[Sept. 3, 1904. 
when the shoot for the handicap medal took place. Nine mem- 
bers took part in the contest, Sinan winning with a score of 
34 out of 40 shot at. 
The Hamilton, O., Gun Club's twelfth trophy shoot of the sea- 
son was held on Aug. 25, with ten shooters in the contest for the 
badge. Doc and Steinman tied for first on 45 out of 50. Stickles 
and Smith were second with 43 each. E. D. C. third with 42. 
Mrs. Ayres and Parker fourth with 40 each. Ayres 38. Link and 
Wesley tied for sixth place on 35. Bonasa. 
Indianapolis Gun Club. 
W. P. T. S. L. at Tarentum, 
Tarentum, Pa., Aug. 27. — The Western Pennsylvania Trap- 
shooters' League, held a successful shoot at Tarentum, Pa., Aug. 
25 and 26, under the auspices of the Tarentum Gun Club. The 
weather was as if made to order, barring a fair crossing wind 
that at times made the targets a little hard and accounted for a 
few goose eggs, which spoiled some of the scores. 
First average on the first day went to Geo. Cochran, of Rod- 
field, Pa., and Jack Hull, each breaking 146 out of 165. E. D. 
Fulford, was second, with 145. Kelsey, of Pittsburg, Pa., third, 
with 141, and Mr. Curry, of Tarentum, Pa., fourth, with 130, 
along with Mr. Pontefract, of Pittsburg, Pa., with 130. 
First average on second day went to E. D. Fulford, with. 164 
out of 175. Second, Jack Hull, with 158. Third, J. A. Stoops, 
with 155. Fourth, Mr. Curry, with 149. 
High average for the shoot went to E. 
of 340. Second, Jack Hull, with 304. 
279. Fourth, J. A. Stoops, with 272. 
The trade was represented by Messrs. Chas. G. 
Fulford, H. S. Watson and H. P. Fessenden. 
D. Fulford, with 309 out 
Third, Mr. Curry, with 
Grubb, E. D. 
Aug. 25, First Day. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 
Cochran 15 13 14 12 15 
Hull 14 14 13 13 12 
Fulford 15 13 15 14 13 
Kelsey 14 14 13 12 11 
Curry 14 11 13 12 13 
Pontefract 13 14 10 14 10 
Smith 11 12 13 12 14 
Greiner .1110 81212 
Stoops 11. 9 7 8 11 
Squier 3 9 9 14 11 
Andrews 13 11 11 12 12 
Garland 12 13 12 
Kelly 1112 12 
Noble 13 14 9 
Wilson 8 11 11 
Klingensmith 13 12 13 9 10 
Tburnhurst 11 9 9 
Hall 
McLaughlin 
Lytle. 8 7 
McMahon 
Dyer <■ ■ K • • • • 
Knode 
Wyeth 11 14 15 
McCall 
Burtner 
Brown 
Zimmerman - .. 
6 7 
15 15 
13 14 
14 13 
13 14 
13 11 
13 11 
8 10 
12 8 
9 12 
12 12 
12 11 
12 12 
10 14 
14 10 
11 10 
14 10 
9 8 
7 8 
8 9 
6 5 
5 9 
13 14 
8 9 10 
15 15 15 
12 13 11 
14 14 13 
11 11 15 
14 14 12 
11 8 12 
15 12 11 
11 9 11 
10 11 13 
12 14 12 
15 13 11 
9 11 11 
10 13 11 
12 9 10 
1 14 13 
10 11 9 
.. 10 .. 
9 10 4 
9 7 11 
10 11 13 
7 3 10 
11 3 7 
9 8 7 
11 .. .. 
11 
15 
14 
12 
11 
13 
12 
13 
8 
10 
9 
5 6 8 10 
.. .. 10 8 
.. 9 7.. 
4 
Broke. 
146 
146 
145 
141 
130 
130 
121 
118 
117 
lit) 
114 
107 
103 
98 
92 
91 
67 
52 
51 
49 
47 
42 
38 
30 
29 
18 
16 
4 
Aug. 26, Second Day. 
