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FOREST AND STREAM. 
In an- eighteen-man team contest between the Florists* Gun 
Club and the Lansdale, Pa., Gun Club, at Wissinoming, Pa,, on 
Saturday of last week, the Florists , won by a score of 366 to 348. 
A return match is contemplated ofi lilarch 4. 
Dr. J. H. V. Baphe writes us that "the Bound Brook, IM. J., 
Gun Club is making -elaborate preparations for an all-day shoot, 
which will be held on Decoration Day, Tuesday, May 30. Further 
particulars will be announced latei". Watch the papers." 
Mr. Frank Pragoff, Secretary, writes us that the third annual 
target tournament of the Kentucky Trapshooters' League will be 
held May 29, 30 and 31, and that programmes will be ready in 
April. This tournament will be held under the auspices of the 
Jefferson County Gun Club. 
At the Bergen Beach, L. I., Gun Club shoot on Tuesday of 
last week, the trade was represented by Messrs. Frank Lawrence, 
J. S. Fanning, Frank E. Butler and A. A. Schoverling. At the 
Bound Brook, N. J., Gun Club shoot last week sociability and 
good fellowship reigned. Mr. Frank Lawrence was the trade 
representative present. 
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The birds at the shoot of the Keystone Shooting League, 
Holmesburg Junction, Feb. 18, were an exceptionally good lot, 
yet the scores were remarkably good. The scores in the cup event 
were as follows: Harrison 20, Frank 19, Brodie 18, Williams 17, 
Muns 18, Albert 17, Stoddard 16, Jones 16, Edwards 16, Watkins 15. 
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On Thursday of last week at the first live-bird shoot of the 
Miami, Fla., Gun Club, "Red Wing" won the cup presented by 
the Seminole Club. He killed 14 out of 15. Wyeth was second 
with 13. Messrs. W. Gould Brokaw and L. Q. Jones tied for 
- third with 11. After the main event was finished Mr. Brokaw 
defeated Red Wing with a score of 13 to 12, in a 15-bird contest. 
Mr. R. R. Bennett, of the Herron Hill Gun Club, was the win- 
ner of the Gillman & Barnes international live-bird championship 
trophy at Detroit last week. He killed 24 out of the possible 25. 
Three tied for second 'place on 23, namely, Messrs. W. R. Crosby, 
of O'Fallon, HI.; H. Scane, of Ridgeton, Ont., and I. Chapman,' 
of Fulton, N. Y. The conditions were $25 entrance, $100 added 
to the pvirse. 
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A tournament is announced to be held at Traverse City, Mich., 
on July 6 and 7. Ten events are on the programme each day. 
; The events are at, 15, 20 and 25 targets, entrance $1.50, $2 and $2.50. 
Added money, $5, $10 and $15 to the different events. Rose 
system. Shooting begins at 9 o'clock. High amateur, $5; high 
professional, $5 each day. Ship guns and shells to S. F. Saxon 
Hardware Co. 
At the shoot of the Florida Gun Club, held at Palm Beach on 
Feb. 16, Mr. Albert Tilt, of New York, won the large silver pitcher 
donated by Mr. W. A. H. Stafford. The scores were as follows: 
Tilt (27) 14, J. S. S. Remsen (32) 13, Dr. Daniel Karsner (29) 13, 
I. E. Emerson, Baltimore (29) 12; J. J. Van Nostrand, New 
York (27) 10; J. J. Kelly, New York (29) 8; A. D. Proctor Smith, 
, New York (27) 8; Joseph Leiter, Chicago (30) 5; W. A. H. 
. Stafford (29) 5, J. M. Studebaker, Jr. (29) 5. 
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At a meeting of the Oneida County Sportsmen's Association, 
held in Utica, N. Y., recently, the matter of the State shoot, to 
be held under the auspices of the G. C. S. A., was thoroughly 
discussed. It was decided that the famous expert, Mr. John 
Parker, of Detroit, would be manager of the tournament. The 
president appointed committees to attend to the different branches, 
and they Tj-iH begin active effort at once. Regular weekly meet- 
ings will be held at which the committee will report. 
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The programme of the Chicago Trapshooters' Association's 
winter tournament for amateurs, Feb. 25 and 26, at Watson's 
Park, provides a like programme for both days, namely, twelve 
events, each at 15 targets, $1.50 entrance, a total of 180 targets, 
$18 entrance. An extra event, at 50 targets, entrance $5, will be 
a feature of the second day. All shoot at 16yds. Shooting begins 
■ at 9:30. Targets, 2 cents. Average money, $50. Mr. E. B. 
