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FOREST AND STREAM. 
({Jan. 7, 190S. \ 
The Linwood, Minn., Gun Club held its annual banquet last 
Saturday evening at the Commercial Club, with the following 
present: W. B. McLean, President; J. C. Joslyn, Vice-President; 
Alvin H. Poehler, Secretary; Fred G. Lawrence, E. L. Olds, Chas. 
Anderson, D. A. Scrimbeor, F. A. Richter, S. M. Grover, Frank 
L. Karer, H. B. Lake and Jacob Kuntz were guests. 
The biggest turkey shoot so far reported for the season was 
that of the Olathe, Kans.,. Gun Club. It is announced that there 
were fifty-four fowls carried away by the successful ones. Frank 
Hodges, the affable Mayor, carried off the biggest gobbler with a 
score of 13 out of 15 targets. 
Doctors are happy when they are stirring up something, and 
now comes the news that Dr. White, of the eastern part of the 
State, has been of late canvasing the town of Arkansas City, 
Kans., with the object of reorganizing the gun club. There are 
many good shots in this town, and we wish the Doctor success. 
The Whiting, Ind., Rod and Gun Club sent out the following 
invitation last week: "We extend to you a cordial invitation to 
attend a live-bird and target shoot at the grounds of the club at 
North Hammond, near the Wolf Lake Club house, on Jan. 2. As 
Chicago shooters are glad of the opportunity to test their skill 
on live birds, we will be enabled next week to inform our read- 
ers as to the outcome. 
The very changeable weather in the North, and especially in 
the Northwest, has had the effect to dampen the ardor of many 
of the trapshooters who had planned to take in some of the 
shoots scheduled, as with the thermometer registering a change 
of 40 degrees in the space of seven hours, a seat beside a warm 
fire was preferable to that of withstanding the hardships of the 
midwinter weather. 
There are two clubs in the city of Chicago that shoot at least 
once a week during the entire year; they are the Grand Crescent 
and the Watson Park. 
Cincinnati Gun Club. 
Several of the members were unable to be present on Dec. 24 
and shot their scores in the 100-target race on the 25th instead. 
The weather was not pleasant, being cloudy, with rain in the 
afternoon. On the same day a couple of 25-target events were 
shot, Sunderbruch and Williams tying for high gun on 44 each 
The scores follow, 100-target race: 
Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 Targets: 20 20 20 20 20 
Willie 15 14 16 15 14—74 Dreihs 16 17 18 16 19-86 
A Sunderbruch.l4 14 18 16 16—78 Gambell 17 17 20 16 16-86 
Bullerdick ... 15 15 13 17 19—79 
Practice events : 
Targets : 25 25 Targets : 
Sunderbruch 23 21—44 Bullerdick 
Williams 21 23-44 Gambell 
Dreihs 21 22-43 
Saturday, Dec. 31, was such a pretty day that a large number of 
members and their friends assembled at the grounds and some 
fine sport was enjoyed. The sky was perfectly clear, the tem- 
perature springlike, and an almost entire absence of wind, made 
the conditions ideal. In the cash prize shoot eighteen men took 
part, Trimble, Barker and Elliott tying for high gun on 45 each. 
Penn was second with 44. Bullerdick and Don Minto third with 
41. The former was high among those who were competing for 
the prizes. Twenty-four men took part in the practice events, 
and the trap boys were kept busy until dark. Hightower did some 
good work in these events, breaking 115 out of 130 shot at. Lutie 
Gambell showed that he can handle a gun by breaking 13 out of 
15, beating Barker by 4 targets. Mr. Gambell is expected home 
from his Southern hunting trip by the 4th or 5th, and will be 
met at the station by a delegation of friends, to whom he has 
promised ducks. Every one was pleased to learn of the im- 
provement in Ackley's condition, since last Saturday. He is now 
able to walk around his room a little, and all are hoping to wel- 
come him at the club before very long. 
It was reported that Jay Bee was also much improved in health, 
which piece of good news was welcomed by his many friends. A 
shoot without his presence, either at the firing line or in the club 
house, seems lacking in something. The genial Col. Bob West 
has returned home, once more in good health, and was welcomed 
at the grounds by his host of friends. He did a little shooting, and 
kept the boys good-natured with his yarns. The representatives 
of the Peters Cartridge Co. will take possession of the club house 
and grounds on Friday, Jan. 6, to the number of fifty or sixty, 
and it is a cinch there'll be something doing from early morning 
until too dark to see a target. The expert rifle shots will be there, 
and they can be depended upon to do some interesting stunts. 
John Penn, the first secretary of the club, was present, as he 
never fails to be when he gets within reaching distance of the 
grounds. Only two more contests in the cash prize series, and 
then for the new prize series, which promises to increase the in- 
terest of the members. 
