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I 
In the Black Hills. 
Hot Springs, S. D., Aug. 25.— The seventh tournament of the 
Interstate Association series for the season of 1904 was given at 
Hot Springs, S. D., Aug. 24 and 25, under the auspices of the 
Hot Springs Gun Club. 
Hot Springs is situated at the foot of the southern slope of the 
Black Hills. On the north and west it is protected by the pine- 
clad hills, dressed in never-fading green; to the south lies the 
valley of the Cheyenne River, decked in a profusion of flowers, 
and to the east are the famous Bad Lands, so rich in geological 
formations. The scenery is charmingly romantic and beautiful, 
and is declared by many to equal in grandeur the scenes of 
Switzerland and the Yellowstone Park, having a wonderful variety 
of beautiful valleys, bubbling fountains, rippling streams, pre- 
cipitous-canons, lofty mountains, winding caves, magnificent land- 
scapes, aromatic flowers and lovely drives. There is no other 
spot on earth where so great a variety of natural formations is 
found -in- so small a space There is something peculiarly invit- 
ing, inspiring and invigorating in the surroundings. Here you 
may loiter on the banks of a murmuring river or repose peacefully 
in the cool shade of some sequestered grove or stand on the 
summit of a mountain to behold the beauties of the landscape 
until it fades out of sight, or meanders through the subterranean 
caverns of an endless cave. 
The location of the shooting grounds of the Hot Springs Gun 
Club is unique. Traveling through Hot Brook Canon, along 
roads hemmed in on either side by huge rocks and dense forests, 
ycu emerge suddenly into a natural park, which in summer is 
clad in verdure, beautified by fragrant flowers; fringed with 
scrubby oaks and stately pines, with an occasional cluster of 
handsome shrubbery. Here, too, we find Hot Brook, a mountain 
stream, which flows into Fall River. Great bald peaks of red 
sand stone rise perpendicularly to giddy heights, and stretching 
out as far as the eye can reach is magnificent landscape, with its 
forests of pines, broken occasionally by a beautiful field. This 
park is known as the Chautauqua grounds, and the Hot Springs 
Gun Club was indeed fortunate in being able to secure it for 
trapshooting purposes. The large pavilion in which the Chau- 
tauqua meetings were formerly held was partitioned off to form 
a cashier's office, gun and shell room, lunch room and room for 
spectators. The grounds are equipped with a Leggett trap and a 
set of expert traps, arranged Sergeant system. The Leggett trap 
faces northeast and the set of expert traps southwest, neither of 
the backgrounds being favorable for high scores. However, some 
very creditable records were made during the tournament. 
Thirty-three contestants took part in the tournament the first 
day, of which number twenty-eight shot in every event. A high 
wind, amounting sometimes almost to a gale, prevailed during 
the whole day, but even with this handicap, some very good scores 
were made. Among the manufacturers' representatives, Mr. C. 
B. Adams was easily in first place, with Mr. H. C. Hirschy second 
and Mr. C. W. Budd third. Among the amateurs Mr. H. Ander- 
son was first, Mr. W. J. Smith second, and Mr. H. E. Palmer 
third. . ^— •■■ -V 
Thirty-three contestants faced the traps the second day, twenty- 
seven shooting in every event of the day. The conditions we're 
more favorable than on the first day, and the scores as a whole 
were very much better. Mr. H. C. Hirschy was in first place 
among the manufacturers' agents, Mr. C. B. Adams second and 
Mr. C. VV. Budd third. Among the amateurs, Messrs. Palmer 
and Bills were tied for first place, with Mr. Waugh second and 
Mr. Anderson third. 
Mr: (J. IS. Adams won first general average among the manu- 
facturers' representatives with a score of 332 out of 345. Mr. 
Hirschy was second with 324 and Mr. C. W. Budd third with 312. 
Mr. H. E. Palmer was in first place for general average among 
the amateurs with 326 cut of 345 shot at. Messrs. F. T. Waugh, 
H Anderson and Fred Bills tied for second place with 323, and 
Mr. R. J. McNish was third with 311. 
The gold medal to the ^contestant making highest average, 
shooting through the entire programme, both days, went to Mr. 
