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^ORESf ANt» STREAM. 
4-07 
Sept. — .—First week in September. Tournament of the Sher- 
broolce Gun Club. 
Sept. 4.-^Meriden, Conn. — Fifth annual Labor ■ Day. toufnament 
of the Parker Gun Club; $25 added. C. S. Howard, SecV. 
Sept. 12-13, — Homer, 111. — Annual tournament of the Triang-ular 
Gun Club; one day targets; one day live birds. C. B, Wiggins, 
Sec'y. 
Sept. 18-21.— St. Thomas, Ont.— Tom Donley's fourth annual 
tournament: live birds and targets. 
Newark, N. Ji— South Side Gun Club, target shoot every Satur- 
day afternoon. 
Interstate Park, Queens. — Weekly shoot of the New Utrecht 
Gun Club— Saturday.^!. 
CONTESTS AT INTERSTATE PARK. 
Monthly contest for the Dewar trophy till June, 1902; handicap; 
25 live birds; $5 entrance. First contest. June 20, 1900. 
June 14. — Interstate Park, Queens, L. I. — Championship of Long 
Island. Second contest of tiie series of three, under auspices of 
the Medicus Rod and Gun Club. 
June 21. — Interstate Park. Queens, L. I.— Championship of Long 
Islawd. Third contest of the series of three, under auspices of the 
Med...us Rod and Gun Club. Dr. C. E. Kemble, Sec'y, 905 Myrtle 
avenue, Brooklyn. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Cltti secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in 
these columns, also any news notes they may care to have printed. Ties 
on all events are considered as divided unless otherwise reported. Mai 
allsuch matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company^ 346 Broad- 
way ^ New York. 
The programme of the Soo Gun Club's sixth annual tournament, 
to be held on Tune 12, 13 and 14, announces $450 in cash and mer- 
chandise added. The events on each dav are uniformly at twelve 
15-target events, $1.50 entrance, $5 added. There are five daily high 
averages, namely, $8, $7, $6, $5 and ?4. There is a list ot mer- 
chandise prizes for low averages. The club publishes the follow- 
ing further information: "This tournament is open to all ama- 
teurs. Professionals and manufacturers' agents are barred from 
participating in division of purses, but we extend them a cordial 
mvitation to be with us, and will provide them every facility for 
displaying their goods. American Association rules, modified, will 
govern. Referee's decision will be final. All shooters making an 
average of 90 per cent, or better either day will be charged 25 
cents extra for each event same day. This extra entrance to form a 
purse in cash, to be divided equally among all shooters who shoot 
through the three days' programme an average of less than 80 
per cent. All purses divided 35, 30, 20 and 15 per cent., except 
event No. 7 of the second day. Event No. 7 of the second. day will 
be for the interstate championship troph\% which was won last 
year by Mr. Frank Crabill, of Missouri Valley, la. The trophy 
IS a beautiful silver cup, the winner being entitled to the posses- 
sion of the same until the June, 1901, tournament of the Soo 
Gun Club, at which time the club will pay ?50 to the holder for the 
return of same. Fifty per cent, of the purse in this event will be 
di%'ided among the next three high guns. In other words, the one 
shooting all others out will take the trophy, the one remaining 
next longest in the tie will receive 25 per cent of purse, the next 
15 per cent., and the next 10 per cent. Dropping for place or for 
average will positively not be tolerated. All fair birds are birds- 
please remember that the referee will so decide. Grounds will be 
open for practice on Monday, June 11. Soo Gun Qub Park is 
located within easy walking distance of the business center of Sioux 
City, and has also the advantage of two electric lines. Take River- 
side or West Third street cars to Main street. The Soo Gun Club 
Park is well known to the shooting fraternity of the Northwest, and 
is unsurpassed for a tournament of the magnitude of this one. 
First-class meals will be served each day in the large dining room 
of the club house by the Soo Restaurant. All events will be shot 
over two magautraps, and one Sergeant system. Shooting will 
begin promptfv at 9 o'clock each day. To assist the management 
please enter for the day. and if for any reason you wish to 
withdraw, money will be refunded in the events not shot. The 
Mondamin Hotel will be headouarters for sportsmen. Reduced 
rates. Ship shells and guns to J. W. Boyd, or Gillette Hardware 
Co., and the same will be delivered to the grounds free. 
The programme of the Pawling Rod and Gun Club's tournatnent 
on June 26 can be obtained on application to the secretary, Mr. 
