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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[March 29, 1902. 
Elliott— Heikes. 
The following descriptive matter of the race at Hot Springs, 
March 15, is from the local paper, sent us by a correspondent, as 
follows: 
Rolla O. Heikes of Dayton, O., champion target shot of the 
world, gave J. A. R. Elliott, of Kansas City, champion live-bird 
shot of the world, about the hardest race of his life yesterday 
afternoon at the park, the two tieing with a score of 94 each out 
of the 100, and not until the last bird of Elliott's had been gath- 
ered by the boy in the shoot-off of the tie, was the match settled. 
The match was for the possession of the Sportsmen's Review cup, 
now held by Mr. Elliott, and the conditions were 100 birds each, 
30yds. rise and 50yds. boundary. Manager Bob Price trapped the 
fastest lot of pigeons seen in these parts in many and many a 
day, and of the 240 trapped not a signle "no bird" was called by 
either shooter, and every bird released immediately took to flight. 
The shooting was absolutely phenomenal at times, and so many 
excellent shots were made by each contestant that it would be 
impossible to enumerate them or to tell which was the most 
phenomenal. At times birds were killed with the second shot 
when they seemed absolutely "unkillable." 
The luck of the birds and the drawing of the traps seemed to be 
as equally divided as possible, and neither had the advantage over 
the other. 
Elliott won the toss and went to the score first. He has a repu- 
tation all over the world, and when he walked to the score was 
liberally applauded by the largest crowd that ever witnessed a con- 
test of this kind in this part of the country. Elliott has a way of 
starting a match off by losing his first bird, and vesterday he did 
it with as much ease as ever. His ninth was also lost, falling 
dead out of bounds, and he was two behind. However, Heikes 
lost his 24th bird, and when the end of the string of the first 25 
had been reached the scores were Heikes 24, Elliott 23. Starting 
on the second string of 25 Elliott lost his fourth and fifth birds in 
rapid succession, failing entirely to hit either of them. This seemed 
to rattle him a bit, but he recovered his form in a moment, and 
then ran a long string of 40 straight kills before losing another. 
Heikes continued shooting in grand form, and was killing his 
birds with ease, using his first barrel with better eitect than 
Elliott, and his "time" seemed better. At the end of the first 50 
the scores were Heikes 48, Elliott 46. Elliott commenced doing 
better work with his first barrel, and in the third string of 25 he 
scored 24, here doing his best work, for the birds were certainly 
a lot of screamers. Heikes had a few "bad minutes" in his third 
string, and lost his 15th, 22d and 23d. Thus when the three- 
quarter post was reached the score was a tie, each having scored 
70 out of 75. Both killed 24 out of the last 25 and the race was a 
tie. The conditions governing 100-bird matches call for a shoot- 
off of a tie at 25 birds, but Manager Price did not have quite 
enough birds on hand, so it was agreed to shoot it off at 20 birds 
each. No time was lost, and Elliott again went to the score first. 
He did some remarkable work with this last lot of birds, and 
was shooting like a house o' fire when the end was reached. 
Heikes, on the other hand, seemed to be tiring a bit, and his 
"time" became perceptibly slow. He lost two in his 20, and 
neither pigeon seemed as hard as some he had killed with ease. 
After losing his ninth bird, he pulled himself together again and 
killed out straight. Elliott did not miss until his 19th was 
reached, and then he lost a "dub." He had to kill the last one to 
win, and as the trap fell open an easy looking bird flew toward 
the shooter. It looked like one to 1,000 chances for the bird to 
get away, but Eliott over-shot it a trifle with his first barrel, and 
under-shot it with his second. The bird alighted on the ground, 
and while the referee, Capt. Bogardus, was trying to determine 
who should retrieve it the bird rolled over dead, and Elliott was 
the winner. 
