March ii, igoS-T 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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WESTERN TRAP. 
Cincinnati Gtin Club. 
Cincinnati, O.— Over fifty men gathered at the grounds on 
March 1 for the purpose of welcoming a delegation of members 
of the Rohrer's Island Gun Club, of Dayton, witnessing a team 
match between the two^ dubs and taking part in sweepstake and 
other events. The visitors arrived about 10 o'clock, eleven in all, 
and were given as cordial a reception as they extend when acting 
as hosts.' It must be that the Cincinnati boys were successful in 
their efforts to entertain, as the visitors, one and all, united in 
saying,-^ "Let's come back to-morrow." There was a little prelim- 
inary practice shooting and a team match before the dinner call 
was sounded, the boys being summoned to enjoy a "Gambell 
spread" at 10 o'clock, and all trapshooters in this section know 
that this part of the day's programme was thoroughly enjoyed. 
The day was partly cloudy, with a strong wind blowing across 
the traps. Thirty shooters took part in the practice and sweep- 
stake events, and some good scores were made, although many of 
them shot below their average. 
The home team did very good work, taking the lead in the first 
round by 26 and increasing this in the second round by 34, finish- 
ing with 386 to 326, the team average being 85.7 per cent. The 
visitors did not shoot their usual gait, finishing with 72.3 per cent, 
as a team, when, ordinarily, they would have made at least 90 per 
cent. Mr. Schwind was high gun for the match with 46. Will E. 
Kette and John Hohn, two of the Rohrer's Island Club, were 
unable to be present on account of illness. In addition to the 
team race, sweeps and a 25-target match were shot, besides a num- 
ber of practice events; Some of the shooters did better than in 
the main event. The scores: 
Match, 25 targets: 
Trimble 24, Williams 17, Whitacre 23, Lockwood 21, Oldt 20, 
Smith 17, Schwmd 24; total 146. 
Peters 22, Miller 18, Gambell 19, Bullerdick 17, Oswald 15, Hodaff 
22, Muhle 20; total 133. 
Team race, 50 targets, for price of targets: 
Cincinnati G. C. Rohrer's Island G C. 
Peters 23 21—44 Schwind , 22 24-46 
Don Minto 22 22-44 Miller 24 20-44 
Sweeney 21 23-44 Smith 23 18-41 
plran 22 22-44 Oldt 18 19-37 
Williams 21 22-^3 Whitacre 18 18-36 
Gambell 20 23—43 Schaerf 16 15—31 
HeTser 22 19-41 Lockwood 18 16-34 
Bullerdick 19 22-41 Oswald 14 15-29 
Hodapp 12 lb— 2s 
191 195 386 
165 161 326 
The following scores were made in the third contest for the 
Peters trophy by members who could not attend on Feb. 25: 
Fredericks (8) 50, Altheer (15) 47, A. Sunderbruch (0) 45, Medico 
(2) 44, Davies (5) 43, Bleh (0) 40. 
The fourth shoot for the Peters trophy was held on March 4. 
The day was cloudy and chilly, with some wind. Ahlers led with 
a straight score, including his handicap. Trimble, who has been 
doing some fine shooting lately, tied for second with Maynard on 
a total of 49. He was high man in actual breaks, scoring 48. 
Several team races were shot, and a number of practice events. 
In the last, R. Trimble accounted for 54 out of 55 shot at, and 
he and Maynard were the only ones to break straight in a 25- 
target event. The match between Gambell's and Barker's teams 
was closely contested. The first round resulted in a tie on 51. In 
the second round Gambell's men scored 54—2 more than Barker's 
team. In the last round the latter team were 1 ahead, with 72 to 
71, losing the match to the Gambellites by 1 target— 176 to 175. 
The second 50-target match was won by Gairbell's team, 183 to 
■ 163. In the last match, at 25 targets, Gambell's boys scored 93 out 
of 100, Faran making a straight and Hesser 24. On Barker's 
team Harig and Williams did the same, 25 and 24 respectively, 
but the team lost, 93 to 88. 
Peters trophy shoot, 50 targets: Ahlers (10) 50, E. Trimble (1) 
49 Maynard (6) 49, Roll (3) 48, Harig (3) 48, Herman (4) 48, 
r' Trimble (0) 47, Bullerdick (1) 47, Hesser (4) 47, Black (8) 47, 
Gambell (0) 46, Falk (6) 45, Williams (2) 46, Boeh (7) 45, Peters 
(0) 44, Faran (1) 44, Don Minto (0) 43, Pohlar (0) 43, Pfiefler (0) 
42, Barker (0) 41, Phillips (0) 34. 
