FofiEst AND 
d. 24, 1963. 
about his 19th target and lost one which took a sudden jump and 
went out of his pattern; but he finished with a score of 97, which, 
from the 21yd. mark, just about ties any score which has ever 
been made in a straight 100-bird race in this country. He cer- 
tainly received an ovation from the spectators, and as to the 
shooters, there does not live one in this country whose heart 
does not give a bound of joy when honest old Pon, the Daddy of 
Them All, finishes out with a good score — may they come to him 
many years yet. 
Second place fell to Fritz Gilbert and John Gerlaugh, who shot 
from 21 and 18yds. respectively, while Big Chief Tom Marshall 
took third alone on a score of 95, which Chief Long Talk says is 
a sure sign that the Lord looks after his own. The 94s held a 
goodly number in Clark, Spencer, John Boa and Stanley 
Rhoades. Jim Head was the only 93, and Jim says, "That's all 
rigth; it's a little tough to make that kind of a score and get 
shot out of the money; but 93s are so blamed scarce with me 
that I will pay that much to make one any time." 
The total scores for the third day are as follows, which figures 
show that RoUa Heikes had lost but 6 out of the 175, with 
Marshall and Gilbert close up with 168, while Charlie Le Compte 
led the amateurs with 163, though pushed hard by Clark and 
Rhoades with 162. 
West Baden Handicap, 100 targets, value $200: Stipp, 18yds., 90; 
Le Compte, 18yds., 88; Thomas, 18yds., 88; McKay, 18yds., 89; 
Vqris, 18yds., 89; Schlicher, 16yds., 86; Bailey, 16yds., 88, Ryan, 
16yds., 87; Norman, 16yds., 85; Keedy, 16yds., 89; Clark, 20yds., 
94; Anthony, 20yds., 90; Spencer, 20yds., 94; Boa, 20yds., 94; 
Waters, 20yds., 92; Rhoades, ISyds., 94; Binyon, 18yds., 92; Barto, 
18yds., 90; Marshall, 18yds., 95; Gerlaugh, 18yds., 96; Head, 18yds., 
93; Heikes, 21yds., 97; Gilbert, 21yds., 96; Sprudel, 18yds., 85; 
Slow, 16yds., 91. 
Balance of programme events, 75 targets, shot on third day: 
Stipp 60, Le Compte 75, Thomas 67, McKay 68, Voris 73, Schlicher 
71, Bailey 57, Ryan 68, Norman 64, Keedy 68, Clark 68, Anthony 
72, Spencer 70, Boa 70, Waters 70, Rhoades 67, Binyon 69, Bai-to 
67, Marshall 72, Gerlaugh 73, Head 70, Heikes 74, Gilbert 72, 
Sprudel 60, Slow 68. 
Oct. 17, Fourth Day. 
Saturday was a cold, blustery day, with a straight, incoming 
wind, which caused the targets to bounce around like a cork in a 
fountain. The 100-bird race having been the principal attraction, 
many of the boys did not remain for this, the last day, and if the 
falling off in scores of the crackerjacks is to be accepted as a 
criterion, it is a good thing that they did not. With only twenty 
shooters to shoot the programme of 125 shots, the same was soon 
shot out, the result of which shows that one Dusty Rhoades, of 
the city of Columbus, in the State of Ohio, is some pumpkins 
when it comes to shooting mud pies in a gale of wind. He 
cleaned up the bunch, amateurs and professionals alike, with a 
score of 169, and it will be many a long day before this record is 
beaten under the conditions. Scores: 
Marshall, 18yds., 153; Le Compte, 20yds., 151; Boa, 20yds., 160; 
Rhoades, 18yds., 169; Anthony, 20yds., 145; Barto, 18yds., 150; 
Bailey, 16yds., 134; Clark, 18yds., 150; Gerlaugh, 18yds., 147; 
Heikes, 21yds., 156; Gilbert, 21yds., 158; Spencer, 20yds., 161; 
Waters, 20yds., 146; Head, 18yds., 154. 
Averages. 
Average money amounted to $155, split in three equal parts and 
divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent, in classes from 95 to 90, 90 to 
85,1^, and 85y2 to 80. Those coming in for averages were: 
First, Gilbert, 94.8. 
Second, Heikes, Spencer and Rhoades, 92.8. 
