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Cincinnati Gun Club* 
Cincinnati, O.— A few of the Peters Cartridge Company's boys 
■were in town this, week, and of coiurse put in a part of their time 
at the club. A team match at 100 targets was shot the first of 
the week, the Kirby team winning by a score of 416 to 401. Don 
Minto seems to have got back to his one-time form again, and 
was high man with a score of 91. Gambell second with 89. The 
match was shot in strings of 20, and but one straight was made, 
Seymour smashing all of his first 20. 
'Team match, 100 targets: 
Gambeil's Team. Kirby's Team. 
Targets : 2u 20 20 20 20 Targets : 20 20 20 20 20 
Gambell 19 17 17 19 17— 89 Kirby 18 15 18 17 14- 82 
Storr 17 16 17 18 19— 87 Wheeler ..... 17 14 16 17 14— 78 
Hardy 15 14 18 13 17— 77 Seymour .... 20 19 16 18 15— 88 
French 13 13 12 15 18— 71 Don Minto.. 19 17 19 19 17— 91 
Davies ...... 16 16 15 15 15— 77 Carter ....... 16 14 14 15 18- 77 
80 76 79 80 86 401. 90 79 83 86 78 416 
Saturday, Jan. 14, was a typical winter day, clear and cold. The 
attendance was not quite up to the mark, only fourteen taking 
part in the cash prize event, and five of these not shooting in 
competition. The light was not very good, but an absence of 
wind made the conditions fair, and some good scores were made. 
Harig was high man of those who shot in competition, tying with 
Trimble on 46. Hesser second with 45. C. O. Le Compte, a trade 
representative, was present and tied with Don Minto for fourth 
place on 42. Williams was not in his usual form, and finished out 
of place. In this crntest the shooters are divided into three 
classes, there being s x prizes in each class, $20, $17, $15, $12, $9 
and $7. Two more snoots decide the winners. , Ackley still con- 
tinues to improve, and we hope to see him at the grounds before 
long. Supt. Gambeil's son Lutie is much better and will be 
about once more very soon. Jay Bee is sick and confined to the 
house. It is feared he will be unable to attend the club dinner 
on the 26lh. Several matches were shot to-day, but the boys did 
little practice shooting. 
Cash prize shoot, 50 targets, distance handicap: Harig (18) 46, 
*Trimble (16) 46, Hesser (16) 45, *Gamben (16) 44, *Don Minto 
(16) 42, *Le Compte (16) 42, Bullerdick (18) 41, Pohlar (18) 38, 
Pfieffer (17) 38, H. Sunderbruch (19) 36, Peters (18) 36, *Carter 
(16) 36, Falk (17) 35, Williams (18) 34. 
*Did not compete. 
Match at. 25 targets, four high men out: Gambell 22, Peters 23, 
Harig 22, Le Compte 22, Hardy 21, Hesser 20, Carter 20, Buller- 
dick 16. 
, Match, 50 targets, four high men out: Harig 47, Bullerdick 45, 
Hardy 45, Le Compte 43, Gambell 42, Carter 40, Williams 36, 
Hesser 35, Peters 35. 
Match, 25 targets, three high men out: Gambell 23, Harig 23, 
Le Compte 22, Hardy 21, Peters 20, Hesser 18. 
Dayton Gun Club Annual Meeting. 
The Dayton, O., Gun Club held its first annual meeting at the 
Phillips House on the evening of Jan. 12, and almost every 
member of the club was in attendance. At the business meeting 
many plans for the advancement of the club, and the improve- 
ment of the grounds were discussed, but no definite action was 
taken on tlie difi'erent matters. The officers elected were: John 
L. Theobald, President; Zenas Craig, Vice-President; O. H. 
Bailey, Secretary; J. M. Curphey, Treasurer. Executive Com- 
mittee: A. F. Kempert, H. M. Carr, Charles Sander. 
At the close of the business "session a banquet was served to 
the membsrs and guests.. Messrs. C. O. Le Compte and Ralph 
Trimble, trade representatives, were gviests of honor, and both 
responded happily when called upon informally for toasts. Many 
toasts were given and responded to by those present, and the 
affair was a great success in every way. Bonasa. 
In Other Places. 
The Hamilton, Ont., Gun Club shoot, which began on Tuesday 
last promised to be the best of its kind ever held on the soil of 
the mother country. Besides the $1200 in prizes, the Canadian 
Handicap will be held, and many Americans will be present to 
mingle with the great cracks of Canada. 
