416 
POHEST AND STREAM. 
[May 26, 1900. 
Alletj V o «... , . = . J a 13 .11 ■ >- -4.^- ■ . ' - - - = . =■ 
Thrailkill 8 13.., .. .. 
Stayner ..................... .. ..-12.11 .. 16 
Denning . , . . 16 
Dowden 12 11 .. 13 la ., 
Tohnson .. .. 111115 .. .. ... .... 
White 11 15 
Leach 12 10 .. 
Brown 16 .... 
Wednesday, Third Day, May t6. 
Another scorcher, or at least such until 3 P. M., when a promist-d 
flew a deaJ better to-day, as the wind was moving more strongly. 
-At the target line the wind proved a most unwelcome factor, and 
made many a ragged hole in a score up to that time fair to look 
upon. The targets danced and skimmed weirdly, and no shooter 
could land on all of them. Several of the boys who were at the 
score at just about 3 o'clock lost a number of birds, and it was 
an interesting thing to watch the target game at that station. 
Billy Crosby, the hard-shooting E C-ite, took the boys down the 
line to-day with hi.s little Baker. 
In the live birds the interest was not intense after the close of 
the ties in the Lcmp trophy, brought over from yesterday. This 
brought out a hot finish, Sperry, of Rock Island, and Griesedieck, 
a hot local favorite, who has won about everything down here, 
lining out for a good stiil run, the tie lasting to the 34th bird, and 
the trophy falling to the St. Louis man after a very pretty contest 
with a very hard companion in the harness alongside. On his next 
to last bird Griesedieck got a soft one, which lagged at the start 
and was killed when barely clear of the ground, leaving a close 
decision for Mr. Taylor, who Was refereeing. Sperry, who followed 
him, caught a hot one, which he hardly handled fast enough, and 
which he lost, retiring after a gallant struggle. Score of the tie, 
Lemp trophy: 
Lindeman 22220 
Griesedieck 1122222212222221212111112221111121112 
Sperry , .2112221121122122222212222212122211120 
Craig - 1122110 
Powers 220 
L/auicis 2^,220 
Allen .w 
Following the Lerap tie there was a sweep!, open to all, at 10 
live uiiuo, ^i'. This brought out twenty-nine shooters, but offered 
nothing of interest, a« the birds proved too dull to make the sport 
keen, seventeen men going straight. The score: 
No. 1, 10 live birds, $7: 
W Thompson 1111122111—10 
Popham 222Z222U22— 9 
Craig ...2111011112— 9 
Rieh! *.„.., ...1222222002— 8 
Holly ...2122121201—9 
Daniels 2222222112—10 
Dav 212*212222— 9 
Robin Hood 2222222222—10 
Heilman ^222020212— H 
Hotf 1212222202— 9 
W A Thompson... 2121111112— 10 
Gay 1222221022— 9 
Selzer .2021211211— 9 
St Clair 1021212111- 9 
Wilmot 1212111111—10 
Heikes 2222222221—10 
Parmelee ...t^ 2222222222—10 
Chase 2222222222—10 
Crosby 2222222222—10 
Weston ...1111212112—10 
Meredith ..1211112112—10 
Sperry 2111111 121—10 
T Hoft" 1112111222—10 
'Starkloff 112*211122— 9 
Powers 2222222222—10 
Milton .1122222212—10 
Ward 2111212120— f) 
Tripp 2222222222—10 
Neat llllOw 
The Targets, 
The target entry held up splendidly, 
score, and a handsome proportion of 
gramme, though the game grew too 
faithful. The scores: 
sixty-four guns going to the 
the same finishing the pro- 
hard for even some of the 
Events : 
Rike 
Heikes 
Courtney 
Connor 
JAR Elliott... 
Boa . . rf-r . * f ' 
Riehl 
Schroeder 
De Long ....... 
Garrett 
Daniels 
ap 
obin Hood ... 
Day 
Lindeman ...... 
