at this game, 
but Gilbert's luck brought him into the best thing of the day — 
first money alone in No. 6. The amusement went steadily on 
until evening, and from tlien until bed time the gang was busy 
figuring out how mucji they had contributed. The following are 
the scores of the day: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 
Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 50 * 20 20 20 20 * 
T Z Scott ,.,,,„ 20 19 18 18 IS 47 17 16 19 13 .. 16 
"E Scott 18 17 18 17 17 37 IS 19 19 1.. 6 13 
De Long 19 19 17 17 IS 45 IS 20 19 19 18 16 
Kline 20 IS IS 19 20 43 18 20 19 18 19 20 
W Crosby 19 19 19 20 20 45 19 19 19 19 20 IS 
Hirschy 19 IS IS 19 17 45 20 19 20 19 20 17 
Spencer 19 16 18 16 19 39 17 19 19 16 16 14 
Parker 20 20 19 17 20 47 17 18 19 16 19 14 
1-ulford 19 18 20 19 19 48 20 10 20 19 17 13 
Hall . , - 19 19 19 18 20 43 19 19 19 20 20 19 
iiieh! 19 20 19 16 19 44 17 19 17 20 20 17 
B Eick 20 IS 20 17 20 42 16 20 20 19 19 15 
F C Rice IS 11 19 14 IS 34 15 17 19 IB 15 10 
Woodford IG 19 19 16 16 46 20 20 20 20 19 18 
E Neal 19 IS 18 16 17 45 17 15 IS 16 I t l.i 
THpp , ,> . , M 12 1? 1U8 19 44 17 go 17 18 13 17 
18 18 45 
19 19 45 
15 20 47 
20 18 48 
19 19 48 
17 16 43 
17 20 42 
20 19 47 
20 20 44 
20 20 49 
15 18 35 
18 20 46 
17 19 44 
.. 18 .. 
Garrett 19 18 18 
Sconce 20 19 19 
Cadwallader 1 16 16 13 
Rike 19 17 20 
Heikes 19 20 20 
Courtney 19 20 18 
Elliott 20 19 19 
Connors 18 20 19 
Budd 20 19 20 
F Gilbert ...„.....:.:,...... 18 18 19 
Marshall 19 16 19 
Parmelee 20 19 18 
Burnside 19 1 819 
W Gilbert 19 .. .. 
F Dockson 17 
A H Bogardus 19 
E G Bogardus 14 
VV F Workman 14 
Rupert 18 
Wiedlocher 19 
W T Craig 18 
Johnson 16 
Mrs Johnson 14 
Robin Hood 
J E Felton 
Meidroth 
E Flynn 
Loper -. •• • 
Mrs Butler .. .. .. . 
Kerr i 
Harding 
*No. 7. 10 pairs; No. 12, 10 singles and 5 pairs. 
20 18 
19 20 
17 18 
20 20 
20 20 
20 18 
20 20 
20 20 
20 20 
20 18 
19 18 
20 19 
18 19 
19 20 
19 19 
19 19 
19 16 
19 18 
18 19 
16 18 
16 17 
20 20 
20 17 
20 20 
18 20 
20 18 
20 20 
20 .. 
20 19 
19 15 
17 18 
20 15 
20 20 
17 19 
17 20 
18 18 
17 16 
19 17 
17 13 
20 18 
20 19 
18 .. 19 .. 45 
16 .. 14 .. .. 
. . 16 10 13 . . 
14 20 . . 17 . . 
19 i9 i9 is 46 
19 .. 
13 .. 
. . 17 is 17 42 
16 .. 
16 .. .. 17 ,. .. 
18 14 14 . , . . . . 
18 18 18 17 , , . . 
.. .. 19 
18 19 .. 19 .. .. 
17 18 .... 18 .. 
13 
19 18 16 19 18 19 
19 .. 16 
17 17 18 18 17 . . 
15 .. 12 
19 13 18 
15 
12 
14 
"Wednesday, Third Day, May 2. 
