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LOWELL, MASS, 
Cecil County Tournament. 
Rising Sun, Md., Oct. 7.— The fourth annual Cecil county tour- 
nament for amateurs was held here on the 5th and 6th inst, and 
proved one of the most successful shoots ever held in this end 
of the State. The county shooters did not turn out as well as 
expected, but there was a fair showing, especially on the first 
day. The shoot was under the management of H. Linn Worthing- 
ton, and everything came off in good shape, without a hitch of 
any kind. The trap worked fine, and the targets were good break- 
ers and -thrown at an even flight of 50yds. 
The office was in charge of Lewis R. Kirk, of Ardmore, Pa., 
and was conducted in a most satisfactory manner. The referee 
and scorer were the Hoover brothers, of baseball fame, and 
Reynolds, the crack Cecil county pitcher, also scored. We had 
in the expert class Mr. J. A. R. Elliott, J. Mowell Hawkins, Mr. 
Emery H. Storr, Mr. Hood Waters and Mr. Frank E. Butler. 
Mr. Hawkins walked away from his field in this class winning the 
average hands down. Elliott was second, Storr third, Butler 
fourth. German beat Worthington 1 target for the amateur aver- 
age, with Ford third and Burroughs fourth. 
Oct. 5, First Day. 
The first day opened with a clear sky and pleasant weather, 
but there was a southwester a-coming over the trap, which kept 
everybody guessing, and lowered the scores. Then again the 
sliding handicap had the shooters to the bad, and Hawkins let 
ten of them slip away from him, while the rest of the bunch were 
not even in sight. Right here was where Capt. Jim Malone landed 
his bumps, and won the amateur average for the day, with 153 
dead ones out of the 180. Poor Hood Waters was clean to the 
bad, but he certainly had an excuse if any one ever had. His 
eyes were in bad shape, he having caught cold in them. He 
should not have shot at all. The scores: 
Events: 1 2 
Targets: 15 15 
Elliott 12 13 
Butler 10 10 
Storr 10 13 
Hawkins 12 14 
Waters 7 10 
Worthington 8 13 
Foord 12 12 
Malone 11 13 
German 14 14 
Burroughs 14 12 
Henderson 11 13 
England 12 11 
McNeil 10 12 
Edmundson 10 8 
Keen H 11 
Evans 13 15 
Morrison 11 15 
Seward 
Booker 
Foster 
Roberson 
Armour 
Gifford 
Sullivan 
3 4 
15 15 
14 14 
12 9 
13 12 
15 13 
9 9 
14 11 
15 11 
12 15 
13 13 
15 10 
10 12 
11 11 
11 11 
10 8 
13 9 
11 13 
10 14 
11 12 
10 13 
5 6 7 
15 15 15 
12 13 12 
10 13 7 
12 12 12 
15 14 15 
13 12 12 
14 12 12 
13 10 12 
12 13 13 
14 14 13 
11 12 14 
10 11 7 
10 11 11 
11 14 11 
8 9 7 
12 10 13 
14 13 11 
11 13 12 
14 13 11 
13 13 12 
9 11 12 
.. 12 8 
.. 11 12 
8 9 
15 15 
14 13 
13 11 
11 13 
14 14 
12 11 
14 15 
14 10 
12 11 
12 13 
12 11 
15 11 
13 11 
10 12 
9 9 
12 10 
12 .. 
10 11 12 
15 15 15 
14 10 15 
9 8 13 
12 15 13 
15 14 13 
14 12 10 
13 9 14 
13 13 14 
15 12 14 
15 11 15 
12 15 13 
14 10 14 
10 10 15 
11 10 15 
11 4 13 
11 9 12 
Broke. 
156 
127 
147 
168 
131 
149 
149 
153 
161 
151 
138 
136 
138 
104 
133 
13 
14 11 
13 8 
12 13 
11 12 
12 14 11 15 12 
13 
Oct. 6, Second Day. 
Threatening weather, with some rain, cut the attendance away 
down, but by noon there was a goodly bunch plugging it at them. 
Hawkins again won the average in his class, while Worthington 
led in the Cecil county championship for the L. C. Smith cup. 
This event, which was last on the programme, was as near like 
a good horse race as anything could well be. The first heat of 
this race was at 20 singles, use of both barrels, and the second heat 
at 10 pairs. Worthington went straight in the first alone, with 
Gifford a strong second with 19. In the next lap at the doubles, 
Worthington dropped 3 out of his first 8, and Gifford, straight up 
to then, had him heat; but Worthington went on to his last 12 
like the proverbial lot of bricks, and finished with 17; total 37. 
