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ninth event is the State Journal cup, 60 cents entrance, optional 
sweep, $2.50 extra. No. 10 is a special event at 25 targets, $2.50 
entrance. On the second day the ninth event is the Press-Post 
trophy, at 25 targets, 50 cents entrance, optional sweepstake of $2.50 
extra. No, 10 is a special event, two-man team race lor Sports- 
men's Review trophy, 25 targets, $1 per team. On the third day 
event it is at 50 targets for the Smith trophy, $3 entrance. No. 10 
is a special event, the Shooting and Fishing five-man team con- 
test, 50 targets per man, $1 entrance. The conditions governing 
the trophies are minutely set forth in the programme. Targets, 2 
cents; free to lady shooters, Dinner served on the grounds. 
Shooting begins at 9 o'clock. Express and mail matter sent care of 
F. G. Hogan, 21 Michigan avenue, will be delivered on the grounds 
free. Percentage system, 30, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Averages will 
be computed on the first nine regular events each day, Manufac- 
turers' agents will pay $2 per day extra; other shooters 50 cents 
per day extra, which fund will go to the amateurs who shoot 
through the first nine events each day and who do not draw their 
entrance back. The annual meeting will be held on June 3 at 8 
o'clock, at 126 Superior street. Average prizes number nine, 
and have a total of $70; also the Cleveland Gun Club will give 
$5 to each of the ten lowest guns shooting through the programme. 
Mr. A. M. Allyn is secretary. 
The programme of the eighth annual tournament of the North 
Dakota State Sportsmen's Association, to be held at Fargo, N. D., 
lune 3-4? can be obtained of the secretary, Mr. H. E. Magill, 
Fargo. The competition is open to all, but to equalize it fairly, 
handicaps from 10 to 22yds. will govern. The handicap committee 
members arc Messrs. \V. W. Smith, Fargo; F. H. Sprague, Graf- 
ton, and E. C. Cooper, Grand Forks. The annual meeting will 
be held on June 3. There are ten events each day, each of which 
is at 15, targets, $1.50 entrance. Rose system will govern, ratios 
8, 5, 3 and 2. There also will be shot each day a special event, 
No. IT a four-man team race, 25 targets, entrance per team $8; 
$75 added by the Association. In this race on the first day the 
North Dakota team making the high score will be given addition- 
ally as a special prize the Association's beautiful challenge cup. 
Interstate Association rules will govern. Shooting commences at 
8:30 each day. No guns larger than a 12-gauge allowed. Targets 
2 cents. No one will be allowed to shoot for targets only. Shells 
for sale on the grounds. Guns and ammunition, etc., forwarded 
to the secretary must be expressed prepaid. Fifteen average prizes 
from $25 to $5" The members of the N. D. S. S. A. making the 
highest average will receive the State championship badge. Mr. 
C. E. Robbins is president. 
Mr. Chas. F, Dreihs, secretary of the Cincinnati Gun Club, 
writes us under date of May 10, as follows: "The vote for the 
new board was quite large. Almost 400 shares of our stock were 
represented. The clipping appended, taken from one of our 
morning papers, will give you some information as to what was 
said at our meeting last night; 'The Cincinnati Gun Club held its 
annual election last night, in the assembly hall of the Cuvier Club. 
The secretary's report for the year showed the club to be in a 
healthy condition from every standpoint. The finances of the 
organization were shown to be most satisfactory. The member- 
ship is 370, making it the largest club, from a membership stand- 
point, in the world. During the last year there were shot 37,000 
targets more than the year before. The recent action of the Legis- 
lature in making the shooting of live birds at the traps prohibitory 
was taken up, on account of the Parker live-bird trophy shoot, 
which is unfinished. It was decided to leave the matter to the new 
board as to what disposition to make erf the trophy. The follow- 
ing were elected to the Board of Directors: Charles F. Dreihs, 
A. B. Heyl, Herman Jergens, G. W. Schuler, R. H. West, L. H. 
Butts, George McMorris, L. R. Myers and H. Osterfeld. Those 
elected will meet at some future day, which will be decided on 
later, and elect officers.' 