Events: 1 2 3456789 10 
Targets : 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 15 20 
Fulford 13 18 14 19 14 20 14 18 15 19 
Hull 14 17 14 17 13 18 13 18 13 19 
Stoops 11 17 13 17 15 20 13 17 14 18 
Curry 14 18 12 17 12 14 13 16 15 18 
Greiner 12 16 13 17 11 17 11 18 14 16 
Smith 9 17 11 16 11 14 . 
McCall 9 U 7 13 8 10 6 
Knode 19 ; \j 16 
Dunn 8 12 11 .. 
Squier 12 14 
COSS tt" 
H. 
Rochester Rod and Gun Club. 
Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 24.— The Hunters Arms Handicap 
trophy, the main weekly event of the Rochester Rod and Gun 
Club, resulted in a number of excellent scores: Kershner, one 
of the two scratch men, shot in fine form and made a perfect 
The scores: 
P. 
Broke. 
164 
158 
155 
149 
145 
78 
74 
49 
31 
26 
14 
F. 
string. 
25 
0 
25 
Clark 
23 
2 
25 
23 
o 
25 
22 
4 . 
26 
i 
27 
Rickman 23 
Score. Hdcp. Tot'l. 
Borst . 
Stewart 
Sumner 
20 
22 
17 
28 
28 
22 
22 
Poughkeepsie Gun Club. 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.. Aug. 25.— The scores made at the regu- 
lar weekly shoot of the Poughkeepsie Gun Club were as follows: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 10 15 25 25 15 10 Targets: 10 15 25 25 15 10 
Traver 9 .. 17 16 9 9 Du Bnis 5 8 18 21 9 5 
Perkins 7 9 18 22 13 9 Marshall 22 20 9 4 
Hans 7 11 23 25 .. .. 
Event No. 3 was for the Condit medal, and event No. 4 for 
1,000 Peters shells. Hans secured both wins. The club has in- 
stalled a new rapid-fire trap. H. W. Bissing. 
We have heard of all kinds of odd reasons for matrimony, but 
the following, contributed by Vicar, is the most original of them 
all. He say?: "Some years ago I had among my parishioners a 
collier who was an enthusiastic rabbit courser, and generally re- 
garded as a confirmed bachelor. One day he startled all his 
friends by getting married, and when he was asked how he had 
come to do such an unexpected thing, he answered: •'Well, ye 
see, it's this way. I agree wi 'ye 'at Betsy yonder is no beauty. 
If she had been I shouldn't have wed her. But that there dog .o* 
mine, he was simply pining for some one to look after him while 
I was away at the pit. I couldn't bear to leave him in the house 
by hissen, and and I hit on the idea of marrying Betsy. She's 
not 'andsome, but she's mighty good company for t' dog."-— 
Exchange. 
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 20 
testants in the events of the 
are appended: 
Shot 
at. Broke. 
Parry 160 132 
Moller 150 124 
Vonnegut 50 16 
Gregory ........... 125 98 
Hill 50 28 
Anderson ......... 100 87 
Bill 100 85 
Dixon 125 94 
Leib 80 62 
Wands 75 64 
Partington 115 98 
Lawrence 115 102 
Moore 90 79 
Hill 65 59 
— The totals of the different con- 
Indianapolis Gun Club, Aug. 20, 
Shot 
at. Broke. 
Steffen 65 46 
Charles 100 76 
Halish .. 100 61 
Shearer 50 32 
Robinson .100 69 
Gohen 50 12 
Douglass 75 64 
Morgan 50 40 
Smith 50 9 
Adams 50 32 
Brennerman 50 28 
Buch 75 62 
Finley 100 86 
McCammon 50 
Robison 100 
Scott 125 
Gasper 125 
Michaelis 175 
Wands 200 
Moore 125 
Shearer 75 
Buch 50 
Schroyer 50 
Yoris 25 
Moller 100 
Shot at. Broke. 
For Morrison cup, 50 targets, distance handicap: At 18yds. — 
Parry 44, Moller 40, Bill 44, Wands 41, Lawrence 45, Parlington 40. 
