OoT. 3¥, 1893.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



371 



GREAT SHOOTING IN WEST VIRGINIA' 



State Association Formed. 



About eiffliteen miles helow historic HaTper's Ferry lies the 

 p'ciuref-quH town of Martinsburg, county seat of Berkeley 

 counts'. West Virginia, and liere on Oct. 18-19. was held a trap 

 shootine tournament that will lorg be renumbered as one of the 

 most pleasing and thoroughly en.ioj able affairs that has ever been 

 held in that section. The affair was a gra,nd success, not on ac- 

 count ot the number of enwies or the Tiumbt r of targets thrown, 

 but from The fact that froniptart to finish everything worked 

 smoothly without a jar between the management aud thecoij- 

 testautf; the pro mists of the manageicent were fulfilled to the 

 lattei; the list of entries comprised the names of shooters from 

 over a dozen different places, and above all everybody was in a 

 Columbus Day humor and bound to have a good time. In this 

 endeavor they succeeded admirably. 



Martinsburg has a population of close on to 10.000, and is one of 

 the most thrif ing towns in the easfern Sfclion ot the State, bavins: 

 extensive manufacturing interests and a cla'^" of business men 

 who are fully up to the requirements of the times. A number ol 

 its streets are well paved with macadam. The scerery in th( 

 vicinity is fine as it is in all parts of the Shenandoah Valley of 

 which this section is a part. 



The shoot was held on the base-ball grounds situated on a higl' 

 piece of cleared land about a mile and a half from the depot aur 

 from here could be obtained a clear view of the Bluf Ridgr 

 Mountains, while away off in the distance could be faintly seen 

 the Shenandoah Range. The shooting was done from one set oi 

 five traps, two Keystones and three bluerocks. The traps wetr 

 placed about 40yds. in front of the old baseball grand stand. In 

 front of the stand was a restaurant bootb whern soft stuff and 

 solids were dispensed. To the right of this was a large wall -ten) 

 for the use of the shooters. On the left was the secretary's otHct 

 and black-board stand. 



This shoot was supposed to be a combination affair umlerthp 

 management of a committee of sportsmen representing Martins- 

 burg, W. Va.. Hagerstown, Mfl., Oharlestowa, W. Va., Win- 

 chester, Va., Shepherdstown. W. Va., Plainfield, W. Va , Tusea- 

 rora, W. Va., and Staunton, ^'a. When it came down to a busi- 

 ness point, however, the work devolved upon the reprepentatives 

 from Martinsburg and Wincbester, tne others failing to 

 materialize. The labor of arranging detaUs and carrying the 

 affair to a successful issue was done by James P. Thomuson and 

 R> C. Burkbart, of Martinsburg; Harry W. Mc Vicar, .lohn Mil- 

 ler and George W. Haddox. of Wincheste?; and James That-cber, 

 of Tuscarora. The clerical work, such as arranging and dif- 

 tribuiing programmes, arranging prizes, attending to the taking 

 of entries, division and paymf^nt nf purses, was all done by that 

 prince of good fellows James F. Thompson, who also went down 

 in his pockets for the necessary cash with which to carry on the 

 affair. 



The grounds are admirably adapted for target shooting, being 

 perfectly free and open, giving the sky for a foreground. It was 

 a few moments after 9 A. M. on the 18!h when the first shot was 

 fired and at that time there w s a good number of shooters on 

 hand. There was Arthur W. Du Rray, tbe ever welcome and 

 always popular Southern representative of the Parker gun, who 

 had with him the self same smile and pleasant manner as of old , 

 and who opened the eyes of the talent by the manner in which 

 ni8 "Iti-bore Parker" pulverized the target^. Shooting under 

 expert rules, he and his little gun held their end up m great 

 shape. 



Then there was jovial Milt Lindsley and "Wanda." full of the 



food points of American wood powder, and who were in a jollv 

 umor despite their SSo-mile ride from the wilds of Hoboken and 

 a subsequent two-hour search for a hotel, said search being made 

 after 2 a.. M. on this morning. 