C. B. Adams. 
The silver loving cup for teams of five men (shot in connection 
with event No. 7 the second day) went to the Hill City, S. D., 
e |>u'ring the afternoon of the second day, Capt. A. R. Hardy 
gave an exhibition of fancy rifle shooting which was greatly en- 
joyed by all. 
The cashier's office was in charge of Mr. J. G. Bradley. Mr. 
Harry A. Gayhart had charge of affairs locally, and as is usually 
the case, did not do himself justice in the shooting line. Mr. 
Marshall Sharp assisted Manager Shaner. 
The trade was represented by Messrs. Budd, Adams, Shearer, 
Sharp, Hirschy and Capt. A. R. Hardy. 
The scores of both days follow: 
Aug. 24, F/rst Day. 
F vents- 123456789 10 Shot 
Targets- 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 15 15 20 at. Broke. 
C W Budd 17 14 13 18 13 15 19 15 14 15 . 170 153 
H A Gayhart 15 13 14 19 13 14 18 14 14 19 170 153 
G L Moffatt 19 13 13 17 13 14 18 14 13 16 170 150 
H E Palmer 17 15 14 18 14 13 20 15 14 19 170 159 
R D Miner IT 12 14 17 13 13 18 13 13 19 " 170 149 
C B Adams 19 15 13 19 15 14 20 15 15 20 170 165 
F E Allen 17 14 13 19 13 12 15 14 13 19 170 149 
R Flanders IS 15 14 16 11 14 19 13 11 18 170 149 
R Walker - 20 15 10 17 12 15 17 15 13 17 170 151 
W T Smith 18 14 14 19 14 14 19 14 15 19 170 160 
H C Hirschy 18 14 14 17 15 18 16 15 14 20 170 156 
E W Bird 18 14 12 20 12 14 16 13 13 18 170 150 
G C Wooster 18 12 13 16 13 12 18 13 13 19 170 147 
W B Craven 16 14 10 14 10 85 64 
G W Coats • ■ 16 10 14 18 14 14 19 14 14 18 170 151 
a h Hardy 19 12 14 17 14 12 18 14 13 18 170 151 
B Rogers . ; . 15 15 13 16 14 14 16 13 12 20 170 148 
E R fuckett 18 13 14 17 12 11 16 13 12 14 170 140 
L F Babcock 16 11 8 9 6 1 100 51 
T E Brooks 17 15 8 18 14 14 19 13 14 17 170 149 
E Hargens 17 14 15 17 12 13 17 13 14 18 170 150 
I C Booth 17 14 12 17 13 14 17 15 13 17 170 149 
F T Waugh 17 15 14 19 14 15 17 12 15 20 170 158 
A P McDowell 18 13 14 18 11 12 17 14 12 20 
N G Taylor 17 10 11 15 13 14 17 14 13 17 
R T McNish 18 15 10 17 14 12 19 14 15 20 
F E Chapman 13 14 12 17 12 12 15 13 14 15 
J Bonicamp 17 12 11 16 7 11 16 14 12 15 
H Marty 10 8 9 
Fred Bills 17 13 15 19 12 14 18 15 14 19 
H Anderson 20 15 15 17 13 13 19 14 15 20 
W R Morgan 13 15 12 10 16 
W L Yancey 6 .. 
170 
149 
170 
141 
170 
154 
170 
137 
170 
131 
50 
27^ 
170 
156 
170 
161 
85 
66 
15 
6 
Aug. 25, Second Day. 
Events : 
Targets : 
C W Budd 
G L Moffatt... 
H A Gayhart. 
H E Palmer... 
