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WESTERN TRAP. 
Cfncinnati Gtm Club. 
The temperature on July 22 was especially grateful, and the 
attendance larger than for some time. Of the twenty-five men 
in the Schuler prize event, Barker was high in actual breaks 
with 47. Hesser was second with 45. The only straight 25 made 
to-day was by Cambell, at practice. Lutie Cambell shot at 25 
and accounted for 20, a score which a number of the older shoot- 
ers do not always equal. In a match at 100 targets per man, 
Peters and Sycamore defeated Cambell and Barker by a score of 
174 to 168. 
Schuler prize shoot, handicap, 50 targets: Barker, 4, 60; Tuttle, 
12, 60; Linn, 14, 60; F. Altheer, 15, 60; Lytle, 18. 60; Falk, 21, 60; 
nr OO c:a. Sycamore, 6 49; Krehbiel, 12, 49; E. Altheer, 16, 49; 
Bagby, 4, 46; Crippen, 22, 46; Risley, 23, 46; 
; Williams, 6, 44; Jack 9, 43; Peters, 0, 42; Pohlar, 
2, 42; *Cambell, 0, 39; Herman, 2, 39; Bullerdick, 
38; Andrews 7, 30. 
not compete. 
Hesser, 1, 46; 
Keplinger, 8, 45 
1, 42; Maynard, 
4, 38; Jones, 8, 1 
*Cambell did 
Ohio Notes. 
The trustees of the Rohrer’s Islahd Cun Club, of Dayton, have 
announced that the club will hold a grand family picnic and 
all-day shoot oft Wednesday, Aug. 16, one of -the club’s old-time love 
feasts. 
The medal shoot of the Springfield, O., Cun Club, on July 14, 
Was won by Foley after shooting off a tie on 24 out of 26 with 
Poole. The first shoot-off resulted in a tie on 23, but in the 
Becond Foley was victorious. 
At the regular shoot of the Dayton Cun Club, rtine events at 
26 targets were shot, entrance 60 cent^ four moneys in each event. 
Carr was high gun with 193 out of 225. Craig broke 145 out of 
150 and made three straights. Ike came second with 163 out of 
175, making five 24s. A four-mati team race at 25 targets per man 
was shot: Craig 24, MbKhight 21, Dickey IL La Rue 24 — 86, 
against Ike 21, Carr 19, Darst 19, Cloggett 12 — 71. 
The Cleveland CUn Club will hold a shoot on July 29 at their 
grounds. Stop 16A, Mayfield Road. At this shoot a new trophy 
Will be placed in competition for the first time, and will be shot 
for thereafter on the second Saturday of each month at 2 P. M. 
It ^ will be known as the Creater Cleveland Amateur Champion- 
ship trophy of Northern Ohio. 
The regular monthly shoot of the Here He Coes Cun Club, 
Price Hill, Cincinnati, was held on July 16, and was well at- 
tended, many ladies being present. Miss F. Altheer, a member 
of the Cincinnati Cun Club, was among the guests, and she did 
some fine work, breaking 43 out of 60 and tying with H. Osterfeld 
for first in the club event. Miss Altheer is a young lady of six- 
teen who has lately taken up shooting and is making excellent 
scores. 
A good crowd attended the handicap medal shoot of the Rohrer’s 
Island Cun Club, Dayton, O., on July 19 in spite of the heat. 
Six men tied for the medal on scores of 25 or better. In the 
fourth shoot-off Oldt broke 6 to Hanauer’s 4 and Carr’s 3. This 
is the third win for Oldt and places him tie with C. F. Miller. 
Rolla Heikes and Ed. Rike, of Dayton; Dr. Ceers, of Cleveland, 
and Col. Henry Avery, of Jackson, Mich., have been enjoying 
themselves at the latter’s .summer home at Pearl Beach, Mich., 
for the past couple of weeks. The party had caught 19 maskinonge 
up to July 16 weighing from 13 to 36% pounds. “Pop” and 
Rike proved themselves to be almost as good with rod and reel 
as with the scatter gun, the former catching the second largest 
fish, 24 pounds, and the latter being third with one of 16% pounds. 
Dr. Ceers was high line, his captive weighing 35% pounds. 
