FOREST AND STREAM 
18S 
Aug. 26, 1905.]: 
U. S. Government Ammunition Test. 
Accuracy test of Krag-J orgensen .30-Caliber Cartridges held at Springfield Armory by order of 
the Ordnance Department, United States Army. 
TESTED^ — Ammunition of all the American Manufacturers. 
CONDITIONS — 10 and 20 shot targets, muzzle rest. 
10 and 20 shot targets, fixed rest. 
DISTANCE — 1000 yards. 
oFF^cmL Veport: V. S. Cartridges excelled all others 
MANUFACTURED BY 
UNITED STATES CARTRIDGE CO., 
LOWELL. MASS.. U. S. A. 
Agencies: 497-503 Pearl St., 35-43 Park St., New York. 114-116 Market St., San Francisco. 
WESTERN TRAP. 
Cincinnati Gttn Club. 
The weather on Aug. 19 was rather unpromising. A heavy 
downpour lasting till about 2 o’clock, kept many away from the 
grounds, but no- rain fell during the balance of the^ afternoon. 
Fifteen scores were shot this week in the Schuler prize contest, 
which is nearly finished. Four full scores were made. Bullerdick 
was high gun in actual breaks with 47. Krehbiel heads the list 
including the shoot of Aug. 12, his score being 350 shot at, broke 
266, per cent., 75.7. Score, including handicap, 326, 93.1 per cent. 
Gambell second with 92.3 per cent; shot at SSO, broke 300, score 
323. He has 85.7 per cent, in actual breaks. Ahlers third, shot at 
400 broke 341, 85.2 per cent.; score 369, 92.2 per cent.; Randall 
shot at 500', broke 438—87.6 per cent.; score 400, 92 per cent. 
Barker and Lytic came next with 91.8 per cent. each. Randall is 
h%h man in per cent, of actual breaks. ITesser second with 87.1; 
Harig third with 86.8. In the team races Bullerdick made high 
individual score of 47. Barker and Randall only 1 behind with 46 
each. A few practice events were shot. Maynard broke 190 out of 
215, -and 90 out of his last 100. He was the only one to make a 
straight 25 to-day. , , , , 
Roanoke was at the grounds to-day, after a long absence caused 
by ill-health. Don Minto, another of the old-time regulars, was 
also on hand, but was hardly in his usual form. John Falk pro- 
poses to hunt doves on Labor Day, instead of breaking clay 
pigeons with the rest of the boys: m 
Schuler prize shoot, 60 targets, handicap: Bullerdick (4) -50, 
Herman (5) 60, Falk (10) 50, Myers (24) 50, Tuttle (9) 49, Lytle (22) 
49 Krehbiel (4) 48, Maynard (3) 47, Pohlar (4) 47, Gambell (1) 46, 
C.’ Dreihs (3) 46, Orr (4) 46, Randall (0) 44, Barker (1) 44, Kep- 
linger (8) 39. 
Team match, 60 targets: 
Match, 50 targets: 
Gambell 
Dreihs 
,20 23— 43 
,21 21— 42 
,21 20— 41 
Randall 
Barker 
Bullerdick 
22 24— 46 
22 24— 46 
21 22— 43 
62 64—126 
65 70—135 
20 23—43 
. 24 21—45 
Barker 
Bullerdick 
23 21—44 
23 24—47 
44 44—88 
46 45—91 
Ohio Notes. 
The Columbus Gun Club expected to have the well-known ex- 
pert Mr. W. II. Heer as a guest on Aug. 12, but were disap- 
pointed, as fie was unable to attend. Fifteen members took part 
in one or more of the fourteen events) of the day. Hayden^ was 
high gun with 197 out of 245. Jack Smith, 162 out of 185; M'ood- 
cock 126 out of 165; FI. E. Smith 98 out of 115. H. W. Shaul 
joined in the sport for the first time in a long while.^ ITis rest 
seemed to have done him little harm, as he broke straight in the 
15-target event and finished with 63 out of 76 — 84 per cent. In the 
match for the Columbus Sporting Goods Co. _ trophy, H. E. 