R D Miner 
1 
20 
16 
19 
...... 18 
..... 19 
..... 19 
Fred Bills 39 
H Anderson 18 
A P McDowell 17 
R T McNish 16 
H C Hirschy 19 
R Flanders 18 
Burt Rogers 18 
R Walker 18 
F T Waugh 19 
A H Hardy 19 
G W Coats 18 
E W Bird..... 17 
F E Allen 16 
W T Smith 16 
L C Booth 15 
H G Taylor 19 
G C Wooster..... 17 
E R Juckett 17 
J E Brooks 18 
C B Payton 15 
O M Trager 17 
E Hargens 19 
C B Adams 19 
J Bonicamp 20 
E V Dunkin 
L F Babcock 
F E Chapman 
Jos Buckman 
2 3 
15 15 
14 13 
9 15 
13 12 
15 15 
12 15 
15 15 
15 15 
12 15 
14 13 
15 15 
13 14 
13 13 
15 15 
14 15 
12 15 
15 11 
13 15 
15 12 
14 13 
12 13 
12 15 
14 13 
12 12 
15 13 
7 10 
15 13 
12 11 
13 15 
12 14 
4 5 
20 15 
20 14 
19 12 
17 12 
19 13 
18 11 
19 15 
18 13 
17 13 
17 11 
20 14 
17 13 
17 13 
20 12 
20 12 
17 13 
18 14 
18 13 
16 12 
19 13 
16 12 
13 13 
17 13 
17 12 
16 11 
11 8 
12 12 
13 14 
20 14 
11 8 
13 11 
6 7 
15 25 
12 23 
14 20 
14 22 
15 25 
13 24 
13 23 
13 23 
11 21 
15 24 
13 23 
13 22 
14 20 
13 20 
15 24 
15 19 
14 23 
15 22 
11 24 
11 21 
13 20 
14 22 
14 23 
13 20 
14 22 
11 12 
10 13 
12 22 
15 24 
12 19 
9 16 
.. 14 
.. 21 
8 9 10 
15 15 20 
13 14 20 
13 18 13 
15 14 18 
13 14 19 
12 i2 19 
15 14 19 
14 14 19 
14 , 9 20 
13 14 20 
14 15 20 
14 13 18 
11 14 is 
13 13 19 
14 13 19 
14 14 17 
13 12 18 
15 15 17 
11 15 18 
11 11 15 
14 15 12 
11 11 15 
13 12 17 
13 14 17 
11 14 19 
14 13 19 
15 14 18 
12 13 18 
10 .. 13 
10 .. .. 
Shot 
at. 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
125 
125 
175 
175 
175 
110 
25 
25 
15 
Broke. 
159 
152 
155 
167 
155 
167 
162 
149 
157 
168 
155 
151 
158 
165 
155 
156 
160 
150 
144 
142 
145 
153 
147 
153 
74 
92 
149 
167 
139 
72 
14 
21 
10 
Ohio Ttap. 
Rohrer*s Island Gun Club. 
Dayton, O. — It is doubtful if any gun club has grounds belter 
suited for the purpose and with more beautiful natural surround- 
ings than those of the Rohrer's Island Gun Club, of Dayton. 
The club house is built under the branches of two immense 
willows, on the banks of a branch of Mad River, and affording 
shade at all hours of the day. 
The grounds are large, perfectly level and with a clear sky 
background, unobstructed by trees or buildings. In the far dis- 
tance is a ridge of low hills. 
There are three trap pits. Refreshments are furnished in the 
club house -free to all, on every shooting day, good in quality and 
unlimited in quantity, and the officers and members vie with each 
other in extending hospitality to their guests. A jollier, freer- 
hearted crowd of shooters it would be hard to find. 
The officers of the club are: J. Schaerf, President; W. E. Kette, 
Secretary; Joe Hohm, Treasurer; Geo. Rohrer, Captain. 
Aug. 24, the regular shooting day of the club, was all that any 
sportsman could desire. It was perfectly clear, rather warm, but 
with a light, cooling breeze. 
The medal event was first shot with an entry of fifteen. Six 
men qualified. Engle dropped out in the first shoot-off. Lock- 
wood in the second; Chambers and F. Oswald in the third, and 
Hanauer was defeated by Rohrer in the fourth. 
The afternoon's sport was closed with a team match, Hanauer 
and Miller being captains of the opposing teams. The best scores 
of the day were made in this shoot. Lockwood was high man with. 
25 straight. Miller and Smyth were close seconds with 24, the 
former losing his last target, and Smyth dropping his 21st. The 
match was closely contested, there being only one target between 
them when five men on each side had finished, the score then 
being Miller's team 113; Hanauer's, 112. In the last squad Oldt 
and Kette (Miller's) walked away from Sirran and Chambers, 
with a score of 39 to 32, and put their team 8 targets in the lead, 
the total being 152 to 144. 
