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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Feb. 25, igog. 
WESTERN TRAP. 
Cincinnati Gun Club. 
The first shoot in the new prize series, for the Peters trophy 
was held on Friday, Feb. 10. The day was pleasant. On Satur- 
day, Feb. 11, there was quite a large attendance, and many more 
members shot their first score in this contest. The day was 
. clear. 
For the Peters trophy there will be fifteen contests, one each 
week at 50 targets each, and members must take part in at 
least ten contests to qualify; added targets for a handicap. The 
contestant having best average with his. handicap in the total 
number in which he takes part wins the trophy. All ties shot off. 
Pfieffer had the' honor of making the best score of actual breaks 
in the first shoot, 48, and making a run of 45 straight. 
Supt. Gambell had the misfortune to fall on the ice the first 
of the. week and severely injured his knee. He was confined 
. to his bed until to-day, when he hobbled around on crutches. The 
injury is a painful one, but we hope to see Mr. Gambell about as 
well as ever soon. 
Peters trophy, 50 targets: Pfieffer (7) 50, Boeh (8) 50, Williams 
(2) 48; Falk (8) 48, Peters (1) 47, Medico (1) 47, Bullerdick (4) 47, 
H. Kirby 46, Harig 46, Don Minto (1) 46, Faran (1) 46, Hesser 
(2) 46, Pohlar.f2) 45, Barker 45, Osterfelt (2) 45, Herman (3) 45, 
Roll (2) 44, Maynard (2) 43, R. H. Kirby 32. 
New Berlin (O.) Gun Club. 
The New Berlin Gun Club was organized Feb. 1, 1904 with a 
good membership and the following officers: Jas. Smith, Presi- 
dent; J. L. Schlitz, Secretary; W. J. Mathie, Treasurer; C. J. 
Schlitz, Captain. At the annual meeting, held Jan. 10, 1905, a 
new board was elected as follows: O. J. Evans, President; Jas. 
Smith, Secretary; W. J. Mathie, Treasurer; Ed. Willaman, 
Captain. The club shoots are held every Saturday, and visiting 
sportsmen will receive a cordial welcome. 
At the Jan. 28 shoot, the captain and president chose sides and 
shot a match at 25 targets, the losing side to pay for the supper 
— sweethearts and wives. ■: 
On Feb. 4 only three members were on hand. . The scores 
follow: 
Team match, 25 targets: Evans team— R. Winnell 22, T. Schlitz 
21, J. S. Schlitz 19, W. C. Schlick 19, O. J. Evans 18, A. Willaman 
17, Jas. Smith 16, R. B. Evans; total, 148. 
\\illaman team— C. F. Schlitz 21, Ed. Willaman 20, Chas. 
Schlitz 20, Ed. Ream 19, • Fred Smith . 19, Wm. Mathie 18, J. 
Sufl'ecoal 15, H. Lehr 15; total, 147. 
Notes. 
The Springfield Gun Club proposes to send a team to Urbana 
to contest for the new trophies presented by the Peters Car- 
tridge Co. The club will also make an effort to capture the 
Phellis 6-man team cup recently won by the Newark Gun Club 
from the Dayton Gun Club. 
The Bing Club, of Dayton, O., composed of hunters and 
anglers, held their annual meeting and elected the following 
officers: John F. Roehm, President; Mr. J. Schwind, Vice-Presi- 
dent; John A. Wessalosky, Sec'y; Chas. Miller, Treasurer. 
BONASA. 
Crescent Gun Club. 
Mankato, Minn., Feb. 14.— The Crescent Gun Club held its 
monthly meeting last night. There was a large attendance. 
The subject of trapping quail was the all-absorbing topic. 
Resolutions were adopted which condemn it in strong terms. 
The officers of the club are: President, Nick Kleinschmidt; 
Vice-President, Frank L. Bennett; Secretary, F. P. Huettle; Cap- 
tary, - C. K. Hanna. 
it was decided to build a new club house, one large enough for 
storage and club purposes during bad weather. 
A committee was appointed for the purpose of placing fish fry- 
in the adjoining lakes. 