Smith was high with a full score of 50 including his handicap. He 
was also high in actual breaks, with 4,3. Hayden was second with 
42 actual breaks. Thurman (10), Borger (10), Shattuck (10), and 
Wagner (19) came second with 47 each including handicaps. Hay- 
den (2) third, 44. Jack Smith (2), Woodcock (S) and Wells (14) 
fourth, 42 each. The secretary is hard at work preparing for the 
Labor Day shoot. There will be twelve events, nine of these 
will be sweeps and three will be for merchandise prizes, five in 
each event, with a special prize for high and low gun shooting 
entire programme. 
The Kendallville, Ind., Gun Club will give a two-day tourna- 
ment on Sept. 12 and 13. Besides a number of handsome trophies 
to be shot for the club will give $160 added money. 
The DajTon Gun Club held their regular weekly^ shoot on 
Aug. 18, thirteen members being present. In the six 25-target 
practice events Craig was high with 110 out of 125, his score in- 
cluding a straight 26 and one 24. Carr second with 98. La Rue 
broke SO out of 100. Cord and Ike third with 66 and 64 out of 75 
respectively. In the handicap event at 25 targets, handicap of 
added targets, eleven men tied on 25 or better including their han- 
dicaps. Dorst was high in actual breaks with 24, his handicap 
of 6 giving him a total of 30. La Rue (6), Lindemuth (3), Cord 
(3) and Craig (3) broke 23 each. Whitacre (4), Ike (3) and Dial 
(3) 22 each. Carr (6) 19, Woodburn (8) 18, Dickey (5) 21, their 
handicaps nutting thenj in the tie. In the first tie Cord (2) broke 
25 straight-; Dorst (4) 21, Lindemuth (2) 24, Ike (2) 24. In the 
second shoot-off Dorst (4) broke 21 and Lindemuth (1) 24. The 
others dropped out, and there was not time for another shoot-off. 
The wooded h*lls which formed the background and which have 
always been a bugbear to shooters, have been eliminated. The 
shooters now face to the sovitheast, and have an unobstructed 
sky background, not excelled on any grounds in the State. The 
requests for programmes of the tournament to be held Sept. 4 and 
5 have been numerous. ^ ^ j 
The grounds of the Rohrer’s Island Gun Club were well filled 
with shooters, many of whom brought their families with them 
to enjoy the hospitality of the club on Aug. 16. Practice shooting 
began early in the day. The medal event had fifteen entries. This 
Is at 25 targets, with handicap of extra targets. Hanauer and 
Miller qualified in scores of 25 or better, and in the shoot-off 
Hanauel won with 10 straight to Miller’s 7. Two six-man team 
races were shot. Phil Hanauer and M'm. C. Oldt were captains. 
Oldt’s team won both matches, the first, at 15 targets per man, by 
67 to 61. The second, at 10 targets per man, by 47 to 42. Thir- 
teen 15-target sweepstakes were shot, 50 cents entrance, three 
monevs. 50, 30 and 20 per' cent. Oswald was high gun with 156 
out of 195. Craig 152, McConnell 147, Carr 139, Oldt 137. Five 
of the cracks shot in four sweeps, two at 16 and two at 10 targets, 
$1 and one money. Craig and McConnell tied on 39. Oswald and 
Oldt 37 each. Carr 34. Carl Hanauer showed his father- Phil a 
trick’ with the scatter gun, beating him, 13 to 12, in a 15-target 
match E. J. Budenthal, president of the Dayton Sharpshooters, 
made his first attempt at trapshooting to-day, and scored 60 per 
cent. Joe Hohm was present for the second time this season. 
His eyes are in better shape, and he shot about his usual gait. 
A bountiful dinner was served at 1 o’clock. Lunch was on the 
table all day, and the boys all knew where to quench their thirst. 
The wind bothered at times, causing trouble even to the best 
of them. W. E. Kette had charge in the office, and five minutes 
after the close of an event the money was ready for the winners. 
The series of twenty handicap shoots of the Greenville Gun Club 
closed on Aug. 14. The conditions were 50 targets, distance han- 
dicap, 12 to 22yds., for ten merchandise prizes, and the club 
medal. A. W. Kirby won first prize, a fine shotgun, and club 
medal with 682 out of 1,000. McKeon second prize, Winchester 
rifle, 617. Eidson third. Marlin rifle, 594. The following were the 
other prize winners, and had their choice of remaining prizes in 
order given: Hartzel 588, Warner 580, Ayers 560, Limbert 559, 
McCaughey 541, Huddle 505, Wolf 449. 