Trap score type— Copyright, igos, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 
5428454512185124481552221 
Elliott 0 2222212*222222112112221 2-28 
1221832858111845853321324 
211002222222221122 2222 2 2 2—23 
281241234214F251255258235 
/* A ^ P / \ \ \ /< t /" /* T \ t /" \ N. t /* J" /» ? T /" 
211222211221212222110122 2—24 
1314512 3 4232242312112 2216 
? I \T \T T/*S"»+\\? T/ 1 -WN^ \/ \/ 
212212 221121*22121122212 2—24 
8222345424315112812425222 
Heikes.. 2 22222222221122122122220 2—24 
4211421344845881135511321 
^ f ^ \ \ ^ / \ ;» \ \ T \ T ^ \ ^ Si '\ \ 
12222222222212122222*222 2-24 
8242242 141 443425285831542 
\ \ \ \s / T \/* <- 1 T /" T S T-K^ /" \/" j? -s» T s 
21112222212221 *2 22212*0 2 1—22 
114581826211512248 8432843 
2222122122212220222 2 2222 2—24 
Shoot-off: 
Elliott..., 
Heikes. 
23311424542852133238 
,.2 11212212 2 2 22 2 2222* 2—20 
14328 2 15141453188542 
..2 2212202*221 2 2 21122 2—18 
The Cresson Gun Club Shoot. 
Cresson, Pa.— The third annual live-bird handicap of the Cses- 
son Gun Club was held on their grounds at Cresson, Pa., on 
St. Patrick's day, Monday, March 17. The air was balmy, the 
sun warm and pleasant, and the crowd the largest that has ever 
turned out to witness the shooting on the grounds of this popular 
organization. Many ladies attended, and their presence lent a 
pleasant effect to the club house porches. 
It has become the regular custom of many of the leading sports- 
men of Pennsylvania to look forward to this club's annual, as they 
know they will have a good pregremme, carried out to the letter, 
and that the fastest birds obtainable will always be provided in 
abundance. The present shoot proved no exception to the rule, 
as there was not a "duffer" in the 700 on hand; in fact, they were 
the speediest lot ever provided by the club. 
In order to properly celebrate the birth of their patron Saint, 
invitations were forwarded to the leading powder and arms com- 
panies, who were well and ably represented by Miss Annie Oakley, 
who gave a magnificent exhibition of the skill which has earned 
her a world-wide reputation, she making the only straight score 
in the principal event; by Howard Sargeant, who was ready and 
willing to help the club out in any way in which his services were 
available, and his many friends were glad to meet him and renew 
old acquaintances; by Mr. VV. L. Colville. who made many friends 
for himself and his company, and who will always meet a warm 
welcome and the "glad hand" from the membership. 
Owing to building operations now contemplated, the present 
grounds and club house will have to be abandoned, and plans are 
now under way to provide new grounds, which will be fitted up 
with all the modern accessories, viz.: Target ground, with plat- 
forms arranged for distance handicapping; continuous pit for 
live-bird shooting, with the latest traps, with either mechanical 
or electric pulls. This will place them in the front rank in this 
section of the State. The club now contemplates holding a two- 
day target shoot in June or July, date to be selected later, and if 
held will be strictly up to date in every way. They have the 
assurance of a large entry list from its simple announcement, and 
if at the next club meeting the decision is made to hold it, the 
matter will be pushed with their usual energy; and as the mem- 
bership all pull together, it means it will go with a rush. 
The appended scores give a fair idea of the quality of the birds 
furnished, as the best of them failed to land with a clean score, 
except Miss Oakley; but as they are a gallant lot, they were pleased 
to have her set the pace, and are hoping she may land a winner 
at the Grand American, as her work here was clean-cut and 
snappy, and elicited rounds of applause as she cut down the 
hardest kind of birds in splendid form. 
Our friend and visitor, Mr. Breckenridge, was also in good 
form, his only lost bird falling dead over the wire; but he affirms 
he has no kick coming on his load of "Infallible," the fault being 
chargeable to "ihe man behind the gun." 
