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Aug. 20-21.— Ossining, N. Y.— Two days' shoot of the Ossining 
Gun Club; first day, handicap and R. I. clam bake; second day, 
regular programme. 
Aug. 26-29.— Okoboji, la.— Amateur shooting tournament, under 
management of Messrs. C. W. Budd and E. C. Hinshaw. 
Aug. 27-28.— Haverhill, Mass.— The Interstate Association s tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Haverhill Gun Club. S. G. 
Miller, Sec'y. . , 
Sept 2-3.— Tiffin, O.— Second annual tournament of the Iif- 
fin Gun Club; $75 added. L. D. Arndt, Sec'y. 
Sept. 3-4.— Nappanee, Ind.— The interstate Association's tourna- 
ment, under the auspices of the Nappanee Gun Club. B. B. Maust, 
Sec'y 
Sept. 3-5— Erie, Pa.— Erie City Rod and Gun Club's, handicap 
tournament at targets. Open to all; $200 added. A. N. Aitken, 
Sec'y 
Sept. 9-12.— Battle Creek, Mich.— Tournament of the Indians; 
open to the world. 
Sept. 15-20— Blue River Park, Kansas City, Mo.— Twenty-fifth 
tournament of the Missouri State Fish and Game Protective As- 
sociation. Targets and live birds. Paul Franke, Sec'y. 
Sept. 23-25. — Cincinnati, O.— Second annual handicap target tour- 
nament of the Cincinnati Gun Club. Charles F. Dreihs, Sec'y. 
Sept. 29-30,— Lewistown, 111.— The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Lewistown Gun Club. H. H. 
McCumber, Sec'y. 
Oct. 7-8.— Greenville, O.— Handicap tournament of the Green- 
ville Gun Club. H. A. McCaughey, Sec'y. 
Newark, N. J.— South Side Gun Club target shoot, every Satur- 
day afternoon. 
Chicago, 111.— Garfield Gun Club's target shoot, every Saturday 
afternoon until October. Grounds, West Monroe street and 
Fifty-second avenue. Dr. J. W. Meek, Sec'y. 
First Saturday of each month for a year, Burnside.— Contest for 
the Troisdorf live-bird and target medals; 10 live birds; 25 targets; 
open to all. First contest, March 1. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
The sixth annual tournament of the Winnipeg Industrial 
Association, Tuly 21-23, has an attractive programme. Manu- 
facturers' agents may shoot for targets only. There are twelve 
events on the first day's programme, each at 15 targets, 
$1.50 entrance; $15 added to each event, except to No. 4, the 
Hazard Powder event, and No. 8, the L. C. Smith Gun event, 
each of which has $25 added. There are twelve events on the 
second day's programme, of which ten are at 15 targets; $1.50 
entrance; $15 added. No. 4 (the International Championship) is 
at 50 targets, $4 entrance, $25 added, and No. 8, the Ogilvie 
doubles, $2.50 entrance, $25 added. The third day is devoted to 
the International team race, for teams of not less than four men, 
of Canada or the United States; and the Western Canada cham- 
pionship, open only to residents between Port Arthur and Van- 
couver. The trophy was presented by the Robin Hood Powder 
Co., of Swanton, Vt. Distance progressive handicap will prevail. 
Added money, trophies and medals $1,000. All fair targets must 
be accepted. Arrangements have been made with the Canadian 
custom officials to pass the guns and ammunition of the shooters 
free of duty. Targets 3 cents. F. W. Henbach, general manager. 
