FOREST AND STREAM. 
WESTERN TRAP. 
Paducah Tournament. 
Paducah, Ky., Sept. 19. — The four-day tournament held Sept. 
14-17, was not as largely attended as it should have been, con- 
sidering the very liberal programme and the combined effort of 
the Paducah Gun Club and the Kentucky State League. 
Two days were given up to target shooting and two to live 
birds. In the target events Marshall led and won the average, 
with Brody, Spencer, Ben Starr and Anderson close up and 
fighting until the last. If "our Tom" keeps going, he will get 
well up in the high average tournament list before the season 
cicses. 
The live birds were not, as a rule, of the corking kind; yet 
now and then there was a good one, which spoiled straight scores. 
Still, there were too many straights. In the 12-bird event ten 
went straight, half those entered. In the 25-bird handicap, seven 
killed out, and then it took 35 to decide the handicap tie. 
The championship of the State is now with Ben Starr, who killed 
60 straight in the shoot, and for the tournament, 119 straight, 
which is a remarkable score, and may never be beaten. 
The weather was fine, and the officers are not discouraged with 
the poor attendance and will endeavor to hold two big shoots 
next year. The scores: 
■ Sept. 15 Sept. 16 ■ Total ■ 
Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. 
Marshall 195 182 195 178 390 360 
Brady 195 180 195 178 390 358 
Spender 195 178 195 178 390 356 
Wilson 195 164 195 166 390 330 
De Compt 195 162 195 160 390 322 
Q Ward 195 175 195 170 390 345 
Clay 195 154 195 162 390 316 
Anderson 195 178 195 177 390 355 
Meaders 195 155 195 151 390 306 ' 
M Starr 195 183 195 169 390 352 
Mercer 195 177 195 168 390 345 
Ben Starr 195 179 195 177 390 356 
P C Ward 195 162 195 165 390 327 
Armstrong 195 164 195 168 390 332 
Guy Ward 195 166 195 175 390 341 
Money 195 182 195 164 390 346 
Hansboro 195 157 195 157 
Pinkston 195 152 195 150 390 302 
Moss 195 169 195 154 390 323 
Morgan 195 168 195 168 
Edwards 195 144 195 144 
Floyd 195 128 195 128 
Eaker 195 122 195 122 
Prowse 195 165 195 165 
Davis 195 154 195 154 
Live Birds, Sept. 15. 
Event 1, entrance $5, 7 birds: Anderson 7, B. Starr 7, Marshall 
6, Brady 7, Wilson 7, Page 5, Wagner 7, Edwards 5, Le Compte 5, 
O. Ward 6, Clay 7, Spencer 7, Armstrong 6, Duncan 6, Kennedy 
6, M. Starr 7, Hansboro 6, Alexander 7, Lyons, 2, w., Money 7. 
Event 2, $10 entrance, 12 birds: Marshall 12, Brady 11, Le 
Compte 12, Duncan 12, Q. Ward 12, Clay 12, Spencer 12, Kennedy 
9, Ben Starr 12, Edwards 10, Hansboro 6 w., Money 12, M. Starr 
9, Anderson 12, Page 11, Wilson 10, H. Beyer 12, Alexander 9, 
Armstrong 11, Prowse 10, Davis 11. 
Event 3, $15 entrance, 20 birds: Marshall 20, Brady 19, Edwards 
18, Le Compte 18, Duncan 20. Q. Ward 19, Clay 20, Spencer 20, 
Kennedy 18, B. Starr 20, H. Beyer 16, M. Starr 4 w., Money 13, 
Page 20, Anderson 20, Lyons 1 w., Davis 18, Wilson 18, Alex- 
ander 17, Armstrong 19. 
Sept. 16.— Event 1, $5 entrance, 7 birds: Lyons 7, Page 6, B. 
Starr 7, Wilson 7, Edwards 6, Le Compte 6, Duncan 6, Marshall 
6, Anderson 7, Spencer 7, Q. Ward 7, Clav 7, Kennedy 6, Brady 
7, Pragoff 6, Armstrong 7,- Carver 7, M. Starr 6. 