Our genial boniface who wpars his auburn tressee in such lovely 
curls, and who shoots under the name of "Coon," also ran and 
jell down hard on two hard ones; in fact, he fell so hard he 
bounced; but he now announces the fact that he will put up his 
"shekels" for a new Parker or Smith as soon as he can find 
a man who will accept his old gun as a present, for it is certainly 
"hoodood," and that upon the arrival of the new one, he will 
simply "kill them all." Based upon this threat, he will hereafter 
find himself perched alone on the 32yd. mark, as here is where the 
handicap committee get even. Scores follow: 
Event No. i, 5 birds, $4 entrance, three moneys, 50, 30 and 20 
per cent. : 
Kotty, 29 11102—1 Freighlie, 28 01101—3 
Ossining Gun Club. 
Martin, 28 00201—2 
Killets. 29 00122—3 
Hutt, 28..... 22222—5 
Jones, 27. . 
33, 27 02122-^ 
Trego, 30 21021—4 
Coon, 29 01112-4 
Breckenridge, 29 12111—5 
Atkinson, 30 22221—5 
Rhodes, 30 20202—3 
Franklin. 28 22202-^ 
McNaught, 28 02202—3 
Kelleman, 27 02210—3 
McKendrick. 29 00210—2 
King, 29 21010—3 
Brown, 27 10011—3 
Hill, 29 01000—1 
...22220—4 Annie Oakley, 28 01211-4 
Colville, 28.. 22222—5 
Hicks, 28 02210—3 
Empfield, 27 ., 11111—5 
O'Brien, 27 01000—1 
Wolfe, 28 20102—3 
H Mulhalen, 28 10122—4 
Evans. 29 22022—4 
Tosh, 31 O110O— 2 
Dr Jessup, 29...? 02001—2 
H E Mulhalen, 27 00222—3 
Mack, 27.... 00000—0 Deniker, 30 20110—3 
Event No. 2, 15 birds, $10 entrance, three moneys, 50, 30 and 20 
per cent. : 
Hutt, 2S 200222222200022—10 
Kotty, 29 221002221200102—10 
Atkinson. 31 010211211112201—12 
Brown, 29 221200200010010— 7 
Benjamin. 28 011010212111221—12 
Killets, 29 220002222102021—10 
Tosh, 31 112121201011221—13 
Evans, 29 012011220222222—12 
Smith, 29. 221111100110121—12 
Breckenridge, 29 222211121120222—14 
Ccon, 29 .120202112122222—12 
Wolfe, 28 110202012111101— 11 
33, 27 222222120011101—12 
293. 28 101001002102000— 6 
Rhodes, 30 220201022000w 
Annie Oakley, 28 112121112122221—15 
Colville. 28 020101222H1120— 11 
Trego, 30 210212112122201—13 
Hill. 29 i 220112221200022—11 
Dr Jessup, 28 100222211022220—11 
Franklin, 28 122220020122220— 11 
Hicks, 28 ' 102200200002002— 6 
H Mulhalen, 29 222202222202022—12 
Deniker, 30 012221101011011—11 
D Pollard, 28 020002000000010— 3 
R Pollard, 28 000001022120100— 6 
A C Lape, 28 022022211001001— 9 
King, 28 : 101211101102200—10 
W E Mulhalen, 27 101221111222121—14 
Abe. 
Boston Gun Club. 
Boston, March 19. — The usual weekly shoot of the Boston Gun 
Club was held at Wellington to-day, and the inclement weather 
prevented a large attendance, though the ten shooters that did 
attend exhibited more than the usual amount of enthusiasm. 
The afternoon shooting was replete with good scores, Leroy's 
work from the 21yd. mark being easily the leader, and shows just 
what this clever expert "will do if his present form continues to 
improve as has been the case the last few months. Frank was not 
much outdone, however, but failed to make good in the match, 
though all other scores were of the high order. 
The high gun in the prize match was Kirkwood, 18yds., with 23, 
followed by Leroy, 21yds,, with 22, just a little too close for com- 
fort. Wind, 18yds., held third position with 17, two targets ahead 
of Bullard, in fourth position. The team match had just three 
contestants, the winners being Frank and Kirkwood with 34, Leroy 
and Hollis second with 25. Other scores as follows: 
Events: 
Targets : 
Bullard. 16. 
