FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Cifldiiflatl Gun Club. 
CiNciNNAtI, Veh. 2&.— As uie days get longer, the boys turn 
out in larger numbers. The day was cloudy, rainy and dis- 
agreeable, with a strung wind bluwmg. Sume of the scores made 
would be a credit to any of ihe experts. In the third contest 
in the Peters trophy series, iJon Mintp and Barker tied for 
high gun in actual breaks with 48 each. Gambell was close 
up with 47, and I'fiefler was third with 46. Nineteen men shot 
in this event, and all but five broke 41 or better. Several team 
matches were shot, and a couple of 25-target matches ended the 
day's sport. 
Falk has been absent for some time, but showed up to-day, a 
little out of. practice, but the same old John as before, (janibell 
did good work, missing in the trophy, team and tnatch races — 
only 20 targets out of 275. Lutie Gambell had just recovered 
from a sprained ankle, and to-day carries his left arm in a 
sling, having sprained the wrist. He says he don't do it for 
fun, but it almost looks that way. 
Peters trophy, 50 targets, handicap allowance: Don Minto, 5, 
50; Pfieffer, 4, 
50; Pohlar, 
5, 50; 
Boeh, 18, 50; Barker, 48; Gambell, 
1, 48; Hesser, 
7, 48; W illiams, 
4, 47; Peters, 2, 
47; Faran, 
2, 4G; 
Bullerdick, 1, 
45; Osterfeld, 2, 
45; iioll, 2, 44; 
Herman, 
3, 44; 
Falk, 5, 44; H 
arig, 2, 44; Maynard, 39; Block, 2, 
39; Ahlers 
1, 36. 
Team race. 
50 targets: 
47 
Pohlar ........ 
45 
40—93 
43-88 
Team race : 
Targets 
50 
25 
Targets : 
50 
25 
Barker ....... 
....... 48 
20 
Gamoell ...... 
..... 47 
23 
Oslerleld 
45 
24 
45 
21 
19 
39 
23 
Pfietter ...... 
....... 40 
19 
Pohlar 
.. 40 
21 
Totals ..... 
.......177 
82 
Totals ....... 
......171 
88 
Targets: 
50 
25 
Targets: 
50 
25 
GamDeil ..... 
....... 45 
20 
42 
19 
43 
23 
... 42 
22 
38 
IS 
Peters 
..... 41 
23 
43 
21 
Bullerdick .... 
..... 39 
19 
41 
20 
Roll ,,. , ... 
......36 
15 
Totals ...... 
210 
102 
Totals ....... 
.....200 
98 
Sweepstakes, 50 targets, 60 cents entrance, three moneys, 50, 
SO and 20 per cent.: Faran 49, Barker 47, Bleh 46, Don Mmto 45, 
Ahlers 45, Roll 45, Hesser 45, Maynard 44, Bullerdick 44, 
A\'illiams 44, Pfieffer 43, Gambell 41, Peters 40, Pohlar 38, Herman 
37, Jack 36, Sunderbruch 48. 
Sweepstakes, 20 targets each, 50 cents entrance and three 
moneys, 50, 30 and 20 per cent, in each. Total, 100 targets. 
Totals follow: A. Sunderbruch 97, Barker 94, Peters 90, Faran 
89, Williams 91, Bleh 98, Don Minto 89, Hesser S8. Gambell 88, 
Ahlers 85, Bullerdick 84, Maynard 84, Pohlar 79, Pfieffer 79, 
Roll 33. 
On Feb. 18 the second contest in the Peters trophy series was 
shot, and the seventeen members who took part made a re- 
markably good showing, only one man breaking -less than 40, 
or 80 per cent. Maynard headed the list with a straight score, 
including his handicap. R. Trimble was high in actual breaks, 
accounting for 48. Pfieffer's good score of last week put him in 
scratch class, and he finished with 82 per cent. Next week 
he'll have a few added targets. Supt. Gambell is still unable 
to get around without the aid of his crutches, but says he'll 
shoot on the 22d anyway. The old regulars are beginning to come 
back, and it seems good to see Roanoke, Faran, Aledico and 
Don Minto once more on the firing line. 