G S. Williams. There are fifteen events, of which No. 13 is at 
100 targets for the championship of the club. It is open to mem- 
• bers and all guests; entrance money to high guns, 60 and 40 per 
Vent, divisions; targets 2 cents. The total number of targets in the 
events is 300, with a total entrance of $21. Shooting commences 
at 9 o'clock. Sergeant system, electric pull. Interstate rules, class 
shooting, excepting in event No. 13. Lunch served on the grounds. 
■Stages to and from the grounds. Special rates at Dutcher House. 
To its programme the club adds the following: Everybody 
welcome. We ask your support and influence in our tournament, 
the proceeds of which go entirely to the propagating of ganie 
birds and fish in our woods, fields and streams, to w-hich, in their 
seasons, vou are most heartily welcomed to enjov. If you cannot 
come yourself try and get your sportsmen friends to attend. We 
'promise you a hearty welcome. Harlem time table: Trains leave 
grand Central Statio^n daily at. 6:10 8:08 9:12, 11:35 „M. and 
2-08 3-35 4:35 5:2'1 P. M. Arrive at Pawling at 8:35, 10:25, 11.0^ 
A. U., aAd 2:01, 4:26, 5:08, 6:50, 7:25 P. M." 
Mr. Henry Gchrmann, of South Norwalk. Conn., under date of 
June 2 writes us as follows: "The Naromafce Gun Club, of South 
Norwalk, Conn., will give the first of a series of monthly all-day 
shoots at the club grounds, Dorlon's Point road, Tuesday, June 19. 
The shooting grounds have the sky and waters of Long island 
Sound for a background. A shore dinner may be had at the 
well-known hostelry, Dorlon's Pomt Hotel, or a lunch served by 
the club free to shooters. The breezes from oft Long Island bound 
alone are tempting enough to entice the devotee of the gun to 
spend the night at Dorlon's, so as to be on the score bright and 
early in the morning. An attractive programme is being pre- 
pared, of which more later. The grounds are very accessible via 
N Y N H. & H. R. R., and yellow trolley direct to the 
grounds; no long walk at either end of the route. Remember the 
date Tune 19. Programmes will be mailed by communicating with 
E. il. Fox or the president of the Naromake Gun Club, Henry 
Gehrmann." 
The Sun of June 5 states that "C S. Guthrie, of 'the Carteret 
Gun Club, won a members' challenge cup at the London Gun Club 
traps on May 19. The cup was worth $500, and was added to a 
sweepstakes of $25 at 9 birds, 30yds rise. Guthrie killed 9 straight 
and in addition to the cup won |225. In the next shoot, a $ln 
handicap sweepstakes, with a $12S cup added Guthrie was fif h 
with 9 kills. He took part in two other events on that day. but 
dropped out early in every shoot At the Hur Iinghara Club, on 
May 21; he was second in a cup shoot with 4 kills out of 5, shoot- 
ing' from the 28yd. mark." 
A correspondent writes us as follows: "In connection with the 
bi-centennial celebration of this town on Tuesday, June 12, there 
v^n be an a 1-day shoot held at the grounds of the South Frammg- 
hafii Gun Club, South Framingham, Mass. The open events wi l 
^ompfise sweepstakes, with ad3ed money mercha^ 
There will also be special prizes Rfpsented by the town to be com 
peted for by club members and citizens of the town only All are 
fnvited and a good programme is assured. Targets at iVa cent.. 
Take Holliston and ^lilford electric cars for the grounds. 
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Next week will be famous in the annals of bluerock competition 
as the first great tournament in whicli the theory of a handicap 
hL a scope which reallv establishes a handicap. 1 he 18yd. hm l 
which has' been used 'as a handicap betimes heretofore, is tio- 
handicap at all for the expert, as it establishes no important 
diffCTcnces whatever as compared with 16yd. mark under ordinary 
eondirions of light and weather. It is expected that this touma- 
metit will take its place among the great ones of the earth. 
Mr C B Wiggins, secretary of the Triangtilar Gun Club, writes 
us" as fallows: ^'The annual tournament of the Triangular Gun 
Club Homer 111., is to be held on the grounds. Sept.l2 and 
One 'day at targets and one day at live birds. Two sets of hve- 
hirri trans- maeautrap for targets. Programmes will be out Aug. 
15 Ou? toumlmem for locaf shooters will be held June 13 At 
our medal shoot. May 31. Henry Hefley won on a score of 23 out 
of 2&." 