The Schenectady, N. Y., Gun Club issues the following concern- 
ing its grand tournament, May 30. Shooting commences at 10 
o'clock: "Magautrap and bluerocks. American Association rules 
to govern. Fifteen events, 15 targets each. Entrance, targets in- 
cluded, $1.25. Three moneys up to and including ten entries; 
over ten entries, four moneys, divided 50, 30 and 20, or 40, 30, 20 
and 10 per cent: $9 added money, to be added to the fifth, tenth 
and fifteenth events. Manufacturers' agents and professional 
shooters may shoot for targets only. Take Union avenue trolley- 
cars going east, passing by the Edison Hotel. State street, at 7, 
23, 38 and 53 minutes past the hour, and ride to end of the route. 
Lunch and shells on the grounds. Shells sent in care of Mr. V. 
Wallburg, 234 Union street, will be delivered to the shooting 
grounds free of charge. Gentlemen wishing to shoot for targets 
only are cordially invited to do so." 
This is a lively week in trapshooting interests. On Saturday of 
this week Messrs. C. W. Budd and C. \V. Phellis contest for the 
Hazard trophy at Omaha, Neb. The Sherbrooke, Canada, Gun 
Club holds its target tournament on Thursday. The Interstate 
Association's target tournament, under the auspices of the Charles- 
ton Palmetto Club, of Charleston, S. C. is fixed for Wednesday, 
Thursday and Friday. The Pennsylvania State shoot at Oil City 
has four days commencing on Tuesday. At Auburn, N. Y., the 
tournament has Wednesday and Thursday. Tuesday and Wednes- 
day there are tournaments at Enid, O. T., and at Ottumwa, la., 
respectively, those of the Oklahoma Territorial Sportsmen's As- 
sociation and the Iowa Sportsmen's Association. Near New York 
on Saturday the Boiling Springs Gun Club and the Richmond 
Gun Club respectively hold tournaments. A few more are held this 
week in different other sections. 
Messrs. Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake, la., and Herbert Taylor, of 
St. Louis, are on a Southern trip, and have been incidentally 
showing how shooting should be done at New Orleans. The fol- 
lowing is taken from the Times-Democrat of May 4, and is espe- 
cially interesting in respect to the length of time Mr. Gilbert will 
remain in that charming city: "Fred Gilbert, the champion wing 
shot, put in most of the afternoon yesterday in practice at the 
traps. In an informal contest and exhibition shoot he scored 183 
hits at 32yds. out of 185 shots. His shooting was witnessed by a 
large crowd of interested spectators. Mr. Gilbert will remain 
here, according to several of the gunners of this city, until some 
arrangements have been made for a national organization of wing 
shots, in which New Orleans will be represented. It is pro- 
posed to hold the shoot-off of some of the great fall handicaps in 
this city." 
The third' annual target tournament of the Dubuque, la., Gun 
Club, May 27 and 28, has twelve like events each day, uniformly at 
IS targets, $1.50 entrance. $5 added. There are sixteen average 
prizes, $5 each. Mr. C. W. Budd will act as manager. Mr. Fred 
C Whitney, of Des Moines, will act as secretary. The tournament 
is open to all amateurs. Manufacturers' agents may shoot for tar- 
gets only. Purses divided 35, 30, 20 and 15 per cent. A magau- 
trap will be used. All contestants will stand at 16yds. Targets, 2 
cents. Shooting commences at 9 o'clock. Dinner will be served 
in the club house. Shells obtainable on the grounds. Ammunition 
and guns shipped in care of the Dubuque Malting Company will 
be delivered on the grounds free. Mr. A. F. Heeb, Dubuque, is 
the corresponding secretary. 
