Fee. 
23, 1901.I 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
1B7 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
a tie- ' 
lotefcity Shoot. 
Feb. 9.— The last live-bird shoots of the Intercity Gun Club, of 
Minneapolis, have been successful, (^n Feb. 2 there was a strong 
wind, which made the birds livetv. Hirsrhy won with 15 straight. 
Three new men came out, of whom McNamee promises to be a 
whirlwind. His second barrel is a corker. 
On Feb. 3 Parker handed too warm a game to the boys on the 
high gun basis. The day was finished at targets, at which 
Hirschy took most of the coin. 
Garden City, of Chicago. 
Garden City Gun Club, of Chicago, is holding its regular shoot 
this afternoon at Watson's. 
The club divides $5 between those winning the handicap medal. 
The best straight score carries the high average medal. This will 
be the first shoot for the Great Northern silver loving cup, at 25 
birds, with extra handicap birds to shoot at. The birds in regular 
club event will be scored on the cup event. 
J. L. Van Uxera, 101 Randolph street, has presented us with a 
chamois skin shooting shirt, which will go to second high 
man during the year, with handicap. Birds 15 cents in club event; 
optional sweep with and wi.thout handicap- 
In 'ere y Rare Postponed, 
Garden City Gun Club, Mr. H. Levi, secretary, has just received 
notice from the National Gun Club, Milwaukee, that the race be- 
tween that club and some of Garden City Club men will be post- 
poned indefinitely, on account of the serious illness of Col. P. C. 
Brand, a member of that club, and owner of the park where they 
shoot. 
Chicago Notes. 
Eureka Gun Club, of Lyons, holds an all day live-bird and 
target shoot to-morrow on its grounds in Lyons suburb. 
The Universal Gun Club holds a live-bird and target shoot to- 
morrow at Archer avenue and Forty-sixth street, 
A little race between M. Greener and H. Smith at Watson's 
ground this week resulted with Greener 42, Smith if. 
E. Hough. 
Hartford Building, Chicago, 111. 
Minneapolis Shooters. 
On the 11th of this month weather conditions were not very good 
for live b'rds at the Intercity I'ark, f r bi. ds were strong and so was. 
the wind. Morrison seems to be handling his new gun in good, 
shape, and made top score at live birds and targets. Scores: 
Live birds: 
.Morrison 222222222222222222011*222-23: 
Kribbs 2 j22202j21 212002211222112— 20' 
Wilkinson 10012211*11221212*2021112-20' 
McNamee 222002222*22222w 
Brown -. • . . • 220222222222222 w 
Tar^rets " 
Morrison 1111111111111111111111011-24- 
Wilkinson 1111101011111011011111111-21. 
Kribbs ' '.. .. 1110111110001111101110111—19' 
Brown '. iiininoiiimioiiiiiiii-23. 
Mac 0000011100 jllllluOOllllll— 14 
On Lincoln's Birthday a fair number faced the traps. There was. 
a large number that had hard luck stories to tell. This was par- 
ticularly true in the cases of Mark, Kribbs and Brown. Mark drew 
mostly hard ones, as did Kribbs, and Brown had the misfortune- 
to have 3 good kills 'all oat of bounds. This was particularly true- 
of his ninth bird, which was killed, but struck the walk and. 
bounded out. Morrison is back on his old-time mettle, and turned, 
a neat trick for the crowd, la the target races Mark made some ot 
the regular shooters look tired. There was a bright sun on the 
snow, and the light was bad for all kinds of shooting. Scores: 
^Morrison 112212122222222-15 Brown 21*2211*222*0w 
Hirschy 2 2 '22222222*12.-13 Barker 212110211112222-14 
French 222*22222^22222:-14 Capt 112111121121212-15 
Mark .*1102221*222222;— 12 Spratly 2222222222w 
Kribbs 220*0211Ql*2222f-l:3 King lllllOOOw 
The above race was at 15. hirdfe, $? entrance, three moneys, 5, 3, 2, 
Rose system. Capt. shot for birds only. Spratly retired to catch 
a train: 