The day's scores: 
Medal shoot, 25 targets, handicap, extra targets to shoot at: 
F. Oswald shot at 31, broke 28; H. Lockwood 30, 27; Geo. Rohrer 
30, 26; P. Hanauer 27, 25; H. Engle 35. 25; F. Chambers 35, 25; 
H. Oswald 27, 22; C. Smyth 26, 22; J. Schaerf 30, 22; Joe Hohm 
30, 20; Wm. Oldt 30, 19; W. Kette 28, 18; T. Sirran 30, 18; 'C. Mil- 
ler 25, IS; J. Gemin 35, 12. 
Shoot-off No. 1: Lockwood shot at 12, broke 10; Hanauer 10, 10; 
Chambers 14, 11; Rohrer 12, 10; F. Oswald 12, 10; Engle 14, 9. 
Shoot-off No. 2: Hanauer shot at 5, broke 5; Chambers 7, 5; 
Rohrer 6, 5; F. Oswald 6, 5; Lockwood 6, 3. 
Shoot-off No. 3: Hanauer shot at 5, broke 3; Chambers 3; 
Rohrer 4, 
Team shoot, seven-man teams, 25 targets per man : 
Miller's Team—Miller, captain, 24, Rohrer 23, H. Oswald 23 
F. Oswald 22. Engle 21. Oldt 20. Kette 19; total 152. 
Hanauer's Team — Lockwood 25. Smyth 24. Hanauer. captain. 23 
Sirran 22, Schaerf 21, Hohm 19, Chambers 10; total 144. 
Cincinnati Gun Club. 
Cincinnati, Aug. 27.— Eighteen shot in the cash prize event 
Harig led with 41. Don Minto and Steinman tied for second on 
40. Medico third with 38. . 
Four scores were shot in the cup race: Medico (18) 21, Harig 
(19) 18. This makes thirty-eight entries with Peters and -Gambell 
still in the lead. Ahlers has gone to camp, twenty miles north 
of Detroit City, Minn., where he will be the guest of Emil Werk. 
The weather to-day was fine, a clear sky and cool. A strong 
wind blew across the traps. The scores : 
Cash prize shoot, 50 targets: Harig (20) 41, Don Minto (16) 40, 
Steinman (16) 40, Medico (19) 38, Tuttle (16) 37, Pfieffer (16) 36, 
Boeh (16) 35, Keplinger (16) 35, Falk (18) 33, Roanoke (17) 31, 
Peters (18) 30, Herman (17) 29, Smith (16) 25, Maynard (20) 23, 
Merkle (20) 21, Cottingham (16) 20, A. Andrews (16) 19,- Myers 
Dayton Gun Club. 
Dayton, O.— The weather clerk furnished, Aug. 23, the prettiest 
day for shooting which we have had in this section for many 
weeks.' The tournament, Aug. 23, was given to dedicate the 
club's new grounds. 
The three trap pits, in a straight line, are of solid concrete, the 
only wood about them being a shelf in front of the trappers and 
. the door. Thirty thousand targets can be stowed in each. When 
the proposed club house is built and other improvements made 
which the club has in view, the grounds will be second to none in 
the country, and the club will be able to pull off the largest tour- 
naments, as far as accommodations are concerned. 
To the south of No. 3 trap pit will be the firing shed of the 
Dayton. Sharpshooters, and 200yds. to the east of this point con- 
crete rifle pits are nearly completed. 
Fifty-seven shooters took part in the sport, twenty-one of whom 
shot the entire programme. A large number of spectators were 
present. Messrs. John L. Theobald, C. H. Cord and Z. A. Craig 
were unremitting in their efforts to keep things running smoothly 
and in locking out for the comfort of visitors. Supt. J. E. Barnes 
was always on hand when needed. 
Tents were provided for shelter at the firing points, and refresh- 
ments were served all day. 
Messrs. O. H. Bailey and John Curphy had charge in the 
office 
Messrs. H. Reigle and F. Whitacre gave good satisfaction as 
referees and scorers at Nos. 1 and 3 sets of traps. No. 2 was not 
used. 
Among the visitors were Arthur Gambell, A. C. Dick, L. Pfief- 
fer, D. Pohlar, VV. R. Randall, C. M. Peters, D. D. Gross, H. 
Jergens, E. B. Barker, Frank See and Milt Lindsley, of Cincin- 
nati; Frank D. Munlist, Tippecanoe City; W. A. Watkins, Cen- 
tfeville; A. W. Ryan, Troy; L. Anderson, Xenia; Dr. F.' R. 
