The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-09
THE TRAPS

| Coffee and tea are beyera ges T never
touch. They greatly exceed the iniuri-
Gus effects of liquors and wines, at
| least in the matter of causing nervous
| ness was the surprising but decisive
| statement made at the Albany yester-
| day by J. A. r. Elliott of Kansas City.
champion wing shot of the world, in a
Denver newspaper.
My business requires the coolest
nerve and l cannot afford to run the
chance of injuring my nerves and thus
cause my shooting to deteriorate. Wines
and liquors are. in my experience, in
fnitely less liable to cause nervous
ness
Alphabetical" Elliott says that A. b.
Daniels, his opponent in a match last
| saturday, made an excellent showing.
He missed only three birds and I
| missed two" said ex-Champion Elliott
| That is good showing, but l have
done better frequently. Mr.. Daniels.
| however, demonstrated his ability to
compete with the best shots of the
! world. In October. 1895, in Kansas
! City in two days contest with DR..
| Carver shot 100 straight birds the first
| day and SO on the second day 1t was
a 50-yard boundary, 30-yard rise, the
| same as the contest with Mr.. Daniels"
Mr.. Elliott commenced his career in
1890 by winning the Field cup. He held
it for two years and became thereby
the owner of it. Then he won the Kan
sas CITY Star cup, and then in a final
sweepstakes defeated every man who
had ever held it.
Another cup which is his is the
Sportsman's Review cup, awarding the
American championship for live pigeon
shooting.
The tournament at Overland soon to
come off win be participated in by the
champion, who then goes forth for
other contests.
He will shoot against c. A. Young of
Springfield, Ohio. at that place on July
Is for the st. Louis Republic Handicap
cup. On July Fl he Will shoot against
Rolla o. Heikes at Kent, o., for the
Cast Iron Championship trophy He
has never shot before for either of these
two trophies. In the last two years
Elliott has won 81 live pigeon contests.
Prof w. c. A. Hammel, the president
of the Baltimore (Md) Audubon So
ciety, has collated some startling sta
tisties based upon government reports
and reports from Audubon societies in
different parts of the country. regard
ing the destruction of bird life in the
United States According to these re-
ports, which are believed to give a fair
certainly not exaggerated. idea of tn.
loss of bird life within the last Is years,
the percentage of decrease in Maine has
been 81 per cent: in New Hampshire,
80; Massachusetts, 81; Vermont. 80;
Rhode Island. 60; Connecticut rs; New
York, As; New Jersey, 81; Pennsylvania,
81: Ohio, SO; Indiana, 60; Illinois, So:
Michigan, 2S; Wisconsin, 40: Iowa, 81;
Missouri, So; Nebraska, 10: North Da-
kota, IS: District of Colurlo:a. SO: South
Carolina. SO; Georgia. Co: Florida, II;
Mississippi. 81; Louisiana, So; Texas,
CT; Arkansas, so; Montana rs: Idaho.
40; Colorado, 2s, and Indian territory, y
per cent, making a general average OF
As per cent.
There is good joke on Fred Gilbert
going the rounds which is too good to
keep, so out it must come 1t appears
that 1t fell to the lot of Frank Harrison
and Fred to use the same gun locker
at the late Grand American Handicap
shoot at Elkwood Park, N. j. Every
person who knows Frank Harrison
knows him to he a veritable travelling
medicine chest. so he had a Long
Branch druggist put up an eight-ounce
bottle of his favorlte nerve tonic. and
as Frank was at that particular hour
using prestissimo time he went away
with the bottle of tonic unla beled. Ar
irving at the Casino, he put the bottle
in the locker. on the third day of the
shoot he had occasion to use some of
the medicine and was surprised to find
the bottle half empty What in thun-
der have you done with my nerve
tonic?" said Frank to Fred. What
nerve tonic?" said Fred. why. that
which was in the small bottle in the
locker" replied Frank. Nerve tonic.
is W?" said Fred, why the dickens
didn't you tell me ii was nerve tonice
I've been using the darned stuff every
day for gun OIL" and Frank laid him
self out on table to recover
The date for the race between Charles
A. Young, holder, and ]. A. r. Elliott,
challenger, for the st. Louis Republic
Live Bird Championship Trophy. has
been changed. The date first named
was July 10, but inasmuch as there Is
to be a tournament at Kent. o.. COM
on July 20. Rolla Heikes shoot
ing his match with Elliott there on the
day following, Charlie Young announces
that he will shoot his match on July
Is, instead of July 10, in order to give
those who desire to attend the Kent
tournament, after witnessing the
match, an opportunity to do So