With the object of ascertaining the best shots of the g(m clubs 
outside of Cleveland in northern Ohio, the Cleveland Gun Club 
will present a handsome loving cup as a prize to the member of 
each club making the highest average at the Labor Day shoot. 
The club must have at least three members contesting. At this 
shoot events 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 will be for merchandise prizes, four 
in each, 75 cents entrance. Event 11 is for the northern Ohio five- 
man team championship trophy, presented by the club, placed in 
competition for the first time. 
Garfield Gun Club. 
Chicago, Aug. 19. — The appended scores were made on our 
grounds to-day on the occasion of the fourth trophy shoot of the 
third series. In the club trophy event, Dr. Reynolds won in Class 
A on 23 out of 25, singles; A1 Smedes won Class B on 23 out of 
25. Ostendorp won Class C on 14 out of 25. 
In Dupont cup contest Stone won Class B on 19 out of 20 sin- 
gles, T. L. Smedes won Class A on IS, Ostendorp won Class C 
on 8. 
In the Hunter Arms Co. contest, 10 singles and 5 pairs, Eaton 
won Class A on 18, Stone Class B on 17, Ostendorp Class C on 16. 
The day was a fairly good one for target shooting, only we had 
to shoot between .showers. Attendance fair, nineteen shooters 
taking part in the various events of the afternoon: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets : 25 20 20 10 10 10 10 
Stone 17 19 17 9 8 8 . . 
McDonald .. 23 17 16 8 10 10 .. 
Gould 15 13 12 6 6 6 . . 
Howe 17 14 . . 5 6 . . . . 
George 19 16 16 8 8 9 10 
Dr Reynolds. 23 17 15 10 10 .. .. 
Thomas 19 16 16 7 9 8 . . 
Horns 22 14 13 8 7 . . . . 
Dr Meek ... 22 17 15 9 6 9-9 
A1 Smedes . 23 12 16 9 8 10 . . 
No. 1 was the trophy event, 
was the Hunter trophy. 
Events : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
Targets : 25 20 20 10 10 10 10 
Geotter 18 14 9 .. 7 .. .. 
Bryson ...... 17 15 13 . . 5 ... . 
Eaton 17 16 18- ... . 9 9 
T L Smedes. 21 18 14 .. .. 6 .'. 
Parker 22 17 14 ... . 6 .'. 
Ostendorp ...14 8116 .... 9 5 
Herr 11 11 ... . 4 8 
Jenkins 12 13 
Morrel 6 8 
No. 2 was the Dupont cup. No. 3 
Dr. J. W. Meek. 
la Other Places. 
The Terre Haute, Ind., Cun Club has purchased one of the 
latest style automatic traps and will hold shoots regularly in 
the future. 
The Barry, Pa., Rod and Gun Club has been organized for 
preservation, protection and propagation of live birds. There 
will be regular shooting at the traps. 
A new gun club has been organized at Burr Oak, Mich., the 
start being made with fifteen members. 
The Keystone Gun Club, Lebanon, Pa., will shoot three matches 
with Middleton Club. The loser will pay for all targets. It should 
be interesting, as there are good shots in each club. 
The Memphis, Tenn., boys at the traps are in a spirited con- 
test for a hammerless shotgun. It takes three times winner to 
own the gun. So far Ed. Brook and A. W. Clark are ahead each 
with two wins to their credit. W. E. Love, P. M. Patterson, 
Dr. Taval, Van Vleet, B. C. Crook and Dr. Slocks one each. 
The annual gun club barbecue was held at Princeton, Ky., on 
Thursday last, and was of the old-fashion, there being roast mut- 
ton for all. There was target shooting in the afternoon, and the 
scores were not so good as they would have been on a less full 
stomach. 
A new amateur gun club has been formed at Hamilton, Ohio. 
All amateurs and all who desire to learn to use the shotgun are 
invited to participate. 
At Perry, Okla., there was a special shoot recently in honor of 
Harold Money, who is visiting the town of this territory. He, 
with others, was shooting well at 26 targets, viz., Money 24, 
Neal 24, Appleman 24, Harris 24, Houston 25. 
