47B 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
Tfap in Paris. 
Chicago, 111., June 3.— Mr. Richard Merrill, of Milwaukee, Wis., 
one of the best known of our American amateurs, has been spend- 
ing some time in Europe, and I make bold to quote liberally from 
a very interesting personal letter which he has just written from 
Paris. He goes on to say: 
left New York April 21 for Liverpool, stopped ten days in 
London, and thence came to Paris. This certainly is a beautiful 
city at this season of the year. The fine large horse chestnut trees 
along the bovilevards are in full bloom and add much to the beauty 
of the city. The weather has been delightful, much pleasanter than 
that e.xperienced in England. Have visited the Exposition a num- 
ber of times, and was much surprised on my first visit to find so 
many exhibits incomplete. It will be fully a month before every- 
tliing is in perfect order. Of course it is a grand affair, but can- 
didly, I do mot think it surpasses our Chitago World's Fair. There 
is nothing here that compares with the Court of Honor, and I 
think the arrangement of the grounds and buildings \vas much 
better and more artistic in Chicago. The French exhibits are of 
course very fine, and so are those of Hungary, though I must con- 
fess our American exhibits are somewhat disappointing. We at- 
tended the opening of the United States building and there was 
quite a crowd of Americans there. Sousa and his band received a 
great reception here. 
"Through the courtesy of Mr. Crittenden Robinson, of San 
Francisco, I was invited to take part in the live pigeon matches 
held at the Cercle du Bois de Boulogne. This club is the oldest 
one in Paris, and has a very large membership. It is situated in 
a very picturesque portion of the Bois, in a fiat, open field which 
is surrounded by fine trees. They have just about completed a 
fine, new and commodious club hotise, and the club is very well 
conducted. I have participated in several shoots here, and with 
some success. In one event there were forty entries, missing out, 
5 louis entrance. Two of us killed 12 straight and divided the purse 
of 1,700 francs. 
"The boundary here is about 30yds. out from the center of the 
traps, and I find the birds excellent, very fast, strong flyers, and 
inclined to tower more than our birds do. One can use a high 
shooting gun here to good advantage. 
"I have met quite a number of New York shooters here, and 
whom should I run into this afternoon on leaving the grounds 
but Mr. Emil Werk, of Cincinnati. He and a friend are here on 
their way to Germanv, and will return to Paris later. 
"There is to be a "target tournament held in London, England, 
from June .3 to 9. and I am going over to try the clays. I hear 
Paul North is there, and that there will be a number of American 
shooters there. I have met quite a number of shooters here fi-om 
the States, and it makes one feel that the world is not so large 
after all. 
"I see by the papers that the boys are having a busy time at 
the tournaments, and I should enjoy being with them, but there 
is a time to come. George Roll shot a fine match with Dr. Will- 
iamson at Milwaukee; so you see you still have a match shooter 
in Chicago. 
"We expect to sail from Liverpool in the Lucania, July 14, for 
New York. I will run up and see you when I return." 
From the foregoing it would seem that Dick is giving the usual 
good account of himself, wherever he happens to be. At just about 
this writing he will be at London shooting targets, and I hope be 
will remember to tell us how an English target tournament seems 
from the standpoint of an American shooter. 
East Side o£ Saginaw. 
Mr. John M. Messner, secretary of the East Side Gun Club, of 
Sagrinaw, Mich., sends the following account of the first shoot of 
the season for that club: 
"The first shoot was to have been held May 20, but was post- 
poned to June 3 on account of high water and heavy rains, so the 
East Side Gun Club held its shoot yesterday afternoon, and it was 
attended by a large crowd of shooters. The day was perfect, and 
everything favored the shooters. The events were all pulled off 
before dark, though the contests required till dusk to finish. The 
referees of the events were Frank Schuetzen and J. Way, Jr. 
Scores were kept by Fred Riedil, Chas.. Bremer and Rob. Tremper. 
Five events were shot, as follows: No. 1, the practice shoot, 25 
birds; No. 2, gun club, 25 birds; No, 3, Everett House, 25 birds; 
Nos. 4 and 5, pump gun races of 6 birds each. The scores: 
Events: 12 3 4 5 
targets: 25 25 25 6 6 
Andrew Lewless.. 12 4 
Ed Skolil 11 19 15 .. .. 
