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If yoa want your shoot to be annoonced here send a 
Qotice like the following: 
Fixtures. 
Dr. 
J. A. 
June 20-22.— New London, la., Gun Club annual tournament. 
C. E. Cook, Sec'y. 
June 21-22.— Bradford, Pa., Gun Club club tournament. E, C. 
Charlton, Sec'y- 
June 21.— Monongahela Valley League of West Virginia third 
tournament, under auspices of Grafton Gun Club. A. R. 
Warden, Sec'y- 
Jvne 22.— Towanda, Pa., Gun Club tournament. W. F. Dittrich, 
Sec'y. 
. June 2?.-23.— Atlantic City, N. J.— Seashore Gun Club shooting 
tournament. E. M. Smith, Sec'y. 
June 22-24. — Portland, Ore. — Sportsmen's Association of the North- 
west tournament. J. Winters, Sec'y. 
June 27. — Norwich. Consolidated Gun Club of Connecticut fifth 
tournament, under auspices of the Norwich Gun Club. I. P. 
Taft, Sec'y. 
June 27-30. — Indianapolis, Ind. — The Interstate Association's Grand 
American Handicap target tournament; $1,000 added money. 
Elmer E. Shaner, Secy-Mgr., Pittsburg, Pa. 
July 1. — Sherbrooke, Can., Gun Club annual tournament. C. H. 
Foss, Sec'y. 
July 4. — Dickey Bird national team contest of the W. S. Dickey 
Clay Mfg. Co., Kansas City, Mo., of whom entry blanks and 
conditions may be obtained. 
July 4. — Jeftersonville, Pa. — Penn Gun Club 100 target match and 
sweepstakes. 
July 4. — Shamokin, Pa., Gun Club tournament. S. C. Yocum, 
" Sec'y. 
July 4. — South Fr«mingham, Mass. — Second annual team shoot; 
$50 in cash. 
July 4. — Springfield, Mass. — Midsummer tournament of the Spring- 
field, Mass., Shooting Club. C. L. Kites, Sec'y. 
July 4.— Brockton, Mass.— Montello Gun Club shoot. H. Windle, 
Sec'y. 
July 4. — Syracuse, N. Y. — Messina Springs Gun Club target tour- 
nament. F. N. Potter^ Mgr. 
July 4. — Montpelier, Vt., Gun Club tournament. Dr. C. H. Burr, 
Sec'y. 
July 4. — Monongahela Valley League of West Virginia fourth 
tournament, under auspices of Mannington Gun Club. W. C. 
Mawhinney, Sec'y. 
July 4. — Richmond, Va., Gun Club annual tournament. 
Anderson, Sec'y. 
July 6-7. — Traverse City, Mich., trapshooting tournament. W. A. 
Murrell, Sec'y. 
July 11. — Bergen Beach, L. I., Gun Club monthly shoot. 
July 11-12. — Eufala, Ala., Gun Club tournament. C. M. Gam- 
mage, Sec'y. 
July 11-12. — New Bethlehem, Pa. — Crescent Gun Club second 
annual tournament. O. E. Shoemaker, Sec'y. 
July 12-13. — Manning, la., Gun Club second annual amateur tour- 
nament. R. A. Rober, Sec'y. 
July 12-13. — Menominee, Mich.— The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the Menominee Gun Club. 
W. W. McQueen, Sec'y. 
July 12-14. — Betterton, Md. — Malone's eleventh annual summer 
tournament; $200 added. J. R. Malone, Mgr., 2671 Pennsyl- 
vania avenue, Baltimore. 
July 17-18. — Charlottesville, Va. — Charlottesville and University 
Gun Club sixth annual money and merchandise shoot. G. L. 
Bruffey, Mgr. 
July 24-28. — Brehm's Ocean City, Md., target tournament. H. A. 
Brehm, Mgr., Baltimore. 
July 28-29. — Newport, R. I. — Aquidneck Gun Club tournament. 
Aug. 2-4. — Albert Lea, Minn. — The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament under the auspices of the Albert Lea Gun Club. N. 
E. Paterson, Sec'y. 
Aug. 8-9. — Morgantown, W. Va. — Monongahela Valley League of 
West Virginia fifth tournament, under auspices of the Recre- 
ation Rod and Gun Club. Elmer F. Jacobs, Sec'y. 
Aug. 8. — Bergen Beach, L. I., Gun Club monthly shoot. H. W. 