In the practice events some good shooting was done, Williains 
making a better showing than in the trophy event, breaking over 
91 per cent.; Roll 90 per cent. E. Trimble broke 48 out of 50, 
making a straight in one 25-target event, and shooting better 
than a 94 gait. Bullerdick also made a straight 25, and broke 
85 out of 100 at practice. Altogether the scores to-day were 
better than for some time past. 
The day was pleasant and not cold enough to interfere with 
outdoor sport, and the boys kept things going until dark. 
Peters trophy shoot, 50 targets: Maynard, 4, 50; R. Trimble, 4S; 
Block, 4, 47; Roll, 3, 46; F. Trimble, 2, 46; Roanoke, 8, 46; 
Barker, 46; Bullerdick, 2, 46; Herman, 3, 45; Peters, 43; Medico, 
43; Faran, 43; Pohlar, 2, 42; Pfieffer, 41; Williams, 41; Don Minto, 
40; Hesser, 1, 39. 
The final contest in the series of nine shoots for the silver 
cup, presented by the Bowler & Burdick Co., was held on 
Saturday afternoon, Feb. 11, and proved to be one of the most 
enjoyable of the series. The contests in this series have all been 
hotly, contested, and 7,500 targets were thrown in the nine 
events. The cup was won to-day by Geo. Sanford, who broke 
49 out of 50, being the best score made on the club grounds in 
the past year. On April 22 the annual smoker and field-day con- 
test, at 50 targets, will be held, beginning at 2 P. M. 
. P'eb. 22. — On Washington's Birthday, Feb. 2)^, there was a good 
attendance of members and guests, and the day's sport was 
thoroughly enjoyed by all. The weather was cloudy and the 
light very trying. .Still some fine scores were recorded. 
Lou Ahlers, having returned from his extended trip to Cali- 
fornia, was present. The long controversy between the pump 
and double-barreled gun advocates was definitely settled in a 
5-men team match, at 100 targets per man. It was a closely 
contested race, the "Pumps" having the best of the argument 
until the last round, when the "Doubles" braced up and won with 
a lead of 3 targets, 448 to 445. 
In the team match, A. Sunderbruch was high gun, with 97. 
Gambell was able to get out to the firing line once more, and 
accounted for 88 out of 100, a good showing, considering the 
fact that he has by no means fully recovered from his fall. 
Match, Puinp vs. Doubles, 100 targets: 
Double guns — A. Sunderbruch, 97, Peters 90, Don Minto 89, 
Hesser 88, Bullerdick 84; total, 448. 
Pumps— Barker 94, Bleh 93, Faran 89, Ahlers 85, Maynard 84; 
total, 445. 
Notes. 
The Recreatioti Gun Club, of Cleveland, will make extensive 
improvements at the shooting grounds at Corlett Station, and 
when completed, the club will have one of the finest ran^res in 
the country. The Broadway cars, which run direct to the 
grounds every six minutes, make access easy. A popular change 
will be the reduction of the price of targets to one cent each. 
Shoots are held on the second and fourth Saturdays of each 
month. At the annual meeting Charles Ducommun was elected 
president for the third consecutive time. Other officers elected 
were Geo. Burns, Vice-President; W. Carter, Captain; R. C. 
Osborne, Treasurer; Carl Bingell, Secretary. Directors — F. Burns, 
Chas. McMeans, A. Fuhrmeyer. 
In Other Places. 
The managers of the Detroit tournament thought they cotild 
not hav8 chosen a better time fer theif tourtiament, as the dog 
and the automobile show were both on, and many shooter* 
came also. But the weather 1 Just imagine Gilbert, Spencer and 
Crosby coming from Texas direct to the frozen north— and it 
■Was frozen, too! 
The Elizabethtown, Ind., Gun Club holds a matinee shoot 
every Friday afternoon. The club boasts of some fifteen good 
members, and all shoot clay targets— no live birds. 
Alexander Tolsma, of Detroit, Mich., was high gun on 
Feb. 15 at the shoot held at his home town, thus with 17(j out of 
200 he broke ahead of all the big guns present, pould Wood 
came next, and thus it would seem that their fingers were more 
used to answering pull! in cold weather. 