The club has now eighteen members, viz.: Nick Kleinschmidt, 
Frank L. Bennett, F. P. Huettle, C. K. Flanna, Oscar Beirenbauer, 
C. L. Benedict, F. L. McLauren, Ed Enfield, James McMurtrie, 
John Browji, John G. Hoerr, Geo. Pond, J. P. Dineen, Geo. Wie- 
deman, George Albert and W. H. Anderson. 
North Side Gun Club. 
Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 14.— It must be said that the members 
of the North Side Gun Club are enthusiastic in their pastime of 
smashing up a few clay birds, as yesterday the sntfw was almost 
blinding. 
This was the third live-bird shoot held this winter, and they 
are quite popular, and they are not expensive the, way they are 
furnished by the club. 
The first event was clay targets, 25 each: O. Imse 22, A 
Krause .18, W. Birnsheim 20, E. Koehm 18, J. , Oechsle 19, J, 
Klinehert 18, A. Schroeder 14, J. Trester 13, S. Schneider 8, J, 
Maunch 18, P. Lode 8, F. Sander 12, G. Lade 14, and P. Peters 14 
Six live birds each: J. Oechsle 6, A. Krause 3, .P. Peters 4, J 
Manch 6, Wm. Birnsheim 5, G. Lade 4, F. Minxer 6, J. Trister 
5, S. Schneider 4, J. Hornberger 4, J. Kleinert 3, E. Koehm 4, 
O. Imse 4, P. Lade 4, F. Sander 5, A. Schroeder 5, A. Klomann 2. 
Permiitations. 
Mansfield, O., Feb. 12.— A match between Chief of Police Jacob 
Wiel and P. W. Pettitt, having more than $1C0 up on the result, 
was partly shot to-day. Much interest was taken by the local 
sportsmen, and the "kidders" who helped it along. 
The shoot was brought about through bantering. The condi- 
tions were as follows: The first bet was by Pettitt, $10 even 
money that he could break the most clay targets, both to shoot 
at 25. The second bet was that Pettitt could break more targets 
with a rifle than Wiel with a shotgun, and $5 to $10 was put on 
this bet. The third bet was that the Chief could not break 4 out 
of 25 targets with a shotgun. The next was that Pettitt wagered 
$90 that Wiel would lose two out of the three bets. 
Wiel borrowed a 12-gauge hammerless shotgun and also 150 
shells from the Mayor. 
The match started off siriiilar to many other competitive 
events, and there was a promise of some fair shooting. There 
were many shooters and would-be fun-makers present. Each side 
had a long following and masters of ceremony, as it was expected 
that some shells without shot might be ftirnished. 
The Chief was first to the trap, and he was "going some." He 
broke the first 4 straight, and then the crowd got busy and 
started the "fun poking," with a result that said Jake only broke 
one more out of the following six. 
Pettitt now took his turn, and he made 7 from his 10, which 
put him 2 in the lead. 
Jake came up, but was the worse for the "joshing," and only 
got a small piece out of two of . his 10. Pettit won, with 13 out of 
20, and the first bet was passed to Pettitt. 
The second .bet was not shot-to a finish, as Pettitt. came out 
with an automatic rifle, intending to shoot at each target as long 
as it staid in the air. Now, Wiel very strongly objected, stating 
that one shot alone, should be allowed at each target. This ulti- 
mately broke up the match, and the money was returned by the 
stakeholder. 
There was fun in plenty all the following day, and will not end 
for some time yet. 
The policemen were busy at the station. Some one procured an 
old water pitcher, and an artist painted thereon these words:. 
"Presented to J. W. Wiel, champion trap shot of Mansfield." 
As soon as the spokesman can prepare an appropriate speech the 
same will be presented at police headquarters. 
In Other Places. 
Let all other shooters take heed. And now comes J. F. Spatz, 
of Bonesteel, S. D., and lays claim to the great feat that he 
states over his signature was made at his town. The feat was 
in the breaking of 500 clay- targets with a shotgun, without a 
miss, some having been thrown the regulation Sergeant system, ■ 
16yds. and a walk around. Now a strange feature is, why did 
he stop at the end of the 500? The story reads that the am- 
munition was perfect, and it was a pity it ran out, and then, as 
he only went out to shoot at 25, how did he happen to have 500 
out there in the cold with him? 
