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February , 1000. OMAHA
Famous Cracks at
The Shooting Traps
T In recognition of the importance In the
annals of American sport of the shooting
tournament which clcsed in Omaha a week
ago , some of the famous shots
of the country were In attendance , two In
particular having made the long Journey
i from New York City to witness the contest
between the Omaha and Kansas City teams.
Sportsmen were present , too , from Chicago ,
St. Louis. Little Rock , Aik. , Kansas City ,
Lincoln and several of the Important towns
of this state. The same Interest which at
tracted these men many hundieds of miles
to attend the tournament caused many of
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Omaha's pionilnent citizens to forsake their
.business and professli mil duties , tem
porarily , to watch the- cracks deftly bring
their birds to the ground Immediately on
roleneo from the traps.
The Inter-city shoot between Omaha and
Kansas City was more than an Important
event locally. When , In spite of the un-
propltlous weather of the second day , the
Omaha team came within one bird of tlelng
. .the world's record for a ten-man team t > hoot ,
the standing of the event rose several
notches. It is contended on all sides that
the ten experts making up the Omaha team
would have established a new w , rld's rcooid
provided Lonmis , Bray , Crabill and Par-
melee all of them exceptionally clever shots
had been favored with a clear day free
from the heavy wind , which blew with the
force of a hurricane acioss the traps on Hi-
last day of the shoot.
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In his toast at the banquet tendered tb
visiting marksmen by the Omaha Gun club
B. E. U. Kennedy gave an apt characteriza
tion of the men who indulge In the delight
ful sport of shooting In these words :
"It does mo good to see that today , as was
the case long years ago when I was young
and more actively dev.ited to shooting than
at the present time , that the participants In
this exhilarating sport are gentlemen -true ,
polished gentlemen in every sense implied
by the term. " The membership of the con
testing teams was composed of the best an 1
the leading men of the cities represented
by them. They were engaged In a contest in
which the ideal of true sport predominate. ]
There was no money consideration for which
they \\ero struggling , but It was a match
solely for honor and the defeated ac opted
their lot as gracefully as possible In view of
their disappointment.
The only consolation prize for Kansas
City came In the defeat of Frank S.
Parmolcc by James A. R. Elliott of Kansas
City In their 100 live bird match. During
this entire race the outcome was a matter
of doubt and not until Mr. Elliott fired his
last charge was the feat of vanquishing his
cld-tlmo opponent accomplished. Even In
this celebrated match the two men as they
took turn about at the traps chatted pleas
antly together. When Elliott missed a bird
he was good-naturedly bantered for his
failure by his big- jovial rival , and when
one of the pigeons srared away unscathed
OMAHA-KANSAS CITY SHOOT KUAN !
PARMELEE OF OMAHA Photo by Loul
R. Bostwlck.
from I'artneloo's usually unerring aim the
same pleasantry \\ns Indulged in by the
royal sportsman from the city on the Kaw.
Nevertheless the two champions were both
Intent upon winning. Victory meant much ,
although the purse of $100 was but a small
item in comparison with the supremacy of
the ono over the other. Three times before
I'armolco had defeated Elliott in matches
Identically the name , but in this one lu
was overcome by a single bird. Elliott's
nenre being 87 and IMrinclco's Sll.
Why P.llloH XVon.
"Itas a simple matter , " said Mr. Purim1-
leo , "this victory of Elliott over mo. Hon
more accurate than I. Ho succeeded In kill
ing ono more bird than I did and his succos
can be attributed wholly to his bettor aim
on this occasion. "
If telegraphic advices bo true a certain
OMAHA-KANSAS CITY SHOOT JOHN
HEED , 1'HESIDENT OMAHA GUN CLUB
Photo by Louis II. Hostwick.
man in New York city waited eagerly the
outcome of this Parmeleo-Elliott match. It
was Captain John L. Brewer , erstwhile
hampion wing shot of the world. He was
interested in this match because it gave him
i slight clew as to the present superiority of
i ho men , for both of whom ho Is waiting an
opportunity for a match. Even though Par-
melee was worsted his Is the scalp which
"Captain Jack" Is. after and for these
reasons :
After the grand American handicap of 189S
was declared Parmelee and Brewer shot a
XMAHA-KANSAS CITY SHOOT J. A. R.
ELLIOTT , THE CHAMPION , OK KAN
SAS CITY Photo by Louis H. Ilostwick.
00-blrd match for $100 a sldo and the Omaha
lan won. Again last year at Elkwood park
hey shot a similar match and Parmelee was
ictorious. Brewer Is now understood to
jo waiting for a chance for another contester
or from $300 to $1,000 a side. Ho wants the
natch to como oil in the east and as Parme-
ice expects to bo in the cast during the
oming spring it is altogether likely that
inch a contest may bo arranged.
