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'BEIJ^G ^l/SHED TO F'ROJ^T, 
UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO 
LOWELL. MASS. 
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497-503 Peecrl St.. 35-43 Pe^rk St., New York. 
114-116 Matrket St., S^n Frs^ncisco, 
The Grand Prix d« Casino. 
Monte Carlo, Feb. 1. — The Grand Prix was opened to-day in 
splendid weather, a good light and a nice breeze adding much 
to the enjoyment of both shooters and spectators. The entry was 
very encouraging compared with last year, there being a total of 
153, of whom no fewer than 58 were Italians. The birds, supplied 
by Roberts, were of first-class quality, as may be imagined when 
it is observed that in the opening round 50 shooters, at 26 metres, 
missed, and strange to say, the same number failed in the second 
round, while among the 23 that missed both were included 
Count O'Brien and M. Guyot, respectively winners in 1900-01. 
Among those who experienced bad luck during the day were M. 
Jc'urnu, Lord Savile, Mr. Mackintosh and Mr. Percy Thellusson, 
the two latter of whose second birds, hard hit, struggled outside 
before dropping. Mr. J. H. Roberts and Mr. Le Pellier-Johnson, 
as former winners of the great prize, were put back one and two 
metres respectively, and killed their two birds, along with Mr. 
Watson, Mr. Carroll, Mr. Spalding, Mr. Asplen, Mr. Hodgson, 
Mr. V. Barker, Mr. Hall, Mr. Haydon, Mr. Collier, Mr. Ker, 
Mr. Hayes, Mr. Harrison and Mr. F. Thellusson. 
Feb. 2. — A tropical rain set in to-day, with the result that a 
postponement became absolutely necessary after the third round 
had been disposed of. Such heavy rain, in fact, is very seldom 
seen in Europe, and the situation may be' guessed from the cir- 
cumstance that the birds were positively unable to fly, while the 
men in charge of them went on strike, declining to take them to 
the traps. 
Feb. 3. — The deluge of yesterday was to-day changed to 
sunshine, a gentle breeze, and an excellent light, though there 
was a cloudy sky. The birds were everything that could be de- 
sired in the way of testing the skill of the best shooters, and in 
the fifth round especially the guns had all the worst of it. The 
following at the end of the seventh round had killed all their 
birds: Signer Brocco, Mr. Watson, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Menton, 
the Marquis Villaviciosa, Mr. Demonts, Signor Fortunio, Signor 
Pistoresi, Signor Galetti, Signor Schianini, and Signor Giungo, 
and there were 43 who had a single miss to join those just de- 
tailed, those with two misses now retiring. 
Feb. 4. — The competition came to a close, and again the weather 
was charming, with a southeast breeze. The pigeons were, if 
anything, better than on either of the previous daj^s, in which 
connection it is but fair to say that some of the English guns 
had the worst of kick, Mr. Roberts especially being a victim. 
The eighth round saw the whole of the eleven who remained in 
last night with clean sheets again successful. In the next round, 
however, Signor Fortunio was defeated by a strong and difficult 
bird, like ill-fortune attending Signor Villaviciosa, Signor Giungo 
and Mr. Hodgson with the opening of the tenth round. Signor 
Braco, Mr. Watson, M. Demonts, Mr. Merton, and Signor 
Schianini were still without a miss, but a strong bird, assisted by 
the wind, stopped Signor Braco. Mr. Watson distinguished him- 
self by bringing down his bird on the edge of the boundary fence 
with the second barrel. iM. Demonts and Mr. Merton having 
killed, it only remained for the Italian, Signor Schianini, to drop 
an easy bird to finish the round. The contest was now nearing a 
conclusion, when in the eleventh round, Mr. Merton and M. 
