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Second Day» 
Indianapolis Gun Club. 
Indianapolis, Ind., April .18.— Saturday, the regular club day, 
found a small attendance, as the boys have not quite recovered 
ficm the tournament held last week. For the Hunter Arms 
Co. trophy, with the allowance on handicaps, Sayles, Michaelis, 
Medico, MoUer and Nash made 50 straight. In the Michaelis, 
Partington contest for the English Hotel cup, Partington was 
b:idly off, losing 10 out of one string of 25, and finished with 77 
to 85. Mr. Gus Moeller will next try conclusions with Mr. 
Michaelis, the contest for the cup to take place April 30; 
The following practice scores were made: Michaelis shot at 150, 
broke 128; Head 100, 89; Moeller 125, 84; Medico 100, 70; Sayles 
125, 100; Nash 100, 74; Williams 75, 52; Partington 100, 78; Ben- 
jamin 75, 56. 
Garrett beat Hirschey. 
H. C. Hirschey arrived in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 19. He 
had a box of shells with him. As is the custom, John Garrett set 
out a case, and with a few of the locals repaired to the shooting 
park, and then the fun started. 
Garrett shot at 200, broke 187; Hirschey 200, 183; Hervey 150, 86 ; 
Sanderson 150, 110; Rich 75, 51; Reasoner 125, 64; Center 125, 76; 
Meredith 50, 38; and Weimer 25, 24. 
At Des Moines, la. 
The season is now fairly on at Des Moines, la., and much 
interest is being taken in the fine gun offered by Hopkins Bros. 
The contest held April 19 shows the old-time interest. Shooting 
at 100 targets in two strings of 50 each, the scores stand: F. 
Sanders 92, W. E. Kessler 85, Oscar Close 82, H. Patterson 80, 
H. Nugles 78. French, Holgerson and Budd Hunter are thought 
to be able to show up among the high ones before the shoots 
grow much older. The race is young yet. 
On April 19 the Lakefield, Minn., Gun Club, known as the 
duck shooters' club, held a shoot Monday, which resulted in a tie 
and shoot-of? that was a hot one. Shooting at 25 targets. Winters 
made 22 straight, and then lost the last 3, Post 23, Bisping 23, 
Morrison 23, Winters 22, Keer 20, Rue 20, Root 19. In the shoot- 
off Post won with 10 to Morrison and Bisping 9 each. The club 
here wish to call the attention of all the clubs to the fact that the 
Peters trophy is still held by it, and a challenge would be accepted 
promptly. 
At Battle Creek. 
Battle Creek, Mich., April 18. — The opening shoot at the San- 
itarium City was a great success, as it would not be thought pos- 
sible that fifty-three shooters would turn out to practice and 
witness the shooting of Mrs. Nellie Bennett, who was in the city 
on a touring trip. Mrs. Bennett made some good scores, al- 
though the wind was strong, she made 9 out of 10 and 21 out of 
25. Class A had only four entries. Shooting at 25 targets, O. R. 
Hensler and McMakin tied on 19, Forsythe and Howes getting 18 
each. On the shoot-off McMakin won ttie prize, a silver cigar and 
ash receiver. Class B was hotly contested. Mr. Gilkerson won 
the gun cleaner after a shoot-off with Francisco on a score of 14 
out of 15, Mr. Ricketson taking the second prize. 
Class C had the largest entry, there being five squads and three 
prizes. Mr. Snyder won first with 10 out of 15; Mr. Wiseman 
with 9 won second; Mr. Abbott with 8 took third. The scores: 
Robb shot at 3b, broke 30 ; Ricketson 24, 21 ; Gilkerson 50, 41 ; 
Bush 70, 56; Forsythe 60, 48; Carpenter 10, 8; McMakin 35, 28; 
A. R. Hensler 35, 28; Howes 85, 68; iCeef 70, 56; Hyler 25, 19; 
V/ooden 25, 19; Ver West 70, 50; Francisco 50, 36; Essig 50, 33; 
Mrs. Bennett 110, 71; Gale 20, 13; Smily 25, 16; Snyder 25, 16; 
Modan 25, 15; Barnard 50, 30; Wiseman 25, 15; Wetsen 10, 6; 
Green 10, 6; Hames 35, 20; Breigel 25, 14; Washburn 25, 14; 
Karcher 25, 14; Beek 25, 14; Davidson 25, 13; Bock 10, 5; Abbott 
25, 12; Kelsey 25, 11; Willard 25, 10; Grodin 25. 10; Post 25, 10; 
McKenzie 25, 9; Phillips 25, 9; Murehead 25, 9; Robertson 25, 9; 
Bartholomew 25, 7; Shine 25, 4; Evans 10, 1; Southern 25, 2; 
Bancroft 25, 2; Bryant 20, 5. 
