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FOREST. AND STREAM.- 
[[Dec. 6, 190a. 
Delawate County Cottntfy Club* 
Philadelphia, Pa.. Nov. 27.— The Delaware County Country 
Club Gun Club, a new addition to the local ti-apshooting worlci, 
was fairly launched with an open tourney on their grounds at 
Manoa to-daj'. The tourney was well attended, but owing to the 
nature of tlie programme the squads were arranged in ragged 
order, leavmg one of the two set of traps idle a portion of the 
time. The drawing features on the programme were an individual 
match at 100 targets over the magautrap, handicap rise, for a very 
handsome gold medal, open only to Philadelphia and vicinity, 
also a contest for the six-man team championship at 25 targets. 
The prizes in this event were a large silver cup for the winning 
cltib, and a small silver cup for each member of the winning 
team. 
The shooting arrangements at the country club are the best 
to be had at a location where the grounds are very uneven, the 
background sloping away from the score very rapidly, making a 
target w^hich ordinarily would be 12ft. high, look to be 30ft. high. 
Poor scores resulted in every instance. Neaf Apgar did manage 
to locate the targets in the last few sweeps, while A. H. Pox 
was simply up in the air. The trapping arrangements are a 
magautrap and a Sergeant system. 
A very comfortable shooting box is in course of erection, and 
will be completed in the near future. 
The individual m.atch was shot over the magautrap, with thirteen 
entries, including Neaf Apgar, whose score did not count for the 
medal. C. Torpey, of Radnor, won with 81, practically beating out 
\ an Loon in the last string. Pive teams were entered in the team 
match, and the prizes were practically given to the Florists' be- 
fore a gun was fired. 
The tourney was managed by Howard George, assisted in the 
office by J. P. Edwards and J. S. Alcorn. The scores follow: 
Individual championship : 
Apgar, 20 23 22 21 18—84 De Treg, 15...... 19 21 18 18—76 
Torpey, 17 19 IS 20 2^81 Ford, 16 19 20 17 18—74 
Van Loon, IS.... 23 18 18 20—79 Gregory, 16 19 17 17 19—74 
Pisher, 18 22 19 20 17—78 Winchester, 19... 17 19 18 19—73 
Edwards, IS 20 20 20 18—78 Huber, 16 17 20 15 20-72 
Parsons, 16 19 22 19 18—78 Weinmann, 16.... 19 18 15 20—72 
Cotting, 14 21 20 20 17—78 
• Team match : 
Florists' No.. 1. Westchester. 
Anderson 22 Torpey 20 
Sanford 22 Howard 17 
\\mche3ter 23 Eachus 13 
Parsons 20 Cardwel 19 
Cartledge 21 Richards 18 
Sheeler 19—127 Farr 19—106 
Clearview. Florists' No. 2. 
Downs 17 Massey 16 
Smith 14 C Hansel 18 
Jones 17 Van Loon 23 
Fisher 1,...^,. 21 Westcott 17 
Edwards 22 Thomas 9 
Bye 21—112 J Hansel 12—95 
Country Club. 
Huber 19 George .......... H 
De Treg 12 George 16 
De Susson 16 Wynn 10 — S4 
Cotting 11 
Sweepstake events: 
Events: 12345678 
largets: 10 10 15 10 10 15 10 15 
Fisher 9 g 11 7 9 14 7 10 
Huber 6 4 12 6 4 14 7 13 
Cottmg 86866 13 612 
Apgar 9 10 14 9 7 15 10 15 
Jones 7 6 9 9 5 14 6 14 
Puff 7 5 5 5 0 9 4 13 
De Treg 6 4 12 7 .. 13 10 14, 
Frankhn 4 9 U 6 7 .. 7 .. 
Eachus (i 8 12 4 12 7 .. 
Richards 7 7 10 4 9 7 
Howard 6 5 11 5 .i 13 S !^ 
Cardwell S 5 .. 6 .. 12 6 .. 
