May io, 190*5 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
370 
The G#and American Handicap* 
The April number of the Texas Field and Sportsman, among 
many other things of sterling worth therelri, contains mrich Wise 
fcpmiiient on matters pertaining to the recent Grand AmeficSirt 
Handicap held at Kansas City, and also wise suggestions pertain- 
ing to the conduct of that great event as it relates to' the com- 
petitions of the future— this from the fertile pen of orie of its 
illustrious editors, Col. Oscar C. Guessaz, who as a spoftsrHafl .18 
universally esteemed, and who as an editor very rarely presents 
any matter with unsound parts. However, concerning a few of the 
comments aforementioned, they in a friendly way join issue with 
Some comments made in Forest and Stream as to the future 
policy of the Grand American Handicap, and for that reason it is 
desirable to support oui comments with the reasons therefor. 
En passant, concerning one Or two of Col. GuCssaz's criticisms 
on the great tournament in question, I am constrained to suggest 
that had he given them deeper consideration he would have 
written differently or perchance not at all irt respect to thertt. 
Nevertheless, on some points, he voices the beliefs and the wishes 
of mahy shooters throughout the land, which is an additional 
reason for giving the matter special consideration. 
The remark may be ventured that the viewpoint of the trap- 
shooters ' rnay be btoth bf the sound and the unsound; the former 
in respect to their own interests, the latter in respect ti) the inter- 
est of others. 
To grasp the matter fully, it is desirable at the outset to consider 
all the viewpoints which dominate the Grand American Handicap. 
I think that they number three. 
First of all is the viewpoint of the Interstate Association, whose 
membership is made up of gun, shot, powder and ammunition 
manufacturers. The Grand American Handicap is their creature. 
Its value to them is in stimulating trapshooting throughout the 
land, and in the advertising which is derived from it. Withal, it 
is generously conducted. The Interstate Association pays all 
expenses of it out of its own funds. . 
The Interstate Association's eminent responsibility is ah' asSut- 
ance that all its contracts will be fulfilled; that all its obligations 
will be met; that its management will be perfect, and that all its 
tournaments are held under the highest prestige of the land. 
Inastnuch as the Grand American Handicap is the creature of 
the ltttetstate Association, and as it runs it for certairi benefits 
fcbhferred and received, I think that all will concede its right to 
Conduct itfe business ifi its own way. In any event, it has done so. 
If One were tb judge by results, the success 'from the first handi- 
cap to the last is a sufficient testimonial to the wisdom of the W- 
terstate Association. 
It would seem sometimes, however, that a contestant or con- 
testants assume that a right to compete gives them also a right 
to manage, notwithstanding that a contestant's rights are by con- 
tract sharply defined and limited. An analogous case would be if 
one were to buy a railroad ticket and thereby assume an authority 
to manage the road as well as a right to travel on it. In any Gase, 
it may not be a discourtesy to concede that at least the Interstate 
Association has solne voice in its own affairs. 
The viewpoint of the trapshooters is next in importance. They 
Are the party bf the second part. Each contestant's interest,., irt 
its official relation to the G. .A. H. is distinctly personal. His 
obligations are solely those of a contestant. All moneys which 
the contestants pay hi for entries revert to them again. There is 
nothing taken out for expenses; The last G, A, H. cost the In- 
terstate . Association nearly $1,500, so that among marty words bf 
advice in fespect to diverse ways in which It could do better ih 
future, a few tiny words of praise, not to say of thanks, might now 
and then be bestowed for benefits conferred in the past. 
The trapshopter is prone to believe that the more trapshooters 
there are ih the corripetitlori, the greater is its importance. That 
is true fforh the trapshootef's viewpoint. The rriore entries, the 
larger arc the purses. But the quality of a competition— riot its 
size — is what appeals to public attention and public interest. 
Comparison with other forms of sport which have older, more 
fixed and more universal standards, and therefore standards better 
known and understood by the general public, will serve to make 
clearer our meaning in this connection. Competition presup- 
poses that a contestant possesses a degree of competitive skill 
and knowledge which qhalify him tb contest according to certain 
recognized standards. Thus, an untrained cart horse agairlst a 
trained racer would not be considered a contestant even if. en- 
tered in a race in a regular manner. Much less, then, would all 
the horses in the country, draft, roadsters and racers, even if 
under liberal handicaps, make a race which would entrance the 
public or the beholders. No handicaps could compensate for in- 
capacity. The late International race between the Columbia and 
the Shamrock II, would not have been a race which engaged the 
attention of the world had there been in it a collection ot cruising 
yachts, house-boats, lumber carriers, etc. A matter of mere size, 
though ever so great, may not therefore be great as to worthy com- 
petition and public valuation. 