The Dayton, O., Cun Club held their regular shoot on July 21, 
ten men taking part in one or more of the five 25-target events. 
Craig was high man with 113, breaking 90 out of his first 100, and 
going straight in the third event. Wertz was second with 98. 
Keller and La Rue broke . 78 and 77 respectively out of 100. 
Cmig and La Rue shot at six pairs of doubles and broke 6 each. 
July at the Springfield Cun Club shoot, some good work 
was do. Poole broke 91 out of his first 100 and finishing high 
gun with J.13 out of 125; Foley was second with 87 out of 100, 
and Winkler third with 81 out of 125. Downs' broke 80 out of 
100. Several of the members wdll take part in the tournament at 
De Croff on July 20. 
The Pleasant Valley Cun Club, of De Croff, Ohio, held a very 
successful tournament on July 20. The day was hot, but there 
was a good attendance- forty-five men in all facing the traps in 
the various events, and fifteen’ shooting in all the programme 
events. About 6000 targets were thrown during the day. The 
trade was represented by Messrs. D. D. Cross, H. U. Kirby, 
C. A. Young and J. R. Taylor. For the Peters cups, emblematic 
of the 6-man and individual championship of Champaign, Clark, 
Union, Madison, Shelby, Miami and Logan counties, there were 
five teams entered, and Springfield was victorious with a score 
of 218 out of 250. This makes their second win. C. A. Young 
made high individual score, 48. The individual cup was won 
for the third time by E. W. Holding with 45. 
Garfield Gun CIub« 
Chicago, 111., July 22.— The appendid scores were made on our 
grounds to-day on the occasion of the seventh and last trophy 
shoot of the second series. In the club trophy shoot Eaton and 
Hicks tied for Class A on 24; Dr. Reynolds won Class B on 21; 
Ceorge won Class C on 21. 
In Dupont cup shoot which followed, Hicks won Class A on 
20 straight; Dr. Reynolds and T. L. Smedes tied in Class B on 
17 ; George won Class C on 17. 
In Hunter Arms^ Co. trophy shoot 10 singles and 5 pairs, 
Hicks, Dr. Meek, C.'Einfeldt and Gpetter tied in Class A on 18; 
Dr. Reynolds won Class B on 17 ; George won Class C on 15. 
The club then indulged in a team shoot formed - by choosing 
sides, Dr. Reynolds and Einfeldt captains. The Doctor’s team 
won by 6 targets. The day was an ideal one for trapshooting, 
being calm and cool. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets: 20 26 20 10 10 
Thomas 15 17 16 8 7 
Dr. Meek 18 20 19 10 10 
Hicks 18 24 20 9 9 
Eaton '. 16 24 15 9 9 
Davis 19 23 11 9 10 
Kampp 17 23 18 8 9 
Dr evnolds 17 21 17 10 8 
C Einfeldt 18 20 15 8 7 
George 15 21 17 8 8 
Events: -1 2 3 4 5 
Targets : 20 25 20 10 10 
A Smedes 11 18 14 7 8 
T Smedes 12 20 17 9 10 
McDonald ........ 17 23 20 8 9 
Drinkwater 13 14 13 .. .. 
Herr 12 .. 5 .. .. 
Lanigan ..11 .. 12 .. .. 
Geotter 18 . . 16 . . . . 
Ayres 9 .. 11 .. .. 
Ostendorp 10 
No. 1 was Hunter Arms trophy. No. 2 was the 14th trophy 
event. No. 3 was the Dupont cup. 
Team event, Dr. Reynolds and Mr. Einfeldt, captains: 
Dr Reynolds 8 
McDonald . 10 
Meek 9 
Eaton 10 
T L Smedes 8 
Thomas 9 
George 6 
Drinkwater 9 
Ostendorp 6- 
C Einfeldt 8 
Hicks 10 
Davis 10 
Kampp 9 
Geotter 4 
D Smedes 8 
Herr 6 
Morrell 7 
Cole 8—69 
In Other Places. 
The trophy presented to the West Duluth, Minn., Rod and Gun 
Club has been received, and there will be some , tall shooting for 
same as soon as the committee has arranged the handicaps. 