Joseph Ditz... 11 11 
K Mathewson 7 9 
H W Merrill 5 S 
John White 12 15 11 2 3 
V Kindler 6 13 
Events : 
Targets : 
12 3 
25 25 25 
F Wolf 11 12 
E Heyde 8 6 
G R Endert 7 18 
O A Schadbolt 5 10 
L Dambarber 21 15 
H Lamarmann.... 4 .. 
4 4 
John Hermann. 
, . 18 10 
Willhite 16 9 
E Claflin 1 
W Bolt.., 8 
Smith ,. 7 
Nothalfer , 5 
Wolf, Jr 13 
Ed Carpenter 13 21 J 
John Popp 9 16 17 .. 9 C 
Jolm M Messner.. 15 18 15 3 2 A 
Ed Mees 8 10 5 .. .. J 
Chas Schmidt 5 13 .. 3 S 
John Lafayette 10 4 .. .. J 
"The tie pump gun shoot between Chas. Schmidt and ex-Alder- 
man, John Hermann for $50 a side was won by Mr. Hermann, who 
broke 5 to Schmidt 3. Mr. Schmidt challenged ex-Alderman Her- 
mann for $50 a side, and Alderman Willhite not barred." 
At Crown Point. 
The secretary of the Crown Point, Ind., Gun Club incloses 
scores of the club shoot June 1, and adds: "Low scores were 
prevalent on account of strong wind and a new trapper, who 
worked the magautrap faster than necessa^\^ The club badge was 
won by the veteran Abe Sherman, who showed the boys he could 
shoot 'some in spite of being 07 year.s old. Trophy event, 15 
singles : 
F S Myrick... 011110111101111— 12 H Swartz 100111011011011—10 
A Sherman.... Ollllllllllim-14 D McCay 101111000110001—8 
T A Youche... 111101111011011—12 A Keeney 110011110111001—10 
G Brannon.... 101100011011101— 9 E Ames 000101000000101—4 
Hildebrandt . .001111010111111—11 
"Twenty-five targets— 12 pairs and 1 single: 
Youche ..:..10 11 1111 11 11 01 10 11 11 11 11 1-22 
Swartz .11 10 11 11 01 01 10 11 10 11 11 U 1—20 
"Ties on 12 in trophy shoot, 3 singles and 1 pair: 
Youche Ill 11—5 110 11-4 Myrick Ill 11—5 111 11—5 
'^Soaie miss-and-out sweepstakes completed the day's shooting." 
E. Hough. 
Hautford Building, Chicago, 111. 
Kleinman— -Amfaerg vs. Graham — Neal, 
Watson's Park, June 8. — ^A match at 25 live birds for the price 
of the birds, was shot to-day at Watson's Park, Burnside Crossing, 
111., between Messrs. A. Kleinman and J. H. Amberg on one 
side and E. S. Graham and E. E. Neal on the other. The latter 
won by a score of 47 to 43. The scores: 
E E Neal 0121111121222222112012122—23 
E S Graham „.%......2222222222222202222222222— 24— 47 
T H Amberg 2022011111221222111201012—21 
A Kleinman ■ 2122120122122112022*21211—22—43 
Watson's Park, June 9. — Seven live birds, entrance $3; three 
moneys, 50. 30, 20: 
A Kleinman....... 1121101—6 Knickerbocker 0020020—2 
W B Leffingwell ..2121122—7 Gillis 2111201—6 
Dewey .....2222211—7 Levi 0122100—4 
Odell .....2222222—7 Goldsmith ..1211010—5 
r)av ....0222112—6 Loorais ...0100220—3 
Barto 0222222—6 Oliphant 0021102—4 
Middleton ...1002120—4 Tefft 2020222—5 
Youn" ..0111221—6 Conlev .1112110—6 
Palme°r 2101122—6 Card " 0200220—3 
Smith ..0012200—3 Martin 1012022—5 
Amberg 2222220—6 
Marwede Cop. 
