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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[July 21, 1900. 
Jack Fanning has been dropping so few targets lately that he 
can't yet quite make out how he managed to let 21 get away from 
him in the two days of the tournament. But I don' believe he d 
like to go back and bet that he could better his average of over 
93 per cent, for the 340 targets shot at, if the same weather con- 
ditions were to prevail, 
Wilbur F. Parker has taken up golf, and let shooting take a 
back seat. That's the reason why his scores did not show up as 
well as usual. Both he and Gaines issued cordial invitations to ■ 
"Come up and take in our sheep bake on Labor Day." The 
Meriden Gun Club's sheep bakes are always worthy of attention. 
The smallest trapper in the pit was the lunchman's best customer 
on Tuesday. He is about fifteen years old, stands 3ft. nothing, but 
got away with 65 cents' worth during the half hour devoted to lunch. 
Yet the lobsters were only 15 cents each, and pie 5 cents a cut! 
Why should Elmer Shaner christen No. 1 squad the "Rowdies"? 
It was composed as follows: Fanning No. 1, Hallowell iNo. 2, 
Parker No. 3, Leroy No. 4, and Banks No. 5. Neither trappers, 
referees, puller nor scorers had time to loaf when that squad was 
at work in some of the known angle events. 
Leroy's trigger for his right barrel was too light on the first 
day, and caused him several premature discharges and lost targets. 
He fixed the pulloff that night and started in like a racehorse on 
the morning of the second day, shooting like his old self and 
scoring 95 out of his first 100. 
O. R. Dickey was shooting in something like his old-time form, 
but had an occasional bad ten minutes like everybody else, and 
pulled his average down by bunching his misses. 
C. W. Dimick, of the U. S. Cartridge Co., was a spectator on 
the morning of the second day, and watched the shooting with 
much interest. 
Miss Clinton, the famous lady rifle shot, tried her hand with the 
shotgun, but showed lack of practice with the scattergun after her 
six weeks' devotion to the small caliber weapon she uses. She 
has a graceful pose at the score, and handles her gun in a very 
taking way. With more practice she should make a name for 
herself at the traps. 
Elmer Shaner has returned to the bosom of his family with a 
cranium that glows nobly — the work of a hot sun while he was 
bathing in the cool waters of Narragansett Bay. 
George Briggs, James McArdle and F. C. Serenson were a trio 
of shooters from the home club who did their Avork at the traps, 
whether refereeing or shooting, in a manner that helped the man- 
ager considerably. R. Gavitt, sometimes known as "the Hoodoo," 
also did not miss many targets — sometimes. 
When Parker Brothers start their museum three very interesting 
additions to the exhibits would be a certain well-known pair of 
shoes. Tucker's shooting jacket and Wilbur Parker's old hat. 
W. Allison, of South Weymouth, Mass., was missing on the 
first day. He arrived on time on the second day, saying he was 
bound to be on hand, even if he lost his job. He did not miss 
many targets either, and was not in it for the booby prize. 
Dr. "Greener," of Providence, received a warm greeting when he 
arrived on the second day. Shaner and a bed slat were portions 
of the reception committee. 
Puck is quite a sprinter, and might catch his man if he would 
not persist in falling down just when his prey Is within his reach. 
Everybody missed Tom Keller. 
Fifteen thousand targets in two days is not bad work for one set 
of five expert traps. 
C. P. Shattuck, representing the Providence Journal, is one of 
the very few reporters of shooting events that belong to the daily 
press. Mr. .Shattuck got his work out in excellent style, and wrote 
up the tournament in a manner that could be understood and ap- 
preciated by those who shoot at the trap. 
Edward Banks. ■ 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
Chicago Gun Club. 
Chicago, 111., JtHy 14.— Mr. Ed Steck was the only contestant to 
break 25 straight in the trophy event. Mr. Herman Paul, of 
Waterloo, la., was a visitor. In a practice event, 25 targets, the 
scores were: Paul 12, Bowles 9, Buck 16, Adams 19, Milliken 4, 
Walters 9, Sprague 13, Horn 13, Steck 18. 