'the final contest for the Bowler & Burdick cup, for which the 
membeirs of the Cleveland, O., Club have shot nine times, was 
decided on Saturday last. It was the most satisfactory of the 
whole number. Mr. George Burns won the cup the greater 
number of times and became the permanent owner. George 
Sanford, on this occasion, made the highest score of the whole 
season. Scores, each 50 targets: Sanford 49, Toby 46, Jack 44, 
Hogan 44, King 44, Snow 44, Burns 42, Eadie 41, Hull 39, 'iug 25. 
There is prospect of some new clubs being organized around 
about central Illinois. 
There were something like one hundred persons gathered at 
Kittaning, Pa., at the residence of James Claypool in North 
Buhalo on last P'riday to witness the pigeon shoot. There was 
plenty of sport, but for business reasons there was a request 
made to keep scores from the public. 
Another Illinois duck preserve has been leased. This time it 
is the Rushville, 111., Gun Club who have leased 453 acres of the 
best of the far-famed breeding grounds, which are located near 
the mouth of the Sangamon. 
Out at Morrison, V\ is., the shooting will not be a thing of 
the past for this year, as the new officers will keep it going. 
They are C. Rohrschneider, President; H. Schwensow, Treasurer; 
H. Rohloff N. Bellock and L. Plageman, Directors. 
The FoUansbee; O., Rod and Gun Club have started out with 
a capital of $5,t00, the purpose being hunting and fishing and 
general sport for pleasure. 
/What a pity, that the best grounds in the West for holding the 
Grand American Handicap should be abandoned. The following 
news will be sad to many trapshooters; "At a meeting of the 
lUiziois Gun Club, held last week, it was decided that the lease 
on the grounds, where the Illinois State shoot was held and 
where the most wonderful records ever known were made on 
live birds, will be abandotied, even the club house will be sold." 
Such a large number of gun clubs are held together by one 
mail's influence. How will the Indian shooters know that, when 
Col. Von Cleve let go the shooting game at the town of Spring- 
field the great club began to wane. It is still good news to 
know that, though the club will not have a house, the club 
organization will not disband. It is to be hoped that it will 
participate in the State shoot as a club and shoot at targets, 
as there are no more live-bird races on the programme of the 
Illinois State Sportsmen's Association. 
The enthusiasm of Charley Budd's crew, out at Des Moines, 
was frozen up during the last two weeks, as with the 26 below, 
it was too bad for even lowans. But now there will be some 
big smashing of targets during the next two weeks. Just think 
of it, only about ten days from date of this issue until the first 
State shoot for 1905 is to be pulled off ! 
P'owlerton, Ind., Gun Club, in their last shoot with Sims, was 
victorious, with a score of 3 to 1. 
The spring tournament of the Indianapolis Gun Club comes 
early in the spring, as the dates are set for Monday and Tues- 
day, March 6 and 7. 
In the far-off G. Hopper country, the report comes that a gun 
club with fifteen active members has been organized at Cowitland, 
Kan., and that practice has begun. 
The Boon, la.. Gun club held a shoot on Feb. 23. 
It has been some years since Hoisington, Kan., held a shooting 
tournament, and it is surely a holiday attraction, as what else 
could stop the duck hunters from getting busy in the marshes? 
This is the way that seems good to run a shoot. There is no 
longer any use for a shooter to cart shells to a tournament as 
there he can find his favorite load on sale. The Amelia O., Gun 
Club last week gave a shoot, and advertised that not only shells, 
but guns would be on the grounds for any and all present. Best 
shots will always prefer their own gun. 
This writes an Arkansas friend: "But did you ever think how 
few people take part in these shooting contests? The depletion 
of the game of the State has had the effect of abating interest 
in such affairs. There are thousands of people who never handle 
a gun and manifest no interest in sporting events. There is no 
promise of a revival of these pleasures, as the incentive is lack- 
ing. Those who belong to the gun clubs of the State and who 
are credited with being fine shots are born sportsmen, and their 
natural inclination has led them to acquire the necessary skill 
in handling a gun." 
