July 13, 1901.I 
Forest and stream. 
. Under date of July S, Cant. J, A. H. DreSsel Writes us as fol- 
lows: "Asuming that the 'friends of the American team like 
TO keep posted as to what tliey are doing^, I would say that the 
team sailed on the Cestrian and are due in Boston on the 9th or 
10th inst. Mr. Powers is in the hospital with a light attack of 
typhoid fever, and Mr. Merrill remained behind to look after 
him. Mr. Elliott has gone to Belgium to shoot pigeons. From 
.•I confidential source I am satisfied that they are all glad to 
return, they being either homesick or worn out. They have 
arrived at the unanimous decision that America is good enough 
for them." 
The Lafayette Clnd.) Gun Club has issued the programme for 
It* fifteenth annual tournament, to be held on Aug. S and 9. 
Sikooting commences at 9 o'clock. There arc fourteen events 
leoE the progi-amme for the first day, at 10, 15 and 20 targets ; 
lentsance $1, $1.50 and $2. There are ten events for the second 
tlay, of which No. 9 is at 50 targets, $5 entrance, for the Badge 
shoot, open only to Indiana shooters. Four moneys in each 
event, and four moneys for higli averages for the entire pro- 
gramme. 
The communication from Capt. J, A. 11. Dressel, published 
elsewhere in our trap columns, will be read with keen interest 
by the trapshooters and other sportsmen of America. It an- 
noimces a repetition of the conditions which §:overned the Anglo- 
American medal match. Also a reception dinner will be given 
to the team, the particulars of which are also mentioned by Capt. 
Dressel in -his communication. 
According to the press reports, if the American team had re- 
mained abroad another week or two, England would have been 
annexed to the United States. As the matter now stan-ds, I3rit- 
annia only lost a large part- of her personal property. 
Owing to the hot weather Mr. J. S. Wright has decided to 
postpone his shoot, fixe^ for July 10, at Interstate park. 
Bernard Waters. 
W^TERN TRAPS. 
The Angflo-AmeMcan Match, 
The Impressions of a Spectator. 
I SHOULD like to be allowed to record my impressions of the 
Anglo-American match which took place at the Middlesex Gun 
Club grounds at Hendon last week. I confess that I was among 
those who at one time thought the conditions of this contest were 
more or less even, but I was convinced during the early stages of 
the struggle that my opinions were hardly well founded. It is not 
my intention — and I wish to state it clearly at the outset — to 
underrate the marvelous skill displayed by our visitors, for, in a 
large measure, the contest was one of skill, but it was skill backed 
up by other conditions, to which I think attention may with profit 
to all be called. Not only were our gunners outclassed at having 
to meet a body of shooters who, while being described as sports- 
:men, may also be described as experts, if not professionals, at their 
i business. They were the pick of seventy million people, and were 
:men who probably fire off more cartridges in one month — perhaps 
in one week — that some Englishmen fire in a year. Our guns were 
:also outclassed, and out cartridges distinctly so. The birds were 
.thrown at a pace and at a distance which to my mind beat not 
lonly gunners but guns, and I am perfectly satisfied that clay-bird 
:shoating of the type displayed by the Americans can no longer be 
ifjlassed as an auxiliary to game shooting, but a distinct sport of 
iitself, necessitating special weapons and special loads. You were 
good enough last week to illustrate the difference in the size of 
the cartridges used. I take it that the two illustrations repre- 
sented the extremes, but in no case did our American visitors fire 
the same load as the Englishmen, and although many persons 
thought that a match would be arranged in which both English- 
men and Americans would use our guns and our charges, they 
were disappointed to find that no test of that kind took place, and 
consequently there is no daturn as to what the result of such a 
match might be The probabilities are that the Americans would 
have won hy reason of their greater practice, but I am satisfied 
that the distinction would have been less marked. Opinions will 
ne.cessarily differ as to whether clay-bird shooting will go down 
as a sport if it is to be made a sport entirely its own, necessitating, 
as I have previously observed, special guns and special cartridges. 
