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WESTERN TRAP. 
doltimisia Gun CIuK 
East Liverpool, O., April 24. — There were soinfe foul-teeri melri- 
bers of the Columbia Gun Club who took part in the seasori's 
opening event. ISIany spectators were out, and all expressed them- 
selves as being highly entertained. 
William iVl. Fouts was not content with winning all the honors 
for the day, but he smashed the ground record as well, as none 
of the "home fans" can call to mind a score equal to 95 out of 100. 
He made first 50 straight, 24 out of next 25, and 21 out of the last. 
The handicap committee placed tlie sliooters by the target 
allowance system, and so nearly even are the individuals at the 
end of the' event that all concede that excellent judgment was 
displayed, many going above 90, while few fell below 87. 
Ihese handicaps were set by Dr. L. C. Jackman, Ollie Wise 
and Hugh Johnson. J. J. Robinett and C. C. Hamilton were on 
the committee, but failed to attend the ni'eeting. 
A fine gold medal will be awarded the contestant who makes the 
highest score during the summer. 
Live Birds at Kansas City. 
Kansas City, Mo., April 23. — Yesterday was the regular medal 
shoot of the old Kansas City live-bird club. The man who stood 
on crutches at the G. A. H. and who has never missed a Mis- 
souri State shoot, is still pounding away with the boys. You all 
know him or have heard of him; he is president of the Missouri 
State Sportsmen's Association, His name is Smith, otherwise 
kriowri as_ Ftarik. just to keep conlpaily with Frank Curtrtirtg- 
banl, he fiiiislied but one behiild the wirirtef. Nothiiig like trap- 
shooting to keep a man always youiig. 
Dr. Shiirley Millett was high oil this odcasioil, beirig the oilly 
orie to bteak 2.3 of Bob Elliott's drivers arid twistei-s. Wickey 
Reno, Plank, Cunningliair. arid Smith werfe but orie to the bad. 
Plank had the very hard luck to let the last bird get ovef thfe 
boundary line. Scores: 
An derson 0020222002222202022202222—17 
Moore 0200011122111101222010220—17 
Feed 1201211222221121111100102—21 
Wickey 2012110212121121121102212—22 
Millett 1221210212212221212102122—23 
Wasson 2111121122210220201000211—19 
Vaughen 2222220222202020202112020—18 
Reno 2222210120211122012121222—22 
N ewton 2112221011222100111222100—20 
Planck 2111212111111202112111010—23 
Cunningham 2001212221212021212221121—22 
F G Smith 2001212221212021212221122—22 
Glassner 2121211020012110112122200—19 
Pacific Coast Trap. 
San Francisco, Gal., April 23. — I am pleased to be able tO' say 
to the thousands of readers of Forest and Stream that the 
sport of trapshooting. has developed in a regular boom through- 
out the great State of California. New gun clubs are springing 
,up daily. Many of the interior towns are catching the fever, and 
the gunners are getting on to the pleasant pastime of pulverizing 
clay targets. 
Besides the several local clubs, there are now gun clubs at 
Alameda, Flercules, Vallejo, Martinez, Santa Rosa, San Jose, 
Mount View, Santa Lucia, Pajaro, Watsonville, San Rafael, Mill 
Valley and others yet to hear from. At Sacramento and that 
vicinity, as well as the orange belt and ^many points throughout 
the San Joaquin valley, the shotgun artists are numerous. 
There have been many tournaments held here in April, and some 
big ones are due for May, prominent among them being that of 
the Sacramento, May 12, 13 and 14. This is to be the ninth an- 
nual of the Kimball and Upson, of northern California. On May 
28, 29 and 30 the annual clay target smashing of the Pacific Coast 
Trapshooting Association will be pulled off at Ingleside. 
From there the scene will be shifted temporarily to Portland, 
where the twentv-first annual tournament of the Sportsmen's 
Association of the Northwest will be held June 22, 23 and 24. 
There will be medals and trophies amounting to $2,000. This shoot 
is op'en to Oregon, Washington, Idaho, British Columbia, Mon- 
tana, Utah and California. 
All who' contemplate going will of course remember that all 
transportation companies will then have reduced rates_ for the 
Lewis and Clark fair. There is, then, no reason why this should 
not be the largest shoot ever held in the West. 
Eastern shooters will bear in mind that the most important 
event ever held on the coast will be the Interstate Association 
shoot, similar to the G. A. H. Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, the world's 
famous manager, will have charge, and the . Pacific coast handicap 
will be under the auspices of the San Francisco Trapshooting As- 
sociation, of which Mr. M. A. Shields is the secretary. 