At 17yds.— Dixon 33, Gregory 45, Moore 40. At 16vds.— Anderson 
43, Leib 43, Hill 44, Steffen 34, Charles 38, Finley 41. At 14yds.— 
Halich 33, Shearer 32, Robinson 28, Morgan 38, Buch 42. 
Aug. 27. — The practice events at the shoot of the Indianapolis 
Gun Club to-day numbered eight. Each was at 25 targets. The 
totals were as follows: 
Shot at. Broke. 
Parry 150 131 
Lawrence 125 110 
Finley 125 107 
Dixon 200 138 
Gregory 150 113 
Charles .....100 80 
Adney 100 66 
Anderson 101 81 
Hice 125 67 
Williams 50 31 
Bell 175 147 
Steffin 75 57 
Hill 75 58 
For Morrison Cup, 50 targets eachy^ j& ~ -■ - 
At 18yds.: Parry 44, Lawrence 42, Bell 41, Wands 42, Moller 3G. 
At 17yds.: ' Gregory' 33," Moore 39, Adney 32, Dixon 35. 
At 16yds. : Finley 47, Hice 43, Charles 38, Hill 40, Steffin 39, 
Anderson 41. 
At 14yds. : Robinson 40, Gasper 35, Shearer 38, Buch 40. - 
20 
72 
99 
83 
142 
170 
93 
49 
40 
43 
23 
77 
/ 
Oak Hill Gun Club. 
Pitts field, Mass., Aug. : 22. — In the competition to-day Mr. J. 
E! Ransehousen made the excellent score of 104 out of 125 shot at. 
There were thirty-five contestants, some of whom were from 
North Adams, Dalton, New Lebanon and Housatonic, besides 
the professionals, Messrs. Fred Gilbert, E. W. Reynolds and 
T. E. Doremus. A disagreeable cross-wind caused the targets to 
take erratic flights. Mr. Gilbert broke his first 75 targets straight 
and established a new record for the grounds. Mr. Reynolds 
made second high average. Each of the five events was at .125 
targets. 
Shot at. Broke. 
Gilbert 125 123 
Reynolds .125 108 
Doremus 125 75 
J E Ransehousen... 125 104 
F Ransehousen 125 97 
J Martin 125 96 
Costine 125 82 
Boudreau 125 80 
Shedd 100 86 
Messenger 100 78 
Shearer 100 68 
Grosbeck 100 63 
Lew 100 56 
Bowers 100 48 
Hubbard 75 55 
Haight 75 50 
Henry 75 49 
Harden 75 38 
Shot at. Broke. 
F Ransehousen 50 43 
Wood 50 42 
McHale 50 41 
Ryan 50 30 
Van Alshine 50 29 
Beron 50 28 
F Vosburg 125 99 
A Vosburg 50 25 
Mullen 50 17 
Thompson 25 20 
Gambell 25 17 
Cleghorn 25 16 
Jones 25 16 
Gordon . 25 13 
Sheridan 25 12 
Reime 25 11 
Harrington 25 , 7 
Trap at London. 
London, Ont, Aug. 20.— This "Fore.st City" of Ontario has a 
live and progressive gun club, the Springwood Gun Club. Its 
members meet for practice Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. 
The grounds are easily reached by trolley cars. The club house 
is a most comfortable one, and the grounds are large enough for 
several sets of traps. A portion of the background is bad; a 
dark bank of low trees. They are now using Sergeant's system, 
unknown traps and unknown angles. 
Mr. Leach, of the Ithaca Gun Co., was with them at the prac- 
tice shoot this afternoon. The clouds were lowering and dark, 
which kept the scores down. 
Below are the scores of the winners, all shooting from the 
18yd. mark: 
First event, 15 birds: Glover 11 Leach 11. 
Second event, 25 birds: Glover 22, Leach 22. 
Third event, 15 birds: Leach 13, Glover 11, Screaton 11, Till- 
man 11. 
Fourth event, 10 bird: Glover 8, Leach 8,^ Finch 7, Tillman 7. 
SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. 
First average on the first day of the Tarentum, Pa., two-day 
shoot, Aug. 25-26, was tied for by Mr. Geo. Cochran and Mr. 
