J
There are only a few days left in which to close tout our stock four at the most Monday will bee i
( t the banner day , for the . o 1
Means a terrible cut all along tlie line for the last week of this , the greatest and biggest crowd
bringing Shoe Sale ever held in Omaha. Look at these ;
Ladies' Fine Lace Slices Boys' Shoes Still ' '
$1- Hanan & Son's Men's Shoes '
Ladies' $5 Shoes 9Sc
'
' They can't be made lower We discount of
Ladies' fine lace shoes , regular any give a straight
in price or better in quality , 20 per cent on any pair of Per
lar 2.50 quality , in narrow for they are all solid leather Hanan's § 7.00 or $7.50 shoes , There's a bin full of them
with good heavy soles , a the shoe that's so well known Gent odds and ends from almost
down $1,75 shoe that we fully warrant that further talk is not needed
toes , cut to
square style shoe in store
Off every you
rant , one pair to a customer to sell them at
can pick them out , a pair to a
Ladies Shoes for Boys' Quilted Bottom Shoes EdwittClapp's Men's Enamels customer , for
These include $3.00 Paris Kids The best bargain in the store Those with the visible or invisible
will be found in these shoes ,
the latest in
very styles visible cork soles , lace , razor
although thsy are not much
'
needle and narrow square lower in price than formerly , or new round toe , every size Ladies' 20th Centuries
toes , to go in this fm.il sale but they are the very best ever made still in stock , $7.00
at. boys' shoe ever made and and # 7.50 shoes Our ladies' French calf 2Oth
we cut
Ladies' Sprisig Heels $1 .75- Men's Men's Enamels 20 century shoes that sell regularly
Patent Leathers- " '
-
larly for $6. oo , that we've always
The regular $2. 75 quality , an All and enamel
$6
The few we have left of them our $5 $ ways sold for $5.00 , cut down
easy , good looking shoe that ' leather shoes will be in
don't higher than in put
go any 7 for this sale to
at our price of $2.75 was size , and in value they hit the the getting rid of our surplus
considered a bargain , but sale to at the discount
$7 mark There never was go big '
now such Q bargain of . Ladies' Patent Leathers
Misses' Spring Heels Men's Heavy Sole Enamels Men's Shoes for $1
The $2.50 line of cloth top These are own regular $5 A host of men's $2 shoes , in The ladies' $6.00 patent leath
button shoes and the lace ers , , with cloth tops and medium
$2 shoes , of which we have ai pointed or narrow square toes
shoes with patent leather good assortment of sizes and ( the $3.00 grade for $2.25) ) dium toes , that we've beetv
trimmings , narrow square widths , lace , and pointed toes ( the $2.50 grade for $1.75) ) the selling at this sale for $2.48 ,
toed , < jo at for cash , for $2.00 grade for. . ' are cut again to
SPORTS OF EVERY CLASS
What the Season Will Br'ng Forth in the
Bevcial
INDICATIONS OF A LIVELY TIME
Ilrooliljn Iliinillonii Already Atd-nct-
.11 iiI'll Attention Aiming A l-
mlri'i-M of ( lie TIiorotiKlilirrilH
Oinnliii 3latt < * rN of
BOM the Indica
tions It la quite cer
tain that the com
ing pea so n among
the thoroughbreds
Is going to bo a fa
mous one. .lust now
In the cast they
' 'are ' busily engaged
speculating upon the
weights announced
for the Brooklyn
Handicap. Henry of Navarco has been given
the top weight. Ills Impost Is 128 pound ? .
Just two more than weight for nge. While
hi.- ) victory In the Municipal Handicap last
fall Justllleii tbls , It is doubtful whether h's
form Justifies his ability to carry the weight.
Clifford hag evidently been treated squaiely.
Ho got 125 pounds. In the Oriental Handicap ,
it will bo recalled , ho beat Henry of
Navarro with a difference of seven pounds.