The intended programme for the Warm Springs, Ga., June 
tournament has the correct idea— that of contests between State 
teams and club teams. Nothing can be better to draw a crowd 
of shooters and to hold them together than a team shoot. The 
idea as to teams seems to ..be that of five men to each .club team, 
and . these shall be. residents of the town where the., club is 
located. AH. the other State associations who follow the ideas 
here advanced by Georgia will in the end find it a success. 
The Chicago Gun Club will surely flourish this year, as a 
wagon load of prizes will be awarded its faithful and best shooting 
members. The, secretary is .now ready to enlist new members. 
There will be many big tournaments during this year, one of 
them being that of the Los Angeles Gun Club. Reports have 
it that - $500 cash will be added to the shoot as added money, 
open. to, amateurs only with, no handicap. 
What has -started the Indians on the vvar path so soon ? It is 
a long time until August; yet there seems to be an unusual 
haste in claiming dates for their next shoot. Anyhow, one of 
the tallest of the tribe has given it out that Lake Okoboji or 
Spirit Lake will pull off the next shoot, and that August 22 to 
24 will ^ee the warriors with their "war paint" on, while the 
squaws and papooses will look on and wonder. 
Denver will this year pass the grand western handicap shoot 
around, and so Trinidad, Colo., will try it. September 5 to 8 
will be the dates, and there will be a hot shooting time then sure. 
The reports that come in show that one Mr. Frank Butler is 
surely getting very young and frisky. 
It has come to our knowledge that R. S. McMillan, of 
Tilden, 111., will be the manager for a shooting tournament to 
be held at Coultersville, 111., on Feb. 21 and 22. He will provide 
a few live birds, providing the Legislature does not get their 
bill through ere that time. 
As mentioned heretofore in the columns of this journal, that 
there was a probability of a gun club being formed in Houston, 
Texas, the one man necessary to lead the shooting tribe out 
of the wilderness has been found. He is Mr. Ben. Schwartz, 
who is reported to be a sportsman for sport's sake, and a man 
who can command the respect of all the trap men or would-be 
"target busters" of the great city of Houston. When the 
great bunch of traveling men, some twelve in number, put in 
their appearance it was the signal for a unity of effort. . Mr. 
Schw-artz , will take 'the initiative, and the organization will be 
strictly amateur. The trouble heretofore experienced as to 
grounds will be overcome. A good and permanent ground will 
be established, and there \yill be a salaried keeper present at all 
times, where all the members can practice either singly or 
collectively and practice all that they may desire. The best 
shots will be handicapped, and in a few days the organization 
will be perfected. Thus will the town of Houston be in the 
front rank, so far as a gun club is concerned. Success to you 
Mr. Schwartz, as well as to all your associates. What is needed 
in very many other cities is just such a iDroad-gauge manager 
and organizer as Houston has in Mr. Schwartz.' 
James L. Davis, of Riverside, Cal., won the silver cup, offered 
as a prize for September, October and November, with a score 
of 93 1-3 per cent. _ ;; 
An Ohio cartridge company has offered a fine loving cup, which 
will be contested for by shooters in the following Ohio counties, 
viz., Miana, Champaign, Clark, Shelby, Uiiion, Madison and 
Logan. The first shoot will be held in UflMna April 1. 
"Cad," H. W. Caldwallader, is doing some fine shooting in 
his territory of Illinois. He is handy with- both rifle and shot- 
gun. He is billed for Centralia, 111. 
Some of the Dixon, Iliinois, boys are shooting at the home of 
W. J. Massholder, one mile south of the city. 
The Council Bluff, la., shooters are getting in practice for the 
March tournament by shooting at 100 targets at each meeting. 
The Minneska Gun Club, Winona, Minn., elected their officers, 
viz.. President, R. R. Young; Treasurer, Ed. Fitzgerald; Secretary, 
F. E. Hartman. 
A club, to be known as the Newport Gun Club, has been 
formed by the shooters at New Blopmfield, Pa. 
The Newton, 111., Gun Club h^ld their shoot Monday last. 
Loto Hardcastle was the high.rnan, 20 out of 25 targets; Frank 
Albright and 'W. H. Pipin tied for second, and Paul Williams 
and George Roebuck were third. 