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
S 
9 
10 
10 
10 
15 
10 
10 
10 
10 
IS 
5 
5 
5 
10 
7 
6 
10 
4 
13 
9 
7 
s 
7 
8 
2 
7 
6 
9 
9 
10 
ii 
4 
6 
4 
8 
7 
3 
5 
5 
4 
7 
7 
1 
3 
6 
7 
9 
4 
5 
5 
7 
5 
6 
4 
"8 
14 
9 
9 
6 
5 5 
Hollis, 19 6 
Fredericks, 14 , 6 .. 
Firth, 16 .. 4 .. 
Events 1, 5, 6, Sergeant System. Nos. 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, magautrap. 
No. 3 at 5 pairs. 
Merchandise match, 25 singles— 15 magautrap, 10 Sergeant system 
— distance handicap: 
Kirkwood, IS 111111111101111 
Lerov, 21 OmilOllllllH 
Wind, 18 011110011010111 
Bullard, 16 110000100101111 
Frank, 18 010101011100001 
Drake, 16 011111111100000 
Hawkins, 16 000011111010001 
Belmont, 16 100110000010111 
1011111111—23 
0111111111—22 
1101100111—17 
1110010111—15 
0111100101—13 
0110010100—13 
0011010101—12 
0000001000— 8 
Secretary. 
Sistersville Gun Club. 
Sistersville, W. Va., March 21. — The spring tournament of the 
Sistersville Gun Club, which was held yesterday, on their new 
shooting grounds, below town, was one of the most pleasant affairs 
of the kind they have ever held. Considering the extremely fine 
weather, the attendance was not what it should have been, but 
every one present seemed to enjoy themselves. From out of town 
were Messrs. S. T. Mallory and John W. Stewart, two of the 
regulars from Parkersburg; John M. Speary and P. Schlicher, Jr., 
of Marietta, who were never known to miss a shoot in their lives; 
Jos. C. Trees, of New Martinsville, and F. C. Percival (Cole), of 
St. Marys, president of the West Virginia State Sportsmen's As- 
sociation. The locals were represented by Jos. Y. McNaught, 
Curt I. Hall, Ed O. Bower, who shoots under the name of Dade, 
and others. While it was ideal weather for the sport, there was a 
very stiff wind blowing early all day, which made the shooting 
difficult, and no exceptionally high scores were made. 
It was a hot race for first place between Dade, J. M. Speary, 
P. Schlicher, Jr., and Curt I. Hall, who finished in the order 
named, their scores being 167, 166, 165 and 163 respectively,. out of 
a possible 200 targets. Tabulated scores follow: 
Dade 12 15 13 13 15 13 10 15 15 14 12 20—167 
T M Speary 11 14 10 18 11 11 10 19 15 13 13 21—166 
P Schlicher, Jr 12 10 14 16 13 15 13 16 14 11 9 22—165 
C I Hall 12 15 13 16 10 11 12 15 12 13 12 22—163 
J Y McNaught 9 8 12 18 13 10 10 19 13 12 11 22—157 
S T Mallory 13 9 14 13 12 12 11 15 14 11 13 16—153 
J W Stewart 9 14 12 15 13 10 11 12 12 13 12 19—152 
J C Trees '. 12 15 11 10 8 16 
Cole 10 12 17 
Dade, the winner of first average, used Winchester trap gun, 
24grs. Laflin & Rand "Infallible" in Leader shells. 
John W. Johnston. 
Cincinnati Gun Club. 
