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FOREST AND STREajm. 
[Aug. i8, 190a 
Peters Cartridge Co* Tournament. 
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 7.— It was the grandest amateur shoot 
ever given in the South. Some time since the Peters Cartridge 
Co., of Cincinnati, O., decided to give the boys in the South a 
tournament, and it was decided that they hold the same at Bir- 
mingham, Ala. Their representative, Mr. John H. Mackie, was 
sent here to arrange for the shoot and make all preliminaries, and 
under Mr. Mackie's management and the auspices of the Birming- 
ham Gun Club, with R. H. Baugh as assistant manager, the grand 
success was obtained, viz. : The largest amateur shoot given in 
the South in years, .showing- an average entry in each event of 
forty-four shooters. 
On Sunday, the 5th, the shooters commenced to arrive, and kept 
arriving until the morning of the 8th. They were from all over 
Alabama, Tenessee, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia. Monday 
afternoon was devoted to practice. The background for the tar- 
gets was very bad, and combined with this the ground rose to 
quite an elevation, which made it very ditScult for the boys to 
"get on to 'em." This accounts in part for some of the poor 
scores made. 
The fun started promptly at 9 o'clock on Tuesday mornmg, with 
a full entry of fifty-four men, and kept up until darkness closed 
the sport. Two sets of traps were used— the magautrap and the 
Sergeant system. It was one incessant popping of guns and the 
call of the shooter, "Pull" and the reply of the referee, "Dead" or 
"Lost," as the case m.ight be. Your correspondent at one time 
about midday, after partaking of a hearty lunch, undertook to ref- 
eree the match, and the cool breezes and balmy air, with the 
steady popping of the guns, threw him into a doze. There is no 
place in the writer's memory where he has enjoyed an outing bet- 
ter than he did at the Country Club, on whose grounds the shoot 
was held. 
In the first day's programme each contestant who shot through 
the full programme shot at 175 targets. Mr. Abe Frank, of Mem- 
phis, Tenn., won the first day's highest average of 91% per cent, 
followed closely by Dr. Wilson, of Savannah, Ga., who scored an 
average of 90 per cent. Mr. Frank led Dr. Wilson 3 birds on the 
opening of the last day. Each killed 150 out of the 175 shot at, 
and that left Mr. Frank winner of the handsome trophy donated 
by the Peters Cartridge Co. to the winner for the highest average 
for the two days. 
Mr. E. J. Squires, of Cincinnati, O., a representative of the 
Dupont Powder Co., shot the highest average of all for the two 
da'ys, but as he was not entitled to shoot in the amateur ranks he 
was debarred from winning the trophy. 
There is no doubt but Dr. Wilson would have won out had he 
not been taken ill in the early morning of the last day's shoot. 
Aside from the shoot the spectators and participants were 
greatly amused and entertained by Mr. Frank, whose tricks at 
9 17 8 
8 
2 
.. 10 
5 15 .. 11 10 20 
.. 20 
12 .. 
6 8 
15 15 
*Lemcke 9 9 15 8 
Perkins 11 812 9 
Watson 5 7 8 5 
J S Foster 7 
Ragsdale 11 
Banks 9 
Watson 6 4 
L C Smith 11 12 
Stillman 10 10 
Havnes 7 
Fuller 8 
Adams 9 . . . . 
McDonald 7 . . 11 
Lipop 11 21 
Reif 18 17 
Lacy 8 5 
Wednesday, Second Day, Atig. 8. 
Events: 123456789 10 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 25 
Frank 9 12 17 12 14 20 15 14 17 21. 
•■^Squires 12 15 20 14 13 16 15 14 20 22 
Abbott 12 11 19 12 12 18 12 15 16 23 
*Avery 12 11 16 12 13 14 10 7 18 20 
Wilson 14 9 17 11 14 17 14 13 18 24 
Eastham 8 11 16 12 10 14 11 13 16 13 
*I<;aufmann 11 14 15 9 11 17 10 13 13 13 
Brown 14 14 18 13 11 15 14 12 18 22 
Baugh 9 10 19 13 14 19 13 12 14 22 
Smith 12 9 13 11 10 14 S 9 15 14 
Vass 10 13 17 14 14 16 13 12 19 24 
Broyles 11 11 20 11 12 IS 12 14 16 18 
Garthe 9 10 12 9 13 18 12 11 15 22 
Henderson 14 10 17 13 13 15 12 15 17 19 
Livingston 13 13 IS 14 15 16 12 13 17 22 
^^■oodworth • 11 9 13 10 9 13 11 10 17 13 
Pooler 12 12 12 12 11 11 8 10 12 16 
Reif 11 8 16 9 15 13 11 8 14 19 
McCormack 11 12 16 14 13 17 14 14 15 19 
Freidman 10 13 16 13 13 15 14 12 12 17 
Foster 10 12 16 13 13 19 12 14 19 20 
Oliver 12 9 16 10 11 11 13 12 18 20 
Marlowe 14 13 15 15 7 12 8 11 14 17 
Etheridge 12 12 15 11 14 17 10 10 14 24 
Aird 15 13 15 9 10 12 10 11 17 21 
Gray 12 9 15 11 8 13 10 11 15 21 
Moody 12 12 17 13 12 13 12 10 13 19 
Joyner 11 11 18 12 11 17 12 10 16 16 
Thompson 11 9 15 10 12 17 11 13 14 19 
AT BIRMINGHAM. 
