FOREST AND STREAM 
[tJULY 29, 1905. 
Fixtures. 
July 26-Aug. 1.— Creedmoor, L. I. — Second annual of New York 
Rifle Association. 
Aug. 7-8.— Springfield, Mass.— New England Schuetzenbund. 
Aug. 11-18. — Fort Des Moines. — Iowa Rifle Association annual 
meeting. 
Aug. 24-28. — Sea Girt, N. J.— National rifle and revolver matches. 
Aug. 29-Sept. 9. — Sea Girt, N. J. — National Rifle Association and 
New Jersey State Association. 
Sept. 1-lC. — Annual out-door championship of the United States 
Revolver Association. J. B. Crabtree, Sec’y, .Springfield, Mass. 
Ohio Rifle Notes. 
There was a large attendance at the monthly cup shoot of the 
Dayton (O.) Sharpshooters on July 20. Among the visitors were; 
J. Johnson and A. U. Clemmer, W. Alexandria; G. W. Izor, 
Germantown; P. Rhinehart and C. W. Matthews, Lewisburg; G. 
R. Loudenbach, Sidney; . H. W. Duchtler, Toledo, and Chas. 
Chase, W. Milton. Good work was done throughout the after- 
noon. The event of the day, the club cup, 200yds., muzzle rest, 
5 shots, possible 120, was won by Chas. W. Sander with 107. 
John Beaver and G. R. Decker tied for third place, and in the 
shoot-off the former won, 23 to 22. Adolph Schwind and John 
Rappold tied on 90, and after two shoot-offs, Schwind won, 24, 23 
to Rappold’s 24, 19. Gus H. Sander was second in this match 
with 99. In the muzzle rest, free for all match, at 2U0yds., 3 
shots, possible 72, there were 75 entries. G. K. Decker and 
Adolph .Schwind tied for first in 65; A. U. Clemmer, 65; G. H. 
Sander, 62. Offhand match, 200yds., 3 shots, possible 75: P. 
Rhinehart 69, J. Johnson 66, A. U. Clemmer 60. Ihe next regular 
shoot will be on Aug. 24. It was announced that the next great 
Hunters’ reunion would be held on Sept. 14. Ihere will be, be- 
sides the game targets, the usual cup and free for all muzzle 
rest and onhand matches. 
It is reported that Capt. C. B. Winder, inspector of rifle prac- 
tice, O. N. G., one of the best rifle shots in the world, was 
seriously injured on July 20 by jumping from a fast Pennsylvania 
Railroad train at his home in Woodstock, west of Marysville, O. 
Capt. Winder had been on duty at Camp McKinley, Newark. 
He received word that a new daughter had arrived at his home. 
As there was no other tram, he took the limited, which makes 
no stop at Woodstock. He . was unable to induce the conductor 
to either stop or slow down, and jumped while the train was at 
full speed. He is said to be in a serious condition. Capt. Winder 
won high honors at practice at Sea Girt, and in the international 
shoot in England last year. 
The new 100yd. range of the . Dayton Sharpshooters’ will be 
ready to use at the Hunters reunion on Sept. 14. 
Cincinnati Rifle Association, 
The following scores were made in regular competition by mem- 
bers of this Association at Four-Mile House, Reading Road, July 
16. Conditions, 200yds., oflhand, at the 25-rmg target. Payne was 
declared champion for the day with 224 points. Freitag was high 
on the honor target with 65 points. Mr. Freitag shot in fine 
form, and went away above his usual average. It w'as a pleasure 
to note the frequency with which the flag came up for 25s in 
his scores, and it is needless to add that the old gent himself was 
much elated over it. The thermometer registered 96, and things 
were just sizzling. The scores: 
Payne 224 222 219 217 211 Hasenzahl 216 212 211 208 199 
Roberts 223 221 208 207 196 Trounstine ...175 171 156 
Freitag 218 217 212 207 206 
The light attendance to-day was possibly due to the excessive 
heat. 
United States Revo ver Association. 
July 18. — The annual outdoor championship meet of this Associ- 
ation will be shot September 1 to 10, inclusive. We hope to 
be able to hold contests at Portland, Boston, Springfield, New 
York, Philadelphia, Wilmington, Baltimore, VVashington, Cleve- 
land, Chicago, St. Louis, Pine Bluff, San Francisco, and the con- 
tests w'ill be for both national and State honors. 