Among the local fraternity there are some fine shots ; and as 
they usually shoot at targets thrown 60 to 75yds., they judge that 
they can make as good a showing as any of the cracks on the 
45 to 50vd. targets. 
The coast shooters are ever ready to welcome the whole body of 
Eastern trap men, and it is hoped that a majority of them will 
come out and try conclusions with those of the Golden State. 
At Florence. 
Florence, Kans., April 22.— When Ed. O'Brien is not attending 
tournaments, he is never happier than when entertaining the 
many friends he has in the shooting profession. To-day there 
v/ere'present here an aggregation such as he never met before. There 
were professionals galo're, and they hailed from all quarters of the 
United States, viz.: Cliris. Gottlieb, Kansas City; C. D. Planck, 
Denver; Walter Huff, Macon, Ga. ; C. B. Adams, Rockwell 
^'Now,^'as is well known, these gentlemen carry their fowling 
pieces,' and generally have a few shells in their trunks; so Ed. 
got together many of the best siiots and a lot of the amateurs, 
and th'ere were altogether over 300 people out to see the "clay 
saucer busting." If every town had an Ed. O'Brien, shotguns 
would not rust in the summer time. All that is needed is for 
sonre one man to set the ball rolling and s^y "Com'g pn, boys," 
arid &ll those who poSsfesS shotguns would try their "finger pull" 
ori clay tafgets dufirig tlie suriimer days. . 
The weathef wds cold arid somewhat on the threatening order, 
biii; toll would riot think so when reading the scores. Of 100 
tafo-ets Waltef tluff btoke 90, Chris Gottlieb 94, Charles Planck 
&4 "Pat Adariis §1; Ed; O'Bfien 91, Writ. Munstreman 93, Phil 
Sl'robeckef 8§, £d: Worthirigtofi 91. 
Ramsey's Manito ihoott 
Manito, April 27.— Among the many uricertairitifcs thefe is noth- 
ing more so than that of holding a shoot in Illinois in Apfih The 
March weather was so fine that the approach of spring wfls so 
sudden that it spoiled the duck shooting, and even started the 
fish to biting; but April being mostly wet and windy, set things 
back a bit. . , . , , j 
Mr. J. C. Ramsey had all things going his way, as he had sup- 
posed up to the opening day of his shoot, so that he ordered 
4,C00 more targets, which arrived only to remain unpacked, as the 
rain descended during the night and kept up all day, so that none 
save the traveling men and enthusiasts like Dr. Lawrence, of 
Lincoln, and A. Mulford, of Mason City, and A. C. Connor, of 
Pekin, ventured out. 
Mr. Ramsey was of course quite blue, as he had gone to 
much trouble and expense in providing and setting up the latest 
model trap and in placing tents on the grounds. 
One hundred shots were fired during the day between showers. 
Cadwallader was present with his shotgun and rifle, but it was too 
cold for the rifle, and so wet that objects could not be sighted 
as for a fine exhibition such as shooting pins, etc. 
E. P. Lawrence came to boost the State tournament, but found 
that one day would satisfy him. Connor was qtiite leary of get- 
ting his new gun wet, and how the wind did switch some of the 
targets. Leslie Standish handled the cash for the management, 
while Ttamp Irwirt staid close to the tent. 
The second day was some improvement on the first. It was 
cloudy, arid though not rainy to arty extent, there were not enough 
shooters preserit, arid as. ori the first day, the programme was 
entirely abandoned, arid ft shoot for targets only was indulged in. 
The two Biemfohf boys came over from Spring Lake, and they 
shot less than half of the allotted 200 targets. 
The Manito shooting grounds are very excellent, level as a 
table, fine background. The trap worked well, arid the targets 
broke when struck, so that the weather was the only drawback. 
It can be hoped that Mr. Ramsey will try again, as he is made of 
the right stuff, and every shooter in the States wishes him well. 
He will be present at the State shoot with a team. 
In Other Places. 
The Hudson, Pa., Gun Club opened the season last Thursday 
with a contest for a handsome medal. The officers for 1905 are: 
Joseph Dixon, President; James J. Judge, Secretary, and Robert 
Carter, Treasurer. 
Another new club at Muncie, Ind., is that of the Gas City. 
The trap and trigger folks at Chanute, Kans., have been rather 
quiet of late, but it is reported that A. W. Butler has returned 
after a month's stay at Springfield, III., his old home. The pres- 
ence of Mr. Butler will put some shoot into the local club. There 
will be a shoot at St. Paul this week, and some of the Chanute 
"trappists" will attend. 
The Rod and Gun Club of Mauch Chunk, Pa., will place 12,000 
fry in the streams in their county. 