Van Loon 9 8 11 8 7 13 8 13 
Bye 4 4 9 .. 
Mack 7 5 5 
De Susson 6 ,. .. .. 11 
Alexander 5 3 .. i .. 13 "i .. 
Barrett 2 .. 12 .. 
Gil! 5 ; .. 
Blanch 7 .. .. 6 .. 12 4 .. 
Ferguson .ii. ..v. 7 .. .. 5 .. 12 5 13 
Beyers 6 
Worthington 10 9 8 14 9 .< 
Torpey , 9 7 U g 12 
Edwards 12 10 14 
Robinson 6 12 
Smith 6 12 
Anderson 7 j, 
Sheeler 9 
Redifer 9 .. 
Downs 8 
Ford 8 
Bell 7 ii 
"\^'einm.an 7 10 
Thomas , , 8 
Hanse , 7 
Gregory 12 
Beebee , 9 
Cartledge , 14 
Ambiehl . . . . 9 
Sanford , 10 
Event No. 5 was at 5 pairs. 
Aqu'idnecfc Gaa Clah. 
Newport, R. I. — The Aquidneck Gun Club held its usual holi- 
day shoot on Thanksgiving Day. Though a dense fog prevailed, 
and occasional showers added to the discomfort of the shooters, 
tlie boys did not murmur, but donned their heavy weather clothes 
and essayed to snuf¥ out the clay , saucers as though sunshine and 
bright skies prevailed. 
A programme of 100 targets had been arranged, divided into 
eight events, and this proved to be long enough, for the traps 
bfi-lked frequently, owing to the general wetness, which also 
aflected them. 
The first four events were devoted to merchandise prizes, and the 
remainder to sweeps. Dring captured first honors, both in the 
prize events and in total score. Griffin landed second with 3 less. 
Events: 12345678 Total 
Targets: 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 Broke. 
Dring 8 12 7 12 10 10 7 12 78 
Griffin - 9 11 5 11 6 13 9 H 75 
Powell 8 7 6 11 10 10 8 11 71 
Mason 7 10 7 14 6 10 6 10 70 
Coggeshall 4 11 5 9 9 10 4 11 63 
Hammett 9 6 5 5 6 9 7 10 57 
Cuizens 5 8 6 6 4 9 9 9 56 
Gardner 3 7 4 10 6 6 5 7 48 
Bentley 2 6 5 5 3 9 6 7 43 
Champion 26494314 33 
Anthony , 5 4 1 5 1 2 1 5 24 
H A Peckham 6 11 8 13 9 11 
E S Peckham 2 8 6 8 6 12 
Chase 4 5 3 7 3 
Sherman 5 5 7 12 
J. S. Coggeshall, Sec'y. 
Wfachester Gan Cfob. 
Detroit, Mich. — The regular shoot, Nov. 29, was a great day for 
ducks, but not for targets. There were sailers and dippers and 
fierce low lefts, even Joe IMarks said they weren't easy. Guthard 
figured them best. Folowing are the scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 10 15 15 10 15 25 25 
Brodie 8 .. U 11 20 15 
Guthard 5 13 14 9 U 18 20 
Ford 2 9 11 9 
McAdam 7 6 9 8 
Marks 7 12 11 7 .. 15 .. 
Hitchcock 5 8 9.. 8 15 
"MY AIR GUN." 
My little girl, nearly seven, got off something that set mc think- 
ing. They all do, of course. At supper. Just ^ter atteading the reg- 
tilar shoot, she with pride said to a little girl friend, "My papa has 
four guns— his bear gun, his, air gun, his quail gun and his duck 
gun." 
I mentally placed them all but the "air gun," and after thinking 
a moment, I asked her which was the "air gun," to which she 
immediately replied, "Why the one you take to the club." 
- D. A. H. 