J. B. Crabtree. 
Rifle Notes. 
The King’s- prize was won by Armorer Sergeant Comber, of 
the Second East Surrey Regiment, with a score of 315, at the 
meeting of the National Rifle Association, Bisley, Eng., July 22. 
Fixtures, 
-July 28-29. — Newport, . R. I. — Aquidneck Gun Club tournament 
J. S. Coggeshall, Sec’y. 
Aug. 1.— Edgewater, N. J.— Palisade G. C. A. A. Schoverling, 
Sec’y. 
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. 5. — Richmond Valley, S. I. — Team match between the Aqua- 
honga and Castleton gun clubs. 
Aug. 8-9. — Morgantown, W. \ a. — First day, Monongahela Valley 
League of West Virginia fifth tournament, under auspices of 
the Recreation Rod and Gun Club. Second day, club day. 
Elmer F. Jacobs, Sec’y. 
Aug. 8. — Bergen Beach, L. I., Gun Club monthly shoot. H. W. 
Dryer, Sec’y. 
Aug. 8-10. — Grand Rapids, Mich. — Csnsolidated Sportsmen’s Asso- 
ciation fourth annual tournament. 
Aug. 10-11. — Carthage, M.o. — The Missouri and Kansas League of 
Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. 
Aug. 15-16. — Chattanooga, Tenn. — Mountaineers’ Gun Club tour- 
nament. 
Aug.^ 16-18. — Ottawa, Can. — Dominion of Canada Trapshooting and 
Game Protective Association. -Lt. Easdale, Sec’y. 
Aug. 16-18. — Kansas City, Mo. — Tlie 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. 17-19. — Chicago, 111., Trapshooters’ Association fall tourna- 
ment. E. B. Shogren, Sec’y. 
Aug. 18-19. — Audubon Gun Club of Buffalo, N. Y., tournament. 
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. 26. — Newport, R. I.— Mullerite Gun Club on grounds of 
Aquidneck Gun Club. A. A. Schoverling, Mgr. 
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. 
Aug.31. — Edgewater, N. J. — Palisade G. C. tournament. A. A. 
Schoverling, Sec’y. 
Sept. 4. — Auburn, N. Y., G. C. annual Labor Day tournament. 
Knox & Knapp, Mgrs. 
Sept. 4. — Meriden, Conn. — Parker Gun Club all-day shoot. H. L. 
Carpenter, Sec’y. 
Sept. 4 (Labor Day). — Fall tournament of the Springfield, Mass., 
Shooting Club; $50 added money. C. L. Kites, Secy. 
Sept. 4, Labor Day. — Fairmont, V\ V \ a.. Gun Club sixth regular 
monthly tournament of the Monongahela Valley Sportsman’s 
League of West Virginia. W. A. Wiedebusch, Pres. 
Sept. 4.— Lowell, Mass., Rod and Gun Club Labor Day shoot. 
E. J. Burns, Sec’y. 
Sept. 4-5. — Dayton, O., G. C. tournament; $100. added. 
Sept. 4-6.— Lynchburg. — Virginia State shoot. N. R. Winfree, 
Sec’y. 
Sept. 5-8. — Trinidad, Colo. — Grand Western Handicap. Eli Jeflries, 
Sec’y. 
Sept. 15-17. — San Francisco, Cal. — The Interstate Association’s 
Pacific Coast Handicap 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. 3-6.— New London, la.. Gun Club shoot; $500 added. Dr. 
C. E. Cook, Sec’y. 
Oct. 10-11. St. Joseph, iilo. — The Missouri and Kansas League of 
Trapshooters. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y. 
Oct 11-12.^ Dover, Del., Gun Club tournament; open to all 
amateurs. W. H. Reed, Sec’y. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
At Richmond Valley, S. I., on Aug. 5, the Aquelionga and 
Castleton gun chibs will engage in a team match. 
The programme of tlie Chicago Trapshooters’ Association tourna- 
ment, to be held f.n Aug. 17-19, is published elsewhere, in our 
columns this week. 
111 a ten-man team contest at Media, Pa., July 22, for the 
Winchester trophy, the Media team won. The scores were: Media 
394, S. S. White 401, Camden 376. Each man shot at 50 targets. 
After -his strenuous work in connection with recent tournaments, 
Mr. Elmer E. Shaner, Secretary-Manager of the Interstate Asso- 
ciation, is enjoying a much needed rest in the comfortable quar- 
ters called Rainmakers’ Camp. 