A deposit of $50 a side has been posted for a match at live 
birds between Mr. Hanerty, of Pottsville, and Mr. Bermer, of 
Mahanoy City, Pa. Each man to shoot at 21 live birds. The 
date for the match has not been arranged. These men shot to 
a tie on a previous match. 
A new gun club was originated on last Friday at Sebastopol, 
Cal., it being the intention to hold shoots every Sunday during 
the remainder of the summer season. 
Mr. Powell, the Arkansas champion, will use an automatic 
shotgun in his matches for the medal. 
Edwin Wilson won the trophy shoot at Troy, O., at the last 
meet of the club. 
The Tomah, Wis., Gun Club becomes possessor of the Chronicle 
trophy, which was held by Winona_ for a year through default, 
Winona having failed to take notice of the challenge issued 
through the proper channel. 
The first regular shoot of this season held by the East Side 
Gun Club, Saginaw, Mich., was held last Sunday. 
Many members of the South Tacoma, Wash., Gun Club were 
in attendance at the Elma shoot, held July 15. Regular and 
well-attended shoots are held by the Tacoma members each 
Saturday. 
The Boon, Iowa, Gun .Club held a tournament July gl at the 
Pfiving Park. ' - 
yhe membef® of thf Wbitalser Gtm CJubf JJomeitesd, PSq beJ4 
a shoot on last Monday at Hays Park. This club has many good 
snots who are making some excellent records at their practice 
meets. 
The McLean County Gun Club will shoot at 300 targets for a 
a powder company. Shoots were to be held 
.luly 12 and 19, Aug. 9 and 23, Sept. 13 and 27, with 60 targets to 
the man. 
Considerable interest is manifested in the Jackson, Mich., Gun 
Club contests. Mr. Crosier now holds the badge, but there are 
others with covetous eyes. 
At the trophy shoot of the Highland Gun Club, at Duluth, 
Mmn., P. J. Story, W. J. Webb, Arthur Gillenberg, Leroy 
Coons and W. H. Wells, were high, and Story won the powder 
cup; Welles the cartridge company’s medal; Gillenberg the 
jewelry medal; Coons the Hardware medal, and Welles the arms 
company medal. Scores of 47 were made by those of the partici- 
pants. The club is-, flourishing. 
Members of the Hamilton, Can;, Gun Club were guests of 
Pm-1 Freud, Secretary of the Brant Gun Club, on Monday last. 
I he weather was good. W. P. Thompson scored 49 out of 60. 
Aftet the shoot they were entertained at the Brant House. The 
party was composed of W. P. Thompson, T. Upton, “Benit,” 
Wilson, R. C. Ripley G. Stroud, Perl Freud, “Ben R.,” Dr. 
Hunt, H. Kempf and Mr. Brady. 
At Lake Charles. La., the newly elected officers of the gun 
club are Dr. J. H. Mathieu, President; Hugh N. Green, Secre- 
tary; W. H. Simmons, Attorney. The Board discussed the build- 
ing of a club house to cost not less than $5,000. 
• The powder company is liberal these days presenting cups, one 
of the latest being to the Fairmont Club, of Morgantown, Pa. 
Following are the lately elected officers of the Findlay, O., Gun 
Club: President, Thomas Lang; Vice-President, Frank Hurd; 
Secretary, Ott Marvin; Field Captain, Al. Barton; Trustees, Dr. 
J. C. Tricht, J. N. Schafer, Dr. W. IP. Drake. 
The newly organized Celestial Gun Club, of Pekin, IF , eld its 
semi-monthly meeting Sunday last. 
Herman Brown was champion for the day at the shoe held by 
the Winona, Minn., Gun Club on last Sunday. 
The Forest Gun Club, Upper Sandusky, O., will hold their 
first tournament some time in September. It is the purpose of 
the club to put up a purse that will be large enough to attract 
many of the best shots. 
The Blue Grass Championship was won at MaySville, Ky. Mr. 
B. Green, of that city, won with a score of 48 out of 60 targets. 
W. Henderson, of Lexington, and S.' S. Pinny, of Maysville, 
tied for second. Mr. Henderson won a loving cuo for high 
average, 228 out of '24fi . , 
The members of the Bisbee, Ariz., Gun Club are getting in 
earnest. Some six members ordered new guns to cost $126 each. 