Congress of UIiDois Shooters Tournament. 
Litchfield, 111., April 21. — For some months the combined efforts 
of the trapshooters of southwestern Illinois has been lent to the 
building up of a shooting park at Litchfield that would be attrac- 
tive and worthy of the name of the best place in Illinois. Among 
other things provided was a stove, and though hardly intended 
for use, it was the best thing on the ground during the snow- 
storm which fell the second day. 
Those who left their overcoats and mackintoshes at home were 
surely hugging the stove when not trying to shoot. 
The handicapping seemed to work well, and will be continued 
at the future five tournaments to be held monthly. The pro- 
fessionals were Messrs. Standish, Vietmeyer, Adams, Boa, Bron- 
ough. The missionaries did good work assisting the management. 
Cadwallader has broken into the game, and is now shooting and 
traveling in the interests of the Peters Cartridge Co. All his old 
friends - were pleased to meet him. Tuesday, after the regular 
events, Connors, the Pekin enthusiast, proposed a 100-target race, 
and there were four entries, and the proposer came out fourth best. 
H. Spencer made 96, Scott 95, Mermod 92, and Connor 88. 
The third day a somewhat similar race was shot, and though 
scores were much less, Scott won with 85. The scores: 
First Day. 
Events: 123456789 10 Shot 
Targets: 15 15 20 20 15 15 20 20 15 20 at. Broke. 
Cummings, 17 11 15 18 20 13 14 19 20 12 20 175 162 
Scott, 17 14 14 18 20 11 13 16 18 14 20 175 158 
Boa, 18 10 12 15 17 9 11 15 16 .. . . 140 106 
Adams, 18 14 13 19 17 11 13 17 18 15 17 175 154 
Connor, 17 13 11 17 16 12 13 18 17 12 18 li5 147 
Caldwell, 16 9 8 15 17 10 15 15 18 13 16 175 136 
Hardy, 16 10 13 16 16 13 11 18 15 1117 175 140 
■ Davis, 16 11 10 14 17 70 52 
Scheiss, 16 13 10 13 19 12 10 20 18 10 l6 175 141 
Lewis, 17 14 13 16 16 14 15 16 17 12 17 175 150 
Snell, 16 13 10 14 17 13 1115 18 12 19 17i) 142 
Vietmeyer, 18 10 8 13 18 12 14 18 17 13 15 175 138 
Groves, 16 11 14 15 17 10 13 13 14 12 18 175 137 
Hall, 17 14 14 17 19 11 10 18 19 15 19 175 155 
Keller, 17 9 10 19 18 16 1116 16 12 19 175 145 
Cadwallader, 18 11 10 16 15 15 12 14 17 11 17 175 137 
Rupert, 17 12 9 18 9 14 13 16 16 12 14 175 133 
Herman, 16 14 11 14 14 11 12 14 16 9 14 175 129 
Crawford, 16 9 13 14 14 10 14 16 12 12 18 175 132 
Burton, 15 12 12 19 15 14 13 19 18 12 20 175 164 
Hawes, 15 10 7 16 14 10 8 12 16 8 14 175 115 
W Gilbert, 15 12 12 18 16 13 11 17 18 14 17 175 148 
McGill, 1^ 11 12 1815 10 11 15 18 .. .. 140 110 
Euglebrecht, 15 8 12 16 16 10 13 lii 18 11 15 175 132 
Allen, 13 12 15 20 18 12 12 15 18 11 17 175 150 
Clay, 16 12 12 17 17 11 14 17 19 12 14 175 146 
Mermod, 17 11 13 19 17 14 16 18 19 14 17 175 16? 