Trophy shoot: 
Paul 0011111100101111110001111—17 
Bowles 1001100011010001010101111—13 
O J Buck ....1100111111111101111010110—19 
Miiiiken : 0000000101011000000101111— 9 
A W Adams 1101011111110011101111011—19 
Walters 1100010011111011011110111—19 
W Sprague OlOOOllOlOOllOOOOOlOOlOOO— 8 
Ed Steck 1111111111111111111111111—25 
Horn 0010101001000000110100101— 9 
Goodrich 1011111111111111101111111—23 
Monthly troohy: 
Paul .'.010000001111000- 5 Steck 110011101111111—12 
Bowles 010011101000101— 7 Horn 111100001000011— 7 
Buck 111101001110111—11 Goodrich 010111111000111—10 
Adams 111111111001001—11 Sanderson ....000000000000000-0 
Milliken 101001010111010—7 Vietmeyer ....111100011111111—12 
Ford ..........010001000000000— 1 Clark 001001110101000— C 
Walters 001100010011011— 7 Crombie 000100000010010— 3 
Sprague .111111000110111—11 
Garfield Gon Clofa 
Chicago, July 11.— The appended scores were made on our 
grounds to-day on the occasion of our eleventh trophy shoot of 
the season. 
R. Kuss won Class A medal on a straight score of 25. Dr. J. W. 
Meek, W. P. Northcott and A. Hellman tied for B medal on a 
score of 20. J. D. PoUard won Class C medal on a score of 23. 
Other events were 10 and 15 target sweepstakes. 
R. Kuss easily carried off high honors of the day, breaking 132 
out of 135 targets shot at. 
The day was hot and rather windy, and altogether rather an 
uncomfortable one for target shooting. The attendance was not 
up to our average, but was fair considering the fact that many 
of our members are away on their vacations. The scores: 
Eleventh trophy shoot, 25 targets: 
Northcott 1101111101111110111011101—20 
Keck 0010011101011101111110001—15 
Kehl 0000100001110010110110000— 9 
Dr J W Meek 1111110111111110110011011—20 
Pol lard 1110111111011111111111111—23 
A McGowan 1100001111100010101011001—13 
P McGowan 0100011011010000110001101—11 
R Kuss 1111111111111111111111111—25 
W A Stuchlik 1111000111000101101110110—15 
E Bingham , 0111111111111111101111101—22 
J Wolff ...i.:. 1101110110101101010011111—17 
F Wolff 0010100111101111011010001—14 
C P Richards 1111011000111111010111111—19 
T Eaton 1111110110010101001001100—14 
M Bowers 1011111111111101111111100—21 
A D Dorman 1011101111111111111101111—22 
H N Delano 0111001000000111101100111—13 
Bumiller i.^. 0000000000000001010000010— 3 
L Wolff 0110010001110110110001110—13 
A Hellman 1011110111011111100111111—20 
T P Hicks 1111101011111111111111111—23 
Dr C H Graves 0100001011010111110011101—14 
Sweepstakes: 
Events: 1 2 4 5 6 7 Events: 12 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 15 10 15 10 15 10 Targets: 15 10 15 10 15 10 
Northcott 14 10 Hellman 5 12 6 10 . 
Keck 9 5 Richards 9 13 9 K 
Kehl 7 2 9 5 7.. T Eaton 12 8 10 7 13 ' ' 
Dr Meek 8 .... 15 10 Bowers 4 13 g 
Pollard , . 12 8 11 7 . . . . Dorman 7 12 7 io 
A McGowan . . 2 7 11 7 . . . . Delano 2 3 3 
P McGowan . . 9 6 10 7 8 . . Bumiller 0 . ' ' " " 
■R Kuss 14 10 15 10 14 10 Hicks 9 12 
Stuchlik 6 4 10 L Wolff 4 .. .'. '.[ 
Bingham 14 10 14 Ralph 9 .. 15 io 
J Wolff 13 4 8 Dr Graves , 9 5 
F Wolff 4 8 Nevens 4 .! !! 