Kccnan comes third on the list with 121
pounds , and It may be possible that helll
1)0 selected to carry the Delmont colors In
Henry of Nnvjrrc'a place. Holma was given
117 pounds and Is looking extraordinary good
at this limp.
Sir Walter ct 113 pounds has been leniently
treated , hut lib foim last year would not
penult anything mote. If ho has round oil
back to his -1-year fnrm the race would i aem
easy for him. The 3 yenr-oUUi , Hen Brui'h ' ,
Handspring and forget , nro all In light , but
few will consider their dunces , aa It Is not
believed ( hat they will atart.
Hornpipe , la t ycac'a winner , I.H penalized
\vltli ] 11 pounds. HnVIIH believed to bo
brchcn down , but hlo trainer now has hopes
of getting him to the post nqain. At this
day Iho r.u-o would neem to lay between the
top \\t-lithiH , I.alur dou'lopmcnts may show
tliat tome one of ( ho leaser light ! ) has boon
especially favored , but the chancr-o arc all
ja' | ] > 't it , The heavyweights have been tried
und found worthy.
TJit Amcilcan horses In Hngland end which
htuo been nominated for the fprlng trials
have leroKed their weights , and the opinion
on this tslda Is that all have been accrdcd
moit fair ami eoii'toniu treatment. HIchard
rroKc-r bus twenty-nine head In training ,
among wh'ch IK Alontaulc , and Inliom Cro-
kui'9 trainer. Morton , nap great hopes , The
cult N much Improved In fnrm since lie wap
scut over. In Iho Lincolnshire Handicap the
hlglit'ht weight Is lot ) and lowest eighty-four.
'Ilio Americans will carry n.-j follows : .Man
umit. iJ ; Amorlciio , 113 ; Key cl Santa Anlt.i.
117 , atld Sir I5xee$8. 111 , In Iliu Great
.Mctropolltnti Banquet will carry lit pounds
and Hey el Santa Anita 12R , In the C ty and
Suburban Montauk geti ? ili ; Key rl Santa
Anita , 121 , and Sir Hxcew. 110. In tlm Uhet > -
tt'r Cup Hey el SJnla Aulta cariles but lift
pounds ,
During th racing season \\hleh hus Just
cloved In Austria the American horsey wore
very prominent , the beta ones and thrlr win
nings being as follows ; bellwether , by Mount
Jr6rrl , $ GC55 ; Dluo Dells , by QimtermaMer.
SO,160 ; Quarteratretcb , by Quartermaster-
J4.GOO ; Archie Sherman , by Sherman. 13,825 ;
Big MalU , by O. A. 0. . J3.000 ; Spoffo.-d , by
Kentucky Prlnco. 12,076 ; Eddie Hayes , by
Charles Caffrw , 12,650 ; Valkyr , by Volunteer
Star , 12,850. In Holy the American here
standing highest In the Hat of winners HP. ' :
BpQfTord , by Kentucky Prlnco. J5.300 ; Valkyr ,
by Volunteer Star , ft.SSO ; Muttlo H. by
Abdallali Mambrlno. $3,950 ; Corlnno , by Hob-
orl McGregor. . J2.720 , The winning lUt In
Italy' 19 headed by the Italian-bred 3-jvnr od |
colC , * plp , credited with winning ic.us. . ilur-
Ing' the ica ou , Caij < lo wa xlrt-tl by th
Ameilcan sire Atlantic , 2:21 : , that raced so
well In thlii country for the late James H.
Goldsmith. Of the foreign countries , Italy
seems to be producing the fastest trotting
youngsters anil ln > that country Atlantic Is
siring more ppccd than any other horse yet
taken to Europe.
In the recent Mndhon Square garden ath-
letlo competition Barnard J. Wefcrs of
Georgetown university , and who won such
golden honors for America In September's
international contests , was expected to bent
Lon Meyer's great record of 0'/4 seconds for
fifty yards , but he fell short of this achieve
ment by a half second , doing the distance In
5 3-5 fecomls.