When it was introduced it was, I believe, introduced as an 
auxiliary, and was recommended to ^ame shooters as a means of 
practice during the dead season, fitting them to use their game 
guns and 8?ame charges with better effect in the field. Whether 
it has done this I do not know. Time alone will prove whether 
iihooters will divide themselves into two distinct classes — game 
shots and clay-bird shots — but I am convinced that no further 
matches will take place under conditions such as we saw them 
last week. 
There are many lessons which, as you foreshadowed, can be 
drawn from the contest in question, and the greatest one, I think, 
will be found in cartridge loading. Apart from all other considera- 
tions, it will be admitted that there is a superiority in American 
cartridges, principally in the wadding, this being so beautifully 
adapted as to provide a cushion between the shot and the powder, 
and preventing any escape of gas in the shot to scatter it and make 
the pattern wild and irregular. I saw some guns plated, and the 
pattern given was almost faultless; due not so much to the guns, 
seeing that in some instances they were very cheap ones, but to 
the method of loading, and I have ascertained that the cost of 
these cartridges is far beyond anything paid by the best English 
; sportsmen. I have long been convinced that cheap cartridges are 
:;i mistake, and, although as much as 50 per cent, more may be paid 
td get exactly what is wanted, I am convinced that costly cartridges 
would be cheaper in the end, inasmuch as more kills would be 
; recorded with tne first barrel. As Mr. Paul North rightly observes, 
ilhe Englishman chucks one of two barrels away, usually the first, 
:and steadies himself with the second; but he has in consequence 
ito rely on a diminished chance, seeing that the bird is further away 
and the pattern less deadly. I think this much is proved by the use 
of smaller shot, which implies that our visitors believe in literally, 
if 1 may use the term, mobbing the quarry, and giving it no pos- 
sible chance of escape. 
It does seem to me very singular that in view of the columns, 
almost volumes of matter which have been written by so-called 
experts on cartridges and cartridge loading, we should have to 
wait for a conte.st of this kind to give us practical lessons in what 
our experts all along pretended to fully understand and know so 
much about. In almost all cases the wads occupied nearly, and 
in some cases more than, an inch of the case, and moreover, were 
a size larger and forced into the cartridge case. On examination 
I found their wads to be made of pure wool, while ours are hard 
and cut from something which I am not sufficiently versed in the 
subject to be able to describe; but the results were so certain that 
1 am certain, too, that we are on the eve of a change in cartridge 
loading, not only for clay-bird shooting but for game shooting 
also. Whether this will necessitate a lengthening of the shell, or 
whether the same results can be secured in the same space, is a 
matter for experience rather than opinion. It seems that our 
visitors acquitted themselves equally well at live-bird shooting, and 
as in this a Sin. case is usually used, I assume that we shall see 
the effects oLbetter loading very qviickly in this branch of sport — 
if such it may be called. The question of one versus two barrels 
•salved itself, and I cherish a hope that at the next championship 
meeting single barrel contests will be introduced; but I would 
suggest that unless heavier guns and longer cases are used, the 
birds should be thrown a shorter distance, and the distance from 
the shooter to the trap diminished also, for I take it that a long 
run of kills is what everybody wants, and this iSi I am convinced, 
.quite impossible under prevailing conditions.. 
There is one other matter which I would like to touch upon, 
although I feel some delicacy in so doing; I refer to the kind 
of lla.uid fortification necessary for good shooting. No man be- 
grudges a clay-bird shot his proper measure of nourishment, but I 
certainly thiiik that tea amd ginger beer are more conducive to 
.sustaining skill behind the gun than the more pungent refresh- 
ment usually indulged in hy the average British trapshooter. It 
is evident that the very highest results were aimed at by our 
visitors and there was not lacking, as far as I could see, any- 
thing on their part to sec.ire that result, even though it entailed 
a good deal of self-denial in what are held to be the good things 
of this life.— A. B. C. in Shooting Times. 
Missouri State Amateur. 
Chicago, Hi., July 6.— Shooters of the middle West should bear 
in mind the eleventh annual tournament of the Missouri Stale 
Amateur Shooting Association, which will be held at Columbia, 
Mo., July 15, 16 and 17. Mr. W. A. Vivion, secretary of the Asso- 
ciation, lives at t.'olumbia, and will answer any inquiries. The 
Columljia Gun Club has a membership of thirty-five, all_ good 
fellows, and each one of the members will be glad to see visitors. 