Match, 50 targets: 
Gambell 8 13 18— 39 Barker 12 13 16— 41 
Oamoeu ... 15 14 19- 49 Harig 14 12 19- 45 
Hesser ... 13 13 17- 43 Peters 12 13 19- 45 
yaran " 15 14 17— 46 Williams 13 13 18- 44 
51 54 71—176 
Match, 50 targets: 
Gambell 24 21- 45 
Ahlers v 25 23— 48 
F^an 23 22-45 
pesser ^ 23-45 
94 §9-183 
51 52 72—175 
Baker 18 21— 39 
Williams 22 19— 41 
Peters 20 10— 39 
Harig 21 23— 44 
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Match, 25 targets: 
Gambell 22 Barker 20 
Faran 25 Williams 24 
Hesser 24 Peters 19 
Don Minto 22— 93 Hang 25— 88 
Not^. 
The Springfield, O., Gun Club held a largely attended and 
enthusiastic annual meeting at which plans for the coming season 
were discussed, and the old board of officers, with the exception 
of the directors, re-elected. The annual handicap tournament of 
the club will be held on May 3 and 4, and every effort will be put 
forth by the officers and members to make it a success. The 
officers elected were: Wm. Poole, President; Dan Snyder, Vice- 
President; Chas. A. Young, Corresponding Secretary; Geo. W. 
Morgan, Recording Secretary; Chas. Stout, Treasurer; Ben 
Downs, Field Captain; Chas. Rice, Ground Manager. Directors: 
John D. Foley, John R. Strong, Chas. Henderson, John Reid, 
Ben Downs. 
Seattle After Big 1 Tournament. 
Seattle, Wash.— At a meeting of the Seattle Gun Club it was de- 
cided to make an effort to secure the big Interstate tournament to 
be held on the coast. Portland is very anxious to secure the shoot, 
but it is said that Seattle has the first chance and claim on it. 
The gunners here are very desirous of drawing all the best shots 
of America to the coast for a grand gathering. 
It was decided to improve the grounds at Interbay, where a 
set of Sergeant system electric traps has been installed. 
Portland will hold their big shoot in June, and as ?5,000 will be 
hung up, there will be trouble in sending a full delegation from 
this city to enter the competition, and surely there will be some 
of that pot carried away by the shooters of this club. When the 
State shoot is held at Wenatchie, this club will be represented. 
The medal shoots are scheduled to begin April 19, and shoots 
will be held every two weeks during the summer. There will be 
three classes and four prizes for each class, so that all will get a 
show. There are some fifty members, and each one appears 
interested in the club having a prosperous season. 
The new officers for this year are: Dr. P. A. Purdy, President; 
Fred Cluvley, Vice-President; B. J. Hall, Secretary and Treas- 
urer; Capt. Swift, Director, and E. E. Ellis, Captain. 
At Anaconda. 
Anaconda, Mont., Feb. 27.— The day was a fine one, and there 
was much popping of guns down by the traps. Anaconda and 
Livingston had her best shots here, and the contests were hot, and 
the winner had no walkover. 
In the .Twohy medal, at 25 singles, there were two who tied on 
25, and then Nalbach broke 24 to Goddard's 23, thus making a 
great score. In the Klepetco medal, which was at 20 pairs, Con- 
farr won with 29, and Walker was but one behind. Walker went 
him one better, and captured the Confarr medal. Anaconda won 
the team contest with 215 to Butte's 206. Scores: 
Anaconda— Mathewson 19, Nell 21, Peckover 22, Drumgoold 24, 
McMillin 21, Confarr 24, Mayo 14, Hagan 15, O'Brien 19, Allen 21, 
Beel 15; total 215. 
Butte— Walker 21, Goddard 23, Young 22, Morley 17, Nalbach 
24, Carmichael 20, Wilson 17, Sandahl 16, Nickey 16, Doty 16, 
Smith 14; total 206. 
South Side Gun Club. 
Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 26.— When the club gathered for its last 
shoot it was found that Mr. Hirschy was present, and that he was 
in good form, his score will shov7, as he lost only 5 out of 
seven events of 15. Homan was making a trip across the State 
with Monroe as his objective point. It. is a pleasure to shoot 
with the G. A. H. winner. The scores follow: 
Tareets- 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 
Cropper 13 13 10 10 12 12 
Moll 12 10 12 14 12 .. 
Hirschy 15 14 13 15 14 15 14 
Water 12 15 
Dreyfus 10 13 13 10 11 .. 
Williver 12 11 10 8 8 .. 
T T Drought 9 13 12 
T M Drought 10 11 13 9 11 .. 
Black ..... 10 13 11 10 •■ 
Harnmersmith 13 11 12 13 13 
In Other Places. 
Now, who will tell the readers of this journal what is meant by 
snap shooting. The Houghton, Mich., Gun Club states that 
"snap shooting" will figure in the year's contest for the club 
medal. 
At the first meeting held by the Gainesville, N. Y., Rod and 
Gun Club, the following officers were chosen: President, Chas. 
E. Bristol; Vice-President, J. M. Eastman; Treasurer, W. C. 
Wiseman; Secretary, John M. Skiff; Committee: John Hickney, 
F. M, Grupe, Chas. Hickey, A. J. Edwards, JI. E- Hardy, If. 
J. McColl, E. K. Lucas, W. W. Streater, Irving CliarleSi Georgg 
Grasby, A W. Heath, C. Smith. 
