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G.‘ 'Sub™ sS!y!Tit“birJr*PSl‘°<''"!' L“g“' C. DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. y Club secretaries are invited to send their scores for publication in these columns, also any news notes they may care to have published. Mail all such matter to Forest and Stream Publishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York. Forest and Stream goes to press on Tues- day OF EACH WEEK. The next shoot of the Brunswick, Me., Gun Club, on the afternoon of May 19, at the Merry Meeting grounds. K June 9 has been fixed upon by the Westchester, Pa., Gun Club as a date for a target tournament. Mr. F. H. Eaefcus is the seat retary. s? Schenectady collogated Poughkeepsie and Ossining. In the re- cent team matches at Poughkeepsie, April 23, Schenectady defeated the Poughkeepsie team by 35 and the Ossining team by 47 points. •? There was a large attendance at the shoot of the Trenton, N. J,, Shooting Association. About forty shooters participated. IHr. “Jenks” Taylor was high man in the averages, with tl^ excellent total of 157 out of 165. Mr. Lew Emann was second wifh 155. at At the shoot held by the South Side Gun Club, of Newark, N. J., on Saturday of last week, the first of the series for an automobile, there were eighteen entries. Mr. Cuas. W. Floyd, one of New York’s most expert shooters., won with a score of 91 out of 100. S* Mr. J. A. R. Elliott, one of the most renowned expert shooters, of, the Winchester Repeating Arms Co., tarried a while in New York on Monday of this week. He journeyed in the akernoon toward Pittsburg to attend the tournament of the Herron Hill Gun Club. FOREST, AND STREAM- i, 1964, The managers, Messrs. Knox and Knapp, write us as follows; “The programme of the Auburn, N. Y., tournament. May 18 and 19, will be very attractive. Two nice hammerless guns will be the prizes in the merchandise events. Entrance $1.60. Targets in- cluded at 1% cent. Liberal added money and a good time for all. Programmes sent out May 1.” ®s Messrs. J. S. Wright, of New York, and T. E. Batten, of Eliza- beth, N. J., have signed an agreement to shoot a match at 100 targets, play or pay, on some day before May 1 next. The con- test is to take place on the grounds of the Brooklyn Gun Club. The indications at present are that the match really will be shot, but the indications are not immutable. The programme of the Ossining, N. Y., Gun Club for their Decoration Day shoot, May 30, provides seven events, three at 15, four at 25 targets, entrance $1.30 and $2; totals, 145 targets, $11.90 entrance. Shooters may enter for targets only. Average moneys, $5 and $3. Competition begins at 11 o’clock rain or shine. A trophy will be given the contestant breaking high in the last 100 targets. Mr. C. G. Blandford is the captain. 8* The system of handicapping which will obtain at the tournament of the Wawaset Gun Club, May 12-13, is as follows: All known 90 per cent, men will stand at 19yds. ; 85 to 89 per cent, men at lSyds. ; all others 16yds. Thereafter handicaps are imposed ac- cording to place, thus winners of first go to -20yds.; of second, 19yds. ; of third, 18yds. ; of fourth, 17yds. ; all others, 16yds. Targets 2 cents. May 11 will be practice day. Rose system, 5, 3, 2 and 1. Send guns and ammunition prepaid to Mr. E. Melchior, 214 King street, Wilmington, and he will deliver them on the grounds free. n The following, taken from the Shooting Times, clearly shows that one’s degree of youthful