A correspondent writes us as follows : "On Saturday, May 24, at 
2 P. Mis the Westwood, N. J., Gun Club will again cross guns 
with the Ramapo Valley Gun Club, of Suffern, N. Y. At a recent 
match, shot on the Ramapo Valley grounds, the latter was vic- 
torious by a score of 173 to 141. But as the Westwood Club was 
somewhat handicapped owing to the inability of some of its mem- 
bers to be present, they hope to make a better showing at their 
next meeting, which occurs on the Westwood grounds. Before 
and after the match, there will be practice and sweepstake shoot- 
ing for the enjoyment of every one present. Everybody invited. 
Every one welcome. Bring your gun and plenty of shells, and en- 
joy a good afternoon's sport at the traps. Bluerocks and black- 
birds will be flying from noon until dark." 
to Use in connection with the magautrap, and will try to give all 
who wish to shoot every facility to do so. We are planning for 
forty shooters, and if the weather is favorable, should have that 
many easily. Winners of prizes will be paid value of same in 
money if they so elect. Should enough gun clubs be represented 
by five-man teams— say four or more— a match will be arranged 
for same." 
Mr. John Parker will hold his annual tournament on Sept. 16, 17. 
18 and 19; the first three days at targets, the fourth day at live 
birds. Mr, Parker mentions that he will have a new system of 
competition for the shooters to engage in, which will prove of 
special interest to them, and if they can beat it, they can amass 
both fame and fortune. Between now and September is ample 
time to think over it and guess what it will be. Enough to say 
that, coming from Mr. Parker, it will be eminently fair yet that it 
will be also a test of skill. The Indian, Parker's and Cincinnati 
tournaments follow in successive weeks, thus making a circuit. 
Mr. VV. G. Sergeant, of Joplin, Mo., writes us as follows, this 
matter having reference to the erroneous ruling of the Interstate 
Association on this point: "In reply to yours of 1st, in which 
you ask if targets should be thrown from known or unknown traps 
when trapped according to the Sergeant system, I beg to advise 
that the traps should be strictly unknown. You will, however, 
find that it promotes rapid trapping to pull the traps in rotation, 
but the shooter does not have the right to refuse a target if the 
traps are not pulled in rotation, neither does he have the right to 
inquire what trap the puller is going to pull." 
The programme of the Birch Brook Gun Club's shoot, at Lynn, 
Mass., May 30, contains twelve events, a total of 175 targets, with a 
total entrance of $11. Events 5, 6 and 7 make a prize event, as well 
as single events, and the prizes in it are a dress suit case to first, 
100 loaded shells to second, Powers cleaning rod to third. Dis- 
tance handicap, 16 to 21yds.; open to all; high guns. Events 9 and 
10, "one of the summer series merchandise prize events. Nos. 9, 
10 and 12 are the medal event. Sweepstakes optional. Lunch 
served free. Shooting commences at 9:30. 
There are sixteen events on the programme of the Catchpole 
Gun Club, of Wolcott, N. Y., for its tournament. May 22 and 23. 
Of these, six are for the afternoon of the first day, commencing 
at 2 o'clock. These six number 90 targets, with a total of $7 
entrance. The ten events of the second day have a total of 160 
targets. $12 entrance. Targets included in all events. Magautrap. 
Moneys divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. Loaded shells for 
sale on grounds. Prize for best average, and one for poorer 
average. Mr. E. A. Wadsworth, secretary. 
There are fourteen events on the programme of the New Haven, 
Conn., Gun Club's tournament, to be held on May 30. The events 
are at 10, 15 and 20 targets, entrance 70 cents, $1.30 and $1.40, and 
one event, No. 8, a five-man team race, at 25 targets, $12.50 en- 
trance $15 added if three teams enter. Traps ready at 9 o'clock. 
Class shooting. All shooters invited. Lunch at the club house. 
Loaded shells on' grounds. Total targets of programme, 185; total 
entrance, $24.20. lake Schuetzen Park cars. Mr. John E. Bassett 
is the secretary. 