Weston 
Wilmot 
Hixon 
Scott 
Hbimes ...^...a 
Gay 
.Spencer . . , 
Chase 
Crosby 
Wright 
Powers 
Parmelee 
Starkloff 
Popham 
Tule 
W D Thompson 
Schoenberg 
Neal 
Tripp , 
Budd 
Scheiss 
St Clair 
Holly 
Sperry 
Fulton 
Headers 
Lockridge 
Mackie 
Burnside 
Apperson 
W A Thompson. 
Ward 
Lefever 
Millet 
Gulick 
Launtsen 
Thrailkill ........ 
Sta -ner .......... 
King 
Milton 
Van Gundy ..... 
I'^.i 
Seltzer 
Heer 
Markle 
Heilman 
Griesedieck 
Watt 
Prendergast 
1 
14 
13 
14 
13 
15 
14 
9 
14 
13 
14 
14 
15 
15 
14 
12 
12 
14 
12 
13 
12 
15 
14 
10 
15 
11 
12 
15 
13 
2 3 4 
13 16 14 
15 19 13 
14 19 15 
14 17 14 
11 20 14 
12 20 13 
14 17 14 
13 17 13 
10 14 10 
15 19 14 
13 18 13 
14 19 14 
14 19 15 
15 19 14 
15 19 15 
12 16 13 
12 IB 13 
10 13 10 
15 17 10 
13 16 11 
14 19 14 
14 19 11 
13 12 10 
14 19 15 
11 15 15 
13 14 13 
13 20 12 
11 15 9 
.. 15 .. 
.. 16 10 
.. 17 .. 
■ • • {) ■ a ^ f-» 
» ^* II- a*^ • ■ >'t- f * ■ 
11 
11 
14 
8 
13 
13 
13 
14 
12 
14 
12 
11 
15 
12 
13 
14 
14 
10 
6 
11 
11 
12 
12 
13 
12 
8 
12 
14 18 15 
12 17 13 
13 18 14 
11 16 .. 
14 19 15 
11 17 13 
10 18 13 
13 19 12 
12 17 13 
13 18 11 
14 16 15 
11 17 11 
15 17 13 
13 15 12 
9 17 9 
9 17 12 
9 12 .. 
6 6 
10 16 
14 19 
12 15 
11 19 
14 16 
14 15 
13 19 
14 19 
13 18 
15 18 
13 17 
11 17 
12 17 
15 18 
14 17 
14 19 
15 16 
14 18 
15 17 
13 18 
17 19 
13 17 
9 12 
.15 19 
12 IS 
14 16 
13 18 
12 IS 
9 .. 
10 15 
13 .. 
14 20 
14 17 
14 18 
14 20 
7 8 9 
19 17 19 
18 17 18 
15 13 15 
16 13 19 
16 IS 19 
17 14 18 
19 16 17 
17 18 17 
17 17 19 
19 18 18 
16 19 18 
20 20 18 
18 19 38 
17 16 19 
19 20 18 
19 17 16 
9 17 15 
16 w 16 
18 IS 20 
17 18 18 
19 1 820 
20 15 19 
14 14 13 
20 , 19. 20 
15 15 11 
18 18 17 
19 20 19 
18 18 16 
18 ie 
12 v. 
14 17 17 
19 19 18 
19 18 19 
11 12 
11 .. 
11 IS 
13 17 
11 11 
15 17 
11 18 
13 16 
14 IS 18 
16 16 18 
16' 17 18 
17 16 18 
10 
14 16 10 17 .. 
11 15 11 
14 14 12 .. 15 17 17 17 
14 13 14 11 16 16 19 18 
12 16 11 14 15 19 14 .. 
-ii 17 u 12 is v. 
IS 14 14 .. 
.. 13 
Thursday, Fourth Day, May 17. 