So liere we have the Janssen Club from the Swedish portion of 
the Great Sunflovv'er State. On last Tuesday, the Janssens and 
a few others made the following scores at 25 targets: A. Matoush 
22, John Janssen, H. D. Janssen 17, J. H. Janssen 18, Geo. Tarn 
20, II. Janssen 10, Lew Janssen 15, John Ouches 13. 
Herington, Kan., Feb. 25. — The sixteenth annual shooting tour- 
nament of the Kansas State Sportsmen's Association will be held 
at Herington, Kan , May 16, 17, 18 and 19. The first three days 
will be target shooting, and the fourth day has been assigned to 
live birds. The interest will center in the amateur champion- 
ship, the trophy now being held by Fatty Arnold, of Larned. 
It is thought that our own town will have a fair show to land 
same, as George W. Lewis will be among the top-notchers. 
There will, no doubt, be some seventy-five of Kansas and western 
trapshots present, and then the professional cracks will be here 
in all their glory. The local gun club has but a few members, 
and -yet -they are enthusiastic and will do their part, it is most 
too big a task for them to raise all the money necessary to 
conduct the shoot. It is an honor to have Herington selected 
as the place for this event, and, no doubt, the citizens will 
assist with a proper donation to see the boys through, so that 
there will be no lacking in the prizes. 
Wm. Clayton and William Veach shot for the Elliott cup one 
day recently at Falls City, Neb. In their first contest, held at 
Kansas City, Mr. V each was an easy victor. 
The regular shoots of the Infallibe Gun Club, Buffalo, N. Y., 
will hereafter be held on the second and the fourth Sundays of 
the mon h. Shells will be kept constantly on hand and be for 
sale on the grounds. 
The Winona, Minn., Gun Club, on Memorial Day, will hold a 
tournament, to which all the shooters are invited. There are 
many shooters in the vicinity of Winona, and when La Crosse, 
Wis., and other towns join with them, there is always a large 
crowd. 
Word comes from Duluth, Minn., that the Central Gun Club 
{March 4, 
ivill be obliged to seek for a new loeation for tliek eltib hous#| 
fof the coming year, as the owner of their present locatiott con- 1 
templates improving the property. Some of the visiting shooters I 
would be pleased if a ground, net having the lake for a back- 1 
ground, should be chosen. There ate very many v/bo eannotij 
. shoot well over the water. 
A reorganization of the old Franklin Gun Club was . effected ' 
recently at Columbus, O. Some dozen or more of the Oid mem- . 
bers met and selected a committee, which was authorized to i 
canvass the old members and get them to join in and' place the 
old club on its former footing. Prominent quarters will be 
selected, where weekly practice shoots and contests will be held. 
The temporary officers selected were C. A. Graham, President;- 
Christian Siebert, Vice-President; John Click, Secretary and 
Treasurer; Edward Corodi, Warden; Earl Burkert, Harry Holly | 
and .Ephraim Harris, Trustees. , ! 
The .gas belt cities of Indiana will prepare for a big tournament ' 
during the coming summer. The members of the gun clubs v 
of the city of Muncie are especially alive. It is stated that | 
when the spring opens up, that there will be several clubs in 
action. 
Some of the disciples of Izaak Walton, who experience each 
year with the coming of spring that irresistible habit to locate 
alongside a lake or stream and drop a struggling worm in the , 
cooling waters, are about to identify themselves with the Valotia 
Rod and Gun Club of Chatham, N. Y. The membership of 
this club is reported to be steadily increasing, and it has already 
accomplished much from the standpoint of the true sportsman. 
The Sportsmen's Club of Winona, Minn., have lately held a 
meeting to arrange for a big tournament on May 30, and to make 
it a big one. There will not be the interstate tournament this 
year to stimulate effort in the shooting line, so that this shoot, 
as in the past, will be the shoot of the year. 
This city has a good territory to draw from, and shooters from J 
the four great States of Minnesota. 'Wisconsin, Illinois and lovya 
can reach this town readily. ^ ,, 
West Virginia Sp-rtsmen's Association, 
SiSTERSViLLE, W. Va., Feb. 20.— A few weeks since, when we 
called the attention of the sportsm.en and trapshooters to the fact 
that the ninth annual meeting and target tournament of the West 
Virginia State Sportsmen's Association would be held on the 
grounds of the Ohio Valley Shooting Association, Parkersburg, 
W. Va., May 16, 17 and 18, 1905, we recall that we promised to 
have something more to say about the event later. Well, we .pro- 
pose to keep our word, and the following will doubtless be of 
interest to the trapshooters throughout the country: i 
It will not be necessary, however,, for us to say anything more 
about the grounds and club house of the above Association, as it 1 
is a well-known fact that they are'not only by far the finest in the 
State, but in this part of the country, costing over $6,000 to equip. 