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The two-days' tournament under the auspices of the Boston 
Shooting Association, June 27 and 28, promises to be the best 
shoot ever held at Wellington, between forty and fifty shooters 
having declared their intention to participate. A feature will 
be one of the famous dinners served by the club's caterer. Spe- 
cial features are the New England Interstate team match be- 
tween five-man teams from Maine, Rhode Island and Massa- 
chusetts for a purse of $175 and the championship of New Eng- 
land; also the first shoot of a series between ten-man teams from 
Maine and Massachusetts for a purse of $300, and ten events on 
the first day's programme at 15 and 20 targets, entrance $1.30 and 
$2.40. On the second day there are eleven events, all at 25 tar- 
gets, excepting events 1, 2 and 3, which are respectively at 15, 
20 and 15 targets. Events 4, 5. 6 and 7 constitute the five-man 
team race. Events 8, 9, 10 and 11 constitute the ten-man team 
race. Average money each day $30, divided among five high 
guns, $8, $7. $6, $5 and $4. Moneys in sweeps divided Rose sys- 
tem, ratios 8, 5, 3 and 2. Lunch served on the ground. Two sets 
of traps. Send shells, etc., care of Mr. O. R. Dickey, Pindar's 
Express, Boston, Mass. 
The North Side Gun Club announces that its opening tourna- 
ment will be held at Allegheny City, Pa., oh June 24, and that 
there will be $25 average money. There are twelve events on the 
programme, 10, 15 and 20 blue rocks, $1, $1.50 and $2 entrance. 
Mr. L. B. Fleming will manage the shoot. Rose system, ratios 
5, 4, 3, 2 and 1 will govern. Targets two cents each. A magau- 
trap will throw the targets. Events 4 to 9 (100 targets) will be a 
contest for the bronze medal, emblematic of tne championship of 
Western Pennsylvania, between Messrs. L. B. Fleming (holder), 
Pittsburg, and W. D. Berger (challenger), Allegheny City. Shoot- 
ing commences at 9.30. To each three high and three low guns 
$4. Lunch served free to all shooters. Tournament committee, 
Messrs. Robt. Henderson, A. H. Gerlach and L. B. Fleming. 
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Mr. Frank C. Riehl, specially famous and popular in the an- 
nals of the trap-shooting world, was a visitor in New York for a 
few days. He left on Tuesday of this week to begin his duties 
in a new field, that of travelling representative of the U. M. C. 
Co. His territory will be chiefly in the area north of Kansas 
and bounded east and west by the Mississippi River and the 
Rocky Mountains. Mr. Riehl is one of the most skilful of shoot- 
ers, a member of the Indians, a writer of sterling attainments, 
possessed with a most thorough knowledge and extensive ac- 
quaintance of the shooting world, hence his success is a foregone 
conclusion. 
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The Dean Richmond trophy contest this year was a three-man 
team affair as formerly, but was at targets instead of live birds. 
Three teams entered, one each by the Fulton Gun Club, of Ful- 
ton, N. Y-, the Rochester Rod and Gun Club and the Baldwins- 
ville Shotgun and Rifle Club. The Oceanic Rod and Gun Club, of 
Rockaway Park, entered for targets only, The Fulton team won 
by a score of 137 out of a possible 150. The members and their 
scores were as follows: H. McMurchy, 48; R. B. Hunter, 45; 
Geo. Lewis. 44. The Rochester team, Messrs. Kershner, Bon- 
bright and P.ver, scored 136, one less than the winners. 
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A two-day tournament under the auspices of the John F. 
Weiler Gun Club is announced to take place July 16 and 17, at 
the Duck Farm Hotel, Allentown, Pa. Two high average moneys, 
$10 and $5 Two magautraps will throw the targets. Rose system 
will govern the division of the moneys. There are twelve events 
each day at 10, 15, 20 and 25 targets; entrance fee $1 , $1.50, $2 and 
$2 50. The members of the tournament committee are Messrs. 
W r F. Weiler, O. H. Acker and C. F. Kramlich. 
The Enterprise Gun Club, of McKeesport, Pa., has formu- 
lated a programme for its Fourth of July shoot, which offers much 
sport at a minimum of cost. It provides ten events, alternately 10 
and 15 targets, respectively $1.20 and $1.75 entrance, a total of 
$11.75 for the programme events. All purses divided by the Jack 
Kabbit system. A magautrap will throw the targets. Those who 
wish may shoot for targets only. The secretary is Mr. G. W. 
