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WESTERN TRAP. 
Mexia Gun Club Tournament, 
Mexia, Tex., July 31. — A rather prolonged, though successful, 
shoot was that of the gun club , tournament held here July 26, 27, 
23 and 29. There were forty-three shooters, and some very fine 
scores were made. T. E. Hubby shot steadily and regularly each 
day. R. J. Jackson made high amateur score, and ihe Hunter 
Arms Co. trophy went to him. 
Fanning, Faurote, Sens, Curran and Atchison did not get in 
until the iast day, when they all made top scores. 
The programme of each of the first three days provided a. total 
of 160 targets; on the fourth day, 190. The scores: 
—July 26— —July 27 July 28— July 29— 
Shot 
Shot 
Shot 
roke 
at. 
Broke, at. 
Broke. 
at. 
155 
160 
152 
160 
175 
190 
156 
160 
155 
160 
182 
190 
148 
160 
173 
190 
i.03 
ii5 
142 
160 
'51 
'60 
'94 
126 
iss 
±60 
'si 
'95 
±42 
ieo 
170 
±90 
51 
60 
78 
95 
29 
35 
92 
100 
91 
105 
29 
35 
19 
30 
54 
70 
37 
55 
35 
45 
35 
50 
41 
55 
46 
60 
'49 
'60 
19 
30 
68 
100 
26 
40 
'ie 
'26 
63 
90 
'26 
'50 
68 
90 
'36 
'45 
56 
70 
'35 
'56 
26 
40 
ioi 
±35 
20 
30 
12s 
160 
46 
65 
50 
70 
37 
60 
137 
160 
±46 
160 
'72 
"85 
18 
30 
-18 
30 
25 
35 
37 
50 
'24 
'SO 
18 
35 
24 
40 
22 
35 
44 
65 
35^ 
55 
35 
65 
21 
30 
18 
25 
23 
35 
17 
25 
66 
80 
54 
65 
iso 
190 
180 
190 
183 
190 
175 
196 
184 
190 
76 
95 
Shot 
Broke, at. 
R J Jackson 151 160 
T E Hubby 151 160 
R Bennett 146 160 
Dr Watson 140 160 
Carter 102 120 
Bevill 114 140 
Groves 90 105 
W W Turner 83 95 
R Cook 67 80 
A Mills 77 100 
J Karner 34 45 
E Waller 51 65 
Fike 33 45 
B Smith 30 45 
E R Foster 58 70 
Flanagan 32 45 
Gentry 15 20 
J Focke 21 30 
Allen 23 35 
B W Bonner 24 35 
Stroud 39 55 
Ezell 8 30 
House 17 30 
H Ross 30 50 
Weddington 
T Oliver ... 
Woodland 
Fuller 
Caldwell 
Garrett 
Prickett 
Lewis . . " ... 
Sullivan 
Brown — 
Person 
Anderson ... 
Buri'ord 
Fanning 
Faurote 
Sens 
Curran 
Atchison 
-•'Storey 
Reynold's Annual Tournament. 
Reynolds, Ind.. July 29. — There was a fair turnout on the occa- 
sion of the gun club shoot. Not all present were with us for the 
whole day, otherwise some extra good shooting would have been 
the result. 
Vietmeyer was with us, and he did his best shooting of the 
year — 190 out of 205. Parks shot well, but then when Brown and 
Nichols came in they outshone all. Brown lost 2 out of 110, and 
Nichols 4, to Ackerman's 6. The weather was not the best, else 
al! would have done better. Mr. Grass proved a manager that 
the club can be proud of. Scores: Parks shot at 205, broke 177; 
Vietmeyer 205, 190; Crass 205, 171; Reumler 185, 169; Kinney 205, 
190; Moulton 190, 177; Hartman 90, 79; Brown 110, 108; Nichols 
110, 106; Ackerman 110, 104; Rice 55, 45; Pruett 55, 43; Slow 110, 99; 
Mitchell 80, 61; Samples 50, 40. 
Ashland Gun Club. 
Lexington, Ky., Aug. 2. — The members of the enthusiastic gun 
club met for practice, and a generally good time at the club 
grounds, Aug. 1. There were many visitors present, and a 
general good, sociable time was the result. Scores as follows: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: ±5 15 25 15 15 15 Targets: 15 15 25 15 15 15 
A P Perry 5 10 16 10 10 6 A Hamilton 12 
W Vandeeren... 9 12 20 13 13 13 G Graves 9 3 6.. 
R H Smith.... 12 10 17 13 .. .'. T G Denny 7 7 .. 