The Castle Gun Club, of Belvidere, 111., met last Saturaay ' 
and elected Frank Sewell as a member. Thomas Cornish was 
their choice for re-appointment as deputy game warden. 
The Kinsley, Kan., Gun Club have sent in a protest against 
the bill which has been introduced prohibiting quail shooting. 
Al. Blunt, H. H. Watkins, F. R. Moore, and M. F. Thomas, 
members of the Florence, Colo., Gun Club, held a practice shoot 
last week. 
Col. W. W. Woodward has presented the Sandusky Gun Club 
with a very handsome loving cup. 
A proposition is on foot to abolish Sunday hunting in Illinois. 
A gun club is being organized at Rapid City, South Dakota. 
A new gun club, to be known as the Toyah Lake Club, will 
be formed shortly at El Paso, Texas. 
Out at Le Mars, la., the enthusiasm that was so strong last 
year will not be dormant during 1905. After the notice of the 
election of officers now comes- the- news of their annual tournament 
being set for. May. 
The handicap beef shoot of, the Nichols Park Gun Club ,was 
finished on last Tuesday. ; Thsre was snow - and cold to contend 
with; yet there was some hot competition. Frank Riehl made 
high score, 92 out of the- 100, while Ed. Scott c^me next with 90. 
Once upon a time, Paola, Kans., could boast of a flourishing 
gun club, and some big matches were shot there, viz., the Irwin- 
Elwell match, in which the pot was $500, being by far the largest 
ever shot for on Kansas soil. It will be pleasant news to many 
of the Western boys to know that at this same town of Paola, there 
is a new club with the new name of the New Lancaster Gun 
Club, and also, that a shoot was held- Saturday last. 
The Houghton, Mich., Gun Club members are considerably 
worked up over the effort to prevent R. M. Edwards from win- 
ning the president's cup. 
Trapshooters in the "short grass" country are keeping the 
ball rolling during these very stormy days. Last week the Earned, 
Kans., club paid a visit to Kinsley, and with eight men on a 
side and 20 targets to the man, Earned was winner, with a score 
of 95 to 71. Holzapfel, of Earned, with 17, was high; Phil 
Moletor, with 13 out of 15, made top score for the Kinsley crowd. 
Annual meeting of the Cumberland Valley Gun Club, Carlisle, 
Pa., was held recently, and the newly elected officers are: Presi- 
dent, H. E. Dawson; Vice-President, Thos. E. Vale; Secretary, 
W. G. Hughes; Treasurer, Chas. Chandler; Field Captain, Wm. G. 
Minnich. After the election was settled, a shoot was held. H. E. 
Dawson won the medal just to show that he was the boss presi- 
dent; W. A. Fairlor won the silver medal and Philip Six the 
bronze. 
The Penn Gun Club, Norristown, Pa., are contemplating a 
change of the shooting ground.;. .A.s there are several places under 
consideration, the best one will no doubt be selected. 
It appears that the Cumberland Gun Club of Davenport, la., 
did not get the new club house free as originally promised, as 
the information has been furnished us that at a late meeting of 
the club it was decided to spend several hundred dollars on the 
club house upon the Grand Isle grounds. 
Even , at Galveston, Tex., there come times when even Gilbert 
and Crosby do not care to shoot under existing weather condi- 
tions, as their shoot billed for that town was postponed. 
A letter from El Paso recited that of course Mr. Will Rand 
carried off some of the prizes at the big shoot held at Houston. 
There will be twenty-two average prizes at the Budd and Whitney 
shoot. Besides, there will be a total of some $500 in cash prizes. 
Won't there be a huge battle when all these Iowa men get to- 
gether and try for supremacy with the scatter gun. 
The Springfield, O., Gun Club will take part in the trophy 
shoot, the same being donated by H. W. Kirby, of Urbana. 
Only four members of the South Side Gun Club, of Milwaukee, 
faced the traps on Sunday last, and they were not making their 
usual scores, owing to the cold and snow. 
