July 13, 1901.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
THE BRITISH TEAM. 
The Scottish — AmeMcan Match. 
London, June 29.— Editor Forest and Stream: You have long 
since been made acquainted with the outcome of the Scotch- 
American match, which was shot just one week ago, June 22, at 
Glasgow. The result of the match was really never in doubt after 
the preliminary work done by the team on the previous day, a 
brief outline of which I gave you in my letter from Glasgow 
under date of June 22. 
The morning of the match was brilliantly fine, a pleasant con- 
trast to the weather we had had on the previous days.- It is true 
that it rained — and rained hard — when all the shooting was over, 
but it did not matter then. It was delightfully warm the greater 
part of the day. 
The race was shot under conditions decidedly different from 
those which prevailed in the Anglo-American match. This time 
the teams shot in squads by themselves. For instance, Marshall, 
Tripp, Merrill and Elliott formed our first squad; Heikes, Fanning, 
Parmelee and Budd our second squad, with Gilbert and Crosby 
in the third squad, which was filled out with Leroy and H. E. 
Getchell, the latter from Woonsocket, R. I, 
The terms of the match were as follows: Ten men teams, 100 
targets per man, $500 a side, known traps and angles, 18yds. rise. 
As the squads contained four men, three traps were used, No. 1 
throwing a right-quarterer. No. 2 a straightaway and No. 3 a left- 
quarterer^ The number of the trap being known, as well as the 
angle of flight of the target, our boys didn't do a thing to their 
opponents. The total scores were 969 to 882, the Americans losing 
only 31 out of the 1,000 shot at. Complete figures show that the 
Americans broke 921 with the first barrel, and scored effectively 
with the second barrel 48 times. The Scottish team made 780 
first-barrel breaks, scoring 102 with the second. It will thus be 
noted that had the Americans been restricted to the use of "one 
barrel only," they would have won by just 39 breaks, a close 
margin in so long a race. Using and counting the second barrel, 
the victory was won by 87, not so very many after all, 
Frank Izzard, a representative of the Schultze Gunpowder 
Company, was chosen referee, the judges being: For America — 
Emile Werk and Frank S. Harrison, w'ho alternated. For the 
Scotchmen — I. Ritson, the head of the well-known firm of gun 
makers, and J. D. Dougal. 
To D. F. Pride I owe thanks for the copy of the scores here- 
with. Mr. Pride generously furnishing me with the same. Scores: 
American Team. 
T A Marshall 1111110111111111111211211—24 
0112111111111111111011111—23 
1111210111112111111211111—24 
1111121111110111112101122—23— U 
E H Tripp 1111101111111111111111111—24 
1111111111111111111101111—24 ■ 
miiiioimiiiimiimi— 24 
'1111111111111111111111111— 2&— 97 
R Merrill 1111121121111111211112111—25 
1111121111111111111111111—25 
1111111111111111212111111—25 
1111111111111111111111112—25—100 
1 A R Elliott 1011110111101110111121211—21 
lllllllllllUllUllllllll— 25 
111111112U11011111112121— 24 
1101211111111111111111111—24— 94 
R O Heikes 1111111110111111111111011—23 
milHlU112m011111121— 24 
1221111111111111imillll— 25 
1111111111111111121111111—25— 97 
J S Fanning 1111112111111111112021111—24 
imiOllllllOllllllllllll— 23 
iiuii2iiiimiiiiiimii— 25 
lUlllllllllllllllimill— 25— 97 
F S Parmelee 1111111112111101121111111—24 
1211111111111121imillll— 25 
1111111111111111111111110—24 
1111111101111111111111111—24— 97 
C W Budd 1110111110111111111111101—22 
0211111111111111111101111—23 
lllOllllllllllllUllimi-24 
llllllimilllll21111UU— 25— 94 
Fred Gilbert 111111 1111 milllllll2111— 25 
11U11111111121111U11111— 25 
iimiii2imu2mmiii— 25 
111H111111111111111UU2— 25— 100 
\V R Crosby 1111111111111111111111111—25 
llUlllllllimillllll211— 25 
1111111211111111111111111—25 
111111110111U11121111111— 24— 99—969 
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Scottish Team. 
