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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 32, 1898, 
WESTERN TRAPS. 
Money to Burn. 
Chicago, 111., Oct. 15. — In Kansas City they have a federation 
of gun clubs which is one of the strongest shooting organizations 
of the W"5st, ana it seems that this confederation has- r:o\v j-oiten 
into trouble of a singular sort. It has been so popular and pros- 
perous that it has been unable to spend all the money it has 
accumulated, and now has about $2,000 which it does not know 
what to do with. One. or two meetings have been called, but at 
latest accounts no conclusion has been reached. Jimmie Whit- 
field, of_ the Kansas City Star, suggests that it might be a good 
idea to invest the amount in suburban real estate for the purposes 
of a shooting park, or else jund the amount in productive securities. 
1 suggest they might buy a challenge trophy with it. Yet is it not 
an odd state of affairs when a shooting organization gets so rich 
it has more money than it can spend? It certainly is an evidence 
of the prosperity and harmony of the Kansas City shouting clubs, 
than which the West has no more admirable organizations. 
Hermitage, of Nashville. 
The Hermitage Gun Club, of Nashville, Tenn., is a young 
organization, but has plenty of enthusiasm. The club medal was 
won last week by E. S. Sutton, who shot out Mr. T. O. Morris, 
Jr., in the tie. In the first sweep Mr. Morris broke 20 out of 
25; in the next Mr. Sutton broke 21 out of 25. 
Elliston Wins. 
At Belle Meade Lodge, Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 11, a 100-bird 
race was shot between W. R. Elliston and James de Bow, the 
former' winning with a score of 96 to Mr. De Bow's 7S. 
Ottumwa Handicap. 
The twelfth handicap shoot of the Ottumwa, Iowa, Gun Club, 
for the speciai prize of a Parker hammerless gun, was won this 
week by Saunders. 
Peoria Wins. 
Peoria Gun Club, of Peoria, 111. was the winner last week in 
the see-saw between that club ana Pekin Gun Club. This club 
team contest has progressed with varying fortunes and varying 
interest ior some time. The race in this case was at 25 live birds, 
four men team, and the scores were as follows: Pekin — Ileil- 
man 24, J. Hoff 23. W. Hon' IS, Baker 20; total 85. Peoria— 
G. PoHman 24, A. E. Leisv 23. Kit Sammis 24, W. Meidroth 22; 
total 93. 
Idaho State Shoot. 
The Idaho State shoot, completed at Boise last week, offered 
rather tame sport in live birds, as the lot of birds shipped in 
proved dull, and needed the flush rope a great deal. Messrs. 
John Smith and R. W. Faris tied on 19 for the State medal, the 
following being the scores, at 20 live birds: Z. Taylor 18, John 
Smith 19, J. U. Wells 16, A. Adelmann 18, H. Fulton 17, H. 
Bayhouse 10, Dr. Maberlev 15, R. W. Faris 19, T. Ridenbaugh 18, 
Dr. Prosser 15, G. R. Hitt 16. 
Waufcegan. 
The annual October shoot of the Waukegan Gun Club, of 
Illinois, is still in progress at this writing, and will be closed to- 
day. This gun club is a remarkable one in many respects. It has 
a membership of 139, of whom a large number are regular atten- 
dants. Yet the club was organized only three years ago, in May, 
1895. The organizers of this successful shooting body were 
Messrs. J. M. Graves, R. C. Barton, Jas. van Deusen, J. A. 
Woodsworth, Geo. Hal'owell, Chas. Grubbs, Chas. Hoffman, L. 
W. Jeffery, Jas. Hull, H. A. Bangs, Clarence Bas'sett, Ben Dowe. 
Victor Rossbach and John A. Sutherland, with J. M. Graves, 
President; R. C. Barton, Vice-President, and L. W. Jeffery, Secre- 
tary and Treasurer. The policy of the club has been so success- 
ful that it now possesses good grounds, club house and every 
facility needed for pleasant shooting. 
Coming. 
Milwaukee Gun Club, of Milwaukee, Wis., will hold a tourna- 
ment Dec. 3 and 4 at live birds and targets. This will be a 
good one to keep in mind. 
Do not forget John Watson's big December live-bird shoot. No 
stranger should come to the city without taking home a box of 
John Watson's hard birds for the loved ones at home. 
„„„„ , " E. Hough. 
1200 Boyce Building, Chicago, 111. 
Alpine Gun Club. 
The Alpine Gun Club, of Chicago, held its final monthly shoot 
on the club grounds, near Hedgwich, Oct. 12, with a good at- 
tendance. There was a bright sun and a fresh crisp wind, which 
added to the comfort of the participants. 
