18 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
Pennsylvania's State Shoot. 
Never to our knowledge has the Pennsylvania State Sportsmen's 
AsKociation held a. shor>t the equal of that which closed las*^ week at 
Oil City. June 22-25 set a pace for future tournaraents of the Aseo- 
oiation that most snv clubs will find it hard to compete with. Hav- 
ing been persoDally connected with the Pennsylvania State Sports- 
men's Association for a matter of five or six years, we can well recall 
♦ be efforts made from year to year by .John" A. Wilson, of Franklin, 
Pa., to induce the delegates at each successive annual meeting of 
the Association to give the shoot to his pnrtion of the country across 
the Alleghenies. His efforts were finally crowned with success at 
Harrisburg last ye r, the shoot going to the Oil City Gun Club. The 
.Kuccess of that shoot has been the most thoroTigh vindication Mr. 
Wilson could desire in behalf of western Pennnylvania. The choice 
of Oil City for tS97 was no error on the part of the delegates at the 
meeting of 1S96. 
A PICTUBBBQUE LOCATION. 
A picturesque location bad been chosen for the scene of the State 
shoot. We had been prepared during our 130 miles' run m> the Alle- 
gheny River from Pittsburg, in the cars of the Allegheny Eiver Rail- 
way, for something choice in the way of scenerv around Oil City, 
The Allegheny River, whose course the railway follows from point "to 
Doint, Hows through some of the most beautiful mountain scenery it 
has ever been our lot to see in this or any other country. We had 
also been told by Mr, H. C. Reeser, Secretary of the Oil City Gun 
Club, in letters written prior to the State shoot, something about the 
character of the country in which his club was going to hold the 
shoot. But even with the above warnings we were scarcely prepared 
for the reality 
Electric street cars which bore the sign of "Hill and Park," carried 
us about two miles southwest of the city, following the course of the 
river. The line then left the river and turned more to the south, fol- 
lowing a valley that marks a sharp turn in the river. After covering 
another mile and a half the track crosses a road that runs at right- 
angles to another road which has left the main road down by the river 
and followed the course of the valley. The signpost at this cross- 
roads reads: ''35^ Miles to Oil City," oointing down the valley the 
way we have "ome. The other hands point about east and west. 
The one pointing east, across the car track, reads: "Salem, 2 MUea;" 
theother, pointing west, says: "Franklin, 5Miles." But the shooting 
grounds are not here. We have to go about another mUe and a half, 
still right in the heart of the woods, and with an arch of trees meet- 
ing ovpr the car track, before we leave the cars and dive down into 
the valley, which forks at this point Here, right in the fork, with 
mountains and woods on all sides, and with the strongest suggestions 
of ruffed grouse and woodcock on everv hand, were located the shoot- 
ing grounds. "Deep Hollow" is, we believe, the name given to the 
spot. 
A VEBY HARD BiCKGRODNB. 
Under such conditions as regards location, the extremely hard 
natm-e of the background can well be imagined. A few weeks ago 
there was only a small open space in the woods at this point. The 
club went to work and cleared additional space sufficient to run two 
sets of live bird traps, the 50yds. boundary line on each set of traps 
being right at the edge of the woods. These woods are not very 
dense, although there is plenty of undergrowth, and at first sight, be- 
fore a target was thrown, one could s^carcely realize how extremely 
hard it was going to be to locate accurately the whirling bluerocks. 
The trouble chiefly l»y in the brilliant sun that shone all the time 
through the leaves of the trees which clothed the slopes of the moun- 
tains in front of the traps, causin? the green of the leaves to assume 
a vellowish tint that matched very well with the yellow circles on the 
bluerocks. Against such a background it was next to impossible to 
see the sight on one's gun and find out where one was holding when 
the referee decided "lost" — as he very often did. 
Fred Gilbert gave us a good, bu*. brief, description of the back- 
ground. We arrived in Oil City, accompanied by Capt. Money, Billy 
Wolstencrofc, James Schmeck and Whiting, in time for dinner on 
Monday, June SI. Going up to the dining room of the Arlington 
Hotel, headquarters for shooters, we found several shooters at work 
with the knife and fork, among them the members of the Indian 
squad. In the course of conversation we asked Gilbert what the 
background was like. His reply was as follows: "It's all right; 
there's none of that nasty blue sky to bother a person." And there 
wasn't. 