The third point of view is that of the public. That it is not 
by any means a negligible quantity the recent acts of the New 
York and Ohio Legislatures and the contemplated acts of several 
others afford proof positive. 
Large gatherings, at tournaments where live birds are shot, en- 
gage thp attention of different classes of people, who in turn 
inflame public sentiment against such tournaments. We may 
realize that their sentiments and actions are derived from false 
premises, but the opposition engendered is nevertheless a fact. 
In holding a large tournament, it is necessary to locate it on 
ground near a large city for the sake of convenience to hotel 
accommodations, transportation facilities to and from the grounds, 
etc. This brings the tournament in propinquity with the city 
public, and also within the immediate purview of the clergymen, 
the humanitarian, the sensationalist, who are numerous in large 
cities, and all of whom may be working from a stern moral con- 
viction that the sport is cruel. 
Experience, however, has shown that this propinquity to large 
cities is disastrous to live-bird shooting. 
If the conditions are changed so that the competition is harder 
and so that therefore there will be fewer entries, several advantages 
will be gained, namely, the tournament can be held in a small town 
where it will not offend academic humanity; it. will signify more to 
the world at large as a contest of great skill and value rather 
than of one of great size and little skill; and it will cost the As- 
sociation much less money to give it. 
At all e^ ents, one or two more handicaps similar to' the last 
one in .respect to size, and there will not be any need to discuss 
its future at all. It will cease to exist, and with it will cease all 
live-bird competition at the traps. 
The different viewpoints, from which diverge so many con- 
trary interests, suggest the need of compromises to a degree where 
there is an equitable give and take concerning them. 
In the Foeest and Stream's report of the Grand American 
Handicap at Kansas City, the following paragraph, embodying 
much of the foregoing, was a part: "The time has arrived for a 
rearrangement by making a higher entry fee, more birds to 
shoot at, and longer distances; that is to say, cut out all the marks 
under 29 or 30yds. With 50 to 75 shooters, such a race would 
have more public significance, and therefore more value to its 
promoters than has the present G. A. H., which is alluring to 
every owner of a gun, whether he can use it skillfully or not." 
To the foregoing parapgraph Col. Guessaz objects as follows: 
"Why should not every owner of a gun be allured?. It surely 
cannot be that such a powerful and representative journal desires 
to cater only to the professional shooter. It cannot be that it is 
the desire to reduce the sport, to the wolves. It never has been 
the desire of the writer to decry the merits of the man who shoots 
for a living, and. he has always stood for open tournaments, but 
decidedly he desires to go on record as being opposed to cutting 
down the Grand American Handicap to the 75 professional shooters 
spoken of. In that case the word 'American' had better be taken 
out and a string of dollar marks substituted." 
, Taking up the foregoing paragraph seriatim, every owner of a 
gun should not be allured unless he possesses a reasonable degree 
of competitive ability. Every owner of a gun has not the skill, 
knowledge of trapshooting conditions and requirements, and sur- 
plus money* to justify him in entering the G. A. H. competition. 
The entrance fee. while not large, is not unimportant. The pot is 
large. _ The moneys seem to be many, It is alluring. The race 
—25 birds — is so short that it appeals to the average shooter who 
can kill 25 once in ten trials under ordinary conditions, but such 
conditions are not G. A. H. conditions. While the moneys are 
governed by high guns, there are so many of them that there 
seems to be a chance for the 23s, and perchance for the 22s. That 
is alluring. If the ordinary contestant cannot scratch out 25 he 
reasons that there surely is a chance to score 22 or 23 and be in the 
money— he seldom figures how many he needs to kill to be in the 
division of the sport. The shortness of the race is alluring, yet it 
is so short that it practically is a miss-and-out. Instead of reason- 
ing that there are so many moneys and the race so short that the 
weaker shooters have a show in the moneys (and in the sport also, 
we must not forget that), the true line of reasoning is that there 
are so many shooters that many of them will kill straight A 
miss, or two at the most, cuts ihe contestant out of the money, if 
not out of the sport. If the race were one of 50 or 100 birds, the 
pommonplBce shooter would theo know ifcat the elemerit of luck, 
combined with short distance, on which he based Bis hopes in the 
26-bird race, was an irrelevant quantity iri respeffit to the longer 
1*3 CC 
Tlie suggested change -to' it lorigef fate Would riot deprive any 
one of sport, for there is plenty of it iii all parts of the country, 
''American'' and a "string of dollar marks" arts not antagonistic 
quantities. Th§t is A. matter of common knowledge. Ill Mel, they 
are quite a distinctive tkkibte. and primarily essential at all 
tournaments, and other ihstitutioiis' tit society. Nor are they at 
slU. displeasing; yet it may be observed that at a tournament a 
fellow who is industriously shooting to add a stritig of dollar 
marks tb his owri belongings puts sport in the realm of theory 
while the dollars are ih the fefiltft of practice. 