Mr. E. D. Fulford, we learn, has designed a new pigeon traps 
specially designed to meet the needs of small clubs which have 
no permanent grounds. The set can be nut up in ten minutes, and 
they open and close by a pull from the score. The price iis $25. 
His regulation club traps are now installed on the grounds of the 
Riverton Gun Club, Philadelphia, besides on the grounds of the 
Interstate Park Association, and at St. Louis, jCleveland and other 
cities. 
On Decoration Day-, at Detroit, in the special event at 100 
targets for a gold medal, emblematic of the expert championship 
of the city of Detroit, Mr. John Parker 'won with an excellent 
score under the difiicult jconditions— that is, 40 targets Sergeant 
system, 30 singles, 21yds., 'rise, use of both barrels, and 15 pairs. 
He scored 35 out of 40, 29 out of 30 and 28 of the 15 pairs, a total 
of 92 out of the 100 shot at:. 
Our correspondent in Utica, in a communication published in 
this department this week, informs us that the next New York 
.State shoot will be held at Interstate Park, under the auspices of 
the New Utrecht Gun Club, one of the most active and progressive 
clubs about New York, and one of sterling good membership. In 
making this choice for 1901 the Association could not have acted 
more wisely. 
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Mr. Colin Wise, of Passaic, N. J., after weeks of illness, was a 
visitor in the district where sportsmen congregate on Fridav of last 
week, and showed all the signs of returning health. His con- 
valescence was most gratifyingly raoid from the severe attack of 
typhoid pneumonia which developed early- in April. It is hardly 
necessary to add that his host of> friends rejoice at his recovery. 
In the contest for the cast-iron medal, at London, O., last week, 
at 100 birds, $100 a side, between Messrs. J. A. R. Elliott and 
Rolla O. Heikes, the former won by a score of 98 to 93. This con- 
test will probably clo.se the important live-bird contests of the 
season, as the hot weather and soft birds preclude any standard 
test of skill before the fall weather sets in. 
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In the first contest for the trophy emblematic of the Long Island 
championship at Interstate Park on May 30, Mr. T. W. Morfey 
was the winner with a score of 24 out of 25. Wm. Hopkins was a 
close second with 23 kills. The two remaining contests are fixed 
to take place on June 14 and 21 respectively. 
On Decoration Day the Providence Gun Club and the Woon- 
socket Gun Club contested for the State trophy, the former being 
the holder, the latter the challenger. There were five men on a 
side, 50 targets each, Providence winning by a score of 203 to 199. 
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Mr. G. E. Painter, a member of the Herron Hill Gun Club, of 
Pittsburg, rton both the Decoration Day ciip and the allowance 
cup, each a 10-bird event, at the Carteret Gun Club's shoot on 
May 30. He stood at 30yds,, and killed straight in each event. 
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A Bristol sheep bake will be an incident of the fifth annual Labor 
Day tournament of the Parker Gtm Club, Sept. 3, at Meriden, 
Conn. The programme calls for 10 events, 175 targets in all, with a 
total entrance of $18.50. 
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We are informed that Mr. Paul North is making his departure 
from England for the shores of the land where baked beans 
flourish and bluerocks flit through the sunlight from boundary to 
boundary. 
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Messrs. Johnson and Milner, Box 572, Des Moines, la., an- 
nounce an amateur tournament on Jun 19 and 20. There are ten 
events daily, $5 added to each event, and $60 in averages. 
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The Silver Lake Gun Club, of Bellefontaine, O., will issue in 
the near future its programme for its third annual tournament, 
fixed to be held on June 19 and 20. 
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Mr. Chas. Billings, president of the Emerald Gun Club, took a 
flight Flondaward last week to enjoy the balmy Gulf breezes. 
"Bernard Waters. 
Trap at Detroit. 
Detroit, Mich.— The accompanying scores were made at our 
annual Decoration Day tournament, the principal event of which 
is the race at 100 targets— 40 singles. Sergeant system; 30 singles, 
21yds. rise, use of both barrels, and 15 pairs — for a gold medal 
emblematic expert championship, city of Detroit. 
The winner, Mr. John Parker, made a very creditable score. 
This race is a hard proposition, the conditions being very difficult. 
The scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Parker 15 11 12 14 15 12 . . 
Marks 10 13 11 15 13 13 . . 
Woods .,,.,......»..-,<<. 12 14 13 13 12 9 .. 
Black 12 9 12 14 13 12 .. 
Clark 10 12 11 9 13 10 . . 
Swift 11 11 9 9 .. 9 .. 