Ossining- Gun Club* 
OssiNiNG, N. Y.— The Thanksgiving Day shoot of the Ossining 
Gun Club shows up very well from an attendance standpoint. In 
all, twenty-nine shooters favored us with their presence. The 
Inter-county match was a sort of a fizzle, though the only team 
competing with the home team lifted the cup, and a beauty it 
is too. But four shooters came down from Poughkeepsie without 
their captain, Max Condit, too, .ind rather than have them go 
home disappointed, we shot them a four-man match, and right 
gamily they shot too. It was probably better that way, for now 
we can go up to Poughkeepsie and meet the Poughkeepsie boys 
again, it having been a pleasure this first time. 
Mr. J. "Tecumseh" Skelly was the only trade representative 
present. Aside from being a fine shot with a gun, as well as with 
Roman candles, Mr. Skelly showed his versatility by juggling 
some cranberry sauce and the contents of a Vichy syphon among 
the scant locks of a hard-working fellow shooter. Such dexterity 
in shampooing could only come from long practice, or is it an 
outci'opping of heredity? Perish the thought. 
The first event was for the championship of Westchester county. 
A. Bedell, of the Ossining Gun Club, won the cup and title with 
47 out of 50. Mr. E. F. Ball, also of the home club, and a new 
man at the traps, was a close second with 46. 
The second cup put up by Mr. F. Brandreth for members 
who had never previously won a trophy, was won by R. Kromer, 
Jr. It was a popular win by a popular fellow. Mr. L. Goetter, 
of Brooklyn, is an all-right fellow, and always welcome. Mr. 
Davis, who came with him, is stamped the same way. As he is 
an old Mount Pleasant Academy man, he knows the way to 
Ossining, and will come again. Our old standby, Betti, was on 
hand, though a little out of practice. In fact, it was a good, 
jolly crowd, and there was no unpleasant episode to mar a suc- 
cessful day's sport. High averages for the day were as follows: 
A. Bedell, 90 per cent. ; G. Grover and C. Blandford, 89 per cent. ; 
R. Kromer, 88 per cent. ; J. T. Skelly, 87 per cent. 
Inter-county cup shoot, 25 targets: 
Poughkeepsie Gun Club. Ossining Gun Club. 
A Traver 24 A Bedell 22 
P McCormack 20 A Ball 18 
W Briggs 17 C Blandford 24 
F Buckley 23—84 W Hall 18—82 
Medal shoot,- championship of Westchester county, 50 clay 
birds: A. Bedell 47, J. Foley 37, I. T. Washburn 36, A. Betti 43, 
*P. McCormack withdrew, *J. Skelly <12, C. Blandford 44, K. Mc- 
Alpin 34, R. Kromer, Jr., 44, J. C. Barlow, F. Brandreth and D. 
Brandreth withdrew, W. P. Hall 42, E. Ball 46. 
*Shot along. 
Prize cup, for those never previously having won a trophy, 25 
targets, handicap: 
Brk. Hdcp. Total. Brk. Hdcp. Total. 
J Foley 15 5 20 *J C Barlow 13 5 18 
*I T Washburn.21 0 21 F Brandreth ...19 4 23 
J Skelly 22 0 22 D Brandreth ...20 3 23 
K McAlpin 15 5 20 G Edgers 12 8 20 
R Kromer, Jr... 22 3 25 W Smith.. 11 8 19 
Other events: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 10 10 15 15 25 Targets: 10 10 15 15 25 
J T Skelly 8 9 15 11 22 Ganoung 3 
C Blandford 9 .. 12 .. .. Burt 3 ,. 
. G Travers. 12 13 .. IT Washburn.... 9 10 12 11 20 
K McAlpin 4 9 F Hahn 7 
D Brandreth 8 F Brandreth 8 
R Kromer, Jr 9 G Davis 5 7 . 
J C Barlow 8 9 W Clark 10 10 23 
L Goetter 8 13 12 23 P McCormack 9 .. .. 