Manager W. A. Paxton , Jr. , is working lllce
u Trojan In the Interests of the Omaha club's
big June trotting meeting at its new mile
track on the state fair grounds. Cards and
circulars have been psnt to every newspaper
In the state and the affair will be the best
and most extensively advertised of any race
meeting ever given In Omaha. It Is the In
tention of the management to make this
meeting a grand success If a liberal expendi
ture of money and hard work will accomplish
this laudable end. Over $20,000 will ha hung
up In purses , and there may be a number of
special events provided for that will attract
national attention. Scott McCoy , the well
known trainer and driver , has full charge of
the track nndwill pee that by June it is second
end to none In the country.
AMOXG THIS FLYI3RS.
.YotCH of Horxi-N unit Tlic-lr OvriicrN
IMiroiiKliont tin * Country.
George W. Day , who handled Guclpb ,
2lGVi : , by Prlnccps , nnd whose record was
obtained at Lyons , Neb. , during the- autumn
of 1S92 , la at present located at Crcston , la.
While electricity has taken the place of a
great many street car horss and has phut
off the demand In one place , it has created
a demand In others. Kor Instance , every
line of electric or cable cars or elevated roads
for rapid transit has caused people to build
farther out from business centers where they
can keep and nee horfep that they would
not hud they continued to live neji- the
centers of. the cities.
Five million dollars Is the amount esti
mated to have been hung up on the trotting
tracks In the United States and Canada ' : Ut
year.
I'eoplo who claim to know state that Mon-
lOe Salisbury has Invested heavily In Crlppjo
Creek mining claims and will dsvolo most uf
his attention to them this y'enr , turning uvsr
the best uf his hews to McIIenry , who will
rave with them on the Eluues.
The director of the Kuai'lnii Imperial Etud
has cabled his representatives , now In New
Veil : , to at once obtain prlcss at which Baron
WIlKes , Simmons , Ouy Wllkes , Patchtn
Willies , Jay nird and Young Jim fan bo
iiought and dtllveicd at the lloyn ! ctud , St.
Petersburg.
Gil Puny received a fluttering letter from
Germany to go over and train trotters there.
When Oil found out that even thn horses
knew no lunging * ) but German hu declined
to EO.
lliror.dale , by Doron wkc : ) , who ws'Ju n
great campaign In 1891. earning a record of
iMl'i.1 | | bo campaigned | UH | nMjinn by
his oun r , Tom Jamta.
Color makes little difference , In a genuine-
race horse.
Hobert J.'s winnings in ISO ! were $2 : .000 ;
In IWj they wcrn $8,27.1 ,
The Austrian government-will gl\e $12 , OGQ
for this year's trotting events.
That Hussla has some Intercit In the
trotter Is ho\\n by the fact that In three
uliiU'r months stic nil ! give f 162,000 for
harness iace * ,
Tlio Ijtett Innovation Introduced by thAt
ver atlle track manager , 0. W. WlH'ama. U
the tllil.'iiK ' icole of entrance fees , By thl >
system the faster record n horce his the
larger proportion uf the c-ntranc * fee mutt
hU o nrr pay , th tea In no cue being
higher than 5 per cunt , nor lowef thin 1
per cent , Ti ! pltin U a novei one nd it
is quite likelyto be the subject of much'
discussion In the near future.
Latest advices from Berlin are to the effect
that n. T. Kneebs has appealed his ease and
that he will produce the real Bethel before
the .Imperial court. Now that Is Just what
the court wanU' , and the sooner he does It
the better. Had he done It a long time ago
It would have saved him thousands of dollars
lars and much loss of time.