Mains. 
Mr. J. R. Malone informs us that he will hold his eighth an- 
nual midsummer tournament on July 23, 24 and 25, at Bay Ridge, 
A. A. County, Md. Two days will be devoted to targets, one 
to live birds. Added money $200. Programme will be ready 
Tuly 1. Address Mr. J. R. Malone, 2671 Pennsylvania avenue, 
Baltimore, Md. 
The three-man team contest for the team cnampionship of New 
York was won on Thursday of last week at Rochester by the 
New York County Gun Club s team, Messrs. Henry, Schortemeier, 
Floyd and Glover. The team scored 94 out of a possible 100. 
Three other teams were entered, namely, Fulton, Rochester and 
Auburn. 
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The fictitious case against Mr, C. M. Powers, brought by a 
Chicago daily, in respect to which full particulars were pub- 
lished in Forest and Stream of last week, was dismissed when 
it came to trial. Mr. Powers secured a change of venue, and 
thereafter the case ended speedily when brought to trial. 
The programme of the Indian shoot will be ready for distri- 
bution in a few days. It contemplates events whose total will be 
200 targets per day for four days, $200 added each day, and $200 
more for general averages. The competition therein will be open 
to the world. 
Capt. A. W. Money, of the E. C. & Schultze Powder Co., ar- 
rived safe and sound on Monday of this week from his recent 
sojourn in the west. His capacity for shooting and good skilful 
shooting at that, seems to be of the things which have no boun- 
daries. 
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Mr. C. B. Axford, the secretary, announces that the Boiling 
Springs Fishing and Gun Club will hold an all-day target shoot 
July 4, on the club's grounds, Rutherford, N. J. Shells and lunch 
can be obtained on the grounds. Targets two cents. Sweep- 
stakes optional. 
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Mr. H. A. McCaughey, secretary, Greenville, O., writes us: 
"The Greenville Gun Club begs to inform shooters that they will 
hold a handicap tournament on Oct. 7 and 8. The handicapping 
will be by distance, which plan has proven the most equitable; 
details will follow." 
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The team race between the Richmond Gun Club and the Aque- 
honga Gun Club, of Tottenville, seven men on a side, took place 
at Silver Lake, S. I., June 14. Each man shot at 30 targets. 
The Richmond club won by a score of 147 to 137. 
Mr. L. D. Arndt, secretary, Tiffin, O., writes us as follows: 
"Please give notice in your list of coming events that the sec- 
ond annual tournament of the Tiffin Gun Club, Tiffin, O., will 
be held Sept. 2 and 3; $75 added money." 
Mr. H. D. Kirkover, of Fredonia, N. Y., won the New York 
City Cup, emblematic of the target championship of New York. 
This trophy was determined by the highest average of the state 
events. 
Bernard Waters. 
Mr. T. A. Marshall's Alleged Statement. 
The following was published in the Chicago American of June 
8 as an authentic interview from Mr. T. A. Marshall. It is not 
presented by us as authentic. In fact, we are not disposed to give 
it any credence whatever. We are sure that if Mr. Marshall held 
such beliefs, he would not have shot pigeons from the traps 
through the past years, thereby violating his own sentiments and 
also misleading others in their judgments. In a way such ex- 
pressions as those subjoined would be a rebuke to the Indians 
and to all other trap shooters. The interview, therefore, does not 
seem to us to be genuine. It is as follows: 
"No sane man will advance the statement that it does not hurt 
a pigeon to break a leg or wing with a charge of shot. It does 
and every trapshooter knows it. 
"If public sentiment or the laws are against the shooting of 
trapped birds, it should ce.ase at once. There is no argument 
which can be advanced which will uphold it under such condi- 
tions. 
"After the Chicago American secured the arrest, conviction and 
punishment of some local wing shots, the shooters down in the 
state realized the sport was dead, so far as Chicago was con- 
cerned. 
"The Chicago members of the State Sportsmen's Association 
asked the boys down in the country to aid them in their local 
fight. This we declined to do. 