Mr. Chas. G. Blandford, Ossining, N. Y., announces that he 
will be pleased to send a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws 
of the New York State . Sportsmen’s Association to residents of 
New York State who apply for it. 
•I 
T he Newton. N. J., Gun Club and the Montclair Gun Club will 
.shoot the fourth team match of the North New Jersey League 
series, at Montclair, on Saturday of this week. The trophy i.s a 
fine silver cup, value $75. Other contests are on the programme 
for that day. 
K 
The five-man team contest at the West Virginia Gun Club tourn- 
ament, held at Sistersville, July 18, was won by the Union Gun 
Club of St. Mary’s, with a score of 107 out of a possible 125. Mr. 
T. S. Bibbee won highest average, with 197 out of 210. J. M. 
Speary, second, 193. Ed. O. Bower, third, 189. 
On the grounds of the Highland Gun Club, the Highland Club 
defeated the Narberth, Pa., Gun Club in a ten-man team contest, 
in t'ne Winchester trophy No. 2 series. Each man shot at 50 
targets. The scores were; Plighlands 339, Narberth 250. The 
Plill Rod and Gun Club, of Chester, Pa., lost by default. 
The Shooting Times of recent date states that “In view of the 
fact that the Hurlingham Club has decided to discontinue live 
pigeon shooting, Mr. Corrie Grant, M. P., has given notice to ask 
the Home Secretary whether he will promote legislation next ses- 
sion in order to extend "the Cruelty to Animals Act to wild 
creatures kept in confinement and released for the immediate 
purpo.se of being hunted or shot.’’ 
In the second of the Philadelphia Trapshooters’ League series 
for the Dupont trophy, three teams contested on the Clearview 
grounds, Philadelphia. It was a ten-man team contest, but the 
Florists’ had six absentees, therefore scored only 26 out of the 60 
targets allowed to a vacant place on a team. The Clearview team 
was first with a score of 442 out of a possible 500; Meadow Springs 
second, 408; Florists, third, 309. 
The Missouri and Kansas League of Trapshooters’ third tourna- 
ment has a programme of twelve events on the first day, 10, 15, 
20 and 25 targets; entrance $1, $1.50, $2 and $2.50; $6, $7 and $10 
added. Event 9, 25 targets, is the L. C. Smith badge event, 16yds., 
use of both barrels. On the second day there will be twelve 
events, of which eight are at 15 and. four at 20 targets, entrance 
$1.50 and .$2; $7.50 and $10 added. Handicaps 15 to 18yds. Shoot- 
ing will commence at 9 o’clock. Rose system. Ship shells to 
-Drake Hardware Co.,_ Carthage, Mo. The dates are Aug. 10 and 
-Li, and the place is Carthage, • Mo. Dr. C. B. Clapp, Sec’y, 
Moberly, Mo. 
** 
The programme of the Interstate Association tournament given 
for the O. K. Gun Club, of Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 16-18, . at 
Schmelzer Shooting Park, provides twelve like events- each day, 
eight at 16 and four at 20 targets; entrance $1.50 and $2; $5 and 
$10 added. Luncheon will be served on the grounds each day. 
Targets, 2 cents. Aug. 16, afternoon practice. Ro.se system, 
7, 5, 3, 1. Amateur averages, $5 and $3, first and second. Manu- 
facturers’ agents’ high average, a loving cup each day. Shooting 
will begin at 9 o’clock. An open special event, 25 pairs, $2.50 
entrance, .$50 added, will be shot on one of the tournament days. 
“Guns and ammunition, prepaid and marked in owner’s name, 
care of Schmelzer Arms Co., Kansas City, Mo., will be delivered 
to the shooting grounds free of charge.’’ 
