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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Fn. 22, 1902. 
Called up to shoot m case he has a chance to win any portion of 
5r e _P UI "se. To facilitate shooting, and to prevent delays at Nos. 
j'f ai ?d 4 sets of traps, a contestant who happens to score his 
tilth miss on either No. 1, No. 2 or No. 3 set of traps must finish 
tnat round of four birds, irrespective of the fact of his having 
nve misses to his credit. If a contestant drops out after starting 
m on a round, the unfinished shots will be scored as misses, and 
the birds will be charged to him. 
Every contestant will be numbered, each entry being known 
by his number when called to firing point. A small tag will be 
amxed to each contestant's back, giving his number on the shoot- 
ing list, and also his handicap in yards. This will enable the 
referee to see at a glance if the contestant is at his right mark; 
and will also enable contestants, spectators and scorers to tell who 
is at the firing point by merely referring to the list of entries 
numbered in shooting order. 
Each contestant must supply himself with five "no bird" tickets. 
In case the Grand American Handicap entries are so numerous 
that it is impossible to finish in good light on April 2, the man- 
agement reserves the authority to stop the shooting at any time 
it may deem it necessary. In this case, the shooting will com- 
mence at 9 A. M. sharp, Thursday, April 3. 
Positively no entry will be taken, nor shooting up allowed, 
after the last man has shot at his first bird. 
The Interstate Association reserves the right to refuse any entry. 
It is requested that entries for the Grand American Handicap 
be made in ample time to permit the sending of receipt and ad- 
mission ticket, and for same to reach the maker of entrv prior 
to his departure for Kansas City. 
All entries made must be accompanied by the maker's full name 
and address, which will be withheld from publication if desired, 
and "shooting name" only will be used. 
When making an entry by mail, remittances covering amount 
of forfeit ($10) should be made by bank check, draft, postoffice 
money-order, express money-order, or registered letter. 
Make all checks, drafts, postoffice money-orders, or express 
money-orders payable to the Interstate Asociation. 
Bank checks, drafts, or bills of exchange, will not be received 
at the cashier's office in payment for balance due on entries; nor 
will any check, draft, or bill of exchange be cashed during the 
tournament. This rule will be strictly enforced. 
An official record will be made of the make of gun, kind of 
powder, shot and shell used by each contestant. This record will 
be compiled by an official appointed for the purpose, and con- 
testants will be required to furnish such information as is 
necessary. 
The Association reserves the right to select two cartridges from 
each contesant (to test the same for proper loading), the selection 
to be made, at any time, when a contestant is at the firing point. 
Contestants are requested to make sure that their guns are 
not over eight pounds in weight, as all guns will be weighed at 
the firing point. Guns will be weighed without hand hold, and 
without recoil pad that can be readily detached from the gun. 
Silver's recoil pad, and pads of that nature, are considered part 
of the gun. 
There will not be any lockers. Clothing and ammunition will 
be checked, but guns will not be received nor checked. The 
shooting box will contain a sufficient number of gun racks to 
meet all requirements. The Interstate Association will not be 
responsible for guns under any circumstances. The checking 
of ammunition and clothing will be done gratis, and the manage- 
ment of the Blue River Shooting Park has courteously consented 
to provide a check room, similar to those in use at hotels, but the 
system will not include guns. Contestants desiring to leave guns 
at the cloak room over night may do so at their own risk. 
This announcement is made thus explicit in order that contest- 
, ants may know just what to expect, and that they may avoid any 
possible misunderstanding and disappointment. A very little 
misunderstanding sometimes mars events otherwise successful and 
pleasant. 
The comfort and convenience of the contestants, as well as the 
spectators, has been looked after carefully, inasmuch as the entire 
shooting box is closed in and heated throughout. 
A warm and substantial lunch will be served each day in the 
club house for the sum of 50 cents. 
An admission fee will not be charged, but, in order to, keep 
out any undesirable element, admittance to the shooting grounds 
will be by card of admission, which can be obtained, free of charge, 
by applying to any of the subscribers to the Interstate Association, 
the secretary-treasurer, the manager, or R. S. Elliott & Co. 
To reach Blue River Park (from hotels in Kansas City), take 
Ninth street, Twelfth street, or Fifteenth street cable cars, and 
ask for transfer (at the time of paying fare) to the Independence 
electric line. The Independence electric line passes Blue River 
Park. The fare is five cents, and each of the cable lines issue 
transfers to the electric line. 