Event 2, $10 entrance, 25 birds: Brady 23, Lyons 24, B. Starr 
25, Q Ward 25, Clay 24, Kennedy 22, Carver 25, Page 23, Duncan 
25, Davis 10 w., Mercer 22, Armstrong 23, H. Beyer 21, M. Starr 
25, Marshall 25, Wilson 24, Edwards 23, Anderson 23, Pragoff 18, 
Le Compte 23, Money 23, Alexander 19, Spencer 25. 
Shoot-off: B. Starr 35, Q. Ward 34, Duncan 33, M. Starr 25. 
Afro-American Trapshooters' League. 
St. Louis, Sept. 23. — During the past two days the colored 
trapshooters of this country have been holding the second grand 
Afro-American handicap at targets, at the DuPont Park, this 
city. 
St. Louis was selected on account of the cheap rates to the 
World's Fair. The weather man was kind, and nothing lacking 
save that the wind was strong, and as the traps still face the 
sun, the shooting was difficult during the last afternoon, when 
the championship was decided. 
The attendance was not so large as expected, though several 
States were represented, viz.: J. Edward Deaton, Dayton, O. ; 
J. W. Maxey, Springfield, O.; D. C. Lawry, Urbana, O.; J. R. 
Roundtree, B. T. Willis, Chas. Johnson, F. Milliken, W. E. 
Tucker, Little Rock, Ark.; J. Crochett, S. A. Edwards and Leon 
Jordon, Kansas City, Mo.; T. H. Cohron and R. H. Monday, of 
Pleasant Hill, Mo. 
The first day was taken up with eleven 10-target events, with 
optional sweeps to suit those present. Roundtree won the first 
general average with 78 out of 110, and he had the pleasure of 
having his board bill paid for two days, while Milligan won the 
hunting coat and Edwards a box of cigars. 
The second day was the most interesting, as a number of 
valuable prizes were listed, viz. : Marlin shotgun, Ithaca ham- 
merless, Hunter Arms Co. challenge trophy, Rawlings Sporting 
Goods Co. and others that caused the competition to be exciting.. 
The champion from Dayton, O., Deaton, proved much too 
strong for the others; yet he did not capture either of the gun 
prizes, as Lawry won the Marlin and Crockett the Ithaca. He, 
however, ran away with the championship with 42 out of 50, being 
5 to the good over all. Then to show what he could do, made a 
straight in the last event. Hailing from Dayton, no doubt, he has 
often watched the "D a ddy of 'em All" smash 'em up, as he has 
the quick, snappy way that makes target smasher? who win. 
Scores follow: 
Sept. 22, first day.— Shooting at 110 targets, eleven events of 10 
targets, the totals were: Tucker 40, Edwards 70, Johnson 65, 
Monday 62, Willis 55, Jordon 66, Crockett 61, Roundtree 78, Cohron 
65, Milligan 77. 
Sept. 23, second day.— The programme had a total of 190 targets 
for this day. 
Shot at. Broke. 
Jordon 155 103 
Mulligan 190 125 
Monday 165 82 
Deaton 190 161 
Mosie 165 81 
Lawry 165 110 
Shot at. Broke. 
Tucker 165 96 
Edwards 190 96 
Willis 190 122 
Crockett 190 122 
Tohnson 190 116 
Cohron 190 110 
Roundtree 190 130 
"Webb City Tournament. 
Webb City, Mo., Sept. 22.— The new gun club held its first 
shcot on Thursday at the grounds south of town. The club 
starts well, and a club house will soon be erected that will ac- 
commodate all who may attend. Some fair scores were made, 
while others can improve. B. Gammon made 24 out of 60, J. J. 
