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WESTERN TRAPS, 
Side Shots. 
The JKa nsa s boys are all enthusiastic, and this successful meeting 
will do" much to advance trapshooting in the State this year. 
Fred Rogers and Frank Riehl each had a bad day, owing to 
broken guns. 
The boys agree that Frank Hodges is a prince of entertainers, 
The West and the Handicap. 
Chicago, 111., April 5. — It was a Western Grand American 
Handicap this year, held in the West and attended largely by 
Western shooters, the greatest number of shooters ever assembled 
in any contest of similar nature in the history of the world, so far 
as known. The winner, Mr. H. C. Hirschy, of St. Paul, is a 
Western man. The runner-up^ Mr. G. G. Spencer; of St. Louis, 
is another Western man, and the third man in the tie, Mr. R. O. 
Heikes, of Dayton, O., is yet another Westerner. Mr. Pollard, 
fourth in the tie, and crowding Heikes close in the running, is 
yet another Westerner, and the members of Garfield Gun Club, of 
Chicago, will receive him joyfully on -his- return* Bingham, Hill, 
Herman, Coll, Dering, Roll, Crosby* • Gilbert and very many other 
Westerners showed far up in the - ties. All in all, the Grand 
American Handicap is a very good example of what the West 
can do in a shooting way. 
There is talk in Chicago to-day about the proposition to hold 
the next- Handicap at Springfield or Chicago, and much as Illinois 
would appreciate this honor, there seems to be a considerable 
sentiment here in favor of' not attempting this State for the 
Handicap next year. Chicago has at present no adequate grounds 
for the entertainment of 'the Handicap, nor is Springfield ad- 
equately equipped therefor. These matters might perhaps be 
remedied, but the impression here is that should the big shoot be 
brought to Illinois or perhaps to any other Northern State, the 
immediate result would be a hard fight in the Legislature with 
the intention of abolishing live-bird shooting altogether. A good 
many gentlemen here think it would be well to pass the North for 
a time until this sort of thing cools down a little. 
BLUE RIVER PARK, KANSAS CITY. 
No. 1 set of traps, G. A. H., 1902, where the greatest contest began. 
backed by the good people of Olathe, to whom he serves as 
BuTgomeistcr. 
Owing to the James Whitfield obsequies^ J. A. R, and Dave 
Elliott did not arrive until late Thursday. The resolutions adopted 
by the Association relating to the death of Mr. Whitfield are as 
follows. They will bespeak the nature of the man and the friend- 
ships which he drew unto himself through life: 1 
"Inasmuch as the tragic death of the late James M. Whitfield, of 
Kansas City, Mo., has deprived the Kansas State Sportsmen's As- 
sociation of the sympathetic aid of a lifelong friend, and the sport 
of trapshooting of an ever-ready advocate and supporter, there- 
fore be it 
"Resolved, That this Association greatly regrets the sad circum- 
stance of the sudden termination of this brilliant and useful 
career; that we appreciate and shall ever cherish gratefully the 
force of his free and earnest pen in behalf of the sport of trap- 
shooting; that we condole with the stricken family and friends in 
their personal bereavement, which is a public loss throughout the 
Western world of true sport and sportsmanship. Also 
"Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the 
records of the Association and sent to the bereaved family, and to 
the Kansas City Star, with whose sporting columns he was so 
long and brilliantly identified." 
Several snipe, plover and wild ducks were killed by the boys 
during the week as they flew northward over the traps. 
Ed O'Brien, of Concordia, was presented by his friends with a 
handsome loving cup, "between the acts" of a theatre party on 
Tuesday night. 
Secretary Kooler was detained by sickness from reaching the 
grounds until Wednesday afternoon. 
Following the -State tournament at Olathe, an informal pro- 
gramme was shot Friday forenoon by twenty of the boys who 
stayed over. Two events were shot from original handicaps, pairs 
from 14, miss-and-out from 20, and last sweep from 18yd. mark 
Riehl made high average for the day. 