Guns, ammunition, etc. forwarded by express must be prepaid 
and sent to R. S. Elliott & Co., 807 Delaware street, Kansas 
City, Mo. 
At a meeting of the Interstate Association, held at Madison- 
Square Garden, Jan. 17, 1898, the following resolution was intro- 
duced : 
"That all paid representatives, whether paid in shells, guns, 
money or otherwise, and all those connected in any way with 
companies manufacturing guns, shot, shells, powder, targets and 
traps, shall be barred from participating in sweepstakes and 
purses, but will be perfectly welcome to shoot for targets only 
and display their goods. The decision as to who such paid men 
are to be left at all times to the manager, whose decision shall be 
final." 
Resolved, "That the foregoing does not apply in any way to 
the Grand American Handicap Live Bird Tournament." 
Regular entries must be made on or before March 22. Entries 
mailed in envelopes bearing postmarks dated March 22 will be 
accepted as regular entries. All entries must be made on applica- 
tion blanks, and they' will be received at the New York office. 
Edward Banks, secretary-treasurer, 318 Broadway, New York 
N. Y. 
Headquarters for sportsmen during the tournament, Midland 
Hotel, Seventh street. Walnut street and Grand avenue Kansas 
City, Mo. • 
The Proposed Team Match* 
Dunbarton, N. H„ Feb. 14.— The endeavor is being made to get 
Up an interstate team match at targets between representative 
teams of the following States: Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massa- 
chusetts, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire. As I understand 
each of the above can enter one or more teams of five. 
I have been asked by a prominent amateur-expert of Massa- 
chusetts to try and interest New Hampshire trapshooters. I am a 
member of but one club, that the Concord Gun Club. Knowing 
the ability of the crackerjacks of this club on other than home 
grounds, I should not care to advise them to enter a team. No 
doubt the team would have a good time, but some good times 
cost more than they are worth. I am told that the entrance per 
team will be $25. 
If the money is to be put into a silver, pewter, or other sterling 
trophy, we in New Hampshire, have no use for it. Arizona in 
the dry season, is not in it with New Hampshire under present 
conditions. Or, if the money is to be divided by the Rose or sim- 
ilar rules where every one expects to get something and no one 
gets anything, where would New Hampshire come in? 
Here in this State we have a fair number of trapshooters; not a 
paid expert m the lot; I do not think we could scare up a 90 
per cent, man— that is, taking his average on from 500 to 1 000 
consecutive well-trapped targets during the past season. 
In Massachusetts they have so many paid experts and expert 
amateurs that 90 per cent, men are a drug on the market There 
is the veteran Dickey. I saw him shoot a match some years since 
with a certain small, long-haired man in New Orleans, Buffalo 
Bill was present, and he had an abiding faith in Dickey. What a 
sort of cross-matched team they made when standing side by 
side— I mean Cody and Dickey. One tall and imposing, with 
flowing mane. The other sort of sawed off and docked all around. 
I think Cody backed both Dickey and his long-haired opponent, 
lhe latter, I believe,, did not have any money. Dickey won the 
match. 
As to the other States, Connecticut ought to produce two teams 
fully as good as, if not better than, anv one New Hampshire can 
show. Rhode Island is so small that we could tuck the State in 
some corner of New Hampshire and not know it; yet this State 
stands at the head. It produced the duplicate winner of the 
handicap at both targets and pigeons. The silent man from the 
ment went there once, and were nearly struck by lightning— I 
mean the real thing. Now comes Maine. We outsiders are a little 
shy of the Pine Tree State. They may stick us with a non-resident 
hunting license, just to even things up. 
Now if New Hampshire wants to send a burnt offering to this 
team contest, I would suggest that it would be well to have a sort 
<?f weeding out contest on some neutral ground. As a strictly 
neutral ground I would suggest Manchester. Manchester is the 
largest and most active city in the State, except in trapshooting. 
It is pretty dry, and liable to burn at any time. Should the 
Manchester men not care to entertain the prospective horde of 
shooters, Concord will do its best. The Concord club have very 
accessible grounds, with modern things. Outside of the chumps 
of the club and a few of Exeter's experts— who had a little ex- 
perience there last September— it is a fairly neutral ground. 
Should New Hampshire conclude to enter a team in the pros- 
pective alluring contest, I hope it will use care in its selection. 
We don't want to be tail-enders in every contest. 
C- M. Stark. 
Boston Gun Qdb. 