Gettinger 39 out of 50, C. E. Jones 25 out of 50, Al Dixon 43 out 
of 50, Herman Jones 26 out of 60, Teddie Brevier 33 out of 70, 
Bass George 40 out of 70, Phil Gray 30 out of 70, Cook 0 out of 
10, Bob Jones 21 out of 70, McLoughlin 43 out of 60, McCormack 
6 out of 30, Hamilton 21 out of 40. 
Guthrie Tournament. 
Guthrie, O. T., Sept. 17.— The Neal and Harris tournament, 
although not largely attended, was a success in every way. 
Shooters were present from Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Indian 
Territory and Texas. The trade was represented by Hubby, 
Sharp, Faurote, Aughtrey. Jim Head was present also, but he 
had too much business in town to spend much time at the shoot- 
ing grounds. The shooting was somewhat difficult on both days 
owing to the high wind, and the shooters were kept busy figuring 
where to put their shot charge so the targets would duck into it. 
The high average the first day was made by Boston and Huston, 
Faurote second and Reust third. Faurote made high average 
the second day, Hubby second and Harris third. For both days 
Faurote was high man, Reust second and Hubby third. The 
White trophy event was warmly contested and resulted in a 
tie between L. R. Owen, of Cushing, and T. B. Newton, of 
Skedee, each breaking 48 out of 50 targets. Owen won trophy in 
the shoot-off. 
Silver City Tournament. 
El Paso, Tex., Sept. 22.— The shoot at Silver City, N. M., was 
a good one, most of the scores averaging well. The interest was 
centered in the team shoot, five men from El Paso, Tex., com- 
posed of Rand, Burdick, Hitt, Campbell and Shelton. The 
Silver team was Farnsworth, Loyne, Carter and Powell. The 
second and last events counted on the $150 cup, and the El Paso 
boys report having been entertained so grandly that they could 
not shoot their best. Rand, 166, and Burdick, 161 out of 175, were 
high men of the programme. 
Missouri League Tournament. 
Moberly, Mo., Sept. 24. — The sixth tournament of the Missouri 
League of Trapshooters was held Sept. 22 and 23, with fine 
weather, but light attendance. It would seem that the border 
towns would have been represented, and there are many good 
towns near by in the center of the State where good gun clubs 
used to flourish. 
The manufacturers' agents were quite numerous. Billy Heer, 
M. Sharp, Tom Marshall, Charles Spencer and W. H. Viet- 
meyer. 
The scores show that Bill Heer had to get very busy on the 
last day to beat out Marshall for high average. Spencer, Hol- 
land and Thomas made a tie. Dr. Clapp could not hold up 
the second day, as he was busy with the management. 
The high scores for those who shot through the two days' pro- 
gramme, 400 targets, were: Heer 384, Marshall 380, Spencer 363, 
Holland 363, Thomas 363, Clapp 355, Dr. Hickerson 338. 
In Other Places. 
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 20. — The weather man was good to 
us on the coast when it came to the last shoot of the Golden 
Gate Gun Club, of Ingleside. Of course, the finals were hotly 
contested in each class. The Bekeart challenge cup brought 
together Nauman and Webb against Holling. Each man a tie 
on 92. In shooting off the tie, Nauman outstayed the others. 
Out of 50 he got 49, Holling 47, Webb 44. 
Information is at hand to the effect that on Oct. 2 the Corner 
Rod and Gun Club, of Fort Wayne, Ind., will open the fall shoot- 
ing - season with a 50 live-bird match between Hugh Clark, of 
Wabash, and Max Witz, of the home club. This will be the 
opening match on the new grounds, where in the future many 
of the principal shoots held in the State of Indiana will take 
place. This large club will exert an influence which will serve 
to bring the rusty guns from their neglected places, and good 
matches will result in the near future. 
The Trenton, O., Gun Club held a shoot Sept. 28. J. Haaman, 
of Hamilton, was official scorer, while H. Schoenfeld is president. 
J. H. Keer is secretary and H. Goebel treasurer of the home club. 
The Serena, 111., Gun Club has a membership that most large 
cities would be proud of. The last shoot at Cedar Stock Farm 
was a great success. 