6,000 Dickey Bird targets. Had they shot over a Dickey Bird 
autotrap, they would have received 15,000 targets. We offer this 
score lor the team record for three men, shooting 100 targets each 
in regular consecutive events, 
The following ten clubs made a total of 2,914 out of 3,000 targets, 
V Shakopee Gun Club, Shakopee, Minn.; 
la. ; Hastings Gun Club, Hastings, Colo. ; 
Hollis Gun Club, Hollis, Kans. ; Brenham Gun Club, Brenham, 
lex.; Corsicana Gun Club, Corsicana, Tex.; Dawn Gun Club, 
Dawn, Mo.; Tort Worth Gun Club, Fort Worth, Tex.; Kane 
'Sportsmen s Club, Kane, Pa. ; Santa Ana Gun Club, Santa Ana, 
The average score for these ten clubs was 97 per cent. We think 
that all the sportsmen in the country will agree with us that these 
scoies aie remarkable, and we do not believe they have ever been 
equalled, or that they will be excelled for a long time to come. It 
shows w'hat we started out to prove, i. e., that Dickev Bird targets 
are good breakers. The event has attracted a great 'deal of atten- 
tion^, and the contest was participated in by a large number of gun 
dubs frorn Maine to San Francisco, and from St. Paul to N*ew 
Orleans. We are so well pleased with the result that we contem- 
plate making it a regular feature for the Fourth of July club 
w. S. Dickey Clay Mfg. Co. 
K, & K. Totirnament. 
AvUburn, N._ Y., July 20.— We held an invitation Jack Rabbit 
tournament this afternoon with eight 10-target events and one 20- 
entrance price of birds at 1 cent, and prize 
a $4.50 dress suit case. In this event G. A. Brown, of Seneca 
RalN, won in a . miss-and-out from nine ties on 20, breakin°- 11 
straight. 
Vve nad thirty-two shooters present, and all had a good time. 
The shooting was difficult, but Mr. R. G. Wheeler, of Jamesville 
was m s^uch form that he broke 97 out of 100 in the programme, 
and G. H. Mann, of byracuse, broke 94 out of lOO. 
We expect a large attendance at our annual Labor Day tourna- 
ment. 
Events : 
Targets: 
R G Wheeler 
C J Dailey 
F G Millard 
Kennedy 
Carpenter 
C L Frantz 
M C Smith. 
Geo C Kiric. 
H Conners . 
H W Smith. 
G E Nearim 
J Cottle .. 
Dorman 
De Groff 
Hookway 
Mann 
Helmer 
Stickle 
Lamphere 
1 raver 
Mason 
McCarthy 
Post 0 
R Brown 
Fedigan j 
Knox 0 
Knapp 0 
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Knox & Knapp, Mgrs. 
Powders and the G, A. H. 
Brooklyn, N. Y., July 21 . — Editor Forest and Stream: I have 
been reading the powder advertisements in this week’s Forest 
AND Stream, ancl am somewhat at sea. My perplexity is caused 
by conflicting claims of powder performances at the Grand- Ameri- 
can Handicap. I don’t see how different powders could have won 
the same prizes as claimed, unless the prize winning shooters 
alternated their powders and used first one and then another in 
their shooting, or else mixed different powders when they loaded 
their shells. This is something I never knew a shooter to do will- 
ingly in shooting a match of any sort, and certainly I should not 
think It would have been done in a contest of such importance as 
the Grand American. At the same time I confess to a curiosity 
to know how we are to harmonize the conflicting statements about 
the records of the several powders. Are there any official records 
to throw light on this? William Applegate. 
...[The matter of the winnings relatively of the Dupont and 
Balhstite powders at the recent Grand American Handicap, June 
^-30, has been called earnestly to our attention, particularly by the 
letter above. We have examined the Interstate Association official 
records of powders, guns, etc., pertaining to the point in ques- 
tion, and from them we extract the following statistical informa- 
tipn: In the Grand American Handicap there were 73 men in ihe 
money, instead of 64, as has been represented. Of the 73 winners, 
40 used Dupont powder, or nearly 66 per cent, of the winners 
"fifid their total winnings were $1,710.50, or over 53 per cent, of the 
pfirse, $3,200.20. Of the 73 winners, 13 used Ballistite, or nearly 
■ ^ $619.95 out of the purse of 
,$y. 200.20, or a fraction over 19 per cent. Dupont powder won the 
Preliminary Handicap, the Grand American Handicap, the Con- 
sclation Handicap, and the five-man State championship, thus win- 
ning all the trophies. There is no such thing as a “prize”' of- 
ficially known in the Grand American Handicap at Targets.' There 
are purses, moneys and trophies only. Of the total of 184 win- 
ners m the three handicap events, Dupont had about 100 and 
Ballistite had 26. The official records of the Interstate Associa- 
tion are the only authoritative records on this subject.] 