"You say that Brewer wants to shoot a
race for 100 or 200 live 'birds with mo ? " re
marked Chan.plan 'Jim' Elliott while in the
fity. "Well , ho can certainly get It , but do
you know Brewer Is more Inclined to news
paper notoriety than to getting 'down to
brass tacks' and putting up his money U
back his assertions ? If ho wants such a race
\\ith me , however , ho can have It and tin
amount of the side money will not stand Ir
the way at all. "
Brewer and Elliott have never come to
gether in an individual match , which fad
seems strange , owing to the recognizci
ability of the two men. Elliott has a badg (
and a cup or two , representing champion
ships ho has won , that arc open to chal
lenge , but Brewer has never challenged bin
for those. SInce his return from Europi
Browcr seems to have gathered any numbe :
of backers and a match between the two moi
should bo arranged , since Elliott statoi
while in Omaha that the only thing standlni
in the way of such a contest was Brower'i
ability to put up the cash. Elliott Is com
paratively a young man yet and Is Just nov
enjoying the heyday of his shooting career
Brewer on the other hand Is CO years of age
Nevertheless ho is looked upon as a wlnnc
and in every match In which ho engages I
ono , If not the only , scratch man.
OMAHA \NSAS CITY SHOOT SQl'AM AT TAUGHT Til VPS
No ( .Hits of Invention <
Some of the Invention" for which pai :
nts have been recently nought are suf-
i.clently novel to bo generally intetosUng.
eports the San Francisco Call. Though a
, tied many of them may prove to bo of llt-
lo value for practical use , they show ! hu
nllnlto variety of purpose to which the
minor Inventors of our country are dliect- ' :
nig their thoughts and energies. None of '
hem are so sensational as that of the llus-
-lan who Is trying to discover a serum to
prevent men from growing old , or of the
frenchman who is making experiments with
dead bodies in an effort to lind a means
of restoring life , but they uro nevertheless
.tmplo evidences of the Ingenuity of our
people.
An American life Is essentially utilitarian ,
most of our Inventions are devised to effect
a saving of labor In some way , or to ini-
piovo the methods of performing some com
mon act of work. Ono inventor lias devised
a plan by which mall carriers driving In
carts can collect mall from boxes by the
wayside without getting out of the cart.
Another has a method of tautening an ani
mal to a post in such a way na to allow
opportunity for grazing without getting en
tangled In the rope , or getting the rope
wrapped around the post.
Ono of the mist Ingenious things Is a
new style of picture devised by a Georgia
artist. Ho paints the background upon one
piece of glass or other transparent sub
stance and the various objects of the pic
ture on other pieces. These separate pic
tures are then stacked together , the fore
ground being placed llrst and the others In
tholr order between it and the background.
The different pieces are separated from
ono another by spacing hloclu * . When looked
at the eye passes through the transparencies
to the background , and it Is said very line
effects In perspective can be obtained In
that way. Ono of the advantages of the
1 method Is that it Is not noccscury to make
the different pieces lit exactly , and It does
not matter it the various objects painted on
thorn overlap. If there was a tree on the
second sheet and a house dhoclly behind
It on the third sheet , the tree trunk would
obscure Just that portion of the IIOUHO
which It would under actual conditions , the
house showing through the branches of the
l
, trees In a natural way. Consequently , as
. ' the observer changes his position the tree
will cover different portioi.d of the hiiuoo
(
I behind It , thus altering the angle of por-
, spcctlvo of the picture and producing an
J effect upon the eye which closely resembles
. the change of perspective In a landscape
r or other scene when the position of the
, observer is changed.
Housewives and professional cookH may
r bo pleased to know there has been devised
3 a method of roasting boneless moats with
out binding them together with wooden
a * ' - . ' ' liJ iifv- : * ' * . - r.
a Parmelee. Reed. Referee Money. Grant Klmball ,
OMAHA-KANSAS CITY SHOOT Photo by Louis U. Dostwlck ,
Ke\\ers. An Illinois man haw Invented u
) liMii ol clastic binding which holds the
nent together and tighten * autnnmltrall )
luring the eoiMng process , so that the
neat win be cooked In any .shape desired.
Another notable Invention Is that of pul
ling up electricity In capsules for home
use. According to the claims of the In
ventor a three-grain enpsnle of II , put Into
iii ordinary battery cell , will yield enough
electricity to run u slxtoen-cnndle power
incnndrooont light for one hour. It Is mild
that the chemical can be sold as cheaply an
calomel. It Is also mild that the now agent
will not consume /.Inc. In ( ho battery IIH
rapidly as the solution now In use.
These are by no means nil of the- novelties
There are othem even more whimsical. For
example , an Inventor at Helena , Mont. , has
patented a horseshoesharpener. . Two
women of llnrrlshurg , In Pennsylvania ,
have patented. Jointly , a "serving-maid's
steplndder , " guaranteed not to upset when
In line. A Wisconsin man ban patented a
collnpHlblo collln , separated Into subsections
hand-Hatcliel. A Minnesota
and as portable as a -
nesota man has patented a disappearing
visor or peak whereby mechanically a sol
dier's hat may be turned Into a polo cap
by pressing n button to bo found over the
left car.
It will bo seen from these things that
whllo the European scientists may lead us
In efforts to obtain Immortal life or to raise
the dead , we are leading In the arts that
make such life as we have more enjoyable
and easier on the worker.
Woman's Philanthropy
The lateMrs. . Aliliy I * . A. Faulkner of
Jamaica Plain , Mass. , bequeathed nil her
property 'for ' the erection of a hospital
there "for the people" on the death oC her
husband , Dr. Oicorgo Fnulknar. She had
pm chased a silo for It. i I
OMAHA KANSAS C1TV SHOOT -GEORGE
WALDRON , PRESIDENT KANSAS CITY
GUN CLUI1 Photo by Louis II. Doatwlck ,