Boston, Feb. 12.— Fine weather was surely in evidence to-day at 
the Boston Gun Club's seventh shoot of the current series; and 
that the afternoon's sport was enjoyed by all to the limit goes 
without saying, it being next to impossible to find it the other 
way, with conditions so favorable. 
Again, as in our last week's shoot, we were minus our 21yd. 
man, but in place of him we were favored with a visit of Griffith 
of Pascoag, R. I., who shot the programme from the 19yd. mark! 
and though apparently out of form, was never found much to the 
rear. High gun for the afternoon turned out to be Train, a new- 
comer to these grounds, but evidently quite at home on them, and 
not content with averaging high for the afternoon, shared first 
place with Wellington in the prize match, though only after a good 
deal of up-hill work. Second in the prize match was Kirkwood 
followed by Leverett with 15, who had a 1-target lead over Grif- 
fith, Spencer and Dennison, who shared fourth honors with 14 
Other scores as follows: 
Events; 
Targets: 
Wellington, 18 
Leverett, 16. 
Train, 16.... 
Kirkwood, 18 7 
Ford. 16 
Muldown, 16 -. .-. 
Spencer, 16 
Fredericks, 14 
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Events 1, 2, 4 and 7, magautrap; 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9, Sergeant. 
Merchandise match, distance handicap, 25 singles— 15 magautrap 
and 10 Sergeant: 
Wellington, 18 111011101011110 0111111111—20 
Train, 16 100110111011110 1111111111—20 
Kirkwood, 18 001011010111111 1101111110—18 
Leverett, 16 .011010000111001 1110110111—15 
Griffith, 19 110000011100101 1101101011—14 
Dennison. 18 100010001111111 0101110100—14 
Spencer, 18 001011111010101 0100110101—14 
Bullard, 16 000111110100110 1001011001—13 
Hawkins, 16 110010011011100 0101100011—13 
Muldown, 16 101011110000101 0001011011—13 
Ford. 16 110101010001010 1101100100—12 
Redla, 16 100011100000111 0111010000—11 
Kadub, 16 101100010110000 1010100010— 10 
Hastings, 16 010000101010001 0000000000— 5 
Mississippi Valley Notes, 
At the recent two-day tournament at Minneapolis Kan W H 
Heer won the high average for the entire programme'.' Other 
average winners were: First day, Wetzig, Norton and York- 
second day, Templin and O'Brien. At this meeting also H E 
Cawley of Minneapolis won the State championship from 'Mr' 
Heer, who formerly held the honor. Mr. Cawley, however, is not 
to be left long in peaceful possession of his honors, as he has 
already been challenged by MacStevenson, of Salina, to a match 
for the trophy and honor. He has accepted the challenge, and 
named Feb. 26 and Salma as the date and place for the contest 
which must be at 50 live birds.* " 
The Piasa Gun Club held its annual meeting and election this 
week: A. J. Howell was elected President; E. M. Gaddis. Secie- 
tary; Fred Schiess Treasurer, and W. J. Beall. Field Captain. 
Jt was voted to hold a number of small tournaments during the 
season, and to practice weekly at the grounds for the A and B 
class medals. A committee was also appointed to make an effort 
to organize a central Illinois tournament league, with the object 
of holding one good, general tournament each month. 
Manager Elmer Shaner is fast organizing his office force for the 
work of the Grand American Handicap, which will be a big con- 
tract this year; and he is taking much of his help from the Western 
representatives of the sport. 
The regular contests for the Dupont and Rawlings trophies were 
held at Dupont Park, St. Louis, on the 15th inst. 
The work of organizing new gun clubs in Illinois and Missouri 
goes merrily on. New ones are reported every week. Wanda and 
Dorchester. 111., are the latest additions to the list. 
The Washington Park Gun Club, of Kansas City, held its Feb- 
ruary medal shoot last week. Fourteen members and two visitors 
participated. The birds were an unusually good lot and not a 
straight score was made. Guy Little won the first 'medal on a 
score of 14 out of a possible 15. The tie between Rickmers, 
Clark and Jarrett for second place was not decided The scores 
are appended: 
Rickmers 112110112202211—13 Johnson 2*2221010111222—12 
Wright 2222**2*2222*00- 9 Esson 010001201000010= 5 
Clark 210212212212011-13 Jarrett 112200212112111-13 
Kelley 01*102222102012-10 Hodges 210002210222211-11 
Turtle 22112222211*21-14 Ostertag 002010221002020- 7 
Gossett 210220020102220- 9 Holmes 102220000011212— 9 
Berkey 112111****1221*— 10 Beesley 020101112020111-10 
Gregory 002220100118001— 7 Thomas 001022201000212— 8 
F. C. RlEHL. 
Shooters Abroad. 