Dryer, Sec'y. 
Aug. 10-11. — Carthage, Mo. — The Missouri and Kansas League of. 
Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec'y. 
Aug. 16-18.— Ottawa, Can. — Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and 
Game Protective Association. G. Easdale, Sec'y. 
Aug. 16-18. — Kansas City, Mo. — The Interstate Association's tour- 
nament, under the auspices of the O. K. Gun Club. C. C. 
Herman, Sec'y. 
Aug. 17-18.— Dalton, O., Gun Club tournament. Ernest F. Scott, 
Sec'y. 
Aug. 18-20. — Chicago, 111., Trapshaoters' Association fall tourna- 
ment. E. B. Shogren, Sec'y. 
Aug. 22 — Somerville, Conn., Gun Club individual State champion- 
ship tournament. A. M. Arnold, Sec'y. 
Aug. 22-25.— Lake Okoboji, la. — Indian annual tournament Frank 
Riehl, Sec'y. 
Aug. 29-31.— Grand Rapids, Mich. — Consolidated Sportsman's Club 
fourth annual tournament. 
Aug. 29-31. — The Interstate Association's tournament, under the 
auspices of the Colorado Springs, Colo., Gun Club; $1,000 
added money. A. J. Lawton, Sec'y. 
Sept. 4 (Labor Day). — Fall tournament of the Springfield, Mass., 
Shooting Club; $25 added money. C. L. Kites, Sec'y. 
Sept. 4-6. — Lynchburg. — Virginia State shoot. N. R. Winfree, 
Sec'y. 
Sept. 5-8.— Trinidad, Colo.— Grand Western Handicap. Eli Jeffries, 
" Sec'y. 
Sept. 15-17.— San Francisco, Cal. — The Interstate Association's 
Pacific Coast Haridicap at Targets, under the auspices of the 
San Francisco Trapshooting Association. A. M. Shields, Sec'y. 
Sept. 18-20. — Cincinnati Gun Club annual tournament. Arthur 
Gambell, Mgr. 
Oct. 10-11.— St. Joseph, Mo. — The Missouri and Kansas League of 
Trapshooters. Dr. C. ii. Clapp, Sec'y. 
Oct. 11-12. — Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all 
amateurs. W. H. Reed, Sec'y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
The dates of the tournament of the Missouri and Kansas League 
of Trapshooters is now Aug. 10-11 instead of Aug. 22-23. 
The next shoot of the New York Sportsmen's Association in 
1906, will be held at Buffalo, under the auspices of the Infallible 
Gun Club. 
The Penn Gun Club will hold a 100-target race at Jeffersonville, 
Pa., on July 4. Sweepstake events will be shot also. Class 
shooting. Competition begins at 1 o'clock. 
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G. A. Rober, Secretary, writes us that the Manning, la.. Gun 
Club will hold their second annual amateur tournament on July 
12 and 13. Added money, $100; merchandise and trophies, $110„ 
The conditions of the Dickey Bird national team shoot, to be 
held on July 4, are set forth in our advertising columns. Any- 
other information will be promptly given by the W. S. Dickey- 
Clay Mfg. Co., Kansas City, Mo., on application. 
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The list of entries of the Grand American Handicap number 285^ 
which is 74 more than at the crrresponding time last year. 
Entries bearing the postmark of June 17 will be added to the list. 
It will be found in full in our trap columns elsewhere. 
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Mr. Arthur Gambell, the popular superintendent of the Ciro- 
cinnati Gun Club, will arrive in New York, on the Campania; 
cn Friday of this week. He has been sojourning in Ireland diuning 
the past few weeks, enjoying a vacation in that country. 
Mr. E. J. Earl, of Ogdensburg, N. Y., associated with some 
other local sportsrnen, is actively engaged in organizing a trap- 
shooting club in his city. There is a probability that traps will be 
installed and competition begun before many weeks. Mr. Earl 
is an accomplished rifleman and sportsman. 
In the contest for the Dean Richmond cup, the Schenectady 
team made the highest score. A protest was lodged against 
awarding the cup to them on the ground that their team violated 
the conditions governing domicile. Second high team also was 
protested on the ground of an error by the referee. 
The New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and 
Game is now the New York Sportsmen's Association. Notwith- 
standing that the protective words of the title have been re- 
pealed, there is no doubt but what the Association will bestow 
the same protection to fish and game in the future that it be- 
stowed in the past. 
