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WESTERN TRAP. 
Cincinnati Gun Clofa. 
Cincinnati, O., March 8. — Eighteen took part in the Peters 
trophy event. A warm, light rain and strong wind made disagree- 
able conditions. Barker and Roanoke headed the list with 50, in- 
cluding their handicaps. Barker was high man in actual breaks 
with 48. Harig and R. Trimble were close seconds with 47 actual 
breaks each. 
In the team matches Peters made high individual score with 93 
out of 100, and Harig and Trimble were second with 93 each. 
Dreihs was third with 91. Peters team won with a total of 184. 
Peters did work to-day such as has seldom been seen on these 
grounds. He broke, in the medal and practice events 113 out of 
115, 99 out of 100, and made a run of 84 straight. Among the 
visitors to-day was Mr. John S. Boa, of Chicago, expert rifle 
shot. He gave a pleasing exhibition of his skill with the auto- 
matic .22. 
So far in the Peters trophy contest A Sunderbruch is high 
with 235 out of 250, or 94 per cent. Boeh second, with 232, 92.8 
per cent., and Gambell third, with 92 per cent. The lowest man of 
the twenty-five who have so far entered the contest has shot an 
86 per cent. clip. Messrs. Ahlers, Barker, Don Minto, Faran, 
Peters, Hesser and Gambell form the team which hopes to take 
the Phellis trophy from Newark. The scores: 
Peters trophy, 60 targets: Barker (5) 50, Roanoke (23) 50, 
Bullerdick (4) 48, Plarig (0) 47, R. Trimble (0) 47, Gambell (1) 47, 
Block (6) 47, Dreihs (0) 46, Pfieffer (5) 46, Faran (0) 45, Boeh 
(10) 45, Don Minto (0) 44, Peters (0) 44, Williams (4) 43, Pohlar 
(2) 42, Osterfeld (1) 40, Cliff (0) 38, Roll (0) 38. 
Team match, 100 targets: 
Peters 93, Dreihs 91; total 184. 
Gambell 89, Harig 92; total 181. 
R. Trimble 92, Hesser 88; total 180. 
Rohfef's Island Gun Club. 
Dayton, O., March 15.— Twelve members participated to-day for 
practice preparatory to the medal shoot the following week. The 
day was fine. A pleasant time v/as enjoyed. 
The first event was a match between Oswald and Lockwood at 
25 targets, the former winning by a score of 24 to 22. 
In the next match, six took part. Lockwood beat Oswald by a 
score of 23 to 19. Hanauer was high man with 24. Hodapp and 
Schaerf divided third money on 20 each. 
A six-man team match, 50 targets, Oswald and Hanauer, cap- 
tains, Oswald's team finished with 234 to 205. Oswald was high 
■w ith 49. 
Team match, 50 targets per man: 
Oswald's Team— Oswald 49, Lockwood 42, Oldt 42, Schaerf 37, 
Hodapp 34, Morris 30; total 234. 
Hanauer's Team— Whitacre 46, Schwind 44, Hanauer 43, J. 
Rogge 30, H. Rogge 22, Hufi' 20; total 205. 
Special matches, 25 targets each, three moneys in the first and 
two moneys in the others: 
Shot at. Broke. Shot at. Broke. 
Oldt .22 21 22 75 65 Whitacre ..22 19.. 50 41 
Schwind ...20 20 25 75 65 Hodapp ....22 .. .. 25 22 
Oswald ....24 22.. 50 46 Hanauer ..22.. .. 25 22 
Lockwood. 22 22.. 50 44 Schaerf ...19.. .. 25 19 
The club is installing a new trap house, to be fitted up with 
expert traps, electric pull and house for puller and scorer, a la 
Cincinnati Gun Club. It will be ready at the opening on March 
22. 
At Springfield. 
At the shoot of the Springfield, O., Gun Club on March 14, 
seme good work was done. Several shooters from the St. Paris 
Gun Club were guests of the club. The programme consisted of 
six 25-target events. Foley took high gun with 133. Poole second, 
115. Karnam third, 113. Strong made the only straight score of 
the day, and finished with 94 out of 100, the best work done. 
Deadwood Gun Club. 
Deadwood, S. D., March 17.— There was a good attendance at 
the annual meeting on the 13th inst. The officers elected for the 
year were as follows: R. Flanders, President; R. L. Walker, 
Vice-President; F. M. Brooder, Treasurer, and Burt Rogers, Sec- 
retary. These, with Frank Waugh and John B. Hirsch, com- 
prise the Board of Directors. 
The club starts out with a membership of fifty, and it is be- 
lieved fifty "raw recruits" will be gathered in soon. 
Great enthusiasm was shown, and, as attractions to induce the 
members to turn out in goodly numbers at the weekly shoots, the 
club will secure a large list of valuable annual and monthly 
prizes to be shot for. In order to stimulate interest, prizes will 
be put up for matches to be shot for by members in diflferent 
classes- This course is taken to give the beginner something to 
work for, and strive to be a "top-notcher." 