H Spencer, 16 14 13 16 15 15 13 16 20 13 17 175 162 
Chase, 16 7 12 12 15 9 13 18 17 10 16 175 1^ 
Baggerman, 16 10 U 13 13 11 9 . . .. .. .. 100 67 
Manoing, 16 12 » 14 14 10 85 S» 
6 7 
15 20 
13 20 
11 18 
12 18 
12 18 
8 19 
14 13 
14 15 
11 16 
H 17 
9 10 
15 13 
14 15 
10 9 
13 16 
11 20 
13 12 
8 14 
8 9 10 
20 15 20 
16 13 15 
17 13 18 
19 10 15 
15 9 14 
17 11 15 
16 8 12 
17 11 14 
19 12 18 
lb 9 15 
15 9 10 
15 6 17 
15 13 18 
11 10 11 
18 13 14 
17 13 15 
15 11 17 
9 10 14 
Shot 
at. 
176 
176 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
1V5 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
176 
175 
Broke. 
150 
152 
141 
128 
146 
129 
143 
152 
129 
118 
134 
149 
101 
145 
149 
134 
119 
Hall 307, Adams 299, Lewis 
Caldwell 270, Cadwallader 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 15 15 20 20 15 
Cummings, 18 12 13 14 19 13 
Scott, 17 12 14 18 20 11 
Wiggins, 18 11 12 17 15 12 
Cadwallader, IS 10 13 15 10 12 
Aaams, 18 14 14 18 16 13 
Connor, 17 10 11 16 16 13 
Snell, 16 14 14 16 16 12 
Hall, 17 15 15 14 18 14 
Lawrence, 16 11 12 14 16 9 
Groves, 16 10 15 15 15 10 
Caldwell, 16 12 8 18 18 12 
Keller, 17 13 14 19 16 12 
Bryden, 16 6 6 15 14 9 
■Lewis, 17 12 14 18 17 10 
Wyckoff, 16 13 12 17 18 13 
Gibson, 15 15 11 13 15 12 
Hawes, 15 9 12 14 14 14 
Gilbert, 15 12 12 17 .. .. 
Englebrecht, 15 11 10 16 . . . . 
Averages: Cummings 312, Scott 310, 
295, Keller 294, Snell 285, Connor 278, 
265, Groves 255, Hawes 234. 
Notes. 
At the Columbus, Neb., State tournament, the State Association 
will add $300 cash, two prizes and one trophy; each of the thirty- 
three events will have $6 added thereto. The 100-target event will 
be for $100 shotgun. Write Gus Schroder, Columbus, for pro- 
grammes. 
E. L. Wetzig, secretary of the Kansas Association, writes that 
the live-bird race on May 6 will have the Rose system of dividing 
the money. 
The Ashland Gun Club, of St. Louis, Mo., will open up for the 
season on May 1, and a fine summer's shooting will be the result. 
On May 11 there will be a tournament at Decatur, 111. There 
will be six 10-target events, four 15 and four 20 target events. After 
the programme there will be a 50-tar^et event,, open to all, with a 
handicap. Ninety per cent, men shoot at one extra target for 
every tiiree misses. The 80 per cent, men one target for each two 
m).^:ses. Nine or more men, money divided 50, 30 and 20. The 
shoot will be run by the old established promoters, Rupert and 
Kiester. 
At Abilene, Tex., the scores of the April 18 shoot were: Stitch 
18, Winnifred 18, Middleton 12, Jackson 18, Douglas 18, Briggs 
19. In the 25-target race Winnifred made 22, Craig 23, Holt 21, 
Lughts 16, Douglas 19, Stitch 16, Middleton 10, Jackson 9, 
Briggs 16. 
The Lakefield, Minn., Duck Gun Club held their shoot April 18, 
at 25 targets Winders made 22 straight, lost last 3. Then Rost 
made 23, Morrison 23, Winter 22, Keer 20, Rue 20, J. Rost 19. 
Rest won with 10 straight in the shoot-off. 
Belle Fourche Gon Club, 
Belle Fourche, S. D., April IS. — The Northwestern Stock Grow- 
ers' Association held their convention here on the 15th and 16th, 
and the gun club took advantage of that circumstance by holding 
a two days' tournament. 