Gifford lost his nerve in the last and finished with 35. The scores 
for the second day, with the championship scores in detail, follow: 
Events: 123456789 
Elliott 14 13 13 14 12 13 14 12 15 120 
Butler 9 12 11 13 8 11 11 12 12 97 
Storr 14 12 13 10 13 13 13 10 13 111 
Hawkins 13 14 14 13 14 15 15 15 13 126 
England 11 12 10 12 11 11 14 12 12 105 
Worthington 13 13 12 15 13 11 14 12 15 118 
German 10 12 11 12 14 12 14 11 11 107 
Burroughs 11 11 14 12 14 11 14 11 9 107 
Foord 15 13 13 12 11 14 11 13 11 113 
Kirk 11 11 7 8 13 11 11 13 10 94 
U Jackson 8 8 7 
Riale 13 12 14 12 10 14 13 10 12 110 
Gifford 13 12 13 10 12 11 13 12 8 104 
Keen .... 9 9 10 10 11 
Sullivan 12 
All the events the second day were at 15 targets. 
Cecil County Championship. 
The Cecil county championship, at 20 singles, use of both barrels 
and 10 pairs, for the L. C. §mith cup; 
—20 
11 11—17—37 
—19 
11 10—16—35 
—19 
10 11—15—34 
—19 
01 11—13—32 
—17 
11 11—14-31 
—16 
10 11—11—27 
—16 
10 10—10—26 
—15 
10 10—10—25 
—12 
11 11—12—24 
—14 
01 01— 9—23 
Worthington 11111111111111111111 
10 11 01 10 11 11 11 H 
Gifford 11111111111111101111 
11 11 11 10 11 11 10 10 
Kirk 11111111111111101111 
11 11 01 11 10 10 11 01 
England 11111111101111111111 
10 10 11 00 00 11 11 11 
Riale lmilOOlllllOllllll 
01 11 00 10 11 01 10 11 
T Kirk 11110111100111101111 
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
Jackson 11101110111011110111 
10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 
Keen 10011111101011111110 
10 10 10 00 10 11 10 10 
Armour 10101010101111010101 
01 10 10 11 00 10 10 10 
U Jackson 10110110110110110111 
10 10 10 01 01 01 01 01 
The experts also shot in this race for targets. Their scores: 
Hawkins, 20, 19—39; Storr 20, 19—39; Elliott 20 18—38; German 
19 15—34; Foord 20 14—34; Butler 18 13—31; Burroughs 18 12—30 
These scores are of those who shot through the programme on 
one or two days only: 
1st day. 
Hawkins 168 
Storr 147 
Elliott *. 156 
German 161 
Foord 149 
Butler 127 
Burroughs 151 
England 156 
Worthington 149 
Malone 153 
Henderson 138 
McNeil 138 
Edmundson 104 
Keen 133 
Riale 
2d day. Shot at. Broke. 
126 
111 
120 
107 
113 
97 
107 
105 
118 
110 
315 
315 
315 
315 
315 
315 
315 
315 
315 
180 
180 
180 
180 
180 
135 
294 
258 
276 
268 
262 
226 
258 
241 
267 
153 
138 
138 
104 
133 
110 
New London, O,, Tournament. 
New London, O.— The first annual autumn shoot of the New 
London Gun Club took place at the club's grounds, Sept. 30, 
under most favorable auspices, and is considered by all those per- 
sons who participated in the events as having been a very 
unique, helpful and successful affair. More than fifty shooters, in- 
cluding the professionals— Heikes, Young, Trimble, Le Compte 
and Cross — stood on the firing line, while several hundred spec- 
tators from near and from far, among whom were many women, 
encouraged the shooters by their hearty and generous applause. 
Excepting a high wind part of the time, the day was perfect, and 
the more delightful because no accident or mishap marred the 
occasion. Every detail of this shoot was mastered by the manage- 
ment in advance of the coming of the shooters, so that the day's 
programme was carried out without any delays, only the day was 
too short for the occasion. Five thousand targets were thrown 
from a Leggett trap. Five large tents pitched in a semi-circle, 
with automobiles, carriages and a throng of well-dressed and well- 
behaved spectators, all of whom were in the best of humor, gave 
the occasion a gala day appearance. 