The Linden, la.. Gun Club will hold a tournament Jan. 24 and 
25. It is reported that C. VV. Budd, H. R. Patterson, F. S. 
Whitney and D. Y. French, all of Des Moines, la., will be 
present. 
It has been given out by the Downs, la.. Gun Club that on 
Jan. 26 and 27 its members will entertain all visitors who are 
shotgun enthusiasts with a gathering at the target grounds. 
There is little of the "cold-bloodedness" connected with the 
Coldbrook Gun Club, as on last Wednesday evening a large 
number met at the home of Mrs. Pearl, at Monmouth, 111., and 
sat down to a three-course dinner. There were decoration and 
music, which were much enjoyed. This was the ovitcome of 
choosing sides and holding a team rabbit hunt, and the bunnies 
suflered to the extent that there are 150 less cottontails in the 
Illinois cornfields than formerly. 
Thirteen crack men took part in a shoot at Broadhead, Wis., 
last Monday. Thoiigh the wind was strong and facing the shoot- 
ers, the scores were good. Dr. Chase, of Madison, was high man 
with 36 out of 41. Louis Dodge, of Monroe, came second with 
35, and Fred Roel, of Albany, third. 
Shooting is on the mcrease at Johnstown, O., as twenty-seven 
shooters in attendance are a "whole lot." 
Business of importance was scheduled for the meeting of the 
Cumberland Gun Club, of Davenport, la., for their Tuesday even- 
ing meeting. All Western trapshots sliould keep an eye on the 
dates that this club fixes, for their opening shoot, to be held on 
their new grounds. 
The annual meeting of the South Side Gun Club, of Milwaukee, 
Wis., was held in this week, Wednesday, at which officers were 
to be elected — particulars in next issue. 
A shoot was announced for Friday of this week at Worthing- 
ton, Minn. Results later. 
Robert Dye, Roy Harris and Frank McKeon, of Clive, la., 
were the committee in cliarge of the late shoot held by the gun 
club. 
The shooters in Illinois, Indiana and other Central States 
should take note that in many of the towns in Wisconsin, Michi- 
gan and Canada, the gun clubs hold their regular weekly shoots 
during the winter. 
Those well-kown Buckeye shooters, Heikes, Rike and Wray, 
tcok part in a turkey shoot last Saturday, held out in the adjoin- 
ing township, and report has it that Heikes had turkeys "to 
burn." 
Reports at the annual Pent water, Mich., shoot, were: C. F. 
Lewis 174, Henry Reed 172, M. D. Girard 164, S. T. Collins 149, 
Elmer Stanhope 145, Bert Jefilries 138, W. J. Sloan 135, Ely Lewis 
130, Matt Sloan 124, A. F. Wickham 118. 
That the Cleveland, O., Gun Club will have a prosperous year is 
a*gured whsn it stat-ts off the first, shobt oi ten with $260 in prizes 
for high and low gvtns. A full attendance is desired, as to be a 
participant in the prize distribution a shooter must have par- 
ticipated in seven of the ten shoots scheduled. 
A bit of news from Sulphur Hill, Ind., relates that the Geneva 
Gun Club held a shooting match last Saturday, and many good 
scores were made, but the item was minus the scores. - 
George Mosen, of Sandy Run, Pa., won the first prize at ths 
shoot held at Hazelton, Pa., on last Monday. 
There is no doubt shooting at many gun club grounds 'way out 
in Kansas that is unknown to . the outside world caused by the 
backwardness of those interested to furnish reports for the sport- 
ing press. Here is a new one, though. Last Thursday, the Cul- 
lison, Kan., target "busters" entertained the Pratt "boys" with a 
target shoot. Scores: C. A. Hopper 68 out of 80; H. Jenkins 
50, 70; Pedigo 44, 60; Look 19, 40; Balfour 4, 20; Babbitt 62, 70; 
Ed Jenkins 54, 70; Springer 31, 40; J. C. Jones 19, 30; J. K. 
Cochran 13, 30; Shaw 10, 20; Oscar Roll 4, 10; Mr. Hopper made 
the best scores. 
The Northwestern shooters, especially the experts, are busy 
with preparations for their trip to Texas, where the three big 
shoots are to be held. 