skill and vigor is not necessarily meas- ured by one’s years. It also shows that there are some active old boys, keen of eye and sure of hand, in other lands than the United States: “At a pigeon shoot at the Cross Keys some days ago, Mr. J. Knott, a well-known Bathonian, who is now in his eighty-fifth year, divided two out of four sweepstakes. Previous to Saturday he had not shot for three years, and yet managed to kill 10 out of his first 11 birds, and altogether 11 out of 14. There is evidently life in the old dog yet.” * The programme of the Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament, to be held on May 25-26, provides twelve events each day, one at 10, the remainder at 15 targets, 50 cents, 75 cents, $1 and $1.50 entrance. Totals each day, 175 targets, $12 entrance. There also is a professional shoot, 25 targets, entrance $2.50, with $5 added. And a five-man team shoot, 125 targets per team, entrance per team, $2.50. To first high team, $15; to second $10. Guns and ammunition prepaid and sent to S. C. Yocum, will be delivered on the grounds free of charge. Refreshments and ammunition obtainable on the grounds. Professionals may dally for targets only. SI The midwinter tournament given by J. F. Schmelzer & Son’s Arms Co., Kansas City, Mo., April 18-22, was a distinct success. Some shooting performances were near the perfect degree of ex- cellence. Mr. Chan Powers was high on the first day, with 192 out of 200. Mr. W. H. Heer on the second day was high with 195 out of 200. On the third day Messrs. Gilbert and Crosby tied on 81 out of 100. Mr. Heer won professional high average with 473 out of 500. Mr. Chan Powers won amateur high average with 466. The Kansas team won the trophy for the team making the best scores during the series of tournamefits. Mr. C. Dixon, of Joplin, won the Individual trophy. The Individual Schmelzer trephy was won by Mr. Russell Klein with 48. The individual championship, 25 live birds, thirty-five entries, was won with a straight score by Mr. John Wilmot, of Lexington, Ky. A correspondent informs us that “a race is contemplated be- tween teams representing the Country Club of Wilmington, Del., and the Wawaset Gun Club of the same city. Among those who will represent the Country Club are Messrs. Eugene duPont, Alexis I. duPont, Victor duPont II., Victor duPont III. and J. T. Skelly. Mr. Eugene duPont is one of the best shots in the club, and at present holds the R. E. championship. For the Wawasets, Mr. W. M. Foord, Luther J. Squier, J. A. McKelvey, Lester German, Edward Banks and others will be found at the score. The first shoot will be held in the near future, and will be in the nature of practice work for the Wawasets’ annual tour- nament, which will be held in Wilmington May 12 and 13 next. By the way, anybody wishing a programme of that tournament can get one by applying to W. M. Foord, 213 West Sixth street, Wilmington, Del.” Bernard Waters. Independent Gun, Rifle and Pistol Club. Easton, Pa., April 21. — With a raw wind blowing across the trap and the erratic flight of the bluerocks, twenty-six shooters, professionals and amateurs, faced the northwest and shot “holes in the air.” The three cash amateur prizes given by the club were won, after a hard fight, by O. Skeds with 156 breaks out of 180 targets; J. Pleiss with 151 breaks out of 180 targets, and E. F. Markley with 150 breaks out of 180 targets. The highest professional score was made by J. M. Hawkins with 159 breaks out of 180 targets. The professionals