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The Delaware State Shoot, 
The first annual spring tournament of the Delaware State Trap- 
shooters' League was held in Wilmington, Del., April 12 and 13, 
on the grounds of the Wilmington Gun Club, This club is a 
new one, and we think has reason to be proud of its record of 
ninety-seven shooters on the first day and seventy-four • on the 
second, with a total of over 20,000 targets for the two days. Every 
e\ent, with the exception of Nos. 5-8 on the second day, were 
handicaps, the sliding handicap being used, experts and amateurs* 
handicapping themselves by their work in the several events. 
The club had calculated that it should have about sixty shooters 
present, so it was rather hard work for its tournament committee 
to look after their guests' comfort as well as to keep things 
moving. The committee was composed as follows: W. Harry 
Hartlove, Chairman; Elmer I. Thompson, Frank Kendall, H. J. 
Stidham, secretary of the club, and Edward Banks. The thanks 
of the committee are due to the several volunteers who so kindly 
assisted them in refereeing and squad hustling, the veteran Bob 
McArdle, looking after No. 1 set of traps and seeing to it that the 
squads got to the score on time. Elmer Thompson did most of 
that work at No. 2 set, while Stidham- and Hartlove were always 
in evidence when help was needed. 
The new club house, 32 x 24 feet, with its piazza, seemed to 
accommodate the crowd well, the large tent, 45 x 25, not being 
needed. The lunch tent was patronized well, the oyster counter 
having particular attraction for some of our Western friends, 
chiefly Tom Mai shall and Billy Heer, the latter standing at that 
score and calling "Pull" until the oyster opener's arm ached. 
The trade was well represented. A. C. Barrell and F. Heath 
were on hand with a full U. M. C. squad— T. A. Marshall, W. H. 
Heer, F. E. Butler, H. H. Stevens and "Pop" Heikes. J. Mowell 
Hawkins, of the W. R. A. Co., accompanied by Mrs. Hawkins and 
his young son, was on hand to look after his company's interests. 
T. H. Keller and Neaf Apgar saw that Peters Cartridge Co. got 
all that was coming to it. The Austin Cartridge Co. was repre- 
sented by Mr. W. P. Sampson, a new man at the traps, and a 
nephew of Mr. W^m. Baskervill, manager of that company's Bal- 
timore branch. Luther J. Squier, of the DuPont Co., of course 
was on hand, Wilmington being his home at present. With so 
many shooters to attend to, it is not to be wondered at that 
(sliding handicap not considered), the scores of some experts 
suffered. 
The programme for the first day was twelve events, 15 targets 
each, but owing to the number of entries, only eleven events 
were shot, many not being able to shoot their scores in No. 11 on 
account of darkness. 
The programme for the day consisted of 165 targets. 
First Day, April 12. 
Events: 123456789 10 11 
T A Marshall 14 15 14 13 12 13 13 10 15 14 14 
W H Heer 14 14 15 13 13 15 13 15 13 14 14 
F E Butler 13 13 12 14 13 12 13 12 11 15 10 
H H Stevens... 11 12 15 14 13 15 14 15 13 13 12 
R O Heikes 14 15 15 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 14 
N Apgar 13 13 13 12 12 14 14 13 13 13 11 
L J Squier 14 15 11 13 14 12 11 12 14 12 12 
J M Hawkins 13 13 15 12 14 13 13 14 13 13 11 
P W Sampson 997 11 9 12 97776 
T B McHugh 13 14 12 14 11 14 9 11 14 14 11 
A P Conley 13 11 11 8 14 9 15 9 13 13 12 
Chew 13 12 11 12 10 12 8 12 13 9 12 
G Burroughs 11 14 11 14 12 15 12 13 11 15 14 
Terry 12 14 10 13 8 14 9 13 14 11 14 
J R Malone 11 11 12 12 8 12 10 14 12 12 13 
F Emann 8 14 14 13 12 14 13 13 14 11 15 
W M Foord 11 15 12 13 11 14 13 15 9 15 14 
Armstrong 13 12 11 13 5 12 12 15 9 13 11 
L German 15 12 15 13 13 13 13 13 11 15 13 
W Edmonson 13 10 11 8 13 13 14 10 14 15 11 
T A McKelvey 11 13 13 14 15 14 12 12 15 11 13 
1 E Bowen 12 11 11 8 13 12 13 14 9 11 14 
A B Richardson 14 14 13 14 13 11 13 15 13 15 13 
W H Reed 11 12 11 14 6 13 12 13 11 14 13 
G S McCarty 14 13 13 10 13 10 13 14 15 11 13 
C H Newcomb 13 12 13 14 9 15 14 14 12 14 14 
C E Mink 14 13 14 13 14 12 14 15 14 11 13 
F C Bissett 13 11 13 14 15 10 14 15 12 11 13 
F Williamson 14 10 14 6 10 13 14 12 14 12 9 
G Edmonson 12 13 15 1112 1110 12 12 9 
E Banks 14 14 12 12 14 13 13 11 13 11 
Pratt .13 9 14 8 10 11 14 8 12 11 
E E duPont 11 11 13 9 13 10 11 14 11 . . 