G Edgers 5 A Betti 11 w 17 
W Hall 15 .. .. W Coleman 12 14 19 
E Ball 7 9 J Foley 10 
A Bedell 9 .. 12 .. .. C Elpert 9 15 
C Swain, Jr....... 4 F Buckley 7 
C. G. B. " 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
Cfescent Athletic Gon CIob» 
Bay Ridge, L. I., Nov. 27.— The Thanksgiving Day shoot of the 
Crescent Athletic Chib was well attended. Two members who 
had not appeared in the prior contests of the present season par- 
ticipated successfully, each capturing a prize. The scores follow: 
Thanksgiving Day cup, 50 targets, handicap: 
H. B. T. H. B. T. Total. 
DVB Hegeman 4 22 25 4 21 25 50 
L M Palmer, Jr 3 23 25 3 21 24 49 
H M Brigham 0 23 23 0 21 21 44 
E L Beers 10 14 24 10 9 19 43 
D C Bennett 4 13 17 4 21 25 42 
Dr Pool 2 19 21 2 18 20 41 
W W Marshall 5 17 22 5 14 19 41 
Jere Lott 3 17 20 3 17 20 40 
G W Cropsey 2 15 17 2 19 21 38 
C Marshall, Jr .....7 8 15 7 15 22 37 
G W Meeker 5 15 20 5 11 16 36 
G W Hagedorn 2 17 19 2 14 16 35 
Club trophy, 25 targets, handicap: 
Hdcp. Brk. Total. Hdcp. Brk. Total. 
D V Hegeman. 4 21 25 G W Cropsey.. 2 20 22 
L Palmer, Jr... 3 22 25 DC Bennett... 4 17 21 
.G W Meeker... 5 18 23 C Marshall, Jr. 7 14 21 
Jere Lott 3 20 23 G W Hagedorn 2 18 20 
E L Beers 10 13 23 Dr Pool ....... 2 18 20 
H M Brigham. 0 22 22 W W Marshall. 5 14 19 
Shoot-ofI, 25 targets, handicap: 
Hdcp. Brk. Total. Hdcp. Brk. Total. 
D V Hegeman. 4 21 25 L Palmer, Jr... 3 21 24 
^^anderveer trophy, 25 targets, handicap: 
Hdcp. Brk. Total. Hdcp. Brk. Total. 
L Palmer, Jr... 3 23 25 GW Cropsey.. 2 18 20 
H M Brigham. 0 24 24 D V Hegeman. 4 16 20 
C Marshall, Jr. 7 36 23 WW Marshall. 5 15 20 
Dr Pool 2 21 23 DC Bennett... 4 14 18 
Tere Lott 3 19 22 G W Meeker... 5 12 17 
"E L Beers 10 12 22 G Hagedorn 2 11 13 
Palmer trophv, 25 targets, handicap: 
Hdcp. Brk. Total. Hdcp. Brk. Total. 
R E Wigham.. 8 17 25 H L Meyer.... 9 8 17 
H M Brigham. 0 23 23 J S Fiske 10 2 12 
W W Marshall. 5 18 23 
Shoot-off for club trophy, 25 targets, handicap: 
Hdcp. Brk. Total. Hdcp. Brk. Total 
R E Wigham.. 8 17 25 W W Marshall. 5 17 22 
H M Brigham. 0 22 22 H L Meyer.... 9 8 17 
Club trophy, 25 targets, handicap: 
Hdcp. Brk. Total. Hdcp. Brk. Total. 
W W Marshall. 5 22 25 H M Brigham. 0 23 23 
C Marshall, Jr. 7 19 25 G W Meeker... 5 17 22 
L Palmer, Jr... 3 21 24 Dr Pool 2 19 21 
Club trophy, ?5 targets, handicap: 
Hdcp. Brk. Total. Hdcp. Brk. Total. 
L Palmer, Jr... 3 22 25 WW Marshall. 5 15 20 
G W Meeker... 5 17 22 Dr Pool 2 17 19 
PI M Brigham. 0 21 21 C Marshall, Jr. 7 11 18 
Match, 25 targets: Palmer 24, Bergen 21, W. Marshall 17, Hage- 
dorn 13, Bennett 11. 
