Oct. 3t, 1903.] FOREST AND STREAM. 881 
Praifie Gty Toufnament. 
Prairie City, la., Oct. 21.— The Prairie City Gun Club's annual 
iwo-day tournament closed to-day. The weather was warm and 
pleasant. The programme had 200 targets each day. No money 
^vas added to the events, but $10, $6 and 100 loaded shells were 
given to the three amateurs making highest averages. Mr. A. P. 
McDowell won first; Walker second, and Butters third. Budd was 
high for both days, but did not share in the purses or averages. 
Mr. F. C. Whitney acted as cashier. Mr. S. A. Tucker was pres- 
end and shot in several events for targets onlj'. This is the first 
shooting he has done for some time. 
Oct. 20, First Day. 
Events: 1 
targets: 10 
Walker 8 
Brown 7 
i<amsey 7 
S Moore ». 9 
McDoweU 9 
Forney 7 
Budd 10 
Moore 
GifTord 5 
Tucker 7 
Geo Marshall 5 
Furgeson 7 
Butters 7 
Simmins 7 
Bowen 7 
Draper 
Dearth . . 
Yokem . . 
Cozad 
Moor 
Earley 
2 3 
15 15 
14 13 
12 11 
13 9 
11 12 
12 14 
12 11 
13 14 
9 .. 
12 .. 
12 13 
13 10 
11 12 
14 11 
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 U 12 13 
15 15 20 15 15 10 20 15 20 15 
13 15 18 12 12 7 16 12 19 8 
8 13 
13 13 
14 13 
11 12 
14 13 
14 11 12 
15 14 8 
16 15 12 
13 10 9 
20 12 14 
8 13 9 15 12 
8 is 14 ig ii 
5 17 13 19 13 
9 17 15 16 13 
14 12 
12 13 
9 9 
12 13 
16 12 12 
16 10 12 
10 11 9 
18 11 14 
8 16 13 17 11 
4 11 8 11 9 
8 18 14 17 12 
5 
Broke. 
167 
144 
i78 
152 
180 
156 
121 
169 
Oct 2 J, Second Day. 
Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 
Targets : 10 15 15 15 15 20 15 15 10 20 15 20 15 Broke. 
A P McDowell 10 14 14 14 14 18 15 13 10 17 13 18 15 185 
Budd 10 15 15 15 15 16 13 13 10 19 15 17 14 187 
Walker 9 14 15 13 14 18 12 13 9 14 13 19 12 175 
Butters 10 14 13 12 13 16 12 11 8 15 13 18 13 168 
Gifford 3 13 
S Moore 8 13 12 13 6 
Brown 9 13 13 12 
I Brown 7 12 11 10 11 
V'owell 3 
Kamscv 9 10 11 13 10 
Hawkeye. 
Trap in Arkansas. 
Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 18.— What-will probably prove to be 
the last target tournament of the season in Arkansas, was given 
by the Duely-Mons Arras Co., an enterprising sporting goods 
firm of this place. Nothing elaborate was attempted, but a very 
neat and attractive tournament was offered. This consisted of 
ten events, ranging from 10 to 20 targets. The firm under whose 
auspices the shoot was held generously added |50 in cash to the 
purses, to which contributions from no one else was a.sked. This 
■brought a fairly good field of shooters, considering the lateness 
of the season. The visiting contingent was good. Pine Bluff, 
Camden, De Vails Bluff and several other places were repre- 
sented. The attendance of local shooters was also up to the 
usual standard. In the regular events John M. Pemberton, a 
local shooter, carried off the honors with 88.6 per cent. Next to 
him was W. B. Powell, that good shooter from English, Ark., 
while Coles, of Pine Bluff, was third. John W. Dickinson, an 
old-time local shooter, showed excellent form, but did not com- 
pete in all the events; his average was 87.1 per cent, for the 
number; of targets shot at. W. B. Miller, another local shooter, 
but one of the young ones, also shot well. 
Individual Contests. 