Garden City Gon Qub. 
Chicago, July 14.— J. B. Baito and Tramp Irwin tied for first 
honors in the Garden City Gun Club's shoot tO-day at Watson's 
Park, while Abe Kleinman won the trophy for the greatest num- 
ber of consecutive kilk. All stood at 30yds, though some had 
extra birds to shoot at, iDlie scores: 
Pewey 100212222111120 —13 
Kimball 200101222110211'*11— 13 
^^mberg ..1212322102111102 —14 
C„rA 122'^*0202210010121— 11 
Adams" ■ V'.'ZW'.V.'.^^^^i.- - 122202212100212 —12 
O'Rrien ' . .. . . . ■ • 2111021110101222 -13 
T-vi '. 12000212112202222 -13 
; 21112112210101120 —14 
PM^,, ■■ 220*21**20211112 —11 
Ht-vn *22222222222m2 —15 
Knickerbocker ' 11002002111^^^^^^^^ 
Ymine- < — 012111201***l*0w 
Kleinman ^^22 121112112102 -14 
Gims ■• 01122002011*1 1111 -12 
f'^n 2222222111012211 —15 
GoldsmYth ■ ; 1122012201121011 -13 
Seven-bird sweep, entrance $2.50, three moneys: Dewey, Amberg 
and Kleinman, 7 each; Barto, Gillis, Goldsmith, Knickerbocker, 
Irwin, Levi and O'Brien, 6 each; S. Palmer, 5. Raveleiog, 
Mississippi Valley Notes. 
The Peoria Gun Club held its montfly meet and medal shoot 
on July 8. The weather was fine, but a very stiff wind blowing 
.across the range made the targets erratic and affected scores se- 
verely. Gus Portman won the Class A medal with his new Parker 
gun, Riehl and Leisy coming in close second and third. Billy 
Bordeaux got the Class B medal after a shoot-off with Wantling, 
while Frank had an easy lead for the Class C trophy. Following 
the main contest a 10-bird sweep was shot, and then Torn Scott 
gave the boys an hour's entertainment over a coop full of swift 
summer birds in a $1 (birds extra) miss-and-out. In this latter 
event Riehl and Scholes divided the money, and in conclusion 
Connor, Burnside and Riehl shot a 55-target contest. 
Peoria now has two thriving gun clubs of large membership and 
not a few smaller shooting organizations and is one of the shoot- 
ing centers of the middle West. Peoria is a live, wide-awake and 
thrifty city and there is no reason why the noble art of trapshoot- 
ing ought not to continue to thrive and grow in that vicinity. The 
scores follow: 
Class A 
G Portman ilOllOlllllOlllllOOllllll— 20 
1011111111111111111111111—24—44 
Riehl 1011110111111111111111111—23 
11111 11111111001110100111—20—43 
T Huff 1111111111111001011100111—20 
1101111110111111101111111—22—42 
Leisy 1110111111110111110111101—21 
1110111111111111001001111-20—41 
Simmons 0111110101111111010011111—19 
0111010111111011101101111—19—38 
Baker 1101111111111100111011111—21 
1101111111101011010111011—19—40 
M'ills 1111111111111111100111101—22 
0111110011011001111111111—19—41 
Burnside 1101011110111111111011111—21 
1111101011111001111101111—20—41 
Bartson llimilllllOlllUOOllOOl— 20 
0111110011011111111011101—19—39 
Heilman 0111111111111101011110001—19 
1111111101001111111110010—19—38 
W Huff 1111101111100101011111101—19 
1111101111110100111000110—17—36 
C Portman 0000110100011110011111111—15 
1111 011010110111111101111—20—35 
Connor 1110001110111101100111101—17 
11001110111010100-0110111—16—33 
Class B. 