Match, 25 targets: Palmer 16, Meyer 6. 
Nov. 29. — The shooting members of the Crescent Athletic Club 
were present to-day in good numbers' at the Bay Ridge traps. 
Harry B. Vanderveer had already won the November trophy, so 
the final contest was abandoned. Summaries: 
The high scores in the November cup contest, best three strings 
to count, were: . . „, . _ , 
1st string. 2d string. 3d string. Total. 
H B Vanderveer ....49 44 50 143 
L C Hopkins .........48 44 40 1|2 
DrGE Poole... ........43 4B 41 
Hdcp. Brk. Tots 
W McConville. 4 15 l* 
D C Bennett.. 4 11 15' 
A Corliss 4 10 14 
Trophy shoot, 25 targets, expert traps: 
Hdcp. Brk. Total. 
W W Marshall 5 12 17 
H M Brigham. 0 22 22 
Dr J J Keyes. 1 19 20 
Dr G E Pool.. 2 15 17 
Sweepstake, 25 targets per man, expert traps: H. M. Brighat 
23, Dr. J. J. Keyes 22, W. J. McConville 17, Dr. G. E. Poole 1 
D. C. Bennett 15, A. Coriiss 11, W. W. Marshall 9. 
Ten pairs per man, scratch, expert traps; H, M. Brigham 1 
Dr. J. J. Keyes 8, E. T. Wigham 8, Dr. G. E. Poole 7. i 
No. 1, sweepstake, 25 targets per man, expert traps: D. ( 
Bennett 18, W. W. Marshall 18, Dr. G. E,- Poole 15, A. Corlis? 
13, W. J. McConville 9. 
No. 2 : Bennett 21, Keyes 20, Brigham 18, Poole 14, McConvill 
13, Corliss 13, W. W. Marshall. 
No. 3: Bennett 14, McConville 13, Corliss 8, Marshall 19. 
No. 4: Bennett 16, Brigham 23, Poole 19, McConville 17. 
Brooklyn Gtin Clufa, 
Brooklyn, L. I., Nov. 27.— The Brooklyn Gun Club held a su< 
cessful shoot to-day. The club's active, hustling manager. Mi' 
John S. Wright, was, as usual, in charge. The scores follow: 
Events: 123456789 10 1 
Targets: 10 15 10 15 5p 10 5p 15 15 10 8 
Newton 7 12 .. 14 .. 7 .. 10 
Griffiths 10 13 9 15 8 9 7 14 11 8 , 
Wright 8 12 7 11 6 7 7 10 13 9 1 
G Remsen 10 15 9 14 8 10 .. 15 12 9 
Hatfield 8 13 8 14 7 8 5 9 11 .. 
Church 4 7 4 8 3 5 
Nefr 3 10 6 4 6 
Ebbetts 5 9 10 11 7 6 .. ll 
Trap Atound Reading, 
Reading, Pa., Nov! 28.— The holiday target shoot of the Sout._ 
End Gun Club, on its grounds, on Boyer's Island yesterday after 
noon, was somewhat of a disappointment in the quality of th 
sport, the day being anything but favorable for making goo. 
averages. The occasional bursts of sunshine furnished the ex 
ception, when it was fairly good, the shooters being then able t" 
find the targets about normally, but at other times the backgrounii 
was dark, making shooting a difficulty rather than a sport. Whei 
the conditions that beset the day are considered, the average 
made were very good. The highest individual average of th' 
afternoon was made by Gerhard, who broke 89 out of 110 target' 
shot at in sweepstake events. 
_Murphy had the best straight score made during the afternoon 
25 out of a possible 25. The magautrap was used part of th( 
afternoon, but later the club's new Sergeant traps v/ere presset 
into service, and they gave entire satisfaction. 