In graciously acknowledging appreciation of some information 
furnished to him by Forest and Stream, Mr. J. L. Van De 
Water, Cerro 737 Habana, Cuba, writes us as follows: "Although 
an enthusiastic field shooter, ever since I used to steal away with 
the old muzzleloader. ^1 have had no one's experience to profit 
by. I have bought several of the books on shooting, and the best 
one, to my mind, for an amateur seeking information, is "Hitting 
vs. Missing," by S. T. Hammond. 
The Enterprise Gun Club, of McKeesport, Pa. t will hold on 
Friday of this week a tournament open to all. Shooting commences 
at 9:30. There are ten events; five prizes, cash and merchandise, to 
each; also five average prizes, merchandise and cash. A match 
will be shot between Mr. Chas. Hostetter (Old Hoss), of Pitts- 
burg, and Mr. J. F. Calhoun, of McKeesport. Mr. Geo. W. 
Mains is the secretary. 
There will be $1,000 added money to make glad the spirits of 
the Indians and their friends at their great gun feast at Battle 
Creek, Mich., Sept. 9 to 12. That city is in a beautiful section 
pleasing to gaze upon as it is to shoot in. All the indications 
thus early are tnat the tribe will have a pow-wow of great numbers. 
Mr. E. Hough informs lis that in respect to the test cases of 
alleged cruelty, in the matter of the trapshooting of pigeons at 
Watson's Park, Chicago, Justice "Hall imposed one fine of $10, 
leaving it to the defendants to determine which one should pay it. 
This test case will be appealed. The circumstances of it are fully 
set forth in "Western Traps" this week, 
The Bowling Green, Ohio, Gun Club announces that June 10 
11 have been fixed upon as dates for the club's amateur blue- 
rock tournament. All 90 per cent, shooters are barred from com- 
petition for purses. Programme and full information can be 
obtained from the secretary, Mr. John H. Lincoln. 
Mr. Henry L. Gates, of Utica, N, Y., writes us as follows: "The 
Oneida County Sportsmen's Association, Utica, N. Y,, will give 
an all-day target shoot on their grounds Decoration Day, May 30. 
Open to the world. Experts handicapped." 
Mr. Fred Gilbert won high average at the two days' tournament 
of the Mississippi and Louisiana Trapshooters' League, May 6 
and 7, Natchez, Miss., where he was shooting with extraordinary 
skill, 396 out of 400, a 99 per cent. gait. 
There will be a match at the Rahway, N. J,, Gun Club grounds 
Saturday of this week at 2 o'clock P. M. between Messrs. Ed. 
Banks and H. H. Stevens, 100 targets a side; also sweepstake 
shooting at targets. 
The Texas State shoot commences the latter part of next week, 
the dates being May 17, 19 and 20. Added money, $750. Col. Oscar 
C. Guessaz is the secretary, which is synonymous with energy and 
success. 
The Richmond Gun Club holds a regular shoot on Saturday 
of this week at Smith Brothers' grounds, Newark, N. J. The 
traps will be ready at 1 o'clock. A special match will also be shot. 
The Watertown, S. D., Gun Club have determined upon the 
latter part of June as a time for the holding of their four-day 
tournament, at which it will add $500. 
City Park Gun Club* 
New Orleans, La. — Among shotgun specialists it is an im- 
portant question whether a man uses a "pump" or simply an old- 
fashioned, everyday double-barreled gun. Gilbert, the great trap- 
shooter, clings to the double-tubed variety, which does not say, 
however, that he cannot use one of the continuous performance 
engineers of bluerock destruction if any one questions his ability 
to down triples. If you don't understand just what all that means 
go ask some member of the City Park Gun Club, and he will in- 
itiate you into the intricacies of trapshooting technique and pos- 
sibly he may be able to explain how Gilbert managed to kill 182 
birds out of 185 shots and broke all New Orleans records. To 
the spectator, it was little less than marvelous as disk after disk 
floated away in dust as it was struck in the center by the full 
charge of bird shot. 