The Houghton, Mich., Gun Club held their annual meeting on 
Thursday night and officers were re-elected for the coming year: 
J. H. Rice, President; R. M. Edwards, Vice-President; J. M. 
Vivian, Secretary; F. I. Cairns, Captain; Members of Executive 
Board: John C. Pryor and J. J. Lealand. President Rice has 
donated a cup to competition. The invitation is extended to all 
shooters to ioin in the weekly shoots. 
W. D. Harlow was the winner of the club trophy on the occa- 
sion of the last meeting of the Kalamazoo, Mich., Trapshooters' 
Association, as he broke 35 out of 40. Taylor was second with 
33, and Den Bleyker third. High average for the season wins 
the cup. 
J. K. Thibault. W. B. Miller and Col. J. A. Woodson, members 
of the Capital City Gun Club, Little Rock, Ark., will on Sept. 
30 contest against George Clements, Eugene Arnold, of the Pine 
Bluffs. A goodly lot of new members has been added to the 
Little Rock club, viz. : W. T. Tyler, Geo. Hershman, J. W. 
Bressler, J. C. Moore, W. E. Taylor, H. L. McFarlin, A. T. 
McMillan, J. E. Joyce, G. A. Harvey, E. C. Bagley, H. W. 
Morrison, John W. Dickinson, J. and J. W. Batch. 
The Dayton, O., Gun Club has leased the Rudy track, and will 
fit up grounds, where every Friday those fond of the recreation of 
shooting at the traps will be made welcome. A tournament will 
be held Oct. 6 and 7. 
Robert A. Marks, of Springfield, Ky., has been appointed 
game warden, and announces that he will prosecute violators 
under the new law. 
Jack Rabbit and per cent, systems will both be used by the 
Dayton, O., Gun Club, for the tournament to be held Oct. 14. 
The second shoot of the N. C. R. Men's Welfare League was 
held Saturday. During the week another trap was set up, and 
now all the shooters can be accommodated. 
The Houghton, Mich., marksmen have signified their willing- 
ness to match shoot with any other club in their county. It is 
yet a question as to who will knock the chip off the shoulder. 
The Reed City, Mich., trapshots have organized a gun club, 
and shooting meets will be held. 
"Now on and now off" was exemplified in the match with In- 
dianapolis, wherein Crawfordsville lost. Cook, who in the first 
shoot made 48, fell to 31, and thereby lost the match by 6 tar- 
gets. Cooper with 46 was high for Indianapolis, and Uncle 
John Detrich, with 45, was high for Crawfordsville. Stillwell, 
Long and Voris shot well enough to win, but Snyder was almost 
as bad off as was Cook. There is a difference between shooting 
over magautrap and the expert. 
The North End Gun Club, of Port Huron, Mich., has been 
resurrected, and shoots are now on for the fall season. 
It is almost a certainty that there are no clubs in Tennessee 
strong enough to beat the Hermitage, of Nashville, not so long as 
Andy Meaders can smash 99, Watkins 93, Legler 90, Armstead 
87, and Chas. Arx 87. Gallatin club tried it last Thursday, and 
though Harris made 93, Carr got 86, Frazer 83, Morrison 80 and 
Baber 79. Meaders was so muchly in form that his total score 
for the day was 124 out of 125. 
Wm. Overstreet and Clem Brown have challenged Jim Lewis, 
Owensboro, Ky., Gun Club, to shoot a match for the medal. 
Lewis made 42 to Overstreet's 40 during the last contest, while 
Brown made 39. 
Frank Bills is holding up the reputation of Sioux City, la., 
as a shooting center, as on his last attempt he lined out 71 out 
of 75 targets shot at. • 
E. J. Shirtcliff, game warden at Kilbourne, 111., has issued 
warrants _ for W. R. Baldwin, of Delavan; H. J. Puttenbaugh. 
of Mackinaw; Edward Mcobery, of Armingfon; H. J. Dodds, of 
Morton, and John Ramsey, of Manito, all wealthy citizens who 
are accused of shooting between sunset and sunrise, contrary to 
law. 