Shogren, Sec'y, Room 940, First National Bank Building Chicago" 
The Cleveland, O., Gun Club have issued the programme of 
■ their Washington Birthday shoot. It contains five 15-target events, 
$1 entrance, $2 added, and a team race between the Akron Gun 
Club and the Cleveland Gun Club, for the northern Ohio 10-man 
team championship trophy, presented by the Akron, O., Gun 
Club. In the team race, each man will shoot at 50 targets.' The 
cup goes to the team first winning three matches. The cup is 
subject to challenge by any club of northern Ohio. For pro- 
grammes, apply to Cleveland Gun Club Co., 15 Craw avenue 
Cleveland. ' 
. _Bernard Waters. 
Great Southern Handicap. 
(Continued from page 144.) 
The weather was good on Feb. 9, the last day, which makes 
two good days to the one bad one for the Houston crowd. Look- 
ing over the scores and noting the high averages for the last 
two days it will be seen that if the first day had been pleasant 
the totals of the scores for the three days would never have been 
equaled. Meantime you must not overlook the fact that this was 
a handicap shoot, and that three of these men shot from 21yds 
two from 20, one at 19, and several at 18. "' 
Weather always cuts a figure at a target shoot. Still, there are 
other features that cut down scores, a notable one 'being fast 
largets. The other two previous shoots at Brenham and Taylor 
were productive of low scores, caused by targets having fast flight 
So in this case, to please the shooters, the traps were set to 
throw about 45 to 50yds. Then there was rivalry among the trap- 
pers and the managers of the traps. 
The Dickey Bird had one of their traps in the pits and they 
was bemg used alternately. The Dickey worked smoo'thly under 
the care of Harry Sherman. 
M. E. Atchison, the Giddings man with the steady nerve held 
up well the third day, as he had the first two days, and I'anded 
the fine watch charm by 6 targets to the good over Wm R. 
Crosby. It was frisky Fritz Gilbert who started out with a 15 
and during the day made two 16s, and his long-time friend T 
Bill, nosed him out by 2 targets for the high averages Talk 
about your shooting machines. Note how evenly they finished- 
Crosby 598, Gilbert 596, Spencer 596, Heikes 595. 
If Otto Sens had not been so much worried the first day 
and having lost sleep over the tournament, his showing the last 
two days would have put him into either the first or second place 
J. W. Barnes, the Bay Gityite, surprised them all on the last 
day, atid 15yd. line will tiot find him again. He came to the frorii 
as high man on the last day, and besides, finished second an 
amateur for the whole tournament. 
Capt, J, W, Spait was very busy with his solicitations for 
patronage when Waco shall hold the State tournament, April 17, 
18 and 19. If there are not one hvindred shooters there it will 
not be the captain's fault. 
One of the very necessary things that makes a shoot a success 
is that of good, impartial refereeing. In this case, there is little 
to find fault with. Lou Stockbridge and Seth Williams proved the 
right men for the place. Their decisions were prompt and cor- 
rect, or as near so as mortal man can see things as they happen. 
T. E. Hubby was using a new pump gun, and yet he was close 
up near the top of the experts. Turner, a well-known Texas shot, 
has a habit of winning averages in this State. 
During the last day of the shoot a letter was received from 
Brenham, stating that a gun club had been organized, to be known 
as the Juvenile, having twenty members. This was the out- 
come of the recent handicap tournament held there. The shooters 
here subscribed a liberal amount to assist the boys in building 
up a club house. 
When the shoot had closed, there was a lOO-target race between 
some of the local State shooters that attracted attention. Sens 
made 90, Saunders 92, Miller 93 and Leader 87. 
The following scores were made by way of preliminary that 
were not previoKsly reported. Shooting at 100 targets. Spencer 
broke 94, Heer 92, Gilbert 92, King 89, Burmister 88, Crosby 86, 
Young 92, Barnes 83, Waters 83, Schofield 82, Nop 82, Schofield 
SO, Parker 7S, Wade 78, Raper 80. Scores last day: 
Events: 123456789 10 11 
Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Broke. 