The scores made were as follows: 
Sweepstate events, all at 10 targets each: 
9 
9 5 
8 10 
8 7 
Events : 1 
Schultze 7 
Yost 7 
Gicker 
Miles 7 
Gerhard 7 
Farr 7 
Jones 6 
Sellers 5 
Matthias. 4 
Howard 7 
Murphy 4 
Texter 2 
George 8 
Henry 6 
Earnshaw 8 
Giles 6 
Renninger , .. 4 
C Miller 
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 
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8 8 8 7 19 22 11 
3 10 6 19 
7 7 6 
7 8 8 
3 6 6 
5 4 9 
2 
7 
7 
7 
5 
9 
7 
5 
3 
6 
5 
6 
1 
3 
4 
7 
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22 13 H 
8 8 16 17 1 
7 7 19 ~ 
6 5.. 
4 10 7 10 6 .. 
5 8 6.. 
7 5 23 19 2| 
9 *8 7 
5 4 4 7 5 14 .. 
17 .. 
1 .. .. 
Duster. 
Denver Gao" Clab. 
Denver, Colo., Nov. 24. — The Denver Gun Club enjoyed a pleasi 
ant outing on the' 23d inst., at the grounds, south of this city 
I'he occasion was a turkey shoot for Thanksgiving birds. Th^ 
shooting was done in squads of six, each representing one turkey, 
the ties being decided by lot. Capt. J. S. Sedam, who is jusj 
retuined from an extended stay at the Utah duck preserves, cami 
out best winner in the ties with three orders to his credit. 
Some informal practice work followed, some at handicap diS' 
tances, and doubles, the scores under these conditions being verj 
good. Figures are subjoined: 
Events: 123456789 10 111213 Broke 
Sedam 9 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 21 ........ 99 
Fredericks 9 10 9 10 10 10 9 10 25 102 
Pickett 10 10 10 9 10 9 10 10 24 
Seymour 9 7 9 7 9 9 9 .. 23 23 .. .. 
Adams 7 .. 7 .. 10 8 10 8 
Youkman 10 9 10 9 ,. 24 22 .. .. 
Riehl 9 10 9 10 10 9 10 9 22 22 23 23 24 
Hawland 9 9 9 9 9 7 6 .. 18 
Gorst 3 4 3 5 6 6 5 5 
Parsons 4 .. 4 .. 4 .. 6 5 
Hughes ................ 6 10 6 10 7 8 7 9 
Sinimonds ............ 6 6 0 6 6 5 6 5 
2 
7 8 .. 8 ., 
5 .. , 
Smith 3 
Warren 7 
Schwalbe 7 
4 3 
102 
1(6 S 
60 * 
84 
190 
76 
37 
810 
63 
46 
30 
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KiLLMORE. 
I 
Tim, a well-known and popular "collecting dog" of Paddingtr.r 
station, is dead. About eleven years ago he arrived, a waif bj 
an early morning milk train, was adopted by an inspector, 'anc tf- 
soon made himself at home on the passenger platforms. He hac 
a box attached to him in which travelers were wont at their wil 
to drop coins, and Tim, though no parasite, had a knack oIL 
looking after first-class passengers, to many of whom he wa^'"' 
introduced. With the late Queen Victoria he was a great fav. 
ite, and she always had a donation to give him, which was ; 
the most part of gold. King Edward and Queen Alexandra ul 
wise subscribed to the fund he collected, which was for : 
benefit of widows and orphans of persons who had worked for sii' 
Great Western Railway. The dog collected thousands of dollars 
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Tie Lawfence-Roos Co, 
In Forest and Stream of Oct. 25 and Nov. 1 appeared an ; 
vertisement headed "Hunting" and signed "The Lawrence-R : ; 
Co., International Hotel, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, P. C. Roc 
Mgr." Inquiries made in Canada show that P. C. Roos has u- 
connection whatever with any of the allied companies' whid! 
operate the International Hotel. He is alleged by business peopU 
in Sault Ste Marie and by one of the banks there to be WJthoyj 
known fiaanci^ responsibility. 