Alpena, Mich., June 5.— The contest to-day at 25 bluerocks, 
thrown from a magautrap, was the second for the Marwede cup, 
under the auspices of the Chase Benjamin Gun Club. The scores 
were as follows: 
Dr. F. W. Blake 8, Geo. Burston 3, W. A. Blackburn 12, W. H. 
Davison B, W. B. Dobson 22. Harry R. Morse^ Jr. 5; John Gibson 
3„ R. H. Collins 6, D. D. Hanover 14, G. T. Montroy 3, Ed C. 
Ewer 5, Fred Richardson 16, Frank Richardson 18, R. T. Dobson 
10, C. N. Ware 11. 
The cup is shot for on the first Tuesday of each month and must 
be won three times before it becomes the property of the winner. 
Eureka Gun Clufe, 
Chicago, 111., June 9.— The club held its weekly shoot to-day on 
Its grounds at the corner of Seventy-ninth street and Vincennes 
avenue. 1 he scores follow: 
Event No. 2, trophy, 25 targets: 
R B Mack 1111011100110111110101100—17 
Sprague 1110111101101110010011000—15 
Engelhardt 1100001000110110000111101—12 
Walters 1111110101001111111011101—19 
Goodrich 1100111111111111110111010—20 
Ed Steck .0110101111111111111111110—21 
F P Stannard ,. lUlllllOllOlllllOimill- 22 
Mrs Carson OllOOlOllllOUOlOllOOOOlO— 13 
A W Adams 1101110110111010111111110— M 
Dr Carson ,. 1010010111101101011000000—12 
W D Stannard millllllllOllimilOlll— 28 
T Roeder 1101111010111110100111000—16 
Parker 1101111111011011111111110—21 
Morgan 1111111111111101101111011—22 
Lem Willard 0111111011011111011111101—20 
Sweepstakes: 
Events: 1 4 5 6 7 Events: 1 4 5 6 7 
15 20 10 10 15 Targets: 15 20 10 10 15 
R B Mack 9 .. .. .. Roeder 6 
SpragUe S 15 6 9 12 C S Horn 8 13 8 .. .. 
Engelhardt 12 13 6 10 . . WE Fields... 3 .. .. .. 
Walters 10 12 Ed Patrick 6 
Goodrich 13 ....... . H Parker 11 
Ed Steck 14 18 8 .. 11 R B Clark 6 2 4 .. 
F P Stannard 12 18 J G Parker, Jr.... .. 14 6 .. 
Mrs Carson 8 R H Morgan". 16 8 ,. .. 
A W Adams 12 20 L Willard 16 10 9 15 
Dr Carson 12 Morton 15 
W D Stannard,... 15 .. 
Event No. 3, monthly trophy, 15 targets: 
R B Mack UOHlllOOOOOlO- 8 A W Adams. , .111111111110101— 13 
Sprague 110001111110010— 9 Roeder OHOOOOIOIOOOOO— 4 
Engelhardt ...001100110101101— 8 M'"D Stannard.lllllllllllOOll— 13 
Walters 001001110100110— 7 T G Parker, Jr. 011111000000111— 8 
Goodrich .....100111111001110—10 H B Morgan. .100101011111110— 10 
Ed Steck 110111110111111—13 L Willard ,...111111111111111—15 
F P Stannard. 111111111101111— 14 Dr Morton ...011111010111111—12 
Mrs Carson ...100111100001001—7 
Chicago, June 9. — The appended scored were made on our 
grounds to-day, the occasion of our sixth trophy shoot of the 
season. 
Class A medal was won by R. Kuss on a score of 23, Class B by 
A, Hellman on a score of 21 and Class C by L. Thomas on a 
score of 19. 
The weather was fine, no wind and an ideal day for shooting. 
The breaking down of our magautrap made an unpleasant ending 
to what would have been otherwise a most agreeable afternoon's 
shooting. 