Fred Gilbert, and Herbert Taylor, another noted shot, reached 
New Orleans in time for the ball game Saturday, and yesterday 
were the guests of the gun club at their picturesque grounds 
across the canal from the city park. For three hours the air was 
kept full of target dust, and with ideal weather and a jolly crowd, 
the visitors were given a glorious day's sport. Among local marks- 
men who competed with the champions, the list was headed by 
R. E. Saucier, who but recently made a phenomenal showing at 
the great national handicap in the Northwest. 
Yesterday Mr. Saucier had the honor of winning one series of 
15 from the great Gilbert, landing 15 birds to the champion's 14. 
The other local men were W. W. Cocke, who will leave to-day for 
the Natchez tournament; P. S. Benedict, Henry Lhote and 
Messrs. Stone, Tiblier and Marvel. 
Gilbert is a round-faced, blue-eyed young man, with a jovial 
smile and a clear tenor voice. The timbre of a man's voice would 
not seem to have much importance as a qualification for trap- 
shooting, but somehow Gilbert's little high C "Pull" seemed to 
charm the bird trap in the blind and send out doubles one behind 
the other, while the baritone and basso calls of his opponents per- 
sistently brought forth scissors. That's more trap technique which 
some one will have to explain. 
Gilbert came from a little town up in Iowa, and he used his 
voice so much making duck calls when a boy that the voice for- 
got to change, and retains a boyish Iowan ring even when rousing 
the alligators of Bayou Sauvage. 
Gilbert says a man can become a trapshooter by shooting at the 
traps only, but the real basis of fine work is shooting the actual 
game, and it is by shooting early and often that one acquires the 
steadiness of nerves and quickness of eye which are demanded 
by trap work. 
Between sets, the shooters swapped gun stories, some of which 
would scare all the poules d'eau over the State line. There was 
one in which an old German figured. He was a crack shot out in 
one of the parishes, but not posted on gun talk. One of his city 
friends introduced him as the "best wing shot on the bayou." 
The Dutchman flew into rage and answered, "Dot vas von d 
lie; I shoots 'em in he heat, in de tail, anyvers; but I. kills 'em; 
I ain't no ving shooter." 
Shooting single birds is difficult enough for the average marks- 
man, but in shooting pairs, two birds are flung out of the blind 
with but a second's interval, and both have to be broken before 
they reach the ground. Gilbert thus broke 10 pairs without miss. 
Saucier and Cocke both broke 18_ birds out of the possible 20. 
When it comes to triples — that is, three birds thrown in succes- 
sion — the work can only be done by the man who handles a 
"pump," a repeating gun, and it requires speed and strength to 
twice throw the shell while the birds are in the air. 
The following are the scores of yesterday's shooting: 
Events: 123456789 10 11 12 13 
Targets: 10 15 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 5p 5p 
Gilbert 10 15 20 14 15 14 ] 5 14 15 15 15 10 10 
Taylor , 9 12 18 10 15 10 12 10 . . 12 . . 6 6 
Stone 8 13 18 14 7 
Saucier 7 12 20 12 14 15 14 .... 14 14 9 9 
Benedict 7 14 17 14 10 12.14 14 13 13 13 . . 6 
Cocke 8 13 17 10 14 11 15 14 13 13 14 9 9 
Marvel 12 15 10 10 9 4 
Tiblier 16 11 12 . . 
Lhote 19 14 13 12 .. 11 12 14 12 . . 
The foregoing is from the Times-Democrat of May 5. 
Wollaston Trap Club, 
Wollaston, Mass.— At the Wollaston traps, Saturday, May 10, 
there was a good gathering of shooters. Some good scores were 
made in spite of the strong wind, which caused the birds to fly 
very unevenly. v 
There were only two shooters who had courage to shoot for the 
cup in such a strong windJ They were Horace and Bullard. 