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The Secretary, W. Scott Smith, writes us that "The Kingston, 
N. Y., Gun Club will hold a shoot July 4, commencing at 1 
o'clock, on their grounds at the Mountain View House, Saugerties 
road. We already have subscribed a nice list of merchandise 
pi-izes, and will arrange sweeps to suit the contestants. Visitors 
will be gladly welcomed, and will do' our utmost to give them a 
good afternoon's sport." 
A correspondent writes us that he is informed that the shoot- 
ing house of the Lynn, Mass., Association was recently burned 
down. This was built about twelve years ago by the club, and 
entails a loss of some $900. The building was furnished for pro- 
viding club dinners, and there were several valuable traps in it 
at the time of the' fire. It was located on the Satigus turnpike 
in the town of Saugus, near the half-way house. 
The Watertown, Mass., Gun Club held their sixth and final 
shoot for the Philbrook trophies, June 17. The trophies number 
five, and were presented by Mr. J. N. Dawson, but were called 
Philbrook in honor of the club captain. The winners were: Roy, 
20yds., 243, first, gold medal; Baldwin, 20yds.,. 239, second, silver 
medal; Hebbard, 20yds., 231, third, bronze medal; Sanborn, VJyis., 
fotirth, silver cup; Morse, 19yds., 224, fifth, silver cup. 
Vt. 
At the to-jrnament of the Trapshooters' Association of North 
Carolina, held at Raleigh, June 14-15, the Virginia ten-man team 
won the team contest by a score of 893 to 864, made by North Car- 
olina, The championship of North Carolina was won by Mr. 
J. E. Crayton, with a score of 98 out of 100. High amateur 
average was won by Mr. Collins. Messrs. Walter Huff, and J. 
Mowell tiawkins tied for high professional average. The next 
shoot will be held at Wilson, N. C. 
The election of Mr. C. G. Blandford, of Ossining, to the office 
of Secretary of the New York Sportsmen's Association, was a 
wise choice. Pie is energetic and thoroughly conversant with the 
duties of the office. Also he is skillful as a press agent, an ac- 
complish-ment which has much to do with the success of any 
organization which depends on public patronage. The office of 
secretary is the most active and important of any office pertain- 
ing to a gun club, and it must be filled by an alert worker if 
sviccess is to be achieved. 
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.Mr. William Hopkins, of Jamaica, L. I., is a gentleman of mag- 
nificent physique, not much less than a giant in size, and noth- 
ing less than saintly in amiability. He is a good trapshooter, as 
his doings at the New York State shoot last week will testify, 
particularly in the merchandise event, wherein he scored 25 and 
was conspicuously alone in it as a performer. His method of 
training had much to do with his success, and we, even at the risk 
of violating his confidence, now publish it. He confessed that 
he felt a tiny bit nervous just before the event began, so he 
drank six or seven large glasses of buttermilk in quick succes- 
sion, then sat out in the hot sun till he perspired copioiisly, 
whereupon he was keyed up and ballasted to the nicest pitch, 
iind shot through without a tremor. 
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Mr. H. W. Bissing, who shoots skillfully under the nom de fusil 
of Hans, announces that Mr. Jacob Ruppert, the well-known 
brewer and sportsman, has given him two silver cups to . be 
•offered in trapshooting competition as he deems best. Mr. Bis- 
sing announces that he will place one for competition with^ the 
North River Gun Club, of Edgewater, N. J., the contest to take 
place in five or six weeks. The cup is a vahiable one. It is an 
elegant solid silver trophy, value $50. It will be known as the 
Jacob Ruppert cup. The conditions are: Distance handicap, 50 
targets, 2 cents a target. No merchandise, just an old-fashioned, 
.genuine shoot for the honors. The winner owns the cup out- 
right. Three or four other cups will be offered for competition 
on that day. The handicaps will be made by Messrs. H. W. 
Bissing and B. Waters. 
The programme of the Interstate trapshooting tournament, given 
lor the Menominee, Mich., Gun Club, July 12 and 13, provides 
like competition each day, namely, one 15, eight 20 and one 25- 
target event, entrance based on ten cents per target. All events, 
except the 25-target, have $20 added. The 25-target event of the 
first day has $20 added; of the second day, $50, the latter being 
the championship of the League of Gun Clubs of Wisconsin and 
Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Luncheon will be served on the 
grounds. Targets, 2 cents. Practice day, July 11. Class shoot- 
ing, 25, 25, 25 and 25 per cent. Guns and ammunition, prepaid, 
care of A. J. Juttner, National Hotel, Menominee, will be de- 
livered on the grounds fre£ of charge. Shooting begins at 
S o'clock each day. Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, Secretary-Manager of 
the Ititerstate Association, will manage the tournament. 
