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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Sept. io, 1904. 
WESTERN TRAP. 
"Wyeth Tfopty. 
St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 31.— As there was a match on here between 
Wm. Clayton, of Kansas City, and Mr. Gorman, of Topeka, Kans, 
for the Wyeth trophy, a one-day target shoot was pulled off at the 
same time.' 
Twenty of the Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas shoot- 
ers came together, and a good shoot was held, -which was remark- 
able for large and - even scores. V each set the pace — and a hot one 
it was, 172 out of 175. Timberlake was at his best and scored 
168; Dougherty 167, Arnhold 166, Cunningham 166, Scovill 166, 
Monton 166, Moine 163, Gorman 161, Zim 159, Klinehaus 156, Stout 
150, Kleinbrodt 140, Montgomery 136. 
The live bird race for the championship and the Wyeth trophy 
was at 100 birds. The first 25 showed both in very equal form, 
and one bird only escaped from each, making a tie. In the second 
25 Clayton made another 24, but, as it proved here, Gorman was 
outlucked in the draw and he lost 5, 3 of them out of 4 in suc- 
cession. As Clayton missed but one out of his last 50, there was 
no hope for Gorman, though he missed but 3 out of his half. 
Reference to all the matches shot here for this trophy will dis- 
close some wonderful scores by all who have shot on these 
grounds. While not seeking to take any of the laurels from the 
shooters, there is evidence sufficient to cause the thinking shooter 
to realize that there is something wrong with the birds. They 
are handicapped in some way — long confinement, dark, slow traps, 
lack of wind, or some cause for not being more deceptive. 
In Other Places. 
It is claimed that the biggest little shoot on earth will be that 
of the fourteenth annual tournament of the Clinton, Ont., Gun 
Club, to be heid in October. There will be $350 guaranteed. 
Starting in with the fall months, as there is no chicken shoot- 
ing in Indiana, similar to Northwestern States, the members of 
the gun clubs in the towns of Crawfordsville and Indianapolis 
met and tried for supremacy at the traps. Crawfordsville, "widely 
known for many reasons, one of which being the home of Mayor 
Ed. Voris, a democrat in a republican town, won out with 20 
targets to spare. 
Elmer Shaner was in Kansas City first of the week. Reports 
have it that he was in conference with the Schmelzers, with the 
view of holding a big shoot on their grounds this fall. He and 
his estimable wife were in St. Louis last week resting ft;om their 
labors connected with the Interstate shoot at Hot Springs, S. D. 
They paid a visit to the only World's Fair, and then hastened on 
to h'is other field of labor, Huntington, W. Va. 
The Jamestown, N. D., sportsmen have organized a local game 
protective association, and have offered a reward of $50 for in- 
formation which will be sufficient to convict violators of the State 
game laws. 
Algona, Wis., is getting into line late in the season, having just 
organized a new gun club with officers, viz. : President, Jas. Shel- 
bauer; Secretary, W. H. Machia; Treasurer. Frank Bohraan. A 
start is made with twenty-six members. The new men are de- 
sirous of becoming so well versed in the use of the shotgun as to 
be enabled to successfully compete with other clubs. 
Secretary L. Meyers, of the Concordia, Kans., Club, reports that 
Shaner's outfit has arrived, and that on Sept. 28 and 29 there will 
be a gathering of prominent trapshots for the Interstate tourna- 
ment. Bear in mind this . is Wm. Heer's town. 
Nichols Park was opened at Jacksonville, 111., last week. One 
of the prime features was a tournament, and it proved a strong 
drawing card. There were a number who shot at targets for the 
first time, and those are the men who can be relied upon to help 
build up a gun club at this place, the home of the once famous 
Stice. . • 
At Springfield, Tenn., on Aug. 27, there was a team match 
between Ewell Gun Club and the Tracy City team. With eight 
men on the side and 100 targets each, Ewell won with 628 to 571. 
There is much more trapshootmg this season than for several 
years past in "old Missouri." Last week the shoot at Clark was 
well attended by many shooters from Huntsville, and these boys 
captured many prizes. Denny Holland, of Moberly, came off with 
the Hunter Arm Co. medal with 246 out of 275. _ 
The Homcr-Ogden Club shoot Thursday last resulted m a tie 
shcot, and was finally won by Postmaster McKmley, over Clark. 