and trade representatives present were as fol- lows: Sim Glover, J. M. Hawkins, Mr. Overbaugh, M. L. Herbein, F. E. Butler, and, last but not least, the always cheerful and “friend maker,” T. H. Keller. T. H., not arriving on the grounds until after the tournament was started, decided to show all the boys that the “has been,” as he called himself, could shoot a little, and made one of the three straight scores made in any event by any of the shooters. Messrs. Glover and Hawkins both claimed to be under the weather, but yet, with the conditions taken into considerations, shot like old veterans. , Messrs. Overbaugh, Herbein and Butler, also with their kindly aid, put the finishing touches on to make the tournament the success that it was. It was pleasing to note that all the rep- resentatives present were pleased, as each one’s goods were being used, and in the high scores each got a “taste.” Lunch was served on the grounds in the old-fashioned country style, and all the shooters took advantage of its “goodness” and ate heartily. The following scores show how easy it ia to “blow holes in the air”: Events: 12841678118 Targets : 10 15 20 25 16 20 15 20 16 26 Total. I Hahn 8 14 12 18 IS IS 10 10 10 14 124 C F Hankey. 10 U 19 U 14 12 » 8 20 141 C H Miller 7 8 16 18 1114 1116 10 15 126 Sim Glover ..................... 6 11 16 20 12 17 14 16 8 13 132 VV H Maurer. 6 12 16 20 14 17 15 14 i2 20 145 II G Miller...... 8 10 18 19 13 15 10 15 13 20 141 J H Heil 8 1112 18 10 13 9 12 14 18 126 J H Maurer 8 13 14 IS 13 17 11 17 11 16 138 J Pleiss 6 12 14 23 14 19 13 15 14 20 151 H Snyder 5 12 16 14 13 12 1116 13 18 130 E F Markley. 5 13 20 23 10 16 12 16 13 22 160 O Skeds 8 12 16 20 12 18 12 20 14 24 166 J M Hawkins 9 13 18 23 12 19 14 19 11 21 159 R Roberts 4 9 .... 10 .. 10 33 II Brunner 6 10 13 . . 11 14 . . 17 . . . . 70 W W Howell 19 11 16 10 .. 13 .. 69 S  .........1213111211.. 59 Croll 11 14 12 11 10 23 81 Schlicher 8 12 8 28 Somers 10 17 12 13 11 21 84 Steward 4 9 9.. 5.. 27 H H Hausman .. .. 11 12 14 16 12 19 84 Reble 6 . . 8 14 C H Snyder 13 . . 13 E. F. Markley, Sec’y. Poughkeepsie Gun Club. Poughkeepsie, N. Y., April 23. — At the shoot held on these grounds to-day, in which teams from Schenectady, Ossining and Poughkeepsie gun clubs competed, Schenectady made a clean sweep. In their match with the Poughkeepsie team they won by 35 points. In the match with Ossining they won by 47 points. The scores made in each event were hardly up to the standard of many of the shooters, a strong wind being accountable therefor. The prize, a pair of cuff buttons, offered by the Poughkeepsie Club for best individual score in the Schenectady-Ossining match, was won by Senator Warnick. Scores follow, 50 targets per man in each contest: Schenectady — Warnick 43, H. E. Greene 39, Valentine 42, Sanders 40. G. G. Greene 31, Livingston 43; total 241. Poughkeepsie — Tall 41, Marshall 28, Hans 33, Smith 31, Traver 41, Du Bois 32; total 206. Schenectady — Warnick 43, H. E. Greene 39, Valentine 42, Sanders 40, G. G. Greene 37, Livingston 40, Borden 36, Adams 39, Wallberg 39, Miller 32; total 387. Ossining — Brandreth 31, Hubbell 32, Clark 36, Von der Bosch 37, Dykman 32, Hyland 39, Harris 38, Blandford 38, Washburne 40, Kromer 17; Events : total 340. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events : 12 3 4 5 6 Targets: 15 15 25 25 15 15 Targets: 15 15 25 25 15 15 Tallman ... , 11 . . 22 19 .. .. Adams 13 .. 21 .. Brandreth . . . .. 11 .. 18 13 .. .. Wallberg , 11 .. 