A lively condition governing team competition for the Dean 
Hiclimond cup is that only members of a club who live in the 
same county in which the club has its place of domicile are 
eligible to compete for said trophy. A much better condition is 
that all members of a club are eligible to compete for it, pro- 
viding that they were bona fide members during at least the three 
prior months of the State shoot. The present regulation is an 
annual matter of unpleasant contention, and besides, there is no 
good reason for it. It is purely arbitrary as a ruling, and has 
not a single justification to .sustain it, from an equitable view- 
point. If a New York city gun club has too much talent to 
draw upon for a three-man team contest, then it would be better 
to again change the title of the association as follows: New 
York State Sportsmen's Association, minus New York City. 
Ten events, each at 15 targets, $1.80 entrance, constitute the pro- 
gram presented by the Enterprise Gun Club, McKeesport, Pa., 
for their all-day shoot, July 4. Valuable average prizes will be 
given to the four high and three low guns. Competition will 
begin at 9 o'clock. Jack Rabbit system. Ship guns, etc., to Geo. 
W. Mains, 317 Pacific Ave. 
A complij-nentary clambake on the first day will be a feature of 
the Aquidneck Gun Club at Newport, R. I., July 28-29; also mer- 
chandise prizes valued at $75 will be offered. On the second day, 
a sweepstake team match, with added money and merchandise to 
the amount of $85, will be an important event of the programme.^ 
The latter will be ready for distribution on July 10. 
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To the club secretaries whose executive activity is bounded 
by bodily repose and dreamy reverie, we would amiably suggest 
that, as a means of publicly advertising a tournament, the sending 
of a tournament programme to the sportsmen's journals while 
the tournament is taking place or afterward, is a supererogative act 
and a waste of dainty energy. Never do to-day what you can 
put off till to-morrow. 
Bernard Waters. 
ConsoIidatccJ Gon CI«b of Connectictit. 
Waterbury, Conn., June 13.— The fourth shoot of the Con- 
sohdated Gun Club of Connecticut, was favored with a fine warm 
day, with just enough shower in the afternoon to cool the air. 
the scores: 
Events : 123456789 10 11 12 
..^Targets : lo 15 20 10 15 20 15 20 15 15 20 15 
H Money 10 14 15 9 14 19 15 20 15 15 19 15 
Wheeler 8 12 19 10 13 16 12 17 14 15 15 12 
^.'^norty 7 13 17 9 12 18 8 18 13 12 15 13 
. Pi'^st 8 12 18 8 14 16 10 18 15 12 16 12 
Dcremus 5 9 14 5 11 . . 7 12 8 10 12 12 
Hart . 7 13 17 9 14 16 8 18 12 8 16 13 
g Fi,nch 9 11 17 10 14 20 15 16 14 14 18 14 
Hawkms 4 4 14 4 10 13 13 6 .... 18 . 
A Reynolds 9 13 19 9 11 17 12 15 14 11 .. 15 
Langdon 6 12 14 6 11 14 9 13 11 13 .. .. 
E Finch 7 12 16 7 13 14 7 
fjeers 9 11 15 9 13 17 11 
tarstow 7 13 18 10 14 16 14 18 13 12 16 13 
Bradley 10 14 17 9 14 16 10 16 15 15 17 14 
Rowe . . 7 12 17 10 12 15 15 16 13 9 14 13 
TV • 5 9 14 8 11 15 13 18 11 12 11 12 
H Metcalf 8 14 19 10 14 17 13 14 15 15 15 14 
*/™fide 6 12 16 8 11 14 12 10 11 11 14 13 
McEIhgott 10 12 20 10 11 16 13 17 12 15 17 14 
Seery 5 6 11 . . 5 10 8 
Pitts 2 6 .. .. 8 .. .... 
Mills 7 11 16 7 11 16 12 11 15 
Ldgarton 6 14 18 9 11 18 13 16 14 
Jordan g 8 14 8 9 11 10 13 
P9'',ter 8 8 16 4 12 13 13 14 11 
Kichards 7 9 12 9 12 14 13 
Gregory 7 12 14 8 13 15 11 IT 11 13 11 ! . 
ells 7 10 11 6 4 10 8 8 
Tafft . 9 12 17 9 14 14 12 17 12 
Mitchell 8 11 17 9 12 16 12 
Mack 7 10 16 9 12 19 13 19 12 12 18 ! . 
