The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-21
thirty-three in the ~mIss-and-out match ia

thirty-three in the miss-and-out match to
decide the tie.
Fred Gilbert OF Spirit Lake. Ia, Is now
counted as the coming daddy Of them alr'
In Hve-bird shooting. as he now seems to
class a bit higher than any Of the Circuit
chasers" IN his work from one end Of the
season to the other. Roila Heikes Of Day
ton. O.. has been winning big trophy shoots
for quito e while. and has held nearly all
OF the important embler1s. including the
Cast Iron Medal and the E. C. champions
ship at targets.
j. A. r. Elliott Is the one expert who has
held every trophy in this country that Is
worth shooting for. and even now is in
possession Of most Of them. He has won
Tn Republic Cup more times than any one
Else, and is locked UPON by the local cracks
as tie final winner. The owner of The Re-
public Cup will be decided at the coming
Missouri Stale stoot. The list epcn COM
petition for the valuable trophy will tie held
enr!y IN the wcei:. On the last day every
man who has held the cup at various times
VIII be allowed to con-ete in the final
shoot. the winner Of which viii obtain final
possession. The Republic Cup shoots are
at twenty-five live birds. with an entrance
Zee Of SIS crd a purse CT $1,000. which is
divided into several moneys. AS a great
many st. LoI.5anS are capable of erassins
twenty-five straight. very few or them will
AaA w ShiiCs M t-A pC-tI "uVh F."
Kill Q! twenty-five has been known 20 net
the shooter nee than the entrance fee.
The nary events which will be carded
for amateurs exclusively will attract sll OF
the shots who have been competing from
time to time III the Dupont Medal shoots.
This will increase the number of competi-
tors during TIE week very materially, so,
all in all. the Missouri State stcot prom
iscs to be By far the most interesting and
the most successful Of any event of its
character ever pulled os in the West.
The Progressive Gun Club CT East st.
Louis held an enthusiastic meeting on the
East SIDE last Sunday and shot nine events,
all at ten birds each. with the exception OF
the medal shoot. which was at twenty
birds. and was won by LIE Page. with nine
teen kills. Doyly carried off the honors OF
tie day with five clean scores on tine nine
events.
Thi, Is the Sunday o. the regular b.week-
IL shoot for the Dupont Medal. and a large
attendance Is promised owing to the return
to the sport CT man field shooters who
haze BEEN spending their spare time. SHOT
and powder CT ctte- birds than pigeons.
Data Cahanne will shoot a match for tho
Mera,oi Trophy. which he VOL last Sunday
from ". d. Kenyon. with one ]. d. Woods,
who 20 .uppc5ed 10 be some wsll-inown To-
col SHOT competing Under an assumed name.
In addition 70 these regular matches
very interesting GRE Is TO be shot at TWEEN
ty-f.ve live h.-G5 bctTecn Mrs. l.. D. Cab
snnc end Dcct-r CARES.
CozSidernb!e disappointment has been ex-
preascd ut Cu.e CcbIrne's refusal to shoot
q match Wit; Cha-icg BIgh Of Shiloh. Ill.
rs t::e i"o Eryc competed against each
other sev:rci tines. snd tho result has
Covtr iee. Gu;.o satisfactory to their
friend. fass:aUcti az Cabsnnc refused to
mos: sasii. oxin: 10 press Of business, hs
r.aJ ehan1a iia mind end consent to shoot
tho ..stca. CO rs now has moro tine to de-
vote to tbs traps and must necessarily keep
In practice if lis hopss 20 retain possession
OF tho Mernod trophy.
Ctn..e5 sFeass. will 30 ...=ssd at Dupont
ras:. fes a ti.s.s. as he Ia out II E.nsas
folio Wing t;.s spring c..e-is aad deiss very
w~ei.-sndssd. ia fact, 90 well taat ~ viii
DO . strong factor about the sad &c ~ 1
whsa most Of the BIG shoetg 1fe eoQ1n0 .