The weather proved the drawback, and kept many away; other- 
wise the shoot was a success from start to finish. The first day 
the snow covered the ground two inches deep, the sky was 
cloudy and the north wind was strong, making conditions any- 
thing but pleasant. 
Shooters came principally from Hill City and Hot Springs. 
Capt. A. H. Hardy, of Hyannis, Neb., was present. 
The second day the wind was blowing a gale, and the shooting 
was more handicapped than on the first, xhe scores, as shown 
by figures herewith, look low, but in reality were good. The 
east wind was so strong as to blow the shooters from the score 
at times. 
The high averages are shown in regular order. 
The visitors were much pleased at the way they were entertained 
by the members of the home club, and all will show up at Hot 
Springs when the Interstate shoot is on. The scores: 
First Day. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 
Geo Coats 9 H 15 12 8 15 
R N Weiner 14 14 20 12 11 18 
A McNish 11 10 17 13 11 15 
M Brackett 11 12 15 9 10 .. 
R Tuckett 12 14 16 11 10 14 
C Wooster 13 11 17 12 13 17 
Ackerman •. . 11 14 16 14 li3 17 
G Gayhart 14 14 18 15 14 18 
Mortimer 13 11 17 10 11 16 
P Hoyt 12 13 18 13 13 14 
Fousby 11 17 
V Durkin 6 .. 8 .. .. 
Shot 
at. Broke. 
100 70 
P 
E 
E 
G 
F 
H 
S 
B 
E 
E 
100 
100 
80 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
30 
30 
89 
77 
57 
77 
83 
86 
93 
78 
83 
18 
14 
Second Day. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 25 
F Ackerman 12 12 16 13 11 13 16 
Geo Coats 10 14 14 12 10 15 22 
A H Hardy 11 12 16 12 10 14 18 
P A McNish 9 10 13 8 10 7 12 
E M Brackett 8 7 12 6 10 14 20 
G C Wooster 10 11 14 9 9 17 21 
E R Tuckett 10 12 12 9 8 15 17 
H A Gayhart 12 13 19 11 12 19 22 
S Mortimer 11 11 11 10 9 16 15 
R N Minor 10 8 13 10 10 14 14 
W McEachorn 5 
M E Brackett 22 
E Durkin 12 
Shot 
at. Broke. 
93 
125 
125 
125 
125 
125 
125 
125 
125 
125 
125 
97 
93 
69 
62 
91 
83 
108 
83 
79 
Averages, shooting at 225: 
Wooster 174. 
Gayhart 201, F. Ackerman 178, G. C. 
St. Louis Tournament. 
St. Louis, Mo., April 18. — Sunday, the opening tournament was 
held at the Central Gun Club grounds, with Lenharth as manager. 
The weather was fine, and ten shot the whole programme 
through. Those present included Miss King, of St. Louis; Mr. 
Vietmeyer, of Chicago; Mr. Chas. Speer, the well-known powder 
man; Hugh Snell, of Litchfield, la; Fred Scheiss and Wm. Cot- 
trill, of Alton; Thos. Rolf, Eugene Delitine, Steve Lopage, of 
PVench Village, la. Wm. Clay was high man, losing but 9 out of 
150; Mr. Scheiss second, Mr. Baggerman and Vietmeyer were 
third and fourth.. The scores: 
Events: 123456789 10 
Targets: 10 15 20 10 15 20 10 15 20 15 
Delatine 6 3 15 9 12 13 9 14 17 11 
Snell 9 15 14 9 12 17 
Cottrell 9 13 16 7 14 17 
Vietmeyer 7 15 17 9 13 16 
W Baggerman 8 8 13 4 8 12 
Clay 10 14 19 10 14 18 
Stroh 10 13 17 7 12 15 
Scheiss 8 15 15 10 14 15 
Miss King 7 8 15 4 9 16 
Victor 4 10 10 
P Baggerman 7 15 13 
Stcsberg 8 14 12 
Wm Pop* 6 10 16 
6 14 14 14 
6 11 15 11 
7 12 18 13 
7 7 15 12 
9 14 18 15 
8 12 19 .. 
