Arizona republican., 1897-11-14
AMONG THE lSPORTSMEN.

AMONG THE iSPORTSMEN.
 Rollo Heikes has challenged Charles Grimm to a match for the cast iron medal which is emblematic of the champion live bird shot of Anne. ica. J. A. R. Elliot has challenged C. lbert to return matches for the Kansas City cup and the Du Pont Trophy
 Every sportsman that could ''ja,r loose has been out after quail dur ing the last few days. According to reports some of the large flocks near Phoenix have been nearly exse1minat- ed, much, l expect, to the joy of the ranchers and to the sorrow of other hunters who thought they had them staked cut. Among others who went out was Walter Miller, manager Of the company store at Jerome. Walter is good shot and turned a good many quail over. At the traps on the 5rd he set pace that our boys had hard work to duplicate
 At the regular practice of the Phoe- nix Gun club on the 3rd the followicg scores we're, made: First event, g blue rocks, Chubb, 20; Miller, 20: Holmes, 19; Morin, 19 Cram, IS; Gra- ham, IT; Graham, Jr., 16; Jessop, g.; Utting, g.
 Second tEvent-Ten blue rocks; Mill Ter, 10, Chubb 10, Holmes z, Jessop 6. Cram 6, Graham, Jr., 5, Morin 5. JJt- ting l.
 Third Event-Five blue rocks, nov city rules Shooter in front of the traps walking and birds thrown at him from any trap and at any time) Mortie Graham 5, Morin 4, Chubb 4, Holmes 3, Cram 8. Miller 1. Fourth Event-Ten blue rocks 6 doubles); Holmes 2, Chubb ', Cram 5, Utting 2.
 Fifth Event-Ten blus rocks 6 doubles); Holmes 8, Chubb 8.
 A proposition is on foot to hold A live bird and inamfmate target tour nament in Phoenix at the same time that the races are held. There will no doubt be excursion rates. on beth railroads that will, owing to the cheapness, induce shooters to attend from all parts of the territory. The cup members are making a hard rus tle Tor live pigeons and any one hay rng some can find a ready sale by ap- plying to any member of the club. Tucson, Prescott, Jerome and Flag stan ought to each send a number of shooters, as Phoenix has always been we'll represented at all tournaments head at these towns, and Phoenix be- ing midway between these places it would entail no loss of time and very little expenditure of cash to make the "trip.
 Some great shooting was done at the tournament given by the Intec- ! state association's annual review. In the grand American handicap ore 25 straight was made, winning $500. Nine went out with "A and $1S8 each; eleven with g and $99.50. At the tournament at Portsmouth, N. H., Jack HalloweM got an average the 1 second day of 98.7 per cent which | placed him second in the three bes: averages for the two days with an average of 93.9S per cent. A notable event was o. R. Dickey's shooting, the first two days shooting an average l of 92.4 per cent each day, the folio " ing two days an average of 94.S per cent each day.
 1 At the fifth semi-annual tourna- ment of the Los Angeles Gun cub which closed Sunday last, E. A. Vaugan of Santa Ana made the high | est individual score and was given l ton of Los Angeles stood second wi h l 86. Vaugan and Leighton also cap- tu-ed the priza cup in the team con tsst, scoring 43.
 On last Sunday mornings train J. M. Aitken, Ed Block and J. A. Walden left Prescott for Hell's canyon, where they expect to hunt for three weeks. They were accompanied by Paul Has tings, who went out for a days sport and the party left the train near the crossing of the old Ash Fork stage road where they were overtaken later by the grub wagon, sent out the day before in change of Ben Weaver ,Jr.
 Aitkan and Hastings soon sighted a band of antelope and after over a1 hours maneuvering, most of the time fiat on the ground, they found them- selves within about three hundred yards. At the first shots the band started to run, but a couple of balls ithrew dirt ahead of them when they
 whirled, and with the precision of 2
 troop of cavalry, charged directly
 toward the shooters until less thar two hundred yards away, when they
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