Demonts missed, which left Mr. Watson and Signor Schianini 
to fight it out; but the twelfth round proved the final, so far as 
the first prize is concerned. The Englishman got what appeared 
to be anything but a difficult bird; all the same, he failed, 
through apparent nervousness, to stop it, and it consequently 
only remained for the Italian champion to kill. This he accom- 
plished with an easy bird, thereby grassing a dozen in succession, 
and it goes without saying that Signor Schianini's success was 
extremely popular, when it is remembered that two years ago, 
when his countryman, Signor Grasselli, was the victor, he 
divided third and fourth prizes with Count O'Brien. No fewer 
than fourteen shot ofl: for the second, third and fourth prizes, 
which finally were divided by Signor Villaviciosa, Baron de Tav- 
eriicst, and M. de Gilles. Scores: 
Grand Prix du Casino of S sovs. each, with 800 added to a work 
of art; second, 160 sovs. and 25 per cent, of the entrance; third, 
80 sovs. and 20 per cent. ; fourth, 40 sovs. and 15 per cent. ; 
balance to the winner; 12 birds — 3 at 26 metres, 9 at 27 metres; 
last "year's winner stands back 2 metres; previous winners 1 
metre; 153 subscribers: 
Signor Schianini (first of £1029 and trophy) 12 
Signor Villaviciosa (divided £1018) 14 out of 15 
Baron A. de Tavernost (ditto) 14 out of 15 
M de Gilles (ditto) 14 out of 15 
Sigiior Galetti , 13 out of 15 
Mr. Hayes 13 out of 15 
iSL.Charrier ,.13 out of 15 
M. Demonts 12 out of 14 
Signor Fortunio 12 out of 14 
Signor Restelli 12 out of 14 
Signor Radaelli 11 out of 13 
Mr. W. Watson. . 41 out of 13 
Winners of the Grand Prix du Casino since its institution in 
1872: 
1872.... Mr G L L-orillard United States 
1873.... Mr J Lee, V. C, C. B England 
1874.... Sir W Call, Bart England 
1875 . . . . Capt Aubrey L ' Patton England 
1876.... Capt Aubrey L Patton England 
1877.... Mr. W Arundel Yeo Eng and 
1878.... Mr. Cholmondeley Pennell England 
1879.... Mr. ERG Hopwood England 
1880.... Count- Michael Esterhazy Hungary 
1881.... M. Godfrey Camaner Belgium 
1882.... Count de St. Quintin.. France 
1883.... Mr J H Roberts England 
1884.... Count Caserta Italy 
1885.... M L de Donodot Belgium 
1886. . . .Signor Guidicini Italy 
1887.... Count Saline Italy 
1888. . . .Mr Seaton. England 
1889.... Mr. V Dicks England 
1890. . . .Signor Guidicini Italy 
1891.... Count L Gajoli Italy 
1892.... Count Trauttsmandorfp Austria 
1893. . . .Signor Guidicini Italy 
1894.... Count Zichy Austria 
1895 Signor Benvenuti Italy 
1896.... M Journu France 
1897. .. .Signor G. Graselli Italy 
1898 Mr Curling England 
1899 M Moncorge France 
1900. .. .Count O'Brien Spain 
]9Q1....M Guyot France 
1902. . . .Signor Grasselli Italy 
1903 Mr Le Pellier-Johnson ..England 
19C4 .Signor Schianini Italy 
— Field (London). 
After a few weeks' competition for ordinary prizes, the Monte 
Carlo fortnight began on Monday of last week, continuing over 
this, which has seen the decision of the Grand Prix and a number 
of other valuable trophies. 
The weather at Monte Carlo in the beginning of last week was 
lovely; but we learn from our correspondent there ..lat the sun 
was so strong that the glare was very dazzling to the gunners, espe- 
cially to the visiting members of the English gun clubs. They felt 
the change from the weather here to that of Monte Carlo, where 
the sun poured down on the rippling sea in front of the club en- 
closure, trying the eyes of all very severely, so much so, that many 
of the Italian division wore yellow glasses to protect their eyesight 
from the glare. 
The birds were fairly good, but rather mixed, not so fast, on the 
whole, as those lately supplied at the London Gun Club. A few 
of them, however, were very fast, and when these birds went off 
from the middle trap they wanted very straight shooting to stop 
them within the boundary. Many of them, hard hit, dropped dead 
just outside the limit, carried there solely by the wind. There 
were also a surprising number of incoming birds throughout the 
fortnight, which, though easily killed, were just as easily missed. 
It looked as if these birds did not care to face a journey out 
to sea. 
The feature of last week on the Monte Carlo grounds was the 
brilliant shooting of the Hon. Percy T. Thellusson, which almost 
daily succeeded in gaining the admiration of the onlookers. On 
Monday of last week Mr. Thellusson was lucky in killing many of 
his birds right on the boundary, and in seeing none of them fall 
beyond it. But on Thursday he won the gold medal, the trop'hy 
of the week, the 3,000 franc prize, by killing nearly all his birds 
with his first barrel, though finally winning with a magnificent sec- 
ond at a fast bird from the left corner trap that went away to the 
left like the wind. He dropped it within 3yds. of the boundary of 
17yds., so much nearer than at the London Gun Club, which is 
30. Mr. Thellusson used a Boss gun and American Schultze 
powder. 
The variety of the ammunition used was a study, many of the 
Italians and Frenchmen loading their own cartridges. For this 
purpose one Italian competitor carried with him a kind of wedge 
and turn-over combined, and his struggles with his machine to 
prevent the slightest shake in the pellets must almost have pushed 
the shot through the wads. The guns also were a very mixed lot, 
the fancy gold work on some of them being a violation of English 
taste, especially where the ovals on the stocks recorded the dates 
of previous wins. Many of the barrels, again, on the Continental 
guns were very long, some of them about 34in. 