The prize was a cup donated by the Hunters Arms Co. 
The Bloomington, 111., shooters received an invitation to shoot 
with the Mason City on Sept. 1. Mr. Carothers accepted, and went 
home with highest honors. : , „ . . , 
Saturday last there was a shoot at St. Cloud, Minn. Outside 
friends were guests, and some good scores were made. 
The Hollenbeck Gun Co. has an offer out to locate in any town 
where stock is forthcoming. Mansfield, O., has been considered 
the most prominent bidder. Only $30,000 is required. 
The Lafayette, Ind., Gun Club was organized in 1885, and has 
given one or more tournaments annually; so the tournament on 
Sept 8 and 9 will be the eighteenth. Thompson, Muller, Blistam 
and Livenguth have been the pushers for many years. 
The mayor of Peoria has extended an invitation to the Hollen- 
beck Gun Co. to send a representative to that city to look over 
the ground, with a view of locating its factory there. 
A movement has been started which,, if carried out will re- 
awaken interest in shooting at the traps in the city of Painesyille, 
O The Run club will come to life through a new organization, 
and new grounds will be secured and traps reset and then target 
shooting may be indulged in with profit and pleasure. 
The Third Ward Gun Club, of Two Rivers, Wis has extended 
its life by filing corporation papers for a period of fifty years. 
Toe Marks carried off the prizes for best marksman at the High- 
land Park shoot, Detroit, Mich., last week . - • .. :■• - 
Little Rock Ark., is active in the shooting line. Tuesday has 
been set apart as ladies' day, and the members can invite their 
best girls to shoot at that time. All desiring to become mem- 
bers should' correspond with the secretary, lhere will be a big 
shoot held there in September or October, open to adjoining 
^Transhooting' is on the increase in California. Last week the 
Millwood Gun Club held their meet and smashed up many of the 
Cl T Y he Sa Fer-us Falls shooters held a shoot last week in. August as 
a "Kood-by," as ducks and chickens are now too enticing. 
A late organization of trapshooters is that of the Gulf Coast 
VI ...lu.j.jw -- — j I'll 1_ 
Trapshooters' and Game Protective Association, which has-been 
from 1 
ridian, 
Lobile, 
Kauff i.» - 
ager." "The objects are to foster trapshootmg and protect fish and 
game. 
uzed bv clubs from the cities of New Orleans, Biloxi, Miss.; 
M g vi„ Ab Meridian Lowell and Hattiesburg, Miss. Tom 
Mobile, Ala., M "^an. p ^ idsnt T , q. Goodbrod, of Mobile, 
° rieans > Tournament Man- 
The Lima, 111., Gun Club met last Saturday. The Gold medal 
was handed to Dr. Worley, on his score of 19 out of 20 targets. 
In casting up the scores made during 1904 by the members of 
the Waco, Tex., Club, it was found that Harvey Merrill won the 
medal for highest average. J. A. Dryden came next. 
The Owosso, Mich., Gun Club has held the required number of 
contests to decide the prizes for 1904. The silver cup went to J. 
Rcosevear; W. S. Beebee won pair of boots; Chas. Ching, the gun 
case. Owosso is quite a trapshooting center, and matches will be 
held every Thursday until October. 
There is a new club, the Industry Gun Club, at Muncie, Ind. 
It would not seem as though the trapshooting season should 
close in Texas with the coming of September; yet the National 
Club, of Laredo, report holding the last shoot of the season last 
week, which resulted in Mr. Fly holding the Alexander medal 
and Jackson the booby prize. 
Kenoshi and Waukegan, 111., gun club members have been. ex- 
changing hospitalities, and last week the Kenosha boys did the 
entertaining, and did it well. 
Much interest was centered in the result of the match held 
Labor Day, at Taylor, Tex., as there was a team match between 
Austin and Taylor at 100 targets per man. 
Mrs. Johnson won honors at the last shoot of the Minneapolis, 
Minn., Gun Club tournament. 
T. E. Hubby has been traveling in the territory of New Mexico. 
He was last heard from on his return to El Paso, from which 
point he went out to Fort Bliss to shoot with army officers. 
The Crawfordsville, Ind., shooters beat the Lebanon boys easily, 
as 211 is to 176 in their last match. Another is scheduled for 
three weeks. . ' . 