Tack Hull, each using Winchester shells. The amateur average 
for the two days was won by Mr. Curry, with Winchester shells. 
The U. M. C. Co. write us that their short range loaded shells 
are an entirely new type of shotgun ammunition, exclusively 
controlled by that company, designed especially for brush and 
field shooting at short ranges, with either choke or cylinder bar- 
rels, and that they give practically the same spread and pene- 
tration at 20yds. that is obtained with regularly loaded shells at 
40yds. This result is accomplished entirely with the wads, which 
have a cylipdiical hole punched through their center, permitting 
the powder gases to enter the shot charge at its center, causing 
a uniform spread at short ranges. 
The Winchester Repeating Arms Co. have put on the market a 
new single shot .22cal. rifle, known as the Thumb Trigger Model, 
which, as its name indicates, is a decided novelty in .22cal. rifles. 
The trigger, which is located on the upper side of the grip at the 
rear of the bolt, is operated by pushing down with the thumb. 
The thumb trigger model is made in the take-down style, with 
an 18in. lound barrel, and has the same simple and reliable bolt 
action which made the Winchester model, 1902, such a popular 
gun. It will handle either the .22 short or .22 long, rim-fire, car- 
tridges^ and lists at $3.50. Notwithstanding the low price . at 
which it is offered, it is made with the same care which char- 
acterizes all rifles of Winchester manufacture. 
Mr. F: G. Simpson, of Winnipeg, Man., at the Dominion Fair, 
Aug. 1 and 2, won the challenge cup emblematic of the amateur 
championship of Canada, with a score of 47 out of a possible 50. 
On the next day he broke straight, and in the shoot-off for the 
trophy again broke the possible. His score for the second day's 
shooting was 124 out of a possible 140. Mr. Wm. L. Boyd, of Rich- 
mond, Va., a strict amateur, won the loving cup presented by the 
Peters Cartridge Co., on Aug. 5, at Richmond, with a score of 49 
out of a possible 50. Mr. M. E. Atchison, Giddings, Tex., at the 
Ennis shoot, July 27 and 28, broke 362 out of a possible 400. At 
the same shoot Mr. Mexia won . high average on July 29, with 
184 out of 190. At the Cincinnati tournament, Mr. J. Quincy 
Ward, of Paris, Ky., a strict amateur, made the highest average 
on July 22, with a score of 186 out of 200. Mr. Ward also made 
highest average for any one time, or 93 per cent. Mr. J. Greene, 
Avon, N. Y., on July 27 and 28 won first general average with a 
score of 306 out of possible 340. Mr. Greene is an amateur shooter 
and a strong advocate of the Parker gun and is a comer. Each 
of the aforementioned used a Parker gun. 
lmwer§ to (^arrezpandqnk. 
No notice taken of anonymous communications. 
J. T., Saratoga Springs.— Can, you inform me where I can 
send two valuable pointer dogs to be cared for a few months? I 
want the location very near to New York city. I- have read 
your paper weekly for twenty-two years. Ans. We think that 
Mr. John N. Lewis, Campgaw, N. J., can fill your requirements. 
Hammerless, Edgemere, L. I. — Will you kindly answer the 
following: A contends that he can shoot woodcock, grouse, etc., 
in the State of New York, come into Jersey State (Weehawken) 
en route to New York city, and the officials cannot take the birds 
from him. B says they can. Who is right? Ans. They can, 
and the former practice has been to do it. We are advised that 
this year game, properly authenticated, will be permitted to come 
through. 
E. M. H., Bangor, Me. — I have a large kennel of pointers. I 
am desirous of making the acquaintance of a good, honest, reliable 
man, to break dogs. Can you furnish me with the address of 
such a man? Ans. We presume that our correspondent desires 
to engage the entire time and service of a trainer. We do not 
know of one who would work on salary. In our Kennel columns 
this week there is mention of a trainer such as our correspondent 
describes. If any one knows of such a trainer and will write of 
him to us, we will be pleased to forward his letter to our cor- 
respondent. 
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