In England the law makes the exhibition
of horseless carriages impossible on the pub
lic highways. The law says that any car
riage not drawn by her s must be preceded
by a man carrying a reJ flag , and that It
must not travel more than two mllN on
hour. The law Is evidently framed with an
eye toward crushing the steam roller ; never
theless It prevents any exhibition of the new
vehicles.
When we remember that the American trot
ter did not make his appearance before a
public audience until 1810 , or thirty-four
years after the republic was born , we reason
ably conclude that he has not reached his
highest rate of speed. The two-minute
mark , which a fewyearu ago was considered
an Impossible limit , is now apparently In
sight. We saw It , as we thought , last winter ,
and It only disappeared' in a blue mist with
the end of the dog days. But the two-minute
trotter , if not already In sight. Is not far In
the future. If we Jumped from 2:4S4 : In 1810
to 2:03 : % In 1804 , or to put It In time nnd
ratio comparison , If we gained about forty-
five seconds In eighty-four yean1 , or about
a second every two years , we will strike two
minutes In 1903. And.we . are not without
hope , when we consider the remarkable array
of speed accelerators on the market , that we
may veaeh the two-minute marl ; In 1896 ; but
of course the business of prophecy has great
risks. American Sportsman.
WAXTOX UKSTUUCTIO.V ( ) V GAME.
Quail mill Clili'kfii HeliiK S
In NcbrnxUii.
Thc < wanton destruction of game In the
great west has provoked more or less heated
discussion for years. It has been a theme
onions Nebraska sportsmen at frenucnt meet
ings. Notwithstanding the "talk" provoked
by the subject , those Indifferent to the pres
ervation of the rapidly disappearing game
supply nf the state continue to disregard
e\cry natural law and statute of the criminal
code In their hunting excursions. Recently a
non phase of the iiue-stlon has developed.n |
the methods Introduced In some counties
of the state , whereby chicken and auall
aru being MaughtereJ In great number * . The
K'atUr ib most flagrant In view of the fJct
that the law Is violated by hinulroja of
persons' In a body without apparently the
slightest fear of being prosecuted.
For the past two months great wolf hunts
have lcin ; almost weekly occurrences In thq
western counties of Nebraska. The occa
sions ere made general holidays and In some
instances as many as 1,000 people have
grthered In pursuit of the animals. Whole
townships are systematically hunted over In
such a manner that every creeping thing la
driven toward a common center , when the
elarghter takes pi ice. These raids arc ad
vertised as "wolf hunts" by the villages
and are readily acosptol by the ranchmen
and farmers as calculated to kill off a few
vurmlnts that are nlnnys a source of great
annoyance to them ,
Under cover , however , of a very legitimate
purpose grotH outrages on the whole com
munities are dally perpctrnled In the de
struction of game birds and thousands of
harmless animals , to gay nothing of the
slaughter of rabbits. The rabbit Is con
sidered by many a menace to an agricul
tural community and their wholesale de
struction might excused on this theory ,
though It Is questionable. Still , the other
small game destroyed , especially the quail
and chicken , cannot , by the most liberal
construction bo considered In any other
light than wrong. It Is wrong In law , to eay
nothing of other features Involved. Naturally
the trilo sportsman grows sad at the thought
of All the wild things of Nebraska's broad
pralrleo being drlvca out of the country or
to their death ,
If the matter was taken up by any organi
zation of tportimen there would be no dim-
cully In wcurlns evidence of the law's viola
tion , though convlctloni might be moro un
certain , elnco wbolo communities are In
volved , A recent "wolf hunt" in HoH county
produced "fevcnolves , 100 chicken , fift )
quail and great piles of Jack ? and cottontails
The latter were left to rot on the prairie. '
It is little wonder that game of every de
scription Is rap illy becoming scarce In Ne
braska counties , where recently it was so
plentiful.
Colonel C. R. Davidson of Omaha may be a
crack shot , but he Is 113 hot boy and oughl
to be marked off the list. He bought a ? JOO
Parker six months ago , and has not fbot It
yet.