The new traps have arrived, together with the targets, and now 
the club will have the best of everything. 
The recently organized Northern Michigan Sportsmen’s Associ- 
ation was well represented at the Traverse City, Michigan, tourna- 
ment. 
At Corsicana, Tex., Mr. Wade, the expert, made high pro-- 
fessional average, 195 out of 200: Mr. Tautch won the individual 
championship and the high amateur score, 183. 
There will be a big shoot some time during August, held by the 
East Side Gun Club of Saginaw, Mich. 
If you think you cannot shoot targets without almost con- 
stant practice, note the following: Old members of the Ackley, 
la., Gun Club, after months of lay-off, met to see what they 
could do. Well, out of 50 targets E. Behrens broke 49, John 
Falling 48, J. J. Deimer 46, Ben Blake 43. Where is there four 
men in Iowa who live in same town can beat that, though, they 
may keep - in constant practice? They will shoot regularly here- 
after. 
The East Side Gun Club, of Saginaw, Mich., has elected 
officers, viz.: President, John Popp; Vice-President, Charles 
Schmidt; Secretary and Treasurer, F. J. Wolf; Captain, Joe Ditz. 
The committee is composed of C. E. Lown, C. C. Dietrich, Fred 
Baumgartner, P. PI. Mertz, John Leidlim and J. P. Derby, Jr. 
August 27 is the date of the. big shoot, to be held by the East 
Side . Gun Club, of Sagiiiaw, Mich. There will be $500 worth 
of merchandise given to the victorious shots. On Oct. 15, there 
will be an outing on the river intended to accommodate those 
who do not shoot. This club laas 160 members, and the annual 
dues have been changed to 50 cents, so that no one will cease to 
be a member. The old and popular gun club has taken a new 
“lease of life,’’ and all plans are now laid for a brisk summer 
and fall campaign. 
J. C. Scott, Secretary of the Walla Walla, Wash., Rod and Gun 
Club, has been notified that five, barrels, of rainbow trout will be 
placed in Mill Creek., It is hoped that the creek will in due 
time become what it once was — a fisherman’s paradise. The trout 
came from the Government hatchery in Oregon. 
Bieley Allen won the county championship at Hutchison, Kan.; 
C. T. Rankin was' high average, and C. B. Wolf, of Macksville, 
won first prize. 
The first tournament held by the Martinsville, Ind., Gun Club 
was a great success, many of the well-known Indianapolis shooters 
being present. Bell was high with 180 out .of 200; Wildbock, 178; 
“Smoke,” 176, and Wands, 175. 
The Tallahassee, Fla., Gun Glub held its shoot ■ Tuesday, and 
there were some fine scores made. Mr. Pearsell won the medal 
with 48 out of 50. The club has a fine ground equipped with 
the latest paraphernalia. 
The Cypress, Tex., Gun Club held a contest at the traps July 
16, and then held a ball in the evening. . The social part of a 
gun club organization should not be overlooked, providing the 
club desires to hold together. 
There were twenty shooters at the tournament given by the 
I’ernon, Texas, Gun Club. James S. Day, of Fort Worth, broke 
the ground record’ with 199 out of 210. 
The Magnolia, Miss.-, Gun Club is now busy with preparations 
for a big shooting' tournament for Aug. 17 and 18. -The clubs in 
Mississippi and Louisiana will meet and contest. There will be 
some handsome prizes hung up by the home club. The pro- 
gramme will.be a handsome, book of 60 pages. . ... 
Charles Plank has returned from Denver, after making a suc- 
cessful trip as far west as Portland , Ore., where he attended the 
shoot. . Mr. Plank reports target shooting booming in the west, 
especially in Montana. The shooters there have a strong league, 
and‘ they keep shooting all the time. Mr. Plank reports that 
there is much enthusiasm concerning the Trinidat shoot. 
Chas. W. Budd, Fred Gilbert, Russell Klein, and all the big 
guns of Iowa were helping out Marshalltown, la., in the big 
tournament. 
The Mantoii, Mich., Gun Club boys went to Kingsley and 
entered in the sweepstake shoot. Higbee and Swanson tied for 
high average with 77 out of 100. 