It is reported that at a shoot held at Shamokin, Pa., where the 
purse was $80, Charles Tobby made 15 out of 17, and 
Roop scored but 4. Well, talk about a “walkover.” What 
strange matches are shot here in Pennsylvania, 17 targets. In 
live-bird shooting it is often 5, 7 or 9 birds for purses from $100 
to $500. 
At the East Side Gun Club, Saginaw, Mich., the best scores 
were made by Ed. Carpenter, F. Baumgartner, G. E. Openo, J. 
Ropp and R. Schmidt. . 
The Victor Gun Club was organized at San Rafael, Cal. Victor 
Sartoria is President, J. W. Fogi Vice-President and Harry 
Martin Secretary. This club is organized more for game shoot- 
ing than for the traps. 
The club house of the Seattle, Wash., Cun Club was burned 
recently. All indications point to incendiarism. A new house 
will be built at once, possibly new grounds will be selected. 
Walter Holmsberg, a 40 per cent, man, won the silver medal at 
the meeting of the West Duluth, Minn., Cun Club. Nelson shot 
a score of 90 per cent. The day was fine, little wind, many 
ladies graced the occasion. 
The Iron River Gun Club has been reorganized in the Michigan 
Peninsula, and will give a tournament on Sept. 4. There will 
be $600 in purses, same being under the nianagement of Joseph 
Kelly and L. A. Johnson. 
The annual trapshooting tournament of the Brandon, Manitoba, 
Gun Club was held in early August, and was a success. There 
were thirty-five shooters, representing the towns of Winnipeg, 
Fort Garry, Killarney, Portage La Prairie and Sowus. All present 
were loud in their praise of the programme furnished by the 
local club. Fort Garry won the team shoot, with Brandon second. 
The last medal shoot for the season was held by the Seattle, 
Wash., Gun Club last Sunday. A big crowd was present, and 
Ed. Ellis won the A medal. Steel got the $10 cash prize with 
an average of 8. 
The V alley Brogle Gun Club will hold a meeting at the 
Cmitral House in Wheeling, W. Va., to arrange for the fall shoots. 
The Marietta, Ohio, Gun Club will hold its first shoot on its 
own ground the second week in September. 
The St. Mary’s, Ohio, Cun Club will hold a shoot during 
August. Some of the best shots in the State will be present. 
Local sportsmen at Canova, S. D., have organized a gun club. 
Many of the farmers have joined. The object is to preserve the 
prairie chicken until the proper season for shooting. 
There will be a shoot at Mishawaka Gun Club, St. Bend, Ind., 
Thanksgiving Day, the prize being a fine hammerless shotgun. 
The Evelith Gun Club, of Duluth, Minn., was defeated by the 
Virginia team on last Sunday. Duluth members were F. B. 
Dougherty, Albert Roher, John Warn, Leo Shapiro, Frank 
Campbell, James A. Robb, W. J. Smith, Dr. E. K. iVledlor, Sam 
Shapiro and H. Van Nostitz. 
The Golden Gate Gun Club, San Francisco, held their August 
shoot with thirty participants at Ingleside. There was a splendid 
showing for this time of year, when deer and dove shooting, not 
to mention the trout streams, are so strong an inducement for 
the sportsman to forego the attraction of the city. In the cham- 
pion class M. O. Feudner won with 94. in the first class W. S. 
Walters won with 79; second class by W; P. Jacobson, 78. Otto 
Feudner won the Bekeart medal with 92. 
The Limited Gun Club, Indianapolis has enjoyed a season of 
renewed interest this year. All^ their shoots were well attended, 
including many women and children, who were interested spec- 
tetors. The last shoot held included a match between T. H. 
Parry and J. W. Wands for the Grand Flatel cup. Many of the 
out of town shooters participated in the open events. 
There was a practice shoot held at Wellsville, Ohio, on last 
Thursday for the purpose of organizing a gun club. It is hoped 
that the permanent organization will be realized. 
Good scores were made at the last Fort Worth, Texas, Gun 
Club shoot. The trophy, was won by Childress with 47 out of 50. 
Kenney came second with 43. J. C. Day made 70 out of 75. 
A barbecue and gun club shoot was given by the Bryan, Texas 
footers the first week in August, a team shoot being the feature! 
The Brazos bottom team won from Bryan with 10 to spare out 
of a possible 278 targets. John K. Parker made the best individual 
score. 