Flitting here and tbere with a pleasant word for everybody was 

 "Tee Kay" Keller, of Plainfield. From Wheeling, W. Va,, were 

 a jolly crowd, comprising J. A. Penn. G. W. Lemmon, J, E. 

 Wright, E. C. Meyer, R. B. Burt and M. Dinger, a fast-pa CFd lot 

 of shooters from the Island City Gun Club and prime hustlers for 

 the sport in all sections. It will he remembered that Penn, Lem- 

 mon, Meyer, Wright and Burt compri.sed the team that won flist 

 place in the team match at Atlantic City, N. J.. Julv 5. They 

 are a jovial lot of sportsmen and popular wberever thev roam. 



From Winchester came C. F, Nelson, G. W. Haddox, J. H. Had- 

 dox, H. W. McVicfeer, John Mdler, L. L. Seals, P. Polhemus, H. 

 H. Baker, L. 0. Miller and R. S. Baker, all active in the shoots of 

 the Winchester Gun Association and good shots. 



The Martinsburg contingent comprised Jas. T, Thompson, R.. C. 

 Burkhart, .las. Burkhart and L. C. Gerling. 

 The programme was a good one both as to numbers of targets. 



Mrs. M, F. Lindsley "WANDi''). M. F. LLNDSL&r. 



entry fees and prizes. The entire entry fee in each event as well 

 as a generous amount of added money went to the shooters, the 

 targets at 2 cents each being extra. This made somn nice pots 



The mostinteresting event of the day was The one at 35 singles 

 per man, for 20 contribut'--d merchandise prizes. During the day 

 some good scores were rolled up despite the ''act tLiat a. trouble- 

 some wind held sway. The sbQotingwas keot tip nnti] after 5 

 P. M., when all hands started for supper. The majority of the 

 visitors put np at the LeClair Hotel. 



Below will be found the results of the day's wort: 



The First Day. 



No. 1, ID singles, SI entrv, $5 added: A. DUbrav' 8^ J. P. Had- 

 dox 6. G. W. Haddock 10. H. W. McNicar 7. J. S\ Mill<^r 6, M. F. 

 Undsley 8. Tee Kav 8. Peon P, K. B. Cornbs 1, Polhamus 7, F. O. 

 Miller 5, H. Baker 7, Wigginton 6. R. C. Bukis o, W. H. Lengue 4, 

 F. O. Burkhardt 7, L. h. Seals 4. L. Miller 8, Sun Perch 7, George 

 Baker 7, C. F. Nelson 5, Lemon 8. 



No. 3, 15 singles, S1.50 entry, $10 added: 

 Eyperts. 



Lindsley 101011101111111—12 J A Psnn. ... . .110100011111111— 11 



KeUer 111011111111011—13 G Haddox....'. lOlOinOlUlOtTO- 0 



J Miller 101001111001111-10 Mc Vicar 111111111110111-14 



DuBray 100111111111111—13 J Haddox 111110111112110-15 



H Baker 101100111101111—11 J Bowers 001101011010111— 9 



Nelson OlOlllOlOOlllOO- 8 Lemon 111101111111111—14 



R Burkhardt.. 10000111111 1000- 8 J E Wright.. .-101101011111111-12 



F Miller lOlOlOllOinOiJl— 9 R B Burt limilliun 11-15 



W)ggingtOD...01010IOnOG0011— 7 E CMeyers... .011111111111011—13 



F Burkhardt. .111010110100101— 9 M Dinger 111111011111001-12 



P Hammond. .011111111000111—11 



No. 3. 10 singles. $1 entry, S5 added. Experts: Lindsley 9, Kel- 

 ler 6, Du Bray 9, J. Haddns 7, Peun 15, McVlcar 8. Nelson B. Meyers 

 8. G. Haddox S. Burt 7, Lemon 8 Amateurs: Sun Perch 5, Wig- 

 gingron ,8, A I Weaver 8, Wrig ht 9, J. Mills- r 7. Polhemus 8, Dinger 

 S.XiJ. Baker fi, Seal8 4, F. BurKhardc 3, F.Miller 5, H. Baker"), R. 