At Havana Cuba, on Feb. 3, a complimentary shoot was given 
to Messrs. Hood Waters and E. C. Ferridav^ of the Laflin & 
Kand Powder Company. The gentlemen in charge were Messrs 
Eugene Crabb and S. Murray, of the Cienfuegos Gun Club. The 
latter club has the distinction of having in its membership the 
best of the field and trap shots of Cuba. They would be able to 
make creditable competition at any tournament in the States. 
Mr. Hood Waters distinguished himself bv some excellent 
shooting. Events Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 were at 10 singles; No 5 
doubles; No. 6, 15 singles: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Hood AVaters... 10 8 10 10 8 14 Martinez .. 4 6 5 
Crabb, Sr 9 6 10 8 8 8 Murray 10 'i 71? 
Marraredo 9.. 6.. 4 10 Klittke 5" 2 
Terry 7 .- 7 .. 6 .. Crabb, Jr 3 !! 7 '5 Z 
Winchester Gon Club. 
Detroit, Mich— In spite of the rigorous weather, a full squad 
faced the trap at the regular shoot of the Winchester Gun Club 
Feb. 8. Brodie's holding was best, and he took the medal. Scores ! 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 25 Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 25 
Brodie 7 7 9 9 6. .20 Shiell 9 6 7 17 
Guthard .... 5 4 4 5 6 4 17 Whitbeck ... 2 2 . 
Jarvis 7 6 9 7 5 6 19 Hitchcock... 3 7 8 5 '7 5 is 
McAdam 14 
D. A. Hitchcock, Sec'y-Treas. 
Betti vs. Carpon. 
Long Ridge, N. Y., Feb. 14.— A match at 25 birds, $25 a side 
30yds. rise, between A Betti. of Mt. Kisco, and S. L. Carpon 
took place at Long Ridge Feb. 13. It was a very close affair. 
Each killed 23 out of 25. Each contestant was shooting in great 
form - JP et £.'"; as very ""fortunate in losing his second bird dead 
out. The birds were a good lot, but the weather was very cold 
1 he scores follow : 
Carpon 2112222120122222222222202—23 
B ettl ■ - - 2*22202222112222112122122—23 
Shoot-off: 
Carpon .2222222202— 9 Betti 1221222212—10 
Omaha Handicap. 
Omaha Neb., Feb. 7.— On Friday the Omaha Gun Club gav« 
a twenty-five live bird handicap, twenty dollars entrance, high gum 
to win. , 
The weather was cold with about twelve inches of snow on th< 
ground. The birds were a good lot and the shooting was qui*« 
difficult B 27, Terry, Fogg and Hafer scored 25 and drew abou« 
$o9 each. Loomis and Kimball killed 24 and got about $30 each 
Eight got $7.75 for killing 23. 
To-morrow the team shoot between Omaha and Kansas City 
will commence at 10 A. M. The conditions are 25 live birds tS 
each contestant; ten men are on each team, losing to pay for 
birds. The scores in the 25-bird handicap follow: 
£ray, 30 2222222222022220222222222—231 
g ob e, rts . 29 2022212122212102222122212—23' 
B. 27, 30 2222222222222222222222222— 2$> 
Cunningham, 29 2202222222222222222220222—23 
Terry, 28 2222222222222222222222222— 2f> 
Gilbert, 32 1222222222222022212220121—23 
Klein, 30 2222222222222222021221022— 2% 
Burmister, 28 1012122222202211212120220—21 
Robertson, 29 202220222202 
Loomis, 30 2222222212222222222220212— 24< 
Budd, 31 2221201021221121211122122—23 
Parmelee, 32 2221220122222222022222222—23 
Fogg, 29 2222121122222222222222222— 25' 
Townsend, 29 22222022201121-2220 
Goodrich, 27 200222210 
Little, 29 22210122221122212200 
Taggart, 28 012001 
Hafer, 28 2222222222222222222222222—25- 
Forkener, 29 200010 
Kimball, 30 1222222222022222222221222—24 
Grant, 30 1222222222112102122222012—23 
Willis, 28 0120222210 
Simpkins, 28 02222020 
Kansas City vs, Omaha. 
The team shoot was called promptly at 10 o'clock Feb. 8. C. 