Crosby— Elliott Match/ 
The match between W. R. Crosby and J. A. R, Elliott has been 
fixed for the afternoon of Friday, April 24, as a closing feature of 
the Oman* meet, Xjmjiom, 
As to the Handicap itself, the sentiment here seems to be that it 
has reached its high-water mark and that in no locality whatever 
could there again be assembled the numbers of shooters who 
thronged Kansas City this week. It was a magnificent gathering, 
the most splendid thing of the kind ever seen in the country. 
One could see there every shooter of the old times he ever met in 
all the country, as well as new faces hardly familiar even to the 
steadiest attendants at the traps. In view of the present agitation 
against live-bird shooting, it seemed to many of the old guard that 
it was like saying good-by to their friends; nor is it indeed likely 
that so many friends of the shooting world will ever again be 
seen together in one body. 
Echoes of the Handicap. 
April 12. — The attendance of the several ministers of the gospel 
at the Grand American Handicap last week resulted in the publica- 
tion of considerable adverse comment on the sport of pigeon shoot- 
ing in the columns of the Chicago press, the Chicago American 
being the most outspoken in this regard. The movement is re- 
ported to be followed up by active efforts on the part of the S. P. 
C. A., looking toward the passing of a law in this State prohibit- 
ing the sport of live-bird shooting at the traps. What will be the 
actual outcome of this movement it is difficult to predict at this 
time, but no one would be especially surprised if the sport were 
prohibited in this State at the next session of the Legislature. It 
is not so likely that the S. P. C. A. will prove so successful irr the 
State of Missouri,, 
As to Shaner, 
Everybody in Chicago, and in the W est ^ m tnat matter, seems 
pretty well contented with the Handicap, and the result thereof. 
We have no coldness for the East, and believe in encouraging the 
East as much as possible, but when it comes to holding a handi- 
cap and to winning it, we really had to resort to the West and a 
Western shooter this year, you know. 
When one says this much ; however, even in good humor, he feels 
obliged to do a little qualifying. As a matter of fact, the West 
furnished the bulk of the shooters and the bulk of the big winners, 
but it was not the West which rendered possible the handling of 
io unprecedented!/ large a shoot a» this in 90 wrpreoedentedly 
able a manner. As a matter of fact, the accommodations for this 
big crowd of shooters at Kansas City were hardly adequate, snd 
the bad weather rendered the accommodations still less fit to ©ope 
with the great numbers in attendance. Only one thing kept the 
machine running smoothly, and made possible the handling of the 
record-breaking affair in so smooth a manner, and that one thing 
•was the presence of an Eastern man, the black-eyed manager, 
Elmer Shaner, of Pittsburg. We can handle a shotgun out here, 
and handle the cash, and handle the crowd, but when it comes to 
handling a shoot, and a big one, an extraordinarily big one, there 
has been produced in this country only one man who could do it 
right, and that is Shaner, of the East. He certainly delivered the 
goods under difficult circumstances at Kansas City, and won the 
entire approbation of every man. Western or Eastern, who saw 
him run the machine. We saw nothing wrong with Mr. Shaner, 
and are quite willing to make overtures for him to taka up his 
residence either in Chicago or in Kansas City. He'll do. 
Hartford Building, Chicago, 111. 
Chicago Gun Club. 
Chicago, April 0.— Please find scores of the first shoot of the 
season of the Chicago Gun Club at Seventy-ninth street and Vin- 
cense road. It was not the kind of weather to induce shooters to 
come out. A steady downpour of rain fell until after 3 o'clock. 
Ten members came, and shot the two trophy events, Nos. 2 and 3, 
also two 15-target sweeps. 
The club offers some very valuable prizes, the best in the club's 
history, and that means considerable. The club is using handicap- 
ping system to put all on an equal footing — hard job to do satis- 
factorily figuring for the 90 per cent, man and the one making 35 
per cent, but will cut and try until satisfactory. 