 BurkhardV li, L. Miller 9. 



No. 4, 20 singles, f3 entry, 815 added: 

 Experts. 



Lemmon..01llllllini01111110-17 Lindsley .10111100110111101110-14 



Penn 11011110011111111111-17 Keller.... 11111011 llllHOlllOl-ll 



J Haddos.llOUIlll 101101111011-15 Nelsnn . . ..'001010O111101Olfl011-ll 

 Mc Vicar.. 10111010111111011011-1 5 DuBray . .011110100001110100011- 9 



Burt 1 1001111010111110111-15 Meyer. . . OUlllOOlOUlOllllU-lo 



Dinger... 03110100111111111000-13 G HaddoxlllllOOlUOlOlllllllO-14 

 Wright. . .11110111111111101111-18 



Amateurs. 



Miller. . . - 11111011110110110110-14 JThatcherOOniOOOOlOOOOlOOOOO- 5 



H Baker..OOOOrJ111031010011010- 8 



Penn, Wheeling, secretary, and W. GoBhorn, Charles Town, treas- 

 urer. 



It was decided that the list ot vice-preaidents shotild oomptise 

 one from each club in the State. , . 



The secretary was instructed to correspond with the secretanefl 

 of all sportsmen's clubs in the State asking them to join the asso- 

 ciation and to co-operate in the carrying ovit of its objects. He 

 was also instructed to request each club to elect a member to rep- 

 resent it as .a vice-president of the association. 



The election of a board of directors and other necessairy officers 

 was laid over until a later date. 



The members of the clubs present paid each an assessment to 



SHOOTRPvS AT MARTINSBURG. 



No. 5, merchandise shoot, 25 singles, birds only: 

 Experts. 



Kfiler lOUllllOOUl 100011111011—18 



Lin d sley 01111010111 llllUllOOOl 01— 19 



G Haddox lOllOOlllOllOllllOllOlOll— 17 



F Miller 1100101111101001101001011—15 



Lemmon 1101111111111001101111111-21 



Polbemus 11 lOOOniOllOOUOin 1)01110-14 



I P Haddox.... 1011111011111111110110110-20 



Mevers lllllCl 1111001 11110111111—21 



L Miller 0101010101110010000111111—13 



Mc Vicar 0111110011111111111111001-20 



Wright 0111111111101101101111111-31 



Penn 0001111111111111111111111-22 



Bur t lllOOlOflOlOllOllOUOl 000— 14 



HB aker 1110110000001001101110001—12 



Amateurs. 



F Burkhart IIOOOIOOOOIOIIOCOIOOOOOII— 8 



L L Seals 1111110010110101001011010-15 



J T b atcher 01 0111000011001 001 101 0101—11 



Wiggington lOlOlOOlOUOli 01011001011—12 



R Burkhart 1111110010110000011101011—15 



Dinger 1111111101110011111001111-2(1 



L =s gue OlOOOOll 1100001001 OoillOl-lO 



J Miller 1111111110011101(10111111-20 



G Baker 110111Q0001101111Q001111 1-16 



Sun Perch 1010110011111100100011111-16 



Bowers .0001110100000100010110001- 9 



Nelson .... . ...1100101110110111101011111—18 



"Wanda'' 0100100100011101101000001—10 



No. 6, 15 singles, $1 50 entry. $15 added: 

 Expert. 



Keller 011111111111101—13 Penn .. 011111111101110-12 



Lindsley 111111001100111—11 Lemon 011011100101011— 9 



Du Bray 101111111111011-13 iVTcVicar 111111001111111—13 



G Haddox . . . .011000111111110-10 J Haddox 110010011011111—10 



Wright 110110111101111-12 Dinger 011110001011110- 9 



Meyers 111111111110100—13 



Ama'eur. 