P F duPont 14 15 13 9 12 10 14 13 8 9 
T PI Keller •. 12 12 8 9 12 12 H 13 ^ ^ 
W H Phillips 9 13 13 11 14 7 
W H Hartlove U 13 12 .. 11 12 
Ed Melchior, Jr 10 12 12 13 14 13 14 . . 
Cowan 11 10 12 
A Chaxelle 10 9 .. 9 13 9 11 
N Grubb 10 12 12 11 
J Ball 15 10 
J W Applejack 12 S 12 11 11 .. .. 
T T Silver. 10 12 15 11 11 9 13 9 
Theo Rogers 13 U 8 10 11 12 5 11 
W L Duff.: 10 12 10 8 15 14 11 11 12 11 .. 
H W McNeal 12 U 13 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 
England 13 13 11 13 8 13 13 7 6 9 . . 
A Lobb 14 14 12 15 10 1113 13 13 9.. 
T E Kirk' ' ■ 12 14 11 12 12 15 9 12 9 9 . . 
Evans 1112 11 13 12 .. 
W Toroev 10 10 13 10 14 14 11 9 10 . . 
T Graham 15 12 . . 14 14 13 15 14 .. 
Springer 11 11 15 12 13 8 12 14 
Cleaver 
11 
13 
Broke. 
147 
153 
139 
147 
157 
141 
140 
144 
93 
137 
128 
123 
142 
132 
127 
141 
142 
126 
146 
132 
143 
128 
148 
130 
139 
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Simons 1 o 1 ^ " ' 
W Young }q in 
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Buckmaster 1 V 10 " 
W Algard ii 19 fi ■ 
Townsend , |^ ° •■ 
Simons • 10 10 " 
J Warren - l'^ 1^ 
K Kendall 11 6 12 9 
F Hamlin •• ^ • • 
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Chase 5 10 10 
Chadwlck • 12 8 10 9 
T Lodge . : : : : : : : « 9 12 13 
E I Thompson 4 4 9 7 
Linton „ „ 
H T Crosby 9 "9 "-^ 
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Harrington 
J Mooer • 
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J M Casey • -M" 
J Caldwell • k i i 
R McArdle » 8 6 
Hendrix • • * ' 
Nos 9 and 10 comprised the merchandise event. For this event 
the cl'ub had prepared a list of tome 80 odd prizes, but as there 
were only 69 entries for the prizes, everybody got something, and 
The majority got value received for their entry fee, while many 
iot decidedly more. W. Edmonson and J. Graham tied for first 
and second prizes, and took both the L. C. Smith, and Ithaca 
guns tossing^for choice. McHugh and Richardson tied for third 
fnd fourth prizes, a large and handsome stem of Austrian manu- 
facture and'^allir of field glasses. They shot, off miss-and-out, 
McHtiih winning by breaking his target, Richardson having 
misred°his AU the other prizes were decided by lot, there being 
"°In"an 9.870^argets' were thrown during the day, being an aver- 
age of almost sixty entries in each event. 
Second Day^ April 13, 
The weather at the opening of the second day was almost as 
unpromising as the early hours of the first day. As a whole, it 
was a much more unpleasant day, for the reason that the wind 
was easterly all the time and blew for the most part quite strongly, 
niaking the targets uneven in flight, which, added to the sliding 
handicap, caused scores to rule low, but naturally enough did not 
affect the scores made by the more expert among the shooters. 
The chief interest was taken in events ISos. 5 to 8 inclusive, 
four 25-target events, which constituted the race for the individual 
championship of the State. The winner turned up in A. B. Rich- 
ardson, of Dover, who finished strongly with 25 straight, and won 
out by 3 targets over his nearest competitors, W. M. Foord, of 
Wilmington,- and Terry, also of Dover, who broke 90. Richardson 
went to the score for his last 25 with the proposition before him 
of having to break 23 to win. That he was in the best of form is 
shown by the fact that he had scarcely a poorly broken target 
among the whole of the 25 that he put in the game sack. How 
well Richardson must have shot is shown also by the scores made- 
by the others; "Pop" Heikes with 95 and J. Mowell Hawkins with 
94, being the only ones in the shoot who beat his total of 93. 