19 
12 
20 
The weather continued unfavorable, though capricious, heavy 
rain falling at several different times during the day, drenching 
the grounds and interfering with the sport to a considerable e.x- 
tent. After the shower the humid heat resumed operations, so that 
the live birds did not have much arnbition and the sport at the 
live-bird traps offered no great shooting interest. The event for 
the day was the Sportsmen's Review cup, a handsome trophy, 
which is put up by the Association with the guaranteed purse of 
$1,000. This event did not quite fill, only thirty-seven men enter- 
ing. Of the entire thirty-seven not a man shot back of the money, 
the rules being class shooting, five moneys, and 21 being low 
score. Eight men lied on 25 — Linderman Parmelee, Crosby, Burn- 
side, Spencer, Powers, Budd and Jim Elliott. First place paid 
$37.50. but the 24s were more fortunate, taking down $62.50. The 
23 hole paid $18.50; 22, $21.40; 21, $14.25. 
The shooting of the above event practically took up the day, tHe 
contest continuing until late in the afternoon. The ties are to be 
shot out on Saturday, two days later, at which time the ties of the 
Republic cup are also to be decided. When the number of good 
ones left in the tie was seen it was confidently stated by many 
to-day that it would take all of Saturday to decide the ties, unless - 
the birds should take to flying better than they did to-day. Nearly 
all the birds were killed almost at the traps, and there was not 
much excitement, unless over some such incident as when Robin 
Hood shot at a sitting bird with his second and scared it out of 
houads. The trapper boys grew tir«d and careless once or twice, 
and^ the shooter who seemed to get the worst of this was Dr. Smith, 
of St. Louis, who got two balks— one from a bird hung in the trap 
and one from an empty trap— and who then caught a left-quar- 
tertr, which fell dead out of bounds for him. 
One incident of the day carried with it a decided' warning which 
might perhaps very well be taken to heart. The trapping pits are 
not covered by a wire grating, as they were at the Grand Ameri- 
can Handicap, and the boys had no underground signal when to 
go out from the pits, the word being given by calling from the 
score. At one time St. Clair (George Cro,sby) shot at a bird and 
knocked it down close to the trap with his first barrel. All at once 
the boy rose from the pit and reached for the bird, just at the 
time Crosby fired his second barrel. The charge did not miss 
the boy 2ft., and had it struck him it would have killed him at 
that distance. Once or twice there was this same difficulty of a 
boy getting up at the wrong time, as of covirse the trappers could 
not tell whether or not the shooter was to fire his second after the 
first shot was heard and the bird killed. It may readily be seen 
that there is a very serious risk of a bad accident in this arrange- 
ment — one which would injure the shooting game as well as cost 
life or limb. The traps should be supplied with gates, and these 
should be released only by the puller at the score, who can see, 
what the trapper boy cannot see from his pit, when all is .safe for 
him to come out to retrieve the bird. The little fellows should not 
be allowed to take any chances of injury. 
The crowd to-day was a trifle smaller, some of the shooters being 
unavoidably called home, among these .Sperry, of Rock Island, 
second in the Lemp tie. J. J. Sumpter, Jr., came over from Hot 
Springs to-day and shot in the Review cup race. .\t the 15 hole 
he had "killed 'em all but 4," he said, when asked how he was 
doing; but then he pulled together and killed out straight. 
Sportsmen's Review cup; open to the world; 30yds. rise, 25 birds; 
entrance $25, including birds; $1,000 guaranteed; five moneys, class 
shooting, 30, 25, 20, 15 and 10 per cent. 
General Rules. 
The holder of this trophy shall provide suitable ground and the 
best live pigeons obtainable, at a nominal price, not to exceed 25 
cents each. He will further be entitled to all grotiiid benefits, un- 
less otherwise agreed tipoti. 
The distance between the home Of the challenger and challengee 
will be considered fair and neutral. Should the holder of the 
trophy, through any mercenary or spiteful intention, name a place 
at a greater distance, he will be required, before his contest takes 
place, to pay to the challenger the excess of expenses which he 
has incurred by failing to name a neutral place. 