Team shoot and sweeps made up the programme outside of the 
trophy event. The scores: 
Sixth trophy shoot, 25 targets: 
W P Northcott. lllllllOlllOOOllOOimill— 19 
J D Pollard, .,.,.1101100011110110100011011—15 
Dr J W Meek 0110111101100100100011111—15 
A E Midgley imilllllOlOlllllOllOlll— 21 
A McGowan 0011000111111111110100111—17 
P McGowan 1101100110011001000011011—13 
R Kuss ...1111111011111111111110111—23 
C Kuss UOllOllOlOOOlllOUOOOOU— 14 
C P Richards 0111011101101101111111111—20 
C H Kehl 0011001100111000100000000— 8 
A S Dorman OOlOOlllUOlllOOUllllllO— 17 
T Eaton lllOOllOOlOlllllllOUOlll— 18 
L Thomas 1101111010111110001111111-19 
L Wolff , 0001101011000111000000000—8 
Wm Brown ..,„ 1001101111101110011100011—16 
Hicks „ 1101101010111100111010111—17 
A Hellman 1110101101110111111111111—21 
E Bingham 1111111111111111101111110—23 
T Dodge IIIOIOIOIIIIIUOIOUIIIU— 20 
tor C C O'BjT-ne 0111100000111110110100111—15 
Dr W S Royce lOOOllllOlllllOOllUlllOl— 18 
Team shoot, 15 targets: 
Richards 11 Hicks 12 
Bingham .. -i.i U R Kuss 13 
Northcott 14 Midgley 13 
Hellman ...11 Eaton 11 
C Kuss 4 Thomas 7 
P McGowan 4 Dr Meek 8 
Brown 8 Pollard 12 
Dorman 9 A McGowan 10 
Dodge .10 Dr O'Byrne 5 
Dr Royce 10 Kehl 0 
Mickey 2^-941^ Mickey 2>^93% 
Dr. J. W. Meek, Sec'y. 
Garden City Gun Club. 
Burnside Crossing, 111., June 9. — The shoot of the Garden City 
Gun Club at Watson's Park had twenty-one entries. The scores 
were as follows: 
A Kleinman, 0 112121122211121 —15 
Dewey, 0 111011011112121 —13 
W B Leffingwell, 0 12221222212012* —13 
S E Young. 2 10112222021101*11 —13 
M Smith, 2 22020001121000001 — 8 
E S Rice, 2 0200211*021100000 — 7 
H Odell, 1 222222222222222 —15 
J Crow, 1............ 2121020221012210 —12 
T M Gillis, 1 222212*112110112 —14 
J B Barto, 0 211200221111002 —11 
T H Amberg, 0 220012012121211 —12 
Knickerbocker, 3.. . . ,. ,110021*22002212222-13 
S Palmer, 0,.. ..1. 222202120110122 —12 
Day, 2 2lM202mill2w 
Rust, 3 010202011112200201—11 
Martin, 3 .011112221000201000—10 
Conley, 2 101102U111212112 —15 
Card, 3 010010002122111211—12 
Levi 2 •. w ,. ........ .222*22020220T 
Middleton, 3 1*1212201220111221—15 
CJoldsmith, 2 1222*211102222221 -15 
Fort Smith Gun Club. 
Fort Smith, Ark., June 3.— The boys came out Saturday and 
shot a few in spite of the rain, a monument to the fascination of 
the game. Kimmons was the only one to display championship 
form, although Mulraney made a strong bid for a place, and was 
shooting very steadih'. 
Rain prevented the Jenny Lind contingent fi-om coming over, 
and Knott was cheated out of winning the medal by Providence, 
He seems nowadays to get it whenever he comes after it. 
After the medal race at 25 birds, several 11 sweeps were in- 
dulged in on a handicap basis, and the boys seemed to enjoy it 
very much, though the money was very much cut up. 
Hereafter the first 25 birds shot at by any man in practice will 
count as his score on the medal. Kimmons keeps his wonderful 
gait. He has never shot at 1,000 targets all together, and is shooting 
a strong 80 per cent, gait, which, all shooters will agree, is re- 
markable. 
Everything is progressing favorably for the tenth annual tourna- 
ment of the Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association, July 10, 11 
and 12, and its success is practically assured. Three days at 
targets; SPSOO cash added. Rose system., is what the programme will 
say. Following are the scores: 
Medal race: 
Kimmons 0111111111111110111101111—22 
Baptiste : 1111111111111100011110001—19 
Oglesby .1010101101010101000100001—11 
Cofiey 1010101011000001010101000—10 
Mulranev 1010101000101010101000100—10 
Hartwell lOlOOOOOllOlOlOlOOOOOOlOl— 9 
Hunt • 1010100000«0011I001110000— 9 
A _W Boyd , 0000000000000000011110100— 5 
Sweeps: 
Events: 1 2*3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 
Coftey 9 2 4 .. 4 .... 