Barnes. 15 20 20 16 17 17 20 20 20 19 19 18 206 
Atchison, 18 19 19 18 20 19 18 18 18 19 19 18 206 
^ens 17 : 18 n 19 19 20 19 19 17 19 19 17 206 
Crosby, 21 20 17 20 19 18 19 17 19 18 19 18 204 
Jackson, 17 16 20 19 19 18 17 19 19 18 18 19 202 
Hubby, 18 16 19 18 20 18 19 17 19 17 19 19 201 
Tucker, 15 16 17 17 17 19 17 20 20 17 19 19 200 
Wade, 17 18 18 19 20 17 17 18 20 18 17 17 199 
Heikes, 20 17 17 18 19 18 19 17 19 17 18 18 197 
Spencer, 20 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 19 19 18 17 197 
Gilbert, 21 15 19 20 18 17 19 16 16 18 18 20 196 
Cleveland, 15 19 19 18 18 19 17 18 14 19 18 17 196 
Heer, 21 20 17 18 16 16 19 16 18 19 19 17 195 
Faurote, 18 16 18 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 16 18 195 
Nap, 16 20 19 20 17 18 18 16 18 15 17 17 195 
Skelly, 16 19 19 17 16 20 19 18 19 12 17 18 193 
Young, 19 17 18 18 IS 19 19 17 19 13 19 14 191 
Bancroft, 16 15 18 16 18 17 19 17 19 17 17 18 191 
Waters, 18 17 16 17 18 16 18 16 18 16 20 17 189 
Miller, 16 15 13 18 17 19 17 19 16 19 19 16 188 
Heard, 16 17 13 20 17 17 18 18 16 15 17 17 186 
Money, 18 18 19 16 15 17 16 18 16 18 16 15 184 
Spoight, 16 16 17 20 17 18 16 16 14 20 16 17 180 
King, 16 17 14 17 13 16 16 16 17 15 18 16 175 
Lockett, 16 17 12 20 13 17 16 19 17 15 . . 
Leader, 16 16 13 18 14 15 16 18 16 18 ... . . . 
Averages for three days at 600 targets: 
. . First Day. Second Day. Third Day. Total. 
Atchison 202 207 205 614 
C?«sby 196 198 205 598 
Gfilbert 196 204 196 596 
^Pencer 194 205 197 696 
Heikes 188 210 197 695 
Hubby 190 200 201 691 
Barnes 186 197 206 589 
Sens ISO 203 205 588 
Heer 192 200 195 687 
Jackson 187 196 202 685 
^oung 188 205 191 684 
Tucker .....184 200 200 684 
Skelly 185 202 193 580 
Waters . 187 196 183 572 
Cleveland 177 197 196 570 
Nap 178 196 195 569 
Wade 168 190 199 557 
Fam-ote ..179 182 195 556 
Money 187 185 184 566 
Bancroft 179 178 191 648 
King 183 181 175 539 
Grand Prix Du Casmo. 
The thirty-fourth contest for the Grand Prix du Casino began 
on Monday, and was finished late Feb. 8. The contest was 
one of the most exciting ever witnessed at Monte Carlo. It did 
not seem last week as if there would be so many competitors 
as previously, for there had been a falling off in the earlier 
events of the season; but it would appear that many shooters 
were reserving themselves for the Grand Prix, as the fotal of 
shooters went up to 152, this being only one less than last year. 
With so many competitors it was not at all sure that the con- 
test would be got through in the three days allotted to it, and 
the doubts became all the greater after the first day, for only 
two of the twelve rounds were completed, and there was so 
little wind to help the birds that the proportion of birds to 
misses was greater than usual. The progress made on Tuesday 
was, however, greater than it had been on the first day, and at 
the end of the shooting only fourteen competitors had killed five 
birds, while forty-eight had killed four out of five, seventy-four 
had missed two, and sixteen were out of the contest altogether. 
The weather, is should be added, was very fine on the first two 
days, but the sky was clouded this morning, and for an hour 
or two rain threatened. However, the sun came out toward 
noon, and the weather was brilliant for the finish of the com- 
petition. The most notable feature in the 6th and 7th rounds 
was the failure of Signor Schiannini (the winner last year) and 
of Mr. Mackintosh, who, as usual, had the worst of the luck, 
and by the time that the 10th round was reached it became 
apparent that the issue would be left to two Englishmen (Mr. R. 
Beresford and Mr. Hayes) and to two Italians, Signor H. 
Grasselli (the winner in 1902) and Signor Marconcini, the latter 
of whom has been very successful at Monte Carlo for many 
seasons. The 11th round, however, disposed of both the English- 
men, as Mr. Hayes missed a fast bird from the second trap, 
while Mr. Beresford unfortunately stumbled just as the trap was 
pulled, and his bird got clean away. Signor H. Grasselli, on the 
contrary, had an easy bird from the fourth trap, while Signor 
Marconcini was able to stop a fast one from the first, and Mr. 