The challenger, on request, may be required to pdSf in the hands 
of the referee the amount or price of the pigeons shot in the con- 
test, which will be returned to him, provided he wins the match. 
Ties for cup must be shot off the same day, daylight permitting. 
Following are the scores: 
Brownie 2222222022202202022221222—21 
J B Porter 2012202221222122222222122—23 
De Long 21222*1222222120222212222—23 
Alexander .... ,.. .,.^.,.4,. . .12112112mi2r21011212212— 24 
Lindemati 1222222222222222222222222—25 
Heikes 2222222222122222222101121—24 
Parmelee 212121^221222222222222222—25 
Gav 222212221222*221221211211—24 
Chase 222021211*222222*22222222—22 
Kellv 222021211*1111121121 22112—22 
We.ston 2122221222002222122112112—23 
Crosby 2221221222211111111111111—25 
Riehl 2122212122201*2211*202222—21 
Wilmot 22221222*1211211211110222—23 
Neal 2022211111212212211112202—23 
Norton 2122222222212220111221220—23 
Day 22*2222220222222122222222—23 
Daniels . .-. r. . : *22*221221112212211201221-22 
St. Clair ... 
Burnside ... 
Spencer . r. . 
Powers 
1 W Smith., 
'Milton 
Selzer 
Meidroth ... 
Starkloff 
•■■'if' » ►-•■»-» • • 
. 1122120022222*22211121112-22 
. . . .2222222222222222222222222—25 
2222222222222222222222222—25 
2222222222222222222222222—25 
. . . .12221211221221222*222*222—23 
. .222220221*11121*22*222112—21 
. . . .21001122111*2121211221*12—21 
i-. . .2122212202211021100222111—21 
. 2012212*22111112211121121- 
Budd 1221212121111121212121112—25 
JAR Elliott 2122212122211222222211222—25 
Robin Hood 2222022222222220222222222—23 
Taylor 2*20122111121212222211201—22 
D Elliott .^...^ 1222212112221112221102212—24 
Leach " 22222222222222220*0222222—22 
H ill 2222022221221110222022222—22 
Griesedieck .121112121111112112011211*— 23 
Sumoter 11222201012*0222222222222—21 
Courtney 1122222022022212121200222—21 
The Targets. 
The target programme to-day called for 90 birds, and in spite of 
the rain it was shot through by 3 o'clock in the afternoon. John 
Boa, of Chicago (and the only Chicago man present, by the way), 
was high man to-day, .978 per cent. Budd and Day tied on second. 
.967 per cent. Heikes, Jim Elliott, Powers, Parmelee and Crosby tied 
on third, .955 per cent. As the targets were soon shot through, 
and as the live-bird work kept only a squad at a time occupied, 
some of the enthusiasts, like Garrett, of Colorado Springs; De 
Long, of Hot Springs; Alexander, of St, Louis, and Herb. Tay- 
lor, of St. Louis, got up a series of eccentric matches at the 
magautrap', sometimes standing precariously on the top of the 
awning at the target score, sometimes on top of the magautrap 
house, etc., and they seemed to get a deal of fun out of this, vary- 
ing the programme by shooting at bo.x lids and boards thrown 
in the air. The following are the target scores: 
2 
13 
15 
13 
13 
15 
15 
14 
14 
15 
14 
15 
15 13 
15 13 
13 14 
4 
14 
14 
13 
14 
14 14 
14 15 
Events : 1 
Rike 14 
Heikes 14 
Courtney 12 
Conners 13 
JAR Elliott.... 15 
Boa .15 14 
Riehl 14 
Schroeder ..ir.>in... 15 
De Long 10 
Barrett 14 14 
Gay 14 11 
Spencer i... 33 14 
Milton 13 12 
Fulton i 13 IS 
Starkloff 12 10 
Hungate 30 12 
Miss' King 14 12 
Heer 13 35 
Lefever , 13 12 
Weston lf> 13 
Wilmot 13 14 
Hill 13 9 
Scott 14 13 
Holmes H 13 
Powers - 13 14 14 
Parmelee : ....15 15 32 
Neal 13 12 9 
Budd 14 14 15 
Jule 13 11 12 
Kelly 12 10 .. 