The change to a longer race with a greater entrance thcrefo,as sug- 
gested by Fores* and Stream, would in n6 Wlsn cater to the 
professional element. It would benefit all contestant! Sllkej It 
would j^aise the standard of the competition so much that tWc' 
G. A. H. would be ft matter of greater public interest, and a rtfat- 
ter of more Value in trapshooting records. It also would avoid:, 
or at least minimize, public hostility to live-bird sjtooting. 
But Col. Guessaz by implication conveys the idea tnat the Grand 
American Handicap, as conducted at present, is rtot specially pro- 
fessional. It could hardly be more professional under any other 
conditions. It is a professional event, it is open to all. At 
Kansas City, probably 80 per cent, of the contestants were pro- 
fessionals under even the liberal classification promulgated by the 
Interstate Association, and probably 100 per ceflt. were profes- 
sionals under the construction of what constitutes professionalism 
which obtains in other sports. Thus the point concerning pro- 
fessionalism, as raised in this Connection by Col. Guessaz, cannot 
be considered as well taken. Ari eVCrtt which already is profes- 
sional would not be made more so by a mere change of its con- 
ditions. 
Professionalism, as it concerns the trapshooting world, has 
much of sophistry in its definitions. There are very, very feW 
trapshooters who "are not professionals. 
. The ottly difference in trapshooting professionalism is one of 
degree; that is to ssfy, eoffle reeeive more remuneration than 
others; and some are professionals part of the time, while others 
are proifcsSioh*ls itll the time. The rfiere fact of shooting in the 
Grand Americari Handicap at all, under the common acceptance of 
what constitutes a professiona'l, makes the participants professionals. 
Col: Guessaz further objects as fc/llOWS: "Again, how could 
a shoot participated in bv 50 or 75 shooters hav* rriore of a public 
significance than one participated in by 493 men frorri every corner 
of the country? We think the latter much more 'American in 
character, and the delightful democracy of such a meeting much 
more in keeping with the institutions cf this ^ouritry than the 
proposed centralization of Forest and Stream.'* . 
It would have rfibre significance because it would be a higher 
class of competition, for greater stake.s. A race between Borfiltp'tt 
and The Abbot for a purse of $20,000 excites the interest of the 
world. A race between 400 horses of which about 50 were real 
racers, for a purse of a few dollars, $1 entrance, would have neither 
dignity nor interest. 
, Contestants, of known skill are more interesting in a competition 
than are urikfiowfl contestants. Indeed, in some forms of so- 
called sport, ah aspiraiit is frankly told to go out and get a repu- 
tation before he will evCn be epn'sidefed. The reputation is essen- 
tial to a public recognition. A mjxed contest of several hundred 
participants is So Cumbersome, so broken in its continuity, so slow 
in its action, that iio orie can khow the relative details of it, and 
no one could keep such a mass of detail in mind even if it were 
possible to know it. 
There is a certain sophistry iri the rise of the terrri "derrtocralcy" 
and "Americari" as set forth above in respect to the subject, for 
the reasons that, as has already been shown, the Grand Americari 
Handicap is a business appendage of the Interstate Association, 
and in its democratic relations to the people it holds the same 
relations to them that any other business enterprise holds. More- 
over, while it may' be true "that all men are created eCjttal, that 
they are eftdowed by their Creator with certain inalienable 
rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of hap- 
piness," it certainly is not true that all men are equal in matters 
of competition, whether the same be iti matters of trapshooting 
or in matters of business. Furthermore, the highest standards of 
performance are American. Incapacity and democracy are not 
synonymous. High standards in a way have a tendency to cen- 
tralize, btit it Is the separation of the superior from the inferior 
which conies With excellence, and the latter is not attained by 
offering prerriitiiris del itiqOrripeiteney. 