Cash orize shoot, 50 targets: 
*TrimbIe 14 13 18-45 *Seymour, 16 9 13 16-38 
►Barker 16 14 13 18-45 Peters, 19 IS 9 l^f 
*Fniott 16 12 15 18-45 Black, 19 8 13 15-36 
*Penn 16 :: 14 14 16-44 Herman, 18 13 9 15-36 
■Riilferdick 17 .... 9 13 19—41 Roll, 20 1110 13-34 
foon"^ Mfnto, 16::::: 12 n I8-4I Medico 19 8 10 15- 
•mghtower, 16 1101^ Hang 1 ........... 10 814-32 
Hess'er ie':::::::::: 1110 17-38 d p Holding, le.. ? e 10-23 
*Did not compete. 
Practice events: Hightower shot at 130, broke 115; Elliott 50, 41; 
25 25 
22 21—43 
21 21—42 
Seymour 130, 105; Thomas 15, 9; Penn 25, 20! Barker 130, 108; 
Trimble 70, 61; Black 30, 22; Harig 70, 54; Williams 80, 62; No. 
61, 30, 19; Falk 15, 10; Bullerdick 55, 41; Peters 130, 102; Talk 15, 
12; Medico 40, 25; Hesser 90, 68; Roll 80, 56; Herman 25, 17; 
French 100, 60; Sundy 25, 14; Barker, Jr., 15, 9; Gambell, Jr., 16, 
13; Roanoke 35, 17. 
Dalton (O.) Gun Club. 
The Dalton Gun Club held their Christmas shoot on the after- 
noon of Monday, Dec. 26, and the affair was most successful. The 
shooting began at 1 o'clock, and was kept up without a stop 
until darkness called a halt. The programme was carried out as 
planned, over 2,500 targets being trapped. Thirty-three shooters 
took part in one or more of the seven events, and the sport was 
witnessed by a large crowd of spectators. The afternoon was 
dark and foggy, rain falling most of the time, and the conditions 
are responsible for the low scores made. There were six events 
at 15 and one at 10 targets, a total of 100 targets. H. Santmeyer 
and E. F. Scott tied for high gun on 77. In the shoot-off at 15 
targets Scott won with a score of 12 to 11. The scores follow: 
Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. 
E F Scott 100 77 O Wertz 30 17 
O Santmyer 100 72 H Wertz 40 IS 
H Santmyer 100 77 Merttes 25 12 
Freet 100 67 Douglass 30 11 
F Gibson 100 52 Clyde Camp 15 10 
De Arment 100 49 B Gibson 15 8 
Beitman 85 48 T Gibson 15 8 
C C Zupp 85 45 Ray Camp 30 10 
Walters 85 43 Harker 15 7 
Karama 100 35 Hunsicker 30 6 
Dauchy ..55 25 Heibner 15 5 
H Graber 40 25 Flinn 15 5 
Llewellyn 70 24 Kurzen 10 4 
J D Zupp 100 22 Locke 15 3 
Aker 40 22 Kreiger 30 2 
Cole 70 21 Amstutz 15 0 
J Graber 30 19 
Phellis Tfopby. 
On Wednesday, Dec. 28, the Dayton, O., Gun Club was forced 
to give up the Phellis trophy, emblematic of the six-man team 
championship of the State, which it has held so long, and so suc- 
cessfully defended many times against some of the best shots in 
the State. The cup now occupies the place of honor in the house 
of the Licking Gun Club, of Newark. The Licking Gun Club 
defeated the Daytons by 30 targets, while the Cincinnati team, 
which usually finishes on top or close to the leader, finished to-day 
a long way in the rear. 
The Meclianicsburg team, which had challenged the Daytons, did 
not put in an appearance, but will challenge the Licking, and 
then the Dayton Club will go for the winner, and proposes to 
bring the cup back, and nail it down for keeps. Mr. C. W. 
Phellis, the donor of the cup, was the honored guest of the Day- 
ton Gun Club, and participated in some of the sport. 
The day was bitterly cold. The wind blew a gale, and numerous 
snow squalls made it almost impossible to see the targets at times, 
and made the shooting extremely difficult; in fact, the partici- 
pants in the^ shoot showed great nerve in attempting to shoot 
under the weather conditions, which made it a hardship instead! 
of a pleasure. 
Lou Fisher, of the Licking Gun Club, was high man in the 
match, and his work was certainly wonderful, a straight score 
of 50. John Taylor, of the same club, was second with 48, a good 
score under good conditions, and extra good on such a day. C. 
Watkins, of Dayton, was third with 47; also a remarkably good 
showing. W. Harig was high man for the Cincinnati team with 
42. It is only right to say that no member of the team shot in his 
usual form. 
Before the match was started, two practice events at 15 and 25 
targets, and two sweeps at 15 targets each were shot, the latter 
being Nos. 3 and 4 in table below. The scores: 
Events- 1 2 3 4 Shot 
Tartrets- 15 25 15 15 at. Broke. 