Aside from the regular programme events, there were several 
very important matches decided. The first of these was between 
I. T. Vick, of Pine Bluff, holder, and A. L. Morgan, of 'Camden, 
for the individual target championship of the State. The condi- 
tions of this specify 50 targets. This number, however, failed 
to prove sufficient, as each scored 42. The shoot-off at 25 failed 
to produce any result, as each scored 24. Another string of 25 
showed Vick: the winner with 23 to 22. Thus it required a hun- 
dred targets to reach a decision, and the aggregate score for each 
was Vick 89. Morgan 88. Mr. Vick won the medal at the annual 
tournament in open competition, and since then has successfully 
defended it. having in turn defeated W. Tt. Duley and O. Thibault, 
of I.itllc Kock; W. I!. I'owell, of English, and now A. L. Morgan, 
of Camden. 
C. E. Pierce, pf Camden, longed For possession of the Peters 
Cartridge Co. challenge trophy, held by Gibson Thibault, so this 
brought about a contest between this pair. This, too, was a 50- 
target race, but. like the first, was barren of results when this 
niifJjbgr had been shot, as each scored 41: The shoot-off was at 
25, and here Thibault came to the front, scoring 22 to his op- 
ponent's 20. 
Probably the most important event on the card was the live- 
bird match between W. B. Powell, of English, and R. W. Larkan, 
of De Vails Bluff, for a purse of ?100. This, like the preceding 
match, was fraught with much interest, and the contestants were 
verj' evenly matched in shooting skill, each having defeated the 
other in a prior contest, though Larkan is the present holder 
of the Peters Cartridge Co. live-bird championship trophy. 
Powell got off with a good start, as Larkan lost early in the 
race, and at one time Powell was two to the good; but Larkan 
showed staying qualities, and managed to overcome this, and in 
turn had a lead of two, but just when he appeared to have the 
match won, he lost his last two birds, and thus another tie re- 
sulted, each having killed 20. This was immediately shot off, and 
here Larkan won out by killing 5 straight, while Powell lost his 
fourth. 
The weather was propitious, and everything passed off very 
pleasantly, with the exception of some annoyance from inexperi- 
enced trapper boys. 
Mr. Paul R. Litzke handled the cash, and this department was 
ably looked after. 
After the live-bird match was decided, a $3 miss-and-out was 
shot. This was divided by Coles and Dickinson on the ninth 
round. The scores follow: 
Events: 1 2 3456789 10 
Targets: 10 15 20 10 15 10 15.20 10 15 
Pemberton 9 14 16 8 12 10 14 18 10 13 
Powell 10 14 14 6 12 10 14 16 10 15 
Coles 7 13 16 10 13 9 14 17 8 13 
Morgan 9 13 18 8 10 10 11 17 
Wright 7 13 16 8 14 8 12 19 
G Thibault 8 13 19 7 13 9 13 15 
\/ick 6 14 15 10 11 9 13 17 
Pierce 7 10 15 8 14 9 15 16 
T K Thibault 9 13 12 S 10 10 12 16 
"Dvdey 10 11 18 6 13 7 11 15 
S M Powell 9 10 10 5 8 4 7 
Miller 12 10 14 18 8 11 
Dickinson 9 9 14 19 9 14 
Reaves 12 11 9 13 
Larkan 7 12 8 11 
Lippincotte 13 3 6 
Bird 14 8 .. 5 
Counts 11 
Chenault 11 
Hobbs 10 
Larkan-Powell match: 
Laj-kan 22220222202222222222*2200—20 
Powell 222222222*20222*220222022—20 
Shoot-off : „. „ 
Larkan 22222—5 Powell ■ 22200—3 
8 15 
9 13 
7 12 
7 13 
9 9 
7 14 
Shot 
at. 
140 
140 
140 
140 
140 
140 
140 
140 
140 
110 
95 
85 
85 
60 
50 
45 
40 
15 
15 
15 
Broke. 
124 
121 
120 
119 
119 
116 
115 
112 
111 
91 
53 
73 
74 
45 
38 
22 
27 
11 
11 
10 
Cincinnati G«n Club* 
The attendance on Oct. 24 was very good, twenty-five shooters 
taking part in the cash prize event, and for a portion of the after- 
noon two sets of traps were used. 
