August 7, 1875. 
279 
Haskell 
Hall 
Hawkiua 
Gillman 
Stai.lou 
Dubois 
Pheatt 
Sherman 
Eldridge 
Kleinman 
Lon 2 
Beaubien 
Wheal 
Farwell 0 1 
Mathews 
Loomis 
Rathbone 
1110 0 10 1 
11110 1 
110 0 11 
1 1 
1 1 
10 110 1 
1 1 1 
0 
10 1111 
110 111 
1 
1 1 1 
1 1 1 
10 10 110 
111111 
n 1 
1111 
111111111 
11111 
11111 
1 
0 10 1 
0 111 
111111 
1 1 
10 0 0 
111111111 
111100110 
10 110 10 
— 5 
1 — 9 
1 — 8 
— 4 
1— 9 
1 — 8 
— 5 
1—10 
0 - 8 
1-10 
ft- 7 
1— 9 
1—10 
— 3 
1—10 
1— 7 
— 4 
110 11-4 Wheal 11111—5 
1110 1 — 4 Mathews 1010 0— "2 
Ties on 10. 
Sherman 
Kleinman 
Hall won the second prize in the ties on f). 
Ties on 8 . 
Hawkins 1111 0—4 Eldridgo 1 10 1 1—4 
Dubois 0 1 1 1 0—3 
Second tie. 
Hankins Ill 1 — 4 Eldridge 0 0 0 1 — 1 
The finale was the sweepstakes shoot, double birds, 
18 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, two best shots to lake 
the money : 
Kleinman 10 11 11—5 
Pheatt 00 10 00—1 
Sherman 11 01 11 — 5 
Worthington 01 10 11 — 4 
Raitz 10 10 10—3 
Beanbien 10 01 11 — i 
G RAKD Rapids, Mich. — A great shoot came off here 
on the 15 and 16 July. The particulars are as follows: 
The first shoot included some well-known names, 
Dowding 0 1 1 
Thayer 
Hall 
Earle t 
Thompson 0 
0 1 
Hoold 1 1 1 
Stenton. . 
Eldridge. 
Hawkins 
Glen 
Decker 1 0 
Mndge 1 1 
Hascall 
Long. 
Steward 0 1 1 
Boorham 0 1 0 
Baars 
0 0 110 1 
1110 10 111 
11110 10 11 
111110 11 
1 0 0 
1110 0 1 
111110 111 
10 1111111 
0 11111111 
111111 
1 0 0 0 0 1 
10 1 1 1 1 
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 
0 110 0 110 1 
10 10 10 
0 11111 
1 1 
1 
110 111110 
1 — 6 
1 - 8 
1— 7 
1- 9 
1 - 8 
1— 9 
1— 9 
1— 9 
1—10 
1— 5 
1 - 8 
1 — 6 
1 - 0 
0— 5 
1— 7 
0- 7 
Glen took first monc}', $125 
Earle . 
Tie on nine. 26 yards. 
Eldridge . 
Hawkins . 
Hawkins won second money’. 
Tie on eight, 26 yards 
Thayer, 
ijould . . . 
M ndge 
Thayer. 
<tould . . 
.1 
0 
1 
o 
.1 
0 
0—3 
.1 
0 
1-4 
.1 
1^5 
.0 
1-4 
1 
1 
1—4 
.0 
0 
0 
.0 
1 
0 
0-2 
0 
0 
0 
0-1 
Tliay-er won on the shoot-off, taking tliird money. 
Hall taking fourth mone)’ by a straight five. After the 
match shoot came two sweepstakes of .$40, each .$20 to 
first. The first money was taken by Eldridge, tifter the 
following score : 
.1110 1—4 
1—4 
Hascall 
Hawkins 1 1 i Q 
Thayer 1 o 1 1 1—4 
Boorham 0 111 1 4 
Stenton 1 0 0 1 1—3 
Dowding 1 ] i i i _5 
Glen 1 1 1 1 0-4 
Eldridge 1 i j i i _5 
Hall 1 ] 0 1 1—4 
Earle 1 i o 1 1-4 
Hascall won second money after a double tie. 
In the second sweepstakes the following is tlie score: • 
Eldridge . 
Dowding . 
Stenton . . 
Hawkin.s 
Boorham . 
Hascall . . . 
Thayer . . 
Glen 
Baars 
Hall 
Long 
.till 1—5 
.0 .0 1 1 0—2 
.0110 t— 3 
.1111 t— 5 
.110 0 1—3 
.till 1—5 
.1 
.0 1 
.0 
.1 1 
ft-3 
1-^ 
.1 1 
1 1 1 0-3 
1 1 0 -^ 
1 1 0—4 
Tie on fives, 26 yards. 