Ted Ackerman Is reported so deep In poli
tics that he may quit shooting fcr a season.
C. P. Calhoun , Springfield's ' gentlemanly
sportsman , was In Omaha Friday.
The knowing ones Insist that spring duck
shooting ought to be goad , since all the lakes
In Nebraska arc full of water.
Stocky Heath Is arranging for a week at
the lakes In the sand hills when the season
opens.
THE SIMIIXG SHOOTING.
llnliny AVeiiUivr IlrliiKH on the Old
Fever.
AULY os It is sports
men are growing
fretful and uneasy
and as each day goes
by the symptoms of
this disorder Increase
Wild geese and
ducks , too , have been
flying north at dlver.3
times during the
past week , and this
fact alone Is suffi
cient to account for
the resiles ness mon-
Ifeit among the
lovers of field eprts.
at both Par-
"meleo's and Town-
send's , where tbo sportsmen most do con
gregate o' evenings , the one theme of dis
cussion now is the apnjoachlng spring shoot
ing. When will it begin , what will It amount
to and how long will It last ? The recent
bland weather , too , has had an enlivening
effect upon the spirits and imagination of the
men who shoot , and 'they come together now
almost every evening as If drawn by BOmo
liresistible magnet , iwlth the'r linguistics !
propensities all whetted to an edge. The
hunter's moon will soon ride the sky like a
silver canoe , nnd when once this delicate
crescent is trcced lui the blue above the
sportsmen might ns well , prepare for the fray
In earnest , for It wllli be but a short tlmo
thereafter until the iftrat Issue of the great
army of wild foul tUrts on UH pilgrimage
to the north. Under the present c.rcum-
stances tliero Is * abundant cause
for restlessness among the sports
men. Anxiously they await the vernal
uerenade of the batrachlan orchestra from
the Ipwlands and river Ehoret' , the ourest
cvrdenco that the frostIs leaving the earth
and that balmy wauther IB on the way ,
Anxloubly they awiiit Jtbo tlmo when river ,
lake and slough , scan fly distinguishable yet
as they lie locked Im the fetters of Ice and
snow , vtill peep forth dike eyeu of blue and
break Into ehecny ripples neath the teethIng -
Ing b.1 cat It of the southern winds ; when the
red-breasted robin rounds his sweet , but
hcmcly melody 'midst the red-twigged
maples In the sheltered coves , when the
crow caws petulantly at every passing breeze ;
when the pintails' wings cut the air with
their clbulant whistle ; when the quack of
the mallard echoes over the wild rice , and the
far-reaching honk of the lordly Canada
penetrates the trenchant air ,
Theeo nro the conditions which makeu the
sportsman's existence a heaven on earth ,
the rights and sounds which presage the
awakening of ( be gladsome springtime and
beckon him on to a new life amidst the
bursting beauties of hill and .valley , forest ,
field and stream ,
Shortly now bay , a brief month hence
and these fancy pictured glories will bo
realized , and not to no caught napping by
reason of any dereliction In the work of
preparation , the gunners are alive and buty
everywhere. The favorite old Lefever Is
uncased , the muzzles uncorked , a searching
glance shot through the glistening barrels ,
the break tried and then brought to the
shoulder and held again for the hundredth
tlmo repeated upon eome Imaginary Heeling
canvasback , redhead , teal or widgeon. Thou
with a sigh the piece Is slipped unck into its
case , the hunting milt and under ! hauled
forth and carefully inspected. Everything
in this department found all right , a trip
Is made to the stable or oiiod , where the
boat and decoys are stored away , and they
are carefully looked over ; a cheery call to
the old pointer chained to Ma konncl nearby
follows , and then , de ° plto the dog's des > per-
ate tugging and whining cry , he passes on
down the walk , out upon the street and
down town to store or office , with a heart
buoyed high by the ecstatic thoughts these
operations have given rise to.