They succeeded in making good scores, although some of the 
shooters who had not the courage to shoot for the cup in the 
high wind, found cowardly amusement in rattling the two con- 
testants because of their good shooting. Horace finished the 
contest with a score of 115 birds out of 150. Bullard finished with 
a score of 97 birds out of 150. 
This Saturday's shoot proved to be the best shoot of the season 
up to date. The scores follow, all events unknown angles: 
Events: 1 2 
Targets: 10 15 
Horace , 11 
Bullard 9 
Whitmarsh 8 
Bowen 9 
Tuttle ... 
Barry .... 
Bowley .. 
Miles .... 
Baker .... 
Olmstead 
Elwell ... 
Contestants, from Whitmarsh down, shot at 10 birds only in 
events 4 and 5. 
Extra No. 1, 10 birds, unknown: Barry 5, Tuttle 6, Olmstead 4, 
Miles 6. Whitmarsh 6. 
Extra No. 2, 15 birds: Tuttle 5. 
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Winchester Gun Club. 
Detroit, Mich. — The regular shoot, Saturday, May 3, was 
characterized by the fastest shooting of the season. The day was 
perfect, everything worked well and everybody was eager to enter. 
Walkerville came in for a third defeat in the team race series, as 
follows: 
Winchester— Wood 25, Tolsma 22, Brodie 21; total 68. 
W'alkerville— Wear 21, T. Reid 20, A. Reid 20; total 61. . 
It is rtere desired to correct a slight typographical error in the 
last report, wherein reference was made to the Walkerville Club, 
as "quiet, gentlemanly fellows." This was set up as "quite gen- 
tlemanly fellows." The error is regretted, as no qualification of 
"gentlemanly" was intended. 
Wood shot in professional form, 25 and 15 straight, and Tolsma 
had a 15 straight and two 24s to his credit. The members' scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Targets : 10 10 15 19 10 15 10 15 15 25 25 25 25 Av. 
Wood • 8 15 14 21 25 . . 23 92 
Tolsma 9 15 6 13 14 24 22 24 20 89 
Reid 9 13 7 20 . . 23 18 82 
Stanley , 9 .. .. 6 .. 10 .. 14 .. 19 .. .. 21 79 
Brodie 5 . . 11 7 . . 9 . . 14 . . .. 21 19 20 76 
Lewis 10 .. .. 18 .. ..17 75 
Shiell 5 .. 5 .. 9 19 .... 17 65 
Guthard .- 9 '7 11 7 9 14 6 . . . . 21 . . . . 22 82 
Warner 7 8 9 8 . . 9 . . 13 12 15 . . 20 18 72 
Hitchcock 8 .. 8 9 .. 11 17 19 72 
McMath 8 9 . . 12 17 71 
Ford 5 5 13 21 60 
Leggett , 3 5 9 34 
Bachmann 4 7 27 
Concerning the shoot of the club mentioned, Mr. C. F. Lambert 
writes us as follows: "The Birch Brook Gun Club, of Lynn, 
Mass., are making very careful preparations for their tournament 
on the 80th. Have an entire new set of expert traps installed 
Col. James T. Anthony and Maj. E. P. McKissick announce that 
rhev will hold a large tournament at Asheville, N. C, on Aug. 
6, S, 7 and 8. 
An interesting shooting story is going the rounds in Bath. A 
party of amateurs recently arranged for a shoot not many miles 
from Bath, and ordered some pigeons from a breeder. What suc- 
cess attended these sportsmen may be gauged from the following 
note, subsequently received from the dealer: "Gentlemen: I beg 
to sincerely thank you for your patronage, and to intimate;,that I 
shall be only too happy to supply you with any number of birds 
on future occasions of the sort. The whole of the pigeons for 
which you paid me at the rate of 8d. per head returned home in 
safety, and moreover, brought with them a stray pigeon." — The 
Asian. 