Eldridge ] j q 2 
Hawkins .’. !.....' . ! . ! ” 1 1 1 3 
Hascall .1 1 1—3 
Hawkins and Hascall divided first money, and Hall 
took second, while the contest for third was prolonged 
to a second tie, and ended in favor of Stenton. In a 
third sw’eep Glen made a success, shooting all his birds 
straight without a miss, and taking first money. 
Hawkins 
Hascall 
Eldridge 
Stenton 
Baars 
Long 
Glen 1 
Dowding 1 
11111—5 
1110 1-4 
1111 1—5 
till 0—4 
110 1 0—3 
1111 1—5 
1 1 1 1—5 
0 1 1 1—4 
...1111 1—5 
1 1—3 
Gould . 
Boorham . . . i 0 0 
Hall 11111-0 
2 C yards. 
Havrkins 1 
Elridge 1 
Glen 1 
l«ng. 
Qonld 
HaU.. 
1 1-3 
1 1-3 
1 1—3 
1 I 1—3 
1 1 0—2 
1 1 0-2 
31 yards 
Hawkins. 
Elridge. . . 
Glen 
Long 
match of the day was as follows; 
SCORE. 
HaskaU 1 1 0 
Hawkint^ - Ill 
Long 1 1 0 
Tnmer 0* 0* 1 
1 1 1 
1 U 0 
1 0 1 
1 0 0 
1 0 1 
1 0 1 
0 0 1 
I 1 0 
1 1 1 
1 1 1 
1 1 1 
1 1 0 
1 0 0 
1 1 0 
1 1 0 
1 1 1 
GonUl . 
Stenton 
Eldridge. . . 
Glen. 
Dowding. . . 
Hall 
Boorham . . 
Gilbert. . . . 
Decker 
Horton 
Thayer 
Mills 
Whittlesey. 
Baar.s 
Buff 
Thompson . 
1 0 1 
1 1 1 
1 1 1 
1 1 0 
1 1 0 
1 0 0 
1 1 0 
1 1 1 
1 0 0 
0 1 0 
0 0 - 
0 1 1 
1 1 1 
0 1 1 
1 1 0 
1 1 1 
1 0 0 
1 1 1 
1 1 1 
0 * 1 0 
Long 
Horton.. 
1 0 
0 1 
Hawkins. 
Baars 
Hawkins 
Tie on nine, 26 yards. 
1 1 1-4 Decker 
1 0 0—2 Thayer 
Tie on eight, 26 yards. 
1110 1—4 Glen 
0 1 1 0 - Buff 
At thirty-one yards. 
1111 1—5 Glen 
1 
0 
0 
— 
, 1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 1 
. 1 
1 
1 
1 
the attend- 
rable. 
The 
1 
1 
1 
0— r 
1 
0* 1-8 
1 
1 
1 
1—9 
1 
1 
1 
1—7 
0 
0 
0 
1-6 
1 
1 
1 
0-5 
1 
1 
1 
0—7 
1 
I 
1 
1-8 
1 
1 
0 
1—6 
0* 1 
1 
1-6 
0 
0 
1 
0 -5 
1 
0 
1 
1—9 
1 
1 
1 
1—9 
1 
1 
1 
1-9 
u 
1 
0 
1—7 
0 
0 
0 
1—3 
1 
1 
0 
1-8 
1 
1 
1 
0-8 
0* 1 
1 
1—7 
0 
0 
0 
o-n 
1 
1 
1 
1—5 
1 
0 
1 
1-4 
1 
1 
0 
- 
1 
0 
_ 
Eldridge look third monej' after shooting off ties, and 
Dowding fourth. James Glen, Jr., liaving made the 
best average in two days, won the $50 prize for best 
shot in the whole meeting. Several five-bird sweep- 
stakes came off after the main shoot, in which Haskall, 
Hawkins, Eldridge, Stenton, were winners. A ten-bird 
shoot for $50 brouglit out the following score: 
Hasknll 
Hawkine 
Glen 
Long 
Stenton 
Do'.ding 
Eldridge 
Thayer 
Hall 
Gilbert 
Turner 
Long and Stenton dit 
second, and Thayer got tliird without opposition, being 
tlie only one that had killed eight birds. 
A match with eleven contestant.s, at three double birds 
each, 18 yards rise and 100 yards boundary, for $2(1, 
$15 and $0, was next arranged. It resulted: 
Long 11 in 1 0—4 
Stenton 11 11 1 0—5 
Glen 0 0 1 0 0 0-1 
Hall 0 1 11 1 I-.5 
Haacall 1 0 *0 0 0 1-2 
Hawkins 11 *0 1 0 0-3 
Dowding 10 10 1 0—3 
Eldridge 0 0 11 0 1-3 
Baars 10 1 0 0 0—2 
Stewart 11 11 1 0—5 
Gilbert 0 0 0 0 1 0—1 
Stewart won by a straight four on the tie shoot. El- 
dridge took third. 