OAPrrAL ACCOMMODATIONS FOB SHOOTERS. 
The arrangements at the ground for the accommodation of the 
shooters were capital. A club house, with an ample cashier's ofBce, 
held guns, shells, coats, et". Gunraoks at the scores of the two ma- 
gautraps were also well tenan'ed. Benches and chairs were every- 
where in profusion, and the trees of the woods at the back of the 
scores gave much desired shelter from the burning rays of the fierce 
June sun that were only slightly tempered by a gentle breeze that 
swept up the valley on the left of the opening, crossing the traps 
from left to right. There were tents, too, in sufficient numbers to 
give one the idea of a camp meeting. Milt and Wanda had their te- 
pee; J. M Carson, the local gundealer. had a large tent in which he 
kept shells for sale; and, he it noted, he did a good business in that 
line. There were other tents, too, but we cannot recall any other 
special ones, except the dining tent, in which Mr. W H. Loots, as- 
sisted by a niiost courteous and willing brigade of helpers, dispensed 
one of the very best meals we have sat down to, served in 
a similar aZ/resco style. Mr. Loots, his assistants, his gallons of ice 
cream, quarts of strawberries, cases of well iced "soft stuff" (for 
"hard stuff" was very fitly barred), and his .50-cent dinners, must be 
numbered among the list of attractions at the State shoot of 1897. 
LTnder the management and direction of Elmer Shaner the club 
was scarcely likely to be lacking in the matter of help; nor was it. 
The following list of the help employed on the target days will show 
that the club did not allow the expenditure of a few dollars to stand 
in its way when the success oC the shoot might depend on the extra 
ou'iay for additional help. In the cashier's office were W. H. Magee, 
cashier; assistant cashier, Philip Engelsgerger; compiler of scores, 
A If. P. Pope; assistant compiler of scores, Ohas. Moyer; squad 
hustler. J. B. Deegan. For the State events on magautrap No. 1 
there were two or three referees: the puller was Wm Watterson; 
trappers, Chas. Huff and Tom Lynch; scorers: blackboard, Pope, Jr.; 
manifold, Sherrick; messenger, Cook. On the No. 2 magautrap for 
the open events the officials were- Referee, W J. McCrickart; puller, 
Jos. Hulf; trappers, Fred Lynch and John Frye; blackboard, Wal- 
ter Wolf; manifold, Russel Lay. The trio of water tioys, who were 
kept very busy filling up the buckets with fresh, cold, sprins water, 
were Bernard Elert, Joseph Lynch and Ellis Soles. The above makea- 
a big list of help, but all were needed, and all helped to smooth out 
any kinks that might temporarily arise. 
THE CLItB INCdHRED GREAT EXPENSE. 
In making arrangements for this shoot the club incurred great ex- 
pense. Its own groimds, nearer the city, were felt to be totally un- 
fitted for so big a shoot as this one promised to he. It therefore 
looked around and chose the site mentioned, putting up the club 
house specially for this occasion. It also went to the expense of pur,- 
ting up a pigeon-coop capable of holding some 3,000 birds, close to 
the grounds. This coop alone cost the club $^00 in cold, hard dollars. 
The club house, too. although we did not learn what its cost was, 
could not be far behind the above figures. 
And all this expense was incurred in all probabUity for just this one 
shoot. Mr. J. B. Smith man, the gentleman who o wns the street car 
system, all the ground surrounding the place where the shoot was 
held, and also Smithman's Park, a new pleasure resort about half a 
mile from the shooting grounds, intends to add to the attractions at 
this end of his car line by turning the valley where the shoot was 
held into a lake about a mile in length, by building a dam at the 
western outlet. From this it will be gathered that, should the Oil City 
Gun Club at some future date give another shoot (and it is to be 
hoped that it will do so), it is scarcely likely that such shoot would be 
held where so many bluerocks were smashed last week. 
Taking into consideration also the S^OO added money, added by the 
Oil City Gun Club, and also taking into account the outlay for build- 
ings and the help to run the shoot, it is hard to see how the club could 
hope to come out even. We could not figure it out at all, and were, 
therefore, glad to learn from Mr. Reeser on Friday, June 25, that two 
residents of Oil City had approached him and had asked to be per- 
mitted to aid by means of checks if the club ran behind the game; 
and these two gentlemen were not members of the club, so far as we 
could learn. 