R Faulds, Abington 010111101111112U12111111— 22 
1111111102111111111111111—24 
1121111111111111111211211—25 
1121111111111111112111011—23— 94 
R Campbell. Bo'ness 1111111112111111111111110—24 
1121111111011111111101111—23 
llllllllllllimillllllll— 25 
1110111111111111111111111—24— 96 
T Simpson, Stirling 0221121111111121111121111—24 
0111111101122111121210111—22 
1102200101111111110111111—20 
1111111120122110111111112—23— 89 
F Inglis, Isle of .\rran 0211111111122111111111111—24 
2111111121U1122112112111— 25 
1111101112111211111111211—24 
1110111110111111110211110—21— 94 
T Murdocii, Glasgow 1111111111111011110111111—23 
1111101111101121101101112-21 
1111111110111111112111111—24 
1110211111212111211112011—23— 91 
W ileazici, Greenock. 1012110110121111101111020—19 
2111010011112110110111121—20 
1111111100111120211111122-22 
1111111211121120120110111—22— S3 
G Sinclair, Aberfoyle 0111201202211112101111111—21 
■ ■ ■ 1111011011111211111111211—23 
2121011212212111121111112—24 
jonmuummuoioou— 21— sa 
T Muirhead, Glasgow. 
A Cossar, Earlston. 
■1111111111101111121111111—24 
1011111101111111111111111—23 
1111110112111101101011111—21 
1011111111211111111111011—23- 
. 1001210020100101110012011—14 
1112100101101101100001110—15 
1101111001000101111121101—17 
1101U12212210112211111U— 23- 
91 
69 
J. H, BUTT, CAPTAIN BRITISH TEAM. 
W Brand, Broxburn 1011011011111101111010120—18 
ii22immiiioiounio2i— 22 
1111111021211111111101101—22 
122101111212111211U11111— 24— 86-882 
The American reserves in this match were B. Leroy Woodard, 
of Campello, Mass., and H. E. Getchell, of Woonsocket, R. I. 
Leroy scored 93, requiring his second barrel 13 times, his first- 
barrel record thus being 80. Getchell also scored 80 with his first 
barrel and 11 with his second, his total number of breaks beinv. 
The Scottish reserves were W. Russell, of Biggar, and D. m. 
Kay, of Balfron. Russel was really a member of the team, buv 
not shooting well in practice on the morning of the match, he re- 
quested his captain to put some one else in his place. His score 
shows that he underrated his ability. He made 88, breaking 78 
with his first barrel and 15 with his second. McKay scored 69 
breaking only 4 with his second barrel, his second shell being 
practically of no us* to him, making it highly probable that his 
gun was nothing more than a modified choke in the second barrel. 
Examining the work of each man with his first and second barrel, 
I have drawn up the following table, which will surely be interest- 
ing, as it shows breaks with the first barrel and breaks with the 
second : 
American Team. 
First Second 
barrel, barrel 
Marshall 84 
Tripp 97 
Merrill 92 
Elliott 88 
Heikes 92 
Fanning 93 
Parmelee . . ..93 
Budd 92 
Gilbert 94 
Crosby 96 
921 
10 
6 
5 
4 
4 
2 
6 
3 
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Scottish Team. . 
First Second 
Total. barrel, barrel Total. 
94 Faulds 86 8 94 
97 Campbell ....94 -2 96 
100 Simpson 74 15 89 
94 Inglis 81 13 94 
97 .Murdoch ....83 8 91 
97 Menzies 69 14 83 
97 Sinclair 72 17 89 
94 Muirhead ....88 3 91 
100 Cossar 58 11 69 
99 Brand 75 11 86 
969 780 102 S8? 
Thus to E. H. Tripp, "the gentleman from Indiana," belong.'; 
the honor of making the highest total with one barrel, his second 
barrel being needed so seldom that he forgot to use it until too 
late to be effective. Crosby with 96 first-barrel breaks and 3 with 
the second did not let many get away. 
Gilbert and Merrill each scored 100 flat, but Fred found it nec- 
essary to use his second barred 6 times; Merrill needed it badly 
8 times. Taken all the way through, it was a great piece of 
shooting, and an exhibition highly appreciated by our good 
Scotch friends, who generously applauded "American squad No. 2" 
for its scores and "time" on its third and fourth strings, when it 
scored 98 and 99 respectively out of its 100 targets. 