The local sportsmen of Mt. Vernon, S. D., have organized a 
gun club. The officers are: President, Charles Daniels; Vice- 
President, Charles Lawrence; Secretary, G. H. Smith; Treasurer, 
R. T. Hedden; Captain, Wm. Wagner. 
The Rice Lake, 111., Gun Club, with headquarters at Canton, 
will make some additions to their hunting shack. Some fine 
new boats will replace the old ones that were destroyed by fire. 
At least, one of the boats will be something handsome and con- 
venient. 
The John F. Weiler Gun Club held its shoot last Wednesday. 
The weather was a great handicap. There were some notables 
present, among them Frank Butler, D. D. O'Connell and John 
K. Jones, of New York, and H. C. Longnecker, of Philadelphia. 
The Rensselaer, Pa., Rod , and Gun Club held their annual 
election. Result: President, Frank Wilson; Vice-President, Frank 
Shibley; Secretary, , Fred Kopp; Treastirer, John Otto; Trustee, 
Herman Sibley; Captain, Thomas Kirby. 
The experts and traveling men are doing some tall hustling in 
Illinois. Last week at Centralia, H. W. Cadwallader interested 
the, Centralia, 111., crowd with some fancy shooting with the rifle 
and shotgun. 
Well, the weather during the past few weeks has caused the 
shotguns to lay in their racks. Most of the shooters, even as far 
south as Jacksonville, Fla., have found it pleasant to roast their 
shins arovmd a hot stove and peruse the sporting papers, and spec- 
ulate on what they will do when the snow is gone and the birdies 
come again. 
The first shoot of the Green River Gun Club was held at Law- 
son's, Seattle, Wash., Feb. 11. A fair attendance was the result 
of the gathering, and there were four events of 10 targets each. 
At Butle, Mont., Feb. 13, several of the members of the Butte 
Rod and Gun Club were out for practice. The scores were good, 
considering the weather. Mr. Carmichael led the bunch with 82 
out -of 100. 
1, , Independent Gun Club, 
Easton,- Pa., Feb. 13.— At the last meeting of the Independent 
Gun Club the following officers were elected: J. Heil, President; 
F. Genther, Vice-President; W. Ivey, Sec'y; W. Maurer, Treas- 
urer; J. Pleiss, Corresponding Sec'y and Captain. 
This club held their ninth anniversary on Saturday evening, 
Feb. 11, at which nineteen members of the Alert Gun Club, of 
Phillipsburg, and Mr. Neaf Apgar and Mr. S. S. Adams attended. 
Lunch and refreshments were served, also speeches from quite 
a few who were present. Mr. Forest Colb, a member of the club, 
kindly donated a stuffed hawk and a year's subscription to the 
Forest and Stream. The club now has a membership of forty- 
six members, of which thirty-nine are shooters. 
Jacob Pleiss. 
Fulford Memorial Fund. 
Neto York, Feb. 14.— Editor Forest and Stream: The committee 
having charge of the Ftilford Memorial Fund have contracted 
with Jenny & Nelbach, of Utica, N. Y., to erect a monument at 
a cost of $600 to the memory of the late Elijah D. Fulford. This 
monument will be erected on the family plot in New Forrest 
Hill Cemetery, Utica, N. Y., and will be dedicated on 'the first 
day of the tournament of the New York State Sportsmen's Associ- 
ation, which takes place in June. Mr. G. L. Biederman, of 
Utica, N- Y., has kindly consented to deliver the memorial 
address. The Committee, 
.T. H. Keller, Chairman. 
Bergen Beach Gun Club. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 18.— The cold, stiff wind was no deter- 
rent to the small band of shooters who alternately shot a while 
and warmed themselves at the stove a while. The stiff wind 
made erratic targets. The club house was heated comfortably. 
The star performance of the day was that of Mr. Kelly, who 
made high score in every event, one of his most excellent per- 
formances being five pairs straight. The scores: , 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets: 25 25 25 30 * 30 10 Targets: 25 25 25 30 * 30 10 
Kellv 22 23 24 28 10 27 10 Anderson ....13 14 7 16 .. .. .. 
Dryer 16 14 17 13 4 20 6 Waters 20 4 19 5 
Rider 21 17 16 .... 24 .. Jones 10 12 10 3 .. .. 
*Five pairs. 