ivi cGra w +■ 1001101111001111111111110—19 
Brown t 0111111111111110001111011-20 
Hirrrhv 4. 1111111110111111111110111-23 
Morrison 1 1111111111111111111111011-24 
MorS '^'f .miiemilllU3-12 Brown Olimillllllll-14 
Hirschy 111111111111111^15 Spratly ...OOlUOOlUOllOll— 8 
Maxk 111111111011111—14 
MorS '!:f.milll01111110-13 Hirschy 110111111111110-13 
jMasSc 111111111111101-14 Brown ...111111101111110—13 
Spratly 110011011111011—11 
W. P. Brown has challenged L. E. Parker, of Minneapolis, for 
the Hirschy live-bird trophy, thie race to take place on the 
grounds of the Intercity Park, Minneapolis, on Friday, Feb. 22, at 
10 A. M. Dr. Bill. 
Garfield Gun Club. 
Chicago, Feb. 16— The appended scores were made on our 
grounds to-dav on the occasion of the tenth trophy shoot of the 
season. Dr Meek, from the 31yd. raark, carried off the honors 
of the day, being the only one to go straight in the main event. 
The day was cloudy, and while not very cold was very chilling 
owing to the great amount of moisture m the air. The birds 
were an unusually fast lot, largely outgoing screamers. 
Attendance was small, owing to the deep snow and our 
grounds being located out on the prairie, necessitating con- 
siderable deep wading to reach it: 
E\lVltLZlm2mi2-B Dorman, 28 1111222011-9 
Barnird 30 222010202*- 6 Delano, 27 02*2210111- 7 
nicks 31 011111121(^ 8 McDonald, 28. .... . .1022.22112- 9 
Dr Mkthews 29 ...11111122*1- 9 Dr Meek, 31 1111111211-10 
T>r Huff 28 . .12211*2011- 8 Dr Shaw, 31 1100211220-7 
Keck 28 000*201101- 4 T VV Eaton, 33 122112220J- 8 
No. 1. 
E Eaton, 28 •••^:?ln?^ 
Barnard, 30 
Hicks, 31 1??^^Z^ 
Dr Mathews, 29... • HHH , 
Dr Huflf, 28 0210*1—3 
Keck, 28 
Dorman, 28 
Delano, 27 
McDonald, 28.. 
Dr Meek, 31.... 
T W Eaton, 33. 
Jones, 30 
No. 3. 
No. 2. 
*0201*— 2 
112111—6 
111*21—5 
111111—6 
0*22*2—3 
*2020'*— 2 
010*10—2 
222222—6 
211122—6 
221111—6 
121010—4 
212111—6 
Dr. J. W. Meek, Sec'y. 
201202—4 
210*11—4 
ii*2ii— 5 
6**662—1 
111121—6 
122211—6 
Bu 
J B Wilson. 
R E Willis. 
A H 
F R Willis 
Trap at Watson's Paifc. 
de Crossing, 111., Feb. 12.— Match, 50 birds per man! 
''222022222111010120122222—21 
2221001 201201201220222221—19—40 
1 201 202222000222221121220—1 9 
0212220022222222101021201—19—38 
T7„„V,;„ 2220201200201222222210201—18 
J ran KJ in nill]2222222100001022n0— 19— 37 
29'091 1 020222222002222222—20 
0102201 202101 1 0222021 0022—16—36 
F-eb. 16.-rirteen-bird sweep, $5 entrance, t^vo moneys: 
Long 220121211022122-13 Sawyer 001121020100102- 8 
j^uuB .. 1.01 1 101 11991 9m _lt Robinson 100221220010102 — 9 
Hunter 1211im 1221201-14 
Comley 022 0122 21111-12 
Nusley ......... 202222220200 w 
^uinl"^'.... 11201102200 
Willard 11122222 
Miller 12101110 
Antoine lOOlOU 
Mather 211011100222102—11 
Stephens >... 1121122211111 
Steck .....21222 
Bowles 11121 
Chicago GtiQ Club. 