Third, Clark, Boa and Le Compte, 91.4, 91.1 and 91 respectively. 
Fourth, Barto, 90.8; Marshall, 90.4; Waters, 90; Head, 89.5; 
McKay, 88.8; Gerlaugh, 88.8; Anthony, 88.5, and Bailey, S7.2. 
Every shooter present expressed his most sincere thanks and 
appreciation to Manager Bailey and President Sinclair, of the 
West Baden Hotel Company, for the many comforts and cour- 
tesies, and we came away hoping to return again. 
HOOSIER. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
Jackson Park G«n Club. 
Paterson, N. J., Oct. 18.— The Jackson Park Gun Club, of Pater- 
son, N. J., has been very unfortunate again. The handsome club 
house and grounds have been visited by the disastrous flood 
which did such great damage to the cities of the Passaic Valley. 
Paterson and Passaic suffered to the extent of millions. The dam- 
age to bridges and to property, both public and private, is almost 
beyond description. Our secretary and treasurer, Mr. Garry A. 
Hopper, was one of the unfortunate ones. His loss will amount 
to several thousand dollars. The water rose to the height of 6ft. 
2in. in his store. His loss in gun and ammunition stock will be 
almost total, and will have to be renewed. As he was just enter- 
ing upon his busiest season, his loss in time in renewing his 
stock will be a considerable loss of trade. He is trying to bear 
the strain of his second loss by flood inside of eighteen months 
as best he can. I met him at the store yesterday. He was foot- 
sore and weary from constant work, and the wearing of his high 
rubber boots since last Friday, a week ago. His loss on other 
stock on store floor is very large. 
The club house at Jackson Park is shifted from its foundation, 
and turned around, facing south out over the traps, and the plat- 
form is lying away over in the field, caught in trees and fence. 
The storehouse is shifted from its foundation and carried over 
to where the club house stood. The grounds are considerably 
torn up. I understand that Commodore Morgan, our worthy 
president, and ex-Capt. Powers visited the grounds on Friday 
and made a careful survey of the field. They have figured out 
plans, which will be carefully carried out as soon as possible. The 
plans are to reset the club house and platform, and put the 
grounds in first-class condition. If the always gentle Passaic 
River takes the notion to rise again, the club house and platform 
will also rise and fall with the water, and be found in its natural 
position after each flood. 
The club was just about advertising for the first open shoot of 
the season, but will have to postpone it for the present on account 
of the flood, which was 4ft. higher than the one of 1902. A few 
of the members had a preliminary shoot on Oct. 3 to try the 
traps and see how the game was after the lay-off. Capt. Lenone 
made his appearance, and was looking fine. He shot in great 
form. Capt. Money, Com. Morgan and Powers were at it in great 
shape, and will make a whole lot hustle when they come out 
to see us. 
Capt. Money took up a forced residence in Paterson for a few 
days on account of the flood, but has departed to where his 
family is located, at Oakland. Would be glad to have him locate 
here permanently. Dijtcher. 
Watts— Werner— Sfmpsor . 
Keyport, N. J., Oct. 17.— A live-bird match was shot this after- 
noon at James H. Johnson's place, in a driving rain, by William 
Watts and William H. Werner, of Keyport, and Daniel M. 
Simpson, of New York city. It had been arranged for $25 a 
corner, high gun to take all, and low man to pay for birds. 
Owing to the very disagreeable weather conditions, only 29 birds 
had been delivered at the grounds, and the parties agreed to go 
ahead and shoot at 9 birds each, with the result as follows: 
Trap score type — Copyright, 1^03, by Forest and Stream Pub. Co. 
Watts 2 2 2 2 * !4 2 1 2-8 
Werner , 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2-8 
Simpson .2 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1—8 
There not being birds on hand to decide the tie, another match 
has been arranged among the parties, to be shot early in 
November. S. 
North River Gun Qub. 
Edgewater, N. J., Oct. 17. — Event 9, shoot for solid silver cup, 
was won by Mr. C. E. Eickhoff, which makes three wins, thus 
giving him the cup. Handicaps apply to that event only. The 
scores: 
Events: 123456789 
Targets: 10 15 10 15 10 10 10 26 25 
Vosselman 7 9 .. 9 8 5 .. .. 13 
Harland, 3 7 8 7 9 6 6 .. .. 17 
Piercy 5 12 9 13 7 7 .. 22 18 
Allison, 1 6 9 .. 9 10 9 10 16 17 
Richter, 3 10 .. .. 9 9 .. .. 18 
Covte 5 .. 4 .. .. 4 .. .. 