Cincinnati, O., March 22.— Fine weather favored the Cincinnati 
Gun Club's shoot, of which the Peters Gun Club contest and two 
match races were the main events. Following are the scores: 
Peters gun contest, 50 targets, distance handicap: 
1st 25. 2d 25. Total 
R Trimble, 20.... 23 22 45 
Heyl, 18 22 22 44 
Block, 17 24 19 43 
Gambell, 18 20 22 42 
Squier, 18 21 21 42 
Tenney, 16 24 18 42 
Faran, 16 22 20 42 
Ahlers, 18 20 20 40 
Peters, 17 20 20 40 
Richmond, 17.... 19 21 40 
Hattersley, 15. . . .18 22 40 
E Trimble, 18... 21 18 39 
1st 25. 2d 25. Total 
Phil, 19 17 22 39 
Maynard, 18 19 20 39 
Nemo, 18 19 18 37 
McB, li, 17 21 38 
Boyd, 15 ....11 16 27 
Harman. 15...... 19 17 36 
Butts, 14 20 14 34 
Corry, 16... 16 i8 34 
Harris, 15, 12 20 32 
Frohliger, 15 15 15 30 
Coleman, 17 16 13 29 
No. 1, match race, 100 targets, 16yds. rise: Squier 93, Phil 80. 
No. 2, match race, 100 targets. 16yds. rise: Gambell 91, Ahlers 90, 
Heyl 84, _ u.^^J 
Ossining, N. Y., March 22.— The feature of to-day's regular Sat- 
urday shoot was the handicap event at 100 clays for a handsome 
cup, presented to the club by Col. Franklin Brandreth. C. G. 
.Blandford in some way let out a peg and landed it with a score of 
91 per cent., which was sufficient without the handicap. There 
was included in this score a run of 49 straight breaks. Blandford 
will have to come away back with A. Bedell and C, H. Feigenspan 
who were heretofore the only scratch men: ' 
Events : 1 
,,. T |, r ¥? t = : Hne 25 25 25 25 Hdcp. Total. 
W P Hall, 106 20 " 
A Bedell, 100 21 
C G Blandford, 106 22 
I T Washburn. 108 21 
C Barlow, 20 16 
W H Coleman, 110 16 
H W Bissing, 130 14 
R Kromer, Jr., H5 18 
D O'Connor, 125 17 
A Rohr, 130 4 
W Clark, 120. 
-J Foley, 122 
J B Packard, 110 
*E Townsend.... 
*E Schirrrier 
W Reed 
W Fisher 
*E Acker 
A Atchison 
*Guests. 
15 
10 
18 
12 
10 
2 3 4 
25 25 25 
17 19 14 
19 22 22 
22 22 25 
16 17 17 
16 16 16 
18 14 13 
17 10 9 
17 19 15 
18 16 14 
4 7 16 
22 13 16 
10 12 12 
16 16 16 
11 w 
12 w 
w 
0 
6 
6 
14 
5 
21 
11 
13 
w 
13 
12 
6 
70 
84 
97 
77 
78 
66 
71 
80 
78 
31 
79 
56 
72 
5 6 
10 10 
10 9 
9 9 
10 8 
7 
8 
2 
7 
ft 
& 
March 15.— There was a fair attendance at the regular weekly 
shoot of the Ossining Gun Club to-day. despite the fact that 
several of the members were in attendance at the shoot of the 
Westchester County Trapshooters' League at Armonk, N. Y. The 
following are the scores that were made, all events at 10 singles 
but No. 10, which was at 5 pairs: 
Events: 
Targets : 
3 3.. 
5 5 3 
5 .. .. 
R Kromer, Jr 4 7 9 
.D O'Connor ' 4 4 6 
Hans 4 4 3 
A Rohr 4 3 5 
G Edgers 3 3 5 
J Foley 0 6 5 
£ Garnsey 5 5 6 
G J Packard... 7 
A Aitchison ... 7 
W Reed "" 3 
A Bedell ■. ,. \\ 7 
G Purdy 1 
H Drane 
FMacDonald 
M Dyckman 7 
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5p 
5 5 6 
2 
3 
2 
3 
4 3 7 
7 6 
1 
2 
6 .- .. . 
7 8... 
C. G. B. 
Westchester County Trap Shooting Association. 