,^elly 8 14 19 8 13 18 14 13 12 12 18' U 
]|^'l"tney 8 12 18 8 13 15 14 17 14 14..'.. 
Dr Moore 8 11 18 8 11 17 13 17 11 14 19 13 
^ l?ite 6 11 18 6 14 13 15 19 11 14 16 12 
Bristol 10 11 14 8 9 11 9 
\>ra.h<ir 8 12 16 5 11 17 10 13 12 9 14 il 
Austin 2 9 12 4 8 13 11 9 
Ockford 10 12 19 10 14 15 13 18 13 14 16 11 
Bley 9 14 15 8 12 17 13 12 14 13 13 U 
Savage 7 12 19 7 14 14 13 
Hepburn 9 13 16 7 11 14 13 15 U 15 14 . . 
Robertson 7 13 14 8 11 12 11 14 14 11 12 .. 
Bassett 2 12 16 6 10 13 14 12 9 11 13 . . 
Stevenson 9 9 11 9 12 16 15 
Bugbee 9 13 14 9 8 14 11 16 12 .. 
F. Smith 5 9 14 11 . . 11 12 . . 12 
Lines 9 . . 18 6 10 17 11 15 12 12 16 . . 
Geddes 8 15 .. .. .. 11 14 
Mosher 16 . . 13 15 14 14 
Hamilton 11 . . 8 6 11 ... . 
Strong iG . . .. 12 11 10 11 10 14 ii 
Cooley 12 16 12 16 .. 14 18 14 
McMullen 12 18 12 18 13 13 18 11 
Burwell 7 9 7 . g 
B?grie 12 17 12 i7 is 12 13 
W Smith 10 11 10 10 9 13 7 9 
Evers 4 13 
Moore g .. 
Merritt 7 ii "s ii 
McFetndge 12 13 8 17 13 11 15 12 
Newick ; 12 16 12 12 11 
Hollister 8 15 11 9 . . 10 10 . . 
f^olt,^-;, 12 8 9 8 12 7 10 6 
}V Hall 10 19 15 15 14 13 14 15 
Hart 13 
Gill 16 is !! 
Fitz Henry 12 .. H 
J Smith ' g ' 
Knapp 10 ii "g !! . '. 
Richards HJ 
Limont g 
O'Neill 15 ;; ;; ;; ;; 
Twenty-bird team event, standing of the teams before June 13: 
New Haven 230 Hartford 214 
Rockville 229 New Britain "2U 
Willimantic 229 Bristol ;;208 
Waterbury 222 Bridgeport !!!!l85 
Norwich 215 
Team scores, June 13: 
Hartford. Rockville. 
McFetridge 13 Moore 17 
Hollister 15 H Metcalf ".17 
Newick 16 White 13 
Rowe 15 Barstow "ig 
Fernside 14—73 McMullen 18—81 
New Britain. Willimantic. 
Langdon 14 Edgarton ig 
Reynolds 17 Prest ig 
G Finch 20 Bugbee 14 
Gill 16 Ockford '15 
Colt 75 Strong 12—75 
New Haven. Norwich. 
Kelley 18 Mitchell ig 
Stevenson 16 Austin 13 
Mack 19 Wells 10 
Whitney 15 Richards 14 
Savage 14—82 Tafft 14_67 
Bridgeport. Bristol. 
Bradley 16 Mills ig 
E Finch 14 Porter 13 
Beers 17 Burwell 9 
Seery 10 Merritt ......11 
Evers 13—70 Bagrie 17—66 
Waterbury. 
McElligott 16 W Hall 19 
Draker 17 Bley 17—85 
Hart 16 
Present standing of teams: 
New Haven 312 New Britain 28ft 
Rockville 310 Norwich 282 
Waterbury 307 Bristol 274 
Willimantic 304 Bridgeport 255- 
Hartford 287 
SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. 
At the Kentucky Trapshooters' League tournament, June 29-31, 
the amateur average was won by Woolfolk Henderson, who scored' 
434 out of 475; second J. Quincy Ward, score 431 out of 475. Emile" 
Pragoff won the State championship, score 94 out of 100. Hff 
used a Fox gun, U. M. C. shells. AU used Ballistite powder. 