19 .. Warnick 11 12 20 23 11 . _ Miller 10 .. 15 .. .. 5 Adriance 9 10 . . . . 11 Perkins 9 .. .. .. 18 10 Hubbell 11 .. 17 15 .. '. Winans 8 9 1) H E Green 12 . . 18 21 . , .. Snyder 6 14 .. Hans 8 10 18 15 .. , , Johnson ....... 8 .. .. .. 13 .. Clark 12 10 17 19 .. .. Strong 7 9 7 Valentine 12 13 22 20 .. .. Moore 7 Smith 8 8 18 13 8 7 Marshall 14 11 14 14 10 10 Vori der Bosch. 11 11 18 19 .. .. Cassidy 4 Sanders 11 . . 20 20 .. Du Bois 7 18 14 .. Traver 10 13 19 22 13 13 Van Wyck 8 .. .. .. 6 .. Dykman 8 13 16 16 .. .. Hull .. 13 .. .. 10 7 A A Greene... .13 12 17 20 11 .. Underhill Hyland 9 9 13 16 .. Hasbrouck .. 12 .. .. 6 .. Livingston . . . .. 10 .. 19 21 .. 0 « N Iv Du Bois. .. 10 .. .. .. 9 Harris 11 9 18 20 .. . , Bucklev .. 9 .. .. Borden 14 . . 17 19 .. f. Kromer ..698 .. 3 Blandford 10 9 18 .... Washburn .. .. 18 22 • . .. Scores made in events 3 and 4 counted in team matches. Snaniweh. Norwich Shooting Club. Norwich, Conn. — The weekly shoot of the Norwich Shooting Club was held on Saturday afternoon, April 23, the weather con- ditions being favorable. The attendance was small and scores below the average. Mr. Aborn was high with a score of 40 out of 50, which was very commendable, this being his second season at the trap. No. 3 was at 5 pairs: Events: 12 3 Events: 12 3 Targets: 25 25 5 Targets: 25 26 5 Brown 20 19 5 Saunders 12 .. .. Aborn 18 22 .. Potter 11 .. .. Olcott 21 16 .. Mitchell 15 18 .. Amberg 15 16 2 Noble 21 18 5 Tafft 21 18 6 I. P. Tafft, Sec’y. Brunswick Gun Club. Brunswick, Me., April 22. — The Brunswick Gun Club held their first shoot of the season yesterday afternoon with a programme of 125 targets. The attendance of shooters was very light, as the weather con- ditions were unfavorable in the extreme. Quite a large number of spectators were on hand, as usual. Four visitors from Portland enabled us to put up two five-men squads. The Portland shooters were Darton, Hinds, Bailey and Foster. L. C. Whitmore, president of the Brunswick Gun Club, was high gun for the afternoon, breaking 108 out of a possible 125, Darton second with 104, and Dunning third with 103. The scores were: Events:  15 18 19 21 104 16 14 19 17 18 19 103 16 16 16 20 16 18 102 14 16 17 12 17 19 95 . . . . .'. ........ 15 17 15 15 12 19 93 10 13 12 16 16 17 84 6 15 13 17 15 18 84 8 13 11 11 9 .. 62 7 12 8 27 14 14 .............. 11 11 Ashland Gun Club. Lexington, Ky., April 14.— The Ashland Gun Club to-day gave a shoot in honor of Mr. Hood Waters, a distinguished trade representative, who is at present sojourning in Kentucky. He broke 91 straight and finished with 98 out of 100. In the after- noon he shot at 150 targets, which included 10 pairs, and he scored 145. Mr. Woolfolk Henderson scored 73 out of 75. Bob Skinner scored 49 out of his first 60 and lost 3 birds in his last string of 25, a total of 71 out of 75. Victor Dodge, the veteran shooter, faced the traps for the first time in many months, and scoring 70 out of 75, showed that he has not forgotten bow to shoot. Frank Van Deren broke 42 out of his first 60, but fell down badly on his last 50, losing 17 birds, making his total score read 76 out of 100. Other shooters shooting very well indeed were Messrs. Wool- folk Barrow and his guest. Mr. A. Mumford; Mr. Clifford Clark and W. B. Tolbert. Altogether the sport yesterday was high class and demonstrated the fact that Lexington has some splendid target shots. Mr. Waters was in the city, the guest of Mr. Robert Skinner, aad April 16 he left for