legerdemain were so marvelous that he would be a credit as Her- 
mann's successor. The only Irby Bennett — ^he was on the grounds; 
also Harry Lemcke, the very popular Southeastern representative 
of the Peters Cartridge Co., from far-away Savannah.; also Maurice 
Kaufmann, the New Orleans, and Mr. John E. Avery, the Atlanta, 
representatives of the cartridge. 
After the shoot was concluded a memorial was passed among 
the shooters by Mr. Robt. Baugh, of the Birmingham Arms Co., 
the signatures to attest the appreciation of the shooters and Bir- 
mingham in particular to the Peters Cartridge Co. for their liber- 
ality and sportsmanlike spirit in promoting trapshooting in the 
South, and also many thanks to Mr. John H. Mackie for his able 
management of the shoot; and trusted that the time would not be 
far distant when this company would give a shoot, if not here, in 
some near point in the South, when there is every reason to be- 
lieve there would be a large, if not larger, shoot, as all partici- 
pants were so delighted that they have all promised to attend any 
shoot given by this company within 200 or 300 miles of their re- 
spective homes. 
Thirty dollars cash was added by the management to the last 
event and helped send the boys home happy and closed the whole 
shoot with great satisfaction to all. 
Below are full scores of the two days: 
Tuesday, First Day, AtJg. 7. 
•Events: 123456789 10 
Targets: 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 25 
Frank 13 15 19 14 15 18 13 13 18 22 
''Squires 13 14 19 13 12 20 12 13 18 22 
Burke 11 11 13 8 9 6 
Wilson 14 15 18 15 14 18 13 14 15 21 
*Avery 13 8 13 13 7 17 10 13 14 19 
Eastham 12 13 18 11 10 17 9 13 15 22 
"Kaufmann 12 12 12 13 14 15 15 14 16 19 
Brown 13 13 14 13 15 16 13 15 17 20 
Baugh 13 13 12 12 9 19 10 13 17 22 
imith 11 10 13 12 9 17 12 12 17 19 
Etheridge 13 13 14 11 13 17 10 10 18 17 
Pmkston 12 11 13 13 8 12 8 13 15 . . 
Broyles 12 10 15 11 14 16 9 12 15 18 
i^arthe 12 11 13 8 13 15 10 6 14 15 
Pooler 8 12' 14 9 11 11 9 12 16 18 
J^urton 10 10 15 10 12 15 10 9 . . . . 
Kirke 11 10 14 14 9 12 10 9 14 17 
^^ird 14 10 15 9 14 15 10 U 18 20 
Livingston 14 13 19 13 12 18 12 10 18 24 
Sid Paul 11 13 16 12 10 9 9 13 13 19 
Jersey ... 9 8 12 9 13 . . 
Wocdworth 10 11 13 10 12 16 8 12 17 19 
Henderson 13 9 12 11 12 16 11 10 16 12 
Grey 12 9 12 12 11 18 9 11 15 17 
Moody 11 11 17 14 15 17 12 11 15 21 
•Toyner 9 12 14 12 10 20 10 11 13 15 
1 hompson 7 12 13 12 10 17 10 10 13 19 
Brednardello 13 13 14 10 8 13 14 12 12 18 
Girard 9 15 14 13 9 14 12 10 17 19 
Ppphai^- 7 12 15 6 6 17 9 13 14 17 
Fletcher 11 14 16 12 11 20 9 13 16 21 
Long 12 12 9 10 9 16 15 13 14 19 
Vass ; . ; 10 11 17 14 12 17 10 12 15 24 
Ch^^^ , 1?! 12 15 11 13 18 7 15 17 20 
Paul . 13 11 8 12 12 18 8 13 14 21 
McCormack 15 12 16 12 12 14 12 13 16 24 
Freidman 12 13 11 11 9 16 12 12 15 23 
Foster 13 14 16 12 12 17 15 14 14 22 
9 ?'er 13 13 16 10 12 18 13 14 10 20 
Abbott 12 15 19 11 14 2fl 12 10 18 20 
Fpwlkes 9 11 13 14 13 14 14 17 20 
Warren 7 9 11 10 8 . . 7 10 11 20 
^"^orean 11 10 , . 13 12 . . . . 