At a meeting held in St. Paul, Minn., a new gun club was 
formed. It is the Minnesota River Gun Club, with Capt. Whipple 
as President; J. H. Odell, Treasurer; Harry Goodson, Secre- 
tary. The preservation of game birds and fish will enter very 
largely into their activity. 
The members of the Little Rock, Ark., Gun Club are raising a 
fund to purchase a glass eye for the boy who lost his eye while 
working at the traps. 
The Fort Harrison Fishing Club held their meeting at Terre 
Haute, Ind.. and elected officers as follows: Christian Morlock, 
President; Chas. Hocker, Vice-President; Frank Fishbeck. Treas- 
urer; E. H. Mullen, Secretary; Fred Ellenberger, Charles R. 
Carter, Michael Jacobs, Trustees. 
During June, July, August and September the Dubuque, la., 
Gun Club held shoots. At the close of 1904 season the Class A 
was won by F. M. Jaeger; Class B, Ed Ryan won; Henry, 
Michael and Ryan were tied up to the last shoot. J. J. Murphy 
won four times. Those who won B and C will go up to A and 
B for 1905. The club members were active during 1904, and all 
went well. 
C. F. Gil strap, of Taylor Gun Club, will manage the shoot to 
be held at Bryan, Oct. 19 and 20. 
The directors of the gun club at Bloomington have selected 
E. K. Crothers, James Gray, T. Radbourne, Edward Howard, 
Clark Gideon and Howard Steele as a committee to look after 
the prizes to be distributed at the Oct. 19 tournament. 
Will Redderson distinguished himself by making the only 
straight score at the Hutchinson, Kans., club shoot on Saturday 
last. Five events were shot off, and contests were exciting. 
Tom Cassetty, of Nashville, Tenn. ; Harold Monev, from all 
over; Tom A. Marshall, of Keithsburg, 111.; W. H. Heer of 
Concordia, Kans., and E. G. Wallace, of Marshalltown, la., were 
visitors at the World's Fair during last week. 
N. R. Huff, secretary of the old, but still progressive gun club 
of East St. Louis, 111., writes that their last tournament was a 
failure owing to rain. The next attempt will be that of Oct 30 
which will be just before the World's Fair Handicap. 
The Lake View Rod and Gun Club, of Calumet, Mich., is 
taking an active part in the enforcement of the game laws, hav- 
ing employed a man to patrol the woods in search of game law 
violators. This might serve as a reminder to other gun clubs 
that such actions greatly assisted the game wardens in their work 
And now comes Routard, 111., one of the latest to get into the 
harness, as an interesting shoot was held last Tuesday. This will 
be repeated monthly. , 
What was fully expected to be the best live-bird shoot held in 
northern Illinois was held at Oak Park. Tuesday of this week. 
The second annual shoot of the Blackwell Gun Club will be held 
Oct. 26 and 27, with $200 added money. Urban Tracey, secretarv 
and Chas. Cornelius manager. •' 
The Juneau, Wis., Gun Club has hung up an $18 medal. The 
ertrance fee will be 50 cents, and should any one win it three 
times in succession, the medal becomes his property 
Ernest F. Scott, captain of the Dalton, O., Gun Club has for- 
warded a programme for the Oct. 6 and 7 tournament. It' provides 
for a good time, with, all manufacturers' agents shooting for targets 
only The events are all 10 and 15, there being a total of fifteen 
A friendly match was shot at the town of Ouincy Mich Sat' 
urday. The prizes were numerous, being cash and 'merchandise 
The team shoot was a hot one; Girard scored 57,..Ouincv 55 and 
Coldvvater o4. All present reported having had a "pood "time 
The East Saginaw Gun Club held a shoot Sundav and there 
were indications that the. attendance was very lar^e Manv 
prizes , were up for competition. 6 ' - 
W. J. Rand, Will Peck, Stafford Campbell, G. L, Hitt, mer^. 