The first round for the Grand Prix began on Monday last in 
lovely weather. At the start the sun was strong, and with the 
slight breeze the birds flew well. The competitors numbered 151, 
as against 130 last year, a record number which was increased 
later on by the late arrival of two Italians, raising the entry to 
153. The wind dropped soon after the first round, and then the 
birds were easier ones. The birds trapped were in excellent, but 
not exceptional condition.. Nearly half of the competitors were 
Italian, the English contingent numbering juSt'dver'a sc(1re.'*bli% 
two rounds were called for on the opening day, and at the second- 
round the tWQ favorites, Mr, p. Thellusson and Mr, Mackintosh 
missed their birds, as did also such well-known shots as Lord 
Savile, Hon. Fitz Roy Erskine, M. Journu, M. Grasselli and De 
Gilles. 
On Tuesday rain prevailed so continuously that after the first 
round the committee postponed proceedings for a day, when fifty- 
seven competitors had killed three birds out of three and fifty-four 
two out of two. 
On Wednesday the weather was splendid, neither sun nor wind 
being strong. The birds, too, were very fast, and only twenty- 
seven competitors who had killed all their birds remained at the 
end of the sixth round, while at the conclusion of the seventh the 
ranks were further thinned out. The Italians shot well, and at the 
end of the day's shooting five of them had succeeded in killing all 
their birds, while Spain, France,, and Australia were each rep- 
resented only by one competitor, who had equaled this score, the 
Englishmen who had not missed being Messrs. Braco, Watson 
and Hodgson. 
There was some very good shooting on Thursday, and great 
excitement prevailed, when after the eleventh round, the issue lay 
between Mr. Watson and the Italian, Signor Schianini. The 
Englishman shot first, and expressions of regret were heard on 
almost every side when he missed an apparently not very dif-, 
ficult bird. Then Signor Schianini had an easy bird, and made no 
mistake, being proclaimed the winner of the Grand Prix. Thus 
he added another victory to the nine claimed by Italy against 
twelve, by England. Finally the 24,442 francs reserved for second, 
third and fourth were divided between Villaviciosa, Tavernost and 
Gilles, each killing 14 out of 15. The Englishmen were not 
favored by the birds.— County Gentleman. 
The Cleveland G«n Cluh Company. 
Cleveland, O., Feb. 16.— Herewith please find data which refers 
to this club. We submit same, as it is possible that some of this 
data will be interesting to your readers. We beg to call special 
attention to the rules which we have adopted to govern club con- 
tests for year 1904. The writer has had twenty-two years' experi- 
ence in connection with target shooting, and his experience indi- 
cates that the rules to govern the contests of a club are very hard 
to formulate if entire satisfaction is to be given every member of 
a club. You will notice that the enclosed rules provide for a self- 
imposed classification. We believe that this is the only equitable 
plan to adopt for club contests. We have tried all kinds of rules, 
and we find that any arbitrary handicap does not meet with the 
approval of all our members. We have held three contests which 
were governed by the enclosed rules, and up to date, our members 
are very much pleased with the result. 
The thought has occurred to us that these rules will interest 
many of the gun clubs of this country, as the same are the result 
of years of thought to perfect, and furnish a satisfactory basis for 
competition in our club. You will note that the enclosed forms 
indicate that we have established a permanent shooting park, 
which should furnish a home for our club for any number of years 
in the future. Our land is 900ft. wide and 2,000ft. long, and while 
it is located twelve miles from the center of our city, it can be 
reached by suburban cars within an hour. After twenty-two years 
of existence upon different shooting grounds, we have finally 
secured what the older members have long desired, viz.: a place 
where we cannot be disturbed by any procedure whatsoever. Our 
membership has been greatly increased during the past two 
njcnths, and we expect that we shall have at least 300 rnembers 
'in good standing by Jan. 1, 1905. Our membership is made up of 
the first business and professional men of this city, and it has been 
our policy to kteep the initiation fee down to $10 and the dues to 
$5 per year, so that any gentlemen, irrespective of his financial 
worth, can take part in the delightful pastime of trapshooting. 
T. G. Ho GEN, Pres. 
Rules for Club Coc tests. 
. Semi-monthly contests shall be held at the club's shooting 
. park on the first Saturday and the third Wednesday of each 
month, at an hour to be announced by the board of directors, and 
notice shall be pubHshed one day in advance of each contest in 
two of the daily papers of Cleveland. 
2. Each contest shall consist of 40 targets, known traps, un- 
known angles; entrance, targets included, shall be 50 cents. 
3. The members of the club shall be divided into A, B, C, and 
D classes. A-Class shall be composed of members who shoot 85 
.j^er.cent., or above; B-Class, 75 to 85 per cent.; C-Class, 65 to 75 
per cent., and D-Class, under 65 per cent. 
Every member's class, in a semi-monthly club contest, shall be 
fixed by the percentage he made in the last contest in 'which he ■ 
participated. This rule provides for a self-imposed classification, 
which is absolutely equitable, and it should be satisfactory to all 
\l;e'm^ml3'ers''oriHi?'dvth" :. ■- _ . / . 
4. This club shall furnish a blue ribbon for first prize, and a 
red ribbon foy second prize, for each class, in every regular s?m^- 