For a fairer equity in the competition; CoL Guessaz presents the 
following: 
"To a close observer it could plainly be seen that many of the 
contestants were first class shots, but without a knowledge of the 
stagy part of pigeon shooting with a short boundary, and this 
brings on more discussion. Why should everything be done, and 
every rule adopted which will give the pigeon club shooter the 
advantage over a man who, in a general way, is his equal in the 
field or anywhere else but at a pigeon tournament? For instance, 
it will be noticed by a close analysis of the scores that by reason 
of the shortness of the boundary several of the contestants scored 
but 23 or 24 birds out of the 25, losing one or two dead 'just over 
the line,' while there is a vast number of those who finished with 
24 and a clean miss to their credit. Is not a man who kills his 
25 birds, all of whom fall inside an 80yd. boundary, a better shot 
than one who kills 24 inside a 20yd. boundary and misses one 
clean? Decidedly he is. But the remedy: Conduct the shoot as 
it is — 40yds. boundary— then establish an outer boundary 40yds. 
outside of the first, and give the contestant a whole bird if it is 
gathered inside the first boundary and half a bird if gathered 
inside of the other. By this it will readily be seen that quite an 
element of luck will be eliminated and that the better shot will 
secure more recognition. In other words, it will be decided, by 
this method, that the man who kills 24 and allows one to escape 
without being touched, will not get as much as the man who 
scores 24 inside the 40yd. boundary and one inside the 80yds. 
This rule will give him 24^, which he should have by reason of 
superior marksmanship." 
In the foregoing, Col. Guessaz seems to overlook the fact that 
the slower field shot is already provided for by virtue of the ad- 
vantage he derives from his handicap. Competition implies an 
ability to compete on the part of those who engage in it. The 
25yd. mark is the boundary line between trapshooters and non- 
trapshooters. 
I cannot quite understand how quick and accurate shooting at 
the traps is "stagy," but if it is so, it also is a feature of the 
highest degree of the art. Being successful in its way, it is a 
good form for the slow shot to imitate. 
But there being differences in ability, such differences are 
recognized and provided for by the handicap marks from 25 to 
33yds. A man who cannot shoot from the 25yd. mark is not con- 
sidered as of value in the competition. There are many ways in 
which a bad score might be patched up into a perfect one, but that 
would, if carried to the proper reducio ad absurdum, make win- 
ners of every contestant. To make the competition interesting 
there must be some losers, and generally the latter are the ones 
who lose some birds dead or live out of bounds. 
In a well-meant, but mistaken, rebuke Col. Guessaz presented 
the following also: 
"Of course, to successfully carry on such a mammoth tourna- 
ment it is necessary to have ample room, and right here we beg 
to invite the attention of the Interstate Association to gross in- 
consistency. When some of the shooters proposed a change 
in the division of the moneys, a change which would have 
brought joy to the 23s, they were told that no change 
would be made, as the Association had practically entered 
into a contract with every shooter that entered, and that no de- 
viation would be made. Now, we are told that because there was 
not real estate enough near Kansas City, the boundary, which, 
according to the rules, should be 50yds., was reduced to 40 on 
account of the inability of the local management to supply a suf- 
• ficient amount of dirt Did not the Interstate Association enter 
into a solemn contract with the shooters that the boundary would 
be 50yds?" 
It is true that the arrangement between the Interstate Associa- 
tion and those who entered in the Grand American Handicap was 
a contract in so far as it related to the moneys, but -not at all as 
it related to the rules. 
There was a petition for a change in the division of the moneys 
but it was not signed by all the contestants. The Interstate 
Association, in respect to the petition, was dealing with the mat- 
ter of fact as it was presented. The contestants might sign or 
would sign, or what not, but the fact was that all did not sign it 
If the shooters craved a change, one would imagine that they 
would hasten to officially make their wants known. Even if they had 
all signed the petition, those who forfeited could demand the return 
of their forfeits, some $370, on the ground that the contract, as thev 
had entered into it, was violated. The Interstate Association 
recognized this principle in 1901, and established a precedent con- 
cerning it. Rainy weather then caused the Association to post- 
pone the tournament one day, and thereby it conceded that it had 
violated the conditions set forth in its programme and which 
formed a part of the agreement. Here was a violation caused by 
the act of Providence, and justly defensible on that ground yet 
the Association returned all the forfeit* to those who had' for- 
feited. So much for the matter of the refusal to change the con- 
ditions governing the divisiofi of the moneys. Let us now con- 
sider the alleged violation of the rules. 