Bordeaux 0011111111011101100011101—17 
1111111101110011111011110—20—37 
Wantling Hill lUllOlOlOlOlUOOOll— 18 
1111110111001111110110101—19—37 
Scott 1000110110110111111101101—17 
1111011110111111110110010—19—36 
G Webber 1111011111101001110110111—19 
1000011111110010000111110—14—33 
Walters 1111110111100000100101111—16 
OUlOllllOOllOOOOlOlllllO— 15— 31 
Class C 
Frank 0111001110100100111110011—15 
1111111101110111101011111—21—36 
Bradley 1100011111001000111111110—16 
1111011110011000010111110—14—30 
Walters 0111011110011000010111110—15 
1111110111100000100101111—16—31 
Johnson 0111011111000101111110111—18 
0100010000100101011101111—12—30 
dough 0110101000001010000000011— 8 
0101110010110100111101111—16—24 
Whiffin 0010000010111101101111011—14 
0010000001101100010111001—10—24 
Garver 1101100010100000000000111— 9 
1011100010101010001010111—13—22 
McClagge 0100110011100100100001001—10 
0001001100001000111110000— 9—19 
Schlehnoer 0000000010000000001100000— 3 
0010000011000100010000001— 6— 9 
Miss-and out; $1: 
Connor .02222 Webber 1001 
Burnside 20222 Hurley *010 
Riehl 2222 Whiffin 12102211 
Portman 1210 Scholes 2211 
Bordeaux 01111 
Special race, 55 targets: Burnside 45, Connor 43, Riehl 52. 
The Piasa Gun Club held its regular shoot this week, interest 
being added to the occasion by the fact of several challenges from 
members to Mr Lane for the W. C. Co. medal. He graciously 
accepted them "all in a bunch," and Mr. A. J. Howell won out 
in the third stage of the race. The scores: 
1st. 2d. 3d. 1st. 2d. 3d. 
Howell, 36 31 18 10 Schweppe, 41 30 18 9 
Lane, 36 30 18 8 Phinney, 42 22 
Schiess, 36 26 .. .. Cole, -52 14 
Beall, 36 30 16 .. Doterding, 52 21 
Gaddis, 41 30 18 9 Leach, 52 ..16 
F. C. Riehl. 
Fort Smith Gun Clufa. 
Fort Smith, Ark., July 8.— If a tournament had been in progress 
on Saturday afternoon it couldn't have sounded more business- 
like. Three squads lined up for the fray, and before the smoke 
cleared away 1,100 targets had been shot, and some of them hit. 
Misses Oglesby, Black and Fishback came out to see the sport, 
and also Mr. Eugene Henderson and family, the latter watching 
the game from their carriage. 
Already some of the shooters are beginning to show Up, Mr. 
Paul Litzke, secretary of the Arkansas State Sportsmen's Asso- 
ciation, being now quartered at the Hotel Main. 
Monday will be preliminary day of the Arkansas tenth annual, 
and Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday will all be devoted to in- 
animate targets. On Friday a live-bird handicap sweep will be 
lun off in which such cracks as Parmelee, Taylor and Parker — of 
Omaha, St. Louis and Detroit respectively — will be seen. 
A nominal entrance of 10 cents will be charged at the gate, and 
the entrance to the shooting ground is half a block north of the 
end of the Little Rock avenue car line. 
In the medal shoot Saturday evening Mr. Waller Boyd surprised 
his many friends by winning the medal after an exciting contest 
with the best shots in the club, and as this is the first time in the 
history of the club that this gentleman has succeeded in winning 
this much-coveted trophy he was heartily congratulated on his 
splendid shooting. No more popular win could be recorded. 