The tournament is strictly amateur, professionals not allowed to 
participate in any of the purses, although they arc elgible to shoot 
for the targets. Dave Elliott, of St. Louis, will trap the live birds 
and two magautraps will handle the targets. The club adds $10 
for the first high gun each day, and $5 to second high gun. Rose 
sjstcm of division Qbtains, and there are to be four moneys. 
Bowling Green, 
The Bowling Greeen Gun Club, of Bowling Green, O., will hold 
an amateur tournament July 30 and 31 at targets and live birds, 
niagautrap. Sergeant system. lave sparrows and live pigeons also. 
Mr. John H. Lincoln is secretary of the club, and the club will 
welcome all visitors of amateur tendencies. 
E. Hough. 
Hartford Building, Chicago, 111. 
Chicago Gun Club. 
Chicago, June 29.— The scores of the Chicago Gun Club follow. 
Ed Steck was in good form to-day and did the grind act on 103 out 
of 110 shot at. visitor Boltman did good work with his new gun. 
Harry F. Carson, formerly a member of this club, has not for- 
gotten how to hold. About three years since he shot at targets.. 
The club will have larger attendance now, as the Saturday half 
holiday will be taken advantage of by some of the members that 
are employed by large firms that do not shoot targets, and object 
to giving others a chance. 
Five men — Buck, Steck, Bowles, O'Brien and King — won once in 
the monthly shoot. 
Weekly trophy^ 25 targets, handicap in targets : 
Broke. Hdcp. Total. 
Walters OIOOOOIIOIOOIUOIIOOIOOOI— 11 6 17 
Bowles 0111100111111101101001111—18 5 23 
M«ck 1111111101101111011111101—21 4 25 
Mr« Carson lOlOllUlllllllllOOllllll— 21 6 25 
H F Carson 1111001111010111111111111—21 0 21 
Dr Carson llOOlOlllllllllllllimiO— 21 0 21 
Buck lllllOllOllOmOlOOlOlOU— 17 5 22 
Boltman 1011111111111011101111111—22 0 22 
Dunbar 1010001101001100011000101-11 8 19 
Steck won in the shoot-off. 
Monthly trophy, handicap in rise: 
Walters, 16 011111101111101—12 
Mrs. Carson, 16 111111111010111—13 
H F C^son, 16 011111111111111—14 
Buck, 16 mOlUlllOlOOO- 10 
Boltman, 16 •. 111111111111111—15 
Mrs Howard, 16 111011101111110—12 
Dunbar, 16 100111110110010— 9 
Bowles, 18. .v . 110111110111100—11 
Mack, 18 011110111001101—10 
Dr Morton, 18 111100000011110— 8 
Steck, 18 111111111111110—14 
Dr Burckv, IS 100000011000100— 4 
Dr- Carson, 21 111111111111011—14 
O'Brien, 21 111111111101111—14 
Bowles. 21 100110010011111— 9 
Buck, 21 100001111110111—10 
Shoot-off of ties ott 14: 
Steck, 18 ^ 0111111—6 O'Brien, 21 1111111—7 
Dr Carson, 21 1011001—4 
O'Brien won, 
July 6. — The scores cf the Chicago Gun Club's weekly trophy 
shoot follow. Steck was high gun, and Morton won the handicap 
trophy • 
Weekly trophy, 25 targets: 
Broke. Hdcp, Total. 