The medal for the season of 1898 was awarded to A. Corrieri, who 
won it four times out of the six monthly contests. The monthly 
medal was won by R. Simonetti in the final contest on a score of 
23 out of 25. The medal contest is at 25 targets, known traps, un- 
known angles, with a handicap of added targets. Following are 
detailed scores: 
A Corrieri 1110011101110111110111100—18—4—22 
B Barto 1110110111111111111101111—22—0—22 
D Bacci 0101111010111000111001001—14— 3— 17 
R Simonetti 1111111111110111101111111—23—0—23 
J Plouzek 0001011010101101100000011—11—5—16 
J Maraviglia 0011101101110101100011011—15—5—20 
J Biagi , 1001100001100110100110010—11—6—17 
S Toni 1101101111001101110110111-18-0-18 
J Church 1010011111110110110011111— 18--0— 18 
The season for the club has been a most pleasant and success- 
ful one, and there is some talk of furthering the pleasure in live- 
bird contests at Watson's Park during the winter months. 
The Chicago Athletic Associalion. 
The shoot for the Chicago Athletic trophv will take place on 
the afternoon of Oct. 20, on Watson's grounds. 
Montgomery Ward Trophy. 
The shoot-off for the Montgomery Wood & Co. trophy took 
place on the afternoon of Oct. 14, at Watson's Park, between P 
R. Fletcher, of Blue Island; M. J. Eich, J. L. Alabaster and j' 
h. Barto. the day was cool, with an overcast skv. and a strong 
wind b.ew across the traps from the left quarter. 'The birds were 
very good and flew largely _ to the left quarter. The four con- 
testants started with a handicap, Alabaster missing his first bird 
shot at, which was a left-quartering dark bird which fell dead out 
of bounds. M. J. Eich missed his second, a nearly-straight-awav 
which would have been a hard one for any one to kill The 
next bird missed was by A'abaster, a right-quartering driver,' which 
fell dead out of bounds; this bird let him out of the race, for the 
others killed straight up to the ninth, when Fletcher mi«sed two 
in succession, and Barto killed his dead out of bounds as shown 
by the following scores: 
Trap score type— Copyright, ma, by Forest ani Stream Publishing Co. 
481211541512 
P R Fletcher, 27, 2 .2^ l1"i1 T l 0*0^*1-10 
5882'86.3 5S45 
M J Eich, SS, 1 1 0 1 12 1112 12 -10 
2 4 5 5 4 
J L Alabaster, 29, 1 , * 1 1 1 * w _ 8 
15 8 4 8 8 4 3 118 
< i. K K K 
J B Barto, 80, 1 112 122112*1 -10 
and i narto. Fletcher killed straight up to the sixth, which was 
feathered with both barrels, and fell dead out of bounds His 
eighth, a left-quartering towerer, he hit, but not hard enough to 
stop. His eleventh was a left-quartering swift flyer, which he 'hot 
This required a shoot-off of another 10 birds by Fletcher Eich 
behind. " ' 
Eich's first bird was white, and was missed clean with the first 
and stopped nicely with the second. His fifth was a swift left- 
quartering dark one, which he lost by shooting behind. His ninth 
was a circling one from Trap 5, which he should easily have killed, 
but fell out of bounds' and shut him out. 
Barto shot remarkably well and in excellent form, as the birds 
were good from start to finish. Out of the last ten he used his 
second barrel but three times. He won the trophy after killine 
20 out of 21, and shot a Colt gun, 12-gauge, 3^> Du Pont, V& 7 
chilled. The winners of the trophy to date are C. E. Comlev, E. 
M. Steck, Dr. S. Shaw and lastly J. B. Barto. The final shoot- 
off: 
Trap score type— Copyright, mas, by Forest and Stream Publishing Co. 
11441552 2 24 
P R Fletcher, 27, 2 1 2 2 2 1 * 1 0 1 2 0 - 8 
M J Eich, 28, 1 
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J B Barto, 80, 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 
Blue Island Gun Club, of Blue Island, III. 
The Blue Island Gun Club, whose members are Henry Beer, 
President and Captain, who is county commissioner; W. H. 
Wearner, Secretary and Treasurer; Jacob Rehm, Mayor; C. C. 
Hess, Superintendent Washington Ice Co.; Oliver Bourke, Com- 
missioner of Public Works; A. C. Boeber, Deputy Sheriff; Geo. 