There was a fifteen-man team shoot held at the town of Have- 
lock, Neb., which lasted two days. There was much enthusiasm 
and speculation on the result, yet the shooting was not on the 
championship order. Nine out of fifteen was high score. The 
race was for a. banquet, and the Graham side, by a score of 92 to 89, 
will sit down to a banquet provided by those who shot on J. 
M. Clemmon's side. Capt. Hardy, the shotgun and rifle artist, 
was present, and gave one of his interesting exhibitions. 
Pad news for the shooters in the vicinity of Sidney, Neb., is to 
the efl:ect that Waubonsie will be drained, and then good-by to 
the duck shooting at those famous grounds. 
C. W. Budd will take a trip from Des Moines, la., to Spirit 
I/ske, with the intention of conferring with Fred Gilbert and 
other Indians as to the tournament to be held by the tribe the 
last of August. There will be cups and prizes that will amount 
to $1,000, and the programme will soon be out. 
The Centralia, Wash., Gun Club has raised all the money neces- 
sary to conduct the Western Washington Gun Club Association 
tournament. This is the first time Centralia has attempted to 
entertain a large body of trapshooters, and local enthusiasm is 
running high. 
Freeport, 111., Gun Club practice is now being indulged in 
weekly. 
Col. T. Collison was lately heard from at' Blackford, Idaho, 
where he was giving an exhibition of fancy shooting with the 
shotgun and rifie. 
Out at Reno, Nev., the gun club has chosen the 1905 directors, 
and there will be ample arrangements for the members who wish 
to hunt and fish as well as trap shoot. The directors are Sam 
Armanko, Charles Delaney, Ernest Elliott, Walter Morton, A. G. 
Fletcher, Dr. J. W. Hennessey, M. G. Magoffin, Wm. Hulett, 
Dr. E. P. Quinn. 
There is always sure to be some good scores made each time 
the Cleveland, O., clubs meet for practice. This time it was Mr. 
Rice who won the cup at the shoot of the Recreation Club with 
28 out of 30. _ ■ 
The Lockhart, Tex., Gun Club will go to New Braunfels on 
May 12, for a shoot to which all the State amateurs are invited 
to participate. It is reported that the purses will be good. 
The Mt. Clemens, Mich., Gun Club held a practice shoot last 
Sunday, with a view to get ready for the State toijrnament. 
We note that team shoots are much in vogue among the mem- 
bers of the Mattoon, 111., Gun Club. Team shoots are very bene- 
ficial not only when confined to members of the same club, but 
more so^ when two different clubs try conclusions in a friendly 
race, say, for price of targets. 
The Mechanicsville, N. Y., Gun Club is expecting to hold a 
tournament on Prospect Hill on Decoration Day. The season 
for 1905 will close Nov. 1 on the Salem, O., Gun Club grounds. 
The badge of honor will go to the one making the highest num- 
ber of points. 
Another gun club for the Northwest, the Dayton's Bluff, of St. 
Paul, Minn. There are- twenty-tw9 charter members. Grounds 
have been selected at Round Lake, and weekly shoots will be 
held. Officers: President, Edward H. Payte; Secretary, E. M. 
Parish; Treasurer, James C. Schroeder; CaptaiMs, Hugh E. 
White and Albert Jackson. 
There will be a meeting held this week at Fort Wortli, Tex., 
which arrangements will be made for holding the Wesi Texa-9 
Gun Club League, which meets there in July. 
Ellas Spangler, a member of the York City, Pa., Gun Club' Isi 
now champion of the county as a live-bird shot, as he won 
same Tuesday at Glen Rock. This trophy was held by D. G. 
Deardorf, IVlichael Lauber, and Elias Spangler, of York; Charles 
S. Kirk, of Hanover; Allen M. Seitz, of Glen Rock. 
The West Duluth, Minn., Gun Club are going along in good 
style, The members are workers, and have with their own muscles 
erected the elub house. The traps and targets are on the way, 
and possibly the next week will bring to pass the first shoot for 
this club. 
Ihe shadows of Frank Parmelee still hang over Omaha. A 
new gun club has been organized at that city, and the title now is 
Omaha Rod and Gun Club. One hundred and fifty members, and 
more to hear from. 
'Ihe Plattsmouth, Neb., Club has been reorganized, and in it 
there are at least ten prominent gunners, viz. : H. H. Kuhney, 
M. H. tlonk, D. L. Quinn, Fritz Fricke, H. Likewise, J. Bauer, 
John Kniser, and Harvey Guthman. 
It is reported that duck shooting near Milwaukee this spring 
was poor. So much the better. There will be more ducks for the 
fall sportsmen. 