Burt Rogers, Sec'y. 
In Other Places. 
We are pleased to note that a number of the young men of 
Middleton, O., have formed themselves into a gun club and will, 
during the coming summer, hold a tournament. If young men 
generally throughout the country would start gun clubs and par- 
ticipate in the outdoor exercises and amusement of target shoot- 
ing, they would find it unequalled in the line of recuperative sport. 
In all probability there will be a county shoot held during the 
month of June in the vicinity of Wabasha, Minn. A meeting was 
held by those interested at that city on Tuesday evening last, 
and the plans were laid accordingly. 
This time it was "Tobacco Bill." He went to Bloomington 
and there got busy with, the little clay saucers. He smashed 79 
out of 80 tries. The McLean county boys were all out, and in 
the Class A medal it was Mr. Heer who was the winner, and 
Class B was captured by L. W. Stubblefield. In all, there were 
some thirty shooters present. 
Out at Freeport, 111., there is every indication that a return 
to the good old times is assured. Some good prizes will be put 
up by the club members for its contest during 1905. 
One of the enthusiastic gun clubs of the West during last year 
was that at La Mars, la. The early approach of spring has 
brought the members together with the same old love as pre- 
vailed last year for the target shooting. 
The Dunlap Gun Club, of Princeville, 111., held a shoot last 
Thursday. There were shooters present from many towns, viz.: 
Rock Island, Wyoming and Chicago. The' scores averaged up 
about even, being about 73 per cent. 
It will interest especially all the Southern trapshooters to 
know that great preparations are being made for the coming In- 
terstate shoot, to be held April 5 and 6 at Augusta, Ga. Mr. B. 
H. Worthen, of Atlanta, has offered a medal, and it is expected 
that Mr. Shaner will get busy when he finds about 100 shooters 
there when the opening gun is fired. 
The Carlisle, Pa., Gun Club held a shoot Monday last, and 
Karl Stewart, of Harrisburg, made the best score on the targets, 
but R. E. Shearer, of the home team, was the best on the live 
biids. F. A. Dinger was second, with Stewart and Patterson third. 
There was an interesting shoot held at the grounds of the 
Media, Pa., Gun Club on Wednesday. A gold watch was the 
prize, and it was won by George R. Williamson on a miss-and- 
out; score, 18 straight. 
The first shoot at Greenville, O., came off last Wednesday. 
There was a good attendance and good shooting, considering the 
handicap of both the distance and the wind. 
The good news comes from Greenville, O., that the gun club 
is very prosperous, and that the coming summer shows a renewal 
of fresh blood, viz.: W. W. Limbett, Ed. Huddle, J. H. A. Ross 
and Harry V. Hartzell afe new members just attached. 
The new officers of the Hamilton, O., Gun Club are: Presi- 
dent, Joseph Schumacher; Vice-President, Dr. E. C. Sill; Treas- 
urer, H. G. Cass; Secretary, Julius C. Heman; Captain, William 
Link; Trustee, James R. Smyers. The meeting was largely at- 
tended and the shooters all felt like there would be a prosperous 
season for 1905. 
Tryon, of Cleveland, O., was in great form last Saturday, and 
won both the events at the gun club shoot, taking the medal with 
40 straight; his opponent went him 39, just one less. 
Fred Erb, Jr., keeps breaking into the game now and then, as 
he has challenged the winner, when Hugh Clark, of Wabash, 
Ind., and J. W. Fackle, of Muncie, Ind., shoot for the English 
Hotel cup. 
Spirit Lake, the home of the well-known Charley Grimm, is 
coming out again as a shooting town. A tournament is billed 
for that town. 
Some of the Goldsboro, Pa., Gun Club evidently do not class 
a 12-gai.ige with a 10. Note this handicap: 12-bore guns placed 
at 30yds., 10-bore guns at 35yds. Who said a 12-gauge would 
shoot equal to a 10-gauge? 
Judge B. W. Wright, of Locan, 111., was hunting on the Illinois 
River, when the boat was overturned and he was thrown into the 
water, losing his gun. The gun was recovered on the following 
day, and when the stock was raised out of the water, by some 
unknown reason the gun was discharged, and as the muzzle was 
under water, of course the gun burst and was a complete wreck. 
It was fortunate for Mr. Smith that he escaped unhurt. 
It was said that a carload of targets and half a carload of 
shells had been shipped into Iowa for the State shoot. 
Now don't forget about the Indiana State League shoot being 
held at Crawfordsville, May 17 and 18. If you want to shoot the 
shoot of your life you will be there. 
The Kenosho, Wis., Gun Club look forward to a very pros- 
perous and enjoyable season of the innocent sport of breaking 
clay pigeons. All men who are of good character and who 
enjoy shooting over a good trap are eligible as members. 