I'hey are reached by one of the best trolley lines in the United : 
States, and cars pass within a hundred yards of the club house 
every fifteen minutes. The club house, a three-story, $5,000 struc- 
ture, is simply a thing of beauty and a joy forever. The second 
story is occupied by the superintendent of the grounds, who will, 
during the above tournament, turn the entire building into an 
up-to-date hotel, and besides serving meals to all present, will do ! 
everything in his power to provide for every comfort and con- | 
venience of our visitors. 1 
The regular programme each day will consist of twelve events 
at 15 targets, $1.S0 entrance and $15 in cash added to each one. In 
other words, there will be $600 added during the three days, $60 of i 
which will be reserved for averages; $15 for high amateur average, , 
$10 for second, and $5 for third; $15 for lowest average, $10 for • 
next, and $5 for next. j 
Immediately after dinner on the first day the first State event i 
will take place. This will be for teams of two for the Peters 
trophy, emblematic of the two-man team championship of the ' 
State; entrance $3 per team; each contestant to shoot at 50 tar- 
gets. Of this entrance, $1 from each team will be reserved to be 
thrown into a purse to be divided between the second and third 
high guns, 60 and 40 per cent. A full explanation in reference to j 
this race will appear in programme. 
On the second day, after dinner, the most interesting race of 
the entire tournament will take place. It will be a friendly five- 
man team race between the Mallory team, composed of F. E. Mal- 
lory, S. T. Mallory, John F. Mallory, L. E. Mallory and L. E. 
Mallory, Jr., of the Ohio Valley Shooting Association, and the 
famous Du Pont team of Wilmington, Del. While there will be 
no money consideration in this event, the winners will be pro- i 
vided with a suitable troph)', and the race will prove interesting. 
It will be recalled that the first race between these two teams 
a few weeks since resulted in a victory for the Mallorys by a 
small margin. 
On the third day, after dinner, the individual State champion- ' 
ship event at 50 targets per man, will be pulled off. The con- 
ditions governing this event will be the same as heretofore, and 
will be explained fully in programme. One of the most hand- 
some programmes ever sent out for a shoot in the country 'will 
tell all about what we propose to do during the above three 
days, and can be secured for the asking. They will be ready for 
the mail by April 20. Put your name on a postal and address to 
F. E. Mallory, Parkersburg, W. Va., and you will not be over- 
looked. E. O. Bower, Sec'y-Treas. 
Wi'micgton Goo Club. 
Wilmington, Del., Feb. 23.— The Wilmington Gun Club is mak- 
ing energetic preparations for the first annual spring tournament 
of the Delaware State Trapshooters' League, which is to be held 
under its auspices on April 12-13 next. The programme for their 
shoot will be ready for issue about the middle of March,' and in 
the meanwhile the club is getting together a long list of valuable 
merchandise prizes for the benefit of its guests on that occasion. 
The plan is to have the first day's programme open to all, with 
good added money inducements for amateurs. The main feature 
of the first day's i^rogramme will be, however, a merchandise 
event, for which some thirty prizes have already been either 
donated by friends or purchased by the club out of its funds. 
The merchandise event will be open to all amateurs, whether resi- 
dents of Delaware or not. Among the prizes are two guns, either 
of which is well worth winning. 
The second day will have several open sweeps, and also the 
two State events, the individual championship, and the five-man 
team race, 
Tn connection with these events optional sweepstakes will be de- 
cided, and these, like the merchandise event on the first day, will 
bo "open to amateurs, whether residents of the State or not." 
Anybody wishing a programme should send their name and ad" 
dress to H. J. Stidhan, lU East Fourth street, Wilmington Del., 
and oDf will be mailed as soon as they are out of the printer's 
bsnds. 