There were ten events of 10 and 15 targets alternately. There 
were no sweepstake events on the programme, and no prizes 
either in cash or merchandise offered. Excepting this, the shoot 
was conducted along tournament lines. An entrance fee of 1 
cent a target was charged. 
The principal object of this shoot was to give encouragement 
to the coming shooters, in this part of the State, at little expense, 
who hitherto have absented themselves from tournaments wherein 
sweepstake shooting with prizes of merchandise or cash made a 
bid for patronage, because of their inability to compete with the 
more experienced and better shooters. The plan of this shoot 
worked perfectly, to the complete satisfaction of the large number 
of shooters from various points in northern Ohio, who were pres- 
ent and took part in the events, and to the management of this 
tournament, who devised it all. 
Following is the list of shooters and their scores: 
Events : 
Targets : 
R O 
C A 
D D 
Heikes. 
Young. . 
Cross. . . 
R Trimble 
C Le Compte... 
R T Terry 
A Ledgett 
F McElhinnev. . . 
R J Smith 
L Farns worth.. 
Dr J H King... 
J Wadsworth... 
H A Mowrey... 
C Mansfield 
C Winbigler 
F B Gott 
T Gadfield 
I M Starr-- ..... 
1 2 
3 4 
5 6 
7 9 
9 10 
Shot 
Per 
10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 10 15 
at. 
Broke. 
Cent. 
10 13 10 14 
9 15 
9 15 10 15 
125 
120 
96 4-5 
7 13 10 13 
7 13 10 15 
9 13 
125 
110 
88 
8 12 
9 10 
8 14 
8 13 10 11 
125 
103 
82 2-5 
8 10 
7 13 
9 12 
9 12 
8 13 
120 
101 
80 4-5 
9 10 
9 12 
9 13 
8 10 
5 15 
125 
100 
80 
8 13 
9 11 
7 12 
8 12 
7 11 
125 
98 
78 2-5 
8 14 10 10 
7 10 
9 12 
9 9 
125 
98 
78 2-5 
7 13 
8 13 
6 12 
9 9 
6 12 
125 
95 
76 
9 13 
9 10 
7 12 
7 11 
7 10 
125 
95 
76 
9 14 
8 13 
7 10 
9 12 
10 .. 
110 
92 
83 7-11 
7 10 
8 10 
8 15 
8 11 
6 8 
125 
91 
72 4-5 
8 8 
10 8 
7 14 
8 10 
6 11 
125 
90 
72 
8 10 
7 10 
8 11 
7 8 
7 12 
125 
88 
70 2-5 
7 10 
7 12 
5 9 
8 11 
7 10 
125 
86 
68 4-5 
7 8 
6 12 
9 10 
5 12 
7 7 
125 
83 
66 2-5 
8 10 
5 8 
4 9 
8 13 
6 8 
125 
79 
63 1-5 
6 3 
5 10 
8 11 
8 11 
4 11 
125 
77 
61 3-5 
3 7 
5 8 
7 6 
6 11 
6 10 
125 
69 
55 1-5 
4 6 
5 U 
2 7 
S 8 
711 
125 
69 
551-5 
8 5 
3 10 
6 8 
6 4 
7 2 
5 
J F Ryland 6 11 4 
F H Stilson 4 11 11 
Geo Ewing 5 5 4 
L Degnan 7 5 8 
J Cassell 6 8 4 
Guy Myers...... 5 11 5 
S Farnsworth 5 13 
A Robertson 4 .. 8 12 
G J Myers". 11 
F Burk 4 6 
Dr D L Mohn 6 7 7 3 2 
J H Barnes 10 
B J Stahl 7 9 
J McElhinney.. ........ 5 8 
E McKinney 4 5 7 8 3.. 
E Zimmerman 12 
G Bailey 11 5 6 
W Smith 8 12 
E E Miller 8 .. .. 4 4 
S Buswell 3 4 6 7 5.. 
G A Davidson 3 7 
Dr C T King 3 7 
D F White 
W B Hart 5 9 
J Mahan 8 10 
T Fast 8 4 
Swanger. 
Prosser 3 
C Cassell 
C Motter 3 .. 4 
E C Elder .. 
7 8 
6 
7 
3 
6 
9 
7 
2 
4 
4 
9 10 
10 9 
6 8 
6 8 
2 6 
6 9 
5 9 
5 8 
4 5 
4 .. 