At the Eufaula, Ala., tournament, E. S. Jones, of that city, won 
the $100 gun, with 179 out of 200; G. G. Vaughn of Selma, was 
second, 170. High scores were Huff, Hall and Hightower. 
The Badger Gun Club, of Janesville, Wis., will hold a two-days’ 
shoot Aug. 6 and 7. The towns of Southern Wisconsin and 
Northern Illinois are connected with trolley cars, and this should 
be an excellent shoot. 
The Mishawaka Gun Club has decided not to move from its 
present locality at South Bend, Ind. There was opposition on 
the part of the residents living near the new ground. 
A charter has been asked for by the Tobyhanna Rod and Gun 
Club, composed of New Yorkers, William S. Schulenger, William 
C. Kent, William Hunter, Fletcher Pearson and Spencer K. 
Mulford. Land has been secured, and a club house will be 
erected near Stroudsburg Pa. 
The championship of Summit, Postage and Start counties was 
Up for settlement at a shoot held last Saturday at Turkey . Foot 
Lake, where the Akron, O., Gun Club held an outing. 
Nelson. MeSherry won the high average at the York, Pa., all- 
day shoot last Tuesday with 183 out of 200. 
Some one of the expert rifle shots was lately visiting at Mar- 
quette, Mich., and muchly interested the sports with his fancy 
shots. He was at home drawing letters on card board, shooting 
walnufs and manv other fancy shots. 
There was a fine gathering of marksmen at the Webb City, 
Mo., Gun Club meet on last Saturday. There were present Chris. 
Gottlieb, C. Bchney, J. S. Behney, Wernecke Drake and Joe 
Liggett, of Carthage. 
Many of the shooters present at the Portland, Ore., shoot, say 
many kind things of the rnembers of the home club, and praise 
and commend the hospitality and goodfellowship generally; but 
they draw the line on the bad background, which was pine trees 
and could not have been worse. It is always annoying, especially 
where there is such a big shoot as at Portland to have to en- 
counter -J. dark background where targets cannot be seen. 
Another gun club for Belleville, 111. The Fireworks Station 
Club has officers, viz.: President, M. McDonald; Secretary, E. 
Latinet; Treasurer, Era Pfeiffer ;_ Manager, Louis Latinet, A 
niatph with the Allen Gun Club will be held this month. 
A)1 coninjunicatipus intended for Forest and Stream sljould 
always be addressed t& the Forest and Streatn Publishing Go., 
Bfugmann^s Shoot. 
Rutherford, N. J., July 22. — There was a rallying of shooters 
to the grounds of the Boiling Springs Gun Club, once so famous 
and^ active in shooting matters about New York, but almost idle 
during recent years.; Forty-one shooters participated in the dif- 
ferent events, of which seven were sweepstake events, one was a 
consolation event, and five at 10 targets each were silver prize 
events. ^ In the 20-target events, the entrance was .$2. Event 12, 
consolation sweep, was at 26 targets, entrance $2.60. There were 
ten amateur average moneys in the 20-target events. The en- 
trance in the merchandise events was 76 cents and $1. 
There were present members of the Crescent and New York 
Athletic clubs, and nearly every other active club' in the vicinity 
of New York. The scores follow: 
Events: 
fi.'argets : 
G H Piercy 
Jap 
F V Carlough 
O C Grinnell, Jr., 
Fred Truax 
L A Scofield 
J A Howard 
W m Slater 
Scott 
F W Schoverling. 
Count 
B H Clickner 
E 'W Reynolds.... 
C E T Foster. .... 
Edward McMurtry 
H B Williams .... 
Sim Glover 
G R Schneider 
V Van Buskirk... 
Jacks 
R C Reeves, Jr. . . 
H F Holloway. . . . 
C L Bush 
E L Akers 
B F Abbott'. 
F Saldirini 
F H Van Tassell. 
A Cottrell 
W F Stumpf 
Kevitt 
A M Ferguson 
F W Perkins 
Louis Laue 
A J Coman 
J H Flail 
G II Krus 
Edward Winslow , 
Paul 
R S Wise 
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20 19 17 18 17 19 . . 