"Billy" Foord got off badly, but finished strongly, as he always 
does. 
The team race for five-man teams brought out ten teams, and it 
was 7:15 when the last man in the last squad had shot his string. 
Wawaset Team No. 1, of Wilmington, put up an excellent piece 
of team work, and won out easily, with the good total of 221 out 
of 250, each of the five men shooting at 50 targets. The Dover 
Gun Club was second on the list, 23 targets behind, with a total 
of 198; Wawaset No. 2, Wawaset No. 3 and Blue Ball No. 1 
finished third, fourth and fifth respectively, with scores of 187, 
186 and 185 to their credit. The home club put in two teams, and 
the second team put it all over the first team, but neither of them 
was ever in the hunt. Middletown, Claymont and Blue Ball No. 2 
were the other teams. 
Heikes again easily led the experts with only 8 lost out of 160 
shot at, breaking 152. Hawkins broke 146, Heer and Apgar 142, 
and Marshall 141. The amateurs did some good work, Richardson, 
the winner of the State championship, taking first honors in the 
amateur class and also second honors all round for the day with 
147 breaks, one more than Hawkins' total. Mink, the lanky 
Philadelphian, again landed well up with 143, while Foord and 
Terry each had 140 to their credit. The scores _ were as below, 
e\ ents 5-8 being at 25 targets, and constituting the individual cham- 
pionship race at 100 targets: 
The programme comprised 160 targets. 
Events: 1234 5678 
Targets • 15 15 15 15 25 25 25 25 Broke. 
T A Marshall 12 15 12 14 22 22 22 22 141 
W H Heer 14 14 12 13 23 21 22 23 142 
F E Butler 12 9 11 12 18 14 21 23 120 
H H Stevens 15 10 11 12 24 20 23 20 - 135 
R O Heikes 14 15 14 14 22 25 23 25 152 
N Apgar 11 12 15 14 23 22 24 21 142 
T M Hawkins ". 14 14 13 11 23 23 24 24 146 
L T Squier 13 11 14 12 19 22 22 20 133 
Bee 9 10 9 13 17 20 16 20 112 
P W Spmpson 8 8 13 8 16 14 17 18 102 
Theo Rogers 11 10 9 14 19 18 14 15 110 
White 7 13 8 -9 16 15 15 14 93 
D S Daudt 8 11 10 14 18 20 13 22 116 
Beauchamp 8 12 10 11 9 13 8 15 86 
W M Foord 12 15 8 15 20 24 22 24 140 
L German 14 13 14 11 24 22 20 21 139 
F C Bissett 13 11 15 13 23 20 21 23 139 
G S McCarty 10 12 12 15 22 20 17 21 129 
C E Mink. 15 12 14 14 22 23 24 19 143 
¥ Emann 10 13 10 12 21 23 21 20 130 
A B Richardson 15 12 13 14 22 23 23 25 147 
A P Conley 10 ■ 9 10 10 17 20 17 20 113 
T A McKelvey 12 12 14 12 17 24 19 21 131 
T B McHugh. 12 15 13 12 17 23 17 23 132 
Geo Burroughs 12 11 7 11 . 20 22 16 23 122 
E Banks ..7 13 14 10 10 19 24 19 22 131 
Dr W E Barnard 13 12 6 14 6 16 14 18 99 
H Poole 9 12 5 12 15 19 15 16 103 
Durvea 12 9 11 14 15 19 15 13 108 
Terrv 14 12 12 12 22 24 21 23 140 
W Evans 13 14 .. 11 19 24 20 21 ... 
L Evans 12 14 11 13 .. .. 14 21 ... 
M Kuhns 6 10 U 3 
Dr Buckmaster 14 7 11 
Bird 8 6 8 ... 
C H Simon.... 13 7 7 12 15 15 19 ... 
Ed Melchior, Jr 12 7 13 
J K B 10 
Malin 9 
G Edmonson .. 10 8 19 18 20 
N Grubb 8 
Springer 17 16 17 19 ... 
J E Kirk 22 19 18 17 ... 
Tinton 14 13 15 12 
A H Lo'b'b'. :'.:.....:....: 20 is a 19 ... 
G Simon •• •• 10 .• •. 21 .. 
E Simon .. •. 13 .. •. •• • ■ 
G Godwin 17 18 ... 
W K Hahn 18 16 ... 