6 .. 
4 5 
5 9 
5 .. 
4 8 
3 11 
4 8 
9 io 
4 .. 
5 12 
7 7 
2 .. 
7 6 
5 7 
7 10 
6 .. 
F 
G 
G 
6 6 
3 5 
125 
69 
55 1-5 
110 
65 
59 1-11 
125 
61 
48 4-5 
125 
58 
46 2-5 
125 
57 
45 3-5 
100 
56 
56 
75 
56 
74 2-3 
-70 
47 
67 1-7 
65 
42 
64 8-13 
75 
38 
50 2-3 
100 
35 
35 
50 
33 
66 
50 
30 
60 
60 
29 
48 1-3 
60 
27 
45 
50 
27 
54 
50 
26 
52 
35 
26 
74 2-7 
65 
25 
38 6-13 
60 
25 
41 2-3 
50 
23 
46 
50 
22 
44 
35 
21 
60 
35 
20 
57 1-7 
25 
18 
72 
25 
12 
48 
25 
12 
48 
25 
11 
44 
25 
8 
32 
30 
7 
23 1-3 
15 
6 
40 
Homer— Ogfden Tournament. 
Homer, 111. — The dedication shoot of the Homer-Ogden Gun 
Club, held at Homer, 111., Sept. 28 and 29 was a decided success, 
both in attendance and the matter in which it was conducted. 
The new club house was not as nearly completed as the boys 
would like to have it, but it answered the purpose. 
The first day twenty-seven shooters faced the traps. W. R. 
Crosby won high expert average, and C. B. Wiggins the amateur 
average. E. M. Stoner won the handsome gold medal for the 
highest score in the two last events of 25 targets each. 
The second day twenty shooters were in attendance. Mr. 
Crosby again landed the high expert average, and Dr. . E. P. 
Lawrence, of Lincoln, 111., made the high amateur average. 
In the 100-target race for the gun, C. B. Wiggins was the 
lucky man with a score of 90 from the 20yd. mark. 
Merchandise prizes were distributed to the lower averages. 
The Homer-Ogden squad made a good showing for the home 
club. 
The targets on the second day were something fierce. 
Crosby broke 106 out of 125 and Lawrence 104 out of the same 
number the second day. 
C. B. Wiggins won the general amateur average for the shoot. 
W. H. Clay, of St. Louis, won the boots for the second average. 
Guy Burnside won the trapshooter's jacket for third average. 
William McKinley won the sole leather suit case for the fourth 
average. 
Mr. Keck, the one-armed shooter, is a wonder. 
The club is unanimous in its praise of the squad hustler, Mr. 
Brounough, and Leslie Standish, the cashier. 
Good crowds visited the grounds each day. 
Sept. 28, First Day. 
Shot at. Broke. 
Burnside 150 109 
Cadwallader 150 129 
Crosby 150 144 
Heikes 150 135 
Dr Lawrence 150 107 
Veitmeyer 150 121 
Nickols 150 117 
Burnside 150 129 
Young 150 134 
Clay 150 135 
Wiggins 150 142 
Hefly 150 119 
Hartman 150 108 
Clark 150 90 
Shot at. 
McKinley 150 
Mulford 150 
Keck 150 
Reagle 120 
Snell 150 
Lyons 75 
.Van Gundy 150 
Stoner 150 
Harris 120 
Funk 150 
Stillwell 120 
Deitrick 60 
Helton 45 
Sept. 29, Second Day, 
Heikes 125 
Burmister 125 
Cadwallader 125 
Crosby 125 
Burnside 125 
Young 125 
Clay 125 
Van Gundy ...125 
Stillwell 125 
Lawrence 125 
93 Mulford 125 
90 Keck 125 
100 Stoner ..125 
106 Wiggins 125 
100 Hartman 125 
104 Hefly 125 
97 McKinley 125 
87 Deitrick 90 
91 Harris 45 
104 Helton 60 
Broke. 
128 
118 
120 
67 
125 
48 
120 
112 
88 
112 
79 
48 
29 
98 
83 
78 
99 
91 
97 
59 
31 
45 
National Gan Club. 
Inmanafolis, Ind., Oct. 1.— Editor Forest and Stream: Effective 
this date, Mr. Jas. W. Bell has been appointed secretary and 
treasurer of the National Gun Club, succeeding F. M. Holloway, 
resigned. m . J. M. Lilly, President. ' 