"The state meet was postponed from May 20 until June 3. If 
the advice of the shooters outside of Chicago had been followed 
there would have been no meet this year. The local men assured 
"us thy could put off the shoot. We came up here, learned ex- 
isting conditions and declined to have anything to do with live- 
bird events. 
"There is absolutely no need of using pis?cons it tb<* f"" 1 "" 
and the fact that 'the Indians,' the professional shooters, have 
used clay targets at all of their tournaments, where *i,UiM aaded 
money is an incentive for a man to do his best, should show 
the feeling of the 'circuit chasers.' 
"The clay pigeon is swifter in its flight and harder to hit than 
the live bird. It gives a shooter better practice, costs less — say 
two cents, as against the live bird's thirty — and is just as keen 
sport. There is no cruelty about breaking a target, so there is 
nothing inhuman in having it used at races. 
"I take it that a little while will see all shooters abandoning the 
use of live birds for the clay targets. 
"In our races with the teams of the United Kingdom last year, 
all of which we won, nothing was used but clay targets. Kimj 
Edward assured me personally he was deeply interested in the 
sport, and he believed trap shooting was one of the means of 
educating the young men of the country tu oecome proficient 
in the use of firearms. 
"I think this training was pretty well demonstrated in the 
small row we had with Spain. There is no question but what 
trap shooting educates the eye, brain, nerve and muscles to act 
in unison; imparts a knowledge of distance, velocity, wind, light 
and all of the things a man must know to become a good shot. 
"Personally, I believe that there is more cruelty in the field 
shooting than in killing birds at the trap. In the latter case you 
know the distance of the bird and are ready to kill. In the open 
you will take long chances, shooting at a bird seventy-five yards 
away with the hopes of getting it. It may be wounded and escape 
you, only to die a lingering death. 
"Public sentiment in Chicago, and throughout the state for 
that matter, is against the shooting of trapped birds. I am glad 
of it, for it will make the boys use clay targets and may bring 
many into the game who do not approve of pigeon shooting for 
humane reasons." 
Tiffin Gun Club. 
Tiffin, O., June 14.— Appended are the scores of the Tiffin 
Gun Club's tournament just closed. E. M. Stout was high gun 
for the two days. Every one was delighted with our beautiful 
grounds, which are the best in the State. Attendance was smaller 
that it would have been on account of rain, but we hope to do 
better at our coming second annual tournament, Sept. 2 and 3, 
at which we will give $75 added money: 
June M, First Day. 
Events : 
Targets : 
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10 10 15 10 15 10 10 15 10 10 15 10 
8 11 8 8 10 
9 15 9 9 13 
6 12 10 9 11 9 
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7 8 15 6 
9 8 12 9 
8 5 .. 5 
8 .. 11 
Arndt 7 7 6 8 11 8 
Stout 10 9 14 9 15 10 
Sanford 8 9 13 8 15 7 
Swigart 7 7 11 6 12 . . 
Hamilton 9 6 12 9 13 
Crabtree 8 9 13 . . 14 
Pittenger 6 
Hodge 8 6 
Rodgers 8 9 10 S 
Myers 6 7 13 5 
Yundt ' 5 
Chamberlin 
♦Troxel 
♦Anway .. 
* Targets only. 
Jane 12, Second Day, 
13 14 15 
10 10 15 
8 11 
10 9 15 
8 8 15 
4 8 
8 6 14 
9 7.. 
3 4.. 
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6 7.. 
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10 10 15 10 15 10 10 15 10 10 15 10 
6 11 3 5 12 7 
8 14 10 9 15 10 
9 14 9 10 14 10 
7 13 9 7 12 6 
. .. 5 5.. 4 
Events: 
Targets: 
Arndt 7 6 10 6 9 
Stout 9 10 15 9 15 
♦Trimble 8 9 14 10 14 
Sehafer 8 6 14 7 13 
Swigart 
Holenberger 5 . . 3 
Connor 9 
Crabtree 9 8 13 912 6 7 11 10 7 14 9 
Benham 8 8 13 9 13 5 6 11 10 7 12 7 
Pittenger 7 3 . 4 4 . . 7 
Hayford 7 5 . . 