The Parker Gun Club, of Milwaukee, Wis., will hold a tourna- 
ment. May 21. 
The St. Paul, Ind., Gun Club will hold its annual shoot March 
30. Some of the Indianapolis good shots will be there. 
Indianapolis will hold their regular weekly shoots, of course, 
and the secretary reports two new trophies for this year, the 
club trophy and a badge for the championship. 
The Magic City Gun Club, Muncie, Ind., is alive and "travel- 
ing some." J. W. Farrell is the new President; G. G. William- 
son, Vice-President; F. L. Watchell, Secretary. The same targets 
to be used by the G. A. H. were adopted for this year. The 
annual spring tournament will be held May 10 and 11 
The Converse, Ind., Gun Club will hold a shoot on Tuesday 
afternoon. 
Some of the home men, together with visitors, shot a score at 
Des Moines, la., as follows: Hoon shot at 100, broke 87; Holger- 
son 110, 96; Hoon 100, 86; Budd 100, 80; French, 45. 42; Smith 
35, 28; Carter 29, 29; Dovermon 75, 52. 
A gun club was organized at Princeville, 111., with a good 
membership. Charles Holmes is President; Chas. Cornish, Sec- 
retary; John C. Jackson, Treasurer. The boys say that by con- 
stant practice they will "get into the game." 
There were thirty shooters at the North Side Gun Club last 
Sunday. The high scores were: P. Peters and J. Mierswa. On 
May 1 there will be nine prizes divided among the best scores. 
Boston Gun CI«b. 
Boston, Mass., March 8.— Jupiter Pluvius easily made a clean 
score to-day at the fifth weekly Boston Gun Club prize shoot, 
the rain falling incessantly from beginning to end of the after- 
noon. While this kind of weather is generally anything but 
pleasant to the trapshooter, yet, contrary to the usual rule, 
twenty-four shooters took part in one of the most successful 
shoots of the present series. 
Many came to look on, having left their guns and ammunition 
at home, in view of the poor weather; but invariably they could 
not stand it, and had to borrow guns and shells just to be in it 
with the regulars. In many cases the scores would compare 
very favorably with others made under quite different conditions. 
Seven Boston Athletic Association shooters shot the pro- 
gramme, and secured the lion's share of honors, which augurs 
well for their team in their coming matches with the Crescent 
and Yale gun clubs, and behooves the New York congregation 
to do some fine shooting stunts if they intend to retain their 
well-earned prestige of two seasons back. 
Adams, the latest B. A. A. find, was in a class by himself, 
hammering out a clean 95 per cent, without turning an eyelash, 
and securing the honor of the best percentage made on the 
grounds for some time. Blinn, of the same team, was a good 
second, and might still have been breaking them straight if the 
4:36 train had not put in an appearance, which put .a stop to 
his afternoon's programme. This train, as a rule, is a signal for 
"all out," but to-day the 5:05 came in for considerable patronage, 
which gave some the trappists an opportunity which they took 
advantage of. 
Maine State was well represented, Gil Wheeler dropping in for 
the regular number of events, accompanied by Geo. Dorton, of 
Portland, one of the State's leading exponents of the scatter 
gun, shooting close on to 90 per cent., and incidentally caring 
for one-third of first honors in the prize match. Cecil Whitmore, 
one of the Brunswick Club's most prominent members, shot in 
quite a few of the events, and though borrowing a gun from Bell 
(which John knew was N. G.) made some very creditable scores. 
Another visit in the futvire with regular gtm and shells will bring 
higher percentages and then the regulars will have to look out. 
Burns, of the Middlesex Club, helped carry the heavy-weight 
honors in the matcli^ and now leads on total scores by 11 targets. 
Of the others, Griffiths, Bell, Owen and Gleason averaged 88 
per cent, or better, which goes to show the quality of shooting 
for this week. Other scores: 
Events: 123456789 10 
Targets : 10 15 10 10 15 15 15 10 20 20 Av. 
Griffiths, 21 10 14 8 9 12 12 15 9 17 . . .883 
Dickev, 21 8 14 7 7 12 10 773 
Bell, 20 9 12 9 10 15 13 893 
Gleason, 19 ; 7 12 10 10 14 11 15 9 17 20 .892 
Frank, 19 8 11 9 8 9 10 11 9 750 
Wheeler, 18 9 12 9 9 15 10 13 8 19 .. .866 
Darton, 18 7 13 8 9 13 15 14 10 18 .. .891 
Reed, 17 8 11 9 9 13 10 12 9 810 
Woodruff, 17 7 12 9 8 14 12 13 7 820 
Whitmore, 17 5 12 7 7 8 650 
Blinn, 16 8 12 10 9 13 14 15 10 910 
Owen, 16 8 11 10 9 14 13 14 9 880 
Fdwards, 16 8 11 8 6 14 12 .786 
Sadler, 16 7 14 7 9 U 14 12 9 830 