Should like to hear from Mr. Shaw as to the Kansas City shoot. . 
The member of the Indianapolis Gun Club making best score 
on Labor Day was awarded a sole leather gun case. Other prizes" 
were awarded. 
The Elwood, Ind., Gun Club and the New Paris Gun Club shot 
a match at Elwood on Labor Day. „ . . 
Out in South Dakota there was a club shoot held m which the 
Vermillion proved too strong for the Spirit Mound boys, Other 
clubs, viz. : Fairview and Meckling, are holding a contest for a 
fine Winchester shotgun. 
Renovo Tournament* 
Renovo, Pa.— The second annual tournament of the Recreation 
Gun Club was held on Aug. 23 and 24. The trade representa- 
tives in attendance were Messrs. J. A. R. Elliott, Frank E. 
Butler, E. D. Fulford, Luther Squier and J. R. Hull. In the 
high average of the two days, Mr. Elliott was first, Mr. Fulford 
second. Of the amateurs, Mr. Clyde Dechant was high for the 
two days. . . 
The Du Bois five-man team won the lovmg cup with a score 
of 171 out of a possible 200. 
Aug. 23, First Day. 
Fvents . 123450789 10 11 12 
Targets • 10 15 20 15 10 20 15 15 20 15 15 10 
Flliott 10 11 20 13 8 18 14 14 18 13 14 9 
Sauier • 7 11 18 11 6 14 11 13 18 7 9 8 
Fulford • 8 13 19 14 9 18 13 14 16 14 14 7 
i Hull 8 14 18 12 7 18 12 13 18 14 15 8 
F Butler 8 13 17 14 S 15 12 14 15 14 9 9 
C Dechant 8 14 14 14 9 18 13 14 20 14 13 9 
C Flock 7 12 17 12 7 14 11 13 16 10 14 9 
M C Kepiei-:::.' 9 13H14 8 13 11 15 15 10 10 8 
v t c tee i 8 4 12 8 .. .. b b .. 
R B Tohns'ton'' 7 13 15 13 8 17 14 14 15 13 13 7 
L W Ouinn 6 13 17 12 7 19 15 13 15 14 11 9 
F Guinzburg" 9 14 19 13 9 17 13 12 15 15 14 10 
Dr Sullivan 6 1116 13 7 14 12 14 17 13 10 7 
W C Everett 8 12 16 14 7 12 10 14 17 12 12 10 
h a DimTck. : : : 7 me 12 9 10 10 n 13 12 10 . . 
FX Irwin 8 u •• ■• b 
G B Dechant w •• 
B J Sawyer w A 
J S Smith............... .. -I 
Aug. 24, Second Day. 
Fvents . 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 
Targets'- 10 15 20 15 10 20 15 15 20 15 15 10 15 25 20 
Flliott 10 13 20 13 9 20 13 15 19 15 14 9 
Butler " .I 8 10 17 11.9 
Fulford 10 12 16 12 9 15 15 13 18 15 12 9 
C Dechant " 8 14 17 13 9 16 14 12 19 13 11 8 14 ... . 
G Dechant ' 8 6 9 9 8 13 13 8 10 .. 11 4 .. 15 .. 
F T Seel ....... 4 9 14 12 4 13 9 11 16 
B T Sawyer"".'.: 7 12 11 12 9 18 14 12 14 . . 8 .. .. 15 .. 
B M Wade 6 7 7 7 .. .. 7 9 14 . . 13 . . .. 13 6 
M C Kepler. 12 14 12 10 20 11 13 16 .. 12 7 .. 17 17 
J J Wentzel 5 14 .. 8 .. . 5 .. . . .. 
A Schwenck 11 •• •■ 10 b - 12 •• 
H Irwin *' 'k "\ " 17 " 
T Irwin s k " 
W Washburn •• -. 6 b 
Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. 
T7 1W t ..180 170 B M Wade 160 SO 
IX 70 55 M C Kepler 200 161 
' .180 156 J J Wentzel 60 32 
C^echant y>. £ .195 166 i Schwenck 60 39 
G Dechant 190 114 H Irwin. 20 8 
-p. T s P pl ..140 91 I Irwin 50 £1 
B J Sawyer-::: 180 132 W Washburn 25 14 
The team contest, four men, 50 targets had scores as follows : 
Du Bois Team-^uinn 43, Guinzburg 47; Sullivan, 41, Qumn 40; 
t0 Renovo Team-Kepler 37, C. Dechant 47, J. Smith 28, Sawyer 
-^illiamspo'rt Team-Everett 43, Dimick 42, Flock 41, Johnston 
41 ; total 167. . • 
Ewell Gun Club. 