The Geneva, N. Y., Gun Club has now 100 members. The new 
club house has been completed, and all shooters may find shelter 
when needed. 
The news comes from St. Paul, Minn., that the winners of the 
last meet will be handicapped to 22yds. This is carrying things 
to extremes, and they are game to try it. 
The Colorado Springs Gun Club has ordered 100,000 clay targets. 
Regular shoots will be held each Saturday. Some of the_ boys 
are shooting mostly from the 20yd. line, so that they will be 
ready for the Handicap in August, when Elmer Shaner starts the 
traps to working. 
R. J. Wheeler, M. F. Blair and B. S. Gaylord were selected to 
represent the Owosso, Mich., Gun Club at the State shoot. They 
led the others in a contest held Thursday. 
There seems to be something doing in Herrington, Kans., as 
the committee on arrangements are going to work with "sleeves 
rolled up," and they promise to entertain the Kansas visitors 
with four days of the best sport ever enjoyed by the "short grass" 
squad or any other squad at any other time. 
Arrangements have been made by the Oneida, N. Y., Gun Club 
for the summer by which the old Cody place at head of Broad 
street will be their "stamping ground" for 1905. 
Another Texas man heard from at the New Orleans shoot. 
F. M. Faurote made 100 straight, winning high average, and the 
expert cup. 
Frank 15aptiste, Walter Mann, Fred Johnson and H. C. Cox 
are busily engaged in organizing the gun club for the coming 
season at Fort Smith, Ark. It is desired that the membership 
be increased over that of last season. There will be more traps 
set up, and the shoots will be held more frequently than last 
year. These gentlemen prepare some new and novel innova- 
tions for those who take part this year. 
Mr. Willett won the cup at the shoot held by the Blackwell, 
Oklahoma, Gun Club. The targets were reported as of the 
"tricky" order, as there was a strong northeast wind. 
Target shooting is now on the boom in the West; that is, 
'way west. On the coast, many of the cities will hold tourna- 
ments. 
"Money" Hageman won the shoot at the Suburban Park 
grounds, Davenport, la., on last Sunday. Kessler, Welckins, 
Matthias Bray, Mattox, Better and Schmidt were there also. 
■ One of the old "standbys," T. H. Parry, of the Limited Gun 
Club, Indianapolis, was high gun at the last shoot on the historic 
'G. A. H. ground. The old members are now coming out regu- 
larly, and will be getting in trim for G. A. H. 
At St. Paul, Ind., May 4, there will be a tournament. There 
will be ten events, and many shooters from surrounding cities 
will be present. 
The committee of the Packer Rod and Gun Club, South Beth- 
lehem, Pa., have reported that a lease has been made by O. H. 
Acker, Salisbury, and that after this date regular meets will be 
held there. 
Minneapolis, Minn., shooters have started to shoot so. early 
that overcoats and gloves are still in demand. 
In the shoot held at Rapid City during the Stockmen's Asso- 
ciation meeting, the Deadwood shooters got away with about all 
the prizes that were awarded. They won the club prize, and then 
Ray Walker won the gold medal for high averages. Much in- 
terest was centered in the contest, and the daily audience did 
not diminish in numbers nor enthusi'asm. 
When Dick Dwyer used to be at Chicago he was often seen at 
the shooting grounds when live birds were the fashion. He is 
now in California, and when the opportunity presents, takes his 
trusty breechloader and shows the Golden Gate men how to shoot. 
Ihe following bit of information coming from the far-away 
Pacific Coast should be read and well remembered: "The new 
traps have been placed in the bulkheads for the coming Pacific 
Coast tournament, and the Interstate handicap to follow. These 
traps do not give the speed that the traps heretofore used did, 
and are believed to be of more practical benefit to the beginner 
or the moderately fair shot than the traps which send a target 
GO to 70yds. The Association is wise in making an innovation 
in favor of the non-expert devotees of the sport." 
While R. M. Edwards, of the IToughton, Mich., Gun Club, is in 
tlie East, he will select a medal which will be given to the shooter 
making the best average during this year, 1905. A cup will also 
be put up that will go to. the highest score made during the sum- 
mer. 
If the plans of the Ideal Gun Club, Wichita, Kans., do not go 
amiss, there will be a big shoot, with many of the best of the 
Western shooters present, in the next few weeks. 
The South End Gun Club, Belleville, 111., has leased Perkins 
Lake, and will build a club house. 
The Union Gun Club, San Francisco, Cal., defeated the E-m- 
pires in their second match on the latter's grounds. Score- 
Union team 201, Empires 177. 
A delegation of the Hebron, Neb., Gun Club went to Deshler 
on Wednesday last a«d easily beat that bu?-g 3 tfam shoot. 