Hutchinson, Kan., Jan. 9.— The first shoot for the 1905 season 
was held here yesterday at the park. There will be something 
doing all the year, as a fine loving cup is up. On this day it was 
O. H. Guy who was able to "guy" the others, as his 41 out of 50 
was the. topmost score. Billy Allen got left in this event, though 
he won out the high average for the day by one target. The low 
scores are accounted for on account of the hard targets, which 
were unreasonable, being about a 75yd. fall. Coupled with a 
strong wmd from behind, any one must know there was some 
strain on the "choke-bores." W. H. Peck made 38, Chas. Rankin 
37, Van Kuren 32, Willard 31, Shumway 25. Mr. Rankin has 
challenged Guy for a try for the cup. They will shoot in two 
weeks. Regular club shoot in February. 
The Linden, la.. Gun Club tournament will be a handicap, from 
16 to 20yds. There will be events open to all. On the second 
day will occur the Gtithrie-Dallas county championship. Prizes 
will be awarded the highest averages, and the Sargent system of 
trapping will be used. J. W. Burnham will attend to shooters' 
wants, with old Chas. W. Budd as assistant, while Fred Whitney 
will be in the office. 
Mr. Lewis Dodge, of Monroe, Wis., wishes it understood by 
the Western shooters that there will be a pigeon shoot on the 
club grounds on Feb. 22. 
George O. Harriss, secretary of the South Dakota Sportsmen's 
Association, is out with the claim that the next State tournament 
will be held at Vermillion on May 31, and June 1 and 2. 
G. A. Mann, of Hastings, Neb., writes that the twenty-ninth 
annual meeting and the tournament of the Nebraska State Sports- 
men's Association will be held May 9, 10, 11 and 12. 
Philadelphia Trapshooters* Leagwe. 
Meadow Springs — Highland. 
On the grounds of the Meadow Springs Gun Club, Jan. 14, 
Meadow Springs defeated the Highland Gun Club by a score of 
182 to 179. A cold, stiff wind was a severe weather condition 
against the shooters. 
Team match, 25 targets per man, ten men to a team: 
Highland. 
A Ballentine , 
T Ballentine , 
Everett 
Johnson 
Lutz , 
Denham 
Meehan , 
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Meadow Springs. 
G Smith 18 
Franklin 23 
Roberts 19 
Bush 20 
Henry 18 
Depew 21 
Murdock 11 
Hansen .13 
Hall 21 
Coyle 18—182 
Club event, 25 targets, handicap added to score: 
Hdp. Brk. Tot'l. Hdp. Brk. Tot'l. 
♦J McKane 0 18 18 
^Garrett 0 18 18 
Hall 0 24 24 *Murray 0 18 18 
Hansel! 9 9 18 
*Galbraith 0 18 18 
Lee 10 14 24 Roberts 0 17 17 
Pepper 2 15 17 
*Bush 0 17 17 
Coyle 0 22 22 Street 6 9 15 
" ' " ' « r,^ Jackson 0 15 15 
Wright 10 3 13 
G Dill 2 7 9 
Lucas 0 12 12 
*H McKane ......0 7 7 
KauUman 0 6 6 
* Visitors. 
Clearview — North Camden. 
On the grounds of the North Camden Gun Club, Jan. 14, the 
Clearview team was victorious over the Camden team by a score 
of 190 to 170. The cold weather impaired the competition. The 
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Ludwig 23 
Dyer 23 
Daveson .; 19 
Charlton 20 
Springer ..16 
Downs 21 
Huber 24 
Fisher 12 
Edwards 15 
Sibole 17—190 
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North Camden. 
Tilton 21 
Stratton 19 
Ray 13 
Fleming 15 
Sharp 18 
Pratt 17 
Cavallier 13 
Wicks 16 
Garrigues -21 
Silver ..17—170 
Sweepstakes were shot as follows: 
Event No. 1, 25 targets: Pratt 23„ Reifsnyder 13, Buckwalter 
24, Springer 17, Daveson 20, Silver 18. 
Event No. 2, 15 targets: Sibole 13, Daveson 14, Bilhartz U, 
Fisher 10, J. Edwards 9, Huber 11. 
Event No. 3, 15 targets: Colton 9, Downs 11, Pratt 11, Charl- 
ton 11, Reifsnyder 12, Weimer 7. 