Airey, Deputy Game Warden; J. L. Zacarias, bank president, and 
Henry Neipert, Henry Kline, P. R. Fletcher, Geo. Roll, R. 
Krueger and Geo. Boerman, has a limit of fifteen members, and 
the membership is always full. This club announces that it will 
give a live-bird and target tournament some time during Novem- 
ber. The date will be published later. 
Chicago Challenge Trophy. 
While W. P. Mussey has signified his readiness to resign from 
the board of trustees, he will continue to act until the return of 
the member who is at present out of the city. 
The handicap established for Silas Palmer, holder, and Dr. 
Sarembo Shaw, challenger, by the trustees, is alike, both shooting 
at 25 birds from 31yds. 
Eureka Gun Club. 
The Eureka Gun Club held its weekly contest on the club 
grounds, Oct. 14. The attendance was fairly good, considering 
the weather, which was quite cold. The wind blew strong in the 
face of the traps. The sky was clouded the greater part of the 
time. Ail events were shot from the magautrap, which threw 
the targets somewhat erratic, greatly on account ol the wind. The 
scores : 
Events: 12 4 5 
Targets: 25 15 15 25 
E M Steck 19 12 . . 
A W Adams ...... 21 12 12 19 
H Vetter 21 11 * . 
H B Morgan ...... 15 9 9 10 
A W Morton 14 .. 
Events: 12 4 5 
Targets: 25 15 15 25 
V L Cunnyngham 14 .. 20 
F P Stannard 13 22 
A C Paterson 9 .. 
W D Stannard 11 20 
Dr Morton 10 
In the trophy contests. 25 targets, W. D. Stannard won Class 
A s H. Vetter won Class B, and A. C. Borroff won Class C. 
Class A.— Ed. Steck 14, F. P. Stannard 19, A. W. Adams 22, 
W. D. Stannard 23, A. C. Patterson 18. 
Class B.— V. L. Cunnyngham 22, H. Vetter 22. Dr. Morton 12, 
A. W. Morton 11, H. B. Morgan 16, A. C. Boroff 11. 
Class C— A. C. Boroff 11. 
The club wishes to announce that on the last Saturday of this 
month, October 29, it will have a handicap target shoot for its 
members, and will give merchandise prizes for high scores. 
A. C. Paterson. 
South End Gun Club's First All-Day 
Tournament. 
Reading, Pa., Oct. 12. — The first all-day open target tournament 
of the South End Gun Club, of this city, was held to-day. It was 
an unqualified success, and the members are correspondingly 
happy. 
Although the South End Gun Club has been in existence over 
eleven years, and contains among its members some of the best 
shots in the country, it remained until to-day for them to make 
the initial attempt at holding an all-day shoot of open sweeps. 
Gun clubs from Berks and adjoining counties were invited. 
Although the sky was clear and the sun shone brightly, a stiff 
northwest wind prevailed the entire day, making good scores 
impossible. 
Eight regular programme events and seventeen extra sweeps 
were shot off during the day, besides the team shoot for the 
sterling silver shield given by the South End Gun Club, to be 
shot for by teams of five men from clubs of Berks or adjoining 
counties. Each man shot at 25 targets, or a total of 125 targets 
per team. Promptly at 2 P. M., the time set for the match, 
manager Arthur A. Fink called out the first squad and started the 
event. The final score showed that the South End Gun Club, of 
Reading, had won the trophy, their team hitting 87 out of 125. 
The Shuler Shooting Club's team was a close second with 85 to 
their credit. The Phoenix Gun Club, of Phoenixville, Pa., was 
third with 77. The Independent Gun Club, of Sinking Springs, 
Pa., was fourth with 76 hit, and the Mt. Penn Gun Club, of Read- 
ing, finished last with 69 broke. Following are the scores of the 
team shoot, five men, for the trophy: 
Five-men team shoot, for intercounty championship and South 
End Club trophy, 25 targets, $5 entrance per team: 
Sinking Spring Gun Club. 
Spatz 0001111111111111110111011—20 
G Johnson 0010111110101101011100000—13 
Hunsi □ ger 0110101111010100011011100—14 
Hainly 0110101101001111110111101—17 
Grun dy 0011110100110111110000000—12—76 
South End Gun Club. 
Essick 011101 0111100011111111100—17 
Shaab er 11 OHOlllllOj-uOOOOlOlllll— 16 
Harrison 1101110111111110111000011—18 
Eshelman 1103010111111101111011011—18 
Yost millllllOl 1110100110101—19—87 
Shuler Gun Club, Pottstown. 