KJH luicb lUl LUC xauugiuuii, ivxicn 
Cun Club are, viz., William Parsons, Samuel Bryant, Jr., R. ■ 
Irevarthan and Michael Messner, Jr. 
The Harvard Cun . Club, San Antonio, Texas, has decided th; 
the trapshooting interests are best solved by calling a meetin 
promptly on Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. Mrs. Topperwain wt 
high score, her shooting being very remarkable. Out of 1( 
targets she made 94, with a run of 63 straight. Mr. Dodds wt 
the only one coming^ near her, and he made 90. 
The Tabon, la., Gun Club held a shoot Aug. 15, one of tl: 
features being a^ five-man team race for clubs only. 
club known as the Smartville Cun Clu 
will hold shoots on Wednesday of each week. 
The lunnelton, W. Va., Club is reported hard at practice i 
order to meet the Kingwood marksmen in a club contest 
Last Tuesday the Lead, S. D., Gun Club held their reguh 
shoot for the trophy. 
The West Side Cun Club, Watertown, S. D., lately held 
shoot at which 400 live birds were used as targets. New ground 
have been fitted up. 
Ihe London Mills, 111., Gun Club has assumed such proportioi: 
Inat on h riday last the members held an all-day tournament. 
Announcement is made that the Pontiac, Mich., uun Club wi 
hold club shoots regularly on Friday afternoons. 
The members of the Cun Club at Aberdeen, S. D., have calle 
a meeting for the purpose of opposing the proposed coursin 
event. They are of the opinion that coursing will put the farmei 
in a hostile attitude and that they would oppose hunting, and tha 
in fact a coursing meeting would spoil the entire hunting seasoi 
On the first day of the Audubon Gun Club tournament, Audi 
bon, la.,^ with a programme of 200 targets, there was Fre 
Adams 192, H. C. Taylor 196, R. Barbe 
193. Iheir report states that C. E. Petty of the home town score 
188 and was high^ amateur, and yet it will not appear to ou 
readers how H. G. T-aylor and R. Barber are barred from th 
amateur class. 
Glen Konvalinka, the Iowa boy shot, made a remarkable seor 
at the Mason City tournament. A boy of eleven summers yi 
he shot the entire programme of 400 shots and equalled many ol 
shots with a score of 350. Pie has for several years made regula 
trips to the lakes shooting with his father in the marshes. 
If you had been one of the lucky ones who attended the suppe 
given by Charley Grumm at Clear Lake, la., to the shooters yo 
would have discovered that Charley is far from being a “dea 
.one. Long live the memory of such old-time shots. 
Here is the way the local scribe of the Mason City, la., Globe 
Gazette made mention of shooters entered for their tournament 
“Fred Gilbert, Storm Lake (Spirit Lake) ; Charles Butt (fo 
Budd); Charles (for Chris.) Gotliebb; Tom. Weitmeyer (for FI 
W. Vietmeyer); E. (for C.) A Young. Others were mentionec 
but^ these were the incorrect list to show how the scribe wa 
misinformed. 
When the second shoot was held by the North Side Milwauke 
Gun Club for the powder trophy it was J. Heiser who prove, 
the winner with 47 out of 60. 
There is enthusiasm in some of the members of the A. C. Gu: 
Club, of Fargo, N. D. They are now meeting on Friday insteai 
of on Saturday. At 25 targets Kimberly made 23 Holly 15 Gres 
14, Van Es 12, Churchill 9. But there is an end to trapshootiii 
when the game shooting opens Sept. 1 in North Dakota 
The Bismark, N. D., Gun Club held a shoot Aug. 18 and 1' 
A general invitation was extended to all shooters of the Stat 
to participate. 
At the shoot held Thursday by the Troy, Ohio Gun Clu 
Charles Smith, with 21 out of 25, won the trophy. ’ Otto Smit' 
was second, and J. M. Fulkerson third. 
W. D. Stannard, won the high gun at the Badger Gun Cliih 
Janesville, Wis., with 243 out of 265. Tom Mallna, of RocL 
ford, won the medal for high amateur score with 242 
Watertown, Wis., -Gun Club held a shoot Aug. 20./ A gold medal 
for county championship was the attractive event 1 
Another popular outdoor sport has been taken up by the faculty 
of the agricultural college at Fargo, N. D., that of target slioot- 