This day was put in at live birds, and it was one of steady 
shooting, with no very exciting features. The weather was fair 
and pleasant, and there was no difficult wind blowing until No. 5 
event in the afternoon, the 1.5-bird race. At that time a storm 
came xip with strong wind, which made the shooting very inter- 
esting. An odd example of the vagaries of class shooting came 
up in the first event, at 7 pigeons. State Game Commissioner 
Harry Loveday missed his first 3 birds, and he thought he was a 
dead' one; yet when they came to figure up the finish he found 
that he was in fourth hole all alone, and he took down at $53.95, 
whereas third place paid only $6.50! Harry was very thankful 
tliat he missed his birds early in the race, and for once was con- 
tent to let the uneven justice of class shooting come his way. 
The live-bird game of this day proved not so difficult but tliat 
its curves could be solved. Tom Marshall, L, E. Parker and Fred 
Gilbert killed every bird sliot at during the day. There were a 
great many straights in every event, and the splitting up of the 
money left no profit to the participants. The entry kept up in 
good shape. A. S. A. rules governed, and the purses were divided 
33. 30, 20 and 15 per cent. Regarding the shooting, it may be 
said that it was as interesting and as profitable as any short race 
sweeps can be made. There were six events on the programme, 
but as rain at times interfered it was necessary to postpone two 
of the scheduled events. The scores: 
1 2 3 4 Events: 12 3 4 
7 10 10 15 Targets: 7 10 10 15 
7 . . 11 Marshall 7 10 10 15 
Events: 
Targets : 
Loveday 4 
Dicks 7 
Hall 6 
Meidroth 7 10 
Van Cleave 6 8 
Fulton 
7 .. .. Rike 
9 10 12 Courtney 6 10 
9 14 Johnson 6 
7 12 Mrs Johnson ....... '6 
Kline 7 10 9 15 
Hirschy 7 9 9 14 
Crosby 7 9 9 15 
Powers 7 10 10 14 
Mackie 7 8 10 
Harding 
Voris .......1...... 7 10 10 14 
Heikes ........... 7 10 10 14 
Mrs Murray 7 8 .. 10 
Rice 6 8 .. 13 
Cadwallader 5 8 10 12 
Burnsides 7 9 9 14 
Robin Hood 6 10 9 15 
Tripp 7 10 7 . . 
Neal 7 S 8 13 
F Gilbert 7 10 10 15 
Budd 7 10 10 13 
Parmelee 7 9 10 14 
5 Weidlocher 7 
7 14 
6 13 
9 .. .. 
8 .. 
5 .. 
9 10 14 
8 8 13 
7 10 10 15 
5 10 7 13 
Sconce 7 
Riehl 7 
Parker , 
Spencer 
Garrett 5 8 7 13 
5 Elliott 7 .. 10 .. 
Fulford 7 .... 15 
G Solomon 9 8 13 
Workman 7 611 
De Long 7 9 15 
H Miner ........ i.. .-. . .. 8 14 
England 9 14 
Athos .. 11 
Gere It 
R Solomon 34 
H .Solomon 1^ 
Thursday, Fourth Day, May 3. 
Ihis was fairly to be called the most important day of the shoot, 
since It brought the talent together in a race long enough to ex- 
tend them, and under conditions which were not a cinch for 
anybody. This grand Capital City Handicap will prove to be a 
very interesting fixture in this State. As stated before, there were 
m the neighborhood of fifty starters for this race, eighteen of them 
menibers of the Illinois Gun Club. The finish showed the staying 
qualities of the regular army, five out of seven in at the tie being 
properly called professional shooters. Those who went .straight 
were Gilbert, Budd, Hirschy, Heikes, Young, Smith, of Spring- 
field, and Sconce, of Sidell, 111. 