Eickhofl", 2 6 8 6 9 8 19 20 
Morrison, 2 10 .. 10 10 8 7 7 .. 18 
Glover, 0 8 12 10 10 8 21 19 
Merrill, 3 5 .. .. 16 
J. R. Mersiix. 
ON LONG ISLAND, 
Crescent Athletic Club. 
Brooklyn, L. I., Oct. 17. — ^The bad weather did not deter several 
of the Crescent Athletic Club shooters from participating in the 
weekly shoot to-day. Messrs. W. W. Marshall and T. VV. Stake 
tied in this shoot for the October cup. L. M. Palmer, Jr., won 
the first contest, and George W. Meeker the second: 
October cup, 25 targets, handicap: 
Hdp. Brk. Tofl. Hdp. Brk. TotT. 
W W Marshall. 5 20 25 A Southworth. 4 16 20 
T W Stake 5 20 25 J H Jack 4 16 19 
G W Meeker.... 5 18 23 
Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap : 
T W Stake 3 10 13 A Southworth.. 3 9 12 
C J McDermott 3 10 13 J H Jack 2 9 U 
W W Marshall. 3 9 12 
Shoot-oiT, same conditions: 
Stake 3 12 15 McDermott .... 3 5 8 
Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: 
Tack 2 13 15 Southworth .... 3 11 14 
Marshall 3 12 15 Meeker 3 10 13 
Shoot-off, same conditions: 
Marshall 3 10 13 Jack 2 11 13 
Shoot-ofT, same conditions: 
Marshall 3 11 14 Jack 2 8 10 
Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: 
Meeker 3 11 14 Jack 2 9 11 
Southworth .... 3 11 14 Marshall 3 8 11 
Shoot-off, same conditions: 
Southworth .... 3 11 14 Meeker 3 10 13 
Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: 
Jack 2 13 15 Stake 3 
Marshall 3 12 15 Meeker 3 
Southworth .... 3 11 14 
Shoot-oft', same conditions: 
Jack 2 13 15 Marshall 3 10 13 
Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: 
Jack 2 13 15 Stake 3 11 14 
Southworth .... 3 12 15 Marshall 3 11 14 
Meeker 3 11 14 
Shoot-off, same conditions: 
Jack 2 13 15 Southworth .... 3 11 14 
Trophy shoot, 15 targets, handicap: 
Marshall 3 11 14 Meeker 3 10 13 
Southworth 3 U 14 Jack 2 8 10 
Shoot-ot¥, same conditions: 
Southworth .... 3 5 8 Marshall 3 4 7 
8 11 
2 5 
Clearview Gun Club. 
Darby, Pa., Oct. 17. — The Clearview Gun Club had a good 
attendance at its monthly handicap, despite the rain. There was a 
team match, four men on a side, which added much interest to 
the competition. The club shoot was at 25 targets per man, 
16yds. rise, unknown angles; the handicaps were added as breaks. 
All scores of 25 or over were considered as straight, to be de- 
cided in a shoot-off for the club's gold badge. 
F. L. Ludwig, H. M. Sibole, Dr. Robinson and Mort Smith 
tied on 25. In the shoot-off Sibole captured the prize. Ludwig 
smashed 24 out of 25. 
In the impromptu four-man team match, at 10 targets, captains 
Carr and Leicht, Carr's team defeated Leicht's by 28 to 25. The 
scores follow: 
Club event: 
Hdp. Brk. Tot'l. Hdp. Brk. Tofl. 
Ludwig 5 24 29 Fisher 2 19 21 
Sibole 11 18 29 Leicht 5 15 20 
Robinson 4 22 26 Jones 3 17 20 
Smith 4 21 25 Carr 10 9 19 
Elwell 3 20 23 
Shoot-off, same conditions: 
Sibole 11 16 26 Robinson 4 18 22 
Ludwig 5 19 24 Smith 4 17 21 
Team match, four men, 10 targets: 
Carr's Team. Leicht's Team. 