Btimside Crossing, 111.. Feb. 16.-At the club shoot of the 
Chicago Gun Club, at Watson's Park to-day, the followmR scores 
were made: 
L C Willard. 31 222221212122212-15 
Antoine, 30 , 112111210212111-14 
Dr Miller, 30 012222202111111-13; 
Bowles 28 011*n22201210*— 9- 
Steck, "30 121212221212220-14' 
Dr Ckrson, 29 2211110212*1222-13; 
Mack 28 011121021111221^13 
Mrs Carson, 26 r: 2°!*^!!!?)'' . 
Ealmer 27 000*0010*0*w 
Dr Mo'rton," 28.".".' . 001010121102221-10 
*Stephens 31 212111112221*12-14 
*R=cp "s 1202111*1201201-11 
*Rust, 28'.".".".'.'.'.'.".'.'.'.'. 100121122010212—11 
*Not members. 
Six-bird swaap, $4 entrance, three rnonej-s: 
Hunter 2 2211—6 Carson 111200—4 
Comley 211112—6 Stephens 111222—6 
Steck 200110-3 Rust 011110-^ 
Miller 212~22— 5 Sa%vver 011220—4 
Willard 221211—6 Robinson 210221—5 
Nusley 201221-5 Morton . ; ....111221—6 
Long 101201—3 
Ravelrigg. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
Trenton Shooiing Association. 
Trenton, N. J. — With the wind trying to blow the hair off one's 
head, and the' thermometer at zero, the Februarv badge shoot 
was anjirhing but a comfortable function. In the first place none 
but an "hostenostious" dead game sport would take chances in 
facing the traps in such weather,' and the little band of heroes 
that fought out the programme are worthy the sublime respect 
of their fellow members. They will be known in the future as 
the "Never-Fail Brigade." 
In the badge contest Mickel and Thomas were the only two 
that qualified for the gold medal, and the-Professor also made the 
best individual score for the day, 11 .out of 15. Some of the visitor's 
work was fair in spots, but tlie scores of all were away below the 
average. 
In the merchandise event the bovs tried a trifle harder, and the 
scores were slightly improved. Taylor and Mickel had an ex- 
citing finish for the sleeve buttons, Mickel emerging from the 
fray the winner by 1 target. Mickel also made the best general 
average for the day. 
If the weather proves good, the indications are that Washington's 
Birthday shoot will be a hummer. The programme provided con- 
tains some novel features that will prove of interest even as an 
experiment. 
Events : 
Targets : 
^r 
Reid ... 
Williams 
Ripley . . 
1 
2 
3 
10 
10 
11, 
5 
1 
5 
5 
3 
4 
4 
8 
3 
4 
5 
3 
3 
4 
5, 
3 
4 
4- 
3 
3 
5 
2 
4 
6 
2 
3 
2 
1 
3 
4 
1 
4 
3 
0 
2 
3 
0 
1 
4 
3 11 
4 6 
7 10 10 10 8 8 
A '7 9 .. ,. 
2 8 10 7 
*Non-membersj not eligible to contest for medals. 
Events 1, 2. 3, and 4 were optional sweeps. Events 5 and 6 were, 
badge shoots, first 15 targets to qualify for place; 10 or better 
shoots for the go'd and 'ess than that number shooting for the 
silver badge. Events 8 and 9 were shoot-off of ties. 
Forester Gun Club. 
Newark, N. J., Feb. 12.— Great interest and hard work is being 
m.anifested by the committee for the Forester Gun Club's second 
annual two-day tournament, which will be held on April 12 and 
13, at targets. This c ub has just begun to be popu.ar, as the 
club's motto is "Give every one a good time for as little money 
as possib'e." .A.1I we kind.y ask is that every shooter will help 
to make this one of the most successful shoots the Forester Gun Club 
has ever held. The club was organized in 1S82, and at present is 
in good financial standing. Last year the club came near dis- 
banding, owing to one of its ofticers trying his ideas to the detri- 
ment of the club, but the members at its annual meeting put an 
end to him by appointing a more noted trap man in his place. 
Committee: J. I. Fleming, D. L. S.innock and H. E. W'inans. 
The programm'es will b.e ready by about March 10. H. E. 
AVinans will be kindly mentioned for his good management of 
cur club and making so many good friends. 