Marlowe 6 $ ■■ ■■ 9.. 
Ji^riggs , %i ;; ;: ;; 
Popham 10 
Girard 13 
Fowlkes 14 
Long 10 
L C Smith 15 
Bregnardello '. . 10 
Fletcher 13 
Chase 9 
*Bennett 11 
Bauns 10 
Morgan 10 
Kirke 10 
Turton 12 
Pinkston ■ 9 
Perkins 9 
Watson 9 
Chamberlyn 6 
Cole 9 
J PI Brown 8 
Chamberlain 
McDonald ,. 
Jersey . . 
Perry 
Lipop 
Hudnaw 
14 17 
10 13 
10 15 
17 11 
14 17 
7 16 
11 15 
14 15 
10 12 
8 7 
10 14 
10 16 
10 11 
11 16 
11 12 
6 10 
5 .. 
8 .. 
6 .. 
13 11 
8 11 
13 11 
8 8 
12 9 
7 12 
10 12 
14 9 
9 12 
8 10 
7 .. 
10 
8 
7 
9 
7 
17 12 
17 13 
15 8 
13 7 
15 13 
10 8 
12 13 
17 12 
18 U 
12 17 18 
12 17 20 
n 16 20 
12 13 13 
14 18 22 
13 13 16 
12 16 18 
9 18 20 
10 12 13 
.. 912 
10 10 11 18 
.. 8 .. 11 9 12 .. 
9 10 .. .. 10 .. 
14 10 .. .. 10 .. 10 
12 15 16 
.. 10 14 10 17 .. .. 
9 14 17 
8 
Broke. 
151 
161 
150 
143 
151 
124 
126 
151 
145 
115 
152 
143 
131 
145 
153 
116 
117 
124 
145 
135 
148 
132 
126 
140 
133 
125 
133 
134 
131 
141 
134 
127 
102 
149 
112 
134 
137 
m 
Broke. 
160 
156 
157 
127 
140 
132 
150 
146 
132 
136 
i22 
117 
120 
i25 
136 
153 
125 
i28 
122 
126 
144 
126 
128 
127 
136 
116 
143 
119 
142 
134 
130 
146 
135 
149 
133 
151 
Total. 
317 
3U 
308 
306 
1st Day, 2d Day. 
*Luther J Squires 156 161 
Abe Frank 160 151 
Dr Wilson 157 151 
John Livingston 153 153 
Abe Frank, Memphis, won first average and medal. 
*Shooting for targets only. 
Notes. 
There was a race between Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee for 
a watermelon, but the winners of the race, who were the Alabama 
boys, failed to get the melon, 
Dick Pooler, after the first day, said: "I will give Mr. Pooler's 
gun, also Mr. Pooler, a talkin' to, and to-morrow we will both 
go out and break them all"; but evidently he forgot to, from the 
looks of his score. Dick generally shoots at the top. 
R. H. Baugh (to whom a great deal of credit is due for the suc- 
cess of the shoot, as he kept it before the boys' eyes all the time 
by. sending notices to them and working like a trooper) shot a 
good race and was one of those who were most pleased over the 
success of the shoot. 
Charlie Reif got in late the first day. He gave as his excuse 
that he was taken sick. Of course, we will have to believe him 
because his looks bore out his statement. 
The traps and shells seemed to vie with each other for best 
record. The traps made but one miss and there was not a single 
missfire or balk among all the Ideal or New Victor shells used. 
The Birmingham squad— Eastham, Brown, Baugh, Smith and 
Fowlkes — held their own and took down a good share of the purses. 
Mackie was here, there and everywhere, one of the busiest meii 
on the ground. 
Mr. Vaughn, cashier, had the money ready for the boys the sec- 
ond day by 4 o'clock; also the averages figured out. That speaks 
well for both the cashier and tfie management. 
Abe Frank, of Memphis, we can't say much about, as everyone 
knows him; but we think his name ought to have been Hermann 
No. 2 from the tricks he played on the boys at the grounds. 
The photographer took a picture of Lemcke, Avery, Kaufmann 
and Mackie. the representatives of the P. C. Co. The united 
beauty of these gentlemen, however, was more than any eoctra 
heavy plate glass could stand and smashed the plate the instant 
the shutter was opened. 
L. J. Squires, of Cincinnati, inade it look like the targets were 
not hard to break, as he made dust of them very nearly every time 
he pulled the gun to his shoulder. 
Harrv Tones came out t<3 t]ic grounds on th* second day with 
a 12-foot Boxer's or Chinese gun and said Irby Bennett had to 
shoot it and Peters cartridges. 