Hunt 4 9 10 6 8 5 8 10 9.. 
Mulraney 6 7 9 5 611 9 7 13.. 
Hartwell 6 7 7 10 4 .. .. ,. 
Oglesby 6 11 6 10 8 
A W Boyd 1 
Baptiste 11 9 9 1110 ... 
Kimmons 13 13 
Leach, 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
Soutb Side Gun Club. 
Newark, N. J., June 9,— No. 5 was a handicap event. No. 6 wat. 
tlie handicaps. No. 7 was the number broken out of the handi- 
cap. Nos. 8, 9 and 10 were the ties shot ofJ. The prize, a gun 
case, was won by Mr. Asa Whitehead. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 25 * 0 10 10 10 10 
Feigenspan 10 7 7 9 24 1 1 9 .... 10 9 10 .... 10 
S'aegle 6 5 9 5 16 10 6 7 . 
Smith 8 6 6 8 22 4 4 9. 
Colquit 10 9 8 8 21 6 5 8 1. 
Adams 10 8 7 7 18 8 7 8 9 6 8 "§ '7 
,^emll 7 8 9 6 14 13 12 8 8 5 
Whitehead 9 10 8 22 4 4 8 9 10 ... . 
^.eo'Pans 7 7 7 19 7 6 8 5 .. 7 8 10 
Williamson 5 9 19 7 6 8 10 9,...,. 
Warden 5 5 4 13 14 10 . . , . 
Harrison .. 4 5 8 16 10 6 8 4 
9 7 6 
8 10 
Sinnock 
Herrington 
Fleming . . 
James . . . . , 
Day 
6 ... 
3... 
6 21 
5 
5 
8 
9 
9 
8 13 
14 
6 
.. 19 
7 
3 
8 
9 
9 
4 
3 
5 
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6 8 7 6 6 8 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
Brooklyn Gun Club. 
Brooklyn, L. I., June 9.— Event 4 was at 50 targets with handi- 
cap, in the first shoot for the June series of prizes. First prize 
one-halt dozen silver spoons; second prize a berry spoon: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
xsT^^/^^j^- 10 15 20 50 25 25 25 
W Gardner lo u 20 49 22 18 22 ., 
f Pu^Rhrey 4 n is 42 .. 18 21 ., 
J S Wright 2 
G B Paterson........,i.,.;i„.j 3 " [[ 49 
Dr Casey .V..>i... 15 IS 50 21 22 22 
SrA?^"",^ 10 18 40 
W Brigham .. .. 19 45 19 20 19 20 
IJ"" Smith 40 19 
J?''„¥'"er „ 49 17 19 20 
C Simpson 45 22 21 19 .. 
Geo. B, Paterson, Seo'y. 
Boston Gun Club* 
Wellington, Mass.— The Boston Gun Club's fifth serial prize 
shoot, while not exactly an overcrowded afifair as to attendance, 
was a very enjoyable little gathering for fun and for practice. The 
quartette of shooters first mentioned in events appeared with 
guns, she Is, and last, but not least, a chip on the shoulder of each. 
ihe jolhes tipped with humor or sarcasm flew almost as thick 
and ta.st as the targets, good nature and honest rivalry imparting 
a relish to each 10-shot score. The field events, Nos. 4, 5 and 6 
on the programme, was where the brush shots took the lead, the 
owner of an open shooting barrel simply pulverizing the near- 
comers. But the outgoers and right-quarterers were another story 
One contestant was sure to have the cylinder barrel loaded 
when a long distance target fell to his lot, and his choked barrel 
m readiness w'hen an incomer was thrown. Only one barrel was 
allowed, and shooter to take bird without calling "Pull." 