The conditions of the Capital City Handicap are 25 live birds, 
$25 entrance, birds included, and twenty entries guaranteed. The 
handicap committee was composed of C. VV. Budd, Elmer Neal 
and Capt. Ben Eick. The purse was divided 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 
per cent., the entry being there over twenty-five, as per programme 
announcement. A. S. A. rules governed, and the handicaps were 
26 to 31yds. Elliott, Gilbert and Crosby were set at 31yds. There 
was no complaint heard in regard to the handicapping, and there 
was no complaint from the spectators in regard to the shooting. 
The finish was one of those close ones which now and then turn 
out in a race of this kind where a couple of strong shooters get 
into harness together. 
Of the seven men who were tied in the handicap, all fell out one 
by one in the tie of 25 birds until onlv Budd and Gilbert re- 
mained in. These mechanically killed along until they had scored 
24 each, Then Budd got a bird which proved to have too much vi- 
tality to. allow its being stopped. He centered it fairly, but it 
wabbled over the iine and fell dead. Gilbert killed his last bird 
and thus won. There had been some banter between the two as 
to what they would do to each other if they ever met in a good' 
hot tie. Budd threatened to shoot Gilbert out. and he certainly 
came close to it. Charlie himself says that if a man kills 24 out of 
25 in a tie he has no kick coming, and hence he declines to kick. 
Neither does Gilbert file any objection, and hence the big handicap 
shoot may be considered a success for two of the shooters at least 
Probably a .eood many of the shooters would have liked to have 
just one bird more. 
Gilbert's health was by this time mending, and he certainly was 
shooting in championship form. It is difficult to beat a man who 
kills 100 per cent. The following are the scores of the Capital 
City Handicap: 
Twenty-five live birds, $25 entrance: 
E E Neal, 29 222222*222222222222222222—24 
H Tnpp, 28... 2221221221121021211112112-24 
£ 2121111122212111201111111-24 
E Vons, 29 22*121211122*222221022222—22 
E G Courtney, 29. . 212121212111211*1112221*2—23 
R O Heikes, 30 ....r. 2222222222212222222222222—25 
C W Budd, 30 ii.. 2221122112221211121212212—95 
Van Cleave, 27 011212011221211121*022221—21 
V.l^Ml ^^■■■ ■■■nn ..*212212212221122212122222-24 
Craig 27 : . . . .1111111111211211112111110-24 
I \ ^°n- II 12202221221121211*1120022-21 
T,. ^^"> 2011220*22211 21'2222222222— 22 
E Eick, 29... 222211122221222*012222212-23 
H T Sconce, 29 2222222222222222222222222—25 
R M Khne, 29 222222*2222222''22222922*'— 2,3 
G Burnsides, 28 2222222021212222222222112—24 
J A R E 1 1 ,0 tt, 31 2222222222212222220222122—24 
}V R Crosby, 31 2222222222222*22222222222-24 
VV F Weidroth. 29 1122221122222122112110222-24 
T Marshall, 30 202222222202222222*202222—21 
F Gilbert, 31... 2222222222222222212222222—25 
F Parmelee 30 2222222222222222222022222—24 
Robi n H 00 d, 29 2222222222222222222222222—25 
L E Parker, 28 ...„,,, 2222212122222*22222'n2'^22— 24 
Cadwallader, 28 2222222222201222122222222—24 
•^^encer, 28.. 2221222*22222222222220222-23 
E S Rice, 28 2221122*21012111221121120^22 
H M Smith, 27 'i22mi2'l\rm&\m^i 
Mrs Murray, 27 112121*2121221*2212*1 III1II22 
Flirschy, 29 2222222222222221222''22222— 2^ 
Garrett. 28. . . 222222222222*222222222222-2-1 
R Solomon, 29 221110*111112012*11121210-1) 
J C Englana, 29. 22122222152222202*20222121122 
H- Solomon, 27..,.>.j.., llU0222011101in215'l''lll— 2? 
E Fulford, 30 *2222222222222-»1212]5l22— 24 
Mack'.e, 39. r ttrtMri n Mi,u.3g?222222§3§22§2g0?SOO|2§-gg 