Nelson llllOOlUOOini-ll J Miller. 111110110101111-13 



Baker 000100011000110— 5 F Miller 011111101110111—12 



Burt 100011101111111-11 Sua Perch lOUOlOOlllllllO- 9 



Polhemus 011010111001000— 7 



No. 7, 25 singles, »3 entry, $25 added: 

 Expert. 



Keller 1111110101111111110111001-20 



Lindsley 1011111111001000101111 110-17 



Wright .11 11 1 1110011 13 1010111111 1—21 



Penn lllllllininmillOlUOl— 23 



Du Bray. 1111111111001011011111011-20 



Mever ..0111010110110111101101111-18 



G W Haddox 11111111111101010111011110-19 



Br ker 0111100001001 II 00 10011000— 10 



Mc Vi ca r lUOOlOl 11 ItjOllOlll 11101 0-17 



J P Haddox 0111011111110111111110110-20 



Lemon 0111110111101111101100011-18 



Amateur. 



Nelson 1011 00001 Oil Oil COlllOOOlO— 12 



Burt 1111111110111111011111111—23 



J S Miller 0111111111011111111111111—23 



Dinger Oil 1111111 1 10010111 00111 1—19 



No. 8. 10 singles, $1 entry, SIO added. Experts: Keller 7, Lindsley 

 8. Penn 10. Wright 10. DuBray 8, iMcViear5, J. P. Haddox 9, G. 

 W. Haddox fi. Lemon 4. Bun 7, J. S. Miller 9. Amateurs: Nelson 

 5, McKinseyS, F. Burkhart Meyers 8, Pol heui us 4, R. C. Burk- 

 bart 7, Sun Perch 5, L. Miller 6. F. O. Millar 6, G. M. Baker 5, L. 

 L. Leal 4. Dinger 7, J. Thatchei 4. H. Baker 3. 



No. 9, 1.5 singles, $1.50 enti-y. $15 added: 

 Experts. 



Keller 111111111111111-15 Wright 110111111111110-13 



Lindsley 111111000311011—10 G W Haddox.. Ill 111001001111— 11 



Penn 111111110111101-13 J S Miller 111011111111111-14 



.T P Haddox.... 111111111111111-15 Mc Vicar .11111 lltllinill-14 



DuBray 001110 lUOlOlUO- 8 Myers 111011110111110-12 



Amateurs. 



Lemon 11 1011101111001-11 H Baker 0001 001 (dlOlllO- 7 



Burt 110111101110011—11 Dinger 111101111101111-13 



Nelson Ill 01111 001 0 101-10 L Miller 011110111110101—11 



Sun Perch 110100001110111- 9 E C Burkhart. Hill lOOOllOOOl— 9 



Polhemus ClOllllOOOOOOll— 7 



Extra No. 1, 10 singles: M. h\ Lindslev 9. G. W. Lemon 6, G. W. 

 Haddox 8, J. P. Haddox 9, J. A, Penn 9, W. H. Leaaue 6, G. Pol- 

 hemus 6, C. F. NeltonS, H. W. MoVicar 10, H. B. Baker 3, T. H, 

 Keller 7, J. S. Miller b, A. W. DuBrav 6, F. O. Miller 0, P. W. 

 Miller 4, R, O. Burkhart 4, L. L. Seal 4, G. M. Baker 3. 



A STATE ASSOCIATION FOBMBD. 



In the evening, pursuant to a suggestion thrown out at the 

 ground quite a party went to the residence of James F. Thompson 

 for the, purpose of holding a meeting to discuss the feasibility 

 of forming a State sportsmen's association. In response to an in- 

 vitation from Mr. Thompson, A, W. DuBray, T. li. Keller, H. "\V. 

 McViear and H. H. Baker also attended. 