Mutter 10 10 10 
Frank 3 
Springborn 13 13 13 .... 10 11 
Cox 10 .. 14 10 
A Reid 13 10 12 8 11 14 
A Chapman 13 .. 10 
Weir 8 
Northmore 9 10 .. 
Webster 2 . . . . 
Lyman 10 .. 
Hoyer 8 .. 
Carlson 4 
English .. .. 7 
.Special event for championship: 
30 Singles, 
21yds. Rise, 
40 Singles. Use Both Barrels. 
Parker .^5 29 
Marks 38 25 
Woods 34 24 
Black 30 24 
Klein 26 27 
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Bellows Falls Gun Club. 
Bellows Falls, Vt. — The Bellows Falls Gun Club held a very 
successful shoot Decoration Day, sixteen shooters taking part. 
Quite a number did not shoot the whole programme through, on 
I'lceount of going In .Springfield at noon. Below is the score: 
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PALJiiB. 'Mass. — The shoot of the Massachusetts Shooting As- 
sociation, held in Palmer, May 30, was the most successful ever 
held in Palmer. About forty-five shooters took part in the events. 
About 4,000 bluerocks were thrown from the magautrap during 
the day. 
Three experts demonstrated the quality of Dupont and Hazard 
powders, and also the Parker gun. Mr. W._R. Colyille, represented 
Dupont; Mr. Ben Norton, Hazard, and J, R, Hull, the Parker 
gun. . • 
Palmer won the team shoot. 
The tearn shoot was the most interesting, it being the second 
of the series for silver cup and badges. The following are the 
scores of the teams, each man shooting at 25 targets: 
Palmer Gun Club— E. Manchester 15, Crocker 18, W. Manchester 
22, Prossee 17, Wales 20; total 92. 
Amherst Gun Club— Shaw 18, Perry 18, Gaylor 16, Gale 16. 
Page 21; total 89. 
Gardner Gun Club— Swain 19, Parni 21, Dodge 16, Crother H, 
Knights 10; total 77. 
Winchendon Gun Club— Lorimer 11, Plummer 18, Warner 21, 
Clarke 11, Lawrence 12,; total 73. 
Brookfield Gun Club-Gibson 13, W. L. Keith 14, Matthewson 
15; Crosby 8, Chapin 18; total 68. 
The positions of the clubs are as follows: Amherst 182, Palmer 
172j Gardner 165, Winchendon 142 Brookfield 14L 
Find herewith scores of sweep shooting of May 30: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 
Targets: 10 15 5p 10 10 15 10 
Gale 6 13 .. 9 5 12 .. 
Prossu 8 12 .. 6 8 6 6 
Crocker 7 8 5 7 8 9 4 
W E Manchester 8 11 1 4 7 9 .. 
Crabtree 7 9 .. 7 4 7 .. 
Paine 7 13 5 9 8 11 ... 
Dr Perry 8 14 7 8 9 U . . 
Chapin 7 12 8 9 
W f Keith .'^ .. 4 
Mathewson 7 .. 7 8 8 11 .. 
Gibson 7 9 7 9 8 5 .. 
W N Manchester 8 10 6 7 4 .. 6 
Plummer S 9 5 5 8 11 .. 
Lincoln 2 2. .. 6 1 7 .. 
Knowlton 9 11 4 5 5 5 
Dodge 5 7 6 8 7 9 .. 
Peck 2 .. 2 3 .. 5 .. 
C I Shaw 6 12 8 8 5 .. 
Gales 10 12 8 10 8 13 .. 
Sawin 9 15 6 7 9 10 .. 
Knight H 9 3 6 8 7 
Wales 9 12 6 7 7 9 .. 
W G Keith 4 10 6 2 4 4 3 
Crosby 4 6 4 . . . . 
Dr Keith .. 6 ,. 6 13 6 
Lawrence .:.rrot«a. . 7 7 .. 8 6 9 
l^oreime 3 6 .. 4 4 5 .. 
Clarke 4 9 .. 8 6 .. .. 
Fellows 7 8 4 4 6 12 .. 
Morse 4 .. 7 
Page 9 4 7 11 6 .. 
Dr Warren .. 12 .. 6 7 5 5 
Adams 2 5 3 8 6 
C N Shaw , 5 6 6 6 6 
Hatch 6 6 4 8.. 
Dr. Keith, Sec'y- 
Buffalo Audubon Gun Club. 