Carter's Creek, Tenn., Aug. 30.-While reading about trap- 
shooting all over the country, it may be of interest to some to 
know that away down in this good section of middle Tennessee 
we are not entirely out of the game. 
The Ewell Gun Club was organized about three years ago, and 
now has a membership of twenty-five. On July. 4, 1903, we gave 
fir=t nll-dav oublic shoot, and on that occasion had sixty-five 
shoofers a nd five* hundred visitors present On July 4 1904 w6 
gave our next shoot, with seventy-two shooters and eight hundred 
visitors, including many ladies, making the shoot in every way 
a great success. 
Recently, after some correspondence with the gun club at 
Tracy City, this State, a team match was arranged; eight men 
on a side, 100 shots, 15 the man, the mountain boys to make us 
a visit and shoot the match on our grounds. The down train on 
the morning of Aug. 25 brought the visitors in. They r were 
strangers to a man, but proved as fine a set of boys as one would 
care to meet. Their club was only recently organized, and they 
shoot wonderfully well for their practice. The match was shot 
in the forenoon, and some practice shooting done after dinner. 
The scores for the match are as follows: 
Tracy City Team 
Targets : 25 25 25 25 
Dr Hayes .......... 21 19 18 22 
T J King 17 19 20 18 
W H Foster 18 16 18 18 
C E Werner 22 10 15 20 
E C Norvell 17 15 15 17 
S Werner 12 17 19 18 
L M Hines 17 19 18 19 
G W Tidman 16 15 17 20 
Ewell Gun Club. 
Targets : 25 25 25 25 
R B Campbell 23 23 22 24 
R C Jameson.. 18 21 19 20 
C W McMeen 21 22 17 22 
J H Sedberry 15 13 17 22 
W E Babb 20 19 24 22 
J Redman 23 18 18 19 
C P Southall 19 18 21 22 
Allen Campbell 19 16 14 20 
Babb. 
Montreal Gun Club. 
; Montreal, Aug. 29. — Following are the scores of the winners. at 
the regular practice shoot of the Montreal Gun Club at their 
grounds, Saturday, the 17th. Mr. N. P. Leach was a visitor and 
took a hand in with the boys. The conditions, were bad for good 
scores — bad light, worse background, and the wind blowing almost 
a gale, which made McDuff's (W. T. Lyne"> average of over 96 
per cent, a remarkable one. Five expert traps were used: 
Events: 12345678 Shot 
Targets: 20 10 10 15 10 10 5 5 at. Broke. Av. 
McDuff 20 8 10 15 10 10 4.. 80 77 . 962 
Leach 16 6 6 12.... 4.. 60 44 .733 
Bedmond 16 10 ..12 9 9 5 4 75 42 .866 
Kearney 14 .... .... 
Canalish 5 5 
S. 
Rochester Rod and Gun Club. 
Rochester* N. Y., Aug. 31. — The victorious contestant at the 
shoot of the Rochester Rod and Gun Club to-day was Mr. Harry 
M. Stewart, who scored 24 out of 25 from scratch. But others 
with handicaps scored the full 25 in the contest for the Hunter 
Arms Co. trophy. - 
Norton, Donovan, Devine and Borst tied for the point. The 
scores follow : 
Score. H'cap. Total. Score. H'cap. Total. 
Borst 22 8 30 • Clark 22 2 24 
Devine 18 10 28 Weller 21 3 24 
Donovan 20 7 27 Adkin 18 2 20 
Norton 22 4 2b Coughlin 13 7 20 
Stewart 24 0 24 Rick man 14 5 19 
SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. 
At the fall tournament of the Du Bois, Pa., Gun Club, Sept. 1 
and 2, J. A. R. Elliott won the professional general average, and 
Mr. Millen, of Du Bois, Pa., won the amateur general average. 
They used Winchester factory loaded shells. 
lmwer$ to (^arrespandqtifa. 
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Walter Hatch, Amesbury. — Under Interstate rules, the parties 
you mention are unquestionably professionals. 
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