Trumbauer 0111101101111111101111000—18 
Sheeler 0111100 JOOOIOIOIHOIOOIH— 13 
Benner 1101100111101100110111101—17 
Grubb 1111101 111001011011101111—18 
Savior 1111010100100111111110111—18—85 
Mt. Penn Gun Club, Reading. 
Yeager 0111111010010111100001011—15 
Rhoads 0001001110011110101011101—14 
Kuersten .1111011000100111111111101—17 
Ball ,1101001011010111100010001— 13 
Laird 1100100010001001000110110—10—69 
Phoenix Gun Club, Phoenixville. 
Miller 0001100000101011010101110—11 
Dotterer , 010001 101110001110 J101101— 13 
Harris ..0010111111101110101110100—16 
Erb 1000101111110111001111000—15 
Johnson 1111011110111111110111111—22—77 
The shoot was managed by Arthur A. Fink, of this city, to whom 
is due considerable credit tor the prompt and efficient manner in 
which the various events were run off. 
One event not cn ihe programme was the shooting several rounds 
of ammunition at a flock ot wild ducks that happened to come up 
the Schuylkill River. It caused considerable commotion among the 
shooters not engaged at the time at the score, and a general 
scramble for guns ensued. Slonaker, of Pottstown, proved to 
be the lucky man, and carried with him his trophies. Even if he 
team, the Shuler Gun Club, did not win the team shoot, one of 
their members had the honor of killing the most wild birds of the 
day's sport. 
Among the shooters present from out of town gun clubs were 
Messrs. Benner, Wien and Shealer, of the Boyertown Rod and Gun 
Club; Messrs. Grubb, Cole, L. H. Davis, Slonaker (Dick) Saylot 
of the Shuler Shooting Club, of Pottstown; Messrs. Trumbauer 
and Jake Johnson, of Royersford and Spring City Harris T 
H. Miller, Erb, of the Phoenix Gun Club; Chas. Miller, of Pleas- 
ant View; Chas. Eshelman, of Plowville, Pa. The Independent 
Gun Club, of Sinking Spring, was represented by Messrs. Hainly 
Spatz, Grundy, Geo. Johnson and Hunsinger. Among the locai 
clubs' representatives present were Yeaser, Laird Ball Kuersten 
(Kerr), Rhoads, of the Mt Penn Gun Club, and*Shaaber (Jack). 
X°r St '^ S t Ultz ' Harrison (Adams), Essick (Greener), Eshelman 
(Mart), Jones, Gerhard, Gicker, Geo. Milles and Farr, of the South 
End Gun Club. 
As the South End team won the trophy, it will again be placed 
in competition on Feb. 22 for the same conditions, 
all-day tournament will be held. 
The scores of the different events follows 
Events: 
Targets : 
when another 
Ke 
Jack 
Chas M 
George 
Jones ........ 
Dick 
Coldren 
Adams 
Yeager 
Saylor 
Ball 
Mart '.. 
Cole 
Hunsinger . . 
Hainly 
Spatz , 
Geo Johnson 
Farr 
Gerhard 
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2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
8 
7 
10 
15 
20 
10 
10 
15 
20 
5 
9 
8 
14 
6 
4 
11 
13 
5 
8 
13 
16 
7 
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10 
6 
8 
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17 
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7 
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14 
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8 
9 
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4 
9 
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9 
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7 
5 
9 
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6 
6 
10 
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6 
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Buffalo Audubon Gun Club. 
Buffalo, N. Y. — Louis Frieze captured the first prize in the 
Audubon Gun Club's fifth .annual field day, scoring 48 out of 50 
targets shot at. The following is a summary of scores. By way 
of explanation, the club has an extra day "each year, which is 
called the field day and merchandise shoot. All members who 
wish contribute as they see fit. The donations on this occasion, 
fifty-two in number, were all very useful prizes, consisting of gun 
cases, fishing rods, kegs of powder; in ilct, everything that is 
useful in the sportsman's line. The day's programme was made 
up of nine target events. The first seven events were sweepstake 
events, in which the five highest averages received merchandise 
prizes. The winners in this class were H. D. Kirkover, first, with 
.9011; E. W. Smith, second, .880; J. Charles, .870; E. F. Hammond, 
.840; Norris, .810. Mo. 8 event was a 15-target merchandise. There 
were ten prizes in this event for high guns, finishing in the order 
named: Kirkover and Norris, with a loss of 3 each; Hebard, 
E. \V. Smith, L. W. Bennet, J. Charles, Hammond, Walker, 
Oehmig and Jacobs. The main interest was cen,.ered 
in the grand merchandise, which was No. 9 event on the pro- 
gramme, was at 50 targets. Each contestant was assured a prize. 