Antoine 0011111010100011111111111-18 1 19 
Dr Carson 1111101111111111111111111—24 0 24 
Mrs Carson .0110111111101010111111111— 20 6 25 
Dr Morton OlOOllOlOlllllOUlllllllll— 18 5 23 
A W Morton 1111011111011111111111110—22 5 25 
Dr Burckv OlOlllOlllOOOOOOOOOOOlOOO— 8 12 20 
Morgan 1011100111111010111000111—17 10 25 
Steck 1111111111111111111111111—25 0 25 
Cornwell OOOUIIOOOIUOIOOIOIOOIOO— 11 12 23 
Monthly ttophy, 15 targets: 
Mrs Carson, 16 000111111110111—11 
Dr Burcky, 16 001000011100110— G 
Morgan, 16 110011110101101—10 
Ouade, 16 .--v. 011111101111001—11 
Ar toiue, 18 ". 111011111101111—13 
Dr Morton, 18 llllllUOOimi— 13 
A W Morton, 18 111111111111010—13 
Dr Carson, 21 010101110111111—11 
Steck, 20 111111101110111—13 
Chas. Antoine wins monthly trophy on shoot-off, with added 
sweep. 
Blue Jeans. 
GarHeld Gun Club. 
Chicago, July 6.— The apjjended scores were made on our 
grounds to-day on the occasion of the third shoot of second series 
in trophy shoots. 
The day was an unpleasant one for shooting, owing to a strong 
and gusty wind from the rear, making the targets fly any old way. 
Nevertheless some good scores were made. Hellman and Ford 
tied for Class A medal on 24, W. A. Jones w'on Class B medal on 
22, and C. H. Kehl won Class G on 8. 
The attendance was the smallest of the season, owing to our 
big celebration shoot only two days ago, and the boys' guns have 
not had time to cool off yet: 
Third trophy shoot, second series, 25 targets : 
T D Pollard 1111101010111111111101111—21 
W T Johnson 1110011111111101101110011—19 
A McGowan IIUIIOIIIIOOIOUOIIOOOOO— 15 
P McGowan 1011111101110111111010111—20 
L Thomas OlOlOOOOOOllllOOllOOOOOOO— 8 
N H Ford 1111113111111111111111111—25 
Dr Meek 1101010110110011110000101—14 
C H Kehl OOOIUOUOOOOOOIOIOOOIOOO— 8 
A Hellman 1111111111111111111111110—24 
\V A Jones 1111111111011101111111011—22 
A Marshall 1111011111110111110111101—21 
S E Young 1110000010110100111010111—14 
In a team shoot between six-man teams of the Garfield and 
La Grange gun clubs, Garfield won by 6 targets. Each contestant 
shot at 25. The scores were: 
Garfield— Dr. Shaw 21. J. S. Boa 22, T, Hicks 22, C. P. Richards 
23, A. Hellman 21, N. Ford 22; total 131. 
La Grange— N. P. Northcott 25, A. E. Sweeny 20, J. J. ElHs 22, 
F. I. Ellis 22, R. B. Adams 18. R. McMullen IS. 
The Forest akd Streak is put to press eaoh week on Tuesday. 
Correspondence intended for publication shotdd reach us at the 
latest by Monday wtd as much earlier as practicable. 
Pleasant Hill Colored Gun Club. 
Pleasant Hili,, Mo.— The fifth annual sweepstake and mer- 
chandise tourney, open to all colored shooters, will take place at 
Pleasant Hill, Mo., under the auspices of Pleasant Hill Colored 
Gun Club, on Aug. 23. 
All colored shooters should begin to try and arrange to be here 
on that date. Those not wishing to enter sweepstake events can 
have a grand day's sport entering in the merchandise events, 
where entrances will be only 1 cent for targets. Shooters can win 
such grand prizes as guns, revolvers, ammunition, etc., as the 
manufacturers have been very liberal toward us this year. We 
expect to see more colored shooters at Pleasant Hill on the 23d 
than ever was known of before. 
The sweepstake events, where there will be added money, will 
be open to all. This is done for the friendliness that exists between 
the white clubs of Pleasant Hill and vicinity, our boys being 
permitted to shoot in their practice shoots, and welcome to attend 
some of their all-day shoots. 
Programmes will be out in a few weeks, and may be obtained 
by addressing T. H. Cohron, Sec'y, Box 345. 
Towanda Gun Club. 
To WANDA, N. Y., July 4.— The shoot held by the Towanda Rod 
and Gun Club on July 4 is considered by sportsmen the best meet 
ever held here. 
The two most interesting matches were the 25-target events. In 
the first, Stroh broke 22, and in the second broke the 26. 