Fisher 10 Leicht 7 
Jones 8 Smith 7 
Elwell 6 Sibole 6 
Carr a^.t^, 4—28 Ludwig 5—25 
The open sweepstake event, 10 targets, 16yds. rise, unknown 
angles, resulted as follows: Jones 10, Fisher 10, Leicht 9, Smith 
9, Sibole 7, Elwell 6, Carr 5. 
Millfaroofc Gun Club, 
MiLLBRODK, N. Y., Oct. 16. — At a shoot of this club to-day 
a match between two teams of five men each, representing the ' 
Poughkeepsie Gun Club and the club of this place, at 25 birds 
per man, resulted in a victory for the visitors, who scored 101 to 
Millbrook's 95. A gold medal, emblematic of the 100-bird indi- 
vidual championship of Dutchess county, was also shot for, nine 
men competing. In this event Adriance and F. B. Stevenson tied 
on 86. In the shoot-off Stevenson scored 23 to Adriance's 19, 
giving him the medal and title. The scores in this event were 
made in four strings of 25 each. The first event was the team race, 
and the scores made counted on the 100-bird championship race. 
The conditions for shootmg were extremely hard, a strong 
wind and bad light, as well as a jerky trap, caused by one of the 
pedals becoming disarranged, made shooting difficult, and high 
gQores impossible. 
Adverse conditions notwithstanding, Mr. F. B. Stevenson suc- 
ceeded in breaking his fourth string straight, while Adriance 
and Traver, in the string previous broke 24 each. Du Bdis, too, 
shot well in the last string. 
On Nov. 6 Mr. Stevenson will defend his title against Mr. 
Traver. At the same time, any one residing in the country may 
compete, it being an open event. 
Scores follow; scores as given in team race are taken from first 
event. In event No. 5, shoot-off, Winans and Foster shot along: 
Events : 1 2 3 4 Events : 12 3 4 
Targets: 25 25 25 25 T'l Targets: 25 25 25 25 T'l 
Adriance 22 19 24 21—86 Smith 17 13 13 19—62 
F B Stevenson... 21 17 23 25—86 Gross 16 
Tallman 18 18 19 22—77 Du Bois 19 17 17 23—76 
Traver 21 21 24 19—85 Tompkins 20 21 21 21—83 
G Stevenson .... 20 19 18 20—77 Gorhara 22 20 17 20—81 
Shoot-off, 25 targets: Adriance 19, F. B. Stevenson 23, Foster 
18, Winans 17. 
Team shoot: i 
Poughkeepsie Gun Club. Millbrook Gun Club. 
Adriance 22 F B Stevenson 21 
Traver 21 Tallman 18 
Smith 17 G Stevenson 20 
Du Bois 19 Gross 16 
Gorham 22—101 Tompkins 20— 95 
W. 
Rochester Rod and Gun Club, 
Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 17.— The attendance was large at the 
shoot yesterday. The feature of the competition was the 100- 
target event, especially arranged for the visiting experts, for 
which a valuable trophy was offered by George Borst, a member 
of the club, and himself an expert at the traps. There were five 
contestants— Messrs. J. A. R. EUiott, of Kansas City; J. M, 
Hughes, H. H. Stevens, Harry M. Stewart and Robert C. 
Kershner, the latter being two of the best local trapshooters. 
The event was divided into five strings of 25 targets each. 
Stewart and Elliott each had one string of 20 straight. EUiott 
and Kershner did the most consistent shooting of the afternoon. 
Stewart experienced hard luck in the fourth string and missed 
7 targets, which practically put him out of the reckoning. Elliott's 
perfect score at this stage gave him a lead of 2 over Kershner. 
In the last string Stewart made a perfect score. Kershner 
made an 18, one better than Elliott; the latter, however, was the 
victor. The scores: 
Elliott 17 19 18 20 17—91 Hughes 15 16 18 16 19—84 
Kershner ..... 17 18 19 18 18—90 Stevens 14 16 14 18 19—81 
Stewart 19 17 19 13 20—88 
There were a number of sweepstakes shot oft" during the after- 
noon. Among the visiting shooters who participated were J, H. 
Cameron, G. R. Ginn; Messrs. Heatli, of Bridgeport; Cottell, of 
Skaneateles, and Stull, of Batavia. 
On Friday the following scores were made in the Adkin & 
Clark cup contest at Rochester Rod and Gun Club grounds: 
Allowed. Scored. Allowed. Scored. 