9 13 19 12 
4 
7 10 14 7 11 17 10 
9 11 17 9 13 18 12 
8 12 
9 10 i4 io 14 is is 
Shot 
at. 
Broke. 
150 
U9 
150 
124 
150 
119 
150 
127 
150 
97 
150 
141 
140 
113 
150 
130 
100 
69 
150 
100 
150 
124 
70 
54 
150 
118 
T Ruflf ., 
Le Page 
T Doggs 
Spicer ... 
Fink 
10 15 9 10 18 8 14 12 .. 
..18 8 12 18 10 13 19 14 
.... 8 12 15. 10 7 17 12 
.... 9 .. .. 9 14 17 12 
.. .. 6 12 .. 
125 
125 
105 
70 
25 
96 
112 
81 
61 
18 
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Dcrryfield Gun Club. 
Manchester, N. H., April 25.— The opening shoot of the Dcrry- 
field Gun Club, held on their South Beech street grounds on Fast 
Day, April 21, attracted exactly thirty shooters. Arrangements 
made by the president of the club to alternate holiday shoots 
with the Concord, .N. H., Gun Club brought a contingent of nine 
sl.'coters from that city. The Amesbury, Mass., Club was repre- 
sented by Mr. Bowen, a former Manchester man, who', shot the 
entire programme, making some very creditable scores. Kirkwood, 
ol the Boston Gun Club, was in excellent form, .and easily car- 
ried off high average for the day's shoot, with a percentage of 
886. The real attracticn of the day, and one that brought out 
about 250 spectators, was a match race of 50 birds between trade 
representatives E. D. Fulford, of Utica, N. V., and Neaf Apgar, 
of New York city, which was won by the former by a score of 45, 
as against 44 by Mr. Apgar. Conditions were very much adverse 
to high scores, there being a strong, cold west wind sweeping 
across the grounds. Mr. Apgar was unfortunate in his first string 
of 25, the luck seeming to run all to Mr. Fulford. He, however, 
made a Garrison finish, breaking 24 cut of the last 25. Mr. 
Fulford shot a steady match, breaking his birds clean. The match 
was interesting throughout, and the scores very creditable, con- 
ditions considered. Both gentlemen made a very favorable im- 
pression. Events 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, constituted a cash prize match, 
professionals barred. Elmer Reed carried off first prize in truly 
professional style with a score of 4o out of 50. Eugene Reed, 
second, 41, and Smith, third, with 40. 
Members ai-e being added to our club at each meeting, and the 
indications are that this will be a prosperous year for the club, 
and a lively one for the trapshooters in this vicinity. 
No. 3 was at 5 pairs. Following are the scores: 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
10 15 10 15 15 10 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 
8 1-3 7 
6 .. .. 
5 .. .. 
6 11 .. 
9 13 G 
6 3.. 
7 13 10 
Events: 
Targets : 
E E Reed 7 13 
Bowen 8 8 
Eugene Reed 8 11 
Fulford 10 12 
Apgar 8 14 
Kirkwood 9 14 
Eastman 4 8 
Morris 7 6 
Goss 6 10 
King 9 11 
Freeman 2 7 
Smith 5 9 
Sanborn S 10 
Martin S 7 
Keller 9 13 
Odekirk 6 10 
Chadwick 3 2 
Harrington 7 10 
Cbeeney 4 8 
Byron 4 9.. 7 7 6 6 
McCabe 4 6 8 
Allen 8 8 9 
Huskie 9 7 7 
W clch 6 . . . . 
Edgar 4 2 1 
Greer 7 12 
Neubert 8 9 
A J Reed 12 
Fosburg 5 
Eldridge 2 
7 11 13 8 14 
7 10 10 7 11 
8 13 8 8 14 
8 14 12 10 14 
8 12 12 8 13 
8 15 13 
4 8 6 
5 11 12 
6 10 12 
..12 8 
.. 10 5 
6 11 9 
5 10 8 
4 6 11 
7 11 10 
.. 9 10 
6 8 6 
. . 13 10 10 12 
.. 6 7.. .. 