In the miss-and-out events, Stroh won the first with a score of 7, 
and Ryan duplicated the feat in the second event of the kind. 
Mr. Shaw, of Owego, representing the Scotten-Dillon Tobacco 
Company, of Detroit, acted as referee. 
There were twenty-five shooters among them being W. PI. Stroh 
and J. W. Ensign^ of Pittston; S. D. Reed, Frank Cleveland and 
C. L. Cooper, ofTunkhannock; Del. Higgins, H. D. La Plant and 
Wm. IloUingshead, of Sayre; F. E. Strnbblc, of Athens; L. T. 
Beecher, of Le Raysvillc; Fisher Welles, of VVyalusing, Pa.; Mr. 
and Mrs. L. Brownie, of Abilene, Kan. 
Targets were thrown from a magautrap. 
Fifteen events were shot with a total of 195 targets thrown; of 
these Stroh, of Pittston, bi-oke 164, and F. D. Montayne, of 
Towanda, 160. The first thirteen events are summarized as follows: 
Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Targets: 10 10 15 10 10 10 10 15 10 10 10 10 15 
W H Stroh , 8 8 10 -5 10 9 8 13 8 8 10 9 12 
F D Montanye 7 8 12 7 S 5 10 12 9 9 8 10 13 
Del Higgins 87967.. 7 11 7496 10 
Jay Ward 5 6 5 5.. ..10 8 6 7 4 10 
L Brownie 9 6 .. 7 8 8 8 12 8 .. 10 .. 13 
Geo McCabe 9 8 10 . . 6 8 5 U 7 13 
S D Reed 8 8 10 8 7 9 711 5 8.. ..12 
F Welles , 7 5 7 7 10 
Wm F Dittrich 6.. 13 9 8 3 6.. 5.. 6 .. 9 
J W Ensign 9 9 11 10 .. .. 10 13 .. 9 9 .. 
F Cleveland 8 7 9 5 8 5.. 6 4 
W Hollingshead 6 3 . . 5 6 3 3 . . 3 . . 6 .-. 
C L Cooper 9 3 10 9 3 3 .. .. 7 .. .. .. 
G L Ryan .' 8 6 10 9 8 9 8 
Geo Curran 3 9 .. ., 5 .. 11 
Porter Gregg 4 3 3 2 3 11 
W Shiner......... 5 .. .. 7 9 
F E Struble ; 6.. 6.. 8 
M Shores 9 7 .. 8 11 .. .. 7 .. 
PI D La Plant 1 6.. 4 4 
L J Beecher 7 3 .. 6 5 
R Drislane 1.. 5.. 1 
R B Kerrick 5 6 9.... 
Mrs L Brownie 7 . . . . 6 
O Mayer 4 
Millbroofc Gun Club 
MiLLBROOK, N. Y.— The Millbrook Gun Club held an all-day 
shoot on July 4. The main event, a lOO-bird race, was for the 
championship gold medal of Dutchess county. 
When the hour for starting the medal race arrived, 2 P. M., there 
were four of the best target shots in the county entered^ namely, 
F. B. Stephenson and G. G. Stephenson, of Amenia; Foster, of 
Millbrook, and Condit, of Poughkeepsie. When the race was half 
over it was seen that Tompkins, a novice, of the home club, had a 
chance to win, and to the surjjrise of all present he won out in the 
end with the fine score of 89 breaks. 
Mr. Tompkins commenced shooting in February of this year 
and soon took the lead among the beginners. On Decoration 
Day liis average was about 70 per cent. 
One hundred-bird championship medal race: F. J. Tompkins 89, 
F. B. Stephenson 88, E. T. Foster 86, G. G. Stephenson 76, M. 
Condit 70, A. S. Tallman 67, J. Sackerson 48, J. Baldwin 44, W. J. 
Perkins and A. M. Boucher withdrew. 
Ten-bird events. 