Burton 7 6 .. 6 
Peters . 2 
L, D. Arndt, 
13 14 15 
10 10 15 
9 9 
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Boston Gttfi Gob. 
Boston, June 4.—The fifth serial prize shoot of the Boston Gun 
Club was held on their grounds at Wellington to-day, and shooters- 
from all points of the compass were in evidence, making the shoot 
one of the best on the grounds this season. The long-distance 
men again took the honors, Leroy easily leading, making one of 
the two straight scores, and Spencer the other. 
The scores as a whole, while not up to the usual average, were 
very creditable, a decidedly adverse wind for trapshooting being 
on hand all of the afternoon. 
In the prize match Leroy held the honor position, starting ill 
with one 12 out of the first 15, and negotiating all of the pairs to 
make the total of 22. Frank, Woodruff and Spencer tied with 18 
for second position, two targets to the better of Campbell, who 
alone held third place. 
Other scores as follows: 
Events: 
Targets : 
Leroy, 21 
Frank, 18 
Woodruff, 17 12 
Fisher. 16 
Win die, 16.... 
Campbell, 16. 
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Retwood, 14 
Spencer, 18 
M, E., 14 2 
Wales, 16 6 
Linfield, 16 " 4 
Nichols, 14 1 
Nos. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 10 were magautrap; Nos. 2, 5, 8 and 9 were 
Sergeant system. 
Merchandise match, 25 targets — 15 Sergeant system; 5 pairs 
magautrap : 
Leroy, 21 11U10011110111 11 11 11 11 11—22 
Woodruff. 17 110001111110111 11 01 00 11 11—18 
Frank, 18 101111001101110 10 11 11 11 01—18 
Spencer, 18 011011101101111 11 11 10 11 00—18 
Campbell, 16 111110110001111 01 00 11 10 10—16 
Hawkins, 16 011011110011001 01 01 10 01 00—13 
Wood, 16 101100111101110 01 01 10 10 10—15 
Williams, 16 100101100010111 11 10 10 10 11—15 
Fisher, 16 101000011101010 10 10 10 U 00—12 
Stevens. 16 001011000000101 11 10 10 00 00— 9 
Trap at Dupont Park. 
St. Louis, Mo., June 8. — The two main events shot to-day 
were the Dupont trophy and the Rawlings medal, the former at 
live birds, the latter at targets, both handicaps: 
Marion Lambert won various matches on the side, doing some 
remarkable work on pairs, several times killing 9 out of 10. 
The birds were a good lot, and as the day was cool they flew 
well. 
Phil Weber won the medal by killing 24 in the shoot-off. Bag- 
german was the runner-up, and lost his 24th dead out of bounds. 
Sims was suffering from a severe headache, and went out on his 
13th, a towering white bird, which sailed up against the sun. 
Killed. Score. 
Selzer, 28 12121112—8 8 
O'Neil, 28 02122011—6 8 
Lambert, 29. . .12112112— 8 8 
Bowman, 29. . .121210U— 7 8 
O'Trigger, 28. .20102101— 5 7 
Money 30 11202122—7 7 
Jonah, 28 21120112—7 8 - 
Sims, 28 12111112—8 8 
Killed. Score. 
Weber, 29 22110111—7 8 
Waldron, 28. . .10212201— 6 8 
Frederic, 28. . .11111212— 8 8 
Cornell, 28 01111100—5 7 
Spencer, 28 ... 10021120— 5 7 
Baggerman, 29.11112112—8 8 
Orvis, 28 21122121—8 8 
Rawlings medal, 25 targets, distance handicap: 
Broke. Score. 