But to speak of the spring Itself , divested
of all poetical sentiment. If tho' weather
noftens up any more good shooting may bo
looked for as early as ths first week In
March , for on the warm winds , after the
first hard spring rains , the sprlgtalls , our
first callers , will come up from their sunny
southern haunts In myriads , a trifle lank
and lean from their long Journey , yet
nevertheless fifrnlshtnfr most excellent
practice for ambitious sportsmen. In the
springtime these birds. In this western coun
try , are the most plentiful of any of the
duck family and when once In' condition are
not bad for the table. They are a beautiful
bird , extremely speedy on the wing , but
generally lack those qualities that make
them coveted along with the redhead and
the mallard. While traveling , the pintail
flies high , and as they pas't over keep up
an Incessant whistling and chuckling , as If
glorying in their ability to keep out of
harm's way. Like graceful shadows they
cleave the gray morning air , following each
other for hours In straggling flocks of from
90 to 200 down to single birds. They are
upon exceedingly Mendly terms with the
mallard and Niften travel and feed In hi ?
company , After the last of the fcnoivb has
disappeared and the back water on the open
prairies afford them facilities for rest and
food , they decoy well and furnish rare
sport from a good blind ,
I got a letter fiom Sam Richmond , the
darks' guide and crack shot , on Wednes
day last. Ho said he was down on the
river Sunday and raw , quite a number of
Canada geese and a surprisingly large num
ber of pintails , but he thought their arrival
a little premature. He tuld , however ,
should the propitious weather continue , that
he would pitch bis camp cometlme dutlng
the present week. There Is plenty of water
In the river and feed Is good , and hu pre
dicts great sport at this celebrated old
sportsman's rendezvous.
The canva&back Is another one of our
earliest visitors , as ice and sleet and wind
and snow atld pestilential weather of all
sorts is nuts for him. The canvasback I
unquestionably the most prized game bird
In the world , although It requires the most
artistic epicure to distinguish much
superiority In taste or flavor over n
well roasted mallard or redhead ,
Much of the canvacback's vaunted ex
cellence over his congeners , the redhead ,
mallard , blucblll and teal , Is purely Im
aginary , and yet he Is really a superior
bird to them all. Another thing I might
state here Is that this great bird Is to be
found In no part of the world In greater
abundance than he is In certain parts of
Nebraska , especially at Hamilton's chain of
lakes In the western sandhills. They are
not only the largest of the duck species , but
[ he cpeedlest In the air , the wariest and
hardest to kill. Still they decoy admirably ,
but the gunner In wait for them must under
stand his business , A large stool of decoys
Is always necessary and they will seldom
como In to any but those of their l.iml ,
I have shot canvasback at Currltuck , on the
Chesapeake , at Koshkonong , on the Illinois
and the Kankakee , but I never knew uhat
canvasback shooting was until I came to
Nebraska , Up In South Dakota , this last
'all , notwithstanding the conditions , barring
a lack of water , were first clans , but four
teen canvaeback fell to three guns In eight
days' shooting. Hut South Dakota , although
n Juxtaposition , la not Nebraska. They
are almost purely a spring bird here , but
good shooting has been bad at Hamilton's
also In the fall.
After the eprlgtalls , canvasback and red-
leads , and frequently with the-m , comes the
mallards , widgeon , teal , blueblll , butteiball ,
golden eye and tpoonblll and other lesttr
varieties , all straggling In , In greater or
mailer number , through the month pf
March and way up to the first week In May ,
the bluowlng teal , mallard and spoonbill
often lingering until summer comes upon us
in her fullest fervor. Some few birds nest
and breed In our local waters , but the main
body continues on to the uild and unbroken
fastnesses 'roundabout Hudson's and Dallln's
bays , where they rear their families In com
parative security from molestation at the
hand * of man and his hammoilcss. Kcr a
long time I have been contemplating an
article on the nesting of wild fowl "and hope
to get at It yet some time this spring. It
may not be generally known , but the eyes of
no living man has ever yet rested upon the
nest or eggs of the sandpiper curlew , which ,
while not strictly n water fowl , comes under
the g.tme category.