Event No. 4, 15 targets: McAfee 9, Fisher 9, Huber 13, Bil- 
hartz 9, Sibole 9, Wicks 7. 
Event No. 5, 15 targets: Buckwalter 15, Ludwig 10, Charlton 10, 
Stratton 6, Grant 10. 
Event No. 6, 15 targets: Ray 10, Fleming 12, Leicht 9, Dyer 9, 
Caviller 13, A. Sharp 10, Tilton 13. 
Narberth— S. S. White, 
On the Belmont track the Narberth Gun Club team defeated 
the S. S. White Gun Club team by a score of 136 to 132. 
Narberth. 
Sharp .......21 
Davis '.' 18 
Duf field .17 
Barker 17 
Halberstadt 16 
Burgess ................. .12 
McClellan 11 
Humphries 9 
Alker 9 
Appleton &— 136 
Firat event;: Barker Meiidefson 6, B'oiltaitis 6, Bferiiitgi' 8, 
Beyer 4, Dr. Cotting 4, Parry 4, Hand 3, Hinhaon 3, Harris 3, 
Dill L 
Second event: Newcomb 9, Sharp 8, Brenizer 7, Hawkins 8, 
Cantrell 6, Davis 6, Halberstadt 5, Dillon 5, Hinkson 4, Alker 3. 
Third event: Newcomb 8, Hand 8, Dr. Cotting 8, Henderson 8, 
Hawkins 7, Humphries 6, Stahr 6, Beyer 5, Ott 4, Dill 8, Fon- 
taine 3. 
Fourth event: Hawkins 9, Halberstadt 8, Duffield 7, Beecher 7, ^ 
Alker 7, Dillon 6, Fontaine 5, Hand 5, Appleton 5, Ott 4. 
Fifth event: Hawkins 10, Henderson 9, Beecher 7, Dr. Cotting 
7, Hinkson 6, Brenizer 6, Heite 5, Janes 4, Burgess 4, Cantrell 4, 
Jackson 2. 
Hill Rod and Gjn Club — Hilfsides. 
The Hill Rod and Gun Club defeated the Hillside Gun Club 
at Hill Crest, 149 to 147. 
Hillside. 
Larent ......14 
Haywood 12 
M Bisbing .......15 
Parson 15 
R Bisbing 21 
Lawson 12 
Clark 15 
Aiman 19 
*Hillside 12 
Hill Rod and Gun Club. 
McDowell .....15 
Cassidy 15 
Dilks 16 
Birney 14 
Samsel 13 
Miller 18 
Urian 22 
*H R & G 12 
*H R & G 12 
*HiIlside 12—147 *H R & G .12—149 
*Absent members. 
Florists — Media. 
At Media, Pa., Jan. 14, the Florists' Gun Club defeated the 
Media Gun Club by a score of 190 to 183. The scores in detail 
follows : 
Florists'. 
Bell 20 
Guerney ....10 
Shields 19 
Shaw 20 
Anderson 19 
Landis 23 
E Coleman 20 
Huttonbock 17 
Sanford 19 
F Coleman 
Media. 
Copple 22 
Lee 16 
Evans 15 
Smedley .20 
Pennington 20 
Little .....12 
Williamson 18 
Howard — 18 
Bennett 22 
.23—190 Powell ; ..20—183 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
North River Gun Clob. 
Edgewater, N. J., Jan. 14.— Event 9 was for a silver trophy, 
and it was won by Mr. C. E. EickhofE. 
Events: 123456789 10 
Targets: 10 15 15 10 15 15 10 10 25 10 
Eickhoflf 8 12 13 8 12 10 8 .. 23 9 
Vosselman , 8 10 11 10 13 22 .. 
Morrison 6 10 11 9 5 21 9 
Gusshell 6 11 10 7 9 7 8 7 17 6 
Addis 4 9 11 8 12 11 7 8 19 7 
Fisher 8 11 12 9 13 14 9 5 21 6 
Geycr 7 10 11 8 11 10 7 6 18 7 
Bachrack 69657865 15 4 
Copeland 7 11 10 6 11 10 8 6 18 7 
Sherman 6 12 10 6 5 U 6 5 20 8 
Jas. R. Merrill, Sec'y. 
Montclair Gun Club. 