Paris, where a shoot will be held for him to meet the Paris Gun Club. IN NEW JERSEY. Trap at Montclair. Montclair, N. J., April 23,-The Montclair Gun Club held no shoot on its own grounds to-day, but paid a visit to the Mont- clair Golf Club and held a joint shoot on the grounds of the latter. Event No. 1 was a match between the two clubs, teams of seven men each, 50 targets per man, losers to pay for the birds. The Gun Club was the winner. Scores: 244 to 224. Event No. 2, 15 targets, prize a silver mug, went to Mr. T. E. Batten, of the Gun Club; score of 15 straight. Event No. 3, 15 targets — 5 doubles and 5 singles — prize a car- tridge case, was won by Mr. Gunther, of the Gun Club, with a score of 13. Event No. 4, 16 targets, prize a silver match safe, was tied twice by Messrs. Fitch and Kendall, but finally was won by Mr. Kendall, also of the Gun Club, by a score of 13 to 11. Considering the exposed location of the grounds on the top of the Orange Mountain, and the stiff easterly gale blowing directly into the faces of the marksmen, remarkably good scores were made. The Gun Club felt fully repaid for their visit, they leaving nothing behind but some empty cartridges. Scores ap- pended herewith: Event No. 1, 50 targets each; teams of seven men: Montclair Golf Club— Fitch 35, Holzderber 28, Allan 30, Green 28, Hyatt 34, Geo. Batten 36, Cross 31; total 222. Montclair Gun Club— Soverel 30, Gunther 31, Crane 36, Kendall 31, T. 'E. Batten 36, Babcock 32, Wheeler 38; total 244. Events : 2 3 4 Events : 2 3 4 Targets: 15 15 15 Targets: 15 15 15 Cockefair Fitch Matthews 7 10 Kendall Geo Batten Crane ........... T E Batten Howard Holzderber Gunther ........ Hyatt Green 11 11 12 Winslow Cross Babcock Wheeler 13 11 11 E. Winslow, Sec’y M. G. C. North River Gun Club. Edgewater, N. J., April 16.— The scores made to-day and on April 9 are appended. On the latter date, event No. 6, handi- cap trophy shoot, was won by Mr. Fred Truax, this making the fourth win for him. He is declared the winner of the trophy. Handicaps apply to that event only. Scores: Targets: 15 10 Eickhoff, 3. 8 4 Richter, 2 12 8 Morrison, 2 13 6 Schramm, 5 8 7 Truax, 0 5 Allison, 3 , April 16. — -The scores made to-day follow: Events: Targets : Townsend Eickhoff .. Vosselman Leasenfeld. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 10 10 15 10 10 25 555.. 8 6 19 Events: Targets: Slosser 15 15 25 25 10 10 11 9 12 16 9 10 10 16 12 9 14 22 .. 7 7 9 11 13 11 21 5 16 li 7 •• 1 2 3 4 6 6 7 10 10 10 15 10 10 26 ..11 2 1 .. .. 6 6 12 8 4 18 Schoverling 5 .. .. 6 8 5 6 3 8 16 8 6 14 Morrison 10 6 6 Jas. R. Merrill, Sec’y. North River Gun Club. April 23. — The scores made at the club shoot of the North River  9 8 7 10 12 Tower 7 6 9 9 .. 8 Leasenfeldt 5 9 9 7 .. 7 8 10 .. Morrison 8 8 8 6 13 14 Harlands 8 10 8 7 10 9 Event 7, 5 pairs. Emerald Gun Club. Carlstadt, N. J., April 19. — The weather was changeable, from clear to squally. The birds were a good lot. The referee was Mr. L. H. Schortemeier. The scorer, Johnnie Jones. Squad No. 1 shot in ordinary weather, clear; average kills .783. Squad No. 2 shot in rain and squalls; average kills, .783. Squad No. 3 shot in a fifty- mile an hour wind; average kills, .466. Squad No. 4 shot in a wind somewhat less than fifty miles; average kills, .725. Van Valkenb’g, 28..0222222202— 8 C Henry, 28 2122111010— 8 T Short, 28 ...2201001120—6 Dr Hudson, 28. .. .1111211202— 9 Schoverling, 30 2222222022— 9 Kali, 25. *120112220- 7 Schorty, 32. 