Stayner 5 S .. 
Apperson 13 15 13 12 
Daniels 14 14 14 14 
Crosbv 14 14 15 35 
Robin' Hood 12 13 14 15 
Day 15 14 14 14 
Lindeman 14 14 15 15 
Griesedieck ....11 12 .. .. 
Todd -•• U •• •• 
Burnside' .........v.-.. 10 .. 10 12 
5 6 
15 15 
15 34 
14 
14 
15 
33 
13 
14 14 
13 
15 
14 
15 
13 
15 
13 
14 
12 
13 
12 
12 
15 
12 
14 
14 
16 
14 12 
14 14 14 
13 14 
14 
10 
13 
13 
14 
14 
13 
13 
10 
14 
12 
13 
13 
12 
.14 
7 
14 
12 
11 
13 13 
14 15 
14 
13 
14 
14 
11 
13 
13 
4 
13 
14 
15 
15 
13 
15 
12 
15 
13 
15 
14 
11 
15 
Broke. 
84 
86 
79 
81 
86 
88 
82 
83 
79 
82 
80 
83 
80 
77 
75 
74 
78 
83 
61 
7G 
75 
78 
86 
86 
72 
87 
13 15 
13 14 
14 14 
14 15 
15 15 
13 14 
81 
83 
86 
S3 
87 
85 
Av. 
.933 
.955 
.878 
.900 
.955 
.978 
.911 
.922 
.878 
.914 
.889 
.922 
.889 
.855 
.8.33 
.822 
.867 
.922 
.678 
.844 
.833 
!922 
.867 
.9.55 - 
.955 
.800 
.967 
.9t)0 
922 
'.955 
.922 
.967 
.944 
10 
12 
Friday, Fifth Day, May 18. 
This was the best shooting day of the week so far as the live 
bird.=! were concerned. A sudden change in the weatlier sent the 
thermometer down several points, and a cold wind made the birds 
far stronger in their flight. It was an une.xpected a:nd sudden 
change in the weather programme and found most of the shooters 
unprepared for it, so, there was much shivering 'ari^J shuddering 
among the men who had to wait their turns at the scoi-e. There 
was'ffluch more interest and excitement, however, as,',t||e, birds' now- 
made the shooting game more than twice as hard as .^t^^'t^as At any 
time earlier in the week. There was a bigger crow,d.;^t',sp'ectatOr.s 
and more exclamations and applause, Dave and Bo^ Elliott had 
a satisfied look oa their faces, since it was now proved that all 
their birds needed was a bit of decent weather to make them fly 
strong. 
There was no target programme to-day,"the live birds taking up 
the entire plana for the day, but a few of the enthusiasts put in 
the spare time in sweeps at the magautrap, the scores- of which 
will perhaps not seem of especial interest.. 
The card read for the Republic cup to'-day, this being another 
ot the plucky features advertised by the management, which cer- 
tamly has given a good programme and a good shoot. There was 
a considerable loss sustained on this event also, as the $1,000 guar- 
antee would require fifty-three shooters to fill, and there were but 
lorty-one to enter. Yet this is a very fine showing for the close of 
a week of steady shooting, and it stamps the tournament as a very 
successful one. 