14 12 13 15 16 16 8 9 8 7 8 22 
18 17 18 16 13 16 7 7 6 7 3 18 
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SIDE LIGHTS OF TRADE. 
Parker Bros, want to call the attention of the shooting fraternity 
to the performance of Mr. John A. Flick, of Ravenna, O., a one- 
armed shootc-r, who scored with the Parker gun 97 out of a pos- 
sible 100 at the G. A. H. The Parker gun also made some other 
very good records at the shoot, winning the team race with a 
total of 474 out of 500, and four Parkers out of five shooters in 
this event. The Consolation Handicap was also won v^ith the 
Parker gun in the hands of Mr. J. T. Atkinson, tying on M, and 
shooting out his opponent. At Waynesboro, 'V a., on July 4, Mr. 
C. H. Newcomb, of Philadelphia, strictly an amateur, won high 
amateur average, and at Richmond, Va., Decoration Day also 
v/on high amateur ayer.age. At New London, la., the three handi- 
cap events held during their last tournament were all won with 
the Parker gun. Barton, of Chicago, and Gilbert and Garrett all 
tied on 50 straight. Barton breaking 100 straight to win the event. 
The second day handicap was won by John Burmeister with 60 
straight, and the third day handicap was won by Fred Gilbert with 
60 straight. All of the handicap events were won with the old 
reliable Parker in the hands of amateurs in two cases. In three 
days’ shooting the old reliable Parker made scores of 200 straight, 
which is a remarkable performance, and proves conclusively the 
' reliability and effectiveness of the famous “old reliable.” 
lmwer§ to 
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No notice taken of anonymous communications. 
J. S., Twenty-eighth Street, -New York. — Could a man make 
money by hunting wild animals — wolves, panthers and the like — ■ 
for the bounty some States pay for the killing of these animals? 
If so, in what State or Territory would it pay best? Ans. No; 
no one to-day can make a living, to say nothing of laying up 
money, in the way you suggest. Wild animals on which a bounty 
is paid are nowhere sufficiently abundant for this. Now and then 
a man who has some other occupation succeeds during the winter 
in earning a few dollars by killing wolves. The days of hunting 
and trapping for a livelihood are about over, and we should not 
advise you to- take up this work in the hope of supporting your- 
self, by it. 
PUBLISHERS^ DEPARTMENT. 
Lewis and Clark Exposition. 
The passenger department of the Northern Pacific R. R. has 
issued a fifth edition of the “Lewis and Clark Exposition,” now 
being held at Portland, Ore., in celebration of the first Govern-^ 
.ment transcontinental expedition in America. The pamphlet is 
one of great interest for a multitude of reasons. It is from the 
pen of Mr. Olin D. Wheeler, well known for his many valuable 
writings on the Western country, and especially for his work 
entitled “The Trail of Lewis and Clark.” It is illustrated with 
a multitude of beautiful photographs, gives a great deal of in-- 
formation about the Exposition and about the country passed 
through in reaching it from the East, and finally describes a num- 
ber of trips which may be made north or south by the traveler 
who intends to visit the Exposition. It is only about two months 
since the Exposition opened, and it will last for two months and 
a half more. Persons who contemplate visiting Portland will do 
well to provide themselves with this pamphlet, which we presume 
will be furnished by any one of the principal offices of the 
Northern Pacific Railroad in the chief cities of the United States. 
All duck shooters recognize the paramount importance of having 
good decoys, stools which so closely resemble the live birds that 
they cannot be told from them until the flying fowl are close to 
the counterfeit. The advertisement of Mason’s Decoy Factory, of 
Detroit, Mich., is \^ery timely, and the catalogue which it issues 
is an interesting publication. It contains cuts excellently printed 
on good, coated paper of ducks,- shore birds, geese and so on, 
which no gunner for wildfowl can examine without feeling a 
certain thrill. 
PASTE IT UP OVER YOUR TELEPHONE. | 
In usingf the telephone, temember that a sttangjer 
is at the other end. The manner in which you ' 
speak to him renders him a customer or the re- 
verse. Make a customer of him and you increase i 
your usefulness to the firm. The necessity of i 
politeness, attention and patience in telephone j 
Gommt«rticat|pn is thfreforc flf 
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