St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-12
FOR SHOTGUN EXPERTS.
The Programme for the Three Days
Tournament at Minneapolis.
SPLENDID PRIZES OFFERED.
National Association Rules to Govern
= the Shoots Professionals Barred
and Only Amateurs Allowed.

Il The three days tournament of the
Minneapolis Gun club, which begins
Wednesday, May %, upon its grounds
near the corner of Bloomington avenue
ana Ihirty-eighth street, if the weather
Goes not interfere, will attract large
numbers of the amateur sportsmen of
Minnesota, Wisconsion, Iowa and Man
ltoba. The list of prizes is the largest
ever offered in the Northwest. The
National Gun Association rules are to
govern, and the Minneapolis club re-
serves the right to equalize the shooting
by handicapping. Peoria blackbirds
will be used in all shoots, eighteen
yards rise for singles and fifteen yards
for doubles, the birds to be included
With all entrance moneys and deducted
from prizes; all shoots to be divided into
four moneys. 40, 80, 90 and 10 per cent,
with fifth merchandise prize; all ties
for averages to be divided or shot off at
I'VE single rises, twenty-one yards.
twenty-five prizes are offered for the
BEST AVERAGES:
Colt hammerleSS gun. presented by
Kennedy Bros, SO Washington avenue
south, Sis; cash, presented by Mime
apolfs Gun club, $50; Parker gun, pre-
scented through Kennedy Bros. by
Par ker Bros, Meriden. Conn.,, $50;
cash, presented by the club, so; cash,
presented by the club, "a cash, pre-
scented by the club, $50; a split-bam-
boo rod, presented through Kennedy
Bros. by Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett
y Co, Chicago, $50; cash, presented by
the U. L. <. clothing house, S25: fine
revolver, presented through Kennedy
Bros. by Smith d Wesson, S21: ice
pitcher, presented by Ii. F. Legg, $50:
one best quality horse hide hunting
coat, presented by II. J. Pyle, $40; meer-
SSchaum pipe, presented by J. c. Joys
lin, SIS; cake basket. presented by j. b.
Hudson, si2; hunting boots to order.
presented by NeXSen & Williams. $40;
cuff buttons, presented by Eustis Bros,
$40; six quarts consolation rye, pre-
scented by Dunn Il Allen. $40; crack
proof hunting boots, presented by Good
year Rubber company, $40; box Henry
Clay cigars, presented by BoltZ, ely
mer & Co, Philadelphia. Pa, and one
half key Dead Shot powder, presented
by American Powder company, $40:
one pair hunting shirts to order, pre-
Sented by Whiting Shirt company, and
set OF Ideal reloading tools, presented
by Ideal Manufacturing company.
NEW adFeu, COnll. ,SlU, one dozen goose
decoys, presented by Horne & DAM,
st. Paul, and set of Ideal reloading
tools, S100; picture, presented by ZeS-
baugh-Bintliff Manufacturing company,
and 100 Peters cartridges. presented by
the Peters Cartridge company, Cincin-
natl, o., $40; collar and cuff box. pre-
Sented by r. S. Keeler, and 100 Peters
cartridges, $40; silk hat, presented by
Barnaby & Co., and 100 Peters cart
ridges, SO; silk hat, presented by the
Boston one-price clothing store, and 100
Peters cartridges, $40; one 25-pOund
keg of Kings Quick Shot powder, pre-
sented by the King Powder company,
Cincinnati, o., and 100 Peters cart
ridges, 50.
William Lyman, the manufacturer of
the Lyman shot gun sight. has present
ed six of his sights. which will be given
to the six shooters who make the lowest
averages. A Game Dealers Purse of
SO will be presented to the shooter who
breaks the longest string of birds with
out a miss. The following game deal
erS have made uD this purse: Wesley
Neill. Bidwell & Co. and Northern Fresh
Fish company.
The full programme follows:
e FIRST DAY, WEDNESDAY,, MAY %
Shoot No. Twill commence at 9 a.