The highest gun got first choice, and so on down to the last. 
Louis Frieze carried off first honors in this shoot, making a total 
of 48 out of 50. The finish of the others can be seen by the 
score. The weather was rather chilly, but a very enjoyable day 
was had by all. A fine hot lunch was furnished by the club, which 
was prepared by caterer W. E. Garbe. 
Events : 
^ Targets : 
Swiveller , 
E W Smith 
B Talsma , 
Ncrris 
Hammond 
Frieze , 
Walker 
Oehmig , 
Floss 
McArthur 
Hebard 
Dr E S Carroll 
Covert 
Dr McMichael . 
McCarney ...... 
J B Miller 
Bennet 
Kirkover 
Myers 
Jacobs 
Gephard 
Snyder 
Charles 
E C B 
Dr Sauer 
Wheeler 
Remecke 
Storey 
Soergel 
Roesch 
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The main attraction at the Audubon Gun Club club shoot to- 
day was the third series,of shoots for the Hebard trophy, and was 
won by Dr. Carroll who scored 28 out of 30, with 3 birds added, 
making 31 total. No. 4 event on the programme was this event. 
No. 3 svas the club badge shoot. E. C. Burkhardt and Warren tied 
for Class A; Warren won shoot-off. Walker won Class B, and 
W. R. Eaton won Class C. 
Scores of Oct. 15: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5^6 7 
Targets: 15 15 15 5p 5p 
C Burkhardt. 13 10 16 24 12 4 
R Hebard.... 6 9 16 27 11 5 
T Reid 8 11 17 26 11 7 
E Burkhardt. 14 9 18 25 10 5 
,L Warren 14 19 25 11 6 
A He'nold... 9 10 17 25 12 4 
Walker .... 10 7 20 25 11 4 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 15 15 15 5p 5p 
4 Dr Carroll 21 31 13 6 8 
4 Jacobs 11 16 21 
T Kerew 8 9 20 26 8 7 3 
Porter 14 23 . . 6 3 
W Eaton 19 22 
A Barnes 12 21 
E McCarney 17 25 
C. J. Mayer. 
Oakbrook Gun Club's Tournament. 
The first two day's tournament of the Oakbrook Gun Club will 
be held at the Kurtz House, one mile from Reading, situated on 
the Lancaster Pike. The shooting grounds can be reached by the 
Reading & Southwestern electric road, cars leaving Third and 
Penn streets every twentv minutes. The first' day, Oct. 27, will 
be devoted to live birds. The second day will be for targets. The 
programme of the first day is: Event 1, 10 live birds, Rhode Island 
rules, entrance $5. b'rds included; event 2, 5 live birds, Hurlingham 
rules, entrance $2 50, birds included; event 3, miss-and-o"t, $3 
entrance, b'rds extra. Extra eve"*<= t'l suit the shooters. Scoot- 
ing begins 10 A M. Fr'day, Oct. 28.— Event 1. 10 target;, &• No. 2 
15. $1.50; No. 3, 25, $2.50; No. 4, 10 pairs double, $175; No. 5 miss- 
and-out, 50 cents. Other events to suit the shooters. Targets 
2 cents each; live birds 35 cents a pair. Shells for sa'e on the 
grounds. A fine dinner will be served at 50 cents at the hotel 
grounds at 12 o'clock. Arthur A. Fink, of Reading, Pa., has been 
secured to manage the shoot. James W Kurtz is the secretary, 
Oak brook, Pa. 
_____________ Duster. 
Cincinnati Gun Club. 
Dayton, O., Oct. 16. — The coming Cincinnati tournament will 
most likely be a very important shooting event. I was in that city 
on Oct. 8 and visited their new grounds, which had just been 
opened up the day previous. When all the improvements have 
been made that are contracted, they will be the finest shooting 
grounds that I have ever visited, even exceeding those of the 
Indianapolis Club. Owing to the fact that the Club were unable 
to state definitely just when the grounds would be readv for 
use, it was impossible to announce the dates of their tournament. 
Now that they have taken possession, thev are out with an an- 
nouncement for a three days' shoot on Nov. 2. 3 and 4. Some 
of the very best citizens of Cincinnati are members of the club. 
There are now 210 names on the club's roll. 
Paul R. Litzke. 
Take inventory of the good things in this issue of 
Forest and Stream. Recall what a fund was given 
last week. Count on what is to come next week 
Was there ever In all the world a more abundant 
weekly store of sportsmen's reading? 