Of all the birds of the duck family most
familiar here , the mallard ( Anas lloschas )
ranks flrM. He also ecems to be the most
highly prized , and surely affords the most
capital ) sport. Take an old drake , for
Instance , In the resplendent blazonry of bis-
matchless plumage , did you over gazu upon
a moreroj'al or gamisr looking bird ? And
then when suspended along side his mate ,
the yellowish brown hen , and the picture
is ono which , for effectiveness In a sports
man's partial eye , would be hard to match ,
let alone beat. But tbls bird , with all his
graceful characteristics , his toothsome
qualtlcJ. his haunts and habits are too well
known for dilation upon the subject here.
The gooeo shooting , which always open ?
up before the duck shooting , may said to be
In Its beginning now. Last Thursday
evening several flocks flying high were
to be teen passing over the country to the
west of the city , birds probably that have
been In the vicinity all winter. But In a
few days more the main body of these big
birds will bj coming northward , 'and then
for the spoil In earliest.
IX TII13 Fliil ) AM ) AT THR THAI1.
iiN rioxNlp A limit ' Tl
\Vlio l.ove to Slioot mill I'lcli.
lie cldtaliiciUloa of trup
'hooters ' has long been
a problem to the dev-
otces of thin exhllara-
- tlng | ) asllme , but It
oems no ncnicr solu
tion todiiy than It wan
ten years ago , While
.ho American .Shooting
aatoclatlon rules nro all
right In iliulr way , their Is no picvlclon
In them for the establishment of equitable
handicaps , or the division of pureesj. Just now
those question ! * are again extensively per-
ploxlng the men who Mioot. To begin with
what sort of a chance can a man with an
average of M.xty or seventy birds out of
100 have with a man who kills up in the
nineties ? Then again , how can I host ) men
ba rewaidrd In the division of the purged ,
according to tlielr skill at the trap. Kor In
stance , thoru may bo a half do/en con
testants In a ten bird mco who malco
straight scores and In the division of flriH
money receive not moro than enough to
pay for their inclln , wbllo a poorer shot
lands In a loner notch and carries away
almost as much money as the whole of ( he
wlx with pc'fccl tworen. Again Iho guol
olio's on C'Jinlilmi and by fltllUuI munlpula-
lion orowd out uli the leaver shoU und
dlvHo ntl the money. ? . There lo cno solution
to the question , but ItI * not a Just or n
popular ono , and that l for tin * man who
cannot ohoot as well us lib neighbor to re
main out of the trouble until he learn ?
In that casro there would bo few tourna
ment ! and but little friendly competition.
Men do not have to enter matches they
stand no f > how of winning , neither Is theru
any Justice In barring a man that lui oven
more than an average chance. Trap ! iootln
la undeniably for the purpose of developing
dexterity with the nun , for the nmukeniont
them U In It and for the physical beneflta
derived therefrom. If all the cntrlcj In the
raca were of equal flectnets , vktcry could
be achieved only by the reason of an ac
cident. There would be none of the ex
citement of uncertainty or the eager em.
ulatlon competition engenders.
TtJt ) only vclutloii , nccurJIng to my way
of thinking , is to classify the shooters Just
the name ns horses nnd bicycle riders are
classified. All shooters who participate In
matches for money are professionals , and as
tills is what a largo majority of the tran
slators do , even In their club shoots , they
are all professionals , and consequently there
can be no professional and amateur claM. In
club shoots It seems as If the matter could bo
satisfactorily regulated , and it may be that
the method suggested by n writer In a re
cent number of the American Field will bo
found a key. to the solution. In brief Utopian
pian suggested Is this :
New plan : $40 entrance money , ICPS $4
for birds , leaves $36 lo be phot for. Four-
men break nine and one man eight , which ,
makes five men entitled to a place and to-
lecolve back their entrance. Kve men ai
| 2 each makes $10 , which , taken from the
purse of ISO , leaves ? 2fl for the three high
guns which have broken straight. Thn a
they receive JS.G5 each , nnd dropping for
place Is entirely out of the question ,
If the local trap phootors have any Ideas
on this subject which they would liketo >
air. these columns are open to th'em.