Events : 1 2 
Tallman 9 10 
Foster 8 9 
F Stephenson 9 
G, Stephenson , . . . . 7 
Boucher 2 
Tompkins 7 8 9 
Baldwin 7 7 8 
Condit 7 
Perkins , . . , 4 
Sipperly 
Hicks 5 1 -3 " 
6 7 
9 9 
6 9 
9 7 
8 7 
2 3 3 
6 9 7 
7 7 6 
6 6 5 10 
7 3 6 9 
W Vincent 0 2 
Ccok 3 2 
.Sheldon 5 6 3 
B Vincent 0 2 
De Witt 5 5 
Olivet 5 8 5 
Stocking 4 8 7 
8 9 10 11 12 13 
7 9 10 9 10 10 
7 10 9 8 . . . . 
8 8 9 7.... 
9 6 7.... 
3 6 .. .. 
6 5 .. 7 
4 10 .. .. 
5 
7 8 .. .. 
.523 
4 4 
5 3 5 
6 6.. 
6 .. .. 
1. Tallman. 
Brockton Gun Club. 
Brocktok, Mass., July 4. — The third of the prize handicap series 
for 1901, inaugurated by the Brockton Gun Club, was shot to-day. 
The remaining contests of it are July 13, 27; Aug, 10, 24; Sept, 2, 
14 and 28. There are ten events, of which Nos. 3, 4 and 5 are at 
10 targets, a total of 50, and which are governed by the following 
conditions: 50 bluerocks per man, unknown angles, handicap 
birds added as dead. Six best scores out of the ten to count. 
Each member competing for prizes must begin his score within 
thirty minutes after arriving on the grounds. Practice shooting 
to commence at 1:30 P. M. ; prize shooting at 2:30. Targets 1 cent. 
Members only to compete for prizes. .Sweepstake shooting 
optional. 
The weather conditions were favorable. ■ 
No, 7 is the handicap allowance, and No. 8 is the total. The 
scores : 
Events : 
Targets: 
Baker 
Wood 
Leonard 
Lumbert 
Harlow 
Stanley 
Maxwell 
A- F. Leo.nakd, Sec'y. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
10 
10 
10 
10 
10 
Broke. 
Hdcp. 
Total 
10 
10 
9 
10 
9 
48 
7 
50 
9 
10 
9 
9 
10 
47 
11 
50 
9 
9 
10 
9 
9 
46 
10 
50 
9 
7 
4 
9 
36 
15 
50 
~ 7 
9 
7 
8 
& 
39 
15 
50 
5 
6 
7 
7 
10 
35 
13 
48 
S 
3 
6 
7 
6 
9 
8 
8 
10 
9 
8 
10 
7 
10 
H 
Wollaston Trap Club, 
Wollaston, Mass., July 5. — The \\'ollaston Trap Club held a 
shoot on the Fourth. The weather conditions were very good, 
but only three of the shooters broke more than 70 per cent, of 
their targets. There were ten events of 10 targets each. 
Events 5 and 6 reversed: event 9, 5 pairs: all other events, un- 
known angles. The scbrts: 
Events: 12 3 4567S9 10 
Prescott 9 5 7 5 7 6 7 4 6 7 
Barry 4 4 (i 10 8 9 10 9 7 .. 
Baker 5 S 7 9 7 6 8 8 7 8 
Whitmarsh 6 8 8 5 S 7 9 4 9 4 
Paolucci ■•• 8 7 5 7 fi 6 8 .. .. .. 
Elwell 9 0 9 8 6 7 8 8 5 9 
Bates • 6 S 7 2 
Bixby 6 6 7 6 4 
Whiton B 8 7 7 6 
M. Baker. 
Bellows Falls Gun Club, 
Bellows Falls, Vt.— The Bellows Falls Gun Club held its 
v/eekly shoot on the club grounds, Drislain's field, Thursday after- 
noon. Owing to the extreme heat, there were only a few members 
out. Dr. Newton and M. Lamb, of the Greenfield Gun Club, were 
guests. Below are the scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: " 10 15 10 15 25 Targets: 10 15 10 15 25 
Dr Newton 4 12 5 7 19 Fassett 7 13 6 1116 
M Lamb 8 11 8 9 14 Capron 7 13 8 12,. 
Gibson 8 13 7 15 24 Ray 7 12 9 12 . . 
Blakley .. 5 9.. Russell 7 12 8 13.. 
C. H. Gibson, Sec'y. 
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