Tlie targets were hard ones, and the scores made are really bet- 
ter than the figures indicate. Norris, the high man in the prize 
shoot, is especially worthy of mention. A new man at the traps 
(he began this fall), he has steadily improved in his work, and 
to-day topped them all with a score of 47, and was the only one 
to break straight in either of the three strings into which the 50 
targets are divided, smashing the last' 20 without a miss. He will 
bear watching, and will have to be reckoned with when the finals 
are shot. Trimble's handicap of 22yds. is a sure enough handicap 
on such targets, and 41 is a good score. The same may be said 
of Squier at 20yds. Barker did good work from 18yds., and 
landed in second place. 
The club will be represented at the National Gun Club's tourna- 
ment at French Lick, Ind., by Messrs. Ahlers, Trimble, Medico, 
Gambell and Phil, and some of that ?500 will find its way to the 
Queen City. 
In the practice shooting Squier shot from 19 and 21yds., 
Trimble 22, and Block 20. 
A number of the club members are planning hunting trips, 
mostly for quail. Fred Dreihs and John Schatzman will spend a 
couple of weeks in Adams County, O. Wm. Herrick will look 
for sport at Covington, O. H. Norris, with a few friends, will 
spend a week in Virginia. Dr. A. B. Heyl and H. N. Norris will 
go to Reelport Lake after ducks. Geo. Harris, Dr. Thrasher, 
Eugene Lewis and Dr. Beche-'msr are going to Brown county 
and later to twenty miles below Memphis. Jas. Faran and Thos. 
Paxton will put in a few days at Middletown and Eaton. W. R. 
Randall can find sport good enough for him around his plaee in 
.Ma.son, tJ. Ji G. Steinman and a party from Hamilton, will go to 
Prentiss. Wis., after big game. J. E. Worth and Herman 
Jergen?, will go to Illinois for a week. About Thanksgiving time 
Capt. E. A. Donally will go to Indiana. D. II. Merkle and Chas. 
White will visit Brown county, and later will go to Kentucky. 
E. M. Barker and L. W. Miles are going to Huntsville, Ind., 
for a we?k. C. U. Clerk and W, D, Howe go to Illinois for a 
week or ten days. L. F. Ahlers and H. Van Ness will hunt in 
Adams county. Jack Clemens, E. Wilson and a few others will 
go to Warren county, O. Ralph and his brother, E. Trimble will 
go to Morgan, Ky. Ralph Trimble is trying to make up a party 
to go to the upper peninsula of Michigan to hunt big game a 
little later. , ; : ^ , , 1 4) 
Every shooter on the grounds was glad to once more see 
Superintendent Gambell's son, Lutie, on deck. He has had a 
long siege of it, but is now able to hobble around a little, with 
the aid of a cane, and all wish him a speedy recovery. 
A little sweepstake shooting was done on the 23d. The scores 
of cash prize distance handicap, 50 targets, follow: Medico, 18yds., 
39; Barker, 18yds., 44; Ahlers, 19yds., 41; Sunderbruch, 19yds., 40; 
Maynard, 18yds., 33; Gambell, 19yds., 27; Squier, 20yds., 40; 
Trimble, 22yds., 41; Block, 20yds., 34; Randall, 16yds., 33; Stein- 
man, IGyds., 33; Lindsley, 16yds., 27; Dennison, 16yds., 21; Colonel, 
ICyds., 7; Faran, 17yds., 34; WiUiams, 17yds., 40; Harris, 17yds., 
35; Roanoke, 17yds., 25; Captain, 17yds., 27; Norris, 16yds., 47; 
Hobart, 16yds., 27; Harig, 16yds., 28; Hattersley, 16yds., 23; 
Mark el, ]6yds., 21; Jack, 16yds., 30. 
Team shoot, 50 targets per man: 
Ahlers 22 2.3-45 Gambell 19 19—38 
Medico 25 20—45 Squier 19 22—41 
Barker 19 20—39 Faran 21 18—39 
Sunderbruch 20 23—43—172 Williams 22 23—45—163 
BONASO. 