After several more sweeps the tournament closed with 
a match between Glen, Haskall, Hawkins, Stenton and 
Eldridge, 5 entries, $25 each; prizes, $60, $40, $2.5. 
Glen killed 25 straight; Ha.scall, 24; Stenton, 2.S; Haw- 
kins, 22; Eldridge, 22. 
Omaha, Neb. — A shooting tournament was held at 
the Driving Park on Saturday, July 24. 
FIRST MATCH, 
Between George Godfrey and H. A. Homan, $25 a 
side; 25 single rises; 21 yards; no boundary; 1 oz.shot. 
Otherwise according to rule. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1— 
9 
' ingle. 
Double. 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1— 
9 
J .1 Kleinman . . .. . 
.... 1 1 1 1 0 i 1 
1 1 1 
n to 10 11 11—17 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1— 
7 
Ed Thomas 
...1011111 
1 1 1 
to 11 11 11 11—18 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 — 
;o 
T .1 Hisslns 
... 1011111 
1 1 1 
01 10 11 ^=0 10—14 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1— 
'y 
J A Kiimey 
... 1110 0 10 
1 1 1 
10 10 00 01 11-12 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1 
0 
1 
0— 
6 
E O Dow 
. ... 110 110 1 
1 0 
10 10 11 10 10—13 
1 
1 
0 
0 
0 
1 
1— 
7 
Alex Price 
.... 1111101 
1 0 1 
10 10 11 11 10—15 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1— 
8 
E Price 
... 1110101 
1 0 1 
01 10 11 11 11—15 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0- 
9 
G C Sherman 
.... 0101 101 
1 1 1 
10 11 10 11 11-15 
0 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 — 
4 
Ahe Kleinman 
.... 1111111 
1 1 1 
10 11 11 01 11—18 
1 
1 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 — 
6 
.1 F I’hillips 
.... 1001100 
1 1 1 
10 1* 10 10 11—12 
Abe Pi ice 
...0111111 
1 0 1 
11 11 11 11 10—17 
first 
money. 
hiawkius 
won 
H 11 Kleinman 
1111111 
1 1 1 
11 11 11 11 11—20 
Homan. . 
Godfrey. 
lOllllIlOOIllllOllllllll 1-21 
1110 110 11111111111111111 1— -^3 
SECOND MATCH — HANDICAP. 
Ten single rises; 1st prize a $20 gold coin; 2d prize a 
$10 gold coin; no boundary; 
J F ReaWs, 25 yards 
11- oz. shot. 
0 10 0 1 
1 
1 
0 
1— 0 
S B Hathaway , 25 yards 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
0 
1— 7 
Geo Joiics, 21 yard’s 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1— 7 
Ed Bracey, 21 “ 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1— 8 
Geo Kales, 28 " 
1 
0 
0 
u 
0 
1 
1 
1— 0 
Geo G« dfrey. 25 yards 
0 
0 
1 
0 
0 
0— 5 
M Fichera, 28 yards 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
0 
1 
0 
1 
9— 4 
D 0 Sutphen, 25 yards 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0- 7 
J W Petty, 28 yards 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1— 8 
H A Homan, 25 yards 
1 
0 
1 
0 
0 
0 — 6 
\V H S Hughes. 21 yards 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1— 9 
II B Sackett, 28 yards 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1— 9 
Tie on eight. 
Bracey 0 0—0 Petty 0 1 1—2 
Tie on nine. 
Hughes 1 1 1—3 Sackett 0 1 1—2 
THIRD MATCH, 
between Dr. M. Fichera, of Council Bluffs, and George 
Hales, Glenwood, Iowa. Five double rises for pairs of 
birds. Was won by Mr. Hales. 
FOURTH MATCH, 
between George Godfrey and J. F. Reevis; $25 a side; 
5 double and 15 single rises to rule; li oz. shot. 
G Godfrey . 
J F Reavls . 
Double. 
11 10 10 11 10— 7 
11 11 11 11 11—10 
Single. 
0 0 10 111111110 1 1—18 
11101111111110 0—22 
FIFTH MATCH — SWEKPST.\KES, 
for a first-class Greener breech-loading shot-gun and 
fixtures; 10 single rises; 21 yards; no boundary. Other- 
wise to rule. J. W. Petty and John D. Jones, Judges; 
B. E. B. Kennedy, Referee. 
II B Sackett 
H A Homan. 
R N Withuell . 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0— 9 
1 
0 
1 
dr 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
dr 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1—10 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1-10 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
dr 
0 
0 
1 
1 
dr 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1—10 
1 
1 
0 
0 
0 
dr 
Fichera. 
Frcf ton . 