7 7 
10 10 
5 9 
9 9 
7 
6 10 9 
6 9 5 
9 8 7 8 
9 9 9 9 
7 10 10 10 
7 10 10 10 
5 7 . 9 10 , 9 
8 10 
7 11 
8 8 
4 2 
6 8 7 
5 5 
5 io 
6 5 
Av. 
84.0 
76.0 
80.6 
86.6 
86.0 
88.6 
73.0 
61.0 
65.5 
75.0 
33.0 
73.0 
65.0 
62.0 
73.0 
61.0 
30.0 
77.0 
52.0 
50.0 
40.0 
63.0 
41.0 
26!o 
61.0 
60.0 
60.0 
39.0 
New York Athletic Club. 
Travers Island, N. Y., April 23. — For the special Cup there 
v/ere eight entries. Conditions, 25 targets. Scores : Knowlton 
(1) 24, Kintner (10) 15, Elias (5) 23, Kitz (10) 21, Hersey (0) 21, 
Barnes (3) 18, Bechtel (4) 21, McCall (5) 24. 
The shoot-off of the tie was won by Dr. Knowlton. 
Special cup: Knowlton (1) 21, Elias (6) 18, Bechtel (6) 25, 
Barnes (5) 24. Bechtel won. 
Sauer trophy, 50 targets, handicap allowance added. Scores: 
Knowlton (4) 50, Elias (10) 34, Kintner (20) 36, Kitz (14) 31, 
Hersey (10) 29, Barnes (5) 43, Bechtel (8) 39. Dr. Knowlton won. 
April cup, 25 targets, handicap: Knowlton (1) 21, Kintner (10) 
23. Elias (5) 17, Kitz (10) 15, Barnes (3) 20, Bechtel (4) 20, Mc- 
Call (5) 23. McCall won the shoot-off. 
Bristol Gun CLb. 
Bristol, Tenn., April 21.— There were not many in attendance 
at the Bristol Gun Club shoot to-day. Most of those who took 
part shot enough to make up for the absent members. There 
has never been a more interesting shooter than Mr. J. W. Gump, 
who joined the club last month. It is expected that he will be 
on the top in the scores one of these days. 
Targets : 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 
Justin King .■ 19 22 23 22 23 19 20 22 
A M Hatcher 25 24 24 23 24 22 23 23 
R M Crumley 18 23 24 23 23 23 25 22 22 23 19 
J W Gump 21 18 23 19 21 19 19 21 22 22 16 
S G Keller 23 24 24 25 
F B Pond 23 19 17 20 21 
Victor Payne 16 23 18 18 IS 13 
W H Hicks 21 18 18 17 24 21 23 25 18 .. .. 
G S McNiel 4 3 11 
Ed Lockett 14 IS . . 
Total. 
170 
189 
245 
221 
96 
100 
106 
185 
18 
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SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. 
The following was received by the Laflin & Rand Powder Co., 
from Mr. John C. Hartman, of Waterloo, la.: "Running out of 
my accustomed load, a bulk powder, I was compelled to tise 
three boxes of shells loaded with Infallible at our club shoot last 
\\ ednesday, and was agreeably surprised at the manner in which 
my score was raised. Have been breaking from 76 to 84 per 
cent., and out of 75 targets shot at with Infallible loads I broke 
71, smashing 49 out of the last 50 shot at." 
At Ames, la., April 12 and 13, John Peterson won first amateur 
average. Wm. Hooy, second; Lew Foley third. Scores, 359, 357 
and 351 out of 400 respectively. At the Indianapolis State shoot, 
April 12 and 13, high expert average was won by Mr. R. L. 
Trimble. Each of the foregoing used \Vinchester factory loaded 
shells. Mr. Trimble also used a Winchester repeating shotgun. 
Mr. C. O. Le Compte, of Eminence, Ky., will on May 1 be- 
come a shooting representative of the Laflin & Rand Powder Co. 
Mr. Le Compte has been known as one of the miost prominent 
amateurs in this country, and will unquestionably make hosts of 
friends in his new capacity. 
The Hon. William Heer, representing Concordia, and Kansas 
generally, did some clever shooting at Kansas City. William 
smashed his 473 targets out of his 500 and won the big Kansas 
City shoot. He used U. M. C. shells. 