Prospect Shooting Association. 
Oct. 19.— The Prospect Shooting Association's all-day shoot, 
postponed from a prior date, had ten programme events. The 
weather was pleasant. Hawkins was high with 136 out of 150. 
Storr broke 134, Fulford 129. Dupont was high amateur with 127. 
Events: 123456789 10 
Targets: 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 25 25 
Hawkins 7 11 9 14 
Storr 8 13 9 14 
Fulford 8 15 9 12 
Carr 8 10 9 11 
Becker 6 8 8 11 
Medinger 4 13 8 13 
Prospect 8 10 7 5 
Levy 8 11 8 11 
Tydings 7 11 7 12 10 11 
Ruth 7 8 
German 9 
9 13 10 15 24 24 
8 12 
8 13 
7 12 
7 11 
7 12 
8 9 
5 12 
14 24 24 
9 11 22 22 
8 9 19 20 
8 7 .. 17 
7 8 .. 22 
5 8 17 13 
8 12 20 .. 
8 12 .. .. 
10 7 13 21 21 
11 10 12 21 13 
11 9 12 6 
Dupont 9 11 9 12 9 
Mordecai 11 5 14 5 11 8 12 21 13 
Cottman 11 6 10 6 9 1 10 16 16 
Silver King 8 5 12 4 9 7 9 21 20 
Philbrook 6 12 8 10 4 11 8 11 16 16 
Boyd 8 5 10 4 9 4 7 20 16 
Wood 7 10 7 10 8 13 20 19 
Malone 8 11 10 8 8 12 20 20 
Bowen 6 
Poehlman 13 9 8 22 
Adams 8 13 15 .. 
Street 8 5 
Alma 13 9 
Thompson 19 17 
Five birds: 
Malone, 31 12121—5 German, 31 21122—5 
Storr, 29 22101—4 Thompson, 28 01100—3 
Cottman, 28 22212—5 Mordecai, 30 21120—4 
Dupont, 30 11121—5 
Prospect. 26 10212—4 
Silver King, 28 10012—3 
Wood, 26 0U12— 4 
Five birds: 
German 21212—5 
Mordecai 12111—5 
Thompson 11220—4 Prospect 
Street, 26 01220—3 
Hawkins, 32 22222—5 
Carr, 28 10212—4 
Cottman 20112—4 
Malone 200w 
.10101—3 
Avon Tournament. 
Avon, N. Y., Oct. 23.— Appended arc the scores of the third 
annua! tournament of the Avon Rod and Gun Club. 
The trade was represented by Messrs. J. G. Heath, Bridgeport, 
Conn.; Geo. R. Ginn, New Haven, Conn.; H. H. Stevens, New 
York city, and O. S. Stull, Batavia. 
The features of the day were the shooting by McCord, of 
Rochester, and Green, of Avon. Both of those men arc ama- 
teurs. McCord won first average, breaking 169 out of ISO targets. 
Greene and Stevens tied for second with 165 out of 180. 
There was a stiff north wind blowing, which made the shooting 
very difficult. 
The longest runs were made by McCord and Stevens, with 53 
straight each. The attendance was light, but the shoot was a 
success. The scores: 
Event?: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 
Targets: 10 10 15 15 20 10 15 15 25 15 15 15 
McCord 10 8 15 15 19 9 13 13 2215 15 15 
Stevens , 10 9 13 15 20 10 14 14 22 14 10 14 
Greene 9 .S 14 14 17 9 13 13 "5 14 14 15 
StLdI 9 9 13 12 14 9 10 11 21 13 14 14 
Harrison 7 5 S 8 S 8 11 10 22 12 11 14 
Curtis 8 8 9 12 11 9 10 8 18 1-2 12 9 
Herman 7 4 12 9 10 7 9 9 13 7 .. .. 
Chase 7 6 9 11 10 5 . . 10 11 10 11 . . 
Wilw.x , 6 7 11 9 .. 
Jay GRE6NB. 