The shooting in the cup race was not concluded until nearly 7 
o clock in the evening, and all the later hours of the afternoon 
were full of mterest. The birds were doing such flying that it was 
onnfidently wagered bv some of those present that Parmelee the 
6rst man to go straight, would be the only one to score 25. Per- 
haps -tjanlt Old not Know that he was INo. 13 on the entry sheet, 
or he might have changed his number. We shall see what he will 
do to-morrow m the tie, for contrary to this early prediction, there 
was a tie. Much later in the day came Weston' (H. M. Davis, of 
Kichmond, Mo.), who went in for the last string of 10 birds with 
IS already to his credit. He was shooting strong and clean, 
though apparently half frozen to death, and he killed one after 
another until his 25th, when he caught a weak hopper and killed 
it for a close, going out with big greetings from his friends It 
was thought this surely ended the straights. When the last squad 
came up, however, it was seen that there were two possibles in it 
Kansas City (a member of the Belt Line and 
Blue Valley clubs, of that city), and Denning, of St. Louis. Both 
of these kept on scoring right along, and when they got within 
sight of the finish it began to be rumored that there might be at 
least one more straight. They both kept up their clean work and 
Tinished together. As they actually were shot at the score, Den- 
ning followed Holmes, so that really the last two shots fired during 
the event were shots that scored straights. This left four ties 
altogether m the Republic cup. The ties in this event and the 
Sportsmen s Review cup will be shot off Saturday, the time beino' 
set for 2 P. M. Following' are the scores of the day: 
For the St. Louis Republic's American Wingshot Championship 
cup; 25 birds, $25 entrance, including birds; open to the world- 
for a guaranteed purse of $1,000 and the St. Louis Republic cup. 
Contestant is free to use anything he may desire in the shape of 
a la-gauge gun, so long as he conforms to the general rules gov- 
erning shoots under the Interstate Association rules. The winner 
of the cup will be required to give a good and sufficient bond to 
defend the trophy under the following conditions: 
The holder shall be subject to challenge by the posting of a 
forfeit of $50 with the Forest and Stream, the American Field, 
Shooting and Fishing, the Sporting Life, the Sportsman's Review, 
or_ the St. Louis Republic, for a match for .$100 a side and the 
price of the birds, the holder to name the place and date of the 
shoot, the date to be within sixty days of the publication of chal- 
lenge in the St. Louis Republic, the holder to give the challenger 
not less than ten days' notice, and deliver the trophy in good 
condition at such place of contest. The holder to name the num- 
ber of birds, which shall not be less than 25 nor more than 100 
birds. The cup shall be subject to general competition at the 
State tournaments of the Missouri State Fish and Game Protective 
Association m May, 1900-1901, and at any other place where $1,000 
is guaranteed for a shoot that is held under the same rules gov- 
erning the inaugural shoot for the trophy and where no special 
make of gun or ammunition is required. A'fter the final open shoot 
for the cup at the Missouri State Tournament in May, 1901, the 
winners of the cup, either in open competition or by challenge 
shall engage in a special 25Tbird race, $25 entrance, for the abso- 
lute possession of the trophy, the surplus money in the sweepstakes 
to be divided according to the will of a majority of the contestants, 
and in the event of their being unable to agree on that point, the 
distribution of such surplus shall be decided by the St. Louis 
Republic. 
Dr Clarke, 28 , ,..2222222200122222222220222—22 
Alexander, 28 , .1022221211221110111222111-23 
Pc Long. 27 211112110122102112*022212—21 
J B Porter, 29 ..22222222202.12202222222222—23 
Brownie, 28 2122222222120220*2'221>'20— 21 
Taylor, 29 .21*2211102122011211121221—22 
H ei 1 igen stein, 29 1211222*21210122211122221—23 
Reichert, 29 120212011221001 210w 
Lindeman, 30........... 2222022222202222022222202—21 
Heikes, 31. , . ..... ; ........ .22022222*2222222122012222—22 
Budd, 31 ^ 1122220111121222221222222— 24^ 
Powers, 30 0222222222221111222222220—23 
Parmel ee, 31 2222222222222222222222222—25 
Day, 30 2222222121020222122201222—22 
Daniels, 30 2222212112222222232212*22—24 
Robin Hood, 30 2222222222222002222222222—23 
Crosby, 31 , U 2220222222222222222222222—24 
Gay, 30.......,-...i...x...- 2222222221222220222221222—24 
Riehl, 29............. 2222001121132212022322221—22 
JAR Elliott, 31 2012221212112112121222222—24 
Wilmot, 29 21221221*0122211321*11222—22 
Burnside, 29 22222222*2222222320222222—23 
Chase, 29 2200223222222222020222220—20 
Spencer, 30 222222222312222*222110222—23 
Kelly, 28 122220112220101211211011*— 20 
W A Thompson, 28....." 2121222221222212102122220—23 
Neal, 29 2102210222323112222020222—21 
Starkloff, 28 0221 22110121211 032203221 2—21 
Dr J W Smith, 30 .....2221222222222222220222222—24 
Weston, 29 1212211221322222123222232—25 
L D Cabanne, 28 .2032232022322222222222222—23 
Norton, 29 x...*' 222022220201 0223222233332—21 
Garrett, 28 2222222220222221222222222—24 
D Elliott, ,S0 3233203212222222222222322—24 
St. Clair, 29 2222322222223222212320322—24 
Denning, 28 2313211222323233323233222—25 
Griesedieck. 30 03022232322*2233122122332—22 
Hungate, 27 2232222122132*32320023202—21 . 