The Omaha Qua club grounds across the
river will be the- scene of a most Interesting
special awcepstakes ehoot on February 22
and 23. This event will als bo an ex
traordinary one , Inasmuch as It will bo a
race between ten members of the club at
100 live birds each , something that wa
never attempted hero before. An hundred
live bird match Is a hard ono when tnoro
are but two contestants , but when there ure
ten to compote It will be readily Been wljttt
a task the shooters have cut out fgr thorn-
selves. It will take all dny of the two days
to thoot the race , and the plan Is tp hnjo
five tilioot out their utilng the first day and
five the Eocond. Tliero lo lo bo no tea In
work , however. In the event , ft Is an luil *
vldual shoot , the lowest man to foot tU
whole bill for birds and phella It Is an
event that should , and certainly will , At
tract a large crowd of Kpectntors , The con
testants nro Frank Parmelee , OcorgoV ,
Locmls , J. C. Head , M. 0 , Peters , Jim.
Smead , Ooodley Bruckcr , W. It. Mcl-'arlano ,
Fred Montmorency and W. I ) , Townwnd ,
A correspondent from Valentino wants ta >
know why them are to many moro accidents ,
nowadays with the nltru povsdcro than tbor
were formerly with black powder , and la
reply I can but Day that my Cherry county
friend la laboring under a delusion. Acci
dents today with the nllros uro not nearly
so numerous as they were In the old days ,
of black powder. Carcl 'iicsa In loading
and the UEO of Inferior guns are the main
caunes of acaldcnu , when there ara any , with
nltro powders. So much depends on the loadIng -
Ing that the closet and i.'Irlctest attention
ehould bo paid to the prescribed rules. If
you attempt to iiako | an old black powder
gun digest an abnormal load of nltro pow
der , why. It Is well to get your life Injured
before you make the attempt. It mnut never
bo forgotten that there la u t rmendous dif
ference between black nnd M.nokelefis ptw-
deid , and that the latter inquire.tijioclnl
handling. The greatest trouble Is- with care
lessly loaded ihellj or ehi'llu loaded contrary
tu directions. It Is very dlillcult to beat
this into the heads of hand loaders. Ma
chine-loaded sheila liavti not been free- from
fault , but they are at la.U well nlgb perfect
and always much KJfer than thoda loaded by
the average novice In ( gunnery.
The Spsrtlng Itovlew of last wcol < con-
talnu a llfe-llko portrait of Fran ) ; H. Par-
melee , Omaha'n great trap ehot arid < tll
round iporttman , Pannuleo , nu Is well
known , made the. highest murage for a.
Llnglo day's shooting cf u'l Mm many na
tional celebrities who aweinbl1. il at San An-
ton'o , Tex. , foveralsc < eka ago , to shoot for
money and glory , His lueruuo reached the
high water mark. 92.3 , and the trapsuooter
all over the United States are looking at
the colonel with envious eyes.
Honest sportsmen will ptpot neither rqb <
bits nor squirrels ct thlu season of the year ,
and after the ealon of the next legleltturfr
It Is to bo hoped that both of Iheso gain *
animals will bo accoided what they deserve , .
a proper open and clews station.
Don't Invlto dUappointmcnt by experiment *
leg. Depend upon One Minute Cough Cur *
airt : you havu Immediate relief. It cure *
croup. Th only harmless remedy tbat pro *
duces Irair.tJIttte reiulU.