E H Sellers... 8 10 16 7 8 8 J Gilgrist 9 7.. 
J Harp 10 6 13 7 12 . . W Lydon 5.. 7 3 2.. 
C M Land 5 1 8 .. 2 .. S Staffer 5 .. .. 3 .. 
F Corbin 2 7.. 3 1 5 J Q Ward 9 .. .. 
W Henderson.. 15 . . 22 9 . . . . T Satterwhite. . 8 14 . . 12 9 .. 
R S Kinner 10 . . 12 6 . . . . C S Ward 11 8 .. 9 11 . . 
W Strader 8 16 9 ... . 
Event No. 3 was Peters gold medal. It was won by Mr. W. 
Henderson. 
Ka sas Mourns Loss of Pristfge. 
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 5.— Yesterday was a bad day for 
Kansas. Though Ed O'Brien shot well, he could not win out with 
a patched up team, as only three of his regulars were present, 
and one of the substitutes lost the race. 
The Missouri team was this time all of Kansas City's best and 
hard to beat, not a man going below 17. You see, C. W. Franke, 
A. C. Holmes, W. M. Clayton, Harry Tipton and Dr. Leavel have 
won many a live-bird race, while on the Kansas team was to be 
found Gottlieb, of Kansas City, a Missouri man, and Kleinhaus, 
who had an oft day entirely. Anderson, O'Brien and Gorman are 
good for 19 or 20 any day, and they lost but 2 out of their 60 
of Elliott's choice flyers. This is their first defeat for the year, 
and when they get Fatty, Arnold and Timberlake . added to 
their team they will show 'em when they come back again. 
The individual race between Clayton and O'Brien for the 
pigeon wing trophy was one of the closest ever shot on the Blue 
River Park. Each got 49 out of first 50, then O'Brien was a 
head one at 75, only to run up against very hard luck on the 
last 25, when he lost 2 dead out and the race by these two, as 
Clayton bagged the whole 25. Scores : 
All-Missouri. 
Franke .' 222210222222022*1222—17 
Holmes 201*1112211222222222—18 
Clayton 11112212112111112121—20 
Tipton 10222122222222211222—19 
Leavel 22212222221210111121—19— 93 
All-Kansas. 
Gottlieb 22222*21112202222122—18 
Kleinhaus 02*10100112222020222—13 
Anderson 2*212212222211122222—19 
O'Brien 22222221222222222222—20 
Gorman 22222222122*21221121—19— 89 
The scores in the Clayton-O'Brien match follow: 
Clayton .2211121122111121111211222—25 
1210212122111121212122221—24 
21 122*2111112210222122212—23 
2211112121112111112112222—25— 97 
O'Brien : 2222202222222212222222222— 24 
2222222222222222222222222—25 
2222222022222222222222222—24 
2222202222222*2222222*222—22— 95 
Janesville Tourrament. 
Janesville, Wis., July 30.' — The first annual shoot or tournament 
of the Janesville Gun Club was pronounced a success by the pro- 
moters. ■ • 
Shooters to the number of seventeen were present from Mad- 
ison, Broadhead, Monroe, Grand Rapids, Edgerton and Belvit. 
The boys present all feci under obligation to Eugene Roesling 
for the able manner in which he handled the shoot. The club 
was greatly encouraged by this effort, and will try and get in line 
for a shoot next season that shall draw to it at least one hundred 
shooters. 
' Shickley Tournament. 
Shickley, Neb., July 30. — On Friday there was an all-day shoot 
held here by the gun club. There was a good time all round. 
The team shoot was especially interesting, as the home team won 
over Edgar by a small majority of 10 targets. Shickley has now 
two wins to its credit, and the next shoot will be held at Geneva. 
This will be interesting, as Mr. Thorpe, the retired jockey, lives 
there, and has taken up trapshooting as a pastime. Mr. Thorpe 
shot in all the events here and won the high average. Scores: 
Hillon shot at 110, broke 87; Thorpe 140, 108; Miner 120, 88; Win- 
nerstiene 30, 22; Osborne 100, 73; Harris 140, 96; Smith 70, 45; 
Dodge 90, 57; Howard 140, 87; Grimm 140, 87; Ford 10, 6; Patie 
140, 80; Krueger 20, 11; Marson 60, 32; Bray 50, 24; Smithson 
30, 12; Johnston 20, 7. 
Match shoot, 50 targets each. 
Shickley Team— Thorpe 42, Harris 40, Dodge 40, Muir 36, Patie 
29: total 187. 