Evans and Mrs. Evans and F. C. Dial, Franklin; Wm. Poole, 
E. Watkins and Capt. Ben Downs, of Springfield. 
C. H. Cord left his camp on Mad River and came to the city 
to attend the shoot, and rendered great assistance to the man- 
agers, besides shooting in every event. As soon as the last shot 
was fired he packed up and started back to camp, where he is 
spending this month. 
Mrs. May, a Dayton lady, shot a few, breaking 8 out of 10. 
The club will hold another tournament the latter part of next 
month, and promise even better sport than to-day. 
E. Watkins, of Springfield, was high gun with 157" out of 175, 
and won the $5 gold piece. Z. A. Craig was a close second with 
156. W. A. Watkins, of Centreville, was third, with 154. M. E- 
Lindemuth, fourth-, 153. Arthur Gambell and C. Taylor tied for 
fifth on 152. . ., .- . ,; 
There were twelve events at 175 targets. Nos. 1, 3, 5, 7 and 
9 were jack rabbit system, entrance 12 cents per target, $5 added 
in Nos. 3 and 9; surplus divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent, in 10 
and 15 target events, 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent, in 20-target events. 
In the other events the entrance was 10 cents per target, $5 added 
in No. 6 and $10 in No. 12. Purse divided 50, 30 and 20 per cent, 
in 10 and 15, and 40, 30, 20 and 10 in 20 target events. Five dol- 
lars in gold to high, and merchandise prize to low gun. The 
scores: 
C 
D 
L 
E Watkins... .175 
Z Craig ....175 
W A Watkins 175 
Lindemuth 175 
Gambell 175 
T Taylor 175 
C Miller ...175 
D D Gross 175 
T Henderson... 175 
Tibballs 175 
Whitacre 175 
Dick 175 
Pohlar 175 
L Anderson 175 
G W Izor 175 
Herman 175 
T C Neff 175 
Pfieffer 175 
C H Cord 175 
W La Rue 175 
Wm Poole 175 
C Butler 145 
F C Dial... ........130 
C M Peters 130 
Troutman ..100 
Wysong 90 
Stover 80 
T Engle 95 
Barker 80 
Shot at. Broke. 
157 
•156 
154 
153 
152 
152 
147 
141 
141 
138 
136 
136 
135 
135 
135 
134 
132 
131 
131 
128 
127 
120 
98 
86 
. 76 
75 
66 
65 
65 
80 
80 
80 
50 
70 
00 
50 
45 
65 
45 
50 
60 
Shot at. 
H Oswald 80 
W Oldt ...... 
Dr Evans 
F Daist ...... 
F See 
Emrick 
Brandenburg. 
Randall ....... 
Klepfer 
Johnson 
Lockwood .... 
Ryan 
E Werts 
F Nunlist 35 
M Lindsley 50 
J Schaerf 35 
Ellis 40 
Hubkr 35 
W Orth 35 
Kettle : 35 
F Whitacre 20 
Sapp 35 
Richey 20 
Lenox 20 
Barnes 20 
Hagga 15 
Keller ■ , 20 . 
V E Weaver. ...... 10 
Mrs Evans 40 
Broke. 
60 
-57 
56 
48 
46 
45 
45 
-lir 
Bin 
37 
36 
30 
28 
26 
24 
24 
24 
17 
16 
16 
13 
11 
10 
9 : 
10; 
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Notes. 
At. the regular weekly . shoot of the Springfield, O.. Gvui Club. 
Aug. 22, five members took part in the four 25-target events. Good 
scores were the rule. Watkins broke 22 in the first event and 24 
in each of the others, a total of 94. Young was close to him" 
with 93. Poole a good third with 91. 
The East End Railway & Light Gun Club, of Columbus Q 
was organized on Aug, 3, with twelve members and the following 
officers: C. T. Holman, Captain and Treasurer; H. T- Stradrr" 
Secretary. The third shoot of the club was held on Au». 17 with 
an attendance of twenty members and visitors.. ° 
Tt rained hard on the morning of Aug. 20, "but the grounds of 
the Dayton dun Club were in hue condition for the afternoon, 