0212201221— 8 Catton, 28 120*001222— 6 Reierson, 28 0110122221— 8 Piercy, 30 0200011212— 6 Whitley, 28 2220221212— 9 Cottrell was a guest. Cracke, 28 1211111112—10 Capt Dreyer, 28. .. .2222100020— 6 Moore, 30. ........ .1200112000— 6 Cottrell, 30 0020120000— 3 Keim, 28 2020120000— 4 Charles, 25. 022*012002— 5 Fischer, 28 01012*1001— 5 May, 28 *1122110*2— 7 Colquitt, 30........ 2202102221— 8 Koegel, 30 2200222222— 8 Morrison, 28 1100102021— 6 Rochester Rod and Gun Club. Rochester, N. Y., April 20.— Rumors of a match between Mr. Harry M. Stewart and Ollie Faulkner, the baseball pitcher, may take place after the return of the latter from the Southern trip of his team. Arrangements for the big spring handicap shoot, May 4 and 5, are going on apace. Shooters from western New York and many from abroad have signified their intention of entering the events. Prominent manufacturers’ agents will be present. Spring handicap contest: Shoemaker (5) 24, Cutting (3) 23, Borst (5) 28, Donovan (6) 23, *Cutting (4) 24, Stewart (1) 24, *Cutting (4) 24, *Borst (2) 26, *Donovan (7) 25, *Borst (1) 25, *C'utting (4) 27, *Donovan (7) 23, *Donovan (8) 21, *Donovan (10) 29, *Donovan (6) 26, Donovan (6) 24. * *Back scores. Trap at Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury, Pa., April 16.— The weather was very windy. A regular gale blowing across the field was responsible for small scores: Events: 123456789 10 Targets: 15 20 20 15 20 20 15 20 20 20 Hawkins 7 18 19 15 16 18 13 14 17 18 Seitz 11 13 11 6121312 81011 Lupus 10 14 15 11 15 Malone 14 18 15 13 19 14 10 15 12 15 Stephens 12 16 13 12 17 15 11 12 14 16 Sechrist 12 17 18 14 15 910121413 Giesey 7 8 11 6 7 Gerry 7 8 10 7 8 10 7 8 6 8 Diehl 3 4 3 G Bortner 9 Robin Hood 6 15 7946766 Somers 14 18 13 18 17 9 12 10 17 Dr Bortner 10 8 11 13 16 Eyster • 7 .. 9 9 14 Total. 165 107 65 145 138 134 39 79 10 9 66 128 67 39 FOftESt AN 13 STREAM. April jo, 19644 WESTERN TRAP. Indianapolis Gun Club. Indianapolis, Ind., April ,18. — Saturday, the regular club day, found a small attendance, as the boys have not quite recovered from the tournament held last week. For the Hunter Arms Co. trophy, with the allowance on handicaps, Sayles, Michaelis, Medico, Moller and Nash made 50 straight. In the Michaelis, Partington contest for the English Hotel cup, Partington was badly 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 1^0, broke 128; Plead 100, 89; Moeller 125, 84; Medico 100, 70; Sayles 125, 100; Nash ICO, 74; Williams 75, 52; Partington 100, 78; Ben- jamin 75, 56. Garrett beat Hirschey. IP. 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; Genter 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-off 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 the 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; Keef 70, 66; Hyler 25, 19; Wooden 25, 19; Ver West 70, 50; Francisco 50, 35; Essig 50, 33; Mrs. Bennett 110, 71; Gale 20, 13; Smily 25, 16; Snyder 25, 16; Medan 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 Illinois 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: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 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 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 18 175 147 Caldwell, 16 .... 9 8 15 17 10 15 15 18 13 16 175 136 Hardy, 16 ... 10 13 16 16 13 11 18 15 11 17 175 140 Davis, 16 10 14 17 70 52 Scheiss, 16 ...13 10 13 19 12 10 20 18 10 16 175 141 Lewis, 17 .... 14 13 16 16 14 15 16 17 12 17 175 150 Snell, 16. .... 