Milton, 28 0303222222232221012112103—21 
Dr Bond, 27 11102012*2221 20100221200'2— 17 
Holmes, 28 1 222222222221222212122212—25 
Saturday, Sixth Day, May 19. 
Rain fell last night and this morning, and the day was cold to 
the point of discomfort. Part of the time the birds were too wet 
to fly well, but later in the afternoon the sky cleared a little, and 
the air was cool and bracing. The birds, though still a mixed lot, ' 
flew better than they had averaged during the week. 
The target programme, calling for 160 targets, was shot through 
•Steadily and concluded early. There was one little live-bird event 
beside the two cup finishes. The attendance remained astonish- 
ingly good, in \it\y of all the difficulties in transportation. 
The Tie Records Broken. 
The chief interest centered in the ties for the two cups, which 
had been put forward from yesterday and the day before. All the 
week the live-bird shooting had been of no very startling interest, 
and no one expected to see so hot a finish as turned out to-day. 
Yet the finish in the first tie, the Review cup race, proved a 
sensational feature, and one such as has never been seen in the tic 
for any trophy in the country. A tie shoot not finished inside of I60 
straight birds, with the runner-up killing 99 a total of 125 straight 
in all for the winner, and of 124 for the loser, with the winner 
leaving unbroken a run of 214 birds out of 215 shot at durmg the 
week — that is something which certainly we may go far to see 
equaled. Jim Elliott thinks he beat this record once in the 
Carver races in the early '80s, though the facts are not at hand at 
this writing. 
It was Jim who won the Sportsmen's Review cup under tbe . 
above phenomenal circumstances to-day. 
It was Charlie Spencer, of St. Louis, earlier mentioned as an 
employee of the Rawlings Sporting Goods Co., who shot the race 
which was almost as good as that of the winner. He ran 82 
straight in the tie, against as hot a rival as he could have picked. 
It was the professional against the amateur, one might say, and 
surely it was no disgrace for the younger shooter to. lose. 
Spencer made a grand struggle. He was cool all the time, a.nd 
when he lost his only bird, which fell deftd out of bounds at that, 
he was not rattled in the least, but declared he should have "blown 
the bird off the earth," and "could not hold different if he' had the 
same shot over again." He killed on straight from there, knd made 
the winner hustle to the last inch of the road. Charlie Spenc^ is 
a son, of Dr, Spencer, of Henry, 111., an old-time Illinois shooter, 
aiid Jim Elliott said to-day that he liad shot with Dr. Spencer 
twenty years ago. "And he did not put up -as hot a race.as 'the ' 
boy, either," he added. ". ' 
The tie in this cup began at 2 o'clock. The bit-ds.were not so 
hard' but that a long finish was looked for with the class of men 
who' were in the tie, yet it took only 2 birds to slxorteB'the Ust bj '= 
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