The club shoot of to-day resulted in the following scores: 
Handicap, 50yds. boundary, two moneys: 
Ferguson 28 .2111111122-10 D Fleming, 27 0111111022- 8 
Welier 26 02u22i221t- 8 Aff, 28 0101122211- 8 
Beattv' 27 0211221011- 8 Winans, 28 121O0mO2— 7 
Ripley,' 26 1112221*01- 8 
Event No. 2, 5 birds, one money: 
Ferguson, 28.. 11222—5 Backus, 28 22102—4 
Beatty, 27 211ii-5 Aff, 28 20022-3 
Country Club of Lafcewr^od. 
Lakewood, N. J., Feb. 12.— Visitors from the Carteret and New 
L^trecht gun clubs were present at the shoot of the Covmtry Club 
to-day, one of whoin was Col. T. Martin, of Bluffton, S. C. There 
was an exceedingly high wind, and the birds were an extra good 
lot. A 15-bird handicap with $5 entrance fee was the first event, 
money being divided for first and second guns. Miss-and-outs 
completed the programme. The scores in the handicap foffow: 
Col. Martin, 30 - 222221222?22220— 14 
K P Thomas, 27 121101112011212-13 
Capt Money. 30 2122222&2110111-13 
S S Remsen. 30 222222222220022-13 
W E Feigenspan, 30 220222222222220-13 
Lorkwood, 27 , 211210M1221110-12 
A Hegeman, 28 22202112120 - 9 
Lozee 28... 011220111110 -9 
J H Hal'ock. 29 012222221200 - 9 
George, 28... 220012022 -6 
C Lincoln, 28 202222000 - 5 
C W Rodman, 28 ...011001011 —5 
W S Cannon. 27 .'..020100010 - 3 
F A Potts, 25 01000 — 1 
W Sykes, 28 020 ^ — 1 
The tie for second money was carried over into a miss-and-out 
event, in which there were ten entries, $5 entrance, and after the 
fourth bird the contest was between Martin. Thomas and Feigen- 
span. Thomas 8, Feigenspan 8, and divided the money and also 
that of second monev of the handicap. 
In another miss-and-out Martin and Money divided in the eighth 
"^"in addition to the above there were several side matches. 
Belvidere Gun Club. 
Belvidere, N. J., Feb. 13. — ^The two-men team match was for $40 
a side. Creveling and Pitenger won by 3 birds. The scores: 
Creveling 0222002222—7 Flin 0021220202—6 
Pitenger 1122121002-8—15 Pearson 20U2020112— 6-12 
Second event, 5 birds, ?2 entrance, two moneys: 
Rasener 21112-5 Dapkey 00121-3 
Knowles 00200—1 Cole 11121-5 
Reed 21222—5 Boardman 21110—4 
Wm. Rasener. 
Hudson Gun Club 
Newark, N. J., Feb. 11.— All were lO-target events on account of 
high, cold win'd and weather, which accounts for poor scores. ex-_ 
cept for the old-timers and always topnotchers in any kind of 
weather. „ , , 
Next regular shoot and club shoot on Feb. i 
journed to start at Rockaway Park, Feb. 17: 
Events: 123456789 10 ] 
Targets: . 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 : 
Dr G P Kay 6 6 6 9 9 5 7 7 4 
S Brown 8 9 8 7 5 7 6 4 8 
Johnnie Jones 65698'7474 
Jj j-ee... 425374774 
We 
all ad 
Shot 
at. 
Broke. 
110 
99 
110 
97 
100 
57 
100 
67 
100 
66 
100 
65 
90 
42 
F Altz 33669?8.. 
G Hushes 6865555 .. 
G W Lembeck ... 4 5 6 6 8 
J Dodds 3 5 6 5 .. 
F Hansman.......... 3 8 4 6 7 7 5 
70 
70 
50 
40 
70 
41 
39 
29 
18 
40 
A. A. SCH0VSRLING, Ass't Sec'y. 
R H Johnston, 28. 
Richmond Pigeon Club. 
Richmond, Va., Feb. 13.— At the second manthly shoot of the 
Richmond Pigeon Club, to-day, foi»-teen members had courage 
enough to face the traps at Broad Street Ball Park to take part. 