BtJFFALo, N. Y., May 30. — A large crowd was present to witness 
the Decoration Day shoot of the Audubon Gun Club to-day. The 
event for the Clinton Bidwell trophy, owing to the scarcity of 
pigeons, had to be held over, very much to the regret ot all 
present. The high honors of the day were captured by E. C. 
Burkhardt and H. D. Kirkover, both of whom gave fine exhibitions 
of shooting. 
Following are the scores: Nos. 3 and 6 events were at doubles 
and No. 11 was at 10 live birdi and No. 12 was a miss-and-out 
at live birds. 
The regular monthly cup shoot takes place on Saturday next 
and also a very important meeting of the club at the club room 
on Saturday evening. A large attendance is looked for at the 
meeting, and a fine treat is promised for those who attend. 
Events: 1234 5 6789 10 13 
Targets: 15 15 10 15 15 20 15 15 25 25 10 
F D Kelsev 14 9 . . 13 12 
H D Kirkover 14 9 7 12 10 16 15 14 22 23 8 
E C Burkhardt 13 8 10 11 15 13 11 10 21 22 10 
Douglass 0 4 .. 10 4 10 
W R Eaton 9 9 5 9 8 IS .. .. 
R Stacy 11 11 8 11 10 10 11 13 .. 18 8 
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T B Walker 10 14 
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T E Lodge .. 7 8 
Simon 4 . . 14 li 
Wheeler « 12 9 . 
Sails 4 .. 
Strebel 5 
Turner 6 
J Burkhardt 4 
Apfel 7 
Gremlick 6 
U E Story 11 .- 
P Reid 5 
Mack .. 13 ■-. .. 
E N McCarney 12 21 9 
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Parker 18 18 .. 
Besser 11 13 .. 
Burgward 22 .. ., 
No. 3 was at 5 pairs; No. 6, 10 singles and 5 pairs; No. 11, 10 
live birds. 
Aliss-and-out: E. C. Burkhardt 2, Douglass 4, R. Stacy 2, 66 4, 
333 3, Simon 3. Wheeler 4, E. N. McCarney 3. 
Buffalo, N. v., June 4. — ^The seventh monthly cup shoot of the 
Audubon Gun Club was won by Mr. E. C. Burkhardt, who was 
scratch man. This is his second win of the series. 
IJvent No. 3 was the club badge shoot. No. 4 was the cup shoot. 
Simon and Reinecke tied for Class A badge and Jacobs won Class 
B. No. 5 was at 5 pairs. Following are the scores: 
1 2 3 4 5 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Events: 
Targets; 15 15 
Simon 9 11 21 20 6 
E Reinecke 13 11 21 .. .. 
E C Burkhardt... 13 12 16 24 8 
Jacobs 11 .. .. 17 .. 
Targets: 15 15 .. .. .-- 
T B Walker 13 .. 18 18 7 
Garbe 9 5 
Porter •. 8 .. .. 16 .. 
McArthur 10 11 IS 19 .. 
Catchpole Gun Qub. 
WoLLCOTT N. Y., May 29.— Following are the scores made by 
the Catchpole Club members to-day: 
W'adsworth llllOllllllllOliUll —18 
Wadsworth ■ ■ • .1100111111111111111111101—22 
Wadsworth 1110111111111111111111111—24 
Strait . . 10000101010010100111 —9 
Strait 0111111011001011100110000—14 
Strait 1001100110010011100010010—11 
Fowler ' 11111111111110111111 ■ —19 
Fowler . lllinillOUlOllOOimilO- 20 
fowler '. 1010101111111111111110011—20 
Fowler Hill — 5 
Burk iiiiiiummoooiio —16 
■ E. A. W., Sea'y. 
Danvers Gun Oub. 
C. H. Gibson, Sec'y. 
Danvers, Mass.. June 1.— The Danvers Gun Club held-a meet- 
ing recently and re-elected its old board of officers for the ensuing 
vear as follows: President, Dr. E. H. Niles; Vice-President. E. H. 
Langdon; Secretary and Treasurer. D. S. Brown. 
The club has offered three cash prizes for best scores up to 
Labor Dav seven shoots altogether. The prizes to be awarded to 
the men making the highest per cent, on what they have shot at; 
20 birds each match, three traps, three known angles. Each man 
must shoot in at least four matches out of the seven to have his 
score computed. At the Memorial Dav shoot the attendance was 
small but J W. Babbitt broke 19, E. H. Niles 17, E. H. Langdon 
16 George Poor 14. Capt. Martin 13, Wentworth 11, Brown 10, 
Jone'; 3. Their next shoot will be on June 17. B. 