Mackintosh, who had only one miss, killed smartly in the 11th 
round. There was some very good shooting in this round, and 
the situation became extremely interesting, as the two Italians 
were the only competitors who had killed all their birds, and it 
followed as a matter of course that if either of them killed in 
the 12th and final round the contest was at an end, so far as 
place went. The 12th round was, therefore, watched keenly, and 
it began with the defeat of Mr. Mackintosh, whose bird fell 
dead in the sea, and after Mr. Hayes had shot a good bird from 
the center trap, Signor Grasselli made it certain that he would 
be either first or second by killing with his first barrel from the 
center trap. Mr. Beresford brought down his bird in good style 
as did the others who only had one miss in the preceding rounds. 
Signor Marconcini had now only to kill to be on a level with 
Signor Grasselli, and to insure being second if not first. He 
certainly had luck on his side, for he got a very easy bird from 
the middle trap, which took very little killing. This brought the 
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soatest to a cojielusion so iar as eoticetiied tllfi ftr&t two prnm, 
for the two Italians agreed to divide the money (Jil,440) ioj: 
first and second and shoot off for the handsome trophy. The duel 
between these crack shots was a prolonged one, both of them 
being in their best form and they brought down six birds each. 
It was not tmtil the 19th round that a miss was made, as after 
Signor Grasselli had scored a good kill from the center trap,' 
Signor Marconcini's bird from the second trap got away hard hit 
and dropped in the sea. This contest over, there still remained 
the chance of the English winning a share of the money, in 
the third and fourth prizes, the six who had only one miss being 
eligible. Mr. Hayes was the first to go, as he missed in the 
opening round, and there being left only Mr. Beresford, who 
had been decidedly unlucky in accepting his 11th bird, but 
who was shooting remarkably well. He, like the Marquis de 
la Villaviciosa and Signor Petrosini, killed four birds in suc- 
cession, but in the 5th round of the ties the two former missed, 
while the Italian killed and secured third prize, this being the 
first time that the Italians have secured the three leading places. 
The two others then divided the fourth prize, which amounted 
to £21.5, and so the contest came to a close. The Italians, it 
should not, be omitted to say, were neariy seventy strong, and 
eight previous winners of the prize were in the fielc^- Scores: 
Grand Prix du Casino of £800, added to a sweepstakes of £8 
tach; second, £160 and 25 per cent; third, £80 and 20 per. cent.; 
fourth, £40 and 16 per cent.; three pigeons at 26 metres, 9 at 
27 metres; last year's winner to stand back a metre; 152 subs,: 
Signor H. Grasselli (divided first and second of 
£1440 and wins objet d'art) 111111111111—12 
bignor Marconcini (divided first and second of 
m„„ 111111111111-12 
Hon R ^!.*'"°T?'"' ; ■ U 101111111111-11 
Marquis de la Villaviciosa 111101111111-11 
^■".^ayes . 111111111101-11 
M de Warrelles 111110111111-11 
• Valdelgrana .111111111011-11 
M Thonier 111111110111-11 
M^T' 111110111111-11 
M de rhezy 110111111111—11 
Mr Mackintosh :iiSin5ulUo 
If P , 111011111110-10 
M Pellerin ; , .llllOlllUU-lO 
M. Mayeur 9, Signor R. Gallardo 9, Count de Meran 9, Baron 
de Dorlodot 9, Count Rodacanachi 9, M. Geynet 9, M. Faure 8, 
.M. Journu 8, M. de Lesse 8, Signor Queirolo 8, Prince de Cara- 
.nan-Chima 8, M. G. Nagy 8, Signor Carrara 8, Signor Scolaro 8, 
Signor Moro 8, Signor Soldi 7, Signor Schiannini 7, Signor Miola 
7, M. de GilHes 7, M. Von Eicke 6, Mr. McAlister 6, Marquis de 
Ivanrey 6, Signor Pienovi 6, Lord Savile 2, Lord Roslyn 5 
Capt. F. Leighton 5, M. Langhendonck 5, Signor Pellini 5, Signor 
Bonora 5, Baron de Coppin 5, Mr. W. Watson 5, Baron Gour- 
gaud 5, Mr. Braco 5, M. Dufier 5, Sir Thomas Freake 5, Baron 
Leonino 5, Marquis de Gresy 4, M. Asplen 4, Baron A. de Mont- 
pelher 4, M. Chaveriat 4, Mr. Collier 4, Mr. Harrison 4, Mr H 
Roberts 4, M. Le Pape 4, Signor Fumagalli 4, Signor de Quirini 
4, Signor Cavasoli 4, Signor Giougo 4, M. Moncorge 3, M. Paccard 
3, Signor Malfetaini Guido 3, M. R. Gourgaud 3, Mr. Carroll 3 
M. de Plagino 3, Signor Rapuzzi 3, M. Castadere 3, Marquis 
Imperiale 3, M. van der Hayden 3, Mr. Greville Ryan 3 Signor 
Redaelli 3, Hon. F. Theilusson 3, Signor Montana 3, Signor A. 