Fisher 22 13 13 55 48 
Vfke 22 14 12 55 48 
Heikes ::: 22 13 11 55 46 
Tavlor 20 13 13 55 46 
all 21 13 12 55 46 
schwind •::::::::::::::.: % \\ ^ n 
*T!iirrplI 12 13 13 55 oS 
OswaM 18 6 12 55 36 
i^jlavmoAd ;:: 13 U 12 55 36 
Trfmhie 13 " 30 26 
r'^^ch .... .. 15 10 9 55 34 
H?,kh zer 10 14 30 24 
Hulshizer 11 11 30 22 
8 12 .. .. 40 20 
Phellis 
Carr 
Frank ^" ic ia 
Watkins -i •• •• 1^ ll i% 
Maynard 10 •• •■ ;; fg 10 
Barker g 
Peters S -^g g 
C9ifman ^ •; -g ;; ^g 9 
Tibblis""::::::::::::::::::::"-"------ 
*In second event Raymond shot at 15 and Burrell at 16. 
In the first sweep Rike won first money, $6; Heikes, Taylor, 
Fisher Orr, Craig and Burrell divided second, $3.60, and Trimble 
took third 'money, $2.40. In the second sweep Trimble and 
Hulshizer divided first, $6.80; Fisher, Taylor, Burrell and Watkms 
second, $4.08; Raymond, Schwind, Rike, Orr and Oswald third, 
$2-72. 
Phellis trophy match, six-man teams, 50 targets per man: 
Licking Gun Club. Dayton Gun Club. 
Targets: 20 1515 Targets: 20 15 15 
Lou Fisher 20 15 15—50 C Watkins 19 13 15-4T 
J Taylor 19 15 14-48 Ed Rike 17 15 11—43 
F Hulshizer ..19 14 13—46 Z Craig 15 13 12-40 
S C Burrell. 15 14 11—40 R Heikes 15 12 12—39 
Jesse Orr 17 13 13—43 C W Raymond 13 11 11—35 
R Goodrich 15 10 11—36 M Schwind 12 9 8—29 
"~il 73 69 233 
105 81 77 263 
Cincinnati Gun Club. 
W Harig 16 14 12-42 J E Maynard. 
R Trimble 15 13 12-40 C Peters 
E Barker .15 9 10—34 
L Coleman 13 11 8—32 
12 10 9—31 
7 9 11—27 
78 66 62 206 
Springfield Shooting Club. 
Springfield, Mass. — It takes more than cold winter weather to 
keep the members of the Springfield Shooting Club home on 
holidays, so quite a bunch turned out on Dec. 26, it being the 
annual turkey shoot of the club. The day was not very pleasant 
for shooting, and no large scores were made. 
Shooters were present from Brookfield, Mass.; Somersville, 
Conn.; Thompsonville, Conn.; Holyoke, Mass., and the local 
club. The tv/o principal events of the day were the two for which 
the club put up three turkeys. Two in one event at $1 entrance, 
and one in another, at 75 cents entrance; distance handicap. In 
the first event McMullen, of Somersville, Conn., and Chees- 
man, of Springfield, Mass., were the winners. McMullen's score 
was 22 out of 25; Cheesman's score was 21 out of 25. 
In the next event the scores ran more evenly, resulting in three 
ties on 19, between Arnold, of Somersville, Conn.; Henry, of 
Thompsonville, Conn., and Chapin, of Brookfield, Mass. In the 
shoot-off Arnold won out. 
At noon a hot lunch was served, which put every one in the 
best of spirits. 
Scores in turkey events follow: 
Turkey event No. 1, 25 targets, distance handicap : McMullen 
(18) 22, Cheesman (17) 21, Arnold (17) 20, Chapin (18) 20, Snow 
(17) 18, Collins (16) 18, Finch (17) 18, Henry (16) 17, Kites (17) 
17, Hawes (16) 16, Coats (18) 16, Nelson (17) 12. 
Turkey event No. 2, 25 targets, distance handicap: Henry (16) 
19, Chapin (18) 19; Arnold (18) 19, Snow (17) 18, Finch (17) 18, 
Nelson (16) 18, McMullen (20) 18, Hawes (16) 17, Kites (16) 17, 
Cheesman (19) 17, Collins (17) 14, Coats (17) 7. 
Scores in regular events follow: 
Events : 
Targets : 
Arnold . . . 
Cheesman 
Finch 
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10 15 15 10 10 15 10 10 10 at. Broke. 
8 8 6 8 6 12 9 7 . . 95 64 
7 8 10 7 7 11 5 . . 8 95 63 
3 10 9 6 6 11 9 6 . . 95 . 60 
Coats 7 11 10 10 7 6 16.. 95 58 
Kites 6 7 11 5 4 10 7 4 .. 95 54 
Henry 6 5 7 8 6 9 6 .. 2 95 49 
Snow 10 9 6 8 7 7 .. 8 85 55 
McMullen 10 14 7 4 12 7 .. ,. 75 54 
Nelson 3 10 9 6 7 8 75 43 
Day 2 7 7 40 16 
Hawes 2 8 4 .. .. 35 14 
Talmadge 4 .. .. 7 2 30 13 
Chapin 7 6 .. 20 13 
Collins 8 10 8 
Stevens 6 10 6 
E Cady 6 10 6 
O Cady 6 .. .. 10 6 
H Cady 1 10 1 
Misfire. 
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