Following are the scores in the medal race: 
A W Boyd 0111111111101111100111111—21 
Kimmons 1111011110011111111111101—21 
Matthews llllOllUlllOllllimOOOl— 20 
Leach 0111111111100101110111011—19 
Durden OlllOOlllOllllOilllllllOl— 19 
Baptiste „.,... 0011101111111011001111101—18 
Pay ne 0101111101110100101111011—17 
R Speer OlOlllUUOlOOlOlOlOlllll- 17 
Coffey 0111111001111011011010010—16 
Hartwell 1111000111100110001010111—15 
C -"-fioyd . - .1101000010101000011000011—10 
F G Speer 0000010111011010100101101—12 
Clarkson OlOOOOOOOOUUlOllOOOllOO— 10 
Oglesby lOlOOlUOlOlOlOOOOOOlOlOO— 10 
Williams " OOlOOOOlOOllOllDOOllOUOO— 10 
J Reynolds lOOOOlOlUOUOllOOllOOlll— 14 
Shoot-off off for tie for the medal : 
Boy;d 011110101^7 Kimmons ...........1001111000-5 
Several sweeps were run off after the medal shoot, in which the 
honors were about eejually divided. ' ' 
Leach. 
Great Falls Rod and Gun CIttb, 
GifEAT Falls, Mont., July 9.— The recent tournament under th(i 
suspices of the Great Falls Rod and Gun Club was the most suc^ 
t-essful yet held. There were participants from Belt, Choteaui 
.Stockett and other outside points, and several belonging to the] 
local club, while there were many spectators. 
The weather was perfect, and the scores are believed to have beetii 
Ihe best ever made at any tournament ever held in this State. Irl 
several events the winner got every bluerock. 
One of the best performers was C. S. McDonald, of Choteau, t\ 
member of the local club, who had not shot here for a year; 
Although the grounds were strange to him, he won two eveots, and' 
liis percentage for the day was very high. 
In the contest for the Cascade county medal there were siyl< 
contestants. The shoot was at 40 singles, and the scores were asi 
follows: J. M. Gaunt 37, Gus Frazier 35, Matt Richardson 33.' 
Geo. Bickett .36, P. B. Gallagher 35, Alex Irvine 33. 
fn the shoot for the Cascade county medal J. M. Gaunt broke; 
37 out of 40, and is now the owner of the medal. 
In the shoot for the Gallagher-Benner cup at 25 singles there 
wtre thirteen contestants, who scored as follows: Gallagher 25,i 
Frazier 22, Gaunt 22, F. Fillian 18, C. S. McDonald 24, M. Rich- 
ardson 19, Dr, C. J. B. Stephens 21, Richard Wilson 11,. Bickett 
18, P. Pogreba 17, C. W. Cooper 10, Irvine 19, H. E. Benner 18. 
The percentages made in the sweepstakes were as follows: 
llenner .90, Gaunt .829, Bennett .858, Stephens .829, Bickett .829ii 
Richardson .842, Irvine .95, Frazier .878, McDonald .90, Flynn .92? 
Fillian .75, Burris .91, Gallagher .91. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 20 15 10 15 10 10 Targets: 20 15 10 15 10 lOt 
C McDonald... 20 14 7 11 8 10 Fillian ,. '..15.. 7 ' 
Bennett 19 13 Frazier 14 14 .. 14 9 10 
Irvine 19 Flynn 14 9 10 
Richardson .... 18 13 . . 9 9 . . Burris 14 
Belt 18 Benner 11 9 13 10 10 
Gaunt 17 12 5 Pogreba 5 
Bennett 17 ^ Gallagher 14 9 S 
Stephens 16 13 5 .. .. .. Cooper 8 .. 
Bickett 16 13 3 13 10 6 
No. 3 was at 5 pairs. II 
Boston Gun Club. 
Welltkgtom, July H.— A little more windy than usual was this'] 
afternoon, the second last in the Boston Gun Club's current prize 
-series. Though most of the regular devotees of the trap are away 
o(T summer vacations, a nice little company of ten faced the music, 
which was nothing less than a howling gale. One of the special i 
visitors of the day, Tyler, led off the prize match with 22 out ot a, 
possible 25 — a very fine score under existing conditions. 