Marietti 3, Count E. d'Oultremont 3, Signor Setti 3, Lord West- 
bury 3. 
Missed two out of four: Mr. Hannam, Mr. Forden, M. R 
Huet, Signor Ghirianda, Count Filippi, Signor G. Bela Signor 
Forti, Lord Newton Butler, Mr. Hall, Mr. Crelluden Robinson 
Signor Durio, Signor Ponti, Mr. Wootton, Marquis Ridolphi m' 
Brasseur, Signor Cavagnera, Mr. L. Henry, M. D. Dolfin Signor 
Bordoni, Signor Lainati, M. de Lossonczy, Count Ginanni. 
Missed two out of three: Signor Monti, Count A. de Lazzaro 
M. Dianin, M. Plevius, Signor Rossi, Mr. Spalding,. Baron a! 
de Tavernost, Mr. Scott, Baron de la Monaco, Signor Belloni 
Mr. Suthery, Mr. Blake, Signor Girardi, Herr Hans Marsch' 
Capt. Morrow, Hon. F. Erskine, M. Pellier Johnson, Signor 
Castoldi, Mr. Stratford, Signor Gierleri, M. Tunnell, Signor 
I'ortunio, Signor O. Galetti, M. Boutet, Signor Fadini, Signor 
Mugni, Signor Lavarello, Signor Mosca, Mr. J. Roche 
Missed two birds: M. Doyen, Mr. C. James, Signor Grasselli- 
Barni, M. Demonts, Mr. L. Davies, Count H. d'Oultremont, 
bignor Guidicini, Baron de Waldner, Signor Sani, Count GajoH. 
M. L. Bivort, Col. Boswall-Preston, Mr. Carter, Signor Marchesi, 
M. P. Nouvelles, Count A. Zichy, Signor Montecuculli, Signor 
Catenacci, Signor Piccaluga (retired, after having killed two 
birds, owing to a family bereavement), Mr. Ker. 
Ties for third and fourth prizes: 
Signor Petrosini (third of £314) 11111_ s 
Mr. R. Beresford (divided fourth of £2i5): ! ! ! ! ! ! 1 ! ! ! ! ' mio- 4 
Marquis de la Villaviciosa (ditto) IllinZ A 
M. de Warelles ^ iiTn f 
Count de Valdelagrana ?n t 
Mr. Hayes f .' 0 H 0 
The winners of the Grand Prix since its foundation in 1872 
have been as under: 
lo^o^?^'"- Lorillard, United States. 
1873— Mr. J. Jee V. C, C. B., England 
1874— Sir William Call, England 
1875— Capt. Aubrey Patton, England 
1876— Capt. Aubrey Patton, England. 
1877— Mr. W. Arundel Yeo, England 
■1879— Mr. E. R. G. Hopwood, England. ■ 
1880— Count M. Esterhazy, Hungary. 
1881 — M. G. Camaner, Belj-ium. 
1882— Count de St. Quintin, France. i 
1883— Mr. H. Roberts, England. 
1884— Count de Caserta, Italy. 
1885— M. L. de Doriodot, Belgium. ' ■ i 
1886 — Signor Guidicini, Italy. . . . 
1887— Count Salina, Italy. 
1888— Mr. C. Seaton, England. ' ■ 
1889— Mr. Valentine Dicks, England. 
1890 — Signor Guidicini, Italy. ' . 
1891— Count L. Gajoli, Italy. ' ; 
1892 — Count Trauttmansdorff, Austria. ' , 
1893 — Signor Guidicini, Italy. 
1894— Count C. Zichy, Austria. 
1895— Signor Benvenuti, Italy. ■ 
1896— M. H. Journu, France. ' 
1897— Signor G. Grasselli, Italy. ' . " i 
1898— Mr. Curiing, England. , - , : 
1899— M. R. Moncorge, France ' ! 
1900— Count O'Brien, Spain. , ' , t 
1901— M. Guyot, France. : ' 
1902— Signor Grasselli, Italy. • ' 
1903— Mr. Pellier-Johnson, England. 
1904 — Signor Schiannini, Italy. 
1905— Signor H. Grasselli, Italy. 
The prize has now been won twelve times by an Englishman 
eleven times by an Italian, four times by a Frenchman three 
times by an Austria-Hungarian, twice by a Belgian and once 
each by a Spaniard and an American. The Italian victories have 
nearly all been gained in the last twenty years, tor, as wilj 
be seen frMn the above, the English-speaking competitors were 
to the front in the first eight years, but since then the Italiatw 
have bad more than their share of the spoils. 