The meeting was called to order bv Mr. Thompson. Mr. Penn 

 acting as secretary. Dr. Myers stated that the sportsmen of West 

 A^rginia were very much in need of a State association which 

 would look after the protection of its fish and game interests, 

 prevent fishing aud shooting out of season and see that the 

 waters were kept stocked with flsb, and that such association 

 cotild also lend material aid to trap-shooting intensfs. He stated 

 also that there was no better time than the present for tlie lormp- 

 tion of such an asscciatior. as it was the opening of the game 

 season when everyone was interested in the sport and would lend 

 a helping hand. Another point in favor of immediate formation 

 was tha.t the Legislature was about to meet and consequently 

 necessary fish and giime laws should be formulated at once. 



Messrs. Dinger, Wright, Bnrt, Thompson, Lemmon and Penn 

 also spoke in favor of immediate »ction. 



In response to an invitation Messrs. DuBray, Keller and the 

 Forest .\nd Stream also scoke on the subject, et couraging the 

 formiition of an association which should take in all clubs and 

 individual sportsmen in the State. 



Dr. Myers then moved that ibose present form an a.ssociation 

 to be kiiown as the West Virginia State Sportsmen's Association 

 for the Protection of Fish and Game. The motion was carried. 



Jaaies F. Thompson, Martinsutirg, was elected president; J. A. ' 



cover the expense for notices, etc.. to be sent out by the secretary. 



Before adjournment a discussion was held on the advisability 

 of holding a tournament and business meeting at an early date, 

 and it was finally decided that this would be best. On motion it 

 was therefore decided that a tournament at targets and live birds 

 should he held on the grounds of the Island Citv Gun Club, at 

 Wheeling, on Thursday, Nov. 24 (Thankf=g''ving Day); that at 8 

 o'clock on the evening of that dav the State Sportsmen's Associa- 

 tion should hfdd a meeting to perfect the organization and elect 

 rfflcers to fiU all vacancies; that the secretary should request 

 every sp'irtsmen's club in the State to send delegates to said meet- 

 ing and that all sportsmen who were not members of clubs should 

 also be rt quested to attend. 



This closed the business of the evening, and after a vote of 

 thanks bad been tendered to Mr. Thompson for his hospitality to 

 the sportsmen present, the meeting adjourned to mfet at Wheel- 

 ing on Nov. 24. 



It has been my privilege of late years to attend a great many 

 meetings of sportsmen, but never before have I seen business 

 trnnsaeted with such dispatch as on this occasion. It was 7:25 

 when the party entered Mr. Thompson's house and just 8;30 when 

 they said "good night" to their host, the discussion, organization 

 and election having occupied about an hour. 



That this association is destined to be a success and to greatly 

 benefit the sportsmen and their interests in the State cannot be 

 doubted. Although organized by trap-shooters, the premier 

 objects of the organization will be the protection of lish and 

 game and the carrying through of such legislative measures ss 

 will be the most advantageous to sportsmen in general. In 

 return for this the lovers of trap-shooting will, as a matter of 

 course, expect some support in the development and advance- 

 ment of their favorite pastime. The promoters of the scheme 

 are all entl usiasts in sporting matters and it is hoped that 

 every club and every sportsman in West Virginia will assist them 

 and attend the meeting in Wheeling on Nov. 24. 



Wednesday, the Second Day. 



The attendance on this day was not quite as heavy as on Tucf- 

 day, but the shooting was spirited. The early morning was 

 clear but toward 11 o'clock huge black clouds appeared and every 

 indication pointed to a heavy storm. Along about 12 o'clock, 

 however, the wind began to blow a gale and from that time until 

 the shooting was ended the targets flew in all conceivable wava. 

 Every once m a while there would be a lull in the wind and the 

 boys would begin to flatter themselves that, they would be able 

 to stand easy when along would come a cyclonic blast that would 

 almost take them off their feet and would send clouds of dust 

 across the field and into the shooter's eyes. It was hard shoot- 

 ing weather, as the scores will show. 



There were several interesting events scheduled for the day, 

 one of them being a contest for teams of five men each, $5 entry 

 per Team, with $10 added. The management made a mistake by 

 putting this on as the second event of the morning, the result 

 being that as a number of the shooters were not yet on hand oniv 

 two teams entered. Had this race been billed for the middle of 

 the afternoon it would probably have drawn out four teams. 