An nNUSUAL NUMBER OP SPECTATORS ON HAND. 
A special feature of this shoot was the large attendance of specta* 
tors present at the grounds every day of the tournament. They came 
early and they stayed late, watcliiog even the target shooting with a 
degree of interest we have never seen equaled anywhere before. 
Ordinarily a corporal's guard is about what turns out to look at the 
boys break targets, the bulk of the crowd showing up when live birds 
were to be trapped and shot at But at Oil City it was different from 
anythmg we have noted before. Ladies and gentlemen, the former 
gracing the tournament with their presence in large numbers, came 
out all days alike and took a most active interest in all that was going 
on, watching the bluerocks being smashed and scanning the score 
board with an interest that was evidenced by the closeness with 
which they f olio wed the proceedings. 
It is not too much to say that every member of the home club did 
h'S best to make the shoot run smoothly. The officers of the club 
are: President, L. L. Graham; Vice-President, A. Smedley; Secre- 
tary, H. C. Reeser; Treasurer, H. C. Dor worth. Directors: F. S. 
Bates. C.'H. Lay, Jr., and 0. T. McClintock. All the above, together 
with many of the rank and file, were always on hand to look after 
the comfort of their guests At the ArUngton and the other hotels of 
the city, everything was done to make the visitors feel at home. 
In short, the shoot was a great social success; and the social fea- 
tures of such gatherings mean far more than most people and most 
clubs properly appreciate. 
TWO MAOA0TRAPS WERB USED. 
Paul North being unable to attend the shoot through sickness at 
home, CharUe North, his brother, was on hand to look after the ma- 
gautraps if thev got balky, something that only happened rarely. 
When such a thing did occur, the cry went up: "JSTorth, North," 
and a figure was seen trotting off to the refractory machine with a 
movement of the pedal extremities that made Charlie North a dead 
ringer for the bett.er known Paul of that ilk; knickerbockers, bicycle 
stockings, pneumatic salves and all. 
So much has been said about the background that the scores will 
scarcely excite any comment; but it must also be borne in mind that 
the magautraps were throwing the target^ far and fast all the time. 
On the preparatory afternoon the targets flew as we have never seen 
them fly from any trap more than once or twice previously. And 
during the entire shoot there would be occasions when the targets got 
to going as far as was consistent with our notions of what constitutes 
the limit. But it was interesting shooting, and nobodj was safe until 
the last target of his string had been broken. One was never out 
until the bell on the blackboard had rung. Nos. 1 and 5 were hard po- 
sitions to get through safely. From No. 1 there would sometimes come 
a succession of stinging left-quarterers, that would tax the best skill 
of either Rolla or Fred Gilbert. At No. 5 there would be some right- 
quarterers that beat the best of them; while as for straightaways— 
they were overshot time and time again It was corking hard shoot- 
ing, but it was decidedly interesting. And it was the same for aU. 
No excuses. 
STATE REPRESENTATION. 
The long list of shooters in the State events will best tell who was 
on hand. Philadelphia, Reading, Harrisburg and Pittsburg were all 
well represented, the Philadelphia contingent making a clean sweep 
of all the trophies in the target events. Harrisburg took the individual 
championship at live birds, Brewster winning it after a shoot-off 
with holder, Jos. Thurman, Jr. Pittsburg took the team champion- 
ship trophy at live birds, the Herron Hill Gun Club's trio, A. H. ICing, 
W. S. King and J. G. Messner, each making a clean score of 15 birds. 
Meadville, Newcastle, Franklin, Oil City, and several other cities 
were also well represented in the State events, but the bulk of the 
eontestauts in these events came from the four large cities above 
mentioned. 
FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE. 
From outside the State came several of the most noted cracker- 
.iacks in the country: McMurchy, Heikes, Budd, Grimm, Powers, Gil- 
bert, Brewer, Van Dyke, Glover, Fulford, Dickey, Crosby, Fanning, 
Winston, Trimble, H. G Wheeler, Hood, etc.; if that contingent isn't 
warm company, what is? 
Gilbert, although our Ust of general averages shows him tied with 
Heikes for first average, really carried off the honors by four targets, 
as he broke 49 out of 50 in the E. C handicap against 45 broken by 
Heikes. As, however, we have never taken handicaps into account 
in figuring averages, the results should stand as shown in the table of 
general averages given elsewhere. Like all the r^st, Gilbert would 
faU off temporarily in his work, and then again he made some bril- 
liant runs, showing that, as the boys put it, he is "pointing the best 
of any of them." 