♦Clark 28 23 McCord 28 22 
Weller , 28 20 Ward 30 21 
Coughlin ...,..,.,.,.30 18 
*Clark wins point. 
Poughkeepsie Gun Club. 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Oct. 15.— At to-day's shoot of the Pough- 
keepsie Gun Club the Marshall cup race was hotly contested for, 
three men being but one point behind the winner, Du Bois, Who, 
with 24 to his credit, scored a second win on the cup. R. W. 
Gorham loomed up to-day as the "star of the shoot" by making a 
run of 47 straight, and securing a total of 48 out of his last 50. 
Dr. Snow drifted around to the shoot to-day, with a new gun, 
and all things considered, did fairly well. 
At the annual meeting of this club, held Wednesday evening, 
the 14th, it was decided that we should claim Jan. 1, 1804, as the 
date for holding an open tournament, particulars of which will be 
published in the near future. 
Election of officers took place at this meeting as follows: Presi- 
dent, W. A. Adriance; Vice-President, H. W. Marshall; Secre- 
tary, A. J. Du Bois; Treasurer, H. E. Winans; Captain, A. Traver. 
Events: 12345678 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 25 
Adriance 8 9 8 9 9 10 15 20 
Traver 8 9 8 9 .. 10 14 23 
Claymark, 5 6 4 7 7 .. 8 12 20 
Smith, 3 8 9 6 7 10 9 10 23 
Dr Snow 5 7 6 8 .. 8 .. 18 
Gorham 8 8 8 8 .. 10 15 23 
Du Bois, 2 9 8 8 .... 10 13 24 
Winans, 5 5 7 9 .. 22 
*Adriance , 20 
♦Re-entry. 
Snaniweh. 
Trap Around Reading, 
LoRANE, Pa., Oct. 15. — The sweepstake shooting match held 
here to-day was a success. The principal feature was the match 
between John Quinter, of Gibraltar, and Valentine Harner, of 
Birdsboro, which resulted in a victory for the latter by the score 
of 22 to 21. The scores follow: 
Match, 25 targets per man, $5 a side: 
Quinter 1111011111011111111011101—21 
Harner 1111111111101101111101111—22 
Sweepstake events; 
Events: 12 3 Events: 12 3 
Targets: 10 10 10 Targets: 10 10 10 
KilHan 9 10 8 Brown 7 9 9 
W Lutz 8 8 8 Ziegler 8 6 8 
Quinter 7 8 7 Field 7 6 7 
G Lutz 9 5 .. Hain 5 6 7 
Harner 7 8 8 
Special event, 10 live birds, 28yds., $10 a side: 
Quinter 212*022**2—6 Brown **22*21*10— 5 
Shenandoah, Pa., Oct. 16. — A large gathering of prominent 
sports from this city and Mt. Carmel witnessed a live-bird shoot 
on the Girard grounds here between E. AV. J. Shortall arid M. J. 
Connelly, of Mt. Carmel, two crack shots of this section, for 
purse of $75, this afternoon. Connelly won by killing 5 to his 
opponent's 4. The betting was lively and a neat sura changed 
hands. Duster. 
Trap at Momence. 
When the Momence, HI., boys issued their notice for a day's 
shoot they had expectations of a fair crowd, but they were disap- 
pointed, as when Oct. 14 came around, Only six men came for- 
ward and shot the entire programme. 
F. Burnham was equal to the loss of but 8 targets; J. Parks but 
9, and Yates 10. Dupois and Chipman did not shoot through. 
The scores: 
Events : 
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Shot 
Targets: 15 10 10 15 10 10 15 10 10 15 15 15 at. Broke. 
T Burnham 12 9 10 14 9 10 14 10 10 15 14 15 150 142 
Parks 14 10 7 15 10 9 15 10 8 15 14 14 150 141 
Bell 12 7 8 11 9 5 11 7 5 13 10 9 150 107 
Yates 10 9 9 15 8 10 14 10 10 15 15 15 150 140 
Nichols 8 9 15 10 5 4 10 6 6 6 7 9 150 ' 97 
Dupois 6 5 .. .. 25 11 
Sunrise 13 10 6 12 8 9 13 10 8 13 13 14 150 129 
Chipman 6 14 . . U 45 31 