13 10 14 17 13 11 15 18 12 19 175 142 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 17 19 11 10 18 19 15 19 175 155 Keller, 17 10 19 18 15 11 16 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 11 14 14 11 12 14 16 9 14 176 129 Crawford, 16 ... 9 13 14 14 10 14 16 12 12 18 176 132 Burton, 15 ... 12 12 19 16 14 13 19 IS 12 20 175 154 Hawes, 15 ... 10 7 16 14 10 8 12 16 8 14 175 115 W Gilbert, 15 12 18 16 13 11 17 18 14 17 176 148 McGill, 15 12 18 15 10 11 15 18 ,. . , 140 110 Englebrecht, 15 ... 8 12 16 16 10 13 13 18 11 15 175 132 Allen, Id 15 20 18 12 12 15 18 11 17 175 150 Clay, 16 12 17 17 11 14 17 19 32 14 175 145 Mermod, 17 13 19 17 14 15 18 19 14 17 176 167 H Spencer, 16 13 16 15 15 13 16 20 13 17 176 162 Chase, 16 12 12 15 9 13 18 17 10 16 176 129 Baggerman, 16 U 13 13 11 9 100 67 Manning, 16 9 14 14 10 85 m Second Day» Events : 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Shot Targets: 15 16 20 20 15 15 20 20 15 20 at. Broke, Cummings, 18 ..... ..... 12 13 14 19 13 13 20 16 13 15 175 150 Scott, 17 14 18 20 11 11 18 17 13 18 175 152 Wiggins, 18 .... 11 12 17 15 12 12 18 19 10 15 175 141 Cadwallader, 18 . , . , 10 13 15 10 12 12 18 15 9 14 175 128 Aaams, 18 14 18 16 13 8 19 17 11 15 175 145 Connor, 17 10 11 16 16 13 14 13 16 8 12 175 129 Snell, 16 14 16 16 12 14 15 17 11 14 175 143 Hall, 17 15 14 18 14 11 16 19 12 18 175 152 Lawrence, 16 11 12 14 16 9 11 17 lb 9 15 175 129 Groves, 16 10 15 15 15 10 9 10 15 9 10 175 118 Caldwell, 16 12 8 18 18 12 15 13 15 6 17 175 134 Keller, 17 ..... 13 14 19 16 12 14 15 15 13 18 175 149 Bryden, 16 ..... 6 6 15 14 9 10 9 11 10 11 175 101 Lewis, 17 12 14 18 17 10 13 16 18 13 14 175 145 W yckoff, 16 ..... 13 12 17 18 13 11 20 17 13 16 176 149 Gibson, 15 15 11 13 15 12 13 12 15 11 17 175 134 Hawes, 15 9 12 14 14 14 8 14 9 10 14 175 119 Gilbert, 15 12 12 17 . .. . . • Englebrecht, 15 11 10 16 Averages: Cummings 312, Scott 310, Hall 307, Adams 299, Lewis 295, Keller 294, Snell 285, Connor 278, Caldwell 270, Cadwallader 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-target event, open to all, with a handicap. Ninety per cent, men shoot at one extra target for every three misses. The 80 per cent, men one target for each two misses. 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 Gun 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. IT. 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, rhe 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 Shot Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 at. Broke. Geo Coats 9 11 15 12 8 15 100 70 R N Weiner 14 14 20 12 11 18 100 89 P A McNish 11 10 17 13 11 15 100 77 E M Brackett 11 12 15 9 10 . . 80 57 E R Tuckett 12 14 16 11 10 14 100 77 G C Wooster .... 13 11 17 12 13 17 100 83 F Ackerman 11 14 16 14 13 17 100 85 H G Gayhart 14 14 18 15 14 18 100 93 S Mortimer 13 11 17 10 11 16 100 78 B P Hoyt .12 13 18 13 13 14 100 83 E Fousby 11 17 30 18 E V Durkin 6 . . 8 . . . . 30 14 Second Day. Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Shot Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 25 at. Broke. F Ackerman 12 12 16 13 11 13 16 126 93 Geo Coats 10 14 14 12 10 15 22 126 97 A H Hardy 11 12 16 12 10 14 18 125 93 P A McNish 9 10 13 8 10 7 12 125 69 E M Brackett 8 7 12 6 10 14 20 125 62 G C Wooster 10 11 14 9 9 17 21 125 91 F, R Tuckett 10 12 12 9 8 15 17 125 83 H A Gayhart 12 13 19 11 12 19 22 125 108 S Mortimer 11 11 11 10 9 16 15 125 83 R N Minor 10 8 13 10 10 14 14 125 79 W McEachorn 5 M E Brackett 22 E Durkin 12 Averages, shooting at 225: Gayhart 201, F. Ackerman 178, G. C. W coster 174. X. 