The trade representatives, many of whom are included in the above 
list of crackerjacks, also included Capt. A. W. Money and GusE. 
Greiff, both representing the American E. C. and Schultze Powder 
Company, Limited; Milt Lindsley and Mrs Lindsley, King's Smoke- 
less and Peters' Cartridge Company; L D. Thomas, of the Laflin & 
Rand W A Powder Company; U, M. C. Thomas, of the U M. 0. Com- 
pany, who only showed up for the live bird events; A. G. Courtney, 
of the Remington Arms Company; Dan Lefever, of the Lefever Arms 
Company; E. H. Knickem, representing the firm of Schoverling, Daly 
& Gales; A. W Du Brav. of the Parker Gun Company; George A. 
Mosher, of the Syracuse Irms Company, who was unfortunately 
called home by a wire on June 24, announcing the death of a near 
relative. 
Among the crackerjacks were the representatives of the following 
firms: W R. A, Co., Rolla Heikes and Ferd. Van Dyke; Harvey Mc- 
Murchy, L. C. Smith (Hunter Arms Co.), Syracuse, N Y. ; Budd, 
Grimm and Gilbert, a strong Du Pont-Hazard trio; Ralph Trimble, 
Du Pont Smokeless; Sim Glover. Parker gun and Schultze powder; 
Fulford, Remington gun and Schultze powder; O. B. Dickey, Pafker 
gun and E. C. powder: Winston, Austin'.s 147 load; Jack Fanning and 
Gold Dust; H G Wheeler, King's Smokeless; Billy Cro'by, of the 
Baker Gun Co , Batavia, N. Y. ; Jack Brewer, Francotte gun and 
Schultze. 
As we shall have to review the shoot in comparative detail, it will 
be better, perhaps, to proceed with that portion of the report with- 
out further prelude. 
STATE EVENTS. 
The target programme of state events was as follows. First day: 
Three 15-target events; the Wolstencroft trophy contest for the indi- 
vidual championship of the State, 50 targets per man; the American 
Wood Powder trophy for 3 men teams; and a 60-target event, handi- 
cap allowance, for a Parker gun. Second day: Three 15-target 
events; a 50-target event, handicap allowance, for a Remington gun; 
and the contests for the Reading and the Harrisburg tropliies for 5- 
men and 6-men teams, respectivel.y. 
THE 15-TARGBT EVENTS. 
Below will be found a table giving the averages made by those who 
shot in the 15-carget events, sisty-one shooters in all taking part in 
these events: 
Events: 13 3 4 5 6 
Targets: IB IS IB IB IS IB i 
W H Wolstencroft 13 15 11 13 12 14 
C H Lay 11 12 15 18 J3 11 
A Smedley 13 11 12 13 10 15 
A P Pope 13 13 12 II 13 12 
H Landis 10 11 13 11 14 18 
J Schmeck 13 12 13 12 12 9 
S PLife 11 13 10 15 11 11 
H Brewster 10 12 13 12 11 12 
Guess n 10 13 13 9 14 
JWhitmg......,......i,, 11 10 14 13 13 9 
B Harrison 10 12 12 9 13 12 
HFBorn 13 10 12 14 8 11 
J Motz 12 10 10 13 10 11 
FS Bates................... 10 11 12 10 14 9 
Oliver 12 11 13 8 10 11 
J Shaaber 10 11 9 10 12 13 
L D Thomas...... .i.,. 15 7 8 9 11 14 
Dr Alexander 13 8 10 12 9 13 
WHBurnham 13 8 8 13 9 11 
W Thurman 8 9 11 13 11 10 
earn 13 10 10 9 10 10 
Nye 10 8 10 10 11 12 
J A Wilson.,,...... 8 10 10 13 10 6 
HM Fuller 11 9 10 11 9 5 
Marlowe 13 7 7 7 9 11 
W R Hitter 13 10 9 6 9 6 
J O'H Denny 9 8 12 9 6 8 
Cokey 11 10 13 11 7 .. 
B GROSS 9 9 12 11 10 .. 
GKuntz 10 5 8 9 9 .. 
T M Cundall 9 18 15 9 
J D Dinsmore 10 12 10 7 .. 
J PFrazer .. 7 9 11 B .. 