The wind was blowing a gale, and wihen Ihe pigeons were released 
frorn the traps they did not stay long enough to become ac- 
quainted with the surroundings. 
Mr. Tignor did not shoot in his usua? form. He is considered 
the best one-barrel shot m the State, but yesterday he seemed 
to be a little off, shooting at times vei«y slowly. 
Messrs. Stearns and Hanrimond wei>e able to catch the birds 
quickly, and many of their kills were Icudly app audcd. 
The birds were handled and trapped for Mr. L. C. Lynham, and 
were a picked lot, intended for the match between Messrs. F. 
Stearns and A. H. Foot, whoich was p.-istponed. 
The retrieving wa^ done by Mr. Ey.yson's Dash, Mr. Vaughan's 
Leo and Mr. Young's Mack. , 
The English sparrow shoot, whicrt is scheduled for Saturday, is 
creating a great dfeal of iaterest ansong the local shooters. They 
are all anxious to give- the little oat-«ater a trial, none having 
ever shot at them. 
Handicap, 20-i)ig«oia race: 
Trap score ty^ip—Copyrisht, 1901, ly Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 
148151?B184284426851 
W Buckner, 2& -i % *■ 0 -i 0 u S! 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 * »^a# 
1812518542. ■? 2 4185 . "5 14 8: 
F Steams, 80 0 a vi 2 2 2 * 2 2 2 i> 2 2 '.i 2 2 2 2 S*— H 
28841583 2 34581455385- 
Capt. Foster, 80 .«..2 212U1211 Ii2l0011l2 1—17 
21452114442234484848 
*02ii2UO 2 001^21 lOaUl 1—12 
24514885834544531242 
W H Colquitt, 80 ..* 2 0 2 U U 0 U 2 2 1 2 0 2 n 2 2 2 0 -11 
81438242548848525486 
J \V Harrison, 28 .2 2 u 2 1 0 2 1 1 u 2 1 2 It 1 1 2 1 2 1—1 
181422548322 2 244684 5 
W L Boyd, 28 2 2l2012U2 02220 2 1111 1—1® 
44444125443528855186 
W P WoodlvW , 0 2l2ll01^4Jl2 0U01i!2iO !& 
4 2 86454818415 2 4418ff4 
J C TfeaOE-, 28>.., U U2l22 11:!0O!!022 aaij2 1-15. 
2 2 1542825548442 a; 3: 2- 31l 
H D Johnson, 2t s! 0 U 2 1 0 I 2 2 0 0 0 i U' I l l; 2 H— 1* 
4 2 45515333528^515.>'»'4 
\\/-»/'<\iT\/'/>/<iS^/i 
W A Hammond, 80 2 * i 2 2 z 1 1 -iS 0 :s 2 2 2 2 2 i: u 2 - IT 
314 2 15 5 4354346255825 
H Green, 29 1 i 0 U 0 t 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 I :( 0 0 2 0 ItJ: 
S8543641842241114451 
4,^T^,/1/"^^/'^^^^'..^/«t ^s^z/'i-t 
B Green, 2S,, 2 2i''01iUI21221a02Ul 0—141 
84118484316152511244 
C Farley, 30...- 0 ^ 2 z 'i 2 z 2 z 2 z 2 0 1 2 0 — 17T 
Feb. 17,— The first English sparrow shoot ever pulled off in the; 
Old jjom^nion was held last Saturday <.t the Broad Street Baseball! 
Park under tf*e auspices of the Richmond Pigeon Club. About 
400 sparrows -Mere furnished and trapped by Mr. VV. C. Lynham\ 
before an audience numbering fully 300, among whom were nearly/ 
all the trapshocters of Richmond. The Sport commenced att 
1:30 P. M. with Franklin Stearns first at the traps in a 20-sparrow/ 
match with J. W. Harison, and from then until dark it was "bo* 
times in the old town" for both sparrows and pigeons, of which 
latter about 170 were trapped, after the sparrows were exhausted. 