Ossining, N. Y. March 22.— The first shooting tournament of 
the Westchester' County Trapshooting Association was held at 
Armonk, N. Y., Saturday, March 22. This shoot was postponed 
from Washington's Birthday, and was well patronized. The follow- 
ing clubs were represented: Mount Kisco, Ossining. White Plains 
Pleasantville and Armonk. There were altogether about forty 
shooters, and they kept things moving from 10 A, M. till darkness 
put a stop to the fun. 
This Association will hold a tournament on every holiday at 
different clubs. The next one at Ossining on Decoration Day. 
Among those present were Capt. Money and H. Money, the latter 
doing great work with a pump gun, breaking 10 straight at doubles, 
lollowing are the scores of twelve events: 
Targets: 
F Bailey ' 6 
R Quimby 9 
A Ray 1 
A Betti 6 
C Blandford 8 
J Carpenter 6 
E Flewellin 6 
J C Barlow 3 
T Ward 5 
C Paulding 4 
C Sutton 8 
Barnard 
10 10 15 10 10 20 10 15 20 10 15 15 
4 3 9 2 4 
7 10 .. 7 .. .. 
4 6 
7 10 
1 2 
6 11 
6 8 
6 10 
6 11 
5 10 
9 11 
.. 4 
S 
8 16 
1 3 
8 15 
8 16 
9 14 
8 .. 
5 18 
8 16 
8 13 20 
4 10 15 
7 .. 13 
7 .. .. 
5 7.. 
4 10 11 
7 15 6 
7 13 10 
9 !! V. 
7 10 8 
7 10 11 
R Prigge 47 
A Cox 55 
Capt Money 7 
H Money 11 
G Sutton 10 
E Townsend 9 
R Gorham „ 
A Brooks 
G. Mullener 
A Hunter 
E Ward 
J Read 
8 13 
5 11 
5 10 16 
5 .. .. 
4 5.. 
2 , 
6 10 13 
9 17 10 11 16 
8 16 6 5 15 
9 
5 
7 17 
6 10 
5 11 
.. 8 
1 .. 
1 7 
,. 16 
7 13 
10 .. 
6 
8 .. 
7 13 10 
4 .. .. 
7 .. .. 
1 .. .. 
8 14 12 
9 12 15 
8 12 11 
8 11 12 
8 .. .. 
8 .. .. 
2 .. 
4 
2 
6 12 16 
. . . . 6 11 
C. Barlow, Sec'y- 
8 
Trap at Allentown. 
Allentown, Pa., March 19.— The day was a fierce one, yet there 
was an interesting series of gunnery contests yesterday at the 
Duck Farm Hotel. Four events were on the programme, and they 
attracted many gunners. The gale interfered seriously with making 
good scores. Greatest interest centered in the trophy shoot for the 
championship cup of Lehigh, Northampton, Berks and Bucks 
counties, which was left over, on account of darkness, from the 
shoot of Feb. 13. John Rehrig, of Slatington, won the cup. The 
scores follow: 
Event No. l:Melot 4, Levering 2, Coldren 5, Straub 4, Barner 2, 
Milson 3, Jones 2, Anglet 3, Daudt 1, Felker 3, Hausman 3, Pleiss 
4, Shimmel 3, Dupond 4, Croll 4, Stubbs 2. 
Event No. 2: Daudt 5. Milson 7, Barner 10, Englert 5, Jones 7, 
Levering 9, Coldren 9, Melot 7, Eagle 6, Hausman 8, Shimmel 8, 
Stubbs 10, Pleiss 8, Kramlich 8, Rehrig 11, Brey 9, Scneck 9, 
Straub 7, Felker 7. > j , , 
Event No. 3: Stubbs 5, Hausman 5. Milson 2, Jones 2, Barner 2 
Shimmell 3, Coldren 4, Levering 3, Kulp 3, Pfeiffle 4, Headman S, 
Schneck 4, Brey 4. 
Event No. 4: Hausman 4, Barner 2, Shimmell 1, Milson 2, 
Levering 3, Coldren 3, Jones 2, Pfeiffle 3, Kulb 1, Gosner 2, Reis 4. 
C. F. Kramlich, Mgr. 
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