The shoot held last week at Falls City, Neb., was only par- 
tially a success. The weather was very bad, and Mr. Clayton asked 
a postponement of his challenge match for the Post trophy, as he 
was sick and unable to attend. The home contingent and those 
who came from a distance, put in two days, and though scores 
were not good, the three highest were fair, viz. : Out of 200 
Veach 181, Timberlake 170, Townsend 107. 
Some of the well-known shooters of Norristown, Pa., held a 
live-bird shoot Tuesday of last week on the grounds of the 
Jefferson Gun Club. With a very strong wind, the birds were so 
lively that scores were low. There was, however a $25 a side 
match, in which McFarland made 16 and Anderson 11, total 27, 
as against Jackson 19 and Beaver 7, total 26. In the 5-bird event 
it was Riehl 5, Kipe 4, Geist 4, Anders 4, Beaver 3, McFarland 3. 
In the miss-and-out sweeps the scores were: Riehl 7, Gfeist 6, 
Xhipe 5, Anderson 5, Farmer 5. 
The Penn Gun Club, of Norristown, will change the shooting 
grounds after April 1, as the Oak View Park will not be used 
after that date. 
The Montana sportsmen usually do not hesitate at spending 
money if there is some showing for it. But then when they 
were asked $10 per dozen for quail for stocking purposes, there 
was a hesitation and a final backdown. 
The writers for daily papers do not get away from the old 
stereotyped word "kill." Thus we read in an Anaconda, Mont., 
paper that the gunners went out to kill (?) bluerocks. When the 
goody-goody people read of the great slaughter of bluerocks, it 
is little wonder then that laws are passed to stop live-bird shoot- 
ing. . How long will it take to educate the daily press up to the 
word "broke" instead of "kill"? " 
The Nicholas Park Gun Club, of Jacksonville, 111., held its 
shcot on Tuesday last. James Graves made highest score, 90 
per cent. 
A letter from Springfield, O., gives the new offiers for 1905 of 
the gun club, viz.: President, William Poole; Vice-President, 
William Schnyder; Recording Secretary, Chas. A. Young; Treas- 
urer, Chas. Stout; Directors, John D. Foley, John Strong, Ben 
Downs, John A. Reid and Chas. Henderson. 
There is a rumor that the Red Lion Gun Club, of York, Pa., 
has raised $30 to be used in securing quail for restocking pur- 
poses. If the little "bobber" cost the same as asked, the Mon- 
tana boys, that will be just three dozen. But then three dozen, 
would help amazingly. 
News come to us from Aberdeen, S. D.. that the Deadwood* 
Gun Club, assisted by sportsmen, have drafted a bill to present 
to the Legislature, which looks to the protection of game and 
animals. It is proposed to have a game warden at a salary of 
$1,200, and one for each county at $75 per month. No deer to be 
killed under one year old, and to be unlawful to bait upland birds 
or kill them from ambush, and to prohibit the selling of game 
birds at any time of the year. 
The central Ohio shooters will do well to remernber that . on 
May 3 and 4 there will be a team shoot together with a tourna- 
ment at Springfield, O. Teams from all over the State will be 
eligible. I do not recall any State having as many good shooting 
teams as may be found in Ohio. Nothing gets up as much 
enthusiasm as does a team shoot, and it is to be hoped that 
other States will speedily fall into line. 
The Houghton, Mich., Gun Club report that the last Tuesday's 
shoot was a great success, as there were sixteen mernbers present 
who were after the Edwards cup. 
The Blue Mound, 111., Gun Club holds a shoot every two 
weeks. It has a fine silver cup, which is awarded to the highest 
sccre. It changes hands regularly at each meeting. The last 
v/inner was T. L. Bankson, with 14 out of 15. 
Last Wednesday there was an all-day shoot held by the Brad- 
ford, Pa., Gun Club. The weather was bad, and yet there were 
twenty present with guns. 
The initial shoot of the Larks ville. Pa., Gun Club was held last 
Wednesday. The unfavorable weather was not what it should 
have been to draw a crowd, yet those present report having spent 
the time to advantage. Dr. Gerhart went straight on doubles, and 
Jones caused some enthusiasm by his target smashing. 
The O. C. S. A. Gun Club, of Utica, N. Y., has announced a 
shoot which last year proved the most popular of all shooting 
events, that of giving merchandise prizes with only one cent 
charged for targets; no other entrance. This will draw and hold 
the crowd. 
Secretary Townsend, of the Omaha, Neb., Gun Club, feels that 
the responses he has received to his invitation for the spring 
tournament, March 20, 21, 22, to follow the Iowa State shoot, 
warrants a big crowd. The five-man team contest will be the 
drawing card. So far there has been assurance of a team each 
froni South Dajcota, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, and at least three 