A mistake was also made in shooting a 25 -target contest for a 

 silver cup in the morning. This cup, which was a very hand- 

 some article, was presented by Jas. F. Thompson. The entry 

 fee was the price of the targets. "Tee Kay" Keller started the 

 ball rolling by breaking 22 targets, a big score under the circum- 

 stances and one which was expected to win. Wright, of Wheel- 

 ing, however, afterward put up a score of 23, being followed by R. 

 B. Burt with 23. Even this was not enough to win. as the combi- 

 nation of "Ginger" (iVl. Dinger, of Wheeling) "'and a 12-bore Parker 

 sun" succeeded in crushing 24 targets, the result being that the 

 smiling little Wheeling bov is owner of the pretty cup and of the 

 title of "champion of the U jited States" (Wheeling included) 



The next important race was one at 20 targets each for a number 

 of merchandise prizes, including a silver loving cup. The cup 

 became th^ property of R. B. Burt. 



Dtiring one of the heavy blows that I have mentioned the wind 

 demolished -a ^temporary stand alongside of the shooters' tent, 

 scattering the lumber in all directions, but fortunately injuri&g 

 no one. 



Despite the fact that over half of the towns interested had 

 failed to send shooters to the scene, the tournament was a pro- 

 nrunced success, and one wh'ch reflects creditably upon the en- 

 thusiist5 who wete in charge. 



The scores of the second day are here given in detail. 



No. 1, 15 singles, $1.50 entry. $5 added: 

 Experts. 



Wright 111010111110110-11 Keller lllOllllllOIlll-lS 



DuBray llltlOOllOllOOOl- 8 J S Miller..,. ..110101101110011-10 



Penn lOlOllUOtlOllll— 10 Mc Vicar 111011111111110-13 



Amateurs. 



Dr Myers 101101100100110- 8 Lemon, 111110111111101—13 



G W Haddox.. lllOlOiniOOlll—U Dinger 110110111111100-11 



JP Haddox... lllliniinilll— 15 Burt 101111110101110—11 



Lindsley 011101010100101- 8 



Ko. 3, 5 men team, 15 singles each, 85 entry, $10 added: 



Wheeling Team. Winchester Team. 



Burt 110111110010111—11 McVicar.. 111101111101111— 13 



Lemou... .011010111101101—10 G Haddox. 111111111111111—15 



Myers 111111111110111-14 Keller 110110111111111—13 



Penn .111011111101101—12 S Ha-ldox.. 111111011111101—13 



Wright. . . .111111111111011-14-61 J Miller.. ..111111101111011— 13— 67 



No. 3, 10 single?, $1 entry, $6 added: Experts: Keller 9, Lindsley 8. 

 DuBray 3, J. P. Haddox 5, Meyer 7, Wright 7. Burt 8. McVicar 6, 

 Penn 4, Lemen 6. Amateurs: Polhemus 3. J. Miller 8. R. Burkhart 



Met re 3, F. Burknert 7, Sun Perch .3, Dmeer 9, H. Baker 7. 



No. 4, championship cup race, 25 singles, entry birds only- 

 Keller 11111111 10111111011111110— 32 



Lindsley .1010001111111001110110111-16 



Polhamus inilOlOOOlOOOiiOUlOlOOlOO— 11 



R. C. Burkhart -...0000101001100011010000001— 8 



Myers 11 0111 11 1 0111011110001111—1 9 



.L Miller 1011fll0110100H1011110010-15 



F. Burkhart OOlOOlOOOlOOlOLOOOOO w. 



DuBray 0011110011101010110111101-16 



H. Baker 110100001001010 w. 



McViear- IICOOIUO w. 



Sun Perch -.1100110101100110111101100-15 



J. P. Haddox loOUlltilHO w. 



Burt mill iniioiiiiiiomm-23 



Lemon lllOllll 11101110100111011—19 



Dinger , lJlUOlHimmuuniH-24 