Moody says: "Take those right quarterers away, as I can't 
hit 'em." 
Dr. VV'ilson, of Savannah, wants them thrown a little harder the 
next time. 
Genial Harry Jones was here, there and everywhere, and his 
jolly ways and comic remarks pleased the crowd. He tried to 
shoot one event, but would not let his score be published, as he 
said his friends would not believe it if they saw a straight score 
after his name. 
Fitchfaurg Rifle and Gun Club. 
FiTcuBURG, Mass., Aug. 10.— The club held its seventeenth 
regular shoot of the season this afternoon, with sixteen shooters 
present. The excessive heat and the wind from an approaching 
shower made the conditions very unfavorable for high scores for 
the first few events, but after the shower passed it was quite a 
model afternoon. We had with us to-day Mr. Thompson from 
the Orange Gun Club, and judging from the way he broke the 
targets, being on strange grounds, and it being his first experi- 
ence shooting over a magautrap, should say "he's all right." 
We were glad of the presence of three of our own members- 
Messrs. Dix. Hawkins and White— who have been constant at- 
tendants, but this year have been unfortunate in having trains so 
that their runs came on the dates of our shoots. We hope the 
combination is broken now and they will again be with us at each 
shoot. 
And there are those Leominster fellows, who are always around 
when there is any shooting going on, and how we should miss 
them if they should stay at home. Their genial ways always add 
to the enjoyment of the occasion. They seemed to be in better 
spirits than usual to-day. It must be they hadn't forgotten the 
event at Gardner on Wednesday last. We haven't either; but 
then I shan't say much about it. We came in third, and I agreed 
with one of the members of the team when he said, "The only 
reason we weren't fourth was because there were only three 
teams." 
We don't seem to be much good in a match. We do our best 
shooting when it doesn't count, and we are all asking ourselves, 
"I wonder why? I wonder why?" But we always have a good 
time just the same. 
Appended are scores of to-day's shoot in fuU: 
Events : 
Targets : 
1 2 3 4 6 7 8,9 10 
10 10 10 25 op 10 10 10' 10 25 
8 7 
4 8 
3 .. 
5 7 
Bean 4 6 5 15 
Dix 7 4 4 16 
McDonald 4 6 5 17 
White 5 5 5.. 
Cutler 7 6 4 13 
Converse 7 6 5 17 
Esty 4 8 5 19 
Andrews i,,, 8 5 16 
Russell 10 8 12 
Stickney 5 U 
Farrar 4 16 
Hawkins 4 12 
Rob 19 
Ashton , ,. .. 2 .. 
Thompson ., 19 
Wilder 
AU events unknown angles from magautrap. 
M. A. Cutler, Treas. 
6 
7 
4 .. 
9 23 
8 22 
4 8 
5 5 
8 10 
.. 2 
7 9 
9 18 
7 18 
617 
Mississippi Valley Notes. 
Programmes are out announcing the amateur shoot to precede 
the big Indian tourney at Lake Okoboji. The dates for this event 
are Aug. 23, 24 and 25. Targets are to be thrown on the Sergeant 
system, and the programme calls for ten 15-bird events each day. 
On the 24th a special race will be shot at 20 birds for a sterling 
silver cup. The management will be in the hands of Hinshaw 
brothers, who offer five high average and four low average prizes. 
While this is to be in all respects an amateur shoot, many of the 
experts will be present, getting in form for their own affair the 
following week, and it will in all likelihood be one of the big 
shoots of the year in the Northwest. 
The Lewiston, 111., Gun Club gives its annual midsummer tourna- 
ment on the 15th inst. Targets will be thrown from magautrap at 
2 cents each, and the programme calls for fifteen events, embracing 
200 shots. 
The Knoxville Gun Club is one of the thrifty new shooting 
organizations of north central Illinois, holding practice meets every 
week. The following scores were made at the last gathering: 
Events : 123456789 10 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Av 
Burnside 7 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 9 .. .933 
Charles 7 7 9 8 8 7 8 761 
I Lewis 876679766 .. .688 
J H Lewis 7 7 7 5 6 7 5 8 10 .. .688 
Houk 7 6 6 6 9 5 7 6 675 
Butt 5 6 4 7 8 5 8 7 6 7 .660 
Babcock 6 3 7 8 8 7 8 7 6 5 .SSi 
Pierce 4 5 5 7 5 7 6 7 607 
J C Lewis 4 4 5 8 8 3 6 5 503 
Some very good shooting was done by J. H. Lewis, having shot 
over a trap but once before. 
Mr. Pierce wasn't up to his usual clip, but says he will lean a 
little more forward in the future. 
L— - 11 - F. C. RlEHL. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
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The wild ducks are doing finely, I will let you know later about 
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Mount PoGono, a charming spot in the highest part of the 
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