The boundaries, etc., are a part of the rules, it is true, but in 
the revised Interstate Association trapshooting rules, live birds, 
Itnle 22. headed "Changes and Amendments," the Association 
specifically reserves the tight to alter or amend the rules when- 
ever it deems it for the best interests of all concerned to do so. ' 
Thus the Association was warranted in changing the boundary or 
anything else in the rules, but not in changing any conditions 
outside of the rules. 
Bernard Waters, 
WESTERN TRAPS* 
Illinois Pigeon Snooting. 
Chicago, 111., May 1.— The sportsmen of Chicago have reached' 
the "We-do-earnestly-resolve" stage in regard to the anti-pigeon 
shooting agitation which has been going on in this city for the 
past few weeks, A meeting was held-, as mentioned last week, 
with the intention of influencing the City Council against passing 
the proposed ordinance forbidding the shooting of pigeons within 
the city limits. The council did not take action upon the matter 
at the last Monday evening session. The artless thought arises to 
mind that in dealing with so practical and august a body as the 
prevailing impression is that we are up against it, as they say in 
the City Council. It looks like inanimates, for a while a^least, in 
this vicinity, 
Thoti again, we might throw Up old tin cans and shoot at them. 
That Is not inhumane. It surely dots* look as if this world is get- 
ting so good lately that the only thing we can shoot is- going to 
be the tin can, unless we want to be arrested for cruelty, or 
written about in the magazines as barbarians. Vive le tin can! 
As to the pigeon cases, the trial of the same has again been 
continued, and the last date set for trial is next Tuesday, May 6, 
Interest is failing in this matter, and the impression is that dis- 
missals will be the result. 
The matter of the city ordinance will probably come up at the 
Council session of May 12. This is getting dangerously close to 
the date set for the Illinois State Sportsmen's meet, and will leave 
a small margin to alter plans, in case the Council shuts the door for 
trapshooters. Altogether the feeling over the shooting situation 
here is one of depression, though not yet of apathy, 
k E. Hough". 
Hartford Buti.ding, Chicago, 111. 
Chicago Gun Club. 
Chicago, 111., May 3.— The weather was pleasant. There was a 
good attendance. In the main event, O'Brien won after shooting 
out W. I). Stannard. Dr. C. W. Carson was second. Dr. Miller 
won third after shooting out Cop, A. W. Morton and President 
Bowles. , _ _ 
The trophy event at 29 targets', handicaps added, had scores as 
follows t 
Shellenburger, 8 iooil0(/ll(fl011l^0000000m010111 -16 
*Pumphrev - llllllOOllllWOlllUlOOlO —17 
Bowles, 6 lUOlOOOUUlllOlMlllonOllllll —22 
Horn, S OlllOOOulOllliJUOJllllWlKlllOuOl —17 
Dr Miller, 4.. 11111111111110000111111 0011$ —221 
Cop, 3-.... 1111 1 Oil 11111 1111010010111O1 —22 
"Patrick OlOOlOlllllllOOUlllOllll —18 
Boroff, 8 OfiUllOjlllllOHOlllOlOOOlllOOOllO —19 
Weart, 11 OlOlUlOlOOlllUOulllOOOlOUOODOOlOlltf —16 
W D Stannard, 2 111111111111101011111111110 —24 
O'Brien, 2 111111111110101111 llllllOll —24 
Dr Morton, 6 IHllOOOOOlOOOHOOOOOOlllOlOllO —14 
Mrs Howard, 8. HOlOlllOOOOOJOlOlOlllOlOlKJOulll —17 
Dr Carson, 2 3101101001 Hill 111011111110 —23 
Mrs Carson, 7 . . .111001111011111111011110W)110010 —22 
Dr Burcky. 12 lOOOOUOOlllOllOOlOllUluOOlOOllOHOlO— 18 
•■♦Parker .- 0001100000100000001001101 —7 
Arnold, 11 000010001111111010000111111111001000 —18 
Meyrick, 5 011101110101110000011111111101 —20 
A W Morton, 8. 001011011101 11111 0010111011111001 —22 
Ties for first: 
Stannard, 1. 11111111111 —10 11110011110 — 8 
O'Brien, 2 ,111111101011 —10 10111111011 —9 
Ties for third: 
Dr Miller, 2...... , ....111111101011— 10 Ollllllllil.10— 11 
Cop. 1 ..11111011111 —10 H1110100T.I —8 
A W Morton, 3 .....1100011001111— 8 - , 
Bowles, 2 ...100101101100 — 6 $ 
Fifteenth handicap sweepstake trophy, cash added by cltib>: 
Dr Shellenburger, 5 0101001 OOOOOllOOOOOC/ — S 
Pumphrey, 4 1111111111100100011 —14 
Bowles, 4 10110111111100101010 —13! 