England iA oA 10 ia 
G Massey is 9? 9q 99 
E Longland 18 25 23 22 
Martin 
Potter 9 10 9 8 
Husband 11 13 9 10 
8 7 10 10 .. ..19.24 ... 
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F Kendall 9 11 12 7 
A Chaxelle 9 ^ 12 11 ..... 15 19 ... 
Ward 14 11 13 10 
C M Buckmaster.. J? .0 H " 99 
W H Hartlove 1112 13 • . ■ • 19 22 ... 
F P Ewing 11 12 13 - • . 19 22 
Jefferson 1" 11 " 
E E duPont ■•■ 
Bead in '^ii i? " " 
Armstrong IV 1, la "■■ 
W Edmonson H 1* J} J? • • " ' ' ' • • • • • 
W D Wallace 13 12 11 14 ..• 
T K B 13 9 12 10 
W H 'Re'ed 11 14 13 11 
Cleaver 1113 10 10 ... 
G Brown 8 
The scores in the team races were as follows: 
Wawaset No. 1. Wilmington No. 2. 
J A McKelvey 46 G Simons 45 
W M Foord 45 W H Hartlove .....36 
Edmonson 45 F Kendall 33 
C M Buckmaster 44 ^ of 177 
J Graham 41—221 W K Hahn 31—177 
Dover Gun Club. Middletown Gun Club 
Terry 45 Gilpin Massey 38 
A B Richardson ...44 E Massey 35 
J Evans 44 gu'^yea 33 
W H Reed 35 Dr Bernard 33 
J E Kirk 30-198 h pooie 33-172 
Wawaset No. 3. ■ Wilmington No. 1. 
Martin 43 Sprjnf?''^:^ • • V 
Rutter 42 J B . McHugh 
F Buck 39 E Simons 
Bead 37 A H Lobb 
Conog ...26—187 G Burroughs 
Wawaset No. 2. Blue Ball No. 2. 
Robinson. ...42 W Potter 36 
Dr Buck 42 A Chaxelle 35 
R Miller 39 H Ewing 31 
Ed Melchior, Jr..... 35 f Potter 28 
S Tuchton 28—186 M Kuhns <2Z— 1&<J 
Blue Ball No. 1. Claymont Gun Club. 
T Ball 40 C Hahn 35 
Grubb 40 T Husband ..........33 
C H Simons 39 W Bird 31 
S P Ewing.... 34 E Grubb 3£ 
L Ev^ns 32-185 G Casey. 17-148 
Altosether there were seventy-four shooters who took part in 
the several events, and a grand total of 10,240 targets were thrown 
during the day, making just 20,110 targets for the two days A 
Lcggett trap and a set of expert traps were used, and both 
worked satisfactorily, the only time that was lost during the 
entire tournament was due to the exigencies of the . sliding 
handicap," which necessarily causes lots of trouble in the cash, 
jer's office, although manifestly popular with the shooters. 
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General Averages. 
The wind, the dull sky which prevailed a great part oi the 
tournament, and the sliding handicap all combined to ruin the 
chances of most people for high averages. Rolla Heikes was in 
remarkable form, and it made no difference, apparently, whether 
he stood at 18, 19 or 20 yards. His average of over 95 per cent, 
of the 325 shot at speaks for itself. It was no small feather in 
Mr. Richardson's cap that he was able to tie Billy Heer for sec- 
ond average on a grand total of 295 out of 325, an average of just 
a fraction better than 90 per cent. Mr. Hawkins and Mr. Mink 
just missed the 90 per cent, mark, and tied for third place in the 
averages with 290. . , 
The order in which the ten high guns finished is as follows: 
Fust, R. O. Heikes, 309; second and third, W. H, Heer and 
A. B. Richardson, 295; fourth and fifth, J. M. Hawkins and C. E, . 
Mink, 290; sixth, T. A. Marshall, 288; seventh, Lester German. i 
285; eighth, Neaf Apgar, 283; ninth and tenth, H. H. Stevens and 
W. M. Foord, 282. ^ „ . 
: This tournament was the Wilmington Gun Club s first effort in 
that direction. The club is barely a year old and will learn by 
experience; in fact, it promises to do so. If its late guests will 
only bear its youth in mind, and excuse any mistakes on that 
ground, the club members will feel perfectly happy and will do 
their best to hold up their end when called upon to act again in 
the capacity of hosts. „ „ , „ 
The Blue Hen's Chicken. 
Wawaset Gun CIttb. 