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 French 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 : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Shot Targets: 10 15 20 10 15 20 10 15 20 15 at. Broke, Delatine 3 15 9 12 13 9 14 17 11 150 119 Snell 9 15 14 9 12 17 6 14 14 14 150 124 Cottrell ............ 9 13 16 7 14 17 6 11 15 11 150 119 Vietmeyer 7 15 17 9 13 16 7 12 18 13 150 127 W Baggerman . . .. 8 8 13 4 8 12 7 7 15 12 150 97 Clay 10 14 19 10 14 18 9 14 18 15 150 141 Stroh 10 13 17 7 12 15 8 12 19 - - 140 113 Scheiss 8 15 15 10 14 15 9 13 19 12 150 130 Miss King ......... 8 15 4 9 16 4 100 59 Victor ............. ..... 4 10 10 7 10 14 7 11 17 10 160 100 P Baggerman ...... ..... 7 15 13 9 11 17 9 13 18 12 150 124 Stcsberg 14 12 8 12 70 84 Wm Pope 10 15 9 10 14 10 14 IS 13 150 118 T Ruff .............. 9 10 18 8 14 12 .. 125 96 Le Page ............ 8 12 18 10 13 19 14 125 112 T Doggs , . . „ „ . „ „ „ .. 8 12 15 10 7 17 12 106 81 Spicer 9 .. .. 9 14 17 12 70 61 Fink 25 18 X. Derry field Gun Club. Manchester, N. H., April 25. — The opening shoot of the Derry- fielti 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 shooters 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, ot the Boston Gun Club, was in excellent form, and easily car- ried off high average for the day’s shoot, with a percentage of 83. 6. The real attraction of the day, and one that brought out abcut 250 spectators, was a match race of 50 birds between trade representatives E. D. Fulford, of Utica, N. Y., 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 out 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 are 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: Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12.13 Targets  11 13 8 14 8 10 10 6 10 9 84.0 Bowen 7 10 10 7 11 9 5 9 6 9 5 76.0 Eugene Reed . , .. 8 11 8 13 8 8 14 9 9 9 8 7 8 80.6 Fulford ........ . . 10 12 8 14 12 10 14 7 7 9 9 9 9 86.6 Apgar .. 8 14 8 12 12 8 13 8 8 7 10 10 10 86.0 Kirkwood .. 9 14 8 15 13 8 13 7 9 7 10 10 TO 88.6 Eastman ..4 8 4 8 6 6.. 73.0 Morris ..7 6 5 11 12 5 .. 61.0 Goss .. 6 10 6 10 12 6 11 65.5 King .. 9 11 ..12 8 9 13 6 .. 75.0 Freeman ....... ..2 7 ..10 5 6 3 33.0 Smith ..j. ..5 9 6 11 9 7 13 10 5 7 9 10 . 9 73.0 Sanborn .. 8 10 5 10 8 8 .. 65.0 Martin ..8 7 4 6 11 8 10 8 .. 62.0 Keller .. 9 13 7 11 10 7 11 8 5 6 8 7 .. 73.0 Odekirk .. 6 10 . . 9 10 8 8 5 5 61.0 ..3 2 6 8 6 4 2 30.0 Harrington . .. .. 7 10 . . 13 10 10 12 5 10 77.0 Cbeeney ..4 8 .. 6 7.. .. 52.0 Byron ..4 9 .. 7 7 6 6 60.0 McCabe ........ .. .. 4 6 8 2 3 3 .. 40.0 Allen .. .. 8 8 9 6 5 6 6 6 9 63.0 Huskie .. .. 9 7 7 3 3 2 2 5 3 41.0 \\ clch .. .. 6 .. .. Edgar ....421 20.0 Greer 7 12 7 5 8 7 6 6 61.0 Neubert 8 9 5 7 5 6 6 .. 60.0 A f Reed 12 6 3 8 3 7 8 60.0 Fosburg 5 3 3 5 .. 39.0 Eldridge 2 2 .. .... New York Athletic Club. Travers Island, N. Y., April 23. — For the special Cup there were 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 Club. 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 wili be on the top in  23 19 20 22 170 A M Hatcher.. 25 24 24 23 24 22 23 23 189 R M Crumley 18 23 24 23 23 23 25 22 22 23 19 245 J W Gump 21 18 23 19 21 19 19 21 22 22 16 221 S G Keller.. 23 24 24 25 86 F B Pond 23 19 17 20 21 100 Victor Payne ....... 16 23 18 18 18 13 106 W II Picks 21 IS 18 17 24 21 23 25 18 , , , „ 185 G S McNiel ........ 4 3 11 18 Ed Lockett ........ 14 IS 32 SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. 