The constitution of the New York State Sportsmen’s Association, 
Article IV., Section 2, is as" follows: “Any shooter will be eligible 
to compete for any prize offered by this Association, that is a 
member of this Association, a bona fide member of a club or 
as.sociaticn that i.s also a member of this Association, and he 
shall have been a member of said club or association and a resi- 
dent of the State one month prior to the time fixed for the State 
shoot.” The foregoing conflicts with Article XIV., Section 1: 
“The Dean Richmond cup shall represent the club State cham- 
pionship. Conditions governing same to be as follows: One or 
more teams of three men each from any club which is a member 
in good standing of the Association. 2. Each member of a team 
to be residents of same county in. which the club is located. 
X »’> Article IV. it will be noted that no. exceptions are 
made. In Article XIV., paragraph 2 conflicts with Article IV. 
Paragraph 2 also recognizes the Dean Richmond , trophy as a 
county shoot instead of a State shoot. We would be very pleased 
to know any just reasons for the county limitation. In a State 
shoot, a county limitation is absurd. Bona fide membership should 
be the only restriction as to club .members’ eligibility. 
Bernard Waters. 
National Team Shoot. 
Kansas City, Mo., July 22. — We append herewith list of the 
winning scores made in the Dickey Bird national team shoot, 
July 4: 
District No. 1, lying east of a line drawn along the eastern 
boundary of Ohio, Kentucky , Tennessee and Alabama— Kane 
Sportsmen’s Club, Kane, Pa. 
District No. 2, lying west of a line drawn along the eastern 
boundary of Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama, and east 
of the Mississippi River— Middleton Gun Ciub, Middleton, Wis. 
District No. .3, lying west of the Mississippi River, and east of 
the eastern boundary of Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and Arizona — 
Shakopee Gun Club, Shakopee, Minn. 
District No. 4, lying west of the eastern boundary of Montana, 
Wyoming, Utah and Arizona— Santa Ana Gun Club, Santa Ana, 
Cal, 
The Shakopee Gun Club leads the procession with a score of 
300 straight. The team is composed of Dr. H. P. Fischer, Kopp 
George, Jos. C. Linhoff. This club accordingly gets the extra 
Somersville Gun Club. 
SoMERSviLLE, Conn., July 22.-^This afternoon at the regular 
practice shoot of the Somersville Gun Club we had a good at- 
tendance of regular and visiting shooters. J. S. Fanning, of 
New York, made us his first visit, accompanied by Messrs. Kites 
Le Noir, Cheesman and Lathrop, of Springfield, Mass; Messrs! 
Quinn and Smith, of Enfield, not to mention Henry and Finch 
of Thompsonville, who, however, are both regulars and members 
of our club, were also on hand. 
The afternoon was fine, and some 1,600 targets were trapped. 
Quite a number of sweeps were got up, and several ties were 
settled. by shooting miss-and-out from the 24yd. mark. The follow- 
ing are the scores made, not including the miss-and-out events; 
Fanning ... 
Shot 
at. 
Per 
Broke. Cent. 
■ Shot 
at. 
Per 
Broke. Cent. 
...125 
115 
92 
Henry 
,;125 
88 
70 
Finch 
. . .175 
151 
86 
Quinn 
,. 65 
45 
69 
Le Noir ... 
...125 
106 
84 
Connor 
.. 50 
34 
68 
McMullen . 
. . .160 
124 
83 
Lathrop 
.100 
63 
63 
Cheesman . 
. . .100 
77 
77 
Smith 
. 60 
30 
60 
Cooley 
...150 
114 
76 
Wells 
..'50 
28 
56 
Arnold 
...126 
95 
76 
C Pease 
.. 20 
U 
55 
A Pease . . . 
... 65 
49 
76 
Lamphear . . . 
,. 25 
3 
12 
Kites 
. . .125 
92 
74 
Dimock, Jr. ., 
A. M. 
, . 10 .1 
Arnold, 
10 
Sec’y. 
Indianapolis Gtm Club. 
Indiai^polis, Ind., July 22. — The Peters badge was won by Mr. 
f The eight events shot to-day were each at 25 targets, as 
follows: . 
Events : 
Anderson 
Hunter . . . 
Michaelis . 
Morris . . . 
Parry 
Harrod . . . 
Finley .... 
Moore 
Wands 
Tripp 
Dixon .... 
Smith . . . . 
Leib 
Hann 
Moller . . . . 
Mrs Hann 
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