Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 16, 1896, Editorial Sheet, Page 16, Image 16
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.