Horn, 5 0011111100O111111010 —13; 
Dr Miller, 4 llOOllllllOlllllOOO —13! 
Cop, 2.. 11110111111011011 —14 
Patrick, 7 , lOOoOOOOOOOOOlllllOlOO— t 
Boroff, 5 00001101110001101010 — 9> 
W D Stannard, 2 11111111111101111 —13 
O'Brien, 4 lOOOlOOllllllllllOO —12! 
Dr Morton, 4 0101111111110100010 —12 
Mrs Howard, 5 00001000010001100101 — 6 
Dr Carson, 2 01111110011111111 —14 
Mrs Carson, 4 0110100010111010110 —10 
Dr Burcky, 7 1011010111101001000001— 11 
*Parker 0000110001001001010111— 9 
Dr Arnold,- 6.. 111110000101110000111 —12 
Myrick 10301001111111110101 —13 
A W Morton, 5 01001101101111111110 —14 
Levie, 5 01100010111111001011 —12 
Garfield Gun Club. 
Chicago, May 3. — The appended scores were made on our grounds 
to-day on the occasion of the first trophy shoot of the first series. 
Pollard and Hellman tied* for Class A trophy on 23. Dr. Huff 
captured the jewelry in Class B on 18. A. Marshall did the trick 
in Class C by making 20. 
The day was a fine one for target shooting, only a little windy. 
The attendance was fair, as nineteen shooters lined up for the 
fray. The attendance will be larger a little later when Saturday 
afternoon closing becomes general: 
First trophy shoot: 
A McGowan OllOOllllOHOllllOOOlOOH— IS 
P McGowan 0000011111100011010010011—12 
Dr Meek 1111110111111111111101011—22 
V § 1110010111110000000101001—12 
A E Midgley 1011111110111110001111111—20 
P r J,, A , Huff .0111001111111100111100111—18 
E Wolf .0010101001001011101000101—11 
W A Jones 1000000010000000110010110— 7 
2 5 Pplku'd 1111011111101111111111111-23 
/ C Kissack 1001110010111100001111110—15 
G W Dnnkwater , 0110001111011111101111010—17 
A Marshall 0111011011011111111101111—20 
A A Dorman 1010111111111111111110111-22 
T McDonald 1 110101110110111011000010—15 
Hellman 1011 011111111111111111111—23 
Leete , lOOllOOOOlllOOOllOOlllUO— 13 
C Wolf 0000100100011000110010111— 10 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 10 15 10 15 15 10 10 Targets: 10 15 10 15 15 10 10 
P McGowan. 8 .. .. 9 14 8 8 Dorman..... 6 11 8.. .. 9 10 
A McGowan. 4 .... 13 8 7 7 McDonald .. 3 7 8 .. .. 5 8 
Keal 5 . . . . 2 10 4 8 Price 3 3 .... . - 
Huff S 5 6 Hellman .... 6 13 
Monighan .. 3 3 6 .. .. 3 5 Dr Meek 11 14 8 7 
Pollard 7 15 10 Midgeley 12 .. 10 7 
Kissack 5 8 3 .... 3 5 Jones 4 
Drinkwater.. 4 4 4 ..,. 5 7 A Marshall. 6.. 
No. 1, 5 pairs. 
■ Dr. J. W. Meek. 
Gatlatin Gun Club. 
Gallatin, Tenn., May 2,— The following scores were made at 25 
targets in each of the following events to-day. The weather was 
fair and warm: 
Seay 17 21 W G Harris 19 22 
Hall ■ 10 22 W L Anderson 10 U 
Murphree 20 19 Brown ... n 
B Harris 20 20 S M Ander»on...,,„.]ii]li ,, js 