Fichera. 
1 till- 
0 110 0—2 
Tie on ten, 26 yards. 
. . . . I 1 I 1 1— 5 Hales 
. . . 1 I 1 1 0- 4 
Tie on ten, 31 yards. 
.... 1 0 0 0 1— 2 Hales 
Tie on ten, 31 yards. 
Fichera 10 0 11—3 Hales 10100—2 
Dr. M. Fichera won the match. The day was fine, 
and the birds all livelj’ and strong, and altogether it was 
a day of rare sport. 
Chicago, Jul)’ 29. — The Kennicott and Prairie 
Shooting Clubs participated in a match at Tom 
Slagg’s, which was perhaps tlie best ever 
witne.ssed in Cliicago. The weather and the birds 
were both excellent. The match was shot under the 
rule.s of tlie Prairie Club, 12 men on each .side, at ten 
single and five double rise.s. The result favored the 
Prairie Club by a single bird, after considerable excite- 
ment. Following is the full score: 
KENNICOTT CH’B. 
Total. 
PRAIRIE CLUB. 
Single. 
Double. 
W T .Johnson 
.... 1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
11 
11 
11 
10 
01 
16 
Ed Fish 
.... 1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
01 
10 
10 
11 
W )— 12 
tv F Fitch 
.... 1 
0 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
10 
10 
01 
11 
10—13 
C E Felton 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
00 
11 
11 
u 
n- 
-16 
J Davidson 
.... 1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
10 
10 
11 
11 
10—17 
Col .luessen 
.... 1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 - 
20 
J 0 Pierson 
... 1 
1 
1 
1 
u 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1 
11 
n 
10 
U 1 
10—14 
Dr Edwards 
.... 0 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
11 
01 
01 
11 
n- 
-14 
E El>ron 
.... 0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
11 
11 
10 
10 
11 - 
-17 
\Vm t\ illiame 
1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1(1 
11 
11 
10 
10 - 
-16 
V Kern 
.... 1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 - 
-20 
Frank Milligan 
.... 0 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
0 
1 
1 
10 
01 
10 
10 
(fi- 
-11 
Total ; 187 
Practice shooting done by J. P. Gruud, of New 
York, on the Milwaukee Avenue Grounds, July 29th and 
30th ; 5 ground traps, 30 yards ri.se for singles, 26 yards 
rise for doubles ; birds strong, and good flyers; English 
rules. 
100 singles, 30 yards rise, 5 ground traps. 
..1 
0 0 1 
1 
0 1 
0 1 
0 1 
1 1 
1 0 
0 1 
1 0 
1 n 
1 1 
0 1—15 
0 
0 1 1 
1 
1 1 
0 1 
1 1 
1 1 
0 1 
1 0 
1 1 
1 0 
0 1 
1 0-17 
1 
0 0 1 
1 
1 0 
1 1 
1 0 
1 1 
1 1 
0 0 
1 t 
1 1 
1 I 
1 1—19 
0 
1 0 1 
1 
1 1 
I 1 
1 1 
1 1 
1 1 
0 1 
0 1 
1 1 
1 1 
0 1—20 
or 
71 ont of 100. 
' 
50 pair, 26 yards rise. 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
10 
11 
01 
01 
11 
11 
11 
10 
10 
01 
11 
10 
11 
10 
01 
10 
10 
10 
11 
-38 
10 
11 
11 
10 
n 
10 
11 
11 
11 
(X) 
11 
n 
11 
11 
10 
11 
11 
n 
10 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
01 
-42 
or 80 out of 100 . 
La S.VLLE, III. , July 29. — A .shooting tournament 
WPS held here closing to-day. Weather unfavorable; 
attendance fair. First sweepstakes for $100, eight birds 
up, ten entries. Sherman scored eight. Wells, Doxey, 
Austin, Stock, Kelly, Hitchcock and Cool, each seven, 
Butterfield six and Crocker five. Sherman, of Beloit, 
Wis., took first money; Kelly, of Peru, second, and 
Butterfield, of Buda, third, without contest. In the 
second sweepstakes, seven entries, seven birds up, $5 
each, Hamilton took first money, Hitchcock second, 
and Crocker third. In the last contest nine entries were 
made, distance thirty-one yards rise, $2 encli, first miss 
going out- Slieriuau took eight straight birds, getting 
first money; Butterfield second money, with seven birds. 
Sherman was best shot on the grounds, with Austin as 
second- Thus end.s the first tournament under the 
shooting club. The shooting ceased at noon for want 
of bird.s. 
Fort Watxe, Ind., July 29. — A shooting match for a 
valuable gold-headed cane took place here this after- 
noon. There were eight contestants, each having 12 
birds. Tlie match w;i8 won by W- D. Shaffer, killing 
ten birds. 