WSKing 11 14 16 
AO Stevenson.........,.^..... 13 13 13 
Prenatt 12 12 11 
L L Graham 12 9 13 
WN Stevenson. .,14 9 11 
J 0 Dinsmore 11 li 10 
Allen 10 11 12 
H FBowen.... 13 13 7 
Husseltou. 12 10 10 
Starr 11 12 9 
H C Reeser 12 9 10 
H C Dorworth ...wir .1. .... 8 13 11 
AH King 12 7 12 
Duncan 10 18 8 
H A Johnson S 10 10 
H T Brown*... , 8 9 11 
Esby . . 5 13 10 
C H Miller .... 8 10 8 
Cartwright 8 8 B .. ,. .. 
Boardman 5 fl 6 
Jessup ...... 7 8-2 
CT McClintock... e a 6 
Butter .. ... « 10 .. 
Newton "9 8 
Fleming 8 9 . . 
GEM 11 e .. 
McPherson 8 8 .. 
Kennedy.,,.. ., 2 12 .. 
t at. Broke. 
Av. 
90 
76 
86.6 
90 
74 
82.3 
90 
74 
83.2 
90 
73 
81.1 
90 
72 
80 
90 
71 
78.8 
90 
71 
78.8 
90 
70 
77.7 
90 
69 
76.6 
90 
68 
75.5 
90 
68 
75.5 
90 
67 
74.4 
90 
66 
73.3 
90 
86 
78,3 
90 
66 
73.3 
90 
63 
73,2 
90 
6i 
71.1 
90 
64 
71.1 
90 
62 
68 8 
90 
63 
68,8 
90 
63 
68,8 
90 
61 
67.7 
90 
57 
63 3 
90 
55 
61.1 
90 
54 
60 
90 
f3 
58.8 
90 
63 
57.7 
75 
53 
69.3 
75 
51 
68 
75 
41 
54.6 
60 
45 
75 
60 
39 
65 
60 
38 
55 
45 
40 
88.8 
45 
39 
86.6 
45 
35 
77.7 
4f> 
34 
75.5 
45 
34 
75.5 
45 
33 
73.3 
45 
33 
73.3 
45 
32 
71.1 
71.1 
45 
33 
45 
33 
71.1 
45 
31 
t'8.8 
4i 
31 
68.8 
46 
31 
68.8 
45 
30 
66.6 
45 
38 
63.3 
45 
28 
62.2 
45 
37 
60 
43 
26 
57.7 
45 
31 
46.6 
45 
20 
44.4 
45 
17 
37.7 
45 
16 
35.5 
30 
18 
60 
30 
17 
56.6 
30 
17 
56.6 
30 
17 
56.6 
30 
16 
53.3 
30 
14 
46.6 
THE WOLSTENCROFT TROPHY. 
Harry Thurman, of the Keystone Shooting League, the Indeflfend- 
ent Gun Club of Philadelphia, the Wingohocktng Gun Club, the Ger- 
mantown Gun Club, and goodness knows how many other clubs, is 
DOW the champion of Pennsylvania at targets. He won the William 
Wolstencroft & Sons' trophy on June 22 by breaking 45 out of 50, a 
score that is far better than it looks on paper. Whiting, of Pittsburg, 
and Brewster, of Harrisburg, were second and third with 43 and 41 
respectively. This event was, of course, a scratch event. The scores 
made in the race will be found under the head of No. 1 in the table 
that follows. Nos. 3 and 3 were the Parker and the Remington handi- 
caps, respectively: 
Events: 1 
Denny (10) 38 
Fuller (10) , 29 
Brewster (5) ........... 41 
Whiting (10)..... 43 
Burnham (8) 39 
H Thurman (3) , 45 
Landis (4) .97 
W H Wolstencroft (3) , , . . 37 
Pope (5) 39 
Graham............... .... 36 
Schmeck 31 
Shaaber (6) 39 
Ritter 35 
Harrison (6) 36 
L D Thomas (5) .37 
Alexander... , , 3i 
Cam (10). ............ 33 
Guess (0)... .(.,.,.,....,,, 38 
C H Lay (7). . . ....^.^ ■ i^. ....«...«<. 35 
Nye(8) ..,.}& 
Duncan (10),......,.............,........ S7 
SP Life (7) 39 
McClintock 83 
Wilson (10) Bi 
Smedley (7) ., . , , ,. , . .... .33 
Reeser ...^.i^v...... ....... .30 
Newton 
JPF , , 
Born 
Motz (6)..... 