W. Budd, of Des Moines, la., was chosen referee. The weather 
was cold, with a stiff wind from the northwest. The birds were 
a good lot. 
Cockrill, for Kansas City, and B 27, for Omaha, were the first 
team called. When they had finished Kansas City was in high 
spirits, Cockrill beating his man 6 birds. 
Burke, for Omaha, and Wilson, for Kansas City, came next. 
Score, 18 for Omaha and 19 for Kansas City. Kansas City now 
had a lead of seven and it looked like Kansas City's day. 
Little, Kansas City, and Evans, Omaha, came next. Score, 
Little, 18; Evans, 20. Three again of five for Omaha. 
Fogg, Omaha, and Hill, Kansas City, were next to the score.. 
Fogg got 20 and Hill 18. 
Holmes, Kansas City, and Montmorencv, Omaha, made a good! 
team, and Omaha gained one bird. 
Townsend, Omaha, and Robert Elliott, Kansas City, came next. ' 
Elliott got 20 to Townsend's 19. 
Grant, for Omaha, beat Bramhall. for Kansas City, two birds. 
Loomis gained one for Omaha over Berkey, of Kansas City. 
Bray beat Dave Elliott 3 birds. 
Captain Parmelee, of Omaha, and Captain Gottlieb, of Kansas' 
City, came last. Each scored 24, and Omaha won by 7 birds. 
The Kansas City team and their friends were given a smoker 
by the Omaha sportsmen at Charlie Lewis' cafe to-night. Captain 
Parmelee acted as toastmaster, and called on each sportsman 
oresent to say a few words. Rob. Elliott, of Kansas City, ex- 
ended a hearty welcome to all the sportsmen to attend the 1 
Grand American Handicap at Kansas City, assuring them a 
good time and a good lot of birds to shoot at. 
Captain Gottlieb said: "Omaha has beaten us again, but we arc 
not going to quit yet. We will bequeath the job to our children's 
children, and hope to win out on our merits." 
Mayor Moores now came in the room and was introduced by 
Captain Parmelee. In a neat little speech the Mayor welcomed 
the visiting team; invited them to come again, and "said the keys 
of Omaha were at their disposal. If the Omaha sportsmen had 
votes enough we are sure Omaha's popular Mayor would have a 
life lease on the mayoralty of Omaha. 
There have been six contests between Omaha and Kansas City 
teams of which Omaha has won five. The scores in detail follow: 
Kansas City: C. Cockrill 24, Herman 19, Little 18, Howe 18, 
Holmes 23, R. Elliott 20, Bramhall 22, Berkey 20, D. Elliott 21 
Gottlieb 24. Total, 209. 
Omaha: Baird IS, Burke 18, Kimball 23, Fogg 21, Montmorency 
24, Townsend 19, T. Kimball 24, Loomis 21, D, Bray 24, Parmelee 
24. Total, 216. 
Cockrill, C 2221212221212122212102111—24 
Baird 2002020222220220222222202—18 
Burke 0222222222222022200022010— IS 
Herman 2222220022222202020222022—19 
•ittle 2222102111202220102022020-18 
dmball, D 1 2222202222222222202222222—23 
'''ogg 2222022012212202202211122—21 
■Towe 20220201001 22021022111222—18 
3olmes, 2201 221220222222221222112—23 
Montmorency 2222022222222222222222222—24 
Townsend 2222022222222021020222100—19 
Elliott, R 2222210212212021111210002—20 
B ramhall 0022222222222222222222022—22 
Kimball, T 221 2221212212221112221202—24 
Loomis (1202222222222220221201222—21 
Burkey 2222022222201220222220022—20 
Elliott, D 12022202122221.10212120112—21 
Bray, D 2222202222222222222222222—24 
Parmelee 2222222222222222202212222—24 
Gottlieb 2222222222222220222222222—24 
Omaha, Feb. 10.— Frank Fogg, of Omaha, and F. H. Beard, of 
Herneau, shot a 50 live bird match on the Omaha Gun Club 
grounds to-day. The conditions were $50 a side and the bird*. 
Beard won by 1 bird. Score: 
Fogg 2222222222*02*22222222222 
2222222222*22222222222222—46 
Beard 2222222222222222*22222222 
222222222222222*222222222—47 
On Wednesday afternoon Frank Fogg and Major Roberts will 
shoot a 50 bird match for $50 a side and price of the birds. 
Hawkeye. 
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Tickets to Old Point Comfort only, including luncheon on going 
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