W. D. Stannard and Cop were figured on the 90 per cent, basis, 
but they did not carry home any prizes, so it was O.K. for the 
other fellow. The month of May will be better for all the shoot- 
ers, as this percentage will be figured for the handicap more ac- 
curately: 
No. 1, trophy shoot: 
W Stannard... U0111H1101010— 11 A Morton IU011011111000— 10 
Dr Morton.... 111111101111111—14 C S Horn 011101111011111—12 
A C Boroff.... 001001100100011— 6 G V Weart....l0H01111011111— 12 
A Walters 000010111101031— 8 Cop 111111111111111—15 
No. 2, weekly handicap, 25 targets, with added targets to shoot 
at. First column, added handicap; second column, original shoot; 
third column, total shot at; fourth column, number broken; 
A Wall 
A W 
C S H 
Weart 
Cop .. 
2 
25 
27 
23 
6 
25 
31 
25 
8 
25 
33 
IS 
8 
25 
33 
m 
7 
25 
32 
M 
8 
25 
33 
21 
11 
25 
36 
23 
2 
25 
27 
23 
14 
25 
39 
18 
16 
25 
41 
15 
— 8 
—13 
—14 
— 7 
— 8 
-13 
W D Stannard, 1 0010110011011110 
Dr Morton, 3 ...101100111101111101 
A Walters, 4 1010101111101110111 
Horn, 4 .0011011000100011000 
A W Morton, 4.. .0110101000000100111 
Cop, - H: ....... . ..1010111011.101101 
Dr Burckey, 8 .10001110011110111111010 —15 
Balmer, 9 100001010101111000101101—12 
Monthly handicap and cash prizes. The above shoot. No. 3, is 
shot on the percentage plan, giving added targets to shoot at in- 
stead of allowing shooter dead birds. 
Sweep, 15 targets: 
W Stannard... 101111111111111— 14 
Dr Morton .... 001111111001010— 9 
Walters HlllUOlOlOlOll— 10 
Horn 010100001100101— 6 
Dr Burckey. . .111111011101111—13 
Cop 111110111011111—13 
Mt. Klsco Gun Club. 
Mt Kisco, N. Y„ April 4.— The following scores were made by 
the Mt. Kisco Gun Club at the regular monthly shoot on April 
2. Bad weather kept a few of our members away. Four of out 
good friends from the Ossining Gun Club were with us. Scores" 
Events 
Targets 
Betti .... 
Blandford . 
Kromer ..... 6 
Sutton 5 
Gorham .... 6 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
10 10 10 15 15 15 25 
9 10 9 12 14 14 22 
8 11 10 12 20 
5 9 12 11 19 
7 9 11 11 . . 
9 13 10 10 . . 
Events: 
Targets: 
Bissing .... 
Baley 
'V'-'fishburn . 
Rae 
Martin .... 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
10 10 10 15 15 15 25 
. 4 5 6 9 7 9 14 
7 7 6 10 9 10 . , 
.. 6 6 10 10 7 14 
., 5 4 7 7 5.. 
... 5 10 11 5 9 .-. 
A. Betti, Capt. 
North Branch Gun Club. 
North Branch N. T., April 5.-Herewith find scores of club 
shoot, ^ield at North Branch, April 5: 
.0000010000000101001100101— 7 
m X n ,; - ' •.wwwiUOtHMMJOlOlOOHOOlOl— 7 
M H Rupel! 0011001110111011110111011-17 
aT - Va S • f !eet OOOIOOOIOOOIIOOUIOOOIOOI— 9 
Wrn Disbrow .1110111111000111010111001-17 
t?j t, Eyck * 10000011110U001010111011— 14 
Ld Daniels 111101101 0111111010101011—18 
H. B. Ten Eyck, Sec'y. 
Colt Gun Club Medal Shoot. 
Hartford, Conn., April 7.— Fifteen shooters attended the bi- 
monthly shoot of this club Saturday afternoon to contest for the 
club medal, which was easily won by Hermann. Several event-? 
of 25 targets were shot, but following is the final score: Hermann 
24, Alger 23, Cook 22, W. Fetr dge 22, Hubbell 21 Warn**- 91 
Nichols 21, Hollisfer 21, C. B. Cadwell 20 W H Cadwell lfl T 
Cole 18, Evans 18, Hyde 16, S, Cole 15, Scuddtr 1* B ' J ' 
- 8. McF, 