The boys were "tickled to death" over the new sport, and if satis- 
factory methods of catching and keeping the little pests can -be per- 
fected sparrow shooting has come to Richmond to stay. 
The next shoot at the little darters will be held at the ball park 
on March 2, and the boys would be giad to have visiting shooters 
join them in exterminating rhe little devils. Following are the.- 
scores at both sparrows and pigeons: 
Event No. 1, 20 Engli* sparrows, 21yds. rise: 
Harrison 10222010122122010120-14! 
Stearns • Ilim02021112111122— 18. 
Event No. 2, 10 sparrows: 
Hammond 222222O210— 8 Stearns 2202^22222— 9) 
Blair ...21101200U— T 
Wood 0101201110— 6 r 
Vaughan 0010022220— 5i 
Dickerson OIOOOOOjOI— 2! 
Young Ii21112111— lOi 
J C Tignor. 0111011011^— T 
Blair 0220110011— <S- 
V\' ood OOOOJlOOOl— 2.' 
Johnson 2012010011— 6; 
Colquitt 1102021102— 7^ 
Boyd 1012010011— ffi 
Vaughan 0ir2-S 
Buckner ....^:9i0— 3 
Boyd 21132- 3- 
Colquitt 11212— & 
Parrish 100(0—2 
Y'oiing 21100—3. 
Harrison 210w 
Event No. 3, 10 sporrows: 
Dean 2110012111— 8 
Stearns 2222222022— 9 
Hammond 1211010121- 8 
Harrison 0111122100- 7 
1 C Tignor 1102202020— 6 
Buckner 2200212202— 7 
Event No. 4, 10 sparrows: 
Hammond 1111111001— 8 
Stearns 2l2i211101— 9 
Buckner 1122011101— 8 
Vaughan lllluOlOlO— 6 
Harrison 1201111011— 8 
Young 1001111100— 6 
livent No. 5, 5 sparrows: 
Jackson 00211—3 
Dickerson 200OO-1 
Harrison ....v.. 12011 — 4 
Stearns .."......11100—3 
Young 12001-3 
Event No. 6, 5 sparrows: 
Johnson ..-.„.*. 11112—5 
Stearns 11221—5 
Event No. 1, 10 pigeons, handicap: 
Stearns, 30 0202222222— 8 George, 28 1*22*21221— 8^ 
Harrison 28 1110122122— 9 Boyd, 28 2222122222—10' 
Hammond, 30 2222222222—10 Johnson. 28 1211221010— 8. 
Buckner. 28 2111111011— 9 Wood, 29 2102w 
Vaughan, 28 ...2112111112-10 
Event No. 2, 40 pigeons, 30yds. rise: 
Stearns, 30 , 2222222222222222222220222222222222022122—38-; 
Harrison, 30 21*1000210*2111*021011120010*21101101122— 25i. 
Secket.^hy. 
Horace Silsby. 
The recent death of Horace Silsby, of Seneca Falls, N.. YT, rt^- 
jnoves one of the best known and most highly esteemeiil of thft- 
circle of sportsmen who were long prominent in connecsion. witll 
the New Y^ork Association for the Protection of Game and Fish. 
Mr. Silsby was an ex-president of the^ .\ssociation and w-as witiely 
known as a trapshonter. Of him the Seneca Falls Reveille says in 
appreciation of his life and character: 
"He was a man of attractive peisonality and very siiccessful in 
making friends and in retaining their iriend.ship. His ciear in- 
sight and great good sense were manifested in all that he did. 
In addition to a uniformly good mental equipment for business, he 
was an enthusiastic lover of nature, with a true and fine sense of ■ 
besuty in all its forms. The rod, the gun and the yacht afforded 
him a pleasant and congenial relief from business cares and rc> 
sponsibilities, and his boat house at Cayr.ga Lake was one of his. 
most restful and enjoyable places of resort. He was fond of his 
friends, and his agreeable manners and a presence both graceful 
and manly made him a creator of friendship and affection for him- 
self in all to -w-hom he was known. The evidences of his many 
kindly words and deeds and of sympathy and condolence for 
those directly bereaved are many, affecting and in keeping with 
the character of the man, whose death is a source of extretn©: 
regret." 