1 1 -^t ^^'^'^^ "'as placed in the match, Horace scoring a 
/4. i\lr. Andre.s managed a good 21, and is showing considerable 
improvement with a new gun. Other scores as follows : 
Events: 123456789 10 11 12 13 
Targets: lo 10 5p 10 10 5p 10 15 10 5p 15 5p 10 
Barry, 16 651742565776.. 
Andres 16 7 6 5 5 8 7 8 14 7 611 6,. 
Lane. 16.... 465722374255.. 
Conant, 16.. 6 4 52336944 
Miskay, 18 9974-759 12 87U5.: 
Horace 18 7655428 10 14 811 .. .. 
Poor, 16......... 5 4 7 2 6 5 6 .. 
Spencer, 18.. 7 6 8 9 6 11 6 2 
Chaffin, 15 9 7 3 2 4 4 
Henry, lb , 5 
All events unknown angles from magautrap. Nos. 4, 5 and 6 
field practice, shooting standing to left of trap, puller releasing tar- 
get the instant gun was loaded. 
Sixth contest in prize series, 25 targets, unknown angles: dis- 
tance handicap: 
Horace, 18. IHlHlllllOUlllimiUl— 24 
Andres, 16 1111111111101111101111010—21 
Spencer, 18 1011101001111111011111111—20 
ru^^^- i r • • • 1101111100111111101110111—20 
Chathn, 15. .0110010111110101010110111—16 
Benton, 14 1101101010100001100011011—13 . 
Conant, 16 ^ . . .0111011011100101100100010—13 
Barry, 16 ..\ , . . ,0000000111100110011100101— 11 
Lane, 16 .1001101110000101101000001—11 
Poor. 16 „ ..1111011000000100110000000- 9 
Fitchburg Rifje and Gun Club. 
FiTCHBURG Mass., June 10.— The regular weekly shoot of our 
club was held yesterday afternoon. Heavy showers in the earlv 
alternoon prevented many from attending. Then several of our 
boys are down m the land of Evangeline capturing the wily 
trout and salmon. We are expecting some pretty heavy storiei; 
on their return. We had the pleasure of having two of our Gard- 
ner iriends and also two from Leominster join with us, and such 
meetings are always pleasant. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 
Stickney , 6 7 5 8 6 9 9 6. 
Andrews 6 5 9 7 6 5 6 8 5....].! 
^"'ler .. 5 8 5 8 4 7 6 '8 710 sV. 
Knowlton 97847567988.. 
Onjer 88778965778987.. 20 
Wilder , S776987878688 .. 19 
Roby 7 5 6 5 5 6 4 7 .. 
I. O. Converse, Sec'y. 
Intercity Shooting Park. 
Minneapolis, Minn., June 2.— The following are the score' 
made by the St. Paul Rod and Gun Club, on these grounds, oii 
June 2. The boys were somewhat handicapped by the traps, botli 
of which were out for new records, and to say that they suc- 
ceeded in accomplishing their end is putting it mildly. They were 
three to the boys' one, and sent the crowd home disgusted. A 
little patience is said to accomplish wonders, but a little patience 
and oil has fixed the traps, and next week we are in hopes of 
making a better showing: 
Danz 21, Chief 22, Thomas 19. Henry 13, Thompson 24, Kelsey 23 
Fischer 20, Lyons 21, Spear 17, Sybrook 18, Morrison 25, Hirschv 
23, Gobzian 17, Hauser 23, Novotney 22, Alberts IS, Goodman 18 
Dan 24. Frencdi 21, King 23, Carl 22, Holt 22, Allison 23, Gormaii 
22. W. P. B. 
Sconce vs. Cadwallader. 
June S. — Herewith find scores of the match between H, "W Cad- 
wallader, of Danville, 111., and H. J. Sconce, of Sidell, 111. 
The race was a friendly one of 50 targets, shot at Danville. 
June 6, and was very close, Mr. Sconce winning by 3 targets and 
only then by shooting 50 straight, while Mr. Cadwallader took 47 
as his share. There was a large crowd out to see the race, which 
promised to be a very spirited contest, and they were not dis- 
appointed in the least. Below are the scores: 
Sconce 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111-50 
Cr.dawallader . . . .11111111101111111011011111111111111111111111111111—47 
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