Montclair, N. J., Jan. 14. — Nine men shot through some six 
events to-day. In the gold medal event, Messrs. Babcock, Batten, 
Winslow and Moffatt qjalified by breaking 7 straight in a certain 
specified 25. In event No. 4 Messrs. Winslow, Kendall and Bab- 
cock tied for a box of shells. 
: • On next Saturday the club will begin shooting for the 1905 
'•trophy, a sterling silver loving cup, to cost over $60. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Events: - 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Targets: 25 10 25 25 25 25 Targets: 25 10 25 25 25 25 
P Cockefair 19 7 19 18 20 21 C W Kendall.. 12 8 17 19 23 17 
W T Wallace.. 8 2 12 13 17 9 E Winslow 6 17 19 19.. 
C Babcock 20 4 19 19 .. .. J W Glaister 20 18 16 18 
Geo Batten 12 8 16 15 21 18 F W Moffett 17 17 19 17 
W I Soverel... 13 4 15 Edward Winslow, Sec'y. 
S. S. White. 
Newcomb 17 
Brenizer 16 
Dr Cotting 16 
Byer 15 
Fontaine 13 
Harty , 12 
Hand , H 
Hinkson 11 
Cantrell 11 
Parry .10—1^ 
The open sweepstake events were at 10 targets, and scored as 
follOW»5 _ . 
Cleve'and Gan Clob. 
Cleveland, O.— Great preparations are being made by the mem- 
bers of the Cleveland Gun Club for target shooting next season. 
The membership for the past season has shown a wonderful in- 
crease, ninety-five new members being added to the rolls, so that 
now there are 225 members. 
The club held a banquet at the Euclid Hotel, Jan. 10, at which 
fully fifty members of the organization were present. Plans for 
improving the club, to make it more attractive for the members 
were discussed, and an eft'ort will now be made to increase the 
membership to 300. 
It was shown that the club has one of the finest shooting parks 
in the country, forty acres being acquired for the sport, reprc 
sentirig, with the equipment, an investment of $12,000. 
After an elaborate banquet, officers were chosen, as follows: 
F. G. Hogen, President; W. C. Talmage, Vice-President; A. M. 
Allyn, Secretary; S. C. Payne, Treasurer; F. H. Wallace, Financial 
Secretary and Manager; C. E. Doolittle, Captain. F. W. Judd 
and R. C. Hopkins were elected to the Board of Directors. 
President Hogen acted as toastmaster, and toasts were re- 
sponded to by City Engineer W. J. Carter, who is a member of 
the Recreation Club, and Messrs. Beers and O'Dell, other guests 
of the club, , besides Paul North, of the Ohio Fish and Game 
Commission, and several others. Mr. North seemed to disap- 
prove of the present system of hunting down violators of the fish 
and game laws, and hinted that some changes should be made. 
A team of ten men will go to Akron next month to defend tho 
trophy, which has been twice won by Cleveland. Should Cleve- 
land win again, the trophy will become the property of the Cleve- 
land Gun Club. A. M. Allyn, Sec'y. 
Skelly and Banks — Sqoier and Foord. 
Wilmington, Del. — In a two-man team race, Messrs. J. T. 
Skelly and Edward Banks against Messrs. W. M. Foord and 
Luther J. Squier, on the grounds of the Wawaset Gun Club, on 
Jan. 12, Messrs. Banks and Skelly were victorious by two targets. 
The team scores were 162 to 160. The weather conditions were 
quite unfavorable, the weather was cold and the light and -a 
strong wind being of the kind which detrimentally afifect the 
shooting even of experts. 
The race was contested pluckily from start to finish. At the 
conclusion of the first string of 25, Banks and Skelly led by four 
targets; when 50 were shot, they led by three, and when 75 had 
been shot, their lead had been cut down to one target. Thus 
practically the race and victory hung on the doings of the con- 
testants in the last 25. Skelly lost his stride for a few moments 
on the home stretch, losing 7 out of the first 10, but pulled him- 
self together and made a strong finish. The skip, however, en- 
abled Messrs. Foord and Squier to take the lead, but Banks 
acted as wheel horse, scoring 23, and pulled the race out of a bad 
place into victory. Foord was high man, with 90, an excellent 
performance, considering the conditions. A large number of 
spectators witnessed the race. Scores: 
Banks 22 22 19 23—86 Foord 20 24 26 21—90 
Skelly .20 20 21 15-76—162 Squier 18 19 17 16—70—160 