Bowen , 
Oliver (4)....,'........,, 
Bates ....v.V 
Cokey ....... . \ ... . ... 
Cartright 
Kuntz - 
Marlow (8) 
Ross 
Fleming (10)......,..;,. 
WN Stevenson (6) ... 
A 0 Stevenson (0) 
Colbert 
C H Miller (10) 
Husselton (4) 
Starr ....i. 
Dor worth 
Ehrgott (5).'i...... 
Jessop (7)..,..... 
Allen (7) 
Murphy (8) 
Johnson (0) ...... 
O'Brien (9) 
Lashells (7) 
Gem (10) 
A H King (4) 
W SKing (4) 
■ 4,-r A « • • ■>! i s-t ■ 
■ 
1.4 .4 ■ 
8* 
37 -• 6-43 
32— 4-86 
40— 4-44 
36- 6-4« 
36— 8-39 
36 36 
88 ."8 
45 45 
41— 2-43 
S5-*3-38 
37- 4-41 
37— 2—89 
32- 4-36 
31— 1 - 3? 
36- 3-39 
87- 6-43 
4—45 
4—33 
2—33 
4—23 
4— 43 
8-33 
5- 40 
■31— 3-34 
27— 6-33 
31— 3-34 
25— 4-29 
87-4-41 
3''— 2-35 
83- 3-?6 
43- 2-45 
;V— 4-41 
40- 5-45 
25— 4— S9 
18- 4-23 
33- 5—38 
29— 3—32 
31 w 
36— 3-39 
43— 2—45 
41- 
S9- 
31- 
19- 
?9- 
25- 
35- 
27- 
31- 
40— 
5 -3 J 
3-37 
5—45 
33 - 6— .?9 
4rf— 1-43 
3t 
33— 2—35 
40— 6-46 
88— 2-40 
39-10-49 
41— 7—48 
48- 1-44 
41 - 4—15 
43- 2-45 
39- 3-43 
84 w 
39-4-43 
85— 4-39 
4?— "9— 51 
44 44 
41— 4—45 
3r_ fi_43 
30- 6-36 
39- 3-4J 
35— *7-4a 
4i— 5—47 
33- 6-30 
39-"2-4i 
38-^-45 
99 V " 
40— 5-45 
46 46 
40 -"8-48 
38- 3—41 
......ii., 34— 5-89 
84-5—39 
,. 88-6-44 
40 - 5—45 
46 46 
. 36—4-40 
26 w 
.. 34—4—38 
43—3-44 
43- 3-45 
* No. 3 was the Parker Gun Handicap. In this event 45 was the 
' highest possible," and, as will be seen from the scores, there were 
six lies on that number, among them being W. H. Wolstencroft, one 
of the scratch men. On the shoot-off Guess won the gun. The handi- 
caps were as below: Wolstencroft, Thurman and Landis scratch, 
Denny 7, Fuller 7, Brewster 4, Wilson 8, Burnham 5, Pope 5, L. D. 
Thomas 3, Shaaber 4, Ritter 3. Harrison 4, Whiting 6, Schmeck 4, 
Alexander 4, Cam 6, Reeser 10, Lay 5, Nye 5. Duncan 7, Guess 1, Mar- 
lowe 8, Bates 6, S. P. Life 4, Smedley 5. Born 4, Oekey 5, Ross 7, Cart- 
right 7, Kuntz 10, Oliver 5, W. N. Stevenson 6, A C. Stevenson 4, Col- 
bert 7. aiiller 7, J. P. F. 7, H. F. Brown 5, McClintock 10, Newton 7, 
Starr 7, Husselton 7, Dorworth 4, Motz 4. 
t No. 3 was the Remington Gun Handicap. In this event 45 was again 
the highest possible, unless more than that number was broken by 
some shooter out of his first 50 targets. A C. Stevenson and H. A. 
Johnson both broke 46 out of their 59, and thus raised the highest 
possible one point. There were seven ties for the gun: Johnson, 
Stevenson, Ful'er, Burnham, C. H Miller, Cam and Whiting. On the 
shoot-off at 35 targets, \vith proportionate reductions in their handi- 
caps, Fuller and Cam both made highest possibles again. On the se- 
cond shoot-off Fuller won with a highest possible to Cam's 23. The 
figures in brackets after each man's name shows his handicap in this 
event. 