Edgar Team— Grimm 41, Hiller 38, Howard 37, Osborne 37, 
Bray 24; total 177. 
Challenges. 
After the big shoot at Kansas City, Aug. 4, W. W. Clayton 
was challenged by Ed O'Brien, of Florence, Kans., for the Wyeth 
medal, which represents the championship of the Missouri valley 
at live birds 
Alec Mermod, of St. Louis, challenged W. W. Clayton for the 
pigeon wing trophy, representing national championship, which 
will be contested 011 either 50 or 1C0 live birds. 
A team of St. Louis live-bird experts has challenged the Kansas 
City or the Missouri team for a match for the Elliott live-bird 
cup. These teams have held some spirited and close contests in 
the past, and will make a struggle that will be well worth wit- 
nessing. 
Trap at New Berlin. 
New Berlin, O., Aug. 4. — What turned out to be a first-class 
tournament was that of the home gun club, which held their first 
open shoot Aug. 3. There were eight fifteen target events, and 
a five-man team event. 
Tryon, the Cleveland good shot, was first with 114 out of 120. 
Dr. Hale, of Canton, came next with 109. Trimble was the only 
expert that was present, and he was busy, when not using the 
pumps, doing fancy rifle shooting. There were fifty-one shooters 
present and taking part for the day. _ ... 
Shooting at 120 targets Tryon broke 114, Dfi Hale 109, Lucky 
107, Snow 105, Lothamer 103, Taylor 103, Trimble 103, W. W. W. 
102, Ewalt 102, Haac 101, Williams 97, Bradley 97, Young 96, 
Beam 96, Schulz 95, Evans 92, Becher 91, Suffold 81, Suffcool 64, 
Runner 61. At 105 Metzer broke 93, J. K. W. 91, J. A. S. 91, 
Gait 90, Gilchrist 88, Gray 89, Beck 83, Winnell 78, Smith 77. At 
90 Russell broke 74, Win 71, Dunn 71, Raven 62, Ellett 52, 
Francis 52, Baer 47, Lyman 34, Bushman 31, Gault 37. 
In the team shoot Akron came out on top with 225 out of 250. 
Scores: . 
Akron— Lucky 48, Bradley 47, Metzler 47, W. W. W. 42, Wag- 
goner 41; total 225. 
Canton— Win 42, Young 45, Wate 37, Hook 46, Lothamer 42; 
total 212. 
Barbaton— Smith 40, Gault 39, Tracy 38, Beck 38, Bruder 42; 
total 197. 
New Berlin— C. J. Schlitz 43, Ream 41, James 31, William 38, 
Winnell 39; total 192. 
Sparta— Buckman 42, Buber 34, Guest 43, Bah- 32, Smith 39; 
total 190. 
In Other Places. 
E. E. Hagaman, secretary of the Waterloo, la., Gun Club, 
wishes all shooters to know that on Sept. 22 and 23 there will be 
a tournament on their grounds, with p.enty of added money. 
All sportsmen who visit the Worid's fair, will find much, to 
interest them when they call, at the Winchester Repeating Arms 
Co. exhibit. The trophies that have been won with their goods 
are the greatest collection ever known in the United States. 
Billy Townseiid, the well-known shooter and sporting goods 
dealer, of Omaha, was one of the lucky ones in the land draw- 
ing at Bonesteel, S. D. He secured a $5, COO farm and he has 
named his ranch, Suckens, and has extended an invitation to all 
his shooting friends to meet him Sept. 1, 2 and 3 and enjoy a 
chicken hunt. Meantime there will be a sod-breaking contest, 
the one turning the most sod will win an Indian squaw for a 
wife. * 
Get in line for the great circuit of shoots that will be held in 
Illinois and Indiana during September and October, viz.: Litch- 
field, Sept. 6 and 7; Chicago, Sept, 9 to 11; Jacksonville, Sept. 13 
and 14; Lincoln. Sept. 20 and 21; Homer, Sept. 28 and 29; Craw- 
fordsville, Oct. 4 and 5. 
Who are amateurs and who are not amateurs, will be the 
coming subject that will interest the trapshots of the West during 
the coming season. The supposition is gaining ground that 
there are expert amateurs who travel from one shoot to another 
who should be handicapped or barred, the same as the profes- 
sional traveling man. 
The Dalton, O., Gun Club, will hold their sixth annual tourna- 
ment Oct. 6 and 7. For information, programmes and all in- 
quiries pertaining to same, address G. C. Trut, secretary. 