The "kindergarten squad," Marshall, Tripp, Merrill and Elliott, 
scored 94, 97, 97 and 97 in its four times at the bat. 
Gilbert and Crosby did not encourage the two Scotchmen pitted 
again,st them, Gilbert broke his 100 and Crosby broke them all, 
too, with the exception of his 84th, the low-flying right-quarterer 
from No, 1 trap. 
Crosby vs. Fatilds. 
Mr. Faulds, of Abington, is considered the best clay-pigeon shot 
in Scotland, particularly on sharp crossing targets. A. match was 
talked of between him and Crosby, with the result that the two shot 
a race immediately after the above American-Scottish match had 
closed. 
The conditions were use of both barrels, 100 targets from the 
traps used in the team match, and 50 targets from the "Par- 
tridge" tower, half thrown to the right and half to the left, $250 
a side. Paul North was referee. 
The men each shot 6 targets and then sat down, it being a case 
of "one man up." Crosby shot rapidly, and did not waste much 
time. Faulds, on the other hand, having no hand protector, took 
his time, as his gun got very hot. The light was getting extremely 
bad, so that the scores must be considered good. In the 100 
targets from the "ground traps" Crosby led by 4, breaking 97 to 
93, each man scoring with his second barrel 4 times. It will be 
noted that Faulds' total was the same as in the team match. 
After the above 100 targets had been disposed of, a move was 
made to the "partridge" tower. This was an erection, protected 
by sheet iron, behind which were two traps, one throwing a 
targjet to the left directly parallel to the score, the other throwing a 
similar target, but to the right. The "tower" was about 20ft. high, 
the traps being probably 25ft. from the ground. The target to the 
left only went about 40yds., while that to the right btizzed away 
fully 60yds., if not more. Each man shot_ at 6 targets before 
retiring, the whole 6 being thrown in one direction. 
For instance: Crosby was up first, and shot at 6 to the left, 
losing his 1st and 6th; then came Faulds, who broke his first 5, 
but lost his 6th. THen Crosby shot at 6 thrown to the right; 
each man lost 1 out of that 6; and so on. 
This game was a new one to Crosby, so that his score of 42 
out of 50 to Faulds' 41 is to be looked upon as first class, Faulds 
being considered particularly strong at this style of shooting. In 
fact, the Scotchmen fully expected Crosby to lead him at the 
regulation 100 targets, but felt fairly confident that Faulds would 
beat him enough from the "Partridge" tower to more than even 
matters. 
Faulds is an excellent shot, and a hard man to beat. Had only 
one barrel been allowed he would have won easily, as he broke 35 
with his first barrel from the "tower," while Crosby broke only 
21; in other words, with scores of 42 to 41, Crosby broke 21 with 
his second barrel, while Faulds broke only 6. It will be specially 
noted that Crosby needed his second barrel on every orie of his 
last 6, which were thrown to the right, he being at that time only 
3 in the lead. Scores were as below: 
Crosby,, ground traps 1111111111111111111121011—24 
1111011112111111111111111—24 
1111111111111111210111111—24 
1111U1111211111111111111— 25— 97 
Crosbv, tower .0111102120120212212202010—18 
1211121221112121022222211—24-42—139 
Faulds, ground traps .111112101111111111U11111— 24 
0111111110011111111110111—21 
llllllimilOllllllllllll— 24^93 
Faulds, tower 1111101202111201101101221—20 
1111111110111210111101011—21—41—134 
Notes. 
For the information of the curious it may be as well to state 
that every match shot here was for "blood," the full amount of the 
stakes being put up in every instance. 
The Scotchmen were generous hosts and good losers. They ap- 
preciated good shooting and applauded generously. This does 
not apply to the contestants only, but to the really large crowd of 
spectators who watched the result of every shot with most refresh- 
ing interest. Too much cannot be said of the way in which "they 
took their medicine," and our boys have not finished talking 
about it. 
It is by no means improbable that the Scotch and English will 
shoot a match. If they do come together, the American team 
rather fancies the chances of the Scotchmen. 
Chan Powers is better to-day, but will not be out and about for 
a few weeks yet. His case is one of typhoid fever, but in a mild 
7HE SCOTTISH ANp AMERICAN TEAMg. 
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