To-day v.'as the last time we are to have Mr. Andres with us^ 
he leaving for Egypt permanently on the next B. G. C. day, anrf 
many were the regrets heard, as he has been a regular attendant^ 
and these we dislike to lose. Following are the scores: 
Events: 123456789 10 1112 1:- 
Lane 6 3 2 2 3 5 2 5 
Andres 577788986856 .: 
Tyler 7 4 7 5 8 13 9 4 7 8 4 ( 
Shepard 8 7 5 6 4 5 4 4 4 1 7 5 
Wood 6 3 6 7 i i i 
Spencer 2 5 6 4 1 3 6 5. 
Poor .... 2 3 2 5 3 6 6 . 
Williams 756576876762. 
HJK ^. 5.. 4.. 14 0. 
Henry .. '5 
Events 4 and 9, 5 pairs; events 3 and 1?, jiifielders; all others 
unknown angles over magautrap. 
Match scores, 25 bluerocks, unknown Angles; distance handi- 
cap: 
Ty 1 er, 16 1011101111111111111111011—22 
Andres, 16 0011011100011111011111110—17 
W illiams, 16 0011011001011011100011111— 1£ 
Spencer, 18 OOOlOOlOlOOlllOlllOOOOOOl— 10 
Shepard, 16 1000000011000111001011 OOO— 9 
M'^ood, 16 1000011000110100000010110— 8 
Lane, 16 0001000010000001011000101— 7 
Poor, 16 OOUOOOOOOIOOOOOOIOOOOOIO— 5 
Brockton Gun Club, 
BROCKT0.^f, Mass., July 4,— The scores made in the fifth prize 
shoot are appended: 
Events: 12345678 ? 
Targets- 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
Hepner 9 10 9 9 9 10 8 8 
Wood 10 8 8 8 6 8 .. 
Bartlett 7 7 8 10 " 
Worthing 9 9 S 
Leonard .......i.-.. 10 8 8 9 8 .. .. !! 
Harlow ' 5 3 
Porter 3783763 '6 7 
Maxwell 4 4 5 5 
Prize shoot: 
Hdcp, Total, 
Hepner 7 10 10 8 10-45 8 50 
Wood 9 8 8 9 8—42 11 60 
Bartlett 9 10 8 9 9—45 8 BO 
Worthing .........i................ 8 9 8 7 8—40 9 4q 
Leonard 10 9 8 8 7—42 13 50 
Taylor ,.V, 10 8 9 9 10—46 10 50 
Harlow 9 9 7 8 7—40 15 50 
New Jersey State Sportstnen*s Association. 
A SPECIAL meeting of the New Jersey State Sportsmen's Asso-i 
ciation was held in Newark on July 9, at which James L. Smith 
represented the Hackettstown Gun Club; I. H. Terrill, the South 
Side Gun Club; H. H. Stevens, the Brunswick Gun Club; C. N. 
Thomas, the Walsrode Gun Club; M. Herrington, the Boiling 
Springs Gun Club, and W. R. Hobart, the East Side Gun Club. 
President Thomas was in the chair, and in the absence of Secre-. 
tary Feigenspan, W. R. Hobart was appointed secretary pro tem.' 
There was considerable discussion in regard to the manner in 
which the interests of the Association might be advanced., and! 
the opinion prevailed that trapshooting could be enlivened in the 
State by the Association extending its aid to clubs in holding! 
tournaments. Mr. H. H. Stevens was requested to interview Mr, 
E. E. Shaner, manager of the Interstate Association, in regard 
to the method adopted by that body in accomplishing the same; 
object. A resolution was then passed empowering the executive' 
committee to take action upon Mr. Stevens' report, and to pur-, 
chase such articles as might be necessary to carry out any plan 
of action if in the opinion of the committee such was feasible^ 
Also to obtain by purchase or otherwise merchandise prizes to bei 
competed for. 
W. R. Hobart, Sec'y pro tem. 
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