AMERICAN WOOD POWDER CO.'S TROPHY. 
Milt Lindsley and Wanda were forcibly reminded of old times on 
June 22, the date set for the 3-men team race for the American Wood 
Powder Co.'s trophy. The conditions of the race are 36 singles and 5 
pairs. The Keystone Shooting League's team won the race with a 
score of 82, the Independents, of Reading, being second. Below are 
the details of this race: 
Keystone Shooting League. 
W H Wolstencroft... OllllllllllllllllllillllO 11 11 00 10 11—80 
H Thurman... * lllllllllOlOIllOlllllllOO 01 11 10 11 01—27 
H Landis 0111111111110110111010100 11 00 11 10 10-25—82 
Independent, of Reading, 
J Shaaber lllOlllllOlOlllllUlllOll 11 10 10 10 10-27 
W H Ritter 1011101111011111100110111 00 11 10 10 10-23 
B Harrison IIIOIIOIIOIIOIIIIUIIIOOI 11 10 11 11 11-28-78 
Herron Hill. 
J Whiting 01111110110100001 loom 11 10 10 10 00 10-20 
Born... 0011101010111011011111111 10 00 11 10 10—23 
J O'H Denny 1111111111101111111100111 10 10 10 00 11—27—70 
Independent, of Philadelphia. 
WN Stevenson lOlOlllOOllOUllOllllOIU 11 00 10 10 11—24 
AC Stevenson 1011111011001111111111110 
S P Life 11001 1001011111 1011011100 
Franklin Gun Club. 
J P Prazier .OlOOOOlOlODlOOlorOlOOOlOO 
Newton OOOOOOOOOIOUOOOIOOIOOOOO 
J A Wilson lllOlOlOlllllOOOilUlOOlO 
10 10 00 00 10-33 
10 10 10 10 11—22—69 
00 00 n 10 10—11 
00 10 00 10 00— 7 
00 11 10 00 10—30—38 
THE BEADIKG TROPHY FOB O-MEN TEAMS, 
The Reading trophy for 5-men teams was another trophy that went 
hack to Philadelphia to grace the sideboard of the Keystone Shoot- 
ing League. The conditions were 25 targets, unknown angles; below 
are the details: 
Keystone Shooting League. 
W H Wolstencroft 1111111111011111111111110-23 
A C Stevenson , 1111111011111011111111110-33 
H Landis 0111101111111110111111111—33 
WN Stevenson lOlCOlCOOnillllllllllllO- 18 
Hy Thurman.. ..................1111011111110111010111011—20—105 
Independent Gun Club, of Reading. 
W HRitter ,.. ..1010111101111111110011111—20 
B Harrison 1111 11 1110111111101001111— 21 
J Shaaber 0011111101010111011010011—16 
J Schneck .0101001011111100101100111—15 
S P Life 1011101111111111111101111—32— 94 
Herron Hill Gun Club. 
W S King. . . , I i..,. .0101101111101101111101111—19 
A H King. i .0111111111111 1 11111001111—28 
J Whiting...;..,,., 1010inil001100<noilll011— 16 
Born 1101001010011011101000110—13 
8 McPherson. OOiOilliliUliOiliOOOlllO— 17— 87 
MeadvIUe Gun Club. 
Krider 100111111101101100111011 1—18 
Ergott OllOlOll 101111 1001001 1 100-15 
Prenatt llllOlllllliniomJllllll-33 
Lashells 1111111111010111000000110-16 
Leverman 0001100111100010101011101—13— 84 
THE HARRISBURG TROPHY FOR 6-MEN TEAMS. 
Only two teams entered for this contest — the Independent Gun Club, 
of Reading, and the Herron HUl Gun Club, of Pittsburg. The former 
team won, Philadelphia thus making a clean sweep of all the trophies 
offered for annual competition at targets: 
Independent Gun Club, of Philadelphia. 
W H Wolstencroft ..........1111011111110111110111111—22 
H Landis. , ,....0111111110111110111011111— 31 
A C Stevenson i .. . . , ...1111111110110111111111110—22 
J Shaaber 1110111111111100111111111—22 
W N Stevenson,.,...,....;., 1111111111111111111111011-24 
H Thurman 1010110110011110111111111—18-130 