Selzer, 19 1100111111110010111110111—19 
O'Neil, 18 ■ 1111101111100111011111010—19 
Bowman, 20 1010111011100101001011111—16 
Lamb ert , 19 1001011101011111101101111—18 
Clay, 21 1110111111011111111111111—23 
O 'Trigger, 19 11000111111] 1011111000111—18 
Money, 23 1111101101111111010111010—19 
Bauer, 16 lOOOimOlOllOOlOOOOOlOlO— 11 
Sims, 21 1111011111111011111111111—22 
Jonah. 19 0000110001110001100011010—10 
Cornell, 18 0111101010101111100101110—16 
Mermod, 18 0101111111101111001101000—16 
Baggerman, 21 1111010100010100001000110—11 
Spe ncer. 18 11111010111110101 0101011 1—18 
Frederick, 23 llllllllllUOmilllllOll— 23 
O'Neil, Selzer, Sims, Clay, Spencer and Mermod were all to 
qualify, and shot off the tie. Mermod won with 23 out of 25. 
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Fifty-Bird Sweepstake. 
Philadelphia, June 14.— A sweepstake at fifty birds, $25 en- 
trance, was shot on the grounds of the Keystone Shooting League 
at Holmesburg Junction, this afternoon. The purse was divided 
two moneys, Rose system, I. W. Budd and G. R. Bauer winning 
first place with 48 kills, A. A. Parker taking second place with 46. 
Budd shot a winning race up to the thirty-first round, having a 
clean score and having held the lead after the thirteenth round. 
Budd missed his second bird in the thirty-eighth round, leaving 
Bauer and Parker tie for first place, each with one miss. But 
in the long run blood will tell. After a run of 36 straight Parker 
lost three in a bunch, which for a time put him out of. the money. 
In the last round it was up to Bauer to kill and take first money 
alone and leave second money to Budd, or miss and leave Parker 
to share the spoils; he took the latter course and missed a duffer, 
an easy a bird as ever came from a trap, and this after making 
a run of 36 straight, in which a number of grand kills were 
scored. The birds were a good lot, very few balls being thrown 
and only one being called by either shooter or Referee Howard 
Ridge. The scores: 
J J Hallowell, 30 1122120102122102112*21111—21 
11102112*2211212112022221—22—43 
I W Budd, 29 1121211211122112122211111—25 
2111101121110111221111222—23—48 
P M Hobbs, 28 22122202102222222222'2221— 23 
2221020222220122222220*22—20—43 
G R Bauer, 27 1212121221120111221221112—24 
111212211212121 1111111210-24--18 
Ed Johnson, 28 2200221211022221112101121— n 
22120201222*1222222211122—22—43 
J E Morris, 27 21120221*010*220220012222—17 
2202011112112211201202012—20—37 
A A Parker ,28 2122212*22222221222222122—24 
212121212212212212200*222—22^16 
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Sec'y. 
Richmond — Aquehonga. 
Silver Lake, S. I., June 14. — The team race, seven men on a 
side, between the Richmond Gun Club, of this place, and the 
Aquehonga Gun Club, of Tottenville, was won by the former 
club by a score of 147 to 137. Each man shot at 30 targets. The 
losers paid for the targets. The scores follow: 
Richmond Gun Club. 
A A Schoverling, Capt 11011111011111011111100111111—25 
Jos Keppler 110011100101100110001010001110—15 
M Ryersen 011100000011111101110100010001—15 
Geo Bechtel ..011101011110010100011111011011—19 
F W Schoverling 111111001010111101111011111011—23 
Haze Keller 110111110110111111101001111101—21 
Harry Wells 111111111111111110011111111110—27—147 
Aquehonga Gun Club. 
E A Joline 111111111111111110011111111011—27 
F Hadkins 111001111111100010111101110110—21 
E Lovett, Capt 010111011011110111101111010101—21 
R Ellis 101111110011111001011111111000—21 
W Hartmann 001111110110110101111010110011—20 
H Sprague 110011001010100101110111010101— 17 
H Murray 000111010010001010001001000001—10—137 
A. A. Schoverling, Sec'y. 