Wilmington, Del., April 14.— There was a pleasant solution of 
some questions pertaining to skill between a team of the lodge 
of Elks, Morristown, Pa., and an Elk team of the Wawaset Gun 
Club, on the grounds -of the latter to-day. Five men were to a 
team, and each man shot at 50 targets. , , 
' The visitors led by one target at the half-way mark, but the 
home team finished the stronger, and won by a score of 218 to 201. 
Scores: . ^-n 
Wilmington Elks. Norristown Elks. 
Foord 24 25-49 Parker 23 22—45 
McKelvey 22 23—45 Smith 22 20—42 
Melchior ......... 21 2-3-44 Scatchard 20 19-39 
Sauier .22 20— 42 Devaney 2117—38 
Townsend ! 'i: .... .17 21-38-218 Sheets 21 16-37-201 
The programme of the Wawaset Gun Club's annual spring 
tournament, Wilmington, Del., May 11 and 12, provides a shding 
handicap, 16 to 20yds. The programme for each day will consist 
of twelve events at 15 targets each. Total entrance, $15.60. 
Instead of adding a small amount of money m each event and 
dividing it among from fifteen to twenty-five contestants who 
would shoot into the money, which makes the amount that each 
would receive very small, we are going to give the entire profits 
of this shoot to the amateurs who shoot through the programme. 
The emrance in each event will be $1.30, including price of tar- 
gets at 2 cents each. For each target thrown during the two days 
wo will set aside IV4, cent as a special purse to be divided among 
those who shoot through the programme and do not win their 
''"Last'^year we threw nearly 20,000 targets', and if we do as well 
this year— and we believe we will— this purse will amount to ?ZbO. 
We believe that this purse will amount to more than the coni- 
bined losses of those shooting through the programme, and if it 
dees we will only pay to each a sum sufficient to cover their loss, 
and the balance of the purse will be given to the high guns, one 
money for every $10. . . , , i_ 
This we think, is about the best proposition that has ever been 
offered to the smateur, and we hope to have you with us on 
Mav 11 and 12, 1905. Write for programme. , ,t 1 
Tournament Committee as follows: W. M. Foord, E. Melchior, 
Jr., L. J. Squier. , 
Bergen Beach Guo. Club. 
Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, L. L, April ll.-The scores made at 
the shoot of the Bergen Beach Gun Club to-day are as follows. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
Targets : 
Buck Shad 
W Keim 
Hans 
Schorty 
B A Cottagio. 
Eickhoff 
Schlim 
Bob Schneider 
Voeheringer ... 
Gehring 
C Steffens 
Slsvin 
Matches: 
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12 
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Targets : 
W Keim o 10 ia 
Eickhoff 8 13 19 
10 25 25 Targets: ^2 01 ^ 
17 Schneider 9 21 21 
South End Gun CItb. 
Reading Pa., April 14.-The South End Gun Club entertained 
the U M C squad to-day. There was a large crowd present to 
witnes's the performances of the celebrated artists. In the second 
Ivent at 100 targets, the scores were as follows: Marshall 86, 
Heer 99, Butler 80, Stevens 93. Heikes 98. 
tmwer§ to §amsfiand^n(s. 
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ha^e been adored into our lang as have many others, such,. 
Ls hickory, Sms, hominy and so on. They are Indian names 
of 4° .Siskowet'is an Oj^bwa word and has relatnon^to^ the ^ 
^?cooks1tsdf>'Sven ?ecTusr tL^fish I so fat that it can be set 1 
on fire and will cook itself. 
PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT. 
Reduced Rates to Pacific Coast Points. 
Via Pennsylvania Railroad, Account Lewis and Clark Exposition 
^ ^ and Various Conventions. 
On account of the Lewis and Clark Exposition, at Portland, 
nrP Tune 1 to October 15, and various conventions to be held 
in cities Sn the Pacific Coast during the summer, the Pennsylvania 
R^?lroad Company will sell round-trip tickets on specified dates, 
^^^ °fll <itatk>ns on its lines, to San Francisco and Los Angeles, 
Anril 9 to Sept 27^^ to Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria, Van- 
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"Por dates of sale and specific information concerning rates and 
routes, consult nearest ticket agent^ 
Tt is onlv within a comparatively short time that large game 
nreserves have been started in America,. but to-day the demand 
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mn^ VresenTes are stocked with native game, there is a 
'"■"t Lw fncFefsin^ tendency to import living wild game from 
constantly nci easing ten^^ y as many sorts of ornamental 
f'"'',°P^- c,,^^i;pd hv the firm of Cross, Liverpool, England, who 
b°a':'a!r'e\dv'^l^nt m\^ch of th" to' America, and is likely to 
send much more. Owners of estates may profitably communicatq 
■tvith Mr. Cross. 