Following the Interstate shoot at Hot Springs, S. D., there 
. will be a two days' shoot at Deadwood. All Black Hill clubs 
will be represented, as the carnival will be in progress. It is not 
exaggerating to state that forty shooters will be present. 
The Dows, la., Gun Club, through their secretary, L. M. Howell, 
has sent out the information that on Oct. 5 and 6 there will be a 
shoot held that will not interfere with the Concordia, Kans., In- 
terstate tournament. 
There will be a tournament at Rich Hill., Mo., Sept. 1, which 
the Panama, Mo., Gun Club will engineer. 
Henry Davis won the shaving cup that was up for the highest 
score made by members of the Panama, Mo., Gun Club for the 
month of July. 
The Grove Gun Club, of Detroit, Mich., purpose to classify 
their members as to ability. This will give all a chance to have . 
in their possession the medals during the season. 
Grand Rapids, Minn., is the town for a sportsman. Deer, bear, 
moose, ducks, etc.,' and such fishing as would do your heart 
good. No finer body of trapshots, as there are forty members, 
and they will entertain shooters and lovers of outdoor sports. 
Just try them and see. 
The Wheeling, W. Va., Gun Club defeated the Steubenville,_ O., 
Gun Club on Friday last in a team shoot for the second time. 
With ten men or a total of 500 targets, Wheeling made 419 to 
Steubenville's 397. 
The Jackson, Minn., team has challenged the Fairmont team 
for the Peters trophy. The contest will be shot on Aug. 5, the 
second day of the tournament. 
The game warden is searching for the man with a gun who 
shot prairie chickens at Ord, Neb., b store the same were "of- 
ficially ripe." 
An interesting shoot was held on Sunday last at Trenton, Mich., 
between clubs from River Royne, Rockwood and Trenton, the 
first-named being the winner. This is quite a drawn-out shoot, as 
the winner must win six times. Scores: River Royne 60, 
Rockwood 57, Trenton 53. 
Aug. 24, 25 and 26 will soon roll around, and on those dates 
one of the big shoots that Grand Rapids is noted for will be 
held. Much added money and many attractions, new grounds 
and traps. Not too many mosquitoes if you don't go in the 
woods. 
Herman Standis won the medal, shooting on his own farm Sun- 
day last while the Meriden, Minn., Gun Club contest was on. 
It will be interesting to note the effect of the bar on outsiders 
at the Arkansas State shoot when the full report reaches us next 
week. 
Mr. Feibelman, of Demopolis, won the highest score at the 
Meridian, Miss., shoot on July 28. Dr. Hale won the Hunter 
Arms Co. gold medal with a 25 straight. 
R. I. Bean, of Ravenna, won the first and Roy Kelso the 
second medal at the club shoot at Kent, O., on last Friday, with 
a score of 22 and 19. "Chief High Temper" Jim was present. 
Jim did a little stunt of 46 out of 50, and then headed away for 
next town. 
East End Gun Club, Toledo, O., will hold an all-day shoot on 
Labor Day. 
At Furgus Falls the Dewey boys were out on July 28 and won 
the squad race, but Agern won the 50-target event with 47. 
Jim Head was "snowed" in at the late Sandusky, O., one-day 
tournament. 
Sportsmen have organized a gun club with the title of U.' M. 
C. Club, with H. Carl, President; H. Donnelly, Field Captain; 
M. Daniels, Trapper, and Sam Smith, Secretary. The club holds 
forth at Guthrie, O. T.. and.it is their intention to take part in 
all the territorial tournaments. 
Fanning is smashing things down in Texas. He missed but 6 
out of 200 in the Ennis shoot. Faurote was going strong;: 195 
was his good round total. 
The Ennis, Tex., shoot demonstrated that shooters in 1 the 
Lone Star State get "cold feet" first day and do not remain for 
the second. 
Dr. Browell, of Ada, I. T., is now the champion of two Ter- 
ritories, as he won same with 48 out of 50 targets shot at at the 
Tishomingo tournament. 
St. Louis will have a tournament Sept. 14 and 15 that will be 
a novelty, viz. : Afro-American Trapshooters' League. 
The shooters at Terre Haut, lna., report being interested in the 
Indiana-Illinois circuit of tournament.. Why not claim a date 
and join in. 
John T. Bilker, the old-time trapshot, of Rockford, 111., has 
purchased the sporting goods store formerly conducted by his 
son. Has been some time since he was a famous trapshot. 
The North Side Gun Club, of Milwaukee, will hold their tour- 
nament Aug. 14. There will be a fine medal up for a prize, em- 
blematic of the champion "bluerock buster." There will be four 
